Chapter 497 Information Warfare

"Why is it responsibility?" Xia Fan twitched his lips.

"Because if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have to think about the future so early." Ning Wanjun closed her eyes again, "To be honest, all I did was to avenge my mother. As long as the eldest and second sons of the Ning family weren't on the throne, the rest of the things weren't that important. I didn't think about how I would govern Qi after my wish came true. When I thought of the ladies crying and shouting, I felt genuinely happy, but the situation afterwards was blank."

Xia Fan fell silent. In fact, he also saw this. The third princess's desire for power was not that strong. Perhaps it was for this reason that she would delegate most of the power to herself.

"I have a vague feeling that you are different from most people. Things that people are eager for are not so attractive to you." Ning Wanjun continued to murmur, "If something does not suit your original intention, you will choose to change or stay away, so I hope that no matter what happens in the future, you will choose the former. I guess you don't want Jinxia City, which has been getting better little by little, to return to its past state, right?"

"That will probably change a lot of things." Xia Fan wiped the water stains on the princess's hair with a towel, and her long black and shiny hair showed its luster again.

"Then let it change, I will support you as always," Ning Wanjun smiled, "This is also the content of the agreement-if you encounter any hesitation in the future, please remember what I said today."

...

Once the order was issued, the Affairs Bureau started to operate at high speed.

"Does the higher-ups want us to write a letter of persuasion?" Yu Shuangxue and others sat in the Propaganda Department office, listening to Luo Youer's description of the task.

"It's not about persuading them to surrender, but propaganda that can arouse their homesickness. The target of distribution is the lower-level soldiers of the Shenzhou Army, most of whom are locals." Luo You'er truthfully relayed Xia Fan's requirements, "The content should be simple and easy to understand, and easy to print. I have notified several bookstore owners to come to the office to pick up the manuscripts. It's two o'clock in the afternoon now, and I want to see the manuscripts within half an hour. Everyone, are you sure you can do it?"

Yu Shuangxue has been in Jinxia for a while, and has already known the style of doing things here-no matter what they do, they will accurately set the deadline to within a day, and pay attention to efficiency while taking into account rationality. Before making arrangements, they will always ask the opinions of the specific person in charge. If you feel any difficulties, you can raise them immediately, but once you agree, there is no possibility of regret.

"No problem, leave it to us."

"Can it be expressed with simple strokes? I think the Jinxia guide published by the Propaganda Department before is quite effective. There are not many words, but it can be read at a glance."

"I hope the office can recruit some local teachers to come here, so that it is convenient to ask some things about homesickness."

Everyone said in unison.

Yu Shuangxue thought about it and also put forward her own idea, "I want to find another person to help. She is very good at writing stories, and she lives with me on weekdays, so there is no need to worry about the risk of leaks."

"Who?" Luo You'er asked.

"Xin Tao."

...

As soon as Wei Shi (1 pm) arrived, the shopkeepers of various bookstores received the manuscripts they were responsible for printing.

Then came typesetting and printing - the text was simple, but the simple drawings required special engraving. In order not to delay time, the bookstore bureau prepared multiple manuscripts and printed them separately. The bookstores that had been notified long ago immediately went all out and converted the manuscripts into stacks of flyers. For the shopkeepers, these printed materials did not need to consider the sales situation, and the bureau never delayed the payment, which could be regarded as the easiest business to do, so everyone worked extra hard. Just one hour later, the first batch of 5,000 flyers were handed over to Luo You'er.

And Olina Okan had also landed in the courtyard of the bureau.

Sitting on the dragon's back was Li.

"Everything that Lord Xia wants is here." Luo You'er stood on tiptoe and held the wrapped flyers in front of Li. "The second batch will be printed in half an hour. If you need more, you can come and get it at any time."

"Thank you for your hard work." The fox demon picked up the flyers, nodded to Luo You'er, and then patted the dragon's back, "Let's go, we're off."

Olina let out a low roar, flapped her wings, and flew into the air, flying westward.

Some spies still hiding in Jinxia City also noticed the unusual movements of the Affairs Bureau and the flying dragon of the West Pole in the city, but they had lost the channel to quickly pass the news to the Privy Council. If they used normal means, it would take at least two or three days.

In terms of the speed of information circulation, the Privy Council has been left far behind by Jinxia.

...

The military camp at the edge of the Privy Council.

After a day's march, everyone could vaguely see the outer wall of Baihe City.

According to the plan, the siege will be launched tomorrow, and the entire Jinxia Army will arrange no more than 10,000 troops south of Jiujiang. Fifty thousand versus ten thousand is not a sure win, but at least the enemy can be suppressed in Baihe City, and they can no longer appear and disappear like before. This is also the biggest purpose of the left wing army in this battle.

The one who made this decision was the Privy Council Guard Hu Wan.

He is also the supreme commander of the left wing army.

Although he had a huge advantage in numbers, he was not as confident as before. In fact, even the strategy of joining forces to attack Baihe City and abandoning other towns was decided by him and the generals of the border army after consultation. For some reason, the Central Army of the Privy Council seemed to be oblivious to their situation and did not make any adjustments when the troops were frustrated everywhere. In a sense, his actions had violated the strategy of the superiors, but now that things had come to this, he would rather take the responsibility and do so - otherwise, if the left wing continued to lose, it might be eaten up by the Jinxia people.

"Pass my order to distribute the military pay of the Shenzhou Army in advance." Hu Wan called his personal guards and said, "And tell them that whoever can enter Baihe City first tomorrow will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold."

"Sir, but the silver boxes are in the hands of those generals..."

"This is the order of the Privy Council." The guard's face sank.

"Yes, I will convey it now."

Distributing silver before the battle is the last incentive, and its effect is second only to indulgence in looting after capturing the city. Considering that this is Shenzhou territory, most of the team members are locals of Shenzhou, so naturally, it is impossible to give rewards for looting Baihe City. Similarly, the army only has so much silver, and once this money is distributed, he will have no more cards to play.

But Hu Wan felt that if he could not take Baihe City, this border army would have no follow-up at all. He vaguely realized that the strength of the Jinxia army in the field encounter was already above the coalition forces of the ten states. If it were not for the limited number of people, not to mention Shenzhou, even the entire Qi Kingdom would be taken by the other side.

Leading the opponent into Baihe City to defend it may be the only chance of victory.

"Master, it's not good-" A soldier suddenly reported outside the tent, "The dragon of Jinxia City is coming again!"

"What are you panicking about? Don't we have a fairy-binding formation?"

"They didn't come down, they just sprinkled things in the sky!"

"What did you say?" Hu Wan raised his eyebrows and stepped out of the big tent. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, a black dragon shadow was seen shuttling back and forth over the camp, with a large amount of snow-white objects falling down behind it, drifting into the camp piece by piece. Wherever it went, it attracted the curiosity of the crowd and they scrambled for it.