"Why responsibility?" Xia Fan twitched the corner of his mouth.
"Because it's not because of you, I wouldn't have thought about the future so early." Ning Wanjun closed her eyes again, "Honestly, all I did was to avenge my mother. As long as the person sitting on the throne It’s not about Ning’s eldest son and second son, other things are not that important. I have not thought about how I will govern Qiguo after my wish comes true. When I think of those empresses crying and screaming, I feel sincerely It’s satisfying, but the situation after that is completely blank.”
Xia Fan fell silent. In fact, he could see this. The third princess's desire for power was not that strong. Perhaps it was for this reason that she delegated most of her power to herself.
"I have a vague feeling that you are different from most people. The things that the world is eager for are actually not that attractive in your eyes." Ning Wanjun continued to murmur, "What if something goes against the 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 is getting better little by little, to return to the way it was in the past, right?"
"I'm afraid that will change a lot of things." Xia Fan wiped off the water stains on the princess's hair with a towel, and the 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 what was agreed upon. If you encounter any hesitation in the future, please be sure to remember what I said today. if."
Once the order was issued, the Secretariat started operating at high speed.
"Does the higher-up want us to write a letter to persuade us to surrender?" Yu Shuangxue and others were sitting in the office of the Propaganda Department, listening to Luo Youer's description of the mission.
"It's not about persuading surrender, but propaganda that can arouse the nostalgia of the other side. The distribution target is the lower-level soldiers of the Shenzhou Army, most of whom are local people." Luo Youer truthfully relayed Xia Fan's request, "The content must be simple and easy to understand. It is convenient for printing. I have notified several shopkeepers of bookshops and asked them to come to the Secretariat to pick up the manuscripts. It is now 2:00 noon, 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 she already knows the style of doing things here. No matter what she does, the deadline will be accurate to within days. She also pays attention to efficiency while also taking into account reasonableness. She will always ask the specific person doing the work for her opinion before making arrangements. If you feel there is any difficulty, you can bring it up immediately, but once you agree, there is no possibility of going back.
"No problem, leave it to us."
"Can it be represented with a simple drawing? I think the Jinxia guide issued by the Propaganda Department is quite effective. It only has a few words, but it can be read clearly at a glance."
“I hope the Secretariat can recruit some local teachers so that we can also ask questions about homesickness.”
Everyone said in a hurry.
Yu Shuangxue thought for a while and put forward her own idea, "I want to find another person to help. She is good at writing stories, and she lives with me on weekdays, so there is no need to worry about the risk of leaking secrets."
"Who?" Luo Youer asked.
"Xintao."
Just after one o'clock in the afternoon, the shopkeepers of each bookstore got the manuscripts they were responsible for printing.
Next, the typesetting and printing were simple, while the simplified paintings required special rigidity. In order not to waste time, the Bookstore Bureau prepared multiple manuscripts and printed them separately. The bookstore, which had already been notified, immediately went into full force and turned the manuscript into stacks of leaflets. For the shopkeeper, there is no need to consider the sales of these printed materials, and the secretariat never defaults on accounts, so it can be regarded as the best business, so everyone works extra hard. Just an hour later, the first batch of five thousand leaflets was handed over to Luo Youer.
And Olina Okan has also landed in the Secretariat compound.
It was Li sitting on the dragon's back.
"Everything Mr. Xia wants is here." Luo Youer weighed her feet and held the wrapped flyer in front of Li. "The second batch can be printed in half an hour. If you still need it, you can pick it up at any time."
"Thank you for your hard work." The fox demon picked up the flyer, nodded to Luo You'er, and then patted the dragon on the back, "Let's go, let's set off."
Olina let out a low cry, flapped her wings and took off into the air, flying towards the west.
Some spies still lurking in Jinxia City also noticed the abnormal movements of the Secretariat and the Dragon of the West that flew up in the city. However, they have lost the channel to quickly transmit the news to the Privy Council. If they use normal means, at least It takes two or three days.
In terms of the speed of information circulation, the Privy Council Office has been far behind Jin Xia.
Privy Council Frontier Army Camp.
After a day's march, everyone could faintly see the outer wall of Baihe City.
According to the plan, the siege will be launched tomorrow, and the entire Jinxia Army will have no more than 10,000 troops south of Jiujiang. Fifty thousand versus ten thousand is not guaranteed to win, at least it can suppress the opponent in Baihe City and no longer be able to appear as mysteriously as in the past. This is also the biggest purpose of the left wing army's battle.
It was the Privy Councilor Huwan who made this decision.
He is also the supreme commander of the left-wing army.
Although he had an overwhelming numerical advantage, he was not as confident as he had been in the past. In fact, even the strategy of joining forces to attack Baihe City and abandoning other towns was decided by him after discussions with the generals of the border army. For some reason, the army in the Privy Council seemed to turn a deaf ear to their situation and did not make any adjustments even though the troops were suffering setbacks at every turn. In a sense, what he did went against the strategy of the superiors. But now, he would rather take responsibility than do this. Otherwise, if the left wing continues to lose, it is possible that all the Jinxia people will eat it.
"Pass my order to send the Shenzhou Army's military pay in advance." Hu Wan called his guards and said, "And tell them whoever can be the first to step into Baihe City tomorrow will get a reward of one hundred taels."
"Sir, the silver boxes are all in the hands of those generals."
"This is an order from the Privy Council." The guard's expression darkened.
"Yes, I'll convey it right away."
Distributing silver before the battle is the last motivating measure, and its effect is second only to the indiscriminate looting after seizing the city. Considering that this is the territory of Shenzhou, and most of the team is Shenzhou locals, it is naturally impossible to give a reward for looting Baihe City. Similarly, the army only carries so much silver. Once the money is distributed, he will have no more cards to play.
It's just that Huwan felt that if Baihe City could not be taken, there would be no follow-up for this frontier army. He vaguely realized that the strength of Jinxia's army in wild encounters was already superior to the ten-state coalition. If it were not limited by the number of people, not to mention Shenzhou, even the entire Qi State would be taken from them.
Bringing the opponent into White River City to defend them may be the only chance of victory.
"Lord Guard, what's wrong," a soldier suddenly reported outside the camp, "The dragon from Jinxia City is here again!"
"Why are you panicking? Don't we have the Immortal Binding Formation?"
"They didn't come down, they just sprinkled stuff in the sky!"
"What did you say?" Hu Wan raised his eyebrows and stepped out of the tent. Under the reflection of the setting sun, a black dragon shadow shuttled back and forth over the camp. A large number of snow-white things scattered behind it, floating into the camp one by one. Wherever he went, people were curious and eager to grab him.