Heaven's Formula

The tent is slightly larger than that used by ordinary generals, and the ground is covered with thick and tough leather blankets to isolate the mud from the feet.In addition to a reclining chair and a pair of armor racks, the basic furnishings also have a pair of wooden beds.In the field army, beds are considered rare items, but considering that the opponent is Princess Quang Binh, this thing is already quite frugal.

"Qiuyue, prepare water."

"Yes." The latter quickly brought a basin of clear water, bath beans and dry towels, and placed them neatly in front of the lounge chair.

"Go out." Ning Wanjun nodded.

Qiuyue glanced at the princess first, and then looked at Xia Fan quietly, until she saw that the latter was inexplicably guilty, and then bowed and left.

"Uh..." Xia Fan coughed twice, "I don't know why Your Highness called me here?"

Ning Wanjun unfastened the tie, took off the breastplate, and then lay on the recliner with her head exposed against her back, "Wash my hair for me."

"What?" Xia Fan didn't react for a while.

The princess's voice became a little more serious, and she felt a little gnashing of teeth, "Help me... wash my hair."

An omen suddenly appeared in his heart, if he refused at this time, his life might be in danger.

Xia Fan decisively moved a bench and sat down behind the opponent.

Taking off the hair band on the ponytail, Ning Wanjun's long hair suddenly fell into a large piece. Since it hadn't been washed for a long time, many hair strands were connected together, and it felt rough to the touch.

Although I don't know why the princess asked him to do this kind of thing, it's no big deal to help wash his hair. Xia Fan didn't feel any embarrassment. He immediately rolled up his sleeves, put the basin on his lap, and held Ning Wan The back of Jun's head was submerged in the water.

From this angle, you can see the other party's tightly closed eyes and delicate bridge of the nose, and the slightly tightened cheek lines prove that she is also in tension at the moment, not as relaxed as Xia Fan imagined.

Strange, since he is so uncomfortable, why let him wash it?Wouldn't it be good to ask Qiuyue to help?

Xia Fan suddenly felt dissatisfied.

That's all, let me show you scalp massage.He wetted the bath beans, crushed them directly in his hands, and then pressed them on the top of the opponent's head, scratching them sequentially from top to bottom—this is also the most comfortable part of every haircut. Even if Xia Fan hasn't learned it, his body has long This trick has been memorized.Scratch from the top of the head to the neck, and then stroke from the middle to the sides to fully take care of every part of the scalp.

After repeating it several times, Ning Wanjun's neck and cheeks obviously relaxed a lot, and even the corners of her tightly pursed mouth opened slightly.

"I didn't expect you to be quite good at this..." she whispered.

"It would be more comfortable if there is a special cleaning fluid," Xia Fan smiled. "It can not only produce a lot of bubbles, but also won't produce residue."

"Would you do something like that?"

"It shouldn't be difficult, if you take the time to think about it. But I think if the conditions are sufficient, someone will figure it out without a listener." Xia Fan replied while pressing. "By the way...is washing your hair an excuse?"

"Excuse, excuse?" Ning Wanjun was taken aback.

"Yeah, do you have any confidential information you want to tell me, or ask me some key questions, and you don't want to have others present, so you will use the reason of washing your hair to send everyone away."

"You...really don't understand anything?"

"Uh... isn't that the reason?"

Xia Fan suddenly saw the veins on Ning Wanjun's forehead bulge.

He quickly dipped the back half of the opponent's head into the water basin, "Don't talk yet, I'll wash it for you."

After a while, Ning Wanjun stared and said, "Don't you think—is this a sign of my trust in you?"

Xia Fan was a little confused, what does trust have to do with shampooing? "That... can you explain in more detail?"

"Those kings in the history books often use Tuo Gu to express their trust. Why? Because their descendants are their weaknesses, showing their weaknesses to their courtiers is the greatest trust. How did you learn it in the history books?" Ning Wanjun said bitterly. "I don't have a child to trust, so..." She was stuck for a long time but couldn't continue.

Show weakness?Xia Fan pondered for a moment before he suddenly paused.The current princess rested her head and the back of her neck in her hands, which was equivalent to disarming all defenses.If he harbors malicious intentions, even if Ning Wanjun is a sensitive person, he can't prevent him from doing something to his fragile neck.In this way, it is really another sense of "showing weakness".

Xia Fan was a little dumbfounded for a while, the trust between people and people is so fragile, does it have to be expressed in this way? "Your Highness, in fact, there is no need for you to—"

"It is necessary." She interrupted suddenly, "If this battle can be won, the Privy Council's lost flank will basically be defeated. After that, no one in the entire Qi Kingdom will be able to resist the Jinxia Army's pace. You know what that means ?"

The answer is obvious, "You will fulfill your wish and become the king of Qiguo." Xia Fan shrugged.

"And you are the greatest hero, and you are destined to be rewarded without reward."

He couldn't help being a little surprised, why did he suddenly jump to the post-unification? "Your Highness...is it too early to think about this now?"

"It's not too early, we have to plan ahead." Ning Wanjun shook his head slightly, "There are too many stories like this in the history books, and there are not many good endings in the end. The so-called change of people's mind is partly due to less and less communication, which eventually leads to estrangement and hostility, and some of them are voluntarily retiring to avoid getting into trouble, but no matter what, it is not the future I want to see. So I have to bring it up early, so as not to miss the opportunity too late, because I don’t know, What will become of me in the future?"

Xia Fan noticed that the other party's hands had already been clenched into balls, and it was obvious that he had made great mental preparations for saying these words.

Probably in the traditional concept, no king would do this, or doing this itself means that he is unqualified.

He was suddenly touched, she took all these risks for him.

Xia Fan rinsed the princess' long hair with water, and said in a relaxed tone on purpose, "Can't you even retire?"

"No," Ning Wanjun immediately replied, "Because...the agreement did not include this clause, before you realize your wish, don't expect anyone to escape responsibility!"

Chapter 496 Information Warfare

"Why is it the responsibility?" Xia Fan twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Because it's not because of you, it's impossible for me to think about future issues so early." Ning Wanjun closed her eyes again, "Honestly speaking, all I did was to avenge my mother, as long as the person sitting on the throne It's not Ning's eldest son and the second son, and the rest of the things are not that important. I have never thought about how I will govern Qiguo after my wish is fulfilled. When I think of the crying of those empresses, I feel sincerely Happy, but the situation after that is blank.”

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

"I have a vague feeling that you are different from most people. The things that the world is chasing after are not so attractive in your eyes." Ning Wanjun continued to mutter, "In case something is not 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 gets better a little bit, to return to the way it used to be?”

"I'm afraid it will change a lot of things." Xia Fan wiped off the water stains on the princess's hair with a towel, and her long black and beautiful hair showed 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 be sure to think of me today. what was said."

……

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

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

"It's not persuading surrender, but propaganda that can arouse the other party's nostalgia. The distribution target is the lower-level soldiers of the Shenzhou Army, and most of them are locals." Luo You'er truthfully relayed Xia Fan's request, "The content should be simple and easy to understand. It is easy to print. I have already notified the shopkeepers of several bookstores to come to the secretariat to pick up the manuscripts. It is now [-]:[-] noon, and I will 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 handling things here—no matter what she does, she will always keep the deadline within days, pay attention to efficiency and reasonableness at the same time, and always ask the specific staff for their opinions before making arrangements .If you feel any embarrassment, you can bring it up immediately, but once you agree, there is no possibility of going back.

"No problem, leave it to us."

"Can you use stick figures to express it? I think the Jinxia guidance issued by the Propaganda Department is very effective. There are only a few words, but it can be read at a glance."

"I hope that the bureau can recruit some local teachers, so that it will be convenient to ask some homesick things."

Everyone said in a hushed voice.

Yu Shuangxue thought for a while, and also 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 she doesn't have to worry about the risk of leaking secrets."

"Who?" Luo You'er asked.

"Xintao."

……

As soon as Weishi (one o'clock in the afternoon) arrived, the treasurers of various bookstores got the manuscripts they were responsible for printing.

Then came the typesetting and printing—the text was simple, but the sketches needed special rigidity. In order not to delay the time, the Bookstore Bureau prepared multiple manuscripts and printed them separately.The bookstore, which had already been notified, immediately opened fire, converting the original manuscripts into stacks of leaflets.For the shopkeeper, these printed materials don't need to consider the sales situation, and the secretariat never defaults, which can be regarded as the best business, so everyone works extra hard.Only an hour later, the first batch of [-] leaflets was handed over to Luo You'er.

And Olina Okan has also landed in the Bureau compound.

It was Li who sat on the back of the dragon.

"Everything Master Xia wants is here." Luo You'er raised her feet and held the wrapped leaflet in front of Li. "The second batch can be printed in half an hour. If you still need it, you can come and 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's back, "Let's go, we're leaving."

Olina let out a low cry, flapped her wings and soared into the air, flying towards the west.

Some spies still lurking in Jinxia City have also noticed the abnormal movements of the Bureau and the West Pole Dragon flying in the city, but they have lost the channel to quickly transmit the news to the Privy Council. It takes two or three days.

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

……

Privy Council Frontier Camp.

After a day of marching, everyone could faintly see the outer city wall of Baihe City.

According to the plan, the siege battle will be launched tomorrow, and the entire Jinxia Army will have no more than 1 troops south of Jiujiang.Fifty thousand versus ten thousand is not a sure win, at least it can suppress the opponent in Baihe City, and they will no longer be able to disappear like they used to. This is also the biggest goal of the left-wing frontier army in this battle.

It was the privy mansion who guarded Hu Wan who made this decision.

He was also the supreme commander of the Left Army.

Although he has an overwhelming advantage in numbers, he is not as confident as he used to be.In fact, even the strategy of joining forces to attack Baihe City and abandoning other towns was decided by himself after discussing with the generals of the frontier army.For some reason, the Central Army of the Privy Council seems to have turned a deaf ear to their situation, and did not make any adjustments when the troops were frustrated everywhere.In a sense, his actions have violated the strategy of his superiors, but now, he would rather take responsibility and have to do this—otherwise, if the left wing continues to lose, it may be eaten up by the Jinxia people .

"Give me an order to send the Shenzhou army's salary in advance." Hu Wan called Qin Wei and said, "And tell them, whoever can step into Baihe City first tomorrow will be rewarded with a hundred taels."

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

"This is an order from the Privy Council." The guard's face darkened.

"Yes, I'll convey it right away."

Distributing silver before the battle is the last incentive, and its effect is second only to indulging looting after seizing the city.Considering that this is the territory of Shenzhou, and most of the team members are locals from Shenzhou, it is naturally impossible to give a reward for looting Baihe City.Similarly, the army only carried so much silver, once the money was distributed, he would have no more cards to play.

It's just that Hu Wan feels that if Baihe City cannot be taken down, this frontier army will have no follow-up at all.He vaguely realized that the strength of Jinxia's army in the field encounters was already higher than that of the Allied Forces of Ten States. If it was not limited by the number of people, let alone Shenzhou, even the entire Qi State would be taken by the opponent.

Introducing the opponent to White River City to defend might be the only chance of victory.

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

"What are you panicking about? Don't we have the Immortal Immortal Formation?"

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

"What did you say?" Hu Wan frowned, and stepped out of the big tent.In the afterglow of the setting sun, a black dragon shadow shuttled back and forth over the camp, and a large number of snow-white things scattered behind it, floating into the camp piece by piece.Wherever he went, everyone was curious and looted.

Chapter 497 The Battlefield Diva

"That's... paper?" Hu Wan's eyesight was much better than that of ordinary people, and he soon realized that what the soldiers were looting were blank sheets of paper.No wonder there was commotion in the camp—this kind of rare thing doesn't happen every day.

However, he also understood that the other party could not give them paper for nothing. Even in the big city of Jinzhou, only scholars with decent family background could afford this kind of paper. "Go get some and show me."

In fact, before he arranged it, someone had already done it.

In less than a quarter of an hour, a guard came quickly to Hu Wan with a stack of papers.Not only that, the main generals of several troops also gathered here, obviously for this purpose.

Hu Wan took the white paper and flipped it over casually, and suddenly there was a buzz in his head-this is clearly a method used by the enemy to confuse the army!What kind of family members are looking forward to the return of the soldiers, and the children are chanting their father's name... The words are extremely simple and easy to understand, as if they are aimed at ordinary soldiers.

"Lord Hu, someone in the camp even sang!" Someone else reported.

"What song is it?"

"It seems to be a local folk song in Shenzhou, a tune used to comfort wanderers from afar."

"My lord, look at this...they are even accompanied by paintings! The content is extremely—" A general thought hard before finding a suitable adjective, "Shameful!"

Hu Wan took the painting, and his heart felt cold again. With a few strokes on the paper, he outlined three portraits. Among them, the soldier holding a long gun in the distance, the woman seeing him off in the middle, and the one closest to the left. A rough guy who is a peeping woman.The near-large and far-small composition gives people an immersive sense of reality, and this is the first time he has seen such a painting technique.Moreover, the painter's few strokes clearly outline the characteristics of the three people, and the purpose is clear at a glance. Even an illiterate rough person can see the artistic conception in the painting at a glance.

The problem is that this is not fiction.

What will happen when the pillars of the family are not there is exactly what the soldiers worry about. It's just that everyone is tacit and unwilling to think about it.If someone takes the initiative to uncover this scar...

"Pass my order, immediately ban the camp, and collect all the distributed papers!" Hu Wan shouted, "Anyone who hides papers and publicizes its contents will be killed without mercy!"

At the same time, his heart was full of bitterness, why did Jin Xia choose this time!The salary he originally used to boost morale now seems to be a kind of hush money.Although it also has a soothing effect, in a sense, it seems to have confirmed the other party's propaganda.

He looked at the generals, "Tonight's camp has to be readjusted to separate the Shenzhou Army, and everyone must strengthen their defenses to prevent the camp from roaring."

"Yes." Everyone's expression was also full of solemnity. If it really caused a group riot, the battle would be over without even fighting.

That night, the lights in each camp were brightly lit. The generals not only increased the number of light sources in the camp to several times the usual number, but also added additional patrols to check the tents one by one. Once they found talking or crying, they immediately extinguished them. In the germination stage, but even so, it still couldn't prevent the news from spreading rapidly among the Shenzhou Army.

Someone is waiting for them to go back safely-once this idea is born, it is difficult to erase it.

The next day, Hu Wan thought over and over again and decided to put the Shenzhou Army at the forefront of the main force.

He thought very clearly that this would indeed increase the escape expectations of some members of the army, but it was also better than putting them in the rear and cutting off their retreat.Even if they were defeated by the Jinxia army, they could still retreat all the way west, but if the Shenzhou army in the rear turned their backs, the situation would be extremely dangerous.

However, this time, Jinxia did not choose to wait until nightfall before doing anything.

The early morning sun had just risen into the sky when the scouts spotted the Jinxia Army.A 5000-strong army appeared in the countryside to the south of the army, and kept approaching the army.

At this time, the frontier army had just started moving, and had not yet entered the siege range of Baihe City—it was just that the distance was not long or short, and if they kept marching normally, they could reach the city in half an hour.

"Who gave them the courage to send such a small number of people out of the city to fight in the field?" Hu Wan was a little unbelievable when he got the news. What kind of strategy is Jinxia Army doing?At this time, instead of defending Jiancheng, she came to trouble them. Does the princess know how many people she has under her command?

The previous few battles were all night battles, the situation of the enemy and ourselves was unknown, and the forces in the states were scattered, which finally led to a big defeat.However, the Privy Army has also gradually figured out the number of left army active in the south of the Jiujiang River. They will not exceed 5000 at most, and the [-] troops in front of them are definitely the main force of the Three Princesses!

This means that Baihe City is in a defensive state!

He has several choices now. One is to send a cavalry to contain the main force of the princess, and the large army will attack the city first, or at least force the enemy into the city and cannot return.The second is to fake a siege and actually encircle and annihilate, luring the opponent over and then double-teaming.The third is to take the initiative to pursue this army, and at the same time notify the Chinese army to send a reinforcement to occupy Baihe City.The last of the three is obviously the best choice, but he is really not sure whether the Chinese army will agree to this plan. After discussing with the generals, Hu Wan finally decided to be on the safe side, choose the first plan and win Baihe Let's talk about the city.

At this moment, the figure of the West Pole Dragon appeared again in the sky.

"They want to repeat the old trick?" A general frowned.