The food collection is finally over. I went to the singing room in the afternoon. For the first time in my life, I howled in the deafening companion voice. After I got home, my throat hurts... I just sing, and I didn't even sing for the companion. I was very pure, so I didn't think so wrongly.

Although there is no need to collect food, the update still needs to maintain the current rhythm, because Chongjia will officially start writing a new novel. He wrote about 10,000 words intermittently before, but he felt that the opening plot was a little dissatisfied, so he left it there. These days, he finally came up with a relatively satisfactory opening plot, and the previous ones were naturally invalidated.

Thank you for your understanding and silent support over the past period of time. As Chongjia once said, this story will be officially completed in the middle of this month and at the end of the month. So, friends who have been walking along the way will smash your subscriptions and recommendations in this final stage, etc. What you can support this book is like. Wu Fan is looking forward to everyone’s performance~

Looking back, Wu Fan said, after thinking about this fake document incident in his mind, a question arose: How did Guo Jia know that the document is fake?

Although the intelligence personnel of the Second Legion were directly managed by the army's corps counsel Guo Jia, Wu Fan also knew about the distribution of these intelligence personnel. Yecheng has been a rear city since the Battle of Hebei that year, with high public opinion and good public security. Most importantly, Yecheng is the area where the intelligence personnel of the eldest brother's first legion were deployed. The Second Legion was not necessary, and no intelligence personnel were deployed there.

So, what happened to the spy personnel deployed in Yecheng that Guo Jia mentioned? Did he set up spies without notifying me?

Wu Fan asked Guo Jia how he knew that the documents were fake.

Guo Jia's answer not only surprised Wu Fan, but everyone was even more shocked:

"Returning to the Governor, my subordinates only suspected that the documents were false and had no relevant information, and did not set up spies in Yecheng. Before being summoned by the Governor, I passed by the stables. I saw that the horses I rode on were extremely precious in the war years. Each city marked the war horses they owned, indicating their place of ownership and grade, etc. The intelligence personnel of our army stationed in Runan said in the intelligence brought back some time ago: 'The eldest son Zixiu had returned to Runan after the funeral of the King of Wei's king'. However, this document was issued in Yecheng, but it was stamped with the seal of the eldest son. Therefore, my subordinates had this suspicion and interrogated the civil servants in fraudulent words. Finally, it was a blessing for our army and a blessing for the Governor."

Although the Second Legion did not set up spies in Yecheng, the main civil and military officials in Yecheng did not need spies to know. Counting all the garrisons in Yecheng, only Cao Pi had the motivation to write this fake document, so Guo Jia directly claimed in his fraudulent words that this document was made by Cao Pi.

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Wu Fan was stunned for a long time, then nodded slightly and said:

"Peng Xiao is the son of our army"

Although the words were brief, the meaning was extraordinary when Wu Fan, the top leader of the army, was expressed by the words. Guo Jia bowed to Wu Fan and returned to the train. All the generals and ministers under Wu Fan looked at Guo Jia's newspaper with admiration.

Next, it is how to deal with the civil servants who serve the documents.

Some people suggested that he be executed directly and keep secrets strictly to the outside world, making Cao Pi think that some accident occurred to the civil servants halfway, such as encountering bandits, river thieves, etc., in short, they disappeared, so the governor did not receive fake documents.

Even if Cao Pi knew that the civil servants entered our military camp, it should have happened a few months later. By that time, our army had already returned to the court, and he was guilty of Cao Pi's guilty attitude and did not dare to do anything to us.

This suggestion was supported by many people, but Wu Fan did not immediately express his opinion, just because Wu Fan's personality does not like to kill innocent people. Anyone who dies at Wu Fan's hands has reasons to die: either they are enemies with each other, or the other party has malicious intentions towards Wu Fan, or Wu Fan has predicted that the other party will definitely assassinate himself in the future, such as Qiu Liju, etc.

This civil servant is different. He only knows that the documents are fake, but he doesn't know why they have to be fake, nor does he know what conspiracy is hidden inside. Besides, he is just a small employee under Cao Pi. It is natural to use the boss's money to run for the boss. Wu Fan really can't find a reason to kill him.

Lu Xun saw that Wu Fan was in trouble, and after thinking for a while, he left the shift and said:

"Governor, my subordinates have a suggestion."

Wu Fan looked up at Lu Xun. The young man was quite energetic and had a plump attribute. Since he was introduced by Zhou Yu, he has been diligent and dedicated, humble and unscrupulous, and has no intention of self-righteousness. He is deeply loved by Wu Fan.

Seeing that Lu Xun had different opinions, Wu Fan was quite interested and reached out to Lu Xun to say yes.

Lu Xun said:

"I thought it was not wise to be executed by civil servants. First, this civil servant was ordered to send documents and did not know the inside story. If he was executed, it would be wrong. Second, my subordinates heard that Sima Yi, the military advisor of the Third Army, had a close relationship with the second prince Ziheng. This person was well versed in strategy and was well-established. This fake documentary is very likely to be inseparable from him. In this way, if our army was about to be executed by civil servants, even if Sima Yi did not install spies within our army in advance, he would definitely expect that the civil servants would not have any chance to go or not. "

As soon as these words came out, those who supported the execution of civil servants suddenly woke up. At present, Wu Fan and everyone knew that Cao Pi's document must have a conspiracy, but they did not know what it was - did they want to imprison Wu Fan? Or did they seize Wu Fan's military power? Or the worst, they wanted to assassinate Wu Fan?

In this case, it is naturally difficult to have a quarrel with Cao Pi. After all, everyone is a family in Cao's camp, and Cao Pi is Cao Cao's second son. He has a special status and it is best to have something to solve peacefully. It is a solution to the problem that can be solved directly or even meet soldiers.

So, how should this civil servant deal with it?

Wu Fan asked himself, which was also the question in everyone's mind.

Lu Xun said:

"It would be better to tell the civil servants about the benefits and ask him to go back again, and inform the second prince that the Governor refused to go back not because he saw through the falsehood of the document, but because he wanted to pacify Nanzhong, and then lead all civil officials and generals to return to the court to pay tribute to the spirit of the King of Wei in the sky. If this move goes smoothly, it will not only avoid a quarrel with the second prince, but also numb the second prince, making him think that our army is mediocre, which is not worth worrying."

After Lu Xun finished speaking, Wu Fan nodded and without expressing his opinion, Lu Xun returned to the train.

Wu Fan fell into deep thought at this time.

The subordinate advisers come up with advice. As the head coach, it is inevitable to choose the most favorable strategy. However, when Wu Fan, who is also smart, has to consider some details that the advisers have not explained or even thought of.

For example, Lu Xun's approach only said that the situation will be optimistic after success, but if it fails, such as a civil servant who takes the initiative to confess to Cao Pi after returning to Yecheng, or is seen through, what will the situation become?

Wu Fan thought for a while and felt that if that were the case, Cao Pi would definitely pretend to be ignorant of human affairs like himself and continue to maintain superficial friendship with him. He would step up his actions secretly to avoid leading his troops back to the court in the future, which would be detrimental to him.

However, judging from the current situation, how should he act to control himself to the greatest extent and prevent him from acting rashly?

Wu Fan sat behind the table, tilted his body and closed his eyes, supported the table with his left elbow and pinched his eyebrows, and placed his right hand casually on the table. Five fingers were undulating and knocking on the table. The continuous tick sounds made by the wooden tabletop were extremely clear at this time. Everyone looked at Wu Fan steadily, not knowing what Wu Fan was thinking.

Suddenly, the tick sound in the tent stopped, and Wu Fan's right hand was frozen on the table. At the same time, his eyes suddenly opened, and he was already thinking of a weak point in his heart who was right next to Cao Pi.

Wu Fan's family in Luoyang Governor's Office

Luoyang is only seven or eight days apart from Yecheng, but it is more than one month away from Yunnan. If Cao Pi knew that he had seen through the falsehood of his documents, in order to protect himself, he would definitely think of bringing his family to him, using this as a threat to prevent himself from acting rashly, and even using this as bait to make himself fall into his trap again.

Wu Fan thought for a while and determined that if Lu Xun's method was taken, once Cao Pi was caught, the only thing he might have taken was his family under house arrest, which poses the greatest threat to him, and the rest were insignificant; then he spoke:

"As for Boyan's method, after he was able to understand the benefits and disadvantages of the civil servant, he would put him back to confuse Ziheng."

Then, he looked at the generals again, and finally his eyes stopped on Yan Liang and Wen Chou, saying:

"Two brothers, I have something to ask for."

Yan Liang and Wen Chou looked at each other in surprise, and hurried out of the train. Yan Liang said to Wu Fan:

"Meng Xuan's affairs are the affairs of our two brothers. Just say it directly, how can we ask for it? Meng Xuan is so disgusted with it. Do you not regard us as brothers?"

Wu Fan said apologetically:

"No, the two brothers blamed me wrongly. In fact, this matter is not a public matter, but a personal matter of my brother."

Wen Chou waved his hand impatiently:

"It's all about his business and private affairs. Brother Eighth brother, please tell me, don't want my mother-in-law and mother."

Wu Fan said bluntly:

"Please ask your two brothers to go to Luoyang to bring my family here."

Yan Liang and Wen Chou thought Wu Fan wanted them to go deep into a particularly dangerous place and take a beheading operation. Unexpectedly, they went to Luoyang to pick up Wu Fan's family. The two looked at Wu Fan in shock until Wu Fan repeated it again, and then they were sure that they had heard it right.

Yan Liang said in confusion:

"I wonder why my eighth brother suddenly brought his family to this place where birds don't poop?"

Wu Fan said briefly:

“Just in case of an accident.”

In fact, Wu Fan suddenly said that he wanted to bring his family to Yunnan. Not only Yan Liang and Wen Chou couldn't figure out what was going on, but most of the other generals didn't understand the meaning of this. However, when he thought of Cao Pi's fake documents, the generals quickly reacted and secretly praised him for his thoughts.

Guo Jia, Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, the three top think tank counselors, thought on this basis that Wu Fan had taken Lu Xun's approach and said that after adopting Lu Xun's approach, he said that the governor had considered that if this method failed, Cao Pi would most likely take the most threat to him. He really predicted the enemy's initiative and did not miss it.

At this time, Wen Chou asked when he would leave. Wu Fan replied to them: Immediately, immediately. Yan Liang and Wen Chou immediately took the order and left. After a little preparation, they rode their horses out of the camp and headed for Luoyang day and night.

Not long after Yan Liang and Wen Chou left, the civil servant was escorted by the guards to the central army's tent for the second time.

I saw the civil servants and generals of the Second Army in the Central Army again, especially Wu Fan, who was sitting upright behind the table and had a heavy face. The civil servants thought that the next thing they would say was to announce that they would be to execute him. They were so scared that their faces were as dark as they were, and the guards had just let go of him, and they knelt down and kowtowed to Wu Fan, begging Wu Fan not to kill him.

Wu Fan did not speak, but looked at Lu Xun. Since Lu Xun had the idea to explain the benefits and disadvantages to civil servants, I must have thought of how to do it in my heart, so I let Lu Xun implement it.

Lu Xun understood and walked out of the train and said to the civil servants:

"Can you know, how many soldiers are there in our Cao army at present? How many of them are the Second Corps?"

The civil servant was kowtowing like a chicken pecking at rice. When Lu Xun asked this, he was stunned. He didn't know what Lu Xun was asking. After a while, the civil servant replied uncertainly:

"I heard that our army seems to have more than 3 million soldiers at present, and the Second Corps accounts for about 40%.

Lu Xun walked away two steps and said:

"No, if it were half a year ago, this legend could be close to the facts. Now, the total number of soldiers of our Cao army has reached nearly five million. Among them, after half a year of training, the Second Legion has increased rapidly, including Jingnan, Jingbei, Jiaotong and Yongzhou, and the 20 cities of the five prefectures of Jingnan, Jingbei, Jiaotong and Yong. The governor personally led the elite troops to join the three armies of Jianning, which increased the total number of soldiers of the Cao army by more than one million. Currently, the Second Legion accounts for at least 60% of the total number of soldiers of the Cao army, and the elite troops occupy at least 90% of the elite troops."

When the civil servant heard this, he trembled for no reason. Then Lu Xun continued:

"Can you know how many generals of our Cao army have in total, and how many of them are in the Second Army?"

The civil servant swallowed and said:

"I heard that there are currently about 300 generals in our army, and the Second Corps seems to occupy half of them."

Lu Xun said:

"No. Currently, there are 421 general generals in our army, of which 304 are 304, accounting for 70%. If the force is the strongest, all the generals of the Cao army rank in the top 50, at least 40 are the second legion, accounting for 80% of them."

The civil servants were already sweating, and they were cold sweating. I had only heard that the Second Legion was the strongest among Cao's army before, and I never dreamed that being so strong would be the mainstay of Cao's army. If Wu Fan had any ideas, he would lead the Second Legion to counterattack...

Civilians dare not think about it anymore.

This time, Lu Xun stopped asking about civil servants, but said to himself:

"At present, except for the two cities in Nanzhong, all Chinese territory are under the jurisdiction of our Cao army, with a total of 16 prefectures and 18 cities. Among them, the Second Corps governs 11 prefectures and 35 cities, accounting for more than 70% of them."

Speaking of this, Lu Xun looked at the civil servant and said:

"In your opinion, even the third legion is obedient to him, how powerful is compared with the Second Legion?"

The civil servant finally said it right once:

“Far from that.”

Lu Xun nodded and said:

"It seems that you are not stupid enough to be taught. In this case, do you think it is necessary to ignore the lives of individuals or even the whole family for a master who will inevitably fail?"

When the civil servant heard this, he was a little enlightened. He raised his head and looked at Lu Xun steadily and said:
Chapter completed!