Chapter 154 Dance For Me, Bitches! (2/2)
”Oh, please. Politic is always dirty. War is even nastier. This is softcore.”
”I knew that. But public this without his permission won't do!”
Jia Xu stopped and glanced back at Sima Fang to calculate his next move, then he was reminded of Tong's behavior on the day he called Jia Xu out.
'That brat seems to be interested in me. I should use him as my backer.'
”Go ask young master Zhang. He'll approve of this.”
Sima Fang was taken aback when he heard Jia Xu mentioned about Tong.
”… Haiz.” He sighed as he gave up. ”Fine. I'll do it. But you'll take full responsibility for this if this goes wrong.”
”I know. Haha!”
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September 1st, 182 A.D.
Heads of the spies were pierced by poles and a new announcement was posted on the public announcement boards.
The spy criminals shocked the townsmen, but the rebellion announcement threw the city into an uproar.
War!
A simple word that could intimidate any county or city that was about to experience it. The horror of being on the side of the invaded city, county, or a country could shake the moral of the citizens to the soul.
Even if there was not any concrete proof or news about the Imperial Army approaching, the first thing the people thought about was their safety. As a result, the citizens were running around, telling their families about the news and started stocking their provisions.
The panic spread like a wildfire. Fortunately, Sima Fang had prepared for this and already deployed all police forces at several important locations, such as government shops, government buildings, granaries, and water sources. As a result, no damage occurred in the city as all potential rioters were arrested in time.
This announcement also caught the eyes and ears of all spies in Julu City. Each organization was in chaos, trying to get every information and rumor they could get.
And they caught a clue of last night incident.
Ten suspects infiltrated the government main hall and nine of them were killed.
”The last one was caught?”
”No, didn't they say they killed everyone on the spot?”
”I got an intel from the participated soldier. They were ordered to kill everyone.”
”So one has escaped!”
”Isn't it odd that they didn't bother to capture any prisoner?”
”It is.”
”Too weird.”
”Something has made them hasty.”
As Jia Xu had predicted. All spy organization made the conclusion that something was not right in the operation last night. They should have captured a few to extract some information first. However, the government intentionally made an illogical decision by killing them all.
”Maybe those ten found something sensitive?”
A question appeared in the mind of these lurkers. They mobilized their men to find a trace of this spy, so they could extract the information from him and reported it back to their lords.
A few smarter agents planned to infiltrate the government buildings instead of looking for the escaped agent. But after seeing the increased in the security of the government houses, they changed their mind.
”We can't get that info this way. We have to look for that man!”
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Meanwhile, the afternoon of the same day.
In a closed room inside the government main building, Tong and Jia Xu were having a private conversation about the past preparation made by Jia Xu, the military overhaul, and about the fake info plan.
They had been in the room since morning as there were too many things that both Jia Xu and Tong had to ask each other and tune their brain waves.
Tong revealed his abilities, [Inventory], [Create Food], and his radar map. He also told Jia Xu about the relationship between his force and Ding Yuan's.
Despite the shocking revelation, Jia Xu was happy that Tong was honest with him as he was also a fair person. If his lord was honest to him, he would do the same as well. Jia Xu told Tong the process of his thought in earnest and pointed out all flaws in Julu City, including his economic system.
”So, you've made this stupidly large map to fool the neighbor spies?”
”Correct, my lord. All our city classified info has been leaked and still leaking to our neighbors for a long time already since your father has been instated as a governor. It's about time that we use our weaknesses to our advantages.”
The current topic of their conversation focused on the counter-spy plan that Jia Xu improvised.
”With the stance of Liu Ping, I believe that he will dispatch his troops to this city soon. So the false info we have leaked will be the pivot of our entire movements.”
Jia Xu opened another roll of paper. It was a small map of Ji Province that he drew. His finger pointed at Jinyang as he explained.
”If he wants to eliminate us that badly, he will mobilize his troops from the capital and garrison at Jinyang while the other detach armies will head to Yie Commandery.”