When a secret is known to more than three people, it is basically equivalent to being made public.
It is almost an unspoken rule of the government to protect spies among major territories.
The massive action in Ning'an Village instantly spread throughout the area.
Large quantities of long ladders and siege cones were built, large quantities of grain were mobilized, and transportation teams were recruited.
No one is a fool, and all the signs indicate that a storm is coming.
The forces that had conflicted with Ning'an Village had their brows furrowed and were frightened, fearing that Ning'an Village would start liquidation.
Suddenly, a rumor came out from someone's mouth.
"The person who can make Ning'an Village mobilize forces like this is definitely not a small force. To put it bluntly, small forces have no qualifications to be treated like this by Ning'an Village.
And those who have intersected with Ning'an Village and are qualified to be treated in this way are only the three parties.
Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and Sun Jun, among them, the territories of Yuan Shu and Sun Jun are quite far away, and their spheres of influence are not connected, which means that there will not be such a big conflict and friction.
Then, the target of the Ning'an Village mobilization gradually became clear, and one of the three major forces that was not eliminated in the end was Chenliu Cao Cao, who has been in frequent turmoil recently!"
As soon as this speculation spread, it was instantly accepted by everyone, including Cao Cao.
........
Snapped!
Cao Cao slapped the table hard with his face, his face was gloomy, and his eyes showed a fierce light.
"Damn, damn, hiss!"
Cao Cao's face was gloomy. Suddenly, he held his head with his hands and showed an expression of pain on his face.
"My lord, cough cough, my lord, take a deep breath, take a deep breath. You have just recovered from a serious illness. You must not get angry. Take a deep breath, take a deep breath."
A pale young Confucian scholar next to him supported Cao Cao and said with concern.
Cao Cao put aside the Confucian scholar's supporting hand, stood up, took a deep breath, and his severe headache gradually eased.
"Now that Ning'an is attacking, what can you do?"
With his back to the Confucian scholar, Cao Cao asked coldly.
Hearing this, the Confucian scholar showed a wry smile on his face.
"My lord, my method is weak. Ahem, you cannot resist forcefully. Only by joining forces vertically and horizontally can we force Ning'an to retreat."
When Cao Cao heard this, his face became a little gloomier and his tone became a little cold.
"Ning'an, Ning'an, Ning'an!"
Cao Cao's hands were tightly grasped on the window sill, and his joints were slightly white. The Confucian scholar behind him also had a helpless face, but he still spoke.
"Lord, I would like to send an envoy to Ning'an to persuade Fang Fan to retreat.
With the efforts of many parties, there is at least a 50% chance of success."
Snapped!
When Cao Cao heard this, he slapped his hand on the window sill and said angrily.
"As an envoy, are you impatient to leave me?
I, Cao Cao, am so unbearable? Huh?"
When the Confucian scholar heard this, there was no look of surprise on his face, but he was filled with bitterness.
"I don't dare, my lord, please take a closer look."
"I don't dare, I..."
Cao Cao turned around, his face full of gloom, and he wanted to say something, but suddenly a distant headache made him stop what he was saying.
After taking a deep breath, he slowly calmed down and his tone became slightly calmer.
"Don't mention the mission again. I'm afraid that Yuan Rang's incident will happen again. I lost Yuan Rang, but I can't lose you again."
When the Confucian scholar heard the importance in Cao Cao's tone and the disguised explanation of "being humble", he apologized, felt warm in his heart, and said with cupped hands.
"Then we can send people to contact the surrounding forces and propose a threat to Ning'an. Ahem, tie them to our tanks, under a multi-party alliance. Ahem, our... ahem... that's not a bad idea.
Odds of winning.”
After hearing this, Cao Cao's face softened and he nodded.
"It's feasible, then I'll leave it to you to supervise."
"Yes, lord."
The Confucian scholar was about to leave, but as soon as he turned around, he heard Cao Cao's voice behind him again.
"And you should also hurry up and do the things I told you before."
When the Confucian scholar heard this, he hesitated for a moment and looked back at Cao Cao.
"Lord, this method may... ahem... harm Tianhe."
When Cao Cao heard this, a fierce expression appeared on his face.
"If the plan goes well, then nothing will happen. But if the city is destroyed and people are killed, what does the consequence have to do with me?
After I die, it doesn’t matter if the floods are raging, what does it have to do with me!!”
Cao Cao waved his hands and shouted with excitement and a ferocious expression.
When the Confucian scholar heard this, his face turned a little pale, but he still bowed down and said respectfully.
"Yes, lord."
........
As far away as Ning'an Village, Fang Fan also heard this rumor.
"Village Chief, how did they guess it? Even the people in the village who knew that the target was Cao Cao couldn't count on their hands, right?"
Tang Jiajun heard this and said with some surprise.
When Fang Fan heard this, he smiled and shook his head.
"What's so difficult about this? This isn't in the Three Kingdoms.
The people of the Three Kingdoms did not know a single big character and their vision was blocked, so they could not calculate such things.
but now?
With the explosion of information, not just everyone, but the vast majority of people have received education and have access to the Internet.
The information received every day is something that ordinary ancient people could not receive in a lifetime.
During normal meals, we would chat casually about national affairs, world affairs, and various conspiracy theories. My horizons and thinking had already been opened up.
Besides, we didn’t deliberately hide it in the first place, so I would only think there was something wrong if we couldn’t guess it.”
"Oh, that's right. If nothing else, I read novels every day. The authors are all talented. If you read more, your thinking will broaden, and you will naturally be able to understand them all."
Regarding the example of Tang Jiajun's novel, Fang Fan was a little bit dumbfounded.
Da da!
At this time, someone knocked on the threshold.
"The village chief, Chen Yi, captain of the chamber of commerce's escort team, and the two vice presidents of the chamber of commerce would like to meet."
Fang Fan was startled and then thought, is it still early?
"Okay, let them come in first."
"yes."
Not long after the guards left, Chen Yi, Zhou Ji, and Gu Jihuai walked into Fang Fan's office.
"village head."
As soon as he came in, Chen Yi shouted with a straight face.
"Chen Yi, it has only been a few days. If the engineering team has not mutated, then you should still be at the market, right?"
"Hey, there is no mutation, there is no mutation. Didn't I hear that there is a big move in the village? I thought, I can't enjoy the happiness in the market, I have to work and can't just eat for free, otherwise I feel guilty. The village
long."
Fang Fan heard it and felt a little funny.
"You, you, what you say is better than what you sing, do you think I don't know what your plans are?"
"Hehe, hehe." Chen Yi didn't say anything, just smiled.
"Okay, you're so virtuous, just stand there and I'll deal with you later."
"Okay, okay."
Chen Yi was not afraid, he nodded with a smile, walked over and got next to Tang Jia.
Fang Fan's eyes shifted to look at the remaining two people, and the smile on his face faded, becoming quite serious.
"What's the reason for you two coming?"
Hearing Fang Fan's tone, Zhou Ji and Gu Jihuai's hearts trembled, and cold sweat dripped down their foreheads.
In preparation for the war, someone rescued Cao Cao. As soon as the reinforcements arrived at Chenliu, his territory was confiscated.
