In the era of information obstruction, the transparency of some remote places is almost zero, and the southwest is a typical example.

Manda likes this era very much, and likes the Southwest very much. It is like a magician's secret box, with too much space to manipulate.

Barkern's understanding of the Southwest War situation comes from the battle reports and letters of Rahn Pigu, Winthera and Roman Wilkins. When all the letters are under Manda's control, it becomes very easy to cover Barkern's eyes.

In more than a month, Manda sent more than a dozen battle reports to Barkern through the Styx Island, from the desperate battle at the beginning, to the fatigue of teachers and veterans later, to the test of each other, and to the charging counterattack later, the content of the battle reports mainly revolved around the battle under Blackwater City, but in each battle report, some other information was revealed, about Seven Star Mountain and Roman Wilkins.

For example, in the third battle report, Rahn and Roman Wilkins had established contact, and the other party had begun a fierce battle with Qixingshan.

Although there was only one short sentence, Barkern attached great importance to this sentence. He asked Rahn to mention the battle situation of Qixingshan in every battle report.

In the seventh battle report, Wilkins had captured the two mountains of Zuo Yu and the left wing. Amador excitedly responded to Barkern's victory, but Barkern was not satisfied with the progress, so he asked Rahn to urge Wilkins to speed up the battle.

In the 12th battle report, Rahn and Winthera got in touch, and the other party was attacking To Xingshan. Barkern was very dissatisfied with this, thinking that Winthera was too slow.

In the seventeenth battle report, Winthera and Wilkins jointly captured Toutingshan and Xunxingshan, and Barkern finally smiled:

"This is like fighting. Wilkins's quality did not disappoint me. They asked them to continue to maintain the offensive and to wipe out the traitors of Qixing Mountain within one month."

Amado truthfully fed back the news to Rahn Pigu. The real Rahn Pigu couldn't receive these news, and he still did not have the courage to open the Styx Island. All the news was intercepted by Manda.

"I didn't disappoint him, how much does this mean?" Manda was very dissatisfied with Barkhon's reply. "Where is the Holy Land and the Holy Messenger who promised it? Why didn't you see the enthronement document?"

Obtaining the identity of the Holy Land and the Holy Messenger is the main purpose of Manda's efforts to deal with Barkern.

Chuyit rubbed his blood-covered eyes. He had been very hard in the past month. The war that took place on Qixing Mountain did not exist at all. Manda just asked Cheldan to command several military exercises. All the processes and results of the war were co-made by Chuyit and Manda.

This also made Chuyit a little worried, could this war on parchment deceive Barkern?

"What we sent to Barkhon was Rahn's one-sided statement. If we really wanted to gain his trust, we probably needed other evidence."

"It makes sense," Manda nodded, "In the tone of Winthera and Wilkins, he sent a letter to Barkern respectively. Winthera only reported the results of the battle, and Wilkins wanted to seek rewards in a tactful way."

Chuyit found that the job was really not easy to do, and it felt like writing a drama, which required you to grasp the rhythm of the story and the characteristics of the characters.

"Sir, are these two letters to Barkern through the Styx Island?"

"Of course not. The letters sent from the same channel will inevitably arouse suspicion," Manda shook her head, "Let Jenkins send someone to send the letters, and choose a reliable person, so that he should not rush to set out and be prepared to be questioned."

Chuyit reminded: "It will take at least one and a half months to go back and forth from the capital."

"I'm not in a hurry at all," Manda smiled, "we have a lot to do."

That night, Manda personally wrote a story outline, which was handed over to Villoke, who was responsible for collecting taxes. Villoke led his subordinates to change into the robe of the God-Punisher, and while collecting taxes, he spread the story to the past merchants.

Merchants can see the army participating in the "exercise", hear the war drums and trumpets in the valley, and also see the wounded soldiers and corpses carried out from the valley. Although these are all tricks by Cheldan, merchants are not able to distinguish between true and false, and pay the tax tremblingly. They will immediately leave Qixing Mountain and tell others what they see and hear when they are doing business.

Manda is very clear about the characteristics of rumors. Every time he changes hands, it will change once, so he only writes a story summary, and the specific plot is improved by the disseminator.

In the southwest boundary, the rumored version is like this:

"Have you heard that? Roman Wilkins will soon attack Seven Star Mountain. As long as he can defeat Crach Monchik, the Archbishop will enthrone him as the sacred messenger, the only sacred messenger in the entire Romelu Kingdom, and the town of Greyfish will become the sacred land of Romelu Kingdom."

When rumors spread throughout the southern region, the version became like this:

"Have you heard that? Roman Wilkins captured Seven Star Mountain and trapped Crach Monchik in Blackwater City. The Pope has issued an order to enthrone him as the Holy Messenger and declare Greyfish Town a Holy Land."

When I arrived at the capital, the version became like this:

"The Lord of God's Punishment appeared in the town of Greyfish, where the Lord's Holy Light shines through the Lord and becomes a sacred land. The Lord of God's Punishment personally announced that Roman Wilkins was the sacred messenger. He led the Holy Army to capture Crach Monchik alive, and burned him and his heretics to death on the stolen rack. This was what my friend saw with his own eyes!"

Before hearing the rumors, Barkern received letters from Winthera and Wilkins. There was nothing new about Winthera's letters. Barkern recognized Adrino's handwriting and did not have any doubts about the letters.

But Wilkins vomited a lot of bitterness in the letter, which made Barkern a little dissatisfied.

"He said his morale was a little dismal. Because he did not have a suitable identity, he could not get the support of the soldiers," Barkern sneered and said to Amador, "Let General Pigu remind Wilkins that the Lord can see his achievements, and I can also see his achievements. Before completely capturing Qixing Mountain, let him concentrate on fighting, don't think about it, and don't send messengers to him in the future. Just give the letter to General Pigu."

Amado said: "Sir, General Pigu's troops have suffered heavy losses, and I'm afraid they can't continue to attack Hei Shui City."

"I didn't expect him to conquer Blackwater City," Barkern was a little impatient. "It would be enough for him to hold down Almond and Monchik. After conquering Seven Star Mountain, Winserra will naturally send support."

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After receiving Amado's reply, Manda threw the message tube to the ground and gritted her teeth and said, "Barkeen wants to pay for it!"

Chuyit said: "Maybe he is dissatisfied with our record, so we might as well say in the next battle report that Wilkins has completely captured Seven Star Mountain."

Manda shook her head and said, "You can't write that way. If Seven Star Mountain is completely captured, Roman Wilkins will be useless. It's like a hare dead and a hunting dog should be put into trouble. This is the same truth."

Chuyit understood what Manda meant, but he couldn't think of any way to get Barkhon to fulfill his promise.

After thinking hard for a night, Manda finally came up with a countermeasure. He asked Chuyit to get up overnight and wrote a battle report and stuffed it into the Styx Island.

The next day at dawn, Amado received the battle report and quickly reported to Barkern.

Barkeen was furious when he heard the news: "Someone dares to attack Grayfish Town? Who gives him the courage! That is the sacred land of the Lord!"

Amado whispered: "Sir, we have not issued the enthronement document yet."
Chapter completed!