Chapter - 28 News

As the Battle of Bayou concluded, the soldiers returned to their respective homes. Shin was promoted to the rank of a 300-man commander due to his remarkable feats in the battle.

Now, the Hi Shin Unit found themselves engaged in small skirmishes on Wei territory, where they quickly began making a name for themselves with their impressive performance.

On a small hill, Ley Lin lifting a huge boulder while doing push-ups. Zhi approached him and he looked at her intently.

"What is the result of our work?" he asked.

"It's incredible. Now it's spreading all over the Middle Kingdom. I can't believe how quickly it's spreading," Zhi replied, gazing at Lin.

"Controversies and gossip are the most amusing things people engage in. They spread much faster than any news," Lin explained.

Using Hui's influence and Zhi's institution, they strategically spread three rumors simultaneously in key locations. Now, these rumors had disseminated throughout the entire Middle Kingdom.

The three rumours are ,

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In a restaurant in a border town of the Wei state, a group of people discussed the Battle of Bayou.

"Ouki was a great general, and now he has fallen. I heard he was a very good man with a great heart and incredible strength."

"If he was so strong, how did he fall?"

"Did you know that Zhao used underhanded tricks to slay the great general?"

"What kind of underhanded tricks?"

"While Ouki and the Zhao commanding general were fighting, as the Zhao commander was losing, they sent Gi Ka, an archer, to sneak attack him. The arrow pierced Ouki, giving the Zhao commander a chance to defeat him."

"What? Cowards of Zhao!"

"Not only that, they retreated with their tails between their legs when they saw the enraged Qin army."

"What cowards!"

"Zhao cowards!"

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In the palace of Han, a group of palace girls were engrossed in an interesting conversation.

"Do you know why Ri Boku of Zhao started attacking Qin?"

"Why?"

"Actually, Ri Boku is impotent."

"What?!"

"Yes, this news somehow reached General Ou Ki. Ri Boku feared that Ou Ki might leak the information, so he launched an attack on a city where Ou Ki's close friend, Kyou Same, had fallen. He wanted to draw Ou Ki onto the battlefield and used underhanded tactics to defeat the general. However, the information still leaked out when Zhao soldiers found a note written by a dying soldier on wood."

"Perhaps the soldier stumbled upon the information accidentally. Ri Boku ordered his troops to silence him. As he was on his last breath, he inscribed it on a wooden surface, and now it has spread everywhere."

"What a despicable act!"

"Killing a soldier and a general for his mistake."

"Sister, what does 'impotent' mean?"

"It means he cannot do what a real man can do, sister."

"So, Ri Boku is like a girl dressed in boys' clothes, right?"

The ladies burst into laughter at the thought.

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In a rural village of Qin, a group of children were engrossed in a conversation about a trending topic from the Middle Kingdom.

"When I grow up, I want to join the Storm Eagles unit."

"Storm Eagles? Who are they?"

"Don't you know? The Storm Eagles are commanded by Leylin the Slayer."

"What have they done?"

"They swiftly slew a Zhao general and 3,000 troops under him without a scratch. They also defeated three 1,000-man commanders in a single night and decimated more than 10,000 troops on the battlefield. They're incredibly fast and quick, and they were behind the Great Fire of Bayou."

"So, they're the ones who started the Great Fire of Bayou that consumed more than 50,000 Zhao invaders?"

"Yes, and the soldiers in that unit are incredibly strong. Wherever they go, they defeat enemies without a single casualty."

"They say that whenever Leylin, the captain of the Storm Eagles, appears, all sound disappears, leaving only silence."