Rumors stop at the wise.

But the true wise man is definitely a very small minority in this world.

So by analogy, how many wise men are there in the City of War?

Although there is no specific figure, it is not expected to exceed 0.01% of the total population, or even lower.

"Your Majesty, I think I understand what to do. ”

Coverdale said with some excitement: "I'm going to let the intelligence organization spread rumors that the Imperial Army's promises are false, so as to guide public opinion in the entire War City, but will this really work? Will the civilians really support us again?"

"It seems that Your Excellency still doesn't understand how to do it. ”

Vega said with a kind of hatred: "Of course, it is possible to succeed by relying on rumors alone, but the success rate is actually less than forty percent, because rumors have no factual basis after all, not to mention that most civilians are still living in the dream of believing that the empire will fulfill its promises, and you and I alone cannot wake up the people who are pretending to be asleep." ”

That's right.

There is such a thing as human nature.

Once they believe something, they will not choose to believe it, even if you put the truth and ironclad evidence in front of them. In his previous life, Vega had seen too much news about certain organizations, and some brainwashed people were so ingrained in a certain concept that they did not recognize their relatives.

Other words.

Even if the rebels spread rumors...... No, even if the rebel intelligence is telling the truth and listing a lot of evidence, there are civilians who will unilaterally believe that this is a trick by the rebels to deceive them, and then influence others wisely.

So it's just as Vega said.

If you just spread rumors, the success rate is less than half, plus the rebels have no evidence, and the empire can give a lot of evidence at any time to secretly guide the public, so this success rate will drop even lower.

"Your Majesty, please give me advice. ”

After listening to Vega's series of analyses, Coverdale realized that it is not so simple to play with people's hearts, and it is not just a casual rumor that can make civilians change their perceptions and ideas and support them again.

"As I said before. ”

Vega went on to analyze Coverdale: "When a person identifies an idea, even if you put the truth in front of them, you cannot change their mind. This situation may be beneficial to the Imperial Army, but if they turn to believe in us, does that mean that the Imperial Army will think that it is a means of the Imperial Army, even if they have it in front of them?"

The answer is undoubtedly yes. ”

Vega hit the nail on the head and said: "Therefore, what we have to do is to completely brainwash the civilians, and as for how to brainwash it, it is really simple-to capture and indulge!"

"Want to capture ......?"

Coverdale's eyes were still confused.

However, this is irrelevant, because Vega saw that Coverdale really did not know how to operate specifically, and in order to be sure, he had personally issued a series of orders to Coverdale to follow these orders directly.

First of all, the first command.

Through Coverdale's hand, Vega ordered the intelligence organization to cooperate with the city defense army to close the city gates, comprehensively investigate the organization of the imperial army in the city, and pull out all the ones that can be pulled out, and stop the flow of intelligence in the short term by closing the city.

This is to temporarily poke the Empire in the eyes of the City of War.

Under this premise.

Over the next few days, a rumor gradually spread in the city of war -

The Imperial Government had no intention of fulfilling its promises, and the soldiers and civilians who had surrendered not only did not receive war subsidies, but were not even exonerated from their crimes, and were directly demoted to third-class citizens who were inferior to slaves.

"Fake! This must be a means of the rebels!"

The initiator of the march said angrily: "The defeat of the rebels is assured, their leader is greedy for power and refuses to surrender, and now they are starting to spread rumors that the empire is not fulfilling its promises, obviously trying to drag us into the water and make us fall victim to their struggle for power." ”

"Yes, it must be so. ”

"It is impossible for the empire to deceive us. ”

"If you surrender one day later, you will enjoy the war subsidy of the empire one day later. ”

"Let's not be traitors. ”

“......”

The civilians were indignant, and everything was just as Vega had said, and the rumors spread could not wake up the people who were pretending to be asleep, and the commoners unilaterally believed that the Empire could not deceive their masses.

But that's just the first part.

After it was determined that the rumors could not affect the civilian population, the next day a series of evidence of the Imperial's non-fulfillment of their promises was thrown out.

There are not only human witnesses, but also all kinds of physical evidence.

If you want to make a fake come true, evidence is indispensable, and rumors must be combined with evidence to have a real effect, even if these evidences are only forged by Vega, but at such a time, no one will run to the territory of the empire to verify it, right?

Even if you go to verify it, when the truth is investigated, I'm afraid the war will be over.

This set of rumors and ironclad evidence finally began to have a little effect, no longer like the rumors of the previous days, and no one wanted to believe it at all. As a result, under this set of combinations, the ranks of demonstrations gradually decreased.

But that's not enough.

Some of those who are ingrained in the belief that the Empire cannot deceive us do not take the evidence seriously, choosing to ignore it and continue to go their own way, and continue to influence others who already believe in the rebels.

"It's all a conspiracy of the rebels!"

"The evidence is fake!"

"If you don't stand up and resist, you will all be traitors in the end. ”

"That's right, it's too late for the Empire to take the city of war before surrendering. ”

“......”

These crazy people, staring at blood-red eyes, marched and terrorized the civilians on both sides of the road who were watching the excitement or had begun to believe in the rebels, and the civilians on both sides of the road seemed to be shaking again, not knowing who to believe.

Things took a turn on the fifth day.

At dawn, a piece of news shocked the entire city of war-

The rebels officially announced that they would formally surrender to the Imperial Army in seven days.

The explosive news brought the entire city and soldiers to their senses, and the die-hards, who had chosen not to believe the rumors or the evidence, began to rush to tell the rebels that they were going to surrender as if they had won the battle, and to advertise it as a great victory after their disdainful efforts.

The oppressive atmosphere of the entire city finally collapsed on this day.

Even the soldiers began to pack their bags and prepare to formally surrender to the Imperial Army in seven days, and then receive a pardon from the Empire, and receive a war subsidy from the Empire, and live an ordinary and comfortable life again.

But what they don't know is.

Vega's plan to guide public opinion is finally coming to an end.

Right now.

It's just the last step.