Song Shoujie's facial features were all over the place, with many thoughts stuck in his heart. He didn't know whether he should be speechless at the commander's recklessness or be shocked that Duke Yun actually had a clairvoyant!

Song Shoujie held the Clairvoyance tightly in both hands, reluctant to return it to Duke Yun.

The clairvoyance is about the length of a forearm, and its appearance is plain and simple. The body of the telescope is made of wood and coated with varnish, which makes it very shiny.

The two ends are the eyepiece and the objective lens, the lenses are wrapped in copper gilt and seem to be made of glass.

Who would have thought that an object not even as long as a fire stick could be a clairvoyant!

"Sir Song, let me take a look." Li Mingde became impatient upon seeing this.

Song Shoujie reluctantly gave the Clairvoyance to Lee Myung-bak, and kept reminding him: "Be careful, don't break it. If I had Clairvoyance, I wouldn't have to..."

The past cannot be recalled, and it brings regrets when we talk about it.

Li Mingde picked up the clairvoyance and exclaimed, "This is too amazing! It's five miles away, but it's right in front of me!"

Li Mingde put down the Clairvoyance and looked at Gu Nanxi excitedly: "Godmother, can the Clairvoyance produce?"

Yesterday, the glass company far away in Yunzhou urgently sent someone to deliver something to my godmother. It must be this clairvoyance!

Gu Nanxi's mood had calmed down long ago. Although he didn't understand why the opposing commander did not bring a warship, the enemy's mistake was his opportunity!

It all depends on how we make use of this opportunity to maximize our benefits.

"We can't mass produce it in the short term. Mr. Fang said in his letter that it would be no problem to produce two or three before the holiday."

Song Shoujie moved his mouth and wanted to ask if he could have one.

If one person has a clairvoyance on the sea, what an advantage that would be!

In the end, Song Shoujie felt guilty and didn't dare to speak up.

Seeing that there was no fighting today, Gu Nanxi went down the city wall and returned to the governor's mansion, where he met a strong man. The two of them whispered for a long time.

It was not until the early morning of the next day that the strong man left the governor's mansion.

…

On the ship, Li Sui sat on the deck and sighed.

It is not an easy task to clear the silt.

If manpower is used, the non-segmented cofferdam method is generally adopted to cut the river into short sections. After the river is drained, the laborers go down to the river to dig out the silt.

It would take more than a month to cross a river section 30 meters long, recruiting 5,000 laborers every day.

Li Sui grabbed his hair with both hands, feeling very crazy.

Such professional matters were originally the responsibility of the Hequ Bureau, and it was not the turn of a governor like him to worry about it.

What's more, this is the territory of Hezhong County.

Spending money and effort to dredge the river for the enemy makes me feel suffocated no matter how I think about it!

"Really? Doesn't the emperor know that I've never fought in a war? Why did he send me to lead the troops? Not every scholar can go to the battlefield and kill the enemy!"

Li Sui had no choice. The emperor had repeatedly ordered him to act according to the military strategy, but the emperor didn't say anything. What should he do in the current situation?

"How about we ask Lord Zhao?" someone suggested.

Li Sui had already sent people to ask Zhao Jun, and also sent people to write a letter to Kyoto, asking the government what to do!

I hope Zhao Jun can take over Suining County as soon as possible and come to support me.

Zhao Jun, who was placed with high hopes, was also helpless at this time.

There was no problem with their river route, but four miles away from Suining County, they encountered warships from Hezhong Prefecture.

"Quick, throw the lime pot!"

The tower ship that Zhao Jun brought was three stories high, and a catapult was installed on the third floor.

They threw not stones but jars of lime to confuse the enemy.

When the enemy is hit by the lime jar and falls into chaos, the tower ship will speed up and approach the local warship, and use the hook hidden in the middle layer to pull the enemy ship.

Once the two sides get close, Zhao Jun will order the sailors who have been prepared to go through the board, board the enemy ship, and engage in close combat!

Everything was going well, but I got stuck at the first step.

"Master Zhao, the distance is not enough!"

The warships of Hezhong County were smaller and more agile than the tower ships. Once the tower ships approached, they would whoosh away.

Not only that, the range of the fierce fire oil tanks on their warships is also longer than before.

The high-intensity oil tank on a typical ship has a range of ten meters and can spray four or five times continuously.

Zhao Jun had observed that the range of Hezhong County's fierce fire oil tank was at least fifteen meters, and the most it had fired in a row was twelve times!

Although the fire they caused on the ship was quickly put out and did not cause major damage, it was still very annoying!

You can't hit the other party, but the other party can constantly cause trouble for you.

The main strategy is that when the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy retreats, I advance.

Moreover, Zhao Jun had a hunch that Suining County was definitely not going all out. It would be more accurate to say that they were training rather than fighting a war.

Because, in just two days, the other side had changed two groups of warships!

Warships do not come in just one style, but several types.

Zhao Jun also saw a ship that could spray water from a cannon with a range of ten meters.

The soldiers on the ship had lost their temper because of the enemy's tricks. As long as the ship didn't catch fire and no one scuttled the bottom of the cabin, they were too lazy to stand on the deck and engage in a verbal fight.

The two sides are so far apart that even if you shout at the top of your lungs, the other party probably won't be able to hear you.

"Master Chen, why don't we just go straight to Suining County!"

"Yeah, they are so mean! If you want to fight, just fight. Who are you trying to tease?!"

"I guess they don't dare to confront us head-on, so they can only keep harassing us."

"If we drive all the way there, they will definitely flee back to Suining County!"

The sailors are so annoyed!

The pirates on Dongting Lake are not as annoying as them.

They say they don't dare to fight, but they still have to come and flirt with me in a nasty way.

To say that they could win the battle was because they had never been seen within the firing range of the tower ship.

This feeling of having energy but nowhere to use it is so frustrating.

Zhao Jun frowned, his beard untidy, and hesitated: "Let me think about it again."

The people under his command were still urging him: "Master Zhao, please fight quickly! Master Li is still waiting for our support!"

Zhao Jun rubbed his head, and his headache was splitting! There was always an ominous feeling in his heart, as if there was a giant beast hiding in Suining County, opening its mouth wide, waiting for him to fall into the trap.

"Wait a minute. Someone, show me the information about Suining County!"

On the city wall of Suining County, a few kilometers away from the building ship, there was also a group of people eagerly waiting.

Li Changtian put down the telescope in his hand, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on his palm: "Engineer Wang, are we really not going to give it a try now?"

After taking over Suining County, Gu Nanxi appointed Li Changtian as the county magistrate of Suining County and sent him a newly acquired telescope overnight.

So far, there are only two telescopes in the whole Yunzhou, one in the hands of Duke Yun and the other in the hands of Li Changtian.

Li Changtian felt that Duke Yun valued him, so naturally he wanted to fight a good battle to repay Duke Yun!

Doesn't Wang Ziting want his big baby to shine in this battle?

But, not yet.

"Suining County is more humid than we thought. To be on the safe side, let's wait for them to get closer and give them a taste of our power!"

Li Changtian sighed with regret: "Zhao Jun is too steady. No matter how much we seduce him, he won't come forward."

"Be patient and there will always be a chance." (End of this chapter)