Zhao Hao was always paying attention to all the movements of the Gan army.
The army finally built more than a hundred ships and recruited a lot of civilians.
However, even though the ships were already there, the army had not yet moved. Zhao Hao did not understand what the army was waiting for.
However, no matter what he was waiting for, he couldn't wait any longer.
He immediately sent out more than a dozen large ships and sailed out of Island No. 1.
Under the cover of night, they moved towards the port of Luzhou.
Then, not long after, he was discovered by Gan Jun.
To be precise, it was not the ship that was discovered, but rather the fact that there were many large lanterns in the sky.
These big lanterns were floating towards their port.
A soldier immediately reported to Xiao Chuyun.
Xiao Chuyun immediately walked out of the City Lord's Mansion and looked up at the sky.
After a moment, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he shouted loudly: "Send a message to the dock immediately, let all ships leave the dock and disperse completely!"
"We must not get together!"
Upon hearing this, two of his personal soldiers immediately delivered the order without saying a word.
At this time, several generals nearby also walked over quickly and heard his instructions.
One of the generals asked in confusion: "General, what is that?"
Xiao Chuyun said in a deep voice: "Kongming lanterns, if I'm not mistaken, a large number of thunder bombs are placed on each Kongming lantern."
"Once they float above the harbor, they'll all fall down and blow up our ships!"
Hearing him say this, the expressions of several generals changed.
One of the generals said, "General, that shouldn't be the case. A Kongming lantern is something that cannot control its direction or distance."
"How could it be so accurate that it could fall right above our port?"
Xiao Chuyun shook his head and said, "Of course not under normal circumstances, but don't forget that the person who put these things is my brother."
"I don't need to tell you about his abilities and methods!"
"Anything related to the study of things, he can do incredible things!"
Hearing what Xiao Chuyun said, several generals all nodded.
Some of them had once followed Zhao Hao in battle.
Many times, I couldn’t understand how Zhao Hao deployed his troops and his various operations.
However, it can produce excellent results.
The order reached the port quickly, but it was still a little late.
The ships did not have time to leave the port and disperse.
The Kongming lanterns in the sky have already floated above our heads.
Just as Xiao Chuyun thought, after these Dongming and others arrived above the port, they immediately went out of control and then fell rapidly.
"boom!"
The first explosion occurred, but it did not fall accurately on the boat, but on the shore.
However, after the first explosion, one explosion after another continued.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
“…”
There were explosions one after another, although most of them did not hit the ship.
However, a part of it still hit the boat hard.
The Kongming lantern that fell on the boat exploded, instantly blowing the boat to pieces.
Some of them fell on the deck, blowing a large hole in it that could not be repaired.
Some of them fell on the roof of the ship and blew it to pieces.
After the explosion, a raging flame broke out, and the entire sea surface of the port was illuminated by the flames.
There were more than a hundred large ships in total, and nearly half of them were destroyed after all the sky lanterns fell.
The raging fire burned down a lot of things.
There were more than a hundred large ships in total, and more than two-thirds of them were destroyed.
The entire dock port turned into a sea of fire.
Xiao Chuyun led several generals and quickly rushed to the dock in person.
Seeing the scene before them, the faces of several generals turned extremely ugly.
Several people quickly looked at Xiao Chuyun beside them.
"General, what do we do now?"
"This...I can't explain it!"
"Yes, General..."
However, unlike several generals, Xiao Chuyun's expression did not change.
After looking for a long time, Xiao Chuyun said, "Have someone clean up the mess and try to salvage the boat."
After saying that, Xiao Chuyun turned around and went back.
The generals looked at each other, all of them a little confused.
After returning to the City Lord's Mansion, Xiao Chuyun came to the study, sat down immediately, and began to write a memorial.
Something like this happened tonight, so of course we have to report it to the Imperial Capital.
This memorial was written very concisely, consisting of only three short sentences.
First sentence: Tonight, the Democratic Alliance Army blew up dozens of my ships parked at the dock by releasing sky lanterns.
Second sentence: Under the current circumstances, a large number of ships have been damaged and it is no longer suitable to cross the sea to fight. Your Majesty does not need to lead the army in person.
The third sentence: My defense is not good enough, please punish me severely, Your Majesty!
That’s right, the reason why Gan’s army did not rush to attack during this period was because they were waiting for Jiang Wan’er’s arrival.
Jiang Wan'er wants to lead the army in person, destroy Zhao Hao with her own hands, and witness Zhao Hao's downfall with her own eyes.
However, no one expected such a change to happen.
Xiao Chuyun could imagine how furious Jiang Wan'er would be once this memorial was sent back to the capital.
But there is no way.
At this moment on Island No. 1, Zhao Hao, Yongning, Jiang Yiren, Zhuo Ya, and Shang Yuchan were standing in the pavilion at the seaside pier.
Soon, we saw ships on the sea.
It wasn't long before the boat approached the shore.
Xie Ying and Wu Song got off the boat and walked quickly towards the pavilion.
Zhao Hao smiled slightly and said, "How is it going? Is it going well?"
Wu Song nodded and said, "Sir, everything is going well. Of the more than 100 ships of the Gan army, less than 30% should be left now."
"They want to attack our Island No. 1, but they probably won't be able to do it in a short period of time!"
Zhao Hao nodded, and asked Wu Song and Xie Ying to sit down.
"You've worked hard, sit down and have a cup of tea."
The two nodded and sat down.
Zhao Hao said softly: "The matter here has been resolved for the time being."
"Next, I plan to send the two of you to the foot basin to keep an eye on the smelting workshop and the forging workshop. There cannot be any mistakes there."
After hearing this, the two looked at each other, and Wu Song said, "Sir, when do we set out?"
Zhao Hao thought for a moment and said, "Of course the sooner the better. Recently, Wang Mengyu and Zheng Zhiqian have been there for quite some time."
"After you two go over, replace them."
"After you go there, you can experiment with the new weapons."
"It's more convenient and more suitable than the two of them."
Wu Song nodded and said, "Then we will set off early tomorrow morning!"
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