Amidst the calm, the people of Songhai City spent several days of peaceful life.
The materials that the imperial court had gathered together again organized a convoy and rushed them to Songhai.
This time, the imperial court adjusted the transport routes of the convoys and merged them. Although it would take a little more time on the road, the originally scattered transport convoys were consolidated into just a few.
In this way, manpower can be concentrated to protect the transport fleet.
The subsequent transportation team was not attacked by anti-Qin forces again, and the materials were delivered to Songhai safely.
For ordinary people, this is just a topic of conversation after dinner.
When the transport convoy was attacked, they discussed how the imperial army could be so useless and how dare the rebels be so arrogant.
When the convoy was no longer attacked, they discussed why the rebels were declining again and that the strength of the Imperial Army should not be underestimated.
To them, it doesn't matter whether the empire suffers a loss or the rebels suffer a loss, as long as they don't suffer a loss.
But for the two parties involved, Luo Wang and the anti-Qin forces, this temporary peace is an obvious signal.
Anyone with any brains can imagine that the anti-Qin forces cannot launch a painless attack and then give up. If they do not attack now, they are obviously waiting for an opportunity that they think is more suitable.
However, their purpose is so obvious that Luo Sheng can definitely see it, so the best time they choose may also turn into a trap laid by Luo Sheng.
Both sides are planning an obvious 'conspiracy'.
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"It seems that there is no abnormal behavior in Luo Sheng."
In the Mo family's stronghold, Shao Yu sat in front of the table, with a large piece of paper spread out in front of him, with words written on it.
These are all the information he has collected from various sources in the past few days, information about the network and the empire's movements.
Tianming sat on the other side with a very relaxed posture. He didn't seem to care about Shaoyu's words and asked lazily, "Have you obtained the information about the transport convoy?"
"Of course, this is the most important thing." Shaoyu sighed and nodded, "There is also the last wave of transport fleet, which is very large and will be delivered to Songhai tomorrow."
"It is expected that this should be the last bit of material Gongshu Qiu needs."
"Then we'll take action tomorrow." Tianming slapped the table and finalized the action.
Shao Yu frowned and reminded, "Are you planning to go head-to-head with Luo Wang?"
Tianming smiled and said, "It's definitely not possible to take advantage of it. It's impossible from the beginning."
In this round, they had the absolute initiative to set up a trap, or in other words, the empire could only be passively beaten.
But the significance of this initiative is actually not that great.
For Tianming and the others, if they can't catch a big fish, it means nothing. It's just a matter of exchanging blood with the empire.
Even if they paid far less blood than the Empire, it wouldn't be considered an advantage, because the difference in the upper limit of the health bar between the two sides is 'slightly larger'.
In other words, Tianming and the others can rely on this initiative to scrape the empire without paying much price, but if they want to really bleed the empire, they can't do it.
If they want to plot against the sun, they will definitely be plotted against by the sun. At that time, it will still have to be seen who is more skilled.
"Did you find anything when you went to the mirage before?" Shao Yu continued to ask with his expression still nervous.
Tianming has already gone to the mirage, just today, not long ago - because he estimated that it was almost time to take action, and it was time to go see Qiantaki.
This time he refused Shao Yu Shi Lan to go with him and went alone. He went back quickly and the whole journey didn't take much time.
Tianming pursed his lips and replied in a deep voice, "Everyone from the Yin Yang family is in the mirage now."
"This doesn't mean anything." Shaoyu retorted, "Luo Wang has set time to tomorrow, so of course they can carry on as usual today."
Tianming grinned and replied softly, "Qianlong told me that Xinghun met a mysterious person not long ago."
"Mysterious man...what did they talk about?" Shao Yu didn't dwell on the identity of the mysterious man and directly asked the key question.
"I don't know." Tianming shook his head, "They met at Zibei Water Pavilion, Qian Taki didn't dare to peep."
"The reason why they said they met is based on the timing of their actions."
"Is it possible that I guessed wrong?" Shao Yu immediately asked after hearing this.
"It's unlikely." Tianming shrugged and replied, "Unless Xinghun happens to want to go to Zibei Water Pavilion to see the fish, and there happens to be an outsider who wraps himself up tightly, he happens to want to go to Zibei Water Pavilion at the same time.
Check out the fish in Beishui Pavilion."
"Then the two of them didn't collide inside."
"..." Shaoyu was silent for a moment, and then asked, "How many people from the Yin and Yang family do you think will come tomorrow?"
"Since it is Xinghun who has been contacted, there is a high probability that it is him, plus Young Master Siming... That guy Yun Zhongjun cherishes his life and is timid, so it is unlikely that he will work with Xinghun." Tianming licked his nails and looked.
He got up and replied nonchalantly.
"Three..." Shao Yu tapped his fingers erratically on the table, thinking methodically in his mind, "There is a sun covering the other side of the net, so there is no guarantee that there won't be other killers hiding there."
"So there may be four top experts on their side, or it may be five. No matter how many there are... the chances are not high."
Tianming added at this time, "There should be at least five. If there are only four, the chance of eating us is too low. There is no need to bother with this."
If it's just to escort materials, there are actually more ways to do it.
For example, he could further adjust the transportation route to have only one transportation line, and concentrate all the manpower of the network and the army - of course, he would not take any action himself.
In this way, it is less likely that the anti-Qin forces will launch another attack.
The benefits are not big, but the risks are soaring. No one is doing this thankless thing.
Of course, Luo Wang must ensure that the progress of Gongshu Qiu is not hindered by their incompetence, so if Tianming and the others are willing to fight Luo Wang at all costs, Zhan Sun will definitely be forced out.
But before the sun is forced out, it's hard to say how much price Tianming and the others will pay.
Again, the health bar lengths of both sides are not at the same level, so exchanging blood would be a loss for Tianming and the others.
"Then what should we do?" Shaoyu asked.
Five top experts, they can't eat at all, and they might even get a piece of meat taken away by the other party.
Tianming looked at his nails and replied calmly, "If the right path doesn't work, then just take the opposite path. There is always a way to go."
"Get ready to contact our staff and see their attitude."
"Huh... OK!" Shao Yu took a deep breath, and without questioning Tian Ming's words, he put his hands on the table and stood up, turned around and left.
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The next day.
On the outskirts of Songhai City, a motorcade was speeding toward Songhai under a bloated escort.
It can be seen that the driver of the carriage is trying his best to speed up, but the heavy cargo and the huge team are dragging down the speed of the horses. No matter how fast they run, they can only go so fast.
While the horse-drawn carriages transporting supplies were rushing toward Songhai, there was also a lively scene at Songhai port.
Whether it is a special crossbow or a stargazing instrument, they are all fixed, and Gong Shuqiu can only choose a suitable location on the mirage to build directly.
There is nothing much to say about the stargazing instrument. Just use the ready-made one above the Toad Palace and modify it.
The special machine crossbow is a little more troublesome, and you need to choose a suitable position.
According to the deadline set by Gu Xun for Gong Shuqiu, Gongshu Qiu estimated that he would only have time to install three crossbows at most.
In order to ensure that the shooting range of the crossbow can cover any direction of the mirage, the positions of the three crossbows must be carefully designed.
The structure of the mirage is complex. Although there is a wide and empty deck, it only covers half of the surface area of the ship. The other half is much more complicated.
More importantly, this kind of crossbow itself has requirements for the construction environment.
Because this kind of crossbow is very big... very big!
Gu Xun thought this thing was outrageous before, and its range and lethality were beyond the scope of what a 'crossbow' should be.
But that's because he can't read the drawings.
After Gong Shuqiu selected the first position on the deck and started building it, he understood why this thing was so outrageous.
A behemoth with an estimated height and width of more than ten feet, and a length of more than fifteen feet, really shouldn't be considered a 'crossbow'.
According to what Gong Shuqiu and Gu Xun introduced, in such a huge volume, most of them are power transmission structures. As a 'crossbow', the proportion of modules that realize the basic function of shooting is very small, so few that it can
Ignore it.
In this case, the longer range and greater lethality are indeed...understandable.
Because it had to be built directly on the mirage, the restrictions on the originally tightly sealed mirage were relaxed from the moment Gongshuqiu started construction.
Not only is it no longer closed, but a large number of people flow in and out every day.
The time for transporting daily necessities, transporting agency materials, and pilots is not very fixed.
If he had time, Gongshu Qiu would of course be willing to formulate a complete construction schedule process, transport materials at a fixed time every day, and build the crossbow.
But he didn't have this spare time, so he could only make the simplest plan and then lead everyone to work overtime.
There is not enough time to sleep and eat every day, so how can you care about anything else?
As for how much trouble this would bring to Mirage, he didn't care. Anyway, Gu Xun and the emperor's orders were his top priorities.
Among the people climbing up the mirage, there seemed to be a few people who seemed to be out of harmony with the others, but there was nothing wrong with them.
Both the Shadow Guard and the Yin Yang Family arranged manual inspections, one at the port and the other at the mirage.
Neither of the two inspection levels found anything amiss, and they were allowed to enter the mirage.
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"Sir, the last batch of materials has arrived twenty miles outside the city and will be delivered safely soon!"
A secret guard hurriedly found his commander and reported the news as soon as he came up.
Zhang Han's brows jumped sharply after hearing this, and he immediately asked, "They were not attacked!?"
"No, the whole journey is safe!"
"They didn't take action?" Zhang Han murmured something in a low voice, then suddenly turned his head to look at the mirage, "No, they adjusted their target!"
The possibility of those anti-Qin forces temporarily giving up their actions is almost zero, and they can only change their targets.
As for Sanghai now, there are only three targets worthy of their attack - Luo Sheng's cover-up sun, the Shadow Guard himself, and the members of the Yin-Yang family... Maybe Gongshu Qiu counts as one, but he is also in the mirage.
superior.
Now that Luo Sheng, who was supposed to be in trouble, has not been attacked, and nothing has happened to him and the Shadow Guard, the accident can only happen at the mirage.
After reacting, Zhang Han immediately ordered his subordinates, "Notify me, all those who have no missions will gather and stand by, and divide a team of people to find out the whereabouts of the sun and the situation on the mirage as soon as possible! As soon as possible!"
After speaking, he left first without waiting for his subordinates to respond.
He is going to the general's mansion to see Gu Xun.
"Sir!" Zhang Han was originally not far from the General's Mansion. He quickly rushed to Gu Xun's residence in the General's Mansion and rushed in. When he saw the person, he quickly saluted and spoke, "The last batch of materials will be delivered soon.
There was no ambush!”
Gu Xun didn't seem surprised by this. Facing the hurried Zhang Han, he calmly replied, "Isn't it good that we weren't attacked? Why are you panicking?"
"The last general..." Gu Xun's attitude made Zhang Han speechless for a moment, but he quickly organized his words and explained, "The last general was worried that the rebels would change their targets and went to the mirage."
"There are people from the Yin Yang family in the mirage, you don't need to worry." Gu Xun's attitude was still neither salty nor cold.
Zhang Han probably understood that he did not need to intervene in this matter, but he still asked:
"The Gongshu clan leader is also on the boat. The general thinks it's time to take him..."
Gu Xunlue interrupted Zhang Han impatiently, "If the public loses his grudge...if you are willing, send someone to keep an eye on it, and leave the unnecessary matters alone."
Zhang Han was silent for a moment, but still asked another question, "Sir, there is one more thing."
"The general suspected that Zhanri probably did not lead the team to escort the last batch of materials...he hid."
After Zhang Han thought that they might attack the mirage at dawn, he then thought of another possibility - Luo Wang and the Yin Yang family had joined forces.
He had long thought of this possibility, but what he thought before was that hiding the sun would persuade people from the Yin and Yang family to help Luo Yun deal with the anti-Qin forces, but now he thought of the opposite.
The sun may have been asked by the Yin Yang family to help them!
If this is the case, it means that the anti-Qin forces may have fallen into the trap of the Yin Yang Family and the Hidden Sun.
Zhang Han didn't care whether the anti-Qin forces died or not, but Tianming... was a little special to Gu Xun, and he felt he should mention it.
However, Gu Xun still didn't care and replied calmly, "Where the sun is hiding has nothing to do with you."
"In short, you don't have to take care of anything except the public-settlement project."
"Even if the mirage sinks, the Yin Yang family will be responsible for it."
"General, I understand. Thank you for your advice." Zhang Han nodded in agreement and finally asked no more questions.
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At the same time, above the mirage, in Yun Zhongjun's alchemy room, two parties were confronting each other.
One of them is Tianming Shaoyu, Shi Lan, Chen and Tian Heng.
Master Ban contacted many anti-Qin forces, and they were generally willing to lend manpower to the Mohist family to deal with those in the empire.
But ordinary subordinates can borrow it, but no one who is a real master is willing to lend it to other forces easily.
