Hettings stood on the shore and looked at his huge fleet in a daze. He never thought that one day he would be afraid of a person threatening his fleet.
No, it's not a threat, it's a devastating blow.
"This matter is probably my grandfather's responsibility."
Ji Fuming muttered to himself.
Because Jiyuan came to Lanze from the Central Plains, he knew very well that the Lanze people who could not practice cultivation might not be the opponents of the Central Plains people just by relying on talismans.
This is like a battle that was passed down to future generations many years ago, and it was also related to warships.
The Northern soldiers went south to attack. Because the Northerners were not good at water warfare, they connected all the warships with iron ropes.
After the big ships were lined up in a row, the situation became much smoother. The Northern soldiers who were good at land warfare could also walk on the ground with the big ships lined up in a row.
Later, the opponent set fire to almost all the countless warships and hundreds of thousands of troops.
Jiyuan had heard this story, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
He thought that if the fleet of the Lanze Empire attacked Dayu in the future, once the practitioners attacked the warship, there would be a massacre of the Lanze soldiers who could not practice.
Therefore, he used his understanding of practitioners and his own certain cultivation power to transform it, and designed the self-destruction runes now used on warships.
He felt that as a result, practitioners would not dare to set foot on the warship easily, and even if they attacked, they would still have the ability to perish together with the enemy.
Well, so Lin Ye's strategy worked.
Four warships were destroyed in a row, and Hettings' heart felt like it was bleeding. He did not feel sorry for these four ships, but felt sorry for the hundreds of ships that might be destroyed next.
"That person's strength may be
The legendary realm of God-giving."
Ji Fuming explained it to Hettings. From a rough comparison, a peerless powerhouse in the Fushen realm is equivalent to a first-grade great Talisman master who exists like a rarity in the Lanze Talisman Master Association.
In a country like Lanze where talismans are prevalent, the number of first-grade great talisman masters is really pitiful.
"So is it possible..."
Hettings asked Ji Fuming and said: "Such a powerful man in the God-endowed realm can destroy our fleet one by one by sneak attack."
Ji Fuming said with some seriousness: "I didn't believe it before, but now I have some doubts about whether it can really be done."
His grandfather Ji Yuan told Ji Fuming that the power of self-destruction is so powerful that even a strong man in the realm of gods can perish with the ship.
Therefore, in this case, the possibility of the enemy sending a powerful person in the God-endowing realm is extremely slim.
And the magic circle can be controlled by the Talisman Master. As long as the practitioners who come up are not enough to seize the warship, the magic circle can be suppressed. As long as there is a possibility of the ship being captured, the Talisman Master can activate the self-destruction runes.
Besides, if it weren't for the powerful men in the God-endowed Realm who came to seize the ship, the powerful weapons on the ship could completely suppress the practitioners.
However, the strength that Lin Ye showed before proved that once a powerful person in the God-endowed realm approaches, even if there is a Talisman Master on board to control the magic circle, it will be meaningless.
"Should we go?"
Huttings asked again.
Ji Fuming is somewhat unwilling to accept it.
"What if we destroy all the self-destruction runes?"
"What if the enemy seizes the ship?"
The two people fell into silence after the conversation, because no one thought of how to solve this problem.
"fruit
However, practice is the most powerful thing."
Huttings sighed with emotion.
Ji Fuming said: "Although I received some inheritance from my grandfather, my grandfather himself was not good at cultivation, so I don't know how powerful the God-endowed Realm is."
Speaking of which, he added: "But now it seems that my practice is indeed better."
Hettings asked: "Are you sure that there are really very few powerful people in the God-endowed realm?"
"There must be very few, even much less than a first-grade great talisman master."
Ji Fuming said: "In fact, it is not difficult to prove that if Dayu has many powerful people in the God-endowed Realm, then how could it be one person who came to destroy the warship? If ten or eight came casually, our fleet would be destroyed."
Suffered a devastating disaster."
Hettings said: "The enemy has found a way to crack our warships, so I guess their counterattack will arrive soon."
Ji Fuming asked: "So you want to withdraw?"
Huttings replied: "We can only withdraw."
Ji Fuming fell silent again.
Hettings said: "I have killed two royal envoys, so you know this fleet is my only hope."
Ji Fuming nodded: "Yes, I understand. If you lose this fleet again, you will lose everything."
Hettings said: "So the plan to occupy Mosquito Island is over."
Ji Fuming asked: "You really don't even dare to try it?"
This time it was Hettings' turn to fall silent again.
Of course it's not that he doesn't dare, he just can't.
Once his fleet is completely destroyed, what does he have left? Lose everything, until he loses his life.
"The self-destruction runes on the flagship are more powerful, isn't that right?"
Ji Fuming suddenly asked.
He
Tingsi's face suddenly changed: "You want me to destroy the flagship in order to kill the spiritual cultivator? What if you don't succeed?"
Ji Fu Ming said: "It's you who make the decision, I'm just making a suggestion."
Hettings stood there and looked at the sea. From the confusion on his face, it could be seen that his inner unwillingness was actually stronger than the name.
He wants to be emperor.
Be the emperor of Lanze and the emperor of the first empire in the world.
He lost everything by losing his fleet, but if he just gave up attacking Dayu, how long could he hold on to this Mosquito Island? By then, not only Dayu's people would come back to attack, but the Lanze Empire would also mobilize troops to attack.
"It will take about four months for our reinforcements to arrive."
Ji Fuming made some calculations: "His Majesty the Emperor doesn't know what's happening here yet. He will only read that letter because we are about to conquer a larger land."
He looked at Hettings: "So even if the worst outcome is that we lose this fleet, then when the reinforcements arrive, I will help you kill the general leading the army, and you will still have a fleet."
Huttings was convinced.
"Give me the order, let the Talisman Master deal with all the warships except the flagship, erase the self-destruction runes, and install more weapons on the warships."
Hettings looked into the distance of the sea: "If nothing happens, Jade's counterattack will come in two months."
"Hold on for two months."
Ji Fuming said: "If we are lucky enough to kill the powerful man in the God-endowed Realm, we will have more confidence in attacking Dayu."
Hettings nodded: "Then... now we arm the coast as well."
He has more than two hundred Talisman Masters in his fleet,
There are also a lot of weapons and equipment.
In addition to being able to be installed on warships, a lot of equipment can also be installed on the coast.
Hettings knew very well that Dayu did not have the strength to compete with his fleet in a water battle, and the only chance of victory was the god-endowed practitioner.
Ji Fuming once said something that was still fresh in his memory: to capture the thief first, capture the king.
Therefore, if he were the spiritual cultivator, his first target would be his flagship.
Destroying the flagship will inevitably demoralize the Lanze Empire's fleet.
"Double the self-destruction runes on the flagship!"
Huttings gritted his teeth.
Since we plan to replace the spiritual cultivator with our flagship, we should be more confident.
The time left for them to prepare is not too tight. It is not easy for Yuren to raise ships that can carry many soldiers.
Even if Jade Man's execution ability is very strong, it would be impossible to assemble the fleet in less than a month. In addition to other preparations, there is still time to sail to Mosquito Island, so Hettings judged that Jade Man's counterattack will take at least two days.
months later.
In two months, they could destroy the self-destruction runes on the warships and install a large number of rune weapons on the land.
Moreover, they can also transform the flagship into a real trap. Not to mention the practitioners of the God-endowed Realm, even if a god descends on this ship, he will be sent to hell.
In fact, there is not much error in Huttings's guess. With Dayu's current strength, it is not easy to gather so many ships.
Lin Ye still wants as many boats over ten feet tall as possible. There are almost no such boats in the hands of fishermen. They are all in the hands of caravans. It is not easy to borrow them for use.
even if
Yes, it is impossible for such a ship to stay stationary in just one or two places.
Fortunately, the Xie family's fleet is still there, and Lin Ye has sent people to send the fleet to Linhai County as soon as possible.
The Xie family's fleet originally carried a large amount of rock oil into Geling, but this fleet later returned to its hometown in Sucheng.
It takes more than half a month to walk from Sucheng to Linhai, so it stands to reason that we should have arrived long ago.
But the trouble is that this fleet has been seized by the government. The government in this place has sealed a batch, and the government in that place has sealed a batch. For this reason, the two governments are still fighting for it.
Later, the state government also wanted to intervene and sealed a number of ships.
This still has Lin Ye's personal order, so it shouldn't be too difficult to mobilize the ship.
If the local garrison wants to borrow ships, it is basically impossible.
After a full forty days, Lin Ye finally had enough ships needed to gather in Linhai County.
It can be said that the Xie family's fleet is responsible for most of the transportation capacity of this counterattack plan. More than a hundred ships are more than ten feet tall, and the largest one can be as large as more than twenty feet.
During this period of more than a month, Qin Jin arrived at Linhai County with 60,000 elite troops from Jingzhou.
The Qiongmang Army was transferred back to Dongbo after suppressing the rebellion. When something happened here, the Qiomang Army had all gone to Yunzhou.
I have to go back and forth again, and I'm afraid it will take at least two months to arrive.
With 60,000 Jingzhou elites and Xumi Jinghong's Tiger Guards, the counterattack force has reached a large scale.
Lin Ye calculated the transport capacity of these ships, but he couldn't transport all 60,000 to 70,000 people at one time. The maximum number of people at one time was about 40,000.
Forty thousand people may face the enemy's violent storm.
Weapons strike.
Fortunately, Mosjiu Island is not that small, and the place where Lin Ye and the others landed may not necessarily be a place where the enemy is well prepared for defense.
"Wait a little longer?"
After General Qin Jin heard about the power of the enemy's rune weapons, he still felt that 40,000 people were too few.
When the enemy attacked Linhai County before, a single salvo almost destroyed the defensive positions on the shore.
This time it was still an attack. The defensive capabilities of Dayu's infantry were not enough to withstand the enemy's rune weapons.
"wait."
Lin Ye's answer was beyond the expectations of Qin Jin and others. They thought that Lin Ye could not wait to counterattack.
"Wait for the ship, and wait for our shield."
Lin Ye said: "I have previously ordered the local government to help prepare for the war and rush to make a batch of shields as tall as a man. We can make as many iron shields as possible... In addition, try to find ways to make shields
The defense should be stronger."
"Wait another month."
Lin Ye ordered: "Try to modify the boats we use within this month. Even if we just make some straw boats, we can reduce casualties."
"General Qin."
Lin Ye looked at Qin Jin: "Before attacking Mojiu Island, it is necessary to go and see the situation on Mojiu Island."
Qin Jin nodded: "We are bringing the people from Mosjiu Island with us, hoping to bypass the enemy's defensive positions, but... Your Highness will not go."
Qin Jin said: "I will take the scouts there myself, and it will take about a month to go back and forth."
Lin Ye did not refuse: "I asked Nie Dalijiao to go with you. The Jingzhou soldiers who are attacking you this time are the main force, so the command is yours."
When Qin Jin heard these words, his heart suddenly felt happy
stand up.
He clasped his fists: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will fulfill my mission."