In Hejiabao, local snake He Yuanwai and several local squires were entertaining the generals of the army.
The foot-long table is filled with dishes and drinks.
"General Liu, I wish you a great victory and kill the traitor Jin Feng in one fell swoop!"
He Yuanwai raised his glass: "Come on, everyone, give me a toast to General Liu!"
"The traitor Jin Feng only has two ships. General Liu leads an army of over 10,000 people. Even if one of them spits out foam, he can be drowned!"
"General Liu, we are waiting for your triumphant return!"
"Jin Feng, a rebellious and rebellious traitor, deserves to die without a burial place!"
Several squires also raised their glasses. Some said good things, while others cursed Jin Feng.
General Liu, who was sitting in the first place, stood up unsteadily with the help of his maid. He was holding a wine glass and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a violent explosion from outside.
Then I saw flames shooting into the sky outside the castle, and there were explosions one after another.
"what happened?"
General Liu trembled with fright, pushed the maid away, and staggered out of the room.
"Report to the general, it seems that the fuel depot has been burned!"
The guard guarding the door said with a drunken mouth.
"I'm not blind. Of course I know it was the fire oil depot that burned down. I want to know why!"
General Liu asked with red eyes.
Although the discipline of the soldiers is loose, they also know the importance of fire prevention in the oil depot.
Therefore, the kerosene has been kept separately, and I don't even dare to light the torch at night.
The guard had been drinking here with the general just now. How could he know why?
Just as he was about to find someone to ask, explosions occurred one after another where the government soldiers gathered.
For a time, the entire Hejiabao was in chaos. Some soldiers were so frightened by the explosion that they peed their pants and ran around like headless flies. Others were carrying buckets and preparing to put out the fire at the oil depot.
However, when oil catches fire, it is impossible to put out the fire with water. The more water is poured on it, the bigger the fire will be.
In just a few moments, the entire fire oil depot was completely transformed into a sea of flames, and many soldiers who went to put out the fire were directly engulfed by the sea of flames.
General Liu was completely frightened out of his drunkenness, and found that many soldiers looked up at the sky with fearful faces, and also raised their heads.
Then the flames of the fire oil depot were burning, and General Liu saw two huge black shadows appearing in the sky at some point, floating over Hejiapu like ghosts.
"This...this is the hot air balloon from Zhenyuan Escort Agency!"
After all, he was a general who had commanded thousands of troops. Although General Liu had never seen a hot air balloon with his own eyes, he had heard rumors about it.
"Everyone spread out!"
General Liu waved his arms and roared at the top of his voice.
But the scene was so chaotic that the guards standing next to him couldn't hear what he was shouting, let alone other soldiers.
When an unknown situation occurs in the camp, the captains of the soldiers do not dare to make decisions privately, so they immediately go to the leaders to report for instructions.
Therefore, more and more government soldiers gathered towards General Liu's location.
The escort in the sky discovered this situation and immediately threw several grenades into the yard where General Liu was, and one of them landed right at General Liu's feet.
The dignified general of the army was killed in a bomb inexplicably.
Most of the captains of the government troops who came to report the situation were also killed.
The discipline of the soldiers was poor to begin with, and they lost their command and fell into complete chaos. The number of soldiers who died in the stampede was much higher than those who were killed by grenades.
Even if the escorts left in a hot air balloon, the chaos lasted until late at night.
The next day, King Wu sent people to take over and found that out of 10,000 soldiers, there were only less than 6,000 left.
In fact, less than a thousand people were killed by the explosion and trampled to death. The remaining more than three thousand people were frightened by the grenades and took advantage of the chaos to escape.
The landowners and people of Hejiabao were all unlucky, as they were looted by the fleeing soldiers.
When King Wu heard the news, he jumped up and cursed in anger. At the same time, he ordered the remaining 6,000 soldiers to immediately march towards the creek bend where Jin Feng was, preparing to massacre Jin Feng with people.
But the spy told him that the cargo ship was missing.
It was not until the afternoon that King Wu received the news that Jin Feng took the cargo ship and headed down again.
"Why did he return to the East China Sea?" King Wu was puzzled.
He believed that Jin Feng sent people to blow up the fire oil depot and would definitely continue to swim upstream, so the focus of the search was on the upstream. Who knew that Jin Feng actually went downstream.
Going down the river was faster, and by the time King Wu got the news, Jin Feng was already approaching the mouth of the sea.
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"Wandering around in circles for so long, all the hard work was in vain!"
Jin Feng looked at the naval camp that had just passed by and sighed helplessly.
"Who would have thought that King Wu would commandeer our ship?" Tang Xiaobei comforted.
If King Wu did not requisition the ships, they still had hope of smuggling back.
However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. After working for so long, not only did he not return to Sichuan, but his identity was also exposed.
"Ms. sir, what exactly did you ask Mancang to deliver?" Tang Xiaobei asked curiously.
Not only did the King of Wu think that Jin Feng burned the Fubing's fire oil depot in order to continue his westward march, Tang Xiaobei also thought so.
So when Jin Feng said he would go back to the dock in Donghai and wait for the warehouse to be full, she was very surprised.
"You will know when the things are delivered!" Jin Feng looked to the west, his eyes full of expectation: "With this thing, King Wu and the others will never stop us from going back!"
The wind happened to be southerly that day. After the cargo ship sailed out of the estuary, it raised its sail and sailed all the way north.
At noon the next day, we arrived at the dock smoothly.
Daqiang received a letter from Iron Hammer yesterday. Knowing that Jin Feng was coming, he brought a group of bodyguards to greet him at the dock early in the morning.
"Sir, my subordinate did not inquire clearly. I did not know that King Wu wanted to requisition the ships, which put you in danger. Please punish me!"
As soon as Jin Feng got off the boat, Daqiang said with shame on his face.
"King Wu's requisitioning of ships is a recent incident. What does it have to do with you?"
Jin Feng patted Daqiang on the shoulder and looked at Hong Taoping behind him: "Master Hong, long time no see!"
Daqiang felt ashamed, and Hong Taoping felt even more ashamed.
It's just that he is not good at expressing himself. When he heard Jin Feng talking to him, he simply knelt down on the ground and said, "Sir, I am blind, and the boat arranged for you actually has some details... But I really don't know... I..."
As he spoke, his language became confused, and finally he simply lowered his head and said: "Sir, I have killed so many escorts, and I almost killed you, sir... If you want to kill or behead me, I will admit it!"
"Mr. Hong, I will investigate this matter. If the detailed work of that day has anything to do with you, I will give an explanation to Da Liu and the others. You should continue to do your work before the results of the investigation come out."
Jin Feng lowered his head and looked at Hong Taoping: "Are you ready with everything I asked you to prepare?"
When sending a message to Daqiang, Jin Feng made a list for him and asked Hong Taoping to prepare some things.
"We are ready and can start construction at any time!" Hong Taoping quickly replied.