After staying in the East China Sea for so long, Jin Feng has already returned home.
Now that the steam engine is ready, it's time to go back.
The process of braking the ship at sea was very long, so it was still a long way from the dock. Jin Feng directed the boiler workers to cover the fire with wet coal, stop the steam engine, and rely on the inertia of the ship to drive towards the dock.
Under the action of the spoiler, the ship docked smoothly at the dock.
Before launching the test, Jin Feng had arranged the division of labor among the escorts. As soon as the ship stopped, the escorts began loading supplies onto the ship.
Zheng Fanghe sailed seven ships when he came to Mancang, but there was only one steam ship, which also had to carry coal and various supplies. There was no way to bring everyone with him. Jin Feng could only bring as many escorts as possible, and let the porters and workshops
Non-combatants such as female disciples were left behind until the next batch came back.
That night, Jin Feng and Hong Taoping stayed in the study all night, re-setting the focus of the shipyard's future work.
It was getting light and Jin Feng was preparing to return when Tie Hammer came to report that the scouts had discovered a team of government soldiers coming towards the dock.
"I was worried before that they wouldn't come," Jin Feng snorted coldly, "I'll leave it to you, Hammer! Before we go back, let's give them a look!"
Jin Feng had previously suspected that King Wu planned to attack the docks from land, recruit ships on the river, and gather government troops were just smoke bombs.
But until he finished the steam engine, the other party still hadn't come, so Jin Feng couldn't help but wonder if he had made a wrong judgment.
Now the wait is finally over.
In fact, it is not the fault of King Wu Moji, but his territory is the former fiefdom, and there are several territories of local wealthy families separated from the shipyard.
The King of Wu had to communicate with other wealthy families about the conditions for borrowing the road before he could send troops.
Otherwise, other wealthy families would think that King Wu was going to attack him and would fight to the death.
Dakang's communications and transportation were very backward. Even if the wealthy families learned that King Wu was going to attack Jinfeng, they all actively cooperated, but it still took a lot of time.
If they come one day later, Jin Feng will leave.
"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely satisfy them!" Tie Zhui narrowed his eyes and rubbed his fists.
The warehouse was full and they brought seven ships over, not just to bring in people, but also to bring in a lot of coal and raw materials.
While Jin Feng was making the steam engine, Tang Xiaobei was not idle and led people to make a batch of hot air balloons and grenades.
Previously, because the grenade library was bombed, Hammer and the others had to carefully calculate when throwing grenades. Now, they can throw grenades openly.
In the morning of that day, Jin Feng postponed his return plan, and Tie Zhui led two hundred bodyguards and rode toward the northwest on fast horses.
Jin Feng stood on the top of the fortress, watching Tie Zhui and the others leave, then turned to look at Bei Qianxun: "Send a message to Lao Yan, it's time to take action!"
"Okay!" Bei Qianxun agreed and jumped down from the fortress.
After a while, two homing pigeons flew away from the dock.
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At the mouth of the river valley, the soldiers did not know that they had been discovered by the escort's scouts. They had just finished breakfast and were lazily arranging their equipment. Suddenly, a soldier looked to the west blankly.
"Don't be in a daze and pack your things quickly, otherwise the corps commander will come over later and scold you!"
His companion kicked him and turned to look west.
The next second, he was also stunned.
I saw seven or eight huge hot air balloons slowly rising in the western sky, like seven or eight dark clouds, floating towards the Fubing camp!
In order to frighten the enemy and prevent them from harassing the dock after he left, Iron Hammer used his killing move as soon as he came up.
The hot air balloon flew above the government barracks, and flash bombs and grenades dropped down as if they were free.
In less than three minutes, the Fubing camp was almost completely blown up from west to east.
The government soldiers were just a mob, so they were so frightened that they fled in all directions.
However, at this moment, the escort cavalry rushed over from all directions, mercilessly killing those at the front.
At this time, the soldiers were completely frightened. They were like headless flies. When they saw the cavalry blocking them in front of them, they quickly turned around and ran back.
The escort cavalry drove the soldiers back to the camp like sheep.
If it were normal times, the escorts would have already begun to accept prisoners by this time.
However, Iron Hammer only brought 200 people this time. Excluding the pilots flying the hot air balloons, there were only more than 100 cavalrymen, and they could not accept so many prisoners.
If we arrange for someone to come over again, I'm afraid we will waste another day or two.
Iron Hammer knew that Jin Feng was eager to go back, and in order to frighten his opponent, he decided not to accept prisoners for the time being. Instead, he ordered the upwind vent to release two hot air balloons again, and launched another round of bombardment at the place where the soldiers gathered.
Then he ordered the bodyguards to take in the prisoners.
After this round of bombing, there were not many soldiers left alive.
Then the cavalry drove their horses in to finish the attack.
This battle took less than half an hour from start to finish.
There were more than two thousand soldiers, except for a few lucky ones who lived on the edge of the camp, all the others were dead!
After briefly cleaning the battlefield, Hammer led the cavalry team back to the dock.
As for the corpses, naturally the local government and wealthy families sent people to clean them up.
Iron Hammer did this deliberately to scare them.
In fact, the effect is very good.
After learning that Jin Feng was still alive, several local wealthy families became cautious.
But after learning about the battle and seeing the battlefield, they all gave up the idea.
At noon that day, King Wu, who was hundreds of miles away, also received a message from the spy.
"How can this be?"
King Wu looked at the note in his hand with a look of disbelief on his face.
More than 2,000 soldiers were killed and the whole army was wiped out in less than half an hour?
The efficiency of killing pigs is not that fast, right?
"There must be a mistake!"
King Wu slapped the table and shouted: "Here comes someone, hurry up and send someone to check again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the "imperial bodyguard" guarding the door hurriedly ran in.
"Your Majesty, leave quickly, the enemy is coming!"
"Enemy?" King Wu was stunned, and then roared angrily: "King Chu actually went back on his word. Didn't we agree to deal with Jin Feng together, and he came to beat me?"
"Your Majesty, it's not the King of Chu, it's the Zhenyuan Escort Agency!"
The imperial guard shouted: "Your Majesty, hurry up, the hot air balloon is coming over!"
"Zhenyuan Escort Agency?"
King Wu subconsciously looked outside the door.
Following the tall door opening, he saw two huge hot air balloons slowly floating towards him.
King Wu was startled and broke into a cold sweat.
He didn't understand why the hot air balloon from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency appeared in his "Imperial City"?
But he also knew that now was not the time to ask this question, so he immediately ran out of the palace with the support of the imperial guards and got into a basement that had been prepared long ago.
After a while, the hot air balloon floated over.
Subsequently, the sounds of grenades exploding were heard from various parts of the "Royal Palace".
The explosion lasted for more than ten minutes before it stopped.
"Chen Yuanfeng, listen up, my husband said that if you want to survive, you must go to Jinchuan to plead guilty to His Highness Ninth Prince. I will spare your life. Don't wait for His Highness Ninth Prince to come to plead guilty in person!"