The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

With a single command from Zhang Shi, everything was arranged.

As evening fell, Zhang Shi led a group of his personal guards to find Ruan Fei. Regardless of the situation or his own plans, Zhang Shi had to go with Ruan Fei.

Only by personally intervening could he pull the entire army out.

Ruan Fei had been waiting for a long time, and her face lit up with joy when she saw Zhang Shi.

"General Zhang Shi, you've arrived?"

"Let's not delay, let's go wait on the river."

Zhang Shi nodded and left together with Ruan Fei.

The Yangtze River is now densely packed with boats of all sizes, all connected as Zhou Buzhang had suggested, forming fortress-like structures along the river.

Such ships, under normal circumstances, would indeed be quite imposing; the sheer number of them, dark and overwhelming, would be enough to terrify any enemy.

This is also why the plan was able to be successfully implemented; after all, it is difficult for ordinary naval personnel to spot the flaws at a glance.

Can……

No matter how well the boats of all sizes are connected, a single fire will instantly reduce them to dust and ashes, turning them into a pile of ruins.

This is exactly what Zhang Shi wants.

Standing on the deck, the sea breeze howled, and the salty smell was overwhelming, making Zhang Shi feel a little uncomfortable. After all, he had not received systematic training in the navy. Fortunately, Zhang Shi's willpower was extraordinary, and he managed to hold on.

He and Ruan Fei kept gazing into the distance until the night was completely dark and no light could be seen at all, except for the faint glow of torches reflected on the river. Then someone shouted.

"They're here!"

Zhang Shi and Ruan Fei were both startled and looked into the distance, where they saw a faint spark on the river.

Because of the distance, it was not clear, but one could vaguely sense that it was a fleet of ships.

The fleet arrived quickly, and soon it was within sight. With the torches on board, it was easy to see them clearly.

Not only Zhang Shineng could see it clearly, but Ruan Fei could also see it clearly. It was a fleet of more than twenty small boats, and at the head of the fleet was a young general wearing armor and holding a halberd.

Standing at the bow of the ship, so majestic!

"Miss Ruan Fei..." Zhang Shiqiang suppressed his excitement and introduced Ruan Fei, "That man is General Wu Xingzhou, he's here!"

"He brought all his belongings with him!"

"He's coming with a generous gift for Miss Ruanfei and for the Grand Commander!"

"An absolutely incredible gift!"

Ruan Fei was so excited she felt like she could fly. She nodded vigorously, saying "Good!" three times in a row, and said, "Then I'll wait for General Wu Xingzhou here!"

"I want to see what kind of earth-shattering, awe-inspiring gift General Wu Xingzhou will bring us!"

Zhang Shi nodded, watching Wu Xingzhou approach. Suddenly, one of Grand Commander Zhou Mengyan's confidants frowned and said, "Something's not right, something feels off!"

"Miss Ruan Fei, General Zhang Shi, look! There's something wrong with Wu Xingzhou's ship!"

Zhang Shi ignored him, but Ruan Fei asked, "What's the problem?"

"Look!" the confidant said. "If Wu Xingzhou had come to surrender normally, he would have brought gold, silver, valuables, or weapons. Those things are not light and would definitely weigh down the boat, making the small boat draft deeper."

"But right now..."

"The small boat Wu Xingzhou brought had a very shallow draft, as if it wasn't carrying anything!"

Zhang Shi's heart tightened immediately.

Damn, there are some real talent among these online trolls; they saw through the ruse at a glance. Just as I was about to launch a strong defense, Ruan Fei laughed and said, "Why are you worrying about this?"

"General Wu Xingzhou, you clearly brought a lot of things, didn't you?"

"Didn't you see he had more than twenty ships with him?"

"Didn't you see that more than twenty ships were covered with blue cloth?"

"That's a full twenty-odd ships!"

"If there were even fewer items, we wouldn't have packed so little, understand?"

The confidant's expression changed: "No, no, Miss Ruan Fei is wrong, utterly wrong!"

"The small boat that Wu Xingzhou brought to surrender was indeed loaded with things, but... it was definitely not provisions, equipment, or valuables. The boat was light and buoyant, it seemed more like..."

The confidant seemed to have thought of something, and stammered out a sentence: "It's more like dry grass, withered reeds, and oil..."

At this point, the confidant cried out, "Oh no!"

"Something terrible has happened!"

"The sky is falling!"

"Miss Ruan Fei, Wu Xingzhou is feigning surrender. The ship he brought is full of flammable materials."

"He's planning to launch a fire attack on my naval camp!"

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