Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

After a night, Yan Zheng had figured it out.

Facing the paranoid Yan Wujiang, there is no point in continuing to wait here.

They cannot reach the battlefield, and even if they can, the enemy troops will be particularly difficult to deal with.

It would be better to take the troops and exchange defense with Yan Ziqiong directly. The Yun family battlefield has been sorted out, and this was originally the battlefield for us.

However, Yan Wujiang played a trick on him from behind, and he was unable to defeat Daqian and was transferred away.

Now that I have the opportunity to go back and steadily build up my achievements, there is naturally no need to continue to entangle with Yan Wujiang here.

I guess the royal family has the same idea.

"Well, let's go."

Xiao Tianzhu looked at the bright fire on the other side of the river and said with a curled lip:

"I think he will lose again this time, and lose miserably."

"I hope so. Arrange someone to contact Yan Ziqiong and ask her to come as soon as possible."

Yan Zheng nodded.

He just took it as a joke, thinking that Xiao Tianzhu was comforting him, so he didn't react much and took his men away from the city wall.

On the other side, Qin Ming's troops had returned to the barracks.

Chen Pi captured several water ghosts alive and brought them to Qin Ming.

"Your Majesty, we've almost cleared out the people, and even captured a dozen of them alive."

"Did you find out anything?"

"Well, they are all local water ghosts who specialize in diving into the water to rescue people who have accidentally fallen into the water... But so many people have died in Yanjiang over the years, and no one can say for sure whether they really fell into the water accidentally."

The revelation of their identities means that Yan Wujiang's secret has been known to everyone.

"No wonder Yan Wujiang was able to scuttle the boat. It turns out he had a group of water ghosts helping him."

"Your Majesty, what should we do with these people?"

Chenpi pointed at the controlled water ghost behind him and asked.

"Do you want to live?"

Qin Ming came up to them and spoke slowly.

These water ghosts are all local people, not real soldiers, and have never experienced life and death.

After being caught by Qin Ming, everyone trembled like a sieve.

“I want to…I want to!”

Seeing this, Qin Ming said to Chen Pi:

"Divide into three groups and have them draw a map of the water area here, detailing the river's flow rate and depth."

"After the drawings are completed, compare them with each other. If anyone's water map is different, we will find out and kill the group that drew the wrong picture!"

Hearing such a request, everyone present was immediately nervous.

Qin Ming did this to prevent them from fooling him.

"Yes!"

Chenpi immediately took the person away.

At this time, Chang Baishan, with a burnt piece of coat on his shoulder, walked in from outside.

These charred marks were caused by the burns from using the cannon too many times on the high slope just now.

"Your Majesty, Yan Wujiang has already replaced a group of merchant ships to block his formation. The previous group of ships that we burned have been cleared out."

"Did Liu Yueli find out how many ships they have that can be used as shields?"

Only after Qin Ming actually came into contact with them did he realize how shameless Yan Wujiang was.

He could even requisition ships passing through the Yan River from various places to fight against him.

Needless to say, the losses of these fleets will reach an astonishing number after the war.

But this can provide Yan Wujiang with extremely safe protection.

"We've found out! Thousands of ships have docked at various checkpoints upstream of Xingjia Pass! Your Majesty, we can't destroy them all with our firepower alone."

Chang Baishan's face looked a little ugly.

The Yan Dynasty had a vast territory and a large population. As a major river that almost ran through the entire territory of the Yan Dynasty, the number of ships sailing on the Yan River was absolutely terrifying.

There will never be a day when this fighting will end.

"Think of a solution from upstream."

After thinking for a moment, Qin Ming decided to look for a breakthrough from the source.

If we want to successfully deal with Yan Wujiang at this stage, we must break through the defense network formed by his merchant ships.

"How about I notify the secret guards and have them attack the merchant ships upstream?"

At this time, Chang Baishan spoke tentatively.

If they want to break the deadlock now, they can let the secret guards and the Wu family unite.

By then, with the strength of both sides, they can be completely eliminated quickly.

"They can indeed do it, but given Yan Wujiang's personality, he will definitely leave some tricks behind."

Qin Ming waved his hand. The secret guards and the Wu family's intelligence network had always been hidden in the dark.

If they were completely exposed to Yan Wujiang's eyes just because of a strategic action in Jiaguan, it would be more trouble than it would cost in terms of account fees.

"Well, if all else fails, we can just send our troops over. We still have the underwater equipment you've developed."

"That is, we may lose a large part of our manpower."

Changbaishan's approach is indeed a feasible strategy.

Just as the two were discussing, Chen Pi returned to Qin Ming with three water maps.

"Your Majesty, this is the map they drew of the waters. It's not too far off. All we need is for our people to go over and touch it to confirm the details."

Qin Ming looked at the water map. Because of his previous threats, these water ghosts had a desire to survive.

So they put in every effort to draw these water maps in great detail, for fear of missing anything.

This also gave Qin Ming a great help.

"Yan Wujiang is still not well prepared. In fact, these water ghosts are useless if they are arranged on the river. Only by letting them do something familiar can they show their value."

After carefully looking at the map of the waters upstream and downstream of Xingjia Pass, a smile appeared on Qin Ming's lips.

"Why did your Majesty say this?"

Seeing Qin Ming so confident, Chen Pi and Chang Baishan immediately spoke out of curiosity.

"Call them over."

Qin Ming spoke lightly, and soon Chen Pi ordered people to bring all the dozen water ghosts to Qin Ming.

"Your Majesty, we have mapped the waters. Please let us go!"

Everyone kowtowed and begged for mercy, hoping that Qin Ming would let them go.

Qin Ming glanced at the people present and selected a few strong ones.

"You have drawn a good map of the waters. Now, just do one thing for me, and you can go back directly."

After hearing Qin Ming's request, everyone nodded quickly.

"Your Majesty, just tell us, and we will do it."

"I intend to blow up the upstream waterway and intercept all merchant ships coming from upstream. Since you have all been sailors here for so many years, you should know where the best option is."

Qin Ming stated his request calmly.

Chang Baishan and Chenpi were stunned. They had not expected that their Majesty would be so violent.

But on second thought, this is indeed the best way.

"This……"

After hearing Qin Ming's request, everyone who had just agreed immediately hesitated.

At this time, a young man slowly stood up from the ground and said to Qin Ming with a firm look:

"Your Majesty, blowing up the waterway could cause the river to burst its banks, harming millions of people. If you really want to blow up the waterway, then kill me!"

"Oh?"

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that there would be such a responsible person at this time.