When Ye Zhen climbed the walls of Flying Sky Small Fort, he saw more than thirty spirit boats speeding toward the fort from the east.
At the center was a General-class Spirit Boat, flying the unmistakable banners of "Dan" and "Dingbian."
In all of Dingbian Wubao, the only one who could fly those banners together was its fort lord, Dan Zhengchun.
"Marshal, there are twenty-seven Soldier-class Spirit Boats and one General-class Spirit Boat. At full capacity, they should carry no more than thirty thousand troops. Even overloaded, they would not exceed forty thousand. However, that flagship General-class Spirit Boat in the center has clearly been modified. Its performance should be no weaker than that of a Marshal-class Spirit Boat," Liu Feng said.
Ye Zhen's gaze shifted, and he sneered.
Fewer than thirty thousand troops, with the highest-grade spirit boat being only General-class—this all indicated that, on the surface, the lord of Dingbian Wubao had not overstepped his authority!
Even if his General-class Spirit Boat outperformed an ordinary Marshal-class Spirit Boat, he had still not overstepped his authority!
Not overstepping his authority meant that he still held some reverence for Great Zhou's military laws.
That made things easier.
"Raise the Great Zhou military banner, the banner of the North Sea Heavenly Wave Army, this marshal's command banner, and this marshal's noble banner. Then assume an attack formation.
"Order the crossbows cocked, including the Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Crossbows.
"If they show even the slightest sign of charging our formation, blast them for me!"
Ye Zhen's military order was utterly ruthless and decisive, leaving Liu Feng greatly shocked.
Had it been Liu Feng, he certainly would not have issued such a ruthless, decisive command.
He might have handled it through gentler means.
But on second thought, if the enemy took the chance