Chapter 382: Eve
When Zhang Yu returned to the garrison, he learned that those who had gone to raid Frost Continent had also returned. He picked up the report and read it, seeing that the Military Prefecture had deployed over three hundred combat flying vessels for this operation.
This time, Cao Du had originally intended to use the method from last time: first placing mystical armaments near Frost Continent, then launching a close-range surprise attack.
However, after probing and observing, they discovered that this method was now very difficult to use.
Having suffered a major loss once, Frost Continent had quickly deduced the method the cultivators had used last time. They spared no manpower in sending patrols thousands of li out and deploying more Creators, while rebuilding large numbers of fortresses and defensive walls within the continent.
With such arrangements, any surprise attack could turn into a frontal assault.
Taking this into account, Cao Du made a decision: all the flying vessel pilots would be replaced with mindless Creators, and rapid raids would begin from ten thousand li away.
Of the more than three hundred flying vessels, fewer than a hundred ultimately broke into Secret Province. The rest either exploded on their own midway or were shot down in advance. All of those vessels eventually crashed into Frost Continent carrying mystical armaments.
However, Cao Du had never intended for them to return from the beginning, and he considered the losses acceptable.
After suffering such an attack, Frost Continent would inevitably be affected in its ongoing construction of various fortifications, and would also have to devote more manpower and resources to guarding against the next raid.
After driving back the Taibo Monsters, Qingyang's two prefectures had abundant supplies in every respect. They had the confidence to compete with Frost Continent in