The third stage of the National Barrier Series Challenge Mission began. The ferocious pirates described in the mission description did not appear. Yang Rui listened to Guo Jia's suggestion and set up the Four Symbols Maze again.
After the Four Symbols Maze was set up, Yang Rui's ten ships and his officers could not find the pirates' target. At this time, the ships were no longer under the control of the system and could be controlled freely.
Facts proved that Guo Jia's consideration was very thorough. Yang Rui's ten ships did not sail for long before they encountered a ship about the size of Taowu. Its sailing speed was not inferior to Taowu's.
Yang Rui concluded that this was undoubtedly a pirate ship. Whether it was its size or its whereabouts, it seemed to be a pirate's scouting ship.
"My Lord, this subordinate requests battle. I am willing to sink this pirate ship."
Before Yang Rui could react, Guan Hai had already asked for battle.
"Wait, this ship should be a pirate's scouting ship. Pirates usually communicate with each other through code. If we rashly sink this ship, it might attract the other party's attention."
Guo Jia said. He actually raised Yang Rui's idea. As expected of a famous strategist from the Three Kingdoms Civilization.
"Feng Xiao's words make sense. What should we do now?"
Yang Rui asked Guo Jia.
"My Lord, if this ship is a pirate's scouting ship, and the other party is unable to discover our ships, my Lord can command all the ships to tail it. You might be able to find the main body of the pirates and find out their strength and characteristics."
Guo Jia clearly had a well-thought-out plan. Just as Yang Rui asked, Guo Jia had already replied.
At this time, Guo Jia's role as a military strategist was fully displayed. If it were up to Yang Rui, he would also want to follow and see what was going on.
"What do you think?"
However, Yang Rui did not immediately agree to Guo Jia's suggestion. Instead, he asked Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Xu You, Guan Hai, Yu Jin, Dian Wei, Ding Yao, Huang Wudie, and the other generals.
Although Guo Jia's suggestion was good, Yang Rui couldn't ignore other people's opinions. Only by doing so would he be able to form a habit. All the generals could have their own opinions.
If they blindly followed the opinions of Guo Jia and the other military advisors, it would be easy for the others to slack off and gradually lose the habit of thinking. This was not a good thing for them and the entire Yang Rui force.
Furthermore, Yang Rui gradually realized that he needed to maintain a certain degree of restraint and balance. Although almost all of his subordinates were loyal to Yang Rui, he still needed to be cautious.
It wouldn't take much time to ask for everyone's opinions, but it could give people the impression that he was approachable and meticulous. Yang Rui naturally wouldn't be negligent in the slightest. Some aspects of the way he handled things were gradually accumulated habits.
On this point, Yang Rui had a lot of feelings for Lu Bu. When Yang Rui was still in middle school, he would often sigh with emotion when he read the novel. If Lu Bu had a slightly more solid temperament, perhaps he would not have failed so thoroughly.
"I agree with Military Advisor Guo."
"I agree with Fengxiao."
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
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Under Yang Rui's inquiry, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Xu You, Guan Hai, Yu Jin, Dian Wei, Ding Yao, and Huang Wudie all agreed.
After the discussion was settled, the pirate ship the size of a Bi 'an was still in their field of vision, but its speed was faster than the ship. If it wasn't for the vast ocean, they might have lost it very quickly.
Fortunately, this pirate ship was only out to scout for information. From afar, they could see a cloud brocade flag hanging on the ship. The specific content couldn't be seen very clearly, but they could see that the figure on the ship seemed to have been observing the surrounding movements, so the ship wasn't moving too fast.
The reason why Guo Jia suggested that Yang Rui follow them was because of this point. At the same time, he also determined that there shouldn't be anyone with the strength of a famous historical figure or above on the enemy's ships. They wouldn't be able to discover Yang Rui's ten ships.
With these two prerequisites, Yang Rui's ship had been tailing the pirate ship from afar.
Under normal circumstances, the Four Symbols Maze looked like a mass of clouds. However, under the circumstances of the sea, if a mass of clouds continued to tail the ship, it would be very easy to discover.
Before the official arrival of the mission, Guo Jia and Yang Rui thought of this point and made some slight improvements to the Four Symbols Maze in advance. The original white fog was replaced with a blue one.
It couldn't even be considered an improvement. For Guo Jia, who was proficient in the art of formations, he only made some minor changes to the formation flags of the Four Symbols Maze Formation. He changed the effect of the maze formation to blue fog. He didn't even change the original formation flags. He only changed some elements on the flags.
It was Yang Rui's first time using the improved blue Four Symbols Maze, and he wasn't sure how effective it would be. Therefore, he could only follow behind the pirate ship from a distance to minimize their field of view and hide their ship in the blue sea.
After following the pirate ship for a while, Yang Rui's ten ships didn't discover any other pirate ships or pirate activity sites. It wasn't until half an hour later that the pirate ship turned around and returned. Only then did Yang Rui and the others realize that the pirate ship had been on patrol.
The journey was much further than Yang Rui had imagined. Perhaps it was because the pirate ship they were following was on a patrol mission, but after more than two hours, Yang Rui's ship finally arrived near a small island.
What appeared before Yang Rui's eyes wasn't just a small island. Instead, it was a gathering place with docks, roads, and villages.
Yang Rui's men didn't dare to get too close. After all, the island was very likely to be a pirate's lair. The people living on the island might be strong enough to see through the Four Symbols Maze.
Looking from afar, the island was full of people. Most of them were busy walking around. There seemed to be livestock walking around as well. It looked very much like a normal NPC settlement. If it weren't for the many warships docked around the island, it would be very difficult to imagine that this was a pirate's lair.
At this time, Yang Rui's Tornado Carpet came into play. The quest space didn't restrict the Tornado Carpet's function. Just like in the Japanese civilization's territory, Yang Rui could still use the Tornado Carpet to investigate.
However, the Tornado Carpet's flying height was limited. If he used it to investigate the island, it would inevitably attract the attention of the island's NPCs.
At this time, the Golden Hawk that Yang Rui had been communicating with and gradually building an affinity with came into play.
To be continued …
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