MM Racing Chapter 181 Li Gui pretends to be Li Kui
Chapter 181 Li Gui pretends to be Li Kui
Liu Rengui's tactic of "Li Gui pretending to be Li Kui" seems simple, but it actually contains hidden secrets.
He cleverly divided the fleet into two parts:
One of them was a privateering fleet led by him personally.
The second is the "Li Gui" team composed of captured Neon Empire warships.
During each operation, Liu Rengui always took the lead in leading his own privateering fleet to drive the Neon Empire's merchant ships towards the encirclement.
At the same time, the "Li Gui" team disguised as Li Kui will appear in the nearby area at the right time.
At this moment, the merchants of the Neon Empire mistakenly thought that they had encountered reinforcements, and they unsuspectingly moved closer to the "Li Gui" team for shelter.
However, what awaited them was not assistance, but a trap carefully set by Liu Rengui - both the people and the boat fell into his hands.
As for the fate of these captives, there are only two choices: either live in the world as helots, or simply feed the fish and then reincarnate.
Liu Rengui knew very well that although such tactics could succeed temporarily, they would be exposed sooner or later if used frequently.
Therefore, he specially arranged for those Neon merchants who had become helots to return to the port of Imana.
These people are not only able to spread rumors and disrupt attention, but also shoulder the important task of gathering intelligence.
In fact, when the third robbery was successfully completed, the Neon Empire did not realize the mystery behind it - the Li Gui pretending to be the real one.
However, due to various considerations, Liu Rengui had to temporarily evacuate the area.
On the one hand, he knew very well that if the Neon Empire was allowed to discover on its own that three fleets had mysteriously disappeared, it would be far less appropriate than to take the initiative to arrange for Helot to expose the matter in the port of Imana.
In this way, the status of these black laborers within the Neon Empire can be effectively improved, and it will also be beneficial to make good use of them in the future.
Based on this consideration, Liu Rengui deliberately let go of most of the Neon Empire's merchant ships when carrying out the third robbery operation, in order to enhance the credibility of Helots' disclosure of the truth.
At the same time, he personally led the fleet and the captured merchant ships to rush to the port of Pada.
Liu Rengui decided to leave not only because six Neon Empire warships needed urgent repair.
If the delay lasted too long, he was worried that the six warships might not be able to return safely to Sina Port.
In addition, their material supplies were no longer sustainable and could not support continued warfare at sea.
More importantly, something unexpected happened in Pada Port and the situation became urgent.
If we must trace the incident of Pada Port to the bottom, it was actually a hidden danger planted by Liu Rengui.
At first, Liu Rengui allowed the mercenaries of Duke Baihu to plunder Pada Port for three full days. He did this simply because he was worried that the mercenaries would not fight with all their might and thus miss the opportunity to fight.
However, the shops and stores looted by the mercenaries of Duke White Tiger were all properties under the name of Duke Dragon Wing!
In this way, it is equivalent to saying that Liu Rengui used Duke Longyi's money to reward Duke Baihu's men.
This incident caused Duke Longyi to suffer a great loss, but he had no way of vomiting.
He knew very well that this matter could not be blamed on Zhang Wei.
After all, the agreement signed by the three parties has only just been implemented, and Duke Longyi has not yet profited from it. If they were to fall out at this time, they would lose everything.
Since he couldn't ask Zhang Wei for an explanation, Duke Longyi could only vent his anger on the mercenaries who tried to pass through the territory of Duke Baihu.
Although these mercenaries repeatedly stated that the looting of Pada Port had been approved by Liu Rengui, Duke Longyi simply turned a blind eye.
Not only did he force these mercenaries into slavery, he also confiscated all their personal property.
Originally, these mercenaries were discarded by Duke White Tiger and were even considered as a potential threat to local stability.
However, after being pointed out by others, Duke White Tiger suddenly woke up from his dream - it turned out that this matter could be made into a big deal, and he could use it to attack Duke Dragon Wing!
It should be noted that there is a city called Asong between the Grax Fortress guarded by the Duke of White Tiger and the Cayman City governed by the Duke of Dragon Wing. Both of them regard this city as the gateway to their important southern border.
It was a pity that at that time, Duke White Tiger was attacking the Grax Fortress with all his might and planning to march south to the Port of Zovia, while Duke Dragon Wing was also busy competing with the Blood Moon Cult for the eastern territory of the kingdom, so both sides tacitly agreed to put the matter aside for the time being.
Today, both sides are facing bottlenecks in the development of their respective forces, and the issue of Asunción has resurfaced, standing between the two.
If Zhang Wei had not suddenly appeared and invited the two parties to jointly rob the Neon Empire, Duke White Tiger and Duke Dragon Wing would probably have already started a war over Yasong City.
So, Duke White Tiger held high the banner of fighting for the interests of his mercenaries. On the one hand, he constantly made various harsh demands and made things difficult for Duke Dragon Wing. On the other hand, he dispatched troops from Fortress Grax to attack the city of Asong.
Duke Longyi was obviously prepared for this. He quickly sent troops from Cayman City to fight back, also targeting Assun City.
Faced with the sudden change, Zhang Wei felt a headache. The two allies who had been at peace with each other suddenly turned against each other at this time, which not only put him in a dilemma, but also was not conducive to his plan to plunder the Neon Empire.
At the critical moment, Yuan Shao stepped forward to give Zhang Wei advice.
According to Yuan Shao's suggestion, Zhang Wei repeated the same trick and tricked the Dark Dragon again, making it go east to find Liu Rengui's fleet.
Later, through the Dark Dragon's communication, Liu Rengui obtained Zhang Wei's authorization to handle the dispute with full authority.
What Liu Rengui had not expected was that his original expedient measure would trigger such a fierce conflict between the two dukes.
At this moment, Liu Rengui was also very clear that if the two dukes went to war just for a city, it would inevitably have a serious impact on their previous plan to rob the Neon Empire.
After careful consideration, Liu Rengui decisively ordered 10 warships of the Neon Empire to return directly to Xina Port.
After all, the previous strategy of "Li Gui pretending to be Li Kui" has become ineffective. Continuing to retain these warships may become a burden. Letting them return to Xina Port can help Zhang Wei and Yuan Shao build a more professional navy. After all, a privateering fleet is still far inferior to a professional navy.
At the same time, Liu Rengui personally led his privateering fleet to the port of Zovia where the Duke of White Tiger was located, determined to quell the storm on his own.
Under the banner of dividends, Liu Rengui went north through the Glax Fortress, and then went east to the city of Assom. In front of the two armies, he asked both sides to temporarily cease fighting on the grounds of dividends, and it would not be too late to resume the fight after the dividends were over.
This was the first time that the generals of both sides had encountered such an attempt to persuade them to make peace, so they had no choice but to temporarily stop fighting and send people to ask their duke for instructions.