After learning the news that seven or eight of the ten docks by the river had been burned, Lonely personally led a large group of players and horses from Bohai City to the ferry port by the river, and when he saw that the ferry was in disarray, he was furious and ordered a thorough investigation into the origin of this madman who wantonly set fire to the docks on his territory.

Ordinary player organizations would never dare to openly kill people and set fires in such a reckless manner, which would be surrounded and suppressed by the government forces of various walled cities. Lonely had a vague guess in his heart that this was likely to be a retaliatory action taken by Zhoushui Shipyard against him, in retaliation for the last time he sent someone to Zhoushui to destroy the shipyard.

The opponent's move to burn the dock was actually nothing to him. The docks were burned down and rebuilt, and the craftsmen were able to build ten or even twenty docks in only half a day, and all that was consumed was some worthless wood and stone.

As long as the shipyards on the shore are okay and the craftsmen are okay, then the real losses are not great. Although fifty or sixty patrol soldiers died on their own side, seventy or eighty soldiers were also killed in the attack. Really big losses come from indirect losses.

A large number of docks were burned down, a large amount of cargo was lost along with the ferry, and many of the cabin ships that had not had time to escape from the dock were also destroyed by the fire. These are all foreign cabin ships, which has brought huge losses to those foreign players and traders. Merchants from all over the world will soon learn that Bohai City is not safe, and they will reduce the number of visits they come here, or even stop coming by water. Switching to walking on the road - this is the real fatal blow to the Bohai Shipyard. This will significantly reduce the sales of Bohai Shipyard cabin ships.

Loneliness can bear direct losses, but it can't afford indirect losses.

He personally sat at the ferry, and on the one hand, he sent people to appease the merchants and players who had suffered losses in this military disaster, and on the other hand, he sent people to recover the lost goods and fish up the goods that had sunk into the water, so as to recover the losses and maintain his reputation as much as possible.

Soon after, one of his men reported that a player had seen the two ships carrying troops at the ferry. It is the cabin ship of Zhoushui Shipyard, and this incoming force is definitely the force sent by Zhoushui Shipyard.

However, judging from the battle report, the forces attacking the dockyard were a "rogue bandit". All players and NPCs who have lost their Yan nationality will be classified as "Rogues" and will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the Yan government. Liukou took the ship of the Zhoushui Shipyard, which may have been bought, rented, or even robbed. All of this cannot be used as evidence to prove that Zhoushui Shipyard sent people to dry the land.

Lonely and gloomy, Zhoushui Shipyard originally hired a group of outlaws and rogues, so they dared to destroy his dockyard unscrupulously. You don't have to worry about the place of compensation.

He immediately ordered: "Blockade the Canglang River, and all ships berthing at our Bohai City ferry must be inspected in advance." Nothing like this must happen again. Also, spread the word that the people from the Zhoushui Shipyard were responsible for the disaster. Transfer the grievances of the merchants to the Zhoushui Shipyard. ”

The man wiped his sweat, but didn't move.

Lonely stared at him: "What's wrong?" ”

The subordinate Nono whispered, "Boss, it's too late to spread the news. Now there are many versions of rumors in Bohai City, saying that you offended the rogue, and as a result, you were set on fire to retaliate. Some say that you have destroyed several forces, and this is their revenge. Some rumors are even more outrageous, even saying that you robbed a woman with another walled boss, and you were picked up by others. There are almost all kinds of rumors. Now, even if we say that someone from Zhoushui Shipyard did it, it won't have any effect, and it's probably hard to believe. ”

Lonely and angry, what a mess of rumors. This eighty percent has been planned by Zhou Shuidi players a long time ago, and as soon as the fire is over, they will spread all kinds of rumors in Bohai City to avoid suspicion. It's too cunning.

He walked back and forth to think about what to do. Suddenly, he shouted: "Forget it, don't care about these rumors." Counterattack. Only a counterattack! They can hire rogues, can't we? Immediately go to the rogues from all over the country, divide into small groups and go to Zhoushui's ferry to wreak havoc! I don't have peace, and they don't want to have a moment of peace. ”

The subordinate immediately carried it out and hired the rogues to destroy it, and he was looking for the same famous Lingguo rogue. However, at this time, the two passages of Dizhoushui, Shui, and 6 have already begun to blockade, intercept and inspect, and it is basically impossible to infiltrate Zhoushui Lake with large-scale troops to sabotage. Too few troops will have little effect.

Similarly, if the Zhoushui Alliance wants to send bandits to attack the Bohai dock again, it will be difficult to do so. Canglang River has also adopted strict preventive measures such as interception and inspection to prevent similar attacks from happening again.

In this round of the competition, the rapid development momentum of Bohai Shipyard suffered a considerable setback, and the number of players who came to Bohai Shipyard to buy cabin ships decreased significantly, while the number of players who went to Zhoushui Shipyard to buy cabin ships began to increase.

The number of light, medium and heavy cabin ships traveling on various rivers has gradually narrowed, reaching more than 35,000, and the Bohai Shipyard is no longer the leader. It was gradually caught up by Zhoushui Shipyard.

Despite several fierce conflicts, the two sides never fought a price war, and the price of the cabin ships was basically the same. The players in each walled city have a great demand for cabin ships, and the strength of the opponents is strong, and fighting a price war will only cause heavy losses for both sides and lose wealth together. They will not resort to such extreme suicidal tactics unless they are forced to do so.

This situation has reached a stalemate for a while, and without absolute superiority, it is impossible to crush the opponent in one fell swoop.

The road of force is no longer possible, and the Zhoushui Alliance can use a large number of troops, but the Bohai Shipyard also has a lot of soldiers and horses, which is enough for self-defense. Unless a direct large-scale war breaks out, small-scale harassment will not defeat the other side.

A large-scale armed war will attract the interference of the two walled city chieftains, which will not be a matter between the two player forces, but will escalate to a dispute between the two walled cities, over the competition between the shipyards. This path still doesn't work, and we have to think of other ways.

Loneliness is considering a way.

A group of his angry brothers made strong demands,

"Boss, we can't attack Zhoushui's shipyards, so let's directly attack all the ships produced by Zhoushui's shipyards, and hire Liukou to attack these merchant ships. Can they protect the shipyards, but can they also protect every merchant ship? These merchant ships are all over the place, and they are very easy to attack, and I want to see who dares to sell the ships of the Zhoushui Shipyard in the future! ”

"Yes, smash their ship and fight with them, or we won't be able to get out of this evil breath! Watching them swagger away, I was about to blow up. If you don't teach them a lesson, they still think we are easy to bully! ”

The lonely group of subordinates were indignant, and the more they talked, the more angry they became. The impatient has already started to the guy and is ready to fight.

Seeing that his subordinate brothers had begun to be impulsive, Lonely sighed, "We smash their ship, and they will smash ours too." There are more of them than we are, will we be able to stand it then? ”

"Boss, what do you say? You can't just put up with it! Merchants from all over the world saw that we were weak and deceitful, that the dockyard was burned and the goods were destroyed, but they did not react at all, and they had already begun to turn around and buy Zhoushui's boats, and no longer buy our ships. The player who spoke pleaded bitterly, "Boss, it can't go on like this, we will be given by Zhou Shui's boat sooner or later." No matter what the cost, you must take revenge, even if you pay a terrible price! At least let everyone know that their boats are also unreliable, not much better than us, so that they will not lose a large number of buyers and run to them! ”

Loneliness was shocked.

Not bad.

This tragic loss caused the prestige of the Bohai Shipyard to plummet among shipping merchants. However, the prestige of Zhoushui Shipyard was not damaged in the slightest, and it took this opportunity to quickly and low-key expansion, and the ships sold quickly caught up, and its reputation also increased rapidly. In a few days, the Zhoushui Shipyard will silently cross the Bohai Shipyard. A month later, it is very possible to squeeze him into a corner of the Bohai Shipyard.

No, if the prestige falls, then only if both of them fall, can the decline be reversed and the balance maintained.

He didn't have much time to think about what to do, and he had to make a decision immediately, even if it was a decision that would cost both sides a lot. However, it is better for both sides to bear the loss than for the other side to bear the loss alone.

"Good!"

Lonely gritted his teeth, slammed his hammer, and glanced at the confidants of all the players present, "Change the target of the attack from the shipyard to all the ships produced by the Zhoushui Shipyard, hire the rogues to launch a full-scale attack, give the Zhoushui Shipyard a comprehensive and painful blow, and suppress their arrogance!" ”

Seeing the decision made by the boss at any cost, the lonely henchmen burst into cheers. Bitter and tough cheers. The issuance of this order also means that the confrontation between the two shipyards has escalated in an all-round way and entered a state of large-scale firefighting. This is their toughest riposte to the competition! If you want to defeat them Bohai Shipyard and monopolize the shipbuilding and shipping of the entire Yan Kingdom, no way!