So after leaving the capital this time, Zhu Lin gave orders to the secret guards, but they hesitated and were not decisive, which made Xingxing angry.
"Brother Phosphorus, don't be angry. I'll give them a good talking to later." Xingxing was afraid that the boy would feel uncomfortable.
"It's alright, it's nothing serious. I wouldn't let such a small matter bother me." The young man genuinely didn't care. He wasn't without subordinates. It was normal for the emperor's men not to obey him. If they were completely under his command, that would be a big problem. He wasn't their master; Xingxing was.
However, he was used to giving orders to others, so he would subconsciously give instructions to others every time, and most people would subconsciously obey, simply because he gave orders so naturally.
Zhu Lin... Zhu Lin was used to giving orders, and it was a subconscious act. In short, he just gave orders naturally, and of course, he didn't care much about whether others obeyed or not.
The fight on the last ship lasted for half an hour before it ended. More than fifty pirates were captured alive, all of them bound hand and foot, and their mouths were gagged with strips of cloth.
After interrogating several of the pirates, it was learned that there were only about 800 soldiers left on the island, and the rest were civilians, so there was nothing to fear.
"Should we go back and attack again? Going around to the island would mean crossing mountains and valleys, and we don't even know what the mountains on the island are like?" Xingxing was a little undecided. It would take two or three days to get around to the other side of the island, so going back seemed like a faster option.
"Go back and attack directly." Zhu Lin was decisive. In fact, they could have attacked directly, but Xingxing didn't want too many casualties, so she thought of taking a detour.
At this point, they probably realized that crossing the mountain was not safe, so they decided to attack directly. This was mainly because they learned from the pirates that the island had insufficient troops and had not set any traps, while they had five thousand men. Even after losing a dozen or so men in the battle with the pirates, their numbers could still overwhelm the pirates on the island.
Moreover, the soldiers brought out this time are all elite troops, trained in naval warfare, and have good martial arts skills. Are they afraid of not being able to defeat the more than 800 pirates on the island?
Besides learning about the number of people on the island, they also learned that the leader of the pirates was a woman named Yokoyama Chiyo, a name that was clearly from the East.
This woman possesses extraordinary martial arts skills and is also capable of crafting weapons. It is said that the weapons she creates are incredibly powerful, capable of defeating even a thousand armies. However, so far, these so-called weapons have not yet been created.
Thinking of this, Xingxing felt that she could not delay any longer and had to go to the island immediately to stop that Japanese woman from continuing to manufacture weapons. If the so-called weapons were really that powerful, the Great Jin Dynasty would be in danger again.
By the time the star-studded group returned to the front of the island, it was already past midnight. Faint lights could be seen on the island, just as the pirates had described, and the island's inhabitants were working day and night.
The group from Xianwu Island, along with Xingxing, Erfu, Sifu, and a group of secret guards, infiltrated the island first, while the other officers and soldiers, led by a deputy general, launched a direct attack.
This deputy general was originally the head constable of the Anyang Prefecture government. He was in his early thirties, had excellent swimming skills, performed outstandingly during training, and was honest and steady. Xingxing appointed him as the deputy general, and he was in charge of leading the troops in this sea voyage.
Chiyo Yokoyama's eyelids kept twitching all night, and she couldn't sleep at all. She didn't plan to sleep anyway, as she was in a hurry to make a batch of medicine extractors. Although the process of making medicine extractors was much easier than that of cannons and fire chambers.
However, for someone who has never done it before, it takes time to figure it out. It would take several days to complete. Yokoyama Chiyo was anxious, so she stayed inside and watched the workers work, hoping that this would speed things up.
Little did she know that the more she watched, the more panicked and nervous the people became, and the more likely they were to make mistakes. One of the young men was vigorously stirring the pottery jar with a pestle, using more and more force.
Suddenly, with a loud bang, the nitrate the young man was working on exploded, affecting him and a group of people around him, killing five people on the spot.
People who were a little further away were also injured in the explosion. Yokoyama Chiyo was quite close at the time, and if it weren't for her high skill level and quick reflexes, she would probably have been blown to bits by now.
Although she dodged in time, she was still injured. Her arm was cut by flying shards of terracotta, and she bled a lot, her face contorting in pain.
"Useless trash! You didn't even manage to extract the medicine, and you've already squeezed yourself to death. You're a useless piece of trash." Yokoyama Chiyo looked at the mess in front of her with a gloomy expression, her anger reaching its peak.
She was so angry that she wanted to draw her sword and kill them all, but she managed to suppress her raging anger and didn't bother to kill them.
"Clean this place up immediately, and bury these dead bodies somewhere right away. I'll be back in an hour. Don't stop, keep working."
"Ouch, ouch..." Only after the female demon left did the injured people dare to cry out. They hadn't dared to make a sound even though they were in excruciating pain.
"What are you yelling for? Damn it, you're courting death in the middle of the night, making us suffer too." Several pirates stepped forward with whips and began to lash the screaming man.
"You guys come here and carry these people up the mountain to bury them. These few are so badly injured, bury them too." The pirates had no intention of saving the few who were still screaming, but who looked quite badly injured, and simply disposed of them.
"My lord, please, save me, spare me!" one of the men, who only had one leg injured, pleaded.
The pirate closest to the man spat in his face and cursed, "What are you? Why should we save you? If we bury you today, you'll die a quick death. If we ignore you and leave you to die in agony, wouldn't that be even more painful? We're giving you a quick death, and you're not even grateful. You don't even want to die. Bah, what a piece of trash!"
"Ah!" The pirate had just finished cursing when he was suddenly struck in the back and fell to the ground with a scream.
Immediately afterwards, all the pirates present were injured by the hidden weapons and fell to the ground one after another, dying.
The men who came to help carry the body were horrified and at a loss. Then, several men in black jumped out from behind the wrecked wall that had been bombed.
These people dressed in black robes were all outstanding in appearance and had extraordinary temperament. They were not to be trifled with at first glance. In particular, the most handsome and eye-catching young man among them had a sharp gaze that seemed to see through everything with just one glance, making people afraid to even breathe.
"Spare us, spare our lives, hero!" Several seemingly honest and burly men knelt down on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Are you villagers on this island?" Zhu Qiuyu asked calmly.
These people are all able-bodied and should be residents of the island. If they were fishermen who were captured, their Achilles tendons would have been severed, making them easy to identify.
"Yes, we are all villagers on the island." They didn't know whether these men in black were good or bad, so they didn't dare to say more and just answered the questions honestly.
Soon, the sounds of a chaotic fight erupted outside. The clashing of weapons, shouts of battle, and screams mingled together, shattering the once tranquil peace of the island.
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