Chapter 579 "Where's the ship? Where's the cargo?"
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The third day of the ninth lunar month is an auspicious day.
Just as dawn broke, three steel-hulled Fujian-style ships, which had been "modified" and named "Breaking Waves," quietly sailed away from the naval port.
The peculiar cylindrical "spiritual motor" at the stern emitted a faint glow, and the seawater surged violently and silently, propelling the ship at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary sailboats, breaking through the morning mist and speeding eastward!
Standing on the bow of the Fujian-style ship at the very front was Li Shiyue.
A sharp-eyed golden eagle perched on her shoulder, and the two of them, facing the sea breeze, both looked ahead.
Suddenly, the golden eagle cried out and soared into the sky, becoming the fleet's eyes high in the air.
Its vision is closely connected to Li Shiyue through the system, transmitting the situation on the vast sea to Li Shiyue in real time through the eyes of the golden eagle.
On their first trip eastward, Li Shiyue and his group's destination was a small island called "Turtle Roar Island".
According to information previously obtained from Huang Wanchang and Cai Hua's secret ledgers, Guihou Island is about the same size as Tsushima Island, and is inhabited by a group of Japanese pirates of about a hundred people. It is a transit and supply point for large groups of Japanese pirates to plunder Jian'an.
The Japanese pirates on Guihou Island obviously had not yet received definite news from Tsushima Island. They only knew that the coastal area of Jian'an was under tight security recently. They never expected that Han Chinese ships would come to them on their own initiative, and so quickly and so quietly!
When the golden eagle spotted the island's outline and lowered its altitude to scout, some of the Japanese pirates on the island even looked up curiously and pointed at the low-flying eagle, completely unaware that death was imminent.
"The Japanese pirates on the island were scattered, and most of their ships were anchored in the small bay on the west side, so the defenses were very lax."
Through the golden eagle's vision, Li Shiyue calmly assessed the situation on the island and ordered, "Send the order to go around to the eastern cliff."
Kuroko, take your men and climb up from the lowest point of the cliff to clear the sentry post.
Xiao Liu and Po Lang No. 2 stayed behind, while No. 1 and No. 3 rushed directly into the harbor and rammed and sank the ships that were moored there.
"Archers, get ready. Once we land, proceed as usual!"
"Understood!"
With the powerful motors of their spirit engines and extremely low noise, the three Fujian ships circled around to the east side of Turtle Roar Island like ghosts.
Hei Zi led dozens of agile "Black Armor Warriors" and, with the help of grappling hooks and ropes, silently climbed up the steep cliff like monkeys.
A moment later, the Xuanjia soldiers, using grappling hooks to climb up from the lowest point of the cliff, either swiftly struck down the Japanese pirates' sentries with their swords or snapped their necks with a forceful twist of their hands. After a few short sounds, everything returned to silence.
At the same time, the Breaking Waves No. 1, where Sun Xiaoliu was located, took the lead. The spiritual energy motor at the stern shone brightly, and the speed suddenly increased. Like an arrow released from a bow, it rushed straight towards the unsuspecting small harbor on the west side of Turtle Roar Island!
What is that?
The Japanese pirates in the bay finally realized something was wrong; the speed of the Breaking Waves No. 1 was too fast!
And its appearance is so strange!
There was no sail!
Before the exclamations had even faded, the leading steel-hulled Fujian ship, with unstoppable momentum, slammed into a Japanese pirate ship moored at the entrance!
"boom!"
Wood chips flew everywhere, and the fragile Japanese ships, as if made of paper, were easily crushed by the sturdy steel bows. The Japanese pirates left on board were lucky enough to scream and fall into the water, but unlucky ones lost their lives on the spot.
Another ship, the Breaking Waves No. 3, also charged in, without engaging the Japanese pirates on board. It simply and brutally charged straight in!
Fuck his father!
The archers of the Breaking Waves No. 1 and No. 3 stood on the ship's side, indifferently listening to orders as they rained arrows down on the Japanese pirates who had fallen into the sea.
After rampaging through the bay, knocking over all the Japanese pirate ships, large and small, and leaving none intact, the Breaking Waves No. 1 and No. 3 quickly launched their fast boats from the side of the ship.
In no time, ten fast ships were launched, and each ship was filled with Xuanjia soldiers.
Li Shiyue stood at the bow of the Breaking Waves No. 2. This time, she did not make a move, but simply stood at the bow and watched Sun Xiaoliu lead his men to rush onto the island.
The Japanese pirates on the shore tried to organize a resistance, but as soon as they rushed out of their shacks, they were stabbed in the back by Hei Zi and his men who rushed down from the cliff!
The outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion.
In less than half an hour, the Japanese pirates on Guihou Island were wiped out.
Sun Xiaoliu and his men seized some gold and silver, a warehouse full of grain, some crude weapons, and two small Japanese ships that were barely usable.
But what surprised Li Shiyue the most after he came down from the Breaking Waves No. 2 and took a speedboat to Turtle Roar Island was that the Xuanjia Army actually found seventeen Han Chinese in a shack on Turtle Roar Island!
Looking at the seventeen Han people in front of him, whose cheeks were sunken and who had obviously been starving for many days, Li Shiyue said to Sun Xiaoliu, "Cook a pot of porridge for them now and give each of them a small bowl."
After separately ascertaining their origins, if they were Han Chinese, bring them back to Jian'an and discuss the matter there.
"Yes, General!"
Sun Xiaoliu bowed his head in agreement with Li Shiyue's words, and then looked up at Li Shiyue again.
Li Shiyue knew exactly what Sun Xiaoliu was asking. "Just like on Tsushima Island, take the heads, move the supplies, and burn the rest."
Li Shiyue's orders were swift and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
She showed only iron-fisted ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness when dealing with these Japanese pirates who repeatedly invaded her territory and had blood on their hands.
If she showed even a shred of pity, it would be an insult to the dead Han people!
They left with seventeen Han Chinese and the supplies they had seized from Guihou Island, leaving behind billowing smoke from the burning corpses and a mound of corpses piled up again on the cliff. The three steel Fujian ships set sail again, heading back to Jian'an.
The day after Li Shiyue and his group returned to Jian'an, Sun Xiaoliu brought a man they had rescued from Turtle Roar Island into Li Shiyue's study.
Putting down her brush, Li Shiyue looked up at the thin man who was now kneeling on the ground.
She asked the man coldly, "You said you work for the Yan family's fleet?"
The reason is that the seventeen Han Chinese that Li Shiyue and his group brought back from Guihou Island were actually all laborers on the same ship!
Sun Xiaoliu arranged for the town's soldiers to interrogate these seventeen people individually, and everything they said matched up.
These seventeen people were originally from Dengzhou and worked in the fleet of ships operated by Yan Jiuniang in Dongmou Port.
They had boarded a cargo ship called "Yongning" to travel from Dongmu along the coast to Taizhou, but they were unlucky and encountered a strong wind that swept their ship eastward.
To make matters worse, they ran into Japanese pirates sailing in large Japanese ships!
"...and that's how we were captured and brought to the island."
"Thank you so much, General, for saving us! I..."
Li Shiyue stood up, waved to the man, and interrupted him, asking, "What kind of cargo is on your ship?"
Where's the boat?
Where's the goods?
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