As the morning sun slowly rose from the sea, the ships entered the battle zone, and Yinti and Yinzhen, dressed in golden battle robes, appeared on the deck.
After the family had breakfast, Qingyan leaned back in her armchair, flipping through a travelogue in her hand. In reality, she had turned on the video in her spatial dimension, which was playing a scene that Yinzhen was facing.
On the distant coast, a large number of people could be seen appearing, and many small boats even went directly into the sea.
Yinzhen held a telescope and watched the small boats setting off from the shore. Each boat had four or five men in black on it.
"Eshuo, order the long-range cannons to fire at the coast, and the rest to concentrate their fire on the small boats. Be quick." As soon as Yinzhen gave the order, the cannons of both ships fired simultaneously.
Yinzhen's prediction was correct. Two people on the small boat watched as the ship sank, and everyone was either injured or killed in the fire. They then prepared to swim towards the warships. As long as they could damage both ships, it would be worth it even if they sacrificed themselves.
"Fourth brother, why did you act so quickly!" Yinti felt something was amiss. Yinzhen rarely reacted like this. Now it seemed that these small boats were probably aimed at them.
"Hehe, if we don't act quickly enough, those people on the small boats will get closer to us, and things will get tough!" Yinzhen felt distressed.
Every cannonball fired meant a significant loss of tax revenue. Qingyan had been working tirelessly to earn money and contribute taxes to the national treasury; all of this was earned through hard work.
"Fourth Master did a good job. We acted quickly and had the firearms battalion fire the bullets that were about to be destroyed into the sea. Look, the sea has turned red!" E Shuo said coldly.
Qingyan was unaware that news of nearby ships accompanying them on their expedition had already reached Ryukyu shortly after their ships left the port. The shoguns of the shogunate were extremely eager to capture Ingen Gioro and Qingyan and bring them back for proper training.
After learning the news, Saito and Eshuo did not hide it from the brothers Yinti and Yinzhen. The two who loved Qin An naturally prepared to eliminate these people.
"I don't think these people will give up. It would be best to keep both of the princesses by our side!" E'shuo knew that the twins would have people sent by Kangxi by their side, but Qingyan would not.
Yinzhen glanced at Su Peisheng and told him to go and fetch Qingyan.
"This is quite a beautiful firework display, let them share in it too!" Yinzhen remembered that Qingyan disliked Ryukyu very much.
Previously, when he said he wanted to develop Ryukyu, the first thing Qingyan did was to request to accompany him.
"Fourth Brother, did you call me?" Qingyan looked at the city across the way, which had turned into a sea of fire, and she felt a strange sense of exhilaration.
"Yes, that's fireworks over there. All our overseas Chinese have been evacuated." Yinzhen had arranged for the evacuation of the Ryukyu overseas Chinese in advance, using the ships from the Yuelai Inn. Every overseas Chinese returned home in high spirits.
A smile appeared on Qingyan's lips. Her country had once suffered from the Ryukyu Islands' scorched-earth policy. Now, seeing that country being bombarded filled her with immense joy.
The overseas Chinese are fine; it's the local residents who will be lost, and she doesn't care at all.
"This is a victory achieved with minimal cost. Let's just watch from afar." Yinzhen stood behind Qingyan, reassuring her to enjoy the results.
Along the coastline, more small black boats were being assembled. Qingyan looked at the boats and wondered why. Hadn't Yinzhen already blown up the people of the Shogunate?
Why would anyone risk their life to come here?
"Those must be assassins!" Yinti put down his telescope and immediately ordered his chief guard to relay the order to wipe out all the small fishing boats that went out to sea.
Those on the fishing boats must be the ninjas that Qingyan mentioned; the shogunate had spent a lot of effort training them.
“A direct bombardment should be fine. Some of these men have jumped into the sea, hoping to extinguish the flames on their bodies.” Yinti saw the soldiers on another ship desperately firing into the water.
This was the first time Qingyan had witnessed a real battle, and she knew in her heart that it was just a small skirmish.
"Judging from the current situation, we should be able to get close by evening!" Yinzhen had originally thought it would take two days to completely conquer these cities, but now, those cities had turned into a sea of fire.
By the time the fire is extinguished, all the people will probably be gone.
As dusk fell, Qingyan noticed that the fires in the city had slowly died down, and the soldiers fired a barrage of shots into the sea until the water was no longer blood red. Only then did they feel relieved enough to move their ships toward the shore.
After lunch, Yinti and Yinzhen specially dispatched an advance team to approach the sea level. The soldiers had already entered all the cities of Ryukyu ahead of time. They found that the people in the cities had not fled. Some of them committed seppuku in front of their own doors.
Erlu was stunned for a moment, then quickly ordered the firearms battalion to check each house to see if anyone was still alive. Even young children were killed by the soldiers.
Cut the weeds and eliminate the roots!
Erlu has handled such matters many times, and now he is even more adept at it.
"Little darling, you were right to remind me!" Yinzhen was relieved after reading Erlu's report. He had heard Qingyan say that even young children should not be allowed to get close, and those still in swaddling clothes should be eliminated.
When Erlu and his men entered the city, the innocent faces of the children touched the hearts of some of the soldiers. Later, one soldier, carrying a child, tried to dodge a runaway carriage, but the child stabbed him in the heart with a dagger.
This action alerted Erlu to the problem, and he immediately ordered everyone to ensure that such a blunder would not happen again. Now, they put away their sympathy and dared not say another word.
"Fourth brother, Xiao Guai's idea is good. If we're not careful, these problems might really affect us!" Yin Ti shook his head helplessly.
Qingyan's lips curled up slightly. Those people deserved to die. The Bushido spirit had already mentally controlled those children.
That's why she advised Erlu to be careful.
Logically speaking, the soldiers should not have been injured innocently, but unexpectedly, some people's momentary leniency led to their deaths.
"Little darling, you don't need to worry about it. Those people were treated like this because they weren't paying attention!" Yinzhen felt a pang of emotion.
Qingyan glanced at the letter and then tossed it aside.
"Sister-in-law, let's go to Ryukyu for a visit in a couple of days." Qingyan wanted to go treasure hunting. Since there weren't many houses left there, there should be some good things that hadn't been burned down.
Yin Genjue Luo's eyes lit up. Qing Yan was right. If they could get some treasures, the trip would not be in vain.
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