Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"If I could go back earlier, I would have no more worries."

Their plan is to attack the Japanese island. If these Japanese pirates dare to go back, they will definitely be wiped out by Qin Ming.

"Then I will go and check their movements now."

As she spoke, Liu Yueli prepared to continue taking people to investigate the Japanese pirates.

After she left, Qin Ming took several master chefs from the workshop and went to the port in Jiangnan that night.

Bringing these master craftsmen here is to prevent their warships from being damaged and beyond repair during the war.

"Your Highness, two major forces have gathered here."

Cao Chuan stood at the port and introduced Qin Ming in a low voice.

"The first pirate group was called the Chishui Gang. It had nearly 3,000 members, and its leader was Chishui Nianxiong."

"The second one is called the Quicksand Alliance. They have tens of thousands of people under their command and are extremely brutal. They were the ones who massacred the village before. Their leader is called Furukawa Seiji."

Both forces dealt a huge blow to Prince Duan.

However, after Qin Ming arrived, the Chishui Gang retreated hundreds of miles because of their smaller numbers, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

The Quicksand Alliance was stronger and retreated to the edge of Qin Ming's defense line.

They were ready to estimate Qin Ming's strength, and once they saw that Qin Ming's army had no control over the battlefield, they would be ready to continue the attack at any time.

"What are their ships and attack methods like?"

Qin Ming looked at the sea map and spoke lightly.

Cao Chuan took out some drawings.

There are some pictures of ships used by Japanese pirates.

They are all fast ships with poor defense and are even a bit shabby.

"That's roughly it. They generally don't choose to fight at sea unless they have a large number of people."

The Japanese pirates have scarce resources, and each warship is an extremely precious resource.

Fighting at sea would likely result in damage to their ships.

Therefore, most of the Japanese pirates like to invade on land.

As long as there is a loophole in the defense line, they will be able to sneak onto the coast and plunder.

"Attack the Red Water Gang first."

After Qin Ming thought for a moment, he determined his target.

Cao Chuan's eyes turned and he guessed Qin Ming's thoughts.

"Your Highness is worried that they will be in trouble if they are alone?"

"Yes, if we attack the Quicksand Alliance first, which has more people, it will be difficult, and the Redwater Gang will definitely not sit idly by."

There are now three forces on the sea: Qin Ming, Chishui Gang and Liusha League.

Only after dividing it can it be more convenient to fight.

Cao Chuan strongly supports Qin Ming's idea.

So he whispered:

"Then let's launch a surprise attack tonight. I heard you've called in those old friends from the Citian Kingdom?"

He was talking about Hu Haisheng and others.

Qin Ming heard this and waved his hand lightly:

"We don't need them. The Nanyang Merchants are our trump card. If we have to ask them for help to deal with the Chishui Gang, it would seem like we're overkilling a chicken with a sledgehammer."

"understand!"

At night, Qin Ming boarded a warship and set off with Cao Chuan.

They brought a dozen ships, each with only a few hundred people.

The reason why only such a small number of people are arranged is because they don’t need too many.

Qin Ming had already installed cannons on the deck of every ship.

There are more than a dozen of these guns on each ship, and this type of firearm is extremely lethal at sea.

One shot could even blow a person to pieces.

Standing on the boat, Cao Chuan looked around with a telescope in the night.

It soon became apparent that something was amiss.

"Your Highness, there are several spies following us."

"They should be the Japanese pirates."

Qin Ming took the telescope and looked at it carefully.

"They need to determine our strength and then think about how they will deal with it."

Qin Ming's guess was correct. The people who followed him were indeed from the Liusha Alliance.

When they discovered that Qin Ming was heading towards the Chishui Gang, they became extremely alert.

"Should we clean it up then?"

Cao Chuan looked at Qin Ming, waiting for his arrangements.

"Clear it all, and do as much as you can."

Qin Ming was unwilling to let the enemy know his strength. He wanted to keep it secret so as to make the enemy more afraid.

With a wave of his hand, Cao Chuan arranged several warships and rushed towards the ships following in the distance.

"What are they doing?!"

Everyone on the Japanese pirates' small boats was very surprised.

The Daqian ships were at least hundreds of feet away, yet they dared to chase after them.

Don’t you really know how fast the Japanese pirates’ fleet is?

"Let's go, retreat first!"

The leading Japanese pirate captain named Kojima Kawakami quickly spoke.

They are just confronting Qin Ming at the moment and do not want to initiate a war.

But just as they turned the rudder to turn around, they discovered something that shocked everyone.

"How come they are so fast!?"

“It’s getting close!!”

Qin Ming's ships were all traveling at a reduced speed because before they came, Qin Ming told them to travel at normal speed.

You only need to run at maximum speed when fighting.

The reason for this was that he wanted to hide the strength of his army so as to catch the enemy off guard.

The Japanese pirates knew nothing about firearms and the strength of shipyards.

You will definitely suffer a great loss.

And now the Kojima Kawakami team was shocked.

"Don't panic, just keep them away. There are only a few ships, they definitely won't dare to pursue us too far!"

Kojima Kawakami continued to give orders. He ranked third in the Quicksand Alliance and had experienced countless naval wars.

Even in critical situations, he can still make judgments very quickly.

But after listening to what he said, his men suddenly said:

“It looks like they’ve stopped!”

"Could it be that you knew it was difficult to pursue her, so you gave up?"

Under the moonlight, the ship hundreds of feet away suddenly stopped.

Just as they were all looking at the sea in confusion.

A voice full of fear came again.

"Boss, look what that is!?"

As the Japanese pirates pointed their fingers at Daqian's fleet, a fierce flame suddenly broke out from the deck!

boom!

The deafening sound even drowned out the sound of the waves crashing!

"This……"

Under the moonlight, Kojima Kawakami only saw a shell growing bigger and bigger in his field of vision.

Then it suddenly fell to the ground and exploded in front of him.

He didn't even have time to say his last words before he was blown to pieces!

The accurate and destructive artillery swept across the area with firepower and then turned and left.

As for Kojima Kawakami's exploration team, they had disappeared on the sea, as if they had never appeared.

"Your Highness, why do I feel... no pressure?"

Cao Chuan waved his hand and the fleet quickly returned.

Qin Ming nodded slightly and said:

"Look at it this way...we should reduce the number of guards. I overestimated them."

Qin Ming dispatched nearly 30,000 soldiers and 200 ships.

I thought half a month would be enough to clean them up.

But after today's contact, he finally understood what fire suppression meant.

There is no way to play with the Japanese pirates.

"or……"

Cao Chuan walked forward and whispered a few words in Qin Ming's ear.

Qin Ming heard this and said slowly:

"can."