Chapter 1296: A Strike That Never Appeared Before
"And now the attack begins!" the fat man's first thought when he came to his senses was rejoicing that their plan had succeeded. As long as Jiang Xingchen attacks the port and kills civilians, it will arouse the hatred of the people of the whole island.
Thinking that Jiang Xingchen, who was invincible overseas, was about to die on Ahong Island, he couldn't tell the excitement in his heart. But when he saw the crater that had been blown out a hundred and ten meters away, he shivered again, as if he was in danger here.
"Run!" the fat man roared and ran, the speed of which surprised his subordinates, and it was definitely not proportional to his size.
However, when the fat man ran out for a while, he was surprised to find that there was no movement behind him. Looking back, there was a commotion on the dock, and many people were shocked by the cannon just now, and asked around what was going on. Others stood in front of the gun crater and studied. But Jiang Xingchen's attack stopped.
"What's going on, why didn't Jiang Xingchen fight?" The fat man was confused, unable to figure out Jiang Xingchen's intentions.
At this moment, countless people in the city rushed out, sprinting towards each other loudly, they all heard the cannon sound just now, and they were even more sure that Jiang Xingchen was about to attack.
Some of these people ran home to pack their belongings, while others ran to the docks to get their valuables back from the begging boat.
Originally, there were some people who dissuaded them, after all, the cannon had already sounded, and now they are not looking for death when they go back. But I found that the cannon only sounded, and after there was no movement behind it, the dissuasive people also ran back.
The fat man was completely stunned, and almost everyone who ran by him was scolding. However, they did not scold the star leader, they all scolded the ruler of Ahong Island. Provoke such a big basket by yourself. actually blocked the news, and didn't care about our life or death!
Others say that the great nobles and merchants in the city have already fled. Only civilians don't know, even if they are afraid that civilians will flee with them. Influence the nobles to run away.
"How did things turn out like this, the civilians should hate Jiang Xingchen, why does it seem to be reversed. This hasn't started yet!" the fat man was stunned for a long time, and hurriedly ran into the city.
Seeing the flyer, the fat man understood everything, he couldn't imagine that Jiang Xingchen still had such a hand, it was really amazing. In particular, it is proposed that the nobles secretly run away, and that the commoners should evacuate quickly, although they do not necessarily push the commoners to the opposite side of the Lord. But the effect of the whole people's hatred of the enemy will never be seen again.
The fat man did not dare to delay, and immediately wrote a letter to the Lord to explain the situation here.
At the same time, such leaflets had begun to spread in eighteen cities along the coast, and civilians in other cities had seen them, and civilians around the port had evacuated.
In the evening of the same day, Jiang Xingchen's bombardment began, blowing up the empty port, and not a single ship remained, all of which were blown to pieces. The pirates screamed with excitement. They finally got a taste of manipulating the artillery bombardment, and although it didn't hit anyone, it was really cool.
The sailors in the royal fleet were happy, and they looked at the pirates with contempt in their eyes. It's really a bunch of turtles who have never seen the world, and if you encounter a real naval battle, your heart will not beat out. That's it, a pirate.
After the bombardment, the pirates haven't had enough of it. Jiang Xingchen ordered to stop and divide the fleet into two batches. One group up, one group down, attacking the ports of coastal cities one by one.
It was already a day and a half after the middle-aged man in the imperial city received the news, and he had just asked the red-faced old man to kill the family members of several traitors on the front foot, and he received a letter from the fat man on the back foot.
The moment he saw the letter, the middle-aged man was also stunned, and he also couldn't think of Jiang Xingchen's unheard-of method of scattering leaflets. not only let everyone know the cause and effect, but also ruined his plan. At the same time, it also made the hearts of the civilians dissatisfied with him. Jiang Xingchen made it clear that he would not kill civilians, but only destroy ports and buildings. Civilians who have fled their homes will definitely take this account on their heads.
"Jiang Xingchen, good means!" The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, the goal was not achieved, but the eighteen ports were lost, which was really difficult for him to accept.
"Force him into the interior. You must force him to enter the inland......" The middle-aged man yelled, and then ordered his subordinates to tell the red-faced old man to kill more people and send the head to Jiang Xingchen as soon as possible.
As soon as the subordinates who delivered the letter left, there was another sound of footsteps, and a guard at the door bowed down and said, "Lord, urgent letter!"
"What's the bad news?" the middle-aged man chuckled in his heart, and now he had some reflexes when he heard the urgent letter.
"Bring it on!" the middle-aged man commanded, raising his hand to grab the letter handed by the guard.
After opening it and looking at it twice, the middle-aged man's expression changed suddenly, his face became iron-blue, his body shook a little, and he held on to the table to stabilize his figure.
"How is it possible, how the hell is this, Jiang Xingchen would actually use this method to ......" He shook his head again and again in a muttered voice, and the middle-aged man was obviously hit hard by the content of the letter.
After a moment, the middle-aged man suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Hurry up and chase Tong Lao back for me, the families of those three traitors can't be killed!"
As soon as the guard saw the expression on his lord's face, he knew that it was not trivial, so he turned around and ran out......
Half an hour later, the red-faced old man hurried back, and as soon as he entered, he hurriedly asked, "Lord, why did you suddenly not kill again, did something happen?"
He had already raised the prisoners, and then he received news from the guards that he wanted to kill a few more and send the heads to Jiang Xingchen.
The red-faced old man wondered at that time, not knowing the meaning of the Lord's sudden change of mind. But he didn't think much of it, thinking that it was the hatred in the heart of the Lord, and that betrayal was the most intolerable for those in power.
But just as he proposed a few more people and was about to let the executioner be executed, one of the guards came running profusely while shouting for the sword to keep people behind, saying that the Lord would not let him be killed.
The red-faced old man was stunned for a long time, and then realized that there might have been an accident, so he hurried back. As a result, when I entered the house, I saw that the middle-aged man's face was not good.
"Look at these two letters!" the middle-aged man pushed the two letters to him.
"Jiang Xingchen actually ......" The red-faced old man frowned when he saw the first letter, the hand of scattering leaflets is really amazing, not to mention pushing most civilians to the opposite side.
The ruler caused trouble, and also blocked the news from the commoners, only allowing the nobles to escape. The key is that people remind civilians to withdraw quickly, and if they really fight, how can civilians treat each other as enemies.
Then the red-faced old man picked up the second letter, just like the middle-aged man had just done. After looking at the old man's red face twice, he turned white, with an expression of disbelief: "How is this possible, Jiang Xingchen can actually throw cannonballs from the sky!"
The middle-aged man's face was full of bitterness, and he said in a low voice: "Four big rivers, our two thousand seven-story treasure ships have been blown up and five hundred...... The river is crowded, and it's hard to hide...... The loss is too great!" (To be continued......)