Nine Princes Struggle for the Throne: The Mad Prince

Chapter 210 Artillery Clears the Way, All-Out War Begins

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

This coastal city was now completely under Qin Wu's control.

The city was also restored in five days.

"Your Highness, the scouts report that a large Japanese army is heading towards us, and they will arrive in no more than a day's journey."

Qi Ye quickly entered Qin Wu's temporary residence and reported to Qin Wu.

"The reaction was a bit slow. We took several days to send troops here after we captured this place. If my men react this slowly, I will definitely settle accounts with these generals."

Qin Wu snorted coldly.

I originally thought that Japan would take action within two days at most.

Unexpectedly, it took a full six days for there to be a response, and it won't arrive until tomorrow.

Based on this calculation, the army will take seven days to arrive.

This speed is far too slow.

Even if it weren't for the Eastern Qin, the Zhou state today wouldn't have reacted so slowly.

Qi Ye shuddered upon hearing Qin Wu's words.

He knew Qin Wu's methods well; the thought of Qin Wu seeking revenge was terrifying.

"Your Highness, should we make arrangements in advance?"

Qi Ye asked.

"You can handle it yourselves! There's no need to report everything. You're the ones in charge this time."

"Go do it!"

Qin Wu didn't want to deal with these things.

After all, he can't personally lead troops into battle every time in the future; he needs his generals to be able to stand on their own.

"Yes."

Qi Ye accepted the order and withdrew.

"Flowing water, come forth!"

Qin Wu shouted.

"Your Majesty."

The flowing water appeared.

"I brought you here today to search for rare and precious materials and treasures from Japan. Have you found anything of value?"

Qin Wu inquired.

"Your Highness, we have discovered quite a few good things, but there are some things we have never seen before. The people from Poison Doctor Valley are studying their medicinal effects."

The report was submitted via a running stream.

Many of these things have never appeared in mainland China before.

No one recognizes those things, so the people of Poison Doctor Valley can only study them carefully to see what their uses are.

He hadn't expected that a mere seaside city would contain so many treasures.

What he didn't know was that this was one of the major coastal cities of Japan. Japan itself was not very large and did not have many treasures. Their treasures came from various islands and shallow waters in the sea.

Therefore, these coastal cities served as their transit points.

In addition, the Japanese officials here embezzled a lot of money every year, which allowed them to obtain a lot of treasures.

That's a bargain for them.

"By the way, Your Highness, there is also a batch of seafood here. I have had some cooked for Your Highness to enjoy with tea."

After Liushui finished speaking, he had someone bring the food over.

The first dish was an abalone, bigger than the palm of my hand.

This was the first time Qin Wu had ever seen abalone like this. He had seen top-quality abalone before, but it was far inferior to this one.

"Your Highness, this is an abalone. The people of Poison Doctor Valley said that this abalone is a rare and precious treasure, and that eating it is beneficial to cultivation. So I took the liberty of having one cooked."

Liu Shui introduced it to Qin Wu.

Qin Wu had already noticed when the abalone was served that it contained a trace of spiritual energy.

"This is indeed a fine item. Do you have any more of it?"

Qin Wu tasted it and then asked a question.

"There aren't many of this quality, but there are still a dozen or so left, and there are hundreds of others that are of slightly lower quality."

The flowing water returns.

"That's good. Keep some for you to try, and have someone send some back to the Princess and the others. Oh, and send some to the palace as well!"

Qin Wu gave a brief explanation.

Then the flow of people continued to serve dishes.

As each dish was served, Qin Wu tasted them all.

They are all good, after all, each one contains spiritual energy. Although they are not very useful to him, long-term use by children can lay a good foundation for them.

"I never expected that such a small coastal city would have so many good things."

"It seems that this voyage will yield quite a harvest for me."

Qin Wu put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said with satisfaction.

"Yes! I didn't expect it either. We've eaten seafood before, but we never thought it would be so different from this."

Even flowing water evokes feelings.

As the commander of the four secret guards, Qin Wu also bestowed many good things upon them.

However, there are very few foods that possess spiritual energy.

Such treasures can probably only be found in these undeveloped sea areas.

“Good. Have the guards search carefully again to see if there is anything else of value.”

Qin Wu was also filled with emotion.

"Your Highness, rest assured, I have already ordered my men to conduct a thorough search to see if there are any hidden rooms or similar places that I may have missed."

"Alright, hurry up. The army will be setting off again in a few days. There aren't many guards coming with us this time, so we'll be even busier then."

"Your Highness, rest assured, I understand. I have already sent the order back to reinforce the secret guards."

"Okay, you can arrange it. By the way, have someone interrogate those Japanese people thoroughly. We might be able to get more useful information, especially about where these ingredients were found. After the interrogation, have Qi Ye and the others send people to search for them."

"Yes, I understand."

Liu Shui understood Qin Wu's meaning; he was interested in the ingredients and wanted to know their origin.

"Go ahead!"

Qin Wu waved his hand, causing the flowing water to recede.

Meanwhile, Qi Ye and his group also began their operation. They did not plan to wait for the Japanese army to arrive and instead led their troops directly to encircle and annihilate them.

After all, they brought a full 10 Snow Dragon Riders with them this time.

Japanese infantry were no match for heavy cavalry.

The 100,000 Snow Dragon Riders attacked and slaughtered the 100,000-strong Japanese army that night.

They wiped out the entire Japanese army.

In the following period, Qi Ye and his group continuously sent out scouts to draw maps and monitor the situation in several cities surrounding Japan.

After staying in Haicheng for half a month.

The army set off again, heading towards the surrounding cities. This time, the army brought cannons, preparing to once again use artillery firepower as the main force for attacking the cities.

In less than ten days, the army captured ten surrounding cities.

After conquering each city, the army would carry out a massacre. However, this time they did not massacre all the Japanese, but only those with cultivation.

Everyone else was reduced to slavery.

This was also Qin Wu's idea. Since Japan liked to enslave others, he would make all the people of Japan into slaves so that they could experience what it was like to be slaves.

After the Eastern Qin captured ten cities in succession, the Japanese finally responded.

Japan has surprisingly dispatched a massive army of 500,000 to retake its lost territory.

Furthermore, they dispatched numerous assassins to attempt to kill key generals in the Eastern Qin army.

However, the important generals who came this time all had at least the Grandmaster level of cultivation, so they couldn't be assassinated so easily.

The assassins were captured as soon as they arrived.

"Your Highness, although these Japanese assassins are not very strong, their ability to hide is indeed quite good."

"I have also collected quite a few of their cultivation techniques, which are quite different from ours."

Liu Feng reported this to Qin Wu.

"Oh? Let me see it."

Qin Wu said with great interest.

Liu Shui immediately handed the technique to Qin Wu.

Qin Wu smiled after looking through it. It was a ninjutsu, of average power, but very strange.

If the secret guards learned these strange techniques, it would greatly enhance their abilities.

"Not bad, there are still many things worth learning. You should study them carefully and integrate them into your techniques. Then your concealment abilities will become even stronger."

Although Qin Wu disliked Japan, there were still some aspects of Japan that were worth learning from.

He may not like it, but that doesn't mean he lacks the magnanimity to acknowledge the excellence of others.

He was willing to learn from others' strengths, but Japan still had to be destroyed.

"Yes, I will have someone study it carefully."

The flowing water obeyed the order.

Those bizarre methods were indeed quite effective, especially in terms of concealment.

If it weren't for their somewhat lacking offensive and defensive capabilities, these people would indeed have caused them considerable trouble.

"Well, let's go!"

Qin Wu nodded.

In fact, Qin Wu did not only collect martial arts techniques from Japan.

When he conquered Southern Qi, he collected countless martial arts techniques from Southern Qi, especially their witchcraft and poison arts, which were famous throughout the world.

There's also the Northern Barbarians, whose body-refining methods are unparalleled in the world.

He collected all of these and spent a lot of time learning from their strengths and making up for his weaknesses to improve his own technique.

This is what made Qin Wu who he is today.