C475 The Impact of Water and Fire (1/2)
Molière and Gong Cheng were both stunned hearing this, especially Gong Cheng, he realised that the biggest flaw in the entire plan was actually Shang Tai himself, why had this young man been brainwashed by Xiao Letian to such an extent.
”Your majesty is foolish! ”If we leave the mountain unscathed, how can we be so reckless when it comes to governing countries …” Before Gong Cheng could finish his sentence, he saw a black shadow smash into his face.
”Gong Cheng, you and I are irreconcilable …” The furious Jin Congshu bared his fangs and brandished his claws as he rushed towards. Unfortunately, he was only a Wen Chen, and couldn't rush to Gong Cheng's side even after rushing a few times.
Shang Tai shouted from the crowd, ”My dear friends, think about it, why does the Ryukyu have so many people raising us? Why do the new and royal armies want to protect us? ”It's not that we have a righteous reputation in our heads, but that the reputation left behind by our ancestors will be used up sooner or later. Good men need to start their own businesses …”
”The people raised me and the armies protected me because I, Shang Tai, was able to give them hope. I, Shang Tai, was able to lead them to protect this nation and protect the good days of everyone else … This is the root cause of the Emperor of Heaven! ”
”You want me to surrender? Damn it, if I, Shang Tai, were to watch the French slaughter the new army and citizens and end up as a turtle egg, my Ryukyu would have truly died … That is the demise of the human heart! ”
This time, even Molière and Bruce felt that the situation had become thorny. Their plan was to use the lives of the Ryukyu's ministers as meat tickets, threatening the entire kingdom to surrender to them. But if Shang Tai were to do that to her now, it would be the opposite.
”Make your move His Excellency the Special Envoy. Since they want to die, we should give them a chance …” Bruce shouted.
”No …” Absolutely not, we, France cannot just send our troops out for free, we must not just let them die like that, we must also reap the rewards of the war. If King Shang Tai and the other ministers die, we are bound to lose everything … ”
Molière was so anxious that smoke was coming out from his stomach, ”What we want is to tame the kingdom. What we want is to colonize this place for a long period of time in the future. ”Even if it is to collect taxes, it will have to be handled by the officials of Ryukyu …”
Just as he was at a loss about this, suddenly, the sky above him exploded with a deafening explosion. The Seven Stars Mountain's Cannon and the Shouli City's Cannon finally opened fire after receiving the signal.
Liang Kun who had his leg injured was leaning on a stone wall. He stretched his head out and cursed at the direction of the dock, although he could not hear anything from the viewing platform, he could more or less guess it with his heel.
”What did I say?” What did I say! We can't negotiate. We can't trust these bastards. How are things right now? Open the door for the thieves, are you inviting the robbers in … Fire, fire at enemy warships! ”
The shore defense cannons could only suppress the sea. They had no way to deal with the enemies on the docks, so these defenders had nowhere to vent their anger. They could only pour their firepower into the sea.
It was not only the cannons that were enraged, the soldiers of the New Army who had just left the city area also went crazy at this time. When the five-colored signal detonator exploded in the sky, all the New Army, militia, and student soldier were shocked.
In just a few seconds, there was a huge commotion in the team, ”It is His Majesty's emergency signal detonator!” His Majesty was in trouble? Oh my god, how could this be, is His Majesty in trouble? ”
Everyone knew that this kind of multicolored signal flare was the highest danger level signal, just like the blood flag s. This was the beginning of a decisive counterattack, and once this signal appeared, all the orders to retreat would become invalid.
In the current Ryukyu, there was only one possibility for multi-coloured signal bombs to appear, and that was that Shang Tai had passed away.
”His Majesty is dead? His Majesty is dead... ”His Majesty was killed by the French …” There was only one sound in the entire city now.
”Returning Master …” Go back … ”Kill these foreign devils!” The soldiers rushed back like madmen, and in the end they didn't even bother to line up.
The people and imperial guards who had just persuaded the new army to leave the city still hadn't figured out what was going on. They opened their mouths wide and looked at the new army returning. All of their jaws dropped.
”You, you, you, you … ”Why are you guys back …” Those elders and women and children were too slow to understand the situation.
The madly running soldiers looked at these civilians who were doing evil things with good intentions, and all of them wanted to curse out of anger. However, looking at their cowardly expressions and kind gazes, it was hard to say whether they were dirty or alive.
”You all … ”Ai …” The soldiers could say nothing but a long sigh.
Shang Tai, who was on the dock, was the eye of the storm. Although the place was calm and peaceful, it did not kill, but it controlled the entire tempo of the battle.
Under Molière's orders, the Japanese samurai and a portion of red-clothed military Katana and bayonets were able to control Shang Tai and his subordinates.
The remaining three hundred French troops quickly formed three shooting positions around the viewing platform. Other than the ones near the sea which were unguarded, the north, south and east were all covered with a pile of debris.
”Soldiers, hold the position. The reinforcements at sea are about to arrive …” To repel the barbarians, and let the flag of the France be planted all over the world... ”
”Long live the Emperor! Long live the France! ” The French army, which had won the first battle, was full of vigour.