Chapter 928 Empty City Strategy

Chapter 928: Empty City Strategy Chapter 928: Empty City Strategy Editor: Atlas Studios The four children cried out, “Our family’s merchant ship has been hijacked!!!” “Hurry up and sail the ship over.” The four children instructed the soldiers to sail the ship over.

“Any later and our things will be snatched away!” Seeing that the soldiers were not moving, Tiger Head and Little Lion went to kick them angrily.

“Hurry up and start the ship.” The smarter one amongst them, Little An shouted, “Go kick the soldiers at the helm and make them change direction.” Little Bear directly snatched away his father’s command and ran into the cabin to command the lieutenant inside.

“My daddy wants you to advance at full speed to save the merchant ship.” The lieutenant’s eyes twitched.

‘Little Prince, your father is right behind you.

Is it really good for you to seize power from him like this?’ Qi Haoran glared at his four sons and roared, “All of you, quiet down.

Could it be that when you become generals in the future, you’ll be so flustered when you encounter the enemy?” The four children lined up and straightened up to look at their father.

Not only Andre, but even the soldiers sighed.

As expected of young masters from the Prince’s estate and Duke’s Residence.

They were so bold at such a young age.

At such a young age, not to mention encountering pirates, even if someone merely shouted that pirates were here, the typical child would be frightened to tears.

However, not only did these few kids not want to escape quickly, they even wanted to snatch the merchant ship back from the pirates.

Thinking of how these young masters had personally captured a group of pirates last year, the soldiers looked at them with admiration.

Considering Prince Rong and the young masters were all so powerful, even if there were outnumbered, they did not have to be afraid of those pirates.

At this thought, the soldiers straightened their chests and became confident.

Since the beginning of spring, Qi Haoran had launched several wars against the pirates.

Not only had he wiped out more than half of the pirates from Japan and Korea, but he had also offered amnesty to more than half of the fishermen-turned-pirates from Great Qi.

It could be said that they had never lost before.

The soldiers were unprecedentedly confident.

However, Qi Haoran did not think so.

He knew that other than that one time at the beginning when he defeated Victor’s pirate group despite being outnumbered, he had won the other battles with numbers.

The soldiers only saw that they had killed more enemies on the battlefield and suffered fewer casualties, but they did not know that they had basically crushed the enemy with three times the number of troops.

Besides, Qi Haoran had made plenty of preparations before the battle.

Not only did he send Steward Fang to figure out the location of the pirates, but he also roughly figured out the defense of some pirate nests.

It was only after so much preparation work that he caught them off guard and won.

Although he also participated in the naval battle, he had given the lead command to Assistant Commander Wang.

If he had enough people now and was evenly matched with the pirate ship, he still had a 50% chance of winning.

However, he only had one cannon on the ship at the moment.

As he was bringing the children out to admire the scenery and simply patrol, the soldiers were only half equipped.

If the children weren’t on the ship, he might take the risk and try.

Even if he could not win with numbers, it would not be a problem for him to escape.

However, now that there were children on the ship, he was fearful.

As such, it was impossible for him to win under such circumstances.

Sometimes, confidence was what counted when fighting a war.

However, it was obviously impossible for him to order a retreat in front of the four children.

Ah Ling had said that the children followed the actions of adults.

If he retreated without a fight today, the children would think of him as cowardly.

In the future, the four children might become like this.

Qi Haoran’s brain worked quickly.

He lowered his head and met four pairs of completely trusting and sparkling eyes.

Sighing, Qi Haoran finally ordered, “Full speed ahead.

Let’s go take a look.” The four children cheered.

Little Bear asked, “Daddy, can I use the cannon?” Having long coveted that cannon, Little Bear looked at him eagerly.

Qi Haoran glanced at him from the corner of his eyes and said to the four children, “Right now, you’re soldiers and I’m the general.

Therefore, you have to listen to my orders while on the ship.

Little Bear, go choose a bow and arrow.

Later, stay by Father’s side.

Don’t move or speak unless I tell you to.

Do you hear me?” “Yes!” Little Bear was full of enthusiasm as he ran to choose a bow.

The three little ones looked at Qi Haoran eagerly.

“What about us?” Qi Haoran glared at them and said, “As soldiers now, do you have the right to interrupt when the general is giving orders?” The three children immediately tensed up and shut their mouths, this time only expressing their desire with their eyes.

Qi Haoran turned around and instructed the lieutenant, “Leave the bare minimum on the deck.

Leave two gunners at the cannon.

Everyone else, retreat to the cabin.” The lieutenant answered and went.

The deck, which had been filled with soldiers, emptied in an instant.

By bare minimum, he meant that other than the three soldiers at the helm and the two personal guards beside Qi Haoran, there were only two soldiers standing at each corner of the ship.

That made only 17 people, including the Little Princes.

Andre’s eyes moved slightly, not understanding what Prince Qi meant.

Qi Haoran turned around and politely invited him back to the cabin.

After he left, Qi Haoran said to the lieutenant, “Get someone to keep a close eye on him.

He’s only allowed to stay in the middle of the cabin.

He’s not allowed to approach the outside, nor is he allowed to have the chance to send any news outside.

At this moment, Qi Haoran recognized the pirate ship—it was Fujita’s ship from Japan.

They had encountered each other twice at sea and fought twice.

Although he did not lose, he did not win either.

In Qi Haoran’s opinion, before he managed to take down the other party’s ship, it wasn’t considered a win.

On the other hand, Fujita Hideo hated him so much that he gritted his teeth.

Every time he met Qi Haoran, he would lose some crew members.

Last time, a corner of his ship was in fact blown apart by his cannons.

Now, when he saw the Great Qi symbol rising from the ship from afar, he gritted his teeth and said, “That’s the warship of the Great Qi navy.

Let’s see who’s leading the troops.

We’ll f*ck them up.” As the ship was too far away, they could only vaguely see the flag on the ship and not the people on it.

At this moment, Qi Haoran was facing the three little ones with a serious expression.

“Now, I’ll be assigning you a difficult mission.” The three of them looked at Qi Haoran with shining eyes.

“Go into the cabin and keep an eye on the soldiers inside.

Make sure no one steps out of the cabin without my personal order.

Do you understand?” The three little ones nodded fiercely.

Qi Haoran added, “Including all of you!” The three little ones continued to nod and shouted heroically, “I promise to complete the mission!” “If you leave the cabin, we might lose this battle.

Should that happen, I’ll punish you according to military law.” The three kids nodded solemnly.

Qi Haoran waved his hand.

“Alright, go ahead.” The three little ones turned around and lined up to leave.

The three of them entered the cabin and guarded the door, staring intently at the soldiers who were fully prepared.

The soldiers and the young masters stared at each other, their hearts pounding.

The lieutenant, who had received the new order, also looked at the three young masters nervously.

Prince Rong had ordered them to keep a close eye on the three young masters and not let others discover their presence.

The enemy mustn’t know that there were three children on their ship.

The lieutenant broke out in cold sweat and shouted in his heart, ‘Your Highness, this ’empty city strategy’ is too risky.

Four young masters are on this ship, and that includes all of your sons!’

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