Five ironclad ships from Anyang appeared in the east and bombarded Bai Ze Town, killing and wounding tens of thousands of elite soldiers; the life and death of Major General Cheng Liqiu, the son of General Cheng Yunbo, one of the four great generals of Jin State, was unknown.
Then, another 5,000 elite soldiers from Anyang landed, all of them were at the foundation-building stage or above, and everyone was wearing a set of magic weapons - I think. They also had guns, talismans, etc., and their combat effectiveness was very strong. A foundation-building master from Jin State with similar cultivation level was no match for Anyang's foundation-building master alone.
In addition, the ironclad ships and 5,000 elite soldiers attacked along the coast, flattening a thousand miles of coast in one fell swoop, killing and wounding at least 30,000 soldiers; all the materials were burned, all the salt ponds were destroyed, and all the stockpiled salt was filled with water and washed into the sea. The remaining gold and silver wealth could not be moved away in time, and Anyang even "drove" the people to rob.
Finally, Anyang had twenty large aircraft that bombed all the prosperous cities within 500 miles of the coast; the casualties have not been counted yet, but it is estimated to be a not small number!
Such an attack, which devastated an area of "one thousand miles north and south and five hundred miles east and west" along the coast, destroyed salt fields and bombed cities, could be regarded as a "disaster that destroyed the country."
The data was very little and the information was vague, but even so, after seeing the information, the Emperor of Jin was still shaking with anger and gnashing his teeth. "Are you sure it was Anyang who did it?"
The messenger looked pale, but he managed to answer: "Your Majesty, apart from Anyang, I have never heard of anyone else having an ironclad ship."
The ministers around also spoke up: Yes, Your Majesty, we have ironclad ships, powerful artillery, powerful aircraft, and the ability to bombard the coast for a whole day at all costs. Except for Anyang, other forces simply cannot provide so much munitions.
The bombardment continued for a whole day, that would be a lot of shells!
Some people are also calculating how much gold it would take based on Anyang’s external quotation!
So there is only one conclusion - this is really Anyang's attack, and it is obviously a retaliatory attack rather than a completely strategic attack.
The so-called retaliatory attack is a random attack, while a strategic attack is an attack with military purpose, planning and follow-up plans.
This attack on Anyang was more of a retaliatory attack than a strategic attack.
After listening to all the reports, a minister immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, we cannot back down on this matter, otherwise where will the dignity of Jin be! Your Majesty, please send another 300,000 troops to capture Pingyang in one fell swoop!"
But some people disagreed, "Your Majesty, since Anyang dared to fight like this, there must be some ceremony. Before taking action, we should investigate Anyang thoroughly!"
"Anyang, a tiny country the size of a mung bean, actually dared to challenge the majesty of our Jin State. What is there to investigate? Just send another 300,000 troops and we will conquer Anyang overnight! Then we can catch that Li Xian and interrogate him casually. There is nothing we cannot figure out!"
"Let's take advantage of this opportunity to attack the already shattered Xia Kingdom. Join forces with Qi to send troops. We will occupy the east, and Qi will occupy the west. We can destroy Xia Kingdom in twenty days!"
"No, we have to be careful about everything. Anyang's current situation is very special and it is completely beyond our ability to understand. It's better to be careful!"