Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 262

[Chapter 262]

Jinghai County.

Manshan Village.

At this moment the place was filled with screams and miserable cries.

Thatched huts in the village were set on fire, filling the air with flames and thick smoke.

The ground was covered with the corpses of men from the village, and the ground was stained red with blood.

The woman hugged her child tightly, but was forcibly separated by the pirates and dragged towards the warship staying on the sea.

“Mother, mother…” A five-year-old girl hugged her mother tightly and did not let go.

The impatient Haikou suddenly picked up the girl and threw her to the ground hard.

The girl fell heavily to the ground without making a sound.

“Hong’er, Hong’er…” The girl’s mother went crazy, she bit Haikou’s arm fiercely.

Haikou suffered from the pain, his face twisted suddenly, he drew out the Japanese long knife on his body and pierced it from the back.

The woman struggled for a while, but was silent again.

“Unlucky!” The pirate pushed the woman’s body away with one foot, and shouted to his companions, “Hurry up, maybe the officers and soldiers are already looking for us.”

“Captain, just leave like this? We are too poor, and we haven’t caught any lucrative water, so it’s better to go deeper and grab some money to go back.” Said a pirate.

“The island owner only asked us to destroy King Yan’s ship and allowed you to plunder for two days. This has already violated the island owner’s order. If we are found out, we will all be punished.” The pirate known as the captain looked serious.

“Left and right have already violated the island owner’s order, why not take a risk and grab something.” Another pirate booed.

“Do you want to die? This King Yan is not an easy character to deal with.” The captain snapped.

Those who can be pirates at sea are all desperadoes and difficult to discipline.

So he accentuated his tone.

“That’s because the King of Yan didn’t meet us, those soldiers didn’t beat the shit out of us.” Another pirate said.

“Hahaha…” The

other pirates laughed out loud.

The captain couldn’t help showing a smug smile on his stiff expression.

What the crew said was not unreasonable, they had matchlock guns.

“Okay, let’s loot a few more villages inward, and withdraw to the sea tomorrow. If anyone dares to say no again, I will not be polite.” The captain said angrily.

Haikou cheered and raised the matchlock gun in his hand.

…

“Captain Bai, you are finally here.”

Jinghai County.

Song Cang almost burst into tears when he saw the army of the palace entering from the city gate.

The naval department was attacked and burned, and Chen Shou was wounded and returned to Yancheng.

In the past two days, there have been news of pirates attacking the village.

The entire Jinghai County was panicked.

Although he was impatient, he had no soldiers and only a few yamen servants, so he couldn’t stop the pirates from running rampant in Jinghai County.

Bai Shang’s complexion was frosty.

It is more than a day’s journey from Yancheng to Jinghai County.

After receiving the order, he set off early yesterday morning, traveled day and night, and finally arrived in Jinghai County at noon.

“Is there any news about the pirates?” Bai Shang asked.

He is Chang Wei’s old subordinate, and his temper is as hot as Chang Wei’s.

Having suffered a loss at the hands of the pirates, the whole royal family’s troops were ashamed.

This time, Chang Wei gave him a death order.

If pirates are found, they must be wiped out.

“Yes, some people came to ask for help just now. The pirates attacked Manshan Village and are now looting other villages.” Song Cang said.

“Lead the way immediately.” Bai Shang said.

Tired from the day and night of marching, he must strike now.

Because the delay means that the people of the four northern counties will die at the hands of the pirates.

“General, follow me.” Song Cang ordered the horses to be brought in, and personally led the soldiers of the palace.

After leaving Jinghai County and traveling eastward for less than twenty miles, everyone saw black smoke rising from the ground.

There was no doubt that the pirates were plundering there.

This time, Bai Shang brought 5,000 troops to Jinghai County, and 12 field artillery drawn by horses.

After roughly confirming the location of the pirates, he immediately ordered the troops to divide into two groups to surround the pirates.

“Six field cannons in each route, seize the opportunity to blast the motherfuckers.” Bai Shang ordered the generals under his command.

“Yes, Captain.” The generals answered yes, and the generals led their troops away.

Yangzi Village.

The pirates are on a plundering spree.

They didn’t know that they were surrounded by the royal army.

When a pirate found soldiers in silver armor appearing outside the village, he immediately called out, “The officers and soldiers are here.” When the

voice came, the pirates immediately stopped their movements and gathered together.

Seeing the large number of officers and soldiers, Captain Haikou secretly thought something was wrong.

Obviously, King Yan sent a large number of troops to encircle and suppress them.

“Retreat to the sea!” The pirates shouted on board.

At this time, the pirates also panicked.

One by one, they ran eastward. As long as they got on the boat, these officers and soldiers would have nothing to do with themselves.

However, they didn’t run very far when they saw soldiers besieging them to the east.

They are surrounded.

“Array!” Captain Haikou swallowed.

Now they can only rely on the power of the arquebus to kill them out.

His order was issued, and more than five hundred pirates immediately formed a horizontal line and continued to walk eastward.

But at this moment, they suddenly saw the oncoming officers and soldiers suddenly disperse, making way for them.

Haikou thought that these officers and soldiers were afraid of their firearms, and smiled on their faces.

But their smiles froze quickly.

There was a loud “boom boom boom”.

They turned their heads and saw countless black spots flying towards them behind them.

Before he could react in the future, the pirates in the back row splashed out blood mist and fell down.

Of the more than five hundred pirates, only three hundred remained.

This scene immediately made the pirates turn pale with fright.

This is artillery.

Now, they are beginning to regret their recklessness.

The soldiers of King Yan were obviously not that easy to mess with.

“Boom boom boom…”

When the pirates were terrified, several artillery pieces fired at them.

A pirate was hit, and the whole person flew up and landed.

“Run away.” Haikou’s will quickly collapsed.

The rest of the pirates fled to the coast.

But at this moment, the soldiers of the palace that had withdrawn gathered together again.

The soldiers in the front row held pulley crossbows and shot arrows at the pirates.

“Whoosh.” There was a piercing sound, and more than 30 pirates fell down.

“Kill!” After three rounds of crossbow shots, the soldiers of the palace raised their swords and rushed over.

The current pirates are in chaos, and the formation is disorderly. Some pirates lit the matchlocks in a hurry to load the matchlock guns with ammunition.

But as soon as they raised their guns, they were cut down to the ground by the soldiers of the palace rushing over.

In less than a quarter of an hour, all these pirates were taken down.

“General, five people were caught alive.” A general reported back to Bai Shang.

Bai Shang nodded, “Escort them to Huiyan County.”

At this time, another cavalry came over and said, “General, there is a big ship on the sea and a few small boats on the shore, which should belong to these pirates.”

Bai Shang Frowning, the soldiers of the palace are all landlubbers, but they don’t know how to steer a boat.

Song Cang seemed to see what Bai Shang was thinking, and he said, “General, there are many fishermen in Jinghai County, so we should be able to get the boat back with a few people.”

(End of this chapter)