Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 371

[Chapter 371 Disguising]

“Boom boom boom…”

The artillery kept pouring shells on the artillery positions of the pirates.

The pirates on the ground were terrified and could only lie on the ground, unable to fight back at all.

At this moment, another pirate shouted, “Lord Yamada, some soldiers have left the city.”

Looking over, Yamada saw many Yanzhou soldiers wearing scale armor and holding muskets coming out from the south gate and north gate.

Immediately, these soldiers formed a tight horizontal team and approached them, with a tendency to surround them.

Yamada was overjoyed at this scene.

These King Yan soldiers defended the city, they had nothing to do.

But they are not afraid to go out of the city and fight them head-on.

Da Song’s army was defeated by them time and time again in hand-to-hand combat.

“Looking for death!”

He immediately ordered the soldiers with matchlock guns in the team to line up.

Under his order, more than two thousand matchlock gunners formed five hollow phalanxes.

But the standing between soldiers is loose.

This is their experience. When the arquebus is fired, the flames and smoke are very large, and it is easy to ignite the arquebus of the soldiers next door.

And the pirate with a sword stood in the middle of the phalanx.

They will be looking for an opportunity to rush to the enemy for hand-to-hand combat.

“Kill them!”

“Come on!”

“…” The

pirates waved their swords and shouted again.

On the city wall, Bai Shang saw everything in his eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became wider.

He admired King Yan more and more, and he clearly explained the characteristics of matchlock gun formation.

Such a loose formation is not at all an opponent of the tight formation of the royal family’s personal army.

What’s more, these pirates don’t have any protection on their bodies, just a thin layer of clothes.

Looking at the pirate artillery who were suppressed by the artillery at the top of the city, and the pirate artillery who could not fire at the soldiers of the palace, he smiled again.

…

Pingcheng, Guan County.

At this time, a fleet of boats was moving slowly in the Haihe River.

When the people on the river bank saw it, they just took a look and went about their own business.

For them, these fleets have long been familiar.

After all, all the merchants in the world came to the palace to trade goods.

There are many merchant ships coming from the sea, and there are also forty merchant ships connected to each other.

At this moment, Montenegro stood at the bow.

The flag of Wufeng Island on the mast was removed and replaced with an ordinary merchant flag.

Looking at a crew member beside him, he asked, “How long will it take to reach Pingcheng?”

This pirate is from Yanzhou and is very familiar with Yanzhou, so he became the guide of the fleet.

“Go back to the deputy island owner, this is the boundary of Guan County, and it’s still a day’s journey away.” The crew looked at the shore, looking for familiar geographical signs.

Heishan nodded solemnly, looked down at the oars constantly sliding at the bottom of the boat, and secretly prayed in his heart that the attack on Pingcheng Shipyard would be successful.

Although the Liang family gave them a lot of money for this matter.

But even if it is not for the money, the island owner Lu Zheng is willing to destroy the battleships under construction by King Yan.

For them, this ocean can belong to Dongpu, Frangji, or Britain, but they must not let Da Song get involved, especially a prince of Da Song.

If it weren’t for the need for a window like the Liang family to buy and sell Dasong goods.

They won’t even allow the Liang family’s ships to go to sea.

In addition, this sneak attack was also mixed with resentment.

Annoyed that King Yan sold a lot of artillery to the Liang family.

Let the Liang family dare to show their teeth to them, demanding to reduce tolls and raise the price of goods.

But it won’t be long before the Liang family will pay a heavy price.

They will let the Liang family recognize their position in the ocean.

Looking around and enjoying the scenery for a while, he went down to the cabin, where the crew members were gambling.

After playing a few games, he urged the crew to go back to sleep, recharge their batteries and wait for tomorrow’s sneak attack.

…

outside Jinghai City.

The soldiers of the palace kept squeezing the pirates’ space.

The generals who followed the army stepped forward against the hollow phalanx of the pirates.

This made them slightly surprised, and they didn’t expect that the pirates also understood this tactic.

But even so, they are still full of confidence in victory.

“Bang bang bang…”

At a distance of a hundred meters, the pirates shot at the soldiers of the palace.

Some soldiers in the front row were hit and fell to the ground.

The soldier behind him immediately took a quick step forward to take the place of the wounded soldier.

The marching speed of the team did not decrease at all.

“Fire at fifty meters!” A lieutenant in the queue shouted to his soldiers.

Although at a position of a hundred meters they can shoot the enemy.

King Yan told them that at a distance of 50 meters, flintlock guns can better ensure accuracy and cause greater casualties to the enemy.

The huge casualty rate will even crush the enemy in one wave.

However, shooting each other at a position of 100 meters will only consume each other, and the loss of one’s own side will be even greater.

However, shooting at 50 meters requires casualties in the early stage, which requires soldiers and generals to remain calm.

“God bless.” A soldier in the team stared at the pirate, muttering something.

He was afraid, but still mustered up the courage to move forward steadily.

Now they faced the bullets of pirates.

In the future, we will have to face the bows and arrows of Beidi and Xiliang.

He has a sense of injury or death.

He could not retreat during the war, otherwise it would be his parents, siblings who would suffer.

Generals in the army often tell them about the urgent situation.

Xiliang and Beidi form an alliance, and Yanshan’s battle is revived.

The foreign race is eyeing Yanzhou covetously, and they cannot let them relax.

“Bang bang bang…” After

dozens of breaths, Haikou’s musket continued to emit huge flames and thick smoke.

The smoke of gunpowder drifted with the wind, and the battlefield seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and the smell of gunpowder permeated it.

More than a hundred soldiers fell down, and they walked another seven or eight meters before stopping.

At this moment, they saw the pirates loading ammunition.

“Raise your gun!” The general in the queue issued an order.

The soldiers immediately raised their flintlock guns and aimed at the pirates.

The smile on Yamada Kazuno’s face disappeared at this moment.

Just now they caused casualties to Yanzhou soldiers.

Now it was their turn to take the casualties.

But he obviously didn’t want to just be a target for Yanzhou soldiers.

In his opinion, these Yanzhou soldiers were quite stupid.

Don’t shoot at a position of more than a hundred steps, and come to such a close place.

Now they don’t need to shoot at each other, they just need to charge and fight hand-to-hand.

“kill!”

Raising the long knife, he yelled.

The pirates in the phalanx rushed out immediately.

“Let go!” At this moment, the generals of the palace ordered.

“Bang bang bang…” The flintlock spit out flames.

In an instant, the pirates fell like harvested wheat.

Under the attack from the north and the south, nearly 600 people fell to the ground.

“Second row, let go!”

“Bang bang bang…” The gunshots rang out again.

Another five or six hundred pirates fell, followed by a third row of shots.

While shooting, more than a hundred pirates rushed to the front of the horizontal formation.

But at this moment, the soldiers in the front row suddenly dispersed and ran back.

Seeing that he was about to charge into the soldiers, Haikou screamed and pretended to be courageous.

Seeing this change suddenly, they thought it was Yanzhou soldiers retreating, and they still went forward to chase.

But the soldiers of the first formation disappeared from the gaps in the formation, and they were desperate.

Behind the first array there is also a second array.

At this moment, all the soldiers in the array aimed their muskets at them.

“Bang bang bang…” Another three rounds of continuous shooting, the pirates all fell into a pool of blood.

Kill the pirates who rushed over, and the queue continues to move forward.

The soldiers of the original first formation had already completed their formation behind the second formation, and followed them forward.

The huge casualties stunned Kazuno Yamada and the pirates.

At this moment, an emotion that they seldom experienced spread in their hearts, which was fear.

“Bang bang bang…” Yanzhou soldiers continued to attack.

The pirates were completely confused, he no longer obeyed the command, he just rushed left and right blindly, and most of the remaining pirates fled directly to the coast.

But when the Yanzhou soldiers marched, they formed a faint encirclement. At this moment, they tightened their pockets and trapped the pirates.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

Surrounded by Yanzhou soldiers, Kazuno Yamada frantically hacked at the soldiers’ flintlock guns with a long knife, looking crazy.

A school lieutenant noticed that this man seemed to be the leader of the pirates, so he didn’t let the soldiers shoot.

See Yamada Kazuo kept swinging a knife, trying to kill the soldiers.

He pulled out the saber from his waist with a squeak, and a knife raised up and knocked down Yamada Kachino.

Then he slashed at his calf.

“Take it!” the captain shouted.

The soldiers immediately pressed Yamada Kazuno to the ground and beat him head-on and face-to-face.

On the city wall, Bai Shang witnessed the entire battle process through a telescope.

This time the three thousand soldiers were divided into two arrays.

Each array has three rows of soldiers, so the array is actually a tactic.

The soldiers in the first group immediately turned into the second group when facing hand-to-hand combat, allowing the original second group to continue shooting.

If there are more troops, there may even be a third or fourth formation, so that you can fight while retreating, avoiding hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and giving full play to the advantages of the flintlock.

Shaking his head slightly, he smiled contemptuously at Haikou.

“I just said that you provoked the wrong person.” Bai Shang got off the city wall and walked out of the city.

(end of this chapter)