Chapter 376 Dangers at Sea

The sea of ​​Jinghai County.

Seventy-two warships flying the flags of five mountains were quietly parked on the sea, forming a triangle.

On the front warship, a bearded man with a shriveled eye was looking at a row of wooden stakes erected on the coast with a monocular.

On these wooden stakes were hung corpses.

They were the bodies of the pirates who attacked Jinghai County last time.

"Deputy island owner, we were defeated by the army of King Yan here. Their artillery was very fierce, otherwise we would not have been defeated." A pirate next to the man pointed to the land.

During the battle at that time, he escaped by chance, and returned to Wufeng Island from Qizhou, bringing the news to the island owner Lu Zheng.

On the sea, the Wufeng pirates are known to everyone.

Even the Liang family has to pay them a toll, otherwise they can't think of trading on the sea.

Over the years, the Wufeng pirates have robbed whatever they want along the coast.

They basically returned with a full load every time, and never lost a whole army in one place, and lost several ships.

Even though the Liang family compensated them for the losses they suffered in the last attack, they still couldn't swallow this breath.

Therefore, the island owner Lu Zheng decided to let the deputy island owner Heishan personally lead the fleet to Yanzhou.

"Deputy island owner, the King of Yan hung the bodies of his brothers on wooden poles. This is a humiliation to us. We can't let the King of Yan off so easily." The square-faced man on the left of Heishan said angrily.

His accent was a bit stiff, he stepped on wooden clogs, and there was a very long knife on his waist that was only slightly bent at the head.

The middle part of his head was also shaved, and the style was very different from Songren.

Clenching his fists, he continued: "And if the King of Yan is really developing warships and preparing for sea trade, he will definitely become our strong enemy in the future."

Heishan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He is very interested in this King of Yan now.

According to the news revealed by the Liang family, this King of Yan can not only make many strange things, but also can make cannons and even warships.

If he was not sure that he was the prince of Dasong, he would definitely believe that he was a European.

But even so, he was skeptical about the news of the Liang family. He would rather believe that there was a European assisting the King of Yan.

He was unwilling to believe that the King of Yan had such ability.

But interest is just interest. This time he came to Yanzhou for revenge.

The King of Yan killed so many people on his Wufeng Island and humiliated their bodies so much.

He will make the coast of Yanzhou never peaceful.

Moreover, as the Liang family said, the King of Yan made so much silver.

Yanzhou has also gradually become rich. Taking advantage of the fact that the King of Yan has no navy to deal with them, if they don’t rob now, when will they rob?

Without a steady stream of spoils to feed these desperate men under his command, they will eat themselves.

"Take Jinghai County and kill all the people of Yanzhou in it." Heishan said.

After receiving the order, a huge cheer broke out on the ship immediately.

The pirates lowered their boats from the warships and rowed towards the land with their matchlock guns on their backs.

At this moment, the unusual movements on the sea had long been detected by the patrolling cavalry.

Bai Shang, who was stationed in Jinghai County, soon learned the news.

After the Battle of Jinzhou, he was sent to Jinghai County again.

Originally, he thought it was a boring job.

Unexpectedly, a large number of pirates appeared again today, and the number was ten times that of the last time.

"It's really weird. Haven't these pirates been making trouble in the prosperous southeast coast? Why are they targeting Yanzhou now?" Bai Shang ordered the soldiers to gather while climbing the city wall.

Although the days in Jinghai County were boring, he never slacked off.

The soldiers on the city wall were heavily guarded, and the thirty-six artillery pieces were well-stocked with ammunition.

He raised the monocular telescope and looked at the distant coast.

Sure enough, he saw a lot of black spots on the sea.

"Send someone to Yancheng immediately to report to King Yan." Bai Shang licked his lips, with excitement in his eyes that could not be concealed.

During the Battle of Jinzhou, the Armory made many flintlock rifles.

After he came back, all his soldiers had completed the re-equipment, and the training had been going on for more than a month.

So now he was not afraid of these pirates at all.

On the contrary, for him, this was an opportunity to make merit.

On the warship.

Heishan watched his deputy Yamada Ichino go down to the small boat on the sea.

At the same time, the crew on the warship was still removing the twelve cannons from the ship and sending them down with ropes.

There were a hundred cannons in his fleet.

This was sold to him by the Portuguese, and they were also given matchlocks.

The price was that they could not plunder the Portuguese merchant ships, protect the interests of the Portuguese in Yizhou, and cooperate with the Portuguese to plunder their opponents' merchant ships.

It was with these one hundred cannons and many warships that Heishan could run rampant on the sea and frighten the sea merchants.

Since he was determined to avenge his crew this time, he must take Jinghai County and use cannons.

An hour later, six thousand pirates landed on the coast.

One third of them were armed with matchlock guns, and two thirds were armed with long swords and bows and arrows, and they rushed to Jinghai County in large numbers.

The people in the nearby villages had already fled to the county town after hearing the news.

The pirates were even more angry when they did not find anyone in the village, and they approached Jinghai County with a roar.

"I didn't expect that these pirates actually had artillery."

In the telescope, the pirate army was dragging twelve artillery pieces towards Jinghai County.

Bai Shang frowned, which shocked him.

He thought that only Yanzhou could make artillery.

But now it seems that there are artillery in other places.

"Captain, how should we fight?" At this time, a captain climbed up the city wall and asked.

"Defend, let's see what these pirates can do first?" Bai Shang said.

These pirates are numerous and aggressive, and as the defenders, they naturally have to take advantage of their own advantages.

When these pirates are exhausted, it will not be too late to catch them all in one fell swoop.

"Coming to Yanzhou to plunder is really blinding your dog eyes." Bai Shang sneered.

Half an hour later, the pirates arrived in Jinghai County.

They lined up outside the city and placed artillery at the gate of Jinghai County.

Yamada Ichino looked at the top of Jinghai County with a cruel smile.

Even if the King of Yan has artillery, what? They also have it.

And their warships come and go on the sea like the wind.

This time it is Jinghai County. Next, they will wander along the coastline of Yanzhou and plunder as long as they find a place to land.

They did the same in other places in Dasong.

"Brothers, there is the King of Yan's fine wine in Jinghai County. I will treat you to a drink when you enter the county." Yamada Ichino shouted.

"Woo oh..." The pirates shouted wantonly upon hearing this.

They were all desperate criminals, and what they loved most was looting and slaughtering.

For them, this was the meaning of life.

"Fire!" The enthusiasm of his men was aroused, and Yamada Ichino shouted.

Twelve cannons spit out flames and fired shells at the gate of Jinghai County.