Chapter 267: Capture Alive

Jinghai County.

Manshan Village.

At this time, there were screams and miserable cries everywhere.

The huts in the village were set on fire, and flames and thick smoke filled the air.

The ground was full of corpses of men in the village, and the blood dyed the land red.

The woman hugged her child tightly, but was forcibly separated by the pirates and dragged to the warships parked on the sea.

"Mother, mother..." A five-year-old girl hugged her mother tightly and refused to let go.

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

The girl fell heavily to the ground and was silent.

"Hong'er, Hong'er..." The girl's mother went crazy and bit the pirate's arm fiercely.

The pirate felt pain, his face suddenly twisted, and he pulled out the Japanese long sword on his body and stabbed it from the back.

The woman struggled for a while, and then there was no sound.

"Bad luck!" The pirate pushed the woman's body away and shouted to his companions: "Hurry up, maybe the officers and soldiers are already searching for us."

"Captain, are you leaving like this? The villages we robbed are too poor, and we didn't get much money. It's better to go deeper and rob some silver." A pirate said.

"The island owner only let us destroy the ship of King Yan and indulged you to rob for two days. We have violated the order of the island owner. If we are found out, we will be punished." The pirate called the captain looked serious.

"We have violated the order of the island owner anyway, so we might as well take some risks." Another pirate started to make a fuss.

"Do you want to die? This King Yan is not an easy character to deal with." The captain said sternly.

All those who can be pirates on the sea are desperate and difficult to discipline.

So he emphasized his tone.

"That's because King Yan didn't meet us. Those soldiers were beaten to a pulp by us." Another pirate said.

"Hahaha..."

The other pirates laughed when they heard it.

The captain couldn't help but smile proudly on his stiff face.

What the crew said was not without reason, they had matchlocks.

"Okay, let's rob a few more villages and withdraw to the sea tomorrow. If anyone dares to say no again, I won't be polite." The captain said angrily.

The pirates cheered and raised their matchlocks.

...

"Captain Bai, you are finally here."

Jinghai County.

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

The ship department was attacked and burned, and Chen Shou returned to Yancheng with injuries.

There have been news of pirates attacking villages in the past two days.

The whole Jinghai County was in panic.

Although he was anxious, he had no soldiers and only a few yamen runners, and he could not organize the pirates to run rampant in Jinghai County.

Bai Shang's face was as cold as frost.

It only took more than a day to get from Yancheng to Jinghai County.

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

"Is there any news about the pirates now?" Bai Shang asked.

He is an old subordinate of Chang Wei, and his temper is as hot as Chang Wei.

The entire royal army was ashamed of the loss at the hands of the pirates.

Chang Wei gave him a death order this time.

If the pirates are found, they must be wiped out.

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

"Lead the way immediately." Bai Shang said.

Although the march of a day and a night is very tiring, he must attack now.

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

"General, follow me." Song Cang asked people to bring horses and personally lead the way for the royal soldiers.

After leaving Jinghai County and going east for less than 20 miles, everyone saw black smoke rising from the ground.

There is no doubt that the pirates are looting there.

This time, Bai Shang brought 5,000 troops to Jinghai County, and there were 12 field guns pulled by horses.

After roughly determining the location of the pirates, he immediately ordered his troops to split into two groups to encircle the pirates.

"Six field guns in each group, seize the opportunity to bombard the group." Bai Shang ordered his generals.

"Yes, Captain." After answering yes, the generals led their troops away.

Yangzi Village.

The pirates were in a carnival of looting.

They had no idea that they were surrounded by the royal army.

When a pirate found a soldier wearing silver armor outside the village, he immediately shouted, "The soldiers are coming."

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

Seeing the large number of soldiers, the pirate captain secretly thought it was not good.

It was obvious that the King of Yan sent a large number of troops to encircle them.

"Retreat to the sea!" The pirates shouted on the ship.

At this time, the pirates were also panicked.

They all ran eastwards. As long as they were on the ship, these officers and soldiers would have no way to stop them.

However, they did not run far before they saw soldiers blocking them from the east.

They were surrounded.

"Form a line!" The pirate captain swallowed his saliva.

Now they could only rely on the power of their matchlock guns to fight their way out.

After his order was issued, more than 500 pirates immediately formed a horizontal line and continued to walk eastwards.

But at this moment, they suddenly saw the officers and soldiers on the road suddenly dispersed and made way for them.

The pirates thought that these officers and soldiers were afraid of their firearms, and smiled.

But their smiles soon froze.

A loud "boom boom boom" sound came.

They turned around and saw countless black spots flying towards them.

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

Only more than 300 of the more than 500 pirates were left standing sparsely.

This scene immediately frightened the pirates.

This is artillery.

Now, they began to regret their recklessness.

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

"Boom boom boom..."

When the pirates were frightened, several more artillery fired at them.

Some pirates were hit and flew up and fell to the ground.

"Run." The will of the pirates quickly collapsed.

The remaining pirates fled to the coast.

But at this moment, the retreating soldiers of the palace closed up again.

The soldiers in the front row took the pulley crossbow and shot arrows at the pirates.

"Swoosh." The sound of breaking through the air sounded, and more than 30 pirates fell down.

"Kill!" After three rounds of crossbow shooting, the soldiers of the palace raised their swords and rushed over.

The pirates were now in chaos, their formations were disorganized, and some of them lit the matches in a hurry and loaded their matchlock guns with ammunition.

But as soon as they raised their guns, they were chopped down by the soldiers of the royal palace who rushed over.

In less than a quarter of an hour, all the pirates were captured.

"General, we caught five alive." A general reported to Bai Shang.

Bai Shang nodded, "Escort them to Huiyan County."

At this time, another cavalryman came over and said, "General, there is a big ship on the sea and several small boats on the shore. They should belong to these pirates."

Bai Shang frowned. The soldiers of the royal palace were all landlubbers and could not operate the boat.

Song Cang seemed to see Bai Shang's thoughts. He said, "General, there are many fishermen in Jinghai County. We should be able to get the boat back by finding a few people."