Become a feudal king from today

"Boom boom boom..."

Twelve artillery pieces spit out tongues of flame and thick white smoke three hundred meters away.

The shells left a trail of afterimages and hit the city wall of Jinghai County, creating a puff of smoke.

However, in the first round of shooting, the shells fell around the city gate and did not hit the city gate.

The moment the artillery fired, the royal soldiers on the city wall immediately crouched down to avoid it.

This scene was seen by the pirates outside the city. They pointed at the city wall and laughed wildly.

It seems that they are proud of the intimidating effect of their own artillery on the enemy.

Yamada Kazuno held the hilt of his saber.

He is a Japanese Ronin, his father is, and so is his grandfather.

This is how the knife was passed down from generation to generation.

Once upon a time, his grandfather worked for a Japanese feudal lord.

But since the lord of the Dongying lord, Watanabe, defeated other lords in the national war thirty years ago and established the shogunate rule.

These ronin who dedicated their lives to the feudal lord were no longer needed and had lost their source of livelihood.

The Ronin began to look for a way out.

Some people act as guards for sea traders, while some people enter the mountains and become bandits.

But more people chose to become pirates.

Ten years ago, he met Montenegro while drinking at Yokosu Harbor in Japan.

At that time, Montenegro and the island owner Lu Zheng were appreciated by the shogunate Matsuura Nobu and were invited to settle in Japan.

He even gave him Wufeng Island not far from the southwest coast of Japan as a base for sea trade.

I learned that while Lu was engaged in sea trade, he was also a giant pirate at sea.

And he has been recruiting desperadoes to join his fleet in Korea, Japan, and Dasong.

Without a solution in life, he chose to join his command and became Montenegro's deputy.

After all, for Japanese Ronin, their life is killing.

He used to be the lord of the feudal lord, but now he is the lord of Wufeng Island. There is no difference.

What's more, deep down in his heart, what he yearns for is this kind of unrestrained barbaric life of robbery and killing.

It would be more uncomfortable to go home and farm honestly than to kill him.

"Brothers, pull out your swords and go killing to your heart's content later!" Yamada Kazuno drew out his long sword and waved it, his face twisted.

They didn't even bother to use matchlocks and artillery when looting along the southeastern coast of Dasong.

Among the pirates on Wufeng Island, Dasong and Japanese each accounted for 40%, and the remaining 20% ​​were Koreans.

Infected with the habits of the Japanese Ronin, the Wufeng Island pirates were not afraid of death and were very ferocious.

Facing the encirclement and suppression troops from Da Song, they dared to rush in and fight naked.

Dasong's army was beaten every time and fled in panic.

The southeastern coast has thus become their paradise, and no one dares to provoke them.

Otherwise, we will face a more ferocious robbery next time.

I just didn't expect that their Wufeng Island would suffer such humiliation in a barren land like Yanzhou that they had no interest in plundering.

King Yan not only killed their people, but also hung their corpses on the coast to humiliate them.

No matter how they endure this, they can only retaliate wildly.

"Shoot the cannon accurately, you are a bunch of trash." Yamada Kazuno looked back angrily.

When the city gate was shattered, he led his men to rush in and fight.

This is the time to reveal the glory of Wufeng Island.

On the city wall.

Bai Shang watched every move of the pirates and raised the corners of his mouth.

The last time he fought with pirates, he found that these pirates were indeed a bit tough.

But what he likes most is fighting tough battles.

"It seems that they want to defeat us with swords. They are really a bunch of arrogant people. Do they think we are the Great Song Forbidden Army or the powerful army?" Bai Shang sneered.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of cannon fire.

Then he heard several sounds of splintering wood.

The east gate was hit by pirates.

"Don't fight back, wait for them to rush over." Bai Shang said calmly.

He participated in the Battle of Qiushou and defeated the Yuan family soldiers with King Yan.

He also fought against Xiliang in Jinzhou, although he cannot be said to have experienced hundreds of battles.

But the current offensive by the pirates is nothing more than child's play to him.

He had heard of the bad reputation of pirates and knew how ferocious they were.

But these outlaws also have fatal flaws.

That is, they are very good at fighting individually, but due to their domineering and aggressive personalities, discipline has always been loose.

He continued to observe the pirates quietly. In addition to artillery, he also saw muskets on the pirates.

However, this musket is somewhat different from their flintlock muskets.

If he remembered correctly, it looked the same as the matchlock gun that King Yan had taught about in the military academy.

"Artillery, muskets, it seems that King Yan did not lie to us, times have changed." Bai Shang murmured.

Times have changed, this is what King Yan said when he mocked Lu Chang in the military academy.

The implication is that we should not stay in the old habit of relying only on swords to fight, but should seriously study how to use firearms to kill enemies.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The pirates' artillery kept roaring.

An hour later, the riddled east gate finally couldn't withstand the bombardment and collapsed.

"kill!"

The moment the city gate fell, the pirates screamed wildly.

Some pirates even tore off their shirts, leaving their upper bodies bare, raised their long swords, and charged toward the city gate.

During the shelling by the pirates, Bai Shang had already led his soldiers to move the artillery on other city walls to the east gate.

Since he didn't pay much attention to the pirates, the artillery assigned to him by Chang Wei was not a heavy city defense cannon, but a field cannon with a shell weighing twelve kilograms.

These cannons were easily moved over the spacious walls.

"Grape bombs!" Bai Shang ordered at this time.

The pirates did not rush over in a swarm.

It was just the first row of more than 300 people who scattered and rushed towards the city gate.

At the same time, the pirates holding matchlocks also dispersed and advanced, approaching the city wall, intending to use their muskets to suppress the defenders at the top of the city.

"These pirates are a bit interesting." Bai Shang murmured.

It was clear that they knew how to avoid taking heavy losses under artillery fire.

"Boom boom boom..."

The sound of artillery sounded, this time it was the artillery of the royal family.

Thirty-six cannons loaded with grapeshot rained down bullets on the pirates.

The pirates who were hit suddenly let out bursts of screams.

However, due to the dispersed formation of the pirates, there were only dozens of pirate casualties in one round of shelling.

The remaining pirates were still rushing towards the city wall.

He immediately ordered the captain guarding the city gate to prepare.

There the soldiers with flintlock muskets were arrayed.

The heavy infantry crouched in front of the fusiliers.

As soon as the pirates passed the city gate, they poured firepower on them.

"Hmph! Let me see what you are capable of, general." Bai Shang's eyes narrowed.

This was the first time he encountered an army that also had matchlocks and artillery.

For him, this is a great opportunity to gain experience.

After all, Dasong is currently popularizing firearms, and even Beidi is developing artillery.

In the future, they will face more such opponents.

The war has begun.

At the same time, the cavalry sent by Bai Shang was galloping towards Yancheng.

Xingye hurried on his way, and the next day he arrived in Yancheng and sent the news of the pirate attack to Zhao Xu.

"Pirates!"

At Yancheng North Artillery School Ground, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei were observing the effect of cutting the artillery.

Upon hearing this news, he frowned.