Chapter XXIII: The Musketeers
Still bypassing Funanguo, still heading to the Bay of Bengal, still attacking the port towns of the Baicheng Dynasty, the Koto Pirates are still acting like a replica of three years ago.
With only a thousand days as a thief, and without a thousand days to prevent thieves, it is impossible for the rulers of the Hundred Vehicles Dynasty to deploy heavy patrols on the docks all year round to deal with a pirate group, and the civilians of the Hundred Vehicles Dynasty will not live forever with the fear of the devil who has disappeared for three years.
So, exactly as three years ago, under the bombardment of artillery, civilians picked up the most valuable things around them and fled the dock crying. After surviving months of loneliness, the pirate sailors plundered the goods near the docks with red eyes and loaded them onto cargo ships one by one.
"General, is this the end of the matter?" Ah Yong and Ah Zhong were so excited that their faces were flushed, and they were already looking forward to what sheep the guards had brought back for them.
Although they are also the generals named by Sun Quan himself, the real generals and henchmen stayed in Jiangdong to fight against Cao Wei, and a short military rank means less welfare, and they are also very interested in the dividends obtained from the voyage.
"If you were three years ago, you can go back now, but ......" Gan Ning raised his right fist and pointed to the flagship behind him with his thumb, "This time the regiment commander wants to hang around the town for a few days, so let's take care of it a little more." ”
As for how many days this 'few days' is, it depends on how many troops of the Hundred Vehicles Dynasty come and when they arrive, if it is just a few hundred guards sent by the nearby lords, they can just fight back.
Ah Yong laughed and said: "Ha, even if the head of the regiment doesn't ask for it, I want to go ashore and live for a few days~"
Ah Zhong showed a hideous smile and continued: "Although this trip has been fruitful, the fleet is also much larger than three years ago, and it is not enough not to take away the treasures in the town~"
"Then, each commanding his own troops, anyway, there is no tactics and formation to speak of across the building." Gan Ning waved his hand, and as a commander, he issued an order that was almost non-existent.
"This ......" Ah Yong and Ah Zhong were slightly stunned, unlike Gan Ning, who was a complete pirate, they still retained military style and discipline, which was quite uncomfortable.
However, no one liked to have a superior order to do this and that, and they quickly accepted this, and happily gathered their sailors to explore along the relatively narrow streets.
Ganning led his sailors through the widest streets, and before he had gone far he came across a group of town guards in armor and swords, shouting something to him from afar.
"I'm sorry, the captain isn't here, I don't understand what you're saying." Gan Ning raised his hand with a hippie smile.
A column of sailors armed with arquebuses stepped out in full formation, aiming at the town guards.
It didn't take long for the captain of the town guard to speak a word that he didn't know if it was Gan Ning or his subordinates, yelled, and bravely led the charge.
Gan Ning put away his smile and waved his arm down coldly, "Fire!" ”
(Bang!) Untidy gunshots rang out.
The town guards fell in pieces, howling on the ground, but there were some lucky survivors.
"The second column is forward!" Gan Ning continued to order.
The sailors of the first column retreated to the third, reloading ammunition in the rear from the ammunition bags and tools they carried with them.
The second column of sailors stepped forward only to the first column, raising their guns to aim.
Seeing this, the surviving town guards directly left their colleagues who were not yet dead, turned their heads and fled for their lives, while the civilians who had been watching nearby and waiting for justice to drive away the pirates also scattered and fled.
"Ceasefire!" It's easy to take out the fleeing guards, but there's no need for them, and it's better to save on consumables like ammunition that can't be replenished.
"I'll just say, unless there is a huge gap in strength, how can there be troops who can rush to the front with this kind of weapon, and everyone will be afraid if they die in vain." Gan Ning glanced at the shield armor soldiers on both sides, and always felt that the group of guys used to protect the musketeers would not be useful for the rest of their lives.
Of course, without the shields, the musketeers would have panicked and seen the enemy rushing towards them so violently that they would have forgotten that they could throw down their arquebuses and slash people with the ring-headed knives they had on their waists.
"Ah......" Thinking of 'panicking', Gan Ning immediately thought of the frequent 'misfire accidents' during military training, his body trembled, and he hurriedly yelled, "Hey, you guys remember to turn off the insurance, leave the trigger with your right hand, don't accidentally shoot Captain Ben!" ”
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"This is the outside world." Lyle, who wanders the streets under the protection of a team of guards, is keeping a foreign town in his mind.
Since I don't know whether this port town is a 'big town' or a 'small fishing village' in the Baicheng Dynasty, it is still impossible to discuss the question of who is more prosperous, who is more advanced than whom, and who is stronger than whom, but it is enough to have an 'exotic style'.
This is something that cannot be seen in the lifetime of the Han Dynasty, even Sun Quan, who will be the emperor sooner or later.
"It's a pity ......" I saw it almost, and Lyle couldn't help but sigh secretly.
If you come to live for a while as a foreign friend, you can really see the life of the people of the Hyakona Dynasty, and now they are raging, and the streets are empty and chaotic, and only buildings and goods can be seen.
Of course, regret is regret, he never thought of arriving in another country as a 'traveler' or 'merchant', and he can see the reason by looking at the treatment of those hundred slaves in Jiangdong.
After a big circle, Lyle returned to the dock area and found that Gan Ning had captured another group of hundred civilians, sitting on the ground with the one who had been caught before, and was guarded by a group of sailors, "Hey, I didn't plan to return so early, you have caught too many people, right?" ”
"Actually, that's what I think." Labor itself is also a commodity, this is true, but Gan Ning and they still want to rob spices, medicinal materials, gold, silver and jewelry, before they grab enough of these things, the slaves are locked in the prison of the ship too early, just to consume more food, "It's just ...... I can catch it but leave it alone, and it doesn't feel right, do you have any suggestions, commander? ”
"Suggestions?" Lyle turned his gaze to the Hundred Riders and said to a young man who had been cursing them since just now, "(I can understand how much you hate us, but don't think that all of us don't understand it, and don't bother to bother with you, and if you don't have a clean mouth, I will directly order your execution.) )”
The young man didn't know if he had confessed or not, but the person next to him had already pushed him to the ground and covered his mouth.
"Commander, what did you just say?" Gan Ning asked curiously.
"It's nothing," Lyle retracted his gaze and walked in the direction of the flagship with his hands behind his back, he needed a massage from a beautiful maid after walking for so long, "Regarding slaves, there is always only one piece of advice [Kill less]...... Even if you plan to let the soldiers do whatever they want, you can order not to kill people afterwards. ”