There were more than 30 or 40 large and small ships docked scatteredly at the pier, and the shore was filled with smoke. Many houses were either smoking or on fire. In the distance, there were more than a dozen corpses lying scattered in the fields.

In a well-organized farm, a group of about eight or nine hundred pirates surrounded the village wall with noise. On the wall, some villagers and nurses were holding knives and forks and other weapons, and looked at the pirates below with trembling eyes.

Kang Yongzu brandished a long knife, drove dozens of pirates, and rushed towards the village wall again with a simple wooden ladder. As expected, he was driven off by the villagers on the wall, leaving two or three pirates behind.

Corpse.

"What's the matter with Lao Zhang? You haven't pushed the cannon over yet?" Kang Yongzu walked around impatiently, staring at Zhuang Ding on the wall from time to time.

"Master Kang, it's quite a distance from the dock to here. There's no packhorse, so it's going to take a lot of effort if you have to pull it by force!" said a pirate with a scar on his face.

"Hmph, wait until the artillery comes up, break down the stockade, and kill all the country bumpkins on the wall." Kang Yongzu spat.

"Didn't Xiang Lao say that we should catch more pigs and take them to Nanyang to sell them to red-haired ghosts?"

"Then you climb up for me and open the village gate?"

"...Haha, Mr. Kang, let me go behind and see if the artillery has been pushed up." The pirate laughed dryly, turned around and ran back.

"You're all so damn greedy for life and afraid of death!" Kang Yongzu spat, and turned back to look at the small Zhuangzi. He felt cruel in his heart. If the village was destroyed later, he might chop off a few more heads.

"Old Kang, why are you so anxious? As long as a cannon is pushed over this small village and destroyed, it will be a matter of time!" Xia Zhimu said lazily while sitting behind.

"Is it not difficult to break through the stronghold?" Kang Yongzu looked back at Xia Zhimu, shook his head, and said: "But Xiang Lao said, we have to move quickly...Although Xiang Lao didn't say it explicitly, I know that he probably is.

I'm afraid that Zheng Yiguan will rush over and block us on the shore."

"Hey, Zheng Yiguan is not very clairvoyant. I'm afraid it won't be a day or two until he gets the letter! He will gather ships to block us again, and we have all reached the Guangdong Sea... I'm afraid it will be too late to block us.

Yes!" Xia Zhimu said disapprovingly.

"..." Kang Yongzu thought for a while and felt that it made sense, and then sat down next to Xia Zhimu, "But if we break the stronghold early, wouldn't we be able to be happy for a while! Haha..."

"Master Zhang, should we... go?" On the pier, dozens of pirates were sitting or squatting beside a 12-pound cannon, pointing towards the smoke-filled village ahead, and discussing the brothers ahead.

What property and women were robbed?

Zhang Yijie glanced at the pirate who was talking next to him and said coldly: "Hu Laoliu, why are you so anxious to reincarnate?"

"...Master Zhang is joking." Hu Laoliu said with a smile, "Master Kang was waiting for the artillery to break the stronghold. I'm afraid...I'm a little anxious now." Hu Laoliu was sent here by Kang Yongzu.

He wanted to urge the artillery to be dragged to the stockade in front of him. But it took Zhang Yijie and his men a long time to unload the artillery from the ship, and then... began to rest.

"Why, there is a beautiful woman in the village, Lao Kang can't wait any longer?" Zhang Yijie said with a sidelong glance.

"Uh..., Mr. Kang thought, if the stronghold is broken down early and the property is robbed, the brothers will be happy for two days. What if..." Hu Laoliu replied carefully, "What if, the county sends officers and soldiers over,

Wouldn’t we have to work harder?”

"Tsk!" Zhang Yijie was amused, "How many soldiers can be sent over from the small county town of Zhangpu!... I feel sick in my stomach, can't I sit down for a while?"

"..." Hu Laoliu had a grimace and didn't dare to answer. By the way, you guys have been resting at the pier for almost half an hour. You don't want to think about the brothers in front of you who are suffering in front of the village. But he doesn't dare to talk anymore.

Urge, Mr. Zhang is used to being domineering on weekdays. If he annoys him, I can't even cut him off with a knife. In this chaotic world, who can I find to reason with?

"Then... Mr. Zhang, the younger one will go back first..." Hu Laoliu said while bending down.

"Go back and file a complaint against me with Lao Kang?" Zhang Yijie looked at Hu Laoliu jokingly, "Are you saying that Lao Zhang is not working hard enough to delay his destruction of the village?"

"Uh... How dare you, little one?" Hu Laoliu hurriedly shook his head, "How dare you, little one, sue you! ... I think... I want to go ahead and help my brothers, maybe

...Maybe..." For a moment, I didn't know what to say.

Zhang Yijie snorted coldly, ignored Hu Laoliu, and walked to a dilapidated house. The house was in a mess. It was obvious that the valuables inside had been rummaged through by the pirates who came ashore.

Hu Laoliu watched Zhang Yijie sit on a deck chair brought by some pirates, and then lay down again after a while. He wanted to leave but did not dare to leave, and stood aside with a sad face.

The shouts of fighting in the distance, the fallen corpses in the fields, the ferocious pirates wandering around... all order, all morality, all humanity are completely submerged in this apocalyptic world.

There were many sail shadows on the shore and the water was sparkling. At noon, the warm sunshine shone directly on the earth, and the gentle sea breeze blew. Zhang Yijie stood up comfortably and yawned lazily.

"Master Zhang, would you like something to eat?" A clever pirate next to him enthusiastically brought over a piece of dried meat and a pot of rice wine.

"What time is it?" Zhang Yijie took the wine bottle without taking the dried meat and took a sip into his mouth.

"...I'm afraid it's already past noon."

"At noon?... Then it's time for the death row prisoner to be executed?" Zhang Yijie said with a smile.

"Then let's talk about it, in the eyes of the imperial court, they are all considered to be on death row." A pirate replied with a smile.

"Now, is it time for you to ask Zhan?" Zhang Yijie glanced around at the pirates around him.

"If you kill us, who will serve you, Mr. Zhang?" several pirates replied with a smile.

"A bunch of killers!" Zhang Yijie also smiled and kicked a few pirates in front of him, "Let's go, push up the cannon, otherwise, Master Kang will get angry!" As he said this, he squinted at Hu Laoliu.

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Hu Laoliu smiled and nodded, "Master Zhang is considerate of the little one!...The little one will lead the way for you." After saying that, he was about to turn around and walk forward.

"Well..." Hu Laoliu just took a step forward when he suddenly felt a pain coming from his back. Then he lowered his head and saw the tip of a knife protruding from his chest. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but

A large amount of blood gushes from the mouth.

"Hmph, it's past noon, how come no one comes to sacrifice a flag!" Zhang Yijie kicked Hu Laoliu down and wiped two steel knives on his body, "You, and you, take this

Throw the guy into the sea!"

"Master Zhang, how can I help you!" said a pirate, "just give me the order, and the boys will chop this guy up shoulder to shoulder!"

"Haha..." Zhang Yijie laughed loudly, "Don't buy anything here! Hurry up and push the artillery over. The stronghold is broken, so brothers can be happy inside!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The roar of artillery was heard in the distance, and Qi Tian raised his head and looked over there. The pirates had followed Liu Xiang ashore, and more than a thousand pirates were heading there in confusion.

They all ran to the village, hoping to grab some extravagant wealth or women as early as possible and indulge the darkness and brutality of human nature.

"Why do we guard the ship every time we go ashore?" Qi Dalu said gloomily, "Liu Xiang is afraid that we Shandong people will go ashore and grab more things!"

"You are so young, why are you trying so hard to grab things!" Qi Dajiang slapped Qi Dalu, "They are all poor people, why should they suffer for others!"

"If we don't go and rob, Liu Xiang and the others are going to rob too!" Qi Dalu said unconvincedly, holding his head high, "If we go and rob, at least we can kill less people! ... Look at Liu Xiang and the others, they kill everyone.

!" He pointed at some old and frail corpses not far from the pier.

"..." Qi Dajiang was speechless for a moment and kicked him angrily, "Hurry up and find some water!... By the way, let's see if there is anything to eat!"

"I guess we can find water. But food..." Qi Dalu looked around at the smoking houses and shook his head, "Most of them were robbed by those guys (pirates who came ashore early)!" As he said, he led Qi

Tian and Gouzi walked away.

Qitian and Gouzi followed their third brother Qi Dalu, walked a few hundred meters, and came to a house that was still smoking. There was an old man's body lying at the door of the courtyard, his eyes staring blankly at the sky.

The right hand also holds a hoe.

He carefully walked around the body and walked into the yard. Several mulberry trees were planted in front of the house, but there was not a single mulberry leaf on the trunk, only bare branches. The outer walls were made of dirt, and the roof was covered with thick thatch and weighed down with dirt.

In fact, the narrow windows were simply blocked with wooden lattice strips. Obviously, this household was a very typical poor family in the Ming Dynasty. Even so, they were inevitably robbed by pirates indiscriminately.

The house was a little dark, and the three of them searched the messy inner room and found nothing. But on the right side of the house, they found a well and took some water. It was slightly salty. But they could no longer drink it and stored it on the boat.

That kind of water with a strange smell can actually make you feel better.

"God damn it!" Qi Dalu drank a large amount of water for himself and cursed angrily.
Chapter completed!