So these shipowners quickly called to the boatmen on board, pulled up the anchor, raised the sails, and sailed down the river. Under the escort of sea wolves, they sailed to Zhongzuo Suo and Kinmen Island outside the mouth of the Jiulong River, and anchored according to the designated Wenzhi.
Of course, there were some ships among these. At this time, because the shipowners, including the boatmen on the ship, had abandoned the ship out of fear, and no one was operating it, Sea Wolf was naturally rude and confiscated them immediately and sent people to
Go up and sail the ship out of Moon Harbor.
In addition, there are more than 20 official ships of various sizes parked here. They are mainly government patrol ships, some are warships, but most of them are ships used by sailors and government officers to patrol the port area and collect taxes.
The officers, soldiers and officers on these ships had already fled into Haicheng County and even fled directly to Zhangzhou Prefecture.
So Sea Wolf sorted through these ships, and kept the usable ones and sent them away. If they really didn't like the ships and had no use, they just set them on fire.
Next, although the Sea Wolf troops surrounded Haicheng County, they did not attack the county town. Instead, they detached some of their manpower and began to sweep the dock area.
Because Yuegang is the only legal sea port in the Ming Dynasty, various merchants from all over the world have come here to build shops and do business. They may not all be maritime merchants, but they are all engaged in maritime business.
Maritime merchants can sometimes purchase a large amount of maritime trade goods locally. Therefore, although Yuegang has been repeatedly invaded and destroyed many times, because there are enough merchants and funds, after the thieves retreat here, they often disappear quickly.
Can recover.
The small Haicheng County town cannot accommodate so many shops, so a very large shopping mall area has been formed around Yuegang Pier. There are various shops and tertiary industry services here.
There are many kinds of shops lined up in rows, making it very prosperous.
But when Sea Wolf arrived here, it was already very deserted. Everyone who could run ran away, and those who couldn't bear to escape hid in the shops, not even daring to take a breath.
After the Sea Wolf Marines entered the store area, they began to spread out in ranked units, and began to enter these stores in pieces. They drove everyone out of the store and ordered them to take whatever soft goods they could bring and leave here immediately, otherwise
If so, shoot without mercy.
The people who stayed here were crying for their fathers and mothers, but there was nothing they could do. Under the bright bayonets, spears and sharp knives of the Sea Wolf Marines and Sailors, they could only obey and use all the soft things they could carry.
They took it with them and were driven out of their store.
As for the things they couldn't take away, Sea Wolf was not polite and kept them all for himself. He sent people to capture a group of laborers from the merchant area, as well as some militiamen and warriors who had previously been prepared to bring them from Sea Wolf's territory.
The goods confiscated from the shops were transported to the dock for loading and shipped back to Tamsui City.
After the first fleet of Sea Wolf arrived at Weitou Bay, captured Kinmen Island and Zhongzuo Station, and cleared away the official water power and various forces in Weitou Bay, the second fleet began to sail into Weitou Bay.
In Touwan, these ships are all Sea Wolf's merchant ships, and some are private merchant ships that were forcibly recruited. They are all empty and only carry some Sea Wolf tribesmen and militia.
After they arrived at Weitou Bay, they began to sail into the Jiulong River and headed towards Yuegang. At this time, the merchant ships docked at Yuegang had gradually sailed out of Yuegang in batches, and were on Kinmen Island and Zhongzuo
Anchored and lowered the sails nearby, waiting for the sea wolf's next step.
The dock gradually became empty, and sea wolf cargo ships docked at the pier of the dock one after another, and began to receive various materials that were continuously transported from the merchant area.
The entire operation was carried out in an orderly manner. Yu Xiaotian had made arrangements for this in advance, and dedicated people were responsible for these matters, so there was not a lot of chaos.
As for the government, after the sea wolf entered the Jiulong River, it seemed as if it was mute. Zhangzhou Prefecture and all counties closed their doors to protect themselves, and did not send a single soldier to Yuegang to expel the sea wolf.
At this time, Sea Wolf has assembled two battalions of troops on the shore, as well as a large number of militiamen and warriors. They have surrounded the entire Yuegang shopping area and set up temporary positions outside to protect their positions in Yuegang.
action.
This kind of looting operation lasted for three full days. Sea Wolf neither attacked Haicheng County nor continued to raid the surrounding areas. It was just busy packing everything that could be moved from the Nengyue Port shopping area.
Move away.
After several days of driving away from the shopping area, everyone was driven away. As for where they went, Sea Wolf had no control over where they went, and they didn't even bother to interfere with the belongings they carried.
As long as they could take away, they were allowed to take away everything they could, and they were escorted for a certain distance. No one was allowed to rob them, but after they left, they had to leave it to their fate.
In the past few days, some strong men in the surrounding areas, after learning about the arrival of the sea wolf, first hid and did not dare to show their heads. However, after seeing that the sea wolf only focused on the Yuegang area and did not loot other places, their
I became bolder and began to move around tentatively.
Some ruffians saw that some people were driven out of Yuegang by sea wolves, some ran to seek refuge with relatives and friends nearby, and some fled to Zhangzhou Prefecture. These people all carried a lot of wealth with them, so they took action and started
These people were robbed wantonly on some roads. For a time, the chaos around Yuegang was even worse than that of Yuegang. The bodies of people who were killed because of robbery were often seen on the road, but now no one cares about it at all.
The government was determined to defend their city and did not even come out. The big families also gathered the young and strong people in the village and closed the village gates to protect themselves. No one cared about these things. For a time, everything around Yuegang was full of chaos.
They were rogue bandits, taking advantage of the chaos to rob passers-by, and even some large groups of strongmen took the opportunity to attack some fortresses in an attempt to make a fortune.
But Yu Xiaocai is too lazy to care about these things! Now he is determined to imitate Zheng Zhilong's approach in history in another time and space, completely destroying Yuegang, and completely controlling Weitou Bay in his hands, making
Yuegang lost its role as a trading base through the sea.
So he only focused on completely emptying Yuegang. All useful things were taken away first. Even if there was a temporary shortage of transportation capacity to transport these things back to Tamsui City, he would temporarily transport them to Kinmen Island for storage, and then move on to the next step.
Consider the issue of transshipment.
Yuegang is simply a golden mountain. Although Sea Wolf did not do everything right and allowed the people here to take as much of their belongings with them as possible when leaving, the discarded goods and belongings still piled up like mountains for three days.
, dozens of large ships have been transferring things back and forth, but they still haven't finished transferring the things here.
This is just a preliminary estimate. If the goods they obtained after this trip were converted into silver, they would be at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. This silver would be enough for Sea Wolf to use for a long time, especially some of them.
Metal is something that Sea Wolf urgently needs, including red copper from Japan and iron materials shipped from Fujian and Guangdong. This will be of great help to Sea Wolf in the next step of building weapons and improving its own force.
In addition, this place is also a distribution center for all kinds of good wood. A lot of hardwood for shipbuilding shipped from other places is also accumulated here. Shiphouses in Fujian often come here to purchase wood, so this time they attacked Yuegang.
Obtained a large amount of wood for shipbuilding.
As for other goods used for overseas trade, such as various porcelain, tea, lacquerware, raw silk, silk, cloth, etc., there are countless messy goods. They can only be shipped away first and then counted and classified.
On the fourth day, Zhangzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture finally responded. Fuzhou Chief Envoy finally received the news that Hailang was invading Yuegang, and mobilized thousands of officers and soldiers from Tingzhou Prefecture and Yanping Prefecture.
In addition, Zhangzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture also mobilized three thousand officers and soldiers and began to march towards Yuegang.
Although the government was severely defeated on Nanri Island this time, there are still some officers and soldiers in Fujian. Now that the sea wolves are aggressively attacking Yuegang, it is really unjustifiable if they don't even take any action, so why?
We must also put on a show and send some officers and troops to Haicheng. It is best to force the sea wolf away from here. If not, at least keep the cities such as Zhangzhou Prefecture and Haicheng County intact.
It doesn't matter that Yuegang was robbed, but if Yu Xiaotian gets angry and takes advantage of the situation to capture Zhangzhou Prefecture or several counties, then the whole of Fujian will probably be left with no food to eat.
At this time, the sea wolf's robbery of the entire Yuegang area was basically over. Most of the things that needed to be taken away had been loaded on ships, and the rest were some things and houses that they had no use for.
It was only then that Yu Xiaocai issued a new order to set fire!
A large number of Sea Wolf soldiers and sailors began to withdraw from the shore to the ship. When they evacuated, they started setting fires everywhere in the Moon Harbor. All the shops around the Moon Harbor were set ablaze. After the people were evacuated to the ship, including the dock, they were also set on fire.
Some gunpowder was set off to blow it up, and all combustible objects such as wooden trestles were poured with some kerosene and ignited.
When the Sea Wolf fleet withdrew from the Jiulong River, they could still feel the heat wave rushing towards them from behind. When the Sea Wolf fleet withdrew, the entire Moon Harbor was ablaze with flames. Even in the darkness, dozens of miles away, there were
You can see the flames rising from Moon Harbor, rolling in the thick smoke.
The officials and defenders of Haicheng County stared dumbfoundedly at the fire that was blazing into the sky at the dock. They felt the heat wave coming from the fire scene and were completely speechless for a moment.
They didn't expect that Sea Wolf would do this, and do it so brilliantly. Although this was not the first time that Yuegang was defeated by pirates, the last few times pirates came here and looted, they didn't take matters into their own hands.
They did it so brilliantly that after they retreated, Yuegang quickly returned to prosperity with sufficient financial support and countless merchants coming back.
But this time when they saw the fire in Yuegang, they knew that it would take a long time for Yuegang to recover this time. What they didn't expect was that Yuegang would completely decline from now on.
It will never be possible to return to its former prosperity.