Chapter 540: An Eye for an Eye

"Charge! Stop them..."

In Nanpu City, Huang Zhen was covered in white powder.

He had just fled down from the city wall, luckily avoiding getting the white powder in his eyes.

But the soldiers on the city wall were not so fortunate.

They clutched their eyes, screaming incessantly, moving about on the city wall like headless flies.

Some soldiers missed their footing and fell directly from the city wall, hitting the ground with a "thud" and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Yet, even with his order issued, only a small number of the chaotic Koryo Army soldiers picked up their weapons and rushed toward the city gate.

"Kill!"

The Koryo Army soldiers let out a loud cry, their blades hacking toward the Heavy Infantry who had charged in.

But their swords and blades only made a "clanging" sound against the Heavy Infantry's thick Armor, failing to injure the Heavy Infantry in the slightest.

Seeing this, he was shocked and raised his blade to hack again, but suddenly felt a pain in his neck as blood gushed out like a fountain.

In their final moments, they saw more sea bandits flooding into Nanpu City.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Following closely behind the Heavy Infantry, the Flintlock Infantry entered the city and formed squads of nine.

When encountering areas with many enemies, the nine-man squads would merge with other squads to form larger arrays.

Facing the charging Koryo Army soldiers, they pulled their Triggers one after another, and the Koryo Army soldiers fell continuously.

Occasionally, if a Koryo Army soldier rushed in front of them, they would coordinate to deliver a thrust, killing the Koryo Army soldier.

Under the coordination of the Heavy Infantry and Flintlock Infantry, the city gate was quickly occupied.

Then the drawbridge was lowered, and more soldiers flooded into Nanpu City.

"Charge, quickly occupy Nanpu City." Bai Shang drew his sword and pointed it forward.

This time, their goal was to raid Koryo and force it to accept Yanzhou's goods, not to conquer territory.

Therefore, they had to occupy the city as quickly as possible, loot it, and then withdraw to move on to the next location to continue raiding.

After all, getting bogged down in a protracted war with the Koryo Army was highly inadvisable.

Moreover, Koryo was a vassal of the Northern Di, and if necessary, the Northern Di would also dispatch troops into Koryo.

"Kill!"

Under his command, more soldiers charged into Nanpu City.

Over these years, in order to curry favor with the Northern Di, Koryo had been promoting hatred and contempt for the Great Song from top to bottom.

During the Ningjindusizhizhan, Koryo soldiers had slaughtered Song People even more ruthlessly than the Northern Di in order to show their loyalty before the Northern Di.

These matters were passed from mouth to mouth in Yanzhou and had long since become common knowledge.

"Koryo running dogs" was now the collective term Yanzhou people used for the Koryo people.

Facing these running dogs, the soldiers were filled with pent-up anger.

Now that they had the chance, they naturally wanted to teach them a harsh lesson.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Artillerymen moved the Mortars and Field Artillery into the city as well.

They bombarded the areas where Koryo Army soldiers were clustered.

More Flintlock Infantry flooded into Nanpu City, and they began to form a Horizontal Formation, advancing from south to north.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

The Koryo Army soldiers charging toward the Horizontal Formation fell while screaming incessantly.

At this moment, the sea bandits in their eyes were like a wall, constantly advancing northward.

The Weapons in their hands constantly spewed Flame and smoke.

Before they could even reach these sea bandits, the charging soldiers would fall to the ground.

After several failed charges, the Koryo Army soldiers immediately fell into chaos, fleeing southward one after another and leaving behind a field of corpses.

Huang Zhen and Cui Shixun were also fleeing; they were in despair.

Facing these sea bandits armed with firearms, their attacks had no effect at all.

This battle was simply a one-sided massacre.

"Immediately call for reinforcements from the King; Nanpu City has been captured by sea bandits!" Huang Zhen cracked his whip fiercely and headed toward Rang City.

The sound of gunfire in Nanpu City continued for another half an hour before the remaining soldiers who were still resisting were completely wiped out.

Bai Shang led his soldiers to occupy the four gates of Nanpu City.

"Carry away everything valuable in the city, including the able-bodied population," Bai Shang ordered.

In this raid on Koryo, Zhou Yi's fleet was in the lead, but the Merchant Ships of the Heisha led by Wang Yanzhong were behind.

They were not only going to seize the gold, silver, jewelry, grain, and cloth in Nanpu City, but also abduct the able-bodied people here.

After all, what Yanzhou lacked most was people.

Sending them to mine, build roads, and construct bridges would be perfect.

"Yes, Captain!"

Upon receiving his order, the commanders scattered.

They took their own soldiers specifically toward the deep mansions and large courtyards in the city.

At the same time.

At the Nanpu Wharf, Zhou Yi and Wang Yanzhong were chatting and laughing.

On the sea, one Merchant Ship after another was coming from the south.

Beside Wang Yanzhong were many merchants.

These are all merchants who joined the Armed Caravan, now affiliated with the Black Shark Trading Firm.

"I truly envy you; we used to go to Jinzhou together, and now you command a fleet, while I still have to continue trafficking slaves," Wang Yanzhong laughed heartily.

He was not jealous of Zhou Yi; after all, he was very clear about his own capabilities.

He could not do other things, and this was the old trade he was most familiar with.

"Don't flatter me; His Highness values you no less than he does me, and the population of Yanzhou depends on you," Zhou Yi patted Wang Yanzhong on the shoulder.

The two joked for a while, then Zhou Yi said, "How many Merchant Ships have arrived this time? I wonder if they can carry all the looted goods in one trip."

"There are two hundred of them," a merchant said with an excited expression.

Back then, they invested Silver and joined the caravan, and after several twists and turns, the caravan became the Black Shark Trading Firm.

The maritime trade that Yan Wang had once promised them was finally coming.

Although they had to obey the orders of the Black Shark Trading Firm, as long as there was Silver to be made, everything was fine.

Zhou Yi nodded; this plundering was just an appetizer.

Forcing Gaoli to trade with the Black Shark Trading Firm was their true objective.

And the profits it would bring would be more lasting.

After chatting for a while longer, a soldier came over from Nanpu City, bringing the news that Bai Shang had occupied Nanpu City.

"Time to get to work," Wang Yanzhong laughed upon hearing this, and the merchants also became excited.

They immediately had the ship workers come down to prepare for moving the goods.

An hour later, a group of young Gaoli men were escorted over, followed by large wooden crates filled with gold, Silver, and jewelry.

Afterwards, there were also things like grain, fodder, and cloth.

The ship workers immediately cooperated with the soldiers to load these items onto the Merchant Ships.

"Hmph, Gaoli has been slaughtering and plundering our Yanzhou fishermen; this debt is finally starting to be repaid," Zhou Yi sneered coldly.

Thinking of something, he said to the soldier who had arrived, "Go back and tell Captain Bai to hurry; we need to head to the next location."

Acknowledging the order, the soldier turned and left.

The looting of Nanpu City lasted for half a day.

When the sky grew dim, Bai Shang led the soldiers to retreat to the Pier and boarded the ships to depart.

At the same time.

Huang Zhen had already arrived at Rang City.

He did not enter the royal palace immediately, but instead scrambled and crawled into the residence of the Gaoli Left State Councilor, Yin Boming.

"Lord Left State Councilor, Lord Left State Councilor, Nanpu City has been captured by the Black Shark Sea Bandits!" Huang Zhen wailed as he knelt on the ground.