Late Ming Dynasty: The Counterattack Begins with Sea Pirates

"Someone got here before us."

Liu Qingjiang was somewhat incredulous. The previous group of competitors had already been taken down by them, so how could another one suddenly appear to steal their jobs?

"Sir, this can't be right. Has Guangzhou Prefecture really fallen into such a state? Besides, the brothers have searched the entire place, and they didn't find any blood."

"Um......"

Chi Honghai didn't understand what was going on either. There were signs of struggle, but it didn't look like a fight or resistance. It was more like a one-sided defeat, where no blood was even seen.

But right now, even though it's strange, I can't worry about that. After all, I'm not here to solve a case, I'm here to kidnap someone.

If not in this village, there's always the next one.

After walking for some time, Chi Honghai finally met the person.

But these villagers fled as if their lives depended on it, shouting "Run!" as they ran.

Because the people behind Chi Honghai were standing in a vertical line behind him, Liu Qingjiang, and Instructor Lang, they were not easily noticed from a distance, let alone by the panicked villagers.

A villager ran up to him, looking at Chi Honghai with horror and disbelief: "Why aren't you running! The officials are here to annihilate the people!"

Suppress the people?

I've only ever heard of suppressing bandits, what about suppressing civilians?

These days, are we going to wipe out ordinary people too?

But as soon as the civilian finished speaking and ran past Chi Honghai, he saw that behind him were people in full uniform, carrying knives and guns.

The man turned around in a panic, fell to the ground with a thud, and got up on all fours, only to be caught by Pang San by the back of his collar.

Pang San was strong and carried the man directly to the master.

"Master, this fellow is trying to escape," Pang San laughed.

But Chi Honghai couldn't laugh. He looked at the village not far ahead and asked, "What's the situation with that village up ahead?"

The man was clearly terrified, begging the officials not to arrest him, to spare his family, and to take all the remaining grain from his home.

Chi Honghai then realized that this was another case of officials committing wrongdoing.

But if you commit such a sin, then I have come all this way, so I have no sin to commit.

Chi Honghai immediately ordered the people behind him to line up horizontally and follow him as he advanced.

Most of the villagers who ran out were women. When they saw Chi Honghai and his hundred or so men carrying guns, they scattered in terror.

Some, exhausted from running, simply knelt down and awaited their fate.

Even worse, knowing they couldn't escape, they kept running back into the village.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she was turning back to her death; she simply wanted to die alongside her husband and children.

The group of about a hundred people quickly pressed on to the village entrance, where they saw another group of about a hundred soldiers from the village, who were holding down a large number of men, women, the elderly, and the weak, surrounding them together. The larger groups were locked up in nearby chicken and duck pens.

Judging from the number of people surrounded, it's definitely not just people from this village; people from the village I just came from should also be among them.

He glanced around the village and saw that there was blood splattered almost every three steps.

Some soldiers were whipping young men and carrying corpses, throwing them into a pit that was being dug nearby.

A group of people suddenly appeared at the village entrance, which naturally attracted the attention of the officials.

The leader of the guards was extremely arrogant. It was unexpected that even at this point, there were still some fearless individuals who dared to stand at the entrance of the village.

He had all those commoners tied up; it was simple and brutal.

It doesn't matter if the child is crying or being suffocated.

If you get crushed to death inside, it means you're unlucky.

If you're even luckier, you might be able to catch your breath for an hour or two.

The two groups, like gangsters arranging a fight, one inside and one outside.

However, the official's eyesight wasn't very good just now, and he only saw the people standing at the village entrance.

But they didn't see clearly the knives and guns that Chi Honghai had deliberately hidden.

As the officers and soldiers gathered and pressed forward with their broadswords, Chi Honghai leisurely stood to the side. The people in the first row turned around, squeezed through the gaps in the ranks, and walked to the very back.

What was exposed were rows of muskets.

By the time the officials rushed within fifty paces of him, it was too late.

"Bang bang bang"

A plume of white smoke rose, and the twenty or so people at the front became the sieve through which the sand passed, falling down in a row.

The person behind was shocked by this. He had come to suppress the people and thought it would be a lucrative job, but he didn't expect to run into such a powerful figure. Now he was going to become a ghost messenger.

He tried to turn around, but was kicked by the leader behind him, who brandished a knife and shouted, "Go! What the hell are you all standing there for? They're out of ammunition!"

Upon hearing that the fire was out, everyone turned around and rushed forward.

The white smoke drifted away in the wind, and their vision became clear again.

Just as they spotted the figures on the other side, another burst of gunfire erupted, and another twenty-odd people fell.

Now, the officers and soldiers were completely panicked and turned to flee for their lives.

Of course, Chi Honghai couldn't let those corrupt officers and soldiers go back.

Logically speaking, this crime of killing ordinary people is a heinous crime against Heaven.

I was just there to take someone away; I didn't intend to bleed.

You officials are worse than me, a pirate.

They truly eat the flesh of the people and drink their blood.

As far as I'm concerned, killing the officials has already exposed my identity, so I certainly can't let you go back.

If this portrait of mine were posted in front of the gate of Guangzhou Prefecture and then sent back to Xin'an County to tell the county magistrate that I am not dead.

That would be a huge problem.

Since we're already here, let's leave together.

Chi Honghai ordered his men to grab their weapons and give chase.

The brothers beside him drew their knives and charged forward.

After all the hard work, success finally came to fruition this time.

Although these officers and soldiers were almost all focused on how to die, some of them did put up a fight when pushed to the limit.

However, resistance is futile.

Under the combined force of parrying and slashing, he immediately fell to the roadside and became a corpse.

Before long, only a small group of officers and soldiers remained surrounded.

He knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy, his mouth spitting out saliva.

Chi Hong walked up to the officers and soldiers.

"Hero, hero, spare my life! Hero, spare my life!"

Chi Honghai felt no sympathy for these corrupt officers and soldiers who begged for mercy.

He first ordered his men to release the villagers who had been tied up and imprisoned, and then gather them in a wide open area in the center of the village.

Then they tied the remaining dozen or so "beasts" by their hands and feet, brought them to the villagers, and made them kneel down.

Looking at these corrupt officers and soldiers, many of whom had the blood of their own relatives on their hands.

The villagers were so eager to devour the rest of the people alive.

Chi Honghai understood the villagers' desire for revenge and gave them this opportunity.

With no more restraint, the villagers, men, women, and children, swarmed forward and began punching and kicking the remaining soldiers, so much so that those outside couldn't see the soldiers' miserable condition.

Those with sharp eyes even found some stones on the ground, picked them up, and smashed them into people's faces, leaving them bloodied and mangled, without caring about the consequences.

After the villagers had vented their anger, only two or three of the small group remained, still able to breathe.

Although it can breathe, it seems like it can only catch its breath.

Now the villagers have finally gotten their revenge.

Chi Honghai has achieved his goal.