Global colonization began with Ming Dynasty pirates.

puff!

With a soft thud, the long arrow pierced the night sky, striking the person on the watchtower with pinpoint accuracy. The man, who was asleep, was jolted awake by the excruciating pain of the arrow piercing his heart. He opened his eyes wide, trying to stand, but his strength was rapidly waning. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but only managed a low, hoarse sound before dying a reluctant death.

Meanwhile, the same scene unfolded on another watchtower, but the guard there fell to the ground with a dull thud.

"What's that sound! It sounds like the watchtower!" A group of people were drinking and playing dice in the courtyard when someone suddenly heard the sound.

"Oh well, forget about it. That Shen Laizi guy's probably drunk again and passed out on the lookout tower. Just ignore him," the others replied nonchalantly. Then they urged, "Hurry up, place your bets!"

The man had initially intended to check it out, but was reluctant to leave. After thinking it over, he decided that gambling was more important. "Bet on big! I'm sure to win this time!"

A moment later, the lid was lifted, revealing four, five, six, fifteen o'clock—it was indeed a large one.

"Haha, I won! Pay up!"

boom--!

The tightly closed gate was suddenly kicked open, and a group of men in blue short jackets rushed into the courtyard.

"Who are you?!"

Someone in the crowd reacted and shouted sharply, but what awaited him was a merciless flash of a blade.

These people who were gambling were not carrying any weapons and had no ability to resist the enemy who was armed with rattan shields and single-edged swords.

They were all killed in a short time.

At this point, the people in the other rooms finally realized what was happening and began searching for weapons.

Chaos erupted, but Lin Hao didn't care. After wiping out all the enemies in the courtyard, he immediately chased after the remaining ones. Anyone who dared to take a weapon was instantly shot with an arrow, and then the guards who stepped forward were immediately hacked into mincemeat.

After this happened several times, the people behind finally broke down, crying and running towards the back.

As soon as they opened the back door, several arrows came flying at them, instantly turning the people in front of them into a beehive.

Then Lin Yi led everyone to the back door, completely blocking everyone's escape route.

With enemies on both sides, the guards panicked. There were only about twenty guards in total. If they had defended against a hundred or so bandits by relying on the wall, they could have held off the bandits. But with such a surprise attack, they were unable to exert any strength at all.

Many people didn't even have weapons.

Just then, a fully armed man suddenly rushed out of one of the houses in the middle, shouting, "Brothers, if you don't want to die, charge with me!"

Then he charged towards Lin Hao's direction.

Lin Hao reacted incredibly fast, firing three shots in a flash. However, something astonishing happened: despite being pierced by three arrows, the man acted as if nothing had happened, cleaving the person in front of him in two with a single slash. Then, as if unleashing a Musou attack, he instantly wiped out everyone in front of him.

The Lin family guards' swords felt like tickling their opponents.

"They actually have armor!" Lin Hao was immediately shocked.

With that man's valiant breakthrough, the remaining men were greatly encouraged and charged forward, instantly reversing the situation.

The new recruits in front of Lin Hao instantly collapsed, while the pirate prisoners, knowing they were no match for him, still fought desperately.

In the blink of an eye, three more people fell.

"Everyone, get out of the way!" Lin Hao shouted.

The pirates were immediately relieved and quickly retreated to the side, leaving nothing between Lin Hao and the armored man.

Only then did Lin Hao get a clear look at his opponent. He was completely clad in iron armor, wearing an iron helmet and an iron mask. No wonder so many people couldn't defeat him, yet he and his men charged at them.

Upon seeing Lin Hao, their leader, the heavily armored enemy was overjoyed, knowing that their only chance of survival lay here. Without hesitation, they led their men and charged forward.

Seeing this, Lin Hao indeed put down his bow and arrow, then casually waved his hand, and five teenagers stepped forward from behind, lining up neatly in front of Lin Hao.

The muskets they held in their hands were neatly aimed at the armored enemies.

The five lights were especially conspicuous in the darkness.

"Fire!"

At a command, five muskets ignited instantly, accompanied by a deafening roar and billowing smoke. The armored man shuddered violently, five blossoms of blood erupting from his body before he slowly collapsed to the ground.

As the heavily armored enemy died, the group behind them instantly fell into despair.

"Kill them all!" Lin Hao ordered coldly.

Moments later, under the combined attack of the crowd, the remaining people were wiped out without any trouble.

"Lin Yi, check the battlefield. Lin Er, take a team to keep watch and be wary of the villagers coming. Lin Qi, take a team to the dock and see if the boat has arrived." Lin Hao immediately began to arrange the follow-up matters.

Then Lin Hao arrived in front of the armored man and saw that his armor had been pierced by five large holes, and his entire body was smashed. His three arrows were stuck in the man's body.

Lin Hao examined it carefully. In fact, these arrows had pierced through the iron armor, but the armor had exhausted its strength, so they didn't penetrate the flesh very deeply. This damage was not enough to kill the opponent immediately. On the contrary, the musket's lead bullets pierced through the iron armor and tore the flesh behind it to shreds.

At this moment, Lin Hao finally understood why bows and arrows had been phased out.

Although Lin Hao knew the answer in advance, so he always paid attention to the use of firearms, he actually practiced archery. This was because he was too comfortable using bows and arrows in terms of both weapons. With his superb archery skills, bows and arrows were much more convenient than muskets.

Although Lin Hao was well aware of the advantages of the musket.

But only today did Lin Hao gain a deeper understanding of the description of the musket in the Military Training Records: "Its sharpness can penetrate armor, and its accuracy is unmatched by bows and arrows."

If it weren't for the muskets today, I don't know how many more people would have been injured, but once the muskets were used, the victory was immediately secured.

The young men under Lin Hao were using three-qian firearms, which would only be considered light matchlock guns in the West.

But Lin Hao's bow was already one of the best, so he could take it. In this era, even the best bows couldn't kill the opponent immediately, but the musket, which was the least powerful among matchlock guns, could kill with a single shot.

At the same time, Lin Hao could understand why, in historical records, Later Jin soldiers would always walk ten or even five steps in front of the Ming army before firing. It wasn't that they looked down on the Ming army and were just trying to show off, but rather that they couldn't break through the defenses from a distance.

Meanwhile, another perplexing question arose in Lin Hao's mind: if muskets are so powerful, how does our Ming Dynasty manage to get the enemy within 5 paces to fire? Surely their muskets can't all fire?

"Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it. I'll find out the reason when we get to Liaodong. Right now, the most important thing is the harvest."

When Lin Hao stood in front of the open warehouse door, he finally understood why so many people in the world love adventure; the rewards from adventure are just too great.

The entire warehouse was filled with supplies, piled up from the deepest part of the warehouse to the main entrance, densely packed together.

Lin Hao stepped forward and opened the cloth bag, which was full of high-quality cotton cloth.

Open another bag, and wow, there's beautiful, silky silk inside.

According to Lin Hao's estimate, the goods in this warehouse alone are worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.

This time they've really struck it rich.