Li An stood on the command platform, observing the situation on the island with a tenfold telescope, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, all of which was completely expected by him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As pirates who have never experienced a vicious battle, they can only bully and bully merchants in normal times, and their combat effectiveness is also at the level of the five scum of war, and after a few rounds of shelling, they are completely confused.

"Li Shilang, the pirates are already in chaos, and our army can land and fight."

One of his subordinates said happily.

Li An put down the binoculars and said loudly: "Order, let the ironclad artillery brigade land immediately, the soldiers and horses of the Longwu army will follow, and after going ashore, the banner of surrender will be erected, as long as the pirates are willing to surrender, they will not be killed, and if anyone dares to resist, they will be killed." ”

"Bang ......"

After a flare was lifted into the air, five landing ships quickly sailed to the dock, followed by dozens of steamboats loaded with soldiers, ready to support the ironclad artillery brigade.

The harbor was the only place where large ships could be moored, and the steam landing ships had the option of landing in the harbor, and the rest of the positions were too shallow for landing operations.

The five landing ships chose five nearby locations, quickly opened the landing platform in front of them, and fifty ironclad artillery trucks landed on the island in turn, followed by five hundred Guangzhou soldiers, who were responsible for covering the ironclad artillery trucks, and were responsible for erecting the banner of surrender, so that pirates who did not want to die gathered under the flag.

How could the pirates, who had already been in a mess, resist the impact of the ironclad artillery carts, when they saw the ironclad artillery carts, their souls were already frightened, and they didn't have the courage to resist at all.

After seeing the Guangzhou Legion erect the surrender flag, many pirates threw away their weapons, ran to the bottom of the surrender flag, and honestly squatted there motionless.

Subsequently, Li Feiyu led thousands of Longwu troops to land on the island, captured all the remaining pirates, and escorted them to the same open field, waiting for Li An's disposal.

The battle went so smoothly that it ended with almost every effort, and of course, thousands of soldiers were still searching the island so that no fish would slip through the net.

In addition, some pirates were injured and needed some medical attention, and pirates who had already died in battle should bury their bodies as soon as possible to prevent the corpses from decomposing and causing an epidemic of plague.

Li An, who was standing on the command platform, witnessed everything that happened on the island, and saw that the pirates were basically stable, so he immediately ordered the boat to dock, and he wanted the pirates to take a look.

"Li Shilang, there may still be remnants of pirates, the island is not safe enough, it is safer for you to stay on the ship for the time being."

One of the subordinates suggested.

Li An smiled: "What are you afraid of, the pirates have been frightened, what is there to be afraid of, the order, lean on the dock, this official wants to go to the island to see." ”

As the commander in chief of the three armed forces, how could Li An be too timid, besides, the situation on the island is basically clear, and there is no so-called danger at all.

After arriving on the island, Ang Lee went to the location where the prisoners were housed and looked at the prisoners, who numbered about 2,000 people.

"Big brother, all the captives are here, but their leader, the white wolf, is not here, so he may have taken advantage of the chaos to escape."

Li Feiyu introduced.

Li An shook his head and said: "This is impossible, the island is besieged by our army on all sides, and even a bird can't fly out, how can it run away?" Is there a secret room on this island? ”

For his own deployment, Li An has absolute confidence, besides, the pirates who were captured earlier also said that the white wolf was in the nest ** and did not go out, so how could he run away?

"Interrogate these pirates to see if anyone knows where the white wolf has gone, and give a heavy reward for those who know the clues."

Ang Lee knew that there would be brave men under the reward, and in the chaos, there must be pirates who saw where their king had gone.

"Report, I found a secret room, there was no one in it, only a pair of burning ashes."

A soldier hurriedly came to report.

Li An frowned, and hurriedly led everyone to take a look.

As soon as he walked into the secret room, Li An smelled the smell of fireworks, and took a closer look, there was a ceramic basin in the center of the secret room, and there were still some bamboo slips in the basin that were not completely burned.

Do pirates have any hidden secrets that need to be disposed of in case of an emergency, so as not to cause greater losses?

"Li Shilang, these bamboo slips are almost burned, and I can't tell what is written on them, maybe it's a record of pirates robbing merchant ships."

One of his subordinates guessed.

Li An smiled and said, "There is indeed such a possibility, but there is also evidence that someone or someone colluded with the pirates, everything is possible." ”

"It's a pity that they were all burned, and no one can be sure what it is."

The subordinate said helplessly.

Li An thought for a moment and said, "As long as you catch the white wolf and ask it well, he must know what these burned things are?" ”

"If these were really records of the White Wolf's robbery of merchant ships, would he admit it?"

The subordinate spoke.

Ang Lee also knew that the white wolf might not cooperate with him, but these things had already turned to ashes, and there was really no better way than to ask the white wolf.

"Big brother, big brother, there are a few pirates who have recruited, and they saw the white wolf braving the cannon fire and running to a small boat."

Li Feiyu ran over and reported.

Li An was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Small boat, which small boat is it, immediately send troops to search." ”

"Big brother, I have already sent someone to search, and I believe that the boat where the white wolf is hiding will be found soon."

Li Feiyu said loudly.

Ang Lee searched around the chamber and found no hidden chambers, then walked out of the chamber and headed to the harbor where the pirates had parked their boats.

"Search carefully, I have searched carefully, I am not allowed to let go of any corner, and there will be a reward for catching the white wolf."

The Tang Army official in charge of the search shouted loudly.

Hearing the order, hundreds of Tang soldiers searched back and forth in the port, and every pirate ship, they had to conduct a strict search, not letting go of any corner.

The white wolf and his henchmen who were hiding in a certain ship wanted to take advantage of the chaos to drive the ship to escape, but most of the pirates ran away, and it was impossible for their single ship to rush out, and the only result of rushing out was to be sunk by the Tang Army's steam gunboat not far away.

In desperation, they could only choose to hide, hiding in the cabin, trying to avoid the search of the Tang army, and then at night, with their familiarity with the terrain, secretly left here.

But at the moment, their wishful thinking is not working, a large number of soldiers and horses of the Tang army have rushed over, and ship by ship began to search, and it is a matter of time before they are caught.

Listening to the hustle and bustle that was approaching, the white wolf and his men and horses suddenly collapsed, and the Tang army soldiers and horses were about to discover them, but they were helpless.

"What now, King, we're about to be discovered."

"King, there are many soldiers and horses in the Tang army, and it will definitely be impossible to escape death if you resist."

"Bastard, we have done so many things, even if we surrender, we will not escape death."

"Surrender is death, being caught is death, fighting to the death is also death, it's a big deal to fight with them, killing one is enough."

"How do you know that if you surrender, you will definitely die, as long as we are still useful to the imperial court, maybe we will not be executed."

"We are all murderous pirates, what use can we do to the court, and the officers and soldiers of the court still expect to receive a reward from our human heads?"

A group of pirate cronies quarreled.

"Don't make any noise, they're all dying anyway, you can do whatever you want! This king will not care about you. ”

The white wolf is completely helpless at the moment, he is about to die anyway, and how much difference is there in how to choose.

"I surrender, I surrender."

Not wanting to die yet, one of his cronies rushed out of the cabin and exposed the white wolf's hiding place.

"Here, here."

When many Tang generals heard the news, they all rushed over and boarded the ship, demanding that all the people in the cabin come out and surrender.

The white wolf had no choice but to surrender, and led a dozen of his cronies out of the hiding cabin.

"You're the pirate king white wolf?"

Li Feiyu stepped forward and asked.

"That's right, that's me."

The white wolf had a nonchalant expression on his face.

"Congratulations, you've been captured by us, please!"

Li Feiyu was very polite, without a trace of embarrassment.

The White Wolf and his party were taken to a prisoner camp and kept in solitary confinement.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and it was time for breakfast, and the Tang soldiers had not had time to eat breakfast just now, and the pirates had not had time.

Li Anke couldn't let the soldiers go hungry, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to start eating breakfast, and at the same time, he also sent a portion to the pirates, with meat and vegetables, and the food was not bad.

"Big brother, this island doesn't look very big, but it's amazing that there are more than 2,000 people stationed there."

While eating breakfast, Li Feiyu was surprised.

"Yes! The island is so small that if it were self-sufficient, it would be difficult to feed twenty people, let alone two thousand, but these pirates did not have to worry about food and clothing, let alone land reclamation. ”

Ang Lee replied with a smile.

"Big brother, I asked the soldiers to count it, and the pirates' granaries have hoarded at least 20,000 deniers of grain, enough for them to eat and drink for two or three years."

Li Feiyu said in surprise.

"These pirates also know that they are thieves, and they are insecure, so they keep plundering and hoarding enough grain and grass to embolden themselves, but now all this grain and grass belongs to us."

Li An said happily.

"Big brother, how should this grain and grass be disposed of, should it be transported back to Guangzhou, or should it be temporarily placed here."

Li Feiyu asked.

Li An thought for a moment and replied: "Of course it is placed here, although the island here is relatively small, it is a necessary place for my Tang merchants to go south, and it is a very important strategic place, and it must be managed well in the future, and it must not be allowed to become a pirate's lair again." ”

"Big brother, what you mean is to deploy troops and horses on this small island and control this island forever."

Li Feiyu said in surprise.

Li An nodded and said: "That's natural, the location of the island here is very important, my Datang not only wants to control this island, but also expand it, build a few more docks, so that the merchant ships and fishermen who come and go, when they encounter bad weather, they can come here to take shelter from the wind, by the way, I also want to play the imperial court and set up a county seat on this island, which will be subordinate to Yazhou!" After all, it's the closest to Yazhou. ”

"What, it's outrageous to build a county seat on such a small island! How can there be such a small county in Datang. ”

Li Feiyu was greatly surprised.

"What's so strange, this island is only one of them, all the surrounding islands can be developed, so as to expand the area of this county, if you count the area of the sea, this county is not smaller than other counties at all, and even, it can be regarded as a larger county in Datang."

Ang Lee said with a smile.

"Big brother, you are too good at playing, you can still count the area of the sea, and you can't grow crops in the sea."

Li Feiyu obviously does not approve of such a method of calculating the area.

"You know how to grow crops, aren't there fish in the sea, especially in the area of this archipelago, there are all kinds of fish, and the number is very large, the output of these fish, I'm afraid that you don't have to grow crops, of course, it should be counted as the area of this county."

Li Anzheng said.

"What the eldest brother said is also reasonable, what should be the name of a county under the jurisdiction of Yazhou?"

Li An smiled and said, "Let Your Majesty decide the name of the county, and the name of the imperial gift is the best." ”

"Oh, that's it! So what should be done with these captured pirates? It is impossible for our army to take them with them when it goes south. ”

Li Feiyu asked.

Li An said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry to go south, on this island, at least seven or eight days of rest, in addition to purging the remnants of pirates, but also to start deploying the county affairs, to make this island as soon as possible, become a county of the Tang Dynasty, before the imperial court decree comes down, officials and garrison officers and soldiers must be arranged in place." ”

Obviously, Ang Lee wants to take a steady and steady path, occupy an important island, first of all, consolidate the results, let this island become his solid rear, and then, can he continue to go south more confidently, otherwise, once he leaves easily, the remnants of the pirates regather here, won't let his efforts be in vain.

At the same time, let his subordinates go to the Yazhou Assassin's Mansion to tell the Yazhou Assassin History of Yazhou this idea, and let him immediately do it according to Li An's requirements, send officials and some officers and soldiers, as well as a few warships to the island, and prepare to build a county seat.

In addition, the island facilities are relatively backward, and the area of the port is too small, so for the future development, the scale of the port must be greatly expanded, and this requires sand digging equipment, this kind of ship Yazhou is not available, and must be transferred from Guangzhou, which Li An has long thought of, and asked his subordinates to immediately go to the allocation.

In addition to the county, the education and review of pirates should also be carried out as soon as possible, especially the things that were burned in the secret room, what exactly they were, it was necessary to find out.