Chapter 400: Removing the Inner Demons
They brought out a large number of pirates, ordered them to kneel on the spot, and then cut off or cut off their heads with swords or knives.
Nan Anhou has already ordered that all pirates who are over the age of sixteen will be killed.
These thieves, when they tied up good sailors and merchants at sea and threw them into the sea to feed the sharks, laughed and showed no mercy for their victims.
They plundered and killed the elderly, women, and children on the shore, without mercy or guilt, and they deserved to be killed today.
After dark, there were no more pirates in groups.
The last round was crossed by arrows, and the corpses of the government army were piled up like a hill, and the blood was still flowing, and almost every dead man was filled with arrows, and finally a thousand good people were mobilized to shoot the people, and kept shooting arrows from the periphery, ignoring the pirates' pleas for mercy and cries, until no one stood anymore.
In the end, thousands of Minzhuang carried torches and chased after those thieves who fled in confusion and hid everywhere in the four fields, and Minzhuang and the government army pulled along the coastline of more than ten miles, and many pirates who wanted to flee to the sea in the middle of the night were driven back or shot on the spot.
Before and after the watch, the firefighters and the people sent water and food to the front, and many soldiers of the government army lined up from the morning and fought at noon, until after dark, their physical strength was almost overdrawn, but the enemy had not yet been eliminated, and they were barely supporting.
Many people's lips are chapped and chapped, the whole lip is covered with blood lines, it is difficult to open their mouths to speak, and some of the soldiers who have been replaced slowly hold on, their eyes wander, like lonely ghosts wandering on the battlefield, it is difficult to believe that this is a group of loyal and brave soldiers who have defeated several times stronger enemies and survived the battle of life and death.
When the water and hot food were delivered, many people sat on the ground to eat and drink, at first it tasted like chewing wax, and there was no taste, but then the eyes of the government soldiers gradually became angry, and some people began to sit cross-legged, talking and laughing in low voices.
In the place of more than ten miles of Fangguang, the generals of the Hou Mansion used more than 10,000 people to cooperate with the government army to blockade and search, and the government army took turns to retreat and rest, and after midnight, the search and arrest were suspended, and the soldiers only blocked the coastline, and at the same time the cavalry cooperated with the long base to block the road inside, so as to prevent a large number of pirates from sneaking into the people's houses, escaping to Jinnei, or sneaking into the mountains, causing difficulties in the future search and arrest, protracted.
In the second half of the night, hundreds of figures suddenly rushed over at the long base, rushing and shouting with great momentum.
But Minzhuang and the cavalry camp have long been prepared, and the people on duty have not slept at all, and they will not be frightened, let alone panic. At that moment, the lights were blazing, and after countless torches were lit, the group of thieves who pounced on them were like moths to the fire, seeking their own destruction, and after shooting two rounds of arrows, the corpses were all over the ground, and the remaining group of thieves retreated like a tide.
After dawn, people wake up one after another, because of the shift guard, every half an hour to change shifts, almost no one can sleep well, to wake up at dawn, people wearing armor or military robes do not feel cool, the morning weather in addition to the sea breeze when feeling a trace of coolness, if not blowing, it still feels stuffy, the weather is not good, the air is cloudy, it looks like a rainstorm is coming.
At this time, many people suddenly came to their senses, and it turned out that they had fought with pirates yesterday and defeated each other!
This is simply an unexpected joy, after many people wake up, the sweat on their bodies is wet, and they don't feel sad, and the government army that has overdrawn their energy and physical strength suddenly becomes vibrant.
At this time, people smelled a strong smell of blood, because there were too many dead people, although there was a sea breeze blowing, there was still a strong smell of blood at the mouth of Huaxi, and the blood flowed to every inch of land here, and the strong blood smell was like substance, which was simply going to drill from people's noses to the depths of their heads.
And as far as the eye can see, from the long base to the seaside, there are corpses in different postures everywhere. There are even corpses floating in the sea, and they may have died of pirates who were exhausted halfway through the swim, and it has to be said that these tide makers died in the water, which has to be said to be an irony. It is very likely that he went to the sea in a panic, and he didn't have time to take off his shoes and take off his robe, he originally consumed a certain amount of energy on the battlefield, and then went to the sea in a panic, and his robe was soaked and affected his physical fitness, so he died in the sea.
A large number of floating corpses attracted a school of sharks, which chased them on the surface of the sea, and the sea water was red for a while, which was terrifying.
There were corpses from the beach to the long base, warehouses, factories, etc., and there were also some bandits who were lucky enough not to die, who knew after dawn that they could not escape to the sea, and who were unable or unwilling to hide on the island.
Xu Zixian has been under the banner since last night, and after entering the night walk, the spirit he lifted was discharged, and his body suddenly felt unwell.
This is normal, a lot of physical energy was consumed at the beginning of the serious illness, yesterday rushed into battle several times, he killed three people with a knife, and the robe on his body was also stained with blood, and when it was not right at night, the generals were flustered, Lin Shaozong and Jin Baoyi, Wu Weisan, Gao Shilai and others knelt beside Xu Zixian, and everyone helped him remove his robe and armor, so as not to have a high body heat, Qin Dongyang and the Ge family brothers and others presided over the battlefield, Jin Baoyi personally played a bucket of water, and everyone wiped Xu Zixian's body under the long base.
Xu Zixian smiled at the time: "I thought about asking the maid Meiji to bathe for me, but I didn't think that a group of strong men with beards and arms thicker than Meiji's waist were covered in blood, but they served me to bathe here, it was like a nightmare." ”
All the generals laughed, but they felt that Xu Zixian's body was weak, and he stopped laughing for a while.
Later, Wang Xinyuan was brought over by a team of cavalry with torches, and after checking the pulse, Wang Xinyuan said: "It's okay, it's just that I have overdrawn some physical strength, and now I can't decoct the medicine, take a warm pill, and rest well." ”
In fact, if Xu Zixian didn't go into battle reluctantly, then he would be completely cured after two or three days, and now like this, I'm afraid it will take another ten days to completely recover, but at this time, after the big victory, people have joy and relaxation in their eyes and eyebrows, and Wang Xinyuan is not a stupid person, so he won't say these words that kill the scenery.
Now Wang Xinyuan's reputation has overshadowed Chen Chang's years, and he has been regarded as a miracle doctor by the people on the island.
Although the warriors are not afraid of life and death, and ignore the stabbing of the sword, they always hope to be healed by the divine doctor and avoid dying in battle. Besides, everyone has a small family, and there will always be a day when they will be treated by a doctor, so everyone respects a miracle doctor like Wang Xinyuan.
Although Wang Xinyuan said that Xu Zixian was good to recuperate, how could he sleep?
This battle is crucial, and it can be said that the Eastern Domain will have no great enemies in the short term, and it can even be said that the next step is to consider making progress before the big change.
The two pirate kings were defeated, and after that, unless Pu Xingfeng came in person, Kang Tianqi would not be afraid, and this battle was enough to prove the combat power of the government army, which was enough to deter for a while.
Even if it is Pu Xingfeng, he has to consider whether he can really defeat the Eastern Domain with his own strength.
After this battle, there will be no foreign forces considering conquering the Eastern Domain by force for at least three years, and after three years, the Eastern Domain, which is full of strength, is enough to attack the outside world.
The significance of this battle is greater than the battle of Jiangtan and the battle of Shiqiao, and it is completely a metamorphosis in essence. From now on, not only are you not afraid of pirates, but you don't need to be afraid of the court!
The Great Wei Imperial Court, the center is now continuing to maintain the most basic prestige, and after the battle of Huaxi, the Eastern Domain has fulfilled the responsibility of defending the land to the imperial court, and the Nan'an Hou Mansion should be the first credit, if the imperial court targets the Nan'an Hou Mansion, the people's hearts will be turned back, and it will definitely not be on the side of the imperial court. If the imperial court wants to threaten with force, its naval division is not as strong as the Nan'an Hou Mansion, how to attack?
It can be said that Xu Zixian has been trembling since he was reborn, and now he is finally no longer afraid.
This is a demon in Xu Zixian's heart, several souls have long been one, but this matter has been lingering, and it cannot be described as a nightmare, and at this moment, even if he hears the pirate's howl like a wolf in the middle of the night, it can't make Xu Zixian moved.
After tossing and turning for a short time, Lin Shaozong, who was originally standing outside in armor, was originally afraid that the prince would not sleep well, but after midnight, the tent snored loudly, and the snoring did not stop all night.
By dawn, Qin Dongyang, Ge Cunzhong and others came to return to their lives, and collected the remnants of about two or three thousand pirates in a place of more than ten miles, and they had already taken care of them, and there were many floating corpses in the seaside and water, and the pirate warships not only did not move forward, but retreated a little.
In addition to about 3,000 or 4,000 people who escaped by floating in the sea, there were about 25,600 pirates who came ashore yesterday, and now less than 3,000 have been captured, and the rest of the 20,000 or so can't all die.
Xu Zixian was wearing a moon-white round-necked narrow-sleeved military robe, with no belt around his waist, and his face was slightly pale, which was the reason why he had not been out of the room for many days.
But he was already bearded, and he didn't have time to shave for a while, Xu Zixian's beard was not dense, and no one in the clan had a beard, and Xu Zixian was already like a martial artist at this time.
Although the generals bravely killed the enemy, but against the sick Nan'an Hou, they were awe-inspiring, and everyone did not remove their armor at night, at this time they knelt in front of Xu Zixian with a knife, and there was no kneeling salute in the army, but everyone could not look down on Xu Zi to speak first, and it was not good to sit cross-legged, plus Nan'an Hou's prestige was getting heavier, so it was subconsciously so.
"Zuo Fu Li Gong arranged for the people to dig a big pit in a chosen place and bury the pirate's corpse as soon as possible." Xu Zixian pondered for a moment and said, "Don't delay, in case of plague." The soldiers of the government army will seriously hurt the thieves and behead them, and the dead thieves will also behead them, and choose a place near the salt field to Gongjingguan, thinking that it is a warning for those who come. Those who surrender to the thieves, who are over 16 years old, and who have been thieves for less than half a year, shall be imprisoned first, and will be ordered to serve hard labor in the future to atone for their sins. Those who are over 16 years old and have been robbing for one year or more shall be beheaded. Those under the age of 16 shall be imprisoned and will serve in the future to atone for their sins. The soldiers of the cavalry battalion and the people, and all the officers and men of the second army, spread out along the beach, and searched inward, a hundred miles. After that, if there are any thieves who slip through the net, they can be suppressed by cavalry camps and guards. ”
Of course, this arrangement is completely appropriate, and the fate of the nearly 3,000 people who have been captured now, and the few thousand who have escaped the net and are still on the run, has been decided in an instant.
Nan Anhou has an extremely strict attitude towards pirates, and hardly treats these people as normal human beings, while in the laws of the Wei people, the same is almost the same for pirates, and there is no possibility of forgiveness.
These people are extremely vicious, especially thieves from Siam, Annam, Luzon, or the South Seas, because the thieves are people like Yan Qi, they have no scruples about killing, go ashore to kill, kill the whole ship at sea, such people, beheaded is a strict law, the way of heaven is good, what is there to hesitate.
All the generals present nodded their heads in agreement, and some people may think that the killing was too miserable, and there are not enough people on the island, but after thinking about it, in addition to being imprisoned and forcibly served, can this generation still be able to integrate into the immigrant group? Leaving them will only make people panic, these people are used to pleasure, really ask them to pick up the hoe and get up early and return late, I'm afraid it's better to cut off the head with a knife.
At the moment, the generals agreed to the promise, and yesterday's battle, the first army contributed the most, the second army fought more easily, and the second army cooperated with the people, which is also the most suitable, but it can be seen that when Nan Anhou rode his horse to kill the enemy in the formation, he was also observing the battlefield situation, even if he was sick, he was immortal, and his wisdom was high, and everyone thought of this, and their mood was much more relaxed.
When Li Yi, Fu Qian, Kong He, Fang Shaoqun and others arrived, Xu Zixian was already pacing leisurely outside the tent, he had breakfast, was eating, and his expression was leisurely.
And on the beach, the captives have been interrogated, only more than 100 years and less than half a year from the thieves were pulled aside, are crying and rejoicing, the group of thieves blame each other, there is nothing to hide, the remaining more than 2,000 people were pulled away by thousands of government troops, a capital army beheaded hundreds of groups of thieves, the other government army held a long guard and pressed the horizontal knife, the group of thieves had been killed yesterday, a day and a night down, chapped lips, hungry and thirsty, exhausted, exhausted, no longer able to resist the idea of resistance.
When the pirates were killed in rows, the people and the heroes sounded a roaring applause, the coastal residents of Fujian, there is no hatred of the existence of pirates, especially the government army and immigrants There are many Zhangzhou people, and they hate the pirates even more, when the soldiers of the government army cut off their heads, many people along the coast saw it, and no one sympathized or felt that the killing was too miserable, and only won a burst of applause.
Many civil officials also didn't think there was anything wrong, only Fang Shaoqun was from the Northwest Zhulu, they had been fighting with the North and Xiqiang for many years, and they had cut off too many heads with each other, but Fang Shaoqun knew that the Northwest Zhulu had always felt that the southerners were weak, and now he faintly felt that the people from the north and the west roads had underestimated the strength and tenacity of the southerners.
The northerners are brave, but they can't last, the southerners seem to be weak, once they have an organization, they are stronger fierce and good at fighting, such as the Zhejiang people or the Fujian people, and even the people of Guangnan West Road, as well as the Jinghu people, these people are the Jin and Tang Dynasty Wuhu chaos and war when they moved to the south, are the entire clan hundreds of thousands of people armed to the south, along the way not only to deal with the northern Hu chasing soldiers, but also to face the local Yi people and aborigines, all the way to the south, to protect themselves, to form their own clan, on the tenacity and good war, is not under the northerners.
"After this battle, we should build ships with all our might." Fang Shaoqun looked at the sea, the enemy ships did not leave for a while, hundreds of ships on the sea were in chaos, and he didn't know what to do, he said in a deep voice: "In this battle, the government army is strong, the cavalry is brave, and even the people are strong. The government army won a great victory, and the beheading was more than 20,000 ranks, which was actually the first great victory of Great Wei against pirates, and the prince would surely be famous all over the world and become an important southern sea town in the limelight. And those who do not live up to the name are too weak in our army's naval division, and there are only more than 20 warships, which is really difficult to use. And in such a big battle, the sailors did not have to fight the enemy, which is also a big shortcoming, and it must be made up for quickly. ”
Xu Zixian nodded again and again, and praised: "Feng Qi's mind is smart, and he has already taken my thoughts into account. ”
Fu Qian saw Xu Zi looking at himself first, and hurriedly said: "There is also armor, the craftsman will go all out to assemble the whole army with armor and plate armor as soon as possible, as well as a wire drawing machine, if it can be successful, everyone can do it in a short period of time." ”
The chain mail is actually better than the cotton armor, even if the cotton armor is inlaid with iron blades, the protective power is about the same as the chain mail, but the chain mail should be drawn into a ring and then inlaid together, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive compared to the cotton armor with iron blades, and the price is much more expensive. But the protection of the chain mail is not bad, and it is very light, it is the best protection for crossbowmen and archers to wear closely, the protection of cotton armor and chain mail is about the same, but the cotton armor is more than twice as heavy as the chain mail, and most of the soldiers who were injured or even killed in this battle are afraid that most of them have no armor to defend themselves, Fu Qian said, and he is also thinking about Xu Zixian.