More than 2,000 occupants began to dig three feet into the ground and turn the island upside down.

The fresh fruits, vegetables and meat were sent to Cao Xing's ship by the Han prison guards.

There is a huge problem in ocean voyages is the serious shortage of fresh fruits and vegetables, so that the crew will cause various diseases because of the serious lack of vitamins.

The most notorious is sepsis, but Cao Xing adopted the original British method of coping, that is, taking citrus for a long time, soaking orange peel and orange leaves in water, and so on.

Sepsis is solved, the problem of lack of fresh fruits and vegetables and meat still exists, and now seeing this small pile, the eyes of the civil and military forces on the flagship are glowing green, and even Zhao Yun and Lu Bu, who have super willpower, can't help but take a few more looks.

Cao Xuan patted his head: "I was negligent!" Come on, come on! Everyone divided it first, it is estimated that one person can eat a bite, and the peel should not be wasted, used to cook porridge, and at the same time pass orders to the occupants!

If you don't catch a captive, handing over 100 catties of wild vegetables and wild fruits is also counted in the Eight Banners, and there is only this chance! ”

Bessefer made an explanation, in fact, he didn't need to explain, the smart could think that this was the "god money" given by the pirates, but how many of the more than 100 pirates could offer?

Only then did Cao Xuan realize that there were too few fresh ingredients on board, although the fresh ingredients were not resistant to preservation.

But today's Chu army route has built supply stations along the way, and many fruits, such as bananas in all seasons, can be picked when they are not ripe, and sugarcane can be transported to the ship with roots and leaves, which can be stored for half a month and a month.

As for fresh meat, the most famous is the turtle, the turtle is locked in the boat, and if you want to feed it, you can feed it with some food with worms, and if you don't want to feed it, you won't die of starvation for months.

There are also yellow eels, loaches, wang ba, etc., which can survive without eating for a month or two.

As for what eating yellow eel will provoke the dragon king, eating turtles will lose life or something, under the protection of Huanglong Tianzun, there is no such thing.

"Fortunately, the route is not far, and there is no degree of transoceanic sailing!"

Cao Xuan looked at Cao Feng:

"Send an order to send an advance team to inform Han Zhong at the mouth of the Chu River, ordering him to prepare a large number of raw bananas and sugar cane for me in addition to the five thousand young prisoners to prepare......

Forget it, I'll write it to you! ”

Cao Feng hurriedly took out a pen and paper, Han Meng opened the folding table and chair, and Zhang Nan began to sharpen the ink, and his movements were extremely skillful.

Cao Xuan picked up the brush and began to write a piece of paper full of notes on fresh fruits and vegetables and meat.

Cao Feng and the three of them, who took the paper, began to blow slowly in turns, using the hot air in their mouths to speed up the drying of the ink.

Such a rapid office efficiency made Sixun, Lu Bu and other civil and military personnel refreshing.

On the island.

"I found it! Fast! Come out! ”

"There's it too! They are my Gigi...... Prisoner of no Zhang Ji! ”

"Come on, everyone, there are too many captives here, I'll give you some!"

The voices of the occupants or the stiff names of the people echoed in all corners of the island, and the bandans of the pirates were escorted out with knives and guns, and the backs and tails of the knives greeted the loot from time to time to express their excitement.

At the same time, the intensity is controlled, mainly intimidation, be careful not to push the other party into a hurry, or kill the prisoner, the credit can be halved.

Groups of captives were escorted to the open space of the beach, the meritorious occupants were left behind, and the remaining useless ones began to dig three feet into the ground again, this time in addition to looking for pirates, one more purpose was fresh fruits, vegetables and meat.

The island was boiling with activity, and the bustle did not end until dusk, and all the occupants who had more or less some harvest came to the beachhead, and the pirate captives who had come here first were also dried for almost a day.

At this time, the flagship of the five-masted ship lowered the clipper, and the ship had a sail, which was not much larger than the size of the dhow, except that it was a traditional flat-bottomed sloop, that is, a special flat-bottomed sloop, which could sail directly to the beachhead.

Cao Xing, who led the civil and military forces, was on this flat-bottomed landing boat, standing at the bow of the boat, Li Ru, Xun Su, etc. on the left hand, and Lu Bu and Zhao Yun on the right.

Behind him were Cao Feng, Han and Zhang San's guards.

Cao Xuan looked at the occupants and prisoners on the beach: "Have you all arrived?" ”

At this time, the prison soldiers began to look at me, I look at you, and twisted, just when Cao Xing was about to change his face, one of the prison soldiers said:

"Returning to the lord, there is still a lot to be done...... Seven people are missing. ”

As soon as Lu Bu heard that all of them were missing, he was obviously hiding and wanted to be a deserter, so he was about to be furious.

The generals have a lot of angry faces in the middle of the year.

Cao Xing was not shocked, these people themselves were all prisoners, maybe Cao Ying was arrested from the Zhanren Village a few months ago, and it was normal for them to take the opportunity to desert.

"Huh! put on the uniform of my Chu army, so even if you are a soldier of the Chu army, do you think you can be a deserter if you hide in the corner of the island and don't come out? ”

Cao Xinggang wanted to ask Xie Lang, who was on the boat from Xinchu County to let the military dog go and search them out for trial, but suddenly found that this was an isolated island, an island far away from the waterway.

"I believe that because of the reward, all the wild fruits and vegetables and beasts on the island that can be eaten have been collected by everyone, so hang all the ships of the pirates on the stern of the sea boat, bring all the materials that can be taken away on the ship, and the thatched huts that cannot be taken away, etc., and burn them to me!"

The occupants took action again, this time the operation no longer had the passion just now, they were all frightened, overseas islands, there were no beasts, fruits and vegetables, even a bird's egg was difficult to find, and there were no ships, what would be waiting for the seven deserters?

You can think of it with your toes.

The island was lit with flames, and Hydra and the soldiers swept the island again, making sure that there was no food or a single plank left, and then began to return to the beachhead.

When they gathered again, it was already too dark, and a Zhan man wearing a red flag military uniform was kneeling on the ground.

Cao Xuan looked at the deserter who took the initiative to admit his mistakes, and nodded: "Knowing that mistakes can improve a lot, I will punish you with twenty years in prison!" When you arrive at the destination, you will be reformed well, strive for a commutation of your sentence, and then strive to be selected by the white flag! ”

"No! Thank! ”

Under the translation of the people next to him, the deserter understood Cao Xing's words, wept gratefully, and replied in the Chinese he didn't know much.

Twenty years in prison is magnanimous for the deserter's original tribe, who brutally tortured the deserter to death, or became a slave for life.

And Cao Xing is right, being a prisoner in the Chu Army, there is no time to change the sentence, there is a period to commute the sentence, and the sentence is reduced to the promotion of Zhengbaiqi, which is very normal.

"Then it's time for the awards!"