Under Zhao Xin's special explanation, after Sun Ji took down these pirates, he interrogated them separately, not only the ones led by him, but also the elderly, women and children, and children, almost interrogated more than 100 people, you know, the number of pirates on the entire island, there are only more than 400 people.

Pick from the middle, almost 4 of them, just pick one, not everyone, are loyal to pirates, especially women, children and children, almost no interrogation, some situations come.

Sure enough, this is a pirate's lair, it is relatively secret, this lair, placed in the northern generation of the entire ocean, there are almost no pirates here, this old Song pirate, has never been active in the north, which is also the root of the island's secrecy.

It is only about 120 miles away from the mainland, maybe near Quanzhou, it may be discovered, but in the north, there are not even many routes, and only a limited number of naval patrol battalions are in action, and these patrol battalions will not penetrate here at all.

On the previous occasion, although the pirates were vigilant, they did not expect that this ship was here to set the navy, and at the same time they would not spare the attack, and the regular army of 1200 blocked the entire pirate camp, and the result was doomed.

They almost didn't have any resistance, and chose to surrender, thinking that they could still hide the secret of the elder Song, but when they were interrogated separately, especially when they saw that these professional soldiers had taken away enough people, everyone knew that everything was over, and they honestly told everything they knew.

The old Song Dynasty is considered to be the entire Northern Song Dynasty, a relatively large pirate active one, the entire pirate organization, almost 50 ships, more than 1,200 combatants, here is just an old battalion, with 16 ships and 180 combatants.

If it weren't for the Dinghai Navy, this camp would really be able to exist for a long time.

It's a pity that when the Dinghai popularized the latitude and longitude and began to improve the nautical charts around the Dinghai Navy, it was only a matter of time before it was discovered by the Dinghai Navy, even if it was not discovered by Zhang Zhonghe's ship, the future was certain, but not so fast.

In Zhang Zhonghe's lookout, when encountering pirates, he reacted urgently and recorded this latitude and longitude, even if it was just a sun angle and time data, the location of this island had been confirmed.

The infantry landed on the island, just to make everything go relatively smoothly, there is the existence of sail warships, and the existence of 36 ballistas, even in a normal naval battle, it can be won in battle, at present, the Ding Navy may not be able to compare with the Liao State, but in the ocean, there is no opponent.

Under Sun Ji's interrogation, soon, information from all sides came, although it was not sure whether it was true or false, but the information that came back so far showed that the pirates of the big old Song were led by three bosses with the same surname Song, they were not relatives, but they were also from the same place, they once served in the naval barracks, and under unexpected circumstances, they were driven out of the army and became pirates.

After 15 years, the elder Song has developed into the powerful pirate with 50 ships and more than 400 combatants, and similarly, among the pirates, it is considered a relatively mild kind, although it shoots a lot every year, but it does not cause much killing.

After the elder Song left the army, they returned to their hometown, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the so-called navy, only attached to the existence of the locality, not to mention compared with the forbidden army, even compared with the regular establishment of the box army, they are far behind, not to mention the treatment, even if it is a recruitment target, it is not as strict as the forbidden army, they are all these fishermen on the seaside.

I can't even stay in the army, let alone go home, if I say, before I became a soldier, the three bosses surnamed Song might have stayed quietly in the fishing village, but after seeing the world, especially when I was in the navy, I came into contact with some pirates.

The developed maritime merchants of the Northern Song Dynasty gave them a huge temptation, and those who only had a few ships could be popular in the south, and of course they could.

It happened that there was a disaster at that time, and almost everyone couldn't survive at that time, and before the change, everyone might fight for their lives at sea and run into the deep sea, but under the guidance of the three former soldiers, the people of the entire fishing village came out, and it was more reliable than going to the deep sea to fish and become pirates.

The elder Song people were lucky, 3 leaders, more than 40 people, with simple fishing boats, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, blocked an ordinary sea boat, this sea boat didn't even realize that they encountered pirates, after all, four or five fishing boats couldn't attract their attention at all.

But on the contrary, this is a pirate, it is still very unreliable, even a few pirates with few weapons, more than 40 people, more than a dozen crew members, and finally at the cost of 10 dead and 6 wounded, took down such a ship, which was filled with the traditional superior products of the Northern Song Dynasty, tea, silk and porcelain, these things, even if they were handled cheaply, exceeded 4,000 guan, which also set off the foundation of the rise of the old Song Dynasty.

15 years, after countless developments, the elder Song has become one of the more powerful pirates in the entire South China Sea, this island is also once, they went to the sea for the first time to settle down, at that time very lucky, if you don't settle on this island, maybe, encounter wind and waves, it is a disaster.

This island is considered a lucky place, in the Yellow Sea, there are really not many large islands, the territory of this island is not small, almost about 15 square kilometers,

It sounds big, but most of these islands off the coast of China are stony volcanic islands, with a high volcano, even if it is dormant, the flat land area is not large, and there are not many places to cultivate, and after a year or two of difficult days, after being captured at the mouth of the Yangtze River, they all chose to become pirates.

These leaders surnamed Song, they can be regarded as principled, even if the ships of the Great Song Dynasty are not robbed, they can easily hurt the lives of the Song people.

From this island, the route of activity has gradually shifted to the South China Sea, and without harming human life, even if it is a foreigner, even if it robs the boat, it will leave a windsurfing board or a small boat to let them return to the shore.

Such a move is very dangerous in the future generations, pirates, their location is top secret, if after the robbery, let go of the personnel, after many overlaps, they will find their activity tracks, and then encircle and suppress them.

But in this era, in the era when latitude and longitude did not appear, even if it was released, there were not many problems, the same, unlike later generations, the routes of this E era were in the depths of the sea, in this era, most of the routes, were in the places where the shore was struggling, even if it was a small boat, rowing hard, a few hours, you could return to the shore.

The old battalion was only one aspect, the whole number of pirates exceeded 2,500, including 4 camps, and at least 30 fighting ships, again, up to 800 combatants.

If this is the camp of the pirates in the South China Sea, even if they sneak attack, it is difficult to take it without damage, after all, this is just an old battalion, the real combatants, that is, about 100 people, before the discovery of the sailing ship of the Dinghai Navy, they mobilized all the personnel, including some non-combatant personnel, this is the real reason why Zhang Zhonghe was able to escape, otherwise, increase the speed of the wooden oarboat to the highest level, even if it is a sailboat, it is difficult to leave.

Sun Ji only began to interrogate these pirates according to Zhao Xin's request, and he also had an absent-minded idea at that time, as Sun Ji was born in the Continental Army, because Zhao Xin, put the direction on the sea, and did not pay so much attention, in the vast sea, there may be merchant ships, but on the vast sea, accurately grasp the route of the merchant ships, and then rob, how many.

However, under the interrogation of separation, he got first-hand information about the pirates of the Northern Song Dynasty from the many pirates, and Sun Ji also had an understanding of the pirates around the entire Great Song Dynasty, and he found out that there were so many pirates in the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Although the Northern Song Dynasty was in the north, there were also some passes, but the vast majority of them entered the port in Guangzhou and Quanzhou, after all, the ocean came and could accommodate so many merchant ships to come in, that is, Guangzhou and Quanzhou, although Jiankang gradually developed, but with those ports, it really can't be compared.

The pirates of the entire Northern Song Dynasty were basically active from the East China Sea to the South China Sea, and the number was far beyond Sun Ji's imagination, with at least 100 pirates active in the South China Sea, and more pirates in Southeast Asia farther away.

However, in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, basically, they were all pirates dominated by the Song people, and when they went to Southeast Asia, even across the Strait of Malacca, to the Indian Ocean, there were more foreign pirates.

Sun Ji was surprised, he didn't pay much attention to these pirates, he sorted out all the information, mainly about the pirates of the elder Song.

This pirate known as the Great Old Song is one of the stronger ones, the others, almost the same strength, and there are 8 shares, they are the least, they also have 30 ships, more than 400 combatants, and a total number of more than 1,000 people, these eight pirates almost occupy most of the share of the entire East China Sea and South China Sea.

But in addition to these pirates, there are also a large number of pirates, the number of these pirates, even pirates, do not know, after all, these fishermen along the coast, they encounter certain situations, go to the sea to become pirates, once there is no gain, they become fishermen again, such pirates, the number may be more, even tens of thousands.

If you want to sort out the total number of these pirates, let alone these pirates, even if all the navy is placed here, it may not be, but the pirates, there is still information, not to mention those who will change at any time, these pirates who have been operating in the South China Sea all the year round, they all know that they are some small pirates, more than two or three hundred, as few as dozens or hundreds, but they can't stand up to be more skilled.

Simply these pirates remember, there are at least hundreds, not to mention that they have only heard about the activities and have not written them down, conservative estimates, plus the 8 largest, and a few hundred smaller ones, the number of pirates active in the entire Northern Song Dynasty sea area is at least more than 60,000.

Only then did Sun Ji know that there was such a big force in this ocean that he was completely unfamiliar with, and this force seemed very inconspicuous, but if he had the ability to gather them together, from the South China Sea to the East China Sea, the entire sea area would be controlled by the Ding Navy.

This is just what Sun Ji thought of, in fact, compared to the strength of these pirates themselves, Zhao Xin paid more attention to the charts of these pirates.

If we say that in this era, the maritime merchants are the pioneers of this era, for the sake of money, they have come to China thousands of miles away, and they have continuously transported all kinds of Chinese commodities to all parts of the world, showing the wealth that belongs to China.

Because of the problem of ships, these maritime merchants, they are more close to the coastline, through one port after another, or supply points, gradually relaying, reaching tens of thousands of miles, or even more voyages.

Along the way, little by little, selling and supplementing some new products, eventually, to achieve a relatively high profit margin, shipping special products from all over the world, maritime merchants are also synonymous with affluence.

The wealth of the maritime merchants has attracted countless pirates, compared to the maritime merchants, they are more close to the coastline, of course the pirates can not get closer, although there are not many coastal defense battalions in the Northern Song Dynasty, but in Guangzhou and Quanzhou, there are still them, these maritime merchants, in a sense, are their food and clothing, they must ensure their safety.

Of course, there is still a limit to this protection, because of shipbuilding, it is difficult for Chinese-style sailing ships to enter the deep sea, and the scope of this patrol is forty or fifty miles by the sea.

This gave the pirates a huge opportunity, and the area where the pirates were active started from this point and went as deep as one or two hundred miles into the sea.

Of course, the ships of the pirates will not be able to withstand the wind and waves in the deep sea, but for the pirates who have nothing, they are fearless, and even the robbery has been done, what is there to be afraid of.

In this case, the most familiar and clear of the entire sea area near the Northern Song Dynasty is that these pirates, these pirates, may not be able to clearly outline the entire East China Sea and the South China Sea charts, but they can greatly strengthen the speed of the Dinghai Navy to draw charts, which is very helpful for the Dinghai Navy.

Zhao Xin just asked Sun Ji to capture the prisoners as much as possible, and through the captives, he interrogated some of the pirates' situation, deep-seated things, and did not say it, but because of Sun Ji's efforts, he unexpectedly got a lot of information, in addition to the information of the pirates of the old Song Dynasty, he also got the information of other pirates in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was quite helpful for the naval strategy of the Dinghai Navy.