After leaving the temporary military hospital, Di Qing took his personal guards to the top of the mountain.

Jiro Aoki, the group of Japanese robbers, has basically all the wealth they have looted over the years on the top of the mountain.

After interrogating a few Japanese robbers, he quickly found the place where Jiro Aoki hid his belongings.

It's also a cave, but it's a heavy, iron-clad gate with a large lock on it.

This place was originally guarded by Jiro Aoki's cronies, and no one else was allowed to enter it without Jiro Aoki's permission.

However, at this time, there was naturally no Japanese guards at the door, and only the iron general on the door was left.

Di Qing walked to the door and looked at it, and pulled out the long sword at his waist with a snort.

The sword light flickered, and the seemingly huge iron lock instantly fell to the ground.

Di Qing returned the sword to the sheath, and the two guards went up and pushed open the heavy wooden door.

The cave is not too deep, nor too big, and there are a few oil lamps lit on the surrounding stone walls, which illuminate the cave at a glance. The guards behind Di Qing also held torches, and the entire cave was even more clearly illuminated.

Di Qing looked around, leaning against the surrounding stone walls there were many wooden boxes stacked randomly, those wooden boxes were opened, and they were full of gold, silver, jewelry, etc., and there were many calligraphy and paintings stacked next to them, gold and silver, all kinds of porcelain, and even pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc.

The two boxes next to it were even stacked with many women's clothes, which looked to be made of precious silk and other things.

Di Qing glanced at it cursoryly, and ordered in a deep voice: "Take all these things away, and then go and search the residence of Jiro Aoki and the other widows, and be sure to take all the belongings with you." ”

The captain of his personal guard received the order in a deep voice and led people to carry out Di Qing's order.

Di Qing led the people down the mountain slowly, pondering as he went.

This battle has been won so far, it can be said that it was a complete victory, and all the goals before the war were achieved, including rescuing the people and annihilating all the Japanese invaders, except for the lucky escape of Jiro Aoki, of course.

However, Di Qing also believed that Aoki Jiro, unless God blessed him, it would be impossible to escape the encirclement of the Boiling Water Division, so he didn't worry too much.

As he walked down the mountain, Di Qing faintly heard a burst of sobbing and crying from the other side of the island, which should have been made by the rescued people.

Thinking that some people found their relatives among the girls who were killed, they couldn't help but sigh lightly, and walked towards the place where the cry came from with a few guards.

Walking down the mountain, just over the mountain pass, the sound of wailing and sobbing became clearer and clearer.

After walking a little further, he saw a large crowd of people gathered in the clearing. Soldiers have already brought food from the ships for these people to eat.

The people comforted each other, and some people kept thanking the Qin soldiers and wept with joy. There are also people who are at a loss, they didn't expect that they would be able to be reborn after the catastrophe.

Di Qing approached and found that many of the women had sluggish expressions on their faces, apparently numb from being tortured by the Japanese invaders.

Seeing this, Di Qing sighed, and felt even more pity in his heart for these people. But there is nothing he can do about this kind of thing, and he can only rely on time to recover slowly.

The commander who led a team of soldiers to maintain order saw Di Qing and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Di Qing waved his hand so that he didn't have to be polite, and ordered: "Bring more rice up, let the people from the baggage camp come up, and boil more rice porridge for these people to eat, so that they can eat enough." ”

"If there are wounded civilians, take them to the military doctor for treatment."

The commander nodded, and quickly arranged it.

Some of those people saw Di Qing coming over, and they could see from the style of his armor that this was a general, so they rushed towards Di Qing.

Seeing this, the guards behind Di Qing hurriedly protected Di Qing.

Di Qing pushed aside the guards in front of him and glanced at these people with different expressions, many of them had tears on their faces and also showed gratitude.

He said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, this general is Di Qing, the general of the expedition to the east under the command of His Royal Highness the Regent, and he came to rescue everyone on the order of His Royal Highness the Regent. Although His Royal Highness the Prince Regent is far away in the capital, he has always been concerned about everyone. Now. The island's pirates have been destroyed, and you can go home.

Di Qing went home as soon as he said it, and the people cried again, and they knelt on the ground one after another, thanking the regent for his great grace and thanking Di Qing, and also thanking God for having eyes.

The scene was moving for a while, Di Qing couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so he said a few words to appease everyone, and then left with his personal guards.

According to Di Qing's order, the people of the baggage camp also brought rice cooking utensils to the island and began to boil porridge and cook.

Not long after, the smell of rice came, and those people who couldn't eat enough on weekdays smelled the smell of rice one by one, and they were even more hungry.

I also heard that these rice porridges were made for them by General Di Qing's order, and I was even more moved to cry and thank them.

For people who have been hungry for a long time, it is not advisable to eat big fish and meat directly, otherwise it is easy to support the stomach, so it is advisable to eat liquids. Wait for the stomach to recover before you can use big fish and meat.

This encirclement and suppression battle, from sunrise to the end, the entire battle process was actually less than an hour.

When all the people of the island were pacified, all the goods that had been collected were loaded onto the warships.

After all the bones of the dead people were buried in the ground, it was already noon.

On the island, the sun is blazing.

The soldiers of the baggage battalion also erected tents, and several simple watchtowers and outposts were erected, and even a simple watchtower was erected on the top of the mountain.

By noon, Deng Shichang, who had been commanding the sailors above the flagship, also landed on the island with people.

Di Qing heard the news and brought people to greet him.

As soon as Deng Shichang saw Di Qing, he laughed and said, "Congratulations to the general on his victory, this time it is another great achievement." ”

Di Qing also laughed and said: "Admiral Deng must not be too humble, if it were not for the help of your sailors, I would not be able to cross this vast ocean even if I have the power to reach the sky." If you want to talk about merit, Admiral Deng is the real meritorious. ”

Deng Shichang laughed and said: "As long as I can beat the Japanese and let these Japanese go back to Fusang, and stop harming my Ming people, it will be the greatest credit for me." ”

In the original history, during Di Qing's military career, he mainly fought against the Dangxiang people on the border of the Northern Song Dynasty and Western Xia.

Deng Shichang's heroic deeds are mainly reflected in the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle.

So both of them have the experience of defending against foreign enemies, so Di Qing can understand Deng Shichang's feelings very well, and he knows that what Deng Shichang said is sincere.

After the two finished laughing, Deng Shichang turned around and pointed to the beach in the distance and said, "General Di, see what I brought you?" ”

Di Qing looked curiously in the direction of his finger, and saw a person with a big tie of flowers being escorted by several sailor soldiers walking over this way.

When the man approached, Di Qing found that the man was wearing the same kind of hair as a Japanese robber, and his face had a fierce and unruly look.

Di Qing's heart moved, and he asked, "Is this the leader of the Japanese Bandits who escaped by luck, Jiro Aoki?" ”

Deng Shichang said with a smile: "The general is wise, this person is that Aoki Jiro." ”

Deng Shichang then briefly told Di Qing about the process of capturing Aoki Jiro.

Because in the past, the ships of the sailors were scattered and patrolled around the island, so as to prevent fish from escaping from the sea.

Jiro Aoki originally thought that he would be able to escape, but not long after leaving the island, he was discovered by a sailor warship patrolling the perimeter.

When the sailors spotted the sudden appearance of the boat, they raised a flag and ordered them to stop advancing.

Naturally, Jiro Aoki and the others would not be caught, so they ran away desperately.

Although a few shells did not directly hit the boat of Jiro Aoki and others, the waves set off overturned their boat, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers all fell into the water, and they were soon fished up by the sailor warship that arrived and were immediately captured, and the whole process went so smoothly that there was almost no suspense.

Jiro Aoki was captured, and the whole battle can be said to be a perfect ending.

After Di Qing and Deng Shichang discussed, it was already noon at this time, and if they started to return at this time, they would definitely not be able to rush back to Weihaiwei before the sun went down, so the two agreed to stay on the island for one night, and when it was dawn tomorrow, they would set off and return.

After the order was issued, except for the sailors who continued to patrol the sea, the rest of the soldiers began to cook and prepare for camp.

At this time, a large fleet of ships was heading in the direction of the island on the surface of the sea forty or fifty miles south of the island.

There were about fifty or sixty large and small ships, some of which had skull flags flying high on their masts. But most of the ships had a flag flying with a black word "king" written on it.