After a night of torture, the first person to choose to surrender was Bearded, the leader of the Redbeard Pirates.

The bearded man's surname was Pan, no one knew his name, and when he saw that he had a beard all day long, he gave him the nickname Pan Beard. He was able to take the initiative to surrender this time because he knew in his heart that even if he returned to Treasure Island, it would be impossible for the Snow Dragon Pirate Group to let him have a place to stay, and it was better to directly destroy Treasure Island.

Anyway, there are only a hundred members of the Redbeard Pirate Group, as long as Zhong Qinghan is willing to accept it, he can do anything.

After Pan Dabeard surrendered, Su Ziheng asked him to lobby several leaders of small pirate groups who usually had a good relationship with him to counterattack Zhenbao Island together.

As for several large pirate groups, Su Ziheng had no intention of absorbing them. All of them were sent to the quarry that was about to start to mine stones, and even several leaders had to be pulled out for public trial to give an explanation to the fishermen of Donghai County.

After Su Ziheng incorporated three small pirate groups, the number of sailors reached nearly three hundred, but if he wanted to control those ships to transport the Crow Army to Zhenbao Island, the number was far from enough. However, Su Ziheng didn't want to continue to recruit pirates, once there were too many people, it was not easy to control. So he recruited more than 300 fishermen from the fishermen of Donghai County.

Su Ziheng didn't expect them to fight, as long as he was responsible for driving the boat, for this reason, Su Ziheng gave each fisherman who drove the boat a reward of one or two silver, which could also be converted into the equivalent value of grain or cloth and sundries. In this regard, these fishermen also nodded and agreed, with these soldiers with strong combat effectiveness, there is no risk at all in this trip, so they are responsible for driving the boat back and forth, and they can earn one or two silver, which is equivalent to their ten days of fishing and harvest, why not?

Early the next morning, many well-rested Crow Army soldiers were divided into two waves, except for leaving 300 soldiers to protect Zhong Qinghan, the other 2,500 Crow Army soldiers and 100 Su Ziheng escorts set off to Zhenbao Island to exterminate the pirate group's lair.

The route of Zhenbao Island is familiar to fishermen in the East China Sea, but it is very difficult to find the nest of all pirate groups on a huge island of more than 8,000 square kilometers.

These small pirate groups that Su Ziheng has incorporated are very familiar with the terrain of the island, and they are also familiar with the lair of several other pirate groups. If it weren't for that, Su Ziheng would not have chosen to adopt them.

After breakfast in the morning, a team of more than 3,300 people set off from Donghai County, led by Su Ziheng himself, and embarked on the road of encircling and suppressing pirates.

On this day, the weather at sea was good, there were no particularly bad winds and waves, and it took hundreds of ships more than an hour to reach Zhenbao Island smoothly.

Su Ziheng arranged for 100 black crow soldiers and more than 300 fishermen to stay behind to take care of the boat, and the other 2,800 mixed pirate sailors attacked from the nearest pirate lair.

Su Ziheng knew that it was unrealistic for them to completely wipe out all the pirate groups on Zhenbao Island with less than 3,000 people, and all he wanted to do was to copy the nests of the largest pirate groups. As for the small pirate groups that numbered less than a hundred, they were left to go. When the time comes, we will send troops to settle in Zhenbao Island and encircle and suppress Zhenbao Island again.

If those pirates were interested and couldn't hide, Su Ziheng wouldn't necessarily let them go. As long as Donghai County and Zhenbao Island are developed in the future, there will naturally be a way to attract them.

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"Prepare with grenades, blow open their doors for me, and anyone who refuses to surrender will be killed!"

Because he was worried about the situation in Donghai County, Su Ziheng didn't bother to besiege them. didn't go to a pirate group's lair, let Pan Bearded and they come forward to persuade them to surrender, and those who didn't listen were all used grenades to open the way, blast up their rudimentary defensive buildings, and all the crow troops were dispatched, killing those who should be killed, and catching those who should be caught.

All those who surrendered, along with women and children, were sent to the seaside boat to be guarded, and when the encirclement and suppression were over, they were sent to Donghai County, where they were reassigned. At present, Donghai County is short of manpower, no matter how it is distributed, it will not miss this opportunity to replenish manpower in vain.

Su Ziheng's decision to launch this battle of encirclement and suppression, in addition to making Donghai County have no worries, another important reason is also because he took a fancy to the fact that there were many people in the pirate lair.

Several pirate nests surrounded and suppressed more than 1,000 women and children. This made Su Ziheng full of expectations for the next trip. In addition to the population, Su Ziheng also seized a lot of gold and silver treasures, now is the New Year, the pirates also have to celebrate, the nest bought a lot of food and New Year's goods, but the pirates have not had time to enjoy, all fell into the hands of Su Ziheng.

Seeing that there were more and more things confiscated, and it was obvious that one trip could not be finished, Su Ziheng commanded the Crow Army to divide a wave of people to transport a batch of previously collected property and prisoners back, preparing to make one more trip. As long as the speed is fast enough, you can go back in the evening, but it really doesn't work, and it doesn't matter if you stay overnight on Treasure Island.

Leng Huo left 1,500 crow troops with Su Ziheng to continue to conquer the rest of the pirate group's lair, and Xu Lin took the other 1,000 crow troops to transport goods and prisoners back to Donghai County. By the time they arrived at the port of Donghai County, there were already countless people looking forward to it, wondering what the results of the Crow Army's first expedition against pirates were?

As a result, it was naturally no surprise to everyone, and the Black Crow Army returned victoriously with an undamaged record, which greatly increased the confidence of the original residents of Donghai County in Zhong Qinghan.

On the other hand, Zhong Qinghan is also arranging for the people left behind to start taking care of the women and children brought back in batches, they are the easiest people to be recruited.

Because many women were taken captive by pirates, although they gave birth to children with many pirates, they did not have a deep affection for those pirates. As long as Zhong Qinghan treats them better and doesn't squeeze them at will, it is still very easy to take them for his own use.

In addition to their work, these women were also rewarded to the soldiers of the Crows. Once Zhong Qinghan decided to take root in Donghai County, those black crow soldiers also had to set up their own families, they were originally Qiu Ba, who died all their lives, and they were usually not very proficient in other things except fighting, as long as they had a woman who could form their own family, they would be very satisfied, and they would not care too much about the origin of those women.

As for those children, they will be arranged by Su Ziheng at that time. It just so happened that he and Zhong Qinghan had said several times that there were too few students in Bailu Academy, and many disciplines were not inherited. The two or three hundred children brought back this time can also suspend Su Ziheng's worries, but in this way, the number of students has skyrocketed all of a sudden, and it is time for Su Ziheng to have a headache where to find a master to teach.