When Xu Wenle was about to leave, Du Zirong finally spoke and expressed his willingness to surrender. Hearing this, Xu Wenle was secretly happy in his heart. Before he was leaving, he was actually just as nervous. Of course, he didn't really want to leave, but just put pressure on the other two. It seems that he is going simply, but he is also waiting for Du Zirong and Yu Wen's answer in his heart.

After Du Zirong said that, Xu Wenle immediately stopped, turned around with a smile on his face, and said, "Leader Du is willing to surrender unconditionally?" Very well, you and I will be colleagues in the future. By the way, Chief Yu, what do you mean? Is it to surrender to our righteous army, follow the rules of our righteous army, and act in accordance with the system of our righteous army? Or are you going to die in the belly of the fish with the people of the Qi army? ”

Yu Wen's face changed, and his heart was also extremely heavy, and he couldn't help but secretly hate Du Zirong for not insisting with him. He knew in his heart that Xu Wenle would not really leave easily before, and they could unite and talk to each other about the conditions. But now that Du Zirong has returned to the Righteous Army, he has little choice.

Xu Wenle didn't wait for Yu Wen to answer, and immediately asked Du Zirong to give an order, so that his subordinates began to move closer to the Jieyi Army's sailors and lay down their weapons and surrender. In this way, only one-third of the so-called Qi Army's sailors were left in an instant.

"Lao Yu, the situation has come to this point, if you continue to stalemate, you can only suffer in the end." Seeing Yu Wen's hesitation, Du Zirong couldn't help but persuade in a deep voice, "Do you think the sailors of the Jieyi Army will back down?" We are serious in them, dispensable. Don't forget, I don't know how many water bandits still exist in these waters. For the sailors of the Jieyi Army, the most valuable thing we have here is those warships. If you continue like this, the Sailors of the Righteous Army don't mind sinking us all. Now in the waters of Taihu Lake, it is no longer the time when water bandits were in the past, whether it is the Qi army or the Jieyi army, they will not allow the existence of water bandits in these waters. Many of our brothers are injured now, so it is better to make a decision sooner and to allow them to be treated sooner. ”

"In addition, after the surrender of the old man, I saw that there were also warships under the command of both of us who surrendered together. If we continue to stalemate, I am afraid that the brothers below will surrender without our order. At that time, we will no longer be the leader of the bandits, and we will not be able to get the preferential treatment that we will give to surrender with our people. ”

Where can Yu Wen hold on and fight to the death with the sailors of the Jieyi Army? Don't talk about him, even the people below don't want to. Therefore, the only way to go in front of Yu Wen is to surrender.

"Returning to the three leaders, the Qi army...... The envoy of the Qi army has already killed himself! Before Yu Wen could make a choice, a soldier came to report on the situation of the envoy of the Qi army. Perhaps seeing Fang Dahai or surrendering, Yan Mingfeng, the envoy of the Qi army, felt that the general trend was gone, and killed himself.

Yan Mingfeng's suicide made Yu Wen unable to hold on any longer. He wanted to negotiate terms with the people of the Jieyi Army, but even the supporters behind him were gone, what else did he continue? Therefore, under the persuasion of Du Zirong, Yu Wen took advantage of the situation and surrendered directly to the sailors of the Jieyi Army. The three-way water bandits, nearly 100 large and small warships, and four or five thousand water bandits all directly surrendered to the Jieyi Army Navy Division at this moment.

The Jieyi Army, which forced down the three water bandits, did not take immediate action, but sent fleets separately to relocate the old nests of the water bandits from all walks of life, and gathered on Leishan Island, with the place where Du Zirong and Yu Wen were located, as the temporary station of the Jieyi Army's sailors. In addition, Li Qingping also decided to build a sub-station of the Jieyi Army's naval division here, which would serve as the stationplace of the Jieyi Army's naval division in the central waters of Taihu Lake.

Subsequently, the three water bandits and the water divisions of Hu Le's persuasion to surrender converged and reorganized, and all these water bandits were screened and selected to be included in the water division of the Jieyi Army. The three water bandits were scattered and reorganized together with the water bandits who had been collected and surrendered by Hu Le before, and trained them. These water bandits have combat ability, but they still need some training to turn them into qualified sailor soldiers.

"Now we have solved the force of the sailors recruited by the Qi army here, but there are still more than ten large and small water bandits active in this water. Although these bandits are now non-aggression with us, they are not yet a threat to us. However, just because there is no threat now does not mean that there will be no threat in the future. The goal of our Jieyi Army's naval division is to control the waters of Taihu Lake, as our rear, and also the front line for us to attack the western part of the Qi army. In addition, the waters of Taihu Lake are also a commercial and trade channel between the land governed by us and the land ruled by the Qi army. And the existence of these water bandits destroys the trade routes here. So, we need to clean up this area of water thoroughly.

"In addition, although we have defeated the water bandits of the Qi army Zhao'an here, it does not mean that we have completely defeated the strength of the Qi army's water division. In the western waters, the Qi army recruited a large number of water bandits. Although they are only flying the banner of the Qi army now, these bandits must obey the military orders of the Qi army if they want to gain a foothold in Taihu Lake. In other words, the water bandits in the western waters are basically the sailors of the Qi army, and they are also our enemies. In the future, we will fight with the Qi Army's naval divisions, and this will be the place of the front line. And the water bandits that still exist are variables. Who knows which side they will choose when we engage the Qi Army Naval Division? ”

"The conditions given by the Qi army to recruit the water bandits are much better than ours. How can we be hostile to the Qi army's naval divisions, and these water bandits cannot guarantee that they will not defect to the Qi army under the superior conditions of the Qi army, and carry out surprise attacks and attacks on our flanks and rear. Therefore, I believe that we should take immediate action now to completely deal with these wandering bandits who are not hostile to us for the time being. Qin Shouyi, the general of the second town army of the Jieyi Army's water division, took the lead in speaking when he was discussing the next actions of the water division.

"The side of the couch does not allow others to snore! I also agree with General Qin's meaning, this is also the general action plan we made before. Therefore, we don't need to pay attention to the overtures and some expressions of surrender from these bandits, and go directly to the army and force them down. It's not the past now, and neither we nor the Qi army will allow this place to continue to be occupied by water bandits. So, the time has come for these bandits to choose. Li Ziran said coldly.

Li Qingping said with a smile: "The meaning of the Governor's Mansion is that in the waters of Taihu Lake, we will establish a complete logistics supplement base. It can be said that any larger island will become a place for our Jieyi Army sailors to repair in the future, and it is also a place for material replenishment. In addition, the Qi army has blocked the passage between our Jieyi army and other places, even commercial operations, and it has also been completely blocked. Therefore, some of the materials and daily necessities we need are now unable to enter the territory of our Jie Yi Army. In the waters of Taihu Lake, there are some merchants who trade with our righteous army by water. And these merchants pointed out to us that the bandits in the waters of Taihu Lake have caused them great losses, so their trade is also restricted, and they hope that we can solve these problems. ”

"Therefore, in the waters of Taihu Lake, wherever the territory is under the jurisdiction of our Jieyi Army, no more water bandits are allowed to rob and travel caravans, because the arrival of these caravans is still very beneficial to our Jieyi Army. Then these water bandits have become the targets we need to crack down. This is also the decision of the Metropolitan Governor before, to take advantage of this army attack to clean up the waters under our jurisdiction. Of course, now that these water bandits have an impact on our fight against the Qi army, they must be eliminated. ”

After a pause, Li Qingping pointed to the map in front of him and said in a deep voice: "To the north of us is Xishan Island, which is very close to the Dongshan Island we occupy. Moreover, the area is not small, and it is completely possible to build a city as the front line of the Qi army in the northwest of our naval division region. And here, it is now under the jurisdiction of the Qi army, and there are several water bandits around. ”

"So, whatever the attitude of these bandits, we have to take them down. Now, taking advantage of this great victory, he immediately sent envoys to issue military orders to the various bandits to surrender within a time limit. Tell them that within five days, they will either surrender or wait for the attack of our Jie Yi army's naval division. Now the Qi army has not reacted, and they do not know that we have defeated their crawling messengers, and we must dispose of these water bandits before the Qi army intervenes again. ”

Li Ziran asked, "Then what if these water bandits want to flee west?" Do we keep them or let them go? ”

Li Qingping said coldly: "They fled west? What to do westward? Continue to be a water bandit? In the western and northwestern waters, most of those water bandits are now recruited by the Qi army. In other words, the water bandits there are basically all Qi army people. Although Taihu Lake is not small, it is not a big place to go. The situation in the western waters, the water bandits here are naturally clear. Now that we want to attack them, they are ready to flee westward, which is clearly preparing to join the Qi army. In this way, they will be our enemies in the future. I don't need to say more about how to deal with the enemy. ”

Li Ziran nodded and said, "The last general understands that we will never let the water bandits around Leishan Island, Swallow Island and Xishan Island leave easily." If they don't surrender, let them sink in the vastness of water. ”

Li Qingping nodded and said, "Very good, that's how to deal with it." This time to recruit these bandits, the men and horses of your first town will be dispatched. General Hu, you were in charge of recruiting water bandits before, and you have a good understanding of the situation of water bandits here. Therefore, this mission, your first town is the most suitable to deal with. In addition, these three newly joined bandits can also be used as examples to show the surrounding bandits, letting them know that surrendering to us is not an unacceptable thing. But if they refuse to surrender, they can only be completely wiped out. ”

"In this operation, you should also get acquainted with the soldiers of the first town. How to say that you are also the general of the town army in the first town, and you have been recruiting bandits outside for a long time before, and you don't know much about the situation in the first town. This time, let's get acquainted with each other. The soldiers of the first town, but they all saw the generals who had added a lot of men to the Jieyi army, but there was no trace of them. ”

Hu Le said in a deep voice: "The last general understands. "He used to recruit bandits outside, also to avoid suspicion. After all, most of the original sailors were his old subordinates. Therefore, he handed over the task of training the soldiers to the generals of the water division. But now, the sailor has changed from more than 1,000 people in the past to nearly 10,000 people, and he naturally has no taboos. And Li Qingping said this, which is also what he meant. In other words, Hu Le has now officially integrated into the Jieyi Army.

Li Qingping looked at Qin Shouyi, the general of the second town army, and ordered in a deep voice: "Qin Shouyi, your second town is responsible for the capture of Xishan Island." According to our intelligence, on this island, there is the existence of the official government of the Jieyi Army, which is completely the size of a county town, and the defenders have more than 1,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 young people. ”

"In addition, there may be some bandits and some powerful people on the island. These heroes are also related to water bandits, and they all have their own people. So, this battle is likely to be a hard one. Prepare your men for a landing battle. Remember, prepare all the armor, you need it for land warfare. In addition, the crossbow is also being prepared, and some places may be stormed. Saying that this is an island is better than attacking the city, be careful. Because there may be bandits involved, so when you act, you must also clean up the surrounding bandits. ”

Qin Shouyi's heart tightened, and he nodded: "The last general understands!" ”

At this moment, the generals of the various sailors also understood why the deputy governor of the Governor's Mansion would come out in this operation. Originally, it was to seize the territory of the Qi army in the central waters of Taihu Lake and establish a new garrison for the government and the navy.

Xishan Island is the jurisdiction of the Qi army, the place is not small, if it is not directly connected with Suzhou Mansion in the north, I am afraid that this is already a county seat under the rule of Suzhou Prefecture. However, there are garrisons of this Qi army here, and there are also officials sent by the Qi army. After all, there is also a county here, and the Qi army will not give up its rule here.

The main force of the water division of the Jieyi Army was dispatched, and the news that the water bandits recruited by the Qi army were either killed in battle or surrendered also reached here. Therefore, in order to prevent the Suzhou government from sending reinforcements again, Li Qingping decided to take the lead in attacking here, also to give a warning to other bandits. This Xishan Island can be said to be the only place in the middle waters of Taihu Lake where these water bandits can catch up with the Qi army. If this place is taken by the sailors of the Jieyi Army, then unless these bandits are willing to abandon everything, go north to Suzhou Mansion, and be an ordinary person on land, they will not be able to escape the pursuit of the sailors of the Jieyi Army. However, since they are water bandits, there are many crimes on their bodies that cannot be washed away. In addition, with the occupation of Wu County by the Jieyi Army and the confrontation with the Suzhou Prefecture in the northwest, the Suzhou Prefecture also strengthened its monitoring of the foreign population. Even if these bandits want to land and dodge, they must be able to smoothly melt in.

Therefore, on the third day after the end of the battle between Leishan Island and the southern part of Swallow Island, Xishan Island was attacked by the Sailing Division. I have to say that this Xishan Island is indeed not small, and if possible, it can be completely integrated into the people of a county to settle here. As long as foreign materials continue to be cut off, it can develop into a small county town.

But at this moment, Xishan Island, which belongs to the Qi army, is in the midst of war, and Li Qingping and others are right in expecting it, on this Xishan Island, many bandits have various close relationships with this Xishan Island. Here, in addition to the 1,000 soldiers and soldiers of the Qi Army, there are more than 1,500 young and strong government organizations. In addition, three groups of 3,000 bandits also participated in the battle.

However, instead of relying on warships to fight with the sailors of the Jieyi Army in the lake, these bandits abandoned their warships and became foot soldiers to defend the place together with the men and horses of the Qi army.

Although the area here is not small, there are not many places where the Saiyi Army sailors can land. Among them, part of the landing pier was blocked by the Qi army's people.

When Qin Shouyi arrived here with his troops, those water bandits who defended with the Qi army were willing to send their warships to the sailors of the Jieyi army, and provided some grain and grass materials in exchange for the condition that the Jieyi army would not attack here. Moreover, there are not a few supplies provided. In addition, several large clans on Xishan Island who have lived here for a long time also expressed their willingness to provide a batch of food for the sailors of the Jieyi Army as a condition for the Jieyi Army not to attack.

In addition to these people, even the Qi army officials on Xishan Island also said that Xishan Island would not pay attention to the defeat of the Qi army in the south by the Jieyi Army's water division, and was willing to maintain peace with the Qi army's water division, allowing the Qi army's water division to buy supplies here, and hoping that the Jieyi army would not use force here.

At first, as soon as Qin Shou heard the news, he thought that this Xishan Island was occupied by water bandits and was self-reliant. However, although all kinds of profiteers on this Xishan Island have promised heavy profits, I hope that they will not take action against this place. But for the sailors of the Jieyi Army, who already had a goal, these heavy profits were not what they wanted. Moreover, these people promised heavy profits because the Jieyi Army's sailors had just won a big victory, but Xishan Island could not be defended. If there are reinforcements on Xishan Island, I am afraid that none of the heavy profits promised by these people will be able to get any of them.

For the sailors of the Jieyi Army, what they want is to control the waters of Taihu Lake. And this Xishan Island is precisely the central region of the Taihu Lake waters. This huge island was occupied by the Qi army, which was naturally extremely unfavorable to the sailors of the Jieyi army. On the contrary, if the Jieyi Army Naval Division occupies this place, it can completely build a city here and operate it, and it can be used as a logistics base for the Jieyi Army Naval Division in the waters of Taihu Lake. At that time, when the sailors of the Jieyi Army advanced to the west or northwest, there was no need to go to Wu County to replenish grain and grass materials and armor equipment.

Therefore, Qin Shouyi unceremoniously refused the heavy benefits promised by the government and Haoqiang on Xishan Island, and demanded that Xishan Island immediately surrender to the Jieyi Army's sailors. The sailors of the Jieyi Army guaranteed that after the surrender of Xishan Island, their private property would not be violated. However, if the Righteous Army Sailors break through Xishan Island, everything they have will become history. At that time, the sailors of the Jieyi Army will treat them as prisoners, and all family property will be confiscated.