Chapter 124: Rescue from the Island
Guo Chengzhi's troops landed on the island quickly, and all 110 sailors with a total of 2 flags were landed in 20 minutes. At this time, the soldiers who went to observe the enemy situation came back and reported to Guo Chengzhi that the personnel were basically concentrated on the flat land in the north, only more than 200 meters away from here, but the woods blocked the view and could not be seen. Of these, less than 2,000 people were captured, and about 7,80 pirates were sighted.
Guo Chengzhi immediately ordered Tong Keqing's small flag to march to the north. Tong Keqing's small flag is 25 people, 8 people hold a rattan card in their left hand, a short gun in their right hand on the outer layer of the team, and the rest of the personnel walk in the middle in two columns, moving forward quickly.
After about 3 minutes, I walked out of the woods, although I could hear all kinds of sounds when I was in the woods, there were talking voices, crying, hysterical yelling, and suffering from pain. The various sounds made by the crowd of about 2,000 people come together and become a noisy buzzing sound, as if there are a large number of very large bees calling in your ears, which is uncomfortable. These people are both men and women, and most of them are over 12 years old and under 40 years old. In ancient times, children over the age of 12 could also be used as heavy labor. There are basically only negative expressions of anger, fear, and despair on the faces of these people, they are ragged, their hair is disheveled, and even some women are undressed, but they don't care anymore, their expressions are numb, and their eyes are looking at things around them with empty eyes.
After Tong Keqing went ashore, he walked at the front of the team with a rattan card in his left hand, a spear in his right hand, and a short gun pinned to his waist. Seeing the crowd on this flat ground, he first asked a soldier behind him to shoot into the sky. With a bang, the crowd around fell silent, the same sound as the one coming from the beach, but after this sound sounded, only about 20 of the more than 50 vicious pirates returned, and their expressions were very frightened, and they summed it up in one sentence: "There is a more ruthless one outside." ”
The crowd on the flat ground only had some people who were suffering and let out a suppressed **, and everyone looked at Tong Keqing with fearful eyes. Tong Keqing opened his mouth and said, "Everyone, listen, we are the officers and soldiers of the Tianjin Haishui Land Battalion and the Dengzhou Water Division, you are all sitting on the ground or lying down for me now, you can't have a weapon in your hand, if anyone holds a weapon, you will be treated as a pirate." "The uniforms of the land and water battalions are specially made, which is different from any of the current officers and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. The officers and soldiers either wore mandarin duck jackets, or rattan armor, hood armor, cotton armor and other armor, and basically did not wear armor like the water and land battalions, and only wore blue cloth clothes. However, as the large army came behind, among the 2,000 people who were literate saw the flag of the land and water battalion, and the illiterate saw the golden dragon flag representing the Ming Dynasty, and their eyes and expressions changed from despair and fear to the joy of Jedi survival.
Everyone was quickly sitting or lying on the ground. Tong Keqing shouted, "Does anyone know where the pirates on the island have gone?" ”
As soon as the words fell, there were several groups of people, both men and women, pointing to a man next to him and shouting, "General, he is a pirate." ”
There were about 10 pirates who were identified, and a few of them were angry, and they were about to cut the people around them with the knives beside them, but unfortunately as soon as they stood up, before the knives were raised, they heard "bang bang bang" about 20 sounds, whether they were about to cut people or those who were about to flee north, all of them were stunned, and several blood lines splashed out of their bodies, and they fell. The people around were startled at first, and subconsciously stepped back, but they reacted again, and pounced on the corpse, beating and kicking, and even a few women opened their mouths to bite, directly biting off a piece of meat, and then swallowed it without chewing.
The scene was very terrifying, these pirates mixed in the captives were all dead, and Tong Keqing shouted again, "There are no pirates left, all point them out." "Time is running out now, and there is no time to take prisoners to vent their grievances.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man about 20 meters away from Guo Chengzhi knelt on the ground, with no weapons around, and shouted, "General, the villain is a pirate, and the villain wants to surrender." A few male captives next to him were still a little anxious and said, "Old Yuan, you can't be in a hurry." The man named Lao Yuan smiled as if relieved, "It's okay, just like me, there is not much difference between living and dying, I understand your kindness." ”
Guo Chengzhi frowned, knowing that there was a hidden secret, but this was still figured out later, so he said to Lao Yuan, "I am the leader of the official army here, I can guarantee your safety, as for how to deal with you, it depends on how you cooperate." Get up first. ”
Lao Yuan nodded, "Thank you, General." The soldiers of the two land and water battalions walked up to him, checked whether he had any other weapons on him, and when Lao Yuan arrived, he bowed to Guo Chengzhi and said, "General, there were 121 pirates who were captured on the island, 54 went out to the beach, and about 20 people came back, and there are a few wooden houses in the north, which were built by pirates, and a few dilapidated stone houses, which were left on the island before, and now there are stacked materials from Shandong." The most important thing is that there is also 1 Xiaoqin Island in the north of Daqin Island, where there are also 3 pirate ships, with a total of more than 120 people, which is the back hand of the pirates in the nearby waters, not only to monitor the personnel and materials of Daqin Island, but also to prevent accidents. The valuable things obtained this time are all on Xiaoqin Island. ”
Guo Chengzhi nodded, he was a little interested in this old Yuan, if it was impossible for an ordinary pirate to know so many things, "Old Yuan, is there anything else to add?" Lao Yuan thought for a while, "General, there are a lot of scorpions on the island, you must pay attention, there are many people here who have been stung, although it is not fatal, but it will hurt and cannot move." Guo Chengzhi nodded, turned his head to Tong Keqing and said, "You go and bring a general flag to clear the remnants of the enemy, and I will immediately lead the team to protect the food." Tong Keqing nodded and led the team. Guo Chengzhi gave an order, left 30 or so people, protected these people, called 1 person to report the situation of Xiaoqin Island to Zhu Houwei, and then took the rest of the people and Lao Yuan and the real widow who had just joined the gang and did not understand Da Ming, and went to the granary in the north.
After a while, the messy gunshots were heard. Although there are many trees on the island, they are not dense, and the grass is relatively low, so there is no way to hide people. This was advantageous for the shooting of muskets. After walking about 200 meters, you will see the granary. These grains were piled up in a very dilapidated stone house without a ceiling, and there were quite a few of them, all in ** bags. A bag is at least 100 catties, and there are about 1,000 bags.
Near the granary, Guo Chengzhi also encountered more than 10 pirates, but in front of the musket, the pirates with short knives and spears were not threatening at all, and they were killed from a distance. In less than 20 minutes, most of the pirates on the island were annihilated, and more than 10 pirates chose to surrender. In the wooden house built by the pirates, some useful and useless materials were also found, as well as a small amount of gold and silver treasures, worth about 3,000 taels. After Lao Yuan heard the soldier's report, he said to Guo Chengzhi that the forces of pirates on the island were basically like this.
After Guo Chengzhi took control of Daqin Island, he immediately divided the crowd into four parts, namely men, women, wounded, and surrendered pirates. Then distribute clothes, food, and treat the wounded, these people were basically stung by the scorpions on the island, and in the process of pursuit, 2 soldiers were also stung, but fortunately, the scorpions here are not very poisonous, and they will only make people lose their mobility, not fatal.
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