Chapter 254: Grief and Indignation
Although the ship had been broken into two pieces on the spot by the sea wolf's cannon fire, and the stern had been turned over in the seawater, the first half of the hull was still floating on the water, and some pirates who were lucky enough not to die lay on the bow of the ship and shouted for help or surrender, but even so, the sea wolf troops did not let go of this half of the ship, and continued to fire at it until it was completely torn to pieces, and the remaining living Chu Cai's old men were beaten into a puddle of minced meat on the spot.
Even a few light ships simply rushed directly into the battlefield, using the bows and crossbows and muskets on the ships to strike at those Chu Cai's old men who were struggling to call for help on the sea, killing them one by one in the sea.
Even under the anger of the sea wolf department, they poked out the iron hook or spear directly from the side of the ship, probed to the water, and stabbed those stubborn Chu Cailao's subordinates hard, some of them were ruthless, and hooked directly into the body of the person in the water with the iron hook, and then regardless of whether he hurt or not, he desperately pushed it out of the sea, just like a pork seller, and hung it on the outside of the ship, letting it scream to the extreme, watching them slowly shed blood little by little, and gradually died.
This really scared the rest of Chu Cailao's subordinates crazy, they felt that they were already cruel, but after watching the performance of the sea wolf tribe today, they found that in fact, their cruelty was nothing, and no one wanted to follow in the footsteps of those accomplices, even if they died, it was more comfortable to simply come to a knife, it was better than hanging on the side of the boat like hanging pork to death!
So the remaining subordinates of Chu Cailao, who had not yet made up their minds, did not dare to hesitate anymore, screamed in amazement, found a white cloth, and quickly hung it on the mast.
Seeing that the remaining enemy ships in Houshan Bay had already hoisted out the white flags, although the anger in his heart was still unsubsided, he could only order to stop firing cannons, divided a dozen fast ships, broke away from the main fleet and began to pursue the ships of Chu Cai's old men who fled nearby, while he led the fleet to continue to block the outside of Houshan Bay, preparing to clean up the battlefield.
Yu Xiaotian on the shore didn't notice Wang Hong's ship on the sea at this time, and his attention was on Chu Cailao's fleet in the back mountain bay.
At this time, on the water surface of Houshan Bay, there are all kinds of ships crowded horizontally, many of which are burning, and there are still messy hull wreckage and debris floating on the sea, and there are also many corpses mixed in these debris with the waves up and down, which is really like a hell on earth, which makes people look shocking.
When he saw more and more enemy ships raising the white flag or picking out the white cloth at this time, Yu Xiaotian breathed a long sigh of relief, he finally won the battle in danger, completely defeated Chu Cailao, and basically achieved his expected results before the war.
It's just that so far, he doesn't know if Chu Cailao is also here, whether he was killed or waiting to be captured, or whether he has fled.
So Yu Xiaotian ordered to send people to the shore to inform Chu Cai's old subordinates on the ships that had surrendered, and ordered them to move their ships to other parts of the bay and get rid of the ships that had already burned, and after they surrendered, these ships were piggybacked on fire and burned.
Chu Cailao's subordinates were no longer interested in resisting any longer, so they pulled the ships out of the anchorage and dispersed them to the other waters of the bay according to the instructions of the sea wolf troops, and then dropped anchor again and waited for them to land.
After the sea wolf stopped attacking, and the sea wolf people began to guide the people in the bay, the situation in the bay began to stabilize at this time, and the ships of Chu Cailao, who had not yet had time to escape, began to move in an orderly manner.
As for the dozens of enemy ships that have been ignited in the bay, they are still billowing smoke and rolling flames at this time, and the high temperature of the flames can be felt hundreds of steps away, and at this time, Yu Xiaotian has no way to save these ships, so he can only let them continue to burn in the bay until they are completely burned and extinguished by themselves.
Under the orders of the Sea Wolf Tribes, the old subordinates of Chu Cai on the surrendered ship, after completing the re-anchoring, all disembarked again, or directly waded ashore, or ferried ashore in a small boat, and surrendered to the Sea Wolf Tribes after landing, waiting for the next fate for them.
One by one, with frightened expressions, the black-pressed crowd crowded into a small area on the shore, and everyone was ordered to hold their heads in their hands, put their heads down and tucked them in their crotches, and sit on the beach.
And the men of the sea wolves came and searched them all over their bodies with a coil of rope, confiscated everything except their clothes, and then tied them by the wrists, and took them away from the beach in a string of twenty men, and drove them to another place to reassemble.
During this period, there were a few guys who sacrificed their lives and money, trying to keep their belongings and making a move to resist, but the sea wolf tribe did not show mercy to this, and solved it on the spot with a knife, and the corpse was directly dragged out of the crowd to show the public.
In this way, under the iron fist of the sea wolf tribes, these subordinates no longer dared to ramble anything, so they had to let them take everything on their bodies, be tied up and taken away from the beach.
Moreover, the sea wolf tribe also warned them that for these captives, the sea wolf practiced the method of sitting together, a group of twenty people, a team of one hundred people, one of the group escaped or made trouble, kill the whole group, and a group of people escaped or made a mess, and killed the whole team! When a group tried to escape or make trouble, they killed all their captives.
With this joint sitting system, these captives became more honest, and they could only keep an eye on some other people themselves, and one person in the province made trouble, causing their heads to move with them.
After a preliminary count, after this battle, the sea wolf captured a total of more than 1,000 people under Chu Cai's old men, as for how many were killed at sea, this number is basically impossible to find, and it is estimated that the number will not be small, and there are hundreds of people who have fled to the mountains of Nanri Island at this time, and there are only a handful of people who can finally escape from Nanri Island.
In this way, Chu Cailao brought more than 5,000 people with him on this trip, excluding these few troops who were killed and wounded on the island and his subordinates who were captured this time and killed and burned at sea, the total number reached almost 3,000.
After collecting the captives, the Sea Wolves began to board the ships to take over the captured ships, and the fleet sent sailors and soldiers to board each ship with small sampans, and conducted a thorough search of all the cabins on the ship, and caught dozens of guys hiding on the ships and trying to escape by fishing in troubled waters, some of whom tried to resist when they were discovered, and were all killed on the spot.
After counting, the sea wolf captured a total of more than 60 large and small ships under Chu Cailao, and the ships that were destroyed and burned at sea were roughly more than 50, so that more than 200 ships brought by Chu Cailao were lost more than half of them in this battle, which was no longer a problem for Chu Cailao, and basically made him cramp and peel to the extent that he was cramped and skinned, and for a long time, Chu Cailao was unable to recover his current strength.
And now the war is not over, although Chu Cailao has fled, but the sea wolf's fleet is still under the leadership of Liu Yidao and Luo Xianbin, and is pursuing it.
It is estimated that Chu Cailao will definitely continue to lose ships and subordinates next, and when he escapes back to Dongshan Island, he will be able to leave one-third of his strength, and it is estimated that this old guy will go out to see the yellow calendar and burn high incense in advance.
Therefore, this battle can be said to have won a big victory, it is not an exaggeration to call it a great victory, this battle can be said to make the Sea Wolf Group and Yu Xiaotian famous, and for a long time in the future, become the largest pirate group along the coast of Daming, even if you dare not say that it is the largest, at least it can be ranked in the top three positions.
Listening to this series of reported numbers and good news, it stands to reason that Yu Xiaotian should be very happy, but in fact, Yu Xiaotian can't be happy.
Although he commanded his subordinates to do quite beautifully in this battle, and defeated Chu Cailao completely in a narrow victory, he lost his first favorite general, that is, Wang Hong.
When the battle in Houshan Bay was nearing the end, Yu Xiaotian finally found the black flag raised from the mast of the Tiger Shark of Wang Hongzuo's ship on the sea, and when he saw the black flag for the first time, his heart suddenly fell from the peak of excitement to the bottom.
He immediately felt that something was wrong with Wang Hong, so he immediately sent someone to contact the fleet to inquire about Wang Hong's news, and soon the fleet sent someone to land and reported Wang Hong's affairs to Yu Xiaotian, Yu Xiaotian heard that Wang Hong was no longer there, and immediately felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost fell to the ground.
Since he met Wang Hong, Yu Xiaotian has been getting along with Wang Hong very well for more than two years, and he found that Wang Hong is definitely a person of temperament, loyal, dare to do things, and is a very rare general.
It can be said that in the past two years, Yu Xiaotian has regarded Wang Hong as his own brother, often treating him as a brother in private, and giving him the greatest trust.
This time he set this big trap, the reason why he dared to hand over the entire fleet to Wang Hong and Ma Xiao, and stayed on Nanri Island to sit in charge, was to believe that Wang Hong would not live up to his expectations.
But what he never expected was that a few days ago he said goodbye to Nanri Island, which actually became a farewell between him and Wang Hong, and when the war ended, the two of them were separated by heaven and earth.
When he learned of Wang Hong's death, Yu Xiaotian's mind immediately appeared in his mind for more than two years, Wang Hong and him got along with the scenes, it seems that Wang Hong's hearty laughter is still echoing in his ears, even if he now thinks that his heart is like a stone, but when he recalls these past events, he still can't help but be sad, and suddenly tears welled up, and after a while, he couldn't help it, covered his face and cried bitterly.
When the people on the island learned of Wang Hong's death, many people couldn't help but cry, and suddenly a cry sounded on the island, which diluted the joy of victory a lot.
After Yu Xiaotian cried for a while, he forcibly held back his grief, dipped his tears in his sleeves, stared at the horse owl who had just landed on the shore with red eyes and asked, "Where is Ma Feng now?" And where are the people who followed Ma Feng to make trouble now? ”
Ma Xiao knelt down on one knee and cried and replied, "Enlighten the master! Ma Feng and the others have been taken down by their subordinates, and their subordinates considered that it would be inconvenient to leave them in the fleet to come back together, so they temporarily sent someone to guard them on Treasure Island! As long as the war here is over, I will immediately bring it back here and hand it over to the big boss to dispose of! ”
Yu Xiaotian gritted his teeth and roared: "Send someone to bring them all back immediately!" I want to kill this guy with my own hands and pay tribute to the spirit of the third brother in the sky! ……”