Chapter 325: Battle of Awaji Island 7
Under the aim of a large number of five-peaked guns, a dozen pirates obediently raised their hands and stepped on the gangplank one by one to the small fortune ship. www.biquge.info As soon as everyone boarded the ship, several sailors stepped forward and roped their arms around and made them crouch on the deck. After all the pirates had been tied up and roped together, the sailors carried them to the cabins below.
After experiencing the hail bombardment, these surviving pirates have long lost the courage to resist, and besides, the Gotsugaku-class fortune ships loaded with cannons are roaming around, even if they cause some riots? The bombardment of the Wuyue-class fortune ship is not broken, so even if there are really one or two who have such thoughts, they will be stared at by other companions, lest someone be dishonest and cause everyone to end up together.
In this sea battle that took place on Awaji Island, Yang Guang used 5 Wuyue-class Fu ships as the main force, let more than a dozen small Fu ships wander on the flanks and behind the guard, and defeated Xu Weixue, who had nearly 1,000 warships and tens of thousands of subordinates. And Yang Guang only paid the price of shells and gunpowder, and there were no casualties.
After all, those famous generals in ancient times fought many battles with weak and strong, but in the face of a gap of more than 30 times the number of troops, they could defeat the opponent from the front, and they could not find a few who were still unscathed.
Of the nearly 1,000 warships that Xu Weixue had worked so hard to gather, except for the dozen or so that he took with him when he evacuated the battlefield, the overseers scattered and fled away hundreds of ships after losing their fighting spirit, and the rest were all left here.
Watching the small fortune ship keep transferring the captured pirate captives to the Wuyue-class fortune ship, Huang Laoqi walked over with an excited face and said loudly to Ye Zongman: "Helm, we have captured more than 2,000 prisoners in this battle, what should we do if we can't fit it in the cabin?" ”
Although Ye Zongman wanted to destroy more enemies, when the pirates who knew that they couldn't escape within the range of the bombardment lowered the flag on the ship, and stopped paddling and made a gesture of restraint, he could only order to stop the attack, otherwise once he did this kind of thing of rushing to kill, it would definitely be unfavorable to the future battle.
However, with Yang Guang's current manpower of only about 900, the pressure on more than 4,000 prisoners is too great, not to mention the fact that the cabin of the prisoners alone is not enough. Moreover, there are at least two or three hundred ships that are still in good condition on the sea, so it would be a pity to leave them behind.
After Ye Zongman pondered for a while, he made a decision in his heart, in this era, even if you are a pirate, you also have to pay attention to the relationship between fellow villagers, the reason why Ye Zongman and Xu Weixue can be reused by Wang Zhi is that they are all from the same place, and even Wang Zhi chose to believe in Hu Zongxian because they are both fellow villagers in Huizhou.
Although Wang Zhi, the owner of the Wufeng ship, had been dead for several years, Ye Zongman's name was still well-known, and it was naturally easy for him to gain the trust of the captured pirate captives by coming forward in person. Ye Zongman told these captives that they should act as a guarantee for each other and recommend some people to do things for them, and if these people did not work hard or even took the opportunity to escape, then all the pirate captives who were the guarantors for them would be killed.
Soon, dozens of people were selected by their respective companions, because their lives were at stake, these selected people were not more righteous on weekdays, they all had one thing in common, that is, they all had a lot of flesh and blood relatives in their hometown, so if they really betrayed their companions, as long as Ye Zongman let a few companions go back, they would wait to be bloodied by the most cruel means.
With this level of concern, coupled with doing things for the winner, the people who were elected also behaved very docilely. In addition, Ye Zongman deliberately transferred a group of old sailors from his own hands to manage them, and it was impossible to expect them to charge into battle, but it was no problem just to drive the ship and follow the fleet.
In the evening, Yang Guang's fleet entered the port of Zhoubencheng, and Xu Weixue put a lot of thought into operating this place as a nest, not only with many houses, but also with a large number of materials, of course, these have all become Yang Guang's trophies.
Awaji Island is located in a precarious location, and it is located right between Shikoku Island and the port of, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a strategic waterfront route. Xu Weixue can be entrenched here because he colludes with the Japanese daimyo Miyoshi family, but it is difficult for Yang Guang, who defeated Xu Weixue, to replace him.
Because the Miyoshi family's territories were spread across the islands of Shikoku and, it was impossible for them to allow a force that was not under their control, and perhaps even full of hostility, to stay on Awaji Island, which would have a fatal impact on normal traffic between their domains.
The war is a continuation of politics, and winning the Battle of Awaji Island is just the beginning, and Yang Guang still has a series of things to do, only in this way can he maximize the fruits of his victory.
Of course, these are all things in the future, and Yang Guang's top priority at the moment is to end Xu Weixue, who escaped. Xu Weixue doesn't die for a day, Awaji Island is unstable for a day, and he can collude with the Miyoshi family to kill him again at any time. Yang Guang's Wuyue-class fortune ships could not be gathered here forever, and it would be dangerous to be attacked by Xu Weixue once they were alone.
Moreover, Xu Weixue, as the culprit who betrayed Wang Zhi, the owner of the Wufeng ship, if Yang Guang killed him, supplemented by the relationship between Wang Ying and Ye Zongman, Yang Guang could get a huge bonus in morality and prestige. In contrast, if Wang Yu preemptively did this, it would be extremely unfavorable to Yang Guang's future development.
Prestige is something you can't see or touch, but it really affects a lot of things. Many heroes and heroes in "Water Margin" immediately bowed their heads when they heard the name of Shi Yu, you need to know that Song Jiang is just a county official, Wen can't be an Anbang Wu can't set the country, why should others mess with him with a name? It's not based on the early family relationship to spend money like running water.
"When I'm gone, I'll empty the supplies here and burn them on fire." Yang Guang stood at the bow of the ship and said to Ye Zongman: "Our forces are still very weak now, don't waste our precious vitality here." People who save land and lose land all survive, and everyone who saves land loses land. ”
"Of course, that doesn't mean we're going to give up here." Yang Guang's tone changed suddenly, and he said with a smile on his face: "The Nine Ghosts Jialong will gather some pirates to occupy this place, as for whether there are Akito who can speak Japanese among these people, we don't care." With the dangerous terrain and a few Wufeng cannons, the general small force is not afraid at all, if there is really a large fleet to attack, our Wuyue-class fortune ship will pass by just right......" (To be continued. )