Finally, the red-haired thief was able to dock after paying half of the ships and troops for the painful loss of his troops and evacuated to the red-haired island in embarrassment-

Of course, their two large ships, five medium ships, were not sunk.

Because of the artillery fire of the escort army, they did not aim at the big ship and the middle ship at all.

This is all his own thing, sinking more than half of the small boat is enough to make Qin Huaiyu feel distressed.

Where are you willing to aim at the big ships and the middle ships to open fire?

The convoy chased after the fleeing red-haired thief and disembarked.

At the same time, the Red Flame Army was about to arrive.

However, at this time, the nearly 10,000 remaining troops on Hongmao Island were also paying attention to the situation of the naval battle.

When they found that their fleet had suffered a heavy defeat in the naval battle, the 10,000 remaining troops also rushed to meet their friendly forces that had fled back.

Encounters, in which case they are fought.

There was a fierce shootout on both sides, and then both sides -

It should be said that on the side of the red-haired thieves, there are constantly people falling unilaterally.

On the side of the convoy, there were no injuries.

This is naturally due to the fact that the muskets used by the guards also have a longer range than the muskets of the red-haired thieves.

And Qin Huaiyu perfectly implemented the kite tactics formulated by Jia Huan, and happened to be stuck at the edge of the range of the red-haired thief, constantly kiting the other party.

And at this moment, something even more deadly happened to the red-haired thief.

By this time, the Red Flame Army had arrived, and they were quickly thrown into battle.

At present, the Red Flame Army is not equipped with muskets, let alone artillery.

And this is also the norm of the current Great Xia army.

Except for the firearms battalion in Beijing, there is no precedent for other armies to be equipped with muskets.

On the red-haired thief's side, because they saw that the Red Flame Army was still using cold weapons, they were despised, and they did not retreat in time.

Or rather, at this time, they were being bitten by the guards, and they did not dare to retreat easily.

Because once the formation is torn apart, it is not a retreat, but a rout.

And in the event of a rout, they will surely suffer heavy casualties.

And soon, they paid a heavy price for their choice to despise the Red Flame Army.

It's true that the Red Flame Army is not equipped with thermal weapons, but that doesn't mean that the Red Flame Army has a shorter range than the Red Thief.

Although the red-haired thief was equipped with a musket, the musket of this era was obviously still in a very rough initial stage.

The effective killing distance of the musket is about 100 meters.

This distance is actually already crushing the range of ordinary bows and arrows.

The effective killing distance of ordinary bows and arrows is difficult to reach 100 meters, and it is basically about 70 or 80 meters.

However, what they didn't know was that the bows and arrows used by the Red Flame Army, including arrows, had been improved by the Mo family.

Improved bows and arrows made of lighter, more elastic and more hydrodynamic materials.

As a result, the firing range is also longer, and the effective firing range has reached one hundred and fifty meters.

This range, compared to the range of the muskets of the convoys, is not far behind.

Therefore, the Red Flame Army's bow and arrow shooting immediately caused heavy casualties to the red-haired thief.

As a result, the red-haired thief was directly defeated.

This time, it was not them who retreated on their own initiative, but they were killed by the Guardian Army and the Red Flame Army until they collapsed.

Next, the Escort Army and the Red Flame Army followed closely behind the red-haired thieves and slaughtered mercilessly.

The red-haired thieves who killed directly cried and shouted to their fathers, but they only hated that their parents did not give birth to more than seventy or eighty legs for them.

The red-haired thieves threw away the armor and weapons in their hands all the way, and a pair of hairy legs simply ran out of the afterimage, basically per capita Bolt.

Of course, not everyone can run that fast.

There are those who run fast, and there are naturally those who run slowly.

It's just that those who run slowly have become souls under guns or arrows.

Flee all the way, run fast, and this level will pass.

If you run slowly, this life will pass.

For the first time, these red-haired thieves felt that the journey of the red-haired island they occupied was so long, it seemed that they would not be able to run for the rest of their lives.

Along the way, the red-haired thieves fell one by one.

Blood stained the dirt of the island, and the smell of blood permeated the entire island.

Finally, at a terrible cost, the red-haired thieves finally fled back to their residential area.

These red-haired thieves are part-time pirates themselves.

They never seemed to have imagined that someone else would attack their base camp one day.

Therefore, instead of building a city on this island, they did not even build a decent fortification.

In the concept of red-haired thieves, it is already good if they don't slaughter others, who dares to pull out their teeth and hit their doorstep?

And what they are better at is actually naval warfare, rather than fighting to the death with others on the island, they prefer to put the battlefield on the sea.

They just didn't expect that they would meet their nemesis in a naval battle.

Now, they're stuck on the island.

At the moment they are in a very passive and dangerous situation.

The Praetorian Guards and the Red Flame Army soon pursued the red-haired thieves' residential area.

But they didn't rush in blindly.

Although there is no city here, there are no decent fortifications for the red-haired thieves.

But street fighting is bound to increase the casualties of the soldiers, which is something that Jia Huan is trying to avoid.

And they are not afraid that the red-haired thief will flee from the sea.

The warship of the red-haired thief could not escape from the pursuit of the steam engine ship on Haitian Island at all.

And at present, the warships of the red-haired thieves have all been controlled by the escort army.

These red-haired thieves can be said to have no way to ascend to heaven and no way to enter the earth.

After some simple consultations, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong decided to adopt the method of fire attack.

Hongmao Island is rich in forestry resources.

And these red-haired thieves seem to just regard this place as a supply transit place, and they have not thought about living here for a long time, let alone seriously managing this place.

As a result, the houses here are mostly made of wood.

Although the exterior is well decorated, it is still difficult to hide the rough traces.

Next, the 20,000 Haitian Island and the Red Flame Army joined forces and quickly dispersed, and the regiments surrounded this large residential area.

Then, from the upwind outlet, start setting fires.

The wind on the island has always been very strong, and this fire has just been lit, and the fire will soon become a prairie fire by the wind.

The fire soon engulfed one house after another.

To the despair of the red-haired thieves, their houses were built without any necessary planning and without any fire protection measures.

So much so that after the fire, they did not have the slightest way to put out the fire.

They could only scramble out of the house and run away from the fire.

It's just that the raging flames spread extremely fast, and their living area, although not small, but with the speed of the spread of the fire, I am afraid that it will burn away in a moment or three.

This made the heart of the red-haired thief full of despair.

At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and in an instant, bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky.

The black clouds turned over the ink and did not cover the mountains, and the white rain jumped into the boat.

The rain grew heavier and heavier, and soon the fire was extinguished.

Outside the red-haired thief's residential area, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong looked at each other, their faces showing consternation.

At this moment, they finally understood Zhuge Liang's mood when he was burning Sima Yi and suddenly encountered heavy rain from the sky to extinguish the fire.

Sure enough, it is up to people to plan things, and it's up to heaven to make things happen.

Unexpectedly, it was God who let the red-haired thief escape.

However, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong are not benevolent people.

When it rains, the sky stays thieves, the sky stays, I don't stay!

If the fire attack fails, then it is better to switch to other offensive methods.

Qin Huaiyu was ruthless, it was a big deal to disassemble a few guns on the ship, and then bombard his mother with cannons.

At this moment, the sky gradually cleared, and the rain became smaller and smaller, and it gradually stopped.

This rain seems to have been deliberately rained to extinguish the fire.

This made the three of them angry.

However, they soon discovered that a white flag had been erected in the place where the red-haired thieves lived.

Immediately after, among the red-haired thieves, there were thieves who could speak the Chinese dialect, shouting loudly that they were willing to surrender unconditionally, just to be able to live.

Hearing this, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong exchanged glances with each other, and they couldn't help but nod slightly.

The unconditional surrender of the red-haired thief is in line with Childe's strategic intentions.

They can easily take down the red-haired thief without spending a single soldier.

There is no need to be obsessed with killing them all.

The so-called trapped beasts are still fighting, which will inevitably cause unnecessary casualties.

They sent people to shout to the red-haired thieves, expressing their willingness to accept their five conditions of surrender.

Then let the red-haired thieves drop their weapons, raise their hands high, and slowly walk out of the residential area.

After some exchange, soon, the red-haired thieves threw away the weapons in their hands, raised their hands high, and slowly walked out of it.

At this point, Hongmao Island was officially captured.

The red-haired thief has been completely eliminated.

Next, they began to count the number of red-haired thieves, as well as the wealth they left behind.

After some counting, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong suddenly thanked for the heavy rain just now.

If it hadn't been for a heavy rain just now, the wealth on Hongmao Island would have been burned by a fire.

There is so much wealth on Hongmao Island that Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong are deeply shocked.

These riches can definitely be called rich and rival countries.

Gold alone is as much as tens of thousands of taels, and silver is countless.

As for other treasures such as agate, pearls, and gemstones, there are countless of them.

Sure enough, it is a murder and arson gold belt, and being a pirate is worthy of a very promising profession.

In the face of so much huge wealth, the three of them didn't feel heavy breathing for a while, and some were frightened.

In the end, the three of them decided to report the news to Jia Huan immediately.

Now that the three of them are brothers in the same camp, if there are good things, they naturally think about themselves first.

Those who entered the red-haired thief's treasury were all cronies of the trio.

They are not afraid that the wealth figures on the Red Hair Island will be leaked.

And with such a large amount of wealth, it is better to cheapen yourself than to cheap the imperial court.

And after Jia Huan received the report, he was only slightly shocked and was not too surprised.

A pirate, a family, how much wealth they can accumulate, don't have to be shocked.

Because the speed at which they have accumulated wealth is absolutely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Next, Jia Huan rushed to Hongmao Island as soon as possible.

After coming to Hongmao Island, Jia Huan was connected to the warehouse of the red-haired thief for the first time.

Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian, and Zhou Tong couldn't wait to see the shocked look on Jia Huan's face.

It's a pity that the three of them were disappointed in the end, and from beginning to end, Jia Huan's face was as usual, and there was not much change.

This made them have to admire Yu Jia Huan's calm bearing when Mount Tai collapsed on the top and his face did not change.

You know, they've been in the storehouse for so long, and they can't contain their excitement when they see these treasures.

Next, Jia Huan instructed the three of them to take out one percent of this wealth and hand it over to the imperial court.

Give another 100 to reward the three armies.

The rest were secretly transported to Haitian Island.

With this large amount of wealth, Haitian Island will no longer have to worry about the lack of funds for development.

Of course, in fact, what Jia Huan values more is not this wealth.

It's the warships they got from the red-haired thieves, and the guns in their hands.

In the case of warships, this time it will not be possible to give all of them to Haitian Island.

The Red Flame Army is also going to keep half of it.

As for the muskets, they all belong to the Red Flame Army.

The weapons of the Red Flame Army also need to be updated.

The most important thing is that the Red Flame Army must quickly become familiar with the combat methods of thermal weapons.

And after having this batch of warships, they only need to be transformed into steam engine ships, and the naval combat capability on Haitian Island will be even higher.

Next, Jia Huan ordered more than 15,000 red-haired thieves to be captured and continued to be presented to the imperial court.

At this moment, Qin Huaiyu came to report that Thomson, the leader of the red-haired thief, asked to see him.

Jia Huan thought about it, but still met Thomson.

Although they are known as red-haired thieves, in reality, not all of them are red-haired.

Their leader, for example, Thomson, is silver-haired.

Seeing Jia Huan, Thomson performed a standard aristocratic etiquette.

And Jia Huan did not return the gift.

As a captive, you must have the consciousness of a captive, and don't put on any aristocratic pretenses, it doesn't make people disgusting.

Seeing that Jia Huan was unmoved, Thomson shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands and said, "Your Excellency Hou, the Honorable Great Xia Champion, as a nobleman, we can sit down and talk. ”

"Everything in the world is closely related to interests. There's nothing you can't talk about, right? ”

Jia Huan glanced at Thomson with a smile and said, "There is some truth in this, but now that you have been reduced to a prisoner, what can you trade?" ”

Hearing Jia Huan's words, Thomson couldn't help but lift his spirits.

He is not afraid of Jia Huan talking, he is afraid that Jia Huan will not talk about it.

If Jia Huan has no interest in talking, everything will be closed.

And as long as Jia Huan is willing to talk, Thomson is confident to convince him.

Thomson couldn't help but say, "I still have a lot of wealth, and the wealth on this island is just a drop in the bucket for me, and it's not worth mentioning at all." ”

Jia Huan could see from Thomson's painful expression that he was lying. (End of chapter)