Chapter 621 Cleaning the battlefield

If it were a face-to-face fight with real swords and guns, the pirates would not be intimidated by the Haihan militia. But the problem is that the pirates have no chance to directly confront their opponents. Haihan's endless artillery bombardment will

Their courage had been completely worn away. If the pirates still had some illusions about fighting Haihan before the war, then after the war started, they understood why Haihan was so bold as to send only a few hundred people to the island.

Come to attack Nanri Village - the strength gap between the two sides is so great that the other side can simply ignore the number of troops and the disadvantages of fighting away from home.

The pirates had tried their best and rushed out to harass the two hundred brothers in the Haihan camp. In the end, only about half of them retreated back to the stronghold. They paid such a high price and didn't even touch a hair of their opponents.

The battle was impossible to fight. At this time, the pirates understood why Xu Xinsu relied so much on the Haihan people on Qiongzhou Island in the South China Sea. They also knew that the defeat of the big boss Liu Xiang at the Pearl River Estuary two years ago was not due to his incompetence in fighting.

But the gap in strength with the opponent is too big.

Duan San's relatives died under the Haihan artillery fire. Of course he wanted to fight to the death with the Haihan people to avenge his relatives, but the others had no intention of dying on this desert island for the heads of Shibazhi. The Haihan people all

An ultimatum has been given, and Duan San still wants to encourage the people in Nanri Village to go out and fight. If he is allowed to go, everyone will die. In this case, it is naturally better to let him die alone to save everyone's lives.

Okay. The other leaders reached a tacit understanding in an instant, and took advantage of Duan San's unpreparedness to attack him directly.

As for whether doing this will lead to being liquidated by Zheng Zhihu later, these people no longer care about that much, and saving their lives is more important now. Only by getting rid of the unstable factor Duan San can everyone have a chance to continue to live.

Before the time limit set by Shi Diwen came, the pirates were finally seen walking up to the wall of the village in groups, lining up and throwing their weapons out of the wall in despair. The reason why they did not leave the village directly was because the gate of the village was already there.

The pirates had blocked the passage with stones the day before, and it was not possible to clear the passage for a while.

"Get ready to accept prisoners!" Shi Diwen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the pirates in the village had chosen to surrender. Even if Haihan's side had the upper hand, if the opponent resisted to the end, they would still have to pay a heavy price to capture Nanri Village.

Some casualties. For the limited troops that visited Fujian this time, any casualties are situations that the commander must avoid as much as possible.

"Uh, by the way, inform your father and ask him to send people to take over the defense of Nanri Village." Shi Diwen said to Xu Yuzhuo. Haihan's troops are limited. Even if Nanri Village is captured now, it is impossible to send troops to garrison here.

, therefore this job can only be left to the Ming army. The purpose of this battle is to show the Ming army the powerful combat effectiveness of Haihan, and this goal has been achieved. As for whether the army can defend Nanri Island, then

It's not something Shi Diwen needs to worry about right now.

Xu Yuzhuo whispered from the side: "My father's troops are all at sea at this time, why not let the militia army enter the stronghold first to eliminate the remaining pirates?"

Shi Diwen was stunned at first, thinking to himself that I, Haihan, fought this battle, why do we still have to do the dirty work of cleaning the battlefield? He was about to ask a question, when he suddenly came back to his senses - this is

The benefits of the Ming Army's fortress are for yourself!

Nanri Island is located on the golden waterway in Fujian waters. Most passing ships have to pay a large amount of protection fees to Shibazhi in order to pass safely. Nanrizhai is one of the most important strongholds of Shibazhi on the Fujian coastline.

, the gold and silver treasures stored in it are probably not a small amount.

Of course, the Ming army could openly take over the task of cleaning up the battlefield immediately after the war, and swallow up the property in the village. However, Xu Xinsu believes that this time the Haihan people paid for the troops and came all the way to capture Nanri Island, then if the Fujian side showed no signs of it at all,

No, it would probably chill Haihan's heart, so yesterday I specifically told Xu Yuzhuo, who was fighting with the Haihan Militia, not to rush to let the Ming army enter the stronghold after the war, but to let the Haihan Militia advance into the stronghold to gain some practical benefits.

benefit.

Xu Xinsu is not worried whether this close trick will work. He has heard of the "miserable record" of the Hai Han militia in Annam. After Hai Han captured Hoi An City, it was almost possible to move out of Hoi An City.

All the things were shipped back to Sanya, not even the population was spared. This practice was carried out again after the Hai Han militia captured Hue, and it is said that it was also very fruitful.

Although Xu Xinsu only heard about it and did not witness what the Haihan Militia did on the spot, as the saying goes, "Thieves pass like a comb, soldiers pass like a grate." He can roughly imagine how the Haihan Militia gathered loot in the local area.

Got it. Since the Haihan people love money so much, it would be a good idea to give them some property. Besides, everything in Nanri Village is the property of Shibazhi. Xu Xinsu borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha, so he didn’t have to put money in, and he could

Selling Haihan people is a good idea, and it can be regarded as a way to kill two birds with one stone.

"Have people clear the doorway quickly and send two platoons into the stronghold to search. Search carefully and don't let the remaining pirates go!" After Shi Diwen came to his senses, he naturally would not reject Xu Yuzhuo's kindness and immediately

Then the order was given.

If it weren't for the fact that the Ming army would send troops to garrison Nanri Village in the future, Shi Diwen would probably have ordered people to blow up the gate of the village that was blocked by stones. Fortunately, there was a small iron gate on both sides of Nanri Village.

This is the passage used by pirates to come out of the stronghold to raid. The pirates in the stronghold were ordered to walk out of Nanri stronghold from these two places. When one came out, the militiamen tied his arms with ropes and tied them into strings for every ten people.

They were taken to the roadside and squatted. Then the militia troops entered the village and began to clean the battlefield.

The cleanup of Nanri Village lasted for about three hours. During this period, Xu Yuzhuo tacitly asked all the Ming troops who landed on the island to retreat to the periphery, euphemistically calling it a warning for friendly forces. Just as the Xu family and his son expected.

In that way, Nanri Village does still have a lot of gold and silver. The soldiers searched three cellars and found more than 7,000 taels of gold, more than 123,000 taels of silver, pearls, corals, jade, and jade.

There are also some jewelry. In addition, there are many kinds of commodities such as raw silk, flour, rice, medicinal materials, porcelain, etc. It can be seen that Shibazhi uses this place as a cargo transfer station.

There are indeed a lot of good things, but there is a problem before Shi Diwen - the Haihan warship participating in the war does not have enough transportation capacity to transport all the belongings in Nanri Village.

"It seems that only part of it can be left for Xu Xinsu." Shi Diwen said with some regret as he looked at the trophies that had been packed into a small mountain.

Although that is said, in fact, most of the high-value gold, silver and jewelry have been loaded onto the flatbed trucks originally used to transport artillery shells. If you put a military tarpaulin on the outside, you can't see what they are. As for the fact that they cannot be transported.

Most of the goods that were taken away were relatively heavy and low-value goods, such as grain, oil, rice and noodles, which were just left as consumables for the Ming army stationed here.

As for the captives, after an inventory, a total of 792 pirates were captured on the island, and a total of 131 pirate corpses were found. In addition, according to the accounts of several small pirate leaders, originally

Zheng Zhihu, the big boss of Nanri Island, had already escaped from the back door of Nanri Village after the war started. As Shi Diwen expected, he took more than 20 of his subordinates and went to the southern beach to escape by boat. In the sea

When the Han Militia learned the news, Zheng Zhihu had been at sea for about two hours.

If you know the course, you can actually send a boat to chase the two-hour voyage difference immediately. But the problem is that no one here knows where Zheng Zhihu will go after he goes to sea. Maybe he will return to Penghu immediately, maybe he will go to a nearby place.

The mainland fishing village is trying to avoid the limelight, and may find a place to gather its men on the nearby sea to make other plans. In short, there is no definite direction, and the Haihan Militia cannot follow it even if they have a fast boat.

"Zheng Zhihu!" Morgan was greatly disappointed when he heard the news. He also roughly knew the status of this pirate leader in the Eighteen Zhi. To miss such a target is really extremely disappointing for a veteran who calls himself a battlefield hunter.

big loss.

"If you had asked me to lead people around Nanri Village to intercept it in the south, maybe we would have caught this big fish!" Of course Morgan also knew that it was too late now, so he could only vent his resentment to stop himself.

On Shi Diwen.

"That is only a theoretical possibility, but in fact I guarantee your personal safety 100%." ​​Shi Diwen was naturally not convinced by Morgan's accusation and immediately refuted him.

Morgan shook his head in disappointment and said, "Dear Steven, I'm afraid it won't be so easy for us to catch him next time."

"Next time we will not only catch him, but also his brother and his partners." Shi Diwen did not agree with Morgan's pessimism: "We still have many opportunities to make military achievements, but the premise is that we must first ensure

Our own safety.”

There is no clear winner or loser in such a debate, but Morgan also knows that after reporting this matter to the Military Commission and the Executive Committee, Shi Diwen's prudent approach will still be recognized by the top brass. Even if the military

It wants to expand rapidly, but when it comes to the personal safety of time traveler officers, it has always been conservative. Riskier approaches like Morgan's will not get much support from the top management.

It wasn't until the Haihan militia transported the gold and silver jewelry found in Nanri Village to the dock for loading that Xu Xinsu's ship docked in the port with tacit agreement. After meeting Shi Diwen, Xu Xinsu didn't even mention cleaning the battlefield.

Instead, I first thanked Shi Diwen: "With the help of the Haihan militia in this battle, I won it easily! On behalf of the Fujian soldiers and civilians, I would like to thank all the Haihan soldiers!"

Xu Xinsu's attitude made Shi Diwen very satisfied. It was obvious that the other party had been able to face the existence of Haihan's military power with a relatively peaceful attitude, and his words also revealed his willingness to continue to cooperate with Haihan. This is exactly why

One of the main purposes of the Haihan Mission's visit to Fujian. The battle to conquer Nanri Island should have made the top leaders of the Fujian Ming Army realize the true combat effectiveness of the Haihan Militia. For them, cooperation is definitely more important than confrontation.

Reasonable choice.

When the sky was dark, the ships on alert in the nearby waters sent back news that the several pirate ships that had been watching from a distance had all evacuated. It seemed that they had roughly guessed the result of the fall of Nanri Island. That night, all the coalition fleets were stationed in Nanri Island.

On Ri Island, Xu Xinsu sent 500 Ming troops to live in Nanri Village. Originally, Xu Xinsu wanted to invite the Haihan militia to also station in Nanri Village, but Shi Diwen thought the environment in the village was too bad, and he was not sure about the three ships.

Although the Han warships were parked on the beach without adequate defense, they still insisted on arranging the militia station near the dock.

The dinner that day was particularly sumptuous. Xu Xinsu ordered people to purchase various poultry and livestock from nearby villages on the mainland and transport them to the island for slaughter as a reward for the three armies. Although not many people from the Ming army directly participated in this event

attack on the island, but fortunately they have Haihan, a partner who only wants money and is not greedy for credit. Most of the Ming army will get their own share of the victory in this victory, which is indeed a great achievement for them.

Something worth celebrating.

However, Shi Diwen thought it was a little early to celebrate at this time. After the meal was halfway through, he invited Xu Xinsu and Xu Yuzhuo and his son to his tent and informed them that the pirates had sent a ship back to Penghu to move them the day before.

News of rescue troops.

"It's unlikely that Shiba Zhi will fight back." Xu Yuzhuo first expressed his opinion after hearing this: "Zheng Zhihu also ran away. He had full time to intercept the pirate fleet coming to rescue on the way."

"But it's also possible that he can't swallow it in one breath and will try to use reinforcements to take back Nanri Island. After all, if they really send reinforcements, it shouldn't be a small number, right?" Shi Diwen raised another possibility.

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"I estimate that they will send at least more than 80 ships and a team of about one or two thousand people." Xu Xinsu continued: "The scale of the armed forces that Zheng Zhilong can mobilize in a short period of time is probably at this level. If more troops are to be mobilized,

People, he must convene a meeting with the leaders of Shibazhi to discuss, let each family send people and ships, and send troops together. And it will take at least seven or eight days to do this. When everything is ready to send troops, at least

It’s also half a month later.”

"But if Shibazhi's reinforcements met Zheng Zhihu on the way, would they come over and fight again?" Shi Diwen thought Xu Xinsu's argument was more credible, so he asked him his question again.

Xu Xinsu responded: "Although Zheng Zhihu is a little reckless, he is not stupid. He did not fight to the death in Nanri Village, but chose to escape. This shows that he is still a person who can judge the situation. So I believe that Zheng Zhihu led

It is unlikely that we will return to Nanri Island with the reinforcements from Penghu. Even if there is a battle, it will not happen in the next few days."
Chapter completed!