Who could have imagined that Su Qi'an would take a civilian ship and lead his two thousand direct troops to go to sea to attack the pirates' home base, Black Wind Island.
Of course, Su Qi'an's daring to take such a risk required the right time, place and people, mainly because the 70,000 pirates and Japanese pirates who gathered on Blackwind Island were divided into two groups to attack Yue and Dongzhou.
At this time, there were not many troops in Black Wind Island, but the pirates only divided their troops into one group.
Half of the troops were left on Black Wind Island, and Su Qi'an did not dare to attack from behind.
After all, this loophole was destined. At first, the pirates just wanted to beat Qiu Feng and then run away.
Who made the Yuezhou soldiers less vigilant, which led to the pirates invading Yuezhou going particularly smoothly? Taking this opportunity to prevent the pirates from expanding their results, the previous Autumn Wind attack quickly turned into an all-out attack.
Therefore, in order to cooperate with the smooth invasion of Yuezhou pirates, the pirates in Dongzhou could only try their best to hold back the Dongzhou soldiers.
The war between the two sides lasted for more than a month, and each wanted to eat the other, so naturally they had no intention of paying attention to their home base, Black Wind Island, which gave Su Qi'an an opportunity to take advantage of.
Of course, it would not be easy for Su Qi'an to land on Heifeng Island. Heifeng Island was about seventy or eighty miles away from Yuezhou.
There are not many waterways in Yuezhou, but once you go out to sea, there will be wind and waves on the sea, making the journey bumpy. There are many reefs around Black Wind Island.
If you are not familiar with the terrain of Black Wind Island, even if you take a boat out to sea and want to land on the island, you will probably hit the reef and get stranded.
This is also the main reason why the Yuezhou soldiers have been unable to conquer Black Wind Island.
Fortunately, Su Qi'an had made sufficient preparations for this trip to sea in private. Not only did he have a group of outstanding craftsmen such as Xiao Si on hand to reinforce these civilian ships.
They even sent people to Yuezhou to look for guides who were familiar with the terrain of Black Wind Island. After exhausting the efforts of nine cattle and two tigers, Su Qi'an finally found a dozen old people who were familiar with the terrain of Black Wind Island.
Most of these people were fishermen who went to sea from Yuezhou. In the past few years, due to the invasion of pirates, some of them became prisoners and were taken to Black Wind Island.
But many of the fishermen who became prisoners were unwilling to be slaves of pirates and planned to escape.
Under their plan, they found an opportunity and took advantage of the pirates to relax their vigilance and be careless. These fishermen jumped into the sea.
With their tenacious will, they were forced to swim back, but the casualties were heavy. There were hundreds of fishermen who escaped from Blackwind Island, but only a dozen came back alive.
Moreover, when these people returned to Yuezhou, although they had a chance to save their lives, they were treated unfairly all year round.
He was treated as a fine worker and was not allowed to go to many places or do any work. He could only serve as a slave and was sent to the Yuezhou mining area to perform corvee labor.
Fortunately, Su Qi'an was the commander-in-chief of Yuezhou, and under his arrangement, these people were directly recruited.
When Su Qi'an wanted someone, the person in charge of the mining area naturally didn't dare to stop him. Quan assumed that Su Qi'an needed slaves and released them readily.
Of course, in order not to attract other people's attention, among the people Su Qi'an wanted this time, in addition to the fishermen who escaped from Black Wind Island, he also wanted some other unimportant slaves symbolically.
This did not make the person in charge of the mining area suspicious.
After bringing them back, under Su Qi'an's arrangement, he secretly stayed with Xiao Si and others in a small mountain village under Shuixiang City.
The last night attack by a mysterious assassin made Su Qian feel a little nervous. He was afraid that the assassin would find something and run towards them.
If this is the case, Su Qi'an's plan may have failed. Fortunately, after the hunt and confirmation, it was confirmed that the assassin was not aware of Su Qi'an's plan.
This gave Su Qi'an a sense of relief and allowed him to continue.
Except for Xie Cang, Tong Zhan and other people around him, no one in Yuezhou knew about Su Qi'an's secret plan.
Su Qi'an has been waiting patiently, and even used Yuezhou City as bait to let the pirates invade Yuezhou at all costs.
It wasn't until the two sides broke out into a war and got entangled that Su Qian knew that his chance had come.
No hesitation, take the fastest
At a very fast speed, the civilian ship that was promised to be hidden went down the river. It can be said that under the eyes of both parties, it left Yuezhou and went to the sea.
After leaving the sea, Su Qi'an's plan was only half successful. The next step was to see how to land on the island.
Led by more than a dozen experienced fishermen, Su Qi'an's fleet withstood many winds and waves. After the wind and waves passed, a huge dark island appeared not far in front of them.
At this time, everyone, under Su Qian's order, was ready for battle.
Although there is no large pirate force on the island, Su Qi'an estimates that there are at least a thousand pirates staying on the island, and maybe even as many as them.
For this plan, Su Qi'an planned to make a quick decision.
Therefore, the direct-affiliated team was used. Even though the direct-affiliated team only had 2,000 people.
But the weapons and equipment in hand are no worse than those of Dongshan Army, even in some aspects, such as fighting in jungles, cliffs, and even now island landings.
The R&D Department deliberately followed Su Qian's instructions and equipped the directly affiliated teams with a large number of climbing equipment suitable for this battlefield environment.
Except that they can't be airborne, they are all good at everything else.
As Su Qi'an's civilian ship gradually approached, as expected, something was wrong immediately detected on Blackwind Island.
On the beach, a group of pirates, waving flags, ordered Su Qi'an and the others to leave quickly, otherwise they would not be polite.
Su Qi'an stood at the bow of the ship without saying anything. He waved his hand. The next moment, seven or eight hatches opened on the hull of the civilian ship, and then a very thick arrow flew out from the hatch.
These arrows are all made of iron and are at least half as thick as a fist.
At the end of these iron arrows, long ropes were tied. The arrows whizzed past and hit the beach in the blink of an eye. The iron arrows penetrated the beach at least one-third deep.
This scene frightened the semaphore pirates. This was the first time they saw a civilian ship taking the initiative to land on their Black Wind Island.
The pirates who were able to stay behind were not novices. They could tell at a glance that the civilian ship coming towards them was not an ordinary person, but definitely a Yuezhou soldier.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Send a signal quickly to inform the brothers on the island, copycat!"
One of the leading pirates shouted fiercely, and just as they started to take action, suddenly, an overwhelming barrage of arrows were shot towards the civilian ship they were approaching.
The accuracy was inaccurate due to wind and waves, but it shocked the pirates so much that they quickly fled the beach for fear of being affected by the blind arrows.
They quickly hid and found a safe position, and when they looked over, what surprised them was the iron arrows shot on the beach, connected to the thick rope behind them.
Many figures jumped off the civilian ship along the rope, and quickly landed on Black Wind Island under the cover of arrows.
This scene made the pirates a little confused. It was not that they had never dealt with Yuezhou soldiers, even the Yuezhou Navy.
But I have never seen an army like this that cooperates tacitly, responds quickly, and is very bold.
In less than a quarter of an hour, at least hundreds of people had landed on the island.
As for the civilian ships in the rear, they were not afraid of running aground on the rocks and kept approaching Black Wind Island.
It can be said that what these soldiers pursued in their battle was speed. While the pirates were stunned and confused, they desperately landed on the island as quickly as possible.
Not to mention this kind of fighting method, the pirates have never seen even this group of soldiers who landed on the island.
They were hung with ropes connected by metal pieces. Each of them wore rattan armor, carried a quiver on his back, and held a broadsword, a shield, or even a combined and disassembled halberd in his hand.
This scene made the pirates' heads spin. They were sure that these people were definitely not Yuezhou soldiers. How could the Yuezhou soldiers have such fancy equipment?
Even though he was a little confused, as a pirate, it was a slap in the face to have a group of unknown soldiers land in his lair.
It was absolutely impossible for them to just watch. Sure enough, under the notification of the leading pirate, soon, the people on the island
The pirates quickly reinforced themselves.
Looking at the people gathered behind him, the leading pirate wiped away his daze, a vicious look appeared on his face, and shouted.
"Brothers, kill them all!"
Immediately he took the lead, holding the sword in his hand, and immediately started a battle with the landing forward team.
In the back, Su Qi'an stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the fierce battle on the beach with an indifferent expression. Read the book
Turning back, he said to Tong Zhan, "Don't consider the risk of running aground. Order all ships to quickly approach. Only push out catapults and heavy ballistae to support the landing forward troops."
"At the same time, quickly abandon the stranded ship, quickly follow the rope, and land on the island as quickly as possible. I have only one request. No matter what, we must use a devastating method to quickly eliminate the remaining pirates on Black Wind Island and win a quick victory. "
It's no wonder that Su Qi'an was like this. In this landing battle, Su Qi'an was fighting for a quick victory, destroying everything.
Once he gets into an entanglement with the other party, Su Qi'an will suffer in the end, and what Su Qi'an lacks most now is time.
To take advantage of the fact that the remaining pirates do not know the strength and equipment of their side, and launch a fierce attack, it is best to stun these pirates and make them afraid.
Only in this way can Su Qi'an quickly expand his victory and have the opportunity to occupy Black Wind Island. Therefore, time is not important in terms of casualties or anything like that.
Tong Zhan nodded and quickly passed on Su Qi'an's order through the flag soldiers.
At the same time, under the command of Tong Zhan, the improved catapult and heavy ballistae in the cabin were pushed out.
Aiming at the pirates running towards the back of the beach, a volley fired directly.
As the boulders fell and the heavy crossbow arrows penetrated, the pirates who came from behind suffered heavy losses and screamed again and again.
This time, the pirates who were still fighting fiercely with the vanguard team were stunned.
"What kind of strategy is this? A catapult on a civilian ship? A heavy ballista? This is impossible!"
This was the reason why all the pirates were stunned. They had never seen anyone who could mount a catapult or a heavy ballista on a ship. This was not on land, but on the sea.
Apart from anything else, no matter how heavy the catapult is, even a military ship may not be able to carry a few of them, let alone a civilian ship that is half the size of a military ship.
Although they didn't believe it, the fact was before their eyes and they had to accept it.
