But pirates are pirates after all, unlike soldiers who have a spirit! After a few rounds of shooting and casualties between the two sides, the pirates couldn't calm down anymore! Because any pirate who dares to stand up and shoot will often be shot by more than a dozen bows, arrows and firecrackers, and his death will be very miserable! This makes the living pirates reluctant to stand up and fight back! This caused their shooting frequency to plummet, but the more they did this, the less able they were to suppress their opponents!
Without the suppression on the wall, the Ming soldiers quickly approached the wall. They put ladders on the wall and started climbing up. Some soldiers even started to build human ladders! Fortunately, the wall is not very high, and there are only about two and a half people. Although it takes a while to climb up, it can still be climbed!
However, when the pirates saw the officers and soldiers starting to climb the wall, they also started to fight back fiercely! The few people who had just rushed up were either slashed and fell down, or were pushed down. The situation became a little anxious for a while! At this moment, an officer commanding the artillery had a sudden idea and shouted to the gunners: "Hit the village gate! That gate is made of wood, and it can be penetrated in one hit at such a close range!"
The artillerymen, who could not fire because the soldiers rushed to the wall, brightened up when they heard this order. They immediately turned the artillery to aim at the gate of the village and fired a quick volley!
The result was just as the officer suspected, the pirates' gate was not strong! The four shells penetrated four big holes in the gate. Under the huge impact, the village gate on the left shook twice and then fell to the ground. It was considered that the city gate was wide open!
Seeing this scene, the soldiers under the wall shouted and rushed into the city through the damaged gate! Li Wenliang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, knowing that the pirate's stronghold had been taken down!
Jaws and Langlifanhua, who were still directing the resistance behind the wall, were shocked to see the city gate breached! Originally, they wanted to withstand the attack of the army and then sneak away quietly, but before they could escape, the gate of the village was broken!
At this time, the two of them wished they could go back to the past and strengthen the walls and gates! But no matter how much they thought, it was useless. They could only make up their minds and flee back the mountain with their confidants, without even thinking about resisting! Because they also know that if they are at sea, they may still be able to fight, but if they are surrounded on the island, they have no chance of victory! "
At this time, when the officers and soldiers saw that the gate of the stronghold was opened, their morale was greatly shaken, and they rushed into the stronghold to fight with the pirates! Seeing that their leaders had run away and that they had lost the city wall, the pirates knew they had no way to save themselves and knelt down to beg for surrender! Only a few ferocious ones tried to resist, but in the blink of an eye they were surrounded and hacked to death by several soldiers! The entire village wall changed hands in the blink of an eye!
More soldiers who rushed in saw that there was no place to grab credit, and they rushed into the stockade. For a while, the whole stockade was filled with the sound of killing!
Seeing that the situation had been decided, Liu Haojia also led his servants towards the village. When he entered the village, he discovered that the island was quite large, with many houses built along the hillsides and mountain roads. Looking at the number of houses, I estimate that there are only seven or eight hundred pirates in this group! And he actually discovered a blacksmith workshop in the village!
By the time he finished browsing and reached the top of the mountain, the battle was basically over! Li Wenliang came to report with a smile: "Young Marshal, Great White Shark and Langlifanhua refused to surrender and have been killed! The remaining captured pirates are being escorted here! And many women and children are also being escorted. Come on, there are almost a thousand people in total! As for the supplies, they are being counted."
Liu Haojia asked: "How many casualties were there?"
Li Wenliang said: "Seven were killed, four were seriously injured, and the rest were all minor injuries, nothing serious!"
While the two were talking, the captured pirates and their families were escorted one after another and placed in the open space in front of the Juyi Hall. Some of the women were surprised to see their relatives and called out inexplicably! Some even found out that their relatives were missing, and couldn't help but burst into tears! The scene was very chaotic for a while!
Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Wenliang patted his head and said: "I just said that the young marshal said to bring as many ships as possible, so that's the truth! Does the young marshal plan to take all these people back to Tianjin?"
Liu Haojia nodded and said: "That's the idea! But we must carefully screen them. The pirates who have committed the worst crimes will be sold directly to the coal mines, and the rest will have to work hard for several years! If they change their minds and bring them back, they will be added to the army! As for these women and children Naturally, we have to settle down! Those who have family members can return home, and those who have no family members can be assigned to brothers in the army!"
Just then, I heard a burst of noise from the crowd! The two of them looked up and saw that it was the Great White Shark and the heads that were flying in the waves that had arrived! The heads of the two men were raised high on bamboo poles and displayed in front of everyone. This completely drained the pirates of their last hope! Everyone was kneeling on the ground waiting to be punished!
After seeing this, Liu Haojia said: "Didn't they say they have three leaders? Why are there only two heads now?"
At this time Liu Guangting also rushed over and said: "Second Young Master, I just interrogated the pirates. They said that they did see the third master still there before the war started, which means that he is still on the island and has not escaped! Check carefully I can definitely find it!"
Liu Haojia said: "Okay, send people to search immediately, we must not let him escape!"
After Li Wenliang arranged for people to search, Liu Guangting said: "Second Young Master, there is another good news. This time we really made a fortune!"
When Liu Haojia and others heard the words "get rich", they were all excited! Li Wenliang immediately rushed to ask: "What's a way to get rich?"
Liu Guangting said: "When I interrogated the pirates just now, I found out why the Great White Sharks didn't go to rob! Because they were about to send the accumulated goods to the shore to sell the stolen goods in the past few days! And the owner of the nest also had to send people to deliver food. Count the goods. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will only be one leader guarding the stronghold, and at least two people will go out to rob and trade!"
After hearing this, Liu Haojia patted his forehead and said: "This is our good luck! But in this case, the nest owner on the shore should only come in these few days?"
Liu Guangting laughed and said: "The second young master is right! And the pirates also said that the people will come within these three days!"
Liu Haojia also laughed and said: "In that case, seize the time to search the entire village! Then put the fleet of ships farther away, and the remaining people will repair the wall of the village, pretending that nothing happened, and then ambush the soldiers sent by the village owner. Man, let’s make another windfall by the way!”
