Late Tang

Outside the west city of Shamen Town, hundreds of pirates who were tightly surrounded raised a white flag high.It was a flagpole made of a spear, and the white flag was also a bit strange, it looked like a white shirt.

At this time, the sky has just broken dawn, the morning sun has broken through the fog, a white belly has just risen in the east, and the morning sun has not yet appeared.

Seeing the pirates drop their weapons one after another, and then a sense of relief and relaxation appeared on his face, Zheng Balang closed his only one eye in pain.There was a sudden twitch in his heart, and he still couldn't believe it, he was defeated.Moreover, the defeat was so miserable that the entire army was wiped out on Shamen Island.In the end, there were more than [-] people who put down their weapons and surrendered, but looking at the fear on the faces of these people and the relief after he gave the order to surrender, Cyclops knew long ago that these people were already terrified.It was no longer the pirates who roamed the sea back then, but a group of frightened people.

In the end, even if he didn't take the initiative to order surrender, as long as the other party said a word, he would reward the pirate who took his head, and there would definitely be many people rushing to do it.

Looking at his subordinates who threw away the discarded weapon and then lay on the ground like a dog with their heads in their hands, Zheng Balang's heart was ashamed.

When he came, he was full of spirits, ready to show Wang Jin his strength, and by the way, make a good fortune in Shamen Town.For this reason, he almost came out in full force, bringing eighteen sea ships, among which there were only three sea ships of [-] shi, and these three sea ships were brand new merchant ships he had just intercepted on the Liao Sea not long ago.Eighteen boats, fifteen hundred brothers.This didn't count Wang Fu's subordinates, and Wang Fu's two hundred guards were all dead long ago.

In addition to the five hundred crew members who remained on the ship at the docks, he took a thousand brothers ashore.But looking at it now, Wang Fu and his 200 people are dead.Of his 1000 troops, now there are only more than [-] people around him, and there are still many wounded.As for the [-] crew members on the pier, it is estimated that they have already fallen into the hands of the Shamen town army together with his [-] boats.

400 people, he also thought about it, what would be the result if he fought hard?Maybe they can fight to get out of the siege, or pull in hundreds of town soldiers and die together?

He thought about this possibility, but in the end he didn't have the will to die.If the fleet is gone, you can grab it again, and if your brothers are gone, you can recruit again, but if your life is gone, the real person will die like a lamp, and nothing will be left.

He was defeated more than once. When he was a naval officer who robbed a merchant ship, he had a narrow escape.Later, he became a pirate, was defeated by Wang Jin again, and was put on the neck with a knife again.But he didn't die, he lived to this day.He believed that he was valuable to Li Jing.In his opinion, those officers are all of the same character, greedy but fake, they can do all kinds of dirty things overtly and secretly, but on the surface they always want to be bitches and set up memorial archways.He believes that the same is true for Li Jing, as long as he can tell the truth, is willing to surrender to Li Jing, and promises to make money for Li Jing as he did when he surrendered to Wang Jin, he believes that Li Jing will spare his life, maybe even the fleet will be returned to him.Although there will definitely be some means of control to check and balance him, but as long as Xiao Ming is alive, he doesn't care about those.

Seeing the white flag raised among the pirates, and seeing these pirates put down their weapons on their own initiative, squatting aside and waiting to be dealt with.After the soldiers in Shamen Town froze for a moment, they finally understood that the pirates had surrendered.Cheers like mountain shouts erupted immediately, deafening.Li Huier and others who were watching the battle boldly on the top of the city also saw this exciting scene, and the news was immediately spread to the city.The city immediately erupted in jubilation, and everyone wept with joy. Many people even started to burn the firecracker poles prepared for the Lantern Festival, and the sound of banging firecrackers was everywhere.

Li Jing also couldn't help laughing, originally thought that these pirates would resist to the end, but he didn't expect that the pirates would surrender on their own initiative.Well, in this way, the death of the fish was avoided in the end, and many casualties were saved.

"Immediately confiscate the weapons of the pirates who surrendered, temporarily bind and imprison these pirates, and keep them under strict guard!"

He turned around and said to Zhang Chengzong and Liu Shouqian, the servants who rushed over, "Immediately organize the people to clean up the battlefield, and immediately rescue the wounded. All seriously injured people will be sent to the city's medical team for immediate treatment. If there is any shortage of medicine, we will send someone to buy it immediately. If there is none on the island, take a boat to Dengzhou immediately to purchase. Since they have survived the battlefield, we must do everything possible to keep them. In addition, all the lightly wounded must also be treated with bandages. post wound infection."

He specifically ordered someone to find Zhang Hong, and asked him to lead someone to count the spoils and check the military exploits of the soldiers in Dengzhou. "Military merit must be checked carefully. Don't be afraid of trouble. Even if you check it several times, there must be no mistakes. All soldiers' military merits must be recorded one by one. There must be no mistakes, which will make the meritorious soldiers feel resentful. Soldiers and soldiers who died in battle, were seriously injured or lightly injured, should also check and register immediately, the pensions that should be paid, and the subsidies that should be rewarded and subsidized. Don’t be afraid to spend money on these, as much as you want, based on this situation, to There will definitely be additional rewards. The amount of additional rewards has to be considered, but the original basic pension rewards have to be issued first. Remember, there must be no deductions. Don't blame me, Li Jing, for turning my back on people."

In addition, he also asked the people to remember not only to collect the scattered weapons when they cleaned the battlefield.Even the iron armor, leather armor, helmet, etc. on those corpses must be collected and must not be wasted.Even if it is damaged, it can be repaired when it is taken back.As for the corpses of those pirates and warriors, they should be sorted carefully.The corpses of the pirates were transported to the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and a few big pits were dug there to bury them, but the heads had to be cut off first, and these were kept for use.And the fighters of their own family had to be lucky enough to come back, even if the corpses were damaged, they had to try their best to find them all.All these soldiers who died in battle will hold a memorial service to commemorate them, and then be handed over to them for a unified burial.

These trivial matters were handed over to Zhang Hong to organize the people to deal with. Li Jing and the generals looked at the city wall that basically no longer existed in the west city, as well as the countless corpses inside and outside the city wall, and the blood-stained land.I couldn't help but sigh, last night was really cruel.A little carelessness, the final result will be completely different.

Thinking of the information bought from Aunt Gongsun, Li Jing couldn't help but look a little ugly.Five hundred pirates turned out to be 200 troops, and among them were hundreds of soldiers equipped with iron armor and iron shields, and even dozens of heavy crossbows that caused huge casualties to the town soldiers.At this moment, he was also a little unclear whether Gongsun knew the truth and deliberately told him half-truths and half-false news, or that Gongsun also didn't know the exact information, but the information was wrong?

But right now Li Jing doesn't have time to settle accounts with Aunt Gongsun. After the war, there are still countless things waiting for him to deal with.The four temporary camps outside the city have been burned to the ground, and the families of thousands of soldiers have lost their homes.

Soon, under Zhang Hong's arrangement, the people in the city began to go out to clean up the battlefield.The wounded in Shamen Town were sent to the medical team for a while, and then the dead were searched out from the battlefield and transported away.Then they began to search for the weapons left on the battlefield, no matter whether they were good or bad, they all took them away.Even the broken spears and the shot arrows were all searched.Then someone specially arranged to strip the armor and helmet. Not only the iron armor, leather armor, and armor on the corpse were stripped, but even their belongings were searched out.In the end, the remaining corpses of the pirates will be sent to the Broadsword Squad, which specializes in decapitating heads, and their heads will be beheaded, and then the corpses will be pulled to the foot of Phoenix Mountain by car and buried in a deep pit.

The gates of the city were opened, and groups of women came out of the city. They shed tears as they looked at the burnt homes, scratching at the ashes with sticks, hoping to find some surviving objects such as earthen pots and bowls.Although Diwozi was burned, life had to go on.Fortunately, they are all nests. After digging out the ashes in the nests and cleaning the pits, as long as you build a shed or tent on the pits, you will be a home again.

Seeing the victory of the war, Li Huier and others organized the female workers in the workshop, boiled several large pots of water, and drove several buckets to the gate of the city. The soldiers who came down used it.They specially cooked a few large pots of porridge, steamed buns, tea, eggs, etc., and pulled the buckets outside the city gate, calling loudly for the soldiers to come forward to eat and drink, all for free.

Guiniang also brought Wan'er to Li Jing with steamed buns and mutton soup. Li Jing ate all four steamed buns in a few mouthfuls, and drank the mutton soup in one gulp. Things got angry, and he said with a cold face: "I still have a lot of things here, you two go home and take care of your mother and sister-in-law." Gui Niang and Wan'er felt a little wronged. The men were very happy to praise them, but Li Jing treated them lukewarm.

Lin Wei strode over and said something to Guiniang and Wan'er, the eldest lady and the second lady, and immediately forgot everything that the two women were happy about.He bowed his head in a flustered manner, and happily returned with the food box.

Li Jing has always wanted to know the situation at the pier, but he didn't have the chance just now. Now that he finally has time, he hurriedly asked, "How is the situation at the pier? How many ships are there for the pirates, have we captured them yet?"

Mentioning this matter, Lin Wei rubbed his hands, his eyes glistened and said excitedly: "I am about to report this matter to the general, the number of *** Cyclops not only has a thousand, but far exceeds five hundred. Even the boats are not thirteen, but a total of eighteen, ten of which are sea-going ships of [-] shi, and five of which are [-] shi. Hundred stones big ship. ***, in order to avoid destroying these ships, we spent a lot of effort to finally defeat the pirates left on the ship and seize these ships."

"What? You took all the ships?" Li Jing asked in surprise.

Lin Wei laughed and said: "Yes, we have taken them all. Eighteen ships, ten ships of 100 shi, five ships of 400 shi, and three ships of [-] shi have all been captured. Not a single ship was destroyed, and we only killed more than [-] of the [-] crew members left behind, and the remaining nearly [-] were all captured."

"Beautiful job!" Li Jing was overjoyed, holding Lin Wei's hand so excited that she was speechless.

(To be continued)