Daming pirates

In the end, they traveled three days longer than the originally planned five-day voyage. From Yongningwei to Nanri Island, it took them eight full days to arrive at Nanri Island.

But when they arrived at Nanri Island, they found that the place was completely empty and there was no one to be seen. There were only a few empty villages left on the island, and there were not even a single fishing boat along the south coast of Nanri Island.

It turned into a scene of deathly silence.

What surprised Yu Zigao was that the Sea Wolf did not launch another attack on them until they arrived at Nanri Island, let alone put up any resistance to them at sea when they arrived at Nanri Island, and just left them alone.

Arrive at Nanri Island.

Yu Zigao immediately sent people to cross Nanri Island from land and rush to Hailang Dazhai on Nanri Island. At the same time, he sent several fast boats to bypass Nanri Island through Nanri Waterway and headed for Nanri Island.

Sea Wolf Dazhai, although he has arrived at Nanri Island,

But whoever captured the Dazhai of Nanri Island was responsible for the victory. He knew very well that he had wasted a lot of time on land in the past few days, while Zhang Jiace on the other side set out from Dinghai City and headed south to Nanri.

The journey to the island can be said to have been smooth sailing.

It's just that Zhang Jiace has to be ordered to go to Xinghua Bay to load the officers and soldiers of the Army Division there first, so it may take some time. Now it seems that Sea Wolf has given up on guarding Nanri Island, so this time although he has eaten on land

Defeated, but it was probably the sea wolf who gave them a warning, and had no intention of continuing to defend Nanri Island.

However, this matter could not be finalized before taking over Nanri Island Sea Wolf Dazhai, because before that, he had a detailed understanding of the process of Chu Cai's massive invasion of Nanri Island.

At that time, Sea Wolf used Nanri Island Dazhai as bait and did not block Chu Cai Lao's fleet, allowing Chu Cai Lao to land easily. However, it severely damaged Chu Cai Lao on land and took advantage of Chu Cai Lao's morale to plummet.

At that time, the fleet suddenly appeared and beat Chu Cailao to the ground.

So although he didn't see anyone on Nanri Island, he couldn't see the situation in Dazhai when he came up from the south. So, did Sea Wolf completely give up on Nanri Island, or did he want to learn from last time and stick to Dazhai? He is currently

I'm not sure, I have to send someone to Dazhai to check the situation.

But when Yu Zigao's people rushed to Hailang Dazhai, they found that a large group of officers and soldiers had already appeared here. In the bay in front of Dazhai, a large number of army warships were also docked. After reading the flags,

, only then did they realize that Zhang Jiace had actually been one step ahead of them. He had just arrived at Nanri Island and was landing on the shore, unloading a large number of land divisions from the ship.

Looking at the Sea Wolf Village on Nanri Island, they found that there was no longer a Sea Wolf Village. The original Sea Wolf Village had now become a ruin, including the walls, almost

Everything has been demolished, burned down, and the embers in some places have not been completely extinguished. When you approach Dazhai, you can feel the heat wave hitting your face.

There was still a thick smell of smoke in the air. It was obvious that the village had just been burned down not long ago. After hearing the news, Yu Zigao couldn't help but cursed in his heart. If he hadn't encountered a night attack by a sea wolf on the road,

How could it be Zhang Jiace's turn to land on the island first? It seems that Zhang Jiace took the first credit.

But in return, he was relieved. Since the Sea Wolf burned down their stronghold, it also meant that they had completely given up on Nanri Island. They originally thought that they would definitely be indispensable when they got here.

It was a tough battle, but now it seems that this worry is unnecessary.

Judging from the news brought back by Xizuo, Hailang has worked hard to manage Nanri Island in the past few years. The island has been used for land reclamation and farming, and there are also shops, docks, and boathouses.

There are also many workshops. Now that they have even burned down Dazhai, it can be seen that they have really lost their strength this time and do not intend to continue to occupy Nanri Island.

So this time the Fujian official's campaign against the Sea Wolves has at least achieved acceptable results, and the main goal has been achieved.

In fact, as the commander-in-chief, Yu Zigao, Zhang Jiace and others have a clear understanding of Zhu Yifeng's thoughts this time. Although Zhu Yifeng has made great efforts after taking office, and it seems that he is going to launch a large-scale attack on the sea wolves, but

In fact, Zhu Yifeng's purpose is not to kill the sea wolf, because they all know that the current sea wolf is not an ordinary pirate.

In addition to the old nest of Nanri Island, the Sea Wolf has now occupied several places on Taiyuan Island and is operating vigorously. If you want to completely wipe it out, it is obvious that they in Fujian will be defeated by the power of Fujian Province alone.

Officials are not sure at all. If they want to completely eradicate the Sea Wolf, they will probably have to at least unite Guangdong and Zhejiang to carry out multi-provincial campaigns. There is probably still hope.

Therefore, their initial combat goal was just to recover Nanri Island. As for whether they could destroy the Sea Wolf, it was no longer their concern.

Now it is obvious that Sea Wolf is very knowledgeable and knows that sticking to Nanri Island will not do them much good. Instead of fighting with the government here, it is better to temporarily abandon Nanri Island and retreat to their home base of Taiyuan Island.

, the reason why they attacked Yu Zigao's fleet on the road was probably because they were unwilling to do so, and it was a demonstration.

So now that the sea wolves have run away, their battle can be considered over. Although they did not even see the shadow of the sea wolves, it still did not prevent them from reporting victory to the capital.

For so many years, the coast of Fujian has been experiencing maritime unrest. Although many islands along the coast are nominally under the control of the Ming Dynasty, in fact they are basically in an enclave state. The government is unable to control them at all, making them the nests of pirates.

Or it could be a temporary haven for merchant ships.

Although they failed to capture the sea wolf this time, they still forced the sea wolf away and took back Nanri Island. So this kind of regaining lost territory is still a great achievement.

At present, the slave Tatars in Liaodong have repeatedly invaded the south. The Ming Dynasty's army is outnumbered and the army has almost lost the entire Liaodong. If it were not for Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army, I am afraid that Liaodong would have been completely destroyed by now.

It fell into the hands of Jiannu. Only this time when Jiannu went south and suffered a defeat in Ningyuan and was defeated by Yuan Chonghuan, the morale of Liaodong was somewhat boosted.

However, the She'an Rebellion in the Yunnan-Guizhou and Sichuan areas has been going on for many years. The battle between the government troops and the rebels of She Chongming Anbangyan also resulted in more than a hundred victories, and even a high-ranking officer at the level of the commander-in-chief was defeated and died.

So overall, the Ming Dynasty is deteriorating. There is basically very little good news, and bad news is piling up every day. Now that their Fujian army can conquer Nanri Island, although the record is not very good, it is still good news.

The imperial court must certainly reward them, and Yu Zi

Gao himself is very close to Wei Zhongxian's party. He and Wu Chunfu, an important member of Wei Zhongxian's party, are the sons and daughters of Wu Chunfu. If news of this matter reaches the capital, even if the court does not praise Zhu Yifeng, at least it will

Wei Zhongxian and his party will also take care of him, so everyone is happy with the current situation.

Of course, although they are now on Nanri Island, it does not mean that the war is over. They must also conduct a so-called cleanup on Nanri Island. It is said to be a cleanup, but in fact it is a land scraping on Nanri Island.

style big rope.

According to the original plan, once they capture Nanri Island this time, based on Sea Wolf's activities in Fujian over the years, their lair will definitely hoard a large amount of goods. As long as they defeat them and capture their Dazhai, they can join the war.

The officers and soldiers can at least make a fortune, and the bulk of the profit must be shared by them generals.

But when they arrived, what they saw was devastation and ruins everywhere. The sea wolf had already transported everything that could be transported here in advance. Not even the better wood was left behind, let alone a large amount of wood.

of wealth.

So on the one hand, they felt a long sigh of relief when they saw the sea wolf escaping without a fight, but on the other hand, they were greatly disappointed, feeling a little unwilling that they could not get any advantage on this trip.

Whether it is the navy or the land army brought here this time, they all feel that they cannot go like this, so they must conduct a thorough search and suppression of Nanri Island. At least a few heads must be chopped off. Otherwise, the battle report must be submitted.

After that, not even a single pirate was killed, and the battle report was too ugly.

Killing good people to take credit has become an open matter now. What's more, killing a few islanders on Nanri Island is not an excessive thing. Who wants them to become thieves? So even if they kill some islanders,

At least it will make future battle reports look better.

Therefore, after Yu Zigao landed on the island, he immediately ordered the generals in the army to separately start searching all over Nanri Island, especially those villages, in order to conduct a thorough search and try to catch more "thieves".

Speaking of catching more thieves, the generals who were ordered to do so knew very well that as long as they were human beings, beheading them was the key. As for whether they were pirates or not, it was not important.

So the generals responded to the order with a bang, and immediately led their respective officers and soldiers towards Nanri Island and began to search everywhere.

But at this time, the villages on Nanri Island were almost empty. Of course, the islanders knew that the government troops would not be polite to them when they came this time, so those who could leave packed their belongings in advance.

They boarded the boat and left. Some people really couldn't bear to leave here, so they hid in the mountains to the east.

It turns out that a lot of cattle and sheep were grazing on Nanri Island, and all of them were shipped away. The villages on the island were basically empty, and apart from the empty houses, there were basically not many people left.

Of course, there are still some stubborn old people who refuse to leave no matter what. They think that this is their home and their fields are here, and they must guard their fields and their homes even if they die. Yu Xiaotian has no idea about such stubborn old people.

, but they didn’t drag them to death, and let them go. Everyone has the right to choose life and death. Since they don’t want to live, then it can’t be blamed on Yu Xiaotian for abandoning them.