Chapter 795: Layout of Xuzhou

The result of the battle on Yuzhou Mountain Island was not unexpected. Thousands of navy troops attacked an unguarded island, and there was a historical general like Jiang Qin. It was not easy to capture them. If the two armies met at sea, the casualties would be at least several times more, and some ships would definitely be lost.

Seeing that he had not been able to catch up with the battle despite his haste, Huangfu Chaobo could not help but feel disappointed. He now realized why Pang Tong had a strange smile on his face when his ship left. It turned out that the guy had already thought of this situation.

Half an hour later, Jiang Qin had quelled the resistance on the island. Nearly a thousand pirates and more than two thousand families, only dozens of them escaped into the mountains on the island, but these people could not escape.

As for the rest, about two hundred pirates were killed in the battle, eight large and small ships of the pirates were damaged and sunk, and the remaining thirty-five were all captured. Among them, there were twelve sand ships, eight ordinary merchant ships, and fifteen patrol boats and fishing boats.

After Jiang Qin arranged the affairs on the island and arranged security defenses, he immediately returned to the ship to report the battle situation to Huangfu Chaobo.

Huangfu Chaobo listened to Jiang Qin's report while getting off the boat and walking towards the island. When his feet stepped on the land again, he breathed a long sigh of relief. People who had never been out to sea suddenly wandered on the sea for nearly half a month, which made Huangfu Chaobo feel a little bit floating.

Now he can finally stand on the land safely. After Huangfu Chaobo stood still, his thoughts slowly returned to the right track. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Have you counted the harvest? And send someone to ask the people here immediately to see how many craftsmen there are and whether there are any who can make sea ships."

"I have sent people to deal with these matters, and there should be a reply soon."

As the two were talking, a naval captain stepped forward and said, "See, General, I have already asked clearly that this group of pirates is a famous group of pirates in the East China Sea, and their name is the Sea Dragon Gang."

The Sea Dragon Gang is a pirate gang that has risen in the East China Sea in recent years. It has plundered various places along the coast of Xuzhou many times. However, Xuzhou does not have a strong navy, and Tao Qian has been struggling to deal with Cao Cao's attacks, so he has no intention of destroying this group of pirates.

In addition, their range of activities does not enter Jiangdong at all, and there is basically no conflict with the Jiangdong family, so no one in Jiangdong pays attention to them. Moreover, there are not many caravans between the north and the south now, so no one pays attention to them.

The Sea Dragon Gang has more than 1,000 pirates, more than 50 large and small ships, and more than 2,000 family members.

Having no rivals in the East China Sea for several years made them relax their vigilance. This time, Jiang Qin's navy suddenly came, and the Hailong Gang had never expected it, so they were all blocked on the island.

Except for the hundreds of casualties, the rest of the more than 3,000 people were basically captured. There were indeed several craftsmen among the more than 2,000 people, three of whom knew how to build and repair ships.

As for the other property of the pirates, it is still being counted, and the specific number has not yet been announced.

Huangfu Chaobo waved his hand and said, "Bring the three shipbuilders here. I have something to ask."

After a while, an old man and two middle-aged men were brought over. The three were dressed like typical seaside fishermen, with dark skin and tattered clothes. When they saw Huangfu Chaobo, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "I pay my respects to the general. Please spare my life!"

Huangfu Chaobo was too lazy to talk nonsense and said, "Who among you can build a sea ship?"

The old man raised his head tremblingly and replied, "General, I can build a sand ship. These two are my sons. They can only repair ships for the time being and have not yet fully learned how to build ships."

"These sand ships are Did you build it?" He pointed to the twelve ships on the sea and asked;

"General, five of them were built by me, and the rest were looted by the chieftain from other places." Seeing that the general in front of him seemed to be very interested in sea ships, the old man plucked up his courage and said;

"How big a sand ship can you build?"

"Sand ships below 3,000 stones are no problem.

If it is larger, it has not been built yet, and I can also transform sand ships into warships."

Everyone's eyes lit up, especially Jiang Qin. In the naval battle just now, the Nutao Camp actually suffered a lot. There were several small catapults and several crossbows on the sand ships, which were all sharp weapons for warships.

There were some pirates on several sand ships, but because the Nutao Camp came too fast, the pirates on the sand ships only had time to launch a few catapults at the Nutao Camp before they were approached for close combat and then annihilated by superior forces.

If this old man can build sand ships and warships, the strength of the Anton Army's navy will increase a lot.

Huangfu Chaobo chatted with the old shipbuilder surnamed Guo for a while, and confirmed that he had indeed picked up a treasure. This old man and his two sons, Guo Da and Guo Er, were all shipbuilders. Old Guo could build sand ships with a capacity of less than 3,000 shi, and he could also install weapons such as catapults and crossbows on the sand ships.

His two sons were actually craftsmen with relatively good qualifications, but because of the limited materials on the island, their skills could not be exercised, so they had not yet learned to build sand ships. However, there was no problem in repairing ships, after all, pirate ships were often damaged, so the two of them often repaired ships under the command of old Guo.

As for the other people on the island, except for a large number of fishermen, the others are ordinary people. Of course, those captured pirates are the best source of soldiers for the navy, and Jiang Qin will definitely not let them go.

At this time, Pang Tong and his men had already disembarked. After carefully observing the situation on the island, they said to Huangfu Chaobo: "My lord, this island is indeed a good place. It is only a few miles away from Qu County, Xuzhou, and Xuzhou has no navy that can threaten us. If I develop this place into a base, I can attack Xuzhou from here and kill Cao Cao's army by surprise."

After listening to Pang Tong's words, Old Man Guo, who was not far from the two of them, suddenly said: "General, there is a valley in the mountains a few miles north of the island, which is about ten miles in radius."

When the two heard this, they were all happy. They didn't expect that there was another world on this small island. For a moment, they both thought of building a small town-level territory on the south coast of the island to conceal their tracks, and building another garrison in the valley on the island. At that time, thousands or even tens of thousands of troops could be hidden on this island. When the time came to march to Xuzhou, it would definitely be able to deal a fatal blow to Cao Cao.