Chapter 299

"kill!"

The officers and soldiers work in Shiwu as a unit, cooperate with each other, and are protected by leather armor, which is as powerful as a broken bamboo.

A large number of water bandits were hacked and killed immediately, blood filled the deck, and some of them even looked panic-stricken, and jumped into the water to escape.

When the second boat also fell, a man who looked like a leader immediately shouted: "Nothing can be done! Go... retreat to the stockade!"

He was tall, his voice was like a bell, and his martial strength was also very good. When he slashed with the steel knife in his hand, he cut through the leather armor immediately, and an officer and soldier screamed, and an arm flew up.

"Go two of you and kill him!"

Seeing this, Xu Ting immediately gave instructions to the two soldiers behind him without hesitation.

"promise!"

The soldiers promised, and quickly stepped forward, with a grin on their faces, waving the Bailian Yanling Saber: "Die!"

Click!

The leader of the water bandit raised his sword to meet him, and the two swords collided, sparking a little spark.

A huge force struck him, causing him to back up, his arm was numb, and he felt that the long knife was about to fly out of his hand, and his face changed drastically: "This is... the elite of the army!"

He really couldn't figure it out, this kind of ten-man enemy's personal soldiers is definitely equipped only by generals, why would he condescend to deal with these little water bandits?

But, he only had this idea.

The two soldiers cooperated tacitly, one stepped forward to attract firepower, while the other crawled forward, and suddenly burst into flames, a saber flashed like lightning, and sank into the leader's waist, blood gushing out.

Seeing this, the soldiers who were blocking him sneered, and cut off the water bandit's head with another knife.

"This is a battle in the army, only a fool will tell you the rules of the world!"

Killing and attacking in the army pays attention to using everything to the extreme. As long as the goal can be achieved, killing the enemy and losing face, what is a sneak attack?

If you really think that you will be like a hero in the rivers and lakes, and pay attention to the rules, then it is really a joke!

"about there!"

Seeing that the small core of resistance was finally eliminated, Xu Ting smiled and nodded.

"Listen, your leader is dead! Why don't you surrender quickly?"

One of the soldiers held up the leader's head and roared loudly like a tiger roaring: "If you resist the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court again, be careful to be turned into ashes, and the whole family will be executed!"

"My lord, spare me, I will surrender!"

It was only right and proper for the officers and soldiers to surrender the bandits. Seeing that the situation was over, the remaining water bandits didn't have any thoughts, so they knelt down and threw down their weapons to surrender.

"Okay! Immediately control the ship, take in the prisoners, and count the wounded..."

Watching the archers start to shoot and kill the water bandits who had dived and escaped sporadically, and a large number of prisoners were brought up, Xu Ting gave orders, but his heart was filled with joy.

It didn't take long for the counting results to come up.

"My lord, this time we killed 37 enemies and captured 50 people. Basically, the strength of this Black Guam can be said to have been wiped out..."

A chief came forward with a happy expression on his face.

"My lord, I have found out the location of Dazhai. At present, those fugitives are also concentrating on the village. It seems that they want to defend..."

The Taoist priest also stepped forward and spoke.

This is not a solution. After all, the officers and troops are expending a lot. How could they stay for a small village for a long time?

"oh!"

Xu Ting didn't speak for a while, but stood on the deck, looking at the slightly red lake water and the floating corpse that had been shot by the arrow, he asked, "How about the casualties of our people?"

"Three people died, five people were seriously injured, and the other dozen were slightly injured, which did not affect their actions. They can return to the team after a little bandage!"

Because he is the son of Fu Cheng, the team is well-equipped, and there is an old doctor with rich experience, and he started treatment on the spot, which is also a great boost to morale.

"At this time, we have been found in the stockade, do you want to attack?"

As long as there are walls and ditches, even if they are very short and rough, a strong attack will lose a lot.

"Why so, this battle is over!"

Xu Ting looked at the water bandits strung together with straw ropes and couldn't help smiling.

After a simple interrogation, a lot of information came out. For example, there were only six or seven hundred people in the village at this time, mostly old and young, women and children, and the leader Lu Jia was also there.

Also, the water bandit leader who was beheaded before was the second head of Hei Guam, and he had always been brave. Of course, at this time, it was just a head, which could represent meritorious deeds.

After knowing the information, Xu Ting immediately ordered the army to rest for a while, leaving 20 people guarding the pier, while he took the remaining troops, escorted the prisoners, and came to the front of the wooden village.

At this time, the whole village was in a commotion, women and old men could be vaguely seen on the wooden walls, their eyes filled with anxiety.

After all, they are officers and soldiers, representing some kind of righteousness.

Not to mention, they had been defeated before, and it was useless to kill or injure the prisoners.

"This Lu Jia is quite talented!"

Xu Ting came to the front of the formation and took a look at the wooden village. It was not very high, it was about a foot long, and it was relatively simple. In front of the village, there was another trench. Although it had just been dug and even half-finished, it could be seen that he had put his heart into it.

As long as you have these, even if the regular army attacks, you will have to pay a certain price.

"It's a pity...the opportunity was lost!"

If the elite gang of water bandits were still there, defending the Muzhai to the death, the ordinary one hundred court officers and soldiers would not be able to take them down.

Even now, Xu Ting can only order his own soldiers to be the spearheads, and risk their lives to charge. The damage will be great. Once there is resentment in his team, in order to appease him, he will inevitably carry out massacres. At that time, any appeasement will become a joke .

But at this time, most of the fathers, brothers and husbands of these people are in their own hands, and they have a trump card in their hands, completely occupying the upper hand.

"My lord, do you want to attack?"

Seeing a wave of water bandits with a strong breath come up to the wall, not many, only a dozen of them, knowing that this is the last force of the water bandits, the deputy stepped forward to ask.

To break the army and kill the general, the five guards on patrol were all good hands, charged forward, killed the bandit leader with lightning speed, and immediately the overall situation was settled.

"No need, why bother to kill more?"

Xu Ting waved his hand: "Bring up all the captives! Then persuade Muzhai to surrender! And tell them... If they don't surrender, I will use the captives to fill the trench!"

"hiss……"

The adjutant just thought about it for a while, and immediately took a breath, feeling a little chill in his heart, and immediately praised: "My lord is wise, if this happens, the water bandits will be defeated!"

In terms of human nature, how many of them can attack their relatives?

Even Lu Jia can't commit this anger! In fact, the fate of this wave of water bandits was already doomed when the pier was captured and the retreat route was cut off.

The so-called victory over temple calculations is exactly that!

Although the inspector is not very old, he is very skilled in warfare and is really a first-class handsome man.

The adjutant thought silently, and a certain idea became firm in his heart.

...

After shouting, there was a great commotion in the wooden village, and the commotion became even worse. Immediately, the gate of the village opened with a squeak, and a dozen people came out with thorns on their backs. When they saw Xu Ting, they knelt down immediately: "Sinner Lu Jia, I have seen the heavenly soldiers! "

"Well, get up!"

Xu Ting looked at the leader of the black Guam water bandits.

This man was only about thirty years old, but his temples were already graying due to the weather.

I know that this person may be unwilling, but so what? Public anger is hard to offend, if you don't want to be betrayed by your subordinates, you have to surrender.

Of course, the most important thing is his official skin!

After all, the few times before the imperial court placed water bandits, they only corrected the culprits, and the rest were registered as households, which is a rare foundation of trust.

Lu Jia stood up apprehensively, looking at the soldiers staring at him around him, the hairs on his back stood on end.

"You gathered people to become bandits, corrupted one side, and even robbed the county town and robbed a big family. The crime is unforgivable..."

Next, Xu Ting's voice was indifferent, but made Lu Jia's legs go weak, and he knelt down again: "My lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life! The villain is just trying to make a living... Food is scarce on the island, and many people have starved to death... ..."

bang bang!

Not long after, his forehead was blood red.

Seeing this, Xu Ting was only satisfied: "...but it's sympathetic, so I will authorize you to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, join our army, and hunt down other water bandits!"

This person has some talents that can be used, but his temper is rough and needs to be honed a lot.

As for how to employ people, he already has his own set of views in mind.

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

Although the person in front of him was only a young man, he still killed him, Lu Jia thanked him again and again.

"Well, Guo Kuixing, you bring fifty people in, check the inventory, and sort out the household registration..."

Even though he knew that there was not much resistance, Xu Ting was still worried, took the prisoners and ordered his subordinates to enter the city.

After every family was taken out and a large amount of storage was counted, a smile finally appeared on his face.

At this time, he ordered the cauldron to be boiled, boiled wild vegetables, bacon and other miscellaneous things together, and added a few salted fish into it, which looked like a mixed porridge.

Because of these, the turmoil of the bandits gradually calmed down.

The others had a rest, but Xu Ting was too busy to drink a sip of water. Listening to Guo Kuixing counting the harvest: "The total number of prisoners is 750, and 70 long knives and other weapons, three pairs of leather armor, gold The silver is equivalent to five hundred taels, and there are several large boxes of copper coins... It's just that there is too little food, and there is also a considerable shortage of cloth and medicine!"

"Well, all water bandits, males over the age of fifteen, are all enlisted in the army and under strict supervision. There are five families and one family, and they monitor each other. There are even escapers!"

Xu Ting took a few steps: "After eating and drinking, get on the boat immediately, and then set fire to the village!"

"For the soldiers, rewards will be given immediately. All those who participate in the battle will be rewarded with one tael of silver, beheaded for one level, ten taels of silver for the leader, and the leader will be counted separately... I will not forget the meritorious service of officers at all levels."

"My lord is wise!"

Guo Kuixing and other officers were overjoyed when they heard this.

And Xu Ting smiled wryly in his heart.

Calculated in this way, there are also the consumption and pension allocated by the army. In fact, the conquest of this island is really not worth the candle.

'But how do they know that my real gains are these captives! '

Xu Ting looked at these hundreds of people with a joyful smile on his face.