The ten planes of the Sky Army were divided into five groups and carefully explored different areas of the island to thoroughly understand the topography of the island, as well as the defensive facilities built by the pirates everywhere, the situation of the roads leading to the inland, and so on.
Only by thoroughly understanding the situation could they better eliminate all the remaining pirates on the island. Otherwise, the elite troops of the Tang dynasty would be like headless flies, not knowing where to start, greatly limiting the progress of eliminating the remaining pirates.
The soldiers of the Sky Army understood that the burden on their shoulders was very heavy, so they were very serious when they explored. They even took the risk of flying at ultra-low altitudes in order to thoroughly understand the terrain that they could not see clearly.
At noon, the ten planes of the Sky Army returned one after another, marked all the situations they had explored on the map, and handed it over to Ang Lee as quickly as possible.
Looking at the map marked by the soldiers of the Sky Army, Ang Lee nodded with satisfaction. These young men did a good job. The topographic map was marked very well, and many details were marked, especially the defensive facilities built by the pirates. They were marked very vividly, and even the shape and number of troops were marked.
"Haha! That's great! With this map, eliminating the remaining pirates will not be a big problem. I think we can wipe out most of the pirates in two days. The rest will surrender even if they don't die. "
Looking at the map in front of him, Ang Lee expressed his opinion happily.
Li Feiyu looked at the map, pointed to a spot, and said loudly, "Big Brother, isn't this the stronghold that our artillery couldn't attack in the morning? I didn't expect that there would be two hidden strongholds behind this point. In this way, even if our soldiers risked their lives to attack, they would immediately be ruthlessly killed by the two strongholds behind. The casualties will definitely not be small. "
Obviously, Li Feiyu was a little scared. If he had sent his elite troops to attack in the morning, the casualties would have been at least several times higher than he expected.
Ang Lee could not help but marvel at the ingenious location. If it were not for the advanced equipment of the Tang Dynasty, with the level of the cold weapons era, even if there were 100,000 soldiers, they would not be able to go up.
"No wonder the pirates are so fearless. It turns out that they have already made sufficient preparations. It's just that they did not expect us to arrive so quickly, so in a panic, we wiped out nearly half of their troops in one fell swoop, and they also lost most of their provisions and treasures. If they had made preparations in advance and hid all their provisions, treasures, and troops deep in the mountains, we would have had to spend a lot of effort!"
Ang Lee said with a gentle smile.
Li Feiyu said with a smile, "Big Brother, the pirates' equipment can't be compared with ours. No matter how well prepared they are, they can't escape the fate of being annihilated in the end. As for how to fight next, Big Brother, please give the order."
Ang Lee looked at the map carefully and analyzed, "From the investigation of the Sky Army, the main force of the pirates is in this area, and the only way to get to this area is this place we went to in the morning. The Vanguard Battalion suffered dozens of casualties and still could not take it down. For the time being, let's let this point go and put the main force on the two wings to annihilate the small pirate groups on the two wings. We will form a three-way encirclement on the main force of the pirates entrenched deep in the mountains and completely trap them."
"Big Brother, as long as the Sky Army takes action, the most difficult bone to chew will be bitten into pieces. Why should we let it go for the time being?"
Li Feiyu questioned loudly.
Ang Lee smiled and said, "Fei Yu, have you looked carefully? These three strongholds are very close to each other. The one at the front can be taken care of by airdrop, but the other two are almost in the caves. The Sky Army can only drop the airdrop from the top and can't turn into the caves, so it might not be able to deal a heavy blow to them."
Li Feiyu looked carefully and found that it was true. The two strongholds at the back were too ingenious. Not only were they in a dangerous position, but they were also half-hidden in the caves. There might even be another world inside. Attacking from the air might not be able to solve the problem, and heavy bombs might not be able to shake the solid rock defense.
"Big Brother, the cannons can't hit them. If even the Sky Army can't do anything, then there's really nothing we can do. Are we really going to trap them for three to five months?"
Li Feiyu said with a frown.
Ang Lee smiled and said, "There's no need for that. You still don't know the Sky Army well enough! The Sky Army has a lot of trump cards, haha! "
Ang Lee laughed and stepped toward the Sky Army's mothership. He wanted to give the Sky Army an important task to completely destroy the strongest defense line operated by the pirates and take down the pirates entrenched in the deep mountains and forests.
Deep in the interior of the island, the pirate leader, Wolf One, was eating meat in big mouthfuls. He led the core of his subordinates, braved the gunfire of the Tang Army, fled all the way to the deep mountains, and camped in a secret cave. Just as he took a breath, he felt hungry. Fortunately, there was enough food and spring in the cave. Otherwise, they would have starved to death.
"Fortunately, His Majesty had the foresight to store so much food and fodder in the cave. Otherwise, we would have really starved to death in the cave."
A small leader rejoiced while eating a drumstick.
"His Majesty, the Tang Army has been attacking. I don't know how long our brothers can hold on. Should we think of a way out?"
"The way down the mountain has been blocked. How can there be a way out? Boy, do you want to surrender?"
"Our food and fodder can only last for a few months. The Tang Army has 10,000 elites. We can't win. We will die if we keep defending."
"It's so difficult. Do you want to surrender? Everyone knows what we have done. Surrendering is a dead end. It's better to die quickly. "
Wolf One threw the chicken bone in his hand to the ground and roared, "Stop arguing. Stop arguing. What the hell are you arguing about? The Tang Army hasn't reached here yet, but you are already in a mess. Useless. "
After being reprimanded by Wolf One, all the small leaders of the pirates shut their mouths.
Wolf One looked at the cave and said leisurely, "Back then, my father spent a lot of money to build a camp in the deep mountains and sent 50 brothers to guard it for a long time. At that time, I thought it was a waste of money. I didn't expect it to come in handy today."
"My King, the old King built this camp to guard against the Black King's father. I didn't expect it to come in handy today."
One of the pirate leaders said angrily.
"Humph, the Tang Dynasty has a vast land in Jiuzhou, but they are still not satisfied. They even sent troops to attack us. How ridiculous!"
Wolf One said angrily. In his view, the Tang Dynasty had enough, while he only had an island. He robbed passing merchant ships to feed his pirates. It was not worthwhile for him to suffer such a crazy revenge from the Tang Dynasty.
"My King, we robbed the goods of the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. I guess they colluded to bribe the officials of the Tang Dynasty to lead the navy of the Tang Dynasty to attack us."
One of the pirates said.
"Most of the wealth we robbed is in the camp at the port, which has been seized by the Tang Army. There are only a few treasures and food and fodder here. The Tang Army still won't let us go. It's too abominable."
"We have given them our foundation for so many years. They are still not satisfied. Do they have to kill us all?"
"My King, it's better to send someone to negotiate with the Tang Army and let them withdraw. We don't want the treasures. Give them all."
A few of the pirate leaders said.
"Boom, boom, boom … It's so annoying. There are explosions everywhere. Go and talk to the Tang Army. Tell them that we are convinced. We will not dare to rob the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty in the future. They can take away the treasures they have seized. Tell them to withdraw!"
Wolf One gave the order anxiously.
A pirate leader took the order and quickly ran to negotiate.
Wolf One was in a very bad mood at the moment. Almost half of his subordinates had been annihilated. Only about 1,500 people had fled to the secret base with him. 1,000 people had been deployed in the strategic places along the way. Only 500 of his trusted subordinates were left hiding in the cave with him. His strength had been greatly reduced.
"My King, my King, something bad has happened. The Tang Army refused to retreat. They said that they will not leave in the future. They want us to surrender and accept the punishment of the Imperial Court."
The pirate leader who ran to negotiate was soon scolded back by the Tang Army.
"My King, the Tang Army won't stop until they destroy us all. What a bastard."
"My King, we have the terrain advantage. Even if the Tang Army has 100,000 troops, they may not be able to break through. At worst, we can fight with them. Anyway, we will die if we surrender."
"My King, even if the Tang Army attacks, we can still hide in the deep mountains. There are trees everywhere in the mountains. I don't believe that the Tang Army can find us."
These pirate leaders were all bad guys who had done all kinds of bad things, so no one dared to surrender. If they surrendered, they would definitely die. If they hid in the mountains, they might have a way to survive.
"My King, in order to prevent anyone from surrendering to the Tang Army, it's better to burn all the secret letters in the cave!"
A pirate leader's eyes flickered as he spoke.
He was Zhang Batian's informant here to understand the pirates' every move and make it easier for their merchant group to deal with the pirates.
Before the Tang Army went south, he received an order to burn the letters between his master and the pirates as soon as possible. However, Lang Yi was very cautious and hid all the important items in the secret base deep in the mountains, so he had no idea where to start. At this moment, he had to take the initiative to bring up this matter and kidnap everyone with the excuse of loyalty.
"What does surrendering have to do with burning the letters?"
Lang Yi was confused.
The pirate leader hurriedly said, "My King, if someone takes these letters and surrenders, it will definitely be a meritorious performance for the Tang Army. In this way, they may be exempted from the death penalty. In order to prevent everyone from surrendering to the Tang Army, we must burn these secret letters. In this way, no one will dare to surrender."
Lang Yi found it reasonable. Suddenly, he glared at the pirate leader and said angrily, "Are you Zhang Batian's informant? I'm afraid that your master will be exposed. "
"Why do you say that, my King? If you don't believe me, then don't burn them. I only want to die. I will never surrender to the Tang Army."
The small team leader said with an unyielding look.
Lang Yi thought carefully for a long time, then nodded and said, "Well, take out all the letters and burn them!"
The reason why Lang Yi did this was that he was afraid that some of his subordinates would surrender with this list in order to make a meritorious service and save their lives. Secondly, he knew that the merchants who hated him to the core were those who were robbed by him, and Zhang Batian and the others were his friends. If Zhang Batian and the others were killed by the Imperial Court of the Tang Dynasty, those merchants of the Tang Dynasty who wanted him dead would be happy.
The two big boxes of letters were quickly burned, and the ashes were blown into the woods by the wind.
The progress of the Tang Army was very smooth. The 5,000 Tang Army soldiers were divided into five groups. With the support of five artillery teams, they conquered one stronghold after another and killed and captured a large number of pirates.
However, because there were too many trees in the inland of the island, many pirates hid in the woods and disappeared without a trace. Although the Tang Army had a large number of soldiers, after entering the woods, it soon became obvious that they were seriously short of numbers.
After the 5,000 Tang Army soldiers entered the woods, even if they were three to five meters away, they could not effectively search all the areas. In particular, many areas were densely covered with trees and insects, which made the search extremely difficult, so there were always some pirates that could not be eliminated.
However, eliminating the pirates was a long-term task. As long as the pirates could not form a large scale, they would not be a great threat to the Tang Army. Therefore, they did not need to pay too much attention to the small groups of pirates who were scattered in the woods. They could be eliminated slowly.
In the evening, the Tang Army stopped attacking. Most of them retreated to a safe area and set up camp to cook. The 500 Tang Army soldiers in the most secure places set up camp and waited for Ang Lee's orders.
Dinner was naturally eaten in the camp near the port. Half of the food was the Tang Army's own food, and the other half was the captured pirates' food.
Ang Lee's food was personally cooked by the best chef, so the taste was naturally the best. Angel, the little princess of the Wen Kingdom, was lucky enough to eat with Ang Lee.
"Assistant Minister Li, what egg is this? It tastes so good in my mouth!"
Angel said happily.
Ang Lee smiled and said, "This is a poached egg. You haven't eaten it before, right?"
"Poached egg? Is it an egg laid by a bird called a purse? "
Angel asked curiously.
When Ang Lee heard this, he almost burst out laughing. It was the first time he heard someone say that about a poached egg.
"This is a poached egg! It's an egg, but when it's fried, it looks like a purse, so it's called a purse. "
Li An's explanation was patient and clear. However, Princess Angel didn't seem to understand.
"Purse? What's a purse?"
Angel asked with a frown.
Yun 'er, who was next to Ang Lee, quickly took out a purse from her waist and handed it to Princess Angel.
"Oh, this is a purse! It really looks like one. What's this for? "
Angel let go of Ang Lee and began to ask Yun 'er.
"This purse is a kind of personal item that women embroider. You can put some small things in it, or give it to someone you like."
Yun 'er explained.
"Oh, what does embroidery mean? What is embroidery? "
Angel continued to ask.
"Princess, please look. The mandarin ducks on it are embroidered by me stitch by stitch. This is called embroidery. Embroidery is something that every woman must learn. It's also very interesting."
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