After fishing the pirates onto the ship, Pei Donglai was faced with a difficult problem.
Blackbeard had already gathered the remnants of his troops, a total of more than a thousand people. How could he successfully land on the island?! The North Sea Fleet did not have the marines of the future, who could carry out amphibious operations.
Finally, Pei Donglai thought of a stupid idea. He ordered the first battalion to land first, while the remaining four battalions maintained a fan formation, using bows and arrows to cover the landing of the first battalion.
When Blackbeard saw the enemy warships docked, he immediately ordered to stop them from landing.
At this moment, a wave of arrows rained down on the pirates' path of advance. The pirates paused and hesitated, not daring to move forward.
Blackbeard cursed, the enemy was too shameless. "Charge, or everyone will die!"
Under Blackbeard's supervision, the pirates braved the rain of arrows and advanced, trembling with fear. People were constantly hit by arrows, falling to the ground, and some even died.
The pirates on the shore had already escaped death once when their ship was on fire. They had barely escaped death by jumping into the sea, and now they had to die again. They were somewhat unwilling.
As the casualties increased, some pirates finally could not take it anymore, and instead retreated, sneaking to the back, trying to escape the range of the rain of arrows.
When someone took the lead, others followed. Everyone was afraid of death, and the pirates were no exception. Just like that, before they even reached the halfway point, more than half of the team had fled.
Taking advantage of this time, the first battalion of the North Sea Fleet had already begun to land and organize a defense.
Blackbeard knew that he was powerless to stop the other party from landing, and if he continued to charge, it would only increase the casualties.
"Retreat!" Blackbeard said bitterly.
Receiving the order, the pirates felt as if they had been pardoned, and fled faster than rabbits.
Ouyang Shuo stood on the command ship, seeing the other party so impatient, and shook his head in amusement.
Just like that, the North Sea Fleet successfully landed on the island, and began to attack the remnants of the pirates.
At this time, the pirates had already fled in all directions, and were not organized at all.
To prevent any fish from escaping, Pei Donglai ordered the fourth and fifth battalions not to land on the island, but to patrol the sea, sealing off the waters around Moon Child Island, and completely blocking the escape route of the pirates.
Moon Child Island only covered an area of fifty square kilometers, and was not a good hiding place.
Pei Donglai tacitly implemented Ouyang Shuo's surrender policy, letting the soldiers shout that those who voluntarily came out to surrender could be forgiven, while those who hid and did not want to show themselves would be killed upon capture.
Pei Donglai's threat was very effective.
The pirates' faces were ashen as they walked out of the island dejectedly, raising their hands to surrender. Only Blackbeard and a few other diehards were still resisting.
Pei Donglai did not hold back against these stubborn people. He ordered the First Battalion to search for them and execute them on the spot.
The purge continued for an entire afternoon before all the remaining pirates were completely wiped out.
Accompanied by Pei Donglai, Ouyang Shuo inspected the entire island.
The Black Shark Pirates were good at plundering, but their construction ability was terrible.
There wasn't even a fence built in the entire colony. It was completely open. The number of buildings on the island could be counted on one hand.
The place where the pirates spent the most effort was probably the dock where they landed.
Walking along the pier, there was a narrow dirt road. It was full of potholes and the surface of the road was wet. Ouyang Shuo had to watch his feet carefully so that he wouldn't step into a puddle.
On both sides of the dirt road, there were a few wooden houses scattered here and there. The wooden hut was built very crudely and crudely, as if it was hastily pieced together by a few wooden planks.
Ouyang Shuo even doubted whether such a wooden hut could block the wind and rain on rainy days.
Outside the wooden hut, there wasn't any decent courtyard. There weren't any livestock or vegetables to be grown. Under the eaves, there were a few tattered clothes fluttering in the wind.
Occasionally, a few skewers of dried fish could be seen drying. It was considered a rather diligent pirate's home.
The surrounding fields were basically uncultivated and barren. There weren't any crops growing in the fields. On the other hand, the foxtail grass was abnormally lush, telling of some sort of decadence.
From this, it could be seen that the pirates didn't produce anything at all. They completely relied on plundering resources to survive.
Continuing to walk in, a pond suddenly appeared in the center of the island. Ouyang Shuo estimated that it wasn't even 500 square meters. It should be the only source of fresh water on the island.
Because of this, the pirates viewed the pond as their most important asset and protected it very tightly.
There was a circle of buildings built around the pond. They were all made of wood and looked sturdier than the wooden houses on the periphery. This should be the core area of the pirates. The most popular tavern of the pirates was built here.
The courtyard at the highest point was very eye-catching among the wooden houses.
Needless to say, that must be the residence of the pirate chief.
Along the way, Ouyang Shuo had already lost interest in looking around and went straight to the courtyard.
Even when he walked into the island, the road along the way hadn't been improved. It was still full of potholes. On both sides of the road, foxtail grass with strong vitality was swaying in the wind.
Buildings were the first priority for the soldiers to clean up.
Therefore, when Ouyang Shuo arrived, apart from the soldiers of the North Sea Fleet on duty, there wasn't a single pirate in the house. On the ground, he could occasionally see some bloodstains and traces of a fight.
Seeing Ouyang Shuo, the soldier on duty immediately saluted.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and passed through the gate.
The soldier on duty didn't expect to receive a response from the Marquis. He felt warm in his heart.
Ouyang Shuo looked up and inspected the most advanced building on Moon Child Island.
The small courtyard in front of him was just a simple courtyard house. It reminded Ouyang Shuo of the lord's residence when the Shanhai Village was first built. The two were very similar.
Ouyang Shuo came to the meeting hall and began to patiently wait for the information gathered from all sides.
At five o 'clock in the afternoon, all the information was gathered at Pei Donglai's place and reported to Ouyang Shuo.
Under Ouyang Shuo's indication, Pei Donglai sat down in the meeting hall and said, "Reporting to the Marquis, this battle was much smoother than expected. We didn't suffer many casualties, only losing a little over 150 people."
Ouyang Shuo nodded. The progress of the battle was indeed beyond his expectations.
"We captured a total of more than 1,650 pirates in this battle. The rest of the pirates were all killed. Most of the pirate ships were burned in the fire. Only five or six ships survived and have been towed back to the docks. " Pei Donglai continued to report, "Through seizing the various vaults and searching the pirate's rooms, we seized a total of more than 12500 gold coins and a box of all kinds of jewelry. The weapons, equipment, food, and other resources we seized were relatively rare. There wasn't a large stock. "
Ouyang Shuo nodded. This situation was also within his expectations. Pirates relied on plundering for a living. When they ran out of food, they would go out and plunder. Therefore, they definitely wouldn't have too much food.
On the contrary, the gold, silver, and jewelry that the pirates plundered were all stockpiled because they didn't have a channel to purchase them. It was precisely because of this that a pirate organization of more than 3,000 people would have more than 10,000 gold coins in wealth.
"Take out 500 gold coins from the seized funds and reward them to the officers and soldiers," Ouyang Shuo opened his mouth and said.
No one knew when it started, but Ouyang Shuo began to reward the soldiers who participated in the battle based on their merits to encourage them to fight bravely.
"Thank you, Marquis, for your reward!" Pei Donglai thanked on behalf of his subordinates.
"Did you seize any special items?" Ouyang Shuo asked. The special items he was referring to were actually special items. Generally speaking, when pirates plundered everywhere, there was a high probability that they would obtain some strange items.
"Yes." Pei Donglai indeed didn't disappoint him.
Under Pei Donglai's indication, the soldiers on duty outside moved all the seized gold coins, jewelry, and special items into the meeting hall for Ouyang Shuo to examine.
Ouyang Shuo stood up. Other than leaving behind 500 gold coins, he put the rest of the jewelry and gold coins into his storage pouch. The full meeting hall became empty again. Only two items were left, a stone and a map.
Ouyang Shuo first picked up the black stone and looked at its attributes. The stone wasn't big, only the size of two fists. Holding it in his hand, it was indeed very heavy.
[Meteorite Essence Iron] (Purple Gold Grade): God's Stone that fell from the sky, a rare forging material.
The item's attributes were very simple, but it made Ouyang Shuo's heart surge. A Purple Gold Grade forging material. Ouyang Shuo seemed to see his personal weapon waving at him.
Just this piece of Meteorite Essence Iron made Ouyang Shuo feel that this trip was worth it.
Ouyang Shuo guessed that the reason why Blackbeard didn't use this Meteorite Essence Iron to forge a weapon was because he couldn't find a suitable blacksmith. This kind of high grade material required at least a Master Blacksmith to forge.
He carefully put the Meteorite Essence Iron into his storage pouch and picked up the map.
[North Bay Treasure Map] (1): Legend has it that a very famous pirate was born in the North Bay. People called him Bloody Butcher. After Bloody Butcher died, the huge amount of wealth he had plundered disappeared.
Legend has it that before Bloody Butcher died, he buried this treasure on an uninhabited island. Bloody Butcher drew the location of the island into a treasure map and divided it into three, giving it to his three most trusted subordinates.
After Bloody Butcher died, the three subordinates fought each other for the treasure map. Therefore, a civil war that lasted for a year caused the pirate organization that Bloody Butcher had built before his death to fall apart. In the end, the three subordinates couldn't win against each other and died in depression, leaving the treasure map to their descendants.
In the hundreds of years after that, the treasure map changed hands several times, causing many bloody storms.
Regretfully, no one had ever successfully gathered all three maps and found Bloody Butcher's treasure. Slowly, there were rumors that Bloody Butcher drawing the treasure map was just a ruse. His real goal was to start a war between the pirates. This kind of speculation was very much in line with Bloody Butcher's personality.
Slowly, the truth about the treasure map disappeared in the river of time. No one believed in Bloody Butcher's rumors anymore. The treasure map became a collector's item, and no one bothered to fight for it anymore. (To be continued.)
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