Li Jing opened his bow and shot arrows, and every time an arrow was issued, one person would be hit.

The defenders on the fortress wall suddenly did not dare to raise their heads, and Li Wei took the opportunity to lead the reconnaissance soldiers to pounce on the city with shields and bamboo ladders, and put the bamboo ladders up to the city. The defenders in the city risked death to push, Li Jing with the crossbowmen suddenly fired all the arrows, and several defenders were hit by arrows, and even a few of them screamed and fell down the fortress wall more than three feet high.

This was repeated several times, and in the end, none of the defenders dared to come forward. More than a dozen bamboo ladders were lined up, and Li Wei held a shield in one hand and a knife in his mouth, and climbed up the ladder with a fierce climb. The defenders at the head of the wall did not dare to raise their heads, so they began to throw stones directly down, and some people threw torches directly down. Several of the Scout soldiers were thrown off the ladder, but fortunately they had shields in their hands, and there were no serious injuries except for a small fall.

Levi was also smashed down twice in a row, and the third time he was so mad that he simply threw his shield, holding a knife in his mouth, and climbing the ladder with both hands went more smoothly. This time, he finally climbed to the top in one breath, and suddenly jumped up, took the knife and slashed it with a loud shout, and a horizontal knife danced like a splash of wind, and no water entered. In the blink of an eye, he had already cut down two people in a row, and he successfully gained a firm foothold.

At this time, several warriors from the reconnaissance capital jumped on the head of the city, and the archers at the head of the city released arrows, and several reconnaissance soldiers quickly raised their round shields in their hands to form a small formation and block Levi inside. While the archers were holding arrows, several people took the triangular thorns from their bodies and threw them at the archers. After practicing the throwing knife throwing technique for a long time, he finally showed his strength at this time, and several archers were directly hit by the military spurs and fell to the ground.

More and more soldiers jumped onto the top of the city, and after the scouts grabbed a position at the head of the city, the jumpers could finally climb to the top of the city with ease. Shields were raised. The sword and shield men leaped out. Swarming. The small number of defenders finally collapsed, and the people who had been caught up temporarily threw their spears and lay on the ground begging for mercy.

Bang!

The huge gate of the fort slowly opened from the inside, and the soldiers of Shamen swarmed in.

"Immediately search the whole city, wipe out all those who continue to resist, and immediately send people to maintain order, supervise military discipline, and occupy warehouses and barracks." Li Jing ordered loudly.

At this time, there were only 200 soldiers and 100 soldiers left in the fort, and the deputy captain of Wuhu Fort left with 300 teams. The remaining lieutenants in the fort had died from the arrows of the siege. If it weren't for that, maybe the siege wouldn't have been so easy. Of the three hundred guards, more than 170 were killed in battle, and the remaining 120 or so all surrendered as prisoners.

There is Li Jing's military order, and there is also the military police patrol and supervision of military discipline. The burning and looting that Li Jing feared after the capture of the castle did not happen, and according to his military orders, the scouts were responsible for interrogating the prisoners, searching documents, letters, and belongings on the island. The medical team of the army has begun to carry out battlefield medical treatment for the wounded soldiers, and the personnel of the logistics department and the baggage team have begun to count the trophies in the warehouses.

For the people in the fort, the families of the garrison, and those merchants, Li Jing ordered all of them to stay at home for the time being. Those who dare to go out and collude with each other will be killed immediately. And for a few villages outside the fort on the island and those shantytowns on the docks. Li Jing immediately sent people to gather all these people and escort them back to the castle.

"Clean up the battlefield and clean up the battle marks on the docks, preferably the same as before." Having won the castle so easily, Li Jing's heart was excited. If you really want to talk about it, you have to thank Feng Ming for taking away half of the island's military strength.

"Send someone to contact Meghan and the others, see how the situation is on their side, if there is a tightness, immediately bring people to reinforcements, and be sure to fully control Wuhu Island before dawn." At the beginning of the battle, after ensuring that Wuhu Fort could be easily taken, Li Jing sent Megan, Julie, Wang Chong, and Lin Wu to each take a few boats and hundreds of men to the other four islands of the Wuhu Islands.

Less than an hour later, they sent people everywhere to report back, and successfully captured and controlled the target island. Except for a small fort on Beihuangcheng Island and Daqin Island for a short period of resistance, in fact, Nanhuangcheng Island and Xiaoqin Island were almost bloodless, and several other small islands and reefs were directly occupied.

From the first moment of landing on Wuhu Island, to the last time to occupy the entire Wuhu Islands, it took less than two hours.

Megan strode into the castle lord's mansion in Wuhu Fort, "General, Wuhu Island has been taken, when will we go to reinforce me Aya?" ”

Li Jing was listening to the reports of various departments, in this battle, in the process of occupying the entire Wuhu Islands, the damage to Shamen Town was very small, a total of only seven people were killed, five were seriously injured, plus dozens of minor injuries. This little casualty is really not worth mentioning for the results achieved tonight.

And compared to the casualties, the gains tonight were staggering.

There are more than a dozen islands and reefs in the Wuhu Islands, and five of the main islands are much larger than Li Jing's Salmon Island. As the closest border island to Liaodong, it is also the last maritime trade route supply point in Dengzhou. There are many merchants on the island, especially on Wuhu Island, where there are a large number of warehouses, brothels, restaurants, etc. Right now, the logistics and baggage are all in the intense inventory statistics, and the specific figures have not yet come out, but the huge gains are already certain.

Li Jing glanced up at Meghan and chuckled, "What, you still can't trust Huang Dangjia?" He has more than a hundred boats and more than 3,000 brothers, and he will not suffer. ”

Megan stared at Li Jing, "Why don't you want to send troops to join my Aya, if we go, wouldn't we be able to encircle and annihilate Feng Ming in one fell swoop?" ”

"Nope." Li Jing shook his head, "Huang Dangjia and I have already made plans. ”

"So you mean we don't care?" Megan asked, puzzled.

"Of course not, so let's do it, I see that you are in a hurry, anyway, now that Wuhu Island has been taken, it won't help you much if you stay here. You can pick a few clippers and take your 500 men and 300 old leaders to reinforce your father. Remember, when you get there, you will have to do everything up to your father, and don't mess up our plans. ”

"I know it." With Li Jing's consent, Megan finally smiled, didn't say more, turned her head and strode away.

Li Jing chuckled and shook his head, looked up and said to the officer who was waiting for the report: "You continue, have you counted the seized materials?" ”

"Almost, Wuhu Wudao, there are hundreds of warehouses that have been seized now, but most of them are private by merchants, and only a small part of the warehouses belong to Wuhu Fort. Most of them are grain, and there is a year's stock of grain for the garrison and their families, about 15,000 stones. In addition, there was a part of the money and grain, 8,000 pieces of money, and another 20,000 horses of silk and 8,000 horses of cloth. In addition, there is an armory with about 500 sets of swords, guns, spears, bows and arrows. ”

Li Jing's brows furrowed slightly, why is it just such a little thing? Wuhu Island is a fort and two garrisons, which is not only larger than Shamen Town, but also much larger in terms of establishment scale, but there is only such a small inventory of things that can be copied out.

"Did the property of the officers and soldiers be counted?"

"Not yet, it's just the inventory in the warehouse. The seizures on the battlefield and the personal belongings of the defenders have not yet been counted. ”

"Now that the fort has been almost cleared, the families of those garrisons and families will also be screened out and temporarily imprisoned in the barracks. Collect and count all their possessions. "War is cruel, whether it is killed in battle or surrendered, Li Jing will not be too merciful to them or their families, everything is according to the rules of war. The surrendered soldiers and their families will be his prisoners, and those who are in good condition may be brought back to the town of Salmen and given a job. And most of the unlucky ones will be transported to Qingnipu by Li Jing, and they will be handed over to Li Lingfu to exchange for the necessary ore and other needed military materials.

"General, what about the warehouses of the merchants on the island?"

Li Jing also felt a little headache, these merchants had huge assets on the island, and they were a little unwilling to let Li Jing go easily. However, if it is forcibly looted, it is very likely to offend these merchants. Most of the people who can build warehouses in such places are those large caravans on the sea, and behind each caravan is not simple.

"In this way, send someone to carefully investigate and control, if it is the property of the Feng family, then all of it will be confiscated, and the relatives and other merchants who are close to the Feng family will also be confiscated. As for the rest, if it is a warehouse in the Outer Tibetan Kingdom, it will be confiscated. As for the other merchants, you can point out to them that as long as they are willing to pay a labor and military fee on their own, they are protected by us. ”

"What is the proportion of this labor and military spending?" The officer's eyes lit up, and he asked with a squint.

Li Jing groaned for a while, if he wanted these businessmen to let out some blood, he couldn't slaughter them too ruthlessly, which was not easy to grasp. He thought about it, and finally said: "Let's calculate it according to the 10% of their goods, it is best to collect copper coins directly, silk and cloth, even grain." In addition, be a little polite to these people, and let them stay at home for the time being, and do not go out. ”

After dealing with this matter, Li Jing was also relieved. "Let's go, go to the barracks to comfort the wounded soldiers, let the logistics battalion make food immediately, you can't drink wine today, but kill more pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, and fish, the meals must be hearty, and you can comfort the soldiers."

When Wang Chong and Lin Wu, who had just walked in from outside, heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked and asked, "San Lang, why aren't we leaving?" ”

"That's right, let's attack Wuhu Island, roll up the money, food and equipment on the island, and leave as soon as possible. Could it be that San Lang, you still plan to occupy this island for a long time? ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "Of course not, this Wuhu Island is separated from our Shamen Island by hundreds of miles, and there are Turtle Island Islands in the middle, all of which are sealed territories, even if we want to occupy them, we can't do it." However, we are not in a hurry to leave yet, we still have a guest who has not yet arrived, and it will not be too late for us to leave when we have greeted this guest. (To be continued.) )