However, at this time, the pirate ships that had escaped in advance had already filled the escape routes, and most of these ships were also damaged by the shelling during the escape, and it was difficult to maintain a perfect sailing condition. Although Zheng Zhihu was the big leader with the troops, he didn't even dare to play the flag on the ship at this time, for fear of attracting the attention of the opponent.

At this time, the Haihan militia who rushed to the dock had basically ended the fighting, began to take over the port area, and cleaned up and searched the dozen or so pirate ships that had not had time to escape. The hundreds of pirates left behind in the harbor did not cause much trouble to the militia, and the vast majority of them chose to surrender and save their lives without even decent resistance - because they all heard the Haihan soldiers repeatedly shouting the slogan "Lay down your arms, surrender or kill" from a long distance, and it seemed that it was of little practical use to continue to choose the way to fight to be loyal to the leader. Saving one's life and not continuing to make unnecessary sacrifices when the tide is already going is the choice that a person of right mind should make.

The pirate ships that did not make it out of the shore accounted for about one-fifth of the total number of ships attacking. In addition to the damage to the hulls or the failure of the sailors to board the ships in time, most of the reasons for the failure to escape were due to the fact that the supplies had not been loaded onto the ships, and even if they did, the people on board would be in a situation of lack of water and food after a day or two. Most of the last pirates left behind in the port were wounded, and such an escape was almost tantamount to suicide, but it was better to stay and surrender to Haihan, and perhaps have a chance to survive.

The few pirates who tried to fight to the death with their own prowess were quickly defeated by the suppression of muskets and bayonets. In the face of a formed professional army, the role of individual martial arts is extremely limited, and Takahashi Minami, who leads the troops, has always been very resolute in his attitude towards those who resist - anyone who refuses to surrender on the battlefield can be killed immediately without asking for instructions or warning. So every outlaw who rushed out to make a last-ditch effort was a consistent volley of gun shots and a hand-to-hand knife that followed.

The slain resisters are immediately dragged to the docks and shown to the pirates who have chosen to surrender as a warning not to think anything else, or the corpses of the recalcitrant will end up with them. And this kind of deterrence did have an excellent effect, the pirates were obviously much more honest after seeing the corpses of their companions, and obediently squatted in a row in the open space of the dock with their heads in their hands according to the command of the Haihan soldiers. Several soldiers with hemp ropes twisted the pirates' hands behind their backs and tied them with ropes. During this process, the soldiers would also conduct a simple body search, scouring the pirates' hidden daggers and other items and throwing them aside for centralized disposal.

As for the handling of prisoners, this unit from Annam is also familiar with it. At the end of the civil war in Annam, this army often received thousands of prisoners in various parts of southern Annam, and it can be said that there was a relatively well-established set of means and systems for how to manage these prisoners of war. If you want to take these pirates on Nanri Island, you only need to draw a scoop according to the gourd.

Of course, Takahashi Minami did not forget to ask the artillerymen to immediately clear the pirate batteries on the shore and gather the gunpowder together for another disposal. It's a safety hazard to keep such a high-risk item on the dock so casually, and it's a lot of fun if a pirate who can't think of it rushes over with a fire fold to play a suicide bomber.

Qian Tiandun arrived at the port with Xu Jiaqi, the representative of the Ming army, at this time. Xu Jiaqi saw the pirate captives crouching on the dock, on the one hand, he was amazed at the combat efficiency of the Haihan militia that he was able to take the port in such a short time, and on the other hand, he also secretly regretted it, knowing that these pirates had no intention of resisting, so he should have brought his own troops to pick up this credit. Although the Fujian officials will not omit his role in the post-war meritorious service awards, there will still be a subtle difference between "commanding the command" and "personally going into battle to kill the enemy" in the minds of the military department bosses, and this may also indirectly affect his future career promotion.

"Have you caught Zheng Zhihu?" The first thing Qian Tiandun did after seeing Gao Qiao Nan was to ask Zheng Zhihu's whereabouts. There is no much suspense about the outcome of this battle, and Qian Tiandun is currently more concerned about how much success he can achieve, whether he can capture one of the big leaders of the Eighteen Zhi, Zheng Zhilong's own brother Zheng Zhihu, this symbolic meaning is far greater than the capture of hundreds of remnants of the defeated generals and more than a dozen pirate ships with a total tonnage of less than 1,000 tons.

"Report to my lord, according to the prisoner's confession, Zheng Zhihu has boarded the ship and escaped to sea, but judging from the time, his ship should not have escaped from the encirclement of our army. Takahashi Minami hurriedly replied.

Qian Tiandun looked at the pirate fleet that was messing up on the sea in the distance, nodded and said, "Immediately report the situation to Xie Li and let him keep an eye on it!" Zheng Zhihu must stay on Nanri Island regardless of whether he lives or dies!"

Xu Jiaqi watched with envy as Takahashi Nan held a small black box and reported the battle situation to his colleagues at sea several miles away. This kind of small box with the effect of transmitting sound for thousands of miles has been seen by many senior officers of the Fujian Ming Army more than once, and Xu Xinsu also promised to buy it from Ningqi, the representative of Haihan, a few days ago, but he did not get a positive answer. Ning Qi also made it very clear that it was not a matter of price, but that this thing was not on Haihan's sale list at all, and he would not accept anyone's bid. Although Xu Xinsu was a little disappointed, he was also relieved - what he couldn't buy with his own money, others couldn't buy either, and the only Haihan person who had this kind of artifact happened to be his ally.

And there are many wonderful tools like this, and the Haihan people have many other functions in their hands, and most of them are used in the navigation and military fields. And those who have really seen these methods of Haihan are difficult to regenerate the idea of confronting them. Even Xu Xinsu, who now has the military power of a province, often sighs in private that he is fortunate to have reached a cooperative alliance with Haihan back then.

Zheng Zhihu, the other party on the other side, was sailing into the open sea with trepidation at this time, but the situation here was not much better than in the harbor, and dozens of warships of the Daming Navy Division had spread a big net on the periphery, and it was still not easy to get out.

Zheng Zhihu's ship had its mainmast broken, and it was moving very slowly, and it was obviously extremely difficult to rush out. He immediately ordered a nearby pirate ship in better condition to come over and transfer to it.

However, this transfer attracted the attention of the nearby Ming warships, and a Haihan-made warship belonging to the naval division immediately turned its guns and shelled the ship. Zheng Zhihu was indeed unlucky, as soon as he got on the ship, he suffered a round of shelling, and a cannonball hit the rudder oar part of the stern of the ship, which immediately made the ship lose most of its steering ability.

When Zheng Zhihu summoned the third ship and planned to change ships again, the sailor, who had already sensed that the situation was wrong, also summoned reinforcements from his companions and began to launch a concentrated fire attack on the ship. The pirate ship that was originally going to sail over to rescue Zheng Zhihu also gave up the attempt when it saw that the situation was not good, and chose to turn and flee when the distance was less than twenty zhang.

"This damn guy! After returning to Penghu, Lao Tzu will definitely punish you!" Zheng Zhihu actually chose to turn around and run away when he saw that the ship was on the verge of an incident, and he was also so angry that he jumped to his feet. It's just that while scolding, he has also realized that it may be difficult for him to have a chance to return to Penghu safely.

"Listen, the people on the ship, you have fallen into the encirclement of the Fujian Navy Division, and immediately and unconditionally disarm and surrender!" The content of the shouting on the Fujian Navy Division's warship and the iron horn used were all copied from the Haihan Navy, and this arrangement was also the meaning of Xu Yuzhuo, a naval counselor -- he believed that this practice of the Haihan Navy was very domineering and worthy of emulation by the Fujian Navy Division.

However, the pirates on board apparently did not intend to accept the advice of the Fujian sailors, and the pirates replied with loud shouts and a few sporadic musket shots. Of course, this act of death would not be forgiven by the Fujian sailors, so two more rounds of shelling were carried out at a distance of about thirty meters, which also made the pirates on the ship finally quiet.

After concluding that the pirates on board had given up resistance, a naval warship slowly approached, and the sailors reached out bamboo poles with iron hooks, hooked the side of the pirate ship, and pulled the two ships closer, and several brave sailors jumped onto the pirate ship when they were still three or four feet apart.

Soon the sailors were ecstatic to report the discovery of the heavy dà on the pirate ship: Zheng Zhihu, one of the leaders of the Eighteen Zhizhi, was on this ship, and he was seriously injured and unable to resist.

Zheng Zhihu was wounded in the last round of shelling just now, and the grapeshot fired by the Ming army hit him after penetrating the hull of the ship, hitting him with one shot in the chest and one shot in the abdomen, and he was seriously injured and fell to the ground on the spot.

By the time Xie Li and Xu Yuzhuo heard the news and rushed to board the pirate ship, Zheng Zhihu, who had been carried to the deck by the sailors, was already blue from excessive blood loss, and he couldn't be saved.

"You are Zheng Zhihu?"

Zheng Zhihu reluctantly looked up when he heard this voice, it was a young man in a Haihan military uniform, with dark skin and the same short hair as a Haihan person, and it was impossible to tell from his appearance whether he was a real Haihan or a so-called Haihan naturalized citizen. Zheng Zhihu reluctantly responded: "You are ...... Haihan officer?"

"Down there is Xie Li, the commander of the Haihan Navy in Fujian, are you Zheng Zhihu?" Xie Li asked as he motioned to the medical staff behind him to hurry up and treat his injuries.

"No need to treat it...... Zheng Zhihu waved his hand to signal the medical staff to get out of the way, and said in a weak voice: "Lao Tzu is Zheng Zhihu, you have made a great contribution to catching Lao Tzu...... It's a pity...... You can't bring the living back...... Thank you for ......"

"I don't care if you live or die, that's the matter of the Ming Mansion. Xie Li didn't even see the slightest pity on his face: "Even if you are escorted back alive, you will also be sentenced to death!"

Zheng Zhihu shook his head slightly and said, "Beheading can't scare Lao Tzu...... It's just that Lao Tzu still has something to understand...... You and I have always been well water and not river water, why do you Haihan chase and beat me all the time...... Won't let it go?"

Xie Li looked at Zheng Zhihu with a very surprised look, then shook his head and said, "You are also a figure who has fought for decades on the rivers and lakes, how can you ask such a naïve question? Could it be that when you rob merchant ships and civilian ships, you will still explain the reason to them? To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than four words, the weak eat the strong!"

Xie Li said this very directly, and did not use any big reasons such as assisting the government to arrest pirates to perfunctory Zheng Zhihu, without concealing it at all, even Xu Yuzhuo next to him twitched the corners of his mouth slightly after hearing this. Although Xu Yuzhuo also knew that the style of the Haihan people had always been like this, this was the first time he had heard a senior officer of the Haihan say it in person.

Xie Li continued: "You eighteen Zhi have done evil along the coast of Fujian, which has already hindered our Haihan's business in Fujian. And don't forget, more than two months ago your men assassinated our chief. Maybe you don't know how strict this matter is, I can sue you now, and your actions are tantamount to declaring war on us. So don't complain about what well water doesn't interfere with river water, since you have done it, you have to be responsible for what you have done. ”

"Good...... What a ...... of the jungle" Zheng Zhihu spat blood at the corner of his mouth, and he was already angry.

Xie Li shook his head, no longer paying attention to the dying man, and turned to Xu Yu and said, "The rest of the matter here will be handed over to General Xu." Congratulations to the general for his new achievements!"

"This is also General Xie's fulfillment!" Xu Yu replied with a smile: "After returning to Zhangzhou, Xu will set up a banquet to thank the general, and please be sure to appreciate your face!"

The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and since Xie Li had already said that he would give this great merit to Xu Yuzhuo, Xu Yuzhuo naturally wanted to give him enough face to show his gratitude. It's just one of the trophies they talked about, Zheng Zhihu, the big boss of Eighteen Zhi, has already swallowed his breath silently because of his serious injuries and excessive blood loss.

Of course, although others are dead, their heads will probably be cut off and hung outside Zhangzhou City for half a moon to set an example. And Xu Yuzhuo, who commanded this naval battle, will be recorded as a great merit because of this, not only will he report his merits to the military department, but also report to the imperial court, and various rewards and seals will definitely be indispensable at that time.

Zheng Zhihu caught it. Just a few minutes later, Qian Tiandun learned the battle report at sea and immediately informed Xu Jiaqi.

"Dead or alive?" Xu Jiaqi asked subconsciously.

Qian Tiandun responded: "I was still alive when I caught it, but because of my injuries, I have become dead now." ”