Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Finally, the Red-haired Thieves were able to reach the shore after suffering the tragic loss of half of their ships and troops, and evacuated to the Red-haired Island in embarrassment——

Of course, their two large ships and five medium ships were not sunk.

Because the escort's artillery fire was not aimed at the big ship and the middle ship at all.

These were all his own things, and sinking more than half of the boat was enough to make Qin Huaiyu feel distressed.

How could you be willing to aim at big ships and medium-sized ships and fire?
The escort got off the ship after chasing the fleeing red-haired thief.

At the same time, the Red Flame Army was about to arrive.

However, at this time, the nearly 10,000 remaining troops staying on Hongmao Island were also paying attention to the situation of the naval battle.

When they discovered that their fleet had suffered a heavy loss in the naval battle and was defeated, the ten thousand remaining troops rushed over to meet their fleeing friendly forces.

The encounter started under such circumstances.

A fierce gun battle broke out between the two sides, and then both sides——

It should be said that on the red-haired bandit side, people continued to fall unilaterally.

As for the escort, they were unscathed.

This is naturally because the muskets used by the escorts have a longer range than the muskets of the red-haired thieves.

And Qin Huaiyu perfectly implemented the kiting tactics formulated by Jia Huan, just stuck on the edge of the red-haired thief's range, and kept kiting the opponent.

But at this moment, for the red-haired thief, something even more fatal happened.

At this time, the Red Flame Army had arrived and they quickly entered the battle.

Currently, the Red Flame Army is not equipped with muskets, let alone artillery.

And this is also the current normal situation of the Daxia army.

Except for the firearms battalion in Jingying, there is no precedent for other armies to be equipped with muskets.

As for the red-haired thieves, they saw that the Red Flame Army was still using cold weapons, which made them look down upon and did not retreat in time.

In other words, they were being bitten by the escort at this time, and they did not dare to retreat easily.

Because once the formation is torn apart, it is not a retreat, but a rout.

And once defeated, they will suffer heavy casualties.

And soon, they paid a heavy price for their choice to underestimate the Red Flame Army.

It is true that the Red Flame Army is not equipped with thermal weapons, but it does not mean that the Red Flame Army's range is closer than that of the Red-haired Thief.

Although the red-haired thief is equipped with a musket, the muskets of this era are obviously still in a very crude preliminary stage.

The effective killing distance of the musket is about one hundred meters.

This distance actually exceeds the shooting range of ordinary bows and arrows.

The effective killing distance of ordinary bows and arrows is difficult to reach one hundred meters, and is basically around seventy or eighty meters.

However, what they didn't know was that the bows and arrows used by the Red Flame Army, including the arrows, had been improved by the Mohists.

Improved bows and arrows are made of materials that are lighter, more elastic, and more in line with fluid mechanics.

Therefore, the range is longer, and the effective range has reached 150 meters.

This range is comparable to the range of the escort's muskets.

Therefore, the Red Flame Army's bows and arrows immediately caused heavy casualties to the red-haired thieves.

As a result, the red-haired thief was defeated directly.

This time they did not retreat on their own initiative, but were killed by the guards and the Red Flame Army until they collapsed.

Next, the guards and the Red Flame Army followed closely behind the red-haired thieves and slaughtered them mercilessly.

The red-haired thieves who were killed cried for their fathers and mothers, only regretting that their parents had not given them more than seventy or eighty legs.

The red-haired thieves threw away the armor and weapons in their hands along the way, and a pair of hairy legs simply ran out of the afterimage, basically everyone was Bolt.

Of course, not everyone can run so fast.

There are those who run fast, and there are those who run slowly.

However, those who ran slowly have become ghosts who were shot by guns or arrows.

Flee all the way, run as fast as you can, and this level is over.

If you run slowly, your life will pass by.

For the first time, these red-haired thieves felt that the road to the red-haired island they occupied was so long, as if they would never end in their lifetime.

Along the way, the red-haired thieves fell one by one.

Blood stained the soil on the red-haired island red, and the smell of blood permeated the entire island.

Finally, the red-haired thieves fled back to their residential area in embarrassment after paying a heavy price.

These red-haired thieves are part-time pirates themselves.

They never seemed to have thought that there would be a day when someone else would attack their base camp.

Therefore, not only did they not build a city on this island, they did not even build decent fortifications.

In the red-haired thief's philosophy, it's good enough if they don't kill others. Who dares to pull out the tiger's teeth and attack them at their doorstep?
And what they are better at is actually naval battles. Instead of fighting others to the death on the island, they prefer to put the battlefield on the sea.

They just never thought that they would encounter their nemesis in the naval battle.

Now, they are blocked on the island.

Currently they are in a very passive and dangerous situation.

The Imperial Guards and the Red Flame Army quickly pursued the red-haired thief's residential area.

But they didn't rush in blindly.

Although there is no city here, the red-haired thieves have no decent fortifications.

However, street fighting will inevitably increase the casualties of soldiers, which is something Jia Huan is trying to avoid.

And they are not afraid that the red-haired thief will escape from the sea.

The red-haired thief's warship was unable to escape from the pursuit of the Haitian Island steam engine ship.

And currently, all the red-haired thief's warships have been controlled by the escort force.

It can be said that these red-haired thieves have no way to ascend to heaven and no way to enter the earth.

After a simple negotiation, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong decided to use fire attack.

Hongmao Island is rich in forestry resources.

It seems that these red-haired thieves only use this place as a transit place for supplies. They have not thought about living here for a long time, let alone running it seriously.

Therefore, the houses here are basically built with wood.

Although the exterior is nicely decorated, it still has some rough edges.

Next, the 20,000 Haitian Island and Red Flame Army coalition forces quickly dispersed and surrounded this large residential area.

Then start setting fire from the upwind outlet.

The wind on the island has always been strong, and the fire had just been ignited. Taking advantage of the wind, the fire soon became a prairie fire.

The raging fire quickly engulfed the houses one after another.

What makes the red-haired thieves desperate is that their houses were built without any necessary planning and without any fire protection measures.

After the fire broke out, they had no way to put out the fire.

They could only scramble out of the house and run away from the fire.

It's just that the raging flames spread extremely quickly, and although their living area is not small, depending on the speed at which the fire spreads, it will probably burn over in just a matter of seconds.

This filled the red-haired thief's heart with despair.

But at this moment, the sky suddenly became dark, and in an instant, huge raindrops fell from the sky. Black clouds rolled over the mountains without covering the mountains, and white raindrops jumped into the boat.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and soon the raging fire was extinguished.

Outside the red-haired thief's residential area, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong looked at each other with astonishment on their faces.

At this moment, they finally understood Zhuge Liang's mood when he burned Sima Yi and suddenly encountered heavy rain to extinguish the fire.

As expected, it is up to people to plan things, and God to make things happen.

Unexpectedly, it was God who allowed the red-haired thief to escape.

However, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong are not kind people.

If it rains, the sky will stop the thieves. If the sky stops, I will not stop!
If the fire attack fails, then switch to other attack methods.

Qin Huaiyu was so angry that at worst, he would dismantle a few of the cannons on the ship, and then use the big cannons to blast his mother.

But at this moment, the sky gradually became clearer, the rain became lighter and lighter, and it gradually stopped.

This rain seemed to fall specifically to extinguish the fire.

This made the three of them very angry.

However, they soon discovered that a white flag had been erected in the residence of the red-haired thief.

Immediately afterwards, among the red-haired thieves, some who could speak the Central Plains dialect shouted loudly that they were willing to surrender unconditionally, just to survive.

Upon hearing this, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong exchanged looks with each other and nodded slightly.

The red-haired thief surrendered unconditionally, which was in line with the strategic intention of the young master.

They can easily take down the red-haired thief without spending a single soldier.

There is no need to insist on killing them all.

The so-called trapped beast still fights, which will inevitably cause unnecessary casualties.

They sent people to shout to the red-haired bandits and expressed their willingness to accept their five-condition surrender.

Then let these red-haired thieves throw away their weapons, raise their hands high, and slowly walk out of the residential area.

After some exchanges, soon each of the red-haired thieves dropped their weapons, raised their hands high, and slowly walked out.

At this point, Hongmao Island was officially captured.

The red-haired thief was completely eliminated.

Next, they began to count the number of red-haired thieves and the wealth they left behind.

After taking stock, Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong suddenly felt grateful for the heavy rain just now.

If there had not been a heavy rain just now, the wealth on Hongmao Island would have been completely burned by a fire.

There is so much wealth on Hongmao Island that Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong were all deeply shocked.

These wealth can definitely be called as rich as any country.

The gold alone amounts to tens of thousands of taels, and the silver is even more numerous.

As for other agates, pearls, gemstones and other treasures, there are countless others.

Sure enough, he has a gold belt for murder and arson. Being a pirate is indeed a promising career.

Facing such huge wealth, the three of them felt heavy breathing for a while and were a little frightened.

Finally, the three decided to report the news to Jia Huan immediately.

Now that the three of them are brothers in the same camp, when good things happen, they naturally think of themselves first.

All those who entered the red-haired thief's warehouse were the three's cronies.

They are not afraid that the wealth figures on Hongmao Island will be leaked.

And with such a huge amount of wealth, instead of benefiting the court, it would be better to benefit yourself.

After receiving the report, Jia Huan was only slightly shocked and not too surprised.

A pirate or a family, no matter how much wealth they can accumulate, they don't have to be shocked.

Because the speed at which they accumulate wealth is absolutely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Next, Jia Huan rushed to Hongmao Island as soon as possible.

After arriving at Red Hair Island, Jia Huan was immediately connected to the Red Hair Thief's warehouse.

Qin Huaiyu, Liu Xianglian and Zhou Tong could not wait to see the shocked look on Jia Huan's face.

It's a pity that all three of them were disappointed in the end. From the beginning to the end, Jia Huan's expression remained the same, without much change.

This made them admire Jia Huantai's calm demeanor without changing his expression even after the mountain collapsed.

You know, they have been guarding the warehouse for such a long time, and now they can't restrain their excitement when they see these treasures.

Next, Jia Huan ordered the three of them to hand over 1% of this wealth to the court.

Use another 100% to reward the three armies.

The rest were secretly transported to Haitian Island.

With this huge amount of wealth, Haitian Island will never have to worry about lack of funds for development.

Of course, what Jia Huan valued more was not this wealth.

But the warships obtained from the red-haired thieves, as well as the guns in their hands.

As for the warships, they cannot all be given to Haitian Island this time.

Half of the Red Flame Army will also be left behind.

As for the muskets, they all belong to the Red Flame Army.

The weapons of the Red Flame Army also need to be updated.

The most important thing is that the Red Flame Army must quickly become familiar with the combat methods of thermal weapons.

After having this batch of warships, they only need to be transformed into steam ships, and then the naval combat capabilities of Haitian Island will be even higher.

Next, Jia Huan ordered more than 15,000 red-haired thieves to be captured and presented to the court.

At this moment, Qin Huaiyu came to report that Thomson, the leader of the red-haired thieves, wanted to see him.

Jia Huan thought for a while and then met Thomson.

Although they are called red-haired thieves, in fact, not all of them have red hair.

For example, their leader Thomson has silver hair.

Seeing Jia Huan, Thomson performed a standard noble etiquette.

Jia Huan did not return the gift.

As a prisoner, you must have the consciousness of a prisoner and stop acting like an aristocrat or making people feel disgusted.

Seeing that Jia Huan was unmoved, Thomson shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said, "Your Excellency, the distinguished champion of Great Xia, as nobles, we can sit down and talk."

"Everything in the world is closely related to interests. There is nothing that cannot be discussed, right?"

Jia Huan glanced at Thomson with a half-smile but said, "This is somewhat true, but now that you have become a prisoner, what can you offer for trade?"

Hearing Jia Huan's words, Thomson couldn't help but feel refreshed.

He is not afraid of Jia Huan talking, but he is afraid that Jia Huan will not talk.

If Jia Huan is not interested in talking, everything will be over.

As long as Jia Huan is willing to talk, Thomson will be confident to convince him.

Thomson couldn't help but said: "I still have a lot of wealth. To me, the wealth on this island is just a drop in the bucket and not worth mentioning at all."

Jia Huan could tell from Thomson's pained expression that he was lying. (End of chapter)