The first five-tooth warship had been ignited by the fire and began to burn rapidly. With the wind, the fire spread very rapidly. Not only was the entire bow engulfed by the fire, but the mast and deck also ignited the fire. The soldiers on the ship panicked and dived and fled.

Suddenly, with a loud "boom!", the front half of the ship broke and collapsed, and sank into the water, but the fire did not decrease. The fire spread rapidly to the middle and tail of the ship. The whole ship gradually turned into a huge fireball. The second largest ship behind could not retreat and was also ignited by the fire.

At this time, small boats rushed out from the narrow passage on the side, but in front of them were twenty Sui army warships that sank into the river, like a large reef blocking the entire river. Lin Zhengwei's army was anxious, and his desire to survive made many soldiers jump into the water, trying to clear out a passage, but it was meaningless to move out a water channel. More than 80 warships in front filled the river channel.

With Zhou Meng's order, the Sui army warships were arrows like rain, shooting towards the enemy warships opposite and the enemy soldiers running from the shores on both sides. At this time, eight thousand Chu soldiers ran out of the forest, 50 steps away from the shore, and shot arrows densely at the Sui army warships and soldiers in the river, trying to use overwhelming arrows to force the Sui army warships to retreat, suppressing the Sui army's attack for a while.

There were even many soldiers who rushed into the water to grab the warships. Among them, the Sui soldiers fought back, slashed with knives, stabbed with spears, shouted and screamed, and the two sides fought fiercely.

At this time, the main force of the Sui Navy led by Lai Hu'er finally arrived at Qigong Island. Lai Hu'er only saw the dense Sui army's winding ships blocking the river. Rising fires lit up in the island. It must have been the enemy's warships. Lai Hu'er was overjoyed. His plan finally succeeded. He immediately ordered: "Light the entire island and order General Zhou's troops to evacuate the wrecks!"

Countless rockets shot into the forest on the island overwhelmed the sky. The rockets ignited the dead branches and leaves in the woods. More than a dozen fire points appeared in the forest. The wooden whistle tower on the shore was also ignited. The soldiers in the whistle tower were so scared that they shouted and rushed to the island in a hurry.

In order to complete the goal of burning the island as quickly as possible, a team of soldiers began to board the island in a small boat. They carried a large amount of flammable and ignited objects, and threw them around the island with tinder oil, sulfur powder and fire cloth, and then ignited the fire, and the soldiers ignited the flames wherever they passed.

At this time, the wind on the water began to strengthen, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the fire spread rapidly. The northwest and southwest corners were pine forests, and the combustion became even more violent. The two fires gradually formed into one and began to burn deeper.

At the same time, the Sui army warships in the river began to sink gradually. The soldiers on the ship went ashore and evacuated to the southeast. The fire was burning fiercely, leaving them with little time to evacuate. At this time, countless Chu soldiers also ran out of the dense forest. They encountered the evacuated Sui soldiers, but at this time the battle between the two armies was gone. The Chu soldiers knelt down and surrendered, begging the Sui army to save their lives.

The soldiers jumped into the lake and swam towards the big boat a hundred steps away. Lai Hu'er stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the group of Chu soldiers standing on the shore crying for abdication. These cries were all his local accent, which made him really unbearable. Lai Hu'er immediately ordered: "Go and tell them, take off their armor, put down their weapons, and swim over naked, so that they can be allowed to board the boat!"

Several small boats sailed to the shore, and the soldiers on the boat shouted: "The general came to take off his armor, put down his weapons, and swam down his upper body and under the Sui army's ship. You can surrender!"

After the soldiers on the boat shouted for a few rounds, the soldiers on the shore then took off their armor, threw away their weapons, and pulled off their shirts. Many people even jumped naked into the lake and swam towards the Sui army's ship.

It was already dawn, and nearly 100 large cargo ships, including nine Hengyang boats, also arrived at Qigong Island. They came specifically to receive prisoners of war. The large ship transported a ship of prisoners of war to Sanshan Island. The Sui army had already set up a temporary prisoner of war camp here. All prisoners of war must be identified and registered here and then sent to Pengze County for detention. The head coach Zhang Xuan finally decided their fate.

The fire on Qigong Island burned for two days and two nights. All the trees, houses and ships were burned to pieces, and thousands of soldiers died in the sea of ​​fire. However, the Sui army's warships did not leave, but waited for the fire to be extinguished. Lai Hu'er knew very well that there must be many soldiers hiding in the water of the inner lake to escape, especially since he had not yet captured Lin Zhengwei, how could he give up?

The fire had just gone out, and the island was covered with black and scorched remains. The hot land had not cooled down yet. Lai Huer ordered the 4,000 soldiers to divide the troops into two groups and enter the inner lake along the open space on both sides of the passage to search and capture the surviving Chu soldiers.

At noon, a group of surrendered Chu soldiers were escorted out. At this time, General Qi Liang boarded the ship and bowed to report: "Reported to the old general, the granary has been burned into white ground, but the three treasuries are made of huge stones, two iron doors are locked, and they are basically well preserved. I briefly counted it. There are about 800,000 copper coins, about 100,000 taels of gold, hundreds of boxes of jewelry, more than 100,000 pieces of cloth, countless silks and satin."

This is also what Zhang Xuan specially advised. Lin Shihong has been rampant in the Yangtze River for more than 20 years. He has robbed many merchant ships and accumulated countless wealth. When they captured Poyang County, they did not find any property, only food. Zhang Xuan estimated that Lin Shihong's wealth must be hidden in the navy's nest, so he handed over this task to Lai Hu'er.

Lai Hu'er was overjoyed and immediately ordered Qi Liang to order: "Let the brothers clear out a passage, and the big ship goes into the Neihu to transport property."

"Abide by the orders!"

Qi Liang turned around and was about to leave when Lai Hu'er called him and asked, "Have you found out Lin Zhengwei's whereabouts?"

Qi Liang scratched his head and said, "Brothers searched all over the Neihu and caught more than 5,000 surviving bandits, but they didn't find Lin Zhengwei. Beizhi asked many surrendered soldiers, but they all said they didn't see it."

Lai Hu'er was a little strange. Did Lin Zhengwei have been burned to death in the boat? If that were the case, wouldn't he even be able to find the body?"

Qi Liang bowed and quickly got off the boat. At this time, He Man, the military officer, stepped forward and smiled and suggested, "How could Lin Zhengwei die easily? Since it is not found in the Neihu Lake, he must have been escorted to Sanshan Island disguised as a surrendered soldier. The general can offer a reward to capture it. In less than an hour, someone will definitely come to inform him."

This was a solution. Lai Hu'er immediately ordered: "Tell me to continue the order. All the surrendered soldiers, who helped the Sui army capture Lin Zhengwei, will be released immediately and will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold."

Lin Zhengwei was indeed hiding in the temporary prisoner-of-war camp of Sanshan Island. He slashed his face and was bleeding. He stabbed him with a dagger on his left shoulder and leg, and bandaged him randomly. He then looked like an injured soldier, and two personal soldiers pretended to be wounded soldiers to cover him.

Lin Zhengwei's pseudonym was Feng Xiaonian, which was his cousin's name. Even his accent changed, and he became the southern accent of Poyang County. He called himself a native of Yiyang County.

Lin Zhengwei had passed the screening and registration, got a bamboo prisoner of war, stayed with hundreds of prisoners of war who were also Yiyang County, and was about to be escorted to Pengze County, which made him secretly proud, and he was not recognized by the Sui army in the end.

At this time, a lieutenant led dozens of soldiers into the cabin. The lieutenant asked, "Is this a prisoner of war from Yiyang County?"

Everyone agreed, and the captain ordered: "Go to the deck and arrange it into five elements!"

The prisoners drove to the deck. Lin Zhengwei felt something was wrong, but he had to bite the bullet and follow the prisoners to line up. Soon, more than 300 prisoners of war lined up on the wide deck. The lieutenant looked at their wooden signs one by one, walked to Lin Zhengwei. The lieutenant looked at his sign, then looked at Lin Zhengwei and said, "Your name is Feng Xiaonian?"

"The villain is exactly!"

The captain turned around and waved, "Bring it up!"

Several Sui soldiers brought a surrendered soldier, and Lin Zhengwei suddenly became stiff. This person was a personal soldier who had previously covered him. The soldier stepped forward and knelt down and cried, "I am not greedy for bounty. My mother is old and sick. I want to go home to serve my mother. Please forgive me!"

"You bastard!"

Lin Zhengwei was furious and kicked his personal soldiers over with a fierce kick, turned around and ran towards the side of the ship, "Catch him!" the captain shouted.

The Sui army was prepared for a long time. Before Lin Zhengwei could run to the side of the ship, he would cover the net with a large net on his head. Several soldiers rushed forward, pressed him firmly on the deck, and tied him up with ropes.
Chapter completed!