In this ambush battle, Okura Castle can be described as a complete victory.

As soon as Hu Liuyang died, the Qian Twin Demons had no intention of fighting again, turned around and ran, although they escaped from the gap in the city wall with light skills, they were both shot several times by muskets and suffered a lot of injuries. Hundreds of pirates outside the city walls who had sneaked through the tunnels also retreated.

The defenders of the city were so discouraged that they fired a volley of bows and muskets, killing more than a hundred pirates.

An hour later, Chai Lin, Yao Yuanxiao, and Zhu Hong all returned to the City Lord's Mansion from the east city wall.

When they walked into the conference hall, the three of them were all elated, especially Yao Yuanxiao, who almost smiled from ear to ear.

In front of the round table in the middle of the meeting hall, Hua Bushi and Sima Rulan sat upright, and when they saw Chai Lin and others walking in the door, they all got up to greet each other.

Sima Rulan said: "A few people have worked hard, is this ambush still smooth?"

Yao Yuanxiao laughed and said: "It's so smooth! Not only did he kill the 'Troll King' Hu Liuyang, but he also killed more than 500 pirate minions, but it's a pity that the Qian family's twin demons ran away!

Sima Rulan's face was overjoyed, and she said: "It is really a great victory to be able to kill one of the 'Nine Dragons' and eliminate five hundred pirates!

She was about to salute as she spoke, but Chai Lin hurriedly stretched out his hand to support her and said, "The eldest lady doesn't need to be polite. This big victory, thanks to Young Master Hua's anticipation of things, and the pre-arranged musket team behind the city wall, he was able to give the group of pirates a head-on blow, and Hu Liuyang was also killed by Young Master Hua's disciples, if you want to talk about credit, Young Master Hua should be the first to take credit!"

Hua Bushi said indifferently: "The master of the Chai family is polite!" The pirates of the 'Black Dragon Palace' can't enter from the gorge outside the port, so they will definitely think of other ways, I intend to reduce the number of guards on the east city wall, they are really fooled, and they are also a little lucky." ”

He turned his head to Zhu Hong and said, "Zhu Hong, you must be tired after killing Hu Liuyang, go down and rest first!"

Blocking Hu Liuyang's thirty heavy punch attacks, and killing the opponent with thirty palms in a row, Zhu Hong consumed a lot of internal strength, this eldest young master was as careful as a hair, and he had already noticed this when he entered the door.

Zhu Hongying claimed that it was, and said goodbye.

For this victory, Hua Bushi was not as happy as Yao Yuanxiao, just because this result was originally expected by him, and killing one Hu Liuyang and five hundred pirates was only a little bit of a wound for the tens of thousands of dragon palace people surrounding the island, and it could not change the general trend.

Today is the 43rd day since the siege of Okura Island. It was thirty-nine days ago that Cao Duyun sneaked out of the island to move troops, but there is still no news.

The island's food stock will be exhausted, and it will no longer be enough for the more than 100,000 people in the city to feed for another five days, and once the food is gone, it will inevitably cause panic and chaos, and it will be even more difficult to defend the city.

Several people sat down at the round table, Hua Bushi began to ask about the defense of the port, and when it came to this, Yao Yuanxiao's mood also fell.

He sighed and said, "Now that the pirate ships are constantly harassing and attacking, trying to rush across the gorge, we have lost three more ships in the past two days, and there is not much ammunition left for the Hongyi cannons on the shore, and if this continues, it will not take long to run out of ammunition." ”

Chai Lin frowned and said: "The loss of the ships is just enough, but the exhaustion of ammunition is a big deal, and then there is no artillery, how can the port still be defended? I think if it is not for the pirates to send large warships to attack and only use small boats to storm the strait, let our ships rush up and shoot with bows and arrows or board the ships for hand-to-hand combat, we would rather lose manpower than attack with red artillery, and we can also save some ammunition." ”

Hua Bushi shook his head and said, "This move is inappropriate. Nowadays, pirates mostly use small and medium-sized ships to harass and attack, but they do not dare to attack on a large scale, because they are afraid of the Hongyi cannons on our shore. If we suddenly reduce the number of guns, they will guess that our ammunition is running out, and then send large warships to attack, and we will have no ammunition to resist, and we will be afraid that we will incur a quick defeat. ”

Yao Yuanxiao said: "What Young Master Hua said is very true, these days, the warships on the island have lost thirty percent, and the disciples of this sect have also suffered a lot of casualties. ”

Chai Lin said: "There is not much food on the island, and now the ammunition and manpower are all stretched, and it seems that it can no longer be defended, so Cao Duyun went to the mainland to move troops, and there has been no news for nearly forty days, could it be that there is some accident?"

For Cao Duyun, although Hua Bushi vouched for his life, Chai Lin and Yao Yuanxiao did not trust it. It's just that in today's dangerous situation, to keep Okura Castle, there is only a glimmer of hope for him to move to the rescue.

Sima Rulan gritted her teeth and said: "No matter what, we must defend to Zuihou, and we must not let the pirates of the 'Black Dragon Palace' attack the city!"

Sima Rulan's talent in martial arts is very high, and her martial arts are not weak, but she is not good at commanding battles, and she does not have enough experience in fighting. These days, directing the defense of warships in the gorge outside the port of Okura was all in charge of Chai Lin, Yao Yuanxiao, Fu Ao and others, and she tried to go into battle with the pirates herself several times, but was stopped by Chai Lin.

If it weren't for hand-to-hand combat on boarding, martial arts would not be useful, and if the castle lord was injured, the people of the entire Okura Castle and the disciples of the "Wanjintang" would definitely be shaken, and the gains would outweigh the losses.

Therefore, although Sima Rulan was anxious, she couldn't do anything about the war at all.

Hua Bushi said: "If you are short of manpower, you can transfer the guards on the city wall to support the port, and then find hundreds of young and strong natives, put on the clothes of soldiers, and guard the city wall." ”

Yao Yuanxiao said: "Those indigenous Baba can only farm and fish, so it's not appropriate for them to defend the city, right?"

Okura City now contains more than 70,000 indigenous people of the Baba tribe, many of whom are young and strong, but they are all fishermen and farmers, and they do not know how to use weapons, so it is okay to do some miscellaneous work of carrying and building, and if they really want to fight the pirates, they can only rely on the thousands of disciples of the "Wanjin Hall".

Hua Bushi said: "Although the indigenous people have no combat power, they only need to be dressed as soldiers at the moment and fill up the façade." This time, the pirates failed to raid the city walls, and as long as they saw that the walls were guarded, they would not dare to come again for a while. ”

His eyes were blazing, and he said: "These days guarding the bay and gorge outside the port, our damage is not small, the 'Black Dragon Palace' should lose more ships and manpower than us, at this time, the fight is who can hold out to Zuihou! Cao Gongzi has been out of the island for thirty-nine days, presumably he will be able to move in soon to rescue the troops, we must not be discouraged!"

Yao Yuanxiao said: "Young Master Hua is right! We occupy the Bay Gorge and have a favorable geographical location, how can it be so easy for the 'Black Dragon Palace' to really want to attack Hong Kong?

Chai Lin said: "Yes! If we really get to Zuihou, we will fight to the death, and we may not lose!"

The four of them talked about the war for a while, Yao Yuanxiao and Chai Lin had to get the port to take command, so they each got up and left, and only Sima Rulan and Hua Bushi were left in the conference hall.

Hua Bushi sat at the table, but he lowered his head and fell into deep thought. He knew very well in his heart that what Chai Lin said before, "If you fight to the death, you may not lose" was just a momentary encouragement, and now that the situation is really a decisive battle between the two sides, even if Okura Castle occupies a favorable location, there is no chance of winning at all.

The two sides fought at the mouth of the bay gorge for many days, although the loss of the "Black Dragon Palace" must not be less than Okura Castle, but the warships of the Dragon Palace were several times more than Okura Castle, and the food and ammunition could be supplied, while the defending side was like a trapped beast in a cage, the ammunition and food were getting less and less, and the loss of manpower was not small, how to support it, it was really a headache for him.

Sima Rulan's beautiful eyes looked at Hua Bushi in front of the table.

She could tell that the eldest young master's eyes were bloodshot, and his face was much paler than before. In the past few days, most of the things in Okura Castle have been handled by Hua Bushi, the resettlement of the natives, the unified distribution of food, the treatment of the wounded, etc., and even the strategy of guarding the city.

Although all this is in order and there is no chaos at all, the effort involved in it is definitely not trivial. Sleepless nights in a row have also become a common thing these days.

For those who have practiced superior internal skills, a few days of sleepless may not be nothing, but Hua Bushi not only has not practiced martial arts, but his physique is already weak, and such hard work has already made him feel a lot haggard.

Sima Rulanyu showed an apologetic look on her face, and said, "Lan'er feels that she is really useless!"

Hearing this, Hua Bushi came back from his contemplation and asked, "Why did Miss Lan'er say this?"

Sima Rulan said: "As the eldest lady of the city lord of Okura City, my mind is too stupid, I can't deal with many affairs in the city, and I can't protect those ordinary people, I have practiced martial arts for many years, and I can't go into battle to kill the enemy, but I let Mr. Hua work so hard and tired his body, don't you say Lan'er is too incompetent?"

Hua Bushi shook his head and said: "Miss Lan'er is wrong to think like this! Any ability in this world must be studied and honed before it can be familiar with it, the 'Wanjin Hall' has always been in charge of the Sima City Lord, and there are several elders on the side to assist, Miss Lan'er has never dealt with the affairs of the door, and it is difficult to learn it in a few days, unlike my father who has always ignored the trivial matters in the sect, most of the big and small things in the 'Evil Dog Gate' are handled by Hua Bushi, it is because I have learned these abilities, which has nothing to do with whether the mind is stupid or not." ”