Yuan Laoba was very worried, the warship of the wild shark outside the dock had been parked there for three days, except for the dozen or so warships that had been circling around the coast of the island, there was no movement of other warships.

From the nervousness and fear at the beginning, to the morale boost later, and then to the current anxiety, in three days, Yuan Laoba experienced all kinds of tastes.

Three days was enough time for Yuan Laoba and Lao Yi to figure out the intention of the mad shark to do this, but in the face of such a conspiracy, they had no way to do it when they were trapped on the island.

The food on the island is consumed day by day, and it seems that it is about to reach the warning line of personnel consumption on the island. Yuan Laoba couldn't help but regret that in order to show his atmospheric side, and at the same time stabilize the Penghu pirates who had just come to Ryukyu and had no stronghold and logistics, he waved his hand and divided two thousand stones from the five thousand stone grain raised by Xu Haibin for them.

And in order to make an expedition to Bengang, they brought another thousand stone of grain to the expedition, which was consumed and lost in that battle, and in the end, what they brought back was only four or five hundred stone of surplus grain.

As for the remaining 2,000 stone of grain, the nearly 3,000 pirates who stayed in the camp, plus the 4,500 people from their families ate horses and chewed horses, and almost went to nearly 1,000 stone in more than ten days.

Until now, the daily consumption, even after Lao Yi and them began to strictly control their diet, would cost more than seventy stone of grain.

Not only the food, but now at the bottom of the pirates, there are also crowds of people, and people are panicking, and I don't know where the news comes from that they will abandon their weapons and surrender to the wild sharks in the sea opposite, and they will treat these pirates without investigating the past.

If it weren't for Yuan Laoba's strong attack, with a group of henchmen, in the past three days, he was winning over and cracking down, and he could be regarded as controlling this situation that was about to move.

"I said Lao Yi, do you think there is any hope for us to stick to it like this?" Yuan Laoba was playing a drum in his heart, so he found Lao Yi to cheer him up.

"Alas, it's hard for me to see it, people are obviously conspiracy this time, and they are forcing us to make a choice!" Lao Yi shook his head and replied with difficulty.

In fact, from the very beginning, Lao Yi did not approve of Yuan Laoba going all the way to attack Bengang Hongtang, at least, without investigating Hongtang and the Qixintang behind Hongtang, as well as the general situation of Bengang, and when they did not completely absorb and control the pirates who had just joined the team, they should not take action, especially such a big action as attacking Bengang.

But at that time, Yuan Laoba, when he was full of spirit and self-confidence, where could he hear Lao Yi's advice, in his opinion, he had mastered such a large team of pirates, and wanted to eliminate a little-known pirate who had just emerged for more than a year, and it was not a matter of being caught!

However, the truth is very cruel, I thought it was just a stumbling block, where did I think it would be a stone to dare to be, there should have been a situation with a good prospect, but I was smashed by Yuan Laoba himself, in the end, I am afraid that even the nest will not be guaranteed, if Lao Yi does not complain about Yuan Laoba, the ambitious master, it must be false.

"In today's situation, we take advantage of the fact that the people's hearts are still scattered and the food is sufficient, and we will gather everyone to fight back and forth, and maybe there is still a glimmer of life." When Lao Yi said this, he obviously lacked confidence, but this was also the best way out for their team.

Yuan Laoba was thinking, Lao Yi suddenly stood up, walked out of the door to observe, and put down the doors and windows.

"Moreover, the sooner you have to be in charge, the better, if the problem of food shortage in the village is leaked out, I am afraid that the hearts of the people who have been suppressed by you are afraid that they will disperse again." Lao Yi saw that Yuan Laoba was hesitant, so he had to continue to analyze the pros and cons for him: "And, no matter how this battle goes, our Huludao will definitely give up!" ”

"Give up Huludao?" Yuan Laoba was stunned for a moment and categorically vetoed: "Impossible thing." ”

After being angry for only three seconds, without waiting for Lao Yi to persuade him, Yuan Laoba let out a long sigh again, knowing that what he said just now was just a matter of will, and in the current situation, where do they still have the right to choose.

Seeing that Yuan Laoba understood by himself, Lao Yi no longer said anything more about this matter, but began to make suggestions for this decisive battle: "First of all, we must remember that no matter what the result of the battle is this time, we must give up this gourd island without hesitation and rush out of the encirclement!" ”

"And what about our family?"

"After the start of the war, presumably the sailors and warships patrolling around will also join the battle, so it is the time for us to use the retreat, and the family must send your family members and confidants to the ship in advance, one is as a hostage, and the other is to avoid the worries of your henchmen, but these things must not show a little rumor, otherwise, without the attack of the wild shark, we will collapse internally!" Lao Yi had already thought of a countermeasure.

"I've saved this, and there will definitely be no problem." Yuan Laoba knew the severity.

All night, Yuan Laoba and the two of them hid in the house, whispering, discussing together how to fight in wartime, when the warships behind the island should be dispatched, and whether those henchmen pirates should be worthy of their trust and which should be given up.

Although there are many things that have not been said explicitly, Lao Yi and Yuan Laoba know that they are going to 'break the wrist of a strong man' again this time.

If they want to give up Huludao, the first thing in front of them is the huge number of family members. There are four or five thousand pirate families on the island, even if Yuan Laoba and all their warships are fully loaded, it is impossible to transport so many family members, but if they don't transport them away, then how can the pirates under their hands be willing to fight desperately for them!

It took another two days of hard work for Yuan Laoba and the others to arrange everything quietly, and the food and family members had been sent to the warship behind the island or the warship of their henchmen by them taking advantage of the dark night.

Everything is ready, and now it's time to show a battle of life and death!

"After today, I'm afraid there will be no more Yuan Laoba in the future!" The war was imminent, Yuan Laoba stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the Huludao base camp that had lived behind him for many years. After this battle, he may have to die in the world, or he may die on the battlefield, but he will never set foot on this isolated island again.

"The family is wrong, the so-called stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, this time we lost, that is a lesson, but with our ability and reputation, it is not difficult to develop again!" Lao Yi stood beside Yuan Laoba to cheer up, at such a critical moment, Yuan Laoba, as the leader, had no fighting spirit at all, so their final result would obviously not be optimistic.

"Perhaps!" One wrong step, one wrong step, at this moment, Yuan Laoba was still immersed in his several decisions that ruined the good prospects, and replied noncommittally.

On the dock, there were people busy preparing everywhere, and after receiving the decisive battle order issued by Yuan Laoba, everyone put away their different thoughts and concentrated on mobilizing. Whether it was the one who had the heart to surrender, or the pirates who resolutely supported Yuan Laoba and were willing to fight him to the death, they all knew that this battle would affect the future of all of them.

(End of chapter)