The two sides were in a stalemate for another half a day, Wu Daofu and the others did not dare to return to help, and the pirates on the opposite side did not dare to attack the stronghold on the island with all their might, and in the end, everyone could only confront each other like this.

It wasn't until the pirates took the initiative to retreat that Wu Daofu dared to drive into the port with the fleet and return to the stronghold.

Wanting to track the whereabouts of the other party's pirates, Wu Daofu sent two warships to follow behind this fleet, wanting to find the field.

Their Ryukyu sailors were defeated this time, but don't forget, there is still a powerful team of sailors cruising in this sea area, and that is Zhao Xingdou of the Hongtang Whale Division.

The pirates actually have scruples, after all, they are making trouble in the hinterland of Hongtang, and there is a powerful fleet in the sea not far away, no one knows if they will be so coincidental and suddenly kill in this sea area, and then they will not be able to eat and walk away!

Therefore, seeing that this design failed to defeat the large army of the Ryukyu Naval Division, it was time for them to leave, as for attacking the stronghold of Iriomote Island, it was actually just to force Wu Daofu and them to take the initiative to fight.

Soon after, the two warships that followed the pirate fleet out returned after more than two hours.

The other pirates were also prepared for the tracking of the Ryukyu sailors, first sent a few warships to stalemate with the Ryukyu warships, most of them went first, and then waited until most of them disappeared, and their warships scattered in all directions, not to mention the speed, the two warships did not know which sea ship to track, and they were afraid of being ambushed by the other party, and they came back after a long time.

In fact, the loss of the stronghold on the island is not too great, and the power of the artillery carried by the pirate warships naturally cannot be compared with the warships of Hongtang and the Westerners.

The only thing that made Wu Daofu resentful was that in addition to firing solid shells, the pirates probably also set up improvised catapults, and a jar full of fire oil was shot into the stronghold, and finally ignited, causing a large area of fire, causing a lot of damage to property and houses.

And this is also the reason why Wu Daofu and the others saw a crimson sky and a fire in the sky last night.

The loss of personnel was not large, and even the sailors who went out to patrol the sea without Wu Daofu had suffered serious losses, and after everyone counted them, the number of people killed because of the pirate siege was less than 100 people, and more than 200 people were burned by the fire and smashed by debris.

However, the loss of goods and houses was not small, and almost half of the houses were burned to the ground, leaving only a black skeleton there; Half of the stored grain was also burned, and although there were three or four hundred soldiers left, most of them were frightened when they faced the sudden attack of the pirates, if it weren't for the fact that the backbone of this team was the elite drawn by Wu Daofu from the Hongtang, I am afraid that the pirates would have been able to take down this stronghold easily last night.

The recruit Danzi finally managed to stabilize the young men of Hongtang for the time being, hiding in the fortifications and trembling to resist the attacks of the pirates, but if you want to command this group of guys to go out to fight the fire at the risk of whizzing and flying bows and crossbow bullets, it will be a little difficult.

Being able to keep half of the grain is considered to be Wu Daofu's luck, as Hongtang soldiers who have specialized in grain storage skills, they naturally know how to build a few firebreaks, so they didn't let all the grain burn.

After the enemy retreated, the stronghold on the island was full of mourning, and the voices of blind dates crying and wailing were everywhere, and it was not easy to gain a foothold in this land.

Therefore, Wu Daofu no longer bothered to inquire about the whereabouts of those pirates, but took his subordinates to wander around the stronghold, and Ban was very anxious about the blind dates who were affected by the disaster to settle down again.

At the same time, Wu Daofu also sent condolences to the families of the team members who died in the battle, to calm their fluctuating and sad feelings, so as not to make a fuss all over the city because their relatives died in battle.

Of course, in addition, Wu Daofu had to quickly distribute the information from this side to the hands of Zhao Xingdou of the Hongtang Whale Department and King Shangning of the Ryukyus, and ask them for help.

Asking for help from Zhao Xingdou, that is the most important, because after this battle, Wu Daofu also saw the gap between the warriors he trained and the pirates, if these pirates came again, Wu Daofu and they had no other way but to shrink in the stronghold.

After all, the training time is too short, and the quality of these warriors themselves is still a little worse, unlike the people recruited by Hongtang at the beginning, although there are farmers and fishermen in their hands, but most of the rest are either old people in Hongtang or pirates who have worked hard at sea for many years.

And asking for help from King Shangning, it is not that he needs to send troops to station, to be honest, even if Wu Daofu is willing, this King Shangning is afraid that he is not willing! After King Shangning drove away the samurai of Samoa in the Japanese kingdom, he vigorously recruited men and trained new soldiers.

However, their armaments have been abandoned for a long time over the years, and their kingdom's military training skills are unsightly, and until now, they have only trained about 5,000 newcomers, and their actual combat strength is unknown, where is it possible to support Wu Daofu and them.

But don't forget, now Wu Daofu is also the nominal flash marriage of the Ryukyu Kingdom Admiral, as the nominal courtier of King Shangning, it is necessary for Wu Daofu to pass this news back, and at the same time, he can also ask for a little subsidy from King Shangning.

No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and the king of Shangning is stupid and has a lot of money, if Wu Daofu doesn't want to get some relief from the other party, then he has been with Li Tianyang for so many years. And to be honest, after a fire, a lot of materials stored on Iriomote Island have been burned, and the reconstruction work is imminent, and the chicken coop port is really a little too far.

But the Iriomote Island base, which burned half of its grain, has managed to hold on until now! In addition to supporting their own soldiers, the remaining food also has to help those blind dates whose houses and assets were burned down by a fire, at most it is only half a moon, and these grains will bottom out, not to mention that these blind dates who have nothing also need clothes, shoes and socks and other living materials, they can't all wait until the moon is passed from Jilong Port!

(End of chapter)