Hai Hongzhu said: "We are not from Okura Castle in the first place, and we have only been in this city for a few months, so why should we accompany the people in the city to be killed by pirates." Why don't we go find a boat and quietly escape from the island and return to Middle-earth?"

Hua Bushi smiled bitterly: "Now that this island has been surrounded by pirates from the 'Black Dragon Palace', their ships have blocked all the routes out of the island, even if we want to escape, how can we escape?"

Hai Hongzhu said: "Don't hide it from me, Cao Duyun was sent out of the island by you a few days ago, and now we should have a way to escape!"

Hua Bushi said: "Cao Gongzi left the island, but he took a small boat to take an underwaterway, and the 'Wanjintang' sent more than ten ships to feint to cover before he was able to successfully escape." ”

Hai Hongzhu said: "Then we will also escape from that underwaterway, I will go to Sister Lan'er and beg her to send some ships to cover us." ”

Hua Bushi said: "When Cao Gongzi left the island that day, he went to Guangdong to move reinforcements, and now you and I are just trying to escape, how can Miss Lan'er agree to send a ship to cover us? Not to mention that the ships in the 'Wanjintang' have lost a lot of manpower, and the gunpowder and cannonballs are also insufficient, which is no longer comparable to that day, and it will not be consumed in vain to cover our escape." ”

Hai Hongzhu knew that what Hua Bushi said was true, so she immediately lowered her head and made a sad face. But after only a while, she raised her head again and said, "I've thought of a good way! Why don't we take Sister Lan'er and escape by boat together, she is the eldest lady of the 'Wanjin Hall', Elder Yao and they will definitely send a boat to cover it, well, I'll talk to her!"

She stood up as she spoke, and immediately went to the City Lord's Mansion to find Sima Rulan.

Hua Bushi said, "You don't have to go, Miss Lan'er won't agree." ”

Hai Hongzhu said: "How do you know she won't agree?"

Hua Bushi said: "You and Miss Lan'er are like sisters, do you still know her so much? This Okura City is the foundation that her father has worked hard to create, for her, defending this city is more important than life, how can she be willing to abandon the city with us and flee?"

Hai Hongzhu actually understood that with Sima Rulan's personality, she would not want to escape, she pursed her mouth and said: "This is not good, that is not good, can we only wait for death in this city?

Hua Bushi looked at Hai Hongzhu, who was starting to get angry again, and said softly: "You don't have to worry, in fact, the escape plan you just said is not completely impossible. I'll go and talk to Miss Lan'er tomorrow and ask her to send you a boat to take you back to Middle-earth. ”

Hai Hongzhu said happily: "So you can talk about her? That's great!"

But as soon as she spoke, she realized that something was wrong and asked, "You said to send me off the island, what about you?"

Hua Bushi said: "I want to stay in the city and help Miss Lan'er guard the city." ”

Hai Hongzhu immediately bit her lip and said, "No, if you don't leave, I won't leave either!"

Hua Bushi said: "Although Okura Castle is not yet desperate, it is indeed in danger of being attacked by pirates, and everything here has nothing to do with you. ”

He looked directly at Hai Hongzhu's eyes, but there was tenderness in his eyes, and said: "That day in Wuyang City, I forcibly invited your family of three to the Hua family's mansion, but I never expected the underworld to attack, Hai Lao Boxer was killed by the Chi family brothers, there is indeed Hua Bushi's fault, I have always been quite sorry. But now I'm not going to make the same mistake and put you in danger. Thanks to your reminder, tomorrow I will go to Miss Lan'er and ask her to send a boat to take you out of the island, as long as Hua Bushi agrees to stay and help defend the city, I believe that even Elder Yao will have nothing to say. ”

Hai Hongzhu glared at Hua Bushi, her eyes suddenly turned red, and said: "Who wants you to apologize! You killed my father, and now you want to leave me! I don't care, anyway, we are married, you are my husband, if you don't leave, I will also die in this city with you!"

For men, it is impossible to have a woman who is willing to live and die with him, and perhaps most men in this world will not be able to find such a confidant in their lives. And Hua Bushi was so fortunate that he was able to meet two such women, although God only gave him three years of life, but he did not treat him badly in this regard.

It's a pity that a heart can't be divided into two halves, and the same is true for Aiqing. Although Hai Hongzhu is the wife he is marrying, the eldest young master has regarded her as a little sister from the beginning, and she still does so. And aiqing really can't be replaced by gratitude, sympathy, appreciation, or any other emotion, or even fairness.

Hua Bushi was silent for a long time before he said, "If you leave this island, I can also feel at ease, why do you have to stay with me?"

Hai Hongzhu bit her lip tightly, but didn't speak, and suddenly, she pounced on Hua Bushi's body, and cried "wow".

Hua Bushi hugged her into his arms, let Hai Hongzhu's tears and snot wet the clothes on his chest, and said softly: "Don't cry, it doesn't matter if the lady doesn't want to go, anyway, there is a husband, and he will definitely protect you from harm." ”

Hai Hongzhu cried and said, "You useless young master Huahua...... I can't even save my own life...... I'm going to rely on you to protect ...... It's better to die......"

Hua Bushi said: "Lady's words are wrong, now I am full of confidence, I will be able to defend this Okura City, and I will never let the pirates of the 'Black Dragon Palace' attack it!"

Hai Hongzhu said: "The pirates of the 'Black Dragon Palace' are so powerful...... Where can you keep ......?"

Hua Bushi reached out and grabbed Hai Hongzhu's shoulder, pulled her out of his arms, stared into her eyes and said, "Do you know that the more difficult and difficult the situation, the more you can't give up, seize the only glimmer of hope, and things will take a turn for the better." ”

He gently wiped the tears from Hai Hongzhu's cheeks with his fingers, and said: "What a danger it was that we were caught in a hurricane and thunderstorm on the Green Cockroach that day, and we were able to get out of danger in that kind of Jedi, and the difficulties we are facing now are much worse than the dangers of that day, how can God not give us a chance to survive? Your refusal to leave this city alone makes me even more convinced that this city can be defended!"

Hua Bushi's self-confidence is not so much a rational judgment of the situation, but an intuition that transcends reason, and perhaps it is also the perception that he has experienced life and death many times.

Hai Hongzhu didn't seem to understand what Hua Bushi said, but she finally nodded and sobbed: "You said you can keep it...... I'll trust you for now...... If you dare to lie to me...... I...... I won't spare you......"

Five days after ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※, the stock of grain in Okura Castle was exhausted.

Not only the food, but also the ammunition used in the artillery had been used up a day ago, and now the more than 100 Hongyi cannons on the batteries on both sides of the bay and the gorge have been turned into decorations, and they can no longer fire a single shell.

Although the "Wanjintang" had already made arrangements, and there was not much chaos in the city for a while after the food was cut off, Okura Castle is now facing a desperate situation, and the time that can be held on is numbered.

Cao Duyun has been away from the island for forty-four days, and according to the calculation of time, he should have brought in rescuers. Although Yao Yuanxiao and Chai Lin did not say it explicitly, from their expressions, Hua Bushi could already see their doubts about whether reinforcements would come. In the eyes of the two elders of the "Wanjin Hall", after Cao Duyun left Okura Island, he must have fled and could never come back.

In the past five days, Hua Bushi came to the lookout near the sea of Okura Port every day, firstly, to watch the battle situation on the sea, and also to wait for the news of the reinforcements of the Daming Naval Division. By now, reinforcements were the only hope for Okura Castle, and although everyone else doubted that this hope really existed, the eldest young master firmly believed that Cao Duyun would not break his promise.

Today's weather was as clear as ever, and as the morning sun rose, a mist rose over the blue sea.

On the lookout, which is more than five feet high, the eye is blocked by the fog, but you can still faintly see the blue-black sails of the dense pirate ships beyond the bay.

The forts on both sides of the bay originally looked like two sharp horns, holding on to the mouth of the gorge, but now that the horns of the reindeer have been broken, is it time for the wolves to feast?

But at this moment, Hua Bushi heard a rush of footsteps. He looked back and saw Yao Yuanxiao and Chai Lin walking towards the high platform, and behind these two, there were more than 20 people closely followed, all of them were the leaders of the "Wanjin Hall", all of them carrying weapons on their backs, and the helmsman Fu Ao, who commanded the naval army, was also among them.

Hua Bushi was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Master Chai, Elder Yao, what are you going to do with these many people?"

Yao Yuanxiao said: "Now that Okura City has run out of ammunition and food, and can no longer hold it, I have discussed with Elder Chai that I want to gather the remaining ships and manpower of the 'Wanjin Hall' to fight to the death with the pirates of the 'Black Dragon Palace', and at the same time cover the eldest lady to break out!"

Hua Bushi exclaimed: "Are you going to give up Okura City! This is the foundation that Lord Sima has worked hard to build, will Miss Lan'er agree to you doing this?"

Yao Yuanxiao said: "It's not that we want to give up Okura City, most of the brothers in the 'Wanjintang' would rather live and die with this city! The eldest lady is the only blood and blood of the Sima City Lord, so she can't let her miss anything, even if she doesn't agree, Yao and Elder Chai will also bear it!"

Chai Lin said: "We have arranged a small boat, and we have sent someone to the City Lord's Mansion to invite the eldest lady, and when the battle outside the port is over, we will let Lan'er's niece get on the boat and break through the underwaterway." Young Master Hua, you quickly go to the Bar Sky Tower to bring Mrs. Hua to the dock, and you can leave the island with Lan'er and niece later, and you will have a good response in the future. ”