In the face of the provocation, the commanders in the city of Geranza were very steady. He rarely fired artillery at Liu Pei's fleet. It was only when the ship was too close that it fired back. It seems that the commander has firmly established the idea of holding out for a long time, and has begun to save shells and gunpowder.

Liu Pei saw that the provocations from many sides had no effect. And the situation at the enemy's point of fire is also roughly the same. He ordered the fleet to disperse, surround the entire island, and wait for the arrival of the follow-up fleet.

Liu Pei quieted down after besieging the city of Relanza, but the city was already chaotic. Fortunately, the commander of the army was quite good, and gathered the civilians in the church to pray for God's protection. Arrange for the soldiers to stick to various posts. to maintain order in the city.

In the conference room of the Governor's Palace, some people were discussing the current form. At present, the highest military rank in the city is a major, a middle-aged veteran named Clyde, calm and sophisticated. It was he who quickly took control of the situation in the city.

There was also a priest here. At that time, priests had a very high status in the West. At the same time, he is also a part-time psychiatrist, and he is usually responsible for comforting everyone in the name of God, so he must be taken with him to meetings. that he may comfort the common people by his mouth.

There is also a pot-bellied merchant. He was a representative of the merchant and burgher classes in the city. There is also a tall and thin man who is Song Ke's secretary Nils. At present, several of them are the supreme leadership of the city of Geranza. And it looks like they've been talking about it for a while.

Singer's secretary, Nils, was speaking, and he said, "Gentlemen, isn't it time to find out where the Governor and the fleet are?" ”

The fat merchant immediately said, "Do you still need to ask?" It must have lost the battle, and it all sank to the bottom of the sea! These damned barbarians must have bewitched them with witchcraft! ”

When the priest heard this, he immediately took a cross and prayed a few words. Nils said, "Where is it so easy to sink all our warships? Maybe it's entangled by pirates outside. Maybe news will come soon. ”

The fat merchant exclaimed, "Come on! The fleet out there doesn't look like a good thing to mess with! And everyone knows that this fleet belongs to the Pirate King of the Red-Eyed Dragon King! Now that the Pirate King has arrived, but the Governor has not returned, you still can't guess why? I've said a long time ago how good it would be for us to do business quietly with that pirate king! Why mess with those stupid pirates? It's all over now! It's all over! “

When it comes to the end. The fat merchant almost snarled. But Nils was unmoved, and said, "Mr. Chuck, the Governor's considerations are beyond your comprehension. He made this arrangement for the long-term future of the company. You should know how much we will gain if we defeat the Red Eye Dragon King? ”

Chuck slapped the table and yelled, "But did he ever think about how much risk we would take if we failed?" Now the city of Geranza is besieged, and our Governor may be already doing hard labor in the captive camp! What can we do now to avoid death? God, those barbarians are going to behead us one by one! ”

Nils said helplessly, "But there is no evidence that the Governor has failed. Maybe he's still at war with pirates somewhere! You have to believe in the combat effectiveness of the Navy! ”

The old soldier Clyde coughed softly, drawing everyone's attention. Then he said slowly, "I've taken a closer look at the ships outside. Each of them had different levels of damage on each ship. Some of the planks were clearly freshly filled. So I think the Governor has failed. The ships outside were supposed to be lightly injured and arrived after emergency repairs. ”

Clyde's words silenced the room completely. In fact, everyone has long had the idea that the Songk fleet has been completely wiped out, but they have always been reluctant to believe it. It wasn't until Clyde punctured the mystery that everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.

It took a long time for Chuck, the fat merchant, to mutter, "Mr. Clyde, are you sure?" ”

Clyde smiled bitterly and said, "You should trust an old soldier who has served for half his life. ”

Now the room was quieter. It was a while before Nils said, "Mr. Clyde, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Clyde shrugged his shoulders and said, "Gentlemen, if it's a war, I can take all the responsibility." But in other respects, then please don't ask me. I'm just a soldier. ”

Nils frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then Mr. Clyde, how long can our grain reserves last?" ”

Clyde thought for a moment and said, "Three to four months." In the beginning, our reserves were based on the six months of siege. But the reinforcement fleet in Batavia took away quite a few reserves, so our reserves fell. ”

Nils asked, "If we cut down on food rations now and find a way to gather any edible supplies as reserves, how long can we hold out in this situation?" ”

Major Clyde pondered for a moment and said, "It won't take more than half a year either. Because we had to feed the soldiers and men in order to deal with the pirate raids. In this way, not much food can be saved. ”

Hearing Clyde answer this, Chuck immediately said, "Let's negotiate." Send someone to hear what they want? ”

There was no opinion on this proposal. But who to send is really a difficult question! I'm afraid I can't ask anything if I send ordinary people. If you send someone here, God knows if you will be killed by those heretics.

All four recommended several candidates, but they were all rejected by each other. Finally, Chuck slapped the table, "I think Mr. Priest should go." ”

The priest was terrified! Hurriedly said: "Oh, no, no, no, I don't have negotiation experience, I'm going to mess things up!" ”

Chuck didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and then said directly, "But you're a priest!" You represent God! I don't think they would kill a messenger of God at will, even if they didn't believe in God. Besides, at this time, shouldn't you do something for God's people? ”

Chuck's words represented the opinion of the upper class of the time. In fact, this idea has not changed much so far. God is a thing that is used to fool the low-level civilians, so that they can be honest, settle down, and hope to go to heaven after death.

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