At the wharf of Western Australia, the night is low, the flagship of the Great Water Eater hangs lanterns high, and the atmosphere in the captain's room is silent and anxious.

The flagship of Famaitu was rebuilt from an ocean-going ship, and the cabin was originally very spacious, but at this time it was full of pirates, and it seemed very crowded. The Great Food Officer sat on the right hand side of Famaitu, and Qiu Darui and the local bandit leader of the Song Kingdom sat on the left hand, and the two sides looked at each other angrily, as if they were enemies. The great cannibals' practice of preserving their strength offended the public, and although these Song bandits could not resist them, they were also a great force when they were gathered. Moreover, the people of the Song State are familiar with the local situation, and without the cooperation of these sittings, the Great Food Navy would have become deaf and blind, and it would not be so easy to loot in the Song Kingdom.

As the naval officers privately thought, Commander Famaitu had not necessarily the ferocity of a lion, but the cunning of a fox.

Since the expedition to the East, although the Great Food Navy has gained countless wealth, the loss of manpower has been irreparable. In particular, the Hamandin detachment was completely annihilated by the Song navy in Xiuzhou, which made Famaitu extremely cautious, so in this campaign against Guangzhou, he used various methods to preserve his strength, preferring to plunder less wealth and try to let the local bandits of the Song Dynasty go to war with the Song Dynasty officials and troops.

The number of Song Guo's pirates was actually more than ten times that of the Great Water Eater, but they were a rabble, and even Qiu Darui could only barely hold them together. In the face of these Song people, Famaitu showed an astonishing talent as a diplomat, and the bloody battle outside the city of Guangzhou was carried out to this point, and Famaitu still used false promises, shirk and delay, etc., and only occasionally sent the Great Food Samurai to participate in almost victorious battles. And now, all kinds of tricks seem to be out of luck. The Song people shed their blood in the cannibalism, and the internal complaints of the bandits of all sizes were full of complaints, and they became more and more unable to work in the war. Qiu Darui also seemed to be a little disheartened, and changed his practice of not allowing the Song bandits to have direct contact with the big cannibals, and brought them to negotiate with Famaitu.

"Qiu Dongjia, it's not that you don't know, there must be reserves in the battle." Famaitu frowned and said, "Moreover, your imperial army also has a South China Sea Naval Division, and the main force of my fleet is on guard off the coast of Humen...... In case they suddenly enter the battlefield, in the words of your Song people, we will be shut down and beaten dogs. You say, don't you? ”

Famaitu explained slowly. He didn't believe in these reasons, but he dragged on to this, the pirates of the Song Kingdom suffered heavy casualties, and Qiu Darui didn't know how to incite them, no matter how the Great Food Navy acted next, he always had to give them an explanation. After more than a year of fighting in the East, Famaitu also understood some of the sophistication of the Great Song Dynasty. He knew that in order to rule the East, he must first understand the habits and weaknesses of the Easterners. Although the Song people were cowardly, they were extremely "reasonable", and "reasonable" was closely associated with "good face", not only in the imperial court, but also in pirates. Therefore, despite believing in the respect of strength, Famaitu decided to give these Song pirates a little "face" and give them a reasonable reason, a reason not to intensify the conflict with the Great Food Navy.

Sure enough, the Great Food King explained in person, and the originally tense atmosphere in the cabin eased a little.

"Although the words of the king of Famaitu are reasonable, but they are ......," Qiu Darui muttered, "Your ministry is the main force of our alliance to attack Guangzhou this time, the war has lasted until now, and our major leaders have lost a lot of people, but your department has always preserved its strength, I am afraid that the big bosses here take care of the overall situation, but the brothers of each family can't be appeased." If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that everyone will be scattered, and although your department is elite, it can't eat the hard walnut of Guangzhou alone. ”

"That's what Master Qiu said." "That's right, that's what our brother said."

The pirate leaders of the Song Kingdom echoed one after another. When these people came, they were violent, and they really came to the front of the fierce cannibals, but no one wanted to offend, since Qiu Darui took the lead, everyone couldn't just let the big cannibals fool the past. These pirates know in their hearts that everyone's strength is half a catty, and it will be possible to reward meritorious deeds when opening Guangzhou City in the future, but for the big cannibals, this set will not work at all, because the power of the big cannibals will overwhelm any pirates of the Song Kingdom, once the city of Guangzhou is opened, the big cannibals will not sit and wait for the spoils to be shared, but will definitely enter the city unscrupulously and plunder, since this is the case, then they must be bleeding when attacking the city.

"Well," Famaitu said in a deep voice, with a look of embarrassment, "but the reserves still have to stay." ”

Qiu Darui secretly said in his heart, this Hu man is fake, but he is just asking for more price.

He made a look, and a henchman pirate leader retorted: "King Fa, it's not a big deal to stay behind the palace, let's take turns to attack Guangzhou and take turns to rest!" His voice suddenly caused the pirates of the Song Kingdom to echo the voice, the officers of the Great Food do not understand Chinese, and they can only translate for Famaitu alone, therefore, the scene seems to be on the side of the Song People, however, everyone understands in their hearts that the Great Cannibal can not send troops, or this King of Law has the final say, if he insists on refusing to contribute, everyone can only give up attacking Guangzhou. But the pirates of the Song Kingdom have already killed and injured so many people, and the big cannibal has not invested any money, so he just said that he would give up and give up, obviously his side suffered a big loss, and no one was willing.

"Is there anything stranger in the world than this?" Adjutant Yasin frowned.

"Poor, sinful Orientals," he whispered, "isn't there a little shame in a group of Song people who are desperately trying to persuade us to attack their own city? Aboud stood beside him and sneered, "This is not surprising, it is natural to worship the strong. Especially those weakened nations that were once ruled by glorious ancient kings, as one tribe after another was conquered, the warriors who did not want to submit have long been killed by the ancient kings, and all that remained were subservient. There is no shame, they are used to it, and they are ready to bend their knees to the new strong. But weren't the sons of the prophets also subject to the throne of the Sultan? He spoke with a slight smugness, for under the rule of the Sultan of Rum, the status of the Romani Turks was undoubtedly the highest, and the tribe of Aboud was one of the first to follow the Sultan of Rum.

While the scene was in turmoil, suddenly several gongs rang outside, followed by a loud bang.

"Night Attack!" "The officers and soldiers have stolen the camp!"

"It's not good, the officers and soldiers are here again!"

The pirates of the Song Kingdom changed their faces greatly, and as soon as they heard the sound of the warning gong, everyone didn't care about bargaining with the big cannibals, and immediately gathered around the porthole to look in the direction of Hanhai City. Countless lanterns had already been lit on Hanhai City, and at this moment, it was even more blazing, and thousands of officers and soldiers poured out of the south like rats, and rushed towards Hanhai City in several phalanxes.

"It's so difficult!" Some people lamented that this kind of "night attack" by the officials and soldiers had also caused them quite a headache.

"I don't know which ones are on duty today." Someone couldn't help but giggle with schadenfreude.

For them, as long as they don't compromise their own power, they can watch this as a play.

"You have to cut through the mess quickly!" Qiu Darui stood beside Famaitu, his face was very ugly, "If it drags on like this, Guangzhou is not defeated, maybe we will be dragged down by the official army first." "The officers and troops resisted fiercely, but their combat strength was mediocre, even if they attacked at night to recapture Hanhai City, they might not be able to hold it. However, the terrible thing is that such a war of attrition never ends.

After so many days, Qiu Darui also figured out Chen Gongju's intentions, he was not afraid of the dead, from the very beginning, Chen Gongju had a heart to compete with pirates who could shed the last drop of blood, there were millions of people in the protection of the thirteen cities that Guangzhou tried to maintain, and Chen Gongju simply used the people as a sign army. Therefore, Chen Gongju didn't care about winning or losing every battle, he just kept bleeding the pirates who came to attack the city, and showed his determination to accompany him to the end, so he was invincible.

However, pirates are fundamentally a group of businessmen, and when the casualties reach a certain limit, they are bound to retreat. It is precisely because of this that Qiu Darui urgently needs Famaitu to put the main force of the Great Food Army into the battlefield and crush the resistance of the official army outside the city in one fell swoop, instead of repeatedly tugging and fighting like now.

"It can't be delayed any longer." Qiu Darui muttered to himself.

At this time, a thunderous fire rang out in the direction of Hanhai City.

"Not good!" Qiu Darui's face changed greatly, this was the sound of the fire gun battalion taking turns, and he was very familiar with this voice when he was on the battlefield in Henan. Since Yue Fei and Zhao Xingde successively trained the fire gun army in the Song State, the Song army in various places has organized and trained the fire gun battalion, however, the Guangzhou government has always used the fire gun camp as the last hole card, and in the previous battles, the official army rarely attacked the fire gun camp. This time for some reason? Isn't Chen Gongju afraid of the elite of the official army losing everything outside the city?

............

In a dark night sky, the firelight flashed in the direction of Hanhai City, and behind the broken walls of Nanyan, many Song legions sat on the ground.

"Can this battle be won?" Zuo Nianyuan whispered to himself, "No matter what, it's best to survive." ”

At night, the pirates mostly returned to the ship to sleep, and the state decided to launch another night attack to try to recapture the city of Hanhai.

This low city wall has become a place where both sides shed blood. The so-called night raids, because they have been launched repeatedly, are actually not very sudden. The pirates left some of them to guard the walls, and most of them slept on the ships, disembarking at the slightest sign of movement to join the battle. This time, Zuo Nianyuan's battalion was selected into the team of the night attack, but they were not the strikers, the strikers were selected from the elite and entered the battalion first. All the soldiers in the Xiandeng camp were guns with guns, and nearly half of the soldiers were scholars listed in the school books of various states and counties, and it is said that everyone left a suicide note. If these people don't die, they are likely to be local pillars. In this battle, no matter whether it is won or lost, Guangnan is clear, and it is bound to be greatly damaged.

"Survive, survive." Zuo Nianyuan felt a burst of shame in his heart, and he rubbed the scimitar in his right hand, the knife lines were like water, reflecting the faint moonlight, and a circle of blood faintly appeared. This was picked up from the corpse of a large cannibal during the battle a few days ago. He didn't kill people, the warrior who killed the great cannibal himself fell on the battlefield.

"Left Commander—" shouted the flag officer, "let us go out of battle in the city!" ”