Seeing He Liang and Du Sheng gesturing with their hands there, they couldn't stop shaking their heads and sighing, Shen Buqi and the others, who had just entered the door, were also very curious, and immediately surrounded them.

When Shen Buqian saw the map spread out on the table, he could see at a glance that it was a complete map of the Western Ocean, including Nantianzhu, Zheluo, Pandia, Ceylon, Lion Kingdom, and the Pearl Islands, and the area of the Pearl Islands not only marked the main island including Pearl Port, but even marked dozens of other small islands in the south that could be used for people to live.

Before, when the Nantianzhu Yinpo City Navy did not attack, there were also two or three thousand Han people living on more than a dozen relatively large islands in the south, but when they were besieged by the Yinpo City Navy for the first time, He Liang withdrew all these people to Mingzhu Port for the sake of safety.

In addition, there are also a large number of beautiful islands in the sea area thousands of miles south of the Pearl Islands, but now the Xia Kingdom has not even occupied the islands that can survive on the Pearl Islands, and it does not have enough energy to occupy that island.

What's more, this island is isolated in the ocean, and it is not an important place on the east-west sea route, so no one has ever wanted to occupy this place, and in the past, He Liang asked the fleet here in Pearl Harbor to occasionally sail there to collect traces of ambergris.

It is said that there is nothing to pay attention to on such an island, but Shen Buqi saw that He Liang and Du Sheng were constantly comparing and studying the distance between Pearl Harbor and this island on the map, and this discovery made Shen Buqian feel particularly strange.

At this moment, He Liang shook his head and stood up after a long sigh, it turned out that He Liang had been thinking about one thing, that is, how to evacuate the old and weak women, children and children who could not fight here in Pearl Harbor safely.

He first considered whether he could send some ships to transport all this part of the people to the cities of the South Seas, so that the continuous combat capability of the Pearl Islands could be strengthened to a certain extent, and even if the Nantianzhu people were besieged for a long time, they could hold out for several months.

But He Liang immediately denied this idea, after all, there are so many maritime merchant ships of various countries in the waters around the Pearl Islands, and he sent so many old and weak women and children to armed merchant ships without too many armed forces, and these merchant ships sailing on the sea are undoubtedly a piece of fat meat.

The slave trade was not unique to Europe and the United States during the Age of Discovery, and the slave trade between Western countries was also part of the maritime trade.

Don't look at the fact that these businessmen usually have a good relationship with He Liang, but at this time, it is good that they do not fall into the ground, and they will not tell He Liang any regulations on international maritime mutual assistance, so He Liang had to dispel this idea himself.

Then He Liang wanted to evacuate these people to the little-known archipelago more than a thousand miles south of the Pearl Islands, but after thinking about it carefully, it was undoubtedly very dangerous to let these people who had no combat effectiveness go.

Even if no one knew that there was such an island in the depths of the vast ocean to the south, there were so many ships from all over the Pearl Islands now, and if a merchant ship from another country found out about its move, these families would be in danger.

And if a part of the young and strong people with combat ability are sent to escort these family members over, it will greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of Pearl Port, so that when fighting with the Nantianzhu people in the future, it will also affect the defense ability of Pearl Port very much.

Thinking of this, He Liang's heart became more and more troubled, and then he heard Du Sheng say: "Since the big guys are here, let's have a meeting!" ”

When everyone sat down, Shen Buqian saw the eyes of everyone in the hall, including He Liang and Du Sheng, all of them looked at him, and it was also because Shen Buqi's performance in the first battle for the defense of the Pearl Islands was really good.

Don't look at Shen Buqi's rough appearance, but he has a natural sense of fighting wars, so He Liang and Du Sheng also attach more importance to his opinions.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Shen Buqian took a deep breath and calmed down and said: "Two adults, I thought that I had to prepare for dealing with the Nantianzhu army, the first is to take advantage of Nantianzhu's distance from the Pearl Islands across the sea, and send a naval army with strong combat effectiveness to attack and disturb it, so as not to make it advance smoothly!" ”

Du Sheng nodded, before he thought that even if Nan Tianzhu sent a navy, it would only be a hundred and ten warships, and these warships were a huge number for other ships in Western countries, but the warships under his command were extremely combative, and there was no need to be afraid.

But Du Sheng didn't expect that Nan Tianzhu could withstand the strong pressure of the urgent war in the north and send out more than 400 warships in one go, and this time he could only send more than 20 warships under his command to attack and harass as Shen Buqi said, so as to consume the strength of Nan Tianzhu's naval army.

He Liang nodded after thinking about it carefully, and then asked, "Then what about the second step?" "After all, Nan Tianzhu sent an army of 30,000, which is about ten times the number of young and strong men in the Pearl Islands, so He Liang is not under much pressure. dog

"The second step is to divide the troops and build the city at the same time," Shen Buqi said solemnly, "When the Pocheng Naval Army and the Nantianzhu Maritime Merchants invaded before, the pressure on us to defend Mingzhu Harbor was not too great, and concentrating our forces would help defend the city, but this time Nantianzhu not only has a naval army, but also a part of the infantry army, so we must divide the troops to build the city, thinking that it is a situation of cornering, so that we can hold on to each other!" ”

After speaking, Shen Buqian looked at Du Sheng and He Liang and said: "The following suggestions are these two points, and the other unfinished matters need more guidance from the two adults!" ”

He Liang and Du Sheng finally adopted Shen Buqi's opinion, although He Liang was worried that the people on the island would panic when they learned that the Nantianzhu army would attack again, but in order to be able to give full play to the island's combat effectiveness, He Liang still had to inform the people about it.

To He Liang's surprise, except for a very small number of people, the vast majority of the people were very calm, although most of the Han people on the Pearl Islands were exiled after committing a crime, but He Liang had been good to them in running the Pearl Islands over the years, so after learning that the Nantianzhu people were going to attack again, they just silently began to prepare for battle.

When Du Sheng led a fleet of twenty warships to leave, He Liang also began to prepare to build a city, and after a short investigation, He Liang built a small castle on a large island closest to the main island of the Pearl Islands, which can accommodate about 2,000 people.

Because of the tight time, it is basically only one and a half zhang high, so at least it can be used as horn assistance when the Nantianzhu people attack.

After some deployment, He Liang was still stationed in the main fort of Pearl Port, while Shen Buqian was stationed in the newly built small castle, Du Sheng had already attacked the Southern Tianzhu Navy at this time, and the Navy only left Sun Yu to protect the safety of the sea around Pearl Port.

When He Liang organized the construction of the castle, in order to increase the speed of building the city wall, he took out a large amount of property to buy materials from merchants from Western countries, which led to the fact that even if the war was coming, the sea area near Pearl Port was also very prosperous.

In order to reduce his losses, He Liang gritted his teeth and sold a large number of looted items from Inpo City cheaply and exchanged them for smaller valuables such as gold and gems.

Of course, because it is necessary to prevent some merchants from secretly taking refuge in Nantianzhu to attack themselves, during this period of time the Pearl Harbor is no longer open, and the place of trade is selected in the northeast direction, twenty or thirty miles away on a small island with few facilities, and now there are more than a dozen merchant ships docked here for a long time, especially the Persian merchant ships.

Nan Tianzhu has long dominated the trade between the East and the West in the West, and the taxes and fees levied on the past merchant ships of other countries are extremely high, so merchants from all over the world are happy to see the trade between Nan Tianzhu and Xia Kingdom, and these merchants are also envious and jealous of the Pearl Port occupied by He Liang.

Who would have thought that such a desert island would have such a benefit after being developed? Even the Persian merchants were a little moved by Pearl Port, but these people didn't dare to provoke He Liang.

Previously, He Liang and Du Sheng killed the Nantianzhu Yinpo City Naval Army, which had an advantage in numbers, and it was even easier to deal with these armed merchant ships of their own, so even if these merchants coveted it, they did not dare to act rashly because they were afraid of the combat effectiveness of He Liang and Du Sheng's troops.

I don't know if Du Sheng's attack played a big role, or what happened to Nantianzhu, the Nantianzhu Navy has not arrived for a long time, until the time has come to nearly September, Nan Tianzhu's Navy is finally late, and the one who runs in the front is of course Du Sheng's department that has been harassed all the way.

It turned out that the reason why the Nantianzhu army came relatively late was because after the destruction of the city, the supply line of the Nantianzhu naval army was extended, and they had to take a boat in a port further north, and then found the Pearl Port under the guidance of some Nantianzhu merchants, during which Du Sheng continued to harass and lost dozens of warships.

When the tens of thousands of troops of Nantianzhu came to the sea, the Persians, Ceylones, and even merchants from some other countries who had gathered on nearby islands to do business suddenly dispersed.

Most of the merchant ships scattered in a hurry, fleeing far away, without even looking back, but the Persian merchants were thinking about themselves when they left, and they did not run too far, but could not move through the nearby sea dozens of miles away.

Because they also have a crush on this Pearl Islands, if they can occupy this place, then when the Persians' own merchant ships travel between the east and west sea routes in the future, they will not have to rely so much on the snort of the Nantianzhu people!

In the past, many businessmen were not aware of the benefits of the Pearl Islands, but because of various reasons such as the need to invest capital, no one came to develop them, and it was not until two hundred years later that the Pandias expanded in a strong and comprehensive way, and the Pearl Islands were incorporated into their territory.

Now after the Pearl Islands were developed by He Liang for a part of the land and foundation, many countries of businessmen are moved, they are ready to occupy this place by themselves after the Nantianzhu people evacuate here, the so-called 'fertile fields are not cultivated and no one cares, and everyone fights for the thin fields!' That's it.