The Second Castle defeated the pirates, and did not even let the pirates come to the Salt Fort area, which made the entire people of the Second Castle very excited when they found out.

In the past, as long as they encountered pirates and pirates, they would have losses to some extent, and Baihu never thought about what to do with the people outside the fort, and when they heard the news of the pirate landing, whether it was true or not, they would close the city gate first.

Now the strength of Erweibao has created a strong sense of belonging in the hearts of the newly joined homeless, and living in such a place, not only do they not have to worry about the oppression of the big families, even the bandits do not have to worry, they just need to do their jobs.

In the evening, Su Ming returned to his yard, he had just come back from the salt castle and had not eaten, and saw that the family meal had been prepared, and the eldest brother and fifth brother had not returned.

"Fifth brother, let me see!" After Su Zhe came back, he kept asking where Su Ming's gun was hidden, he saw the crisis of Su Ming's rifle firing, and then saw that the pistol in his hand was a little disgusted.

"Look at what? Nope. "How could Su Ming not know what the thirteenth brother said.

"I'll just try, you show me that cannonball, why is it so powerful?" Su Zhe was unrelenting.

"I'm back talking less, I'm running out! I'll show you later, and I'll take it back if you do it again!" Su Ming pointed to the gun bag on Su Zhe's waist and said.

"Okay, then you must let me see it, you can't talk and don't count!" Su Zhe said as he covered his gun pouch with his hand.

"Sister-in-law, didn't my eldest brother come back?" Su Ming saw that his sister-in-law was washing his nephew's hair, and asked out loud.

"Your eldest brother went out in the morning and hasn't come back until now, I heard from the people in the fort that we fought beautifully today, killed hundreds of pirates, and none of us were injured, yes or no?" Qin asked with a smile.

"Yes, we are well prepared this time, but we have only killed more than twenty pirates, which is not as powerful as it was rumored." When Su Ming came back, he had already discussed with his eldest brother, and said that he would kill twenty-four pirates, capture thirty-one people, and all the other pirates would flee.

There is no reward for killing the pirate court, no matter how big the credit is, it doesn't matter what it does.

As he was talking, Su Ren and Su Qingping brothers came back in leather armor, because of their training recently, they have new leather armor and weapons, and they seem to be in a lot of spirit, and they already have some generals.

"Eighth brother, thirteenth brother, you have returned!" Su Ren saw that the two younger brothers were already washing in the yard, so he asked his subordinates to help remove the armor and come to wash.

"Put the food in the living room, and we'll eat in the living room later." While washing his face, Su Ren saw his subordinate bring the food to the courtyard, and looked up and said.

Looking at the appearance of the eldest brother and the fifth brother, he did not have the joy of repelling the pirates today, he knew that something must have happened, and putting the meal in the living room showed that things were still in a hurry.

"Today, the eighth and thirteenth brothers kept the pirates out of the salt castle, which is a great achievement.

In the afternoon, I placed the captives in the West Village, and when I interrogated the prisoners, I learned that the pirates who attacked us today were Xu Dong's people! Su Ren said.

"What? Xu Dong? How could he take a fancy to our Erweibao, how could it be Xu Dong's person who was only a hundred people? Su Zhe couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.

Who is Xu Dong, the pirate king that the Ming Sea Master can't deal with, until now Daming's Chaolie Port is still under Xu Dong's control, and it is rumored that Xu Dong has 3,000 ships under his command, even if Wang Zhi passes through Hangzhou Bay, it depends on Xu Dong's face.

"Of course it won't be Xu Dong himself, it's the golden-faced Buddha Wood Rong, one of the eight King Kongs under Xu Dong's throne, who is here, his name is Xie Yuan. The relationship with Wood Rong is like a brother, we killed Xie Yuan, and Wood Rong may not let us go easily.

I saw one of those pirate ships left behind this afternoon not far from our Salt Fort, and maybe they won't give up! Su Ren said.

Since the brothers couldn't help frowning, it was okay to fight with the pirates Erweibao, if they fought with Xu Dong, how could they fight, Xu Dong's elite level was no worse than that of the Daming Naval Division, if he wanted to deal with Erweibao, even if Jin Shanwei fully supported them, it would be useless.

"Big brother... Why don't we report this to the commander! Su Zhe said in a low voice.

"News came this afternoon that Deputy General Jinshan Wei led 3,000 elites to be ambushed by Japanese robbers in Huangyanwei, Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang, and suffered heavy losses, and the deputy general was killed in battle!" Su Ren said another shocking news.

"The Jinshanwei army is defeated, how is it possible? No matter how much the officials in the town deduct it, there are at least 3,000 elites, how can they be defeated when they meet the Japanese invaders? Su Ming said in surprise.

"Who knows, it is said that Jin Shanwei is one of the four Davids of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers in it are all elite, but who of you has seen the elite of Jin Shanwei fight for so many years, and this time Jin Shanwei's strength has lost most of it, and the imperial court has sent a large number of elites to Zhejiang, Fujian and other places." Su Ren also shook his head helplessly.

"Big brother, it's not to blame us, now that the situation is like this, we have to be ourselves. Not to mention whether the pirates will really attack our Jinshanwei, even if they are coming, it is impossible for such a long coastline to come to our Erweibao, as long as we hold the Erweibao without breaking, and when the time comes, when the pirates retreat, it will be a great achievement. Su Qingping said when he heard this.

"Fifth brother is right, even if the pirates come, we have conducted so many drills, when the time comes, it is a big deal that everyone will hide in the fort, the pirates will inevitably retreat by the beginning of September at the most, and our food is absolutely enough.

Tomorrow we will let the various escorts quickly increase their personnel, and the villages will send the old and weak to the fort as soon as possible, and as long as the pirates attack in a big way, we will retreat to the fort.

In the past few months, the tunnels between Erweibao and the villages have been almost built, and it is impossible for pirates to come to the periphery of our fort every day, most of them have to go to the villages to repair, and we rely on the tunnels and secret passages to deal with each other. Su Ming said with a smile.

When Su Ren saw his younger brother smiling like this, he knew that he had another bad idea in his heart, and the pressure couldn't help but be much less.

"Then stop the work that can be stopped tomorrow as much as possible! Let the workers collect the stone to defend the fort walls. The bamboo outside the city also needs to be cut down and returned, whether it is to make arrows or build houses.

Eighth brother, you will quietly check the tunnels tomorrow, and if there is anything wrong, correct it as soon as possible, if a large number of pirates besiege Erweibao, the soldiers will definitely not go out of the fort to fight, and they will have to take care of the guards to harass the enemy. Su Ren said.

"Big brother, I know!" Su Ming replied.

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The news of the defeat of the Jinshanwei army in Huangyanwei and the almost annihilation of the entire army spread in Jinshanwei, and people began to panic in all places, but the officials of Jinshanwei Town did not have the heart to care about this.

Many wealthy families began to drag their families to Suzhou and other northern regions, and the people of the villages and forts did not dare to leave their homes again, and years of experience told them that this time Jinshanwei may suffer a disaster that is rare in decades.

Since June 21, there have been ships watching from a distance in the eastern waters of Yanbao, and the Su Ren brothers have been making preparations with all their might, Su Qingping has begun to build temporary houses in the fort, rows of new houses have appeared in the Houbao training ground, and there are more and more people in Erwei Fort.

The walls are still under construction, and there are displaced people from all sides every day, and countless stones and bamboos are being moved to the fort, and the people know that this is the rhythm of the battle.

However, the people of Erweibao did not have much fear in their hearts, and they did whatever they wanted, but the drills once every three days became more serious, and on June 26, the news that many coastal guards in Jiaxing Mansion were breached came, and the news that Jiaxing City had been besieged by tens of thousands of pirates also reached Erweibao.

Jiaxing Mansion is adjacent to Jinshanwei, only about 200 miles away from Erweibao in a straight line, and the sky above Erweibao is not gathered by a depressing atmosphere, and everyone's laughter has rarely been heard inside and outside the fort.

In the early morning of the 27th, Su Ming heard the news that many sea ships had gathered more than a mile north of Yanbao, and he and his eldest brother Su Ren came to the salt field and saw that they were three fast ships, although each fast ship could only carry 4 people, but it was a scout at sea at a fast speed.

To be able to have such a fast ship, in addition to the imperial court is the strength of the sea pirates, such a posture of the two Wei Ban must have been targeted, and the strength of the other party is beyond their imagination.

Su Ming asked the workers to continue boiling salt, and at the same time let people keep an eye on them, if the other party had a large fleet of ships, he would notify him as soon as possible, and he would stay in the salt castle and wait.

As soon as he finished eating lunch in the afternoon, Su Ming heard the guards hurriedly running into the fort to report to him, saying that there were many big ships coming on the sea.

When Su Ming came out of the salt fort, he saw three huge sea ships slowly approaching them on the sea in the distance.

These three sea ships were at least more than three hundred tons, followed by hundreds of small and medium-sized ships that could not be seen clearly from a distance, Su Ming saw them getting closer and closer, and knew that the biggest crisis in Erweibao was coming.

"Let everyone get out! Take everything you can with Salt Castle.

Inform my eldest brother to transfer all the people in the ten villages outside the fort, not a single grain of grain will be left, all the watchtower workers will also retreat, all the stoves outside the fort will be extinguished, the collection of stones will be stopped, and the bamboo will be cut. Su Ming said.

The workers were quick to move, and they quickly retreated, and the previous drills had made them more relaxed.

Loading all the things that could be carried away onto the wagon and rooster cart, a long line outside the salt fort retreated into the second castle little by little, and although it was attacked by an unprecedented large number of pirates, everyone was nervous but not panicked.

Watching this fleet slowly approach, until it came to the east of Yanbao two miles away, Su Ming was already able to see all the ships that arrived, 3 large ships of more than 300 tons, 6 large ships of more than 100 tons, 27 medium ships of more than 50 tons, and 98 other small boats.

The total number of pirate troops may be more than 5,000, and such a force may not be able to be stopped even by Jinshanwei Town, let alone a small Erwei Castle.

But seeing this, Su Ming was relieved.

The opponent only has three large ships with 2 Franc machines, 1 bowl mouth, and no Hongyi cannons. The pirates standing at the bow of the ship have some birds, which means that it is impossible to break through the walls of the Second Castle with artillery, so it is much easier.

"Starling, the pirates have landed on the shore, everyone has retreated back to Erweibao, let's retreat too!" After waiting for more than an hour, the workers of the salt castle had already left, and Su Ming and Su Zhe were still here with four teams of guards.

"Let's go!" Su Ming said.

Hundreds of pirate ships docked, stretching more than two miles of coast, and he couldn't stop the enemy's footsteps with a rifle, and he would die here if he was surrounded.