"Governor, Your Highness and Lord Zheng. Will it still come? ”

The port of Sadi, a port controlled by the Ming Dynasty in Manraija.

At this time, the port was in chaos, and the locals and some people dressed as pirates were frantically smashing and looting.

In the small camp where the Ming army was stationed, a tired soldier sat together blankly, clutching his weapons.

Today the enemy has repelled 5 sieges.

Coupled with the lack of water and food in the city, the Ming soldiers and local Ming immigrants have not eaten or drunk for three days.

Ordinary people are a little better and can grit their teeth to hold on, while those soldiers and strong men who still have to fight, because of long-term hunger, can no longer stand on their feet at this time.

"Yes, Your Highness will not forget us, they must have delayed something, and they didn't come last year."

Lu Yu looked at the mob outside coldly, and didn't know how many times he answered the subordinates behind him.

"Wait for it, brothers, persistence is victory, and when Your Highness returns, Manraka will be scorched to the earth."

Hearing the governor's reassurance, the soldiers, who were already hungry and did not even have the strength to stand up, sat together and looked at the sky, fantasizing about the appearance of His Highness coming to avenge the death of their brothers.

"I want to eat big bones, boiled and rotten, and the big bones that are meaty when I bite into them."

One of the soldiers licked his chapped lips and suddenly said something that made the people around him swallow wildly.

"Hahaha......"

Lu Yu suddenly laughed loudly, looked back at the soldier and said loudly: "Okay, little dog, when His Highness comes down, the big bones with meat are enough to support you." ”

"Hahaha..."

The other soldiers laughed too, but laughed and fell silent again.

Can they wait until His Highness comes down?

Feeling the silent atmosphere around him, Lu Yu did not say any more words of encouragement.

He has said words of encouragement and encouragement many times.

In fact, not to mention the soldiers and the Ming people emigrated, even he himself was a little suspicious.

Feeling the sour colic in his abdomen, he licked his chapped lips and looked at the harbor in the distance.

"Your Highness, hurry up, we won't be able to hold it if we don't come again."

Lu Yu, Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

He became a Jinyi guard, not to serve the court, but to avenge his father.

His father used to be a fellow acquaintance of Jinyiwei, and after Ji Gang took the throne, his father couldn't get used to his style, so he said a few words to him.

Ji Gang held a grudge, found an opportunity, and ruthlessly pitted him.

The old man, for the sake of his father's past merits, just ordered a whipping to be counted as a lesson.

As a result, Ji Gang took this opportunity to secretly poison people, and Lu Yu's father died of his injuries.

The old man was very sad about this, not only issued a condolence, but also let Lu Yu take over the position of his father Jinyiwei.

But because Lu Yu was too young, it was a little inappropriate to concurrently serve as a Tongzhi, so he was asked to serve as a thousand households.

Later, he was worried that Ji Gang would embarrass this little guy, and asked him to follow Zheng He to the sea as a Jinyiwei.

The rest is simple.

Lu Yu has never had a chance to take revenge in the fleet, Zhu Gaoyu joined the fleet, so he saw the hope of revenge, so he approached Zhu Gaoyu and wanted to borrow Zhu Gaoyu's hand to kill Ji Gang to avenge his father.

Zhu Gaoyu also valued him very much, and gave him a promise to let him manage Sadi Port for a period of time, and then look for an opportunity to take revenge when he came back.

In order to avenge his father, Lu Yu worked hard to do his job in Sadi Port.

At the beginning, everything went smoothly, but since the fleet agreed last year did not arrive, there was a little wave in the calm port of Sadi.

King Manraka, this guy who was cheated by Daming, saw that the agreed Daming fleet did not come, so he thought carefully in his heart and tested Lu Yu many times.

Lu Yu is from a brocade guard, so it's no problem to scare a little king.

In the beginning, every temptation of the king of Manraka was drunk back by him.

However, after a long time, the effect is not too great.

As is customary, the fleet will probably arrive in the last month.

Last year, the fleet did not come, which already made many people think carefully, but this year, when the corresponding time came, the fleet still did not come.

Rumors began to spread inside and outside the port of Sadi.

Some say that there is a problem within the Ming Dynasty and that it is no longer able to organize a fleet to go to the Western Ocean.

Some people also said that the old man was dead, and the new emperor did not dare to violate Zhu Yuanzhang's rules, so he chose to completely ban the sea.

It is also said that when the Daming fleet returned or arrived, it encountered a great wind and waves, and all of them were buried in the sea.

Anyway, there are all kinds of theories.

For this kind of message, Lu Yu asked people to take care of it at the beginning, but as a result, there were more and more people in the back, and they couldn't manage it.

If it's just that, no matter what others say, Da Ming won't lose a piece of meat.

But just a month ago, things changed.

I don't know when there was a pirate force in the surrounding seas, and the leader claimed to be Chen Zuyi's elder brother Chen Zuzong.

In the name of avenging his younger brother, he gathered a group of people to attack Sadi Port and the Old Port, and killed all the Ming people to avenge his younger brother.

Lu Yu, who received the news, began to be on strict alert.

If there is any accident, how can he still have the face to face His Highness, and how can he have the face to let His Highness help him avenge.

However, things are more serious than expected.

Half a month ago, the group of pirates finally moved.

Hundreds of large and small warships, nearly 10,000 pirate forces are surging.

Lu Yu directly raised the vigilance to the top, and at the same time asked the local Ming people to emigrate and join the army to guard the port.

Just when they were about to meet the pirates, because they felt that they had been pitted by the Ming Dynasty, the king of Manraka, who was not in touch with the Ming garrison, suddenly ran over and said that he wanted to help the Ming Dynasty resist the pirates together.

Lu Yu refused at first, he felt that these people were unreliable.

But the king of Manraka was indignant and said: "The battle broke out in my country, if you can't stop it, we will also suffer, although I usually look uncomfortable, but I can still tell which side is light and which side is heavy." ”

Considering that this was indeed the case, coupled with the lack of manpower on his hands, Lu Yu agreed to the other party to join in the fight against the pirates.

But just in case, he just handed over some unimportant places to the other party.

Thinking that even if the other party doesn't work hard, and there is an accident in these unimportant places, he has enough time to react.

But the shamelessness of some people is beyond Lu Yu's imagination.

As soon as the Manraiga army came into contact with the pirates, the entire legion collapsed in an instant.

Good fellows, thousands of people, chased and cut by dozens of pirates.

That's all you say, but these fleeing armies are still in a state of combat.

Looking at the Manlai family army that was attacking his own army, Lu Yu couldn't figure it out.

The help that King Manraka said was indeed true, but it was the opposite side of the help.

Although Lu Yu ordered on the spot that no matter who approached the military formation, they would be shot and killed, but they were outnumbered after all, and the entire front was broken through, and a tragic melee was carried out.

When Zhu Gaoyu left, he only left him five hundred households, and even if he added the young and strong people of the Ming Dynasty, it was only a thousand people.

On the opposite side, the army of the Manlai family, plus the pirates, was nearly 20,000 people.

Under the bloody battle, Lu Yu saw heavy casualties, so he had no choice but to abandon the port and retreat to the camp of the Ming army to defend.

The camp itself is not big, and before the war, Lu Yu took in the young and strong old and young to protect it.

Now, with the surviving officers and soldiers, thousands of people are crammed into this small camp, struggling to resist the onslaught of pirates and local rebels.

The enemy's attack is still a secondary issue, and the food and water source is the most headache for Lu Yu.

Because the retreat was so sudden, the logistics room next to the camp was not held at all.

The food left in the camp was only a 10-day store for the troops stationed.

Now thousands of people are crowded in at once, even if Lu Yu ordered to save food and frugality, he still completely cut off water and food three days ago.

Looking back at the Ming people who were numbly sitting in the camp, Lu Yu took a deep breath, looked at the port occupied by pirates in the distance, and secretly made a decision.

We can't wait any longer, the reinforcements don't know when they will come, so we can only gamble desperately.

Night.

In the afternoon, the camp experienced several waves of pirate attacks, and there was a faint movement.

The chief soldier under Lu Yu selected dozens of people who could still move, and touched the port in the distance.

Originally, Lu Yu wanted to go in person, but was rejected by the chief soldier.

In the words of the general soldier, you are the backbone of the entire camp, and if something happens, who can lead the camp to continue to resist.

"There are enemies, there are enemies!"

However, not long after entering the port, the general soldier and his party were discovered by a secret outpost arranged by the enemy.

In an instant, the sound of commotion sounded throughout the port, and a large number of pirates rushed out of the house in rags, brandishing weapons to find the Ming enemy who had come in.

The chaos lasted for more than an hour before it gradually calmed down.

Lu Yu and the officers and soldiers who were waiting on each other in the camp looked at the chaotic port expectantly, but as time passed, the expectation in their eyes turned into despair.

In the camp, a low whimper sounded.

Seeing that the eastern sky is gradually brightening, those who still retain anticipation are also filled with decline.

"Gather everyone to prepare, yesterday was attacked, the enemy will definitely retaliate today."

Lu Yu was silent for a moment and gave the order to prepare for battle.

"Knock knock knock..."

Just as everyone sat down silently, waiting for a final desperate battle with the enemy, a sudden knocking sound sounded from below the camp.

The people who had just sat down stood up excitedly and looked down at the camp with wide eyes.

But because of the prolonged hunger, many people have become dizzy, and in such a dim situation, it is impossible to see what is going on below.

"Governor, drop the rope!"

Just when Lu Yu was thinking about whether to send someone down to take a look, the voice of the chief soldier sounded from below.

"It's Ryoko, fast rope, tie me around my waist and send me down."

Hearing the voice below clearly, Lu Yu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly urged the soldiers to send him down.

"Governor, I'll go!"

Baihu grabbed Lu Yu and looked at him with a serious expression.

Lu Yu looked at his brothers, was silent for a while and nodded.

The situation below is not clear, he, as the supreme commander, the backbone of everyone cannot take this risk.

Soon, Baihu was put down, and in just a moment's effort, a signal to pull back came.

Although they were already hungry and couldn't stand steadily, the soldiers who stayed behind still gritted their teeth and pulled the rope up.

After a while, two people were pulled up, among them Baihu with a rope tied around his waist, and he was still holding a man covered in blood in his arms, and the man was still holding a large package in his arms.

The man covered in blood, although he had fallen into a coma, still held the package with his hands, which showed how important this package was to him.

"Be careful!"

"Ryoko, how are you?"

"What about the medics? What about the military doctor. ”

"Governor, you forgot, Lao Chen died the day before yesterday."

After a period of confusion, the general soldier, covered in blood and unconscious, was carried to the house in the camp.

"Eat!"

The general soldier who woke up from a semi-coma, looked at the people around him, pointed to Lu Yu, pointed to the package that was brought in by a soldier, said a word, and then fell unconscious again.

After a veteran who knew a little first aid and helped the chief soldier bandage it, a group of people exited the house and looked in a circle at the package that the chief soldier desperately brought back.

The package was stained with blood, and everyone didn't move, just watched silently.

In the end, it was Lu Yu who stood up and opened the dark red package.

There wasn't much in it, there was a small bag of brown rice, and a few pieces of bacon jerky, and a large skin sac.

"This is what Mr. Zhao and a dozen brothers exchanged for their lives, and we can't let them down."

Lu Yu asked someone to take a pot, threw brown rice and diced bacon jerky into the pot, and finally poured water into the big skin bag, and burned the brazier himself.

As the scent slowly dissipated, people lying all over the camp stood up.

Soon the rice porridge was boiled, and Lu Yu stood up and looked at everyone: "Those who defend the city take two sips, and those who can't fight take a sip." ”

After saying this, he said seriously to everyone: "Who can go back alive in the future, don't forget the families of those dozen brothers." ”

Some people say that people will show their bad roots in the most difficult times, but this is not entirely true.

Sometimes in the most difficult times, people are often the most united.

After Lu Yu finished his order, he personally took a bowl and distributed rice porridge in person.

Those who could not fight automatically gave priority to those soldiers and young men who could fight.

These young people are not entangled, they know that they have no strength, and no one can survive.

Everyone took two sips, turned around and went to the camp wall, quietly waiting for the enemy to attack.

How much can a small packet of brown rice and a skin bag of water hold, before half of the person is turned, the whole pot is scraped clean.

The rest of the people who didn't eat, although they were a little disappointed, still silently retreated to the corner, looking at the dusky sky in a daze.

Lu Yu, who had not eaten a bite of the porridge for everyone, dipped his fingers in the pot that had been scraped in, put it in his mouth and licked it a few times, looked at the two hundred households next to him who also had not eaten and said with a smile: "Lao Tzu has eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas all his life, and it is the first time that he found that brown rice porridge is so delicious." ”

"Hehehe..."

Hearing this, the two hundred households smiled approvingly.

One of them looked at the empty pot, licked his lips and said, "If Lao Tzu can go back alive, he will drink brown rice porridge every day in the future." ”

"Hahaha......"

"The enemy is attacking!"

Just as the three of them were encouraging each other, a warning suddenly came to mind on the wall.

The smiles on the faces of the three of them instantly converged, and Lu Yu tightened his belt and carried his weapon to the wall.

However, as soon as he climbed the wall, he was stunned when he saw the scene outside.

Beyond the wall, thousands of enemies surrounded them.

These are not what Lu Yu is angry about, what makes him angry is that these damn barbarians actually went out with the general soldiers last night to grab food and prepare to leave to report the news, and the corpses of the soldiers who died in the battle were strung with wooden sticks and held up to demonstrate outside the camp.

Even a few barbarians spat on the corpses and urinated to humiliate the Ming soldiers.

"Bastards, these damn barbarians, Lao Tzu will let you exterminate the species."

A hundred households watched the corpse of one of his soldiers, being chopped by others with sticks and swords, and angrily gritted his teeth and pounded the wall fiercely.

The other soldiers also had red eyes, clenched their teeth, and glared angrily at the pirates opposite.

If it weren't for Lu Yu not giving the order, if it weren't for the old and young women and children behind them, they would all be eager to rush out and fight to the death with these barbaric pirates.

Perhaps noticing the anger of the soldiers on the wall, the barbarian pirates became more and more arrogant, and even brought a few wild dogs and let them bite the corpses in front of the soldiers on the wall.

"Bastard, I'm going to kill them."

One of the soldiers, seeing his familiar companion so humiliated by the enemy, was so angry that he jumped off the wall and fought the enemy.

The partner next to him was also furious in his heart, but he still stopped the soldier deadly.

That's what the enemy wants, and if they really rush out, they'll fall for the enemy.

"How can you say that you have no clothes, you are in the same robe with your son, Wang Yuxing is a teacher, you can repair my spear, and you have the same enmity with your son!"

"How can you say that there is no ...... clothes?"

Just when everyone's hearts were filled with anger, their hands clutched the wall of weapons, and they glared angrily at the other side.

A low chant rang out in everyone's ears.

When everyone heard the sound, they saw that Governor Lu Yu, who was born in the land of Qinchuan and usually called himself an old Qin person, had anger in his eyes, exuded a strong murderous aura on his body, and his lips opened and closed, singing this war song from a thousand years ago.

The two hundred households beside Lu Yu looked at Lu Yu, whose eyes were cold and full of murderous aura, and slowly chanted in a low voice.

"How can you say that you have no clothes, you are the same as your son, Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear and halberd, and work with your son!"

"How can you say that you have no clothes, you are dressed with your son, Wang Yuxing is a teacher, repair my armor soldiers, and walk with your son!"

The soldiers also slowly opened their mouths, turning the anger in their hearts into war spirit, shoulder to shoulder, holding hands, standing up with difficulty, holding their weapons tightly, glaring angrily ahead, and always preparing for battle.

"Poof!"

When the last word fell, Lu Yu pulled out the steel knife and roared angrily in the sky.

"The Ming army is mighty!"

All the soldiers, Qingzhuang and the people in the camp stood up with each other, watching Lu Yu roar loudly.

"The general is mighty!"

Lu Yu's steel knife pointed at the pirates, looking at the remains of those brothers who died in battle, as if he was summoning the souls of the heroic spirits, he shouted with all his strength.

"The Ming army is mighty!"

All the soldiers rushed forward angrily and slammed their weapons hard.

"Da Ming, Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!"

The actions of the Ming army immediately angered the pirates on the opposite side.

One of the leaders, with a knife, cut off the head of the corpse next to him, grabbed it and threw it towards the camp, brandished the knife in his hand, and ordered the pirates to attack.

He vowed to crush these hard-boned Ming people to pieces.

Looking at the enemy who was shouting and charging, Lu Yu shouted to everyone:

"Since the fight against Emperor Taizu, I, Yan Huang Erlang, have never yielded to other races."

"Today, we are so down, even if the oil runs out, we can't lose the face of our ancestors, and we can't let our descendants be ashamed."

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yu raised his steel knife and pointed at the pirate, roaring angrily.

"For the Ming Dynasty, for the ancestors, for the descendants, kill!"

"Kill!"

(End of chapter)