The place of the plunder, which was less than thirty miles from Okura Island, was spotted by a speedboat that happened to pass by that area, and immediately rushed to Okura Castle to report the news.

Before the "Mankindo" could react to this matter, the people on the coast soon discovered that the entire ocean around Okura Island was already covered with dense black spots, all of which were pirate ships of the "Black Dragon Palace". This time, the Dragon Palace tribe poured out, and there were hundreds of warships, including the giant shark battleship!

These hundreds of pirate ships have laid a wide net, and in just one day, all routes between Okura Island and the outside world have been cut off, and not a single ship can sail out of the island, and ships outside the island can no longer get close to Okura Island.

With a fleet of such a size, such a blatant blockade of the sea, it is obvious that it is not just to rob the cargo merchant ships traveling to and from Okura Island, the purpose of the "Black Dragon King" is actually very clear, it is to capture the entire Okura Castle.

The "Mankindo" and the "Black Dragon Palace" had fought many times in the past, but the "Black Dragon Palace" sent a fleet to attack Okura Castle directly, which was something that had never happened before.

In the battle on the sea, the giant shark warships of the "Black Dragon Palace" may have an advantage, but the Okura city wall is high and deep, the "Wanjintang" masters are like clouds, the soldiers are strong and strong, and there are many batteries built near the Okura Port, on which hundreds of Hongyi cannons are laid out, and it is by no means only possible to fight with the guns on the battleship, and if the "Black Dragon Palace" is attacked head-on, it is undoubtedly not a wise move.

However, this was only the case in the past, and now the situation is different, because Okura Castle is now at its weakest.

The city lord Sima Zhufeng has died, Xiong Bailing rebelled out of the city, taking away his elite war department "Da Zhen Department", and the three elders in the sect were killed and injured, and Sima Rulan herself was also injured, so that the "Wanjin Hall", whether it is the master of the sect or the remnants of the gang disciples, has been weakened a lot, and the overall strength is not half of the past.

For the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace", there is no more favorable time than attacking Okura Castle at this time!

In the face of the warships covered with the ocean and the menacing Ryugu tribes, the panic in the hearts of everyone in Okura Castle was also a matter of course. The pirates of the Black Dragon Palace have always been known for their ruthlessness and lack of survival, and in the rumors of the sailors, these people are simply indistinguishable from demons and evil spirits. If they were allowed to invade the city, all the property of the inhabitants would be looted, and what awaited the people of Okura Castle would surely be a massacre.

And this city that was established at a cost of 10,000 gold, after more than ten years of painstaking operation, is now prosperous and wealthy, and I am afraid that it will not escape the fate of destruction!

Today, Okura Castle is facing a huge crisis that has never been seen before!

Outside the ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ City Lord's Mansion, the apricot yellow banner of "Wanjintang" is still fluttering in the wind.

In the open space under the flagpole, hundreds of people from the city gathered, who had come to the city lord's mansion to listen to the news, and they were all stopped outside the gate by the gang guarding outside the gate.

In the meeting hall inside the gate of the city lord's mansion, there were also hundreds of people, but they were the heads of the various merchant ship companies in the city, not only Chinese merchants, but also the heads of various shipping companies from Western countries. Although the hall was not small, it was still difficult to accommodate these many people, so some people had to stand on the steps outside the hall.

Hua Bushi was also among the crowd, but he was squeezed to a corner of the conference hall, and Hai Hongzhu was holding his arm with him, but the eyes of the eldest young master were looking at Sima Rulan, who was sitting at the Eight Immortals table in the center of the hall.

In a few days, the eighteen-year-old girl was visibly haggard, pale and tired, but her gaze remained resolute, and she seemed calm and composed in the hall where most people were terrified and anxious.

Sima Rulan's heart is actually not as calm as it seems. She was devastated by her father's death, and the internal injuries she suffered were still painful, and she had to grit her teeth to endure them.

However, Sima Rulan knew that as the person in charge of the "Wanjin Hall", the eldest lady of the city lord who was in charge of Okura City, if even she herself could not behave calmly and calmly, the disciples of the "Wanjin Hall" and the merchants and people in the city would be even more frightened, and this city would be even more difficult to defend.

The responsibility of the entire city may be too heavy for her, who has never experienced turmoil, but Sima Rulan has made up her mind to inherit her father's ideals and take on the heavy responsibility of the rise and fall of Okura City, she must not retreat, this may be her fate in this life!

Now, when she needs help the most, there are not many people who can really help her. Sima Rulan's beautiful eyes glanced at the corner of the room as if inadvertently, Hua Bushi was standing there, originally looking at this side, but at this moment, he immediately flashed his eyes to avoid making eye contact with her.

A sense of disappointment passed through Sima Rulan's heart. What was that guy thinking? Was he resentful of his refusal to forgive Cao Duyun, or was he afraid that if he looked at him in public, he would invite gossip from others?

However, Sima Rulan still tried her best to calm down and nodded to Yao Yuanxiao beside her.

Yao Yuanxiao understood, stepped forward and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the bosses are invited! Today, our City Lord's Mansion invites you to come here, because we have something important to discuss with you. Yesterday, the fleet carrying grain to the main island was plundered, and now the routes out of the island on all sides of Okura Island have been blocked by pirate ships, according to the speedboat sent by the main hall, the 'Black Dragon Palace' has at least 180 ships out of the hole this time, including five giant shark warships, presumably coming to attack our Okura Castle in the near future. ”

Although everyone in the council hall already knew about the siege of the island by the Dragon Palace Ministry, Yao Yuanxiao's mention of the number of ships that the "Black Dragon Palace" came to attack still caused a panic among these merchants. You must know that there are only about a hundred ships in Okura Castle today, most of them are still unarmed cargo ships, ships equipped with artillery that can withstand a battle, at most only fifty or sixty, and there are no warships that can compete with super warships like the giant shark ship.

The other side sent 180 warships, which was more than three times the number of all the warships in Okura Castle, and if it was about the real combat power, I am afraid it was more than four or five times more.

Yao Yuanxiao waited for everyone's discussion to calm down, and said: "Okura City was originally built by our 'Wanjintang', and it is also the responsibility of this gate to protect the safety of this city, but this time the enemy is too strong, and it is too difficult to defend this city with the strength of the 'Wanjintang' sect, so I summoned you to come and work together to discuss the plan to deal with the enemy." ”

The crowd in the hall was noisy again, and a middle-aged man with a long beard wearing a royal blue silk shirt said, "Is it true that Elder Yao said that the number of pirate ships is true?" The 'Black Dragon Palace' used to plunder merchant ships on the ocean, and at most it only sent five or six warships, how could there be so many one hundred and eighty ships this time?"

This middle-aged man with a long beard is Gu Zhengyuan, the owner of "Xinglong Village". Ran out of Wangxi Building a few days ago, this Gu Zhuang owner can also be said to have escaped death, and the original Chamber of Commerce Alliance can be regarded as a withdrawal and disbandment, but he has some influence among the many Chinese businessmen in Okura City, so he took the lead in asking at this time.

Yao Yuanxiao didn't answer, but a man standing behind him spoke: "I drove a small boat to explore the sea yesterday, and there are more than 180 warships from the 'Black Dragon Palace', which is absolutely certain!

The man was of medium build, very stocky, and dressed in a power suit with a short knife stuck in his belt. His skin was already dark and rough, and with his full beard, his whole face was like the bottom of a pot. This person, Gu Zhengyuan, also knew that he was a helmsman of the "Wanjintang", named Fuao.

Fu Ao said again: "But you don't have to worry, we have more than thirty warships in Wanjintang, and there are at least twenty or thirty frigates in your fleet, so it shouldn't be a problem to defend the port of our Okura City!"

Gu Zhengyuan said: "Is Lord Fu Helm's words a little too optimistic? As far as Gu knows, in a battle on the ocean, the strength of the ship and the strength of the artillery are the most important, and the warships of the 'Black Dragon Palace' are not only several times more than ours, but the cannon firepower on the ship is also much stronger than ours ships, once we fight, where can we resist?"

Fu Ao said: "If we go to the open sea to fight, we can't beat it, but Okura Port is a concave bay, we have dozens of ships, and it is enough to guard the gorge into the bay." No matter how many ships there are in the 'Black Dragon Palace', it is in vain if they can't rush in, plus the hundreds of Hongyi cannons on the batteries on both sides of the gorge, the firepower can be stronger than those pirate ships, as long as the people of the Dragon Palace dare to come, they can't be helped!"

Gu Zhengyuan said: "According to what the Lord of the Fu Helm said, it may be possible to hold on to the danger for a while, but this group of pirates surrounds the island and blocks the outward shipping lane, so we can only be trapped in the city, not only can we no longer do business, even if the oil, rice and grain will run out, how can this be good?"

Yao Yuanxiao coughed lightly and said, "Regarding grain and rice, I don't have to worry about it for a while, and my Okura City has always had a lot of reserves. Although the new island grain fleet has been robbed by pirates, the city's grain stock should still be enough to feed for three or four months, and if it had not been for the great storm at sea a few days ago, the city's grain stock would have been even more. ”

Gu Zhengyuan said: "Even if there is enough food to eat for three or four months, if the 'Black Dragon Palace' keeps besieging the island and does not leave, won't I still have to be trapped to death when I get to Zuihou?"

Fu Ao said: "The battle at sea, the situation is changing, there are three or four months, we can think of a way, besides, the 'Black Dragon Palace' is pouring into the nest this time, the consumption of these many ships is also a lot, whether we can surround the island for three or four months is still uncertain, why do we have to worry about that!"