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"Could they have suddenly fled outside Quanzhou City?" Zhu Liu asked.

It's impossible, the army is in Quan Zhou City, it's impossible for the pirates to not know, now that the imperial government has ordered the annihilation of the pirates, the military capabilities of the officials are no longer the same as in the past. Before, three hundred pirates might have been able to fight against three thousand or even more officials, but now, it's not like that. Liang Chengwu analyzed.

"Who cares if he's plotting something. The so-called 'we'll use force to defend the land' is now the general trend. We're in Quanzhou City, so we're not afraid of the pirates." Pu Feier waved his hand and said.

"That's true, but we need to be careful of these ten thousand year ships. These pirates are all cunning. We have to be careful of them." Zhang Nan said.

"We can send out teams of 50 people or 100 people to patrol the villages near Quanzhou City. This way, we can avoid the wandering pirates killing and slaughtering the villages, and we can also gather information about the pirates at any time. If there are any movements from the pirates, they can also report back in time." Song Yang said.

"That's a good idea. I'll send someone over." After Liang Chengwu finished speaking, he immediately went to prepare.

But then, no matter if it was the villages outside the city or any other places, there were no signs of the pirates. It was as if the pirates had disappeared into thin air.

"It's been eight days, and we still haven't found any trace of the pirates. Could it be that they've already fled back to the island?" In the tent, Liang Chengwu muttered to himself.

"They have suffered a crushing defeat this time, and have lost over ten thousand men. It is very likely that they will be able to return to the island." Liang Long said.

"If we were to withdraw, wouldn't it be done? They occupy the island, so if the army were to attack it, they would definitely suffer greatly. Furthermore, building a warship would consume both financial and material resources." Liang Chengwu frowned.

"Then what should we do?" Liang Long asked.

"If we can lure them out and have a decisive battle, then things will be much easier." Liang Chengwu thought about something, but then shook his head, as if he felt that it was unrealistic.

"The pirates have been acting tyrannically for so many years, and they have always been fighting separately, so it's rare for them to fight against us with just a small group of bandits. If they were to fight against us, I'm afraid that it would be impossible, since they are thieves after all, and they are trying their best, and everyone knows that this is not a worthwhile fight, and we have lost, and we have the support of the imperial government behind us, so we can continue to fight with them, but even if they lose, they will still have to fight north, so they will not fight with us."

Liang Long's words were very reasonable, it was also the question that Liang Chengwu had been considering all along, "Since they have already retreated to the island, then our small army will have them withdraw as well. We will temporarily recuperate for a while to see what the meaning of the words above is.

"What kind of scheme could they possibly have? If they dare to come, then my Zhang Shuo will stab them with thousands of holes." Liang Long waved his fist and said fiercely.

"I think that 20 military batons have been beaten down. Is that old trouble of yours true again?" Liang Chengwu frowned, and said.

"I, uh, will take my leave first." Liang Long looked embarrassed as he ran off.

"Humph, this kid is still as good as ever!" Liang Long helplessly shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Liang Long ordered the troops that were patrolling outside to rest for three days after returning to the city.

After continuously fighting for a few days, all the soldiers in the army were exhausted. They gave the orders to rest and for a time, the soldiers were eating and drinking heartily while Liang Long was also eating and drinking heartily.

Seeing this, Liang Chengwu frowned, he had a feeling that something big was going to happen. However, if he did not give the order to rest, it would also cause the soldiers to be exhausted.

While the soldiers were eating and drinking to their heart's content, several pairs of eyes were watching the scene unfold. They stared at the soldiers for a long time, until the soldiers finally fell to the ground and disappeared into the darkness.

In the wee hours of the morning, the demonic beast and the people outside the city were all approaching Quanzhou City. When the soldiers on night watch saw this scene, they shouted in fear and ran around the city beating their gongs, "Not good, the pirates are attacking the city. Not good, the pirates are attacking the city …"

Liang Chengwu did not loosen his armor, upon hearing the noise, he sat up, picked up his blade and rushed out of the camp, quickly summoning his men.

"Men, go get Liang Long!" Liang Chengwu said loudly.

"Liang Can has been drunk like mud and can no longer stand." The soldier said.

"Damn it, really damn it, give me some water to wake them up, or else they will all die under the slaying knives of the bandits!" After Liang Chengwu finished speaking, he led the way up to the city gate tower.

Fortunately, not everyone in the army was drinking, and there were still over four thousand people standing on top of the city walls.

Zhang Nan, Fox Fairy and the rest also rushed to the top of the city gate. At this moment, the outside of the city was densely packed with people, probably no less than 15000 people, and countless demonic beast s, among them dozens of more than 3 meters tall, with fierce eyes of 2 zhang in length.

"These demonic beast seem to have gotten stronger!" Fox Fairy squinted his eyes and said.

"General Liang, the situation is not good for us." Song Yang said.

"Who would've thought that right after I gave the order for the army to rest, they came to attack the city? Right now, seventy percent of the soldiers are drunk like mud, there are only four thousand people left to defend the city. This is a vicious battle." As Liang Chengwu said this, he had a face full of self-blame.

"We will use our super crossbows to defend the city, we should be able to hold on until daybreak, but the pirates are just waiting with ease, their manpower is several times stronger than us, and there are also many demonic beast s, we have to request for their help." Zhang Nan said.

"I'll send someone to request for reinforcements." With that said, Liang Chengwu immediately sent dozens of men out of the city to request reinforcements.

As the pirates approached the city, Zhang Nan immediately made the Super Bow Crossbow ready. He nocked an arrow and pulled the bow to aim at the demonic beast s, while the normal crossbows were aimed at the soldiers.

"Let's drive the giant eagle to deal with them." After Song Yang finished speaking, he and Zhu Liu went to drive the two giant eagle that they had captured previously.

In this period of time, the few of them had trained giant eagle s consecutively, and were completely able to control them. The two giant eagle s were rather intelligent, adding the fact that Zhang Nan and the others treated them well, the two giant eagle s had already obeyed their orders in more than ten days.

Compared to the pirates using chains to control the wings of giant eagle, the current two giant eagle s were more suitable for Zhang Nan and the rest.

However, at the same time, the pirates also had giant eagle s who flew up into the sky. Last time, Yamamoto Miche had suffered a huge loss, because the giant eagle did not take off first, but this time, he had the ten giant eagle s fly up first.