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"Damn it, who ordered the retreat?"

The commander of Fusang was about to take the city by storm when he heard that his side had sounded the retreat. Seeing his promising offensive come to naught, he immediately searched for the person who had given the order without authorization and vowed to behead him in front of the army.

"I gave the order. Didn't you see that the enemy was constantly aiming their artillery at our generals?"

The speaker was a member of a pirate crew. They were pirates, not a regular army of any country, so they couldn't afford to lose too many men, especially the commanders they trained, whom they treasured like precious gems.

"Damn it, we're racing against time right now. If we wait for reinforcements from the South China Sea to return, that will be a real dead end."

The Japanese were relatively intelligent, but his words not only failed to gain their approval, but also made them feel that the other party was deliberately using his pirate crew as cannon fodder.

"Hmph, is the only tactic we can rely on is sheer numbers?"

"If the cannons you build can reach the city walls, why would we need to use human wave tactics?"

"you....."

The pirate crew was rendered speechless by the Japanese, but that was indeed the case. The cannon was made by the pirate crew, and it was only because its performance and firing range were inferior to those of the South China Sea that it became useless.

"Hmph, you'd better not delay important matters, or you won't be able to bear the responsibility."

Both of them were merely commanders assigned by their superiors. The main force had drawn away all of South China Sea's fighting power. If they still couldn't take South China Sea City, they would probably both suffer a terrible fate when they returned.

So when the pirate commander heard this, he was filled with anger, but dared not say anything more.

"Prepare immediately for another attack."

"Yes."

The Japanese commander seized the opportunity to issue an order to attack; at this moment, there was no time to lose.

On the South China Sea city wall, everyone finally managed to take a short break, but soon they heard the bugle call to attack from the opposite side. Everyone returned to their fighting posts to prepare to meet the enemy.

The Japanese and pirate forces once again used human wave tactics to charge, and the cannons on the city walls kept bombarding the invading enemy, but the people below seemed to be insane and were completely fearless.

People have already started climbing up the wall ladder, and the South China Sea garrison simply doesn't have the manpower to deal with them.

Zhou Wu had already personally taken to the field, taking up a musket and firing at the climbing enemy troops, but the defending forces were still too few.

"My lord, we have come to your aid."

Just as the enemy was about to climb the city wall, a familiar voice came from behind.

"It's you!"

They were actually indigenous people recruited from the South China Sea, and they picked up weapons that had been gathering dust for many years.

“Sir, you have given us a warm house, so we no longer have to worry about three meals a day. When we are sick, we have doctors, and when we are children, we have books to read. It is time for us to repay you.”

"Thank you."

To be honest, this was something Zhou Wu never expected. He had only subdued the natives because he thought the South China Sea city was not enough and he wanted to reduce the amount of bloodshed. He never expected that things would turn out this way so unexpectedly.

"Sir, you're being too polite. We are all people of the South China Sea. Isn't it our duty to protect our homeland? Don't you all agree?"

"Yeah~"

"..."

"Gentlemen, let's go into battle and fight! Let these bastards see that the South China Sea is not to be trifled with!"

After saying this, the natives took up advantageous positions on the city wall, seemingly beginning to shoot at the enemy below.

With the addition of the indigenous people, the defensive strength of the city walls was greatly increased. In addition to the city walls and cannons, the attack of 50,000 enemy troops was no longer a threat.

"Why are there so many more guards on the city wall? It's all your fault. If you hadn't ordered a retreat just now, we might have already taken Nanhai City."

The Japanese commander shifted all the blame onto the pirates, but the pirate commander, of course, wouldn't stand idly by and let the mud be thrown at him, so he immediately launched a counterattack.

"Hmph, you were the one giving all the orders for this operation, and now that you can't win, you're trying to shift the blame onto me?"

"you.,.."

In a siege, the attacking side is always at a disadvantage. Generally speaking, the attacking side needs to outnumber the defending side several times over to have a chance of winning. At this moment, the attacking side has 50,000 men, while the defending side currently has only 20,000 men. Moreover, the people in the city are continuously sending reinforcements to the city walls, so there is basically no possibility of winning.

There are only two options before us: continue the offensive or retreat.

"Either way, we're going to die. Everyone, attack with all your might! Move all artillery within range and fire!"

Going back would mean certain death, but staying here is a last-ditch effort—what if things go wrong?

With no way out, the enemy displayed extraordinary fighting power.

Countless cannons were forcibly deployed into range and began bombarding Nanhai City. Although the defenders reacted in time and struck back at the enemy's cannons, many shells still hit the city walls or flew into Nanhai City.

Fortunately, Zhou Wu had designed many air-raid shelters when he built Nanhai City. The people near the city gate had already evacuated to other places or taken refuge in the air-raid shelters. So these sporadic shells only caused damage to some buildings and did not cause any casualties.

"Bang bang~~~"

The muskets in the hands of the South China Sea natives were firing continuously, and the dense crowd below didn't even need to aim.

Watching the vast numbers of people fall, the Japanese general already knew his fate and closed his eyes resignedly.

Niu Er's rescue force arrived just in time. Seeing that someone was actually attacking Nanhai City, he immediately brought firearms. With a wave of his hand, his men couldn't wait to start charging.

The South China Sea Army, in terms of both individual military skills and equipment, far surpasses other armies or armed groups, so no one dares to provoke them easily. The navy is alright; occasionally, they might encounter some foolish individuals. However, the army has hardly ever engaged in any real combat since the South China Sea City incident.

So when everyone saw that someone was actually attacking Nanhai City, they were surprised, but even more excited. Yes, excited, including Niu Er. Everyone pounced on it like dogs seeing a bone.

In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the invading allied forces were defeated and forced to surrender on the spot.

"tui~~~~~"

Niu Er spat in disgust.

"Useless trash, surrendering already? I haven't had my fill yet."

The South China Sea Army felt they hadn't even warmed up before the other side surrendered, which was really unsatisfying. They expressed their dissatisfaction, but due to military discipline, they couldn't take any further action since the other side had already surrendered.

As for those who surrendered, they will become part of the labor force in the South China Sea, either being sent to mines or to banana plantations to grow fruit.

In a sense, the top leadership in the South China Sea is actually quite looking forward to war, because under normal circumstances, war can bring a lot of labor to the South China Sea, which is currently lacking labor.