Chapter 265 A Failure

After dark I sent Nath and his people back to their little village. They were not strong enough, and I did not want them all to die in my battle to recapture the Island of Brass. NAT was determined to follow me into battle. I refused, but I let him join in with my two brothers. The rest still go back to live a quiet life.

Well into the night, someone came and woke me up, saying that they had seen sparks on the surface of the sea. I quickly climbed the tree and stood on the platform of the watchtower. I saw a single flame being chased by three or four flames, moving slowly over the dark sea like a satellite in the sky. As they walked, the pursuers began to turn back, while the ones in front stopped.

It happened again in the wee hours of the morning. When the fire was out of sight, I had a torch hoisted up on the watchtower to signal the Zombos and the others.

They brought the boat, zombo, and he climbed on to the bank, and I grabbed him.

"Chief, something's wrong. They only push us out a few dozen kilometers each time, and then they go back."

"I saw it all. You're all tired, too. Go ashore and rest."

Zombo thanked me, and I went and quarreled with the two women, and told them to take a man and cook some tender corn and meat for zombo and his men.

Hearing the noise, John and NAT soon gathered.

"I don't think they're going to attack Cuckoo island any time soon, chief." Mr Nath said.

"Why?" Wouldn't it be best to kill us on The island of Cuckoo and keep the war outside the Island of Brass?

"We all know your power," nath said. "I don't think the Allies dare attack The island of Bukuk. And you keep trying to lure them, and when they retreat, you chase them. They probably already know what you're up to. It was on the Isle of Brass that you put our king to rest."

Hearing what he said, I suddenly took a tumble. The masters know us well enough. Looks like they're giving the coalition a lot of advice.

"In that case." Jompo said, "How about next time I lead them away, you go directly to attack the new king's city, at night?"

"No, they won't have too many of you. I can see the ships are thinning out." I said, "The new royal city is so well built that it will be so heavily fortified that no one can attack it."

"So what do we do?" "John asked, confused.

"Sail back to The island of Cuckoo." If we keep wasting away, we're the only ones who lose. Evacuation is the best option for now.

"I will follow you, chief, with all my people." "Nutter shouted energetically.

"Well, you go back and pack your things." I raised my hand.

After bowing his thanks, Nath gathered his two brothers and ran away. After announcing the news, I noticed a lot of people lightened up. That's not surprising. We came to attack the Island of Brass with a great deal of force, and you can imagine the pressure. You don't want to waste your life.

Li Wanxue quickly ran over, brushed her hair and asked, "Lu Fei, do we really want to withdraw?"

"What else can we do? There are too few of us. That's a good plan, but it doesn't help that our strengths differ too much."

"That's true. Go back. We'll figure it out later." Li Wanxue comfort said.

I nodded and told her to pack up her things and get on board early.

When the Nats arrive, we board the ship and head straight for Bukgu.

In the afternoon, when Jombu woke up, he led several others to the bed where we were resting.

Zong Bu asked straight away: "Chief, how do we plan to go back?"

"Fortifying our defenses, of course. Maybe they'll attack us after we've been out for a while."

"Mainly because our weapons are not as good as they used to be." "He sighed.

"Maybe I'll take someone back to the other world." John suggested, "Try to get some guns and ammunition back."

"Well, there are only thirty of you, and it's a question of coming back. Let's hold Cuckoo Island first." Nothing is more important to us now than preserving our strength.

"A lot of people died there in the mouth of the cave and in the desert. When the snow melts, guns and ammunition can be obtained." "None of them will rust," John said.

"That's all right." It's like picking things up on your doorstep. It's totally doable: "When you get back to Bukgu, you go guard the sinkhole and get as many guns and ammo as you can."

"By the way, can your man Moray make ammunition again?" Shouldn't be too hard to make a metal slug.

"Yes."

"There is still a lot of iron in the sinkhole house. We can collect all of it to make ammunition." I pointed at zong Cloth: "after going back, you go to tiankeng directly with Zong cloth."

"What about the hundreds of people in the sinkhole?" "Asked Zombo.

I almost forgot those people existed, and I was afraid to use them until I solved the Island of Brass.

"Keep them in, and give them some work to do while you go about your business. This time go and kill a few disobedient people first to frighten them."

Both said hello.

After discussing almost, we talked about some other topics before parting.

Two days and one night later, we arrived at the port in the early evening, with not much food on board. John and Zombo will go with us. We need to take some food to the sinkhole.

When we reached the road to the high ground, the men at the gate confirmed our identity before they opened the gate. Wuwa herself stood guard above.

"Chief." Wu Wa came up and bowed.

I nodded and said hard, we came back so soon, she naturally knew that we did not win the battle. Will go to the tribe, John and Zombo directly to carry the grain. I sent for Li Ding.

Several people sat down in the council chamber, and I told them what I was going to do next. We have seven hundred men, and we have no problem holding The island. But the allied forces could send tens of thousands of troops at a time, which was not to be underestimated. I asked the two of them and Nath to take one of their men, and three of them to take turns guarding the gates and inspecting the walls, so that one of them could have a rest.

I'm going to do something a little bit more creative, make some catapults. We were so outnumbered that I decided to focus my defense on the highland tribes. With the trebuchet, we can hit the allied forces attacking the city.

When the arrangements had been made, John and Zombo were ready, and they were called together for supper.

Then John and Zombo left that night, and I myself guarded the gate all night with my men. Li Wanxue had to follow, said to stay with me, after absolutely can't separate.

After an all-nighter, the two men went home and fell asleep. Li Yunna knocked on the door and asked us to have breakfast. She didn't bother to move.

When I woke up, it was dark. I took some men down to the ground and carried some trees back. Unable to sleep at night, he cut wood in front of his house and planned to make a small catapult. I don't know what a historical catapult looked like, but I played with it a lot in a game, so I copied it.

Two women helped me cut wood for small parts and went to bed at midnight. When I woke up in the morning, I ate some of Ms. Li's corn porridge with her kimchi. Then they gathered dozens of people to chop wood to make catapults.

Many hands make light work, and a catapult was made in one morning.

Together we pushed the catapult into the clearing. I tried it twice and it worked well, but because of the size of the catapult, the range was only two to five hundred meters. But it's more than enough.

"Why didn't you think of this before?" Li Wanxue asked curiously.

"There used to be guns. Who uses that?" I photographed the catapult. "But now it's useful."

"Our lu Fei is like a genius now." Li Wanxue smiles happily praise.

"Just picking up ideas." I waved my hand and led them back to the tribe.

After two days of chopping trees with a few dozen men, we gathered in the small square of the council House and set to work. They had all worked on the first catapult, and there was no need for me to direct them all. We work hard in stages, and we can make six or seven ounces in a day. Every time one is made, it will be tested in the open space, and then it will be transported to the wall.