I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

However, once inside the transport vehicle, Yuhaka and the others understood what was going on.

As the whistle blew, Yuhaka and her group sprang out from the disguised carriage. The surrounding Manju soldiers were shocked to see them suddenly appear, clearly not expecting ship girls to suddenly emerge. Immediately afterward, the Manju soldiers disguised as enemies under Yuhaka's command launched a swift attack on the unsuspecting Manju soldiers around them.

This sudden attack caught the Manjuu defenders completely off guard; they were clearly caught off guard and had no time to react.

Meanwhile, outside, after seeing Yuhaka and the others begin their attack, Z23 drew her weapon and addressed the others:

"Very good, Yuhaka and the others have started their operation. It's our turn to set off!"

Upon hearing Z23's words, everyone picked up their weapons and nodded to indicate that they understood. Then, under Z23's leadership, the Manjuu Squad followed Yuhaka and the others to launch an attack.

On Yhaka's side, after Yhaka and her companions suddenly jumped out of the carriage, they followed Z23's instructions to destroy the designated target. Sirius and Dido jumped out and ran directly towards the suspension bridge. In an instant, the two of them swung their two-handed swords and cut the chains on the other side of the suspension bridge.

Yuhaka and Mutsu charged out, knocking away the Manju that were blocking their way. The Manju were no match for Yuhaka and Mutsu's attack. After all, one had the strength of a dragon and the other had the impact of a warship. How could the mere Manju be a match for the two of them?

For this reason, Yuhaka and Mutsu easily knocked away the Manjuu, just like warriors in Dynasty Warriors. Then, Yuhaka and the others swung their weapons to knock away the surrounding Manjuu. Although Mutsu was not very good at using weapons, the ability granted to her by the new ship equipment allowed her to easily use the katana in her hand.

Led by Yuhaka and Mutsu, the Manju troops followed behind them. The Manju defenders, who were startled by Yuhaka and Mutsu's sudden attack, realized that these guys were the enemy. So the Manju quickly rang their alarm bells to warn the enemy that they were coming.

Amidst the clanging sounds, the distant Manjue garrison turned towards the source of the noise. Realizing what was happening, they frantically began sending alarms to other areas. Those guarding the beacon fires, in particular, immediately lit them upon hearing the alarm. Thick smoke rose high from the fires, and other Manjue garrisons, witnessing this, also lit their beacon fires. The rising smoke from these fires indicated that other Manjue garrisons had received the information and were now relaying it back to the main city. It was estimated that it wouldn't be long before Xi Li and her group received news of the enemy attack on their city.

However, by then, the city had already been occupied by Yuhaka and her group.

Upon hearing the loud bell, Yuhaka, like a bee drawn by nectar, arrived at the city gate. Seeing the Manju guards ringing their bells, Yuhaka delivered a flying kick, sending the Manju guards and the alarm bells flying.

After getting rid of the ringing, Yuhaka felt much better, as the ringing had been quite annoying.

Soon, Mutsu, who had dealt with the Manjuu garrison, stepped forward and asked Yuhaka:

"Youyou~ Have you taken care of all the enemies?"

After hearing Mutsu's words, Yuhaka nodded in agreement. Well... although the Manju guards at the city gate had been dealt with, the Manju guards on the city wall had not been dealt with, and they would continue to rush towards this place. Therefore, Yuhaka and the others needed to hold this place for the time being and wait for Z23 and the others to arrive.

Fortunately, Z23 and her group were quite fast, and in no time they arrived at the south gate that Yuhaka and her group had occupied.

"Thank you for your hard work. Have you encountered any special circumstances here?"

Hearing Z23's question, Yuhaka and the others shook their heads, indicating they hadn't found anything. However, beacon fires had been lit. Seeing the beacon fires rising in the distance, Z23 scratched her head helplessly and said:

"So there's no way to stop it after all... Well, there's no point in dwelling on this. We're going to start moving now. Javelin, you're in charge of the enemies on the other side of the city wall. Once you've captured the other city gates and walls, close them. I don't want those barbarian chicks to escape. After all, they're the source of our barbarian troops. If they escape, it'll be a loss for us."

Upon hearing Z23's order, the Javelin and the others nodded in understanding. Z23 then gave the orders to begin their actions. After watching Ayanami and the others move, Z23 looked at Yuhaka and the others and said:

"Alright, it's time for us to take action. We need to capture the flag in the castle in the center of the city so that we can take over the city."

With that, Z23 led Yuhaka and the others to the castle in the center of the city. With Yuhaka and the others rushing forward at a rapid pace, they quickly arrived at the castle. Here, Yuhaka and the others saw the raised drawbridge and the fully armed Barbarian archers. Obviously, the defense here was much tighter than that at the city gate. They probably started to take precautions after hearing the alarm.

"Yuyu, the drawbridge at the city gate is in your hands now. Yubari, how's the smoke bomb preparation going?"

Upon hearing Z23's words, Yubari also took out several crossbow bolts with huge spherical vines attached from his backpack and said:

"The materials are ready. Thanks to Youyou for providing the materials, I was able to create this prop."

The strange spherical objects on the crossbow bolts in Yubari's hand are smoke bombs made from ivy leaves, vines, and sticky grass. These smoke bombs are also a product of Monster Hunter. They can produce a lot of smoke, enough to interfere with the vision of large monsters, and the smoke spreads quickly, achieving a dense smoke effect in no time.

After seeing that Yubari had prepared the things, Z23 nodded and said:

"Very good, let's get started!"

As he spoke, Yubari nodded to indicate that he understood. Then, Yubari placed the smoke bomb bolt in his hand onto his crossbow bolt, lit the ivy leaf on the bolt, and fired it at the firing port on the castle. As a large amount of smoke was produced, the firing port on the castle was also covered by smoke, which caused the Manju archers on it to lose their vision and panic.

In addition, after seeing that the plan had succeeded, Z23 also sent out Ehaka. Upon hearing Z23's command, Ehaka rushed out like an arrow and leaped onto the suspension bridge. With its powerful destructive force, Ehaka kicked the connection between the suspension bridge and the iron chain, shattering it. The suspension bridge crashed to the ground with a loud bang. Then, Ehaka performed a back kick on the closed door, causing the heavy wooden door to fall down and revealing the trembling Banchos inside.

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1519 [Occupying the City and Subsequent Arrangements]

As Yuhaka pulled up the flag from the ground and threw it away, the Manjuu following behind her also planted the Azur Lane flag in the ground to indicate that this place had become Yuhaka's territory.

After Yuhaka and her group occupied the area, the resisting Manju raised their little white flags and surrendered, clearly indicating that these Manju defenders had no will to resist.

After seeing the Manjue soldiers surrender, Javelin and the others, who were positioned at the city gate, breathed a sigh of relief. After all, after they captured the city gate and walls, the Manjue soldiers launched continuous attacks to try to retake them. Fortunately, Yuhaka and the others captured the castle in time; otherwise, they would have had to hold out for who knows how long.

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After Yuhaka and her group occupied the city, they gathered in the castle located in the center of the city. Although the castle's interior was a bit messy due to the traces of their battle, the environment here was much better than the small village where Yuhaka and her group lived. Moreover, thanks to the Manjuu repairman, the castle was restored very quickly.

It won't be long before it looks brand new again.

In the castle's main hall, Yuhaka and the others gathered to discuss their next move. Z23 spread a new map out on the ground and addressed the group:

"This is the location of our current castle, and this is the location of the main city where Yuudachi and the others are."

After seeing Z23's instructions, everyone knew where they and Yuudachi were. The two sides' territories were not far apart, and it would only take a few days for Yuudachi's troops to arrive. Of course, if it were a cavalry unit with a faster movement speed, they might be able to arrive here even faster. However, unfortunately, cavalry units are not very good at siege warfare.

"Just as I predicted, Feng Huo has already relayed the news to Xi Li and the others. Knowing their personalities, if they find out that this place has been occupied, they will pounce on us like dogs whose tails have been stepped on."

Hearing Z23's analogy, Ayanami, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and looked at Z23, saying:

"Z23, isn't it a bit too much to compare Yuudachi and the others to a dog whose tail was stepped on...?"

Everyone present nodded in agreement with what Ayanami said. After all, Yuudachi and the others had a cat (Yukikaze) on their side, so how could they compare her to a dog?

Z23 coughed lightly to lighten the mood after hearing what everyone was saying, and said:

"Alright, that's just a metaphor, it's not important. What's important is that we need to find a way to strengthen our defenses during this period. Although we don't know how strong Yuudachi and the others are, they should not have anti-ship equipment like us, so in theory they should be about the same level as us. The most important point is that we have more people than them."

Just as Z23 said, they have a large number of ship girls, arguably the most. As the force with the most ship girls in this mirror space, their combat power is the strongest, not to mention they also have Yuhaka on their side.

However, no matter how powerful the ship girls are in this world, there is a way to defeat them. If you conquer and occupy all the cities belonging to the ship girl faction, then that ship girl faction is basically considered to have failed.

As for the consequences of failure, Z23 wasn't quite sure, but if it was something like damage to the ship equipment, they would need to take a bath at the hot spring, and then wait for Manjuu to hand over the repaired ship equipment before they could regain their combat effectiveness.

However, if they lose their power, then their barbarian followers will probably disappear as well, right?

By then, if Yuhaka and her group don't have Banjuu, most of them, except for Yuhaka, will lose the vast majority of their fighting power, which is a bad situation.

After hearing Z23's words, the terrified one standing to the side pondered and said:

"Hmm... If the other side knows our situation, is it possible that they might team up with ship girls from other places to attack us?"

Regarding the question of terror, Z23 crossed his arms and looked at the other person, saying:

"There's no need to worry about that. After all, based on my understanding of those three idiots, there's absolutely no way they would team up with other ship girls to take back this city. However... if ship girls from other places learn about the situation here, they might very well be eyeing this place covetously."

Just as z23 said, Yuudachi and the others might not join forces with other ship girls to take back the city, but they would inevitably be targeted by other ship girls. After investigating the map, z23 also found that the city was quite far from the sphere of influence of other ship girls, at least not like Yuudachi and the others who only needed three days to get here. This made z23 and the others breathe a sigh of relief.

"In any case, let's focus on improving the defenses here first. Then, it will be very difficult for other ship girls or even Yuudachi and the others to take down our city."

As she spoke, Z23 turned to Yubari beside her and said:

"Yubari, you're comfortable entrusting the castle's defenses to me, right?"

Upon hearing Z23's words, Yubari nodded to Z23 to indicate that there was no problem and said:

"No problem, I guarantee this city will be as good as Constantinople."

Upon hearing the name Constantinople from Yubari's mouth, Z23 couldn't help but twitch his lips, but he didn't say anything and instead told Yubari:

"Well, I'll trouble you then."

Then Javelin, who was standing to the side, looked at Z23 and asked:

"Is there anything we need to do?"

Upon hearing Javelin's words, Z23 paused to think for a moment before replying:

"Hmm... Javelin, you guys take a rest first. Afterwards, familiarize yourselves with the various defenses of the castle. There are also some facilities that need your attention. In a few days, we may need to face Yuudachi and the others, and then we'll need you to handle them."

After hearing Z23's words, Javelin and the others had no objections. Seeing that no one had any suggestions, Z23 then said to Yuhaka:

"By the way, could you please help me with the recruitment of Manjuu?"

Upon hearing what z23 said, Yuhaka naturally said that there was no problem, after all, cooking was something she was good at.

After seeing that there was no problem with the bank card, Z23 nodded with relief and said to everyone:

"Okay, that's fine. Let's adjourn the meeting."

After z23 announced the meeting was over, everyone went off to do what they wanted to do.

Meanwhile, in the main city where Yuudachi and the others were located...

"Wow~ Woohoo~ The barbecue here is really good~"

With a satisfied expression, Yuudachi sat cross-legged, holding two skewers of grilled meat, and said this. Shigure, standing beside Yuudachi, also munched on some grilled meat and said the same thing:

"That's right~ The barbecue here is the best, but unfortunately we don't have much money."

Hearing the two of them talking, Xuefeng nodded and said:

"That's right, if only there were a way to get a lot of money all at once, that would be great!"

Yuudachi and Shigure nodded in agreement with Yukikaze's words. After all, their money came from fighting off the Manju bandits. However, those Manju bandits didn't offer much profit, and the money they could get was quite small. But it was enough for the three of them to have a barbecue.

Just then, a barbarian foot soldier rushed in looking flustered and said something to Yuudachi and the others. Upon hearing the barbarian foot soldier's words, Yuudachi stood up with a surprised expression and said:

"What?! The city to the south has fallen?! Who killed them?!"

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1520 [War Begins! And a Surprise!]

Upon learning that their southern city had been captured by other ship girls, Yuudachi and the others were also surprised. They hadn't expected the city to fall so quickly. However, considering that they had relocated some of their barbarian foot soldiers to other places, they felt that it was normal for the city to be captured by the ship girls.

However, this also presents a problem. In the border areas, they have specially set up outposts to detect enemy movements. How do the enemy manage to pass through those outposts silently and surrender to the cities they are located in?

This left them quite puzzled, but they didn't dwell on such a brain-taxing matter. Since the city had been captured by the enemy, they could simply take it back.

With this in mind, Yuudachi and her group began to deploy their Manju troops to launch a siege.

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Of course, Yuhaka and the others didn't know what Yuudachi and the others were up to, but they roughly guessed that Yuudachi and the others would want to take back the city immediately. However, it wouldn't be so quick for them to come over.

During this period, Yuhaka and her group strengthened the castle's defenses, while Yubari used materials from the castle's warehouses to make weapons for defense.

Since Yuhaka and his group did not cause too much damage when they entered the city, they did not need many materials to repair it, saving Yuhaka and his group a lot of trouble.

Because this city has abundant resources, Yuhaka and her group can use these resources lavishly to build the city and even strengthen the Manjuu troops.

Furthermore, Z23 and her team discovered matchlock guns in the warehouse that could be used by the Manjuu troops. As for why these matchlock guns were stored in the warehouse, Z23 and her team did not know. After asking the Manjuu, Z23 and her team learned that if these matchlock guns were to be used, the consumption of ammunition would be very troublesome. Moreover, since there were very few matchlock guns to begin with, they would not be very effective. Therefore, they simply stored them away and did not use them.

Upon hearing what the administrator said, z23 seemed at a loss for words. Indeed, a small number of arquebuses were hardly effective against a large number of enemies, and were not as effective as using bows and arrows.

However, if a large number of matchlock guns could be produced, they would indeed play a good role on the battlefield. But it's not really appropriate right now. After all, Z23 and the others want to spend this money on sieges and the Manjuu army. After they deal with Yuudachi and the others, they will definitely have to face other enemies. So let's expand the Manjuu army first.

Because of the large number of houses in the city, Z23 and her team can significantly increase the number of Manju to strengthen their forces. In addition, there are more artisans in the city, which can provide more weapons for Yhaka and her team, which provides them with a lot of convenience.

Besides, there is a river near the city. After checking the map found in the city, Z23 found that this river is the same one that was near the village they visited before. This can provide some convenience for Yuhaka, such as building a port on the river to provide supplies and troops to the village. Although it is a small village, it is possible to expand the area and develop it into a city.

On the third day, Yuhaka and the others also received news that a large army was advancing in their direction. Upon hearing this news, Z23 had an expression of no surprise. After all, if someone provoked Yuudachi and the others, they would bite without hesitation, right?