At that time, if we urge them to surrender again, many will capitulate, and the war will be over."

Ling Zhenfei nodded and said, "But as we await help from foreign forces, Song Mingyi will surely give them a death order to defend the island, and we'll attack with full force, so the fighting will certainly be brutal."

Gu Feng said: "There's no choice—where there is a full battle, there will inevitably be bloodshed and sacrifice; we can't consider too much now."

What else could Ling Zhenfei say? He was the one who least wanted to see war.

Gu Feng said: "Brother, when the war is over, whatever reward you want, I'll give it to you."

Ling Zhenfei was taken aback, seeing that Gu Feng's state seemed a bit off.

"Why should you reward me? Mao Sharlu should give me a bigger reward, shouldn't he? After all, he is the Emperor."

Ling Zhenfei said this entirely to test Gu Feng's opinion, to see what Gu Feng was really thinking.

Gu Feng chuckled coldly and said, "The Emperor, huh, yes, of course, he should give you more rewards."

Ling Zhenfei felt uneasy because he sensed that Gu Feng indeed harbored some disrespect towards Mao Sharlu; logically speaking, a Prince meeting the Emperor should not be like this.

Perhaps Ling Zhenfei watched too many costume dramas, thinking a Prince would kneel and salute the Emperor, but now it could be it was no longer necessary.

But earlier, when meeting, Gu Feng actually first embraced Ling Zhenfei and then greeted Mao Sharlu, so it seemed Gu Feng really looked down on Mao Sharlu.

Mao Sharlu had been the Emperor for many years, it seemed he truly understood the minds of Gu Feng and others.

Ling Zhenfei said: "I wonder what Big Brother Gu thinks; after you win, what conditions will you propose to Mao Sharlu?"

Gu Feng was taken aback and said: "I haven't thought about this yet; brother, what do you think I should ask for?"

When Gu Feng said this, there might be two reasons: the first is he genuinely hadn't thought of what to ask, the second is Gu Feng didn't need to propose any conditions to Mao Sharlu.

Having become Emperor himself, what's the need to ask for conditions? So, what Gu Feng said made Ling Zhenfei even more uncertain; if a fight really ensued, he'd be the most awkward one to be caught in the middle.

Hence, Ling Zhenfei had already decided that by all means, he must not let them fight and would do everything to minimize the likelihood of such an affair.

Ling Zhenfei said: "I think you could do this, you also take the island, and then you will have the archipelago of the Outer Islands along with the island, two large territories, with land size only slightly less than Mao Sharlu.

Formerly, there were four princes, now apart from Mao Sharlu, you would be second, as they say, 'under one person, above ten thousand.'

Gu Feng laughed after hearing this and said: "Brother, what you said makes sense; but let's leave this matter for the future."

When Ling Zhenfei heard Gu Feng say this, he knew that Gu Feng truly harbored ambitions of becoming Emperor, and at the very least, doesn't regard Mao Sharlu with importance.

The world is truly so wondrous, Moergawa's one emperor, three princes—with Gu Feng originally the weakest in power, owning just small islands with no large-scale territories.

Yet the war between Song Mingyi and Mao Sharlu led to their decline in power, in a twist of fate, Gu Feng allied with Mao Sharlu to eliminate the bumbling Zhou Kui, and now Gu Feng became the strongest.

Once overlooked by others, Gu Feng now has a chance to become Emperor, and who would willingly give up such an opportunity?

The first day's battle was destined to be harsh; just as the dawn broke, the coalition forces of Gu Feng and Mao Sharlu began their assault on the island.

Gu Feng seized the chance by bringing all heavy weapons, seizing large quantities of armaments on the transport ships, and after defeating Zhou Kui, acquired even more weapons, thus now the arsenal is very abundant.

Every warship bore a cannon, and when the cannons fired together, the sound echoed across the ocean surface.

But Song Mingyi meticulously trained his elite for years, so the island's defenses were also tight, with the island's cannons booming towards the sea, creating a fierce clash in no time.

This war was indeed rarely seen, especially at such close quarters.

Ling Zhenfei and Gu Feng stood on a large ship, flanked by two warships—the most advanced warships in all Moergawa.

Gu Feng said: "Fighting like this is just consuming the elixirs; who knows how many elixirs Song Mingyi has stored—this could last indefinitely.

Otherwise, organizing a strong attack will lead to numerous casualties."

Ling Zhenfei asked: "Is the island defended so tightly on all sides?"

Gu Feng said: "I've already sent people to find a breach point, which is why I haven't organized a strong attack yet."

Ling Zhenfei said: "If a strong attack is necessary, it actually isn't impossible."

"But we lack large transport ships to carry the wounded, which is very disadvantageous to us."

At this time, Gu Feng commanded the ships to approach the island tentatively, and from hidden fortresses on the island, machine gunfire erupted, showing truly meticulous defense.

Just then, a voice came through Gu Feng's walkie-talkie, reporting a cliff nearby where the defenses seemed the weakest.

Gu Feng immediately had the ship head toward the so-called cliff.

Upon reaching this place, Gu Feng understood why the defenses were weakest there—it was indeed a cliff, a vertical rock face, and entering via this place was truly difficult.

Having seen this, Gu Feng was somewhat angry: "Isn't this nonsense? Can anyone climb such a high cliff? It's sheer madness."

Though the cliff's defenses were weak, two machine guns were still heavily firing, and upon spotting Gu Feng and others' ships, the machine guns continued their relentless fire.

If anyone tried to climb up from underneath the cliff, they would certainly be shredded by those two machine guns.

After observing the terrain, Gu Feng and others could only steer the ships back.

At this time, Mao Sharlu's ship also arrived, and the two ships converged; Mao Sharlu said rather angrily: "Song Mingyi indeed has tight defenses, making it truly challenging to invade."

Gu Feng replied: "There's no other choice but to keep probing for a breach."

Just as they were discussing this matter, suddenly they saw a fire dragon rise from the island, then a large object trailing bright flames flew towards them.

"Not good—it's a Flying Leg Missile." Everyone was stunned; no one expected such a thing was on the island, and seeing the missile's direction, it was heading straight towards their ship.

The missile now had tracking and positioning capabilities; it must have locked onto their ship when they got too close searching the cliff.

They were not far from the island, and the missile launched from the island approached the ship rapidly.

Everyone aboard was shocked because the ship carried Gu Feng, Mao Sharlu, and a commander; if the ship was destroyed by one missile, the war would be over prematurely.

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