Gan Ning's decisive retreat took Kasani and the others by surprise, though they weren't overly concerned and immediately commanded their forces to pursue. Given the current situation, it wasn't easy for Gan Ning to make a clean escape.
"Relay the order to Sakara, prepare to take action!" Gan Ning commanded the signalman to blow the horn as he retreated. This was a pre-arranged retreat signal; even with eighty to ninety thousand pirates, defeating the Kushan Navy at Malacca wouldn't be easy, not even for the undefeated peak-period Zhou Yu.
"Toot, toot, toot~" The urgent short blasts of the horn caused Novica, who was locked in a stalemate with the Kushan Navy, to feel a wave of dread. He immediately chose not to follow the order as issued.
Gan Ning had originally trained ten thousand elite pirates under Sakara, with five thousand following Gan Ning into the central battlefield, and the remaining five thousand stationed with these two fleets.
