After the 'Battle of the Giant Dragon' ended and the United Fleet suffered a disastrous defeat, Dane undoubtedly won the entire war.
On the ocean, the two sides have completely switched directions now. The three 'aircraft carriers' of the Hindlers are wandering around in the sea unscrupulously. Each aircraft carrier is loaded with two to three giant dragons.
The strength of an adult giant dragon can generally reach around level fourteen to level fifteen. Perhaps, on land, many powerful people can pose a threat to adult giant dragons, but at sea, seven giant dragons gathered together are almost invincible.
Pudry and the Duchy of Florence only have one legend—Admiral Proudmoore, but this admiral is still waiting for trial in the Silver City. Although, this so-called trial is probably just a formality. It is impossible for the Pudri people to do this kind of self-destruction of the Great Wall. What will they do to their military god, but in the end, even the flagship will be lost. A confession from the Florentines.
The process that should be walked must be walked again.
But then again, even if Proudmoore was there, so what? He was at sea, relying on warships, he was able to beat the seven-headed dragon, which is another story, not to mention, Dane personally guarded the Yellow Dragon.
And this victory is not limited to the sea.
Chen Bing's three-nation coalition on the border between Florence and Schindler, the plan to stick to it, has no meaning after the combined fleet is destroyed. There was no need for Patience to take the initiative to attack. When the news of the disbandment of the combined fleet came, the coalition forces withdrew from the border and returned to the territory of the Principality of Florence within three days.
Patience led the army to pursue the situation and chased into the principality.
However, she still has reason. The enemy is actively retreating, and the army's formation is far from being in chaos. It is relatively risky to jump on it directly, and some smarter methods must be adopted.
For example, let the highly mobile Cormyr sub-corps bite the rear of the retreating enemy army, instead of beating hard, it just keeps harassing and tearing. Just like a pack of wolves driving away their prey, they constantly put pressure on the opponent, causing the enemy to fall into panic and make them lose ground.
This can only cause a certain amount of trouble to the large troops of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, but many small troops were torn down and left the team because of the continuous pursuit of the Cormyr army.
Squads and squadrons that are alone, naturally, become the best targets.
This pursuit lasted almost a week. The entire Bull Earldom was full of wars, and it was not until the coalition army returned to the Bull City that Patience was blocked again.
However, during this week, the coalition lost almost 600 soldiers. At the same time, the Earl of Bull was plundered by the Patience Group on a large scale.
It was autumn, which happened to be the harvest season, and Earl Waterman really suffered a big loss.
There may be more than thirty villages and towns that were attacked. The grain that had just been harvested back to the warehouse was plundered by Patience.
It is said that Earl Wortman was so angry that he cursed in Bull City, and even urged the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Earl Sade, to send troops to prevent Patience from plundering.
Thad ignored him at all, but only further strengthened the defense of the Bulls on the front line.
It's fine for Patience to harm Waterman's territory. Although the Earl of Bull is a famous granary in Florence, the Dukedom is not short of food after all. It is not unacceptable to lose half of the Earl's grain production things.
As for Wortman's own damage... Earl Sade said nothing could be done.
Thad sits idly by, and Wortman cannot watch his territory be ruined.
He didn't listen to Sade's dissuasion, and personally led more than 5,000 soldiers directly under him in his own territory, pinpointed an operation of two wings of the Patience Group, and launched a surprise attack.
As a result... I didn't win.
After half an hour of fighting, Wortman's army was defeated, with more than a thousand casualties on the spot, and others fled in all directions.
As for the Earl of the Bull Waterman himself, he was even more unlucky to be captured.
The news was sent back to Bull City, and now Thad jumped and cursed.
Wortman's private soldiers really do not belong to the coalition forces—at least not under his command. However, that is 5,000 people after all, and the level of training and equipment of Wortman's army is not bad, and the combat effectiveness is not bad. It is a very good supplement for the line of defense that is a little tight.
As a result, the reckless Waterman himself was buried.
But he couldn't say anything more, after all, he was a private soldier of the Bull family, so he didn't need to listen to his command.
As a result, he could only yell and dance around the city while wiping Waterman's ass.
He had to send envoys to the enemy's barracks to confirm the recent situation of Earl Waterman—that was a great nobleman in the Principality, and it didn't mean that he could just ignore it if he was captured.
Patience did not do anything to Waterman.
In the past two years, before the conflict between Florence and Schindler had intensified, the Earl of the Bull and Schindler had quite frequent trade exchanges.
The grain merchants of the Earl of the Bulls, with a large amount of grain, passed through the barren land pass where the trade situation had improved very well, and transported the grain to Schindler for sale. At the same time, Dane had also issued special instructions to grant Earl Bull a part of the mineral quota.
In other words, there has been a honeymoon period of trade between the two parties.
However, as the relationship between the two countries became tense, and even a war broke out directly, this honeymoon period ended quickly.
To be honest, Wortman did not support war with the Schindlers at first. The interests of the principality are one thing, his own interests are another.
The Principality suffered a loss in doing business with the Schindlers, and the trade quotas for minerals and magic materials were controlled by the two major guilds. But he, Waterman, was not affected too much. On the contrary, with the increase in the trade quota specially approved by Dane, he was very happy to do business with the Hindlers.
This war, the business cannot be done, and his interests will be damaged, so he will naturally not support it.
If it weren't for the fact that Patience's invasion had plundered his territory, he wouldn't have brought people out on impulse.
After he became a prisoner, Patience was kind to the Earl. In addition to the lack of personal freedom, food and drink are provided, and there are servants to serve.
As for Wortman, except for being irritable when he was captured just now, his mood gradually calmed down afterwards.
He then meets Dane's envoy.