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The whereabouts of the chief knight of the family, the governor of Hilovas Island, Shredder, is unknown...
The whereabouts of Jim, the family silver knight and the deputy commander of the guard battalion are unknown...
The whereabouts of the Silver Knights of the family, Benjamin, the captain of the 3rd Battalion of the Guards, Rafat, Orison, and Klimber are unknown.
The whereabouts of Heritz, the silver knight of the family and the captain of the guard battalion, are unknown.
The whereabouts of Sheriff Christon, Accountant Old Mike, and Clerk Hickerd of White Bird Town on Hilovas Island are unknown.
In addition, all the garrison captains of the seven villages on Shilovas Island, who were retired veterans from the family, lost contact.
Confirmed to have fallen into the hands of the enemy are the captain Tork of the First Fleet of the Marine Corps, and the mayor of White Bird Town, Father Hugo.
Those who died in battle were:
Victor, the captain of the garrison team in Shirowas Island, and Old Hart, the tax collector, were killed because they resisted when they organized the evacuation of the residents of White Bird Town.
The Silver Knights of the family, Joseph, the captain of the 3rd Battalion of the Guards, and Donovan died heroically while supporting Shiratori Town.
The silver knight of the family and the captain of the guard battalion, Morde, sacrificed heroically in order to cover the brigade on the way from the village of Farama to Sailfish Ridge.
The family Silver Knight, Noth, the deputy commander of the Sea Legion, died in battle at sea.
Seventeen people including the Silver Knights of the family, the captain of the First and Second Fleet of the Sea Legion, Rollin, Persia, Trogg, Wallet, Moog, etc., died in battle at sea.
In addition, more than 3,700 captains and sailors were killed, missing, or captured, and 38 ships were lost. More than half of the fifty-nine ships and more than 6,000 people of the sea corps deployed on Shilovas Island were basically reimbursed, and the losses were extremely heavy.
Only four of the 500-man garrison in Bainiao Town ran out, so it can be said that the entire army was wiped out. The 3,000-strong Third Battalion of Guards only returned with more than 400 remnants, which is beyond description. Only the two guard brigades of Wanghai Manor have more than 1,000 people, and more than 400 people have been withdrawn, and they still maintain their establishment...
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Lorist's hands were trembling. The statistical list handed over by Manager Hanske seemed to weigh more than a thousand catties, making him breathless. Fatty Shi's whereabouts are unknown, and Jim's whereabouts are unknown...
Trying to support himself, Lorist sat down slowly: "Tell me, why are there such heavy losses? Is the enemy's combat power very strong?"
"My lord, I am incompetent..." Josk stepped forward.
Lorist waved his hand: "No, it has nothing to do with you, there is no better subordinate than you. What I want to know is why our family's armed forces have lost so much after being attacked. Could it be that the enemy's combat effectiveness Is it strong?"
Josk shook his head: "My lord, the enemy is a mob. It's just that the enemy has several great sword masters..."
"Great Sword Master? How many of them are there?" Lorist asked.
"It is said to be seven, but there are four or five who appeared in front of us..." Josk recalled: "After receiving the letter from Lord Farea, I was by Lord Shredder's side, and we were in White Bird Town Lord Shreid notified the garrison in White Bird Town to get ready to meet the enemy, and at the same time sent someone to order the 3rd Battalion of Guards to rush to White Bird Town for reinforcements.
The first few enemy ships rushed to the beach at the pier, and the hundreds of people who came down were intercepted by the garrison. But there were still many boats behind them, and more and more enemies swarmed after disembarking. I shot and killed two gold-ranked enemies and a dozen or so silver-ranked enemies. As a result, a great swordsman appeared, and he slashed I turned over Victor, and Victor's head fell right in front of me.
I knew that I was being targeted by that great swordsman. As an archer, I couldn't compete with that great swordsman in close combat, so I could only fight while retreating, and soon got separated from Lord Shredder and the others. When I came back after going around in circles and throwing away the great swordsman, I found that White Bird Town had already been occupied by those enemies. In desperation, I had no choice but to retreat to Sailfish Ridge to organize the remaining sailors to rely on the steep mountain for defensive deployment. Later, I received the remaining breakout troops from the Third Battalion of Guards and the Second Battalion of Guards who broke out from Farama Village. Lord Barwood was taken aboard..."
This is the end of Josk's narration, and the next one is Manager Hansk.
"After Josk Knight lured away the great swordsman, the garrison in White Bird Town couldn't resist those vicious enemies at all, causing heavy casualties. At a critical moment, Pat Knight arrived with the third battalion of guards. They drove the enemy back. Immediately afterwards, Jim Knight led a 500-man bodyguard brigade to come for reinforcements, and we immediately gained the upper hand.
At that time, Lord Shredder was directing the battle at the town hall, and he thought that our reinforcements would drive the enemy out of White Bird Town, but in fact the enemy was not our opponent at all, and was quickly defeated by us. Seeing that the enemy could be driven out of the town, more than a hundred large ocean-going merchant ships came behind, and many enemies came down and attacked us.
The combat power of this group of enemies is stronger than those defeated by us. They have many silver and gold ranks, and two great sword masters. The Guards Battalion was severely damaged at once, with nearly a thousand casualties. Joseph, the first captain of the 3rd Guards Battalion, and Donovan, the fourth captain, died in battle at this time.
Lord Shredder saw that the situation was not good, so he ordered us to organize the residents of White Bird Town to evacuate to Farama Village as soon as possible. He himself decided to go to the refugee camp to mobilize the young and strong laborers to take up arms and drive these pirates into the sea. At that time, we all thought that these were pirates, but no one thought that they were slave traders and slave catchers from the Kingdom of Haneyabad.
Lord Shredder took Jim Knight and more than 20 guards and left in a hurry. Since then, we have not known the whereabouts of Lord Shredder and Jim Knight. At this time, several soldiers on the front line brought back Pat Knight, who was seriously injured and unconscious. I happened to have a few bottles of healing potion with me, and I hurriedly poured him a bottle, then prepared the carriage and took Pat back to Farah. Ma village.
There were still more than 300 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of Guards who followed us to Farama Village, and more than 100 guards, all of whom were wounded. Including the Sixth Logistics Battalion staying behind in Farama Village, we have less than a thousand people who can be used for defense. And there were more than a thousand residents of Bainiao Town who followed us to Farama Village, all of whom were women and children. It was they who told me that the mayor, Father Hugo, was arrested by the enemy after he died.
At this time, the captain of the guards who stayed at Wanghai Manor, Knight Morde, led a guard team of 500 people to abandon Wanghai Manor and rushed to Farama Village, just in time for the enemy to follow and attack Farama Village. After repelling the enemy The knights of Morde have entered the village of Farama, and we finally have enough defense force.
But one of the enemies who arrived later was a great swordsman. He single-handedly wanted to charge into Farama Village. Fortunately, the 100 steel crossbows equipped by the 3rd Guards Battalion were all on the wall. The current forty steel crossbows A burst of shots turned the great swordsman into a hedgehog on the spot. As a result, those enemies have suffered a lot, temporarily retreating to a distance to monitor and dare not attack us..."
"Are you sure that the one shot dead is the great swordsman?" Lorist cheered up and interrupted Hansk's narration.
Manager Hansk thought about it carefully: "My lord, I think the one who was shot to death must be the great swordsman. Because at the beginning, several enemies came to ask us to surrender, and they were all silver-ranked. One of them was still of the golden rank, with a golden light shining on his long sword.
At that time, Knight Orison, the captain of the Sixth Logistics Brigade, wanted to use the steel crossbow, but was stopped by the Knights of Morde. The Knights of Morde said to drive these enemies away with a longbow first, so that the enemies would think that we had no long-range weapons. , and then use the steel crossbow when they attack aggressively, in order to cause major damage to the enemy.
Then the great sword master came in a carriage, and the enemies over there were cheering, even the golden knight. The great swordsman was very arrogant and arrogant. After asking the enemies a few words, he came straight to the wall with a long sword. When he was 100 meters away, more than 20 long bows were fired, and even he couldn't touch his side.
Seeing that he was getting closer and closer, when the distance was less than 60 meters, Knight Morde ordered the more than forty steel crossbows mobilized to the front to fire in two batches. If so, the great swordsman knocked and shot at him Four iron crossbow bolts in the front, but the second batch of crossbow bolts that followed immediately penetrated his chest and shot him dead on the spot. Knight Morde was still afraid that he would not die from the injury, so he ordered the longbow to shoot two rounds, and shot the corpse into a hedgehog before giving up.
The enemies on the other side were all dumbfounded when the great swordsman died. They all stood there dumbfounded and speechless. Knight Morde saw that they were only two hundred meters away from Farama Village, so he immediately ordered the steel crossbow to shoot at that place. side launch. The enemy never dreamed that our steel crossbow could shoot so far. After two consecutive rounds, forty or fifty corpses were left behind, crying for their parents and running very far.
At that time, I finally let go of my heart, thinking that I could hold out for a period of time by relying on the wall of Farama Village, but after hearing the reports from the soldiers and guards of the Guards Battalion who came back, Knights of Mord and Orison believed that the guards of Farama Village Can't live. They said that the enemy still had at least two great sword masters. They were fine during the day, but the effect of the steel crossbow defense was greatly reduced at night due to poor visibility. Once they got in, it would be over.
Knight Morde thought that while the enemy was receding, he would immediately break out of the siege. Only when he reached Swordfish Ridge could he rely on the steep mountain to get reinforcements from his family. The teachers didn't discount us.
Knight Orison ordered the Sixth Logistics Team to install all the steel crossbows on chariots as guards on both sides. It was still light when we set off, but it was dark within an hour. The enemy found our whereabouts and followed up, and kept calling for reinforcements. At that time, Knight Orison voluntarily stayed behind. He brought more than 100 soldiers and guards from the 3rd Battalion of Guards to lie in ambush on the spot. , I want to make an ambush for the pursuers.
We didn't go far before we heard the sound of fighting coming from behind, but it was over in less than half an hour. But at that time we had already arrived at the foot of Sailfish Ridge, and the way up the mountain was difficult, and the enemy would catch up soon. We let the women and children go up the ridge first, and at the same time surrounded the chariots in a circle to guard the passage up the mountain.
The stalemate lasted for about an hour, and the bolts of the steel crossbow of the chariot were consumed a lot. Knight Morde ordered to dismantle the twenty steel crossbows with half of the crossbow arrows and move them up the mountain. The remaining crossbows were assigned to thirty steel crossbows, and the fifty steel crossbows without crossbow bolts were all demolished. Knight Maud said that the steel crossbows must not fall into the hands of the enemy.
Next, the Knights of Morde relied on thirty steel crossbows to resist the enemy's attack, and the steel crossbows that had run out of arrows were immediately demolished. When I was halfway up the mountain, I looked back and saw the knight of Mord slashing the last steel crossbow in half regardless of the enemy behind him, but he was also pierced through the chest by the enemy's spear. "
Mo De... Two beggar-like people appeared in front of Lorist's eyes, standing there waiting for him, and then hugging his legs and weeping bitterly. They were Ruhr and Mo De. As the messengers of the northbound convoy, they have gone through many hardships along the way. The accompanying guards all died, and the two of them finally came to him after traveling thousands of miles.
Lorist's eyes were moist. When Ruhr was hit by a crossbow arrow when he attacked the bread post at night, he fell off the post early, and Mo De has been by his side all the time, working diligently in the guard team and promoted step by step. After reaching the silver rank, he was accepted as a family knight by himself, and then became the captain of the guard battalion. Now he is gone too, and he is still walking so heroically, even if he dies, he must protect the secret of the family's chariot Steel Crossbow...
Steward Hanske continued:
"All the soldiers and guards of the Guards Battalion were caught in a bitter and deadly battle. At this critical moment, Josk knights drove down from above. As soon as the magic arrow shot out, the enemy was killed and wounded, and finally retreated. The surviving troops went up. Swordfish Ridge. With 20 steel crossbows and Master Josk's magic arrow guarding the only way up the mountain, we finally slept soundly.
The next day the enemy did not come to attack Sailfish Ridge, but Shilowas Island was full of flames. Standing on the Ridge from time to time, I saw those enemies pushing the long team of villagers to Bainiao Town, crying loudly, from time to time There are also elderly villagers who were pulled out of the team and beheaded because they walked slowly. We are very angry, but there is nothing we can do.
In the middle of the night, Lord Semberwood came up to the Cove with the fleet and went up to Sailfish Ridge to meet us. Let us board the ship immediately after we understand the situation. He said that now those enemies are looting and looting, and they don't care about this side. There is no fortress castle built on Sailfish Ridge, so it cannot be held for a long time. When the enemy frees up his hands and sends a fleet in from the small bay, we will be unable to escape if we attack from both sides.
So we began to transfer, first women and children, then wounded soldiers, and finally Josk Knight brought twenty steel crossbows onto the ship with his guards. It's just that the delay was too long, and it was almost dawn when we all boarded the boat. The enemy discovered our whereabouts, blew the horn, and soon the enemy sent a fleet to catch up.
But the enemy was not ready, and the first dozen or so boats that caught up were short of manpower, and they were quickly wiped out by us. Lord Sembawood and Knight Josk cooperated with each other and snatched two medium-sized armed merchant ships from the enemy. But the enemy quickly caught up with more than 40 ships. Master Samba's fleet first fought with the enemy several times and many ships were damaged. Second, the ship was full of people, so the speed of the ship was a bit slow.
So Master Sembawood and Master Josk discussed and selected ten armed merchant ships in the best condition, equipped with combat-capable sailors, soldiers and guards from the Guard Battalion to stay behind to fight back, and killed the fastest chasing ship The five enemy ships finally circled with the rest of the enemy ships until evening before the enemy all retreated.
After Lord Sembawood and Knight Josk returned and interrogated the captive sailors, we learned that it was slave traders and slave catchers from the Kingdom of Haneyabada who attacked and plundered Hilovas Island, not Pirates we thought. Those captives said that almost all slave owners, nobles and slave traders in the Haneyabada Kingdom participated in this operation. There were more than 400 ships, nearly 30,000 people, and seven great sword masters. One, it can be said that the whole nest was dispatched..."
Manager Hansk handed over a thick animal skin folder: "My lord, here are the interrogation records of those prisoners."
Lorist flipped through the interrogation records: "Come here!"
Schwader came in: "My lord..."
"Order the guards to erect a cross on the beach, and crucify all the captives caught!" Lorist's soft voice decided the tragic ending of the captured sailors of the Kingdom of Haneyabada.
"Uh..." The people in the big tent couldn't help gasping for air. Hanging or beheading their heads is more enjoyable than being crucified. It takes a long time to be tortured on the cross to drain all the blood from their bodies before they can die...
"My lord..." Manager Hansk stepped forward to try to persuade,
"Okay, don't say any more." Lorist waved his hand: "They are the minions and accomplices of slave owners and slave traders. They are even a hundred times inferior than pirates. They treat people as goods and never regard other people's lives as important. In my eyes, I only wish there was no more cruel way of death for them to try! Schwarder, why are you still standing there?"
"Yes, my lord, I'm going to deliver the order!" Schwader hurriedly ran out.
Lorist stood up and came in front of Sembawood: "You did a good job this time, very well, it was beyond my surprise. Sembawood, I'm asking you now, are you willing to be a member of the Angry Bear Clan? staff?"
Semba Wood was stunned, but he quickly reacted and knelt down in front of Lorist on one knee: "My lord, I am willing."
"Will you, Sambawood, charge and fight to the death amidst the horns of the raging bear?"
"I do!"
"Sembawood, are you willing to follow the banner of Angry Bear to fight in all directions and go forward indomitably?"
"I do!"
"Semba Wood, are you willing to dedicate your life to the glory of the Angry Bear Badge until you die?"
"I do!" Sambawood was already shouting.
Lorist drew out his long sword, patted Sembawood's left and right shoulders twice with the blade, and put the sword back into its sheath: "Rise up, my knight, you have won over our Norton family with your bravery, courage and loyalty." trust. You are welcome, my brother."
After Lorist hugged Sembawood tightly, the group of knights in the big tent hugged Sembawood immediately. And finally Bodfinger.
"Welcome to join me, my brother." After hugging, Bodfinger pinned a golden angry bear badge on Semba Wood's left chest.
"Sembawood, how many ships are there in your fleet?" After the knight promotion ceremony was completed, Lorist returned to his seat.
"My lord, there are still eleven ships that are intact, and thirteen ships that need to be repaired, eight of which are minor repairs, and five that need major repairs."
Sambawood's second fleet originally consisted of twenty-nine ships. Seven ships were lost in the sea battle when they returned to rescue, but two more ships were robbed later, and there were still twenty-four ships in total.
"Repair it as soon as possible. Three days later, Bodfinger will lead his troops to Hirovas Island. We need a transport ship. And your sailors should also rest as soon as possible. After three days, those who are not injured will set off by boat." Luo Rist frowned. The family's sea corps lost too much this time, and their water power was almost reduced by more than half. Now the number of sailors and crews is very tense, and these sailors who have returned from the bitter battle can only be given a brief three-day rest to set sail again.
"My lord, I challenge you!" Semba Wood stood up.
"We also invite you to fight! My lord..." All the knights in the big tent stood up.
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