"My lord, we are back!" Tiger Rose and Yuri stood in front of Lorist
Lorist heaved a sigh of relief, but then his heart became heavy. The return of the tiger Ross and Yuri means that the enemies on Hilovas Island have withdrawn, and there is no battle on the island with the reinforcements Bodfinger and others, but the withdrawal of the same enemy means that they have reached the previous goal. The target of the robbery, the situation on Hilovas Island must be terrible...
"Tell me, what's the situation on the island?" Taking a deep breath, Lorist still asked this question.
The faces of Tiger Ross and Yuri also became heavy...
"My lord, it's too miserable. Those slave traders and slave catchers in the Kingdom of Haneyabada are simply not human, they are a group of animals! Basically all those over fifty years old on the island were killed, and those under ten years old were killed. The children were not spared either, and I saw a few one- and two-year-old babies being snatched by spears on the side of the road..." Yuri's voice was a little choked, full of grief and indignation
Tiger Ross shook his head, as if he was reluctant to think about the tragic scene he saw: "My lord, Hilovas Island has become a hell, especially the square in the center of White Bird Town, where it has become a slaughterhouse... those slave traders They selected the elderly, the disabled, and the weak, and carried out a massacre in the square. The ground turned black, and the corpses piled up like mountains...
All the people who saw the scene were furious. Before we returned to the voyage, there were more than 4,000 corpses cleaned up in the square. Among them, Josk found the mayor of White Bird Town Hugo Papa and the accountant old Mike. dead body…”
Lorist clenched his fists tightly. During the civil war in the empire, many people regarded Hilovas Island as a place to escape the chaos of war because it was far away from the sea, so they settled here with their families. Most of them are elderly people who hope to spend their old age on the island in peace. It's just that they didn't expect to escape the burning war on the mainland, but they couldn't escape the poisonous hands of slave traders from the sea...
"My lord, Christon, the sheriff of White Bird Town, led more than 50 people to hide in the abandoned sewer to escape the capture of slave traders and slave catchers, and we rescued them. In addition, we are attacking Wanghai Manor At that time, they also found the eldest son of Master Sid, Drokova, who was imprisoned, and a group of people. When they were exploring mineral resources on the island, they found that there was a lot of fireworks outside, so they rushed back and fell into slavery. In the hands of the team..." Yurihui reported
"Wait..." Lorist was taken aback, and attacked Wanghai Manor
"When you arrived on the island, were there still enemies on the island?"
"Yes, my lord, we have also seized fourteen ships, two of which are large ocean-going armed merchant ships." Tiger Ross said
"When we arrived at Hilovas Island, it was just dawn, and we found 14 boats still on the beach in the south of the island. Sambawood ordered the fleet to go directly to it, but found that there was no one on board, but it was full of mess. debris. Then we caught almost a hundred sailors in a few nearby houses.
According to the confessions of these captives, there are still more than a thousand enemies on the island, all of whom are sailors and slave catchers of these dozen ships. Some furniture or miscellaneous items were collected from the village and sold back for money, and the slave catchers were searching for the fleeing or hiding residents..." Yuri added.
"There are still people running away?" Lorist was overjoyed, he thought of Fatty Shi and Jim...
But Yuri's next words disappointed Lorist: "Of course they did, the magistrates were hiding, but they had been hungry for several days when they were rescued, if it weren't for the basement connected to the sewer, there are still a few Old cowhide, so many of them can't survive this month...
Those who fled were basically the villagers of those seven villages, just like the captain of the garrison of the backer village, who led half of the villagers to escape into the mountain, but the old and weak who stayed in the village were killed by the slave traders and slave hunting team He even burned the village and sent people into the mountains to arrest them. More than a hundred people were arrested one after another, and they were all locked up in Wanghai Manor.
The captives said that they were led by a great swordsman and a golden knight, who belonged to Duke Guffman, and they were sitting in Wanghai Villa, and they planned to go back in another ten days... "
"Great Swordsman?" Lorist's heart tightened. The Golden Knight and the shitty Duke Guffman were nothing serious, they were just a great slave owner. However, there is a great swordsman still on the island. I am afraid that it will cause damage to the family's armed forces. If we adopt the strategy of guerrilla attack or covert attack, and leave with one blow, then we will be in big trouble
"How did Bodfinger respond? Did that great swordsman cause any harm to us?" Lorist asked hastily.
Tiger Ross curled his lips in disdain: "Just relying on that cowardly great swordsman? He has a use for nothing! Bodfinger heard that there were four or five hundred people stationed in Wanghai Manor, so he sent a brigade of heavy armored soldiers and a brigade of single-wheeled soldiers. The steel ballista team passed by, but only a thousand people wanted to lure the great swordsman out. Who would have thought that with such a thousand people, the great swordsman and the golden knight would lead so many people to dare not fight, and they closed their doors. The guard would not come out even if he was beaten to death, he would rather stay in the manor and be a turtle.
We had no choice but to attack by force. This forced the great swordsman to come forward and say that as long as we let them survive and give them two ships, they will leave Shirowas Island immediately. We asked them to abandon their weapons and surrender, but the great swordsman threatened us that he would kill them if we didn't let them leave...
Then Bodfinger waved his hand, and the three hundred single-wheeled steel crossbows were like a rain of arrows. That awesome swordsman was hit by an iron crossbow arrow on his right thigh, and those who were lying on the ground crying for their father and mother were captured without a fight. That golden knight led people to resist for a long time, and finally I smashed him down and captured him. There were more than 200 people who survived and surrendered. "
Lorist was overjoyed when he heard that, "You captured the great swordsman and the golden knight alive?"
"Yes, my lord." Tiger Ross nodded: "We have successfully recovered Wanghai Manor, rescued more than 300 captured villagers from the manor, and the team that accompanied Master Sid's son Drokova entered The guards of the mountain exploration, but only three of them are still alive, and seven died because of the resistance.
Then Bodfinger ordered a heavy armored brigade equipped with a single-wheeled ballista team to form seven or eight teams to sweep Hilovas Island, eliminating and capturing the remaining slave catchers and sailors , Rescued more than 200 villagers and refugees who were hiding and fleeing.
My lord, we heard from the few surviving refugees that Shredder and Jim were captured by those slave traders..."
Lorist leaned back on the chair dejectedly, slammed his fist on the table weakly, and spoke after a while: "Those refugees didn't say how they were captured?"
Tiger Ross thought for a while and said: "The refugees said that Shredder and Jim rushed to the refugee camp with about twenty guards, and called several leaders of the refugee camp to demand that the refugees be armed for self-protection. They don’t have weapons, tools or farm tools, or at least sticks. Just when everyone is panicking, slave traders and slave catchers from the Kingdom of Haneyabad have already chased them over. They also use this refugee camp as their main target. Target…
Shredder and Jim led more than twenty guards to resist tenaciously, and more than half of the guards died. Later, it seemed that a great swordsman came and knocked them down and arrested them. Without them as the backbone, the refugees panicked. Those slave traders and slave catchers killed many refugees who resisted, and one or two thousand people died. In the end, everyone was forced to kneel on the ground before being let go, and they escaped from being captured by taking advantage of the chaos and running into the forest from behind..."
Lorist heaved a long sigh and asked, "How many people on Hilovas Island survived?"
This time it was Yuri who answered: "We don't know either. It is estimated that there will be about six or seven hundred. Once Bodfinger is cleared on the island, let us come back and report to the adults first, and escort the great swordsman and the golden knight away." Come here and give your lord an excuse. As for the other captives, uh... because the tragedy on the island made us all angry, so after a short interrogation, we ordered the soldiers to erect a cross on the southern beach, just as your lord ordered Nailed 'em all up there like that..."
With more than a thousand captives, Bodfinger, who is usually prudent, can order them all to be crucified without hesitation. It is conceivable how miserable the scene on Hilovas Island is, and even all the family soldiers Willingly carry out this somewhat cruel order...
"By the way, my lord, Bodfinger and the others request an urgent replenishment of a batch of sterilized medicinal powder and therapeutic agents. The island of Hilovas must immediately prepare for epidemic prevention. Those damned sons of bitch slave traders and slave catchers even their own people The corpses are not restrained, the island is full of corpses, and now the weather is hot, many corpses are smelly and rotten..." Yuri remembered an important thing.
"Sward..."
"My lord, please tell me." Shi Huade took a step forward.
Lorist quickly wrote a warrant: "Immediately send someone to send the warrant to the Medical and Nursing Department of the Rock Castle, ordering them to prepare a large amount of various medicinal materials for epidemic prevention, and send several pharmacists to go to Shirowas with the ship Tell them, there are only three days to prepare, and the Flying Fish of Chenxi will set sail in three days, and the medicinal materials and pharmacists must be seen on board."
"Yes, my lord, I will order the guards to deliver the order immediately." Schward hurried out, and soon there was a rush of horseshoes galloping away.
"My lord, what should we do next?" Yuri asked.
"When will Sembwood's fleet return?"
"Probably more than ten days. When he comes back this time, he will bring back those villagers and residents who survived the death. Maybe he has already set off now." Yuri guessed.
"Well, he should be back at the end of July. I hope his fleet will make a few more trips in August to transport the heavy armored corps and the single-wheeled steel crossbow corps to Hilovas Island first. Next is Oveki Si’s Thunderbolt Camp, Yuri, your scout battalion is also ready, and together with the Thunderbolt Camp, head to Hilovas Island.” Lorist said.
Tiger Ross's eyes lit up when he heard it: "My lord, are you going to conquer the Kingdom of Haneyabada? I'm going too..."
Now that Ross the Tiger had guessed his plan, Lorist did not hide his plan: "Our Norton family has never been slapped without fighting back. It is not what we want to do, this time I will destroy this haha Inner Yabada Kingdom. But, Ross, you can't go this time, you have to sit in the family territory."
"My lord, there are plenty of people sitting in the family territory. Look at Malek, Terman, and Berunek..." Tiger Ross pushed out three companions at once.
"You're a step too late, Malek has already told me that he will replace Dolles to command the Iron Crossbow Corps." Lorist laughed.
"Uh, my lord, Farea is fine too. When you go out to fight, my lord, Farea's injuries have just recovered, and he can just sit in the family territory while recovering from his injuries. Besides, I won't take the Lancers with me, I will go alone It’s fine to be a guard by your side. And you, my lord, also know the skills I practice. It’s only fast when you fight against a master. Now besides me, there is no other golden knight in the family who can take over the sword moves of a great swordsman at the next level. Sir, don’t you think so? It’s said that there are about a dozen great sword masters in Haneyabada Kingdom, so I’ll take care of them…”
In order to be able to go out with Lorist, the tiger Ross brought up all sorts of messy reasons. Yuri Anle at the side, anyway, Lorist appointed him to go out with the scout battalion, he interjected, "Brother Ross, don't forget your responsibilities, you are still the leader of the two Lancer regiments, leave yourself behind Can the regiment do it anyway?"
Tiger Rose glared at him fiercely: "It's okay, my deputy, Knight Vasimma, is very capable, it doesn't matter if I'm here or not."
He turned his head and begged Lorist again: "My lord..."
Having a headache, Lorist waved his hand: "Okay, I can make arrangements for the Lancer regiment by myself, and I can think about it."
This means that he agrees, and Tiger Ross hugged Yuri excitedly and turned around twice: "Yeah..."
Yuri cursed and kicked him twice, Tiger Ross didn't care, and after putting Yuri down, he remembered one thing: "By the way, my lord, we don't have enough ships if we want to go to the Kingdom of Haneyabada, so we can't do it all at once. It will be difficult to fight this battle if we send all the expeditionary troops..."
Lorist nodded: "I've thought about it. One of the missions for El and Tagle to go to Morente City this time is to borrow a boat from the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and ask them to buy the old boat for us. Method. Another method is to wait for Chen Xi’s Flying Fish to come back this time, and I will also go to the Sad Ocean with the ship, and requisition all the sea ships that come across.”
Yes, Lorist is determined to carry out the expropriation to the end.
Tiger Ross was very happy: "My lord, I will accompany you to requisition."
Yuri said annoyedly: "Sir, don't pay attention to this pervert Ross, he even hugs men! Let me accompany you to requisition those sea ships."
Lorist said: "Okay, requisitioning other people's ships is not an honorable thing, don't quarrel. Don't be in a hurry. Three days later, Dawn's Flying Fish will send the medicinal materials and pharmacist to Hilo first." Gas Island, it will take fourteen or five days to go back and forth. I want to go back to the Rock Castle, and I have invited the three allies to meet for a few days. After the rear is settled, we can go to the Kingdom of Haneyabada. You just come back and rest for two days , go and finish your own business. By the way, don’t talk about the expedition, I haven’t told everyone about this plan yet.”
"Yes, my lord." Tiger Ross and Yuri stood at attention and saluted, then went out, and they came back just as they reached the door
"My lord...you haven't dealt with the two great sword masters and golden knights we escorted here..." Yuri said.
"That's right, there are also the interrogation records we got out of their mouths when we were bored on the ship these days, Yuri, you ask someone to show it to the adults." Tiger Ross also reminded.
"Is there an interrogation record?" Lorist asked.
"Yes, my lord, we have nothing to do on the ship these few days, so we went to interrogate the Great Swordsman and the Golden Knight. The Great Swordsman even brought out the fact that he watched his parents go to bed when he was a child." Tiger Rose replied .
Lorist laughed, showing how badly the great swordsman fell into the hands of these two, and it was obvious that there was nothing to hide even about this matter.
"Since there are interrogation records, it doesn't matter if I see them or not. Just treat them like those sailors last time, and crucify them all." Lorist ordered lightly.
Tiger Ross and Yuri were stunned.
"My lord, that's the Great Sword Master and the Golden Knight! That Great Sword Master also said that as long as we spare his life, he would be willing to serve our Norton family..." Yuri murmured.
"Hehe, thank you, our Norton family doesn't need to be so heartless, don't treat our own kind as human beings, and serve as a murderer with the blood of innocent people on his hands, even if he is a great swordsman? Which one of our Norton family's men? I am not a hot-blooded man with strong bones, let such a great swordsman who is no different from a beast serve for the family, I am afraid that I will humiliate you brave family knights and any armed soldiers of the family! Go pass the order and give them to me Crucified!"
Lorist's contempt for the great swordsman and the golden knight made Tiger Ross and Yuri's eyes shine, their backs straightened even more, and their faces looked proud.
The answer was almost unanimous: "Yes, my lord!"
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