The wind is so strong tonight that the flags on the boat are rattling...
One hundred and thirty-seven ships of different sizes formed a circular formation, all sailed and floated on the sea...
Whale Island No. 8, this is a whaling ship, but after the whales in Whale Island were wiped out, it became a large ocean-going fishing ship. Together with the other seven whaling ships, it provided a steady stream of food for the family. catch.
At the moment, in the spacious berth cabin of Whale Island No. 8, there are a lot of people, and dozens of family knights are sitting side by side, listening to Bodfinger's talk about the attack strategy on the Kingdom of Haneyabada.
Hanging on the bulkhead is a huge hand-painted map of the Haneyabad Islands, and more than a dozen tallow candles with thick arms illuminate the entire cabin like daylight.
Bodfinger pointed at the map with a thin wooden stick: "... In addition to the main island of the Haneyabada Islands, there are 27 narrow and long islands of different sizes. What we want to focus on is Nubit The eight islands in front of the port. The outermost ones are the big and small kelp islands.
According to the confession of the captives, Seaweed Island is a territory called Baron Xinyada. There is a slave manor on it. There are more than 400 slaves engaged in fishing and planting. There are 20 to 30 supervisors in the manor. Little Kelp Island is too small to be a feudal land, but occasionally slave owners take people up there for fun. Just look for boats parked on the beach to know if there are people on the island.
Now our fleet is about an hour and a half away from the sea route of the Haneya Bada Islands, and we will set sail and arrive at the Haneia Bada Islands at around four o'clock in the morning. Captain Berrant, you are in charge of occupying the large and small kelp islands, and send a squadron to stay on the kelp islands, appease the slaves, and tell them that we are the Norton family, and we are here to rescue them and give them freedom. As for those overseers, it’s useless to hang them directly... "
"Follow the order, my lord." A burly silver knight stood up.
Bodfinger continued to point at the map with a thin wooden stick: "After the big and small kelp islands, there are left and right pomfret islands. These two islands are about the same size. They are the territories of two viscounts. Like the big kelp islands, there is a slave on the island. There are seven or eight hundred slaves in each manor, and a garrison and overseer team of nearly a hundred people. Ridings, you are in charge of the left Pomfret Island, and Gray, you are in charge of the right Pomfret Island."
"Yes, my lord." The two silver knights stood up.
"Next is Double-headed Turtle Island and Luoyu Island. There are two fiefdoms on Double-headed Turtle Island, one for the viscount and the other for the baron. Both have a slave manor. Luoyu Island is the earl's territory, and a manor is built on it. The castle, I heard from the captive that the slave owner Earl occasionally goes to the island to stay in the castle for a few days. Moyes, you are responsible for solving the two-headed turtle island.
Ziked, I will leave Feather Island to you, and I will send a brigade from the Single Steel Crossbow Corps to assist you. According to the captives, the earl has a great swordsman by his side, and if he finds that the earl, the slave owner, is on the island, he should not be impulsive, so as not to injure his hands. You can send someone to report, we will get rid of that great swordsman, understand? "
"Understood, my lord..." the silver knight named Zickerd replied.
"Finally, there are Golden Shark Island and Duck Island. These two islands are obliquely shaped like a funnel, and the bottom of the funnel is Nubit Harbor. Golden Shark Island is the Duke's territory. Tiger Ross, you will lead a battalion of heavy armor , a brigade of steel crossbows swept across Golden Shark Island."
"Okay." Tiger Ross responded with a smile.
"Ovekis..."
"Here." The bearded Ovekis stood up.
"Your thunderbolt slingshot camp seized the innermost cape of Golden Shark Island after Tiger Ross, because there is a seaway with a width of more than 160 meters between Golden Shark Island and the main island, you must block this seaway, In order to prevent the ships in Nubit Harbor from slipping away from this seaway. I will let a battalion of single-wheeled crossbows and a battalion of heavy armored soldiers assist your defense and prevent the enemy from launching a beach landing attack on you."
"Yes, I promise not to let the enemy's ships slip away from this seaway." Ovekis said.
"Malek, Duck Island is a bit larger than Golden Shark Island. It is the domain of two earls and a viscount. You are responsible for cleaning up the slave manor on it."
"As ordered," Malek replied.
Bodfinger clicked on the map with a thin wooden stick: "There is a group of hidden reefs between Duck Island and the main island, so we don't need to consider whether the ships in Nubit Harbor will escape from this side. From the map From the looks of it, the bay of Nubit Harbor looks like a big wine vat. As long as the main channel and the secondary channel on the side of Golden Shark Island are blocked, the ships in the harbor will be unable to escape.
The task of blocking the main channel is left to the Marine Legion, Sambawood, my lord said that as long as you sink a dozen ships, you can block the main channel. Remember, don't let the enemy's ships approach, this is the most critical point ,Understand? "
Sambawood nodded.
"Except for the troops that captured the eight islands, the rest of the ships bypassed the reef area and landed on the beach of the main island opposite the Duck Island, under the personal command of the adults. The landing beach is only two miles away from the wharf area of Nubit Port After landing, all the troops immediately cleaned up the queue, arranged a defensive position, and launched an attack on Nubit Port after the large troops landed.
Yuri, your scout battalion does not need to attack Nubit Port after landing, because you are cavalry, immediately set off to go around the rear of Nubit Port and occupy this hilly area, which is between Nubit Port and Hamidas King City One is to cut off the connection between the two, block the news of our attack on Nubit Port, and the other is to block the escape route of slave owners, nobles and slave traders in Nubit Port. Josk, my lord ordered you to go with Yuri to strengthen the combat power of the scout battalion. "
"Yes..." Yuri and Josk both stood up.
"My lord, do you have any other orders?" Bodfinger looked at Lorist who was sitting on the side.
Lorist stood up: "The arrangement of how to attack and land on Bodfinger is very good. I won't talk nonsense about this. I just want to remind everyone to pay attention to two points. First, we are here to rescue those who were looted by these slave owners. The relatives of the family are here to avenge the tragic death of the residents on Hilovas Island, but they are not here to send them to death. Although our family's armed forces are very elite, everyone should not be careless.
These slave owners in the Kingdom of Haneyabad are very rich, and they hired many great sword masters to serve them. According to the captives, there are eleven or twelve great sword masters in Nubit Port alone, so everyone must be careful , As long as you line up your formation and do a good job of defense to avoid unnecessary casualties, those great sword masters have their own steel crossbows and I and the great sword master Injerek will deal with them.
Second, there are more than 400,000 slaves in the Kingdom of Haneyabada. These slaves are also our help. You must tell them that we are here to rescue them. As long as they defeat the slave owners and nobles, they will be free. So we have to treat them kindly, they will guide us where to attack and where to find our people.
All right, if there are no problems, everyone go back and prepare, the fleet will set sail in a while. Remember, we attacked the Kingdom of Haneyabad because of eight words: those who commit crimes against Norton will be punished no matter how far away they are! "
All the knights of the family stood at attention and punched their right fists on their left chest: "Anyone who commits Norton will be punished no matter how far away he is!"
The sound of whimpering horns echoed on the boundless sea, and the ships raised their white sails and headed southwest...
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The crisp bells and loud horns sounded from Nubit Harbor in the distance, which was the warning sound of the enemy's attack. From the binoculars, you can see the panicked crowd on the pier. They don't even know what to do now, they just know how to run around. The defenders of Nubit Harbor have lost their vigilance and ability to respond due to the fact that there has been no enemy attack for decades. Maybe they are used to how to deal with those poor slaves, but they forgot how to deal with foreign invaders.
The Tempest in front had already turned the ship sideways, aiming the artillery on the port side at Nubit Harbor, which was densely covered with masts. As long as a ship set sail, it would mercilessly spray out flames and projectiles.
Under the guidance of a medium-sized ship in front, nearly a hundred large and medium-sized ships full of family armed forces turned a corner more than a hundred meters behind the Storm, bypassed the hidden reef area, and headed towards The sandy beach ahead sprints away.
The bells and horns of Nubit Port became more and more urgent. This seaport city in Galintia, famous for its slave trade, finally boiled over. The sound of crying and cursing continued to reach Lorist's ears. side.
Immediately, the deafening shelling from the Tempest sounded, and the rumbling cannons sounded like thunder from the sky, coming in bursts. Lorist could clearly hear that the twelve bronze cannons on the side of the Tempest did not fire sequentially, but were divided into three groups, firing four at a time, maintaining the continuity of the long-range bombardment.
The hull of the boat slammed violently. This was the beach that touched the bottom of the sea. The distance from the beach was only fifteen or sixteen meters. Lorist jumped directly from the boat into the sea. The sea was not deep, it only reached his chest. Loris Te began wading forward. There was a constant "plop" sound behind him, it was the soldiers of the family jumping from the boat into the sea following Lorist's example...
Standing on the beach, Lorist turned around and looked back. The sea was full of family soldiers wading to the shore. On the first row of boats flushing the beach, the soldiers of the Heavy Armored Corps were jumping into the sea. The soldiers of the Steel Crossbow Corps jumped their feet anxiously. They can jump into the sea, but the Steel Crossbow can't be thrown into the sea.
Loris held back a guard next to him: "Go to the ship and send an order to let the unicycle steel crossbow team get off four people first, and then hang the steel crossbow above their heads and let them carry it over..."
"Yes, my lord." The guard turned around and ran into the sea.
A horn sounded, and thousands of people rushed out of Nubit Harbor in the distance, swarming towards the beach where they landed.
"The whole team, line up."
The family soldiers scattered on the beach continued to gather into a phalanx of hundreds of people, lined up on the beach. Soldiers of the heavily armored regiment wading out of the sea one by one were dripping with water and merged into the phalanxes. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen well-formed rectangular phalanxes were lined up behind Lorist.
The crowd rushing out from Nubit Harbor was already more than 200 meters away. They didn't expect Lorist to set up formation so quickly. They originally wanted to catch the landing enemies by surprise and drive them back into the sea, but when they waited When I ran to the front of the enemy, I found that the enemy was already waiting in full battle. Now those who rushed to the front began to hesitate. Although they were still approaching, the speed under their feet slowed down.
It seems that these people who rushed over were the slave hunting teams that were temporarily organized. With disheveled armor and various weapons in his hands, Lorist glanced at the enemy in front of him, and then his eyes froze.
Among the enemy's ranks, there were nearly a hundred people wearing standard armor that was exactly the same as that of the Norton family. Obviously, they had been to Hilovas Island, and the armor on their bodies was from the soldiers of the Third Battalion of Guards who died or were captured. peeled off...
"My soldiers, have you seen it? The enemy is wearing the equipment of our comrades. Now, what should we do?" Lorist Qingyue's voice rang in the ears of every Norton family soldier.
There was a commotion in the phalanx behind him, but soon thousands of voices merged into one sentence: "Kill! Kill them all!"
Lorist pulled out his long sword and pointed at the enemy line in front: "Then kill them all and avenge our comrades! Kill..."
Taking the lead, Lorist rushed towards the enemy formation ahead. It is less than two hundred meters away in a blink of an eye. With a roar, Lorist rushed towards the forest of swords and guns. The long sword passed by, human heads flew up, blood splashed everywhere, people turned their backs on their backs, and the enemy line was in chaos. ,
Corpses fell to the ground one after another, screaming continuously, Lorist walked leisurely in the crowded enemy formation, there was no enemy under his sword, leaving a trail of blood behind him. As long as he finds an enemy wearing the family's armed armor, he will chase after him, and he must cut it under the sword.
A water-like sword light rushed towards him, and it was in front of him in an instant. Lorist blocked the horizontal sword, and he was overjoyed: "Great sword master?"
There was wind and thunder from the sword in his hand, and he attacked the old man with the goatee incessantly. There are many great sword masters in the Kingdom of Haneyabada, and they are all greedy for the high price of the slave owners, acting as minions and bodyguards for these slave owners, and working for tigers. If you can kill one, try your best to kill one, the more you kill, the safer your family will be.
"clank clank clank..."
The sound of sword strikes exploded.
"Uh..." the old man with the goatee rolled his eyes, a crack appeared in his throat, and blood gushed out...
"Day, is this level considered a first-class swordsman?" Lorist complained disdainfully, feeling a little unfinished. This old man with a goatee should be the worst first-level swordsman he has ever met, and he was finished after only taking twelve swords from him.
Two shouts came from next to his ears, and Lorist looked up, but there was a big black and fat man and another old man with a gloomy face, and they drew their swords and rushed towards him.
"It's two more great sword masters, hehe, good time." Lorist greeted them without being surprised.
The black and fat man's sword was heavy and powerful, he slashed horizontally and slashed straight, and he took a fierce way. The gloomy-faced old man was a master of plotting, hidden behind the fat black man and launched an attack unexpectedly, and the two cooperated tacitly.
However, Lorist quickly got used to the way the two joined forces, which instead made the two hesitant, becoming more and more overwhelmed. The fat black man already had two wounds on his body, and his movements became more and more slow.
"Ah!" The fat black man cried out, Lorist had opened another cut on his body, his bones were visible, and he couldn't help screaming in pain.
The gloomy-faced old man behind him saw that something was wrong, he suddenly rolled up, kicked the back of the big fat man with both feet, and kicked the big black and fat man so hard that he rushed towards Lorist. He turned around and wanted to run away. With a touch of Lorist's feet, he turned around behind the fat black man, and the long sword pierced into the back of the gloomy old man with a "thud".
The fat black man turned around and laughed miserably: "The old dog wanted to leave me and run away, and took me as a scapegoat, but he didn't expect to die first. Haha, you can do it..."
Lorist frowned: "You are all first-class sword masters? Why are you so bad?"
The fat black man laughed strangely: "It's enough to be promoted to a great swordsman in this life, why not enjoy life well. I play with a dozen women every day here, so I don't have time to practice swords. That old dog Likes to play with young girls, licks and fucks until perverted. And that... "
The fat black man pointed to the old swordsman who was the first to be killed by Lorist: "He likes food, and he also likes men..."
Lorist understood that these great sword masters who were willing to accept the employment of slave owners were actually those who had no pursuit of cultivation. They were not as powerful as Lorist imagined, and they were not as good as Crude of Dawn Academy. The difference between the great sword masters and Christopher's first-class great sword masters of the Feisabrun family is that these great sword masters want to enjoy life, rather than continue to practice hard in order to be promoted to the next stage.
"How many of you are here?" Lorist asked.
"Four." The fat black man knew what Lorist was asking.
"Remember not to go the wrong way again in your next life." Lorist walked by, and the fat black man's head fell to the ground.
Where is the other great sword master? Lorist looked around, and now his side was empty, with the corpses of three great sword masters beside him, no one dared to approach him.
Although the battle on the beach was still stalemate, the Norton family's armed forces had clearly gained the upper hand. Even though there were several golden swordsmen among the enemy, they couldn't win much against the tacitly coordinated formation of the heavy armored corps. Most of the people lying on the beach are members of the slave hunting team from Nubit Port.
I saw it, the sword light was shining in the distance, but it was the old man Injelek fighting with an old man in black scale armor, and Injelek was still at a disadvantage.
Lorist rushed over and harvested the heads of two golden swordsmen along the way.
"It's too bad, Injerek, I killed three great sword masters, and you didn't even clean up one, and you were beaten back and forth. It seems that I have to train you in the future, so that you don't go out and throw us The face of the Norton family."
The old man Yingjelek was very angry: "My lord, didn't you see that he is a second-level great swordsman?"
"Oh, no wonder you can't take it, step back and let me do it." Lorist threw his sword forward.
The old man in the black scale armor was already beating his heart when he heard Lorist say that he had cut three great sword masters. Seeing him rushing forward and drawing his sword, he turned around and fled. Lorist was about to chase him, but he heard "Let go!"
A string sounded, and the fleeing old man in black scales let out a scream, like a rabbit hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, with two iron crossbow arrows on his back, and the ground beside him There are more than a dozen densely inserted...
It turned out that the soldiers of the Ballista Corps got the Ballista to the beach and formed a battle formation. The first one aimed at this old man who was fighting with Injerek. The two were entangled and couldn't shoot. , now that the old man ran and opened the neutral gear, the crew of twenty or so single-wheeled steel crossbows was not polite.
As soon as the four great sword masters who came with them died, the slave catchers collapsed, discarded their swords and guns and fled to Nubit Port. Crossbow shot to the ground...
"Blow the horn, assemble the battle formation, and we will attack the dock area." Lorist ordered.
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