On June 26, the fleet and transport fleet fully loaded with the Rock Army and the Guards Army arrived at Zangjin Bay.
The surviving troops of the Fourth Squadron of the Armada, which was huddled in the Golden Bay, never dreamed that the Norton family's armed forces would pretend to be the Armada and enter the Golden Bay. Although the Battle of Romani had ended for nearly twenty days, the Business Alliance still had no knowledge of the news of the annihilation of the Armada.
The young master Theliham of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce who escaped successfully was out of luck, because the two medium-sized fast armed warships he chose had also been bombarded. He went ashore nearby, trekked in the mountains for three days and finally returned home, and lay in bed for another day before recovering. Even if the messenger rushing to Morente City is going fast, it will take seventeen or eight days to deliver the news.
So the business alliance is still looking forward to the arrival of the Armada and the transport fleet day and night. It has been more than 20 days late, but the business alliance has no courage to send warships to meet or search. Since the Norton family sent a dozen large armed warships equipped with bronze cannons to block the mouth of the Golden Bay, if the Fourth Squadron sent fewer warships, it would be death, and if it sent too many, it would not be able to send them. The previous two confrontations with the North Sea Fleet of the Norton family had severely damaged the vitality of the Fourth Squadron. The remaining intact large and medium-sized armed warships were less than fifty. It was already exhausted to be able to defend Zangjin Bay and prevent the North Sea Fleet from rushing in. maximum capacity.
Warships and convoys bearing the banners of the Armada greeted them with dazzling cheers as they appeared in Tibetan Gold Bay. In addition, Lorist ordered several large armed warships cruising outside the estuary to bombard several reefs, causing the remaining warships of the Fourth Squadron to be busy preparing for the North Sea Fleet's assault and forget to board the ship for inspection. When they looked back, they realized that what got off those transport ships was not the armaments and supplies they had been waiting for for a long time, but the fully equipped enemies...
Seeing Reddy and Hughes Great Swordsman each leading two corps to raid and capture the walls and defense facilities of the inner city and outer city, Viscount Penelope standing on the slipway said bitterly: "This is the first Once, Morente City, the capital of the commercial alliance that has been established for nearly two hundred years, was finally captured by its enemies today. All of this is due to our incompetence. It was the failure of the Armada that caused the fall of Morente City. They're all sinners..."
Lorist laughed: "There is a first time for everything, there is no need to blame yourself for all the crimes, the failure of the Armada Fleet cannot be blamed on your incompetence, it's just that the business alliance has fallen after adopting the Lordship system, and it is no longer that It is a country full of vitality, vigor and centripetal force. The former city of Morente was free, and I like that great city.
But now the city of Morente is full of decay. Even if it is not our Norton family, there will still be other countries that will attack this city of Morente. Lord Viscount Penelope, don't feel guilty. All the first time is like a woman, although some pain is impressive, but after the second time and the third time, I will slowly get used to it and start to learn to enjoy it... "
"Puchi..." Genorio and the guards beside him burst into laughter on the spot, and even Duke Fausta laughed from ear to ear. Although the Kingdom of Chigeda and the Commercial Alliance are allies, the Commercial Alliance has always been strong. It is true that Duke Fausta maintains the alliance between the two countries, but he does not want to be called around as a younger brother all the time. . Now that the business alliance is suffering in the hands of Lorist, he is also very happy to see it, so he smiles without any scruples.
On the contrary, Viscount Penelope and several high-level personnel of the Armada were blushed with anger at Lorist's words. If it weren't for Lorist's status as a sword master, they might have drawn their swords on the spot and demanded a duel. .
"His Royal Highness Nornorton, you, your words are too vulgar, and you have lost your status as a nobleman!" Viscount Penelope mustered up his courage to criticize.
"The words are not rough." Lorist said lightly: "Sorry, everyone, after all, I studied in this city for ten years and became a mercenary, so every time I come back here, I always forget my noble status , Thinking of that period of happy and free mercenary life, I am used to speaking in a mercenary tone. This should be the deep imprint left on me by the life in Morente City.
Although my words just now were vulgar and unsavory, I did tell the truth. If it wasn't for ending this war that drained the blood of innocent people from the two countries as soon as possible, I would not use such a sneak attack method to capture Morente City. I hope to smash all obstacles step by step from the Fali Hill Plain, lead my family's armed army to the city of Morente, and let this great city automatically open its gates and crawl before my horseshoes...
Please don't look at me like that, gentlemen, I'm not crazy, and I'm not talking nonsense. Please imagine that the Norton family has mastered the secret of gunpowder. If the bronze cannons on the battleship are moved to land, are you sure that the fortress cities and defense facilities on the Fali Hill Plain can stop the armed forces of our Norton family? pace
It is because we do not want to cause a large number of casualties to the armed forces of the business alliance and let more blood flow, that we adopted the strategy of sneak attack and capture of Morente City to achieve a permanent peace between the two countries. Please don't doubt the sincerity of our Norton family. As long as the Commercial Alliance is willing to cease fighting and sign a peace agreement, we will immediately withdraw from Morant City and return this great city to the Commercial Alliance. And whether this dawn of peace can shine on the plain of Mana Hill requires the efforts of all of you adults. "
Viscount Penelope was stunned, and even Duke Fausta didn't expect Lorist to say such a truth, so he stopped laughing and began to think deeply. Viscount Penelope, who had come to his senses, bowed deeply to Lorist excitedly: "His Royal Highness Norton, we will definitely keep your teachings in mind, as long as we can stop this war and restore peace, we are willing to do our best." All powers are here to help you…”
Lorist touched his nose, nodded and smiled and said, "Thank you for your enthusiasm. I believe that with everyone's efforts, peace will come soon. Our Norton family will also keep our promise and keep Morente City intact." Return it to the Business Alliance. Well, the time is almost up, we should disembark, and there are still many things that I need to deal with."
The Norton family's armed raid on Morente City was peaceful at first, and the plan went very smoothly. Hughes Great Swordsman and Reddy each led two corps to occupy the walls of the outer city and the inner city. When the soldiers of the corps ran in formation and ran through some streets, they also received cheers and praise from many residents of Morente City.
The residents of Morente City regarded the Norton family's armed forces as reinforcements conscripted by the business alliance from several provinces in the southern part of the mainland. They cheered emotionally at the soldiers running past on the side of the street, and burst out from time to time to defeat the invasion. Or, the slogan of destroying the coalition of nobles of the Antinac kingdom and fighting to the imperial capital...
The armed soldiers of the Norton family who ran to their respective targets couldn't laugh or cry, but fortunately, they were strictly disciplined, and all of them followed the team with their heads sullen and walked forward quickly, without saying a word. As a result, a large number of residents of Morente City were attracted to watch on the side of the street. Some people who paid for their military proficiency loudly praised the military strength of the army in front of them. Cheers erupted from time to time.
It's not that no one has questioned the furious bear emblem on the Norton family's standard armor, but they didn't expect the armed legion of the Norton family in the Northland to parade in parade on the streets of Morente City. This is mainly due to the fact that the Norton family's armed forces did not have any banners, so that those who had doubts were thinking hard about which noble family in the southern part of the mainland used a bear pattern as their family crest, and did not realize that the soldiers on the street were all business alliances. enemy.
The occupation of the outer city wall went smoothly. The more than 400,000 troops armed by the Commercial Alliance were deployed on the front line of the Faliqiu Plain to face off against the 300,000-odd noble coalition forces of the Antinak Kingdom led by His Highness the Second Highness. The two fortress cities of Morente City each have a thousand-man team on defense. This is because the business alliance believes that the rear is safe, and secondly, the front line is tight, and all the troops that can be adjusted have also been transferred. Morente There is only a city defense corps with less than 8,000 people left in the city for defense.
When Hughes Great Swordsman and El led two regiments of guards to occupy the outer city wall, the garrison soldiers of Morente City thought they were here to take over the city wall, and everyone was very happy that someone finally came to replace them. It was only after they were disarmed that they realized that they had become prisoners, but at this time they had no power to resist and could only resign themselves to their fate.
But Reddy and Baldfinger failed when they raided the inner city. Different from the city defense corps in the outer city, the guards on the inner city wall are all guards from the six giants of the business alliance and the six chambers of commerce. In the beginning, Reddy was lucky enough to take over the North City Gate and captured five or six hundred people, but he was soon discovered by the patrol team. The sword masters and armed guards gathered together, and took back the lost north city gate abruptly after suffering great casualties.
Reddy and Bodfinger were both wounded. Reddy killed two first-level sword masters and was beaten out of the city by three great sword masters, and Bodfinger met a second-level swordsman. A super great swordsman, unlucky enough to have three holes on his body. Fortunately, his swordsmanship was well-defended and his injuries did not endanger his life. In addition, soldiers from the Panshi Legion swarmed in. The second-level great swordsman just stopped because he didn't know the situation, and he didn't care about taking his life.
The battle for the north gate of the inner city ended with the failure of the Rock Legion. The Rock Legion suffered more than 1,000 casualties, while the Chamber of Commerce guards of the Commercial Alliance suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, plus two soldiers died in the battle. The great swordsman, however, finally took back the North City Gate, and is currently guarding behind closed doors. The two corps of the Panshi Legion did not continue to attack the city, but firmly besieged the inner city.
It was within Lorist's expectation that the inner city was not captured. The soldiers of the four legions armed by the Norton family were much more elite and powerful than those armed by the Merchant Alliance. However, compared with the Merchant Alliance, the Norton Family In terms of high-end combat power, it is far from being an opponent of the commercial alliance. Among other things, the Norton family is now only three great sword masters including Reddy, but the old man Injerek is greedy for life and afraid of death, so he can only sit in the family territory.
Hughes Great Swordsman was born as a slave gladiator. He was promoted to a Great Swordsman from life-and-death fights. Although he is a second-level Great Swordsman, his skills are no less than that of ordinary third-level Greatswordsmen. As for Reddy, not to mention, Lorist thinks that he has entered the late stage of the fourth level in practicing Danhai Entrainment Technique, and has surpassed the level of a third-level great swordsman.
However, no matter how powerful Hughes Great Swordsman and Reddy are, there are only two of them, and they are simply not comparable to the number of great swordsmen enshrined by various chambers of commerce in the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. There are three or four great sword masters enshrined by each of the six giants and six major chambers of commerce in the business alliance, and there are more or less one or two enshrined by second-rate chambers of commerce and third-rate chambers of commerce. Lei Di was forced out of the city by a third-level great swordsman and two second-level great swordsmen, and there was a bloody gash on his back left by the sneak attack. He watched helplessly as the north city gate was closed. helpless.
The inner city of Morente is the root of all the second-tier and above chambers of commerce and the headquarters of the business alliance, so each chamber of commerce will send a great swordsman to sit here. main reason. The armed guards and great sword masters of various businesses have come together to form a powerful armed force. Among them are gold-rank and silver-rank swordsmen who are good at street fighting and melee combat. It is inevitable that the Panshi Legion will suffer.
At this time, Morente City finally reacted, the alarm bells and horns sounded together, there were cries and shouts everywhere, panic and turmoil began to spread in the city.
In the midst of the panic, Lorist led a dozen or so guards and rode straight towards Brin Mountain. This is the area with the most beautiful scenery and the most expensive land and housing prices in Morente City. Only the wealthy class of the business alliance is eligible to build villas and mansions here. When living in Morente City, Lorist's dream was to own a villa on Bollinger Hill and live happily with his beloved girlfriend.
I have a house facing the sea, where the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming... I'm talking about the villas and mansions on the Bolling Hills facing the Tibetan Gold Bay. But now Lorist went up the mountain not to satisfy his wish back then, but because the Storm Sword Master recuperated in the most extensive Tingtao Villa on the top of Brin Mountain.
In a life-and-death battle with Lorist, Lorist suffered a blow to the chest and cut off his blood, and the Storm Sword Master didn't get any benefit, so he fled with his sternum broken. It took only two years for Lorist to heal his injuries. Although he was assassinated by the Great Swordsman of the Business Alliance during the period, Reddy was by his side. recovered in the shortest possible time. The Storm Sword Master was not so lucky. After three years of injury, it is said that the sternum has just grown, and it will take at least a year before he fully recovers...
Taking advantage of his illness to kill him, Lorist just wanted to kill the grass this time. He is not so stupid to wait until the Storm Sword Master recovers from his wounds before having a fair duel. Anyone who has this idea is Long Aotian. Get rid of this scourge Luo as soon as possible. Rist didn't mind, and without the back of the Storm Juggernaut Business Alliance, it wouldn't be so hard.
It's a pity that there is no Storm Sword Saint in the Tingtao Villa on the mountain. After arresting the servants in the villa, I found out that the old man was watching the scenery on the mountain in the morning, and then suddenly came back and said that he wanted to go out. Escorted by several apprentices, he left the villa and had been gone for more than forty minutes.
Lorist ran to the place where the servant said the old man was looking at the scenery, only to find that it was directly opposite the pier of Zangjin Bay, and he could see the large armed warship he was on at a glance. Well, needless to say, it is obvious that this old man is old and has no eyesight, and he recognized himself at a glance. It is the best policy to know something is wrong, no wonder when I get off the boat, I always feel as if someone is watching me, looking left and right Don't care about anything unusual.
"Your Highness, should we go after..." a guard asked.
Lorist shook his head. It has been more than forty minutes. Looking at the chaotic city at the foot of the mountain, it is already very difficult to find the old man's escape. If you just drill into any corner of the big city with a population of one million, you can't help it. found him.
"This old man's life is a big deal," Lorist said through gritted teeth, "Let's go to the inner city first, the most important thing is to control Morente City first..."
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