Chapter 120: Time to Walk the Tightrope

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"Your Excellency, the will of the merchant group to resist has been shaken, and those cowardly and incompetent men may raise their banners and surrender to Will Needham at any moment."

Hearing the words of his lieutenant, the bear goblin commander who could stand on his fist and run on his arm smiled maliciously, and while pulling the heavy itch on the back of his hand, he said in a rough voice:

"It's better if those waste scum are dead, without them, the empire can change to a group of more obedient hairless monkeys to undertake special trade, our mission is to eradicate the wanted criminals of the empire and kill those monkey exiled nobles one by one."

Unsure whether his immediate boss was really sure or pretending, the big goblin adjutant continued to ask quietly:

"So, Your Excellency, are we going to prepare for an attack? It's the right time. โ€

The old enemy Modo Blackwater was hit by Storm Mana, which can be said to be extremely miserable, and in the end he ran back to the main 6 with only a few small shrimps, and the wolf bรจi virtue of this bereaved dog naturally showed the bear goblin commander a joke. Although Modo Blackwater's fiasco seems to be explained only by bad luck, heroes have always been judged by success or failure on the battlefield, and if they lose, they will lose, and no matter what reason or excuse they find, it will be useless, and the result will be a victory or defeat for soldiers.

Seeing the embarrassing fate of Modo Blackwater, Zheti Hakusan did not want to repeat the mistakes of his opponent, anyway, the cards in his hand were much stronger than the pirate fleet, and instead of hoping for a surprise surprise attack to succeed, it was better to push it through steadily, as long as the plan was not overturned, the final victory was inevitable.

Thinking of this, the confident Zheti Baishan grinned and said:

"You can't be in a hurry about the war! Orders were given to the soldiers to remain in combat readiness, and when the hairless monkeys felt that they were about to succeed, their vigilance was the weakest. โ€

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander."

Indeed, the current battlefield shape is very good for the pirates, and the poor armed forces under the banner of the merchant group are still holding on to resistance in the face of the violent invasion of the privateer fleet, but the strength of their struggle to fight back is obviously getting weaker and weaker. With such a promising and optimistic outlook, Luo Zhengdao, who had always had a keen intuition, began to pace back and forth restlessly on the flagship deck, and this strange feeling like a fish in his throat made him restless, what went wrong? Luo Zhengdao, who was frightened, vaguely felt that he had missed something very important, and he didn't want to be seen by his subordinates, so he soon found an excuse to avoid everyone's eyes and returned to the captain's room, alone in front of the map of the main 6 and the sea of stars.

If the onlookers saw Luo Zhengdao's meticulous and focused expression, they must have thought that he was planning to see a flower from this picture, but Luo Zhengdao looked at the chart very strictly, and at this time, his heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly slapped the back of his head, and exclaimed in surprise:

"That's not right! The goblins decided to move to the forbidden sea, and they must be ready to bear the losses, and the raiding losses of ordinary pirates can be ignored. Their real goal, is it ...... What a big pomp and circumstance, in order to lure me into the bait, sacrificing a bustling commercial city, a big deal! โ€

Suddenly, he realized that he, the head of the exiled aristocracy, was the henchman in the eyes of the Second Goblin Empire, and the eradication of Will Needham was far more important to the goblins than to keep Xiangjiang.

Thinking about what his thinking misunderstanding was, Luo Zhengdao immediately knew how bad the situation was, and quickly ran to the command platform, and as soon as he saw Brando Scarlet Yan, he asked with a face:

"Brando, which pirate is closest to us?"

Suddenly asked this question, and not knowing why the Earl was so eager to ask himself, Brando Scarlet looked down for a moment, and replied:

"Recent ...... It should be the Varangin Pirates. โ€

"And what about their strength?"

Captain Brando Crimson, who wandered the seven seas, was obviously more leisurely adrift on the Aether Sea in the past than a professional who was hunted down like Luo Zhengdao, and the various characters he came into contact with on a daily basis were much more complicated, and the interface said:

"The strength is very strong, those red-haired barbarians are all natural pirates, if it weren't for their surprisingly poor gunnery, the regular naval fleet might not be able to defeat them when they come."

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao was overjoyed, he stretched out his hands to pull Brando, and said earnestly

"Okay, now put down all the work at hand, I'll give you the fastest ship, and immediately go and contact the Varangin pirates, and tell them that Xiangjiang may be taken down at any time, and if they are willing to come to help, I can share all the spoils with them equally."

As soon as he heard this, Brando Scarlet's eyes immediately widened, and he opened his mouth and said:

"Your Excellency, Lord Count, are you...... What do you mean? โ€

The matter has come to this point, how could Luo Zhengdao, who consciously burned his eyebrows, have the heart to slowly explain the reason to him slowly, so he simply put on a face and said in a deep voice:

"Don't ask any more questions, just carry out the order! Remember, be sure to move them. โ€

"Yes, I'll do my best to convince them."

Seeing Brando Scarlet climb onto a cruiser and go away, Luo Zhengdao turned his head and felt uneasy, so he called a small leader and admonished:

"Send a signal to inform the ships to slow down their attacks, and the capital ships not to scatter their actions, and to be ready to deal with the surprise attack of the goblin fleet at any time."

"Yes, Lord Count."

The messenger sent a roar to call back the boatswain Zola from the outer patrol fleet, and before the messenger could tell what the reason was, as soon as they met, Luo Zhengdao grabbed Zola Hegel and said eagerly:

"The Greenskins are coming, you get ready, it's a big fight."

Hearing this, Zola Hegel was dazed by this sudden remark, and he must have a funny shape with a black line in the comics, and immediately he looked at Luo Zhengdao with a crying and laughing expression, and asked rhetorically:

"What raid? Where's the goblin fleet? Did we receive the information? โ€

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao shook his head again and again, sighed and said:

"There is no information, and now the time is very tight, and it is too late to explain the reason, so let's do it!"

If you talk about the strong military strength, the goblin empire, which has been speeding up the pace of naval construction in recent years, can not worry about dealing with Luo Zhengdao's privateer fleet by pulling out a fleet from the naval sequence, and the poor quality of the soldiers can be filled by quantity, no matter how strong the pirate fleet is, after all, there are only three or two big cats and kittens, and the tiger can't stand a group of wolves!

The key question is not whether to win the pirate, but whether the goblins are worried about whether they will let Luo Zhengdao, a big fish, easily slip away from under their noses again, this kind of thing has happened more than once or twice, and those purebred fools who only have pig protrusions in their brains should also learn to be smarter. To this end, the goblin military department racked their brains to devise an extremely complex action plan, in short, they were prepared to wait for the pirate fleet to fall into the whirlpool of urban street battles in the Xiangjiang River and be unable to get out, and then the Zheti Baishan fleet would attack from the flanks and back, while the other fleet cooperated to blockade the perimeter of the port, and strive to break the pirate fleet in one fell swoop to catch turtles in the urn.

Waiting for the layout to be completed, the goblin fleet will not act rashly until they are sure that the big fish bite the hook, but once they detect the possibility of Luo Zhengdao escaping, they will not care about the original plan, this is the wishful thinking of the goblins.

Luo Zhengdao is also facing a dilemma, the Second Goblin Empire, which is about to start moving to the forbidden sea, will continue to strengthen the armed blockade of the coastline for a period of time in the future, and the pirates' life will definitely be more difficult, and they must take advantage of the current opportunity to lay a solid foundation and save precious resources for the winter.

Compared with the abundant sources of money, Luo Zhengdao values the population more, without abundant manpower, not to mention the hopelessness of industrial and agricultural production, it is difficult to maintain the normal operation of a fleet. Because of this, knowing that Xiangjiang, the fat that was about to reach his mouth, was likely to be the poisonous bait laid down by the enemy, he was reluctant to spit it out, and the population resources here were his inevitable goals.

So, vaguely aware of what the other party wanted to do, the goblins and pirates each sharpened their knives and prepared for a big battle, and the moment to reveal the hole cards would come soon.

Time passed minute by minute, Luo Zhengdao ordered the pirate fleet to preserve its strength, and did not use all its combat strength to attack, the powerful power and long range of the giant cannon still completely destroyed the will to fight of the garrison of the Xiangjiang Fort as expected. Seeing the enemy blast his companions away one by one outside the range of his own firepower, this kind of cold combat method that is like a shooting execution is really not the maximum pressure that a normal person's spirit can bear, and it is a common thing that the merchant group and the private army will collapse, even if Luo Zhengdao is put in this position, he does not dare to guarantee that his subordinates will not collapse.

"Lord Earl, Team 6 has already seized Pier 3."

Hearing the sound, Luo Zhengdao, who was frowning, rubbed his eyebrows with his hand, and said absentmindedly:

"Okay, take control of the docks, sweep away the remnants of the enemy forces in the surrounding area, and no one is allowed to go deep into the city without my orders."

"Yes, Lord Count."

The original motivation for most of the pirates in the New World to venture out to sea was nothing more than the pursuit of wealth, honor, and status, the latter two of which were obviously more difficult to obtain than money. In fact, only a very small number of pirate captains with outstanding talents and luck can win honor and status, and even be favored by a certain country to be incorporated into a regular navy, which can be regarded as a positive outcome for pirates.

Ordinary pirates who knew they had no hope of climbing to the top of the industry were all focused on making money, and they wanted to earn enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives, so they had a great passion for activities such as raiding cities.

A commercial metropolis such as Xiangjiang has accumulated a huge amount of wealth, and the sacking of the city is a shortcut to make the pirates rich overnight, and it has to be said that Luo Zhengdao issued this vague order, which really disappointed his pirates. If it weren't for the fact that a large proportion of the sailors and junior officers in the pirate fleet were die-hard supporters of the Count of Furoe's family, the existence of these hardcore descendants partially offset the dissatisfaction of the other pirates with Luo Zhengdao, otherwise these lawless guys would really dare to leave Luo Zhengdao, an incompetent pirate leader, and go their own way. Now, because of the dead-eyed guys around them, the disgruntled radicals have no choice but to put up with undesirable orders for the time being, and they can't stop cursing a certain bastard who is in the way of people's money.

Thinking with your ass, you can also know that asking a group of gluttonous foxes to guard the door of the chicken coop and not open their mouths is itself against the laws of nature. Luo Zhengdao himself knows that the patience of pirates is limited, and he has to give a reasonable explanation before the negative feelings of these guys accumulate to the point of directly tearing their faces and infighting, otherwise no one will be able to step down at that time.