CHAPTER 68 VI Strategy After the Naval Battle

With the fall of the flagship and the death of Mahler, the remaining Yaki fleet finally gave up the battle and began to flee. Elda led his men in fierce pursuit, and the pursuit lasted a full hour, and six more Yaqui warships were captured.

By the time Elda led his troops back to the Golden Court stronghold, it was already completely dark, and at this time the Golden Court stronghold was full of Arubanian light ships that had been immobilized due to the grounding and Arubanian sailors who were in a dilemma - Bai An's successful interception made only two Arubanian light ships that managed to escape.

These Arubanian sailors were reduced from victors to captives with nowhere to go - the land outside the Golden Court stronghold is no man's land, and entering the no man's land is tantamount to seeking their own death, but the retreat on the water has also been cut off, if Elda leads his troops to land at this time, they can still fight to the death, but unfortunately Elda is not a fool, he will not do such a brute force.

On the way back, Elda's men were all busy fighting the fire on the ship, and the fierce battle with Yaki was won, but the ship was badly damaged. As for the casualties, it is also shocking, and it is really impossible to engage these desperate Arubanian sailors at this time.

Standing at the bow of the ship, Elda shouted at the Arubanian sailors, "Your fleet and Yaqui's fleet have been defeated by me!" There is no way back! There is food in the stronghold that will last you for a while, but if you choose to fight, I will burn your ships immediately, and you will only starve to death in this barren land! But you have another choice, and that is to surrender! I will guarantee your personal safety and give you ships. Food and water so that you can return to your land! ”

"Why should we believe you?" An Arubanian sailor replied.

"You don't have any reason to believe me! But you can only choose death but to believe in my promise! As you see. We won, but we lost a lot. I want you to leave these intact ships as compensation, and you can only get the damaged ships that are disarmed and go back slowly, and this is the condition of the exchange! ”

The Arubanian sailors were silent for a while, they were apparently whispering, and finally they came to an agreement and laid down their arms and surrendered.

After a whole night of preparation, the Arubanian sailors boarded eight badly damaged ships and left the Golden Courtyard stronghold early the next morning, carrying ten days' worth of food and water (which was calculated to reach the nearest Arubanian port at the speed of these ships). Elda, for her part, began to organize the clean-up of the battlefield and send the wounded soldiers to the stronghold for treatment. Burying the corpses, repairing the damaged ships, and bringing in Cornchiller and Baian again.

"Misheva has been seriously injured, and you two are very tired, but I still want you to do something." Elda said directly when she saw the two of them.

"As you please, Captain." After this battle, Congille showed great admiration for Elda.

"These Arubanians know the truth of the Golden Court stronghold, and they can't let them return to Arubania, or else before our other ships are out there. The Golden Court stronghold is still at risk, and let's not forget that the Narrow Sea Fleet in Arubania is still unscathed. ”

"Captain mean let's go sink those eight ships?" Bai An's eyes showed a hint of fear for Elda, after all, Elda had just promised to guarantee their personal safety.

"Of course! Why else would I want to keep these light ships? It was a breeze to catch up with them at the speed of these ships. You have to keep in mind two things, first. Fly the flag of Arubania and make it look like the Arubanian fleet has wiped out badly damaged pirate ships, second. Not a single mouth is allowed to be left alive! Elda's eyes and expression did not waver in the slightest, which made the two pirate leaders who used to kill people without blinking an eye feel weak in their legs.

Eldar paused. "I'm not cruel, it's a must. We must put an end to all variables before we can defend ourselves with all our strength! Wait until all of our ships come back. Then we must immediately set out to destroy the Narrow Sea Fleet in Arubania! ”

"What if they don't come out of the harbor?" Bai An asked.

"Then even this port will be attacked! After the destruction of the Arubanian fleet, your work will be even more onerous. Yaqui will not be at sea again for a short time after this defeat, but your target will be to move to the Arubanian merchant ships. Remember, I have only one order for the Arubanian merchant ships, and that is to leave no one alive! Anyone trying to join forces with Yaki must be made aware of the fate of this wrong choice! Next we have to attack all the Arubania ports on the coast of the Narrow Sea, and we will make a windfall. Okay, go for it. ”

The two pirate leaders looked at the captain they were serving, and they both had the feeling that they had just seen death. Judging from Elda's expression when she spoke just now, it was like an emotionless statue, so cold and ruthless. But they had to admit that Elda's approach was reasonable, and only by making an example of the monkey could Arubania be discouraged from them, otherwise no matter how strong their own side was, they would not be able to compare with the recovery ability of the two countries. Only a real withdrawal of one of them can ensure their superiority, and their brutal retaliation as pirates is undoubtedly an effective means.

In this way, the Arubanian sailors sank to the bottom of the Narrow Sea for eternity, and two months later, when Nisinis returned to Palchi with her treasure hunting party, Elda's fleet had annihilated the Arubanian Narrow Sea Fleet and slaughtered three coastal ports. Legends about the pirate king Elda soon spread across Arubania, which were so bizarre and terrifying that the crying child stopped crying, and some people even called the Narrow Sea or the Sea of Aruania the Sea of Elda, because at that time there was no armed force in the entire Narrow Sea region that could surpass Elda's fleet.

To Li Tianhao's surprise, before he attacked from land to Maranster Harbor to complete his revenge, Elda's forces could already attack Maranster Harbor from the sea. From this point, many historians believe that Li Tianhao's calculation was an obvious mistake, because if he had retreated to the sea and stepped up construction, then it was entirely possible for the Li family merchant group to attack Maranster Port from the sea to complete the great cause of revenge, without the need to raise troops from Diles as much as now. In fact, the fundamental argument of this statement is wrong, if it weren't for Li Tianhao's occupation of nearly half of the Yaki land on land and almost no use of the power of the Li family's merchant group, then it would be impossible for the Elda fleet to form such a large scale in such a short period of time and defeat the Yaji fleet. However, history cannot assume that the wheel of fortune has made this group of people gradually emerge on this stage and become an existence that people cannot ignore. (To be continued.) )