Thankfully, Dane doesn't rely heavily on these merchants or chambers of commerce for his income. But Malone was a traditional warlord www.biquge.info of Sindelare, and relied on the financial backing of merchants and chambers of commerce.

Therefore, in the prosperous commercial land of Shawan Port, whoever dares to raise the butcher's knife at the civilians and completely mess up the order of the city is the enemy of the merchants.

Although Dane was not afraid, he did not want to cause such trouble. And Ma Long, who relied on the financial support of the business group, did not dare to do so.

In this case, the only target of the port guard led by Bills himself towards the inner city is the people of the garrison battalion.

Although, I don't know why the other party is obviously the one who suffers in numbers and strength, and dares to press up so swaggeringly, but Verina didn't have the slightest intention to take someone up to try what other people's hole cards were, and she decided to take some more secure way - to occupy the north gate of Shawan Port.

The port area of Shawan Port is bordered by the sea, and the port area to the inner city area is unimpeded, while the two areas face the sea on one side and the other three sides facing the land are protected by built walls. Outside the city walls, there is also the city outer guo, relying on the chaotic bazaars and residences under the city walls, this piece of land outside the city walls, is called the outer city.

From the inner city of Shawan Harbor to the outside of the city, there is only one city gate - that is, the north gate.

No matter what kind of conspiracy Malone had and what kind of idea he had in his heart, Verina didn't have the slightest intention to pay attention to it. She was now bent on taking the gates under control and joining up with the other thousand men stationed in the outer city. The soldiers of the two thousand garrison legions gathered together, and she really didn't believe that Marlon could do anything to snatch back the city gate and city wall before Dane's support came.

Occupy the gates, and you will take the initiative.

The northern gate of Shawan Harbor is not unguarded either. Nominally, it was supposed to be garrisoned by a garrison battalion, but in reality it was defended by both the port guard and the garrison battalion - after all, Malone couldn't really be so stupid as to give up the gate.

But it didn't matter, in the agreement between the two sides, the soldiers stationed at the gate and the city wall had a total of four squadrons, two hundred and forty people, and one hundred and twenty people on each side.

It is true that at the city gates, neither side can talk about taking advantage. But, then again, it's obviously much closer to the north gate from the inner city than from the port area.

For Verina, that's the advantage. She dared to guarantee that she could arrive at the city gate more than half an hour earlier than the other party, and half an hour was enough time for her to take the north gate steadily. At that time, bring all the men from outside into the city, and then close the gate, no matter what tricks you Marlon has, just keep the city walls and gates firmly.

That's what she thinks, and that's what she does.

About half an hour later, Verina and her thousands of men appeared not far from the city gate. The hundreds of men of the port guards who were chasing after them, although they also quickened their pace after discovering the intention of the garrison battalion, because the distance between the two sides was already a bit far, even if they were in a hurry, it would take at least twenty minutes to half an hour or so for them to get under the city gate.

At the same time, the good news doesn't stop there. Soon, a soldier came from outside the city and brought a message from Hyypia, the commander of the first wing of the garrison:

"The soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Hyypia have arrived under the city gate, the port guards in charge of guarding the city refuse to open the door, and our men at the city gate garrison have already fought with those port guard guys, and at the same time, Lieutenant Colonel Hyypia is also ready to attack the city at once."

Verina nodded, this Hypia is still more decisive. Earlier, the order she gave him was that he was authorized to use any means to enter the city, and the so-called 'any' included, of course, the siege.

"Then let's hurry up." Verina said as she spoke to Paran next to her.

"Hurry up!" Paran shouted, and then the officers of all ranks, who heard his voice, shouted the same four words, and then the whole army began to repeat the order. This is exactly one way of giving orders to the army, and there is no regular herald that is faster than this constant transmission.

Soon, with the shouting, the whole team was moving several minutes faster. In less than five minutes, they had arrived under the city gates. At this time, the battle on the city gate and city wall was actually on the verge of ending.

There were only more than 100 soldiers of the port guard, and in the face of the attack of the same number of soldiers of the garrison battalion, it was only half a catty and eight taels, not to mention that the team led by Hyypia below had already launched an attack on the city wall, and the soldiers were climbing the ladder and were rushing up, while some light infantry who had been organized and armed with short bows also pressed under the city wall, throwing bows and arrows at the soldiers of the port guard at the head of the city.

Under this double pressure, the soldiers of the port guard obviously couldn't bear it, not to mention, when Verina arrived with people, these port soldiers who were guarding the north gate chose to surrender quite wisely.

Now that the other party has surrendered, Verina doesn't plan to embarrass them too much. Without wasting any time, she asked Paran to take some of the men to collect the weapons and equipment of the dozens of enemy soldiers who were still alive, found a random place to watch them, and then sent someone to open the north gate, ready to welcome Hyypia's party into the city. At the same time, she herself took most of her soldiers up the city wall and began to lay out defensive lines on both sides of the wall.

Facing the outside of the city, there is basically no need to prepare much. After all, the very purpose of the walls and gates was to protect against enemies from outside the city. However, the walls were not very defensive against enemies coming from within the city. Directly under the city gates, there are mechanisms that can open the city gates; At the edge of the walls, there are stairs that lead directly to the walls.

After all, there are still six or seven hundred soldiers of the port guard in Shawan Harbor, although the number is not much, but it is still a little bit guarded.

As a result, under the command of Verina, several streets leading to the city gate were blocked by soldiers with barricades, and corresponding manpower was arranged to control them. At the same time, several distant stairs leading up to the city walls were blocked, narrowing the defenses to a small area near the city gates.

If this is the case, the defense line at the north gate of the entire Shawan Port can be basically regarded as foolproof if it is arranged in this way. (To be continued.) )