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Levi had already come down from Cape Mountain, and from the time the pirates of Shipwreck Bay chose to evacuate this area, he knew that his navy had won this sudden battle.

Frontal confrontation, perhaps they also need to use their own tactics, as well as the guns on the ship, to crush the enemy in a circle of entanglement, because the warships of the Middle Ages are not so backward, even if they forcibly support their own ships to be damaged, and carry out reckless approach, the three warships that Levi is currently recruiting are actually not much of an advantage.

Dhow ships are small, nimble ships that rely on hit-and-run and interspersed in the middle of or around the battlefield, supported by their smaller 9-pounder guns, rather than close to rigid.

This shows that if you are really close to those pirate warships, the two sides will engage in hand-to-hand combat, even if the privates on board are not afraid of those pirates, but there will still be a lot of casualties, after all, deck battles are a small-scale melee, and land battles that can form a group salvo are completely different.

Even if it is a brig, it is necessary to avoid close-range deck battles, even these brigs actually have a subordinate tactic of close-to-board combat, which is much stronger than a sloop, but it is not an order that a reasonable captain can give to waste the advantage of his own artillery and cause greater casualties on his own side.

Of course, the galleon, as a large armed merchant ship, was not afraid of close combat, and even the height of the hull and side of the ship, with the height of the pirates' warships, could not carry out broadside jumping!

But the fleet recruited by Levy, with more than 1,400 guns, can be used in close combat? As long as they distanced themselves, they used their guns to fire the pirate ships again and again, and bombarded the hulls of the enemy ships with their most powerful guns, which was the greatest success.

In the era of wooden battleships, there were no warships that wanted to resist artillery, so this was an era of naval warfare in which attack was far greater than defense, and their attacks were also invulnerable!

"Dangdangdang."

There was a knock on the wooden door of the conference room, Levi also raised his head, and opened his mouth in response, and the people outside also slowly pushed the door open and walked in, it was a town militiaman, who walked in very respectfully, stood up straight and reported: "Your Majesty, there is good news that our fleet has completely defeated the pirate fleet. ”

"Well, that's good." This was something that had been expected for a long time, and Levi also nodded lightly, but the corners of his mouth still brought a smile, and nothing made people feel more comfortable than a victory.

With a wave of his hand, Levi also let the town militia return to his post, and at present, Cape City still needs more government affairs to deal with, even if there are five cabinet ministers to assist in dealing with it, he also feels a little powerless, especially the threat from the military, and the trivial matters of urban development, which are a bit of a headache.

Now each cabinet minister is used as one person as three people, after all, although they are the cabinet, but there are only five people, if it is a real cabinet body, but there will be a whole team.

Each cabinet minister will have a deputy, plus several executive teams, or expatriate teams, rather than a single minister directly handling it personally, which is too inefficient, and there are too many things to deal with, and it is not possible to do everything, wasting the ability of the cabinet agency to deal with government affairs.

"Next, it's time for the cabinet teams to go their own way."

Rubbing his eyebrows, Levi couldn't help but exhale, even if it was himself, he needed a small group to assist him in dealing with the current government affairs.

With the development of Cape City, more and more things will appear, whether it is the army or navy, or security, trade, diplomacy and other matters, more and more cabinet talents will be needed, and more and more government affairs will be handled, and it is absolutely impossible to solve them by yourself and the five cabinet ministers.

"Whew, but it's quiet, that's good."

Levi couldn't help but let out a long breath, leaned back on the chair, turned his head slightly and looked out the window, the clear blue sky, the ocean climate made the outside world so beautiful, and he felt relaxed and happy at a glance.

Outside the window, a slight sea breeze was blowing, it was about to enter winter, and there was a little chill, Levi reached out and picked up the coffee prepared in advance on the table, took a sip gently, and the warm and bitter liquid went down to his stomach, making him also show a faint smile: "I don't know what the choice of Gray Mist City is?" ”

Thor, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, is in charge of all matters related to finances, including trade with the outside world, and in order to ensure the trade market of Cape City and avoid piracy, he has also contacted Grey Mist City, hoping to conduct inland trade through the Ketuf River.

Although the trade routes of the Ketufu River, the Swamp, and the Yuqiao River cannot be transported by sea ships on a large scale like the ocean trade, the shortened trade distance and the absolutely safe trade routes can make the exchanges between the two sides closer, which is obviously a win-win situation for the existing Gray Mist City, Samar City, and Cape City on the Great Silver Pan Island.

Especially at present, with the power of Levi to defeat those crash bay pirates, it is estimated that those nobles in Grey Mist City will not continue to choose to discuss for a long time, after all, in this world, strength is still the biggest right to speak.

Without the threat of those pirates, both the maritime trade with the South Tsunami Sea and the inland river trade between the three cities of the Great Silver Island rose on a massive scale.

What's more, in the future, Cape City will definitely become a necessary city to communicate new routes and new worlds, and those nobles of Grey Mist City will definitely make a lot of money if they have self-knowledge and the mentality of wanting to invest, and take the lead in buying shops in Cape City and starting a series of trade with Cape City.

In this regard, Levi sipped his coffee gently, he still had a good understanding of the psychology of those nobles who were hungry for money, and he also had confidence in the merchants who had been arranged by Thor to send out to lobby the governor of Grey Mist City.

But as he was thinking, Levi's brow couldn't help frowning, because there was a noisy footstep in his ears, it seemed that tough cowhide boots were stepping on the wooden floor quickly, listening to the sound getting louder and faster, and he also looked at the door that had just been closed.

"Dangdangdang."

A hurried knock sounded, and the people outside the door seemed to be quite anxious, even if they deliberately reduced their movements, but the sound sounded loud inside the door, and there was no etiquette to talk about at all.

This is usually tantamount to negligence, but Levi's brows are tightly furrowed, of course he knows that if it is his own soldiers, he will definitely knock lightly at this time, and as usual, there is only one reason for such a quick knock, that is, it encounters an emergency, and it is still difficult to solve!

"Come in."

When there was a knock on the door, Levi immediately responded, and outside the door, a town militia quickly pushed open the door, looking extremely tired, with sweat on his face and neck, probably after a long journey.

And looking at Levi, his whole person seemed to have found the backbone, stood straight, and reported loudly: "Your Majesty, the fortress of the island in the middle of the lake in the swamp has been attacked by an unknown enemy, there are at least a hundred inland transport ships, and thousands of enemies are assembled near the fortress of the island in the middle of the lake, and they are equipped with a certain number of ballistas, bed crossbows and other siege weapons!" ”

"What? The fortress of the island in the middle of the lake is under attack by the enemy? ”

Levi stood up directly, his face was extremely ugly, his chest rose and fell rapidly, and the moment that came to his mind was that those nobles in Grey Mist City and Samar City took advantage of the pirate invasion of Crash Bay to pounce on him and bite him fiercely like hyenas waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack.

There was no doubt about this, because Levi knew that he could pass through the Ketufu River, or that there were so many transport ships and soldiers, equipped with so many siege weapons, if he had nothing to do with those nobles, he didn't believe it at all!

"Yes, Your Majesty, the garrison at the Silver Chapel has been prepared, and Bishop Zachari has been in charge, mobilized five light Galian warships, and sent some troops to the fortress to assist in the defense!"

The town militia replied, "At the same time, Bishop Zachari also wishes to be able to send more troops from Cape City, and if you can, please mobilize more troops, as well as the five heavy Galie warships, and the other fifteen light Galyte warships to the fortress in the middle of the lake as soon as possible." ”

Levi's offshore defense fleet consisted of five heavy Canadian warships and twenty light Canadian warships, but it was better to be a transport fleet than an offshore defense fleet.

At present, the transportation tasks of the Yuqiao River are all handled by these additional warships, and even some fishing work has been handled by them, so it can be said that it is completely out of the first-line combat sequence, and even the second-line combat sequence is no longer used, and it is only used as a third-level preparation for the inland river fleet.

But now, it was precisely these Galie warships that ushered in their time to continue fighting, because the Yuqiao River, including the Swamp, was not a place where sloops or brigs could pass.

"Mobilize the fleet, and I'll go to the fortress in the middle of the lake in person!"

Levi stood up directly and took a deep breath, those nobles in Grey Mist City and Samar City thought that they would really become timid because of the invasion of the pirates in Crash Bay, and they were afraid of hostile forces at the same time, so they began to shrink their sphere of influence, it was really a big mistake!

Now that he has received accurate information and wiped out all the pirates in Crash Bay, how could Levi just let those nobles of Grey Mist City and Samar City continue to test him with intrigues and tricks?

"Barbary pirates of the undead plane, mobilize five teams to listen to orders!"

Levi's angry voice also attracted the guards outside the door, but he waved at them and ordered: "Pass the order, the native archers will gather a team to follow, this time I want to see where the troops are who want to attack my fortress in the middle of the lake!" ”

There is no shortage of melee troops, and they are extremely numerous, because just in the silver pit, including the area of the undead plane, these troops are stationed, and there are more than 2,000 people, which is basically Levi's other main force.

And it is still extremely fast from the fortress of the island in the middle of the lake, as long as his fleet of ships is quickly reached by the Yuqiao River to the silver pit, these troops continue to swim upstream by boat, and after reaching the swamp, there is an astonishing number of reinforcements, hundreds of transport ships, and the scale of thousands of people, just want to start a war with Levi?

He doesn't mind, let those damn guys know what it means to be a warrior who is equally fearless of death, even if it is an archer, a melee knife soldier, when the two sides are engaged in hand-to-hand combat, they can kill a piece of the sky alive!

In the melee hand-to-hand combat, he didn't need to let his privates go, after all, these elite regular army privates were good at group combat, wasting their lives in vain, and it was not worth it in this kind of melee, and with the current Barbary pirates and indigenous archers, it could all be solved.

The troops quickly assembled with Levi's order, and at the pier on the north side of Cape City, five heavy and fifteen light ships were in the rear.

The long row of oars rowed quickly, although it was against the current, but their speed was moving fast, after all, the flow speed of the Yuqiao River was relatively gentle except for a few bends at the end of the estuary, and there was not much obstacle to the boat.

At the silver pit, there were already provincial cavalry on war horses, passing Levi's order, and those Barbary pirates and indigenous archers had also been prepared, looking at the Galie warships that quickly appeared on the river, they also went up in an orderly manner, waiting for further support for the fortress on the island in the middle of the lake.

"Is Zachari already gone?"

Exhaling slowly, Levi stood on the bow of the ship, squinting slightly at the large swamp on the other side of the hill, although he couldn't see the fortress of the island in the middle of the lake, but his heart calmed down a lot when he heard that Zachari had already brought five light galleon warships and two groups of town militia to support.

Although the fortress of Lake Island is simple, it still needs to be fortified after all, as long as the support is timely, those enemies from Gray Mist City probably do not dare to fight openly, after all, for them, the price of angering Cape City is also impossible to bear.

In particular, the news of the total destruction of the pirates in Crash Bay will also reach the ears of those nobles and governors, who want to continue to fight against Cape Town, which has lost its opponent, and there is only one result, that is, it will be crushed by a large number of troops that have just developed at present, and Cape City, which has almost nowhere to vent!

In fact, when Levi heard that there was an enemy invasion in the fortress of Lake Island, he had already made up his mind that it was time for those nobles of Gray Mist City to cleanse.

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