Chapter 354: The First Battle of the Water Army
The Jī Liukun nominally controlled the entire coastline of the Arathi Heights, but the ability of their naval forces to do so was questionable, given that the newly formed army had not yet been baptized by war.
Whether it was a mule or a horse that didn't pull out and yo-yo, who knows?
There is a good saying, on the side of the couch, how can others sleep on the pole!
If you want to test the combat power of the navy, you must find an opponent for them to fight, and the candidate for this opponent is really easy to find, isn't there one in Fadil Bay, not far from Jīliubao?
The Blackwater Bandits are the target chosen by Leo and Scarlett.
Fadil Bay is too close to Jīliu Castle, and the Blackwater Bandits are not the master of peace, neither Leo nor Scarlett are very worried about them, who knows if these guys will suddenly go crazy and attack the harbor of Jīliu Fort?
The first strike is strong, and the second strike suffers. Instead of waiting for this group of robbers to come and cause trouble, it is better to take the initiative to knock on the door yourself.
Two days before Scarlett's coronation, a navy took advantage of the night to quietly set out from the harbor of Jīliubao, and no one except Scarlett and Leo knew where they had gone.
If all goes well, I'll be able to go back before Scarlett's coronation is complete, just in time for a victory to congratulate her on her coronation.
Leo, who sat on Pelicion's head, thought.
The dragon lich used its illusionary abilities to hide itself and secretly followed the head of the Jīliubao sailors and set off with them.
Although this battle is to be won in the end, testing the combat power of the navy army is also a purpose, and the way to test it is to let them fight with the Blackwater robbers.
"We are now outside the reefs of Fadil Bay, and now that the night is thick, it is a good time for us to spend here." A general gestured to his companion in magical robes, who chanted a spell to summon an eye of Kilrog, and the fist-sized eyeball descended into the sea to make its way for the ship.
If you don't pay attention to entering the reef group, you will run aground on the reef, and if you are serious, the ship will be destroyed and people will die, but fortunately, this time, the summoner legion, which has not yet officially formed an army, has sent a part of the warlock with the army, and it is not dangerous that the fleet will struggle in the reef group if they explore the way.
The Warlock's Kilrog Eye is very good for pathfinding, this little green eyeball can fly into the sky and dive into the sky or stealth, and has more night vision, as long as you are careful, you don't have to be afraid of being discovered by the enemy, the only drawback is that the warlock must pay full attention when using it, and its own security protection is much lower.
With the warlock's pathfinder, the Jī Liubao Navy passed through the reef group very smoothly, nearly twenty large ships and hundreds of small boats did not touch the reef, and when the moon was in the middle of the sky, the Black Water Bandits in Fadil Bay were sleeping soundly, and the Jī Liubao Navy had quietly killed.
"A robber is a robber, and a rabble thinks that with the natural protection of the underwater reef, they can sit back and relax? Use your skulls as the first stepping stone for my Jīliubao Naval Army.
The general of the navy coldly issued the order to attack, and the terrible sound of the military horn tore apart the silence of the night, and pillars of light lit up the sky.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The roar of magic cannons resounded throughout Fadil Bay, and the first salvo of hundreds of magic cannons stunned the blackwater bandits who were living in the bay at night.
Boom Boom Boom ......
A second salvo followed, and the robbers finally reacted to what had happened.
"Enemy attack!"
Enemy attack, what a strange word, a situation that has not been encountered since the establishment of the Blackwater Bandits actually happened tonight.
The Blackwater robbers were not only interested in the natural protective belt of the underwater reef outside the bay, but more importantly, there were no strong sailors in the vicinity.
Although Jīliubao is building a port and has set up a naval army recently, who takes a newly formed naval army that is still in training take him seriously? The sea is no joke, and a group of Blackwater bandits who have been rampant for many years without even a record of going to sea have not paid attention to him at all.
Not to mention the loose and undisciplined Blackwater bandits, even their master, the Blackwater chaebol, did not expect Scarlett to be so bold and let the sailors who sailed out of the port for the first time launch an attack on Fadil Bay.
But it happened.
In fact, many people ignore one point, although Jīliubao did not build a port before, they also have experience in naval forces, you must know that the Kingdom of Theramo was their territory before, and it is still possible to win over some unambitious naval officers with the power of the Lothar family, such as Bindel, who is now commanding this naval army. , There is an experienced general leading the troops, naturally it is impossible to give birth to anything wrong, and there is Leo watching in secret, why doesn't Scarlett dare to let them out to fight?
Isn't it the way to win if you don't marry and attack you unprepared?
Judging from the current state of the war, everything is going very well.
After the third salvo of the Jīliubao naval army, the Blackwater bandits rushed to the harbor, wanting to enter the harbor fortifications to resist.
They were not directly defeated, and these Blackwater bandits were not vulnerable.
Leo overlooked the entire battlefield from above, and it was not bad that the Blackwater bandits were not defeated by the sudden attack, and the resistance of some bandits was just right to test the true combat exploits of the navy.
After the fourth salvo of the bombardment, "there were also sporadic pillars of light shooting out from the harbor that had been bombarded, which was a prelude to the Blackwater bandits starting to fight back."
I took the lead and still want to fight back?
Bindel's face was full of confidence, and it was the twenty large ships in the flotilla that bombarded the harbor with a salvo of magic cannons, and under their cover, "nearly a hundred small ships in the flotilla have docked." The thousands of sailors who came ashore were divided into ships, and a team of fifty men "went to the fortifications of the harbor."
When the Blackwater bandits hurried towards the port, they found that a group of soldiers in neat armor had already taken these places first, and by the light of the magic cannon shot, the Blackwater bandits could vaguely see the red sè micromark on the opponent's armor.
It's a micro-note of the kingdom of Araso!
These guys who sneak up on us are the army of Jīliu Fort!
The Blackwater bandits couldn't believe that the recruits from Jīliu Fort, who only practiced near the harbor, had managed to sneak up on us?
These guys were still playing in the mud on land while we were coming and going on the sea, and we didn't bother them, they dared to sneak up on us!
Feeling insulted, the Blackwater bandits were furious.
They rushed forward with a loud voice, and they were greeted by a rain of enthusiastic arrows.
Not all of Jīliu's sailors were close combat, and a third of them were archers.
After the rain of arrows, the Blackwater bandits who rushed ahead suffered a lot of casualties, but these injuries did not make the Blackwater bandits retreat, and after seeing the blood, they became more and more fierce. Those who set foot on the road of pirates are outlaws, and although they have poor discipline, they may not even be able to match the bravery of veterans.
The blackwater robbers rushed up against the rain of arrows, and the wounded beasts were very dangerous, and the wounded outlaws were even more dangerous, and the casualties of the Jīliubao naval army increased suddenly as soon as the two sides fought.
The Blackwater bandits attack very fiercely, often you slash them but they don't dodge, and they will give you a blow even if they are injured, and some soldiers are killed by the other side in this way. Fortunately, when recruiting the navy, many adventurers with rich combat experience were added, and these adventurers were also outlaws before joining the army, and they were no strangers to this kind of scene. With these people present, the naval army of Jīliubao quickly stabilized their position after the initial panic, and the newcomers to the battlefield are adapting to the battlefield with the help of these adventurers.
Looks like I don't need to do anything.
Leo nodded secretly, this was the first battle after the formation of the Jīliubao Naval Army, relying on their own strength to defeat the opponent would give them more confidence than relying on their own help.
Fighting the most fierce harbor for the time being, Leo's attention was to the rear, and he suddenly noticed a group of people sneaking towards the mountains behind Fadil Bay.
A couple of goblins protect two gnomes, what's going on?
Curious, Leo let Pelicion creep over them, and the sound of the group of people reached his ears.
"Professor Fitzthorpe, Dr. Drakrig, I don't think it's that simple for this group of people today, let's get out of the secret passage first."
A goblin said this to the two gnomes who were guarding them in the middle, but he didn't know that it was this sentence that had brought him death.
Doctor? Professor?
Looking at these two gnomes with engineering glasses, are they engineering talents?
The goblins themselves are a race of engineering-savvy people, and if these two gnomes weren't extremely skilled in engineering, they wouldn't have taken them so seriously.
Isn't this exactly what you need?
Pharmaceutical research already has Veslim, and engineering has these two gnomes.
Despite the fact that Leo is considered by others to be a master of engineering, he is actually just a pseudo-engineering master, and he can't make anything but a few items on the engineering list. Not being able to innovate and research more engineering items means that it is difficult to improve engineering capabilities, but if someone helps with research, it is a different story.
"Pelicion, kill!"
The goblins, who were fleeing towards the secret passage, suddenly noticed a strong wind pressure coming from their heads, and before they could react, a sharp pain came and they didn't know anything.
One by one, the bone dragon crushed several goblins and two gnomes to death with one claw under the cover of the night, and the dragon claws churned on the ground, grabbing the corpses of the two gnomes in their hands and quietly disappearing into the night.
The scene that happened here was that no one noticed that the Jī Liubao Naval Army and the Blackwater Bandits, who were fighting fiercely.
As the day brightened, the victorious Jī Liubao sailors set fire to the pirate lair after hastily cleaning up the battlefield, and all traces of the pirate lair were covered up under the scorched earth. @。