Lin Miao's shout was tantamount to admitting that there had been collusion between himself and the Yin Army. It seems that it must have been Marshal Night Tour who made a promise to the position of the lord of the Underworld, which tempted Lin Miao to defect, and did not hesitate to make enemies with the Underworld Harbor in advance, and was willing to be a lackey.

The town of Hekou has been a city for decades, and its development has been tepid. Lin Miao has neither the strength to dominate the river, nor the ambition to conquer the Stygian Sea, he just wants to be his soil emperor in peace. But later, the strong rise of the Stygian Harbor stimulated him a lot, and he was not only angry at the success of the Stygian Harbor, but also angry with me in his heart, thinking that I was squeezing out the development space of Estuary Town.

Therefore, on two occasions, when the Giant Waterfall City and the Yin Army came to crusade against the Underworld, Lin Miao chose to fall to the enemy of the Underworld, and wanted to get a piece of the pie. It's short-sighted and hopeless!

I didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and when I saw that the more he scolded, the more he scolded, the more ugly it became, so I ordered the subordinates behind me: "Load the crossbow, wind him, and shoot him down for me!" ”

"Yes!"

Several sailors under my command also endured for a long time, and when they saw my order, they quickly loaded a bed crossbow and aimed at the small building where Lin Miao was.

"Whoosh!"

"Click! Crash! Crash! ”

This crossbow, the roof pillar of the small building, suddenly collapsed the roof of the second floor. Lin Miao was so startled by the power of the giant crossbow that she fell from the balcony on the second floor.

However, he is also a master of Yin Gong cultivation to the fifth level, although he is fat, his skills have not been wasted. He reluctantly flipped in mid-air, lying on all fours on the ground like a toad, looking a little embarrassed, but fortunately he did not fall to his death on the spot.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Lin Miao shouted in a panic as soon as she got up.

As soon as the defenders of Estuary Town, who were hidden on the outskirts of the port, heard the order, they also peeked out from behind the houses and by the walls, and shot arrows at the pier with their longbows and short crossbows. However, the navy on the side of the harbor had already taken advantage of the time when Lin Miao and I were arguing, and they all hid behind the cargo boxes and warehouses, not afraid at all.

After the defenders of Bayou Town have fired one round, it will be our turn to counterattack. The ship and the shore opened fire together, and the long arrows and giant crossbows were returned in unison. However, the giant crossbows on the warship and the bed crossbows on the positions were amazingly powerful, and this round of shooting collapsed several houses and walls, crushing and wounding many defenders.

After a few rounds of back and forth, the defenders, who were weak in firepower, were frightened, and the line retreated one after another, and had completely withdrawn from the port area, daring to look at us from afar. I took advantage of the victory and pursued with a thousand sailors out of the port area to attack, and the defenders fled in all directions, like lost dogs.

Crushing the ships of the estuary and capturing the port of the estuary have been achieved. But then it will be a bit more difficult to capture the entire estuary town. I originally wanted to put pressure on Lin Miao to force him to surrender, but Lin Miao is also cunning and would rather completely abandon his port and retreat to the mayor's mansion and military camp.

I stormed the mayor's mansion and the barracks for a while, but I never got to take it. There is no way, the defenses of these two military points are quite solid, and the opponent has a lot of troops, and the most important thing is that once I am far away from the port area, the giant crossbow and bed crossbow positions on the warship will not be able to provide me with fire support. Without siege weapons, if you want to capture these two fortresses, you can't do it for a while.

Just at the moment of these two difficulties, a shout came from the direction of the port: "The ship of the Yin Army is coming!" ”

"Damn it!" I scolded in annoyance, disappointed.

The fleet of the Yin army has already reached the outside of Hekou Town, and not only will I not have time to occupy Hekou Town, but if I retreat slowly, I am afraid that I will fall into the dilemma of being caught in the front and back. In desperation, I had no choice but to make a quick decision and order the destruction of all bed crossbows and the withdrawal of all of them to the ship.

Although the three knives and iron hands who received the order felt very pity, those bed crossbows were too heavy, and they couldn't be moved away at all in a hurry, and if they stayed, they would become a big help for the Yin army, so they could only be poured with stone grease and burned with fire.

As soon as the ships of the Harbor Navy sailed out of the harbor, the fleet of the Yin Army bit up. The ships on this side of the harbor had just experienced a major battle, the hulls were more or less wounded, and the sailors were very tired, and it was inevitable that they would not be able to please the new force of the Yin army that had just arrived.

So I again gave the order for the strong man to break his wrist, leaving twenty speedboats behind to block and harass and cover the departure of the main warship. The sailors on these twenty speedboats, faithfully carrying out my orders, would rather sacrifice themselves to crash into the enemy's ships than become deserters. As soon as the Yin army saw that they had actually used the same method of fighting, they gave up the chase and settled in Hekou Town.

This time he took the initiative to attack Hekou Town, which could only be regarded as the completion of the lowest set goal: to completely cripple the fleet of Hekou Town, leaving no help for the Yin Army's water power.

But at the same time, the loss of Hades Harbor is not small. The Triumph was badly damaged and had to return to Hong Kong for overhaul and could not be used again for a short time; Both the Invincible and the Dreadnought had minor injuries that needed to be rested and repaired urgently; In addition, I abandoned 20 speedboats during the retreat, and the whole battle was fought with more than 300 casualties.

Fortunately, the Yin army did not take the opportunity to counterattack, but changed to a land route and launched the first attack from the trail. This also gave the Stygian Harbor Navy a rare time to recuperate.

Marshal Night Tour, as I expected, was not going to take the risk of a naval battle which he was not good at and knew about, but he must have set up his base camp at the mouth of the river two days later, and only two days later sent a thousand troops to make a tentative attack by land.

According to the battle briefing I received from Shichiro afterwards, the vanguard of the Yin Army cautiously advanced along the trail and was ambushed by the Stygian Army in a ravine. But the Yin general who led the team was also very sophisticated, and when he saw that the terrain was dangerous and the enemies on the opposite side were numerous, he retreated back first. In this battle, neither the Yin Army nor the Underworld Army did their best, and the casualties were not large, and the Yin Army came more for the purpose of reconnoitring the enemy.

The marshal of the night tour saw that the land route was not easy to walk, so he changed to the water route again. This time, the Yin army requisitioned all the warships of the Giant Waterfall City, and also temporarily added giant crossbows to some of the big merchant ships for use as combat ships, and sailed towards the harbor.

In terms of troops, the Yin army has more soldiers, and in terms of the number of warships, the two armies are comparable, but the ships of the Stygian Harbor Navy are significantly larger and more professional. Although the Triumph was unable to fight, both the Invincible and the Dreadnought had been repaired, and the other ships were engaged in a head-to-head battle with the Yin fleet outside the Stygian Harbor.

In fighting at sea, there is no point in having more people than there are more people, whoever has a bigger ship and more firepower will take advantage. What's more, the Stygian Harbor Navy Army is a professional sailor who has been adrift on the sea all year round, while the Yin Army can only be regarded as an army on the ship, not to mention the war, as long as the wind and waves are a little stronger, those landlubbers will be turned upside down and vomit, dizzy, where is there any combat effectiveness?

Therefore, as soon as the battle began, the fleet of the Yin army was scattered, and there was no formation to speak of. But Marshal Yeyou was really cautious, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he took the initiative to withdraw his troops, and most of the troops and warships were still preserved, and he returned to Hekou Town to rest.

In the first two battles, there was one fight on the water and one on land, and the Yin army failed to take any advantage. However, they did not exert their full strength, and the losses were not large. It is estimated that the marshal of the night tour has also tested the catty of the harbor through these two games, and the next dispatch, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to deal with!

In fact, although Hades Harbor has the upper hand for the time being, its own suffering is only clear in his heart. After two water battles, the casualties of the Stygian Harbor Navy have been more than half, and the regular army, which originally had only 2,000, is only 1,000 left. As a last resort, I had to temporarily recruit a part of the militia, barely scraping together 2,000 soldiers.

Shichiro's side isn't very optimistic either. Don't look at his losses, but once the Yin army mainly attacks the land route, it is really difficult to resist the attack of the Yin army with only 6,000 ghost soldiers in the Underworld Army.

Moreover, what I am more worried about is that the old fox of Marshal Night Tour can definitely think of attacking the Underworld Harbor by land and water, because then he can give full play to the strength advantage of the Yin Army!

The chief general and deputy general of the Underworld Harbor Naval Army, Sandao and Tietou were also worried about this, and Sandao said to me: "Hong Kong Lord, it's not okay to go on like this!" At present, we can still bully the Yin Army who don't understand water when they first arrive, but there are also many sailors and sailors in Hekou Town, and if they join the Yin Army, our advantage will become smaller! ”

"That's right!" Tietou also said, "When we raided Estuary Town that night, we only sank a few of their warships, but spared those large and medium-sized merchant ships. With the Yin Army's style, I'm afraid that this time must be stepping up the transformation, once they are completed, we will suffer in terms of the number of ships! ”

"Or? We also conscripted all the merchant ships to change it? The water demon suggested.

The Water Demon was originally a squad leader on the Victory, but because of its excellent business ability, I was assigned to the Port Authority as the director, which can be regarded as out of the military sequence. But this time the Yin army attacked, I temporarily recruited it back and entrusted it with a heavy task.

I listened to the water demon's words, but shook my head and said, "Our shipyard is already too busy just to repair warships, where is the spare energy to renovate merchant ships?" Moreover, we are not only short of warships, but also of sailors. Now the militia that has just been replenished are all caravan sailors, and the water is okay. If you recruit another batch of novices to come in, I'm afraid that the performance may not be much better than that of the landlubbers of the Yin Army! ”

"Well, that's right!" The Three Blades, the Iron Head, and the Water Demon all sighed together.

However, when I saw the water demon, I suddenly had a bold idea in my heart. I asked it, "Water Demon, since you became the head of the port department, have you regressed in your ability to take care of the dive?" ”

The water demon was stunned for a moment and replied: "Since it is a housekeeping skill, it will naturally not be lost, but it may be a little rusty, and it will come back after practice!" ”

"Well, I'll give you three days, and you can quickly select fifty soldiers with the best water nature from the navy army and practice their diving skills!"