A month later, Waterfall's fleet of naval fleets passed through the town of Estuary and headed straight for Stygian Harbor.

According to the report of the spies I ruled out, this time the Giant Waterfall City sent a total of 20 warships, hundreds of speedboats, and a total strength of 5,000!

Of course, how can there be actual data for sending troops to fight? Like the Yin Army, Mighty Waterfall City will definitely do the kind of false trick of exaggerating the number of people in order to have a psychological shock on the defenders. However, even if there is water in the "5,000" force, I estimate that it will be at least more than 3,000, after all, there are so many ships that they can not move if the number of people is small.

According to intelligence analysis, among the large army of Giant Waterfall City, the number of Yin cultivators accounted for 30%, and the number of ghost cultivators accounted for 70%. This is a common phenomenon in the major Yin cities, that is, the Yin army abides by the principles and only recruits Yin cultivators. On the side of Hades Harbor, I only have seven naval warships, thirty-five speedboats, and more than 20 civilian ships of all sizes temporarily requisitioned. These civilian vessels, which have only undergone simple modifications, are also used as warships.

The number of regular troops in the Arsenal was actually only six hundred, and with the addition of some army soldiers and some sailors who volunteered to participate in the war, they could barely muster enough troops. In the Underworld Harbor Water Army, the ratio of Yin Cultivator to Ghost Cultivator has reached one to nine. In view of the fact that the strength of Yin cultivators of the same level is generally stronger than that of ghost cultivators, the comparison of such forces is really very different!

But at this point, there is no reason to give in and surrender. Liu Han and I boarded the new flagship, the Dreadnought, and personally commanded the naval battle. Sandao continued to command the Victory, Wang Shou commanded the Triumph, and the water demon, the iron head and other cadres also commanded a ship respectively, and the whole army attacked!

It seems that the navy fleet of Mighty Waterfall City did not expect that the navy of Stygian Harbor would be so tough, and they will start working without saying a word! Before their huge fleet could fully form their formation, the warships of the Harbor arrived, and a fierce naval battle broke out between the two armies in the open sea outside the Harbor!

"Victory strikes from the left flank! The Triumph strikes from the right flank! All the other warships scattered and lured the enemy ships in the direction of the deep sea! Intrepid, aim at the enemy flagship and go full throttle! "Standing on the deck of the bow of the Dreadnought, I gave clear instructions to the other ships by the herald manipulating the flag.

With the advantage of the performance of ghost ships, coupled with the fact that they are more familiar with the currents and reefs in the nearby seas, and flexibly use tactics, the fleet of Hades Harbor makes up for the numerical disadvantage well.

Although there are many ships in Giant Waterfall City, the hull is generally small. In particular, the sailors, who were already familiar with the calm rivers and sails, were not very accustomed to the winds and waves of the Stygian Sea, and were led by our nose from the very beginning tactically.

At one point, Mighty Waterfall had planned to use twenty large ships to encircle and suppress the seven warships of the Harbor with a numerical advantage. But I never gave them this opportunity, and simply scattered all seven warships and scattered them on the wide sea to fight guerrillas. Other small boats are guarded around the larger ships in units of several and harassed from time to time.

Only my flagship, the Dreadnought, did the opposite, leading ten speedboats to cut into the enemy fleet from the front. The giant crossbows equipped on enemy ships could not shoot through the hard iron armor of the Dreadnought, but the crossbows shot from the Dreadnought were one arrow at a time. In addition, the unique ghost ship attribute of our ship makes it possible to fire spearguns from the bottom of the boat, which is also very useful against the speedboats of Mighty Waterfall City.

With this unreasonable frontal impact, the Intrepid directly sank two large ships and more than ten small ships in Giant Waterfall City, which is simply an invincible existence!

The flagship of the Waterfall Navy is a galleon that is slightly inferior in length, width and height to the Dreadnought, and its armor is not as stiff as the Dreadnought. In particular, it was equipped with a mast and sails, and the target appeared to be much larger than that of the Dreadnought. In a head-to-head confrontation, the enemy flagship was directly shot by the Dreadnought's giant crossbow and broke half of the mast, smashed the deck, and had to immediately withdraw from the battle.

As soon as the enemy's flagship retreated, the other ships were also unintentionally in the battle, and they only fought for two hours before taking the lead in Mingjin and retreating to Hekou Town for a while. In this first battle, the Giant Waterfall City failed to get any benefits!

The Stygian Harbor Navy won the first battle since the official establishment of the army, and the morale of all the officers and men was greatly boosted, and they poured onto the deck to celebrate, cheering thunderously. Subsequently, the ships damaged in the battle also returned to the port to repair in preparation for the next more brutal naval battle.

However, the Giant Waterfall City Navy did not act rashly for several days, and stayed in the port of Hekou Town to tinker. This also made me even more dissatisfied with Lin Miao and full of resentment. Where is this neutrality, it is obvious that it is willing to serve as the logistics base of the Giant Waterfall City!

A few days later, a large wave of enemy troops suddenly appeared on the path leading to the town of Kawague outside the harbor, and the city walls were almost captured. It turned out that it was the army of Giant Waterfall City that was blocked from attacking by water, and they wanted to send troops to attack by land with their numerical superiority.

Due to the small number of the Stygian Army, a part of it was also withdrawn to support the Navy, which caused such passivity. Fortunately, the army commander who arrived in time was hard and fierce enough to protect the city gate. After I got the report, I hurriedly transferred half of the sailors from elsewhere to help the army's defense. But as a result, there is a lack of ship defense on the sea outside the port.

After that, the two armies engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle inside and outside the walls of the trail. The Stygian Harbor held on to its topography advantage, while the Waterfall City, although menacing, was still unable to be attacked for a long time. After a day of fruitless onslaught, the army of Mighty Falls had no choice but to camp outside the city, intending to attack again after a short rest.

Compared with the naval battle in which they returned to Hekou Town and hung up a free battle card, the army of Giant Waterfall City this time had no intention of retreating. Perhaps they also found a way to deal with the Stygian Harbor in this day's bitter battle, that is, they finally figured out the true strength of the Stygian Harbor: the strength of the naval army is much stronger than the strength of the army. Therefore, insisting on attacking them by land has a better chance of winning!

I am deeply concerned about this. With the little strength of the harbor, what can I do if I can take care of the port but not the city gate, and I can take care of the land route, but not the waterway?

At this time, the sarcastic ghost duly suggested to me: "Taking advantage of the truce between the two armies, why don't you talk to each other first?" ”

I asked rhetorically, "Will they be willing to accept peace talks?" After all, the current situation of the war is in their favor. ”

The sarcastic ghost shook his head and said: "The reason for negotiating is the same as playing cards, you don't know the other party's hole cards, and the other party doesn't know you." Therefore, both sides want to test each other by bluffing, maybe in fact, they are holding a bad hand in their hands! Now that Mighty Waterfall City has fought these two battles, and the waterways and dry roads have been crossed, they can't please at all, maybe their boss is just as anxious as you are now? ”

I was persuaded by it, so I sent an envoy out of the city gate to negotiate with the enemy camp and asked if the other commander would like to come forward and talk.

Hey, I didn't expect the other party to agree quickly, and temporarily retreated the army a mile, and set the location of the peace talks at a place five hundred meters outside our city wall. This distance is relatively safe for both sides.

According to the agreement, I only brought Liu Han with me, and I was not allowed to carry any long weapons on my body. The other party only came to the commander and lieutenant general, and he also did not bring a conspicuous blade. The enemy boss is a deputy city lord of Giant Waterfall City, surnamed Song, called Song Liangcai.

The coaches of the two sides met before the battle, and the demeanor was still needed. After a brief exchange of pleasantries and courtesies, we began the real peace talks.

"Deputy City Lord Song, if you continue to fight like this, it will not do any good to Stygian Harbor and Giant Waterfall City." I first persuaded with good words, "Stygian Harbor has never had a conflict with Mighty Waterfall City, so why kill each other? ”

"No way, it was an order from the city lord, in fact, I didn't approve of this battle at the beginning." Song Liangcai shrugged his shoulders and agreed with my statement.

As soon as I heard this, I felt that there was something to be done, so I continued to persuade: "War always involves the dead and the money is spent, and the little thing that the underworld gives you is greater than the loss you have here?" Why don't you take a step back and open the sky? ”

"Hehehe!" Song Liangcai laughed inexplicably at this time. He looked at me meaningfully before he said, "Lord Zhai, do you really not understand, or do you not understand?" ”

"Don't understand what?" I asked rhetorically, frowning.

"You just said that there has always been no contradiction between Stygian Harbor and Mighty Waterfall City, but this is a bit far-fetched. Don't you understand why our city lord insists on attacking your harbor? Do you really think it's just for that little bit of sweetness to coax children in the underworld? ”

"Is it just to annex our Stygian Harbor?" My face changed a little.

"Definitely! Definitely! Song Liangcai shook his head, "It's because you really don't understand the rules!" ”

"Don't know the rules? What rules? I was stunned again, and looked at Liu Han.

"I'll just get to the point!" Song Liangcai sneered, "It's been more than a year since the establishment of your Stygian Harbor, and you didn't take the initiative to come over to fight one, it doesn't seem that you have taken our Giant Waterfall City in your eyes, so you really shouldn't be!" ”

Song Liangcai knocked on the side for a while, and Liu Hancai and I finally completely understood what he meant.

Giant Waterfall City thinks that it is the largest Yin City within a radius of hundreds of miles, and a newly emerging little brother like Stygian Harbor should be self-conscious, take the initiative to recognize the door, and then send some greeting gifts or something. It is necessary to get the city lord of the Great Waterfall City to be comfortable, and then he will agree to discuss with the Stygian Harbor how to establish formal trade and diplomatic relations between the two Yin Cities.

As a result, I, a stunned boy, ignored it, just nested in my own one-third of an acre of land and developed obscenely, and made a fortune in a muffled voice. Therefore, not only the Giant Waterfall City, but even the Thousand Island City and Snake Bay a little farther away also have a lot of complaints about the Styx Harbor. It's just that the ships of the Stygian Harbor sailed out to other places, and they still have the road guide documents issued by the town of Estuary. Out of respect for Estuary Town and contempt for the Harbor, the major Yin Cities have only been turning a blind eye for more than a year.

At this time, coupled with the fact that the prefecture sent an envoy to issue an edict and promised a lot of benefits, the city lord of Giant Waterfall City made up his mind to send troops to teach the unknown "stunned youth" of Stygian Harbor a lesson!