Charleston tonight is destined to be uneventful.

Just half an hour ago, a hotel suddenly caught fire for no reason, and nearby residents worked together to extinguish the fire, but before they could celebrate, another cannon was heard.

A cannonball flew into the city by grazing the city walls, smashing through the roof of a house, and this was only the beginning, and then more cannonballs poured on the walls, and most of the people in the city were stunned at this time, thinking that the French fleet had suddenly attacked, but you must know that the pride of the Royal Navy is still moored in the harbor of Charleston, the Scarborough.

The other party wants to directly clear the forts on the city wall without first solving this biggest threat, which is undoubtedly a sacrifice and will inevitably pay a heavy price.

However, it was not long before the city's alarmed inhabitants received even more shocking news that it was none other than the HMS Royal Scarborough in the harbor that had attacked Charleston.

The giant naval ship, which had always played the role of the guardian of the colony, suddenly showed its fangs tonight, and launched a bombardment of Charleston without warning, and the batteries on the city walls were the focus of attention, and at least nearly half of the batteries were destroyed after the first round of attacks.

At this time, the defenders of the city suddenly realized that they began to mobilize their men in a panic and wanted to organize a counterattack, but then the second round of attacks had already fallen, and the city wall immediately turned on their backs.

In the past, the colony had not been attacked, but most of them were traceable, and when they saw enemy ships from afar, there would be people to warn them in advance, and everyone should be prepared, but tonight's attack was so sudden that the commander of the city did not know why Scarborough would attack his own people like crazy.

Artillery fire lit up the night sky tonight, and after five volleys, a third of the walls on Charleston's southeast coast collapsed, and only a few shells landed in front of the Queen Anne's Revenge, and the splash did not even wet the hull.

After a short rest on the Queen Anne's Revenge, waiting for the barrel to cool down, Charleston's coastal defenses were largely destroyed and could no longer pose any effective threat, so ten minutes later the pirates on board began to fire freely into the city as originally planned.

Shells crossed the ruined walls and fell into the streets, shops and houses, and the crowd began to flee in all directions.

The location of the Governor's Palace is quite far from the coastline, and it has not been affected for the time being, but the nobles and merchants in it also look very bad, they are all people with heads and faces in the New World, and they came to the Governor's Palace to attend the wedding, but they didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing.

Nearly twenty minutes have passed since the incident, and no one has been able to find out the reason for the attack on the Scarborough, and everyone feels sorry for their shops and mansions in the city, and they want to rush back immediately but are worried about the danger on the road, and now the city has become a mess, and only the Governor's Palace has forty guards, which is considered the safest place.

Governor Watt of Charleston was directing the defense of the Governor's Palace on the second floor, and he had received news that the fort had been scrapped, but it was unknown whether the enemy did not organize a landing immediately because of the lack of manpower, but Watt did not take it lightly.

Forget the rest of the people downstairs, but upstairs there were his own relatives and the big man Belomont, who would definitely not let him go if something went wrong in his territory, so he sent someone to inform the defenders to send twenty more guards.

After arranging all this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

On the other hand, Belo Monte on the other side was very calm from beginning to end, and comforted Watt, "Don't worry, the biggest plantation owners in the interior are all my friends, and they have a lot of private armed forces, I have sent someone to find them, and I can borrow two hundred people from them to help you through this crisis." ”

Watt was overjoyed when he heard this, "Great, I have just arrived in the New World, I am not familiar with many things, and I will inevitably ask you for help in the future, but I have heard that Boston has developed rapidly under your governance, especially on the issue of piracy, your iron and blood stand has been unanimously praised by the military, and when I left London, everyone was talking about your achievements." ”

Belo Monte smiled as he took his tea, which was indeed what he was most proud of.

Watt wanted to say something more, but then one of the guards knocked on the door, "Governor, reinforcements from the defenders have arrived, and they are downstairs now." ”

Watt was stunned, "Someone's coming, is it so fast?" Then I'll go down and have a look. ”

After saying this, he confessed to Watt, and went downstairs, and sure enough, he saw twenty soldiers who had just arrived outside the gate, but the officer at the head looked a little angry.

Watt's suspicion rose in his heart, and he frowned, "What's your name, and who is the chief?" How I've never seen you. ”

The officer grinned, "You've probably heard of my chief's name, his name is Edward Teach, but people seem to prefer to call him Blackbeard." ”

With that, he drew the short musket from his waist and pulled the trigger on Watt, who was only one step away.

This gunshot startled everyone in the hall, and when they saw the governor who had fallen on the steps, some of the female guests couldn't help but scream, and the situation of the male guests was not much better, no one would bring weapons to the wedding, and they were bare-handed, facing a group of soldiers armed to the teeth, everyone was left with horror and despair.

Fortunately, at this time, the guards of the Governor's Palace also arrived, and there was an exchange of fire with this group of soldiers of unknown origin, and the two sides fought fiercely downstairs.

Almost at the same moment, the door to the study on the second floor was pushed open, and two men dressed as guards walked in, and said to the stunned Belo Monte, "Inspector Watt has made it clear that the Scarborough has fallen into the hands of pirates, and they are pretending to be the Navy to launch an attack on Charleston, and the target is you." ”

"Me?" Belo Monte was a little surprised.

"Now that the situation is urgent, they have been killed downstairs and will be there soon, and Governor Watt has asked us to transfer you immediately." With that, the two guards took Belmont's arms.

"Wait, my daughter!" Belo Monte called.

"The sooner you get out of here, the safer it will be for the people in this room, the carriage is ready, let's leave through the back door." After the two guards finished speaking, they ignored the rest of the room and pulled Belo Monte, who was still a little dizzy, and walked briskly downstairs.

The latter finally realized that something was wrong when he saw the dilapidated carriage outside behind him, and tried to fight back, but it was too late, and the two guards disguised as pirates stopped being polite to him and shoved him into the carriage with rough movements.

Knowing that he was at his most dangerous, Belo Monte grabbed the car door and wanted to jump, but then a saber was on his neck.

A deep voice rang in his ears, "Mr. Belomont, we have finally met. ”