Chapter 70: Take the Blackwater
Just as General Hall was in shock, the gate of the castle suddenly opened, and a tall blond young man wearing the armor of a sailor in the city of Leoni walked out of the castle and waved his hand as he walked towards General Hall's guards.
General Hall is all too familiar with this sailor, because the kid who gives him a headache is his own nephew who has grown up.
General Hall's guards apparently recognized the guy as well, and many turned back to look at General Hall.
Duncan's appearance made General Hall suddenly remember who the family flag belonged to, and the owner of that banner had given him a gift some time ago.
General Hall waved his hand, and the guards spared Duncan over the shield wall.
Coming to General Hall's side, Duncan said excitedly: "General, Senator Lucas led us to attack Blackwater Castle last night, and now the castle is full of our people, and the Senator asks the General to send someone to take over the castle." ”
General Hall was a little suspicious, and carefully interrogated Duncan.
Anyway, the battle situation has been decided, and Duncan is not in a hurry, and he told Bai Qi's speculation about the battle situation and their experience last night.
After listening to Duncan's words, General Hall couldn't help but gasp, Bai Qi's speculation about the battle situation was as if this war was planned by him.
Duncan's words basically dispelled Hale's doubts, the reason is very simple, if the people in the city-state are enemies, and the other party has grasped the battle situation to this point, then it should definitely not be the current situation that greets him.
Now the water thieves can be said to have been defeated, in addition to a few strong taverns near the castle, there are also sporadic, not had time to withdraw the water thieves in the corner of the stubborn resistance, basically the overall situation has been decided, at this time, even if there is something in the castle, it is no longer able to return to the sky.
However, General Hall was not short of caution, and he immediately ordered one of the commanders of the First Legion of Leony City to gather his men and enter Blackwater Castle to take over the city's defenses.
This time, in addition to the coalition forces of several inland city-states that could not have any dealings with the water thieves, there was also a thousand-strong brigade of the First Legion of Leoni City.
General Hall sent this thousand-man brigade to take over Blackwater Castle, if what Duncan said was true, he would be able to completely control this extremely important castle in his own hands, in case there was a problem in the castle, even if he lost a thousand-man brigade, it would not have much impact on the coalition army, and the remaining seven thousand coalition troops and hundreds of Chosen Warrior-level powerhouses, seven or eight great samurai-level powerhouses, had enough ability to capture this fortress.
Grand Samurai Lyenston, commander of the Third Brigade of the First Legion, quickly gathered his thousand-man brigade and followed Duncan into the castle.
After a while, the sound of the third brigade of soldiers taking over the city defense appeared on the city wall, and General Hall couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.
The Great Warrior of Lyonston soon met Bai Qi and his men in the hall on the fourth floor of the central fortress, and without saying a word, Bai Qi ordered his men to withdraw from the central fortress and completely handed over the control of the fortress to Lyenston's men.
The commander of the First Legion of Leony City is concurrently served by the Archon, and it can be said that he is the consul's descendant, so Lyonston, as the confidant of the consul, naturally regards Lucas, the red man in front of the consul, as his own.
Therefore, after Bai Qi told him that the Great Warrior of the Borg from Yasuo City in the coalition army was his enemy of life and death, if the other party knew that he was in Blackwater City, he might kill himself regardless of it, so after hoping that Lyneston could help conceal his whereabouts, the Great Warrior of Lyenston naturally agreed without hesitation.
He even hinted to Bai Qi that he should take the opportunity to kill this Borg warrior.
Of course, Bai Qi immediately rejected his suggestion, although he was very impressed by this suggestion, but he knew that the tiger could mix in the space to reach its current status, and it was by no means so easy to kill, even with Lyerston's help, it was not very likely that they would kill each other, as a junior great samurai, Lyenston was not necessarily the opponent of the tiger who had been stuck in the E-level bottleneck for several tasks.
Of course, Bai Qi would not say that Lyenston was not a Borg opponent, and he told Lyonston with righteous words that at this time when it was necessary to unite a force to fight against the orcs, killing the senior generals of the allied forces would definitely cause rifts within the coalition army, which was definitely something that His Excellency the Archon did not want to see, and he could not affect the plan to fight the orcs because of his hatred.
Bai Qi's general expression of knowledge is, of course, even more respected by Lyonston.
After a hasty exchange with Bai Qi, Lineston led the guards out of the castle and reported the situation in the castle to General Hall.
In fact, when he saw Lyenston walk out of the castle, General Hall's last doubt disappeared.
Although he was dissatisfied with Bai Qi's unauthorized actions, General Hall was very satisfied with being able to take the vital Blackwater City at the cost of minor casualties, and although Bai Qi's actions were risky, his adventures proved to be successful, and in general, General Hall's satisfaction was far greater than his dissatisfaction.
He was also very satisfied with Bai Qi's small request.
In the eyes of General Hall, a small commander of Yasuo City, in this case, would not dare to do anything to the great heroes of Leoni City.
If it was before, maybe Hall and Lineston would have felt that Bai Qi was too cowardly and timid, but Bai Qi's actions last night were enough to prove his bravery and wisdom,
So Hall, like Lane Stud, thinks that Bai Qi's request is obviously a kind of self-sacrifice from the perspective of the big picture.
However, Bai Qi knew that once the tiger knew about his existence, the other party would definitely stare at him like a poisonous snake, looking for an opportunity to give him a fatal blow, but Bai Qi didn't want to make a mistake at this critical time.
General Hall entered the Blackwater Fort and left the city-state with his guards. After all, his main mission is to guard against enemies from the sea, and Blackwater's fleet of ships that help the Goldenfish transport soldiers could return at any time.
Bai Qi took his men and mixed in with General Hall's guards, returned to the docks, and boarded General Hall's ship.
Soon, Bode and Gunde, who had received a summons from Bai Qi, came to rendezvous with four warships hidden not far away.
Bai Qi, who returned to his fleet with his men, added a new group of troops to General Hall's men.
The remnants of Blackwater's resistance were quickly wiped out, and Lyenston led the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Legion of Leoni City to occupy Blackwater Castle, while the coalition forces of the other city-states divided their forces to occupy dozens of tavern fortresses on the outskirts of Blackwater Castle.
Most of the coalition generals were very satisfied with the fact that they had achieved such a great result in occupying the entire Blackwater City with minor casualties, and the only ones who were dissatisfied were the space soldiers who belonged to the seven inland city-states.
All the space soldiers who participated in the attack on Blackwater City this time have received a special advanced mission, after completing this task, they can obtain several teams with a higher degree of contribution, and they can obtain the qualification to purchase the pirate warships captured in this campaign and form a private fleet, this task is the compensation of the space for these space soldiers who were assigned to the inland city-states, however, Bai Qi's birth almost took away almost one-third of the battlefield contribution, so that almost all the participating teams did not get enough battlefield contributions.
Bai Qi did not receive the task, so the space did not mention him in the mission prompt, and these space soldiers did not know about his existence.
Although Bai Qi will not be able to gain benefits from this battlefield mission, the fair space system will definitely include this battle exploits in his clearance evaluation, which is why Bai Qi is willing to take risks to do this.
The team of space soldiers who did not have enough combat merits were naturally unwilling to give up, and they immediately applied to the generals of their city-states to participate in the next naval battle.
For the enthusiasm of their subordinates, the generals are also very happy to see it, first, their combat exploits, must have their share, and second, these people are some civilian warriors who suddenly appeared, none of them are their descendants, and they are not distressed if they are damaged.
The space soldiers, who had been given permission, returned to the docks, climbed aboard the ship that had not been damaged in the previous landing, and urged the sailor to turn the ship around and follow behind General Will's fleet.
This kind of scene surprised General Will at the same time, but also greatly relieved, according to intelligence, there are at least forty or fifty pirate ships that help transport the fishmen, although most of them are armed merchant ships, but it is also very difficult to rely on more than twenty warships to block, with the addition of these powerful warriors, his certainty immediately increased.
At this time, the sky is already bright, the sun is slowly rising, and the mist on the lake is gradually dispelled by the sun.
As the minutes ticked by, the lake was always calm.
General Hall was leaning back in the chair behind the desk in the captain's room, his eyes closed, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry.
In fact, General Hall is indeed not in a hurry, the war has reached this stage, even if he is defeated on the lake, it is almost impossible for the remaining water thieves to capture Blackwater City under the guard of nearly 10,000 allied troops, unless the Gray Fortress is completely defeated, and Captain Sassen returns with an army of orcs and trolls, it is possible to retake Blackwater City.
But if something like that happens, the situation is not something he can control, and it is not something he should worry about.
Another reason Hall is so calm is because of his extensive experience on the water.
For people who are begging for a living on the water, if it is not necessary, night sailing is something that needs to be avoided as much as possible, and the night with limited vision will greatly limit the ability of the ship to avoid danger, and many times, when the naked eye can see the danger, the ship has not enough space to adjust the direction.
Night sailing may be a piece of cake for a single group of pirates, but for a fleet of dozens of pirates who are not under each other's control, it becomes an impossible task.
Based on this experience, General Hall concluded that since the pirates did not return before last night, they could only leave early this morning at the earliest, and the time to return to Blackwater Harbor must be in the afternoon.
What General Hall didn't expect was that in the captain's room of Bai Qi's ship, Duncan, the bad boy Duncan, who was not angry, made the same judgment as him without thinking.
"......, so you can rest assured, Chief, Blackwater's fleet won't return to Blackwater until at least noon, if I were you, I'll get some sleep, and I'll wake you up before the battle begins." Bad boy Duncan said.
Bai Qi touched his chin, thought for a moment, and said: "Your construction is good, I was busy all night last night, I really should have a good rest, the command task of the fleet will be handed over to you, even if the war starts, you don't need to wake me up, this battle is a test for you at that time, if you do a good job, as a reward, I will accept you as a disciple, like Nonda and them, and teach you martial arts." ”
Duncan's face turned red with excitement, and he was about to say something, but was interrupted by Bai Qi waving his hand, "Remember, don't engage with the water thieves, let those landlubbers go and fight the water thieves, we have gained enough achievements, there is no need to continue to fight." ”
Duncan said, "Boss, don't worry, I know what to do." ”
Bai Qi nodded and waved Duncan away.
Adrian asked, "Are you really relieved to hand over the command of the fleet to this playboy?" ”
Bai Qi said: "At least he has a lot of experience in water warfare, and he is a professional compared to a few of us." ”
Adrian shrugged his shoulders and said, "I hope you're right." ”
As a woman, Adrian instinctively didn't want to trust a playboy.
Bai Qi comforted: "Don't worry, most of the water thieves who transport the fishmen must be armed merchant ships, and their speed and flexibility are not as good as our warships, as long as Duncan is not stupid to take the initiative to take the gunwale, it is unlikely that we will be caught up by the enemy, and haven't you noticed that the eyes of those space soldiers who have not made enough combat achievements are about to turn red?" That's more than a hundred Chosen Warrior-level powerhouses and five or six Great Samurai-level powerhouses, unless Captain Sasen defeats the First Fleet of Leoni City, which ambushed him, and returns triumphantly with an army of orcs, we can't lose if we want to. ”
"So, don't worry too much, professional things, let's leave it to professionals, if the three of us can not make a move, don't make a move, so as not to be recognized by the tiger." R1152