The attack on the Houyi was much faster than the dwarves had expected. Several of the shells that had entered the water hit their ship more than ten meters away, and the waves that set off were overwhelming the crew's bodies, drenching them to a soaked ground. The dwarven crew, though unaware of the exact power of this weapon, knew that it would be terrible if something like this landed on the ship, and began to instinctively dodge.

The first attack did not hit the dwarven patrol fleet, but it completely disrupted the rhythm of the dwarves' attack, and only one ship's crossbow arrow came out of the arrow, but it did not hit the houyi's hull at all.

Immediately after the second round of shelling, a cannonball hit the bow of the flagship of the dwarven fleet, and the impact angle of the direct bow of the ship flew away, and the burst shrapnel hit the barrel next to the bow trebuchet, and the scorching metal ignited the explosives in the barrel, and then caused a violent explosion, the trebuchet and several dwarves around it were lifted into the air, and the entire bow of the battleship was blown away, and a large hole appeared, revealing the lower deck. Several dwarven sailors above and below deck were injured by the blast, rolling on the ground and wailing as they clung to their wounds.

Xiao Chen could see clearly that an officer who was still talking to him with amplification magic just now was stuck in his chest by a wooden plank, and sat down holding the piece of wood in his forehand.

"Chairman Xiao, do you still need to continue the attack?" asked Captain Ma Anmin.

"Wait a minute, see if they take the lesson this time. ”

Hou Yi stopped on the surface of the sea, like a tiger entrenched on a rock, ready to attack, and the ships around him, whether it was a dwarven patrol or a merchant ship from other countries, said that they were like small animals frightened by the tiger, and they trembled one by one.

A ship next to the dwarven flagship sent out a set of crossbow arrows, and the fire-filled crossbow arrows shot at the bow of the Houyi, four of the five crossbow arrows were knocked down by Xiao Chen's ice spear, and the last one was shot at the armor of the Houyi, leaving only a small pit and falling into the water.

The trebuchet on another ship was about to fire an explosive barrel at the Houyi, but was hit by a shot from the ship's dwarven sniper, and the barrel exploded on the trebuchet, instantly blowing the trebuchet apart, but fortunately, the explosion did not affect the explosion barrel placed next to it. In the end, only a few dwarves who operated the trebuchet were wounded.

The attack by all three ships failed, and the dwarves panicked and even argued over whether or not to continue the attack.

"The two shelling rounds just now are just a warning to you to attack us. If you continue to attack us, you will receive a full counterattack from us. Xiao Chen said to the dwarven patrol fleet.

Two minutes later, flags were raised on the dwarven flagships, and the three patrol ships surrendered together.

Xiao Chen asked them to get out of the way, and Hou Yi swaggered into Crowell Harbor.

The dwarves, who had been observing from the shore, reported what had happened at sea to the port governor Ansaldo, and when the Houyi approached the port, a phalanx of hundreds of dwarves had already appeared on the shore.

The dwarven ranks had no cavalry, but were all infantry, and the warriors in these formations were divided into two categories: melee and range-out. Melee fighters are armed with battle axes, hammers and shields. Warriors from afar are armed with throwing spears and crossbow arrows.

Xiao Chen said: "I don't really understand from the warships of the Dwarf Kingdom just now, they are the race that has mastered the inheritance of the Forging Tower, why are they still building cold weapons for thousands of years? Where have all these inheritances gone?"

Farrell couldn't answer this question, he could only say, "I think it's still the old guys' business." They always felt that the dwarven traditions were the most important. ”

Xiao Chen shook his head when he heard this, he didn't think that when the Forging Tower came to the Dwarf Kingdom, the dwarves would stick to any traditions and deliberately not learn the knowledge inside the Forging Tower, otherwise there would be no explosion of forging technology at that time. And then the emphasis on tradition and the like, I'm afraid that something happened to the dwarven kingdom, and even the entire society of the dwarves themselves, and for some reason fell into self-containment.

At this moment, an elderly dwarf wearing delicate red enchanted armor stood behind the phalanx, guarded by a group of shield-wielding warriors. There were also four steel golems that were more than two meters tall beside him, and these golems looked somewhat similar to the guard golems that Luo Ling had found in the ruins of the Black Dragon Empire, but the structure seemed to be simpler.

Xiao Chen said, "Could it be that the Dwarf Kingdom has also mastered the Golem technology of the Black Dragon Empire?"

Luo Ling observed it and said, "No, these golems seem to be simplified versions of the Demon Dragon Empire Golems. Do you see the Iron Fist mark of the gears on their shoulders? In appearance, they are also a bit old. Although it is well maintained, it can be seen that it is some years old. I guess these golems are sold by the Black Dragon Empire to the Dwarven Kingdom. It is even possible that they were used by the Black Dragon Empire to pay for the purchase of dwarven slaves. ”

Xiao Chen asked Farrell, "Have you heard of these golems?"

"Yes, I've heard of these golems, but I've barely seen them. I didn't know that they looked very similar to the golems of the Black Dragon Empire. All I know is that they were previously given to the great nobles by the king. The nobles are very precious to these things, and the nobles will not take them out unless they encounter a strong enemy. Farrell took off the telescope in front of him and said to Xiao Chen, "That dwarf in red armor is Ansaldo. These golems are supposed to be used by the family to save his life. ”

Xiao Chen found that Ansaldo's beard was combed into seven strands, with ornate gems and ornaments tied on it, which was a status symbol in the dwarven kingdom, and most of the soldiers around him had only one strand of beard, while a few officers had three strands of beard. Ansaldo is the most bearded and ornamented of all people. Xiao Chen asked Farrell: "This Ansaldo has seven wisps of beard, and it seems that his status is quite high." ”

"Only the patriarchs of the six great families and the high priests of the god of forging can grow nine wisps of beard. Ansaldo comes from the Fire Crystal family, one of the six major families of the Dwarven Kingdom, he can be the governor of an important port, and he is also a key figure in the family, and his status is only below the patriarch, so he is qualified to have seven wisps of beard. Farrell said.

Xiao Chen glanced at Farrell's beard that was now spread out and asked, "Then how many wisps of beard could you grow back then?"