A group of professional Assassins had already infiltrated the port, and when they were notified of the start of the operation through magic items, they immediately caused some chaos in the city, attracting the attention of the city guards.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, hundreds of elite soldiers dived into the harbor and then carried out large-scale destruction.

Instead of plundering like the usual bandits, they don't even kill people, but they are constantly driving panicked civilians out of the harbor to spread their panic throughout the city and hindering the guards.

At the same time, many of them took out some red crystals, stuffed them in a metal tube, and threw them at nearby ships or houses. A second or two later, explosions rang out everywhere.

This is an alchemy bomb, and the cost is not low. There will definitely be money to be made by blowing up ships with it, but it is difficult to say if it is used to blow up houses.

But for Thrace, this little material was nothing. For this operation, the Thracian diving unit prepared thousands of these bombs, and if they could be used up according to plan, it would be of great help to the whole battle.

What is money – at least not too much – in the face of war?

If the army is delayed for one day, the consumption of military salaries, military rations, and even various materials is not a small amount. Not to mention the battle losses of those elite troops - the loss of nearly 3,000 soldiers in a few months on the Norma Line has already made many nobles in Thrace a little worried, and some nobles have even asked the king to temporarily suspend this war and wait for the next year.

This year's grain harvest in southern Thrace is not good, with good rice growth, but not good heading, and total production is expected to fall by two to three percent. This problem is nothing in normal times, and a poor harvest of this magnitude is not enough to cause a natural disaster. This year, however, has greatly increased the pressure on logistics, so much so that many of the officials in charge of logistics have become ill from overwork, and they do not know if they will die of overwork......

The old general sat motionless in the command seat, listening to his subordinates constantly reporting news from the front line, without a trace of expression on his face.

The contrast between his indifference and the excitement of his subordinates was stark.

After a while, he interrupted his subordinates with good news and asked coldly, "How long has it been?"

Kansa immediately replied, "Six minutes left, half an hour." ”

The old general nodded: "Order, let them come back." ”

Kansa was stunned for a moment and asked, "Didn't you make an appointment for half an hour?"

"The goal has been achieved, there is no need to delay. ”

After about twenty minutes, the guards finally arrived. What they saw was the port area, already on fire, and the ships that were burning and sinking.

A day later, another port was attacked.

Immediately after that, there is the third and fourth......

"Something happened!" In the chat channel, Raymond (really broken) who was in the Molai Colosseum, the capital of the Federation, suddenly sent a message, "Many ports of the Federation have been attacked by the Thracian army, and the situation is very tense now. ”

The panda was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise, "Molaigang was also attacked?"

"Of course there is no port of Molai, but there are already four ports that have been attacked...... Now it's five. "Now the Federal Guard has increased the number of men in the port area, almost three steps and one sentry, five steps and one sentry." Many nobles were hurrying back to their realms to prevent them from being attacked. ”

Panda just let go of his snack - if even Molai Port was attacked, then the morale of the Federation would almost be lowered to the bottom.

There is a war going on in the front, but the rear can't even keep the capital, so how can this war continue?

But he was reassured too soon.

For most of the month since, bad news has been coming.

The Thracians had noticeably improved their diving skills, and they came to the vicinity of the various ports in small groups using diving methods, attacked and left immediately, without any lingering.

On the whole, their attacks did not cause great damage to the ports, and the most serious one blew up more than two ships, burned half of the docks, and killed, blew and burned no more than two hundred people combined.

This is certainly not a small amount, but for a city, it is not enough to break the bones.

This news was accompanied by orders from the lords of all walks of life to withdraw their troops.

Although the Marquis d'Addarion tried his best to convince the generals of the various troops, for these generals, the lord's orders were far more important than the persuasion of the Marquis of D'Artagion. So in the end, he couldn't even convince all the way to the army, except for the troops sent by the lords who were located inland, almost all the troops of the lords of the coastal ports were withdrawn.

Most of the prosperous cities of the Molai Commercial Federation are on the coast, and with such a withdrawal, the strength of the entire Norma Defense Line is directly reduced by almost half. To make matters worse, morale took a heavy hit.

Even with half of the troops, it should still be able to hold the fortress, but at most the pressure is greater. But who can not be worried about the withdrawal of friendly forces one after another, and the number of troops on the defensive line dwindling? Who can not be nervous?

To make matters worse, it wasn't long before even the lords who didn't go by the sea withdrew.

The Marquis d'Ardarion fainted in anger, the old man was already quite old, and this time he was in charge of the actual military affairs of the defensive line, because he was the only general in the upper echelons of the Federation who had experienced the last Norma attack and defense - so you can see how old he was. He usually likes to drink again, and his health is not very good, but this time he was so angry that he was immediately bedridden.

The Marquis d'Artagion fell ill, and the military affairs of the Norma Line naturally fell on the head of the Duke of Norma.

It is said that Duke Norma is the supreme commander of the entire Norma region, but this Duke is a man of culture, and he is very good at writing poetry and painting, but he is not good at fighting. In the past, when the Marquis of D'Artagion was in charge of military affairs, it was just that, but now that he was in charge, he was suddenly a little dizzy and couldn't keep busy.

Of course, there are military talents under the Duke's command, but these talents may have certain talents, but they do not have enough prestige and experience. Dealing with this kind of major event involving 20,000 troops and three lines of defense, they are a little careless.

The duke had approached the old marquis and borrowed talents from him. But those issues that affect the overall situation can only be decided by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

For example, the arrangement and adjustment of the defense zone.

Because of the withdrawal of one unit after another, there was a lot of emptiness in the Norma Line. How to arrange defense under such circumstances is a major matter that can only be decided by the Duke himself.

The Duke's staff presented several sets of plans, but the Duke felt uneasy, and he felt terrified when he looked at the loopholes on the map.

But there is no way to do this, the strength of the Norma defense line is already stretched, and it is necessary to grasp the key points and relax the relatively unimportant points a little.

Of course, the Duke understood, but he just couldn't convince himself to make up his mind.

It was in this procrastination and hesitation that the Thracians went on the offensive again. 1910