A middle-aged fisherman lifted his basket of fish, and although he had only fished for two hours, before the noon sun had even reached his head, the fisherman had already harvested a full harvest - the coast of the Windmill City, which was divided by the lord of the city, the Earl of Francester, as a fishing place for fishermen who did not want to go to sea but wanted to fish. This stretch of coast stretches for hundreds of meters, and in addition to the built coastal wall, there are also many sandy beaches for civilians to enjoy.

The Windmill City, governed by the thirty-five-year-old Earl of Franchester, was one of the richest cities in the original Oguna Empire. Windmill City is located in the southernmost part of the Empire, with the tail of the Split Mountains to the east and an important gateway to the Eastern and Western Oguna Empire, and several important towns of the Western Oguna Empire to the north, including the Golden Hoof.

As the largest port city in the former Oguna Empire, this port was divided into the Western Oguna Empire due to geographical reasons after the independence of the western border. And the Virgin Gloria and the regent Shumo also attached great importance to this rich port city, after the declaration of independence in the west, there were waves of emissaries sent from Doret, the capital of the Western Oguna Empire, and even now, there are still many ministers of the Western Oguna Empire's court living here, in order to let the Earl of Francester, who has always wanted to remain neutral, declare his willingness to join the Western Oguna Empire.

In addition to sending emissaries, the regent Shumo also had all the ships of the Western Ancient Empire in the south concentrate on the coastal defense of Windmill City, in order to force Franchester to compromise. Although many warships were piloted back to the East Oguna Empire by their captains as soon as possible, and joined the command of the Admiral Sloman, there were still some warships that took refuge in the West Oguna Empire and became an important force in the defense of the southern seas.

Under the orders of the regent Shumo, the split empire of Theoguna has stepped up the construction of warships in the southern port cities. After all, it was already winter, and with the heavy snow covering the mountains, those soldiers who had already crossed the Split Mountains and were standing on the territory of the East Oguna Empire were in urgent need of support from the rear. Coastal support is the quickest and most effective. Sloman, the admiral of the East Oguna Empire, had a good relationship with the largest nobleman in the south, Duke Popo, and when Duke Popo and his wife, Lady Purple, agreed to Prime Minister Hollow's request to side with Glencor, they also announced that all Sloman's ships would regard Windmill City as an enemy.

Sloman, the admiral who had a lot of experience in naval warfare and lived on battleships for many years, had long been tired of the richness of the windmill city, and wanted to drive Franchester away and take this important port city for himself. Now that this opportunity has finally arrived, his warships have been invading the southern waters of Windmill City day and night, in order to exhaust the warships that protect Windmill City, and then land ashore and take the city.

Soon after the war began, Sloman invaded the coast of Windmill City, which made the Earl of Francester determined to side with St. Golia and the general Thumo to resist his original homeland. Under his command, the civilian population here was very enthusiastically involved in the repair of the coastal defenses. In addition to this preserved coastal fishing ground, most of the coastal edge has been walled, and many steel ballistas, watchtowers, and arrow towers have been built in a short period of time. Even the location of the harbor, which was originally a flat area, was dug up by the citizens who loved Windmill City here, and the construction of ships capable of quick sorties was intensified in it to lure large warships in the outer seas to approach Windmill City, and then cooperate with the fortifications to destroy it.

And in the tail part of the Split Mountains, the pass that is more than ten kilometers east of Windmill City, also chose to support Franceste and sided with the rebels in the west. So this important level pass became the entrance for civilians who wanted to enter the Western Oguna Empire, and they crowded here from all over the Eastern Oguna Empire to get through.

Far east of this pass is a large forest, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Duke Popo, but Duke Pobo did not send an army to prevent the civilians from fleeing to the west, many people believe that this is Duke Popo's gesture of wanting to watch the two empires fight each other - Duke Pobo also left a way back for himself.

Therefore, the windmill city, which has both a highly defensive coastal defense line and a land pass, has become the key to breaking the stalemate in the war between the two countries. The nobles of Glenko wanted to take the port and then fight back against the rebels from the south, and the establishment of the Western Oguna Empire also hoped that the Windmill City would gradually gain sea supremacy, and then join forces with the rest of the army to attack the East Oguna Empire.

The fisherman carried a basket full of fish and shrimp to the seafood market in Windmill City, which was fresh enough to fetch a good price when not many fishing boats dared to go out into the sea to fish.

"How much do you think I can sell for this?" said the middle-aged fisherman, whose gray hair made him look quite old, "I mean this big orange fish." "The fisherman took out a big white fish out of the basket, and where is it orange?

The owner of the live fish stall was strong, with two turbans tied to his head, one for his hair and eyebrows, and the other for his mouth, "The big orange fish is worth nine gold coins, and I saw it in the seventh guard tower from the left of the coastal defense line that day." The tall and burly owner of the fish stall was also talking nonsense, and he actually saw live fish in the watchtower.

The middle-aged fisherman put the fish basket in his hand, and then took nine gold coins directly from the place where the fish stall owner put the money, "Okay, the orange fish belongs to you, and the rest should be given to you by me." With that, he turned to leave, but the owner of the fish stall, who only showed his eyes, didn't even look at the basket, but took out one of the fish and cut it with a knife, and the blood splattered all over the ground.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the Earl of Francester and a few guards behind him came to the coastal line to personally inspect the soldiers who were standing guard. His orange hair is curly and dense, and because of his very friendly personality, he is nicknamed "Earl Orange Peel" by the citizens of Windmill City.

Count Orange Peel walked this way from the left, and at every watchtower he could see the guards in high spirits, looking at the shore with all their bodies. Both the young guards and the old ones stood guard seriously, and none of them were sloppy. This situation pleased the Earl of Orange Peel, and he encouraged every guard who continued to watch the sea at night, appreciating them as the strongest defenders of Windmill City.

And when he walked to the seventh watchtower, he found that there was only one person in this watchtower, and the only guard in front of him was the middle-aged guard who was supposed to be a group of five.

"What about the others?" Franchester, who was in his prime, looked very energetic, and in addition to his orange hair, his biggest feature was a mole on the back of his neck, which most people would not notice.

The middle-aged guard was the fisherman who appeared at the live fish market in the morning, and after turning into a guard, he became a guard, "Report to your lord, the others are behind you" The tone of this person is yin and yang, and his words are also very quiet.

Earl Orange Peel didn't know why, but when he looked back, he saw that the soldiers behind him had all fallen, and they looked as if they were asleep, lying motionless on the ground. And when Francester tried to shout for help, his mouth was already covered by the middle-aged fisherman.

About ten minutes later, from the seventh watchtower, Franchester, Earl of Orange Pi, walked out, humming a ditty as he walked out, looking relaxed, as if nothing had happened just now.

The four guards who were patrolling saw the Earl and hurriedly came over to greet him.

Count Orange Peel: "Take me back to the Tower of Lords." ”

"Where's your guard, Lord Count?" the guards noticed that the Count was alone here, and that there were no guards around him.

"Oh, I came here to inspect the situation before it was dark, and I had already asked the guards around me to go back to rest, and now it's getting late, so you can take me back. ”

The four guards in charge of patrolling were so embarrassed that they had to patrol the coastline, so they had to have two of them escort Count Orange Pid back to the Lord's Tower in Windmill City.

Originally, the Earl of Francester was only willing to live in an ordinary house like the commoners, but the craftsmen and citizens here secretly spent one night secretly in the night to build this lord's tower, so that the Count of Orange Pi lived and worked here, and his wife and children also lived here.

And as soon as Count Orange Pippy returned to his room, his wife came to her, "Honey, you are back," and she was about to come over and kiss her husband, but Count Orange Peel pushed him away, and went to his office seat.

"You have my lieutenant called, I have orders to give him immediately. ”

Just as Count Orange Peel sat in his place and said this to his wife, his wife looked at Count Orange Peel's neck with frightened eyes, "You are not my husband, who are you!?"

Count Orange Peel showed a slight look of surprise, and immediately pulled out a small dagger from his waist, which also had two colors on it. It's just that Franchester's wife has turned around and is ready to shout for the guards to come in. Just a second before she could shout, a very thin weapon flew out of the shadows of the room and shot into the head of the count's wife, who immediately fell to the ground without the last words she wanted to shout.

"Uncle 'Sailor', why are you there?" Count Orange Peel looked into the shadows, but before he could finish his words, out of the shadows came a small little girl with thick black hair and large round eyes.

"It's me. "The person who shot the secret weapon was Carrie, and her cuffs were still open.

Earl Orange Peel immediately ran over and hugged Carrie, and when he did hold Carrie, he turned into a red-haired girl - the mysterious illusionist Felisty.

"Great, you're not dead yet! I've been looking for you."

"I already know who killed Miss Delia," Carrie pushed the red-haired girl Felistie away, who was already crying like pear blossoms, "I will stand by your side and avenge Miss Delia together!"