Chapter 40: The March of Death (3)
The sailors on deck were busy. While transporting York's and Kenloe's troops back to the south, Sylvia also received several cannons from Princess Catherine.
She was initially dismissive of this kind of thing. In traditional naval warfare, trebuchets are used at long distances, bows and arrows and ballistas are used at medium distances, and hand-to-hand combat with swords at close range.
However, when she learned that it had been invented by the Chosen One, she immediately became intrigued by it. Anyone from the Lost Lands knows that the madman has some strange ideas in his head, and they seem to be particularly useful.
Of course, she also noticed the ecstatic look of the savages York and Kenloe at the several cannons given to them by Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine!
However, it is a pity that the clever Chosen One was actually blown up by something she invented, which made her sigh for a while. After sighing, she ordered the sailors to open fire, and actually blew a reef far away to pieces!
She immediately understood that this thing would completely change the way warfare was to be waged in the future! When she was in Ballston, the elven shaman Somla had warned the Chosen One not to put his invention into practice, had he forgotten?
But she was still excited! As soon as she had found the treasure, she ordered the carpenters to build a gun carriage for the cannons, so that they could be easily pushed into the emplacements during battle, rather than being carried out by a large group of people.
It's a pity that there aren't many of them, just her flagship is equipped with five, and if each ship can be equipped with several, it would be great!
"Are you satisfied with such a gun carriage, Your Excellency?" said the carpenter.
With a hard push, the gun carriage began to move. She nodded, "You've done a good job!" But it would be nice if you could add another fixture to it so that it doesn't move its gun position when firing!"
"You're right! I'll do it!"
Sylvia stroked the dark blue cannon and stepped into the cabin.
The first mate was calculating on the chart.
"We're almost past the reef of no return, Commander, I'm afraid there's an ambush there......"
"If you were in command of a pirate fleet, what would you do?"
"I'll hide my fleet here, wait for your fleet to pass by, quickly seize the upper hand and attack from behind!"
Sylvia nodded. She muttered, "Jack is a very cunning guy, everyone can think of things, he won't do it!"
"And where do you think he'll set up an ambush?"
"If he wants to fight me, there are only two ways!" Sylvia pointed to the map, "One is in the Silver Horn, and fight us in a dignified manner!
Sylvia's finger tapped heavily on the map.
"That's the Dark Gate! Oh my God, is he going to fight us there?"
"I think it must be! It's a dead sea, and he's more familiar with the sea and the terrain than we do!"
The first mate was silent.
"Have you been to the Dark Gate, dear first mate?" asked Sylvia.
"Yes, I had the privilege of been! More than ten years ago, your father's treasure was hidden in the Dark Portal. ”
"How many exits does that reef have?"
"One before and one after the other. There are rocks piercing through the air, the waves crashing on the shore, and the slightest mistake may cause the ship to be destroyed and people killed!"
"How many days will our supplies last?"
"We set off from Tlaneys with a month's worth of supplies. If we save a little money, we should be able to last for a month. ”
"That's enough!" Sylvia nodded, "I'm not going to fall for Jack! instead, I'll force him to fight me!"
When the convoy passed through the reef of no return, the cautious Sylvia sent ships to reconnoitre, and after making sure that there was no ambush, he directed the flotilla to pass quickly.
In the afternoon, the sky suddenly darkened, and the calm sea began to become choppy.
"The storm is coming!" On deck, Sylvia issued a loud order: "Hang the signal flag, tell all ships to get ready, make sure the bow of the ship is sailing against the wind, and don't let the storm hit the side of the ship, otherwise the ship will definitely be overturned!"
The sailors immediately began to run.
"Give me the holy oil, I must pray at once!" said Sylvia, the first mate.
"Does this work?" the first mate skeptical.
"Of course it works! Did you know that when my fleet was drifting on the sea for months, I met Poseidon, the god of the sea! He told us that if we were pious, he would let the storm pass safely!"
"The sea god only cares about the open sea, he doesn't care about this sea!"
"Don't question my orders, just do it!"
It was completely dark! The waves came one after another, and then smashed to pieces on the bow! The hull of the ship jumped to the top of the wave with the raging waves, and then fell to the bottom!
But Sylvia still stood in the bow of the ship. In the sound of the storm, you can vaguely hear her pious Sanskrit singing!
At nightfall, they finally made it through the storm.
They lost several ships, and hundreds of sailors were swept into the sea by the storm. However, in a storm of this magnitude, the damage is minimal.
"She's not only a great captain, she's a very good shaman!" said the first mate, standing at the helm, looking at her with admiration.
"Stop the ship and overhaul the ship!Command every ship to be in the best condition for the next battle!" Silka ordered loudly.
On the high mast, different signal flags were hung.
In the waters near the Dark Gate, Captain Jack's fleet is drifting on the sea.
Jack stood at the bow of the ship, looking out at the thick black clouds in the west. The lightning that meets the sea and the sky is gone.
"I hope they all die in the storm!" his first mate cursed.
"It seems that your wish will be disappointed!" said Jack, "she is a great enemy! There are only two navigators who can come out of the Lost Lands, one is Gru, and the other is her! If I don't die in the next war, I would love to be an explorer, to explore other uncharted waters that no one has ever explored, so that historians will remember my name in the annals of history!"
In the vast land of Dia, Roland is leading several of his guards on horseback.
The necromancers didn't leave much of a force in Dia's hinterland, except for a few important passes. After countless dragnet searches, the people of Dia were either turned into wandering zombies or captured in the Valley of the Falls, leaving too many armies to garrison them.
Fiona, the demon commander, was dragged down by the long battle line. In almost every town, he left a few brigades, even a corps, and in the end his own mobile forces were insufficient.
In this respect, Sandru seems to have done a better job of using his troops than Fiona.
But because of this, the people of the Valley of the Falls were able to retreat to Erathia by sea, away from the formidable enemy in the northwest.
"You're back?" The soldiers of Taniguchi's defense took the reins of the horse for Prince Roland, and made him jump off the horse.
"Is everyone inside?" said Roland, as he walked.
"Yes! I've heard the latest news from the Valley of the Waterfalls!"
Seeing that Roland and his party had returned, the generals immediately surrounded them.
"I'll take a sip first...... Tell me about the latest news in the Valley of the Falls!" Roland picked up a bamboo tube and scooped a tube of spring in the mountain stream.
"We have inquired clearly, the commander stationed in the Valley of the Falls is Degar, the son of the vampire king Drokul! I heard that he is very powerful, but I don't know why, this morning Degar actually led half of his troops to the west!"
"That's the best news ever!" Roland wiped the water from the corner of his mouth, "I've been waiting for this moment for a long time!"
"Shall we do it right away?"
"Of course, there is no chance to be lost, and I have made a deal with Pirate Jack, who promised to send two hundred ships to help me evacuate these people!"
"Great! Let's get started!" the people shouted.
"Have you figured out the arming situation in Taniguchi and the valley?"
"Yes, Jedt drew a sketch and sent it out, we made a sand table according to his drawing, please come and have a look!"
A group of people followed Roland to the sand table in the heart of the valley. A general pointed to the sand table and explained: "Here, here and here, there is a squadron of vampires as a secret outpost, and stationed at the mouth of the valley is a brigade of terror knights and a brigade of corpse witch kings.
After entering the valley is a small hillside, and on the top of the hill there are four huts, in which a dozen or so necromancers live.
The remaining three brigades of undead warriors were stationed along the foot of the hill, opposite them a wooden fence where people were being held.
That's the case, Your Highness the Prince!"
"Well, Taniguchi's forces are still very strong!" Roland muttered, "Can we kill a large group of Terror Knights and a large group of Corpse Witch Kings as soon as possible?"
"I'm afraid not!" The generals smiled bitterly: "Even if we can fight ten by ourselves, thirty or so heroes can destroy at most three hundred terrifying knights! As for more than five hundred warriors, they can fight two hundred at most, and then we will be encircled!"
"Do you see? They have a dense presence in the narrow valley pass! If we send our warriors to climb the cliffs on either side, roll down the logs and rolling stones, and shoot rockets, how many do you think we can kill?"
"That's right, the undead are most afraid of fire!" the generals all looked delighted.
"It's a pity that we all came out this time with the main battle heroes, and we didn't bring a shaman!" Roland lamented: "Otherwise, a fireball of them will ignite the entire valley!"
Everyone's faces were ashamed. The vast majority of men will choose to practice combat skills, only women and a small number of men will choose to practice magic, and even fewer people will practice both combat and magic.
"We're going to have to brave rockets and rolling rocks and keep going up the hill without looking back! With thirty or so beating a dozen necromancers, we should be sure to win, right?"
"Your Royal Highness, do you need to live or die?" said the heroes, puffing out their chests and eagerly trying to get to the ground.
"Try to keep them alive! I have to take control of the rest of the undead army! If they don't obey, kill a few, and the rest should be terrified!"
Roland looked at everyone and said, "I'm done, do you have anything else to add?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.
"So be it, when we take control of the entire valley, immediately lead everyone to move towards the Silver Horn!" 2k reading network