Chapter 509: The Meeting After the War

Many war scholars and war historians believe that the Battle of Romani marked the beginning of the artillery era, and that the victory of the Norton family's North Sea Fleet equipped with bronze artillery over the Invincible Fleet of the Commercial Alliance meant the end of the traditional maritime melee mode, and the Norton family's victory led them to a new chapter in the legend of sea domination, which was a great advance in the history of navigation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, more historical researchers and military enthusiasts believe that the Romanée naval battle is not as exaggerated as those war history experts say, and even the power of bronze artillery is not as great as everyone thinks. Although the Armada suffered heavy losses after being attacked by night and three attacks along the way, they still had a numerical advantage in the Armageddon, and even occupied the initiative on the battlefield in the second half of the naval battle.

If the Armada did not attack the three whaling ships in the center of the horizontal formation where Lorist was located, but attacked from both flanks, separated and encircled, and used the absolute superiority of the number of warships and high-end forces to ignore the heavy casualties and losses, it was not impossible to defeat the Norton family. As most scholars and experts acknowledge, the Armada commanded the battle in this Armageddon with great wisdom and classicism. Even though the front line was completely wiped out under the attack of artillery and catapults, the follow-up fleet continued to attack with fireships was the best choice at that time.

On the contrary, the Norton family fleet performed poorly, and even relaxed its vigilance after destroying the sixty or seventy large armed warships in front of the Armada Assault, believing that the enemy was likely to turn around and flee, only to be caught off guard by the Armadada's decisive assault. All the sand table deductions and battle reviews show that if it weren't for the unfortunate choice of the whaling ship where Lorist was located by the high-end combat force stormtroopers dispatched by the Invincible Armadada, then even if the Norton family could win this naval battle, it would be a loss for both sides.

As recorded in the sand table deduction of an Armada victory, as long as the Armada first eliminated the whaling ships on both wings, drove away the large armed warships of the Norton family in the rear, separated the medium-sized fast armed warships of the Norton family with only one bronze cannon in the reef area, endured the shelling without counterattacking and exhausted the ammunition of the fourteen mine-strike battleships led by Sambarwood to force them to evacuate, and then used fire to destroy the three whaling ships in the center of the cross-formation where Lorist was located. The Armada was able to win even with heavy losses.

It's just that the premise of this victory is that the Armada knows that Lorist is personally on the front line to command this Romani naval battle, and also knows which battleship he is on. And the situation at the time of this naval battle was that the Invincible Armada did not realize that Lorlist, the new Juggernaut, would participate in this naval battle on the warship. Isn't that a joke, which Sword Saint would personally go into battle and fight hand-to-hand with small soldiers? You must know that the Sword Saint is the highest level of force in a kingdom and a town, whether it is a land battle or a naval battle, it is simply too shameful and shameful to let the Sword Saint participate in these battles......

However, Lorist didn't care, he didn't take the identity of the Sword Master seriously, he cared more about the identity of the Grand Duke of the Northland and the head of the Norton family. Instead of being held high and worshipped like the Storm Sword Saint recruited by the Business Alliance. Therefore, when encountering Lorist, who does not follow the usual path, the Invincible Armada can only consider itself unlucky.

Just like many war scholars, war history experts, military enthusiasts and historical researchers in later generations have disputed the Romani naval battle for a long time, but they have never disputed whether there is anything wrong with the surrender of Viscount Penelope, the commander-in-chief of the Armada, at most they only complained that he was unlucky and ran into Lorlist, a sword master, when he first entered the field, and the only option was to be captured. As a result, the result of his surrender was that the Armada no longer had the morale and courage to continue fighting, and the Norton fleet was under the watchful eye of the Norton fleet and hung the white flag one after another.

"Why surrender?" Lorist was annoyed, well, the enemy rushed to his ship with great momentum, and he was rubbing his fists and trying to kill the depressed breath in his chest, and a naval battle that was perfectly prepared for long-range artillery bombardment was commanded by himself and no one was comfortable with it. I wanted to kill a big fight, but who wanted the enemy to surrender, this is like a punch that has already been accumulated in the air, which makes Lorist extremely unhappy, and you rush over to surrender?

"I don't want to die......" Viscount Penelope said very calmly, this will also regret it, who would have thought that Lorist, the famous Blood Sword Saint, would become the target of the high-end combat power assault of the Invincible Armada, isn't this looking for death? He wasn't that stupid, so stupid that the one who had turned into a headless corpse on deck......

Now even if the Armada is completely destroyed, it cannot be said that he is incompetent as a commander, and there is any problem in command, on the contrary, this naval battle can be carried out so far, and Viscount Penelope is very capable. He was just unlucky, he ran into Lorlist, the sword master, and failure was understandable, he couldn't force people to die, and even if he died, it was useless, and the high-end combat power of the Armada of more than 100 people was just a few more swings of the sword in Lorlist's eyes, and there was no threat at all.

Lorist will finally understand why the Second Highness was trembling in the face of the Storm Sword Saint, closing his eyes and waiting for death, even the always strong Grand Duke of Fisabrun turned into a turtle with a shrunken head, only knowing that Mingzhe protected himself, and did not dare to come forward to refute. On the contrary, as a traverser, Lorist had no fear and reverence for the Sword Saint in his heart, and stepped forward without a clear understanding of his cultivation realm, and fought with the long-famous Storm Sword Saint, saving the lives and reputations of His Royal Highness and the elite nobles of the Antinac Kingdom.

The performance of these golden swordsmen and great swordsmen of the invincible armada in front of them was even more unbearable than that of the Second Highness, and after learning the identity of Lorist, they saw Viscount Penelope and they surrendered first, these golden swordsmen who were originally cowering like quails gathered together seemed to have turned their weapons into hot potatoes, and the action of throwing was called a fast, and before Lorist blinked his eyes twice, there were already a bunch of divine blades piled up on the deck, and these golden swordsmen all surrendered with Viscount Penelope, as if they rushed to Lorlist's ship to surrender......

"Alright, I'll give you the noble treatment you want, and you don't have to give me the sword, and I'll allow you to bring two squires to guard you. But now this naval battle can be stopped, and let your men surrender. Lorist said with some amusement.

Viscount Penelope's eyes just now made Lorist very uncomfortable, because that look contained a sense of helplessness after a child was bullied by an adult, as if Lorist should not appear in this naval battle, thinking about it, Lorlist, the sword master, to deal with them, these golden swordsmen and great swordsmen, it really seems to be a little too much.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Grand Duke. Viscount Penelope graciously bowed in thanks, and then motioned for one of his attendants to take out a conch horn inlaid with gold trim and blow it in his mouth. One long and three short, this is the meaning of stopping the resistance to the truce and the war. When the people on the Armada battleships around looked at them strangely, they happened to see another guard beside Viscount Penelope waving a white flag desperately.

Now that the command of the fleet has surrendered, what kind of strength are the people below, the battleships of the Invincible Armada began to hoist the white flag, and the rumbling shelling on the battlefield began to gradually subside. This naval duel between the Norton family fleet and the Armada lasted just over two hours before it ended, and the Armada was completely annihilated.

Receiving the surrendered personnel and warships of the Armada naturally had people underneath to do it, collecting prisoners of war, saving the dead and healing the wounded, salvaging the drowning, repairing the broken battleship, counting casualties, and for a while, everyone in the Norton family fleet was very busy. The fourteen Thunderbolt warships led by Sambarwood replenished their ammunition reserves as soon as possible, and then rushed to take over the transport fleet of more than 800 commercial alliances.

It was busy until about five o'clock in the afternoon, when the fleet gathered by the Invincible Armada suddenly separated from two medium-sized fast armed warships, taking advantage of the change in the direction of the wind, they broke away from the fleet and fled with sails in the south, and when the news was passed in front of Lorlist, Lorist knew that it was his old acquaintance, the eldest young master of the Chicked Chamber of Commerce, Seriham, who had escaped.

After listening to Viscount Penelope's introduction, Lorist realized that the inner wall of the battleship was piled with flour bags to cushion the bombardment of artillery and launch a decisive assault against the fireship was the idea of this young master of Seriham. Genorio asked Lorist if he would give Sambarwood an order to send a few Thunderbolt Battleships in pursuit, but Lorist thought about it and vetoed the proposal, so let him go.

This young master of Sereham is definitely a smart man, he knows that after the surrender, the Norton family fleet will definitely send people to control all the large armed warships as soon as possible, but he will ignore those medium-sized fast armed warships due to the lack of sufficient manpower. So he took a few henchmen and guards to hide on two medium-sized fast armed warships. Then he waited until the lightning strike fleet went to receive the convoy, and waited until about five o'clock in the afternoon when the wind changed direction and less than two hours after dark, before he broke away from the fleet cluster and fled with his sails full.

As expected by the young master of Thriham, even if Lorist knew that he had escaped from his big fish, he would not be able to dispatch warships and manpower to pursue him, first, there were no other ships other than lightning warships that could catch up with the speed of medium-sized and fast armed warships, and second, there were not enough warships and manpower. There were only fourteen lightning warships, but the transport fleet had more than eight hundred ships, so Lorest naturally understood which was more important. The third is that it will soon be dark, and no one has the ability to chase down two warships that have escaped for more than two hours in the dark sea.

Therefore, in addition to ordering to strengthen the guard and supervise the surrendered warships, Lorist did not think of pursuing the Grand Young Master of Thriham, and eleven days later, the news of the destruction of the Armada and the transport fleet was brought back to the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce by the escaped Grand Young Master of Thriham and spread to the southern countries of the continent. And it will take at least a little more than a month for this news to reach the city of Moriente by land.

In the evening, Lorist held a banquet to entertain several high-ranking commanders and great swordsmen of the Invincible Armada, during which Lorist always felt that the middle-aged nobleman who was the first to abandon his sword and surrender was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere, so he asked him who he was.

The gorgeously dressed middle-aged nobleman saw Lorlist's inquiry and quickly stood up and replied respectfully: "Honorable Grand Duke Norton, I am Duke Luo Fei Fausta of the Kingdom of Chigda, a first-class great sword master. ”

Lorist was stunned for a moment, only to feel a bang in his head, and bitter memories welled up in his heart. It turned out to be him, no wonder he always felt a little familiar. At that time, he stood beside his bed and gently advised him to leave the girl who was most hidden in his heart, and at that time, he was defeated in front of him, and he could only watch him take away the girl he once loved the most...... Unexpectedly, seventeen or eighteen years passed, things were wrong, and when he appeared in front of him again, he became his own prisoner.

"Why are you here?" Lorist was very strange, the intelligence said that this Grand Duke Fausta held the regency of the Kingdom of Chigda, and even his orders were more effective in the Kingdom of Chigeda than His Majesty the King, how could he appear on this voyage of the Invincible Armada?

Although he was a little surprised by Lorlist's unrequited tone, Grand Duke Fausta replied very honestly: "Your Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Norton, the business alliance is an ally of the Kingdom of Chigda, and the Kingdom of Chigeda must have the support and help of its allies if it wants to defend against the two powerful enemies of the Empire of Romon and the Khanate of Clam Vestan in the south.

And I am one of the most determined parties in the country that wants to maintain friendly relations with the business alliance. As an ally, I led the Firebird Legion of the Tilfins to the city of Morent to fight. It's just that I didn't expect that we would meet the Sword Saint here, and the Firebird Legion of our Luo Fei clan became a prisoner of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Norton before they got off the ship, which really embarrassed me......"

Grand Duke Fausta said with a wry smile that if the Firebird Legion was tied up on the ship and became a prisoner of war without fighting a single battle, the news was guaranteed to make people laugh off their big teeth, which was known as the most elite legion in the Kingdom of Chigeda, plus his own two thousand guards, which was the strength guarantee and foundation of the Luo Fei family. Now the first thing I have to do is to redeem myself and the Firebird Legion no matter what the cost, otherwise there will definitely be someone in the kingdom who will fight the idea of the Luo Fei family, and the consequences will be unimaginable......

"Your Royal Highness the Honorable Grand Duke of Norton, please allow our Tilfa family to redeem myself and the Firebird Legion, as the head of the Tilapi family, I promise not to intervene in the war between your country and the Business Alliance in the future, of course, the price of our redemption will definitely satisfy you. "Archduke Fausta very sincerely requested.

"There's no need to rush. Lorist waved his hand and said lightly, "I am glad to see you again, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Fausta." By the way, is your wife, Windsor Bellina, okay?"

Archduke Fausta was stunned for a moment, looked at Lorist carefully, and asked suspiciously: "Your Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Norton, we have met?" You, do you know my wife Wenna?"

The corners of Lorlist's mouth cracked, revealing eight white teeth: "Of course, more than ten years ago, we met in Moriente City, when I was still a student of the Dawn Academy, you seemed to be a marquis at that time. And your current wife, Miss Winna, was my girlfriend at that time. But you're the winner, and she's with you. But now, I am the victor, and you are my captive......"

Archduke Fausta's face turned pale all of a sudden, and the surrounding Viscount Penelope listened to them one by one with great interest, which would make them forget their captive status, gossip everyone loves to hear, especially the legendary Blood Sword Saint Grand Duke Norton, it turns out that there is such a love intersection with Archduchess Fausta, it is too exciting, and it is enough for me to brag in the aristocratic circle for a few years after I go back.

"You, it's you......" Archduke Fausta shuddered at this meeting, he had long forgotten about Lorliste. But now Lorist suddenly appeared in front of him as the Grand Duke of the Northlands and the head of the Norton family, especially the two words of the Sword Saint, which were simply two towering peaks standing in front of him.

What the Grand Duke of Fausta thought in his heart was: Death is done, it is all over......

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