Chapter 264: Attack from the Kingdom of Haneyabada

June 33, Norton Family Domain, Cow Horn Bay.

The hull was covered with arrow marks, and there were many wounds from heavy blows, and the smoky Morning Dawn Exocet had just been moored on the dock, the gangplank was erected, and most of the wounded people came off the ship, and several sailors carried down the badly injured and unconscious Farrea and Pat.

Lorist stepped forward and carefully examined them before breathing a sigh of relief, although the injuries of the two were serious but not life-threatening, it may have been due to the fact that they were poured healing potions in the first place.

Farea was hit hard and his internal organs were displaced, and his internal organs were bleeding profusely, but the sailors next to him said that he vomited a lot of blood on the spot, and now he can recover as long as he rests for two or three months. Pat, on the other hand, was stabbed into the lower abdomen with a sword, leaking out of his back, and luckily did not hurt his spine, but he had to lie in bed for half a year.

Captain Wilson disembarked and saluted before Lorlist. This time he hung up again, and the bandage on his forehead was wrapped around it as if he were wearing an Arab hat.

Lorlist's face was as cold as ice: "Did the Chikde Chamber of Commerce do it?"

Captain Wilson smiled bitterly, he shook his bandaged head a little confused: "I don't know, my lord, to be honest, I don't know who attacked our Shiloas Island, but it won't be the Chikde Chamber of Commerce." The enemy is more like a group of pirates, but I can't remember any place where the pirates have such a large force, they have three or four hundred ships......"

"Three or four hundred boats?"

"Yes, my lord, at first I thought that I had been attacked by the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, and they were the only ones who could mobilize so many ships to attack us. But it didn't feel right when they touched it, many of the flags and insignia on the ships were different, and the sailors and crews on their ships were not as well-trained and unhurried as the Cheekd Chamber of Commerce's fleet.

The enemy would shout in panic when our ships approached, and even disrupt their own fleet formation, something that would not have happened in the fleet of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce. Your Excellency, if you wait a few more days, Lord Sambarwood's fleet is behind, and he may catch ...... alive."

Captain Wilson thought for a moment and then spoke his judgment.

Lorist was noncommittal: "You tell me what happened from the beginning. ”

"Yes, sir. Captain Wilson thought for a moment and began to speak: "On the morning of the 21st of June, Lord Sambarwood's fleet left the island of Hilowas, and this time it was their turn to return to the Northlands. At noon, I went on patrol as usual, and at about one o'clock, I spotted the shadow of the sail in the southwest of the island. I ordered to meet and prepare to be cross-examined. As a result, I realized that something was wrong when I was halfway through, and there were more and more ships on the opposite side, which simply obscured the entire sea.

I was startled, thinking it was the Chikde Chamber of Commerce's fleet attacking, but through the binoculars I found that the opposite flotilla had a lot of badge flags, and there were no Chikde Chamber of Commerce's barrel and sword flags. So I thought it was strange that I didn't know where so many ships were on the other side, so I wanted to come up and intercept and interrogate.

But before we could get closer, the first few ships on the other side launched a flint ball attack on us without hesitation......" Captain Wilson turned back and pointed to the smoky traces left on the Flying Fish in the morning and continued: "Fortunately, our ship was agile and fast, avoided most of the attacks, and successfully turned around and ran. After confirming that so many ships were enemies, I ordered to rush back to Shiloas Island and call the police.

Lord Farea insisted on going to sea to meet the enemy, saying that this would buy time for the island. While he sent to inform Mistress Schrader and Mistress Pat's guard camp, he ordered me to set sail to catch up with Mistress Sambarwood, who had departed in the morning, and to have his armed fleet return to the rescue.

It was midnight when I caught up with Lord Sambarwood's fleet, and Lord Sambarwood ordered me to turn around and return to the island of Hilowas. But the next morning on our way to the island of Hirowas, we came upon the ships of four ships of a flotilla led by Lord Farea, who had broken through the siege, and the sailors on those four ships were left with only four ships of nearly thirty ships under Lord Farea, but they also destroyed fifty or so ships of the enemy.

The four ships brought back the mortally wounded Lord Fareia, and the sailors said that Lord Farea led them to intercept the enemy's fleet, but the enemy divided a hundred ships to entangle their fleet, and the rest of the ships were bound for the island of Hilowas.

Lord Farea and their fleet used up all their ranged weapons, and in the end, the bayonets were red and they jumped directly to fight. At first, he also captured two boats, but the enemy came out with a great swordsman, and Lord Fareah couldn't resist the enemy, and after fighting with the great swordsman, the great swordsman struck him in the chest with his sword, and vomited blood on the spot and fell unconscious.

The sailors said that Master Teucer had led a few men to block the great swordsman, buying time for them to snatch Master Farea back, and then they heard Master Teucer's order to break out immediately. As they left, they saw Master Teucer being knocked to the ground by the Great Swordsman......

Lord Sambarwood ordered the four boats to move with them, and in the afternoon we arrived at the island of Hilowas...... "Wilson's face suddenly became very heavy: "My lord, when we arrived, the island of Hilowas full of fireworks, and I could faintly hear the sound of howling, and I saw through the telescope that the docks and beaches were covered with corpses, and rivers of blood flowed, and those, those pirate-like enemies burned and looted on the island, and did all kinds of evil, and the island of Hiloas had become hell......

The enemy's ships were anchored on the beaches and flats in the south, and dozens of ships were dispatched to meet us when they saw our arrival. We fought with them all afternoon, but the enemy ships fought more and more. We lost seven ships, and the enemy burned twenty or so of them, and at last Lord Sambarwood gave the order to retreat, and the enemy did not chase us much, as if they had driven us away from the island of Hilowas.

Lord Sambarwood has just made a few spins around the island of Hilowas, leaving the enemy behind and giving us a good rest. He said that he had found that our family's angry bear flag was still planted on Sailfish Ridge, so he was going to go into the sailor's camp in the cove at night, and from there he would go up to Sailfish Ridge.

In the middle of the night, Lord Sambarwood led us into the cove, and I found that there was still a bonfire burning on Sailfish Ridge, and Lord Sambarwood led people up to Sailfish Ridge, but I didn't go up. After a long time they returned, preparing all the ships for a manned retreat. I heard from the sailors who went up that there were many, many enemies, but we had just over a thousand men left, and the island of Hilowas could no longer hold it and had to retreat.

Because we don't have many boats, each boat is packed with people. It was already dark when we had evacuated the cove with the men, and we were spotted by the enemy, who sent many ships to chase us, but we sank a dozen ships in the first wave, and we also captured two medium-sized armed merchant ships. However, the enemy immediately sent nearly a hundred ships to pursue us, and we were caught up by the enemy in the afternoon because we were not fast with a full load.

Luckily, Master Joske was there, and together with Lord Sambarwood, he chose ten ships in better condition to be the defenders, and killed the first five ships that the enemy was chasing the fastest. The enemy behind began to grind a little, and did not dare to come closer, but only attacked with long-range weapons, and entangled until evening, when the enemy suddenly retreated, and I don't know what the reason was, but we finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The next morning, Lord Sambarwood gave me an order, because the Flying Fish of Dawn was the fastest ship, so he sent all the seriously wounded to my ship, and asked me to send the seriously wounded back first, and they would arrive a few days later......"

Lorist reached out and patted Captain Wilson on the shoulder: "You have worked hard, go and rest for two days first, it doesn't matter if you have a wound on your head." ”

Captain Wilson stood up and saluted, "My lord, it's okay, it's just that I was grazed a little bit by a flint ball, and my fever is half gone, and I'm worried about how to see my wife when I get home......"

Loris nodded: "It's okay, go to the sailor camp to rest for a few days, I will let the pharmacists treat the wounded soldiers, I hope you can recover as soon as possible, maybe you will sail out to sea in a few days." ”

"Yes, my lord, I am always waiting for your orders. "Captain Wilson is another standing.

"Schward, you take people to see the wounded soldiers, offer condolences, and then make a record of the inquiries to see what they find and what they think of the enemy. I also asked someone what the enemy's insignia and flags looked like.

In addition, pass my order to Boderfinger and bring a heavy army to be stationed here, ready to be dispatched at any time. Let El send someone to see how the wheelbarrow regiment in Dorus is being formed, and how the artillery tests on Professor Bob's side are going, and give me a detailed answer. Lorist instructed in deep thought.

"Yes, sir. ”

......

By the time Bodfinger arrived in the harbor city, it was already the afternoon of the second day, and Lorist had already ordered the men to set up camp by the sea and erect a large tent.

"My lord, our island of Hilois has been attacked?" Bodfinger slammed in, panting, and it seemed that he had rushed over as soon as he received the order.

"What about your people?" asked Lorlist.

"My lord, they won't arrive until tomorrow, so I'll take a few attendants with me. My lord, who is so bold to attack our family territory, is it the Chikde Chamber of Commerce or the centaurs under the command of His Royal Highness?"

Lorist shook his head: "It's not them, you look at the several badges and flags drawn on this paper on the table, they are all unknown and unseen, and now we suspect where these enemies are pirates......"

Bodfinger grabbed the leather paper on the table and looked at it: "My lord, the enemy is not a pirate, I know these badges and flags. They were great slave owners and slave traders from the kingdom of Haneyabada......"

"What did you say, the kingdom of Haneyabada, the country of the archipelago of slavery?" Lorist's tone was like ice, and he finally had a clue.

"Yes, my lord, you have not been to this kingdom, so it is not clear about their coats of arms and banners, in fact their coats of arms and banners rarely appear on the continent of Gelinthia. You see, these coats of arms and flags have black borders, which is the emblem of the great slave-owning nobility and slave chambers of the kingdom of Haneyabada. Most of the kingdoms of Gelinthia would not recognize the nobility of the kingdom of Haneyabada, and in the eyes of almost all royal and orthodox nobles, they were nothing more than a bunch of lowly pirates and slave traders. ”

Bodfinger had been to the kingdom of Hanea Bada twice, the first time at the invitation of Tiger Ross to stay there for a month. At the time, Tiger Rose was working as a bodyguard for a slave trader, but Bodfinger was not used to the culture of not treating slaves as human beings, so he left a month later.

The second time was to go to the port of Nubit in the Kingdom of Haneyabada to buy slaves to form an armed force for the northbound convoy, and by the way, Tiger Ross and Malek were also abducted. Having experienced these two times, Bodfinger naturally knew exactly what these badges and flags meant.

"Do you mean that it was a group of slave owners and slave traders from the kingdom of Haneyabada who attacked and plundered our island of Hilovas?

Bodfinger shook his head with a wry smile: "My lord, the kingdom of Haneyabada was originally established by a group of slave traders and pirates. Raids and raids on the coastal areas were commonplace for them, and a hundred years ago they ravaged the golden coastline of Gelintya, and then after the coastal states gradually strengthened their defenses, they conquered the Hanea Bada Islands and formed a slave kingdom, and those pirate leaders and slave traders turned into kings and nobles, which is one of the reasons why the mainland countries did not recognize the nobility of the Haneyabada Kingdom.

After establishing the kingdom, they also sacked the Golden Bay, forcing the merchant alliance to form an armada to fight them. However, when their old pirate king died, the new king came to power and announced that he would no longer raid the coastal areas, which led to trade agreements with the coastal states, and the slave trade flourished for the next few decades.

My lord, at the end of last year, when the Earl of Kenmeth, Baron Saheen and Baron Philim went to the Rock Castle to calculate the profits of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, the chief steward and I received them, and during the banquet, I heard the news that the Second Highness was particularly disgusted with the slave traders from the Kingdom of Haneabada, and that after several slave traders who had purchased a lot of slaves from Iberia and the Four Duchies were captured on the border between the Kingdom of Redlis and the Kingdom of Antinac, His Highness could not help but order them to be hanged on the gallows.

In recent years, it is said that the slave merchants of the Haneyabada Kingdom hated His Royal Highness to the core, and were afraid to go to the four principalities and the Iberian Kingdom to buy slaves, which were basically extinct in these places, so that many nobles who were engaged in the snow salt business also asked us if we wanted slaves, and they had a deep grudge against the Second Highness, thinking that it was the Second Highness who caught rats and meddled in their affairs, which greatly reduced their income.

So, my lord, I suspect that the great slave owners and slave traders of the Haneyabada Kingdom attacked our island of Hilovas this time, on the one hand, to capture tens of thousands of displaced laborers on the island to be slaves, and on the other hand, to take revenge on the hatred of the Second Highness, who are not afraid of our family's revenge. You must know that they were originally pirates, and they are an archipelago country, and they still want us to retaliate. In the Hanea Bada Islands, they occupy an advantageous position and are familiar with the environment, and it is easy for us to be dragged down and defeated by them who are not familiar with the land......"

"Bang!", Lorist slammed his fist on the table, and then slowly sat down, the two of them relatively speechless.

"Borg, tomorrow when your heavy armor corps arrives, you can put things in order, and then the three single-wheeled steel crossbow battalions that Dorus has already assembled will also arrive, and they will be under your jurisdiction. In two days, the whaling ship formation will come back from fishing, and I will get them ready to sail. When Sambarwood's fleet arrives, you and your troops will immediately board the ship and head to the island of Silovas for reinforcements......

If, as you say, I suspect that by the time you arrive, the enemy will be far away, then you will take charge of the aftermath of the island, and I will relay the following orders to you. If there are any enemies entrenched on the island, destroy them immediately. In addition, you also pay attention to safety, Wilson told me that the enemy has a great swordsman, you don't want to fight him alone, just order Doreus's steel crossbow battalion to deal with him, understand?"

There was silence for a few moments before Lorist opened his mouth and gave orders to Bodfinger.

Bodfinger stood up: "Yes, sir. ”

"Someone!" Lorist shouted outside the tent.

Schward walked in: "My lord, please command." ”

After speaking, he nodded at his father.

"Well, Schward, you have to send someone to the Rock Castle, and ask the chief Speer to bring me all the maps and materials about the kingdom and the islands of Haneabada. Lorist said.

...... (To be continued.) )