Chapter 340 Landing

December 34, 7 p.m. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The silver moon hung coldly in the dark blue sky, throwing silver light towards the world.

This is a rare good weather in the northern seas in winter, and the silver moonlight shimmers on the still sea, as if it is covered with countless pieces of silver phosphorus.

A spark appeared on the dark coastline in the distance, it was supposed to be the light of a torch, and then the spark spun three times in mid-air, and then three times later......

"It's supposed to be peaceful. Bodfinger said, "My lord, I think I can act." ”

Even if the weather is good, not a day when the wind is howling and the waves are raging, but winter is winter after all, even if he wears a winter suit made of monster fur, Lorist still feels that his bones are almost numb from the cold on the ship.

"Let the soldiers drink two sips of wine, move their hands and feet, don't freeze and numb, like a stone planted in water. At this point, it's over, and I don't want to see reports of unexpected casualties. When you're ready, log in. ”

"Yes, I'll get everyone ready before logging in. Please rest assured, we have conducted many landing drills, and nothing will happen. Bodfinger replied.

The order was soon spoken, and the first few ships of the sea began to cross the line, and the sailors hung a large net of ropes along the hull, and then began to lower the flat-bottomed landing boats into the sea.

Several soldiers next to him raised a small leather bag and took two sips, and Lorist smelled a smell of rum. This is also to keep out the cold and add heat to the body. In winter, the Norton family's armed forces did not stay in the barracks like other armies, but often went out to hold various exercises, which was the impact of the Warcraft tide on the Norton family's armed forces. With the familiarization of winter drills, all kinds of cold protection tips have also been familiar and popularized.

Drinking two sips of rum before the operation can not only increase the heat of the body, but also keep people warm for a period of time, so that the hands and feet will not be frozen and numb by the cold weather.

The drunken soldiers began to move their hands and feet, and then sorted out their weapons and equipment again, and after making sure that there were no mistakes, they turned over the side of the ship, grabbed the rope net and climbed down, and the landing boats below were waiting for their arrival. They will be the vanguard of the Rock Legion to land on Silver Beach.

When these large ships are anchored, the craftsmen on board will quickly combine these large wooden boxes floating on the sea to build a movable trestle bridge more than 100 meters long through the shallow sea reef area, so that the wheelbarrow steel crossbow regiment of the Rock Legion can land smoothly ashore.

It was more difficult to build two movable piers at night than during the day, but the weather was fine today, the waves were calm and the waves could not lift the big waves, and the silver moonlight made everything on the sea faintly recognizable, and it was expected that it would take only four or five hours to build the two pontoons. When the Rock Legion comes ashore, the two pontoons will be retracted and fixed along the coast, and when the Kenmath family enters the province of West Degrad after the destruction of the Duchy of Madras, these two pontoon bridges will form a movable dock as a celebratory gift from Lorist to Count Kenmeth, which is also a promise that Lorist once promised Count Kenmeth.

Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king. Lorist never pinned his hopes on defeating the Duchy of Madras in a war and then sweeping the entire Duchy. The so-called Armageddon with the Grand Duke of Madras in the spring of next year is just a fool of His Royal Highness. What the four great families of the Northland want is an intact territory that has not been devastated by war.

As His Royal Highness said, the strategy of sweeping away the territorial nobles of the province of Delemke to destroy the war potential of the Principality of Madras is not wrong, but in that case, even if the Principality of Madras is destroyed, the four major families of the Northland will only get a crippled territory, not only can not increase the strength of the family, but also need the family to invest a huge amount of money to restore and rebuild, which is the real reason why the four major families rejected the proposal of the Second Highness.

When the most elite Seamount Regiment of the Duchy of Madras appeared in the camp opposite the Northland coalition at the end of November, Lorist knew that the province of West Gradgrad, the former home of the Grand Duke of Madras, had become an empty shelf, and his plan to land on Silver Beach at the end of December and seize the province of West Grad was 80 percent successful. As long as the city of Edrise, the capital of West Degrad Province, is besieged unknowingly after landing, and the Grand Duke of Madras is captured so that the news does not leak out, then the Grand Duke's seal can be used to go straight to the Cith Castle, the city of Vannades and the city of Kebo. The arrival of these three places means that the fall of the Duchy of Madras is a foregone conclusion.

At this time, His Royal Highness should have stayed at the Grand Duke's palace in Gildusk at the kind invitation of Count Kenmax or under duress to wait for the New Year's banquet to be held. In the past month or so, His Royal Highness has probably become aware of the tricks played by Count Kenmeth on the oath, so that his attitude towards Count Kenmeth has changed from close to him to avoidance, coldness and anger. However, Count Kenmax still maintained his respect for the Second Highness, and talked and laughed as if nothing had happened, so that the Second Highness could not hate him personally even if he was angry.

The corners of Lorlist's mouth turned up, revealing a small smile. It was his idea to let Count Kenmath deal with the Second Highness, but he didn't expect that under the encouragement of Count Kenmeth, His Royal Highness jumped into the pit by himself so easily. If you want to blame, you can only blame the Second Highness for thinking too highly of himself, the four major families in the Northland, he is jealous and concerned about the Norton family, and as a result, under the rhetoric of the businessman-born Earl Kenmeth, he planted a big fight.

Perhaps it will not be until the beginning of spring next year when His Royal Highness is looking forward to the decisive battle between the Northland Alliance and the Grand Duke of Madras that he will find that the entire Duchy of Madras has fallen into the hands of the four major families in the Northland, and then the Second Highness will understand that he has really been fooled. Without the battlefield full of flames, His Royal Highness would not be able to fish in troubled waters, and as long as he did not recruit men and horses to form a new White Lion Legion for His Royal Highness, he would not be able to conquer the current Queen of Kerry of the Kingdom of Antinac. Then His Royal Highness can only rely on the snort of the four major families in the Northland to live, and pray that Lorist will send troops to the Kingdom of Andinac as soon as possible to let him regain the throne......

At the end of the year, the plan to land on Silver Beach and attack the lair of the Grand Duke of Madras was not even clear to the three allies, just to prevent it from leaking out. In the plan, the Norton family should dispatch the Flying Tiger Legion to the lower reaches of the Mitoblo River after the beginning of spring next year, and reach the camp through the pontoon bridge to prepare for the decisive battle with the Duchy of Madras. However, in the spring of next year, Lorist will still dispatch the Flying Tiger Legion, but not to deal with the Duchy of Madras, but to conquer the usurped Queen of Kerry in the Kingdom of Andinac.

"My lord, the first soldiers who landed have landed without incident, and now the sailors are pulling the boat back......" Bodfinger reported.

This is the narrowest stretch of shallow sea at Silver Beach, and the distance from the sea boat to the beach is just over 100 meters. Lorist looked back at the beach, where a hundred or so landed flat-bottomed boats were being towed back by sailors on the ships with a cable tied to the stern, and the small boats were empty except for one sailor at the helm.

Lorist remembered that he had previously designed three horizontal balance plates for the landed flat-bottomed boat, only to be rejected by several shipbuilders in the shipyard. They redesigned the landing punt to the current one with a square bow and a round stern, which not only increased the number of people landed, but also made it easier to maintain balance, except that a sailor at the helm was added to the stern.

"My lord, I'm back. ”

A figure suddenly appeared on the flat-bottomed boat that had been dragged back to the ship to await the next group of landers, and quickly climbed aboard the boat along the hanging rope net, and opened his mouth at Lorlist's side.

It was El who spoke, the commander of the first guards to go ashore to reconnoitre.

"What about the fishermen who fish in the shallow waters during the day, so that we have to wait until it gets dark to start landing?" Lorist asked.

The planned landing was supposed to be during the day, but when the Flying Fish of Dawn visited Silver Beach, it was discovered that there were four or five small fishing boats fishing in the shallow waters of Silver Beach in such a winter. It's really hell, it's winter, and no one can expect the unexpected situation with just three or four days of good weather and fishermen going out to sea. Lorist had no choice but to wait until the evening to lead the fleet to Silver Beach, changing the landing time to the evening.

"My lord, that's the Black Pearl Chamber of Commerce, their fishing and salt farms are just behind the mudflats in the southernmost part of Silver Beach, and they are currently under the control of our people. According to the captives, they went out to sea during the day to fish in order to provide the freshest seafood for the welcome feast to be held at the Grand Duke's palace tomorrow night, every year. El replied.

The Black Pearl Chamber of Commerce, as this Lorist knows, is the largest Chamber of Commerce in the Principality of Madras, and it is said that the Grand Duke of Madras is the largest shareholder behind it. This Black Pearl Chamber of Commerce has a monopoly on seafood and salt in the Duchy of Madras. The sale of snow salt, which was in charge of the Count of Kenmeth, was boycotted in the Duchy of Madras, and it was this chamber of commerce that made the salt they boiled from seawater was of extremely poor quality and very expensive, but it was able to be sold throughout the duchy.

In addition, the Black Pearl Chamber of Commerce has built small fishing boats to fish in shallow waters, collecting seafood such as kelp and seashells and selling them to Chubu Shikoku. It is also one of the few specialties of the West Degrad province. I didn't expect them to provide the freshest seafood for the welcome banquet of the Grand Duke of Madras, and it was difficult for them to go to sea in winter.

Lorist looked at the two movable pontoons built with large wooden boxes, which were only connected to a dozen meters long, forget it, I don't know when the two pontoons will be built.

He turned to Bodfinger and said, "Borg, I'll go ashore on the landing ship first, and you command here." ”

Bo Finger was stunned: "My lord, why don't you go to the cabin to rest first, and then go ashore after the pontoon bridge is built, it will be safer." After all, it is not easy to see clearly on the landing ship, and it is not good if something happens to the crowd. ”

Lorist smiled: "It's okay, I'll take a few guards over first." You heard what El just said, and I'm going to interrogate him more carefully, maybe more of us can infiltrate Edrith City. ”

Lorist made up his mind and had no choice but to leave a landing punt for Lorist and the guards to go up, and El got on the landing ship again as the commander of Lorist's guards.

In order to show the courage of the pioneers and the soldiers to land together, Lorist took the initiative to pick up a paddleboard, and when the landing ship left the sea ship and began to paddle, Lorist found that the taste was too sour, the feeling of being splashed by the paddle board on his face was simply cold, so cold that the whole person trembled, and the paddling hands were frozen stiff and numb, and he could only repeat the mechanical paddling action, looking forward to landing early.

The closer you get to the beach, the more ice there is in the water, and when Lorist sees the beach, he realizes that he has overlooked the most important point, the snow is heavy in winter, and Silver Beach is not the sand that he thinks is frozen firmly, but has become a thick snowfield, the beach is covered with thick snow, and some of the snow at the junction with the sea has been frozen into muddy ice.

The square bow of the landing ship rested against the snow and ice, and the heavy impact caused the snow to fall into the water. A family soldier rushed to the shore, grabbed the rope on the bow of the boat, and turned around and shouted: "Hurry up and go ashore, take your steps lightly, don't stomp on the ice and snow, warm up and go over there to drink a few sips before moving your hands and feet." ”

"Uh, my lord, it's you......" The soldier suddenly noticed that Lorist and the guards were on board.

Lorist tiptoed the plank, jumped ashore gently, and patted the soldier on the shoulder: "Good job, but why can't you stomp on the snow and ice?"

"Oh, my lord, it is true, some of the soldiers who landed for the first time had just come ashore and stomped their feet on the side of the boat to keep warm, only to find that the snow and ice were not sandy underneath, but frozen into a large mass on the surface of the sea. As soon as they stomped their feet, the ice cracked, and the boatload was overboard......" replied the soldier.

Lorist's heart tightened: "What about those who fell into the water?"

"It's all right, sir. The soldier laughed: "The unlucky ones have all fallen into the water, but the water is up to their thighs, not deep." After being pulled up, Master Pachko ordered them to strip naked, bake the fire there, drink wine, anoint themselves, and move their bodies. When the wet clothes are dry, you will be fine when you put them on. Those guys were jumping around the fire with their bare butts just now, laughing at us......"

Lorist relieved himself and laughed too. It's ridiculous to think of a bunch of bare-bottomed big guys circling around the fire. But I have to thank this is a world of vindictiveness, and if there is no vindictiveness, these people will have lost half their lives. It is comparable to falling into the water in a bitterly cold climate of minus twenty or thirty degrees, which is a tragedy. Fortunately, the soldiers of these Rock Legions are at least above the bronze rank, and their physical fitness is much stronger than the supermen in the army in their previous lives.

Knight Pachko had been transferred to the Rock Legion since he had been promoted to the Golden Ranks, and Lorist was relieved that he would be the commander of the first landing soldiers. Soon Lorist saw the Pachco Knight running towards him.

"My lord, why are you here? "Knight Pachico stood in front of Lorliste and saluted.

"Well, go first, they have caught the people of the fishing grounds and salt pans in the south, I will go and take a look, and ask about the situation in the city of Adrith. How many people have already landed?"

"My lord, there is a battalion and a half. The Pachko knight replied.

"Well, although Silver Beach is still a day's journey from Adelis City, and it is covered in snow, we also have to be cautious, you let a fully equipped battalion occupy the small hill in the distance, which is the only commanding height in the vicinity, and you can monitor the surrounding situation by mastering it. Wait for everyone to go ashore and then set off for Adelis City. Lorist pointed to a snowy hill in the distance.

"Yes, my lord, I'll send someone at once. The Pachko knight replied.

"Alright, El, let's go to the fishing grounds and the salt pans now. Lorist said to Elle.

"Yes, sir, over there. We've got to cross this beach. El said.

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