Chapter 274: The Battle of the Landing

Tonight the wind was very strong, and the flags on the ship were rattling......

One hundred and thirty-seven ships of different sizes formed a circular formation, all of them dismounted and floated on the sea......

Whale Island 8 is a whaling ship, but after the whale population on Whale Island was wiped out, it became a large distant-water fishing vessel, which, along with seven other whaling ships, provided the family with a steady stream of fish.

At this moment, in the spacious slipway cabin of the Whale Island 8, dozens of family knights sat together and listened to Bodfinger talk about the attack strategy against the kingdom of Haneyabada.

On the bulkhead hung a huge hand-drawn map of the Hanea Bada Islands, and more than a dozen arm-thick tallow candles illuminated the entire cabin as bright as day.

Bodfinger pointed to the map with a stick: "...... In addition to the main island, there are 27 long and narrow islands of various sizes around the Hanea Bada archipelago, and we will focus on these eight islands in front of the port of Nubit. The outermost part is the large and small kombu islands.

According to the captive's confession, the island was a domain called Baron Sinyada, and there was a slave estate on it, with more than 400 slaves engaged in fishing and planting, and a team of 20 or 30 overseers on the estate. The small kelp island is too small to be a fiefdom, but occasionally slave owners take people up to play, just look at the beach by the sea to see if there are boats parked on the beach to know if there is anyone on the island.

Now our fleet has deviated from the sea route of the Haneabada Islands for about an hour and a half, and it is estimated that it will set sail to the Haneabada Islands at about four o'clock in the morning. Captain Berrant, you are responsible for occupying the large and small kelp islands, and send a squadron to stay on the large and large kelp islands, pacify the slaves, and tell them that we are the Norton family, and we are here to rescue them and set them free. As for those overseers, it's useless to hang them directly......"

"Yes, my lord. A muscular silver knight stood up.

Bodfinger continued to point to the map with a thin wooden stick: "After the large and small kelp islands, there are left and right Pomfret Island, these two islands are about the same size, they are the domain of two viscounts, and like the large sea ribbon island, there is a slave estate on the island, each with seven or eight hundred slaves, and a garrison and overseer of nearly 100 people. Reitins, you're in charge of left pomfret island, and Gray, you're in charge of right pomfret island. ”

"Yes, sir. The two silver knights stood up.

"Next is Double-Headed Turtle Island and Falling Feather Island, there are two fiefdoms on Double-Headed Turtle Island, one is a viscount and the other is a baron's, both have a slave manor, Falling Feather Island is an earldom, and a manor castle has been built on it, and I heard from the captives that the slave owner Earl will occasionally go to the island and stay in the castle for a few days. Moyes, it's up to you to deal with Two-Headed Turtle Island.

Zikde, I'll leave the island of Falling Feather to you, and I'll let the Wheelwheel Crossbow Corps send a brigade to assist you. According to the captives, the count had a great swordsman by his side, and if he found the slave owner, the earl, was on the island, he was not to be impulsive, lest he damage the manpower. You can send someone to report and we'll take care of that great swordsman, understand?"

"Yes, my lord......," replied the Silver Knight named Zikde.

"Finally, there are Golden Shark Island and Duck Island, which are oblique in the shape of a figure-eight, like a funnel, and at the bottom of the funnel is the port of Nubit. Golden Shark Island is a dukedom, Tiger Ross, and you will lead a battalion of heavy armor soldiers and a brigade of single-wheeled steel crossbows to sweep Golden Shark Island. ”

"Okay. Tiger Rose responded with a smile.

"Ovickis ......"

"To. The bearded Ovikis stood up.

"Your Thunderbolt Battalion will seize this innermost cape of Golden Shark Island after Tiger Ross, because there is a sea channel more than 160 meters wide between Golden Shark Island and the main island, and you must block this sea channel to prevent the ships in Nubit Harbor from slipping through this sea channel. I will have a battalion of uniwheels and a battalion of heavy armor to assist you in your defense and prevent the enemy from launching a beach-grabbing landing attack on you. ”

"Yes, I promise not to let the enemy's ships slip through this sea lane. Ovickis said.

"Malek, Duck Island is a little larger than Golden Shark Island, and there are two counts and a viscount on it, and you are responsible for cleaning up the slave estates above. ”

"Obey. Malek replied.

Bodfinger dotted the map with a stick: "There is a reef between Duck Island and the main island, so we don't need to think about whether the ships of Nubit Harbor will escape from this side. On the map, the bay of Nubit Harbor looks like a large wine vat, and as long as the main channel and the sub-sea lane on the Golden Shark Island side are blocked, the ships in the harbor will not escape.

The task of blocking the main channel is left to the Sea Legion, Sambarwood, the lord said that as long as you sink a dozen ships, you can block the main channel, remember, don't let the enemy ships get close, this is the most important point, understand?"

Sambarwood nodded.

"With the exception of the troops who had captured the eight islands, the remaining ships all bypassed the reef and landed on the beach of the main island opposite Duck Island, under the personal command of the Lord. The landing beach was only a little more than two miles away from the dock area of Nubit Harbor, and immediately after the landing, all the troops straightened up their formations, arranged defensive positions, and waited for the large forces to come ashore before launching an attack on Nubit Harbor.

Yuri, your scout battalion does not need to attack Slave Harbor after landing, because you are cavalry, immediately set off to the rear of Slave Harbor and occupy this hilly area, which is the choke point between Slave Harbor and the King of Hamidas, one is to cut off the connection between the two, block the news of our attack on Slave Harbor, and the other is to block the escape route of those slave owners, nobles and slave traders in Slave Harbor. Joske, your lord orders you to go with Yuri to strengthen the Scout Battalion. ”

"Yes......" Yuri and Josk both stood up.

"Do you have any other orders, my lord?" said Bodfinger, looking at Lorlist, who was sitting on the side.

Lorist stood up: "As for how to attack and land Bodefinger is well arranged, I won't talk nonsense in this regard." I would like to remind you of two points: first, we are here to rescue our family members who have been taken by these slave owners and to avenge the tragic death of the inhabitants of Hirowas Island, but we are not here to send them to death.

These slave owners of the Haneyabada Kingdom are very rich, and they have hired many great swordsmen to work for them, according to the confessions of those captives, there are eleven or twelve great swordsmen in Nubit Harbor alone, so everyone must be cautious, as long as they line up in formation to defend themselves and avoid unnecessary casualties, those great swordsmen have their own steel crossbows and I and the Injerek great swordsmen to deal with.

Second, there are more than 400,000 slaves in the kingdom of Haneabada, and these slaves are also our help, and everyone should tell them that we are here to rescue them, and as long as we defeat those slave owners and nobles, they will be free. So we have to be kind to them, and they will guide us where to attack and where to find our people.

Okay, if there are no problems, let's go back and prepare, and in a while the fleet will set sail. Remember, we attacked the kingdom of Haneyabada because of eight words: Whoever commits Norton will be punished even if he is far away!"

All the knights of the clan stood up and struck their right fists on their left chests: "Whoever commits Norton will be punished even if he is far away!"

The whimpering sound of trumpets echoed across the endless sea, and ships raised their white sails and headed southwest......

......

In the distance, the port of Nubit rang with the sound of crisp bells and loud horns, which were the warning of an incoming enemy. Through the binoculars, you can see the panicked crowd on the docks, they don't even know what to do now, they just know how to run around. There has never been an enemy invasion in decades, and the defenders of Nubit Harbor have lost their vigilance and reflexes. Perhaps they had become accustomed to dealing with the poor slaves, but had forgotten how to deal with the foreign invaders.

The Storm in front had turned its hull and aimed its guns on the port side at the heavily masted port of Nubit, and would shoot flames and projectiles mercilessly whenever a ship set sail.

Under the guidance of a medium-sized sea-going ship guided in front, nearly 100 large and medium-sized seagoing ships loaded with family armaments turned a corner more than a hundred meters behind the Storm, bypassed the reef area, and sailed towards the beach in front.

The bells and trumpets of the port of Nubit became more and more urgent, and the harbor city of the continent of Guelintea, famous for its slave trade, finally boiled, and the cries and curses continued to reach Lorist's ears.

The deafening bombardment of the Storm Horn was immediately heard, and the rumbling cannon sound was like thunder in the sky. Lorist could tell that the twelve bronze guns on the Storm's side were not fired one after another, but were divided into three groups, firing four guns at a time, maintaining the continuity of long-range shelling.

The hull of the boat slammed, this is the beach that touched the bottom of the sea, the beach from the shore is only fifteen or sixteen meters away, Lorist jumped directly from the boat into the sea, the sea water is not deep, only to the chest, Lorist began to wade forward. Behind him, there was a constant "plop" sound, and it was the family soldiers who followed Lorlist's example and jumped from the boat into the sea......

Standing on the beach, Lorist turned around and looked back, the sea was full of family soldiers wading to the shore, on the front row of boats rushing to the beach, the soldiers of the heavy armored corps were jumping into the sea, and the soldiers of the unicycle steel crossbow regiment on the boat were jumping straight to their feet, they could jump into the sea, but the unicycle steel crossbow could not be thrown into the sea.

Lorist pulled a guard next to him: "You go to the side of the boat and give an order, let the crew of the unicycle steel crossbow come down with four people first, and then hoist the steel crossbow above their heads and let them carry it over......"

"Yes, sir. Then the guard turned and ran into the sea.

A horn sounded, and thousands of people rushed out of the distant port of Nubit and swarmed towards the landing beach.

"The whole team, the formation. ”

The family soldiers scattered on the beach continued to gather into a phalanx of 100 people, lined up in a line on the beach. The soldiers of the heavy armored corps wading out of the sea were dripping with water and merged into the phalanx, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen rectangular phalanxes with strict formations were lined up behind Lorist.

The crowd that rushed out of the port of Nubit was more than two hundred meters away, they didn't expect Lorist to set up the formation so quickly, and they wanted to catch the landing enemy by surprise and drive the enemy back into the sea, but when they ran to the front of the enemy, they found that the enemy was already in full formation, and then those who rushed to the front began to hesitate, although they were still approaching, but the speed under their feet slowed down.

It seems that these people rushed over were those slave catchers who had been improvised and organized. Disheveled in armor and with a variety of weapons in his hands, Lorist glanced at the enemy in front of him, and then his gaze froze.

Nearly 100 of the enemy were dressed in the same standard armor as the Norton family's armed forces, and it was clear that they had been to the island of Hilowas, and their armor had been stripped from the soldiers of the 3rd Guards Battalion, who had been killed or captured in battle......

"My soldiers, do you see, the enemy is wearing the equipment of our companions, now, what should we do?" Lorist Qingyue's voice rang in the ears of every Norton soldier.

There was a commotion in the phalanx behind him, but soon thousands of voices converged into one sentence: "Kill! Kill them all!"

Lorist drew his sword and pointed at the enemy in front of him: "Then kill them all and avenge our companions......!"

Taking the lead, Lorist rushed towards the enemy line in front of him. Less than 200 meters away. Lorist roared and threw himself into the sword forest. The long sword swept by, the heads of people flew, blood splattered, people turned on their horses, and the enemy formation was in chaos. 、

Corpses fell to the ground, screaming incessantly, and Lorist walked leisurely through the crowd of enemies, with no enemy under his sword, leaving behind him a path of blood. As soon as he spotted an enemy wearing the armor of his family's armed armour, he pursued it with all his might, and had to slash it by the sword.

A sword light like water **** came, and it was in front of you in an instant. Lorist blocked the sword horizontally, and his heart was overjoyed: "Great swordsman?"

The sword in his hand thundered, and the last strike came first, and he was already attacking the old man with a goatee on the opposite side. There are many great swordsmen in the kingdom of Haneyabada, and they are all greedy for the high price of slave owners, acting as minions and bodyguards for these slave owners, and acting as tigers. If you can kill one, try to kill one, and the more you kill, the safer your family weapons will be.

"Zheng Zheng Zheng Zheng ......"

The sound of sword strikes was loud.

"Uh......" The goatee's old man rolled his eyes, a crack appeared in his throat, and blood gushed out......

"Day, is this level also a first-level great sword master?" Lorist complained with disdain, feeling a little unfinished. This goatee old man should be the worst swordsman he has ever met, and he is finished with only twelve swords.

There were two loud shouts in his ears, and Lorist looked up to see a big black man and another old man with a gloomy face, drawing their swords and rushing at him.

"It's two great swordsmen again, hehe, it's good to come. Lorist greeted him unfazed.

The black fat man's sword is heavy, slashing horizontally, and he is taking a fierce path. The gloomy old man was a good hand at scheming, hiding behind the black fat man and unexpectedly attacking, and the two also cooperated tacitly.

However, Lorist quickly adapted to the way the two joined forces, but the two of them were left and right, and they became more and more unable to parry, and the black fat man already had two more wounds on his body, and his movements became more and more slow.

"Ahh

The gloomy old man behind him saw that something was wrong, and suddenly he turned around, kicked his feet on the back of the fat man, and kicked the big black man towards Lorist, and he turned around and wanted to run away. With a touch of Lorist's feet, the man had turned behind the big black man, and the long sword stabbed into the back of the gloomy-looking old man with a "flutter".

The big black fat man turned around and laughed miserably: "The old dog wants to leave me and run away, and use me as a substitute for the dead, but I didn't expect to die first." Haha, you do it......"

Lorist frowned: "You are all first-class great sword masters, why are you so bad?"

The black fat man laughed strangely: "It's enough to be promoted to a great sword master in this life, why don't you enjoy life well." I have to play with a dozen women here every day, how can I have time to practice swords. The old dog likes to play with young girls, licking and making perverts until. And that ......."

The big black fat man pointed to the old man who was the first great swordsman to be killed by Lorist: "He likes good food, and he also likes men......"

Lorist understands that these great swordsmen who are willing to accept the slave owner's hire are actually those who have no pursuit of cultivation, they are not as powerful as Lorist imagined, and unlike the Krude first-level great swordsmen of the Dawn Academy or the Christopher first-level great swordsmen of the Fisabrun family, these great swordsmen want to enjoy life, not continue to cultivate hard in order to be promoted to the next stage.

"How many of you came?" asked Lorlist.

"Four. "The fat black man knew what Lorist was asking.

"In the next life, remember not to go down the wrong path again. Lorist walked by, and the head of the fat black man fell to the ground.

Where is there a great swordsman, Lorist raised his eyes and looked around, now his side was empty, and the bodies of three great swordsmen were placed next to him, and no one dared to approach.

Although the battle on the beach is still deadlocked, the Norton family forces have a clear advantage, even if there are several golden swordsmen in the enemy, but they have not won much in front of the tacit formation of the heavy armor corps, most of the people lying on the beach are members of the slave catcher team from Nubit Harbor.

Seeing it, the sword light flickered in the distance, but it was the old man Ingjerek and an old man in black scale armor fighting together, and it looked like Ingjerek was still at a disadvantage.

Lorist rushed over, harvesting the heads of two golden swordsmen along the way.

"It's too bad, Injerek, I've cut down three great swordsmen, and you haven't even picked up one of them, and you've been beaten back one after another. It seems that I will have to train you in the future, so that you can go out and lose face for our Norton family. ”

The old man was extremely angry: "My lord, didn't you see that he was a second-level great sword master?"

"Oh, no wonder you can't take it, back off and let me come. Lorist pounced with his sword.

The old man in the black scale armor heard Lorist say that he had cut three great swordsmen, and he was already beating drums in his heart, and when he saw him, he rushed up and drew his sword and turned around and fled, Lorist was about to chase, but he heard a "put!"

A string sounded, and the old man in black scale armor who was fleeing let out a miserable scream, like a rabbit with an arrow planted on the ground, with two more iron crossbow arrows on his back, and more than a dozen of them were densely inserted on the ground around him......

It turned out that the soldiers of the unicycle steel crossbow corps formed a battle formation after getting the unicycle steel ballista to the beach, and the first target was this old man who was entangled with Injerek, and the two were entangled and couldn't shoot, and then the old man ran away from the gap and the crew of the twenty or so unicycle steel crossbows was not polite.

As soon as the four great swordsmen who came with them were killed, the slave hunters collapsed, discarded their swords and guns and fled to the port of Nubit, but no matter how fast they ran, they could not match the shot of the steel crossbow, and one by one they were shot to the ground by the steel crossbow......

"Blowing the trumpet, gathering the battle formation, we attack the docks. Lorist ordered.

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