408 "Recovery" of the Eternal City

By the time Neustrian navy stormed the harbor, the battle was already doomed, and thanks to the Geoffrey Order and other intelligence agencies controlled by the Neustrians, many sailors had heard of the extraordinary Neustrian ships, and that their exploits against the northerners in recent years had been disseminated by some bards, consciously or unconsciously, and now they had seen the ships unaffected by the wind rushing into the bay at incredible speeds, and so skillfully avoiding the reefs and shoals in the bay. There is no one who does not shout for the blessing of the gods.

"Satan must be leading the way!" A captain rowed a cross in horror.

Others whispered, "Wow, the day is finally over, and the true God has finally sent His men to banish those damned pagan dogs—and to send that bastard who claims to be the Pope to hell!" God has eyes, I didn't expect us to see this day! "Although they did not dare to disobey when their commanders and superiors told them to take up arms and prepare for battle, the knife fell to the ground one moment, and the rope was no longer to be found, and in any case they did everything they could not make enemies against the Neustrians, and even two of the sailors on the boats, shouting the name of God, tied up the captain who had ordered them to resist and threw them into the sea, and two boats, barely moving around, somehow turned and collided with the other ships. There was no possibility of joining the war at all.

It was the ships of Shinrikyo, who were not influenced by the Jeffrey Order, who believed only in their truth, but the pagan women whom the truth had promised them were now "converted" to Shinrikyo and obeyed the instructions of Shinrikyo in a proper manner. Don't open your mouth to disagree with anything a man does, that is. These fisherwomen and peasant girls, who were born and raised near the bay, watched as the boats rushed to the reefs or shoals they knew under the accelerated oars of their captured father and brother. They were silent, as if the object of the ships were a reef or a shoal, and perhaps they understood more than their "masters" the rule of truth, that everything in the world was promised to its followers, including reefs and shoals.

"It's spectacular!" Adair snapped his tongue and lamented the people's war that had been fought by Neustrian intelligence and Shinrikyo, and then he grabbed his broadsword. Get ready for hand-to-hand combat that can come at any time.

But there were not many opportunities left for him to show his strength, and the Neustrian ships were superior at sea, and according to the Queen's recollection of a model ship she had received as a child (thankfully her father didn't think his daughter could only play with dolls), the Neustrian ships were fitted with sprits and sails to make the most of the wind and be more agile, and the entire hull was built in the shape of a water bird rather than a fish, which was good for breaking the waves in the sea and moving in the air. At the same time, the ships were also built with watertight compartments, as in ancient China, so that even if the Neustrian warship was knocked out of a hole, the water would only fill one compartment. The other compartments are still buoyant and are not flooded as is the case with ships in other countries as soon as there is a hole.

Their ships outperformed their enemies in speed, agility, and defense, and their fiery arrows fired like they didn't need money. The reefs in the bay do not stop them, but often the ships of Shinrikyo, then. Can there be any surprises in the outcome of this naval battle?

"You saved us again." On the distant peak, Ram, who had seen the end of the fleet, sincerely thanked Abu. And this cunning mercenary said that all this was due to the great truth, which warned him with the disappearance of the blackfriars, and thus saved them from the hands of Satan, the devout believers, although Abu himself did not believe these words, and he did not think that Ram and the others really believed it, but this kind of thing, thanks to the truth, would not ask him for a copper plate, if only it could compensate him for some losses - this Neustrian blow came as a surprise to the old mercenary, He still had some wealth that he hadn't had time to take away, and he didn't know if he would suffer losses in this siege.

Of course, as an old mercenary who can serve several parties at the same time and is recognized for his contribution and loyalty, and can survive until now, he will never go back to participate in the war that has been doomed, and Neustria has once again shown her terrifying strength in front of this astute old mercenary, which makes an old mercenary who does not mind asking for labor fees with Satan himself has begun to wonder if he has lived to retirement.

He had amassed a fortune that the poor aristocrats of the countryside who would only rob their neighbors could never have imagined in their lifetime, and he had no doubt that in his lifetime Neustria would have made the whole continent an unbreakable whole, and he could almost already see that everything he had seen in Neustria had become everywhere on the continent - the paved avenues leading in all directions, the women carrying their young children wandering about safely without fear, Merchants dare to walk for days with valuable goods without a knife, a bodyguard, or a nobleman to write a warrant of asylum, and the shadow of the sail on the seashore only symbolizes the arrival of the catch and valuable goods, and no one thinks of pirates when they see the sails of a ship anymore......

"This scene is beautiful, but it's not for me, hey, let's go to the east and see what work I can take!" Abu ended his thoughts and led his nearest employer away from the Neustrian goal.

The battle on land began almost at the same time as the naval battle, but unexpectedly ended faster than the war at sea, and the soldiers who believed in the truth were well prepared to obtain and enjoy the wealth and slaves that the truth had promised them, but they were not prepared for the sword that the truth had promised them, and they were very brave when they charged, and even more magnificent when they retreated.

When the light cavalry went to chase the rout, they suffered some losses and retreated, and when the heavy cavalry and infantry caught up, they saw Faris and people in a similar situation to him, who shouted the holy name of truth, and fought to the death, these original Orthodox converts to Shinrikyo, who had followed their master to bring terror upon their neighbors and relatives, and now that their master had abandoned them, they were even more unwilling to give up their truth, and they fought to the last man. (To be continued......)