With a touch of blood-red sun shining on the harbor of Bright Star City, only a scorched ruin was left on the dilapidated dock, the remnants of the corpses had long been unable to even see their faces, layers of dead bodies covered almost the entire dock, and countless weapons, guns, shields, and short swords were left on the beach...... Scattered all over the place, a few broken swallowtail flags were only unburned rags, fluttering slightly in the sea breeze.

Flocks of crows and seabirds still hovered in the sky, searching for the still decaying corpses, pounced on the dead soldiers and tore at them, and the desolate cries colored the harbor with a touch of sorrow.

The pale-faced Lusen looked at this battlefield that brought him shame and pain from afar, and wanted to look away several times, but he still held back the cold sweat on his forehead and stared at it, pretending to have a calm expression as if nothing had happened, but his heart was still struggling incomparably.

Although Leonardo Cambray forgave his defeat, it did not mean that the entire expeditionary force was willing to forgive, especially after the return of Edward Witwood, and the two equally young lieutenants were almost a stark contrast - the sergeants and soldiers of the same humble background preferred Sir Witwood, who brought them victory, to the sons of Minest, who were of noble status but lost on battle.

If it weren't for the title of heir to the Minest family, Lusn would not even be able to find a soldier willing to follow him in another attack on the port of The Hague. In desperation, he had to arm the sailors and a group of auxiliaries in Seahorse Harbor, plus half a silver blood mercenary, to barely assemble an army of 1,000 people.

In order to gather enough troops, Lusen had to make a very generous promise again, and even those auxiliaries were rewarded with ten silver coins, which aroused their sense of battle, and together with the expeditionary fleet, they launched another attack on the harbor of Bright Star City.

Although Sir Leonardo agreed to his proposal to attack the port again, Lusen knew very well that his side was the least hopeful of the three armies attacking Bright Star City, and Sir Leonardo would agree only so that the trebuchets and sailors of the expeditionary fleet could attract the enemy's attention and contain their strength, so that the main force of the expeditionary force could relieve some pressure, after all, after the meteor shower, the people of Bright Star City must have understood the importance of the port.

Not only that, but in addition to the expeditionary fleet, even the Bright Star City fleet, which had just surrendered, was placed under the command of Lusan Minest, and Sir Leonardo could not trust these sailors who had just surrendered. The Purple Sail Mercenary Group may betray their employer for money, but it is difficult for them to say whether they have truly surrendered.

Lusen also knew this very well, so he didn't arrange these surrendered guys in the army attacking the port, on the one hand, they would be unable to make a sudden betrayal when facing the militia of Bright Star City, so they were only responsible for blocking the periphery and beware of possible pirates and warships from other city-states.

Not far from the harbor of Bright Star City, there were several fleets of the surrounding city-states moored in the distance—about five or six schooners and even more small sailing ships, facing off with the expeditionary fleet. There was no intention of leaving, nor the intention to attack, just watching.

"Venerable Lord Russon Minnest. "The commander of the fleet in Bright Star City is a very handsome-looking middle-aged man, and he also has a silver-plated pendant of the Radiant Cross hanging from his chest - although there are not many of them, there are still many followers of the Radiant Cross in Bright Star City, and this fleet commander is obviously one of them.

"The men on those ships have sent messengers, hoping to be honored to speak to you in person. The fleet commander said, with a look of disdain on his face: "All of them are the noble families of the surrounding city-states, or the heirs of the leaders, who want to negotiate with Turin on behalf of their families and city-states. ”

Although they have surrendered to the people of Turine, it is obvious that the fleet commander of Bright Star City has no good feelings, or even quite disgust, for these wall grasses that see the wind and rudder - they bowed down when the Otovik family was strong, and now they see that Bright Star City is in a desperate situation, and they are in a hurry to surrender, they don't even have the slightest sense of honor!

"Excuse me, Mr. Commander. Lusen nodded at him, "You are a real Dominica, maybe you can help us see if these people are really here to negotiate?"

"My lord, I'm just a traitor who surrendered, and I'm not qualified to talk about this. The commander of the Bright Star City Navy shook his head self-deprecatingly, and smiled contemptuously: "But if you want to count on the sincerity of this group of people, it will be as difficult as expecting merchants to not be greedy for money!" After saying that, he immediately turned around and retired.

"Arrange for the guests and let them rest on the flagship - as for the negotiations, let's wait until the battle is over. Sighing, Lusen patted the officer next to him on the shoulder: "What's more, the only person who can adjudicate this matter is Sir Leonardo Gombray, so let's not interfere too much." ”

Lusen knows very well that once the Turin Expeditionary Force breaks through the Bright Star City, the power of the entire northern Dominica will change drastically, and it may even lead to another Dominica civil war, or the rise of a powerful wizard family, once again unify the Dominica Kingdom, igniting the war between the two kingdoms!

Either way, the forces of the Kingdom of Turin will inevitably penetrate deep into Bright Star City after this battle, and the Turin Expeditionary Force, which is unable to continue to conquer, will naturally try to turn them into vassals of the kingdom and maintain their deterrent power in this area.

So even if he said that he would wait for Sir Leonardo's return, of course, Lusen couldn't really do nothing - the Minest family, who managed the kingdom's fleet, was the noble lord who was most involved in the entire Kingdom of Turin and Dominica, and naturally they were most concerned about the interests of the King of Dominica.

But this kind of thing doesn't need to be broken at all, as long as they know which family's cabin they are resting in, and which family is hospiting them, these people will naturally know who to repay, who is their true friend, who can speak for them in front of the throne.

There is no doubt that it is naturally the Minest family, and only the Minest family.

So Lu Sien didn't have to worry about these problems at all, there was only one thing he had to worry about now - take the port fortress, and then lead the soldiers under his command who were still willing to follow him to occupy the lighthouse of Bright Star City, become the first person who could overlook the entire Bright Star City, and then plant the Flame Goshawk Banner in the highest place in the entire city!

"You're going to lead the attack yourself?!" the officer looked incredulously at Lusen Minest, who was taking off his cloak and putting on his sword, as if he had misheard something: "With all due respect, this is simply too dangerous!"

"Even if I lie in bed and am in danger, is there any place in this world where there is no danger?" Lusen glanced at him, "When you hear the sound of the horn, you immediately give the order to shoot!"

"But ......"

"There's nothing to do, all my dignity is lost here, all!" Lu Sien, who was obviously pale, but still gritted his teeth, trembled with excitement: "Now I'm going to pick it up, I can't let others say anything about 'Minest' and just let others die!"

After saying this, the stubborn Lusen walked directly to the deck, tugging at the rope and staring at the soldiers who were still gathered in the shouting and scolding of the officers, and the young young master Minest pursed his lips, as if he didn't know what to say.

"The last time I attacked the port, I didn't fight with those brave Turinetes and watched them die.

When the flames of the Dominicans fell from the sky, I still didn't stand with them, I still watched them die, and I watched them burn to ashes one by one, and I couldn't even recognize them!

Enough was enough, I really had enough of my cowardice - I hadn't held a sword a few times in my life, and I didn't even know what it was like to stab someone to death a few months ago.

But I will not watch you die again today, and I will stand with you - the Radiant Cross bears witness to me, Lusan Minest, son of Horad, son of Antonio, your commander-in-chief!"

"Everyone—" Lusan took a long breath and silently said, "Please help me take down the lighthouse in Bright Star City." ”