Chapter 71: A Thousand Beheadings
Pasta Town.
A quiet and peaceful port town crossed by a river called 'Pasta'.
In the future, Ace passed by here when he was tracking down Blackbeard's whereabouts, and was sentenced to 'Flowing Water' for eating an overlord's meal and accidentally injuring Dr. Blackbeard, who looked like Blackbeard.
Fortunately, he was rescued by his milk sister Moda downstream.
It was precisely in order to repay Moda for saving her life that Ace would go to the G2 branch to deliver a letter promoting milk for her.
The town of Pasta is not a separate town, it is a port town belonging to the kingdom of Lulucia.
The Kingdom of Lulucia, one of the countries of the World Government.
Two years after the Battle of the Summit, the area was invaded by Peachbeard and other pirates, and the people repelled the pirates with the help of the Revolutionary Army.
Later, the Kingdom of Lulucia became one of the countries of the 'Eight Kingdoms Revolution'.
After the World Conference, Sabo went into hiding, but the entire kingdom was destroyed by Imu.
Of course, this is for later.
The current Kingdom of Lulucia is just a member country of the world government that has impoverished its citizens because of the payment of heavenly gold.
But it was the people who were poor, and the kings and nobles of the kingdom of Lulucia were not poor.
Most of the time, the poorer the area, the richer those in power.
This huge gap between the rich and the poor was also the main reason for the civilian revolution in the future Lulucia Kingdom.
The emergence of the revolutionary army was only a fuse, igniting the class contradictions that had accumulated over the years.
It is precisely because the king and nobles control the vast majority of the social wealth that it is not the civilians on the periphery who are most afraid of the arrival of pirates now, but them.
So when the navy came to negotiate and wanted to set up a temporary garrison here, the kings and nobles of the Kingdom of Lulucia were simply crazy with joy.
As the king, Seki even said that he welcomed the establishment of a branch of the navy.
For this reason, he was even willing to move all the residents of Pasta Town.
Seki was the second king of the book of pine contacts.
The last one was Lucas of the Kingdom of Illisia.
These two are worlds apart.
In comparison, Seki is less like a king and more like a merchant.
A merchant who runs the kingdom of Lulucia as a company.
And he is also the kind of businessman who is ready to cash out and run away at any time.
But they can't be blamed for this, but also for this turbulent world.
The country in the great shipping lane, the strong is good.
Weak countries, not to mention civilians.
Even the king lived in fear all day long.
They don't know when powerful pirates will attack, and perhaps when they wake up, their country is already gone.
After being in this environment for a long time, it is natural that there is no sense of belonging to the kingdom.
Who knows how long he can be a king, it is better to scavenge for money and be ready to run away at any time.
……
Ichimatsu launched the action on the same day.
Directly lead the troops to the vicinity of the town of Pasta.
"You go around to the back, land from there, and advance from the back!"
"And then ......"
"You don't need to arrest pirates when you encounter them, you just need to expel them to the port."
"Remember! The primary goal is not to capture pirates, but to protect civilians! ”
Ichimatsu ordered.
"Major General Ichimatsu!"
Someone questioned, "But in that case, won't the pirates just run away?" ”
Their mission is to capture the pirates, but if they follow Ichimatsu's orders, won't the mission fail?
Yisong didn't explain, and he wasn't ready to explain: "Isn't my order clear enough, do you need me to repeat it again!" ”
In normal times, he can be kind and can have no shelves.
But when the battle is approaching, when he has already given the order, there are still people who dare to question it, which is absolutely intolerable to Yisong.
This is the first and last time.
If a similar situation occurs again, Ichimatsu will not tolerate it.
Seeing that Ichimatsu was angry, the sailors did not dare to say anything more, and immediately began to carry out his orders.
After circling the rear of the town of Pasta, the sailors did not pause, and advanced from outside the town towards the town in a straight formation.
In the town of Pasta, the pirates who had been resting here and replenishing food and fresh water were the first to prepare when they learned of the arrival of the navy.
The pirates who were able to come here were all experienced pirates.
They have long been accustomed to being hunted by the navy, and at the same time they know how to act at this time.
According to the past practice, since they already knew the news of the arrival of the navy, it means that the navy has blocked the port, and even if the action is bigger, it will even block the open sea near the island.
The best way to get out is to create chaos.
Exhaust the Navy from dealing with the chaos so that there will be a flaw and give them a chance to escape.
And the quickest and easiest way to create chaos is, of course, to kill people and set fires, and by the way, to kidnap hostages in case of emergency.
"Hurry up and grab a few more hostages!" Fulls instructed his men to take out the phone bug: "Keep the boat as close to the shore as possible, and prepare to escape!" ”
Of course, he was calling his men guarding the pirate ship, telling them to put away the anchor and hoist the sails as soon as they arrived, and leave here as fast as they could.
"What?"
"Is the captain leaving now?"
The men over there were a little unsure why the captain was so ordered.
"Huh? Doesn't there be a navy in the port? ”
"Navy? Nope! ”
This time Fuls was stunned.
What's the situation?
"No need to take hostages, there is no navy in the port, hurry up and leave!"
Since there is no navy, what hostages are there to take.
……
The sailors did not understand Ichimatsu's behavior and did not know what Ichimatsu was going to do.
They had a chance to catch the pirates, but now they could only watch them escape.
Soon, all the pirates had escaped from the town and arrived at the port.
Now that all the warships are behind the island, the pirates only need to return to the pirate ship, and they can only watch the pirates escape.
Five pirate groups, thousands of people rushed to the port.
They were about to escape.
But at this moment, a figure stopped in front of them.
"Pirates! You are surrounded, lay down your arms and surrender at once! ”
Ichimatsu stood there, facing thousands of pirates by himself.
"Poof! You're the only one who wants to surround us! ”
"Leave this idiot seaman alone, rush over!"
"Hurry up and get on the boat, and wait for the sailors behind to catch up."
……
No one takes a book seriously.
There were a thousand of them, and no matter how strong this navy was, it would be impossible to stop them all, so they just rushed over.
Airplanes!
But at this moment, everyone felt an invisible force pressing from all directions.
The strong sense of oppression made them feel as if they had been hit head-on by a monstrous wave.
'Plop! ’
'Plop! ’
……
Thousands of pirates didn't even know what was happening, and one by one rolled their eyes and passed out.
There were less than fifty people who barely resisted the domineering spirit of a pine.
They are powerful, but also unfortunate.
Because he resisted the impact of domineering, he couldn't withstand the oncoming slash.
When the sailors finally rushed out of the town, they saw only a pine standing there, and the pirates who were lying on the ground.