On the western coastline of the Caohai Plain, there are many large and small ports, all of which are built of black iron, and the whole body is extremely strong, and on the side facing the ocean, they are equipped with powerful magic crystal cannons.

These ports proclaim to the world that a great war took place on the seashore a long time ago, a war between the creatures of the land and the creatures of the sea.

Perhaps the creatures of other parts of the Caohai Plain have long forgotten the war that took place, but the descendants of the sinners who live in these fortress-like harbors on the shores of the ocean cannot forget that war, and they will not suffer the consequences of that war all the time.

Although the war was won by the land creatures and the forts were built along the coastline, the fanged harbors kept the sea beasts at bay and cut off the seafarers' access to resources from the sea.

It can be said that the convicts who were punished and sent here lived a life worse than death at first, and after many years of suffering, they gradually got out of the predicament and found a way to survive.

Most of the port thugs are here to survive, and it can be said that almost all of the living goods in the various ports were plundered by these mobs from other parts of the plains.

So those people were thugs, but they were the backbone of the port's survival.

It is precisely because of this that Morey's father, Bert, will give up the port command that originally belonged to him to the leader of the mob.

There are many people like Bert who have chosen to do this, and most of them are the descendants of those who were sent to the port to be responsible for mechanical maintenance and garrison when the Clover family was in charge of the plains.

It can be said that their ancestors are not evildoers, and even they have learned a lot of technology from their ancestors, relying on the technology left to them by their ancestors, they use the only scarce materials to carefully maintain the operation of the port machinery, and continue to resist the sea beasts in the ocean that attack the port from time to time.

In fact, when he saw the appearance of the steam locomotive, Bert thought that it might be what his ancestors had said. Those who once ruled the Shamrock House of the Plains appeared.

Especially when he saw the protruding clover pattern on the door of the Lecius steam locomotive, Bert even felt that maybe they could finally get rid of their current life.

However, the thugs in the harbor did not agree with Bert, in the eyes of the thugs, the steam locomotive represented resources and wealth, and those were the things they were most in need of now, so the thugs chose to attack Lucius and them.

It's just that even Bert didn't expect that Lucius and they were so powerful that they could easily subdue all the thugs in the port, and they didn't even have a chance to fight back.

Now faced with the conditions proposed by Lucius. Bert felt that he might no longer have the right to choose, after all, the other party was in charge of their lives, and Bert just wanted to explain a few words to those thugs, so that the young man in front of him, who might be a descendant of the Clover family, could tolerate what those thugs were doing.

However, what Bert didn't expect was that before he could open his mouth to promise the other party, Lucius immediately said: "If you don't agree, it's nothing, my people can still take those ports." It just takes some work. ”

Hearing this, Bert knew he had to make a choice, or he might lose the opportunity that was close at hand, he and the group of thugs who were being imprisoned. Maybe it's going to die.

So Bert hurriedly said to Lecius, "Dear young man, we can promise to help you and help you seize other ports, but I hope you will also be tolerant of the thugs in other ports." ”

"Hmph. Who do you think you are? Dare to make conditions with Your Highness? You must understand that Your Highness is a descendant of the Shamrock family, and the former ruler of this plain. ”

Bert had just said the conditions. Palupu, who was standing beside Lucius, couldn't help but interrupt him with a cold snort, and rebuked him with some disdain: "You have to understand, now Your Highness is very tolerant of you, but you don't want to take an inch. ”

Lucius stretched out his hand to stop Parip, looked at Bert carefully, and saw the other party's expression of neither humility nor arrogance, especially the other party's oil-stained overalls, Lucius couldn't help asking: "It seems that you are also a mechanic, so why are you in the company of those thugs?"

Bert was surprised to learn of Lucius's identity, but he tried to calm down and answered the question respectfully: "I'm doing this to survive. ”

After quietly listening to Bert's briefing on the western part of the plain, especially the port, Lucius's brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't expect that the western part of the plain would be so difficult.

Lowering his head and pondering for a moment, Lucius raised his head and looked at Bert and Morey and said, "Okay, I'll give you a chance to persuade you and those thugs to surrender, and within the specified time, anyone who is willing to surrender voluntarily, I can not hold them accountable for what they did before, but they must accept my adaptation." ”

Hearing this, Bert couldn't believe his ears, he didn't expect that Lucius would give those thugs such a chance, Bert was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Lucius: "Thank you, your generosity will be rewarded." ”

Lucius stepped forward and brought Bert and Morey up, and said with a smile on his face: "I have given you the opportunity, and you will do the rest, but I still have to remind you that I will only give you five days, and after five days I will start to attack and personally lead my troops to sweep all the ports along the coast." ”

"Five days?" Bert lowered his head when he heard this, and raised his head for a long time and said, "Although the time is tight, but we have enough manpower, you can rest assured, we will leave tomorrow." ”

Bert's answer made Lucius very satisfied, nodded and agreed, and waved his hand to let Renault command the warriors and take Bert and Morey out first.

After the Bert father and son were taken away, Renaud stood up and asked Lucius in confusion: "Your Highness, why do you want to persuade those thugs to surrender? I don't think those thugs can be trusted." ”

Lucius naturally understood what Renault meant, nodded and said, "I can't fully trust those thugs in the way of nature, I'm just giving them a chance, and we can also take advantage of this time to try to break through that heavily guarded port, I estimate that the mechanical core should be in that port." ”

"What? You, are you going to attack that port directly? But without foreign help, can we really rely on it alone? Didn't that Bert just say that the port is all guarded by machinery?"

Lucius's decision surprised everyone, Renault was even more stunned, and Palup asked some questions with some concern.

In the face of the question asked by Palup. Lucius said calmly: "It is because we have no advantage that we need to be surprised, taking advantage of the mechanical castle's attention elsewhere, trying our best to break through that port and seize those mechanical cores, so that we have the weight to confront the mechanical castle." ”

Hearing Lucius say this, Mogupatin suddenly asked, "Do you mean that we can't match the mechanical castle now?"

Mogupatin's words woke everyone up, and everyone present looked at Lucius with a look of shock on their faces. It seems impossible to believe that what Mogupatin said is true.

And Lucius was silent for a moment, nodded with a heavy face, and said: "I'm afraid that's the case, the strength we have at hand now is indeed not enough to be on par with the mechanical castle, according to the results of the third and fourth explorations, the mechanical castle has a fully mechanized army after gathering machines from all over the world." ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Seeing this, Lucius continued: "You should be well aware of the all-mechanized army. Our current strength is indeed difficult to contend with. ”

Mogupatin came to his senses, looked at Lucius and asked, "So, Your Highness, you plan to take it by surprise." Grab the mechanical core first, or do you have some advantage in confrontation?"

"Not bad. ”

Nodding, Lucius analyzed very firmly: "Now, we seem to be at a disadvantage, but as long as we can capture those mechanical cores of the mechanical castle, we have an absolute advantage. ”

Renault was already scared at the moment. With a pale face, he said, "Difficult, is it that even other avengers have seized other towns in the plains." Don't we have enough strength to fight the mechanical castle, which is really that strong? In that case, we don't seem to have any hope of winning. ”

Seeing Renault's pale face and trembling standing there, Lucius couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, in fact, you all ignore a problem, that is, those people from the mining company. ”

Hearing this, Renault was stunned for a moment, but soon understood the meaning of Lucius's words, and his face suddenly became even paler, and the horror on his face was overflowing.

Indeed, as Lucius said, he and other Avenger leaders had ignored the guys from the mining company, who had always been supported by the Mechanical Castle, and it could be said that they were also loyal supporters of the Mechanical Castle.

You know, over the years, those mining companies have gradually come to life because of the maritime trade, and almost all the things on the plains have not been taken seriously, and they have not taken the initiative to attack the Avengers.

But this does not mean that those mining companies have disappeared, the strength of those mining companies is still not to be underestimated, especially after so many years of accumulation, even if their strength cannot surpass the mechanical castle, but it is by no means comparable to the Avengers.

Once the Avengers touch their vital interests, in Renault's view, those mining companies will be ruthless, and when the time comes, the Avengers' three armies, not to mention conquering the towns in the east, south, and north of the plain, I am afraid that they will be defeated by those mining companies one by one.

Lucius waited for Renault to digest for a moment before he spoke, "Now, do you realize our situation? ”

After a pause, Lucius continued: "At the same time, we must try to gather these thugs in the western ports, and let them help us, or the other three Avengers, against those mining companies that have been hidden for many years, this battle has not yet begun, but we must first grasp enough advantages." ”

The next day, Bert somehow managed to convince the imprisoned thugs, who seemed to have learned much more respect, or rather were full of reverence for Lucius, and no one dared to show any irritability, as if they had become a flock of lambs. (To be continued......)