At sea, there is no land in sight.

Lawrence stood at the bow of the ship and looked up at the wind blowing, and Sariel and the others were building a wooden house at the stern of the ship to protect them from the wind and rain.

The ship is in the shape of an ingot, with high sides and a higher middle mast, and debris and ballast stones can be placed in the lower circle.

Large ships were built to carry more goods and people, so they were designed to carry 60 people.

The wind was strong at sea, and the sails were blown and swayed.

Sophia looked at the rattling sails, "Master, it's too windy here now. ”

Lawrence said calmly, "It's not big, you look at the waves around you, it's only a little undulating, not even a big wave." ”

Sophia was a little relieved.

"Why is the wind so strong at sea? The wind in our mountains is not so strong. ”

Lawrence explains: "Because there isn't much shelter at sea, and because it's spring and summer, and it's windy and rainy. ”

Sophia didn't delve into the question, and continued to explore the marine world under the ship.

When you first come out, you often encounter some big fish, but you can't see them soon, and when you get around, the whole sea seems to be barren, and you rarely encounter big fish.

Lawrence continued to calculate time and distance.

In this boundless deep sea, you forget your direction as you walk.

The wind here is not without change.

Lawrence pondered the direction and position of the wind.

The formation of the wind is mainly a change in the air flow, with hot air rising and cold air pouring in.

When the sun shines on the ground, the hot air rises, the planet continues to rotate, the cold air begins to move, and the hot air in the sky cools down again, forming a new cycle.

However, the direction of the wind is very difficult to measure, sometimes it is vertical, and it is usually windy at night.

It is also necessary to consider the uneven heating of land and sea, and various variations.

Lawrence couldn't tell the wind here, whether it was a west wind in winter and a west wind in spring, so Lawrence couldn't detect the pattern.

Lawrence could only be sure that it was indeed heading west, and that the sun and compass were in the right direction.

In the afternoon, the wind began to weaken, and the crow-shaped iron sheet that Lawrence hung on the top began to deflect.

It seemed that the wind had stopped, but Lawrence clearly reached the area of the center of the heat and cold, and was leaning towards the side of the cold air.

Day, night.

Lawrence's mind quickly appeared black and white shadow areas, and he wondered where he was.

If you were to stand still now, the distinction between day and night would be obvious, and the area behind you should be daytime, and night not far ahead.

That is, the air conditioner is about to move from the front to the back.

At the same time, the northern part of the country is a large area of icebergs that do not melt all year round, and the rear area is also a sea of ice, and only the Agama Mountains will be warmer because of the relationship between geothermal heat and sunlight.

The wind direction is southeast, the vertical wind is northwest and southwest, the wind is cyclical, and the wind at high and low is completely opposite.

The direction of the clouds in the sky and the direction of the waves on the ground are usually two directions, and relying on the clouds in the sky to discern the direction will only lead to getting lost.

Lawrence quickly judged the direction of his ship, and he was heading southwest, and it was on an inclined course.

How many times did you lean on the road?

Lawrence quickly recalls the change in the direction of the wind from his departure to the present.

"I think it's a little bit north at first, then a little bit more south, and it's still closer to the area in the center of the ocean."

There was nothing wrong with the general direction, and Lawrence quickly thought about how to deal with the southeasterly winds at night.

When the southeast wind blows, how to get the boat to run southwest.

Run on the side!

Lawrence experimented a few times in his own bath and quickly began to lower the sails.

"Let everybody put the sails down and hang them up in a different direction! Don't hang the sails if they can't be changed, and tie them to the boat in front of you with a rope! ”

After Lawrence led the men to deflect and fix his sails, he quickly helped the ships behind him, and boarded the rest of the men's longship with small boats.

Everyone's boat is very light, and if it hits, it will not fall apart, but it will break a few planks, and there is also a danger of capsizing.

The problem is that if you don't tie them together, the speed of the boat is inconsistent at night and it will soon fall apart.

Once it spreads out in this vast sea, it is equivalent to death.

"If it's downwind, don't worry about it, and if you're pulled by a rope close to the boat in front of you when it's headwind, stand up with the sail and slow down in time."

Lawrence went one by one and told these people what to do.

Fortunately, the people of the Kingdom of Rofen are very receptive to seafaring skills, and some of them are navigators themselves and know how to protect their ships in the event of a naval battle.

Many of them, the kind of people who specialize in hitting other people's boats and forcing others to stop, know how to control the sails.

Fortunately, it is a group of people who are more accepting of death, more accepting of journeys on the sea, and at the same time have seafaring skills and adventurous spirit.

Changing to the East and the West is definitely not as smooth as it is now.

The southeast wind soon blew, and the ships of the people were turned around by the wind, drifting south towards the southern waters.

At night, more than a dozen lighting beads were taken out of the box, clarifying the position of the ship for everyone, allowing the ships in front of and behind to keep their positions on the left and right.

After daybreak, the group turned the sails again and sailed westward with all their might.

After two days and one night of sailing, the crowd soon saw a small fishing boat.

There were only two people on the fishing boat, and in the distance, to the southeast, a vague outline of an island was becoming clear.

The pirates on board are quickly closing in on the small fishing boat!

"It's a pirate!" When the old man saw the boats, he panicked, "Run!" ”

Two men in their fifties quickly rowed and fled.

Their ships are extremely slow, and the more they hurry, the faster they can't run.

Soon, the pirate ship behind him approached the little sheep like a beast of prey.

The barbarian's axe quickly pressed into a man's chest.

"What kind of place is this?!"

The man quickly shouted anxiously for a long time, but the barbarians around him could not understand his words.

A Durella man quickly said, "He speaks Durella, and this is the village of En'er to the south of Durella, not an island in front of it, but a land stretching outward. ”

So the two men and the Durella went to Lawrence's ship.

"Master, this is only four hours away from Leger, the nearest city in the Deco Kingdom, and it will be faster by boat."

Lawrence nodded, "Okay, let these two go, and tell the Durella that they didn't break the contract, and I hope they can remain loyal all the time." ”

Lawrence's ship was many days faster than the pirate contingent in the rear, and after freeing the two fishermen, the fleet continued to the south.

According to the organizational strength of the Western Kingdom, it was impossible to assemble an effective fleet in three to five days, so that it would not be possible to pursue Lawrence.

Now Lawrence has clippers, has a large number of elite sailors, and those on land are no match at all.

Technology is power, and after thirty big ships and small boats traveled for two and a half hours, they came to the backward kingdom of Deco.

Because of the underdevelopment of commerce, there were not many people living by the sea, and the scattered fishermen's fishing villages were soon occupied by barbarians.

Under the guidance of the captured Deco people, a team of 200 people pressed towards the royal city of the Deco Kingdom!

The kingdom of Deco had three grand knights, two dukes, five marquises, four counts and some nobles of unknown numbers.

The kingdom numbered about 300,000 people, spread over six cities and a number of manor towns.

There were a large number of craftsmen, merchants, peasants, and wanderers gathered in the royal city, and the exact number of soldiers was unknown, and there were only twenty soldiers on patrol in normal times.

The king was surrounded by three great knights and two marquises, and lived in houses made of wood and stone.

The population here is about forty or fifty thousand, and Lawrence has only two hundred.

Although he could also fight, Lawrence still chose a safer dukedom and attacked the city of Duchess Philier, who was behind Count Hendra.

The most important thing in robbery is to choose the right target.

The Duchess's domain consisted of a thirty-man order of knights and fifty guards, and more than a hundred tax collectors.

The main population is scattered in various villages, with several knights' estates and plantations, and is a nobleman who inherits her husband's title, surrounded by a number of nobles who are touted and flickered.

Lawrence's men quickly rested for the night, and after a two-hour walk on a dirt road to the front of a backward city.

It looks like a refugee camp of houses, with only a few red and white houses made of stone near the main road in the distance.

Summer has entered here in the kingdom of Deco, the weather is hot and humid, and there are many farmers busy in the fields.

Lawrence and the others, who were riding unicorns, ignored these idlers and slowly passed by the vision of these ignorant peasant serfs.

Because Lawrence and the others did not attack these people, these people thought that they were their own knights, and quickly knelt on the ground and waited for these people to walk by before getting up to work.

Lawrence quickly deceived the serfs who had been warned by the flesh, and led a group of barbarians to the bustling city in the hinterland.

As they approached the gate near the wooden walled city that looked like the entrance to the village, the duchess's men finally spotted the uninvited guests.

However, Lawrence and the others seemed to be walking very slowly, not like they were coming to attack, so these defenders who had been peaceful for a long time hesitated for a while.

Sou!

A spear flew from afar!

"Kill! Blood debt and blood repayment! ”

The barbarians quickly tore through the camouflage and rushed in.

Lawrence felt that he was too conspicuous to ride the unicorn, so instead of rushing in, he walked in slowly.

This time, he only robbed the nobles and captured the nobles of Deco, and did not provoke those artisan farmers.

Lawrence looked ahead, and Andrew and the others quickly got into a fight with a hastily rushed security team.

The men who came out of the wooden hut that looked like a police station were quickly put to the ground by the barbarians, and many more were hiding inside and did not dare to come out.

There were not many troops in a city with a radius of only six hundred meters.

Andrew and Fryce and the others soon came to the largest stone castle.

The castle here is more than ten meters high, and it is a tall stone building, but it is not the kind of castle that is specifically designed for defense.

Say it's a castle, it's more like a palace.

This kind of palace is not a defense against raiders.

Durand was about to go over to open the door, and Andrew shouted directly: "I'm coming!" ”

Durand looked at Andrew, who threw his useless shield and javelin on the ground, including his heavy coat.

He held the broad-bladed sword that belonged to Luffin III in both hands, and Andrew's arms grew slightly thicker after letting out a constant roar.

Durand smiled, took a few steps back, then took off his helmet and armor, and quickly rushed out with his heavy tomahawk in both hands.

The guards who rushed over were quickly cut off by Duland.

After the death of one person, the rest of the soldiers no longer dared to underestimate these barbarians.

Durand alone blocked more than a dozen soldiers on this side, and Andrew had already rushed out, jumped up five or six meters high, inserted his big sword into the crack of the door and slashed down.

There was a scream from behind the gate, and Fryce quietly walked over with his axe in hand, and slammed the gate open with Andrew.

Behind the gate were a dozen male and female servants, whom Fryce quickly sent to meet their god of the dawn.

The soldiers in the rear quickly caught up with the three, and the influx of barbarian legions rushed into the palace. (End of chapter)