Chapter Thirty-Eight: Counting is Counting
With a loud whistle, a group of jungle rangers appeared on the beach.
"Someone wants to use this as a breakthrough to sneak up on our large forces from behind, hurry up and catch them!" Joshua saw the rescuers coming, and hurriedly pointed out to them.
"No, they are outnumbered, let's retreat quickly!" shouted the fish-man water ghost and the surface raider, and hurriedly left the shadow troops and green field archers on the shore, and plunged into the water to prepare to escape. But before they could swim, they felt like something was entangled in their bodies.
"Hehe, it's not that easy to run!" It turned out that the Craigie Dryad saw so many helpers appearing, and he became bolder. It reached its tentacles, namely two branches, into the water and directly entangled the two fishmen. With a "whoosh", the two fishmen were thrown to the shore.
"I advise you to surrender sooner!" Joshua walked out from behind the dryad, "You're surrounded by us!"
Surrounded by the Jungle Rangers, the Shadow Assassins and Archers of the White Dragon Knights on the shore could only lay down their weapons and surrender.
"You're just in time!" Joshua said with a smile, "Escort them all back, and by the way, report to Uncle Haig about the Imperial Knights' plan to launch a sneak attack from here here in the Green Mud Shoal!"
The forest rangers did not speak, and one of their leaders made a clear gesture to Joshua and beckoned his men to take the captives away.
"Hehe, I heard them say that the White Dragon Knights' demolition unit is about to arrive, and I suddenly have a great idea!" Joshua muttered to himself.
"Demolition troops, are they the kind of people who like to blow up houses with explosives?" asked Craigie Dryad.
"Actually, I don't know, but it sounds pretty powerful. Joshua gave a helpless answer that everyone in the room felt helpless.
"We dryads are the most afraid of fire, and it's better that I don't get involved in something as dangerous as explosives!" said Craigie Dryad and quickly left.
"Hey, slow down......" Joshua tried to stop the dryad, but the dryad ignored him.
"Hmph, this guy isn't funny. Joshua glared into the distance, then said to the Jungle Ranger who remained, "The rest of us will change into the clothes of these spies, and we'll find a way to get right into that blast ship." ”
Joshua and the others disarmed themselves with the Shadow Assassin archers, especially Joshua who had a few pieces of wood cut into his boots to make him taller. Then he got into the boat that the enemy had been on when he came to the green mud shoal, and began to paddle out to sea. After a while, they saw a warship of medium size and above sailing.
"Yelena, do you really think it's necessary for us to personally send the demolition team to the Green Mud Shoal?" all the generals of the White Dragon Knights appeared in the command room of the warship, and Wren felt that their entire dispatch to transport the demolition force might be a bit of a fuss.
"Once our jihua fails, the enemy will soon be able to guess our strategy and strengthen our defenses. So I felt the need to go into battle myself," said Yelena.
"This Jihua was conceived by Lord Lance, but he didn't come himself, and just asked Charles to show us the way. And he himself directly followed the large army to the port of Duanmao. Wren sneered.
"Hmph, Lance is also the kind of man who only pursues the pinnacle of swordsmanship. We don't have to count on him at all for things like leading troops to war. "We're almost there." However, it is too ostentatious to let the warship drive into the river, and it is necessary to change a few small boats to rush to the enemy's rear defense to blast. ”
"Haode, Lord Elena, I let my men go down to the deck to see if those who were sent to spy on intelligence have returned. Simon replied, "I sent the Fish-Man Water Ghost and the Surface Raiders before, and I'll report back as soon as I confirm the situation there." ”
"Good, Simon. Our current blasting operation must be foolproof, and nothing can go wrong. Even if they attack head-on, the Wings of Liberty may not be able to resist it, but we still want to minimize the cost of war and the cost of time. Elena admonished.
The warship was about to reach the green mud shoal, and the sailors on the deck were constantly watching the water situation ahead.
"Hey, man, look! The men sent out by the White Dragon Knights to scout the terrain have returned in our boat. "A skilled sailor of the Blue Dragon Knights saw Joshua's gang who had been disguised.
"Okay, let's go and pick them up. Another sailor said.
In this way, Joshua and the Jungle Ranger managed to board the warship, which was laden with gunpowder to transport the demolition troops.
"You guys go and report to the chiefs about what we've just learned. Joshua pretended to order his men to hurry to the commander and get his life back.
"Weishenme, I think you're very face-saving!" At this time, a sailor noticed Joshua, "which part are you from?"
Joshua was terrified, but soon he had an idea, and pretended to be calm and said to the sailor, "I don't even know you? You're new, aren't you? I'm Pioneer Officer Ryan!"
Hearing that the person in front of him claimed to be the vanguard officer of the White Dragon Knights, the sailor hurriedly greeted respectfully: "Ah, sir, I didn't expect you to personally lead the troops to spy on the enemy. Hurry up and get some rest!"
"Hmph, look better next time!" Joshua glared at the sailor and swaggered into the passage leading to the interior of the cabin.
"It's so hanging, I'm almost recognized. After entering the cabin, Joshua breathed a long sigh of relief, "Now hurry up and find the explosives and see where they are!"
Joshua searched the cabin and finally found a group of sailors carrying powder kegs at the door of a storage room. Apparently, the demolition forces of the White Dragon Knights are beginning to assemble in preparation for the night raid.
"Let's take a break! We'll move according to the capacity of one boat, and then move the second batch when it's full. "The powder kegs were being moved out of the storage room, and the sailors were waiting at the door for an order to deliver the powder to the dinghy.
"It looks like this is where they store their gunpowder, but I don't have any tools with me. Otherwise, I'll just burn this place on fire. Joshua thought to himself.
Suddenly, two figures appeared behind Joshua. One of them gently patted Joshua on the back.
"Who?" Joshua turned to see that it was the Jungle Rangers on the ship with him. The person who patted him put his index finger directly in front of his mouth and signaled him to speak quietly.
"We've found where they hid their gunpowder, now we can find a way to just set their powder kegs on fire. Then we looked for the dinghy on the warship and fled directly. But there is a problem, I can't find the tools to start the fire right now. Joshua told the two Jungle Rangers about his Jihua.
Hearing Joshua's jihua, the Forest Ranger nodded, then lifted the Shadow Assassin's cloak draped over him, pointing to his waist. It turns out that the Shadow Assassin forces often operate at night, and their members carry flints and flints with them, which are carried in small bags on their belts.
"There's a lot of people guarding the powder magazine! We'll have to think of a better way to do it!" Joshua said.
At that moment, the Forest Ranger patted Joshua on the shoulder again and pointed to the other end of the cabin. It turned out that on the sides of the powder magazine there was an extremely narrow vent, which was simply inaccessible to the average adult. But Joshua was just the right fit to get in.
"You don't like to talk, but you have smart brains. Joshua laughed, "I was finally able to get the pieces of wood out of my boots." My feet are hurting!"
Joshua asked them to help him with the wind, and then quickly opened the vents and drilled them in. The storage room was full of gunpowder, and not counting the ones that had already been moved out by the sailors.
"Hehe, these ropes tied to powder kegs can come in handy. Joshua pulled out his dagger, cut off all the twine tied around the powder keg, and tied them all together as fast as he could. The next thing he had to do was disassemble a few of the barrels of gunpowder and let them spill all over the storeroom. When all these steps were completed, Joshua buried one end of the rope in the gunpowder, and then climbed out of the vent with the other end.
On the deck at this time, Simon was waiting for the return of the Shadow Force. But until the warship was about to reach the shallows, he did not notice any movement. So he stopped one of the sailors who was patrolling the deck and asked, "Have you seen any of you come back from someone we sent out to spy on intelligence?"
"Aren't they back a long time ago?" the sailor replied, "and Master Lane said to have his men report to you right away, Lord Simon!"
"What Lane?" said Simon, feeling bad when he heard the sailor's words, "what do we have called Lane's Pioneer Officer?"
"Wait! our vanguard officer is really not called Ryan!" the other sailor suddenly thought of something.
As soon as he finished speaking, a violent explosion was heard from the cabin, followed by a cloud of flames from below the deck. Everyone on the deck suddenly felt the entire warship shake violently. "Not good, enemy attack!" exclaimed the sailors.