Chapter 202: 202 Please help
Chapter 202 202 Please help
In the southern part of the Yangmu Kingdom, the fiefdom of the Augustine family, and the important port city of Nanshui, in the city hall, the consul responsible for managing this place looked shocked. Looking at the embarrassed commander, he asked in shock: "What did you say? ?”
The commander's arm was still wrapped in a bandage, and the dirt on his face hadn't had time to be wiped off. He just stood there, looking so miserable.
He lowered his head and reported in a mournful voice: "There is a ship that sank almost all of our armed merchant ships... it is lying across the Nanshui Port and blockading this place!"
He was still frightened when he mentioned this terrifying battleship. The battleship actually easily sank all the ships flying the flag of the Poplar Kingdom that tried to leave the port, without letting any of them go.
The opponent's speed is astonishingly fast, and its firepower is indescribably powerful. Seeing that no ship in the port could get out, and the ship that was supposed to return was also missing, the elves knew that something was wrong.
The consul who was working in the Augustine family's fiefdom immediately grasped the key points from his subordinate's report and asked with emphasis: "A ship?"
"Yes, a ship." The subordinate also knew it was embarrassing, but he had to admit it, so he could only nod his head and replied.
If the other party really has dozens of warships, he can still exaggerate the report and save himself some face.
But the opponent really only has one battleship, so there is no other way. After all, the consul is not blind. If he takes a look in person, the matter must not be hidden.
Hearing his subordinate’s answer, the governor of the city hall became even more furious: “Are you kidding me? Are they crazy?”
In his opinion, there are two warships and dozens of armed merchant ships in the entire Nanshui Port. If a warship from the other side rushes to cause trouble, is there any reason not to be sunk?
His subordinates couldn't handle such a small matter, which made him feel that these subordinates were too useless and could not be reused.
However, before he could continue to lose his temper, this miserable-looking subordinate immediately defended himself: "Sir, I don't know whether they are crazy or not, but the two warships stationed in our port were all sunk by it! "
As soon as he heard this, the consul's face immediately turned pale. He really didn't expect that things would become so difficult for him.
He really didn't expect that the two warships stationed in the harbor would be sunk. They were two heavy warships. There were forty cannons on each ship, which could be said to be a very powerful maritime force.
As a result, according to the reports from his subordinates, the two handsome sailing warships seemed to have been sunk.
He stood up, stared at his men, and asked sternly: "What? What did you say? Tell me clearly! Didn't the two battleships defeat an enemy ship?"
"Yes, no!" the subordinate replied gloomily with a sad face. When answering this question, he also recalled the horrific scene of the two battleships being sunk.
In just one round, a battleship burst into flames, as if the ammunition had been detonated, and the entire battleship capsized and sank within a few minutes.
The governor of the city hall was trembling with anger and continued to ask sternly: "Which country is it from? Why does it come here to cause trouble?"
The place where he governs is the territory of the Augustine family. If the Marquis Augustine, who now dominates the kingdom with only one hand, knew that he could not even defend his lair, he would probably skin him, right?
The subordinate handed something he was holding in his hand to the consul: "After the other party sank two of our warships, they let go of a few sailors and left this on them."
Since he didn't know who his opponent was, the city guard officer could only change the subject and cleverly avoided the consul's question of "which country it belongs to."
“A note?” The consul took the thing and took a closer look to find that it was a note.
“There is a strange sentence written on it.” His subordinate quickly reminded him.
The consul, who was a little frightened, finally realized what he was doing. He spread out the note and read the words on it: "Pay back the debt?"
After reading it, he was still confused. He raised his head and looked at his subordinate, hoping that the other party could give him some hints.
But the other party also knew nothing about it, so he could only say helplessly: "Yes, that's it."
The consul put the note on his desk dejectedly, wondering: "What are you doing? Collecting debts? Collecting debts from a country in this way?"
The subordinate immediately shook his head and said: "I don't know what happened, but since the battleship arrived here a few hours ago, no more of our ships can come in, and no more ship can leave the South Water. The frustrated consul had no choice but to say: "The main fleet that bullied us is not here... Bastard, please hurry up and send the news to the royal city and the port of Osa!" Our main fleet goes south and sinks this provocative enemy warship!"
Anyway, Nanshui Port is the home base of the Augustin family for many years. It not only has a newly built steel smelting factory, a machinery production workshop, a military train workshop, but also the strongest castle.
Furthermore, in a strategic location near the bay, the Augustine family also built a fort equipped with 50 Cyric muzzle-loading cannons, which can be said to be impregnable.
So he was not afraid that the enemies at sea would really break into the port, so he could say to go out and call for reinforcements.
At this time, the tax officer on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and finally reminded him: "By the way...which country does this battleship belong to? Do we want to investigate it?"
When calling for help, if you don’t even know where the enemy is coming from, you will definitely be punished. So as soon as he said his words, the expressions on several people's faces suddenly became more exciting.
One by one, the elves felt like they were mourning for their heirs, and the consul was so angry that even his breathing was out of rhythm: after these city guards lost a battle, they came back to report the news without even knowing who the enemy was.
He had asked this question just now, but was interrupted by the other party and covered it up. Now that the question was raised again, the consul immediately asked again bitterly: "Have you seen its flag clearly? "
The city guard officer could only shake his head and replied with an embarrassing answer: "I don't know, it's a weird totem with two beards, and I don't know what it is."
The tax officer frowned. He had never heard of such a pattern. There were no similar patterns in the emblems of the nearby elves and orcs.
So he held his chin and asked and answered himself as if talking to himself: "Clan emblem? No way?"
“It looks like a clan emblem, not a royal flag.” The city guard officer nodded immediately and said.
Looking at the mayor of the city hall who had no idea, the tax officer once again asked: "How about asking someone to ask questions under a white flag?"
Upon hearing this question, the confused mayor also looked at the city guard officer, as if asking, "Yes, can that be done?"
The officer spread his hands and explained in a dumbfounded way: "There is no way to get close, the other side won't negotiate at all... The ships that approached were sunk immediately, and our forts couldn't hit the other side at all..."
Just as he was listening, the mayor of Nanshui City of Yangmu Kingdom immediately turned pale: "Huh? Can't the fort even hit it?"
He originally wanted to rely on the forts, castles and other fortifications for support for a while, but now that he heard that the forts couldn't defeat them, he immediately became more panicked and desperate.
The elven city guard officer had no intention of concealing the news, and immediately nodded and said: "Well, the fort can't hit it either. The second battleship originally escaped into the range of the fort, thinking it could get cover, but the other side just sank it. They captured our second warship, then blew up the fort, and then retreated beyond the range of the fort. "
His injuries were sustained on the side of the fort. After the opponent shelled a section of the fort and destroyed about seven or eight coastal defense guns, they swaggered back to the sea and stayed there!
As long as the ships want to enter or exit the port, they will be attacked. However, the opponent's artillery fire is extremely accurate, so no less than 20 ships have been sunk.
Finally, the Archon held back something he didn't know if it was a question or a sigh: "What kind of monster is that...?"
The officer, who still had a bandage on his arm, once again proved his incompetence with an aggrieved reply: "My subordinates don't know either."
Finally, there was no good solution. The Lord Mayor had no choice but to bite the bullet and give the order: "Take your people and guard the fort! Don't let the enemy land. Do you understand?"
The officer looked sad and took the precaution before speaking: "Sir! If the other party really enters the harbor, there is nothing we can do to stop them."
As soon as he slammed the table, the Lord Mayor was furious. He yelled loudly, his voice changed his tone: "The city guards must not take a step back! Bastard! Even if you die, you will die on the fort!"
The city guard officer could only bite the bullet and lower his head, and said in agreement: "Yes! Sir!"
Soon, several fast horses rushed out of Nanshui City and galloped towards the Royal City and the Osa Military Port.
At the same time, a foreman in charge of production found his immediate boss in the Augustine family's factory and reported: "Sir, the 20 tons of iron ore expected to arrive have not been accounted for... My subordinates don't know what to do. Please make your decision."
“Huh?” The middle-aged human who had been working for the Augustine family and was now the head of the workshop frowned and took the list of goods.
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The first update today, I got out of control after staying up all night coding...Thanks to the pure male reader for the tip, thank you very much.
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