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Chapter 266 Abandon the coast
The battle in the port area became more and more fierce with the addition of the Shahua murloc priest. Ordinary bows and arrows and ballistas can no longer shoot through those murloc warriors blessed with magical arts. Human soldiers have no choice but to stand up guns and prepare for melee combat. Corey saw the entire display faltering, and immediately sent a magic signal to notify the airship staying at high altitude to support.
After the street signal of the wizard in charge of commanding the airship, he immediately came to the densest place of the enemy and asked the dragon man to start throwing down the gas tank while dumping kerosene. Some Sahua murloc fighters were instantly smashed into flesh by the iron cans that fell from the sky. Just when they felt a little inexplicable, a pterodactyl lit a Molotov cocktail filled with kerosene and threw it down.
Everyone only saw the entire seashore suddenly lit up, followed by a loud “boom”. The monster with a radius of several hundred meters was blown into pieces of meat at once, and the entire sea surface was burning due to the large amount of fire oil spilled in advance. The human soldiers who were fighting hard with the Shahua murlocs saw this scene and screamed for a burst of cheers. In their view, their own side actually has such a powerful weapon, then no matter how many enemies there are, it is impossible to break the line of defense.
Sahua murlocs are not stupid, on the contrary, their intelligence is slightly higher than that of most humans. Seeing that the attack couldn’t work, a guy with four arms blew the conch in his hand, and after a whirring sound, all the monsters all began to retreat towards the sea. However, the mage on the airship obviously did not intend to let it go so easily. He immediately ordered all the pterosaurs to throw their javelins from a high altitude.
Now this military airship has been transformed into a large suspended platform by Henry following the idea of an aircraft carrier on earth. Except for more than a thousand dragons and a small number of wizards and warlocks who can perform “flying skills”. All other unrelated personnel have been emptied, leaving a place to store kerosene, javelins, gas tanks and other military supplies.
Relying on this huge platform. The dragons carried five javelins at a time and threw them all out and then went back to fetch them. On the retreat route less than one kilometer from the sea, a total of 2,000 Sahua murloc warriors were nailed to death here. As the enemy retreated into the deep sea, Corey breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the first day’s tentative attack was over. Although ordinary human soldiers performed poorly, the airships and air units showed great lethality. I believe that if these monsters can’t think of a good way, they will not launch attacks for the time being.
As Corey expected, the sun rose until the night passed. The Sahua murloc did not show up again. The ordinary soldiers who had been fighting for the whole night simply ate breakfast and then went back to the tent to rest. As for the corpses on the ground, don’t worry about them. The tide will pull them all into the sea to feed the fish.
After sleeping for a full eight hours, Henry went directly to the Duke’s residence as the temporary headquarters. As soon as Hawke saw him, he immediately sent a copy of casualty statistics and information about the surrounding area. After an hour or so of short-term combat, more than 400 human soldiers died in battle, and another 150 were seriously injured and disabled.
According to the latest intelligence sent by Robert. Except here, all the ports and fishing villages in the entire Jianhai area have already fallen. The four thousand defensive troops organized by Duke Anta Silver Shield were defeated by the Shahua murloc army and followed and killed in just ten minutes. It is said that he himself was seriously injured and has now fled to the inland for refuge. .
“So in the coastal areas, only us and Deepwater City are still resisting? All the other lords ran away?” Henry frowned and asked.
Hawke nodded with a wry smile. “Yes, my good duke. Do you know what this means? This means that the Sahua murlocs will gather more numbers. Focus on us and Deepwater City.”
Henry rubbed his forehead. The current number is enough to make people headache, if the number is increasing, I am afraid the port area will be breached in an instant. Although many Sahua murlocs were killed last night, none of them were priests. These cunning guys only stay in the water to bless the magic arts, and never go to shore.
Put down the casualty report in your hand. Henry continued to ask: “Is there any new news in Deepwater City? Didn’t legendary wizards like Kelben and Laila find out who is behind this? I don’t believe that the Sahua murlocs will gather for no reason. The number of people who have risen to attack the coastline is especially terrifying. It is already the sum of several underwater kingdoms.”
“There is really one, but the above only mentioned that a guy named Jacques Hoyas is leading this army of murlocs. As for their purpose, what they want to get is all a mystery.” He said from his pocket. There was a letter sent by the Lords Council of Deepwater City.
After a closer look, Henry frowned and began to consider countermeasures. The letter implies that Laila used magic to make accurate predictions, and unless this guy named Jacques Hoyas is found and killed, the attack will last for a year. In other words, this tense state of combat readiness must be maintained. He doesn’t have the time to spend with the murlocs here every day. It’s better to withdraw to the inland if he has that time. At most a year later, these guys will have to roll back to the deep sea. The big deal is to flatten the whole city and rebuild it. Anyway, he doesn’t like the layout here.
“Hawke, what is our food reserve situation? If we completely abandon the area within 20 kilometers of the coast, will it cause food shortages?” Henry stared at the map and asked.
The old man did not answer immediately, but took out a notebook and wrote the calculations on it. After more than ten minutes, he raised his head and replied: “We don’t have much food reserves on the mainland, especially in the turmoil a while ago. However, you have obtained large tracts of farmland on the green fields from Amn, As long as there is no large-scale locust plague and drought, it can theoretically meet the needs of everyone.”
Henry heard Hawke’s analysis and immediately shook his head. “What you think is too simple. I promised the Council of Amn that the food produced in the green fields must be purchased by them first. I am afraid that we can only get half or even less, and Ascatla also Suffered to a certain extent, the fleet they sent has been wiped out by the entire army of the Shahua murlocs. This defeat directly caused all the merchants to dare not go out to sea, so the food can only rely on land, so the demand for this autumn will be very large.”
Hawk spread his hands helplessly. “Then it can only be recruited from the island, otherwise such a large food gap cannot be satisfied at all. Fortunately, these Sahua murlocs have nothing to do with the things flying in the sky, otherwise they can only give up some civilians and let them find them by themselves. food.”
After thinking about it for a while, Henry finally decided to abandon the entire coastal area. Anyway, most of the civilians have been evacuated, and the valuables have also been transported away. But before leaving, you must give these guys a big surprise, and by the way, you can also get yourself a little more experience. Since he didn’t go to the front line in person last night, all the experience points were wasted.
“Notify Corey to let him transfer all the troops to the city before dark. In addition, send an order to Robert to make all his assassin teams take action. Equip them with the unique locks of the dark elves. The armor and the dagger are not for good-looking, they must play a role for me at this critical moment.” Henry gave his family crest to Hawke as a token of order.
The old man respectfully took the badge symbolizing the highest power of the Principality with both hands, and then placed it very carefully in the inner pocket of his coat. “Don’t worry, I will take care of these two things myself. In addition, please allow me to take the liberty to ask, are you planning to abandon the entire coastal area?”
“Yes. A legendary mage used magic to predict that this attack will last for a year. Our soldiers can’t keep this nervous state forever, and within two months they will start to flee or even commit suicide. So let out more than a dozen The 20-kilometer coastline is a very wise approach. If the Sahua murlocs dare to leave the sea so far, they will never want to go back. Now I will arrange for the Mage Tower, and I will leave it to you first. “After talking, Henry turned and walked towards the door.
Hawke conveyed the order quickly. After receiving the order, Corey breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked the messenger to bring back the troops stationed at the lighthouse and the periphery of the city. There were too many casualties last night, and the attack in just one night permanently lost more than one-tenth of the soldiers. In this state of development, it will not last four days at all. Now Henry wants to gather everyone together, use the terrain in the city to fight a local battle, and then immediately retreat is obviously a better choice.
The thief leader was very excited when he received the order. He couldn’t wait to divide his 150 elite assassins into small teams. After the sun went down, he went to the designated location to lurch waiting for the opportunity to assassinate the commander and priest of the Sahua murloc. Robert looked at the silent assassins squatting on the ground, with an imperceptible smile on his face.
After returning to the mage tower, Henry immediately asked Shandi to lead the golems to leave the mage tower and go to the temporary headquarters. Then an order was given to the vampire girls to move freely at night and kill any Sahua murlocs they could see. Anyway, vampires will not die easily, even if they are severely injured, they will turn into gas and come back to slowly cultivate. A lot of blood sucking can make the girls quickly increase their strength, but also reduce the number of enemies.
Before leaving, Henry came to the control center to seal the entire mage tower. Now unless he personally comes, even a legendary mage can’t enter the tower. Of course, the enemy can also choose to use powerful magic or magic to destroy it, but this way it is even more impossible to find the vampire coffin hidden in the ground.
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