Broad World

The battle in the port area has become increasingly fierce with the addition of sahuagin priests. Ordinary bows, arrows and crossbows were no longer able to pierce through the murloc warriors who were blessed with divine arts, and the human soldiers had no choice but to set up their guns and prepare for hand-to-hand combat. Seeing that the entire display was crumbling, Corey immediately sent out a magic signal to notify the airship staying at high altitude for support.

After the mage in charge of commanding the airship gave the signal, he immediately came to the place where the enemy was most dense, and asked the dragonman to start throwing down the gas tank and dumping the kerosene. Some sahuagin warriors were instantly smashed into flesh by the iron cans that fell from the sky. Just when they felt a little puzzled, a pterosaur lit a Molotov cocktail filled with kerosene and threw it down.

Everyone saw that the entire seaside suddenly lit up, followed by a loud "boom". The monster with a radius of hundreds of meters was blown to pieces at once. Due to the large amount of kerosene splashed in advance, the entire surface of the sea burned. Seeing this scene, the human soldiers who were fighting the sahuagin burst into cheers. In their view, if their own side had such a powerful weapon, no matter how many enemies there were, it would be impossible to break through the line of defense.

The sahuagin are not stupid, on the contrary their intelligence is a little bit higher than most humans. Seeing that the attack could not work, a guy with four arms blew the conch in his hand. After a burst of "woo-woo", all the monsters began to retreat towards the sea. But the mage on the airship obviously didn't intend to let it go so easily, and he immediately ordered all the pterosaurs to throw down from the sky with javelins in hand.

Now this military airship has been transformed into a large suspended platform by Henry according to the idea of ​​an aircraft carrier on earth. Except for more than a thousand dragonmen and a small number of mages and warlocks who can perform "flying", all other irrelevant personnel have been cleared. Reserve a place to store military supplies such as kerosene, javelins, and gas tanks.

Relying on this huge platform. The dragon people carried five javelins at a time and went back to get them after throwing them all away. On the retreat line less than a kilometer from the sea. A full two thousand sahuagin warriors were crucified here. Corey was slightly relieved as the enemy fully retreated into the deep sea. He knew that the first day's tentative attack was over. Although ordinary human soldiers did not perform well, the airships and air units showed great lethality. I believe that if these monsters can't think of a good way, they won't attack again for the time being.

As Corey expected, the sahuagin did not reappear until the night passed and the sun rose. The ordinary soldiers who had been fighting all night had a simple breakfast. Back to the tent to rest. As for the corpses on the ground, there is no need to worry about them, the tide will drag them all into the sea to feed the fish.

After sleeping for eight hours, Henry went directly to the Duke's mansion, which was the temporary headquarters. As soon as Hawk saw him, he immediately sent a casualty statistics and information on the surrounding area. After an hour or so of hand-to-hand combat, more than 400 human soldiers died in battle, and another 150 were seriously injured and disabled.

According to the latest information sent by Robert, all the ports and fishing villages in the entire Jianhai region except here have been occupied. The 4,000 defensive troops organized by the Duke of Anta Silver Shield were defeated by the sahuagin army in just ten minutes and followed after them. It is said that he himself was also seriously injured. Now they have fled to the inland for refuge.

"So we and Waterdeep City are the only ones still resisting in the coastal area? All the other lords have run away?" Henry asked, frowning.

Hawke nodded with a wry smile. "That's right, my good duke. Do you know what this means? It means that the sahuagin will gather in greater numbers. Concentrate on us and Waterdeep."

Henry rubbed his forehead. The current number is enough to cause headaches. If the number increases, I am afraid that the port area will be breached in an instant. Although many sahuagin were killed last night, none of the priests were there. These cunning guys only stayed in the water to bless their divine spells, and never went ashore at all.

Putting down the casualty report in his hand, Henry continued to ask: "Is there any new news from Waterdeep City? Didn't legendary mages like Kelben and Lyra find out who is behind this? I don't believe that the sahuagin will gather to attack the coastline for no reason, especially with such a terrifying number, which is the sum of several underwater kingdoms."

"There is really one, but it only mentioned that a guy named Jacques Houas is leading this army of murlocs. As for their purpose and what they want to get are all a mystery." Hawke took out a letter from the Council of Lords of Waterdeep City from his pocket.

After reading it carefully, Henry frowned and began to think about countermeasures. The letter hinted that Lyra had used magic to make an accurate prediction that unless this guy named Jacques Houas was found and killed, the attack would last for a year. In other words, this tense state of combat readiness must be maintained. He doesn't have time to spend every day here with the murlocs. If he has that time, he might as well withdraw to the inland. After a year at most, these guys will go back to the deep sea. The big deal is to bulldoze the whole city and rebuild it. Anyway, he doesn't like the layout here very much.

"Hawk, how about our food reserves? If we completely abandon the areas within 20 kilometers of the coast, will there be food shortages?" Henry asked, staring at the map closely.

The old man did not answer immediately, but took out a notebook and wrote calculations on it. After more than ten minutes, he raised his head and answered: "We don't have much food reserves on the mainland, especially when there was turmoil a while ago. But you got a large piece of farmland on the green field from Amn. As long as there are no large-scale locust plagues and droughts, theoretically, everyone's needs can be met."

Henry shook his head immediately when he heard Hawke's analysis. "You are thinking too simply. I promised Amn's Council at the beginning that the grain produced in the green field must be purchased first. I am afraid that we can only get half or even less of it, and Askatra has also been affected to a certain extent. The fleet they sent has been wiped out by the sahuagin. This defeat directly caused all merchants to dare not go to sea, so grain can only rely on land, so the demand this autumn will be very large."

Hawke spread his hands helplessly. "Then we can only recruit from the island, otherwise we can't meet such a big food gap. Fortunately, these sahuagin have nothing to do with the flying things in the sky, otherwise we can only give up some civilians and let them find food by themselves."

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 all valuables have been taken away. But before leaving, I must give these guys a big surprise, and by the way, I can get a little more experience for myself. Since I didn't go to the front line in person last night, all the experience points were wasted in vain.

"Notify Corey, let him transfer all the troops to the city before dark. In addition, send another order to Robert to make his assassin squads take action. Equipping them with the unique chain mail and short sword of the dark elves is not for the sake of looking good. It must be useful for me at this critical moment." After finishing speaking, Henry handed his family emblem to Hawke as a token of conveying the order.

The old man took the badge symbolizing the supreme power of the principality with both hands respectfully, and then put it very carefully into the inner pocket of his coat. "Don't worry, I will definitely take care of these two things myself. In addition, please allow me to ask, are you planning to give up the entire coastal area?"

"Yes. A legendary mage used magic to predict that this attack would last for a year. Our soldiers can't maintain this tense state all the time. They will start running away or even committing suicide within two months. Therefore, it is very wise to let go of the coastline of more than ten or twenty kilometers. If the sahuagin dare to leave the sea so far, then they will never even think about going back. Now I want to make arrangements with the mage tower, and I will leave this place to you first." After speaking, Henry turned and walked towards the door.

Hawk quickly conveyed the order. Corey breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the order, and quickly asked the messenger to bring back the troops stationed at the lighthouse and the outskirts of the city. Last night's casualties were overwhelming, with the permanent loss of more than a tenth of the soldiers in just one night's attack. If it continues in this state, it won't last for four days at all. Now Henry wants to gather everyone, use the terrain in the city to fight a local battle, and then retreat immediately is obviously a perfect choice.

The leader of the thieves was extremely excited when he received the order. He couldn't wait to divide the 150 elite assassins under his command into small teams, and after the sun went down, he would lurk at the designated location and wait for the opportunity to assassinate the sahuagin commander and priest. 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 Sandy 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 sahuagin in sight. Anyway, vampires will not die easily, even if they are severely injured, at worst, they will turn into gas and come back to recuperate slowly. Sucking a lot of blood can allow the girls to quickly increase their strength, and it can also reduce the number of enemies.

Before leaving, Henry came to the control center and sealed off the entire mage tower. Now unless he came in person, even a legendary mage couldn't enter the tower. Of course, the enemy can also choose to use powerful magic or magic to destroy it, but this will make it even more impossible to find the vampire coffin hidden in the ground.

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