Unknown Knight

Chapter 376 Pirate Night Attack

"That's right. This guy is a troublemaker. If we let him mess around, he will bring disaster to the kingdom sooner or later. There shouldn't be an outlier like him among the nobles of the kingdom."

The speaker was Taishaboye, the lord of Aiiko. This rude and warlike lord was staring with his excited bull eyes, with an expression as if he was hungry and needed to eat.

"Over the years, Aix has made a fortune doing business in the name of our kingdom, but I haven't seen him share much of the profits with others. So what use does the kingdom have to him as an outsider? He is just a bug sucking blood from the kingdom. Your Highness should lead everyone to rid the kingdom of this evil."

Rudi Boyedao from Threzk Castle, his territory is very close to Aix's territory, and he knows best how rich Aix's territory is.

"What you said is not the most unbearable thing. I heard that our Axboye has also set up a feudal system in his territory, and even made commoners, slaves and foreigners nobles. How can this be considered shameless? Such behavior will seriously undermine and shake the foundation of the kingdom. It is simply an unforgivable act."

The speaker was Maligaboyeh, the lord of Rivacherze City. Old and steady, he was the only powerful lord left among the three city lords, so his words still carried a lot of weight.

His words also found a new entry point, providing everyone with a new target for verbal attacks on Aix, and at the same time inspired some drunken Vigia roughnecks, making them realize that Aix actually had many topics that could be sung, so they began to say some dirty words about Aix, which were nothing more than topics about women and private life, turning the secret meeting that should have been serious into a scene of laughter.

Aix soon learned about the meeting held by King Yarogerk, but he didn't care. His experiences in two worlds taught him not to try to win back those who hurt you, as that would only give them the opportunity to hurt you again.

Although we are still nobles of the same country, we are already hostile to each other and have no common interests. Instead, we have become their common target, and are put on the table like prey, planning to share the piece of food. What else can we say to them?

In mid-May, after the spring sowing was completed, the Territory of Aix began to mobilize the entire territory. This time, a total of 5,000 troops were armed, of which the main force was more than 2,000 people from the five major legions, and the remaining more than 3,000 people were composed of the territory's militia.

Although intelligence shows that Eden in Tiha City has only an army of more than a thousand people at most, and the combat effectiveness of these more than a thousand people is uneven, and there is no decent cavalry unit. Unlike the army in the territory, even the militia can train every Monday except for the busy farming season, and the territory relies on strong handicraft capabilities, even the militia are armored. I am afraid that even regular armies elsewhere cannot reach this level.

However, Aix still mobilized the entire territory, mainly because the city of Tiha was too far away and it would be a long and arduous expedition with no guarantee of unexpected situations, so it would be better to prepare more troops.

Moreover, not all of these more than 5,000 people went to attack the city of Tiha. More than 3,000 people were left behind to guard the home. Among these 3,000 people, most of them were stationed in Kudan City, and the rest were stationed in Sajic Fort, Lerag Fort, Tangquan Fortress and other places. After all, the boyars of Vijia were already discussing how to put him on the table, and Aix had to be on guard against them.

At the beginning of June, a fleet of more than 30 single-masted dragon-headed ships sailed out of the dock of Kudan City. The fleet was loaded with supplies and vanguard troops, and sailed down the river towards Tiha City.

The remaining thousand or so people were mainly composed of cavalry and light infantry. They were lightly equipped and rushed towards the city of Tiha along the river bank by land.

With so many ships and men moving together, no matter how hard they tried to hide their movements, it would still make a lot of noise. So Aix simply didn't hide his tracks, but rushed to Tiha City with great fanfare. That night, the news of his army's departure reached Castle Roma.

This news made King Yarogerk and the nobles who had been waiting in Loma Castle for many days very excited. That night, the banquet hall on the third floor of the castle was extremely lively. The nobles who attended the banquet were very happy, as if a long-starved wolves suddenly got rich food. They followed the musicians' harp and kept stomping their feet, howling like primitive people from time to time, and kept making noise until late at night.

The next day, a group of messengers set out from Castle Roma and headed to all parts of Vigia. They were all confidants of the various Vigia lords, and were ordered to return to the territory to deliver information. Their masters wanted them to deliver messages to the relatives, armed forces and soldiers in the territory, asking them to secretly prepare weapons and equipment, and wait for the order to go to war at any time.

Aix's fleet sailed downstream at a much faster speed than the troops marching on the road, and soon they sailed out of the estuary and into the sea.

Sailing in the Nord Bay, the largest fleet in Calradia soon attracted other people's attention. There were a few sloops of warships cruising nearby. Aix knew that they were reconnaissance ships sent by Eden, so he didn't take them seriously and ignored them as long as they didn't get too close.

Of course, once they enter the range of the catapults, the fleet will open fire without hesitation. The entire fleet is almost half transport ships and troop ships. Each troop ship is equipped with a catapult, and they are arranged in order of one troop ship separated by one transport ship. This can serve to protect the entire team.

After nightfall, Eden's fleet indeed came to launch a surprise attack, but they intended to attack the fleet by boarding in the dark. They never expected that Aix's fleet not only had advanced catapults, but also had an observation deck on the top of the mast, which was specially used for navigation and reconnaissance. The key point was that the navigator on it not only had good eyesight, but also was equipped with a monocular telescope that was only available in the territory. This was an epoch-making weapon exclusive to the territory.

So when this sneak attack fleet was several kilometers away from Aix's fleet, the lights they used for communication at the stern were discovered by Aix's navigators.

When the sneak attack fleet consisting of more than ten pirate ships arrived near the fleet in the dark, a conch shell suddenly sounded, and more than a dozen flaming oil tanks were fired at them.

Visibility on the sea was poor at night. Although this round of catapult salvos only hit one pirate ship, the burning incendiary oil floating near the pirate ship provided a good lighting effect. When the second round of incendiary oil tankers attacked, they hit four pirate ships at once, causing the pirates to turn around and flee in panic.

The fleet commander, Lord Mathilde, led the fleet to chase and fight for a while, destroying more than a dozen pirate ships before returning. From then on, the journey was peaceful and no ship dared to attack the Aix fleet anymore.

The fleet's destination was not the beach outside the city of Tiha, and there was no need to land on the beach. Instead, they had another goal, so they did not need to make any preparations for a big war in advance. Instead, they sailed towards the target at a leisurely pace, striving for safety.

After sailing for more than two days, the fleet finally arrived at their first stop - the waters near Helusburg.