Originally, Li Tianhao's plan was to make sufficient preparations before attacking the port of Maranster on a large scale, but when it came to the end, Li Tianhao's plan had to be greatly advanced, and the preparations became hasty and chaotic. And all this was only because he received a letter, a letter from the Golden Court stronghold, a letter from Elda to him.

Elda, the stronghold of the Golden Court, had recently received an anonymous letter stating that the king of Arubania had secretly made an agreement with many subbase officials to shelter them, and that they would break away from Yaki's rule and become part of Arubania if they were attacked by Palci, including the port of Maranster.

For this point, Elda is completely unacceptable, if the port of Maranster falls under the control of Arubania, then the capture of the port of Maranster will become a declaration of war against Arubania, and if Yaki has not yet been subjugated, it will undoubtedly mean that Li Tianhao's efforts for the whole seven years may fail on the eve of the imminent realization, or at least it will be greatly delayed. Since Li Tianhao is already preparing to attack Port Maranster, he should do it as soon as possible, before Kobius feels threatened, before Arubania reacts.

Li Tianhao, who received Elda's letter, had exactly the same idea as him, and he immediately summoned the staff and senior generals to revise the plan for attacking Port Maranster. Although his request was much to the displeasure of Weisson and Brooks, he decided on a date for the siege of Port Maranster and informed Elda of the Golden Court.

The choice of the attack on Port Maranster was quickly decided, Li Tianhao. Muller, Alam is the right choice. In addition to the three of them, Müller's wife, Elaine, was allowed to go with her husband and clamor for her. Agobar and Katzsius accompanied Li Tianhao as escorts, and the fun-loving Xenas and his precious apprentice Eglius were also included. According to Wei Song. All the troublemakers in the Dirs army followed Li Tianhao to the port of Maranster, so that the Dirs army would live a peaceful and normal life.

Of course, Wei Song's words were purely teasing those who attacked, but in fact, the people who stayed behind were not at all easier than them. In the face of the surrender of many areas near the city of Ashtidon, it is necessary to send a moderate number of soldiers to garrison, and at the same time, it is necessary to maintain the combat strength and attack the surrounding disobedient areas under the condition that Li Tianhao leads the large army, and it is necessary to let the unplanned counterattack of the Yaki side appear. Therefore, Wei Song's plan was several times more than Li Tianhao's attack on Port Maranster, and he had prepared for various possible scenarios in advance, and the person who did the most work for Li Tianhao's expedition was actually Wei Song himself.

The number of Li Tianhao's expeditionary force was limited to 30,000, but the number of personnel used to transport grain and baggage was as high as 20,000. All because Li Tianhao found a hidden path on the map found in Yaji's library that was not marked on other maps. With this trail, he can appear near Port Maranster without knowing it, only to be noticed. This is what he excitedly reported to Muller and Alam.

The arduous march began.

Even more troubling than the problem of food is the lack of water. The trail is not accepted by most maps because a small river near it has long since dried up, and several villages along it have been abandoned, rendering the trail completely useless. Now Li Tianhao's biggest difficulty in re-walking this trail is the lack of water sources, and it is very difficult to ration drinking water to each person in the hot subunit land, because if this is only a few days, it will not be a problem, and after a long time, people will be in a state of dehydration, which will greatly weaken people's physical fitness and will, which is a difficult task for any commander who leads the army. But Li Tianhao did it, and with the absolute trust of the soldiers in them, he successfully crossed this twenty-day journey. The whole troop appeared less than three days away from Port Maranster.

The news that Li Tianhao's 30,000-strong army suddenly appeared near Port Maranster shocked the entire Yaqui, especially the governor of Maranster, Corbius himself. The man who had gained this fortune by virtue of his relationship with the former king Qadir III could be said to have achieved nothing but to amass wealth during his time as governor, and he ostensibly used lower tariffs than Arubania to attract merchants from all over his territory, but in reality secretly organized robbers to plunder the caravans that trafficked in valuable goods and sold them at high prices for a profit. With the shrewdness and ability of General Sam and his status as an imperial prince, except for the trio named Li Tianhao, no living person has ever known about his secret activities for so many years. Not to mention that Corbius didn't know that he had such an enemy as Li Tianhao, even General Sam had already forgotten about it.

When the Dils Army suddenly appeared outside the port of Maranster. Corbius did nothing but shock and horror, and could not think of anything to deal with the sudden situation. General Sam, on the other hand, was calmer. He immediately closed all the gates of the port of Maranster and let all the ships enter the port. At the same time, he gathered all the soldiers in the city to defend the city, and also ordered to recall those soldiers who disguised themselves as robbers outside to the city - although their numbers were not very large, they had more combat experience than the soldiers in the city, and could become the main force in the defense of the city.

In addition, Sam advised Corbius to immediately write to all the surrounding areas asking for reinforcements, and in return the treasures of Port Maranster and his personal coffers, he asked for immediate reinforcements.

In the face of Sam's suggestion, Corbius's reaction was a look of surprise: "You mean to give away everything we have worked so hard to accumulate over the years?" ”

Sam couldn't help but be dizzy with anger, the stupidity of the lord had made it easy for him to enrich his own pockets, but now he had to go to great lengths to explain such a simple and clear truth to him: "Lord Governor, you can make more money when you don't have money, and if you lose this Maranster, you will have nothing." Your vault is nothing more than the gold and gems that have been accumulated here, and don't you already have a wealth in Yaqui's territory? Now is the time to turn this gold into steel to defend your continued wealth. ”

Corbius still shook his head and said: "No, no, no, my port of Maranster has accepted the protection of the king of Arubania, we can announce this to the enemy army, or we can ask Arubania to send troops to protect us." ”

"My Lord Governor, Arubania will not help us in vain, they also want the wealth here, which is the same result as asking for reinforcements from Yaki, and even if the Arubanian army can come by ten thousand steps, we need to be able to withstand the attack of the enemy army before then. In any case, your treasure will suffer greatly, but it will be for Yaki, Arubania or Palci. ”

These words seemed to move Corbius, and a glimmer of light seemed to be found in his distracted eyes, and he said in a trembling voice, "I, I can still escape." Yes, take my treasure and escape! Load my treasure on board! ”

Sam lowered his head helplessly and sighed secretly, it seems that money is the most important thing in Corbius's eyes.

Just then, a soldier rushed in from outside, and he stammered, "Report! Boat! Pirate! Pirates have surrounded us! (To be continued.) )