The battle in the port area became more and more brutal with the addition of the Fishman Priest. Ordinary bows and ballistas could no longer shoot through those fish-man warriors who were blessed with divine magic, and the human soldiers had no choice but to stand up and prepare for hand-to-hand combat. Seeing that the whole display was crumbling, Corey immediately sent a magic signal to notify the airship that was staying high in the air to provide support.

The mage in charge of directing the airship immediately came to the densest area of the enemy and had the dragonmen start throwing gas canisters down and pouring fire oil. Some of the Sawa Fishman warriors were instantly smashed into pulp by the iron cans that fell from the sky, and just as they felt a little inexplicable, one of the Pterodactyls lit a Molotov cocktail filled with fire oil and threw it down.

Everyone only saw that the entire seaside lit up violently, followed by a loud "boom". The monster within a radius of several hundred meters was blown into minced meat at once, and the entire sea surface burned due to the large amount of fire oil that was splashed in advance. The human soldiers, who were fighting hard with the Shahua Fishmen, let out a burst of cheers when they saw this. In their opinion, if they have such a powerful weapon, then no matter how many enemies there are, it is impossible to break through the defense.

Fish-people are not stupid, on the contrary, their intelligence is slightly higher than that of most humans. Seeing that the attack did not work, a guy with four arms blew the conch in his hand, and after a "whine" sound, all the monsters began to retreat towards the sea. However, the mage on the airship obviously did not intend to let it go so easily, and he immediately ordered all the pterodactyl men to throw them from the sky with javelins in hand.

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 mages and warlocks who can perform "flying magic", all other unrelated personnel have been emptied. Set aside space to store military supplies such as fire oil, javelins, gas tanks, etc.

Relying on this huge platform. The dragons carried five javelins at a time and threw them away and went back to retrieve them. On the retreat line, less than a kilometer from the sea. A full 2,000 Sawa fish-man warriors were crucified here. As the enemy fully retreated into the deep sea, Corey breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the first day of tentative assault was over. Although the performance of ordinary human soldiers is not good, the airships and air units have shown great lethality, and it is believed that if these monsters can't think of a good way, they will not attack again for the time being.

As Corey had expected, the Fishman did not reappear until the sun rose after nightfall. The ordinary soldiers, who had fought all night, had a simple breakfast. So he went back to his tent to rest. As for the corpses on the ground, they don't care at all, the tide will sweep them all into the sea to feed the fish.

After eight hours of sleep, Henry went straight to the Duke's mansion, which served as a temporary command. As soon as Hawke saw him, he immediately sent a casualty count and information on the surrounding area. After an hour or so of hand-to-hand combat, more than 400 human soldiers were killed, and another 150 were seriously wounded and disabled.

According to the latest information sent by Robert, all the ports and fishing villages in the entire Jianhai region have all fallen except here. Anta. In just ten minutes, the 4,000 defensive forces organized by the Duke of Silver Shield were routed and pursued by the army of the Sava Fish, and it is said that he himself was seriously wounded. Now he has fled inland to take refuge.

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

Hawke smiled wryly and nodded. "Yes, my good duke. Do you know what that means? This means that the Fishmen will be massed in larger numbers. Focus on us and Waterdeep. ”

Henry rubbed his forehead. The number is enough to cause headaches now, and if the number increases a little, I'm afraid the port area will be breached in an instant. Although he killed a lot of fishmen last night, none of the priests did it. These cunning guys only stay in the water and do not go to shore at all.

Putting down the casualty report in his hand, Henry continued to ask, "Is there any new news from Waterdeep?" Couldn't legendary mages like Kelburn and Lyra find out who was behind this? I don't believe that the Sava Fishmen would gather and attack the coastline for no reason, especially since the number of such terrifying ones is already the sum of several underwater kingdoms. ”

"There is a real letter to this, but it only mentions that a guy named Jacques Hoyas is leading this army of fishmen, and what they want is a mystery as to what they want to get." As he spoke, Hawke pulled out a letter from the Council of Lords of Waterdeep from his pocket.

After taking a closer look, Henry frowned and began to think about countermeasures. The letter implied that Lyra had used her magic to make an accurate prediction that unless the 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 forever. He didn't have time to spend every day here with the fishmen, and if he had that effort, he might as well retreat inland, and at most in a year these guys would have to roll back into the deep sea. It's a big deal to bulldoze the whole city and rebuild it, and he doesn't like the layout here anyway.

"Hawke, how are our food reserves, and if we completely abandon the area within twenty kilometers of the coast, will it cause a shortage of food?" Henry asked, staring at the map tightly.

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 grain reserves on the mainland, especially since there was turmoil some time ago. But you've got a large field of farmland in the green fields from Am, which could theoretically meet everyone's needs as long as there were no large-scale locust plagues and droughts. ”

Henry shook his head immediately when he heard Hawke's analysis. "You're thinking too simply. I had promised Am's council that they would have to buy the food that was produced in the green fields first. I'm afraid we'll only get half or less, and Ascatra has also suffered a certain amount of damage, and the fleet they sent has been wiped out by the Sawah Fishmen. As a direct result of this defeat, all the merchants did not dare to go to sea, so they had to rely on land for food, so the demand this autumn would be very large. ”

Hawke spread his hands helplessly. "Then we can only requisition from the island, otherwise we will not be able to meet such a large food shortage. Fortunately, these Shahua fishmen have nothing to do with the things flying in the sky, otherwise they would have to abandon some civilians and let them find food on their own. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Henry decided to abandon the entire coastal area. Anyway, most of the civilians have been evacuated, and the valuables have been carried away. But before leaving, you have to surprise these guys with a big surprise, and by the way, you can get a little more experience for yourself. Last night, because I didn't go to the front in person, all my experience points were wasted.

"Tell Corey to get all the troops into the city before dark. In addition, send Robert another order to get his Assassin team into action. Equipping them with the Dark Elves' unique chain mail and daggers isn't for the sake of pretty, and it has to be played out for me at such a critical moment. After saying that, Henry gave Hawke his family crest as a token of his order.

The old man respectfully accepted the badge symbolizing the supreme power of the principality with both hands, and then carefully put it into the inner pocket of his coat. "Rest assured, I will take care of both of these things myself. Also, let me take the liberty of asking, are you going to abandon the entire coastal zone? ”

"Yes. A legendary mage magically predicted that the attack would last for a year. Our soldiers could not maintain this state of tension all the time, and in less than two months they would begin to run away and even commit suicide. So it was a very sensible thing to do to give up ten or twenty kilometers of coastline, and if the Sawa Fishmen dared to leave the sea so far, then they would never want to go back. Now I'm going to make arrangements for the Mage Tower, and I'll leave it to you first. With that, Henry turned and walked towards the door.

Hawke quickly relayed the order. Corey breathed a sigh of relief when he received the order, and quickly asked the herald to bring back the troops stationed at the lighthouse and the outskirts of the city. Last night's casualty figures were so great that more than a tenth of the soldiers were permanently lost in just one night's attack. If it continues in this state, it won't last for four days. Now it was obviously a good choice for Henry to gather everyone together, use the terrain of the city to fight a local battle, and then retreat immediately.

The leader of the thieves was extremely excited when he received the order. He couldn't wait to divide his 150 elite assassins into squads, and when the sun went down, he went to the designated location to lurk, waiting for the opportunity to assassinate the commander and priest of the Sawa Fishman. Robert looked at the silent Assassins crouching on the ground, a subtle smile on his face.

Upon returning to the Mage Tower, Henry immediately asked Shantil to lead the golems out of the Mage Tower and to the Temporary Headquarters. An order was then given to the vampire girls to go out at night and kill any Sawa fish-people they could see. Anyway, vampires don't die easily, even if they are hit hard, it's a big deal to turn into gas and come back to slowly recuperate. Sucking a lot of blood will 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, even a legendary mage can't enter the tower unless he himself is there. Of course, enemies can also choose to destroy it with powerful magic or magic, but this makes it even less likely to find the vampire coffin hidden underground.

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