"Your Highness, there is a contingent stationed in the docklands," reported Lightning, who was in charge of monitoring the enemy, "and there are about a hundred of them, and they look like militiamen. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Only a hundred?" Roland was slightly surprised, it was not surprising that Tifeco would be stationed at the docks on the outskirts, and the huge fleet sailed all the way through Chishui City and Silver Light City, and it would inevitably be noticed by someone who cared about it. Although the steamship was much faster than the sailer, covering the latter's week's journey in only five days, it was still not as fast as the continuous change of horses, the day and night messengers, not to mention the carrier pigeons, which Tifeco would have received two or three days in advance.

However, it was surprising that the opponent only sent a hundred men to defend the docks, according to Roland's assumptions, the first battle should be fought near the docks, in order to prevent his troops from landing smoothly, crossbowmen and musketeers would be placed on both sides of the river, and even trebuchets would be set up, which is why he built river gunboats before the spring offensive. The efficiency of water transportation is far greater than that of land marching, but it also has the disadvantages of limited docks and easy to be ambushed in advance, and with the ability to attack on land, he can easily crush enemy ambushes and open up safe landing sites.

And the other side seems to have given up the "great advantage" of half-crossing the attack, which is correct in terms of the result, but it is impossible to say that it is impossible for Tifeko to know the range and power of the 152-mm naval gun.

Thinking of this, Roland called Sylvie over, "Did the militia carry the madness pill?"

Sylvie summoned the Eye of Magic and looked at it for a while, "I didn't find anything like balls, some of them weren't even fully armed, but...... There seems to be something strange in the ground. ”

"In the ground?"

"They buried something underground...... There are also on the docks," Sylvi frowned, "crockpots and barrels...... It contained a black-gray powder. ”

"It's ...... Gunpowder?" Nightingale couldn't help but cry.

"I see, so it makes sense," said Roland, pretending to be light-hearted, "the militia of a hundred or so men is nothing more than a decoy sent by Tifeco to attract our attention, and the real purpose is to make us take advantage of this rare opportunity to land on the shore, capture the docks, and then detonate the gunpowder and send us into the sky along with the docks." ”

Although he said it lightly, he didn't think so in his heart, this tactic similar to ancient mine warfare was indeed a good plan, and even if he saw the clues, he would always have to get off the ship - since he chose to transport by water, the dock was the only way to go, and Tifeco was obviously aware of this. It's just that he didn't plan to defend head-on, but set up an ambush secretly to catch himself off guard. If it weren't for Sylvie, he might have suffered a big loss.

However, since it was discovered in advance, it was still easy to solve, and without wireless detonation technology, Tifeco would inevitably arrange ignition personnel near the burial of the powder keg, as long as they were solved in advance. In any case, the dock must be saved, otherwise it will be difficult for artillery and ammunition to be transported to land.

Under Sylvie's careful observation, Roland spotted two suspected ignitions, one in a shack by the docks, with an iron pipe in the ground leading to the nearest powder keg, and the other in the docks' warehouse. What both have in common is that both have a lightless black hole created by the Stone of Divine Punishment moving.

After discussing the results with Iron Axe, the battle plan was quickly decided.

First, the Nightingale infiltrates the warehouse, silently kills the ignition, and guards the gate to prevent possible replacements from breaking in and igniting the gunpowder. Destroying the shack with naval guns would then cause the explosives underground to detonate prematurely - as long as the docks were safe and sound.

Leaning against the battlements of the western wall of the royal capital, Weimas, the Steelheart Knight, raised his lookout glasses and observed the movement on the canal.

The slender canal is like a glittering golden ribbon that weaves through the brown and white fields, and the snow has melted away most of it, revealing the tender green of the earth, which is the budding grass and the proof of the revival of all things—a sight to behold whenever you look at it. The only thing that didn't match was the black smoke rising above the canal.

It was the fleet of the traitor Roland Wimbleton.

I didn't expect him to really dare to attack Wang Du.

This made Weimas feel amused, but also gave birth to a hint of admiration.

Since the establishment of this capital, it has never been attacked in more than 200 years, and any enemy will not have the courage to attack when they see its majestic bluestone walls. Not everyone has the guts to compete in the most advantageous arena of the enemy.

At least not His Majesty Tifeco Wimbledon.

It's a pity that the other party is their own enemy.

The knight obeys the glory, and as the guardian knight of the royal capital, he is entrusted with the responsibility of defending the capital, and he must fulfill the responsibility to the end.

"Sir, the traitor's fleet is coming!" said one of the servants running up to the city.

"Don't shout, I've seen it a long time ago," Weimas put down his lookout and spat out, "pass my order, the 1st and 2nd Cavalry are to mount their horses behind the city gates, and as for the mercenaries, just let them follow the cavalry closely, and don't pee your pants when the gunpowder explodes." And the oil pot was also burning, although I don't think they had the ability to touch the wall. ”

There was a burst of laughter from the knights around them.

According to the predetermined plan, when the rebel army occupies the dock, the flag will be waved on the city wall, and at this time, the fierce snow powder buried near the dock will be detonated, which will definitely cause the opponent to suffer heavy losses and chaos. At this time, open the city gate and launch a cavalry charge to establish the victory.

"The hillbillies in the West probably think that the royal capital is about the same as their grandest fortress of Changge, and that they can take it down with a wooden ladder," echoed the Iron Feather Knight Scarr, "and I think you can save this firewood and take it home to burn." ”

"Just be prepared. "What a fool, Sir thought to himself, even if boiling oil and rolling stones are not useful, they must be put out for His Majesty Tifeko to see—because if the enemy can't attack, he will deal with it casually, and sooner or later His Majesty will be kicked out of the Royal City Knights.

He raised his lookout again, and saw that the sailless ship at the front of the flotilla had broken away from the group and was heading alone towards the dock. The black flames above its head could be seen for miles, there was no oars on the side of the board, and it was not clear how it acted. But none of this matters, no matter how strange the ship is, it can't go ashore to fight.

The ship slowed down and finally came to a halt across the dock.

"What do they want to do?" said Skar, raising an eyebrow, "Could it be that they want to land on the other side of the river?"

Weimas was also quite surprised, and the average person saw that the dock defense was so weak, and he should occupy the dock as soon as possible. He opened his mouth, and was about to say something, when a fire suddenly lit up at the tip of the strange ship.

- The orange flame heart is like a new morning light. (To be continued.) )