Power and Empire Chapter 1230: Confusion

The bleak sun shone on the decks of these broken warships returning to Port Antolos with the waves. Fleet Admiral Merendy glanced at the entrance completely blocked by wreckage and hesitated.

He said to his son Myronlis behind him, "Order the fleet to turn left! There is a yellow mudflat in the concave area of ​​the left wing of the island, because it is used as a staging place for smuggling ships all the year round, that place is very secret, even if The navy on the island doesn’t know this, so let’s not talk about enemies who don’t know the port very well. I believe there can be a docking location for the fleet!"

"Yes, father!" This time, Myronlis nodded unexpectedly, without making any rebuttals, not even a trace of hesitation, watching his son, Admiral Merendy, who silently walked to the stern command post. The pupils in the eyes flashed coldly.

Compared with the previous unruly and rebellious, his son now looks more like a navy officer who should have a look. After the blood and fire baptism last night, his own son, who was also proud and complacent before, gave people a kind of The feeling of growing up overnight, the tragic scenes of naval battles seem to linger in everyone’s minds. That battle must have shattered this guy’s pride and dreams, right?

Merendy’s mouth showed a wry smile involuntarily. As a father, I don’t want to show my wisdom and strength as much as possible in front of his son, but as an admiral of the empire, let the younger generation know the true definition of the navy. ,

Not only the glitz full of victory and glory, but also the hard fight between iron and blood, the collision of faith and belief, and the courage to make choices at critical moments are the more important things on the surface, the original self. When making a request for a resolute pursuit to the Admiral of the Navy, why not hold the same consciousness of victory and death, victory and defeat, but just between a thought. Any carelessness may cause the fleet to be irreparably destroyed. .

In the tense port of Antoros, when the incoming fleet was found to be an imperial warship, the bell in the port stopped. The Dunkers, who were clearing the ruins of the port, raised their heads in a daze. Hesitatingly watching the distant fleet suddenly stop on the sea

Fei Wu, Admiral of the Antoros Defense Fleet, stood excitedly on a broken wall in the harbor, the sun above his head shone down, dragging a long shadow on the broken wall

He has received a report from the port. Judging from the fleet flag flying on the battleship, it is very likely that the arrival is the Merundi Patrol Fleet, one of the main fleets. This made his heart beaten. Burn again,

As several main fleets that the Imperial Navy is proud of, Lord Merendy’s fleet ranks third among the main forces of the Imperial Navy, second only to the Borodi fleet on the northern sea border and the **** of the Imperial Offshore Center. Tokao’s Antotoka fleet, such a powerful fleet, is sufficient to ensure that the Port of Antoros will not be subjected to such terrible attacks before it is repaired

But he soon discovered that the black spots of the battleship that can be seen on the sea, the full amount of money is only a dozen ships,

"Is this still Lord Malendy’s fleet? One, two..." Admiral Feiwu was stiff, bloodshot and shocked, constantly scanning the sea, searching hard. The shadow outside the fleet,

Unfortunately, he was disappointed. There were no shadows of other warships on the empty sea. Even if we could see, most of them looked like eggplants beaten by frost. The thick warships were full of potholes on the sides. And debris, the masts swayed from side to side, and a large piece of sail was cut off on it. There were a few warships, and sailors could be seen pouring water out. I don’t know how they got here.

The Merundi Fleet, known as one of the main forces of the empire, only 16 ships this time, less than half of the estimated number of warships

"Did Master Malendy's fleet also fail?" A deep sense of frustration and hesitation filled the mind of the admiral who dreamed of entering the Imperial fleet. At this moment, he had a trace of luck instead. ·Although as an admiral of a local fleet, in terms of status, title and reputation, it is not as good as the main fleet of the empire, but at least one thing is not bad, that is, there is no need to go to the ocean to fight, and the whole piece is not consumed by the sea because of failure

"What, did you say Melendy's fleet is coming?"

In the Governor’s Mansion on the island, Luo Ai Lei, the Deputy Chief of Coastal Defense of the Empire, who had just been helped back to his room by the attendants, felt as if he had been wound up the moment he received the news of the arrival of the Merundi fleet. , At a speed beyond the reach of the attendants, ran to the carriage that he had stopped at the door and had not left

"Quickly, go to the port!"

Luo Ai Lei jumped into the carriage very regardless of his identity. His ship also crashed the rudder due to the chaotic steering of the wing ship in that raid. Now he can only be stranded in this lonely overseas. On Antoros Island, although the scenery here is beautiful, the sea and the sky are beautiful, you can enjoy the magnificent sunset and moonrise when you open the window. In order to please this big man who was frightened at the port, Governor Gilifi even made his favorite one. The mistress came to accompany him, but what the Marquis de Roailay wanted to do most was to leave this dilapidated place like a natural disaster immediately,

It’s terrible. When I think of the chaos of booming explosions everywhere, the chaotic scene of people running around, the deputy chief of coastal defense felt cramps in his calves, how unfortunate he was, and how lucky he was.

Unfortunately, someone who is so delicate and knows to avoid danger, how could he be in this wrong place at the wrong time? Fortunately, just look at the poor governor of the place that is still suffering.

The poor guy stood at a distance of less than half a meter from him at the time, and the exploded wood fragments that burst out went around him, piercing the governor’s always upright belly, and he was only covered in ashes. That's it, it is incredibly lucky, if that fragment hits himself. . . . . Luo Ai Lei did not dare to think about it. He was 41 years old, but he was not married. There are a lot of illegitimate children.

"No matter how good things are, they need life to enjoy"

This is what the old Marquis Luo Ailey, who was surrounded by more than 20 gorgeous women at his sixteen-year-old chéngrén ceremony, personally taught to his son, this has also become the deputy chief of the coastal defense department. Rules of life

"Stop, your carriage is used, we need to transport the wounded." A crew of disheveled and tired sailors coming from the tidal flat stopped his carriage

"Asshole, this is the carriage of Lord Luo Ai Lei, Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Coast Defence! Even your governor, you can only nod and bow before Lord Luo Ai Lei." The coachman shouted furiously, making the dozen or so people A trace of hesitation flashed across the sailor’s face

"Luo Ai Lei... have you heard of it?" A sailor looked at another sailor,

"It sounds like a big man!" The soldiers whispered, and a sailor wearing a red long scarf carefully glanced at Luo Ai Lei on the carriage. "It looks like it is, look at that guy. The clothes she wears are gorgeous!"

"Asshole! These lowly people deserve to be hanged"

Hearing that his noble name was lifted by a few insignificant water-handlers, the lungs of the Marquis Loére sitting in the carriage were about to explode. He was going to get out of the carriage by himself and slam these few things. Know that the sailor slapped the sky and earth

At this moment, from the direction the dozen or so sailors came, a naval officer walked up. It was a young officer in his twenties. The right sleeve of his clothes was empty with the navy badge on his shoulders. Is a chief mate

"Captain...

Look. "The sailors looked at the carriage embarrassedly. Although they are not nobles, they can also tell that the other party is a big man, at least a high noble.

"In the name of the Imperial Navy, can your Excellency help us?" The young officer came to the carriage a little nervously, raised his head and said holy, the carriage driver in front turned to look at Luo in the carriage. Airey

"How can I help?" Luo Ai Lei poked out half of his head, his face sank, and the other side spoke in the name of the Imperial Navy. It was difficult for him, the Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Coast Defence to refuse directly.

"We need to requisition this carriage!" The officer secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The name of the Imperial Navy is indeed effective

His **** respectfully paid a military salute to Luo Ai Lei and said, "This lord, we still have a lot of wounded soldiers on our battleship, because this is not a port, so we can only use our own methods to send them to the doctor. Go! Otherwise, they will all die from the infection!"

"Wounded soldiers? Are you the sailors of the Merendi Fleet?" Luo Ailey said with a cold face

"Yes, I am the first mate on the Ansari of the fleet, and these sailors belong to the fleet!" The officer **** sè replied solemnly

"You are defeated?" Luo Ailey's face became heavier and heavier, he saw more and more sailors appearing on the road, and many people's eyes were focused on his carriage, which made him feel disgusted.

"No, we fought bravely! We almost captured the opponent's battleship" The officer was very clever and did not respond directly, but said with his head upright.

"Hi, Ialik, why are you still dawdling!"

In the crowd, an officer was wearing a blood-soaked bandage on his head, and he was carrying a corpse on his right shoulder. No, half of the corpse came by, in a strange silence. The tall officer came to the carriage with a calm face,

He glanced at the Marquis Loailey with his hand over his nose, with a disgusting face, and two dangerous fierce lights appeared in his eyes. After taking a deep breath, his voice was full of anger. "Is it terrible?" This is the corpse of my brother. I promised him that I will definitely let him return to the land!"

"Well, I have something to say directly, but please take this dirty corpse away, he is really disgusting!" The Marquis Luo Ailey's face has lost its flare and gloss. , Showing a pale face,

"What is filthy! This is the remains of a soldier who was devastated for the Imperial Navy. He paid his life to fight the enemy, but lost his precious life because of the commander’s escape!

The expression on the officer's face and the corpse on his right shoulder are chilling.

"Imperial Navy? Are you also called the Imperial Navy like this, rude fellow...I am Luo Ai Lei, the undersecretary of the Imperial Coastal Defense Department. You will go to the gallows for offending Shangguan this time!"

Marquis Luo Ailey's eyes are full of fear, and even the sound of scolding and scolding is lacking in anger. He regrets it now, why not wait for the attendants to follow

"The Deputy Commander of the Coast Defense Department?" The strong naval officer was taken aback for a moment and said to himself, "Paldo First Class Mariner...This man is the one from the Imperial Coast Defense Department you are fighting hard for. The second elders

"In that case, please ask the second elder to give a thankful hug as a reward for loyalty!" The angry naval officer suddenly opened the door of the carriage, and "slapped" him on his right shoulder. The corpse of the soldier who was standing was thrown at the Marquis Loailey, unable to avoid him. The Marquis de Loailey opened his arms almost like a counter-movement, and caught the sailor's body that was flying towards him with only the upper body, as if embracing each other. Land.

"Ah." The screams that Luo Ai Lei couldn't understand, along with the luxurious seats in the carriage, fell on the carpet, but it was too crowded, even if it fell to the ground. , His hand was still holding the soldier’s corpse. Luo Ailey suddenly noticed something. Turning his head and making a weird cry again, he pushed the soldier’s corpse away.

"Yeah, what the Imperial Coast Defence Department! I have never seen such a thing on the battlefield!" The officer laughed loudly, and the sailors around were also stumbling. In the Imperial Navy, everyone knows the so-called The Imperial Coast Defense Department is the most useless department'

The so-called imperial coastal defense is something that has no actual definition. The investigation of front-line islands is called coastal defense, and the restoring of naval ports is also called coastal defense. The job is to patrol everywhere and blackmail some property. There are rumors that the Imperial Ministry of Coastal Defense Every year, millions of gold coins are handed over to the emperor. To put it bluntly, the imperial coastal defense is mainly an idle department used by the emperor to collect money. As for the fight, the masters of the coastal defense department will immediately run out of shadows. /

Treading, the sound of a hurried road came. At this time, the attendants who had been dragged a certain distance just rushed over. Hearing the screams of Luo Ai Lei, the hurried horse rushed straight towards the group of sailors.

"Keep away, do you want to die!" the attendants shouted on the battle horse proudly, and the frightened sailors stepped away.

"Kill him! Kill this impudent guy." At this moment, the Marquis Luo Ailey ran out of the carriage full of minced meat and blood, and pointed at the officer and shouted loudly. At this time, the officer did not try to escape. He just stood quietly, looking at the pale Marquis Luo Ailey coldly, a weird smile appeared on the blood-stained and sad face.

Several knight stabbing swords of the attendant were pierced from the front of him...

"Yeah!"

A dazzling cold light pushed away the stabbing swords of these attendants, and a young and burly figure came out from the crowd. "Do you want to kill a naval officer who fought for the empire in front of the imperial navy? ?"

"It's Myronlis!"

There was a low voice from the sailors all around, and the person who came out was the son of Admiral Merendy of the fleet. If the previous fleet sailors were still a little confused about the young master of the Admiral, after a night of fierce battle, this man The **** admiral young master, like them, took the lead in the battle. He led the charge many times. Although he was forcibly taken away by the guards, the young master’s figure has already made many sailors remember him

"Kill him, I want both of them to die!" The already mad Marquis Loailey shouted angrily to the attendants

"Are you just looking at your brothers being killed?" Myronliss sword is lying across his chest,

"Damn, **** them!" The sailors all around had just experienced a defeat. I don’t know how much resentment was buried in their hearts. They were so excited by Myronlis that they immediately surrounded them with excitement

"What do you want to do... I am the Deputy Chief of the Imperial Coastal Defense Department!" Luo Ai Lei looked at the menacing sailors around him. He panicked on the face of Li Neilian just now. Thousands of sailors attacked him. Surrounded by more than a dozen attendants, many sailors have already drawn out the daggers from their waists to fight, and those bloodshot eyes, wanting to swallow them alive

"My lord, I heard that Master Myronlis had a conflict with someone in front!" At the tidal flat where the fleet was docked, Myrondi, who had just stepped off the deck, received a report from a confidant captain

"Who is the other party?" Melendy asked indifferently

"It seems to be Deputy Commander Luo Ai Lei!" The captain who came to report the letter had an unconcealable smile on his mouth. "I heard that he was beaten badly. First, Luo Ai Lei wanted to kill one of us. The officer, then the young master ran out to preside over justice, and then our sailors fought in a gang. It sounds messy!"

"Ro Alley? How did the two of them meet together?" McLendy raised his head in surprise, frowned, and asked, "Is anyone dead?"

"No!" The captain's face looked a little angrily and said, "Although the fight was fierce, Master Myronlis did not kill him. He just ordered Deputy Chief Luo Ai Lei and his dozen or so attendants. Are tied to the tree trunks on the side of the road for people to visit"

"It seems that after a night of training, this guy has also learned to grasp the scale!" Hearing this, Melendy gave a sigh of relief, and he waved his hand to the captain "Forget it~IndoMTL.com ~ I don’t know about this! I believe that after this, at least that fellow Luo Ai Lei will have no face to harass us in a short period of time, otherwise, as the Deputy Chief of the Coast Defense Department, we will be forced to **** him. It's really hard to refuse to leave!"

"But this time, the Ministry of Coast Defence is completely offended!" The captain said with some worry

"Ministry of Coastal Defense? Haven't you noticed it?" Melendy gave a wry smile and looked at the sea in the distance. A storm is coming. In the face of this storm, how far will the lords of the Ministry of Coast Defense hide? Do you still expect to get help from them?"

"Did you find the Norman?" Melendy seemed to think of something and suddenly asked

"No, it was so chaotic at the time, it is probably already sinking to the bottom of the sea with other warships!" The captain said hesitantly on his face

"I don't know why, I always have a feeling that the Normans seem to have been hiding something from us, otherwise how could they suddenly let us take this route!" A chill flashed in Melendy's eyes

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