Power and Empire Chapter 1501: Wind and rain are coming (2)
January, Baston area
The earth entered the cold winter, and the fat man breathed a sigh of heat at his almost frozen right hand, strangled his horse, and looked at the distant sky, between the snow-white world, large swaths of goose-feather-like snowflakes fell, 100 meters in front of him. , A caravan from the city came oncoming,
The caravan consists of more than a dozen flatbed carriages for transporting goods. The wheels of the carriages roll up the dry ice-like white snow on the ground. Behind the caravan is a small city, and the small stone wall is like a fence. , Surrounded the whole city, and several centimeters of snow were piled on the wall,
"The snow is too big, let's find a place to rest first, and we will continue walking tomorrow!" The fat man greeted the guard behind him. The guard at the gate of the city saw a regular army of cavalry and quickly stood up.
"Tell me, where is the warmest hotel in the city!" The fat man stopped his horse in front of the guards and asked the guards loudly
There are not many small towns like this on the road, basically one in every 50. It is not so much a town, it is a post station that is more appropriate, and it is not large in size. Generally, there are 7 to 8 hotels, taverns and so on. , Mainly for people who come and go, these areas are generally distributed at the junction of the city boundary, not in front of the village, not in the back of the shop,
Even if the fat guy is a regular army, he is treated like a caravan in these places.
"Xingang Inn, 200 meters forward and then 50 meters left!" The garrison glanced across the Fatty General's armor, then glanced at the 30 or so black-armored cavalry behind Fatty, and responded loudly with a nervous expression. Said, "The three-story house with a wooden oval sign hanging on the door is, my lord, I can’t guarantee that the food is the best, but it’s definitely the biggest in town. There are so many of you probably only there. Live here!"
While the Fatty was talking with the garrison, a caravan from the opposite direction also stopped at the gate of the town. The merchant on it jumped from the carriage and registered with another garrison.
"Are there many caravans lately?"
Fatty made a casual glance towards the caravan. In addition to the team that just went out, he has already met the eighth caravan today. In order to get back to Normandy and reunite with his wife as soon as possible, Fatty is Rarely against the wind and snow
'The garrison raised his head and said disapprovingly," Your lord is right. Since the construction of Haicheng, the caravans on this road have almost doubled several times. Today's caravans are still relatively small. The snow is too big, and many caravans choose to wait. Those who are on the road are bold. This is the case during this period. The cold of the world cannot stop these businessmen’s desire for wealth. For Xin Haicheng, everyone is crazy. Up!"
" You mean, these businessmen are all rushing to Xinhai City? "The fat man seemed to have thought of something, and asked solemnly
"Of course, don’t you see it? The garrison clicked on him, and breathed a sigh at the hand with the cloth cover, and said, "You know, the construction of New Sea City is the most popular topic now, then This huge coastal city is like the biggest heat source in this cold winter, attracting the attention of merchants from the entire northwest coast. There are 5 large ports, more than 80,000 construction workers, and a huge amount of surprisingly needed materials. . . . . . . . "
" If I were a businessman, I would be heart-stricken! "The voice of the garrison stopped and said with emotion." It is said that there are even many chambers of commerce from Ikadiva. To tell the truth , This kind of scene has not been seen for a long time after the unification of Ikadiva continent! "The garrison shook his head, it doesn't look like a lie." If I were you, I would go to the hotel just mentioned. Go, otherwise the room may be tense!"
"Hurry up ahead! I'm going to take the goods from here to Haicheng." An impatient voice came from behind. Another caravan came with a small number of people. Five carriages were there. The fat guy can talk hard, this is already the third team,
A wry smile appeared at the corner of the fat man’s mouth. It was really crazy. Even the small caravan came to join in
" Okay, let’s go in! "The fat man rode a horse into the town. On both sides of the street are two-story houses made of temporary wooden boards. The newly painted, colorful, like other small towns in the coastal area, he passed by On the road ahead, the fat man saw the three-story building with a wooden oval sign hanging on the door that the garrison said.
"Sword and Beauty!"
Fatty rolled his eyes at the popular name, and got off the horse. This hotel is indeed the largest in the town. Although it has only three floors, it occupies more than 50 meters in length. From the perspective of the room, There should be more than 100. Fatty sent a guard in and booked 35 rooms.
Behind the inn is a yard. The horses are led into the stables. There are a lot of merchant carriages parked in them, some are full of goods, and some are empty. Some members of the caravan chatting in twos and threes, and they see that there is an army. When people enter, there is no surprise on the businessman’s face. It is commonplace. It is not surprising for people who encounter the army on the road. This is the only way from Baston to the direction of Xinhaicheng. The army people also often come and go on this road. , The businessman’s gaze quickly shifted after a while, and the suffocation on the soldier’s body was a kind of oppressive force that people dare not face at any time
" Your Majesty, I have covered the entire third floor! "The guard who booked the room came out with a bunch of keys
"Okay, after a day of tiredness, everyone should rest early!"
The fat man waved his hand to the other guards and walked into a somewhat rudimentary room. The fat man sat on the bed. The room was very small with a skylight above his head. Because the cold was closed, the head of the bed was facing the circle. Window, there is a living room of about 20 square meters outside, this is the top room of the hotel,
hesitated, the fat man leaned on the bed and took out a document from his clothes. This is a report sent by the Ministry of Supervision. The arrival of several princesses at the same time not only caught the fat man by surprise, but also made the Ministry of Supervision. The nerve collapsed to the extreme,
"It seems that the report of the Ministry of Supervision is not groundless!" The fat man glanced over the report written by the emergency investigation, and a helpless smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. The situation outside just confirmed the truth of this report. Sex
In this report full of accidents, the fat man suddenly realized that he had unintentionally ignited the wolf smoke of a war. With the rapid expansion of Obaro’s overseas land, it has set off an internal battle in the empire’s business community. A big storm,
After more than half a year of strong external expansion, the Falcon Empire has derived from the Normandy region a large area called the new land. This area has the Duchy of Baston, Duchy of Bras, Marquis of Oacha, and Ban The Principality of Koh, the city of Rwanda, and other large and small, long and narrow coastal areas connected for more than a thousand miles, this area, in terms of area, is already equivalent to one-tenth of the land of the mainland of Ikadiva. In terms of population, this The population of the narrow area has exceeded 700,000 people after the capture of Bangor in December.
In the face of such a huge cake, the businessmen of Ikadiva have already begun to act,
The battle of Biyegu, the Falcon Kingdom defeated the Southwest Army, established the status of the Lord of the Northwest in one fell swoop. The stable internal environment, the gradually improved road network, and the strong military support have also stimulated the ambitions of domestic businessmen. The development of trade has rapidly developed from domestic trade to trade between two continents.
is not only the eyes of the Chamber of Commerce, but even several domestic forces are quickly focusing on the new area, where there is a sufficient population, a vast land, a natural harbor, the **** of the imperial navy, and a falcon. Your Majesty’s protection, what is there to worry about?
And this time the domestic princesses went to the new land collectively, and they sent a clear message to the country.
The big forces behind these princesses finally began to reach out to the new land area. If you are still hesitating now, when everything becomes a foregone conclusion, what is missed is not only hope, but also a soaring opportunity. The construction of the new sea city finally made this commercial battle come to light,
The fat man stood in front of the oval window on the top floor, staring at the snowy world outside the window. Only he knew that the northwest was not as calm as most people had seen, although it was not an undercurrent. , But it was definitely a premonition of the precarious storm that captured Algernon Katja and finally returned to the Algernon family with a ransom of up to 8 million. It was also ironic. It was Juliel who came out to intercede with the former who wanted to kill and then quickly. Sforberg,
Fort Julius Fort, who has just become the head of the New South District, urgently needs to show his ability to the Southwestern army that is fighting with the Congolese army. To do this, there is no better way to save the former Southwest. The general is better, and things that can be done without too much effort are better. The Algernon family pays, and Julius Faubourg just acts as a middleman for a while
The estimate is correct, 8 million gold coins. This has just been hit. The Algernon family is at the limit of the cash that can be taken out in a short time. If there is more, it is estimated that the Algernon family will have to I went to ask His Majesty the Emperor of Gaul to borrow it,
In that case, the variables caused are likely to make the situation out of control. Knowing that the Viking Falcon deliberately blackmailed himself, the Algernon family had to swallow the bitter pill, and the Algernon family lost it. Southwest,
It was wounded in the northwest again. It is said that there was no memorial service during the spring curtain season in the past January, and the ostentation of the Algernon family, who exhausted extravagance to show off their wealth, can be described as horrible.
After receiving the money, the fat man unwillingly ordered the release, and personally watched the whole process of Algernon Katja being released. Algernon Katja, who has been under house arrest in the dungeon for more than 30 days, seems to be a family envoy from a long distance
People, it is rare to cry bitterly, as if to vent all the sadness and depression through crying. The fat man until the Battle of Biye Valley completely destroyed Algernon Katja, known as the most outstanding military day of the younger generation.
Cai’s confidence, anyone thinks he is either crazy or stupid. Then he ran to Bi Yegu stupidly, and was finally killed with tens of thousands of troops.
The destruction of faith is far more than war
Death is even more tragic. I have never suffered a blow or setback. I think I can control everything, but I find that it is actually just the object of the other party's joke. It is said that Algernon Kajalian who returned to Gaul Kyoto I dare not go out,
Several times, there were news of beating the servants, the kind of eyes that looked like a monkey turning around him, and it is estimated that no one other than the person involved can experience the taste of it.
Just as Fatty rushed to Normandy, in the sea area of Xinhai City, some uninvited guests from the south began to show up,
The sea surface in winter gradually becomes gloomy with the cold. The sky is full of black clouds. Most of the time, the wind is bitterly cold. The air looks extremely dry and cold. There is no snow on the sea, but there is rain. The patter of raindrops fell on the surface of the sea, splashing very small and beautiful water splashes
. The sea surface has also gradually become gray in the drizzle, visibility is very low, only the sea water is constantly rippling, it seems to foresee the upcoming storm, five Dragon Tooth battleships quietly appeared on the nearby sea, this
It is the squadron responsible for cruising. The dragon-class flagship’s mast is unabashedly hung with a large Falcon navy flag waving in the wind. The drizzle allows visibility to the sea from two kilometers away. There are not any ships.
No. 139 Longya Captain Potakdi stood on the front deck of the Longya battleship, raised his observation mirror and saw the sea in the distance. As a cruising fleet, he received reports from some caravans that someone was nearby. I have seen an unknown navy
Warship, the Admiralty suspects that this is the Navy of the Congolese Empire from the southwestern waters. In a sense, the Admiralty has no plan to engage with it for the time being. The matter was reported to Falcon swiftly
Next, but I haven’t received a response yet
The Admiralty can only order the cruise fleet to be more vigilant and deploy defenses near the Haicheng area. As the future base camp of the Imperial Navy, Du Stellenkai has not been let down
People spied their plans for a new home at will. The three cruise fleets were ordered to set off and look for them in three directions. In fact, Potakdi did not expect his luck to be so good. He was looking for it along the north. If the enemy comes
From the south, it should not appear in this area
But a small black spot in the distance still caught his attention. He didn’t see very clearly, faintly, and seemed to be able to see the silhouette of the sailing warship. This is a large warship, following closely behind Five to six small and medium warships
" Your lord, the squadron orders to come forward! "The voice of the flag bearer on the mast comes from overhead
"Come on? Is this going to go to war?" Potakdi was shocked. The commander of this squadron is Joseph, the rudeest, but also the most offensive, of the Imperial Privateer Fleet. At this moment, on the flagship Dragon-class battleship of the squadron, Joseph stood on the deck like a condensed statue. Gaze like electricity at the black spots that are getting closer and closer on the sea in the distance. In a blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides quickly approaches to about one kilometer.
The wind and rain swept across the deck, and the fleets of both sides could vaguely see the situation of both sides through the floating white raindrops in front. On the opposite side was a large sailing warship, plus four medium-sized warships. This equipment is more similar. Is a kind of investigation team,
The huge sail is divided into two layers, the upper and lower are almost the same wide, and the wind blows up like a semi-circular ball. The huge sail almost covers the ship’s side. The sail is big and long, with long The ten-meter hard ram angle looks like a row of knights wearing armor and lances. The pointed triangular bow splits the wind and waves in front of you at a very fast speed like a sharp sword. Unbelievable arrogance, like five hungry wolves pounced from the opposite sea
"This is the Gangfei Empire Navy!" Joseph's pupils shrunk a bit. He saw through the observation mirror the Gangfei Empire Navy flag on the opposing battleship. His face looked very dignified, and there seemed to be something in his deeply sunken eye sockets. The flame exploded,
But he is trying hard to control his emotions. The unique shape of the opponent's sailing warship, let his years of sailing experience let him know that once this kind of fast assault warship that takes up the wind goes downwind, it will inevitably be off the string. The spikes pierced into the opponent’s fleet, and then used the front end of the hard angle to break the opponent’s bowels. In such almost freezing water, if a person falls into the sea, it will be very short. It will freeze to death due to the cold within a period of time, and the chance of surviving is almost negligible. In such a harsh environment, the biggest weapon of a warship is speed. As long as it penetrates the enemy’s ship deck, no matter how big the warship is In a state of destruction,
Whether " is to meet or evade! "Joseph's face is hesitating, and the Admiralty has not issued a combat order.
"Admiral, the other party is gaining the upper hand!" A nervous voice from the watchman came over his head.
"Asshole, this should be regarded as a declaration of war!"
Joseph was very unwilling to scold him. In the sea battle, whoever can get the upper hand first is equivalent to mastering the initiative of this encounter. The opponent is a very fast sailing light warship with icy waters. It is their greatest weapon. With the help of the wind, you can easily strengthen the impact of your fleet,
"Admiral, each ship sent a request for a battle, thinking that the other party has the intention to start war!" shouted the lookout post on the mast.
Joseph hesitated, and finally raised his hand to measure the wind speed and direction. Loudly shouted, "Turn the fleet 11 degrees to the left, and order the two forwards to seize the upper hand immediately!" As the order was issued, the fastest dragon tooth ship in the two fleets quickly separated from the fleet.
The cold wind howled. The sails of the warship swelled and creaked tightly, and the originally scattered fleet began to turn to the left, like a giant beast running on the sea, drawing a huge upward slash on the calm sea, constantly passing forward. The cracking sound of the heavy ship's bow hitting the ice floes,
"500 meters!"
"300 meters"
The fleet on the opposite side does not mean to slow down at all.
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With a violent shout coming from the side, a warship with a wider flank guarding the flank was hit head-on because it was too late to dodge, "Pop! Pap! Pap!" The sound of the ship's torn side was roaring. The sea breeze is particularly harsh, and the wood fragments are scattered, like two huge icebergs colliding together. Between the electric light and flint, the sailing warship of the Gangfei Empire has plunged into the front wing of the cruise fleet like a cluster of arrows. , Opened a terrifying big hole, countless broken planks flowed out with the sea water, the cold water was pouring into the hole, the mast with the sails was thrown down heavy, the deck was a mess, and the corpses were everywhere. , Dripping with blood, the wounded groaned in pain in a pool of blood,
"Asshole, get rid of it!"
For an instant, Joseph’s angry roar almost penetrated two decks. Everyone knew that the Dragon Tooth ship had been hit hard, and his eyes were red immediately. "Booming" Numerous red lights filled with anger. Shooting from the side of the Dragon-class battleship and other dragon-tooth ships,
Countless splashes of water boiled over the sea with the flames, and the decks of the two triumphant sailing warships instantly turned into powder,
Countless shells have pierced several holes in the deck, and at the same time they have left forty or fifty gaps on the side of the ship. The huge explosion knocked the entire deck into the air. Things fall like raindrops,
The fierce counterattack of the cruise fleet completely frightened the fleet that had just become an empire. The four sailing warships sailing downwind quickly turned and fled (to be continued) [] If you like this work, you are welcome To vote for recommended votes and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. )