king of the castle

Chapter 324

It was not far from the place where the pirates' skiff was sunk to the shore, but it was definitely not close either. 【】Although the pirates who have lived on the ship all year round have good water skills, they are as tired as a dog who has just chased a whole group of rabbits after swimming to the shore.These guys were all panting with their mouths open, crawling all the way to the shore on their hands and feet and swimming all the way to the bank really exhausted them.

A pirate spat out the sand in his mouth, raised his head and glanced towards the land, and then said in a low voice with horror on his face: "Too bad..."

On the shore not far away, a row of crossbowmen appeared under the moonlight.Several clusters of arrows shone coldly under the moonlight, announcing the doom of these pirates.

Before the other pirates could react, the crossbowmen had already shot deadly arrows at them.The clusters of arrows reflected a frightening cold light under the light of the moon, piercing deeply into the pirates' bodies with the sound of "swish".

Pirates live on the water all year round, and they often go into the water for various reasons. Of course, they don't wear heavy metal armor. In fact, there are very few pirates who even wear leather armor.In front of the crossbowmen, the pirates who could hardly be called protected were like lambs at the mercy of others.All of a sudden, there were screams on the beach one after another, and the pirates staggered and fell into the water one after another. Some of them managed to struggle a bit, while many more quickly floated motionless on the water and died.

The pirates, who were aggressive just now, became beaten dogs in the blink of an eye, and half of them lost their lives in the first blow of the crossbowmen.The rest of the people did not have the courage to go ashore again, and swam to the depths of the sea yelling.However, it is not easy to swim back to the big ship from the shore. For these exhausted pirates, this is a journey of death.

But the crossbowmen didn't care how miserable the pirates were, they only knew to faithfully carry out Roger's order and wipe out all the enemies.So the crossbowmen aimed at the pirates who were desperately swimming far away, and launched deadly attacks without mercy.

In the bright moonlight, pirates swimming in the sea are simply the best targets.After several rounds of shooting, there were only a few pirates left alive. Even those pirates who escaped by chance, few could swim back to the big ship, and most of them drowned in the vast sea.

Roger, who was sitting in the castle, knew all this clearly through the hippogryph, and was a little surprised that he could easily repel the first attack of the pirates, so he couldn't help but whispered: "What is the most powerful red dragon pirate group? That's it..."

Had Roger's words been heard by the one eye directing the attack, he would have been half dead with anger.This is too bullying, who would have thought that there would be an extra castle out of thin air on the original island of man, equipped with a ballista, a big killer against small boats?If Cyclops had known this would happen earlier, he would never have chosen to launch a strong attack from the coast.

At this time, Cyclops was on the Sea Dragon which was two miles away from the coast, so naturally he couldn't hear Roger's words.But even with such a one-eyed mood, he fell to the bottom. He looked gloomy at the messy boats near the big ship, without saying a word, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The one-eyed man was there for the situation just now, and he knew in his heart that it would be difficult for the small boat to break through the blockage of the ballista and send people to the shore, and forcing his men to charge would be tantamount to sending them to death.However, the retreat was ordered at the beginning of the war, which inevitably made Cyclops feel a little embarrassed.Along the way, he often laughed at Bluebeard and the others, saying that they were useless at all, and that he was really embarrassing to the Red Dragon Pirates.

But Bluebeard and the others still launched an attack on Kent Town, and it is said that they almost took that town.But now that Cyclopedia has brought so many people, it is too embarrassing to retreat without even reaching the town of Kent.He just felt that the words that mocked Blue Beard and the others were like slapping his own mouth. If he really ordered to retreat, how could he hold his head up in front of other leaders in the future?

One-eyed was in a dilemma, but his first officer had no patience to wait any longer, and leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "Captain, what should we do now?"

The first mate's words brought Cyclops back to reality, and he knew he couldn't hesitate any longer.Although Duoyan knew that ordering to continue the attack would not only save face, but also have the possibility of rushing ashore, but when he thought about what would happen if the high-ranking man knew his little plan, he couldn't help shivering, and quickly ordered loudly: "Yeah. , The operation to lure the enemy was very successful, let everyone board the ship, and officially launch the offensive after dawn!"

Seeing that the attack was blocked, the dungeon also had a bitter expression on his face, and after hearing what Cyclops said, he immediately expressed admiration: "So this attack was just to lure the enemy, Captain, you are so smart, everyone is still worried, haha! "

In fact, Duo Yan said this just to save himself a little face, seeing that his subordinates also believed his words, he smiled triumphantly and said: "Hmph, this was originally within my plan, and now the enemies are all attracted to the coast, We can land from somewhere else!"

Not to mention how many pirates would believe One Eye's words, but the order to stop the attack was quickly carried out.The small boats on the sea were taken back to the big ship, and the fleet turned to the depths of the sea to sail, and soon disappeared on the vast sea.

This is the advantage that the pirates have. The ships give them good mobility, allowing the pirates to freely choose where and when to attack.And Roger's side had to disperse their troops on a long defensive line, passively waiting for the opponent to attack.If you fail to grasp the whereabouts of the pirates in time, you may be caught off guard and eventually lead to a complete defeat.

Of course, that's not going to happen to Roger.Just as the pirates retreated, two horned eagles circled over the fleet.No matter when and where the pirates choose to land, Roger can know immediately and respond in a timely manner.

Seeing that the pirates really retreated, Roger naturally would not waste his mental power to keep the castle in the main material world, but quickly recalled the castle to the secondary space, and then returned to the shore in a small boat.After so much tossing and tossing, the sky has already brightened, and Roger can finally understand the results of last night's battle.

In the water near the shore, there were pirate corpses floating everywhere, and as far as the eye could see, there were no fewer than three to five hundred dead pirates.Several arrows are deeply inserted into each corpse, showing people the reason for their death.The sea water on the shore was dyed pink by the blood of the pirates, and even the air smelled faintly of blood.

Although the situation in front of him was indeed a bit tragic, Roger did not have the slightest sympathy for these pirates.These guys are all villains who kill people, steal goods and do no evil. If they break through Kent Town, the fate of those people in the town will definitely be worse than that of the pirates.The more pirates Roger kills, the happier he will feel, and he will never feel any guilt.For him, the more opportunities to beat the dog in the water, the better, and it would be even better if all the pirates could be wiped out.

But Roger also knew that the pirates would not be stupid enough to make the same mistake again, and the next war still had to be fought!

In fact, just as Roger expected, the pirate fleet did not go far. They just circled around the sea, and after sailing out of sight on the shore, they quickly changed their direction and sailed towards the mouth of the Tula River at high speed.

The Tula River originated in the west of the Thorne Kingdom, flowed through the capital Mandos City, and finally poured into the Ocean of Exhaustion.Every day, several merchant ships pass through the Tula River between the city of Mandos and many other countries, and it is the busiest waterway in the entire kingdom.The mouth of this river is near the town of Kent. On the banks of the river in Kent town, there are many docks where large ships can berthed, less than a mile away from the town.

Since Roger took charge of Kent Town, the dock area by the river has developed rapidly, and many new docks have been built, which can already dock twelve three-masted galleons at the same time.However, because of the news of the pirate attack, all the merchant ships on the pier have sailed upstream for refuge. At this time, the pier area is empty and has lost the prosperity of the past.

The intention of the pirates to advance towards the mouth of the Tula River is obvious, that is, they want to dock directly at the dock area, and then launch an attack on the nearby town of Kent.Although the boarding operation on the beach failed miserably, it was because the ballista was too much of a threat to the landing boats.The same weapon is not that big of a threat to a three-masted or even a four-masted ship. A ship as large as the Sea Dragon can completely withstand the attack of the ballista and dock on the pier.

Speaking of which, Cyclops is not really a useful person. How can he be an ordinary person who can sit on the position of the leader of the Red Dragon Pirates?The reason why he suffered a lot when he was on the beach before was because he did not expect that a castle would suddenly appear on that small island that could control the entire bay, and it was also equipped with a big killer like a ballista. .After all, in the intelligence collected by the pirates, there was no mention of the small town of Kent having such strength.

This time, Cyclops decided to land directly from the pier, taking advantage of the other party's attention to be attracted to the beach to launch a surprise attack, dozens of large ships are enough to send thousands of pirates ashore, and it will be no problem to flatten the small town of Kent by then!

It's just that Cyclops didn't know how powerful the enemy he was facing, let alone that his every move was under the surveillance of the other party, and it was just a dream come true to plan a sneak attack.

Just as the pirates entered the mouth of the Tula River and were sailing upstream to the pier, Roger was waiting for them on a three-masted merchant ship.The ship, the Queen Mary, hired dearly by Cage at Roger's orders, was at anchor a mile upstream from the wharf.

The captain and sailors of the Queen Mary also got news of the pirate attack and were very disturbed about stopping the ship here.But this is the order of the lord, and the lord is also on the boat, so there must not be too much danger, so everyone is still calm.

Roger was standing at the bow, his clothes rattling in the oncoming wind.Roger looked at the water in front of him with an expression on his face, several masts were faintly visible on the horizontal line, and the pirate fleet was very close!

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The number of chapters in the previous chapter is wrong, it should be 323 not 333, please forgive me