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Two and a half months later, it will be the 11th day of January 1667 in the standard calendar year, during the deep rainy season
? Yellow Turban Taiping Dao Kingdom, Fuxi Province, Guozhou Prefecture
Jiawen Feigna Concession, the anchorage of the two sea fleets of Shengsen
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The huge merchant fleet stretching as far as the eye can see stretches outside Guozhou¡¯s port, bathed in the warm glow of the rising orange-red sun.
In the deep rainy season, such a beautiful day with the sun shining and the south wind blowing is not common. If it is in Delan, Lunni or even Phase Port, this season should be named "winter"; but in the depths of the Yellow Turban Taiping Road, which is much lower than their latitude, this season just means that the rain will be higher than that of the whole year. Most of the time, the climate is still very warm.
The port where they are anchored is called Gawinfigna, and Shengsen has leased it for a full 130 years. It has an extremely tacky nickname: "The Jewel in the Crown of the Elven Queen" and is one of the three colonial homeports of the Outer Sea Fleet.
Before Shengsen leased this city, it had a history of nearly a thousand years called "Guozhou", as well as a more distant prehistory that is difficult to trace. Religious historians of later generations will examine many lost records of ancient religious history here, but now there are only elven sun god priests here.
The spokesmen of the Sun God, like the Yellow Turban Taoist priests who previously occupied this place, wantonly expropriated the relics left by the ancient religions as their own temples. But they are all worried, not knowing how long the port can stand.
It has been three months since the Free Navy and the Saint-Sen Navy broke up and began to kill each other's enemy merchant ships.
The lucky admirals made a lot of money, while the unlucky merchants jumped off the cliff and jumped into the sea - this was privateering. It's like the stock market: some people make money, some people lose money, but there is always a general direction, either up or down.
Now, the Saint Forest Elf Navy is the one drawing the downward arrow.
The frequent battles at the squadron level cannot be said to be a disadvantage, but they cannot be said to be an advantage.
Although it seems to have a slight advantage in the exchange ratio of ships, the overall numerical disadvantage has not changed. It may take several years or even more than ten years to rely on this advantage to exhaust the Red Fleet.
At the same time, the once-allied imperial fleet no longer knew where it was, and the strongholds along the coast of Intre were also removed one by one by the Free Army and Navy.
But that¡¯s not the worst.
"If the overseas colonies are the brothers of the Saints, then the merchant fleet is the blood of the Saints. This blood has been clogged here for three months"
The female tribune of the Shengsen United Fleet looked at the huge fleet and lamented.
Like all elf women who are still in adolescence, she has a cold and sharp beauty, smooth skin that can be broken by blows, and a mysterious temperament that is difficult for human women to match. However, she has been in adolescence almost since the Lunni people captured the Southern Governor's Mansion.
The young female tribune, Gawinalva
??ez) is less than a hundred years old this year, and has not even witnessed the beginning of the first freedom war. He is undoubtedly a young man in the elf society. Her hair is not braided into complicated styles like those of female elves who are a hundred or even hundreds of years old. It is simply braided into several long ponytails, hanging between the long hair and hanging down over her shoulders.
She knew that the worst thing was the huge merchant fleet staying here itself. From here to the east, the Free Navy and the Saint-Sentine Navy can be said to be evenly matched, so these ships can transport spices, porcelain, tea, silk and other goods here; but from here to the west, it is the world of the Taiping Fleet. . Even the squadron cannot have an absolute advantage. How can a single merchant ship sail?
"Even if we sink a few troop carriers or kill hundreds of sailors, it won't change the general trend."
To become one of the three existing tribunes of the Lianghai Fleet at such a young age, Jiawen is already a miraculous existence in the elven regime that is accustomed to ranking based on seniority. The reason why she can obtain such a status is precisely because she is the granddaughter of the great elf explorer Pedro Alvarez, and the daughter of the outstanding elf military strategist Calicut Alvarez.
One hundred and seventy years ago, it was Pedro Alvarez who discovered the colony of South New Zealand; one hundred and thirty years ago, it was Calicut Alvarez who founded the colony on the edge of the Yellow Turbans. Shengsen captured and "leased" the city and named it after his wife, "Jiawen". More than thirty years later, Calicut's wife died in childbirth, and the daughter they gave birth to inherited the name of Glorious Eyes.
In other words, ?It is called "Jiawen Figna", which means the port of Jiawen Alvarez.
"But is it possible to change everything by putting all your chips on the line?"
She set her sights on the huge fleet. At the far end of her sight
Jiawen finally couldn't help it, stepped on the anchor pile of the port, threw hard with her right hand, and threw the Senate Order made of silver in her hand far into the sea.
"In what age are you still doing the Senate's decree! Even the cruel emperor of mankind knows to delegate power to his generals! This kind of arbitrary order will really ruin the entire two sea fleets!"
Although she was cursing like this, Jiawen still made a command gesture with her left hand, activating the magic contained in the ring on her left hand.
Her figure flew through the air like a petrel. She caught up with the silver tube before it fell into the sea, and grabbed it in her hand again. Although she has many dissatisfactions, she is still a tribune with a high status.
The sailors who were busy preparing to sail on the ship raised their heads and watched her light figure passing between the masts of the merchant fleet, with uncontrollable envy in their eyes.
"That's a pure-blood elf. As expected, you can use your magic power at will"
"Don't look at it, you don't know if you are a fake half-elf, a fake half-elf or a wild half-elf. He is a pure blood native to Shengsen, how can you compare to a bitch like you?"
"Alas, there are thousands of ships in this entire fleet, but I don't know if there are thousands of purebloods"
"Those are all big shots who have circled the world dozens of times at least. I'm so envious. Even if we want to circle the world dozens of times, we still have to live so long, right?"
Of course Jiawen would not hear the sailors¡¯ gossip. What she is going to rush to is the current flagship of the Sensen fleet, the "Helios Giuseppe".
She walked nimbly between the forest-like masts, giving the impression that she had returned to the hometown of Shengsen. Soon, the largest and tallest tree in the forest appeared in front of her.
"The Giuseppe" is the largest and most powerful ship in the two sea fleets, and perhaps the largest and most powerful ship in the entire civilized world. There may be one or two comparable giant ships in Emperor Komen's inland sea fleet, but they did not follow the imperial expedition fleet to the southern seas. They are probably still anchored in the harbor of Delan.
It is easy to identify the giant ship named after the sole god, the Sun, because its masts are alive.
Its five main masts are not ordinary oak, but magical creatures called treants that look like oak; even their sails are mixed with huge green sails made of vines and branches.
These tree men are thick and strong, and can even drop their sails in the wind, but they will never succumb to ordinary chain bullets or magic attacks. Thanks to these treant masts, it is almost impossible for this giant ship to lose its maneuverability-unless there is no wind at all, or the opponent can eliminate all the elves in the entire fleet who can use wind magic.
Jiawen raised the hem of her cloak, lowered her speed, and passed over the top of the mast - or treetops. She held the rattan that replaced the cable with her right hand and stopped on the highest branch.
"Here comes the people who protect the people and the officials."
The tree man on the mainmast greeted her in a slow voice. Jiawen nodded, grabbed a vine, jumped from the top of the "mast", avoided the busy crowd on the deck, and landed on the roof of the command module relying on the elf's powerful reflexes.
She looked around and grabbed a tall half-elf who seemed to have the purest elf blood: "Is Mr. Drewayne here?"
"Uh, Lord Tribune. The people of Saint Forest and the Senate live forever!" The half-elf with more than three-quarters of the elven blood saluted hurriedly, "Admiral Intraeus is inside. And Hordus Kotuz (he
dosco
tus) adults are also here. "
Hearing this name, Jiawen frowned slightly and curled the corners of her mouth slightly.
"My colleagues in Xinzhou"
There are currently three tribunes in the fleet. In addition to the permanent tribunes of the outer sea fleet and the tribunes of the inland sea fleet, there is also the tribune of Xinzhou, Hordus Curtuz. He came to Jiawen Feigna with this year's Global Fleet, and was trapped here like the Two Seas Fleet.
Of course, his other name is better known - "The Great Conqueror" Kotuz. With only three hundred people, he dared to go deep into the hinterland of the wild elves, defeated the powerful empire of the local wild elves and snake people, and single-handedly created today's great man of the Shengsen colonial empire. Not to mention her or Intraeus, even Admiral Churchillas, who had been in charge of the two fleets seventy years ago, could not say how powerful he was in front of this person.
Jiawen walked past several sailors and marines stationed on the ship, and those people all looked a little shivered. The tribune immediately understood the reason for their shrinking¡ª¡ª
"I am firmly opposed to the fleet taking the northern route. The Xianketi route is absolutely impossible, we will be blocked by Peace Wayne!"
Cortuz¡¯s roar echoed in the cabin. It seemed that she was not the only one who opposed this action plan.
"If we lose the two fleets, there will be no peace under the sun for us elves!"
"This is an order from Admiral Churchillas, or the Headquarters of the Two Sea Fleets. And I agree with this order."
Admiral Drayway Mandriel "Intraeus" also stood in front of the chart, defending in a slightly weak voice.
"Mr. Interreus. Once there is no fleet, our entire colonial empire will fall apart. The fleet must exist. No, the fleet cannot be absent! Forget about this year's treasure fleet, and put all the two sea fleets on the decisive battle. , I absolutely cannot accept it."
The conqueror¡¯s tone is not radical, but it contains determination that is hard to ignore: everyone will believe that this person will not give up until he achieves his goal. Jiawen couldn't help but think that this was how he entered the Wild Elf Empire against the Governor's orders.
"The order has been decided. The large fleet will set sail today." The admiral said solemnly, "You know the current situation of our fleet"
Jiawen seized this opportunity, knocked on the door gently, and pushed it open at the same time.
"Ms. Tribune Alvarez?" The admiral turned his head and greeted in a calm tone. But even Jiawen could feel that the admiral was worried that she would also raise objections.
"Sorry to disturb you, but my intelligence source has just received news." Jiawen blinked her left eye and put away the communication technique that had just been transmitted from the magic network, "The three big red fleets in Phase Port and West Lorraine County A squadron has already set sail."
Cortuz snorted coldly: "It was expected. We can't hide our large-scale fleet from setting sail. Even the indigenous countries in South New Zealand know how to take the initiative to attack us, not to mention fighting with us for so many times. The year of Wei is peaceful."
"And if we set sail now, we will definitely hit this fleet." Jiawen continued, "As the tribune of the offshore fleet, I object to sailing so hastily. It is impossible for the Free Army to let their huge fleet float all the time. At sea, we can wait a little longer until they are far away from our intended route¡ª¡ª"
"Then they will return to Hong Kong again. That is Wei Taiping, the powerful Wei Taiping in the eastern seas. Whether it is one squadron or two squadrons, he will bite him."
Drayvin¡¯s fingers slid across the chart.
"We still have a trapped fleet of more than 300 merchant ships in the ports of Xianketi, a neutral country. I think the remaining Corman expedition fleet should also be nearby. We must go north to meet them and then break through Wei Taiping's blockade brought the Eastern Company's entire year's profits and the wealth of the entire New World colony back to the country. It is completely politically unacceptable to sit back and watch such a large fleet of ours being wiped out."
"That's not necessarily true." Cortuz corrected, "There is another possibility. If I remember correctly, Wei Taiping brought army troops with him every time he sailed; this is how they gradually defeated us and our The allies¡¯ strongholds around the Intra Sea. With the scale this time, they are likely to choose to conquer the Kingdom of Shankti.¡±
The conqueror's finger drew an arc in the south of the chart: "In this way, when they attack Xian Keti, we can protect the large merchant fleet through the South China Sea, bypassing the far end of Imeia and returning to Shengsen. This is much better than betting everything on a fleet battle.¡±
"But we are not sure of this. Whenever the Free Army launches a battle, we will send out squadrons to carry out harassing attacks every time, and the other side is always alert and ready to attack our main fleet at any time. Your spies have a way Confirm the distribution of forces in the Free Army, Ms. Alvarez?¡±
Jiawen shook her head: "I can only make sure that there is always an army on board. The main purpose of my spies is to get their research at the center of the magic network technology."
"My spies can't do the same. The flags of the Governor of Phase Port, the Marine Division, and the Dragonlance Division are all still in Phase Port, but I'm not sure how many of their regiments have boarded the transport ship." The Admiral spoke with his knuckles. The voyage was measured on the chart, "Using Jiawen Feigna as a base is too far away, so far away that all our actions will be detected. They even have time to go back and unload their army before coming to fight us decisively."
Jiawen took a deep breath. In her mind, the admiral was rarely so determined, but she still wanted to try again: "But I feel that if the delayWhen sailing, we still have a chance to minimize losses. "
"What if it can't, Ms. Alvarez? The fleet has missed the opportunity four times. You also know that the entire San Sen economy is tied to the colonial empire. If this merchant fleet cannot be on time, Go back, not only me and Ms. Alvarez, but also everyone in this fleet-perhaps except Tribune Cortuz-can't withstand the pressure of the Senate. Perhaps, even Admiral Churchillas They will personally command this fleet"
"There is no time, the fleet is already at -< >-!" Tribune Kotuz's fist slammed on the chart. This is rare for an elf with such a reputation and education as him. "Stop your Honlinastian politician style, Mandril! You just want a fleet battle, right, Intraeus!"
"Yes. You can't convince me. The fleet must set sail."
The admiral finally shed his gentle appearance and clapped his hands on the table without showing any signs of weakness.
"We can't wait here forever! If a fleet can't defend its own shipping, it doesn't exist! I know you care about your colonial empire, but I care about my fleet! If there are so many armed merchant ships, I can't If we defeat Wei Taiping, it will be impossible for us to win in the future! The entire Shengsen trade will completely collapse!"
"They can't wait forever! Then at least give me my New Zealand Fleet! If the battle goes bad, then I must at least have a force that can defend my colony, better than the two New Zealand Free Fleets the power of!"
The two people¡¯s gazes alternated in the air, almost sparks flying out of them.
"You think your wild elves and night elves are more important than this fateful decisive battle, right?"
"I think the fate of the entire Saint Forest cannot be pinned on this huge gamble. You may not like those wild elves and night elves, but I think whether they can be accepted into the Senate and elf society will determine our future. "
Jiawen Alvarez looked at these two "great" elves in amazement, almost ruthlessly snatching the final command of hundreds of ships. It was a discussion she could no longer interrupt.
"Okay, then I will send your Xinzhou Squadron as rearguard. I hope you understand what is our best interest."
"Thank you, Your Excellency Admiral Mandrel."
"As for Ms. Jiawen Alvarez, I have also considered your opinion. The offshore fleet must sail, but they need a safe rear. I hope that Ms. Jiawen Alvarez can stay at Jiawen Figna. The formal order will be issued later. I¡¯ll give it to you two.¡±
These words made Jiawen realize the great determination of Admiral Intraeus. He has decided to drive all opponents out of the fleet¡ª¡ª
For some reason, she didn't feel much dissatisfaction, but she suddenly became curious about the enemies she had never met before.
¡°What kind of naval general is Wei Taiping to be able to push two of the most outstanding army and navy commanders in Shengsen to this point? What kind of insidious and cunning enemy did she and the two fleets face?
"May the sun always shine on our forest. I accept this arrangement, and the people of Saint Forest and the Senate will live forever."
Jiawen turned around and quickly left the cabin. She did not arrange a boat when she left, but continued to use flying magic to return to Jiawen Feigna.
She stood on the terrace of the Governor's Palace, watching the huge fleet slowly sailing one after another - < > - until the sun set.
She imagined these huge merchant ships and war fleets forming a long chain on the chart, sailing to the waters north of Intre to meet their unknown fate. There, there is the most dangerous and vicious opponent of the Elf Two Sea Fleet.
¡°I don¡¯t know how many of these ships will be able to dock in the port of Jiawen Figna again¡±
The female tribune spoke this ominous prophecy in a voice that no one could hear. She had no intention of using the prophetic magic she had mastered to confirm the answer to this prophecy.
What she didn¡¯t expect was that just thirteen days later, she would know the answer to this question.
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January 24, 1667 in the standard calendar, deep rainy season
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When the attack began, Jiawen Fegna's harbor was not empty.
Although the Grand Fleet is already -< >-, there will always be some merchant ships and frigates that fall away from the plan. There are always some ships that fall behind due to various reasons, and some ships that deviate from the sailing plan for a long time reluctantly dock. In half a month, Jiawen Feige accumulated another number of things that don¡¯t count.There are always dozens of small fleets, armed merchant ships and warships in total.
There were slightly more merchant ships arriving that morning than usual, but this did not arouse the alarm of the Colonial Port Authority.
In the lazy afternoon, after a sudden shower ended, the lookout found that a frigate belonging to the Inland Sea Fleet suddenly started to catch fire. It seemed that someone had lost control while practicing a new type of magic nearby. The sub-elf supervisor of the port authority decided to dispatch several idle warships to solve this problem, and sent a messenger to the Governor's Mansion.
The Governor's Palace is a typical Shengshen style building, built around a giant tree transplanted from the Shengshen. Many rooms were dug out in the center of the giant tree, and a spiral multi-story building was built around it. There are terraces on each floor for exposure to sunlight and fresh air. Most pure-blood elves will choose this place as their settlement. Only a few wealthy elves who have settled in this colony have exclusive mansions - most of them will also transplant similar sacred trees as the center of their mansions.
The governor is an old elf female senator who was sent here because she lost several games in the political games of Honlinasti. Like every true elf, she doesn't care much about human politics, and her worldview basically remains between the siege and conquest of Saniti Fegna. The female governor originally wanted to laugh off such a routine report, but Tribune Jiawen Alvarez, who was enjoying afternoon tea with her, was a little worried about such a report.
¡°Recently, there are indeed some papers on the transformation of attack magic circulating in the magic network, but there should not be anyone so stupid on that ship¡ª¡ª¡±
¡°Then she saw the shelling.
The first to take action were the camouflaged merchant fleets. The warships that were originally scattered inside and outside the port gathered together and were not in combat formation, so they became the best targets.
There is no need to explain what is happening in front of me. The Free Army did lead the army to attack, and they were indeed waiting for an opportunity - but not for Shankti's opportunity. They want to capture Jiawennasti directly to ensure that the defeated ships of the two fleets have nowhere to hide!
"Enemy attack!"
"How is this possible? The Komans are so bold, crossing thousands of sea miles to attack here!"
Hearing the anger of the female governor, the young Jiawen had to correct: "No, they are not Cormans. They are the republican rebels in Phase Port, that is, the Corman rebels. But even so, they did cross the border. Come from thousands of miles away to attack here"
Jiawen¡¯s eyes stayed at the end of the dividing line between sea and sky. With the help of the elf's vision, she could see without a telescope that Dotted Red Sail was gathering there, speeding down the wind, and it looked like it would enter the harbor within an hour.
"I'm going to assemble the local legion detachment now. Alvarez, you order all the forts to be ready!"
Jiawen hesitated for a moment and gave up the idea of ??following the female governor to the governor's guard to try her skills.
"Jiawen Feigner's Colonial Legion detachment has less than 1,200 regular troops. No matter how many enemies are invading, it seems that there are more than this number It is really worrying."
After ordering the gunners of the fort to take their positions, Jiawen called his servants and maids, and began to forcibly summon all the idle elves, half-elves, and mercenaries who were willing to fight for money in Jiawen Feige's city. There were merchant guards, and colonial arsenals and arms dealers were requisitioned to arm these people.
Her order did not meet with much resistance: because the Free Army had already begun to land.
¡°Although it has gone through half a month of turbulence at sea, this Free Army still looks in good order. Some people were walking in vain, and some were retching on the beach. The gunfire from the port and the firepower of the Governor's Guard also overturned the entire boat, but they still held the flag firmly and rushed to the port of Jiawen Feigna and beach.
"Is this the phase Hong Kong army that successively captured the ports occupied by us and the Empire on the coast of the Interre Sea?"
After setting up a position in the Governor's Mansion, Jiawen found her intelligence staff and asked him.
"The flag with alternating blue and white horizontal lines represents the "Seans" of the 14th Freedom Division. The silver front running through the red-brown background represents the "Dragon Spear" of the 9th National Guard Division. I think you are right, this It¡¯s the Free Army of Phase Port. It¡¯s crazy for them to go so far into a desperate situation alone.¡±
"What is that flag with red stars scattered on a blue background? The troops carrying those flags seem to be trying to attack our fort."
The human intelligence officer raised his telescope: "Oh, that should be the flag of the Phase Port Military Police Brigade. In the elven intelligence system, this flag is commonly known as the 'Red Star' and is the symbol of the Governor of Phase Port, Nemen Thor. Leiden¡¯s personal flag.¡±
"Applause"Governor of Hong Kong? Is there no Wei Taiping flag? "
"There should be no Wei Taiping flag, but the numbers of all the important army units of the Intre Army have arrived. That flag should be Schlop Cliff, um, and the coat of arms of Dubray Goho Navy The flag should be that of Kazan Fisher, and there is also a fleet commander's flag that I have never seen before. It seems to be who is that person called? But I know the third navy flag, it is Darrow Salami, right?¡±
Jiawen Alvarez didn¡¯t pay much attention to these fleeting names. The only person who could attract her attention was Wei Taiping = Peace Wayne, who had been powerful in the seven seas for decades - even for elves, that was a name that was repeated enough times to leave a deep memory.
"You mean Wei Taiping's flag is not here, right?"
"Yes. There are only two squadron flags."
"There will not be more than a hundred battleships. Sure enough, the enemy's main force is chasing our large fleet So as long as we hold them here, these ships will not be able to go north and return to the battle line."
"I think so, Lord Tribune." A half-elf officer next to him echoed, "As long as we rely on our fort -"
He choked up mid-sentence.
Jiawen and everyone on the giant tree in the Governor's Mansion watched with dumbfounded eyes as the crimson battle line unfolded at the port, firing volleys and charging.
The auxiliary detachment responsible for covering the artillery fort - of course mainly composed of local Taoists who did not even have elven blood - barely withstood the four-round volley of guns, but still completely collapsed after the total charge of the three companies, and fled in all directions. Deep in Colonial Harbor.
It is true that these enemies are not as well-trained as the Saint Sen Army, and they only have a few mages accompanying them, but their tactics are indeed very effective. During the shooting phase, each platoon had military mages or officers who used magic items to create bunkers on the land at the port; during the charging phase, the main company focused on dozens of acceleration spells, and several combat platoons jumped forward alternately. It only took a few minutes to completely disperse the Elf Army's flanks.
They are even more familiar with the use of various low-level magic than the opposite Shengsen Army.
"You just said this was a colonial army? Or a military police or something?"
When the female elf tribune spoke again, she was no longer as casual as before.
"No, Nemen Solayton, who leads this military police, is a governor in name, but he is different from our colonial governor. I heard that he is an elite staff officer who has high hopes for the Marshal of the Free Army. He is in charge of the entire army in Intre. supervision work of the Ministry.¡±
Jiawen remembered where she had seen this name. It's on the byline of several basic articles about the operation of the Magic Network.
"It is indeed an opponent. If it were you, could you withstand this charge?"
Jiawen glanced coldly at the crowd around her. Except for a few pure-blood and quasi-pure-blood elves who looked like they had experienced bloody battles, everyone else looked away.
"Then, we must give up the field battle. Those who think they are qualified to be real elves, come with me. We have to recruit the governor's remaining troops."
She secretly counted the number of elven veterans who had fought under her command. Not very satisfying, but should be enough to impress enemy commanders.
At that time, the Landing Forces of the Free Army, which had been advancing with great success, had just eliminated the auxiliary corps, blew up two artillery forts, and turned their troops to target the Jiawen Feige detachment of the Saint-Sen Colonial Corps, which was stationed in the center of the port area.
"Those guys should be new recruits who have never seen a real elf army. Everyone, activate all your equipment."
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When night fell, Tribune Jiawen Alvarez once again stood under the giant tree transplanted from the Sacred Forest, silently looking at the burning port.
The few remaining ships in the port were burning, and together with the burning forts, the night sky was illuminated red.
The enemy's main force is being cleared. In the hinterland of the Taiping Dao countries far away from the Intetra Sea. Red Free Army uniforms filled the streets, and the giant trees in the Sacred Forest, which were more than a hundred years old, burned one by one - which meant that the detachments and personal guards of the local nobles who were stationed there were uprooted one by one.
The Free Army even captured the local slave market and armed these people as cannon fodder.
¡ª¡ªThat¡¯s because they have given up their plan to use their own people to capture the Governor¡¯s Palace today. The counterattack of the Jiawen organization left a deep and indelible impression on those Free Army soldiers: Elf soldiers with decades of experience are more dangerous opponents than the self-proclaimed royalists around Intre.
But the Shengsen Army also paid a huge price.
"Tribune Alvarez. I now agree with your plan: this may be our last chance to evacuate ahem."
The female governor of Jiawen Feigna has been holding on to the huge tree in the governor's palace with her hands, coughing out blood from time to time. Every time she coughed, this giant tree would drop some yellow or red leaves, as if she was back in the autumn of the Holy Forest.
But in the warm and humid Taiping countries, there should be no autumn. Every breath the elder takes is draining the life of this giant tree through the power of natural magic.
Jiawen Alvarez remained silent. She was aware of the Governor's injuries. As a Saint Forest veteran and a high-level user of natural magic, when the army was at a disadvantage, the Governor tried to use his own power to lead an elite attack on the enemy commanders.
But she failed to rush over. Jiawen didn't know the specific battle process, but under the colonial governor's brocade robe, there were several almost fatal gunshot wounds and a completely incurable sword wound. Jiawen had heard that the young commander of the Free Army seemed to have captured a magic sword that once belonged to the emperor.
"I'm sorry to be the governor who lost this city. You can leave with the remaining people and wait until our fleet comes back. This is my governor's scepter, and I can't let it be captured."
Like most elves, Jiawen Alvarez is not good at expressing emotions. Even on such an occasion, she could only squeeze out a few tears from her eyes.
"Then I will lead the army to break out."
The female tribune just replied, took the scepter, put it on her waist, turned and left.
She gathered the remaining colonial troops in the square of the Governor's Palace and broke out to the east.
Of course, the Free Army failed to stop them - or they simply didn't want to stop them, nor did they want to pursue them.
The elven army did not march very far, but set up camp on a hill with water in the east, reviewing the day's losses.
There used to be more than a thousand regular troops and an equal number of local auxiliary detachments. More than half of the colonial army's Jiawenfeigna detachment has been damaged, and the auxiliary detachment has been completely wiped out. The other half of the "army" in Jiawen's hands is just a ragtag group that lost everything in the Free Army's raid. It may not be as good as the average level of the opposite Free Army, let alone compared with the Shengsen Army, which is known for its rich experience and a small number of elites. .
"But we should have caused at least the same amount of damage to the opponent."
Looking at Jiawen Feige¡¯s huge tree in the Governor¡¯s Mansion that was starting to burn, Jiawen summoned her most trusted officers with the purest blood and issued the next order.
"We need to find the Taiping Dao official here and tell him that we intend to provide reinforcements and return the city to them."
The crowd was noisy. Want to abandon this huge colony that has been built for more than a hundred years?
"I know you have many opinions. However, it is better to return this land to Taiping Daoguo than to let the enemy build it into its own port. The Big Red Fleet will never get here, even if it will be burned to the ground! "
Jiawen Alvarez looked at the city with her name with stern eyes, and took out the famous assassin she had received when she visited the official this week.
Even if she gave this city to the people of Taiping Road, she would not just admit defeat. She, Jiawen Alvarez, would rather be Jiawen Figna's destroyer.
¡°The Taiping Dao official here sounds like he has a pretty high level, the great guardian of the End¡ I hope he has enough troops to mobilize.¡±
The title of the film is tattooed with the words "Guozhou Prefect" (g
Eatgua
dianofendingland) four oriental characters.
"Let's go! Go to the state governance of these local Taoist people!"
So, a team consisting of hundreds of elves, honorary elves, quasi-elves, half-elves, sub-elves and hundreds of refugees who had no relationship with the elves set out.
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