In the dark night, more than 700 people fled, including nearby militia patrols and nearby knights. The noble attendants conveyed the news to the surroundings. At around 9 o'clock in the night, two cavalrymen quickly ran into the city of Cape Watch. Viscount Lulinsen, the lord of Cape Seawatch City, hurriedly rushed to the city defense general Tutus and the navy general Makar and others stationed inside.
In the large hall, more than ten people were discussing intensely.
"Viscount, I really didn't expect that the Takojian Fortress, which is so tall and strong and almost impossible to be breached, would be forcibly breached. This is incredible."
"yes!"
The city defense general Tutus raised his hand with a stern face and said: "Your Majesty the Viscount, I think we must modify our plan. We have also seen the power of the bronze cannon before, and now listening to the reports of several knights who escaped, they Hundreds of artillery shells were fired in just 10 minutes, and according to observations, there were about 50 ships firing artillery. Most of the outer walls of the entire Takojian Fortress were destroyed in less than ten minutes, although they also consumed It¡¯s significant, but we don¡¯t have specific data on the bronze cannon. If they bring a fleet to attack the city of Cape Watch, our city walls will not be able to withstand their attack at all.¡±
"Yes, City Lord, you must think carefully."
Navy Admiral Makar also chimed in and said: "Their cannons are very powerful. The most powerful one can destroy our two-meter-high arrow tower bunker with just one shell. We can speculate based on the reports of these knights. Since The city wall is 5 meters thick, and the Takojian Fortress with three consecutive walls cannot withstand it. So we, with an average wall of three or four meters thick, must not be able to withstand it either."
"Duke Brant sent us a letter earlier, asking us to conserve our strength first. Waiting for our detailed work to steal the secret recipe of the bronze cannon, the two sides will attack after their technological strength is almost the same. Moreover, the third legion of Duke Brant's family and the fourth The legions have already mobilized towards our southern continent, and all we have to do is preserve our strength as much as possible. My suggestion is to abandon the city of Cape Watch and retreat to the rear."
"What?"
"Abandon Seaview!"
Viscount Lu Linsen slumped down on his chair and murmured sadly.
"Abandon Seaview!"
"Abandon Seaview!"
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After a while, Viscount Lu Linsen slowly cheered up and said with an ugly face: "What you said all makes sense. Our city wall cannot stop the attack of their army. Although it is a pity to abandon the city of Cape Watch, I have no choice but to Now that we can do this, what we need to discuss now is where to retreat?¡±
Viscount Lu Linsen opened the map with a frown, pointed at the map and said in detail: "The west, north, and east of the sea route have been blocked by the Elantra navy, near our city. There are at least 10 ships under close surveillance. We, the small boats in our city, can¡¯t escape at all.¡±
"On land, our strategic point to the west, the Takojian Fortress, has been captured. Their navy and army will definitely set up sentries in the coastal areas and near the Vico Mountains relying on this stronghold. Our straight-line retreat to the west is also very unreliable. .¡±
"Yes!"
The city defense general Tutus looked at the map and said seriously and quickly: "So it is really difficult to transport the gold, silver and jewelry in our city to a safe place. Our retreat is temporary, and its purpose is to win the war. , our army can gradually retreat from the southwest along the surrounding noble fiefdoms towards the large central city of Tamira near us. When we arrive here, the soldiers along the road and the surrounding small nobles and small towns will unite, and wait until we After possessing overwhelming enough strength, we will fight against the Elant army. As long as we win the war, our cities and fiefdoms will still be ours."
"On the contrary, if we know clearly that we are no match for them and still insist on defending here, we will lose our troops and our generals. When we wait for the successful counterattack in the city in the future, we will not have enough power to deter those despicable people who covet our wealth."
"ah!"
Lu Linsen nodded nervously and made a painful decision: "Then after the meeting is over, we will move immediately and evacuate overnight. The jewels that cannot be taken away will be buried in some secret underworld, waiting to be dug out someday."
"Very good!"
"Your Excellency, the Viscount, is right."
¡°We are very supportive.¡±
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Some frightened noble army commanders nodded and said happily.
Viscount Lu Linsen glanced at the happy officers and nobles in despair, raised his hands with a frown, and said seriously: "Then everyone should go home and prepare from now on! Let's gather 500 cavalry escorts first.Our previous convoy waited until the army was leaving at about three o'clock in the morning, and finally waited until the early morning to withdraw all the elite troops, leaving 400 militiamen to do occasional work. "
"Um!"
Tutus said with a stern face: "I will issue an order now to let our elite troops guard the city gate. During this period, no one is allowed to go out. At the same time, we will send people to maintain order. We will tell the outside world that this is an exercise. Don't let Elantra The details reveal our specific intentions.¡±
"yes!"
"good!"
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Around the early morning of March 7, 920, the city of Cape Watch was illuminated by candlelight. One servant after another, and row after row of soldiers escorted nearly a thousand carriages, and the trailers ran towards the northwest from the west city gate. , under the order of a curfew, Elantra's spies hidden inside the city of Cape Watch were unable to figure out their intentions at all. Why protect their own property? Unprecedentedly dedicated dignitaries guard the city gates and walls overnight to transport their property. Under strict discipline and unprecedented serious cooperation, the powerful people of Cape Watch carried out the large-scale retreat carefully and carefully.
At 7 o'clock in the morning on March 7, Lin Fenghan looked at the generals, commanders, and centurions gathered together, and said seriously: "After a night of thinking and discussion, I have made the following decision."
"Leaving 100 warships and 5,000 naval forces, and commanding the Navy's Acting General Helos, the navy's main task is to investigate the surrounding sea areas, blockade the north and south continents, and all ships in the east and west directions. Traffic is prohibited during the war. At the same time, it is responsible for vigilantly attacking Bran. The Duke's fleet. The remaining 5,000 old and new naval forces are advancing with me towards Cape Watch City."
"The Army has left 1,000 urban militiamen and 2,000 newly formed rural militiamen. The 2,000 soldiers from Tablostra will also be stationed here to recuperate and recover, waiting for my dispatch at any time."
"The remaining 2,000 elite veterans and 3,000 urban soldiers are advancing with me towards Cape Watch City and nearby towns."
¡°The whole family is in their places and will be ready to leave in 30 minutes.¡±