Chapter 503 Battle of the King’s Capital (Part 1)

"Your Highness, there is a team stationed in the dock area," Lightning Hui, who is responsible for monitoring the enemy's situation, reported. "The number is about a hundred people, and they look like militiamen."

"Only a hundred people?" Roland was a little surprised. It was not surprising that Tifeko would set up defenses at the suburban dock. The huge fleet sailed all the way through Chishui City and Silver Light City, and it was bound to be noticed by interested people. Although the speed of steamships is much faster than that of sailing ships, and it takes only five days to complete the latter's one-week journey, it is still not as good as the messengers who continuously change horses and work around the clock, let alone carrier pigeons - if The new king's spies used carrier pigeons to deliver the news, and Tifeko could receive the news about two or three days in advance.

However, it is surprising that the opponent only sent a hundred people to defend the pier. According to Roland's assumption, the first battle should start near the pier. In order to prevent his troops from landing smoothly, crossbowmen and musketeers will be deployed on both sides of the river. It was even possible to set up trebuchets, which is why he built river gunboats before the spring offensive. The efficiency of water transportation is far higher than that of land march, but it also has the disadvantages of limited docking and easy ambush in advance. With the ability to attack land, he can easily defeat the enemy's ambush and open up a safe landing site.

The opponent seemed to have given up the "huge advantage" of attacking halfway across the sea, which was correct in terms of results, but it was unjustifiable in theory - Tifeko could not have known the range and power of the 152mm naval gun.

Thinking of this, Roland called Sylvie over, "Do the militiamen carry madness pills with them?"

Sylvie summoned the magic eyes and watched for a while, "I didn't find anything like meatballs. Some of them are not even equipped with weapons, but... there seems to be something strange in the ground."

"In the field?"

"They buried some things underground... There are also some on the dock," Sylvie frowned, "They are earthen jars and wooden barrels... containing black and gray powder."

"Is this... gunpowder?" Nightingale couldn't help but said.

"I see, it makes sense," Roland pretended to be relaxed. "The militia team of a hundred people is just a bait sent by Tifeko to attract our attention. The real purpose is to let us seize this rare opportunity." If we have the opportunity to land on the shore, capture the pier, then detonate gunpowder and send us into the sky together with the pier.”

Although he said it easily, he didn't think so in his heart. This tactic similar to ancient mine warfare was indeed a good plan. Even if he saw the clues, he would still have to get off the ship - since he chose water transportation, the dock was a must. After passing through the road, Tifeike obviously realized this. It's just that he didn't plan to defend head-on, but instead secretly set up an ambush to catch himself off guard. If it weren't for Sylvie, he might have suffered a big loss.

However, since it was discovered in advance, it is still easy to solve. Without wireless detonation technology, Tifeko would inevitably arrange ignition personnel near the buried gunpowder barrels, as long as they were eliminated in advance. No matter what, the dock must be preserved, otherwise it will be difficult to transport artillery and ammunition to land.

Under Sylvie's careful observation, Roland discovered two suspected ignition points. One was located in a shack beside the dock, with an iron pipe underground leading to the nearest gunpowder barrel, and the other was in a warehouse on the dock. What the two have in common is that they both have moving lightless black holes caused by the Stone of Retaliation.

After discussing the results with Iron Ax, the battle plan was quickly finalized.

First, Nightingale sneaked into the warehouse, quietly killed the person who started the fire, and guarded the door to prevent possible substitutes from breaking in and igniting the gunpowder. Then use naval guns to destroy the shack, even if it causes an early detonation underground, it doesn't matter - as long as the dock is safe and sound.

Leaning against the wall stacks on the west wall of the royal capital, Knight Weimars with a steel heart raised his lookout glass and observed the movement on the canal.

The slender canal is like a sparkling golden ribbon, shuttling through the brown and white wilderness. Most of the snow has melted away, revealing the tender green of the earth. That is the sprouting of grass and proof of the recovery of all things - like this The scenery is so pleasing to the eye no matter when you admire it. The only thing that didn't fit in was the streaks of black smoke floating above the canal.

That was the fleet of the rebel king Roland Wimbledon.

Unexpectedly, he actually dared to attack the royal capital.

This made Weimars feel funny, but also gave him a hint of admiration.

Since its establishment, this capital has never been attacked once in more than two hundred years. Any enemy will lose the courage to attack after seeing its majestic bluestone walls. Not everyone has the courage to compete in the enemy's most advantageous venue.

At least not His Majesty Tifeco Wimbledon.

It's a pity that the other party is your enemy.

A knight obeys the glory. As the guardian knight of the royal capital, he is given the responsibility to defend the capital, and he must fulfill his responsibility to the end.

"Sir, the rebel king's fleet is here!" A guard ran up to the city.

"Don't yell, I've seen it a long time ago," Weimars put down the observation glass and spat, "Give me the order, the first cavalry team and the second cavalry team are on standby behind the city gate. As for the group of mercenaries, let's They just need to follow the cavalry closely, and don't pee their pants when the gunpowder explodes. In addition, the oil pan will also burn, although I don't think they have the ability to touch this wall."

The surrounding knights suddenly burst into laughter.

According to the predetermined plan, when the rebel forces occupy the pier, the flag will be waved on the city wall. At this time, the powerful snow powder buried near the pier will be detonated, which will definitely cause heavy losses to the opponent and cause chaos. At this time, open the city gate and launch a cavalry charge to seal the victory.

"Those country bumpkins in the Western Region probably think that the Royal Capital is just like their most magnificent Longsong Fortress, and they can capture it with just a wooden ladder," Iron Feather Knight Skaar agreed, "I think you can save these firewood and bring the Go home and burn it.”

"Just be prepared." What a fool, Jazz thought to himself. Even if boiling oil and rolling stones are useless, he still has to put them out for His Majesty Tifeko to see - because the enemy can't attack and just deal with it casually. This kind of thing The mentality of being careless and underestimating the enemy will sooner or later be kicked out of the Knights of the Royal City by His Majesty.

He raised the lookout glass again and saw that the sailless boat at the front of the fleet had broken away from the team and was heading towards the dock alone. The black flames emerging from its head could be seen from miles away. There were no oars on the side, and it was unclear how it moved. But these are irrelevant, no matter how weird the ship is, it cannot go ashore to fight.

The ship gradually slowed down and finally stopped slowly on the other side of the pier.

"What do they want to do?" Skal raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do they want to land on the other side of the river? Couldn't it be that a militia team of hundreds of people scared His Highness the Rebel King?"

Weimars was also quite surprised. Most people would have occupied the pier as soon as possible when they saw that the defense of the pier was so weak. He opened his mouth and was about to say something when a ball of fire suddenly lit up at the front of the strange ship.

——The orange-red flame heart is like the new dawn.