Chapter 423 Cloud Sea Slave Catching Group

Time has entered August, autumn has arrived, the sweltering heat has passed, and the Harland Territory has begun to slowly cool down, but the large-scale rainfall in the eastern region has still not ended. Just when Richard and the top leaders of the territory were busy with disaster relief, the Heihe River estuary However, nearby Sutton and Silver faced a battle.

Sutton came to set up camp near the mouth of the Black River in January. It has been about half a year now and he has gradually established a firm foothold.

In the past six months, Sutton met three elven tribes and saw more than 50 elves, large and small.

With the arrival of the legendary professional Sylph, several scattered elven tribes decided to surrender to Sylph and migrated near the mouth of the Black River.

The elves in the East Coast Province of Harland are all fugitive slaves who have left their homes. They were all captured by slave groups in the Eastern Continent, either because of storms or because their ships ran aground, and they escaped to the East Coast Province by chance.

Because of the harsh living environment, the elves all want to find a strong backer, hoping to be protected and avoid the fate of becoming slaves again.

The reason Sutton and Sylph did not return to the core of the territory was because they hoped to find other elven tribes and conquer them one by one to increase the tribe's heritage.

According to the information they have, there are more than 300 elves operating in the East Coast Province. If they can conquer all these elves, Sylph will have a medium-sized elven tribe under her command.

This new tribe will be larger than the Dawnglow tribe.

The Chenhui Tribe from which Sylph was born is only a small tribe in the Eastern Continent, with only more than a hundred elves in total and not even a Tree of Life sapling.

One day in early August, Sylph was about to contact a newly discovered elf tribe when she suddenly received information from Drifen that a large magic ship was preparing to land in the southern part of the East Coast Province.

There are four bipedal dragon knights in the Sutton and Silver detachments. Their main task is to monitor enemies appearing in coastal areas. In the past six months, Drifen has discovered three small and medium-sized magic ships operating along the coast of the East Coast Province, searching for traces of elves and preparing to enter the East Coast Province to capture slaves.

There are many elite slave-catching teams in these magic ships. They also have an aerial reconnaissance unit, which is basically a magic ship equipped with a small number of gryphons.

Because of the frequent fighting, the flying dragon knight has been exposed to the sight of the slave catching group.

The Flying Dragon Knights are the iconic unit of the Duke of Harland. With Richard's expeditions in the north and south in recent years, the nearby nobles have become aware of it. The Coastal Slave Catching Group actually knew that the highland forests in the coastal areas were already the territory of the Harland family.

However, the Harland family does not have strong maritime power, and the slave-catching group's magic ships still come and leave whenever they want. Because the coastal defense is in vain, relying on Richard's false reputation cannot scare these lawless people at all.

In the past six months, the team of flying dragon knights led by Drifen had fought against the gryphon knights who had gone deep into the mainland more than ten times, killing nine gryphon knights and capturing four gryphons alive.

The air power of the three small and medium-sized magic ships could not defeat the bipedal dragon knights, and they were unable to conduct reconnaissance in the air. It was difficult to find the elven tribe, and they had to evacuate from this sea area in the end.

Unexpectedly, after a while, another large magic ship came, with more than thirty gryphon cavalry on board.

Although the flying dragons were powerful, they were no match for the gryphons whose number was ten times greater. Seeing that the situation was not good, Drifen had no choice but to retreat decisively and ask for reinforcements from the rear.

Sylph also had the experience of being captured by a slave group, and she knew very well that a large magic ship had an armed force of between 300 and 1,000 people.

The members of the slave-catching group are basically professionals, and the leaders of large-scale slave-catching groups are even legendary masters. The ship not only has aerial reconnaissance forces, but also sets magic traps and is equipped with many magic crossbows.

It is very difficult to attack a large magic ship head-on. Even if you are promoted to legend, there is still a possibility of failure. Unless you continue to request reinforcements from the headquarters, draw good players from all over the territory, and concentrate your efforts, you can succeed.

Sylph opened a map, pointed to the landing point of the large magic ship and asked: "Are there any elven tribe activities in this place?"

Signis, who is responsible for liaison with other elven tribes, shook her head and said: "This area is close to the Marquis of Allen. Occasionally, humans enter to chop wood and hunt. Although the climate is milder, there will be no elven tribe activities. As far as I know, The elves are mainly active in the central and northern parts of the East Coast Province. There is almost no human activity in this area, so the elves can survive.”

"Send people to inform these elven tribes that a large magic ship has appeared nearby, asking them to be careful of the griffons in the sky. I am going to attract the enemies to the mouth of the Black River and annihilate them all near the mouth of the Black River. Drifen, please send someone to notify them immediately Duke Richard, please send a group of good soldiers to reinforce us."

The straight-line distance from the mouth of the Black River to the Viscounty of Sutton is about 400 kilometers. The bipedal flying dragon can fly about 120 kilometers per hour, and it only takes four hours to fly to the Double Star Castle.

However, a large flying monster like a wyvern can only fly for a maximum of three or four hours with people on board before it needs to eat and rest. The average detection radius of a day is actually only three to four hundred kilometers. The daily flying distance basically does not exceed 800 kilometers.

Although the gryphon flies faster, its power is far inferior to that of the wyvern. Especially after carrying people, it can fly up to about 500 kilometers a day. After all, adding hundreds of kilograms of weight to the back is also a heavy burden for the flying monster.

After the Lion Duck landed at the Twin Star Castle, Soros immediately dispatched the Lion Duck Cavalry to deliver the message to Richard.

After receiving Sylph's letter for help, Richard made a very decisive decision and immediately mobilized the Lion Duck Knights and Wyvern Knights in the territory to serve as the first echelon.

Then he selected elite troops from the entire army and took the magic hot air balloon to serve as the second echelon.

In just one and a half days, fifty Wyvern Knights and eighty-six Lion Ducks appeared near the mouth of the Black River.

Two days later, the magic hot air balloon troops also grasped the wind direction and arrived at the designated battlefield on time.

This time, Richard selected a lot of good players to fight against the slave-catching group. Especially the Harland Mage Association, which had about 200 formal members participating in the battle. Even Wendy, who was pregnant for half a year, repeatedly requested to participate in this battle.

Although Richard brought not many reinforcements, a total of only 500 people, they were all elite players of Harland. Among the reinforcements, there are fifty wyvern knights and eighty-six lion-duck cavalrymen. The combat power of the magic beasts alone is very strong.

The wyvern knights are carefully selected from the entire territory. Each of them is a professional above the middle level. There are six squad leaders of the sixth level. The combat power of fifty wyvern knights is more than one level higher than that of a magic beast cavalry brigade. After all, it is difficult for twenty magic beast cavalrymen to defeat a high-level magic beast, not to mention that there are equally powerful riders on the back of the wyvern.

The lion-duck cavalrymen are also good players. They are basically third-level professionals with more than ten years of military service. Not only are they very strong in combat, but their archery level is above the third level. They are very experienced and difficult to train.

The remaining soldiers riding the magic hot air balloon are basically magicians and professional soldiers, with a total of 350 people.

With the addition of 500 reinforcements, there are already more than 1,000 soldiers near the mouth of the Black River, including more than 900 soldiers in Harland, all of whom are carefully selected from the entire territory. There are more than 50 elves that Sylph has conquered, equipped with enchanted crossbows brought from Harland, and they are also considered elite soldiers.

The reinforcements have arrived. After Richard and Sylph discussed, they decided to lure the enemy to attack and place the battlefield in the middle of the East Coast Province, near the Black River estuary.

Since it has been decided to lure the enemy, Harland’s flying troops cannot be easily used to avoid exposing their strength.

Because Harland concealed its combat intentions, the lion ducks of the Yunhai Slave Catching Group in the sky became the overlords of this airspace.

The lion ducks kept flying at low altitude, and the elf tribes hidden in the forest could not hide at all. These elves had no choice but to slowly converge and choose to surrender to Sylph.

Although many elves are conservative and unwilling to submit to human lords. They are very dissatisfied with Sylph mixing with humans and are unwilling to bow to Sylph. But the external environment forces them to rely on Sylph.

Otherwise, if they are caught by the slave-catching group, male elves will become slave warriors, and the fate of female elves will be even more tragic, becoming reproductive tools of the nobles and collective sex slaves.

Before the decisive battle with the slave-catching group, more than ten elf tribes came to join Sylph, with a total of about 230 people.

The remaining elf tribes are all in the northern part of the East Coast Province, far away from the battlefield, and can only be conquered after the war.

Because of the flaws deliberately revealed by Richard, the slave-catching group has discovered the stronghold that Sylph and Sutton have been operating for half a year.

The number of people in Sutton and Sylph is relatively small, and they are all elite professional troops. This stronghold has not built too many city defense fortifications, only some wooden houses have been built.

Through aerial reconnaissance, the slave-catching group has discovered that the defense fortifications of this stronghold are insufficient, and the defense force is only about 1,000 people. Although the number of defenders is twice that of the slave-catching group, Rick, the leader of the Yunhai slave-catching group, is still very confident.

The elves are gathered together, which saves the slave-catching group time to search one by one.

Rick comes from a duke family in the Kingdom of Sith.

The Kingdom of Sith is located in the south of the United Kingdom of the East Coast. It is also a country on the eastern coast of the Central Continent. In ancient times, it was the territory of Oufaran. The national strength of the Kingdom of Sith is not much different from that of the United Kingdom of the East Coast. The total population is about 35 million, but the power of this country is more concentrated and more difficult to deal with.

In addition to the royal family, the Kingdom of Sith has only two duke families and six earl families. Because of the small number of nobles, the duke family of the Kingdom of Sith is not as powerful as the Harland family, but it is far more powerful than the dukes such as Edward and Gis.

Rick is an important member of the Dukedom of Ott, the son of the previous generation of dukes, and the sixth uncle of this generation of dukes. The Yunhai Slave Catching Group he belongs to is actually the official organization of the Kingdom of Sith. The shareholders of the slave-catching group are all nobles of the Kingdom of Sith.

After being involved in the industry of capturing elf slaves, the Kingdom of Sith has earned a lot of income. After hundreds of years of development, the Kingdom of Sith has become part of the industry chain for capturing elves' slaves, and has inextricable ties with the nobles of the Holy Glorious Empire. They have purchased thirty large and small magic ships from the Holy Glorious Empire, and their maritime power is superior to that of the United Kingdom of the East Coast, and they are considered the maritime overlord of this sea area.

With the support of national power behind them, the members of the Yunhai Slave Catchers are all good players selected from the Kingdom of Sith. Each member is a professional and has a full set of enchanted armor.

Although Rick's soldiers are about 600 people, there are more than 50 high-level professionals and hundreds of magicians. Even among the large slave-catching groups in the East Continent, the Yunhai Slave Catchers are not weak.

Although Rick occasionally heard of Lord Harland's reputation at sea, Rick did not think that this legendary duke would appear here. After all, he only went ashore to capture elves and had no intention of invading the territory of the Harland family. Duke Harland had already made many enemies, so there was no need to offend the nobles of the Kingdom of Sith.

Although Rick's idea was good, it was more in line with the thinking of traditional nobles. But he did not understand Richard at all. Richard was very courageous. As long as there was interest, he was not afraid of offending the so-called nobles of the Kingdom of Sith.

The Duke of Harland was very far away from the Kingdom of Sith. Could the Kingdom of Sith send troops to attack the Duke of Harland from 1,800 kilometers away?

Even if the Kingdom of Sith sent a large army to land in the East Coast Province and set up military stations and grain storage points in the uninhabited East Coast Province, the Duke of Harland would be waiting for them to tire themselves out. The 100,000 or 80,000 Sith Kingdom troops were no match at all.

If they attack from south to north, it will take years for the Kingdom of Sith and the United Kingdom of the East Coast to coordinate their positions. Besides, the Dukedom of Harland Territory still has the Kingdom of Grant as a human shield in the south. As long as they delay for a few years, according to the current development speed of Harland Territory, its strength will be completely changed in a few years. Even if the two countries join forces to attack, they will not be the opponent of Harland Territory.

Rick underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. The soldiers of the Yunhai Slave Catchers fell into the trap set by Richard. They just appeared near the Black River estuary stronghold. The two-legged dragons, lion knights, and magic hot air balloon teams hidden in the stronghold flew high into the sky.

Facing the flying troops of Harland Territory, the lion knights on a large magic ship were no match at all.

Although the lion knights of the Yunhai Slave Catchers fought desperately, they could not avoid the fate of being killed and shot down in the end.

After all, there were too many flying troops in Harland. Thirty lion ducks were far from being the opponents of fifty wyvern knights, and they had to face more than eighty lion ducks and hundreds of magic hot air balloons to chase and intercept.

Enemies were everywhere, and the flying troops of the Yunhai Slave Catchers had no chance of survival after falling into the trap prepared by Harland.

The air battle lasted less than half an hour, and all the lion duck knights of the Yunhai Slave Catchers were killed. In the battle, Harland also captured fourteen adult lion ducks. Together with the captures of Driffin and his men in the previous battles, the number of lion ducks captured by Harland this year increased by eighteen.

In recent years, Harland has been very lucky. Last year, a group of lion ducks were captured in the west of the Eagle Mountains, and this year, eighteen were captured in battle. Now the Grant royal family has more than eighty lion ducks, and with this batch of captured lion ducks, Harland has raised one hundred and forty lion ducks. The two families had more than 220 lion ducks in total.

However, there were only 160 adult lion ducks capable of fighting, of which 104 were in Harland and 56 were in the Grant royal family.