Chapter 567 568. First Battle
Sailing eastward from the exit of the Yangtze Fjord for about ten nautical miles, there is an L-shaped island.
This island is like a mountain peak emerging from the deep sea. There are no shoals or island groups around the island. The island is almost entirely surrounded by cliffs with a height of 100 meters. There are a large number of white-headed bird nests on these cliffs, which are 100 meters high. On top of the cliff is a flaky mountain peak shaped like a blade.
Although there are no trees on the mountain peaks, they are covered with a thick layer of Stipa grass. A kind of short shrubs grows in the gaps between some rocks. On these shrubs, red fruits as big as the fingernails of your little fingers grow. These red fruits are edible. It tastes sour and astringent, and is slightly toxic. If you eat too much, your mouth will become numb and drool will flow from the corners of your mouth.
But this small red fruit is one of the favorite foods of white-headed birds.
The diet of white-headed birds is relatively complex. They can eat the seeds of Stipa grass and also like to eat spring fish in the sea, but they prefer the core of the red fruit on the island.
The Silver Moon Elf Knights of the Second Silver Pegasus Knights stood on the gentle slope of the mountain on the north side of the island. There was no way to set up a tent here. The Silver Moon Elf Knights dragged their tired bodies and got into sleeping bags fixed on the grass. They had half a day to take a good rest.
The fifth and sixth silver Pegasus Knights arrived in time to help, which relieved their bad mood a lot.
Those silver Pegasus are also on the grassy slopes, gnawing on the Stipa grass on the mountain.
Nearly three thousand Silver Moon Elf guards are distributed on the top of the island's 100-meter-high cliff, always monitoring the fleet of Gray Dwarf bandits at sea...
Waves continued to hit the cliff below, and a large number of broken medium-sized sailing ships piled up on the beach. At least half of the medium-sized sailing ships were reduced to ashes in the fire. The burned wreckage of the medium-sized sailing ships was scattered into pieces of charred shipboards, floating on the seashore. On the sea near the edge of the island.
Huge waves hit the charred wood against the rocks, and some of the connected planks were quickly broken apart.
When the Silver Moon Elf Guard Group and Logistics Transport Team were attacked by the gray dwarf bandit fleet, it was just before dawn. At that time, the Silver Moon Elf elves hurriedly evacuated to this peak-like island, and it was the Silver Pegasus knights. He flew to the top of the cliff first and hung down the ladders, allowing the Silver Moon Elf guards to abandon the ship and climb up the rope ladder to the island a hundred meters high.
The material transport team carried a large amount of military supplies, and the supplies moved to the island were not even one-third of the total supplies.
All medium-sized sailing ships were abandoned on the steep rocky beaches around the island...
However, the soldiers of the Silver Moon Elf Guard Corps abandoned ship and landed on the island immediately, and all of them survived.
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Gray dwarf bandits appeared in Sheephorn Fjord and intercepted the fleet of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion on Io Island. In fact, the local Silver Moon Elf nobles in Sheephorn Fjord received the news immediately...
It's just that the local army here has become a decoration a long time ago.
The young Silver Moon elves join the army simply because they look more handsome in their military uniforms. The security guard group of the Yangtze Fjord has not even conducted training for a long time.
It might be possible to let them ride horses as a guard of honor, but let him go out to sea in a boat to fight the gray dwarf bandits. These Silver Moon elves do not have such courage.
After the three major elven races of Dark Moon Elves, Silver Moon Elves, and Wood Elves split, the Elf Continent was divided into three. The peace on the Elf Continent has lasted for nearly 1,400 years. The Silver Moon Elves have become accustomed to the comfortable and prosperous life. In my days of enjoyment, I always feel that war is far away from us.
In fact, in the past, gray dwarf bandits would often appear in the sea outside the Yangtze Fjord. There are many islands outside the Yangtorn Fjord. These islands are dotted and extend to the depths of the Endless Sea. The Silver Moon Elves of the Yangtze Fjord have long The islands outside the Giethoorn Fjord were completely abandoned.
These local Silver Moon elves have no courage to rush out of the fjord and fight the gray dwarf bandits in the outer sea.
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Since the gray dwarves' hometown was invaded by the dark forces of the Abyss, the defeated gray dwarf bandits could only leave their homes and take a boat to go south.
Although the gray dwarf pirates have occupied many islands in the sea west of the Mensa Plain, some gray dwarf bandits feel that this sea area is too close to their hometown, and the dark forces of the Abyss can kill them at any time.
They continued southward by sea, and after crossing the Mensa Plain, they arrived at St. Margaret's Port in the Evernight Forest of the Dark Moon Elf Kingdom.
Unfortunately, the Dark Moon elves stationed at St. Margaret's Port gave the gray dwarf bandits a head-on attack.
The gray dwarf bandits could only make a big circle in the endless sea, continue sailing north, and reach the outer sea of the Silver Moon Elf territory.
They first arrived at the waters of the Yangtze Fjord. Although there were many islands in this waters, there were no large islands.
The Silver Moon Elf ships that the gray dwarf bandit warships encountered in the waters near the Sheephorn Fjord could not even be said to be broken at first sight. When the Silver Moon elves saw the gray dwarf bandit's sailing ship from a distance, they would immediately hide back in the Sheephorn Fjord.
This display of weakness by the silver moon elves in Sheephorn Fjord greatly inflated the confidence of the gray dwarf bandits. They felt that the silver moon elves were just a group of soft-footed shrimps...
At this time, a group of gray dwarf bandits happened to find the Queen Evenni Islands.
The islands in this sea area are very dense, and there are two large islands that are very suitable for gray dwarf life. So after some investigation, the gray dwarf bandits began to plot how to seize the Queen Egwene Islands.
But what these gray dwarf bandits didn't understand was that stationed on the Queen Igwene Islands was the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom.
They were defeated in the Queen Egwene Islands, and a large number of powerful gray dwarf fleets retreated directly along the outer sea to the waters of the Horde Orcs.
But there are also some gray dwarves who hide in many islands outside the Sheephorn Fjord.
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Port Mulayaki in Sheephorn Fjord is the northernmost seaport of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom.
One hundred kilometers sailing north from here is the border between the Silver Moon Elves and the Dark Moon Elves - the Villanoz Mountains.
The Villanoz Mountains lie between the Evernight Forest and the Whispering Forest. In fact, Golfito is a canyon in the southern part of the Villanoz Mountains.
The Silver Moon Elves and Dark Moon Elves regard the Veranoz Mountains as a buffer zone. The Silver Moon Elves can operate in the southern area of the mountains, while the Dark Moon Elves operate in the northern areas of the mountains. Neither side has established towns or villages in the Veranoz Mountains. village.
The Villanoz Mountains are a disputed place between Dark Moon Elves and Silver Moon Elves.
Due to the sparse population of Silver Moon elves, most of the islands outside the Yangtze Fjord are desert islands. Almost all the Silver Moon elves here live in the city of Mulayaki in the fjord.
Gray dwarf bandits occupied some islands with independent water sources outside the Sheephorn Fjord.
They appeared here not to plunder the island’s resources, but to tell the local Silver Moon elves: ‘We are here and we want to live here. ’
The gray dwarf bandits took the initiative to attack the Silver Moon Elf ships because they wanted to show the Silver Moon elves how powerful the gray dwarf bandits were.
The supply fleet of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion and the Silver Pegasus Knights appeared in the Sheephorn Fjord. The gray dwarf bandits mistakenly thought that this was an active attack by the Silver Moon Elf army, and they were preparing to clear out the islands outside the Sheephorn Fjord. Duergar bandits.
The gray dwarf bandits never thought that this Silver Pegasus Knights were actually preparing to go to Golfito, and they had no idea that gray dwarf bandits were still active here.
Under such a situation, the gray dwarf bandits gathered more than a hundred three-masted sailing ships and blocked the supply fleet of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion outside the Sheephorn Fjord. If the Second Silver Pegasus Knights had not seen the gray dwarf bandit fleet in advance, this supply fleet might not have had time to retreat to Io Island, and would have been intercepted by the gray dwarf bandit fleet at sea...
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Departing from the port of Mulayaki, the local Silver Moon Elf noble forces in the Yangtze Fjord assembled nearly three hundred medium-sized sailing ships. The fleet sailed along the northern coastline of the Yangtze Fjord to the exit of the fjord.
Earl Macaulay stood on a medium-sized sailing ship, and Viscount Fellac beside him looked pale, and the smile on his face felt like he was crying...
This morning, he was dragged out of Countess Strassar's bed by a group of elven guards, and tied naked to the wooden post where the horse was tied outside Count Strasser's house. His body was wrapped with thorns and vines. At that time, he was still facing The elf guards who whipped him shouted:
‘What could be wrong with an upright Silver Moon Elf in pursuit of love and freedom? Why don’t you send me to the trial court! ’
As the deputy head of the Security Guards, Viscount Felek has a delicate appearance that is more feminine than that of a woman. His skin is as delicate and smooth as milk. It didn’t take a day for him to hook up with Countess Stasa. It's been two days.
In the past, dates were always held when Count Strasser was out, but last night, Count Strasser held a grand ball in the city hall to welcome Count Macaulay of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion.
After the ball, Viscount Felek heard that Count Strasa was going to spend the night at his lover's house, so he sneaked into Count Strasa's house...
As much as I enjoyed my sleep last night, I felt so miserable when I woke up in the morning.
Viscount Felek was tied to the wooden post where the horse was tied, and his whole body was pricked painfully and itchyly by the poisonous thorns of the thorn vines. He had to be whipped all the time, but he was surrounded by Silver Moon elves who were watching the fun. In order to To avoid beating Viscount Felek to death, Count Stasa would ask the elf guards to give Viscount Felek a glass of life sap every once in a while.
The potion of life was poured directly onto Viscount Felleck's body one spoon at a time.
After receiving the news, the family behind Viscount Felek quickly tried to rescue Viscount Felek through various channels.
After communicating with many parties, Viscount Felek put on the standard armor even though he was covered in wounds, and personally led the Mulayaki security guard group to go to sea by boat...
‘Where is this place to go to fight! This is obviously to die. ’
Viscount Felek, whose face was full of bitterness, kept crying in his heart.
Count Macaulay, deputy commander of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion, stood on the deck with an intriguing smile on his face.
As soon as the fleet sailed out of the Sheephorn Fjord, they saw a dense fleet of Gray Dwarf bandits on the sea crowded around Io Island. The Silver Moon Elf Guards only had medium-sized sailing ships. Although there were many of them, such ships were loaded with In front of the ballista's three-masted ship, it was simply vulnerable.
Viscount Felek was as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cave. Life was so beautiful, and he didn't want to die so early.
The fleet of medium-sized sailing ships stopped at the outlet of the Giethoorn Fjord and stopped taking another step forward.
Count Macaulay was also startled when he saw the gray dwarf bandit fleet.
I originally thought that the naval battle on the Queen Egwene Islands would definitely severely weaken the strength of those gray dwarf bandits, but I didn't expect that there are so many pirates in the Sheephorn Fjord now.
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Fifth, the Six Silver Pegasus Knights are flying in mid-air. The arrows they shoot at high altitudes are difficult to hit the gray dwarf bandits on the three-masted sailboat. Once they ride the Silver Pegasus close to the sailboat, they will immediately be attacked by the crossbows on the ship. The set fire.
After several rounds of attempts, the Silver Pegasus knights did not dare to swoop down easily and shoot the gray dwarf bandits on the ship.
More than a hundred three-masted sailing ships surrounded Io Island, and the gray dwarf bandits began to take advantage of the rising tide to prepare to forcefully land on the island.
A group of gray dwarves with barrel helmets on their heads and full heavy armor climbed onto the landing craft from the three-masted sailboat. They wore very exaggerated shoulder armor. After more than thirty landing craft were filled with gray dwarf bandits, these landing craft Then he rushed towards Io Island.
The Silver Moon Elf warriors on the island's cliff suddenly became nervous.
When the gray dwarf bandits rushed to the bottom of the island in a landing craft, they immediately hid in the recessed area of the island's rock wall, where they could effectively avoid rolling stones falling from the high cliffs.
When the Silver Pegasus Knights saw the gray dwarf bandits trying to forcefully land on the island, they finally took out some flying spears burning with flames and threw them at the three-masted sailing ship of the gray dwarf bandit fleet.
The gray dwarf bandits adjusted the ship-borne crossbow to the maximum elevation angle, used medium-sized crossbows with increased range, and aimed at the Silver Pegasus knight in mid-air...
The war seemed to break out suddenly. The sails of several three-masted sailboats were thrown into flames by the flaming spears, and their sails suddenly burst into flames.
The long-range crossbow arrows fired from the three-masted sailboat also aimed at several Silver Pegasus knights. Some Silver Pegasus knights held iris shields and leaned over to block the crossbow arrows.
There are also some Silver Pegasus knights who did not notice the flying crossbow arrows. The crossbow arrows penetrated the wings of the Silver Pegasus, and the Silver Pegasus immediately stumbled down from the sky...
Nine magic airships slowly descended from the clouds, just in time to see the melee between the Silver Pegasus Knights and the gray dwarf bandit fleet.
Several mixed-blood elf warriors stood on the roof of the magic airship holding the horns of the one-horned bison, and blew the low horns almost at the same time.
'Woooooooo...'
The low voice spread throughout the battlefield, and all the elf warriors looked toward the clouds.
Miss Christine was riding a silver Pegasus and also standing on the deck of a magic airship.
Roy kept giving instructions to the captains of each magic airship, asking them to use the propulsion device to adjust the magic airship's floating position, and then personally lifted the rainproof cloth of a ship-borne ballista...
In an instant, all thirty-six ship-borne ballistae on the magic airship were exposed to the sun.
Roy stuck a magic crossbow arrow about one and a half meters long in the arrow slot, and then began to adjust the shooting angle...
"Get ready! Put..."
Roy controlled the ship-borne crossbow and fired a magic crossbow.
After the magic crossbow arrow flew out, ice crystals continued to condense around it, and a shiny tail even appeared at the end of the crossbow arrow. Unfortunately, Roy's shot was too far away, and the magic crossbow arrow fell into the sea. The moment it fell into the sea, the crossbow arrow All the ice crystals attached to it shattered, and an ice crystal with a diameter of more than one meter formed on the sea surface in an instant.
Subsequently, more than thirty magic crossbow arrows were shot out from the magic airship one after another, and almost all of them were shot into the sea...
This made the gray dwarf bandits on the three-masted sailboat burst into laughter.
(End of chapter)