Chapter 277 [Alliance]

As a peninsula that extends into the sea, the city of Osgilia itself is surrounded by the sea on three sides, but only on the south side is a flat beach, and on the other two are steep cliffs dozens of meters high! Under the influence of the ocean's tides, the waves that are always surging together with the dangerous reefs and the cliffs of dozens of meters have become natural barriers to the east and north of the city.

The entire Osgilia was built in such a unique environment.

In addition to the most powerful city wall on the continent to the west, another passage to enter and exit the majestic city is on the sea. The only landing point is the flat beach in the city, the inevitable city - the port terminal of Osgilia.

As a "unconquered hero city", the west wall of Osgilia is naturally famous all over the world, and similarly, the defense of the port coastline in the south is also known in this world.

Even Lantis, a maritime powerhouse with the world's most powerful navy, could only shake his head and sigh when facing the coastal defense line of this city.

Only the beach in the south of Osgilia is quite flat. This is a natural deep-water harbor with a half-moon arc of harbor. There are steep half-slope cliffs on both sides. At the estuary of this harbor, the terrain extending from both sides has a city wall built, and a two-mile sea wall was built in front of the estuary!

Such terrain makes the harbor of Osgilia seem to be in the shape of a solid funnel, and on the coast, tall looking towers were built, all of which were made of huge rocks, and the bases were even cast of iron juice, so strong that they made people's scalp numb. Along the defense line at the harbor pier, there are at least thirty such towers, looking down at the front of the harbor, and there are no blind spots in the first place.

Secondly, a large number of crossbows were arranged on these towers, which were heavy weapons specifically for attacking sea ships. Each crossbow can fire giant crossbows with a range of at least 500 meters. This kind of crossbow is powerful and can directly penetrate the hull deck and shoot with tinder oil, which can directly cause huge trauma to the sea.

At the same time, the entrance to the sea was also believed to have been built with a number of reef stakes! It is said that at the beginning of the construction of this city, in order to strengthen the defense of the sea, a group of ships loaded with a large amount of stone were even sunk on the sea surface! The seemingly calm sea surface actually had murderous intent under the water. Only after obtaining the permission of the harbor dock can one enter the harbor of Osgilia from the safe waterway under the command of the lighthouse.

Once in war, the area suitable for military landing in the harbor area is very narrow, with less than one mile of sand, and this beach is covered by high slopes, and a number of towers have been built on the slopes. Once an enemy has sent small boats to transport troops at a distance at sea to try to land, then two battalions of archers are stationed on this high ground. The range of the bows and arrows can directly cover the landing beach. If an enemy tries to transport troops from here as small boats, he will undoubtedly face a bloody massacre.

More importantly, in order to prevent the threat of strong hostile ports at sea, a small royal fleet has been stationed in the seaport area of ​​Osgilia for many years. This fleet is nominally affiliated with the Imperial Navy, but in fact, since the beginning of the founding of the army, it has been firmly controlled by the royal family, and the fleet generals of all generations have been the most loyal candidates for the royal family.

This fleet is not large in size, with only two thousand navy units and more than ten small and medium-sized warships - although not large in size, they are enough to meet the defense of the harbor. Anyway, the only thing that needs to be defended is the narrow area of ​​the safe waterway at the entrance of the sea, which is enough for this small fleet. Moreover, half of the warships in this small fleet are new warships produced by the Landis, which the royal family bought a lot of money.

The defense line on such a coastline is high and low, far and near and deep. Even many years ago, a surveillance of the Landis Empire was sent to Byzantium on the name of visits between the two countries. After observing this maritime defense line with his own eyes in Osgilia, he couldn't help but sigh: Even if such a defense line is given to me the best fleet in the kingdom, if you want to successfully land, you may have to suppress most of the casualties.

These days, Osgilia was attacked by rebels, and the city wall area to the west was in full swing. However, the rebels were reluctant to attack Osgilia from the sea because there was such a solid line of defense. The rebels themselves did not have any military force at sea and had no intention of fighting at sea. They could only concentrate all ships and barely block them on the sea surface to achieve the goal of besieging Osgilia. However, it was impossible to attack from here. The royal fleet in the harbor was too small, with good defense, and could not go to sea to fight.

After the war, the harbor area, which was once extremely prosperous, had already become quiet. The Royal Fleet of the military port took over the original civilian dock area, and the city guard soldiers transferred to guard the coast firmly guarded the coast. Due to the blockade of the sea rebel fleet, no foreign merchant ships could enter Osgilia anyway, and some of the chambers of commerce that were originally staying in Osgilia were forced to berth in the civilian harbor. The harbor area, which was originally lively for many years, had completely stopped. Since the beginning of the war, Osgilia has entered the military control period and the harbor area.

Originally, the warehouses of some merchant groups were occupied by the military, and all useful materials were announced to be requisitioned. Of course, the chamber of commerce that had been requisitioned for ships and materials could negotiate with the central government in the city and get compensation - this decision was insisted by Prime Minister Sarenbonili. He firmly opposed the army's free requisition of the Chamber of Commerce's property in the port area. The prime minister's reason was clear: these chambers of commerce are all dead. There are prominent forces on the mainland. We cannot offend all these guys in order to win a war. Otherwise, even if we win the battlefield for a while, we will face enemies from the whole world!

Of course, the army also forcibly searched some chambers of commerce that secretly supported the power of the governors of the Tema Military Region based on intelligence. This decision was also approved by the prime minister.

Because all commercial transactions have stopped, the port city that went to the huge harbor looked deserted at this moment, and all the shops were closed, and only some defenders walked by occasionally on the road.

Only on the square of the port, the flagpole of the Empire Eagle is still flying.

Adrick and his group rushed through the entire city, and the horses rushed into the harbor area. On the way, Adrick heard the rushing warning horn from the tower on the seaside in the distance.

In the distance, the small Royal Navy fleet, several warships have already set sail, and the sailors are busy on and off the ship.

Adrick turned over and dismounted, and immediately rushed over, and saw the defenders from the Harbour District running towards him.

"What's going on?"

Adrick's expression was complicated.

"Sir, I have confirmed that it is not a rebel warship."

The person responsible for guarding the Harbour Area was a flag regiment of the City Guards, and the commander of the Royal Navy Fleet was also coming. This commander was mediocre. In fact, as far as Adrick knew, this guy's talent was mediocre. The only advantage was that he was calm and cautious by nature, but to put it nicely, he was steady; to put it bluntly, he only knew how to do things according to the rules, had more success and lacked in progress. The emperor chose such a person to command the only naval fleet controlled by the royal family, but he was attracted by this personality: this naval fleet only had limited defense areas and did not need to be aggressive, as long as he acted safely and did not make any mistakes.

Of course, more importantly, this guy is from a loyal royal aristocratic group.

The admiral walked to Adrick silently, saluted, and handed a single-tone telescope to Adrick: "Sir, please see for yourself."

Adrick frowned, strides to the high slope, and looks out over the sea.

In the distance, outside the horseshoe-shaped sea on the front of the harbor, on the vast sea, two fleets spread out on the sea surface, showing a confrontation.

There were hundreds of ships on the periphery, but most of them were small and medium-sized ships, and most of them were civilian ships. At first glance, they were a mob recruited temporarily, and the flags were mixed, which obviously belonged to those rebels.

The other fleet was obviously different. All the black ships were three-masted warships invented by the most advanced Landis. This new warship all had double decks, equipped with long-range attack crossbows and artillery. The ships were strong and the draft was obviously deep. Most importantly, there were 30 ships in this fleet, four of which were large warships, and the rest were eight medium-sized escort warships. These twelve warships made a very standard circular defense array on the periphery of the fleet, and inside the fleet, there were all large transport merchant ships.

This fleet did not hold any signs.

The fleet's ships sailed in a very tight queue, obviously all elite. The warships kept tempting to bombard the enemy with crossbows around, intimidating the rebel fleet in the distance to avoid getting close. They just walked in through the rebel's sea blockade. Although the rebels surrounded the distance, they did not dare to get close at all.

The fleet stopped outside the harbor's range and still maintained a defensive queue, but one of the large ships raised a flag in the direction of the harbor.

Although Adrick was an army general, he also learned the navy's flag language when he was studying at the Imperial Capital Military Academy in his early years. After a brief look, he understood that this was the other party's request to enter Hong Kong.

The admiral next to him whispered: "The other party has uttered the flag several times and has not received your order. We don't know how to reply and have been waiting."

Adrick said "Hmm": "Please tell them the identity."

After he passed his order, the Imperial Guards on the tower immediately raised flags. After a moment, Adrick saw the other person's boat in his telescope and answered in flags.

"We are here for friendship."

At this moment, everyone was looking at Adrick tightly, waiting for the orders of the current supreme commander of the empire. Adrick frowned, his eyes were a little weird, and suddenly a smile appeared: "Let them send a small boat into the port from the waterway. Well, our boat also goes up, block the safe waterway, and only put a small boat in. If they act rashly, they will fight back immediately!"

Time passed slowly in a tense atmosphere. After obtaining the flags on the shore, the fleet in the distance soon divided a small transport ship. In the harbor area, the small royal fleet also sent several warships to block the waterway, leaving only a gap.

The other party's small boat finally crossed the waterway and slowly sailed into the dock under the vigilant gaze of the Royal Fleet. When it was docked, a team of defenders were already guarding the shore, and there were archers standing by in the distance.

A small boat board was laid down from the boat, and then under the gaze of the defenders on the shore, a few sailors jumped off the boat, tied the cables with their hands, spread out their hands and stood aside, indicating that they were invincible.

Adrick stood on the dock and watched carefully. The sailors on the other side were obviously dressed as Landis, with a headscarf wrapped around his head.

Soon, several people came down from the boat. These people were all wearing tight short robes. The leader was tall and burly, but the beard on their faces was very clean and neat, there was no stain on the headscarf, and the leather boots under their feet were even more shiny.

The man walked up to the dock with a few followers and slowly walked towards the shore. At Adrick's instructions, the defenders made way and let the man walk directly to the dock.

When he saw this man, Adrick's face suddenly became very exciting. He took a deep breath and his eyes finally relaxed: "Hmm? Is this guy? I'll go see him."

A general next to him immediately advised: "Sir! Are you the commander of the entire army? Are these people from unknown origins or..."

"No, I recognize this guy."

As he said that, Adrick strode up.

On the dock, two people walked face to face. The guy saw Adrick from afar, as if he was stunned for a moment, then smiled on his rough face and walked in front of him, ignoring the vigilant look of the guards beside him, and laughed loudly: "Haha, I didn't expect that it was a famous and domineering general who came to greet me. Lord Adrick, do you need to take action personally to welcome me like a little person?"

Adrick stood there, squinted his eyes at the other party, and after a while, he sneered: "How can I not welcome the famous 'Son of the Storm' coming?"

The other party suddenly looked a little surprised and touched his face with a wry smile: "You actually recognize me? Is my face so famous?"

Adrick still stood there and said lightly: "The famous 'Son of the Storm', the pride of the Landis Navy, one of the three masters of the Navy of the Landis Kingdom, the thirteenth captain of the legendary 'Godwalker', one of the thirty captains who were awarded the royal glory medal in the history of the Landis Kingdom... Dear Mr. Gislunt..." Speaking of this, Adrick finally showed a smile in his eyes: "It's a coincidence. I remember your appearance because... Many years ago, when you were not famous in your early years, you used to go to our country with your military mission, and once studied war history at the Imperial College of Our Country as an exchange student. Haha, you must still remember an encounter when you were studying in Osgilia, right?"

Adrick deliberately slowed down his speech and said slowly: "That year, in the Imperial Academy, you had a conflict with a group of exchange cadets from the Kingdom of Landis and our cadets. In the evening, everyone made an appointment to compete in the alley behind Oak Street. At that time, a friend of mine had a fight with you. You broke his two ribs, but he broke your chin..."

The guy named Gislunt was stunned for a moment: "Ah, I remember. It was that guy Green, this mad dog... Haha. Dear Secretary of Military Affairs, were you there at that time?"

Adrick laughed a few times and walked over, stepped forward and hugged Gislunt. When the two hugged each other in a friendly manner, Adrick quickly whispered in Gislunt's ear: "That night, I was the one who covered her face next to Green and knocked your head with a wooden stick."

Gislunt raised his brow, smiled in his eyes, and said quickly: "I remember, you were kicked by me at that time."

After the two of them finished speaking, they both laughed at each other and then separated. Adric looked at Gislunt's eyes: "Dear General Lantis is still in such a delicate period... Lord Gislunt, please explain your purpose!"

Gislunt smiled: "Our flag bearer has already conveyed his meaning, we come for friendship... Of course, because we know the reasons clearly, we will not make clear the flag to announce our identities."

Adrick took a deep breath and stared at Gislunt: "Can you represent your country's position? So, is the Kingdom of Landis standing on the side of my emperor's ally?"

"His Majesty the King of Our Country has something to say." Gislunt also replied solemnly: "We cannot sit idly by and watch a noble king be driven off the throne, because it is not in line with tradition."

Speaking of this, Gislunt smiled: "I am the commander of this fleet. In order to show my sincerity, I brought a few guards ashore alone... I believe you will no longer doubt such sincerity."

Adrick shook his head: "This reason is not enough. Although the life of Storm Son is precious, it is not enough to let me risk breaking the city and let your fleet come in."

Gislunt looked at Adrick's face, and after a while he smiled again:

"Is a split Byzantine Empire not in the interests of Landis - is this reason enough? We need a strong country on the continent to withstand the pressure of the barbaric Odins."

After a pause, Gislunt smiled and said, "Of course, our support is limited... I only brought my fleet and some transport ships, which contained the supplies that your army needs most at present, and my army was ordered to not take the initiative to start war against your rebel navy until it was absolutely necessary. And we will provide Osgilia with a precious and safe maritime transportation line - this is the friendship of Landis that I brought. But..."

Speaking of this, Gislund deliberately stopped, shut up and looked at Adrick.

Adrick snorted and said slowly: "But...if we are unfortunately defeated, then you will not admit that we are our allies, and will even immediately turn to the rebels to help them gain a foothold as soon as possible? So, your fleet has not taken the banner of the Landis Navy at all, just to keep the last layer of fig leaf for the relationship with those rebels? Hum..."

"I'm sorry, this is the relationship between countries - we just need a complete force to drag the Odins to expand on the mainland. As for whether this force is you or those rebels, there is no big difference for us. Your and my positions are not unfamiliar with this kind of thing." Gieslund deliberately blinked: "But fortunately, based on the analysis of our country's intelligence system, choosing to support you is more valuable than choosing to support those rebels."

Adrick said "hey", turned his head and looked at the guard behind him, and waved his hand: "Tell the fleet, let the channel open."

He glanced at Gislunt again: "Your warships must not be near the dock, only transport ships are allowed to dock, and must be under the supervision of my army."

"This is a reasonable request, I accept it."

As he said that, Gislunt whistled, and a sailor took out a rocket and shot it into the sky on the transport ship at the dock.

"Let's go." Gislunt laughed, looking very relaxed: "I came from afar. You must always invite me to have a drink... Uh, by the way, I am unofficial, umbrella, no envoy, no official covenant. Haha, please, please treat it as a private business group, spontaneously sponsoring your country... So, I don't have to meet your emperor. Please see, I am not wearing military uniforms."

Adrick smiled subtly: "Let's go, we Byzantines have always welcomed our friends... If you drink, there will be no problem. I can remember the kick you kicked me back then."

Speaking of this, Adric paused, his eyes became very strange: "I have a question that is very curious - based on what reasons why your country's intelligence system analyzes the results, we have more supportive value than those rebels? Is your country more optimistic about us in this war?"

"This is something that those politicians are considering." Gieslunt waved his hand: "I am just a soldier who is ordered to act. But privately, I also hope that you can win this war, otherwise... we will have to negotiate with those rebels in the future, just because we are afraid that in order to make up for the relationship between the two sides, those politicians will throw me out and act as a scapegoat for a while. Ha!"
Chapter completed!