Thud thud … Thud thud … Thud thud …
Thousands of private soldiers belonging to the Nederland Bank Regiment stepped onto the city wall in an orderly manner, entering their respective defensive positions under the command of the officers.
As the guards of the Nederland Bank Regiment's headquarters, they used the best equipment on the continent and received a higher salary than the King's Praetorian Guards.
Of course, they also had the ability and loyalty to match the treatment!
Compared to the garrison's redoubt, the Golden Lion City that had been built for many years still had old-fashioned walls. Of course, the redoubt's shape was not suitable for living.
But because of its strong economic power, the firepower configuration on the city wall was even stronger than that of the medium-sized redoubt!
Shiny bronze cannons were lined up on the 15-meter-tall granite city wall.
Just the south gate facing the Leiden River was equipped with ten 24-pounder cannons and twenty 12-pounder cannons. The artillerymen were all excellent cannoneers "retired" from the navies of various countries. They were no worse than the elite navies on any battleship!
Behind them, house-to-house evacuations had already begun. Although it was a big city, the residents were inextricably linked to the Nederland Bank. Many of them were even the family members of their employees, and most of them were quite cooperative.
Dragging their families through the north gate, they went to the pinewood forest in the forest and entered higher ground to avoid the dangers that might come from the Leiden River.
Pa!
"Mr. Consul, good day! The kingdom's mobile troops are here to assist in the defense! "
When the directors of the bank regiment climbed up the stone stairs to the city wall, the mobile troops sent by the officials, including twelve Extraordinaires and fifty peak-level trainee Knight, were already waiting here. The leader was Colonel Wilde, fully armed in Knight's armor.
Seeing the arrival of the group, the colonel walked up to Consul Old Joel and saluted him.
Even if the other party's bank group was extremely powerful, far more powerful than a city's consul, to Wilde, as a military officer, he only recognized the old man's identity as a consul.
"Good morning, Mr. Colonel! Thank you for your hard work. "
The old man returned Wilde's greeting. As an old fox, even if he did not like these royal soldiers who might cause trouble for him, he would still not miss the formalities.
However, after scanning the mobile troops, the old man asked with some doubts, "Colonel, where's that young man with a lot of experience on your side?"
He wanted to discuss with the old man what to do if the Pirate King attacked the city, but the consul's focus did not seem to be on the city's defense at all.
When the old man suddenly mentioned that guy, Colonel Wang Erde had a headache, but he had to answer.
"Uh … Are you talking about Lieutenant Colonel Thomas?"
After being defeated in the competition with "Master" Elvin, this Thomas soon recovered from his wounds and joined the patrol team in the inland in high spirits.
No one knew what that troublemaker was thinking. He believed that a certain force in the city along the river valley had acted as a mole for the Pirate King, hiding the many subordinates that Huggins had sent here.
After following him to Gold Lion City, he even had a few confrontations with the Nederland Bank Group for this matter and had a few conflicts that were neither too big nor too small.
Although they didn't find a single strand of the pirate's hair, he had obviously left a deep impression on the ruler of this place.
Wilde did not dare to tell this consul. In fact, before they climbed up the city wall, Thomas felt that when the Pirate King's army was pressing down on the border, it was the right time for the traitor to make a move.
He even made a plausible analysis.
Those pirates had been lurking in the Leiden Valley for such a long time. It couldn't be just to gather some information, right?
Couldn't they just look for the information traffickers? What information couldn't the information traffickers who had been here for decades get?
Therefore, they had not shown up. There must be some kind of conspiracy that required the elite subordinates to carry out!
Therefore, he took advantage of the moment when the city's defense was at its weakest.
This "Rising Star of the Navy" directly left the main force and brought a few elite subordinates that he brought from the "Snow Lake" to search for a few suspicious places that they were usually not allowed to approach.
"Today, he …"
Just as Wilde was racking his brains to come up with an excuse to get away with it …
Splash splash splash …
The sound of surging water outside the city had arrived at Gold Lion City ahead of the waves.
Gold Lion City was located on the north bank of the Leiden River. It was on the right side of the protruding shore with its back facing the direction of the incoming water. Here, the "Leiden River" formed a huge bend with a wide water surface.
Because it looked like a red shrimp's arched back, it was also called "Red Shrimp Bend" by the local residents.
After hearing the sound of water, they did not wait for long.
The next moment, from the direction of the normal flow of the west side of the river, the surging seawater crazily poured in. The white waves were like thousands of white horses that trampled on everything.
Even the city under everyone's feet seemed to be shaking.
And mixed with the smell of the sea breeze, the waves were rising higher and higher!
This season was the season of the freshwater river. The widest part of the Red Shrimp Bend was more than two thousand meters wide, and the deepest part of the water was close to twenty meters deep. At this time, the seawater had surged up the embankment in the blink of an eye and quickly spread in the direction of the south city wall where everyone was.
And this was only the vanguard of the waves.
.....
In the rumbling sound of water.
Hundreds of sea monsters used their innate ability to control the seawater to propel their huge bodies and the "Eternal Icon" forward.
The waves splashed, wetting Huggins' clothes.
Today, he stood at the bow of the pirate ship with his hands behind his back. He was not as easy-going and amiable as a rich businessman in the past. His body was filled with the arrogance of a pirate king!
When he raised his head, he could already see the iconic golden spire of the cathedral in the "Golden Lion City". Even the gloomy sky could not hide the shining golden light.
That was the light of wealth, and also the light of hope for the pirate king to take another step forward!
He raised his hands a little intoxicated, as if to embrace this wonderful future.
The last time he took the risk to go ashore and stand at the entrance of the vault, he had personally confirmed that the item was inside. After more than a year, he finally returned here!
Several years of searching, more than a year of preparation, relying on abundant intelligence, the available combat power of the Kingdom, the hydrology situation, the current exact location of the Kingdom Guardian Rank Four Title "Lightning Halberd", and the estimated reaction speed …
He calculated everything and then drove the sea monster army to finish the job in one fell swoop!
The time from the start of the tsunami to the start of the battle was limited to five hours.
The first step was to organize the sea monster army and raise a tsunami to break through the estuary. The second step was to attack the Golden Lion City with lightning speed. The third step was to use the absolute advantage of military strength to violently dismantle the underground vault. The fourth step … Hehe.
The main point was to seize the "Heart of the Ocean" with absolute strength and speed before the supra class powerhouses could react, and then … to pluck the fruit that belonged to him!
Smack! Smack!
Huggins clenched his fists. His extraordinary strength crushed the air and made a loud explosion.
"This time, you will belong to me!"
The distance of a river bend was covered in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the Red Shrimp River Bend had become a vast body of water like a lake. The water surface spread to the base of the Golden Lion City's wall, and the deepest part of the river bend was close to 30 meters deep.
When the vanguard led by the "Seashell" entered the Red Shrimp River Bend, they rode on the huge wave that was still eight meters high and passed by the Golden Lion City, and then continued to move forward without stopping.
Phew —
Everyone on the city wall finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Only when they saw the unstoppable power of the behemoths that could traverse the deep sea with their own eyes did they realize what kind of power this was.
At this time, they brushed past each other.
Even if the river water had risen to the city gate and started to pour into the Golden Lion City, it did not affect their "good" mood at all.
"I knew it. How could Huggins be so stupid to attack the bank group's headquarters?"
"Hahaha, no matter how evil he is, as long as he is willing to pay the bank group a commission, Nederland will always keep his secret and provide him with the best service. Other than Nederland, who else can help him deal with his huge black assets? "
"That's right. It seems that their destination should be Brandenburg, which is further upstream. Could it be that Count Mars had offended him somehow? How could it lead to such a degree of revenge? "
After the crisis was over, the only woman among the board of directors, Lady Elberta, gently waved her peacock feather fan and looked at the long line of sea monsters that were treading on the waves. Suddenly, a bold idea came to her mind.
"Is that a sea monster? This is the first time I've seen a living sea monster. What do you think if I buy one from Huggins when he leaves? "
Hearing that, there was a slight silence in the room.
The response she received was not a reprimand of "whimsical" that a normal person would have. Instead, it was the unanimous approval of the board of directors.
"With Lady Elberta's charm, no man would refuse Lady Elberta!"
"Isn't it just a sea monster? Since the Pirate King has raised so many of them, I don't think he will refuse this small request of the bank group. "
"Good idea! Lady Elberta really has an idea. Should I consider raising one in the lake inside my manor? Will these guys die if I put it in fresh water? "
With the most disdainful tone, they said the most "boastful" words, and no one around them felt that there was anything wrong with it.
This … was probably the world of the upper class that poor people could not understand, right?
However, just as they finished speaking, when the last sea monster entered the Red Shrimp Bay, the situation changed.
The leading "Neptune Seashell" suddenly turned around, riding on the huge waves to face the Golden Lion City. Behind it, some of the sea monsters continued to rush upstream, while some followed it and turned around.
Huggins did not forget that there was still half of the garrison stationed at the upper reaches of the Leiden River, and there was also a senior great Knight, Count Mars. In this moment where only victory was allowed, they could not be allowed to be idle.
Absolute power overflowed, allowing the Pirate King to calmly set up a plan to eliminate any unexpected Miao Yin! Guaranteed a 100% chance of victory!
As the saying went, when the villain learned to "lie low", even the demigod's heart would tremble.
"Cut the leash!"
At the same time when the sea monster turned around, Huggins gave the order, and some of his transcendent officers swung their swords to cut off the two leashes tied to the "Neptune Seashell".
The pirate ship began to decelerate, and under the influence of the rudder and inertia, it gradually turned horizontally. The bow of the ship was also facing the Golden Lion City.
At this time, the pirate ship had arrived behind a row of 47 sea monsters. Among them, there were 25 large-sized sea monsters and 22 small-sized sea monsters.
The meticulous Huggins came with the momentum this time, and naturally, he did not intend to leave any loopholes.
Before the departure, there were 87 sea monsters. Five large-sized sea monsters were left at the estuary, 15 small-sized sea monsters were left at the various towns along the way to defend the rear, and 20 of them continued forward to delay the other half of the garrison's combat power.
However, even if there were only 47 sea monsters left, in terms of the strength of both sides, the outcome would still be as easy as crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood!
Beep!
The conch that represented the command was blown.
That was … the bugle that signaled the charge!
Facing the lofty people on the city wall, their faces were as pale as yellow soil.
The huge waves rose high, and then smashed down heavily!
Boom!!!
The monstrous waves that had been accumulating power for a long time suddenly released its kinetic energy. Even the solid granite city wall that was 15 meters tall was like a paper shell, and it was broken through in one go!
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