The city of Osgillia itself is a peninsula jutting into the sea, surrounded by the sea on three sides, but only one side of the south side is a flat beach, and the other two sides are steep cliffs up to tens of meters high.
The whole of Osgilia was built on such a blessed environment.
In addition to the most majestic city wall on the west side of the continent, the other access to the city was at sea, and the only landing point was the port dock of Osgilia, the flat beach that the city inevitably took.
Known as the "insurmountable city", Osgilia is naturally famous for its western walls, and similarly for its southern port coastline.
Even Landis, a maritime power with the world's most powerful navy, could only shake his head and sigh in the face of the city's coastal defense.
Only the beach in the south of Osgilia is relatively flat, it is a natural deep-water harbor, a half-moon arc of the harbor topography, on both sides of the steep half-slope cliffs, and at the mouth of this harbor, the terrain that extends on both sides, a wall is built, and a two-mile long seawall is built in front of the estuary The topography makes the harbor of Osgilia seem like an impregnable funnel, and right on the coast are tall lookout towers, all of which are made of huge rocks, and the bases are even cast with iron juice, which is so strong that the scalp is tingling.
Along this line of defense of the harbor wharf, there are at least thirty such towers, looking down on the front of the harbor, and there is no blind spot in the first place.
Secondly, these towers are equipped with a large number of ballistas, these are heavy ordnance specially designed to attack ships at sea, each ballista, can fire a range of at least 500 meters of giant crossbow arrows, this kind of crossbow arrows are huge, can directly penetrate the hull deck, mixed with fire oil, can directly cause ships at sea to suffer great trauma.
It is said that at the beginning of the construction of the city, in order to strengthen the defense of the sea, even a group of ships loaded with a large amount of stone were scuttled on the sea surface, so that the seemingly calm sea surface was actually hidden under the water, and only after obtaining the permission of the harbor wharf, can you enter the harbor of Osgilia from the safe waterway under the command of the lighthouse.
And once in times of war, the area suitable for the landing of troops in the harbor area is very narrow, there is only less than a mile of sandy beach, and this beach is all shrouded under the high slope, and a number of towers are built on the high slope, once the enemy puts small boats to transport troops at a long distance at sea and tries to land, then two battalions of archers are stationed on this high ground, and the range of the bow and arrow can directly completely cover the landing beach, if the enemy tries to land from here with small boats, Then there will undoubtedly be a bloody massacre.
What's more, in order to prevent the threat of a strong hostile port at sea, a small royal fleet was stationed in the harbor area of Osgilia all year round.
This fleet was nominally subordinate to the Imperial Navy, but in fact, from the beginning of its establishment, it was firmly controlled by the royal family, and the fleet generals of the past generations were the most loyal to the royal family.
The size of this fleet was not large, only 2,000 sailors, and more than a dozen small and medium-sized warships, although the scale was not large, but it was enough to meet the defense of the harbor.
Anyway, the only thing that needs to be defended is a narrow area such as a safe waterway at the mouth of the sea, and this small fleet is enough.
Moreover, half of the ships in the current small fleet are new ships produced by Landis, which were purchased by the royal family with a lot of money.
The defense line on such a coastline is high and low, far and near, and deep.
Even when an admiral of the Landis Empire sent an envoy to Byzantium many years ago in the name of a visit between the two countries, after observing this maritime line of defense with his own eyes in Osgilia, he could not help but sigh: such a line of defense, even if I were given the best fleet of the kingdom, if I wanted to successfully land, I would probably have to weigh most of the casualties.
In the wake of this, Osgilia was besieged by rebels, and the western area of the city walls was in full swing.
But the rebels were slow to attack Osgilia from the sea because of the presence of such a strong defensive line.
The rebels themselves did not have any military strength at sea, and they had no strength to fight at sea, so they could only concentrate all their ships and reluctantly block them on the sea to achieve the purpose of besieging Osgilia, but if they wanted to attack from here, they would never be able to do it.
And the royal fleet in the harbor was too small, the defense was okay, and it was not able to go to sea to fight.
After the advent of the war, the once prosperous harbor area had long since become silent, and the royal fleet of the military port took over the original civilian dock area, and at the same time, the city guard soldiers who were transferred to guard the coast firmly guarded.
And because of the blockade of the rebel fleet at sea, no foreign merchant ships could enter Osgilia anyway, and the fleets of some chambers of commerce that originally stayed in Osgilia were forced to anchor in civilian harbors.
Since the beginning of the war, Osgilia has entered a period of military administration, and the warehouses of some of the original merchant groups in the harbor area have also been occupied by the military, and all useful materials have been requisitioned.
Of course, the chamber of commerce that has requisitioned the ship's materials can negotiate with the central government in the city and get a compensation, and this decision was insisted on by Prime Minister Salembonili, who resolutely opposed the army's expropriation of the property of the chamber of commerce in the port area without compensation, and the prime minister's reason was very clear: these chambers of commerce are all dead, and there are powerful forces on the continent, and we can't offend all these guys in order to win a war.
Otherwise, even if we win the battlefield for a while, we will face enemies all over the world Of course, the army also forcibly raided some chambers of commerce that secretly supported the forces of the governors of the Tema Military Region according to intelligence.
This decision was also approved by the prime minister.
For all commercial transactions had ceased, and the city of the great harbour, to which the great harbour had gone, seemed deserted at the moment, with all the shops closed, and only a few defenders passing by occasionally on the road.
Only on the square of the port, the Imperial Eagle flag is still fluttering on the flagpole.
Adric and his party were galloping through the city, and before the horse team rushed into the harbor area, Adric heard the rapid sound of a warning horn from the towers of the sea in the distance.
In the distance, in the area of the military port, the small Royal Navy fleet, several warships have anchored and set sail, and the sailors are busy nervously under the ships.
Adric turned over and dismounted, and immediately rushed over, only to see the officers of the defending army in the harbor area running towards him.
"What's going on" Adric's expression was complicated.
"My lord, it's been determined that it's not a rebel ship."
Responsible for guarding the harbor area is a banner regiment of the city guard, and at the same time there is also the commander of the Royal Navy fleet, this commander is mediocre in appearance, in fact, as far as Adric knows, this guy's talent is also mediocre, the only merit is that the surname is calm and cautious, but this surname, to say good, is steady; To say that it is difficult to say that it will only do things according to the rules, and it is more than enough to keep it, and it is not enterprising enough.
The emperor chose such a person with the surname to command the only naval fleet in the hands of the imperial family, but it was precisely this surname that took a fancy to this surname: this naval fleet only needs to defend a limited area, and does not need to be aggressive, as long as it acts steadily and does not make mistakes.
Of course, more importantly, this guy is from a group of nobles who are die-hard about royalty.
The admiral silently walked up to Adric, saluted, and handed Adric a monocular: "Sir, see for yourself." ” Adrick frowned, strode up the high slope, and looked out into the sea.
In the distance, beyond the horseshoe-shaped sea in front of the harbor, on the vast sea, the two fleets spread out on the sea, and a momentum of confrontation was being put on a confrontation.
There is a fleet on the periphery, there are hundreds of ships, large and small, but most of them are small and medium-sized ships, and most of them are civilian ships, which look like a rabble of temporary conscriptions, and the flags are also mixed, obviously belonging to those rebels.
The other fleet is noticeably different.
The large black ships, all of which were the most advanced three-masted warships invented by the Landisians, were built with double decks and long-range ballistas and cannons, making them sturdy.
The draft is also noticeably deep.
On top of that, the fleet consisted of thirty ships, four of which were large ships, and the rest had eight medium-sized escort ships.
The twelve warships of this size made a very standard circular defensive array on the periphery of the fleet, and inside the fleet, they were all large transport merchant ships.
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This fleet, however, did not hang any flags.
The ships of this fleet sailed in a very tight queue, obviously all elite, and the warships kept trying to bombard them with ballistas around them, deterring the rebel fleets in the distance from not daring to approach, so they swaggered through the rebels' naval blockade, and although the rebels surrounded them in the distance, they did not dare to approach at all.
The fleet was out of range of the harbor and remained in defensive formation, except that one of the large ships flagged in the direction of the harbor.
Although Adric is an army general, when he was studying at the Yenching Military Academy in his early years, he also learned the flag language used by the navy.
The admiral next to him said in a low voice: "The other party has already waved the flag several times, and we haven't received your order, we don't know how to reply, and we have been waiting." ” Adric gave an "um" and said, "Ask them to identify themselves." ” His order was worn, and the Imperial defenders on the tower immediately raised the flag, and in a few moments Adric replied with the flag on the ship that he had seen in his telescope.
"We are here for friendship."
At this moment, everyone was watching Adric closely, waiting for the order of the current supreme commander of the empire's army.
Adric wrinkled his brows, his eyes were a little weird, and a smile suddenly appeared: "Let them send a small boat to enter the harbor from the waterway."
Well, our boats also go up, block the safety waterway, let only one small boat in, and if they act rashly, they will fight back immediately" Time passed slowly in a tense atmosphere, and the fleet in the distance, after receiving the flag from the shore, quickly separated into a small transport ship, and in the harbor area, the small royal fleet also sent a few warships, blocking 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, and when it came to the shore, a group of defenders was already guarding the shore, and there were archers on standby in the distance.
A small plank was laid out from the boat, and immediately under the watchful eye of the defenders on the shore, several sailors jumped out of the boat, tied the ropes, and stood aside with their hands spread out, to show that there was no hostility.
Adrick stood on the dock and watched carefully, the sailors on the other side were obviously dressed as Lantisians, with turbans around their heads.
Soon, a few people came down from the boat, all of whom were dressed in tight short robes, and the first one was tall and burly, but the beard on his face was very neatly built, and there were no stains on his turbans, and his leather boots were polished.
The man strode up to the dock with a few followers, slowly walking towards the shore, and at Adric's signal, the defenders got out of the way and let the man go directly to the dock.
As soon as he saw this person, Adric's face suddenly became very exciting, he took a deep breath, and his eyes finally relaxed: "Well, it's this guy, I'll go meet him." ” Immediately, a subordinate general next to him persuaded: "My lord, you are the commander of the whole army, these people are of unknown origin, or" "No, I recognize this guy."
With that, Adric strode up.
On the dock, two people walked face to face, this guy saw Adric from a distance, as if he was stunned for a moment, and then the rough face showed a smile, and walked in front of him, ignoring the vigilant eyes of the guards next to Adric, and laughed loudly: "Haha, I didn't expect it to be the famous general Bahu to greet me."
Lord Adric, welcome such a small person as me, do you need to come out yourself?"
Adric stood in place, squinting at each other, and after a while, he sneered: "How can I not welcome the arrival of the famous Storm Child." ” The other party suddenly looked a little surprised, and touched his face with a wry smile: "You actually recognize me, is my face already so famous?"
Adric still stood in place, and said lightly: "The famous Son of the Storm, the pride of the Landis Navy, one of the three heroes of the Landis Kingdom's Navy, the thirteenth captain of the legendary Freelander, one of the thirty captains who were awarded the Royal Medal of Glory in the history of the Landis Kingdom Honorable Mr.
Gislent" Speaking of this, Adric's eyes finally showed a smile: "It's also a coincidence, I remember your appearance because many years ago, when you were not famous in your early years, He once went to China with the military mission of your country, and also studied war history at the Imperial Academy of our country as an exchange student.
Hehe, you must remember what happened when you were studying in Osgiria."
Adric deliberately slowed down his speech and smiled slowly: "That year, in the Imperial Academy, you had a conflict with a group of exchange cadet officers from the Landis Kingdom and our cadets, and we had a competition in the back alley of Oak Street at night, when a friend of mine had a fight with you, you broke his two ribs, but he broke your jaw" The guy named Gislent was stunned for a moment: "Ah, I remember.
It's that guy Green, this mad dog.
Your Excellency, Minister of War, were you there at that time?"
Adrick laughed a few times and walked over, stepped forward and hugged Gislent, and when the two hugged in a friendly way, Adrick whispered quickly in Gislent's ear: "That night, I was the one who covered your face next to Green and hit your head with a stick." ” Ghislent's eyebrows furrowed, with a smile in his eyes, and he said quickly: "I remember, you also took a kick from me at that time." ” After the two finished speaking, they looked at each other and smiled, and then separated, Adric looked into Gislent's eyes: "Honorable General Lantius came to our country, or in such a delicate period Your Excellency Gislente, please explain your intentions" Gislent smiled: "Our standard-bearer has already passed on the meaning, of course we are here for friendship, because you and I both know the reason, we will not show the flag to announce our identity." ” Adric took a deep breath and stared at Gislent: "Can you represent your country's position, the Kingdom of Landis is on the side of my emperor's allies."
"His Majesty the King has a word."
Gislent also replied solemnly: "We cannot sit idly by and watch a noble king be ousted from the throne, because it is not in accordance with tradition." ” Speaking of this, Gislent smiled: "I am the commander of this fleet, in order to show my sincerity, I have brought a few escorts ashore with such sincerity, I believe Your Excellency will not doubt it anymore." ” Adric shook his head: "This reason is not enough.
The life of the Storm's life, though precious, is not enough for me to risk the destruction of the city to let in your fleet. ” Gislent looked at Adric's face, and after a while, he smiled again: "A divided Byzantine Empire, not in Lantis' interest, is it enough, we need a strong country on the continent to withstand the pressure of the barbarian Odin."
After a pause, Gislent smiled: "Of course, our support is limited, I only brought my fleet and some transport ships, which contain the supplies that your army needs most at the moment, and my army is ordered not to take the initiative to wage war against the navy of your rebels until the last resort."
And we will provide Osgillia with a precious and safe sea transportation route, and this is the friendship that I bring to Lantis.
But " Speaking of this, Gislent deliberately paused, shut up, and looked at Adric.
Adric snorted and said slowly: "But if we are unfortunately defeated, then you will not recognize us as allies, and you will even immediately fall to those rebels to help them gain a foothold as soon as possible So, your fleet did not play the banner of the Landis Navy at all, just for the relationship with those rebels, and still retain the last layer of fig leaf."
"I'm sorry, but the relationship between states is like this, we just need to have a whole force on the continent to slow down the expansion of the Odin.
As for whether this force is you or those rebels, it doesn't make much difference to us in essence.
You and I are no strangers to this kind of thing.
Gislent blinked deliberately: "But fortunately, according to the analysis of our intelligence system now, it is more valuable to choose to support you than to choose to support those rebels." ” Adric said "hey", turned his head to look at the guards behind him, and waved his hand: "Order the fleet, get out of the way." ” He glanced at Gislent again: "Your ships are not allowed to approach the docks, only transports are allowed to dock, and they must be under the supervision of my army. ” "It's a reasonable request, and I accept it."
As he spoke, Gislent whistled, and on the transport ship at the dock, a sailor took out a rocket and shot it into the sky.
"Let's go."
Gislent laughed, looking very relaxed: "I've come from afar, Your Excellency must invite me to drink two glasses, well, by the way, I'm unofficial, well, no credentials, no envoys, no official covenants."
Haha, Your Excellency, please treat us as a non-governmental business group and spontaneously fund your country, so I don't have to meet His Majesty the Emperor of your country.
Look at me, I'm not wearing a military uniform. ” Adrik smiled reservedly: "Let's go, we Byzantines have always welcomed friends and drink alcohol, naturally there is no problem."
I remember the kick you kicked me back then. ” Speaking of this, Adric paused, and his eyes became very strange: "I have a question that I am very curious about your country's intelligence system, on what basis does it lead to the results that we have more support value than those rebels?"
"It's something that those politicians think about."
Gislent waved his hand: "I'm just a soldier who does what I'm told."
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But personally, I also hope that you can win this war, otherwise we will have to talk to those rebels in the future, and I am afraid that in order to make a show and mend the relationship between the two sides, those politicians will also throw me out and use me as a scapegoat.
Hah" To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: