Alien Knights

On March 1, 1171, at 4:30 pm, in the sea 6 kilometers north of Waiheke Island.

Ten warships (langskip) in the style of Beidao dragon boats sailed southward against the wind and braved the waves.

On the battleship at the rear of the fleet's "T-formation", two people in very different outfits were having a conversation.

The young pirate wearing a half-face helmet and felt fur armor sat on the front row of the dragon boat, rowing the oars with difficulty. Looking at the scenery in the distance, he shouted to the muscular barbarian warrior sitting cross-legged on the deck behind him, "Kerwin, I saw Waiheke Island! The west coast is not far away!"

The barbarian warrior squinted at the yelling pirate, and just about to speak, the acid water from his abdominal cavity forced him to run to the side of the deck and vomited.

Turning his head away with a disgusted expression, the pirate muttered in a low voice, "Fortunately, they still say you are the bravest fighter..."

He underestimated Kerwin's hearing.

The barbarian warrior turned back angrily and shouted: "Lev! Just get me out of this damn sea, and swear to the ancient gods, I will hang you upside down on the top of a tree with... vomit..."

The young man called Lev didn't take this threat at all inconvincingly. He turned his head to the direction of the coast, with a face full of reverie: "This time I go to sea, if I can return with a full load, the tribe agrees to give me a woman!"

"If the people who made the promise are the leaders of your tribe, then I advise you to give up as soon as possible!" Ker Wentu said with his limbs weak, lying on his back on the deck, facing the sky.

"Why do you say that?"

Kerwin struggled to get up: "We originally agreed with the Silver Ring Kingdom that this attack should be three days later. However, the leader of the pirate tribe arbitrarily advanced the departure time by three days, in order to be the first to enter the city to plunder."

Lev asked puzzledly, "Is there something wrong?"

"An agreement is an agreement!" Kerwin patted his chest hard: "Since the two parties have already made an agreement before, unilateral breach of the agreement is deceit and dishonesty!"

Lev glanced at Kerwin with an idiot's eyes: "Agreement, this kind of thing only exists between friends, and the idiots in the Silver Ring Kingdom, do you still need to talk about credit?"

Kerwin, who was sullen, was about to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by the noise from the warship ahead.

Lev straightened up and looked forward.

The people on the frontmost warship, for some reason, suddenly jumped into the sea, and the hull slowly tilted and began to sink.

Immediately afterwards, the same situation happened to the second and third warships.

Just when everyone was in doubt, a pirate who fell into the water and floated, pointed to the sea surface, and shouted in fear: "Sea monster! There are sea monsters under the water surface!"

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Four hours ago, Muxi Town.

Standing on the square, Todd glanced at the militia and believers busy in the town, then looked back at Brother Joe and Knight Dion standing in front of him, and asked with a headache, "My order to you is to follow the residents to evacuate south. Why are you back?"

Cultivator Joe touched the top of his bald head, and said in a muffled voice: "Every plant, tree, and every street here is the crystallization of my painstaking efforts. Let me leave like this. I can't do it..."

Knight Dion had a stabbing sword on his waist, and was wearing a set of armor that fit his petite figure. His long pale golden hair was tied into a ponytail and coiled on top of his head with cloth satin. He only said one sentence: "I don't want to regret the rest of my life because I struggled to survive."

Todd rubbed the bridge of his nose and said helplessly: "Since you have already made a decision, I will not stop you. The layout of the town has been basically completed, and the division of labor for street fighting has been completed. You can follow me..."

"Commander! The enemy's warship has appeared!"

Alfonso came quickly and said loudly.

Todd froze.

How did the pirate warship appear today?

Counting the time, today is the fourth day since the Yinhuan coalition forces set off. If the trick of the fake military order is successful, Cumberland's army should have just engaged in battle with them at this time. As for the pirates and barbarians, they should reach the coastline in three days, right? !

After asking Alfonso in detail, Todd thought about it again, and he couldn't laugh or cry when he got the truth.

The pirates had already made up their mind to attack in advance. While they agreed with the Silver Ring Army to jointly attack Muxi Town on March 4th, they launched the attack three days earlier without notifying their allies.

The lies on the fake military orders turned into facts; using the time difference to attack the two armies, it turned into a two-sided battle because of a series of coincidences.

Everything can be described in four words.

"Self-defeating".

Todd suddenly thought of the words Cumberland said at the last battle meeting.

"A large number of uncertain factors in war stem from the fact that everything is changing. To a certain extent, implementing a plan in chaos is the essence of war. To be critical is to be the worst enemy of a good plan...』

After calming down, Todd began the pre-battle deployment.

1. Order the militiamen in the town to take their positions and enter the ambush position for street fighting according to the previous tactical arrangement.

2. Send a signal to the underwater combat alien species hidden on the rapids island, let them enter the state of preparation, and be ready to attack the pirate fleet at any time.

3. Order the alien species of the investigation department to occupy the commanding heights in the town in advance, and pay close attention to the enemy's movements.

4. Order the heterogeneous species of melee attack and elemental attack to form a tactical team and cooperate with the militia to carry out an ambush.

5. Order other heterogeneous species to enter the standby state and provide support at any time.

When all the deployments in Muxi Town were completed, it was already seven o'clock in the evening. After another ten minutes, a scouting alien on the lighthouse lit the brazier on the top floor of the tower.

Pirates and barbarians are coming.

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The barbarian warrior Kerwin stepped onto the soft sandy beach, looked at Muxi Town shrouded in darkness, and pulled out the wooden shield behind him and the handaxe at his waist.

The young pirate Lev beside him pulled out his dagger, swallowed, and whispered, "There is no light in the town, maybe people have fled?"

No one answered him.

The barbarian leader and the pirate leader loudly ordered his men to drag 7 warships to the coast, and began to count the remaining people.

3 warships, 29 pirates, and 75 barbarians sank to the bottom of the sea forever. Before the war began, the pirates and barbarians lost a fifth of their men.

Those who remained, especially those who fell into the water, were in an extremely unstable state of mind. The icy sea water in early March, coupled with the fright they received, made them hysterically turn around and say some strange words repeatedly.

"Sea monster! I saw a sea monster! 』

"They swam up from the dark seabed and pierced the bottom of the ship with their sharp claws! 』

"They have gills on their faces! The hands and feet are not like human beings at all, with webbed like frogs in the middle! 』

"I saw a sea monster with my own eyes, swimming under the surface of the sea for more than three minutes! Never got out of the water to change the air! 』

The leaders loudly reprimanded these remarks, asked their subordinates to gag the mouths of these people with rags, and told the soldiers that they were just a group of enemies with chisels. As for who should you trust? The frightened look on people's faces has already given the best explanation.

Waiting for the ships to be packed, this army of pirates and barbarians brought the necessary supplies and started heading towards the town.

On the only road close to the coast of the town, a huge stone cross attracted the attention of the invaders.

On the cross, there is such a passage written in Northland and Latin:

"The kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the Gospel!" Those who fear the Lord will gain wealth and eternal life; those who are hostile to the Son will be turned into ashes by the Holy Thunder! 』

Pirates and barbarians gathered around the cross, looking at each other. Some suggested that the cross should be destroyed to drive away these false gods; others warned that every god should be respected and suggested that they should bypass the cross and enter the town.

In the end, an angry barbarian warrior lost his patience, raised his battle ax high, and smashed the cross into a pile of ruins.

Everyone waited for a while, but nothing happened.

Just as people relaxed and started laughing loudly at such a cheap trick, there was a slight hissing and burning sound in the ruins of the cross.

A few seconds later, accompanied by a deafening explosion, a crimson "flame cloud" rose from the west coast of Muxi. The landslide-like shock wave rolled up dust and waves and spread towards the depths of the ocean. Countless iron rivets and glass shards were scattered by the explosion, and the screams and cries were clearly audible even several kilometers away.