Chapter 519 Will We Lose?

Rand stood in the sea breeze.

He has always been accustomed to making extra preparations to deal with expected "emergencies".

But for the upcoming attack on the Kingdom of Borun.

Rand has made a lot of preparations, but to be honest...

It is said that there is confidence, but if we judge rationally, the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides is indeed huge.

Rand can borrow people and ships from the Ice Sea Kingdom, the White Kingdom, and the Takagi Kingdom, but it would not work if they were used in a war with the Borun Kingdom.

This almost means a direct challenge to the maritime hegemony of the Kingdom of Boren, and Rand is far from ready.

And the allies.

Among Rand's allies, the White Kingdom has a fleet, but it is too far away.

The Marquis of the Stag and the Grand Duke of Thorn in the Frost Moon Kingdom do not have fleet forces.

All in all, I can only help a little, but not much, and the five-day time is actually quite tight.

It seems unnecessary to send letters for help. When the reinforcements arrive, the war is basically over.

However, what was unexpected was that three days before the theoretical attack time of the Kingdom of Boren, Rand met the messenger of the Marquis of the Stag at Crescent Harbor.

"What's going on?" Rand asked.

The messenger did not know the contents of the letter, he just delivered it.

Rand opened the letter.

On it is the handwriting of Marquis of the Stag and Adrian, Duke of Thorn.

What they meant was that they recently felt that the Kingdom of Borun might have some ideas about the Kingdom of Frost Moon, so they planned to slowly station an army in the Dukedom of the Moon to deal with possible attacks from the Kingdom of Borun or the Kingdom of Lensa.

Adrian probably wrote this letter because of Marcus's intention.

Marcus and the Marquis of the Stag had a keen sense of smell. They sensed the thoughts of the Kingdom of Bolen and took action.

And the way of action is also quite clever.

If they only used the forces of the Thorn Family and the Stag Family, there would be no need to hold a meeting in the royal city to decide, and they could start the operation directly to avoid being informed by possible spies from the Bolen Kingdom.

In the territory, the soldiers were confident that Rand would win.

However, the Adventurer's Association has suggested several times that if a war breaks out, it can provide some material and manpower assistance.

Rand's contribution to the adventurer industry is enormous.

Before Rand showed up, the lives of most adventurers were always dirty and cheap.

The adventure is real, doing the dirty work and dealing with wild beasts and monsters all involve the risk of death.

It is true that it is cheap, but despite the risk of death, the profit is often only slightly higher than that of farmers, and it is not stable.

The White King also exchanged many letters with Rand during this period, and told Rand that if he really felt it was difficult to deal with the Kingdom of Bollen, he could seek refuge in the White Kingdom.

Rand watched the waves of the ocean.

The Kingdom of Bolen actually did a good job of keeping secrets. At least Rand doesn't know how many ships will come yet.

As for the rest... at least according to Rand's intelligence, the Kingdom of Bolen is confident of victory.

Rand is a land noble. At least in the intelligence, there has never been any record of Rand participating in naval battles.

The only recorded battle was the harbor defense battle, but at that time, Rand was able to win entirely because of the appearance of the sea monster.

If there were no sea monsters, Crescent Moon Harbor would have been recaptured by the Kingdom of Borun long ago.

But it’s not too late now.

Crescent Moon Harbor is much more valuable now than it was before.

Being able to recapture Crescent Harbor can also greatly boost the morale of the people in the Kingdom of Borun.

Because of Rand, because of the undead, because of vampires.

The Kingdom of Borun suffered great losses and the people were demoralized.

In theory, Rand is the easiest target to exploit right now.

To be honest, Rand is not easy to deal with, but all they need is a victory, not to completely destroy Rand from this land.

This would be the unexpected, a thundering blow from the raging sea.

Wait until the envoy of the Marquis of the Stag leaves.

Rand stood on the harbor's plank road again, the warm and humid sea breeze sticky on his skin.

Many people think that Rand is under a lot of pressure.

The White King Bolan supported and comforted him, and the Marquis of the Stag and Marcus provided support. The atmosphere in the sanctuary was actually quite solemn.

Rand has achieved many victories against the Kingdom of Bolen, but it still cannot change the fact that there is a big gap in the size of the two sides.

But Rand also felt that he had worked hard for so long, had made sufficient preparations, and had geographical and intelligence advantages.

He also has Nagas serving him.

"Will we lose?" Rand's words were unusually defiant.

Rand actually felt that there was no need for everyone to worry so much, because he had already made preparations, and as long as he followed the steps, he would be able to win.

"Of course not." Olenna, who was standing next to Rand, heard Rand's words, held Rand's hand, and answered.

Another two days and months passed.

The fleet of the Kingdom of Borun can be seen from afar.

Buzzing horns, warm sea breezes, and warships splitting the tides.

As the waves rose and fell, it was like a city wall on the sea advancing from afar.

It seems that there are more than seventy warships. It seems that the Kingdom of Bolen has really invested a lot of money.

Most of them are warships of about 100 tons, which are lightweights compared to modern metal warships of several thousand tons or tens of thousands of tons.

The flagship looks to be as heavy as one thousand tons. This wooden ship is not suitable for ocean voyages, but it is still quite dominant in the near sea.

The commander of the fleet is still a member of the Sea Serpent Family, which is quite prestigious in the Kingdom of Bolun.

And the previous defeat was obviously not due to war.

Many people from the Sea Snake family also sacrificed their lives, so the family's reputation was not affected much.

"Sir, Rand seems to have been prepared." The deputy said to the commander of the Sea Serpent Family.

"This is normal. After all, our enemy is Rand." The commander was not surprised. "Although theoretically, no matter how much Rand resists, it cannot stop us this time, but I must emphasize that our enemy is Rand, Rand Nicholas, the Wind Chaser."

Most of the time, Rand poses no threat compared to the size of the country.

The Rand Territory is so small, and its population is no more than 40,000 people. No matter how much trouble they cause, it will still be like that.

But when it comes to war, we must consider it carefully.

There is absolutely no falsehood in Rand's name; it is earned through real efforts.

Fortunately, the population is not large after all, and it is obvious that the troops are basically the ground forces.

Most of Rand's vassals surrendered in the war, or were new nobles in the Frost Moon Kingdom, and they did not have many knights and troops.

And it's basically the Army.

The fact that they were able to reach Crescent Harbor without encountering any obstacles along the way was obviously because even though Rand knew he was going to be attacked, he did not dare to send out his pitifully small fleet to launch a surprise attack.

If the attack was on land...

The Kingdom of Bolen must break through numerous defenses and face countless interceptions by the Rand army in the wild before it can have a chance to attack Rand's core territory.

In fact, the Kingdom of Bolen never had such an opportunity.

Whether it was the Crescent Moon Territory, the Full Moon Territory, or even the Crescent Moon Territory, the Kingdom of Bolen had never attacked these places.

Fortunately, Crescent Moon Harbor is finally within reach.

"Attack and crush them." The commander of the Sea Snake Family ordered.

It's not that he doesn't value Rand, but a good cook cannot cook without rice.

In this case, attacking land from the sea will have an advantage, that is, ships in the distance can provide fire support, which is much easier than attacking a city from land or attacking a city from above.

Although there are disadvantages, that is, it takes a lot of physical energy for the warriors, especially the knights, to get off the ship and onto the land, and if they cannot form a formation in time, they will have no combat effectiveness.

It is easy to be attacked halfway across the river.

However, Crescent Moon Harbor was not built very long ago, and no majestic city walls were built to defend against foreign enemies.

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So in theory, it wouldn't be too difficult. After all, this time is different from last time. There are no strong winds and rains, and no giant beasts rising from the sea.

The big ship docked, and then small boats were lowered like ants. Countless soldiers climbed down the rope ladders to the small boats and launched a charge towards the coastline.

Rand simply signaled the flag bearer to wave the flag.

The army of Crescent Moon Harbor also sounded horns, like the nasal sound of a sacred bull.

Rand looked at the guards beside him, and then at the ordinary soldiers who were ready for battle.

Then his gaze returned to the distant ocean.

At this time, the Naga tribe had already entered the sea.

Under the sea, Haibei's eyes narrowed slightly and he waved his hand to give orders.

The female Nagas released their magic, the male Nagas brandished their heavy weapons, and countless fishmen rushed towards the small boats used for landing.

In an instant, nearly ten large ships had their bottoms damaged by the Naga's high-pressure water magic and heavy melee weapons.

As for the small boats that landed, countless soldiers fell into the water wailing, and the fish people swarmed over, and the surging sea water immediately turned bright red.

Then Haibei gave another order, and the Naga and the fishmen retreated immediately, because humans naturally had ways to deal with the Naga.

Barbed fishing nets and foul-smelling, toxic sewage.

These simple props can effectively prevent the sea attacks of Naga and Murloc. This is why humans can gain the right to navigate in the ocean instead of having to hand over the ocean to the intelligent creatures in the sea.

If the Nagas, murlocs and mermen want to attack human ships, the most effective way is to launch a sneak attack at the beginning. After that, they can only choose to board the ship and fight in close combat or retreat and then launch another sneak attack.

As for large fleets with cruise frigates, these intelligent marine creatures will basically choose to avoid them.

The large ship had a huge hole in its bottom that was difficult to repair, and soon tried to rush to the land under the commander's order.

Originally they were afraid of running aground, but now they would sink if they didn't run aground. It was just right that these large ships could be used as the vanguard of the charge.

Rand stared at the battlefield indifferently.

Waved, the flag bearer waved the flag again.

The crossbow arrows from the crossbow cart were fired.

The catapults launched huge rocks at the fleet on the seashore.

And these huge ships, especially the thousand-ton ship, also fought back.

The ship was equipped with tall arrow towers, catapults and a large number of crossbows.

It's a pity that there were no cannons in this era, otherwise a side-fire would have been very powerful.

Rand did not choose to attack halfway across the river, because a large number of fleets staying on the coastline would provide powerful fire suppression. If the army was pushed forward, it would be overwhelmed by the firepower of the fleet.

The number of fleets of the Kingdom of Bolen is simply too large.

Countless ships surrounded the sea area near Crescent Moon Port.

Small boats were lowered from the big ships at every moment, and then countless soldiers rowed towards the coastline.

And Rand just waved again.

If this world is a farming game or a war game, then Rand must be a high-tech player in this game.

The crossbow arrows were lit with kerosene, and the catapult's stones were replaced with some dark alchemical substance.

The flaming crossbow arrows pierced through the moist sea breeze, bringing up sharp air currents under the cover of sunlight. The flames and metallic luster made the sailors on the ship's eyes hurt.

The wooden planks of the ship were pierced by crossbows with metal arrows, wood chips flew everywhere, and even the faces of several sailors who were carrying buckets of water and preparing to rush over to put out the fire were scratched, and blood gushed out.

Such a minor injury certainly didn't stop the sailor from trying to extinguish the flames on the flaming crossbow.

But simply pouring water cannot extinguish these flames immediately.

Rand had attempted to study Greek fire very early on.

At present, the problem of how to build a high-temperature pressure chamber has not been solved yet, but many versions of the alchemical kerosene that is difficult to extinguish have been developed.

This kind of kerosene is not easily extinguished by water. A dry powder fire extinguisher would work great, but there was no such thing in this era.

By the time the sailors were about to cut open the sandbags and use the sand to put out the fire, the burning had already continued for a while.

Moreover, following the flaming crossbows were large flammable materials thrown by catapults.

Several ships soon caught fire that was difficult to contain. In order to avoid the flames, the crew members jumped into the relatively warm sea water, but unfortunately, the sea water now contained the highly toxic pollutants that had just been released.

The crew only remembered it at this time, but it was too late. They soon sank to the bottom of the sea. The sea water blocked the air, making it impossible for the crew to even make a sound.

By this time many small boats had landed.

Rand continued to wave.

Arrows rained down.

The longbow and crossbow, which have undergone repeated research, have advantages in range and power over the common bows and crossbows on the market.

The battlefield is a cruel and bloody place.

War is not a simple game of cards.

But more than nine years have allowed Rand to understand the nature of war.

The advantage in intelligence gave Rand time to play his cards calmly.

Up to now, only a few of our humans were unlucky enough to be killed by the enemy's stones or crossbows, and only a few of the Nagas and murlocs who were slow to run were injured.

The enemy had suffered countless casualties, but they did not even have the right to engage in close combat with Rand's army.

When the scale of a war is large enough, the power of an individual will seem insignificant.

Elsa and Olenna both stood beside Rand, watching the battlefield with him. Karin was not there, as she was still investigating the incident of the false Blue King.

Elsa and Olenna are both very powerful individuals. If it is a one-on-one fight, they can easily crush Rand to death with his strange magic.

But on this kind of battlefield, their strength can hardly play a decisive role.

They just watched quietly as Rand waved his hands and played his cards again and again.

Rand has worked hard to build up to the present day and has accumulated an exaggerated number of "cards".

(End of this chapter)