King of the Fairy City

The ten large-scale ships of Min's, Gao's and other ten-village alliances finally completed the mobilization of thousands of miles and assembled at the port of Gao's Fairy Village. All the ships gathered together in a majestic manner, and they were considered the most powerful force of monks within a thousand miles.

It was already dark.

Ten city lords gathered together.

"Everyone, it's just getting dark now. Why don't we take advantage of the darkness and launch a night attack on Ye Village?"

Gao Chengzhu looked at the sky and said suddenly.

"Night attack?"

Several city lords were surprised.

Their original plan was to complete the assembly of the sea ships today, rest at Gao's Fairy Village for one night, and then set off to attack Ye's Fairy Village at dawn the next day.

Anyway, their strength is far greater than Ye's. It makes no difference if they set off half a day early and half a day late.

As for the night attack, it was not part of their original plan.

"The way of war is to use the main force as the main force and the surprise as the supplement. If we use surprise to defeat our ten large ships, we will definitely win. And the night attack can minimize the losses."

City Lord Gao said with a somewhat smug smile.

"Alright"

Lord Min muttered, "During the dark night, the vision of the golden eagles in Ye's Fairy Village will also be limited, and the significant weakening of the reconnaissance power will also be beneficial to our attack."

Other city lords also agreed, and then City Lord Gao said: "Okay, everyone, go back immediately to make arrangements for departure.

Not long after, sea ships set off one after another.

City Lord Gao invited Kong Zhonghai and City Lord Chen and said, "We are traveling together, why don't we all come to my boat to watch the battle?"

"This... is not good. During the naval battle, I will also be on the ship."

City Lord Chen said hesitantly.

Kong Zhonghai's expression did not change, but he was sweating in his heart. He has betrayed the Gao family and others. If he goes to City Lord Gao's ship, once a war breaks out, wouldn't he be trapped in it?

"Haha, Brother Chen has overly worried about our night attack. It's almost certain. It's hard to say whether the ships on Ye's Ling Island can sail out of the port. If it really is a naval battle, can Brother Chen still command it by himself? Isn't there a captain in charge? "?"

City Lord Gao laughed loudly and said that he had selfish motives in dragging several City Lords onto his ship. Gathering a few people together could also highlight his commanding ability.

The final harvest of this battle depends on the level of effort of each party. Commanding before the battle is naturally a type of effort, which is exactly the strength of Gao City Lord, and of course it must be highlighted as much as possible.

"this"

A few people hesitated.

At this time, a message bird suddenly flew from the sky and landed on Kong Zhonghai's shoulder.

Kong Zhonghai was stunned for a moment and took a small piece of paper from Xinniao's leg. He looked surprised when he saw it.

"Brother Gao, a family elder has arrived in Xiaxian Village. He must go back in person to greet this war. I'm afraid I can't go with you. My Kong family ship is commanded by one of my confidants. City Lord Gao just gives him orders. That’s it.”

Having said this, Kong Zhonghai handed the note in his hand to City Lord Gao.

The content of the note was very simple. It only said that an elder of the Kong family came to inspect the development of Kong's Fairy Village, and asked Kong Zhonghai to return immediately to greet him after receiving the news.

"this"

City Lord Gao hesitated.

Disciples from aristocratic families are under the supervision of their elders, and they must not neglect them at all, otherwise they will be disliked by the family elders and it will be difficult to obtain resources from the family.

He naturally understood this, sighed and said, "Okay, do you want me to send someone to take you back?"

Kong Zhonghai quickly shook his head: "No need, I can just take a fast boat back. I have a boat there. Brother Gao and Brother Chen, I will leave it to you for this war. I am in Kongcun, waiting for the good news of the victory of our ten-village alliance.

“Brother Kong, don’t worry.”

City Lord Gao nodded, said a few words to Kong Zhonghai, and let him leave.

After Kong Zhonghai left, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

Fortunately, he was prepared in advance and had a hand in advance to escape at a critical moment. Otherwise, he would be pulled into his boat by Gao and would be unable to leave, which would be troublesome.

Kong Zhonghai returned to his own large ship.

Soon, a small boat several feet long was put down from Kong's ship. Standing on the boat was a monk in Chinese robes, who looked very similar to Kong Zhonghai.

City Lord Gao watched the boat leave from a distance, then waved his hand and ordered the ships to set off.

Ten large ships left the port and headed towards Ye Village.

The Kong family's ship fell at the back, and a message bird flew out of the ship and flew silently into the dark night.

An hour later, an urgent piece of information arrived in Ye Mo's hands.

Ye Mo immediately asked three golden eagles to block the entire dock at low altitude to prevent monk spies from the enemy village from using message birds to transmit information to the outside world near the spirit island.

Soon, a pirate ship and four light-armored warships from Ye's Fairy Village, a total of five ships, quietly left the port and disappeared into the night. Rush to the pre-selected ambush sea area.

Ten ships sailed on the vast sea for two hours, four of which continued to block the main island of Yecun, while the other six separately attacked the six sub-islands.

It is still seventy or eighty miles away from Ye's Fairy Village, and it is still early to engage in battle, and the monks on each ship have not entered combat mode.

In a luxurious cabin of City Lord Gao's big ship, several City Lords sat at a table, enjoying fine wine and chatting excitedly.

"Haha, if Ye Mo wakes up one night and suddenly finds that his main island is surrounded by us, what will that guy's expression be like?"

City Lord Min laughed.

"What other expression can there be? Even if he has great abilities, he can only sit back and wait for death."

City Lord Gao gave a manly smile, shrugged and said, "City Lord Min has dealt with Ye Mo, so he must have been looking forward to this moment for a long time, right?"

Hearing this, City Lord Min felt a little embarrassed on his face.

His defeat to Ye Mo was already a very embarrassing thing, but City Lord Gao refused to pick up any of the pots.

"Haha, let's not talk about him. Anyway, we will see this guy Kong Zhonghai soon. He will go back to greet the clan elders at such a critical moment. He missed seeing Ye Mo's painful surrender with his own eyes."

City Lord Gao laughed. He saw that City Lord Min's expression was unnatural, so he stopped dwelling on this topic.

Before Min and Chen could speak, a burst of messy footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

"Lord City Lord, it's not good."

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged monk in his forties or fifties rushed open the hatch in a panic without even knocking on the door. He was the captain of the Gao's ship.

"How unbecoming is it to be so flustered? Didn't you see that I am entertaining distinguished guests?"

City Lord Gao's face suddenly darkened, he put the wine glass on the table and shouted sharply.

"Lord of the City, we just passed near an island. Five sea ships suddenly appeared from behind the island and followed us, less than three miles away from us. The view was not very clear at night. Judging from the outline, it seemed to be the light sea of ​​Ye Shiling Island. They will catch up to us soon."

The middle-aged monk could no longer care about this and said in a panic.

As an experienced captain in naval battles, he knew it very well. Once the rear of a seagoing ship is bitten by an enemy, it is extremely dangerous. This means they will always be beaten passively.

"What, Ye Cun's five sea ships, where did Ye Cun's five sea ships come from? Doesn't Ye Cun only have three sea ships? Does he have other allies? But it's impossible, the ten closest fairy villages within a thousand miles, They have already joined forces with us.”

City Lord Min's right hand trembled, and the wine glass that was spinning between his fingers suddenly fell to the ground and shattered into pieces with a "pop" sound, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

"This sea area is so big. How could they know that we would pass through this area and ambush behind the island in advance? Could it be that he has been sending spiritual eagles to monitor us?"

City Lord Chen's face also changed drastically. Thinking of being ambushed inexplicably last time, he asked with lingering fear.

"It can't be that the sky is so dark and the vision is dim. Even the spiritual eagles can't find us on the vast sea. If there were spiritual eagles above our heads, we would have discovered them long ago."

City Lord Gao was stunned, stood up suddenly, and said sternly, "Forget it, the top priority is not to find the reason, but to prepare for the battle immediately."

As the former enemy commander, he certainly knew what was most important.

City Lord Gao did not dwell on his random thoughts. He and the other City Lords left the cabin, hurriedly climbed onto the deck, and came to the stern of the ship to watch.

Sure enough, I saw five dark shadows chasing after them through the waves.

Those five huge black shadows were obviously faster than their four sea ships, and they would soon enter the range of the copper cannons of Ye's sea ships.

"It's true that the other side's light ship is too fast and we can't get rid of it. Notify all the ships to slow down and turn around, quickly."

City Lord Gao's face was cold and he shouted sharply.

The captain took action immediately, and the lookout hand used a light to signal. The captains of the other three ships around him also immediately made corresponding changes.

"Slowing down now will allow the opponent to speed up and catch up."

Chen Zhucheng frowned.

"What can we do? Should we continue chasing? The bronze cannons are on the bow of the ship. They are connected end to end. We are being beaten all the time. If we don't have the strength to fight back, it will be a matter of time before we turn around. It's better to do it sooner rather than later."

City Lord Gao said angrily.

City Lord Chen was speechless and silent.

Five light ships from the rear caught up, about two hundred feet away from the ship, and within the range of the copper cannon.

"Bang"

"Bang"

A loud noise came from behind, and several black iron pills roared over and hit the deck of a large ship nearby with a violent force of several thousand kilograms.

"Damn it, they are concentrating their artillery fire to attack a ship on our left."

City Lord Gao frowned.

This is a naval battle tactic, and he doesn't have a good way to deal with it.

Before the four large ships could turn around and fight back, they could only be used as targets and endured two or three rounds of bombardment in vain.

Now his only hope is that one of the large sea ships can withstand all the black iron pill attacks, and the remaining three large sea ships will turn around and sink all five light sea ships of Ye Village.

Ocean ships are heavy and bulky, and it takes a long time to slow down and turn around.

City Lord Gao's face was ashen.

He has made countless calculations and planned every aspect in detail. He even has countermeasures on how to respond to war situations.

But they didn't take into account the possibility of being ambushed halfway.

In fact, it is extremely difficult to ambush several enemy ships in a vast sea area of ​​hundreds or thousands of miles. With the sea extending in all directions, who knows where the other party will pass?

In the dark night, this is even more difficult. The monk's field of vision does not exceed a few hundred feet. You can't even see clearly from a thousand feet away, let alone ambush your opponent on the sea. Even a spiritual eagle cannot see very far in such a night.

He deliberately chose to attack at night to avoid being discovered in advance by the spiritual eagles of Ye Village.

Unless a spy leaked the battle plan in advance, causing the action route to be known to Ye Mo

But it is not easy for the Ten Village Alliance to find the spies.

City Lord Gao was extremely angry and gave an order with a gloomy face, "Pass the order down, tell the two ships on both sides to pay attention to the bow facing outward when turning around, and don't expose the stern, so that the enemy has a chance to bite tightly. Even if we sacrifice one sea ship, we still have three sea ships, which can sink their five light sea ships with weak defenses."

City Lord Min's face was a little pale, and he suddenly remembered the tragic incident when his sea ship was burned by kerosene. Every attack of Ye Mo was not based on common sense, and he won by surprise. This time he wouldn't be so unlucky.