Chapter 110: What is your favorite musical instrument?
Westeros was not well-developed in information transmission, without telephone or telegram. Generally, the news is mainly transported by manpower, and the gossip is passed on by word of mouth. Only extremely important news can be transmitted between the bachelors of the lords through ravens.
Ismon Island is located remotely, so he is not clear about many rumors about King's Landing.
For example, Gao Xianda won the championship in the Max Spear Competition, and the fact that he had a hammer to death in the Demon Mountain.
So in the eyes of Earl Ismond, Gao Xianda was still the runny child at the time, but in fact, Gao Xianda is already the top warrior in this world.
Seeing that Gao Xianda insisted repeatedly, Earl Ismond could only agree to send troops to suppress the bandits.
But he was afraid that a hundred ordinary soldiers would not be enough, so he mobilized all the resources under his command that he could use.
More than 200 infantrymen, fifty archers, and ten heavily armored knights. He was also preparing to summon vassals, that is, the mayors of various towns on the island, to launch militias to join the war.
Although Ismon Island is small, if all the militias are launched, there will be nearly a thousand people.
This is the full combat power of Ismond Island, which expresses his determination to fight pirates.
But Gao Xianda smiled and waved his hand, "There is no need for so many people. It is difficult to command if there are too many people. The terrain is so complicated that they can't help much. I have a bunch of subordinates!"
But Earl Ismond was still afraid that there would be fewer people, so Gao Xianda suffered a loss.
So Gao Xianda finally agreed to bring 200 infantry and fifty archers. However, he felt that there was no need to recruit the mayors of each town and the militia.
The Ning Jing and Kotanai have been repaired. Gao Xianda asked Euron to command the Ning Jing and more than a dozen fast ships, filled with sailors, and sailed near the waters outside the Black Dragon Bay, and then asked Soros to go with him to supervise Euron on the ship.
Soros is a red-robed monk, the king of faith, and has a certain resistance to Euron's black magic. In terms of close combat, he is much better than Euron. Gao Xianda was just afraid that if he was far away from Euron, once Euron's curse expired, the pirate team would no longer belong to him.
Even if Youlun didn't stab Gao Xianda in the back, he would definitely be escaping by boat.
So he sent Soros to board the ship with soldiers who were skilled in water war. Once Euron had any evil behavior, he would immediately kill him and control the command of the pirate ship.
Euron was influenced by the black magic and had no objection to Gao Xianda's orders, so he took Soros to take the order.
Gao Xianda asked Earl Ismond to find two trustworthy subordinates from the local knights, and led the infantry and archers to the other side of the Black Dragon Bay, looking for high ground defense, blocking the pirates' exit by land.
Then Gao Xianda asked Dong Xie to lead the nobles from the storm, Gui Mei, with twenty heavy thugs, and herself with her hunting dogs, to advance from the front into the Black Dragon Bay.
Although Heilong Bay is also called "Gulf", it is not comparable to the inland sea-like Boat Bay. Heilong Bay is just a recessed area on Ismon Island. Because the environment is mainly swamps and there is no way to farm, it is in a semi-waste state.
But because there is no one here, it has become a place for pirates to gather.
Local pirates also have a saying, but they don’t rob the local residents of Ismond Island, so the residents on the island have long known that there is such a place, but they have been communicating with them and providing supplies.
Sea Loach is very business-oriented and has a close relationship with them. He even controls a freshwater supply line.
It’s a pity that he has a low status and no power. He has to be filial to his steward’s uncle who has earned most of the money he has. Although his uncle is a steward, he is not a nobleman and has insufficient control.
Those nobles intentionally suppressed the sea loach and doubled their pressure on their actions. Otherwise, the sea loach would have long monopolized the supply of Heilong Bay.
Now that he has climbed the Gao Xianda line, he has made up his mind to perform well. As for the benefits of Heilong Bay, he no longer cares about this. He revealed all the information he knew to Gao Xianda, and as their offensive guide, he guided them the offensive route.
Therefore, even the swamp terrain had no effect on Gao Xianda. Gao Xianda's troops advanced all the way and rushed into the core area of Heilong Bay.
There are a large number of pirate operations in the core area, and there are also a large number of ordinary residents. There are docks, taverns, hotels, and even brothels. Anyway, there are business in places with richness. Many people don’t care whether they are dealing with pirates. If they care, then charge them more!
The pirates gave money, and the Earl of Ismond collected taxes, so it was obvious which side these townsmen were heading.
Therefore, Earl Ismond's bandit suppression has not been very successful.
Seeing that the regular troops such as Gao Xianda and others could actually penetrate into the hinterland of Heilong Bay, these pirates and townspeople were all stunned.
Of course, there were also those who responded quickly, and they ran around looking for weapons while shouting.
"Lengstone Fort sent troops to attack!"
"Lengstone Fort sent troops to attack!"
"Pick up your weapon and resist!"
"Kill them all!"
These pirates shouted loud slogans, but most of them advanced towards the ship.
No pirate would really want to fight soldiers in armor on land. After all, in order to prevent misfortune from falling into the water, the pirates did not even have leather armor on their bodies.
However, Gao Xianda did not give them much preparation time. He pushed out the surrendered pirate who took him a golden dragon and said, "Blow the horn to calm them down, and then promote the surrender policy."
The pirate took the strange horn handed to him by Gao Xianda for no reason, took a deep breath, and blew hard inside.
He felt that this was probably just an ordinary loud speaker. But he didn't know that everyone behind him covered his ears tacitly.
“Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo…”
He blew the horn and immediately felt that even his soul was about to be sucked in by the horn. Of course, the sound of the blowing was also very huge.
The pirates in the entire Black Dragon Bay were all shrouded in the sound of horns.
Not only because of the loud sound, their souls were shocked by the horn.
Finally, the pirate stopped playing, then softened all over and collapsed to the ground, as if he had even stopped breathing.
Gao Xianda sighed, let go of his hand, and took out the cotton from his ears. Then he waved to everyone to signal.
Those who followed him had experienced the baptism of horns at sea, so they all knew what to do, and they stuffed more cotton than the other.
Chapter completed!