At this moment, the sailors rushed into their respective docks, pulling cables in front and pushing hard behind. Amid the neat slogans, three-layer slurry warships about 50 meters long slipped into the Krati River like dragons entering the water, splashing large splashes of water...

In the blink of an eye, the river surface near the sea estuary of the wide Krati River was covered with warships, almost cutting off the river water. Originally, the river water flowed very slowly here, and it was even slower at this moment.

The sailors tied the cables to wooden stakes on the shore, fixed the warship, and then boarded the wooden ladder. They quickly got on the boat and began to skillfully install the crow suspension bridge. After confirming that they were running normally, the sailors went down to the cabin through the entrance of the deck, found their seats, pulled out wooden oars from the wooden trough, extended them out of the pulp, and installed them on the pulp seat.

The cabin of the three-layer pulp warship has three floors: 54 pulpmen are equipped on both sides of the bottom layer, and 54 paddlers are also in the middle layer, with the most top layer, and 62 pulpmen are. Since the top layer pulpmen is close to the pulp mouth, you can see the sliding of the paddles in the sea water, so their status is the most important. As the pulp leader, you should lead the middle and lower layers of paddles and paddle together.

After 170 paddlers were in place, the sailor head walked back and forth in the aisle in the cabin. He was responsible for supervising the paddler, maintaining paddling order, and enhancing the morale of the paddler.

The helmman walked towards the stern of the ship. He was the core of the entire ship, controlling the rudder and controlling the direction of the warship. He must be the most experienced sailor to destroy the enemy ships and save himself in the fierce battle.

The flute player sat down in the middle of the aisle near the entrance to the deck, and he was responsible for accepting the captain's instructions and controlling the rhythm of the paddling.

The captain is the commander of the entire ship, responsible for commanding the battle.

In addition, there were three lookouts, who lined up the bow, stern and masts to inform the captain of the enemy situation and the instructions conveyed by the fleet at any time.

Today, considering that the sails were going to be fought in the near-shore with Syracuse soon, they did not hang up the sails or even carried them, and left them in the dock to reduce the load on the warships, the ten deck sailors responsible for lifting the sails and controlling the sailing of the ships were missing an important task. In addition to picking up bows and arrows and dealing with enemies close to the ships, their more important task was to manipulate the "Crow Suspension Bridge" to nail the enemy ships near.

At this moment, the army led by Davers also entered the military port, and Secret, Midolades and other naval officers rushed to greet him.

"Your Majesty, the fleet is ready and can set off at any time!" Secrean said excitedly after saluting Davers.

"Have you discovered the Syracuse fleet?" Davers asked calmly.

"Discovered!" Secrean immediately replied: "Our Clippers had previously reported that, 'Does of Syracuse warships appeared near the coast of Castron, and it seemed that they were preparing to land there, so their large fleet must be not far away!"

Davers looked at the naval officers led by Seclian, and all of them burst into hot gazes. He smiled: "It seems that you can't wait, so why are you waiting for? Let the soldiers of the Legion get on the ship!"

"Yes!" Antonios and Amintas responded in unison, and immediately ordered the team officials behind him: "Go on the boat!"

Soon, all the soldiers of the First Legion and a small number of soldiers of the Second Legion ran to the river bank in an orderly manner under the leadership of the squad leader. According to the area where they were trained yesterday, they found the three-layer oar warships in charge of their own team, and according to the order, they went up to the deck of the warship. So far, the total number of a three-layer oar warship in Dionia was close to 240.

Davers stood on the embankment, overlooking the densely packed legion soldiers on the river bank divided into streams of metal, rushing to warships, dyeing the yellow-brown river surface (the color of warships) black...

Davers, who had never experienced naval battles, couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart, temporarily dispelling the tension in his heart. He turned around and said to Amintas: "After we set off, you will lead the remaining Second Army soldiers to the port. Mariji has prepared the cargo ship for you. Get the news of our victory as soon as possible, and you will set off!"

"I understand, your majesty!" Amintas nodded, then looked at Secrean and saluted him a solemn military salute.

Just when Secrelian didn't understand why Amintas, who had just had some quarrel with him yesterday, heard Amintas say in a deep voice: "Seclian, I'll leave your Majesty's safety to you!"

Seclian understood, and he immediately replied with an equally solemn military salute: "I will use my life to protect the safety of Your Majesty!"

"I wish you a great victory in the naval battle!"

"I wish Lu Zhan victory!"

The two soldiers stared at each other, and some of the previous conflicts disappeared at this moment, and what remained was the fighting spirit of unity against the enemy.

"Let's get on the boat, too, don't let the soldiers wait for a long time." Davers waved.

"Yes!" Martius waved the military flag. The captain of the guard who had basically recovered found Davers yesterday afternoon and insisted on going to fight to kill the enemy. Davers had to let him return to the team.

"Your Majesty!" Kunogorata led the elders forward with a serious expression and bowed respectfully to Davers. They did not say much, but the heavyness of this gift would entrust the safety of the entire alliance to Davers, because this battle would determine the rise and fall of Diony.

Davers smiled again and said loudly: "Waiting for news of our victory!"

Then he took the guards down to the river bank. At this time, the legion soldiers had basically started to fight ships, so the river bank was not crowded. From time to time, there were sailors and soldiers of the fleet waved to Davers to greet and salute, and Davers responded with a smile.

Finally, he came to his ship, which was the largest three-layer oar warship in the entire fleet. It was 60 meters long and five meters wide, equipped with 188 oarsmen. The bow was tilted into the water, the head end was solid and sharp metal impact angle, and the tail end was raised up, similar to the scorpion tail. Countless wooden oars stretched out from front to back on both sides of the hull, more like the feet of a millipede. This was a luxurious warship from Lijim, which was originally positioned as a flagship by Seclian.

After Davers and 60 guards got on the deck, a man wearing a leather helmet and a short robe rushed to the doctor. After saluting, he said nervously: "Your Majesty, I am Miltias, the captain of this ship!"

Davers smiled and returned the gift: "Miltyas, I'm glad to fight with you!"

"Your Majesty, the sailors... want to greet you, but because of their duties, they cannot..." Miltias asked in a low voice with some embarrassment.

Davers said without hesitation: "I'm going to greet them." After that, he took the lead in coming to the entrance of the warship cabin.

The deck of the three-layer pulp warship is not a whole piece, but two decks from the bow to the stern, with a gap of more than one meter wide in the middle, so the cabin is not sealed. The paddlers in the cabin can pass through the gap by side and see the blue sky above. Therefore, even if there are nearly 200 paddlers in the cabin, this open structure will not make them feel bored.

When Davers appeared in the cabin, the entire warship boiled.

Davers did not disappoint the enthusiasm of the paddlers. He ignored the narrowness of the middle and upper paddler aisles, climbed up and down without hesitation, bent down and asked each paddler's name, and shook hands to greet them.

After walking this trip, although he was not wearing a helmet, he was already a little breathless, but he stood in the aisle in the center of the first floor and still shouted excitedly: "Brothers, I am very happy to fight with you, let us fight together and win this naval battle!"

"King Davers wins!!"

"King Davers wins!!"

The paddlers cheered in unison, which attracted the sailors of the adjacent warships to look at each other, and all showed envy: What an honor it would be to be able to fight on the same ship as King Davers, these lucky guys!

At this time, the unique naval warship sounded from the adjacent Dionia flagship. The paddlers stopped cheering and began to sing loudly, singing yells to praise the gods in unison. Of course, it was not dedicated to Hades, but to Poseidon, the Lord of the Sea. This was a prayer for a safe and successful voyage.

In order to integrate into the navy, Davers spent half a day learning this ancient etiquette, and now he sang loudly with the paddlers.

Captain Miltias handed him a wooden cup filled with wine, which was certainly not for drinking. Davers held it solemnly, walked to the bow of the ship, shouted the name of Poseidon, and spilled the wine into the river.

Poseidon's hymn resounded across the banks of the Krati River, cheering up the uneasy veterans. Then, standing on the embankment, they saw the warships in the front breaking away from the river bank, one after another sailing out of the military port...

"Let's go, let's go to the beach." Kunogorata said to the other elders.

No one expressed his objection. Although they could not come to the battle in person in the upcoming battle of life and death, they also had to cheer for the soldiers.

With this idea, not only the elders, but also all the people of the Dionian Union could come, the elderly, women, children, citizens, preparatory citizens, free people... etc., thousands of people gathered at the mouth of the Krati River. Every time they saw a warship sailing out, they cheered like a tsunami to encourage their relatives who participated in the war.

"This ship! My child is on this ship!"

"Did you see it? The person who waved was my brother, he was the captain!"

"My husband is in the boat with the strings of the ship that says 'three', and I can't see him because he is a paddler."

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While cheering, the people shouted their relatives' names, and many people also asked similar questions: "There is a strange long wooden board standing next to the mast at the front of the warship. What is that?! Why have I never seen it on warships in other city-states?"

Thanks to the handsome Xi Dapang, the disappearing maple, the flying feathers of the universe, and the great book fans of the wind and rain for the rewards! Your support is my greatest motivation for writing!!
Chapter completed!