Chapter 109： "Loach" ambition

On a nearby high ground, "Loach" Garden stood there looking at the fishing village in flames.

At this time, a little leader ran over from the village and reported to him:

"Boss, it's almost over."

Garden nodded and said, "Gather everyone together, let's retreat, it's not a good idea to attract blue-striped dogs who like to meddle in their own business."

"Yes!" The little boss replied and ran towards the village.

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The establishment of the navy caused great headaches for the pirates, especially the pirates in the waters near Arda, making them fearful even when they went ashore.

After Lord Paul Grayman of Arda killed his father-killing enemy, the shark, the other pirates thought that the Lord would stop there and continue to abide by the treaty signed between the Northwest Lords and the pirates. Qiufeng turned a blind eye to his behavior.

Who would have thought that the **** shark would poke a hornet's nest, and the young and vigorous lord seemed to hate all the pirates together. Since the public trial meeting that day, a news has slowly spread throughout this sea area: Earl Greyman To eliminate all pirates in the northwest bay.

This is not bragging, Earl Greiman specially set up a navy to deal with them.

At first, due to lack of strength, the navy did not take the initiative to encircle them, but the pirates still felt the pressure.

Their operations along the coast of Arda began to hit a snag. In the past, the pirates would rest for two days in the place they plundered after landing, but now they can't do it anymore. They must run away immediately, otherwise the Arda navy will come and attack them. them.

It's not that the pirates didn't want to come here for a head-to-head confrontation, but the opponent was equipped with powerful weapons, and often before they could touch the opponent, they heard a strange crackling sound, and a large area fell down on their side.

After that, they must have left in a herd, and the pirates finally understood how the shark was finished.

They had no choice but to change their strategy. They no longer stayed in the looting area to rest, but turned into grabbing and leaving.

But gradually this method also failed, and the Arda Navy sent commissioners to station in coastal villages and towns to reorganize, train and command the local militia.

Originally, the militia organized by the villagers had no shape at all, and they were no match for the pirates at all. However, after being trained by the navy, they gradually gained the courage and ability to deal with the pirates.

In view of the fact that the coastline is too long and the navy cannot spread its forces too much, Austin presided over the construction of a series of coastal defense projects at the beginning of his tenure.

He convened representatives of the coastal villages and towns in Port Flanders, and presented his plan:

Every village and town must build a simple fortress that can accommodate all the local residents. Small villages can directly surround themselves with wooden walls. It does not need to be too strong, but the defense facilities on it must at least be able to support Live a day and a night.

Each village and town will also build a beacon tower on its own coast, on which local militia will be stationed and patrols will be organized on the shore.

Once a suspicious ship is found approaching, a beacon is lit, and the people in the village hide in the fort after receiving the warning of the beacon, and the militiamen prepare for defense.

Then just wait for the main force of the navy to rush to help, and don't go out to fight no matter how tempted the opponent is.

After entering September, the coastal defense projects of coastal villages and towns were gradually completed and played a great role.

Although after the pirates attacked, some property that was too late to take away would still be robbed, but the number of people being plundered was greatly reduced.

However, the navy immediately dispatched every time after seeing the beacon warning, blocked many pirate gangs that had not retreated for a long time, and fought several annihilation battles fiercely.

With the gradual improvement of the training level of the militia, they also learned how to judge the combat strength of the enemy and us, and were able to deal with some small pirate gangs at the right time.

The Arda Territory has gradually become a restricted area for pirates to land in the Northwest Bay, and all the pirate gangs have shifted their targets to grab other territories.

But fishing boats and merchant ships were still threatened by pirates. After the threat on land was basically eliminated, Austin began to turn his attention to the sea.

The 6 sailing galleys that had completed the drill began to patrol the sea, providing **** for the civilian ships. Although the sailors were basically newborn calves, they were still irresistible to the pirates due to the presence of muskets and grenades—these were left by Edward. The little shrimps below can only jump and fight hand-to-hand. Due to the lack of long-range weapons such as bows and arrows and boat crossbows, they are restrained by firearms to death.

At this point, the Arda Navy has finally become an existence that pirates have heard of. Their reputation has gradually spread, and their scope of activities has become wider and wider. Sometimes they will "cross the border" to teach the pirates who robbed the territory next door.

However, there is a pirate gang that is relatively an exception, and that is the "Loach" Garden gang that gave Austin a little headache.

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The "blue-striped dog" in Garden's mouth refers to the Arda Navy. The nickname comes from their white and blue sailor uniform, which has become the symbol of the Arda Navy.

The four pirate gangs that were originally ranked in front of the Loach Gang, the Shark Gang and the Quick Gang were killed by the army led by Graeman himself because they wanted to die. was beaten badly.

Only the Loach gang, relying on his prudence and cunning, gradually grew stronger after suffering a few small losses.

Unlike those mad dog colleagues who only know "rob, grab, grab", Garden has stationed many eyeliners on land. These eyeliners are either small vendors walking in various villages and towns, or local residents who are threatened and lured, from time to time Pass some very useful information to him through some special channels, such as the defense strength of a certain place, the quality and quantity of the militia, whether there are naval activities nearby, and so on.

With the help of this information, the Loach Gang had the courage to do a few "deals" that made Arda's navy feel a little embarrassed.

Intimidated by the reputation of the navy, the loach gang only robbed things in these few operations, and did not harm the lives of the people. There is a saying among the pirates that the lord of Arda will be lenient to those pirates who have no lives in their hands. Whether it's true or not, anyway, don't make the beam too big. But for the villages and towns in other territories, they were not so polite, burning and killing as usual.

The reason why Garden dared to do this after Arda became a restricted area for pirates to land was to declare to other pirates that there was still a pirate regiment in the Northwest Gulf that could make Graiman helpless, so as to build his prestige in the hearts of the pirates.

Because he gradually had a dream in his heart that he had never had before, or ambition-to unify the pirate forces in the Northwest Gulf and become the second Edward.

At first it was just a thought, and when it flashed through his mind, he would laugh at himself, it was just a daydream.

But as the strength in his hands increased, he couldn't restrain this idea more and more, and it eventually turned into ambition.

And the contact with a mysterious person not long ago made him more persistent in his ambition.