Chapter 348： goblin

A column of smoke rises, indicating that the kingdom's army has begun to attack.

The rise of two pillars of smoke indicated that the kingdom's army had successfully attacked, and the Northwest Fleet only needed to stop the pirates fleeing by boat in the open sea.

Three pillars of smoke rose, indicating that the Kingdom's army's attack was blocked, and the Northwest Fleet needed to storm the port to distract the pirates in the city.

This was a signal agreed upon by the two armies. If possible, the Royal Army hoped to eliminate the pirates with its own strength, and the Northwest Fleet did not want to rashly attack a port that might have heavily fortified facilities.

Twelve battleships were floating in a line on the sea. On the deck of the flagship Unicorn, the fleet commander Tirpitz waited anxiously for the next signal.

On the distant land, a plume of thick smoke towered high in the sky. The Kingdom's army had been attacking for a long time, so there was no prompt for the next move.

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Before launching the attack, Harrison made as detailed an investigation as possible on the pirates entrenched in Westport. He roughly estimated that the number of pirates remaining in Westport was around 1,500 to 2,000.

Is this really a pirate? The size of the navies of some countries in Jiaowan is no more than this, right? It must be the ghost of the Grand Duke Tanlang who initiated the rebellion in the south.

In addition to not wanting to let his initial battle fail, there are three reasons why he is reluctant to launch an attack. One is that the team he led at the beginning was only more than 4,000 people. It is basically impossible for the enemy to guard the city. Second, except for a few elites, most of the soldiers are temporarily recruited. After the battle, they have to be sent home. Their morale and combat skills can be imagined. Third, He was the one who learned from the high-level officials that the pirates seem to be aided by a "mysterious power"—the assassination of the high-level navy is still inexplicable, and the released political officer even claimed to have seen the legendary wizard with his own eyes.

During this period of time, while strengthening the training of the army, he recruited more soldiers, until the Northwest Rao arrived and brought him the confession of the captives. It turned out that the pirates had already evacuated a lot in order to carry supplies, and only more than 1,000 people remained. into the harbor.

After observing the weapon called "artillery" on the Northwest Warship, Harrison's confidence greatly increased. In his opinion, this is also a "mysterious force" with great power. It's a pity that they are very stingy and have no intention of borrowing at all.

A specific plan for recovering Westport was quickly formulated, and the Royal Army and the Northwest Fleet attacked by land and water to defeat the pirates.

Somewhat unexpectedly, the walls were breached very quickly after the attack was launched. After the first interrogation, it was learned that most of the city walls were residents who were forced to defend the city by pirates. There were not many real pirates, and they were really crazy bastards.

He ordered the army to approach the depths of the city, and at the same time reminded his subordinates to wait for an ambush. However, the pirates had already given up the most powerful fortification wall, and they were most likely to flee by boat as they were at a disadvantage in numbers, and then it was time for the Northwesterners to show their talents.

Just as he surveyed the entire battlefield with cautious optimism, a group of broken soldiers ran back crying and shouting.

"Ghosts! There are ghosts in the city!"

Harrison was shocked, and immediately led Ran to the front line, seeing with his own eyes what the soldiers called "ghosts"—goblins.

This is a kind of humanoid creature inhabiting the southern rainforest. They are thin and only about half the height of an adult. Their skin is usually green or brown. They look like children from a distance. They have a little intelligence, and some of them are smart. Individuals can also learn some words and sentences to communicate with humans.

But their characters are also notoriously evil, and cruelty seems to be an innate trait of this race—they will attack the settlements of intelligent creatures, **** women and children, and torture the captives to death in their lairs.

But this is only for things weaker than them. Goblins are also afraid of beings stronger than them. When faced with violence that they cannot deal with, they will temporarily choose to "surrender". Goblins who have strength but do not choose violence will think that the other party is weak and bully the other party step by step. For this kind of creature, it is useless to forbear and retreat. And even if the goblins are temporarily surrendered by violence, it will be a matter of time before they betray. When you relax a little bit, a sharp knife will stab you in the back.

Goblins also have a notorious habit of eating people, or any intelligent species. According to the research of scholars, all kinds of horror folk legends about the existence of cannibals deep in the rainforest come from Goblins. Although there are many contradictions and even deep hatred among the various intelligent races on the mainland, no individual who talks is willing to eat another individual who talks, not even those savage orcs on the prairie. Goblins are different. They don't have the taboo of intelligent races at all. This is the biggest reason why they are not considered intelligent races. Of course, their poor IQ is also a big reason.

Although their IQ is very low, it is enough to support them to make some simple tools, all of which are tricky things - darts coated with poison, well-concealed traps, etc., and some metals The blade, but of poor quality.

The Goblin's single-body combat power is very low. Although it moves quickly, if there is enough fighting space, a strong child can beat an adult individual. What makes intelligent races have a headache is that this kind of creature has super fecundity and can mate all year round. The pregnancy period is about one month, and it can give birth to 6 to 8 babies a year, and 5 to 10 babies can be born in one litter. They can continue to reproduce, and their ability to expand their population is comparable to that of mice, and their females can lay eggs as easily as a hen, without the pain of passing through the gate of **** that humans or other humanoids experience when they give birth Human goblins are the remnants of the ancient legendary battle between humans and demons. They are the curse left by the demons to the world. All civilized races are strictly guarding against this kind of creature. Once such a creature appears on their own territory, they will immediately send a large army to drag it out. Only by systematically suppressing them did these [Devil’s Relics] not spread to every corner of the mainland.

After recognizing the true face of the "ghost", Harrison shouted: "This is just a goblin domesticated by pirates, a cowardly, wretched, and cowardly poor creature. There is nothing to be afraid of. Warriors of the kingdom, hold your hands tightly!" weapons, kill them all!"

The soldiers under his command were all from the countryside in the hinterland of the kingdom. Most of them had never left their hometowns before being recruited. It was normal not to know Goblins.

The commander's words were spread throughout the army, and the morale of the kingdom's army was restored. Although many people didn't know the goblins, they had heard of them. They knew that although they were cruel, their combat effectiveness was low, and their courage was restored. The returning soldiers brandished their weapons and rejoined the battlefield with howls.

But things didn't develop as smoothly as Harrison imagined—as long as the soldiers overcome their fear of this strange creature and fight seriously, they can kill the goblins with low combat effectiveness and run around the streets.

The performance of the goblins on the battlefield was beyond his knowledge—they, they were not afraid of death.

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