Unknown Knight

Chapter 373 Night Attack on Water Village

Moreover, if Aix wants to take revenge on Eden and his son, taking the water route is undoubtedly the most convenient way at the moment. Transporting logistical supplies by ship can save a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is currently the most reliable logistical support route.

Not only that, if the troops are transported by water, although the long time will make the soldiers physically weak, the marching speed will be much faster than marching on land. This will not only shorten the time span of the entire war, but also save a lot of supplies. Therefore, the city of Kulau is a node that he must open up, no matter what method he uses.

This meant that Rodelaboye, Aix's former "brother", was destined to become the first Viegian noble targeted by Aix.

One night in late April, seven modified single-masted keelboats sailed down the river quietly towards the city of Kulau. They calculated the time and arrived at the waters of Kulau in the second half of the night.

Then they did not pass through the water fort that lay across the river, but lined up in a row, forming a long dragon that was half the width of the river.

After all the ships were in position, the new Lord Mathilde, who was in charge of the operation, gave an order and the soldiers dressed as caravan members pulled away the tarpaulin covering the ship, revealing the small catapult fixed on the ship.

These small trebuchets are only one-fifth the size of ordinary trebuchets, with a maximum range of less than one hundred meters, not as far as a bow and crossbow, and have very little power. The reason why only such small trebuchets are installed is mainly due to the backwardness of the ships. If a trebuchet with too much power is installed, it will destroy the hull structure of the sloop-of-war, and even put the entire ship at risk of disintegration or capsizing.

However, such range and power are enough for naval battles. The current water battles of Calradia mostly use the most primitive boarding warfare. This small catapult with a trebuchet, equipped with the territory's unique inferno oil tanks as attack projectiles, can almost move sideways in the waters of Calradia.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang."

Seven burning oil tanks were like seven fire meteors that streaked through the darkness, igniting seven fire points on the wooden wall of the water fort.

The weapon launched this time was a fierce incendiary oil tank that was only one-third the size of a conventional fierce incendiary oil tank. Although this type of fierce incendiary oil tank was a little weaker, its power should not be underestimated. It immediately caught fire when it landed on the wooden water fort. Even the fierce incendiary oil that splashed into the water floated on the water and burned, carrying the ignited fire to a farther place.

After the first round of shooting, Mathilde did not stop at all and ordered her men to fire all the remaining cans of incendiary oil on the ship as quickly as possible. This time they traveled light, with only ten cans of incendiary oil on each ship, and the rest of the sacks that looked like commodities were actually filled with wheat straw disguised as commodities. After the ten cans of incendiary oil were fired, the water fort across the river had already spread into flames, and the situation was beyond redemption.

At this moment, the defenders of Kulau City on the shore had reacted, and archers began to shoot arrows. Lord Mathilde looked at the fire in the water fort and waved his hand to let his subordinates blow the conch horn to retreat. At this time, the single-masted keel boat was no different from an empty ship. It easily turned its bow and disappeared on the dark river.

The fire burned for half the night and the entire water fort was burned down and collapsed. If it weren't for some charred wood floating on the water, it would be hard to tell that there was once a water fort across the river.

At daybreak, the city lord Harold Boyer, covered in dust and dirt, sat down dejectedly on a stone beside the pier, not caring at all about his dual noble identities as a boyer and city lord.

His loss this time was extremely heavy. He was so distressed that he could not help but put aside his airs and personally join the firefighting team. However, although he and his subordinates had heard of flaming oil, they had never witnessed its power up close. They even simply thought that fire was afraid of water, so they used buckets to fetch water and kept pouring it on the fire. However, they did not expect that the flaming oil would float on the accumulated water and spread around, igniting more places and even burning several soldiers who were fighting the fire.

The fire burned down the water fort that he had spent thousands of gold coins to build, and spread to the dock, burning the wooden dock, the seven sloops on the dock, and the nearby dock. There were also five sloops that were almost completed in the dock, which were reduced to ashes.

He had invested a lot of money in all these. After seeing the profits from water trade, he had planned to build a river trade fleet like Aix, but he had always been short of extra money. Now that he had finally saved enough money to build the ship, he did not expect to make any quick profits, but instead lost all his capital.

Harold Boyer was so angry at this moment, the murderous aura on his body was as real as substance, which frightened all his subordinates. They dared to stand far away from him, and no one dared to approach him.

But no matter how angry Harold was, he had not yet lost his mind. If he did anything out of line at this point, it would not only be of no help, but would also become a laughing stock if it got out.

After a while, Harold Boye, who had regained his breath, also figured out the cause and effect of this incident. He couldn't help but sweat on his back. With Aix's strength, it would be easy to break his Kulau City. It would be a lie to say that he was not afraid.

In the past few years, he first sided with King Yarogerk and participated in the siege of Kudan City. Then he joined the blockade alliance against the Territory of Aix, set up water forts on the rivers to cut off water transportation, and imposed heavy taxes on caravans traveling to and from the Territory of Aix. It can be said that he has done everything he can.

It was not difficult for Aix to capture the strategically located Fort Sageche and his city of Kulau, which was located at a strategic transportation hub. The reason why they only burned his water fort but did not destroy his city of Kulau was probably because Aix, his former good brother, still cared about their past friendship and did not want to do anything too extreme, so he left him a way out.

Another reason is related to recent rumors. It is said that Aix is ​​preparing to seek revenge on Eden and his son in Tiha City. Then his best choice is to go to Tiha City by water. Moreover, no matter whether Aix takes the water route or not, the location of Kulau City is an important node that he cannot bypass and must be opened up.

The first of these two reasons seems illusory and more like Harold Boyer's own unrealistic fantasy.

The second reason should be more true. Aix only attacked and burned his water fort at night without raising any flags. He did not stand up proudly afterwards and admit that he did it. He probably did not want to make things clear, and did not want to make enemies with the entire Kingdom of Vigia because of it.

Regardless of which of these two reasons is true or false, Aix did not break his Kulau City after all. This action was more like a punishment and deterrence to him while opening up the road. However, with Aix's strength and character, once he believed that his Kulau City was an enemy and a major hidden danger on the march, he should not mind breaking his Kulau City.

Therefore, the most urgent thing for him to do now is to find a way to eliminate Aix's hostility towards him. Although he is so angry that he wants to kill Aix, if he provokes Aix in anger, it will be tantamount to digging his own grave.

Thinking of this, Harold Boyer did not hesitate. He rubbed his stiff face hard with his hands, sorted out his mood, returned to the city lord's mansion and immediately wrote a handwritten letter to Aix.