late at night. Presuming that the soldiers of the island republic had fallen asleep, Andrea led the fleet to launch the ninth sheep attack.
Since his fleet must play the avros every time it attacks, the soldiers of the island republic have developed a conditioned reflex. When they hear the music, they will immediately wake up from their sleep and rush to the deck.
This time, Andrea was going to play a piece of music for the island republic from a distance and then turn around and leave. But to his surprise, the other side of the sea was full of oil lamps.
"What's going on? Is the Navy of the Island Republic having a party?"
Andrea frowned and motioned for the fleet to move closer.
The fleet of the Republic of Liguria lit up its lights and gradually approached both sides of the strait.
"Marshal! This...this is!"
The soldiers screamed in horror - on both sides of the strait, hundreds of crosses were inserted side by side, with the corpse of a civilian hanging on each cross. Those corpses were either missing arms or legs, and even had their ears cut off or their eyes gouged out. You can imagine the kind of abuse these civilians received during their lifetimes.
Underneath the cross was a heap of disgusting bits of flesh. Even the soldiers who were accustomed to seeing dead bodies, many vomited at the scene before them.
Andrea felt the blood inside her body boil. This too tragic scene made him feel angry even after being on the battlefield.
"Marshal! Look over there!"
A soldier looked across the bank and pointed. There was a row of lights flowing there, and a group of soldiers could be faintly seen escorting a new batch of prisoners to the shore.
Andrea clenched her fists. Although they are civilians of the Seven Hills Empire, as a vassal state of the Seven Hills Empire, Liguria considers itself to be a member of the Seven Hills Empire.
"Marshal, let's launch an attack! We are not afraid of ocean fire!" the soldiers shouted angrily, "These beasts in the Island Republic should not be alive!"
"retreat!"
"marshal--?"
"I said, retreat!" Andrea punched the side of the ship, "Report this to the King of Sweden first!"
The sound of the Avros pipe announcing the retreat sounded. Andrea came to the stern and stared for a long time at the row of lights.
His eyes were as big as copper bells.
After receiving the report of the retreat of Andrea's fleet, Yinpolita smiled proudly.
"If you don't attack in this situation, it seems that this is all the enemy can do."
"What do we do next?" Contarini asked.
"We have only one strategy, and that is to hold on." Yin Bolita said, "and to kill a group of prisoners of war every day."
…
"What did you say? Is this true?"
After hearing Andrea's report, Ella jumped out of her seat and shook Andrea's body in disbelief. After receiving Andrea's affirmative reply, Ella gritted her teeth and issued the most vicious declaration she could think of:
"Island Republic! When I capture their capital, I will fill their seas with red seaweed, fill their rivers with feces and poison, and sprinkle every piece of their farmland with salt and every inch of soil. The seeds of thorns are planted there!"
If these things are carried out, it will mean the waste of this entire land. Anger makes Ella eager to turn the island republic into a barbaric land without any vegetation!
"I think this is the enemy's method of provocation. Let the soldiers withdraw first." Andrea looked at Ella meaningfully, "King of Sweden, it seems that your method of provocation has failed."
"Provoking the generals? I don't want to use the provoking method to get them out. But since they do this, my plan will speed up."
Ella took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
"Andrea, you did the right thing, you can't fall for the opponent's provocation. You continue to carry out the sheep attack, but from today on, when you attack, my navy will also be dispatched."
"The pirate kingdom's navy? Since it's just a sheep attack, there's no need, right?" Andrea asked, "Or does your navy have any special missions?"
"Nothing special," Ella said. "It's just that they ran from left to right, and from right to left."
After listening to Ella explain her entire battle plan, Andrea was so shocked that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear.
"The plan is a good one, but will it be too slow? Will Constantiniya really fall before that?"
"Before evacuating Constantiniya, I wrote a letter to a friend." Ella said, "If she is willing to assist, Constantiniya should be able to hold on for a while longer."
…
Constantinier sent an envoy to the camp of the Alemanni Federation.
"If you continue to fight, you won't be able to capture Constantiniya." The envoy said, "Basileus is willing to give you a batch of gold. Let us both stop fighting."
The Alemannic lords sat in a half circle around the envoy. Most people dismissed the emissary's proposal - the fall of Constantiniya was bound to happen sooner or later. They had paid such a high price, how could they just give up.
But when the messenger reported the specific amount of gold, the eyes of the lords suddenly became clear.
"Is there really that much gold?" a lord confirmed in disbelief.
"It is difficult to pay it all in one go, but Basileus is willing to pay it in installments." The envoy said, "I only hope that this gift can bring long-term peace and stability between the two countries."
The lords unanimously looked towards the center - there sat the Duke of Saxony, the Duke of Burgundy and Impolita.
"What a gift, that sounds nice." Impolita sneered before the Duke of Saxony and the Duke of Burgundy, "Isn't it just a gift because you are afraid of being beaten and want to pay compensation and beg for mercy?"
Yin Bolita's words made the envoy a little embarrassed, but he could not refute this fact.
"If the Alemannic Federation understands this way, then there is nothing we can do. So, your answer is...?"
"Go back and tell your Basileus," Impolita said, "If you want to ask for peace, you must at least increase the amount of gold ten times!"
As soon as these words came out, not only the messenger, but also the lords of the Alemanni Federation were shocked. The amount originally proposed by the envoy was enough to satisfy them. If it were increased tenfold, it might not be enough to drain the Qiqiu Empire's treasury.
The messenger's face turned pale: "This amount is really too much...can't it be less?"
"Then there's nothing to say." Yin Bolita threw the wine in the glass onto the envoy's face, "Go away. Go back and tell your Basileus that if he doesn't agree, sooner or later the gold will be in our hands. By then, I’m afraid you will have lost even more.”
The messenger wiped the drink from his face without saying a word and walked away in a gray manner.
"Is this request too much?" After the envoy left, the Duke of Saxony asked Impolita with a frown, "If we want to capture Constantiniya, we actually have to pay a lot of price."
"Don't worry, the Qiqiu Empire will send envoys." Yin Bolita replied, "Tomorrow, I will go to 'urge' them again."
