After leaving Lao Xingtou's tailor shop, Chen Feng returned to Yin's courtyard. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Shuang Yi busy looking for him everywhere.
A magician covered in blood followed beside him. The fleet was attacked and he had no time to repair it, so he came to report the news.
When Shuang Yi said goodbye to Beta last night, he marked Yunhai Town where Chen Feng was on the map.
Therefore, the messenger can find this place.
After all, Chen Feng is the commander of the warship formation and the highest officer of the Maritime Patrol Department. If such a big accident occurs, he must be informed and the final solution must be decided by him.
"What's going on? Are you in a hurry? Old Ghost Eyebrow is attacking the mansion?"
Seeing Shuang Yi sweating profusely, Chen Feng hurriedly greeted him.
"Last night you asked me to stop the fleet of Lord Beta and let her return the same way. But on their way back, they encountered an ambush through the Somali Strait. Several warships were scuttled, and more than 20,000 knights were lost.
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The Monty Empire leads to the Snow Moon Empire. If you want to take a shortcut, you must pass through the Somalia Cairn. It is surrounded by mountains on both sides. In addition, it is dark, so it is difficult to detect the existence of traps. It is a good place to set up an ambush.
The only pirate in this sea area is the white-bearded Liubai Ape.
But his lair has been raided by Chen Feng, and the remaining pirates are not enough to cause trouble.
"Have you found out who did it? Isn't this too outrageous? Even the Monty Empire's fleet dared to sneak attack? No matter what? Conceal this matter first, and don't tell the Empire openly for the time being."
The death of 20,000 knights is not a trivial matter. If the investigation is not clear, it may be difficult to give a reasonable explanation to the nobles in Monty's court.
It was a critical moment, and the princes were opposed to spending huge sums of money to open up routes.
If they get hold of this again, their overseas trade plans will be ruined.
"They should be pirates! According to the knight who came to report, the group of people all wore black masks and were familiar with water. When they came, there were no traps in the Somali Strait. When they returned, they were ambushed by police and the pirates took the opportunity to sneak in.
Under the water, sink the warship."
"I understand, Lord Beta is not injured, right?"
"She was only slightly injured and led her team to break out of the encirclement. She is currently repairing at Jingluo Island, waiting for your dispatch. She has not returned to the port of the Patrol Department."
"Then the messenger will make another trip and tell the Lord of Beta City to hide this matter and don't let the Monty Empire know about it. The matter is urgent and cannot be delayed. It's troublesome."
"Prince, please rest assured, I promise to convey your order in time."
After saying goodbye to Chen Feng, the magician used the shuttle door scroll to leave.
"Let's go to Somalia first and figure out the situation before we talk!"
Chen Feng took Shuang Yi and took the destroyer to the Somali Strait. In order to avoid being attacked by surprise, the radar and thermal imaging were always turned on, but no abnormalities were found.
After last night's melee in the Somali Strait, there were various debris and corpses of knights floating on the sea, as well as warships that had not sunk to the bottom.
These all come from the fleet of Beta City Lord.
But strangely, there were no corpses of the enemy left at the scene, not even any traces.
According to what Shuang Yi and the courier said, after the fleet was attacked, they immediately launched a counterattack against the pirates on the shore. They fired more than 100,000 feather arrows, and it was impossible for the enemy to suffer casualties.
After taking back the destroyer, Chen Feng landed, hoping to find useful clues.
"Chen Feng, look, there is blood here. There was a fierce battle last night. It should be blood. Why is there a smell? Is it possible that these pirates are not normal people?"
Shuang Yi squatted next to him, with blood stains still on the branches.
"It looks like he must have been dead for a long time. He may not be a simple pirate, but something more terrifying."
The surrounding flowers, plants and trees were damaged to varying degrees, but no traces of pirates were left behind. After searching to no avail, Chen Feng planned to leave.
The destroyer crossed the strait and arrived at the port of Jingluo Island.
The corpses of 20,000 knights sank in the Somali Strait. Of the remaining knights, half were seriously injured and half were slightly injured. They all had varying degrees of scars on their bodies. It was difficult to find an undistinguished soldier in the crowd.
"Wang Jue, I was careless and underestimated the enemy. I am willing to bear all the blame." Beta City Lord was leaning on a cane. Her ankle was cut and inflamed, and she could not walk.
Chen Feng supported Beta, returned to the main camp, and dismissed the guards at the door.
"Now is not the time to investigate the responsibility. We must first find out who our opponent is? Shuangyi and I just passed by the Somali Strait and found a pool of smelly fresh blood on the shore. We are sure that we have been dead for a long time. There is a possibility of attacking the fleet.
Not a human, but a monster."
"I also think this is very strange. Those pirates can't be killed no matter how hard they are killed? They can also hide under the water for a long time without coming up to the surface for air.
But it was very dark at the time, and they were all wearing masks and black robes. It was not clear whether they were humans or ghosts. The only thing I can be sure of is that these pirates are thinner than ordinary people."
The moment he encountered the attack, Beta ordered the fleet to launch a counterattack toward the shore. In addition to feather arrows, he also used Maxim and Tiger.
Even the most powerful pirates could not withstand the large-scale fire suppression, but this time, they failed to kill a single enemy.
This is strange enough!
"In short, first place the injured soldiers on Jingluo Island, and be sure not to leak any information. Shuangyi and I will be responsible for secret investigation of the pirates."
Chen Feng wanted to hide it from the nobles of the Monti Empire to prevent foreign trade from being terminated.
This trip to Yunhai Town confirmed that maritime trade is indeed feasible, because gold and silver are cheap commodities in the Monty Empire. They can be found everywhere like rubbish for building houses. One tael of gold cannot be exchanged for one tael of rice.
But in the Xueyue Empire, the same amount of gold can be exchanged for ten thousand copper coins, while the price of a pound of rice is only worth fifteen copper coins.
Although the magical continent of Azeroth is vast, only the coastal plains have fertile land, and the large areas in the middle are deserts and glaciers, making it impossible to grow crops.
After hundreds of tribes surrendered to Monty, the empire had 40 million civilians.
Just a few hundred acres of fertile farmland cannot feed so many people.
If we can successfully open a route and use worthless gold and silver to purchase food and other items from the Snow Moon Empire, we can solve the food shortage problem.
This is also the reason why Chen Feng insists on opening up routes. The Patrol Division cannot be removed, otherwise all the huge sums of money spent on shipbuilding and eradication of pirates in the early stage will be in vain.
But tens of thousands of knights often suffered heavy casualties, and the commotion was too loud. It was impossible to hide secrets in a place as big as Whale Luo Island's palm.
"Chen Feng, just now Commander Greenlan sent a private message, saying that the princes have learned about this and are trying to force Emperor Leia to get rid of the patrol department, remove you from the title, and punish you with a serious crime. Emperor Leia will
Procrastination and procrastination only led to more joint remonstrances from the nobles."
Shuang Yi hurried over and handed the opened envelope to Chen Feng.
The current situation is critical. At the court, the nobles are divided into two factions. One faction is the hereditary nobles, with most princes and titles but no real power. They unanimously recommended that Chen Feng be severely punished.
The other faction is the new aristocracy promoted by the military merit system. These generals are civilians who have earned their titles with military merit. They hold military power and regard Chen Feng as the God of War. They will never allow the princes to slander him.
They even sent troops to suppress it many times, causing chaos in King Monti City.