Chapter 515: The Surprise Attack After Dusk
As time approached dusk, the sky gradually darkened.
At night, apart from the occasional arrival or departure of merchant s.h.i.+ps, there were no merchant s.h.i.+ps loading or unloading goods.
All of this had to wait until the next day.
In this era, the productivity was very low, after all. There was no light that could illuminate the entire dock as if it was daytime. If one wanted to work at night, they could only light torches.
However, such a thing was not allowed.
The temporary warehouses on the dock and the hundreds of merchant s.h.i.+ps on the Resniston River were all made of wood.
Once a fire broke out, no n.o.ble or business family would dare to pat their chest and say that they could afford to compensate for the heavy losses.
On the dock that was three miles long, one mile in the middle was where the navy camps of Lionheart City was located.
On the east and west sides of the navy camps, there was a mile each. That was where the docks for merchant s.h.i.+ps to dock, load, and unload goods were located.
The defense of the entire dock area of Lionheart City was taken care of by the navy camp.
There were 2,000 soldiers in the navy camp. They were all from the top four n.o.ble families in the South County.
The safety of the docks was the only thing that could ensure the long-term prosperity of Lionheart City. Therefore, these navy soldiers were considered elites.
Of course, this was only relative to the water bandits. After all, their main duty was to drive and exterminate the water bandits.
Most of the time, the water bandits were slippery and difficult to exterminate.
Every week, the navy camp would sweep along the upstream and downstream to drive away the raging water bandits.
At the same time, they would send soldiers into the docks on both sides of the navy camp to guard and patrol.
However, over the past ten years, things had been unusually stable.
The soldiers patrolling and stationed there could at most resolve and suppress some commercial disputes or warn empty air to threaten the unscrupulous gangs at the docks. There was not even a proper battle.
Therefore, the navy soldiers who were still stationed at the dedicated sentry towers on both sides of the navy camp at night were just killing time.
Because there was nothing to do at night.
Tonight, it happened to be a new moon. The crescent moon was emitting a dim light. The world was dark and hazy. Twenty meters away, it was completely dark, and nothing could be seen.
In the tributaries near Lionheart City of the Resniston River, Baheshtur put the thumb and index finger of his right hand in his mouth. He blew hard and stopped. He whistled like a night owl and repeated this five times.
The entire fleet of 30 triremes and 120 sailboats turned into a moving shadow under the dark night and approached the Resniston River. Finally, they entered the river and moved toward Lionheart City in the east.
At the same time, in Lionheart City, near the south city wall, there was a slum area near the south city gate.
There was no doubt that the slum area was close to the dock. Only by working hard at the dock could they survive.
Some tall and strong figures came out from the dilapidated houses in the slum area one after another and slowly gathered together. They had long agreed on the gathering location.
This time was the time that Baheshtur had agreed with them.
When they gathered together, there were exactly fifty people.
They were all Sarleon Lion Knights. Other than their warhorses and heavy four-meter-long lances, they were fully equipped.
They wore a giant helmet with Sarleon feather ornaments on their heads and a linen robe on their bodies. They were wearing the best defensive equipment in the era of cold weapons. They had full-body plate armor and were equipped with a garter lion kite s.h.i.+eld on their backs. On their waists were two weapons that they held in both hands — a silver greatsword and a spiked hammer.
Even without warhorse and lance, they were still the most powerful soldiers in the world. Their individual strength was comparable to that of the most powerful grand knights in the world. Fifty people gathered together. Even if they charged into an elite formation of a thousand infantrymen with the body of an infantryman, they would still be able to achieve a complete victory.
Talent: 1 Lion Physique: They have a special power that can increase their physical fitness by 250%. 2 Faith and Honor: They will fight like a lion in a chaotic battle, increasing their physical fitness by 50%-300% as time goes by. 3 Blood Bath: They can plunder the enemy’s spirit to replenish themselves and prolong the battle time.
These were a group of people who were born for the battlefield. The other army that fought against them on the battlefield would fall into a terrible nightmare.
They were able to appear neatly in the slums of Lionheart City because Lionheart City was the largest trading city in the Dukedom of Leo.
The daily flow of people and the throughput of goods were incomparably huge.
As long as they threatened one or two trade caravan that frequently entered Lionheart City, hid their armor, helmets, s.h.i.+elds, and weapons among the thick goods, and disguised themselves as the guards of the trade caravan, they would be able to easily sneak into Lionheart City.
Such a trade caravan was not only familiar with the soldiers on guard, but they also had paid enough bribe. The goods they transported were all the same, so most of the soldiers who inspected the goods on their carriage were just putting on an act, and it was done carelessly.
It was impossible to discover the armor, helmets, s.h.i.+elds, and weapons of the Sarleon Lion Knights hidden among the goods.
As for the Sarleon Lion Knights who were acting as guards, they would not even look at them.
They were dealing with the leader of the trade caravan. As for the guards, were they qualified to let the rich city gate of the Dukedom of Leo inspect the soldiers and waste time to observe them carefully?
Although Lionheart City was close to the Resniston River, there was a southern defense line to prevent the Silver Platter Kingdom from invading.
In the north, there was a castle called the Lion Fort. The ruler of the Dukedom of Leo, Cameron, was based in the Lion Fort, and no one dared to offend him.
The Lionheart City itself had tens of thousands of elite troops from the four top n.o.ble families in the South County. The walls were tall and thick.
Who would dare to attack Lionheart City?
Hence, the inspection of Lionheart City was really lax.
Lionheart City was more than 20 miles in length and width. It was the largest city in the Dukedom of Leo.
On the east, south, west, and north walls, there was a city gate. Each city gate was guarded by a top n.o.ble from the South County.
Each city gate was extremely wide, more than 20 meters wide.
Lionheart City was built according to the standards of a trading city. The wide city gates were good for the carriage to enter and exit.
Above the city gates, there were city towers and arrow towers. They could guard over 200 soldiers at the same time.
On both sides of the city walls, there were also wide roads. They could send soldiers to defend from above.
Even though Lionheart City was a trading city, if someone dared to attack, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.
However, normally, the private armies of the four n.o.ble families in the South County would only send 200 soldiers to guard the city towers and arrow towers.
That was enough.