Chapter 585 (1/2)

Chapter 585: The Day of Embarkment

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Three days later, 1,500 soldiers of the Tooth Extraction Campaign boarded their ships and headed for their first destination, Redwater City.

At the same time, according to strategic planning, the other soldiers of the First Army would escort the ammunition and food to the Northern Region. They would follow the inland water path, pass through Redwater River, the King’s City river, Sanwan River, and reach Deepvalley Town in the end.

In order to cope with such a large-scale deployment, Roland gathered all the paddle steamers in City of Neverwinter and also rented 30 sailing ships from Margerie’s Chamber of Commerce to deliver war materials.

By doing so, he could send three thousand soldiers and artillery ammunition to the Northern Region within a month, which was even before July. In the modern world, transporting a few thousands of people could be completed by just three or four ferries in one trip. But in this era, this was an incredible initiative.

The vanguards would also move towards the Northern Region after they had accumulated enough God’s Stones of Retaliation during the Tooth Extraction Campaign, and finally 4,500 soldiers would gather at Deepvalley Town and force the church to have a war with them at Coldwind Ridge.

Of course, there was always a plan B, in case the church responded too quickly, sending a troop of God’s Punishment Army to move southward across the Impassable Mountain Range and launched a surprise attack at City of Neverwinter, or that they abandoned Holy City and tried to enter the kingdom from the border between Kingdom of Dawn and Kingdom of Graycastle.

The five hundred men defending City of Neverwinter were prepared for the first situation. Defenders always got a certain advantage, especially with the 152 mm stronghold cannon. As for the second situation, it would result in a lose-lose situation. Under such circumstances, the First Army would resort to a war of attrition and Kingdom of Graycastle would lose lots of people, meanwhile the church would lose Holy City of Hermes and their faith and status would also suffer.

Fortunately, it was almost impossible for the second case to happen. The population of Kingdom of Graycastle would increase after the war, but the church could not afford to lose Holy City, their foundation. As long as the pope was not frantic, they would never abandon their Holy City.

The Pearl of the Northern Region, Edith Kant, followed the first fleet to leave, too.

“Please don’t worry Your Majesty, I’ll write a letter to inform my father to send half of his grains to the soldiers, and the Lord of Deepvalley Town will also try his best to fulfill any request from the First Army.”

“Aren’t you going back to the Northern Region?” asked Roland.

“I’d like to follow the first army and to participate in all the coming battles instead of going back home,” said Edith, who stood on the side of the ship. She raised her hair and bowed, saying, “Please take care of my brother for me.”

“I’ll take care of him.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty, I’ll wait for you in Deepvalley Town, for the real great war.”

After the ship left, Nightingale complained. “Tut-tut, the war is a life-and-death matter, but she talks about it as if she’s going to a date.”

“Uhm… does she?”

“Don’t you realize it? The action of raising her hair… There’s no wind blowing. Why did she take the trouble to do it?” Nightingale snorted and added, “of course, it may be her habit to seduce men with such a gesture and it’s already a habit.”

“Are you still upset by the letter?” Roland shook his head and did not know whether to laugh or cry. “I’ve told you, it’s impossible. By the way, did she lie?”

Nightingale reluctantly replied, “Basically, no. At least when she expressed allegiance and talked about those combat arrangements, she said the truth.”

“That’s enough. Let’s go back to the castle.” Roland took a breath and said.