Mage Joan

It was not until noon on August 2 that Earl Winthrop received the news that the Continental Army stationed in Midgard was retreating overnight.

He regretted that he missed the opportunity to completely wipe out the enemy, but he captured the largest port city on the east coast of the New World without blood, and it was still a brilliant victory.

Ironically, when Earl Winthrop led Fichen's army into the gate that afternoon, he was greeted by thousands of Midgard citizens cheering.

Delegates from the Continental Congress had already fled Midgard, and the interim administration was replaced by the "Committee of Supporting Royal Masters" composed of 50 respected gentlemen in the city.

It was this committee that came forward to organize and lead the citizens to open the city gates and welcome Feizhen's army into the city.

In fact, thanks to the countless incidents of harassment that occurred during the Continental Army’s garrison, in Midgard, the "Committee of Supporting the Royal Division" is more popular than the original "Continental Conference."

In the eyes of most Midgard citizens, it does not matter whether the "royalists" or the "Continental Army" occupy Midgard. The important thing is who can bring peace and order to the city.

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On August 1, 1626, Midgard City fell, and General George Vasa led the Continental Army to cross the river and escape.

On the afternoon of August 2nd, Earl Winthrop led Fichen's army into Midgard.

On August 16, the Caludon mercenary group of Queen Huaiya cooperated with the flesh and blood colossus "Princess" to push against "Linyuan Fort."

After the fall of Midgard, Linyuan Fort became an isolated city. The thousand garrisons in the city were in desperate situation. Faced with the threat of the "colossus of flesh and blood", they had no choice but to raise the white flag in the evening and surrendered.

On the second day of the fall of Fort Linyuan, George Vassar’s troops fled hastily for more than half a month and finally arrived at Freeport, temporarily gaining a foothold, gathering the defeated officers and soldiers, and reorganizing the army.

As early as mid-July, the "Continental Conference" moved to Freeport, and now the Continental Army also retreated to Freeport. This port town created by smugglers and pirates has become the colony's wartime capital.

Soldiers kept deserting while fleeing. Now Vaasa has fewer than 20,000 soldiers left in his hands, of which a quarter are wounded and sick.

The morale of the Continental Army has fallen to the bottom. The top priority is not to try to turn defeat into victory, but to raise food and grass to save the surviving troops from starvation.

Freeport is not Midgard. There are not many law-abiding citizens in this city. There are many smugglers and pirates who make a living by plundering.

As the saying goes, the Continental Army has fallen into a dilemma of eating the mountains and the sea. General Vassar has no room for picking and choosing. In order to obtain the urgently needed supplies, he has to contact Freeport. The "Pirate Council" of the United States cooperated to do that "unprofitable business" together.

General Vassar selected a group of officers and soldiers with seafarers experience and proficient in water from his army, and sent them to more than 30 pirate ships, bringing their own firearms to cooperate with the "heroes" on board to do business.

The pirate ship went out to sea with the merchant flag, and when it reached the high seas, it changed to the skull and crossbones flag, cruising near the east coast of Wilnoa, looking for prey.

On this route, merchant ships from various countries often shuttle back and forth, and pirate ships rush to intercept prey when they see the opportunity, just like a pack of wolves hunting, the looted materials and food are divided between the Continental Army and the pirates!

Vessels flying the Feizhen flag are the main targets of looting. However, having said that, it is not always possible to meet the ships of the Feizhen Kingdom. Moreover, the fleets that provide logistics for the Feizhen Expeditionary Force are often large in size, and the naval fleet is responsible for escorting. , But not a dozen lightweight pirate sailboats can afford.

The pirates of Freeport know how many catties they have, and when they encounter difficult "hard bones", they dodge far away and pick "soft persimmons."

If you can’t find a Fijian merchant ship suitable for starting, for the sake of independence and freedom, sorry, the merchant ships of other countries can only offend...

Considering that the independence and revolution of the New World is inseparable from the support of foreign friends, the Continental Congress and the Continental Army still have to face it. In order to avoid criticism from international public opinion and the inconvenience of publicly acknowledging cooperation with pirates, the Continental Army officers and soldiers on the pirate ship were removed. Under the military uniform, carry a set of forged identification and the flag of the Feizhen Navy.

When looting merchant ships from third countries, the pirates first raised the Fiji's flag, disguised as Fiji's naval ships, and went up to claim that they suspected that the opponent's ship was suspected of transporting arms for the rebels and required routine inspections.

If a merchant ship is fooled, let the group of "Feizhen sailors" board the ship for inspection, the result can be imagined.

If the merchant ship refuses to be inspected and there is a conflict, and someone on the pirate party misses and is captured in the battle, he will assert that he is a sailor employed by the Fijian Navy and his personal belongings can also be verified.

The pirates play this kind of smuggling trick.

However, the suffering master is not a fool. He may be deceived once or twice. Who will believe you when you do this?

The Feizhen Navy carried a scapegoat for the pirates in Freeport several times, so that the Cabinet Secretary of the Navy had to publish a statement in the newspaper to clarify the truth.

This incident quickly became a hot topic in Feizhen. Feizhen played his unique ethnic black humor and nicknamed the pirate gangs of the New World "George Vassar's Navy."

In general, in the second half of 1626, the Continental Army was as badly known as their pirate allies. The combat effectiveness of the former was questioned, and the latter was ridiculed by Fei Chen as a group of "wild dogs that bully and fear hardship."

However, there are always exceptions. Among the many pirate gangs that cooperate with the Continental Army, only one ship is particularly capable of fighting tough battles. Even the Feizhen Navy talks about it, and even suspects that the pirate ship is the embodiment of countless drowned evil spirits.

This special pirate ship is the "Heringhorn" from Galti Island.

In fact, Feizhen Navy’s guess is quite reliable. "Hullinghorn" is indeed a famous "ghost ship". Even the captain Aaron Green and his sailors are real ghosts, but the ship's Miss Hailar Green, the young boss, is a vivid beauty.

After the fall of Midgard, the father and daughter Green came to Freeport by boat. At the recommendation of Speaker Heller, the Continental Congress awarded Captain Green the rank of colonel. Hailar also became a major and officially joined the "George Wa Sa’s Navy".

The Green father and daughter recruited more than 100 sailors on the ship in Freeport, and then set sail to go back and forth along the east coast of the New World, hunting for the supply ship of the Feizhen Expeditionary Force.

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