Chapter 66 The Turn of Spring and Summer
In the early summer of the 11th year of the Apocalypse, as the weather warmed, the sea ice near the Ice and Snow Island became thinner and less and less.
"Sister, the ice age is about to pass, and the remaining food is a little insufficient." Anna reported to Aisha on the island's material conditions when the two periods intersected.
Aisha replied, "Ana, wait for the Binghai to pass by, and send a merchant ship immediately. Now let's use the castle's grain for a while."
"Yes, my sister." Anna followed up with the order.
"Report to Lord Lord, the soldiers are ready." At the same time, Knight Bernie also reported to Aisha the preparations of the army.
"Thank you for your hard work, Knight Bernie. With these soldiers, we will definitely be able to protect the Ice and Snow Island." Although Aisha looked confident on the surface, she was not at all relieved in her heart.
On the other hand, a meeting was also taking place in a castle in a port city on the coast of the Northland.
"Lord, the fishing boats that can go out to sea have collected hundreds of fishing boats, and can carry three thousand soldiers at a time." The Knight Commander was reporting to the lord's recent preparations.
"How are the warships built?" Most of the thirty warships owned by the territory were burned by a fire from the Ice and Snow Island, and only a few of them were left to return to the territory, which made him very heartbroken.
This is also the reason why the Xia Kingdom warships can roam the Northern Territory and the lords can only endure the sound.
Otherwise, the warships of Xia Kingdom would have been snatched directly by their lords, so it would have to wait until now that the transport of troops depends on fishing boats.
"Return to Lord Lord, five new warships are built. Including the original, the territory has a total of eleven warships." The Knight was still very satisfied with this number, because the temporary storage of other territories may have less than theirs.
"What are the people of Xia people doing recently?" The lord was very enthusiastic when he thought of the five warships of Xia Kingdom and couldn't help but inquire about the whereabouts of Xia Kingdom's fleet.
"Since half a month ago, the Xia people announced to the public that they had cleared all the pirates, they have disappeared." The Knight leader bowed and said, "I would like to ask the Lord to atone for my sins. I don't know where the Xia people are now."
"Send people to contact the other lords. The ice sea period has passed, and the time has come to attack the ice and snow island." The lord waved his hand to show that nothing happened and continued: "Don't worry about the Xia people. Even if the warships of the Xia people are powerful, there are only a few. I will just not provoke them."
Perhaps in the eyes of these lords, before the arrival of Xia Kingdom fleet, the Ice and Snow Island had already entered the ice sea aging, and the Xia Kingdom could not have anything to do with the people of the Ice and Snow Island, so their attacks did not hinder the Xia Kingdom at all.
But what these lords don’t know is that the Xia Kingdom fleet originally came for the Ice and Snow Island, so they must have a kick at this time.
The Xia Kingdom fleet, which made these lords think of, was already on the way to Ice and Snow Island. The people on Ice and Snow Island didn't know that they had such a powerful "friendly army" for no reason.
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Ice and Snow Island ushered in the first ray of sunshine of the year in a cold sleet.
Aisha stood on the open-air observation deck on the road, looking at the golden sunshine projecting from the dark clouds that had not yet dissipated in the sky. Although she felt the warmth brought by the sun, her heart became colder and colder.
When the dark clouds dissipated and the rain passed by, several masts rose on the calm sea, which made Aisha, who had been watching, panic.
"Sister Sister, Sir Sister, all the ice on the sea has melted." Anna hurriedly ran to the observation deck and shouted at Elsa.
However, Elsa did not react to Anna's impatience, but just stared blankly at the sea in the distance, motionless.
"Sister?" Anna walked to Elsa, looked at Elsa with a terrified look in confusion, and then followed Elsa's gaze to the sea in the distance.
But when he saw five warships slowly sailing from the distant sea, Anna also panicked: "I didn't expect it to come so quickly."
Elsa came to her senses and immediately ordered Anna: "Anna, go and inform Captain Bernie that the enemy is coming and prepare for battle."
"No need, Lord Lord, my subordinates have sent someone to investigate." Knight Bernie rushed over at this time, walked closer and saluted, "I met Lord Lord Lord Lord, and in a hurry, I broke in without reporting, and I hope Lord Lord Lord will atone for my sins."
"Captain Bernie is so polite." Although Elsa frowned at Bernie's intrusion, it was a critical moment and it was hard for her to ask about these details.
So Elsa hurriedly said, "Captain Bernie, please notify me if you have anything to do." Although Elsa was urgent, she had already brought some dissatisfaction in her words.
"Yes, Lord Lord, let's go now." Bernie came to report to the lord Aisha, the lord. After seeing Aisha know, she withdrew from the castle to command the army to prepare for the battle.
The Ice and Snow Island was near the sea, and the ships were approaching, and they found that a large number of sea boats had gathered outside the harbor.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" A small boat quickly approached the big ship. A soldier on it looked up at the different sea ship, shouting loudly in fear.
The big ship slowly stopped not far from the small boat, and a head appeared on the side of the boat, and shouted to the soldiers below: "We are the fleet of the southern Xia Kingdom, and we are here to do business."
It turned out that these so-called sea ships were the exploration fleet of Xia Kingdom and arrived at the Ice and Snow Island on the day the ice sea melted.
Knight Bernie reported to Aisha in the castle hall: "Lord, did these five sea ships that have never been seen come from the distant southern continent, or did they come from the legendary Xia Kingdom."
"Did the other party say what to do in our Ice and Snow Island?" Aisha breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the warships were not here to attack her.
"Return to the Lord, the other party said he came to do business and brought news that the five lords who came to attack Ice and Snow Island in winter last year have been ready to invade again this year. The first batch had nearly 20,000 people, twice the same as last year."
"What? Twenty thousand people? I'm coming soon?" Aisha's nerves were relaxed just now, and she was a little panicked.
Anna hurriedly stepped forward and comforted her: "Sister, don't worry, there are tens of thousands of people on our island, so don't be afraid of them."
Aisha shook her head in the face of Anna's comfort: "Ana, there are more than 50,000 soldiers on our island, but the enemy has five territories. Didn't you hear it? There were 20,000 people in the first batch. If the enemy gained a foothold on the island, the continuous enemy behind would come to our island."
"By the way, Lord Lord, the other party said there was a way to repel these territories that came to attack." Knight Bernie looked at the two panicked sisters, thought about it and told the news that he thought was ridiculous.
When Aisha heard this, she seemed to have caught a life-saving straw. She didn't care whether the people from Xia Kingdom really had a solution, so she hurriedly ordered: "Go and invite those Xia Kingdom people."
Not long after, Changsun Sheng and Li Bao entered the Ice and Snow Castle on the Ice and Snow Island. When they saw the first glance of Aisha and Anna, they were shocked.
"I didn't expect that the natives would have such a beautiful woman!" At this moment, this was the first view of Changsun Sheng, Li Bao and the others seeing An Aisha and Anna.
Chapter completed!