MM Racing Chapter 183: Too Greedy
Chapter 183: Too Greedy
Some naval commanders of the Neon Empire did not agree to continue attacking the White Tiger Duke's Zovia Port. They knew that doing so would most likely prompt the various forces within the kingdom to unite closely and fight against the powerful Neon Empire.
Worse still, this move might interfere with the strategic plans formulated by His Majesty the Great Empire for the entire kingdom.
At this moment, these generals who held opposing opinions silently watched the emotional and excited supporters, and they felt extremely miserable in their hearts.
The reason is simple: this small group of opposition members happens to know what strategy the imperial high-level officials are about to implement against the kingdom, but such crucial information obviously cannot be disclosed openly in front of so many participants.
In the end, despite the fact that the minority opposition members possessed crucial intelligence but were unable to make it public, they were still forced to compromise and had to agree to continue the offensive against the White Tiger Duke's Port of Zovia.
For them, not holding everyone responsible may be a better option. After all, they are just insiders. Even if something goes wrong later and hinders the plans of the emperor and the cabinet, they will most likely not be blamed.
Just as the Neon Empire's navy sailed out of the port and headed westward, Duke Longyi's men quickly sent the relevant information to the northern Holy Light Kingdom continent.
Although Zhang Wei and Yuan Shao had anticipated that the Neon Empire might be greedy and want more, they never expected that the other side would be so impatient to attack the White Tiger Duke's Port of Zovia.
Faced with the sixty warships of the Neon Empire that were coming in like wolves and tigers with great momentum, even if Zhang Wei tried his best, he would never be able to successfully form a fleet that could compete with the Neon Empire and launch a naval battle before the huge fleet of the Neon Empire arrived at the Port of Zovia.
In fact, Zhang Wei knew very well that when they obtained this information, it would be too late to rescue Zovia Port in most cases.
However, with the idea of giving it a try and trying everything possible, Zhang Wei urgently mobilized all the Pegasus troops and Dark Dragon troops that could be mobilized in Xina Port, and headed south along with twelve temporarily allocated ships.
As for the ten Neon Empire warships they had captured earlier, they had already been towed ashore for repairs. Even if they wanted to use them now for emergency purposes, it would probably be too late.
Duke White Tiger also understood that it was hopeless for Zhang Wei to go to the rescue this time, so he did not place his hopes on Zhang Wei.
On the contrary, he decisively withdrew a large number of troops from the Grax Fortress and quickly moved south to reinforce the Port of Zovia. At the same time, he continued to dispatch more heavy troops from the Hasa Fortress in the north of Grax to continue to support the south.
Duke Baihu knew very well that the key reason why Zhang Wei chose to cooperate with him was the Port of Zovia. If the Port of Zovia fell into the hands of others, then Zhang Wei would have every reason to do his best to attack and control the port, and then bring it into his sphere of influence.
As a result, Duke White Tiger will face a serious dilemma: due to the loss of access to the sea, he will become like Duke Dragon Wing, even though he has abundant resources, he cannot conduct effective transactions due to the lack of trade routes, and can only be slaughtered. In the long run, the enemy will benefit greatly, while he will inevitably be destroyed.
When he learned from Zhang Wei's herald that Zhang Wei had also sent reinforcements to reinforce the port of Zovia, Duke Baihu expressed gratitude on the surface, but deep down he was full of doubts about Zhang Wei's true motives.
Although the two sides are restricted by the peace agreement and cannot attack each other, who can guarantee that Zhang Wei will not play tricks and try to reap the benefits?
In view of this situation, Duke White Tiger decisively issued a death order: no matter what the cost, we must ensure that Zovia Port is not occupied by the Neon Empire! Even if we fight to the last soldier, the flag belonging to Duke White Tiger must be hung high on the top of Zovia Port!
The attack and defense of Zovia Port was extremely brutal and fierce beyond imagination.
The Neon Empire's fleet originally intended to rely on its powerful naval force and the Duke of White Tiger's almost nonexistent navy to quickly break through the defense line of Zovia Port, thereby avoiding the sturdy and towering walls on the Zovia Port Road and rushing directly into the city, thus achieving a quick victory.
However, when they approached the port of Zovia, they were surprised to find that the Duke of White Tiger had built another wall at the port's anchorage and set up two sea gates specifically for ships to pass through.
Although these two gates were not built into arched dome structures, but only relied on the city walls on both sides, connected by several thick iron chains to be used as city gates, for the Neon Empire's fleet to pass smoothly, it must first overcome these iron chain obstacles that stand in front of it.
What made the Neon Empire Navy even more headache was that Duke White Tiger also dispatched several merchant ships that were tied to each other with iron chains to block the gate horizontally, forming a simple but practical land platform.
In this case, if the battle situation turns unfavorable to the White Tiger Duke, he will most likely adopt the strategy of sinking ships to block the road, causing greater trouble for the Neon Empire's army.
Due to the emergence of the sea gate at Zovia Port, the originally vast sea surface where the Neon Empire fleet could roam freely suddenly became cramped and narrow, which greatly reduced the space where the Neon Empire fleet could operate.
Faced with such a dilemma, someone suddenly came up with a suggestion: why not send part of the troops to land and explore whether there is a place to launch an offensive against the port of Zovia.
Although this plan is not the best one, it is a last resort, so the Neon Empire Navy decided to give it a try.
Immediately afterwards, twenty warships arrived at a suitable landing location near the port of Zovia.
In order to ensure the human resources required for the basic operation of the ship, and at the same time mobilize the maximum number of troops to form the army, this team embarked on a journey with the important task of finding loopholes in the land defense line of Zovia Port.
However, reality dealt a heavy blow to this group of ambitious people - this hastily assembled Neon Empire Army not only lacked heavy military equipment, but also had no experience in land warfare or even siege warfare!
When they came face to face with the rock-solid, cloud-high walls of Zovia Port, they were suddenly at a loss and had no idea where to start.
To make matters worse, these demoralized soldiers, seeing that the siege was hopeless, came up with a bad idea: since they couldn't capture the fortified city, they might as well loot the surrounding villages that belonged to the port of Zovia. At least they wouldn't return empty-handed!
Unexpectedly, even those seemingly simple and fragile wooden walls of the village made them feel daunted and deterred...