There was not much difference between pirates and the navy. In essence, they were both violent gangs with weapons. The difference was that the former was illegal, while the latter used violence in the name of justice.
Justice was a slogan. If there was a need, he could shout it out. Anyway, Brian had never taken justice seriously. Brian's distinction between pirates and the navy was simpler and more direct.
As long as he wore the navy uniform, he would be a navy officer. If he took off his clothes, he would be a pirate.
……
"Listen carefully. Not too many people are allowed to die today, understand?”
"Understood!"
"Lord Brian is waiting for our performance, so if anyone messes up today, I don't need to explain the consequences.”
"Understood!"
"Move out!"
Star ended the impromptu meeting. Then, he used hair dye to dye his black hair silver-white. He stood out in the crowd. Then, he put on an eye patch for his right eye and a dark red military coat. He looked no different from a pirate at sea.
"Little ones, rob this place!”
"Kill them!"
Under the command of their leader, the hundreds of pirates entered the city as if they were in an uninhabited land. They set fire to the city and hacked people along the way. In a short while, the port was filled with thick smoke. The porters who had escaped from the dock back to the city had long been scared out of their wits. Therefore, when they returned home, they wanted to escape the city with their families.
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
Several pirate ships that had been converted from civilian cargo ships fired hundreds of cannons at the same time. Under the attack of the artillery shells, the city quickly caught on fire and thick smoke rose. The entire city fell into panic.
The merchants, nobles, and officials in the City Hall were not deaf or blind. It was impossible for them not to know about the huge commotion outside.
"What's going on? Why were we attacked by pirates?”A merchant couldn't believe his eyes. Ever since Brian wanted to get his hands on the Nacia Kingdom, the merchants here had to pay a huge amount of protection fees every month.
It was also because of this protection fee that the coasts of the Nacia Kingdom were rarely harassed by pirates.
Reiner, as the chief, was still relatively calm at this time. He first comforted the people in the city hall and then said to them,"Let's not talk about this for now. Immediately send someone to the fortress and get them to send troops to eliminate the pirates!”
"Let me go. I'm friends with Major Peter.”The one who spoke was Saroma. As the liaison officer, he had the duty to maintain close and friendly relations with the garrison.
"Okay, come back quickly!" Reiner nodded and said to everyone present,""Before the navy arrives, the police of our city government will do their best to protect everyone. However, I hope that everyone can work together to protect this city.”
Actually, what Reiner meant was that he hoped that the merchants would gather their own bodyguards and the nobles 'own guards.
After all, there were many merchants and nobles present. As long as they organized themselves, they would have a fighting force that could not be underestimated.
However, merchants only cared about their shops and mansions not being robbed.
As for the nobles, why would they let their guards protect the civilians?
……
Saroma spurred her horse and sprinted all the way from the city hall. When she reached the stronghold camp, she did not even care about her anger and rushed into the camp.
However, there were only five or six orderly soldiers cleaning the camp.
Saroma ran to an orderly and grabbed the latter's collar. She shouted,"Where are the people? Where are the people here?"
"Lieutenant Colonel Star is in the S4 sea area, hunting down the pirates who might attack the port of Canaba.”
"Nonsense, then where did the pirates who are attacking the port of Canaba come from?”
Saroma was so agitated that her saliva sprayed all over the orderly's face.
"I'm just an orderly, so I don't know the details, but Major Peter has also brought people to reinforce them. I heard that it's a very large pirate group.”The orderly continued to answer.
Saroma looked at the orderly's honest expression and did not pursue the matter further. She changed to a gentle tone and said,"Can you contact Major General Brian?”
"That's easy. You can go directly to Miss Shirley. She's very close to Chief Brian.”
“……”
Saroma let go of the orderly and left on her horse with a sullen expression. In fact, she had already guessed that the pirate attack today was just a trap set up by Brian. It was used to intimidate everyone in Port Canaba and make them obediently pay the 'people's financial aid and consolation fund'.
……
When Saroma returned to the city hall, the pirates had already invaded the city and were fighting with the police.
The police leaned against the buildings on both sides of the road and looked down from above, wanting to snipe the pirates.
However, the pirates had rocket launchers, which were considered 'heavy' weapons. After a few rounds of rocket launchers, all the policemen on the roof were blown away.
"Hold on, hold on!" Police Chief Laurent's left arm was shot, and his bones were almost broken by the bullet. He was hiding behind the wall with six police officers protecting him.
However, the gunshots were incessant, and the bullets were blind. If they were not careful, some policemen would be killed by the pirates.
"Where did this group of pirates come from? Their marksmanship is too godly!”
Laurent began to despair when he heard the gunshots from his side getting fewer and fewer.
At the same time, Saroma told Reiner and everyone in the city hall what she had seen.
"Could it be that we refuse to pay, so they let the pirates plunder this place?”
"Brian, that bastard!"
"I want to report him to the World Government!”
The merchants and nobles were furious. However, they all thought that these pirates were 'real' pirates. They never thought that these pirates were fakes of the navy.
"Enough. Let me contact Major General Brian.”
Reiner took a deep breath and asked Shirley to find a way to contact Brian.
Shirley didn't refuse, because Brian had already expected this moment.
"Major General Brian, I am Chief Reiner. We are willing to pay the money. Please immediately mobilize your troops to clear out the pirates!”
Reiner tried his best to control his emotions, but the trembling of his facial muscles was still perfectly imitated by the phone bug.
"My people are already fighting the pirates in the S4 sea area. We can't retreat from the battlefield for the time being.”
Brian ended the call and returned to the palace to mourn the poisoned old king.
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