Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

Spring of 1446, the northern port of Forest Territory.

The spring sun shines on the port, where dozens of warships of various sizes are parked. After being transformed by craftsmen, some warships are equipped with naval guns. Although John's navy is still unable to compete with the fleets of countries such as Yudamitran, it can still defeat lone warships.

"Now all the fortresses on the islands in the southern waters of the Grand Duchy of Grant have been captured, which means that our plan to land on the island is halfway completed. The rest is up to you."

On the main ship, the Seawolf, the ship with 50 cannons, John pointed at the map and spoke to the naval officers.

"After the artillery enters the range, I hope you will open fire immediately after seeing the order I issue. First, make a hole in the opposite wall, and then hit the opposite fortress so that it cannot fire back. Under the cover of the artillery fire, let the soldiers land in small boats. We must capture Chusda within one day!" John said with high spirits, pointing his sword at the black dot of the standard Chusda on the map.

At John's command, the trumpet sounded, the soldiers on the shore cut the ropes, and the ships sailed out of the port and sailed on the sea. The flag of Midland, the flag of the Knights of the White Wolf, and the flag of the black eagle with a white background fluttered in the sky, representing that John's troops were setting out again.

This time John took out 50 warships, carrying 5000 trained navy soldiers, a thousand-man team of the White Wolf Knights, and various taxes, totaling more than 7000 troops, and headed straight for Chusda, Yoda's only fortress city in Grant.

Chusda, inner castle.

Governor Chusda, who was signing various documents in the office, had been having his eyelids twitching recently, especially in the past few days.

Half a month ago, Governor Chusda received a message from Yoda, saying that Midlan might cooperate with Grant to attack Chusda.

However, Governor Chusda did not react to this at the time, because he had been the governor for 20 years. During these 20 years, the people of Yoda had been sending him this message, saying he would come every year, but he never came, so Governor Chusda did not take it too seriously.

It's just that in the past few days, Governor Chusda has not received any information from the Southern Islands. Governor Chusda has realized the seriousness of the problem, but he dare not report it at all. After all, this is a serious dereliction of duty and will definitely affect his career.

He has been on this island for 20 years, from a young man in his early 20s to a 40-year-old uncle. So he asked his family to use their connections to transfer him back to the mainland. He had just started to make some progress, but if this incident were to be exposed, all his previous efforts would be wasted.

At this time, Governor Chusda was still praying that Mitlan just wanted to show off and take back the lost territory. However, more and more reports of sightings of Mitlan warships recently showed that Mitlan had decided to take action in this sea area, but it was still unclear whether it would go north to Grant or south to the northern port of Yoda.

Just when Governor Chusta was worried, the door was gently pushed open, and his wife came in with a plate with teacups in her hands. Seeing Governor Chusta's distressed look, she slowly placed the plate on the table, then put her hands on Governor Chusta's shoulders and began to massage rhythmically.

Governor Chusda enjoyed his wife's massage while drinking the black tea at the perfect temperature.

"Is it still because of the Midlan incident this time? I've never seen you like this before." Governor Chusda's wife asked in a gentle tone while massaging.

"This time is different from the past. I have a feeling that Midland will definitely do something big in this sea area. I'm afraid that if they attack Grant, how can we stop them with our limited number of troops? Not to mention whether we can transfer them out, it's still unknown whether we can survive if a war breaks out."

Governor Chusda's wife listened to him and said jokingly, "It's no use for you to be so anxious now. Don't be scared to death by the time the Midlan people arrive."

"You are still the same as before, speaking in such an unpleasant way." Governor Qiusda said in a helpless tone, then slowly stood up and prepared to go out for a walk.

Although for the nobles, traveling by carriage is the most symbolic display of their status, Governor Chusda insisted on walking to other places in the fortress unless there was an emergency. The entire fortress was inhabited by Yoda soldiers from the mainland and their relatives. Governor Chusda's people-friendly behavior was very popular with these people, but Governor Chusda guessed that this was also the reason why he had not been successfully transferred in 20 years.

Arriving at the outer wall of the fortress, Governor Chusda showed his documents as usual and climbed up the wall under the escort of soldiers.

Unlike previous routine inspections, this time Governor Chusda decided to take a good look at the scenery to ease his emotions. Looking at the blue sea and feeling the sea breeze across his cheeks, Governor Chusda's mood gradually calmed down.

"Suddenly I feel a little reluctant to leave this place. What a beautiful sea. If I am transferred back to my homeland, will I still have the chance to see such a sea?" Governor Qiusda thought calmly while looking at the ocean.

"If I were transferred back to my homeland, would I be so busy every day that I wouldn't even have time to enjoy the scenery? As expected, I still can't bear to leave the life here." Governor Chusida's emotions were entangled with his fantasies about the future. On the one hand, he yearned for a beautiful and leisurely life, and on the other hand, he was thirsty for power, which made Governor Chusida unable to make a decision.

Along with the cries of seagulls in the distance, a group of seagulls flew towards Governor Chusda from the other side of the sea. Looking at the seagulls flying in the sky, Governor Chusda fell into deep thought again.

"Should I apply for a transfer instead of saving some money to travel and see the sights outside?"

As Chusda was looking at the seagull flying towards him, the shadow behind the seagull also caught his attention.

"That's a mirage... No!" Governor Qiusda felt something was not right the more he looked at it, and immediately ordered his men to take out telescopes and look into the distance.

On the other side of the sea, dozens of warships flying various flags were heading towards Chusda. Governor Chusda could not understand the meaning of the other flags, but the Midland flag flying on the largest warship, which made him unable to sleep all night, appeared on the flagpole.

"Hurry, the enemy is attacking! Get the gunners in position and prepare to fire back!" Governor Chusda ordered the soldiers to load ammunition into the cannons while continuing to observe with a telescope.

On the opposite side of the Sea Wolf, John also looked through a telescope at the Yoda-style fortress city of Chusda and said:

"As expected, going out to play makes people feel happy."