Chapter 2310 - 1636: Take Action and Seize These Two Ships!

The wind carried the smell of ashes and scorched earth across the street corner; the freshly extinguished scent of blood had yet to be washed away by the night tide, when a new wave of slaughter erupted suddenly like a wild fire. Twenty-four breastplate-wearing Holy War Veterans, under the leadership of Company Captain Philip, engaged once again in a desperate battle with over a hundred Samurais and Barbarian Soldiers led by Kepili!

"Kill! For the Chief Divine, chop off the head of the Evil Demon!"

"Demon! Fight for the Queen, let the soul ascend to Heaven!"

"Haha! The bison have ended up here! Surround them, surround them, keep devouring them!"

Soon, more Barbarian Soldiers and Canine Descendants came chasing from the western alley, laughing wildly, raising their Long Spears and Bows and Arrows high! Behind them, there were the last sixteen Taino Fire Rope Gunners.

Thirty Taino Fire Rope Gunners fell with almost half of them dead after just two volleys at close range! In such a bloody battle, the originally honest Taino faces were also stained with brave ferocity for the first time, just like they were stained with the blood of their same clan and the Evil Demon! If they survived this battle, endured the unavoidable Plague, they would become the most reliable backbone of the Taino Militia, and become officers of the Matchlock Gun Team!

"Bang! Splash~~"

"Clang! Thud~~"

"Almighty, I am coming..."

"Chief Divine as my witness! Go to the Divine Kingdom!..."

"Earth Mother, devour me, devour me!"

Throats were slit, spilling the ruddy hue of life. Long Spears pierced through gaps, taking away the living throbbing. Holy War Veterans, Kingdom's Warriors, and Dog Descendant Barbarian Soldiers engaged in the final melee. And in this brutal battle, the outcome was doomed from the start! Twenty-four Holy War Veterans fell one after another, becoming the strongest force of Castile, making their final curtain call on the Brave Island of Puerto Rico!

"Splash... splat..."

The veteran company captain Philip was the last to fall, amongst the corpses of veterans and Samurais. His tied torch fell into the pool of blood, the flame licking the fallen Crosses and feather ornaments from both sides. The sparks landed in the mud and blood mixed with intestines, like a blood lamp flashing on the fleeting lives. Both sides' beast-like roars gradually turned into a deep-throated panting. The veterans' panting ceased abruptly, rolling on the ground, flowing more of the Evil Demon's blood!

Thus, on the entire Puerto Rican Island, there were no more swaggering Castilian Holy War Veterans, no more landing Castilian Expeditionary Army! Before dawn arrived, there was no living Evil Demon standing in this first landing port, which was also the last defended stronghold! The Kingdom's Warriors succeeded in driving the Castilians off the Brave Island of Puerto Rico, killing the most ferocious enemies! This protracted fierce confrontation, of half a year, experienced four phases, each soaked with the blood of the Taino Tribes!

In the beginning, the Evil Demon landed in North Bay, and after a brief contact and evaluation of the Natives' strength, they immediately unveiled their ferocious nature. They easily exterminated the Taino North Bay Tribe, enslaved the men for labor, and turned the women into spoils of war, completely occupying this harbor village for Castile, establishing the Queen's Castle stronghold. Subsequently, the simple yet tough Taino negotiations were easily crushed by the expeditionary army's strikes! Seeing the Natives truly had no military might, more cruelty from the expeditionary army followed! The Earth Department was massacred, the West Bay Tribe exterminated, and various Taino Tribes were continuously slaughtered and captured. The Evil Demon's fortresses and camps rapidly expanded on the bones of Taino people. Clearly, the expeditionary army of over a thousand Castilians, conquering this island of a hundred thousand Taino Tribes, would be an easy task!

But at this moment, the Kingdom of the Lake's earlier mission strategy finally paid off. Cuba Iron Bay Town quickly received the message and immediately gathered forces, planning a desperate island invasion! The Caravel Fleet of the Kingdom Scouts delivered Huitu and Mique, along with the first wave of death-defying Warriors to the island. Then, Chabo lured the Evil Demon's tribute fleet to East Haiti, ambushing with the main naval force, swallowing three medium-sized Caravels. After the Kingdom Navy left victoriously, the Evil Demon main force came for revenge, slaughtering the Saban Tribe of East Haiti. This was the first and only naval engagement between the Castilian Expeditionary Army and the Kingdom of the Lake!

Then came the Kingdom's first wave of Warriors' desperate raid, annihilating the Evil Demon's horses, taking back the mobility advantage! Afterward, the Plague quickly broke out, leaving only three Warriors alive from Huitu, almost all were wiped out! Then came the second wave of Kingdom support ships, the second wave of Tai Giant Eagle Samurai's landing, carried out the second desperate night raid, and rescued dozens of Taino Mazi, the one survivors out of hundreds from smallpox! This interlocking deadly battle between both sides, with five to six out of ten of the massacre night raid, completely dampened the Castilian Expeditionary Army leadership's spirit and crushed their ambition to occupy the prosperous Taino Island!

Upon witnessing the Cipangu Barbarians' intractability and tenacity, the once ambitious Castilian Expeditionary Army lost confidence. The internal contradictions among the expeditionary army, without the profits of external plunder to reconcile, turned into a split driven by different personal agendas. By this time, the withdrawal of the Castilians had become inevitable. Nonetheless, facing the doomed to be abandoned Brave Island, their cruelty was glaringly evident, starting to spread smallpox pox frighteningly to the Natives, which was almost harmless to the main expeditionary force! Thus, this rich and vast, tranquil and peaceful Brave Island, the home of tens of thousands of surviving Taino Tribes, became a dead zone ravaged by the Plague, a place of hopelessness filled with pox, pustules, and death!