The two quickly recovered from the shock.
Rollo took a deep breath, his eyes became sharp, and he decisively ordered the officer who was on standby behind him: "Give orders!" All the warships, sailed and paddled, and fished up the Seven Kingdoms who were still panting in the sea for me one by one. "
The officer immediately waved the command flag.
Orders were passed as quickly as water waves.
Nearly 100 warships rowed their oars like sharks smelling blood, breaking the waves and heading towards the golden sea that was still burning, floating with countless wreckage and survivors.
After nearly two months of intense repairs, all 75 of Salado's warships have been repaired, plus Liu Qian's original 48 ships, bringing the fleet size to 123 ships.
However, a considerable number of these warships were still monitoring and containing the Telosi near Broken Spear Island.
Therefore, there were less than a hundred warships participating in this naval battle.
Although it is called a "naval battle", Rollo and Howl's task at the moment is very clear.
That is to catch turtles in the sea and clean up the battlefield.
The Seven Kingdoms Fleet has completely collapsed under the dragon flames, and the survivors are like dumplings in a pot, holding broken wooden planks or floating corpses, struggling to survive in the icy waters.
Rollo and Howl's fleet worked almost effortlessly, like fishing nets, picking up and capturing those floating on the sea one by one.
The sailors and civilians had long been worn away by the horror of the dragon and the cold waters, and they were bound by the soldiers like walking corpses.
However, many knights and soldiers of the Seven Kingdoms remained unruly, trying to resist after struggling in the water or going ashore.
Fortunately, most of them were dressed in heavy armor, struggling to survive in the cold waters and had long exhausted their physical strength, and when they were dragged onto the deck, they did not even have the strength to breathe, so they were quickly controlled by the wolf-like soldiers, roughly peeling off the soaked and cold armor, and then tying them with hemp rope into a humiliating "shrimp shape".
Many lords and knights of the Seven Kingdoms who were born noble have never suffered such a great humiliation.
Their faces were ashen, their eyes were on fire, and they glared at the soldiers around them, whom they regarded as "pirates of the Stone Steps", and used their last strength to utter all kinds of foul language.
Rollo and Hal would not be used to the bad temper of this group of defeated generals.
For the noble knights who had unclean mouths and arrogant attitudes, they directly sent soldiers forward and unceremoniously slapped them with a few loud slaps, making their eyes flash with gold stars and blood flowing from the corners of their mouths, forcing them to "calm down".
At the same time, Rollo and Hal strictly ordered the soldiers to carefully check the identities of the prisoners, including names, families, fiefdoms, titles and other information, and record them one by one.
Some noble lords and knights refused to cooperate and had an arrogant attitude.
Rollo sneered, directly asking people to punch and kick them, and even let the soldiers who recognized their identities come to identify them, until their identities were clearly revealed.
The number of survivors at sea far exceeded expectations, and Rollo and Howl's fleet traveled back and forth several times.
It was not until night fell and after confirming that there were no survivors on the sea that they returned to Bloodstone Island in the dark twilight with the last of their captives.
Bloodstone Island, Tower.
Liu Qian took the thick list handed over by Luo Luo, his eyes swept like lightning, and his brows gradually furrowed: "Didn't find the king of the Seven Kingdoms?!" "
Rollo had a hint of shame on his face: "My lord, Hal and I have searched back and forth at sea for a long time, and we have searched all the possible hiding places, and there is indeed no trace of the King of the Seven Kingdoms."
Moreover, according to the information provided by Mezzo Maher, this time it was not only the king's personal expedition, but also the northern guardian Ed Stark and the Duke of Wind Breath, Lanley Baratheon.
But we didn't find any of these three people. "
Liu Qian pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is the Imperial Forest Iron Guard?" They are dressed in white robes and white armor, which should be easy to spot. "
As the king's personal guard, the Imperial Guard can also provide clues if caught.
Rollo shook his head helplessly: "No, my lord, I didn't see a single white robe." "
Liu Qian's eyes became deep: "Although this sea area is dangerous, it will not drown all the people on the king's flagship, there should always be some survival, but we haven't caught a key person... It seems that they reacted quickly enough to slip away early. "
Recalling the order of the attack, he prioritized attacking the ships that were landing near the trestle, giving the ships in the open sea time to react.
Rollo saw Liu Qian's worries and quickly added: "Don't worry too much, my lord, Hal carefully counted the wreckage of the burned warships of the Seven Kingdoms, the total number is three hundred and ninety-five, even if they escape by chance, they will never have the capital to make a comeback." "
Liu Qian nodded slightly, what Luo Luo said was not false.
The main force of the Seven Navies is nothing more than three.
The Royal Fleet, the Redwin Family Fleet on Qingting Island, and the Iron Fleet of the Iron Islands.
This time, Robert almost poured out of the nest, using all the warships of the Royal Fleet and the main warships of Redwin's fleet, with a total of about 400 ships.
After this battle, the royal fleet was completely wiped out, and the warships of Redwin's fleet were also lost, leaving only a huge merchant fleet, and its strength plummeted.
Merchant ships are not warships after all.
Their hull design is wide and bulky, pursuing ocean-going carrying capacity rather than offshore maneuverable operations, mainly relying on sail drive, and in narrow waters and battles that require flexible maneuverability, they are far inferior to warships equipped with a large number of paddles and strong maneuverability.
Moreover, merchant ships lack heavy weapons such as crossbows and trebuchets, and once they encounter an assault by professional paddling warships, they are very easy to be damaged by angles and crossbow machines to destroy the hull and even the keel, and the people on board are more and less lucky.
What's more, after experiencing the horror of the dragon firsthand, does the top management of the Seven Kingdoms still have the courage and ability to organize another cross-sea expedition of this scale?
The answer is obviously no.
Liu Qian's eyes fell back on the list.
It densely records the names, families and titles of more than 300 captured nobles and knights of the Seven Kingdoms.
As for soldiers, civilians, and sailors, rough statistics were also made.
About 20,000 soldiers were captured, and 50,000 civilian men and sailors combined.
Rollo added on the side: "My lord, four hundred ships, according to the minimum standard of loading 300 people per ship, the total number of people is also more than 120,000, and now there are only about 70,000 survivors, of these 70,000 people, the soldiers who really participated in the battle only account for about one-third, and the rest are the people, craftsmen, and rowers and sailors who are responsible for transporting grain, carrying equipment, and building fortifications." "
Liu Qian is not surprised by this ratio.
In military warfare with cold weapons, the number of logistics support personnel is often several times that of combat soldiers.
Among these people and sailors from all over the Seven Kingdoms, there were craftsmen who mastered the skills of stonemasons, blacksmiths, carpenters, and boatmen, as well as a large number of cooks, porters and other laborers.
These are valuable resources.
Liu Qian instructed Luo Luo: "Very good, classify these civilians and sailors in detail according to their skills and types of work, and give me a clearer list of the number of people." "
He immediately clicked on the list full of noble names, and a cold smile curled up on the corner of his mouth: "As for these noble adults, please invite them to the lobby of the tower, and I will welcome them there." "
Rollo understood and solemnly agreed: "Yes, my lord." "