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Time passed quickly, because Concubine Yang was going to celebrate the New Year in Taiwan, which made Li Yin and Wen Xin very happy. Even before the year before, Li Yin had arranged some military and political affairs properly and freed up most of his time Accompanied by mother, and Chou Chou and the others will soon have winter vacation, which makes the entire Tainan Palace even more lively.

It is worth mentioning that Li Qi, the eldest son of Li Yin, and Li Ren, the eldest son of Li Ke, are now studying in the juvenile class of the military academy. Very strict military education, even in front of Concubine Yang, they fought like in a military academy, and they punched to the flesh, which made Concubine Yang very distressed.

The time for family reunion passes very quickly. After the New Year’s Eve, it will be the 26th year of Zhenguan. After another month, Concubine Yang estimates that the Guanzhong area will also begin to enter the early spring, so she is ready to leave and go back. I will also go back to Chang'an with her, and learn etiquette while accompanying her. In addition, Chou Chou is not young anymore. If she meets a suitable man, Concubine Yang also wants to book Chou Chou's marriage. Regarding this point, Although Li Yin felt that it was too early, it was not easy to refute.

On the tenth day of February, Concubine Yang was finally about to leave. On that day, Li Min took all his family to the pier to see his mother off. Not going to Chang'an, but in the end it was Xi Jun who comforted her, and the girl reluctantly bid farewell to Li Yin and the others, and followed Concubine Yang onto the boat.

In order to ensure the safety of Concubine Yang and Chouchou, Li Yin arranged a fleet to escort them. The entire fleet was made of steam ships, and the escorted warships were all newly developed steam warships. Also more flexible.In terms of firepower, it is no worse than the original warships, and now the entire navy is only equipped with such a few ships.Capital Datang 673

When watching Concubine Yang and Chouchou's boat drift away until they disappeared into the sky, Li Yin also felt his eyes heat up and almost shed tears in public.Thinking that his mother was getting older, but he couldn't be by his side to fulfill his filial piety, and it was the first time that Chou Chou had left him for such a big age, all of which made him feel extremely concerned.

It was at the same time that Concubine Yang left Taiwan.The [-] army led by Li Ke finally crossed the Mediterranean Sea smoothly and came to the Iberian Peninsula again, but this time he was no longer just playing around, but started a real journey of conquest.

In the fleet that came with Li Ke this time, except for the [-] army.In addition, there is also a navy composed of ten main battleships and hundreds of small and medium-sized warships. The nature of this navy is somewhat special. Yin bought it, but because Li Yin wanted to replace the navy's sail warships with steam warships, all these replaced warships were sold to Li Ke very cheaply.

As for the personnel in this navy.Most of them are retired soldiers of the Daqi Navy, and even a few officers are active soldiers, and these soldiers have signed a contract that they will serve under Li Ke for three years.And within three years, a group of elite naval officers and soldiers will be trained for Li Ke.

As for three years later, active military officers will still serve in Daqi, and their positions will definitely rise a lot.For those retired navies, it will be up to them to see what they want.Do you stay here and continue to help Li Ke, or return to Taiwan to retire?Of course, when they leave, Li Ke will give them a huge amount of money, enough for them and their children and grandchildren to live a life much richer than that of ordinary retired navy.

With this professional navy as a team, Li Ke has a lot of confidence, and when he bombarded the Visigothic Kingdom last time, Li Ke also collected a lot of information about the Visigothic Kingdom, so long before he came , has already worked out the steps to invade the Visigothic Kingdom with Cen Changqian, Wang Fangyi and others.

First of all, Li Ke's expedition alone must first occupy a place to stay, and this place can have a certain development space and economic value, at least it must be able to provide food and other supplies.For the selection of this place, Li Ke and the others initially identified two places.

The first place is a place called the Balearic Islands. This island is located in the west of the Mediterranean Sea, that is, on the west side of the Iberian Peninsula. It is very close to the peninsula and the area is not small. If Li Ke occupies this place, You can rely on a powerful navy and don’t have to worry about being attacked by foreign enemies, but it is a pity that this island is now under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Roman Empire. If Li Ke seizes it, it will definitely cause unpleasantness with Rome, so they quickly abandoned the islands.

As for the second place, it was the place where Li Ke and the others first became famous in the Visigothic Kingdom, that is, the port city of Dingis guarding the Strait of Gibraltar.The geographical location here is very important. Taxation alone is a fortune. In addition, Dingis is backed by the African continent, so it is not a problem to get food. In addition, there is a strait between here and the Iberian Peninsula. As long as the strait is blocked by the navy, there is no need to worry about the attack of the Visigothic Kingdom.

However, Dingis also has its own shortcomings. For example, it is located on the African continent. After Li Ke occupied it, he had to guard against attacks from Africa, especially the Alans and Vandals. The two ethnic groups have been unable to invade the interior of North Africa.Only in comparison, the advantages of Dinggis' geographical location still outweigh the disadvantages.

So on a sunny morning, after Li Yin's fleet entered the Strait of Gibraltar, it rushed straight into the port of Dingis. The special navy, but after the navy here was wiped out by Li Ke and the others last time, there was no time to replenish it. There were very few navies in the port, not even a few warships, so the sea surface of the entire port was soon controlled by Li Ke.

The next thing is very simple, the five main warships are lined up, and more than 100 artillery pieces are all aimed at the city of Dingis. Then Li Ke caught a hapless businessman and asked him to help spread the word and tell the nobles in the city , if he does not surrender within half an hour, then he will Dinges again, and this time is different from the last time, he will blast the entire city into pieces.

The last time Li Ke bombarded Dingis, and then bombarded most of the port cities of the Visigothic Kingdom, his reputation had already spread throughout the Visigothic Kingdom. The nobles in Dingis City knew that it was Li Ke. The demon Ke came back again, and brought a larger fleet, and even smashed the entire city, which made them unable to raise the desire to resist. Finally, after sending an envoy to contact Li Ke, After receiving Li Ke's promise that the property of the nobles would not be confiscated after the surrender, the entire Dingis surrendered directly.

In fact, Li Ke was also a little surprised that Dingis surrendered so easily, but he only found out afterwards that there were mainly two reasons for this.

The first is the deterrent power of the artillery. Li Ke's fleet was called the Scepter of Zeus by the Visigothic Kingdom. , plus Li Ke came from the distant and powerful Tang Dynasty, and he was also the prince of the Tang Dynasty, so his fleet has enough deterrent power to make Dingis dare not resist.

In addition, there is a second reason, and this reason is actually indirectly caused by Li Ke. At the beginning, he almost wiped out Dinggis' navy, which weakened Dingis' defensive strength at once, which made Dingis The local forces in North Africa, which are adjacent to Sri Lanka, have seized the opportunity and have been harassing Dingis non-stop for the past two years, and the Visigothic Kingdom does not have much force to defend, so the Visigoths are already preparing to give up. The city of Dingis is fully defending the Iberian Peninsula.

It is precisely these two reasons that Li Yin took this important city without a single soldier.At the same time, this also made Wang Fangyi, Cen Changqian and others very excited. After all, this was their first battle in the Mediterranean Sea, and the port of Dingis was not harmed, which saved them a lot of energy.

After occupying Dingis, Li Ke did not rush to send troops to the Iberian Peninsula. Instead, he sent his navy to patrol the strait in case the Visigothic Kingdom sent troops to retaliate. Although the other party had already planned to abandon Dingis, it did not mean that That means they will let Li Ke occupy them and remain indifferent.

With the naval power in Li Ke's hands, unless the Eastern Roman Empire comes to besiege with the entire navy, there is really no opponent for him. Therefore, as long as there is a navy, Dingis will not encounter threats from the sea. , while Li Ke took advantage of this time to rectify Dingis's internal affairs while contacting the nearby local forces in North Africa, hoping to sign an agreement with them so that everyone can live in peace.Capital Datang 673

Speaking of the situation near Dingis, it is really complicated. At first, it was a territory next to Western Rome, and then it was occupied by the Alans and Vandals, and then it was defeated by the Eastern Roman Empire. It also belongs to the territory next to Eastern Rome.

But the name belongs to the name. With the rise of the big cannibal, the Eastern Roman Empire even lost Egypt. Sooner or later, these places west of Egypt will be the big cannibal. It’s just that the expansion of the big cannibal is limited, and it hasn’t reached out to Dingji for the time being. As a result, these places have led to the rise of all the heroes in these places, and even the Vandals and Alans who have been wiped out have revived and raised their flags to stand on their own.

What Li Ke has to face now is the above situation. There are as many as thirteen forces around Dingis alone. Although most of them are small forces, if they are united, they will be enough to give him a headache. that's it.

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