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    Time passed quickly, because Concubine Yang was going to celebrate the New Year in Taiwan, which made Li Min and Wen Xin very happy. Even before the new year, Li Min had arranged some military and political matters and freed up most of his time.  Accompanying his mother, Chou Chou and the others will soon go on winter vacation, making the entire Tainan Palace even more lively.

    It is worth mentioning that Li Min's eldest son Li Qi and Li Ke's eldest son Li Ren are now studying in the juvenile class of the military academy. In the military academy, they not only have to learn ordinary cultural courses, but also receive  The military education was quite strict, and they even fought in front of Concubine Yang like they were in a military school, and they punched hard to the flesh, which made Concubine Yang feel particularly distressed.

    The time for family reunions passed very quickly. After New Year's Eve, the time came to the twenty-sixth year of Zhenguan. Another month later, Concubine Yang estimated that the Guanzhong area had begun to enter early spring, so she was ready to leave. At the same time,  Chou Chou will also return to Chang'an with her, learning 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. For this  Although Li Min felt it was a bit too early, it was not easy to refute.

    On the tenth day of the second lunar month, Concubine Yang was finally leaving for home. On that day, Li Min took her whole family to the pier to see her mother off. Xijun and Chou Chou, mother and daughter, hugged each other and cried, and Chou Chou almost regretted it in the end.  She didn't want to go to Chang'an, but in the end Xijun comforted her a few words, and the girl reluctantly said goodbye to Li Min and others, and followed Concubine Yang on the ship.

    In order to ensure the safety of Concubine Yang and Chou Chou, Li Min arranged a fleet to escort them. The entire fleet was made up of large steam ships, and the escorting warships were all newly developed steam warships. Not only were these warships faster, they could also turn  Also more flexible.  The firepower is no worse than the original battleships, and now the entire navy is equipped with only a few of them.

    When watching the boat that Concubine Yang and Chou Chou were riding on gradually getting further and further away until it disappeared into the sky, Li Min also felt his eyes heat up and almost shed tears in public.  Thinking that his mother was getting older and older, but he could not stay with her to fulfill her filial piety, and that this was the first time that Chou Chou had left him when she was so old, all these made him feel extremely concerned.

    It was at the same time that Concubine Yang left Taiwan.  The 50,000-strong army led by Li Ke finally successfully crossed the Mediterranean and came to the Iberian Peninsula again, but this time he was no longer making a small fuss, but began a real journey of conquest.

    In addition to the 50,000 troops in the fleet that came with Li Ke this time.  There is also a navy consisting of ten main warships and hundreds of small and medium-sized warships. The nature of this navy is somewhat special. It belongs to Li Ke in name, and all the warships in the navy were purchased by him from Li Min.  , but because Li Min 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 will be trained for Li Ke.

    As for three years later, the active-duty officers will still return to Daqi to serve, and their positions will definitely rise a lot.  It will be up to the retired navy to decide what they want.  Should he 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 much richer life than an ordinary retired navy.

    With this professional navy as his team, Li Ke was much more confident. Moreover, when he bombarded the Visigoth Kingdom last time, Li Ke also collected a lot of intelligence about the Visigoth Kingdom, so before he came,  , they had already formulated the steps to invade the Visigothic Kingdom with Cen Changqian, Wang Fangyi and others.

    First of all, Li Ke¡¯s expedition must first occupy a place to stay, and this place must have a certain development space and economic value, and at least it must be able to provide food and other supplies.  Regarding 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 archipelago is located in the west of the Mediterranean Sea, that is, the west side of the Iberian Peninsula. It is very close to the peninsula and has a large area. If Li Ke occupied this place,  They can guard a powerful navy without having to worry about being attacked by foreign enemies, but unfortunately, this archipelago is now under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Roman Empire. If Li Ke seizes it, he will definitely be unhappy with Rome, so they quickly  I gave up on this archipelago.

    As for the second place, it was the place where Li Ke and the others first became famous in the Visigothic Kingdom, which was the port city of Dingis guarding the Strait of Gibraltar.  The geographical location here is very important. The tax revenue alone is a huge fortune. In addition, Dingis is backed by the African continent, so getting food is not a problem.In addition, there is a strait separated from the Iberian Peninsula. At that time, Li Ke only needs to use the navy to block the strait, and he will not have to worry about attacks from the Visigoth 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 among them. This was the reason for the previous Visigothic Kingdom.  The two ethnic groups have been unable to invade the interior of North Africa.  But in comparison, the geographical location of Dingis still has more advantages than disadvantages.

    So on a sunny morning, after Li Min's fleet entered the Strait of Gibraltar, they rushed straight into the port of Dingis. First, half of the navy's force was divided into blocking the strait, and the other half attacked the Mexican troops stationed in Dingis port.  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 was very little navy 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 was very simple. Five main warships lined up in a row, and more than a hundred artillery pieces were all aimed at the city of Dingis. Then Li Ke captured an unlucky businessman and asked him to help spread the word and tell the people in the city.  If the nobleman does not surrender within half an hour, then he will Dingis again, and this time is different from last time, he will blast the entire city to pieces.

    The last time Li Ke bombarded Dingis, and then bombed most of the port cities of the Visigoth Kingdom, his evil reputation had already spread throughout the Visigoth Kingdom. When the nobles in Dingis knew that it was Li  The demon Ke came back again, and brought a larger fleet, and even wanted to blow up the entire city. This made them unable to resist at all. After finally sending an envoy to contact Li Ke,  After receiving Li Ke's promise that the nobles' property would not be confiscated after surrender, the entire Dingis surrendered directly.

    In fact, Li Ke was also a little surprised that Dingis surrendered so easily. However, he later learned that this was mainly caused by two reasons.

    The first is the deterrent power of artillery. Li Ke's fleet was called the Scepter of Zeus by the Visigoth Kingdom. When the artillery was fired, it was like a mountain falling apart. To the Visigoths, it was no different from divine punishment. In addition,  Shang Li Ke came from the distant and powerful Tang Dynasty, and was also the prince of the Tang Dynasty, so his fleet had enough deterrence that Dingis did not dare to resist.

    There is also a second reason, and this reason was actually caused indirectly by Li Ke. He almost wiped out Dingis's navy, which suddenly weakened Dingis's defensive power, which made Dingis's defense more powerful.  The local forces in North Africa in Sri Lanka seized the opportunity and have been harassing Dingis for the past two years. The Visigoth Kingdom does not have much power to send to defend, so the Visigoths are already preparing to abandon Dingis.  This city is fully committed to defending the Iberian Peninsula.

    It was precisely for these two reasons that Li Min was able to capture this important city without spending 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, and Dingis's port was not damaged in any way, 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 a navy to patrol the strait to prevent the Visigoth Kingdom from sending troops to retaliate. Although the other party had planned to abandon Dingis, it did not mean that  Then they would 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 all its navy, there is really no force that can be his opponent. Therefore, as long as the navy is there, Dingis will not encounter threats on the sea.  , and Li Ke took advantage of this period to rectify Dingis's internal affairs while contacting local forces in neighboring North Africa, hoping to sign an agreement with them and everyone to live in peace.

    Speaking of the situation near Dingis, it is really complicated. At first, it was the territory next to the Western Rome. Later it was occupied by the Alans and Vandals, and then it was conquered by the Eastern Roman Empire. And until now, this place is nominally occupied by the Alans and Vandals.  It also belonged to the territory next to Eastern Rome.

    But names are names. With the rise of cannibals, the Eastern Roman Empire even lost Egypt. These places to the west of Egypt will also be eaten by cannibals sooner or later. However, the expansion power of cannibals is limited now, and they have not yet reached out to Dingji.  This led to the rise of powerful people in these places, and even the Vandals and Alans who had been wiped out resurrected 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. Although most of them are small forces, if they are united, it will be enough to give him a headache.  Yes.
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