Li Zhi has always trusted Li Hao, and this time the behavior of the Wa State was indeed predicted by Li Hao, which made Li Zhi even more convinced of Li Hao's words, so he immediately summoned various ministers to come to the Ganlu Hall to discuss the matter of pacifying the Wa.

For such an act of the Wa State, the ministers naturally gritted their teeth with hatred, and now, they have to admit how wise Li Hao is, because Li Hao said early on that the Wa people are a group of wolves, but unfortunately, the group of ministers who argued with Li Hao back then are almost dead, otherwise let them see how much the Wa Guo is doing now, how slap in the face.

Li Hao, as the general of Tiance Mansion, has the most right to speak on this kind of matter, and the candidates for Pingwei are finally set to five people, Li Hao, Fan Lihua, Li Ji, Wang Xiaojie, and Wei Chi Baolin.

Since Wang Xiaojie captured the commander of the Silla army Park Zhinan in the last battle against Silla, he returned to the Tang Dynasty and received a great reward, and was promoted to the record of Tiance Mansion to join the army, and at the same time gave him a knighthood.

After retiring from the dynasty, Li Zhi sent a decree to summon Fan Lihua back to Chang'an, and Li Hao went home to begin to formulate the battle plan for the operation of Pingwei.

Two days later, Fan Lihua came back, Li Hao also made a battle plan, submitted to Li Zhi, Li Hao's battle plan was very big, dispatched 20,000 Tiance Mansion elite soldiers, led by Wang Xiaojie and Li Ji respectively, dispatched separately, to extinguish the Japanese army, the Japanese army will definitely retreat to the coast, and Li Hao and Fan Lihua led 20,000 Weihaiwei from the sea to the coast of Jiangnan Province, destroying the ships of the Japanese army, cutting off their retreat, so that they can not escape.

As for the Japanese army on the Silla side, let Yu Chi Baolin deal with it himself, don't say that he can't deal with it, Li Hao told Li Zhi about the weakness of the Japanese sword, and asked him to send a message to Yu Chi Baolin, if this can't be won, then Yu Chi Baolin deserves to die on the battlefield.

After Fan Lihua came back, she didn't care about a day of rest, so she and Li Hao immediately took a train to Weihaiwei, while Li Ji and Wang Xiaojie led the 20,000 Tiance Mansion army to Xuanzhou in Jiangnan by train.

Li Hao and his team arrived at Weihaiwei a day ahead of schedule, led 20,000 Weihaiwei troops and 50 large ships, and set off from the Yellow Sea to the East China Sea.

Li Hao has just been out to sea for two days, and the army led by Wang Xiaojie and Li Ji has already clashed with the Japanese army, because it happened that the Japanese army was attacking Xuanzhou and Muzhou, Wang Xiaojie and Li Ji attacked separately, Li Ji guarded Xuanzhou, and Wang Xiaojie ran overnight and went to Muzhou.

The local forces in Jiangnan Province were scattered, and they were attacked by the Japanese army, so they were caught off guard, but when they reacted, each state gathered thousands of troops, and defended the city, the Japanese people's combat power was not high, and the siege equipment was not too sharp, so now the Japanese people's offensive was blocked, and they could no longer be as arrogant as before.

Originally, the Japanese raided and captured several cities in a row, and their morale was greatly boosted, but now as soon as the offensive was blocked, the momentum suddenly weakened, and at this time, Wang Xiaojie and Li Ji's army arrived.

The army of the Tang Dynasty was already incomparable, and this time it was the most elite army of the Tiance Mansion in the Tang Dynasty, how could they resist it, not to mention, the Tang Army also knew the weakness of their weapons.

As soon as Wang Xiaojie and Li Ji appeared, they almost effortlessly slaughtered the Japanese army, and many Japanese troops wanted to surrender, but Li Hao had already greeted them before, and did not accept Japanese prisoners of war, and they were all killed, so if it was not a strategic need, they would not accept prisoners of war.

More than 40,000 of the 80,000 Japanese troops were killed in two days, and all of them were frightened, so they hurriedly fled to the sea and went out to sea by boat.

Although Li Hao's strategy is good, he really didn't expect Li Ji and Wang Xiaojie to move so fast, only two days to beat the Japanese out of the sea and escape, and when he arrived at the coast of Yuezhou, just landed, he met Wang Xiaojie's army, Li Hao asked only to know that the Japanese army had been defeated, fled by boat, and had escaped for two days.

Li Hao hated it, but it didn't matter, he immediately sent a report to Chang'an, asking to send troops to the Japanese country and launch a war to destroy the country!

For Li Hao's proposal, the ministers were not very happy, but they couldn't find a proper reason to refute it, and Li Zhi had already stated that the Japanese country was despicable and must be eradicated, so even the eldest grandson Wuji did not dare to object.

Five days later, the messenger arrived in Yuezhou by train and handed over the holy decree and official documents to Li Hao and Fan Lihua, in which Li Hao and Fan Lihua were specially ordered to lead 40,000 Weihaiwei to conquer the Wa Kingdom.

Li Hao was suddenly excited, and even if he went to sea by boat, he went to Weihaiwei and led another 20,000 troops, and then set off towards the Wa Kingdom.

This time, Li Hao drove Weihaiwei's mechanical ship, although this steam engine ship is not as big as the Galen ship, and the carrying capacity is poor, but the speed is much faster than the Galen ship, and it has never been a sea trial, this time he used it to be a handsome ship, it was regarded as a sea trial.

Thinking that he was going to conquer the Japanese State, Li Hao was excited, although there were now more than 100,000 Japanese troops, but Li Hao was not afraid at all, the combat power of the Japanese State, he was very clear, and all the weapons of the Japanese were manipulated, and 40,000 troops were enough to deal with them.

On the deck, Li Hao held the side of the boat, blowing the sea breeze, looking at the vast sea, in a particularly good mood, Fan Lihua walked over with a pale face, without saying a word.

Li Hao turned his head to look at her, saw that her face was pale, and asked with concern, "How is it, is it better now?" ”

"Hmm." Fan Lihua nodded.

Li Hao smiled slightly and said, "Seasickness has to come to the deck to blow the wind and breathe fresh air, so that it will be better." ”

Fan Lihua is a northerner, can't swim, and a little afraid of water, as long as the water overflows her waist, she will be very scared and frightened, at this moment on the boat, the hull is a little shaky, and the eyes are full of water, she naturally feels very uncomfortable, these days I can't eat and sleep well, the state is very poor, Li Hao also tried his best to help her alleviate these symptoms.

Li Hao sighed and said slowly: "I knew that you were so afraid of water, so I wouldn't let you come, seeing that you are suffering now, I ...... Distressed. ”

Fan Lihua smiled indifferently and said, "What is this, is it more guilty than when you were in Tibet?" ”

Li Hao immediately laughed when he heard this, indeed, his blood pressure soared to more than two hundred when he was in Tibet, and it felt really painful, and when he thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly: Everyone has weaknesses, but they may not have found it.

Li Hao saw Fan Lihua's current appearance, although he was distressed, but it made him have a special feeling, a feeling of wanting to protect her, Fan Lihua is usually too strong, so strong that almost no one can beat her, how can such a strong female man need someone to protect, but now, Fan Lihua's face is pale, and the whole person is confused, as if she is seriously ill, Li Hao especially wants to protect her.

Seeing that Li Hao had been staring at herself, Fan Lihua was embarrassed for a while, turned her eyes away and asked, "What are you staring at me, do you have flowers on my face?" ”

Li Hao walked to her side and suddenly took her into his arms, Fan Lihua exclaimed: "You...... What are you doing, the soldiers are watching! ”

Li Hao turned his head to look at the soldiers around him, and the soldiers looked up at the sky one after another, ah, today's weather ...... It doesn't seem to be a good idea, there are a lot of clouds, and the sun is blocked.

Li Hao raised his hand to gently hold Fan Lihua's pretty face, and said affectionately: "Lihua, when we defeat the Wa Kingdom, let's get married after returning to China." ”

"I ......" Fan Lihua hesitated again.

Li Hao was a little anxious, and said: "Pear Blossom, don't hesitate any longer, don't let me wait any longer, if you wait any longer, we will all be old, do you really have to wait until you are seventy or eighty years old to marry me?" ”

Fan Lihua was silent and thoughtful.

"Marry me, marry me, marry me......" Li Hao began to play his rogue skills, stalking and fighting, and he couldn't miss the opportunity and never come again.

At this moment, a man dressed in a Confucian shirt suddenly came to the stern of the boat, and arched his hand towards Li Hao and said, "Chief Administrator, the subordinate Zhu He has something urgent to say." ”

Li Hao was so angry, this guy was really, he didn't come early or late, but at this time he came to stir up the situation, Li Hao could only let go of Fan Lihua, and Fan Lihua took the opportunity to get out and got into the cabin.

Li Hao looked at Zhu He very unhappily and asked, "What's the urgency?" ”

Zhu He said: "The chief manager, according to the speculation of the lower officials, there will be a strong wind and rain, and I hope that the chief manager will take precautions as soon as possible." ”

"Storm?" Li Hao was shocked when he heard this, it was terrible to encounter a strong wind and rain at sea, and hurriedly asked, "How big is the wind and rain, when will it appear?" ”

"This ......" Zhu He looked embarrassed when he heard this, and said, "The lower officials don't know how big it is, but they know that this wind and rain should not be small, as for the timing of the appearance, it is not certain, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow." ”

Li Hao was speechless when he heard this, and he wanted to hurt him a few words, but thinking that he was only an official of the Taishi Bureau after all, and he was not a meteorological observatory in the future world, it would be good to be able to speculate on the wind and rain, how could he be so accurate.

So Li Haogao shouted: "Navigator officer, bring the chart!" ”

The navigator immediately brought the chart and showed it to Li Hao.

Li Hao stared at the picture for a moment, and then asked, "Where are we now?" ”

The navigator pointed to a point on the chart and said, "We're about here now." ”

Li Hao asked again: "How much is the error?" ”

The navigator said, "About two hundred miles." ”

In ancient times, there was no satellite positioning, and the nautical position was completely speculated based on the speed and direction of the ship, and this navigating function was able to control the error to 200 miles, which was already very good.

Although Li Hao also knew that there might be many small islands on the sea, some of the islands were too small to be marked on the chart.

At this time, he really misses Wu Lei, Wu Lei often sails, and he has not come near the Yellow Sea, so he must have a clear understanding of the distribution of islands in this area.

After Li Hao was silent for a moment, he ordered: "Pass my military order, turn to the northeast, and drive to Silla at full speed." ”

"Yes!"

Flags were waved from the main ship's lookout, and the fleet began to turn around and head at full speed toward Silla.

With Li Hao's understanding of the speed of Galen's ship, he should be able to reach Silla in three days, and at the same time, he hopes that this time the wind and rain can be smaller, whether it is the size of the wind or the scope of the impact, as small as possible, otherwise the fleet may suffer, or, if the wind and rain can come later, as long as he is given three days, he can go to Silla to dock, and he is afraid of farts when he goes ashore.

However, Li Hao's hope was disappointed after all, because that night, the sea breeze began to blow, the waves rose and fell, the ship shook, and in the cabin, Fan Lihua's face was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak.

Li Hao and Fan Lihua both put on life jackets and sat aside to comfort her, in fact, he was also extremely worried in his heart, it was summer, and it was prone to typhoons, if it was really a typhoon, it would be a disaster.

In the second half of the night, the wind grew stronger, and there was a torrential rain, and countless ships were tossed and turned on the waves, and the huge ships seemed so insignificant in front of the waves, and the power of nature was terrifying.

And Li Hao's steam engine ship was the smallest because of the smallest hull, so it naturally shook the most, this kind of shaking, Li Hao couldn't stand it, Fan Lihua held Li Hao's hand tightly and refused to let go.

"Boss, the wind is getting stronger, our ship may not be able to hold on!" The navigator came to report.

Li Hao said loudly: "Let everyone put on life jackets and be ready to deal with the shipwreck accident at any time." ”

"It's all on!" The navigator replied.

Li Hao said: "Then you look at it, you are the navigation officer, let everyone do emergency measures!" ”

"Yes!"

Fan Lihua held Li Hao's hand tightly, looked at Li Hao, and said worriedly: "We...... Will you die at sea? ”

"No, it won't." Li Hao grinned, "How can we die so easily, it's just waves, it's not that we haven't seen it, and it will pass soon." ”

"Don't coax me." Fan Lihua said, "If the ship sinks, all of us on the ship will die, right?" ”

Li Hao continued to smile and comforted: "How come, you see that we are all wearing life jackets, this is a good thing, it won't sink when you wear it, and it's no problem to sleep on the sea." ”

Fan Lihua obviously felt that he was not confident when he said this, although the sea is beautiful, but it is full of murderous intentions, the sea devours tens of thousands of people every year, it is the most terrifying giant beast in the world, and no one is its opponent.

Fan Lihua suddenly held Li Hao's hands, stared at Li Hao, and said, "If we can survive this time, I will marry you." ”

"Really?" Li Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this, although he was in danger now, he was really happy to hear Fan Lihua promise him.

"Well, I figured it out." Fan Lihua nodded vigorously, she felt that this time it was really a life of death, she suddenly felt regretful, regretting that she didn't promise Li Hao earlier, if she could marry him and be his woman, it should be a very happy thing, as for the rest, it was really she who had thought too much about it before.

Why is there a saying that "people are about to die, and their words are good", because if a person knows that he is going to die, then his state of mind will change dramatically, give up his previous obsession, recall his life, have any mistakes, do you have any regrets, and Fan Lihua found out at this time that her biggest regret is that she couldn't be with the person she likes, who is the person she likes, naturally Li Hao.

Seeing Li Hao so happy, Fan Lihua also smiled, but smiled a little bitterly: "I'm sorry, I promised you so late, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to escape this catastrophe." ”

"It's fine." Li Hao said, "As long as I am here, the King of Yama will come over in person, and don't want to take you away!" After that, he and Fan Lihua kissed each other affectionately.

At this moment, the hull of the ship suddenly tilted on the side, and the waves overturned their ship, Li Hao and Fan Lihua hugged each other, and suddenly rolled on the ground, and then fell on the top of the cabin, at the same time, the sea water was whirring in.

Fortunately, the lights on the ship have not been extinguished, and there is still a little light, Li Hao exclaimed: "The boat has capsized, let's swim out!" ”

He said that he pulled Fan Lihua and ran outside, but the sea water poured into the cabin, and the force of the water was too great, so they did not go out at all, and the electric lights were also extinguished, and suddenly the cabin was dark.

Soon, the sea water spread to her chest, Fan Lihua stood there and didn't dare to move, her face was as white as paper, Li Hao hurriedly tied her waist and his waist together with a cloth belt, and then said: "Lihua, don't be afraid, now we are grasshoppers on a rope, let's live and die together, no matter where you go, I will accompany you." ”

Fan Lihua suddenly felt that her heart was melting, and tears came out of her eyes.

Soon, Fan Lihua felt that she was floating, it was the life jacket that worked, and there was a sudden surprise, and the sea water did not rush inside, because the air in it could not be discharged, so the water could not come in, just like a cup upside down into the water, the cup would not be filled with water, which is a very normal physical phenomenon.

The hull of the ship was still shaking violently, Li Hao and Fan Lihua were swinging in the water, while their boat was slowly sinking, and soon, the bottom of the ship completely sank to the sea, and someone on the sea surface shouted in horror: "What about the chief manager and General Fan!" ”

"The Grand Steward and General Fan are still in the cabin!"

……

When the boat sank to the bottom, it didn't shake much, and Li Hao also wondered, why didn't the boat shake? Has the wind and waves stopped? It shouldn't be so fast, he thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt frightened, because he guessed that maybe the ship had sunk into the sea, so it didn't shake much, but he didn't dare to tell Fan Lihua, he began to think, what should he do.

Although the space in the cabin is not small, but the air here is limited now, and it can only hold the two of them for two or three hours at most, when the air runs out, they have to go out, and if they go out, it is at the bottom of the sea, how long does it take to float from the bottom of the sea to the surface of the sea, he doesn't know, anyway, he has deep internal strength, and the time of holding his breath is very long, it can reach two or three minutes, but he doesn't know how long Fan Lihua can hold his breath.

At this time, a box floated over and touched Li Hao, Li Hao touched it casually and found that this was his suitcase, why, because his suitcase was made of aluminum alloy, and there was one in the whole ship, and his box contained a lot of important things, which could not be lost, and, at sea, there was a sealed aluminum alloy box, which could also increase buoyancy.

So Li Hao tied the handle of the box with his waist with a towel again.

After more than five hours, Li Hao gradually felt that the air in the cabin was getting less and less, and Li Hao said, "Pear Blossom, it's time for us to go out." ”

Fan Lihua didn't have an idea at this time, she listened to whatever Li Hao said, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”

Li Hao said: "You follow me, when I want you to hold your breath, you hold your breath, paddling with both hands, and I will take you in front." ”

"Hmm."

Li Hao took her to slowly grope in the dark, relying on his memory of the cabin, he quickly found the entrance to the cabin, and then said: "I'll count one, two, three, you just take a long breath, hold your breath, and then drill underwater!" ”

"Hmm!"

"One! Two! Three! Hold your breath! Li Hao took a long breath and got into the water, and Fan Lihua also took a long breath and got into the water.

Li Hao touched the bulkhead with both hands, and soon touched the exit of the cabin, swam out, and at the same time pulled the cloth belt, for fear that Fan Lihua would not come out.

Then, he swiped upwards with all his might, and the aluminum alloy box was obviously more buoyant than him, and actually dragged him up.

The sea water here is at least more than 200 meters deep, and the speed of floating up is faster than the usual swimming speed, and it took more than a minute for Li Hao to drill out of the water, and before he had time to breathe, he pulled the cloth belt first.

Then Fan Lihua drilled out of the water, gasping for breath, she was diving into the water for the first time, when her ears were immersed in the water, there were countless strange sounds around, which made her extremely frightened, and the pressure on the bottom of the sea was very strong, the sea pressure made her very uncomfortable, and she was afraid of water, if it wasn't for Li Hao to give her confidence, I was afraid that she would have choked on the water.

"Are you alright?" Li Hao hurriedly asked Fan Lihua.

After Fan Lihua took a few breaths, she shook her head and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine." ”

"It's okay, you hold on to the box." Li Hao said and turned his head to look around, only to see that the sun had risen very high in the east, and the sea around him was calm, without a trace of wind and waves, but it was also empty, and there were no ships in sight.

Fan Lihua also looked around together and asked, "What about our fleet?" ”

Li Hao said helplessly: "Either it was blown away by the wind and waves, or it sank together." ”

Fan Lihua gritted her teeth when she heard this, and was speechless, if the fleet was swallowed by the sea, it would be a huge loss for Datang.

She was silent for a long time, and then suddenly asked, "...... now?" What to do? ”

Li Hao said helplessly: "Take one step at a time, since we sank to the bottom of the sea and didn't die, it means that we have a big life, rest assured, we won't die so easily." ”

"Hmm." Fan Lihua nodded, now whatever Li Hao says, she allows herself to believe unconditionally that Li Hao at this moment is Optimus Prime who can support her whole world.

After a while, Li Hao faintly saw something on the sea in the distance, and hurriedly swam over with Fan Lihua, but found that it was a big wooden pillar and a large wooden plank, which should be a truncated mast, as for the big plank, it was a bit like the deck of a ship.

Li Hao suddenly said happily: "Heaven will not kill us, Pear Blossom, you try it on the wooden board." ”

With the help of Li Hao, Fan Lihua climbed up smoothly, but fortunately, the plank was very large, two meters long and three meters wide, bigger than the bed, and Fan Lihua sat on it, and it was stable.

Fan Lihua looked at Li Hao in the water and said, "Come up too, look at your hands, they are all white." ”

Li Hao smiled: "Don't be in a hurry, if you climb up directly, the plank will turn over." He took off his clothes, tore them into strips of cloth, and joined them together, tied the broken mast to the plank, and then climbed up the mast, and stood on the big wooden post with the box in his hand, and was able to stand firmly.

Fan Lihua couldn't help but praise: "It's so good that you have light work." ”

Li Hao grinned and jumped to the middle of the plank, so that if he jumped to the middle of the plank, the plank would not turn over, if he climbed up directly from the middle, the force on the plank would be uneven, and it would be easy to roll over.

Li Hao stood up, just the edge of the plank was level with the sea, if the sea water shook a little, it would rush onto the plank, but it was fine, at least it was much better than soaking in the water.

Although they were free from the immersion of the sea, now the two of them are adrift in the vast sea, as far as the eye can see, there is no boundary, they have no water and no food, and they don't know how many days they can survive.