Time flies quickly, because Concubine Yang is going to celebrate the New Year in Taiwan, which makes Li Su and Wen Xin very happy, and even before the year, Li Su arranged some military and political things properly, freeing up most of the time to accompany his mother, and they will soon have a winter vacation, which makes the entire Tainan Palace more lively.

It is worth mentioning that Li Qi, the eldest son of Li Su, and Li Ke's eldest son Li Ren, are now studying in the junior class of the military academy, they not only have to learn ordinary cultural courses in the military academy, but also have to receive quite strict military education, and even they fight in front of Concubine Yang as if they were in a military school, and they are fists to the flesh, which makes Concubine Yang feel particularly distressed.

The time for family reunion is the fastest, after Chinese New Year's Eve, the time is twenty-six years of Zhenguan, and after another month, Concubine Yang estimates that the Guanzhong area has also begun to enter early spring, so she is ready to go back, and at the same time Ugly will also return to Chang'an with her, while accompanying her to learn etiquette, in addition, Ugly Ugly is not young, if she meets the right man, Concubine Yang also wants to book the marriage of Ugly Ugly, for this, although Li Zhuo feels that it is a little too early, but it is not easy to refute.

On the tenth day of the first month of February, Concubine Yang finally wanted to go back, that day Li Su took the whole family to the dock to see off her mother, Xijun and the ugly mother and daughter were hugging and crying, and even the ugly and ugly finally regretted not going to Chang'an, but in the end, Xijun comforted her a few words, and the girl was reluctant to say goodbye to Li Su and others, and followed Concubine Yang on the boat.

In order to ensure the safety of Concubine Yang and Chouchou, Li Su arranged a fleet to escort them, and the entire fleet was full of large steam ships. The escort ships were all newly developed steam warships, which were not only faster. The steering is also more agile, and in terms of firepower is no worse than the original battleship. Now the entire navy is equipped with only a few of them.

When watching the boat that Concubine Yang and Chouchou were riding on gradually drift away until they disappeared into the sky, Li Su also felt that his eyes were hot for a while, and he almost shed tears in public. Thinking that his mother is getting older and older, but he can't be by his side to fulfill his filial piety, the ugly and ugly has grown so big, and it is the first time to leave him, all of which make him feel extremely concerned.

At the same time that Concubine Yang left Taiwan, the 50,000 army led by Li Ke finally passed through the Mediterranean Sea smoothly. Once again, he came to the Iberian Peninsula, but this time instead of a small fight, he began a real journey of conquest.

In addition to the 50,000 troops, there is also a navy composed of 10 main warships and hundreds of small and medium-sized warships. However, because Li Su wanted to replace the navy's sail warships with steam warships, these replaced warships were all sold to Li Ke 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 servicemen have signed a contract, 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 officers on active duty will still return to serve in Daqi. And the positions will definitely rise a lot, those retired Navy. At that time, it will depend on their own meaning, whether to stay here and continue to help Li Ke, or to return to Taiwan to retire? Of course, when they left, Li Ke would give them a considerable amount of money, enough for them and their children and grandchildren to live a much richer life than ordinary retired navy personnel.

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, he had already worked out the steps to invade the Visigothic Kingdom with Cen Changqian, Wang Fangyi and others.

First of all, Li Ke went on an expedition alone, and he must first occupy a place to settle, and this place can have a certain space for development and economic value, at least it must be able to provide food and other supplies. For the selection of this place, Li Ke and they identified two places at the beginning.

The first place is a place called the Balearic Islands, this archipelago is located in the west of the Mediterranean, that is, the west side of the Iberian Peninsula, very close to the peninsula, the area is not small, if Li Ke occupies here, he can hold a strong navy, do not have 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 occupies here, it will definitely have an unpleasant relationship with Rome, so they quickly abandoned this archipelago.

As for the second place, it was the place where Li Ke first became famous in the Visigothic kingdom, that is, the port city of Dingis, which held the Strait of Gibraltar. The geographical location here is very important, taxes alone are a lot of wealth, plus Dingis is backed by the African continent, getting food is not a problem, and it is separated from the Iberian Peninsula by a strait, when Li Ke only needs to use the navy to block the strait, he does not have to worry about the attack of the Visigothic kingdom.

However, Dingis also has its own shortcomings, such as its location on the African continent, and after Li Ke occupies this place, he must guard against attacks from Africa, especially the Alans and Vandals, and it is because of these two peoples that the Visigothic Kingdom has not been able to invade the interior of North Africa. It's just that in comparison, the geographical location of Dingis still has more advantages than disadvantages.

So on a sunny morning, Li Su's fleet entered the Strait of Gibraltar and rushed straight into the port of Dingis, first half of the navy was divided into blocking the strait, and the other half attacked the Visigothic navy stationed in the port of Dingis, but after the navy here was wiped out by Li Ke and them last time, there was no time to replenish at all, there were very few navies in the port, and there were not even a few warships, so soon the sea surface of the entire port was controlled by Li Ke.

The next thing was very simple, the five main warships lined up, and more than a hundred artillery pieces were all aimed at the city of Dingis, and then Li Ke captured an unlucky merchant and asked him to help spread the word, telling the nobles in the city that if he did not surrender within half an hour, then he would Dingis again, and this time unlike the last time, he would bomb the entire city to pieces.

The last time Li Ke bombarded Dingis, and then bombarded most of the port cities of the Visigothic Kingdom, he had already spread his murderous reputation throughout the Visigothic Kingdom, and the nobles in Dingis City knew that it was Li Ke that the demon had returned, and he had brought a larger fleet, and even smashed the entire city, which made them unable to resist at all, and finally sent an envoy to contact Li Ke, and after getting Li Ke's promise that he would not confiscate the property of the nobles after surrendering, the entire Dingis surrendered directly.

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

The first is the deterrent power of artillery, Li Ke's fleet is called the Scepter of Zeus by the Visigothic Kingdom, and when the cannon is fired, it is like a landslide and the ground cracks, for the Visigoths, it is no different from divine punishment, plus Li Ke is from the distant and powerful Tang Dynasty, and he is 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, when he almost wiped out Dingis's navy, which weakened Dingis's defensive strength all of a sudden, which gave the local forces in North Africa adjacent to Dingis an opportunity, and they have been harassing Dingis for the past two years, and the Visigothic Kingdom does not have too much strength to send to defend, so the Visigoths are already preparing to abandon the city of Dingis and defend the Iberian Peninsula with all their might.

It was precisely these two reasons that allowed Li Su to take 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, and the port of Dingis was not harmed, which saved them a lot of effort.

After occupying Dingis, Li Ke did not rush to send troops to the Iberian Peninsula, but sent a navy to patrol the strait in case the Visigothic Kingdom sent troops to retaliate.

With the naval power in Li Ke's hands, unless the Eastern Roman Empire came to besiege with the navy of the whole country, there was really no force that was his opponent, so as long as there was a navy, Dingis would not encounter a threat on the sea, and Li Ke took advantage of this time to rectify Dingis's internal affairs while contacting the local forces in neighboring North Africa, hoping to sign an agreement with them and everyone lived in peace.

The situation around Dingis is complicated, as it was originally a territory next to Western Rome, then occupied by the Alans and Vandals, then by the Eastern Roman Empire, and until now it is nominally part of the territory next to Eastern Rome.

But nominal to nominal, with the rise of the Great Cannibal, the Eastern Roman Empire even lost Egypt, and these places west of Egypt will sooner or later be Great Eclipse, but now the expansion power of the Great Eclipse is limited, and it has not yet extended its hand to these places in Dingis, so it has led to the rise of heroes in these places, and even the Vandals and Alans who have been wiped out have 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 alone, although most of them are small forces, but if they are united, it will be enough to give him a headache. (To be continued......)