The king of Nantianzhu, Ero, quietly hid in the crowd, looked at the angry Datang officials, and smiled happily at the corner of his mouth, this first step of the plan can be regarded as a success, and the next step, he will also stimulate the king of the Lion Country, so that the Tang Dynasty and the Lion Kingdom are hostile to each other, so as to realize his plan to sow discord.

"Your Majesty, it seems that our plans are going well! The officials of the Tang Dynasty are very angry now, and when their high-ranking officials arrive, they will definitely report the rudeness of the Lion Country, and when the time comes, it will be a good show! ”

One of the ministers said happily.

King Eero spoke: "What are you waiting for, immediately send someone to disguise yourself as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty to humiliate the people sent by the Lion Country, in addition, our reply has also been sent, so the King of the Lion Kingdom will be very angry after seeing the reply and listening to the report of the envoy." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the King, I will send someone to pretend to be an envoy of the Tang Dynasty to humiliate the envoy of the Lion Kingdom."

The minister answered, and immediately went to prepare.

After making all the preparations, the mood of the king of Nantianzhu Ai Luo improved a lot, he returned to the palace to rest, early tomorrow morning, he will lead the minister to Garigar, he will personally greet the Tang Dynasty officials, that is, Li An and his party, in order to reflect their good officials and respect for the Tang Empire.

After receiving the reply letter from King Nan Tianzhu, the envoy of the Lion Kingdom did not dare to open it casually, and he wanted to immediately send the letter back to the Lion Kingdom and hand it over to their king.

But when the letter was delivered, they were humiliated by the Nantianzhu people who disguised themselves as Tang envoys on the road, and these guys who pretended to be Tang envoys scolded the Lion Kingdom and the Lion Kingdom king, and claimed that the Lion Kingdom should quickly cede a large area of territory in the north to the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses will definitely set foot on the Lion Kingdom.

The angry envoy of the Lion Kingdom naturally wrote a letter truthfully, put it together with the reply letter of King Nan Tianzhu, and quickly sent it back to the country and handed it over to their king.

After all, many merchant ships have to pass through the ports under the control of the Lion Kingdom, and in the chat with the locals, it is inevitable that they will leak what they have seen and heard along the way.

As the king of a country, Kulam's mind is not stupid, and he can naturally filter out the information he needs from these fragmented information, so as to roughly understand the purpose of the Tang Empire's southward movement.

"Your Majesty, the situation is not good! Datang has ambitions for overseas territories, which is definitely not good news for us, it seems that they are not good! ”

A lion minister spoke.

Kurram opened his mouth and said: "These damn businessmen are about to blow Datang into the sky, is Datang really so powerful?" Anyway, the king doesn't believe it. ”

"The king is right, Datang is thousands of miles away, how can he influence us here, we don't need to be afraid of them, it's a big deal to fight with them."

The minister said confidently.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Nan Tianzhu, this is a letter and a letter of state."

A squire hurried in.

"Oh, there's a reply from that kid Ero, let's take a look."

Kuram hurriedly went to see King Nan Tianzhu's reply first.

"Bastard, I'm really angry, this Eero, he actually gave up all the ports we occupied to Datang, and asked us to cede the northern land to Datang, I'm really angry."

Kurram was furious.

"Your Majesty, these seaports are all the warriors of our Lion Country, and they have been bought with their own blood, and they must not be given to Datang, otherwise, our years of struggle will be in vain."

The minister said.

Everyone understands the importance of these seaports, if there are no these seaports, the merchant ships will lose the supply on the way, the slightly smaller ships will not be able to run on the sea, these ports can receive the merchant ships coming and going, they can obtain huge commercial benefits, if they lose these ports, the dream of the Lion Nation will be shattered, so, no matter what, these ports must not be lost.

King Khurram is an ambitious king, and he will not allow the Tang Dynasty to get involved in his sphere of influence, which is a provocation to him and will destroy his vested interests.

Slowly opening the letter given to him by his subordinates, and after reading it, Kuram became even more angry, and left the letter on the ground again.

"Datang deceives people too much, and there will be a battle between my lion country and Datang."

King Coolam roared angrily.

At this moment, whether it is the news they themselves learned from the merchants, or the reply from King Nantianzhu, or even what happened to his own subordinates, it seems to prove one point, that is, the Tang Dynasty is determined to be in the world, and has the intention of interfering with the Lion Kingdom to invade Nantianzhu, and even has the intention of occupying the strategic place between the Lion Kingdom and Nan Tianzhu.

For Nan Tianzhu, what is lost is only the lost interests, but for the Lion Country, what is lost is the real benefits, and this benefit is really not small, if the seized port is really given to Datang, the Lion Country will lose a lot, and all kinds of signs show that Datang's appetite is not only to eat him to seize the port of Nan Tianzhu, but even the northern port of the Lion Country is within Datang's goal.

The huge loss of interests is unacceptable to the king of the Lion Kingdom no matter what, he will never spit out the port that has been eaten in his mouth, let alone give his port to others, in order to protect his vested interests, he does not hesitate to start a war with the Tang Empire.

Through the businessman's narration, Kulam, the king of the Lion Kingdom, knew that the strength of the Datang Navy Division was quite strong, but he was not very clear about how powerful the Datang Navy Division was, so he had to figure out the true strength of the Datang fleet, and only by knowing oneself and knowing oneself could one defeat Datang.

"Datang wants our port, this is too wishful thinking, we must not agree."

King Khurram affirmed.

"Your Majesty, there are only three big ships in the Tang Pioneers, and there will definitely be more fleets behind, and more than 10,000 elite Tang troops are on these ships, if we can destroy these Tang ships at sea, the Tang Army will be wiped out, and when the time comes, we will destroy Nan Tianzhu in one fell swoop with the aftermath of victory."

A minister spoke.

"I heard that there are hundreds of ships in the Datang fleet, and they are all big ships, we are fighting with the Datang fleet at sea, I'm afraid the odds of winning are not very big!"

Another minister worried.

"What are you afraid of, our Lion Country has five hundred ships, we can attack with fire and burn all the Datang fleets to ashes."

Another minister suggested.

Kurram said happily: "It's really a good idea to attack by fire, but it's safer to sneak attack, while they are not ready, we can have a surprise attack and destroy the Tang fleet in one fell swoop, in this way, my Lion Country will be famous, and no one will dare to provoke our Lion Country again." ”

"His Majesty's intention is to launch a fire attack on the port of Nantianzhu after the Tang fleet enters the port, burning all the ships in the port, this is really a risky plan!"

The minister happily appreciated.

King Coolam said with a smile: "Pass the order, closely monitor every move in the direction of Nantianzhu, especially the fleet of the Tang Dynasty, as long as it appears in the port of Garigal, it must be reported as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, we'll arrange it."

The minister replied.

In the vast sea, Ang Lee and his main fleet are still moving slowly, and it will take a day at most for them to dock at the port of Garigar.

is about to arrive on land, which makes many soldiers look forward to it, because as long as the fleet docks, they can go ashore to play in style, the foreign girl is always very enthusiastic, and the soldiers will not miss such a good opportunity.

Li An has to think about not only the girl from the foreign land, the first thing he has to think about is how to deal with the situation in Nan Tianzhu and the Lion Country, and how to strive for the greatest interests of Datang.

The situation on land was accurately transmitted through carrier pigeons, so that Li An could know everything that happened in Nan Tianzhu.

"Li Shilang, the envoy of the Lion Kingdom is too arrogant, he dares to insult my Datang, he really deserves to die, and the Lion Kingdom must be severely punished."

"Those who offend my Tang Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away."

"It's better to divide the army to attack the Lion Kingdom and teach them a lesson."

The Tang Dynasty soldiers who are angry are all not calm, and they don't need to be calm, as long as they fight, there is no possibility of failure, and if they have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, who is not willing to rush forward?

Li An analyzed the situation and said with a smile: "This is too coincidental!" As soon as they went to Nantianzhu, they met the envoys of the Lion Kingdom, and there was such a big conflict, I'm afraid there was a problem! ”

"Li Shilang, it doesn't matter if he has a problem, anyway, we need these ports under the control of the Lion Country, and it is not better to take this opportunity to repair the Lion Country."

The general spoke.

Li An thought for a moment and said: "With just a few insulting words, it is true that you can use force against the Lion Country, but this will definitely not have a good impact, and the surrounding small countries will have doubts about Datang, so you can't be in a hurry." ”

"Li Shilang, if you don't do such a good opportunity, will there be a chance below? Does the Lion Kingdom really dare to provoke Datang? ”

The general asked.

Li An looked at the map in front of him and said: "The Lion Kingdom has occupied the southern ports of Nantianzhu, and we must propose to let them return it, so that as long as the Lion Kingdom dares to refuse, we can justifiably send troops to the Lion Country, do you think the Lion Kingdom agrees?" ”

"Li Shilang, if the Lion Kingdom sees my Datang's huge fleet, I'm afraid it will really agree, and when the time comes, we won't have a reason to attack."

The ministry general replied.

Li An thought for a while, felt that it made sense, and said: "What you said is, therefore, we can't show all our strength, the main fleet stays at sea, and this official personally leads fifty ships into the port, including more than thirty supply ships. ”

"Good idea, in this way, the Lion Kingdom will not be too afraid, as long as they dare to refuse the mediation of the Tang Dynasty, we can launch an attack, help Nan Tianzhu recapture the port, and then take it for ourselves."

The ministry general said happily.

Li An smiled: "Let's go and prepare!" Tomorrow afternoon, we will be able to dock at the port of Garigarh. ”

The kings of small countries are all good at riding, at least the kings of Nantianzhu can ride horses, and their riding skills are very good, so as long as you start from the capital, you can reach the port of Garrigal before noon.

In order to arrive at the port early and prevent the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty from arriving first, Ero took the Tang Dynasty on horseback early in the morning, and the Datang officials naturally had to go with them, everyone rode on horseback, the speed was still relatively fast, and there were five hundred cavalry guards behind him, so there was no need to worry about safety at all.

After a few envoys, the king of Nantianzhu arrived at the seaport of Garigal, and by this time, Ang Lee's fleet had not yet arrived, and they had to wait for some time.

The port of Garigarh is the largest port in South Tianzhu, and the deployment of troops is relatively large, as long as it is not a large-scale invasion, there is nothing to worry about in terms of security.

"This is Datang's steamship, it's really big!"

It was the first time that King Eero of Nantianzhu had seen such a huge steamship, especially the towering boiler tower, which left a deep impression on him.

"Haha! That's right, this is my Datang steamship, it's not that big, what about the bigger ones? Li Shilang's boat ride is much more than the one in front of him. ”

The Datang official replied proudly.

"Oh, and there are bigger steamships, so powerful, what are these pillars for, ordinary ships don't have such things."

Ero asked curiously.

The Datang official replied proudly: "This is a steamship, so naturally it needs a chimney, and these pillars are the chimneys of the steamship." ”

"Chimney, is there cooking down there?"

Hérault still didn't understand.

The Datang official smiled and said generously: "Your Royal Highness, let's get on the boat together and have a look, it's not clear, please." ”

"Yes, please."

Ero had been looking forward to going up and taking a look for a long time, but he couldn't bring it up directly, and he needed an invitation from the Tang officials, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

The structure of the steam ship is very different from that of ordinary merchant ships, and there are still many highlights, especially the steam turbine, as well as the power generation equipment on the ship, etc., which are all very advanced equipment, and the average small Chinese person will definitely not have the opportunity to see it.

"Your Highness, our steamship is much faster than a sailboat, twice as fast as a sailboat when it is downwind, and more than ten times faster than a sailboat when it is against a headwind. Ha ha! ”

The eyes of the Datang officials were full of pride.

"This ship is not only big, but it can also drive so fast, it's too powerful, it must be very expensive!"

Hérault was surprised.

The Datang official nodded and said: "That's natural, of course such a good ship is very expensive, much more expensive than ordinary sailing ships, but, my Datang is rich, and there are enough white jade ships like this, haha!" ”

"The strength of Datang is really not comparable to us! It's amazing. ”

"I don't know when we Nan Tianzhu will be able to use such a good steamship!"

Many officials in Nantianzhu sighed.