Liu Renliang has long been accustomed to the magic of the prince, but he still bowed and praised sincerely: "The prince is a scholar and a man, and the ministers admire him." ”

Bandi is a very caring girl, usually very hard, hard work to learn Chinese, progress quickly, there is no obstacle in language communication, she is also very interested in the culture of the Han Dynasty, as the longer she contacts Li You, the deeper she understands, the more she admires Li You.

At this moment, she stared at Li You blankly, not knowing what she was thinking.

Ma Yinuo asked expectantly, "Your Highness, do you have a way to break this Greek fire?" ”

Li You smiled: "This is not difficult. There are several ways to use Greek fire, one is used as a rocket, one is a catapult, and the other is the kind of use you have encountered on the sea.

There is nothing unusual about the first two, needless to say, in order to prevent them from being used on the surface of the sea, when fighting, as long as they look at the direction of the ocean current, try not to be below the current, they cannot use fire attacks.

If they had to fight the Romans below the current, they would not be able to use it if they had to avoid the narrow waterways and fight them on the wide sea, because they could not carry as much crude oil and therefore would not be of much use. ”

Ma Yinuo suddenly realized, he said: "Yes! That night, the Romans deliberately sent a small number of warships to lure us into the narrow waterways of the harbor, which caused us to suffer greatly, and it was at night that we could not see the sea clearly, and this was the reason why they fell for their tricks. ”

Li You nodded slightly, then supported the armrest of the chair with his elbow, twisted his beard with his hand, and pondered.

When everyone saw him like this, they all stopped making a sound and looked at him silently.

After a long time, Li You sat up straight, and said, "The Romans, the Greek fire, are always a nuisance, and if they use rockets or trebuchets to project, they will also be a threat to our fleet. ”

Liu Renliang said: "Yes, Lord Wang, our fierce fire oil is projected onto the enemy's warship, and the enemy basically has no way to resist, so he can only abandon the ship and escape." According to you, this Greek fire of theirs is not as good as our fierce fire oil, but it is also a big trouble to burn on our warships! ”

Li You said: "I have thought of a solution. The Romans did not have the technology to drill wells for oil production, and the production of crude oil was extracted from natural oil fields that were exposed to the ground. There are two kinds of oil fields, one is that the concentration of oil fields is very high, and it can be collected directly; One situation is that the concentration of oil fields is low, and the crude oil floats on the surface, is fished out of the water, and then dries and collects.

In either case, they usually set up warehouses near the oil fields to store crude oil. We can send a commando team to destroy warehouses like theirs, so that in a short time, it will interrupt their supply of crude oil, greatly reduce their combat effectiveness, and for oil fields with high concentrations, we can set fire to them, which can prolong the time for them to restore crude oil supply. ”

Liu Renliang praised: "The prince is really a good strategy, and he draws his salary from the bottom of the kettle." Even if the Romans were able to have some reserves on the ships, they would not be able to hold on for long, so it was a good strategy. ”

Ma Yinuo was also very happy, he was now less afraid of Greek fire.

Since he has this idea, Li You will do it.

He said to Bonty, "Go and call the magpie." ”

Soon the magpie came, Li You dictated a telegram, after the magpie recorded it, handed it to Li You, Li You revised the content, signed his name, he said: "You can send it to Wang Xuance now." ”

The magpie saluted and left.

Li You said: "It should not be difficult to find out the location of the oil fields of the Romans, and I believe that Wang Xuance will be able to find out soon." However, in such an important place, the Romans would definitely defend it with heavy troops, and it would be very dangerous for the assault team to complete this task, and even if they could complete the task, it would be very difficult to retreat safely. ”

Liu Renliang said worriedly: "Lord Wang, there is another question, if the oil field is in the hinterland of the Romans, and the Tang army is the face of the Orientals, how can they get there?" ”

Li You said: "I'm afraid this matter can only be done by relying on the Great Cannibals or the Persians. ”

Hearing Li You mention the big cannibal, Ma Yinuo became excited, he patted his chest and said: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry about the manpower of the commando, in our big food army, there are many Greeks, Egyptians, and Liberians, many of whom are no different from their Romans, and the language can also be understood, and it is not a problem to select some elite warriors from them, this task will be handed over to our big cannibals to complete." ”

Li You agreed with him, and then he asked the White Tiger to call Hou Cheng, and asked Hou Cheng to send several officers of the Flying Tiger Army to help train the commando team of the Great Cannibal.

Li You then sent a telegram to Pei Dilan about the idea, and Pei Dilan quickly replied with the telegram and agreed to the plan.

Constantinople, the Royal Palace.

Empress Kent Tanka was very dissatisfied with Grand Duke Stefan's public refutation of her.

At this moment, she sat on the lap of Constans II and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, this old thing Stefan is rude to me in public, he is despising your authority, are you so conniving with him?" ”

Constans II inherited the throne at the age of 12, and Archduke Stefan was one of the ministers appointed by the old emperor Constans I. Although he supported Constans II, he regarded him as a child, and his demeanor and words often showed some disrespect, which made Constans II very dissatisfied.

When Constans II was 15 years old, once because of a trivial matter, Grand Duke Stefan accused Constans II in front of the Manchu ministers and made him unable to step down.

For so many years, he has not had the opportunity to attack Archduke Stefan, the main reason is because the Eastern Roman Empire has been in a state of war, Archduke Stefan is an excellent military commander, with great prestige, and there is no one in the Roman Empire who can replace him, so he has been holding back until now.

Constans II hesitated and did not speak.

Queen Kent Tanka said: "Your Majesty, are you just allowed to be so arrogant?"

Constans II shook his head and said, "This old fellow is indeed hateful, but it is useful to keep him now, so don't care about his attitude." ”

Kent Tanka said: "The navy of our neighboring countries is not strong enough, is it useful to keep such a large-scale navy?" The need for so much money every year is purely a waste of labor and money. ”

There is also some truth in her words, in the vicinity of Rome, there are only three countries that can pose a threat to them at sea, one is Persia, one is the Franks, and one is the Great Eclipse, and the current naval strength of these three countries is relatively weak enough to compete with the Roman navy.

Kent Tanka's words were not wrong, but she ignored the fact that the situation she was in today was mainly due to the credit of Grand Duke Stefan. 8)