The next day, when a ray of warm sunlight projected through the window, Li Xiao woke up from his sleep. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

He quickly noticed the sleeping woman next to him, Makata.

At this time, there was not a single strand of his body, like a piece of clotted stone, and he was pillowed on his thick arm, breathing very evenly and steadily, and he was obviously sleeping soundly.

Seeing her sleeping so soundly, Li Xiao's heart was suddenly full of pity.

Li Xiao sighed lightly and shook his head vigorously, wanting to sober himself up, but last night's crazy passion and joyful love seemed to be still vivid, making him think about it for a while.

It's really a mistake, this princess of Gulun Wenzhuang of the Qing Dynasty, this woman who married the head of the Han tribe who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the original history, is now her own woman under a series of incredible coincidences.

This fate is wonderful, what can be said.

Li Xiao hurriedly pulled out his arm, and then gently put Makata's head on the pillow, and was about to get up and get out of bed, but found that Makata quietly opened his eyes.

They looked at each other, embarrassed for a moment.

"You're awake, how was your rest yesterday?" An embarrassed smile spread across Li Xiao's face.

Makata nodded, half-supporting his body with his arms, but gently leaned his head on Li Xiao's strong chest muscles, wrapped one hand around Li Xiao's wolf waist, and stopped moving.

"Makata, Ben Gong really didn't expect that one day, you would become my Li Xiao's woman." Li Xiao said softly.

Makata didn't speak, but two crystal tears slipped quietly in her eyes.

Li Xiao let her hold like this, supported his body with his left hand, freed his right hand, and stroked her inky black hair, and for a while, both of them fell into silence.

"Makata, don't worry. Since my father has done it, he will be responsible for you. If thou wilt, now I will take thee as a concubine. Li Xiao said softly.

Makata shook her head slightly.

She raised her head, stared at Li Yu for a long time, and said, "Thank you Lord Li for your friendship, you don't need to accept me as a concubine." ”

"Oh, why is that?" Li Xiao was stunned.

"Makata is a person who has left the chaos, and it is very satisfying to be taken in by Lord Li and have a way to live. Besides, Master Li has forgiven the major crime of assassinating you last time, and Makata is extremely ashamed of Master Li in his heart, so why should he say it. Now that he has inherited Lord Li's clouds and rain, the cheap maid is already very content. ”

Seeing that Li Xiao still had a look of concern, Makata leaned over and gently kissed Li Xiao's handsome face with his hot and wet red lips.

Then, a wry smile appeared on her face, and she muttered: "Since last year, I have gone through so many chaotic things, and I have already taken the matter of status very lightly, and the name of this concubine, Lord Li does not need to force it." Besides, if my maid of Princess Ingmar were to raise my name to the same level as the princess overnight, I was afraid that Princess Ingmar would inevitably lose her mentality. If Lord Li wants to do this, I am afraid that the princess will be fierce and will make the family uneasy. ”

Li Xiao was moved to hold her tightly in his arms, and kissed her on the forehead several times before he said with emotion: "Makata, it's hard for you to have this heart, you are really a good woman with a delicate mind." It's a rare blessing for my father to get you. It's just that if you are only allowed to be a roommate, it will be too wronged for you. ”

Feeling Li Xiao's warm and powerful embrace, two strings of crystal tears flowed down Makata's face.

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can be with you, I am very happy and satisfied. I don't want the title of this concubine at all. Moreover, it is also a blessing for Makata that I can dedicate my precious virgin body to a heroic and heroic person like Tang Guogong. In addition, I also ask Master Li never to tell my true identity, otherwise, I really don't know how to face my cousin Zhuo Naxi. ”

Makata hugged Li Xiao tighter, buried his head deep in Li Xiao's chest, and said in a low voice.

Li Xiao nodded heavily. "Well, I promise you."

Makata raised his head and looked straight at Li Xiao, with tears in his eyes: "Lord Li, Makata just wants to be able to live happily for Lord Li, serve left and right, and live a peaceful life, and I am really content in my heart." If one day, he can give birth to a boy and a woman for Master Li, and Makata will have no regrets in this life. “

Li Xiao's eyes were filled with tears.

They looked at each other, but they were speechless and choked.

Li Xiao stroked a piece of her beautiful face, suddenly let out a low roar, picked up the smooth and jade-like Makata, and then pressed it heavily under him.

"Makata, although in this world, there are endless wars and blood, but my father promises you that he will definitely give you a peaceful and comfortable life forever. You can live a good life with your father. “

Makata choked back tears and nodded vigorously.

Soon, the man's roar and the woman's moan sounded again, and the phoenix was upside down, and the bed frame shook, and in this quiet and cool morning, all the sounds and movements were blown away in the silky morning breeze.

After staying in Dengzhou for more than a month, Li Xiao took a sailor ship and a group of escorts to Taiwan.

He has already calculated the itinerary, from Dengzhou to Nanxiong Mansion in Taiwan, it will only take 25 days at the latest. By this time, Taiwan's recruits should have basically completed their training, and the plan to attack Luzon could finally begin in earnest.

On the second day of the eighth month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Li Xiao boarded the Thang Long, the flagship of the naval division, and led more than 30 ships in Dengzhou Port to go south.

Before Li Xiao set off, those musketeers and artillery units who had been drawn from Xingzhong Town had already gone to Taiwan in advance to receive management and training from Li Dingguo.

The ship that is now heading south with Li Xiao is not only loaded with a large amount of food and ordnance, but also tens of thousands of newly forged cuirasses produced from Iron Dragon City.

This kind of forging cuirass was finally developed and produced by the craftsmen of the workshop after Li Xiao's hydraulic forging hammer was popularized after the use of Li Xiao's hydraulic forging hammer.

The cuirass that Li Xiao requested was completely different from the common type of armor in the Ming Dynasty.

It was a two-piece combination cuirass that craftsmen had never seen before, consisting of two steel plates at the front and back, stamped and forged with 2.5 mm thick eutectic quenched and tempered steel, and made of delicate barbs that could be freely disassembled and combined, so that there was no need to put such a cumbersome wear from the head.

Specifically, the cuirass in the back is ergonomically designed, slightly rounded, and can be smoothly attached to the person's back, while the front breastplate is slightly chicken breast-shaped, bulging along the thoracic vertebrae of the person, so that when stabbed by the enemy's weapon, it is not stabbed along the normal in the vertical direction, but has an angle with the normal, which is easy to let the enemy's weapon slide away and avoid direct damage to the chest. Even if it doesn't slip away, it makes it more difficult to break through the armor.

Originally, Li Xiao also wanted to carry out an all-round transformation of the existing Tang Army's standard equipment, but considering that the time was urgent, and in Southeast Asia, because of the hot weather and humid climate, soldiers should not wear too much and too heavy armor, so Li Xiao finally decided to improve only one cuirass, and the rest of the various types of armor were postponed.

In doing so, Li Xiao was also inspired by real events in history.

In the 15th century, the Spaniards invaded Central America, and the local climate was very hot, and downpours were commonplace, which made the Spanish army in medieval armor uncomfortable, and many soldiers fell ill from heat stroke due to the sweltering armor.

Therefore, the Spanish colonists were forced to improve the existing armor, and after some experiments, only the cuirass and helmet were retained, and the rest of the armor was omitted, so that the soldiers could greatly reduce their weight and move more conveniently and quickly.

In fact, thanks to the protection of cuirasses and helmets, the vital organs of the human body are basically properly protected, which can greatly reduce the probability of death and injury of soldiers. And those local Native Americans, who were only equipped with cuirasses and helmets, were also helpless and devastated.

Of course, this way of dressing, Li Xiao also intends to limit this way to the Pingnan battalion troops who have been fighting in tropical areas such as Southeast Asia for a long time, and for other subordinate troops who will fight in the domestic battlefield and against Mongolia and the Qing Dynasty in the future, Li Xiao will still make their equipment as comprehensive and solid as possible, so as to maximize the soldiers' chances of survival on the battlefield.

In addition to bringing these tens of thousands of cuirasses, Li Xiao's fleet also brought with them the latest 10 heavy dragon bombarders that fired 32-pound shells produced in the past two months.

In this way, with the addition of the original 70 dragon bombers, the number of heavy dragon bombers in Li Xiao's entire army has reached 80, and the power of the siege has increased greatly.

Li Xiao's fleet traveled all the way south, first to Jeju, where it joined the local fleet and then went straight south.

After another 16 or 7 days, Li Xiao's fleet, which had traveled all the way south, successfully arrived in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

When approaching Hezhu Port, Li Xiao was pleased to see that on the sea near Hezhu Port, there were already many merchant ships from all over the world, sailing in and out of Hezhu Port, a busy scene.

At present, Taiwan's economy is prosperous and densely populated, which can be seen from this Hezhu Port.

The huge fleet bypassed Hezhu Port and anchored at Kaohsiung Port, a special military port.

Li Xiao saw that in this Kaohsiung port, there are hundreds of sailor ships, large and small, anchored in Kaohsiung Port, a natural deep-water port, and there is no edge as far as the eye can see, and the momentum is very huge.

At this time, Li Dingguo, Luo Zheng and other generals, together with Ding You, head of the Taiwan Colonization Regiment, Ma Huaxing, deputy head of the regiment, and others had already arrived at the port to greet them. Li Xiao, accompanied by a group of guards, descended from the ship's gunwale.

"Minister, Li Dingguo, mayor of Pingnan Town, meet Tang Guogong."

"Minister, Luo Zheng, deputy mayor of Pingnan Town, meet Tang Guogong."

"Minister, Ding You, head of the Taiwan Colonization Regiment, meet Master Li."

"Minister, Ma Huaxing, deputy head of the Taiwan Colonization Regiment, pay a visit to Master Li."

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A group of Taiwan's generals and officials, big and small, knelt in black in front of Li Xiao.

"Everyone, please get up quickly, and go back to Kaohsiung Mansion to discuss matters." Li Xiao made a gesture of support. Everyone got up one after another.

Then, surrounded by a group of officials, Li Xiao turned on his horse and galloped towards Kaohsiung Mansion.

Walking on the wide and flat cement avenue, Li Xiao looked around, only to see the verdant late rice, the sugarcane fields like forests, and the cotton fields and tobacco fields dotted among them.

After listening to the report of Ding You, head of the Taiwan Colonization Regiment, Li Xiao was even more happy.

He told Li Xiao that there are now more than 4.8 million displaced people on the island of Taiwan, and all kinds of land have basically been opened up, but the immigrant population is basically saturated.

According to Li Xiao's request, there are more than 1 million displaced people among them, who are only temporarily resettled in Taiwan, and when Luzon is taken, they will all immigrate to Luzon and settle down in Luzon and the entire Philippines.

After listening to Ding You's introduction, Li Xiao was very satisfied with the current situation in Taiwan, and even praised Ding You and others a lot, which greatly encouraged Ding You, Ma Huaxing, and other Taiwan officials.

In a short time, it was tall and magnificent, the weather was magnificent, and the circumference was twenty-four miles long, which could be called the largest and most magnificent Kaohsiung City under Li Xiao's rule, and appeared in front of Li Xiao and others with a majestic and vast momentum.

Li Xiao saw that this Kaohsiung City, the scale of the city was extremely large, standing outside the south gate, and he could hardly see the end of the city wall at a glance.

In the moat, which is several feet wide, the river water drawn from the nearby Zeng Wen Creek passes around the city. On the city wall, protective measures such as urn city, city tower, corner tower, gun emplacement, female wall, pheasant moat and so on have all been built, and there are patrol soldiers on it, and the armor is clearly patrolling back and forth.

At this south gate, there are a lot of cars, horses and pedestrians, shoulder to shoulder, noisy and noisy, a lively and extraordinary scene.

Surrounded by everyone, Li Xiao entered from the south gate of Kaohsiung City, passed through the long moon road, and entered Kaohsiung City, Li Xiao saw that in this Kaohsiung City, the streets and market squares were well planned, and the entire outer city was full of noisy and noisy scenes, immigrants from the mainland, merchants and slaves from various countries, as well as a large number of local aborigines in Taiwan, were shuttling and walking in the city, buying goods, and being busy, and the entire Kaohsiung Outer City was full of strong market atmosphere and prosperity.

Then Li Xiao and the others walked into the inner city, and Li Xiao was quickly attracted by the soldiers of Pingnan Town who were training here.

Li Xiao was very pleased to see that these soldiers, whether they were veterans or new recruits, could train and cooperate in a neat and orderly manner under the leadership of officers at all levels.

At this time, Li Dingguo wasted no time in coming over and reported to Li Xiaoyu: "Lord Li, now that the training of new recruits in our army has been completed, as long as Master Li has a certain plan, he can immediately send troops to Luzon to crusade against the Spaniards." ”

Li Xiao nodded, patted Li Dingguo's broad and sturdy shoulder, and exclaimed: "Okay, my father's training was originally scheduled to be completed in March, but I didn't expect that Dingguo would complete your military training in two months, but it is worthy of praise." ”

Li Dingguo excitedly arched his hand and said: "I am valued by Tang Guogong and dare not work hard." But please ask Master Li to command, whether it is the sword mountain or the sea of fire, the last general will definitely ignore it. ”

Next, the group walked and watched, and soon passed the barracks area and came to the place of the official office.

At this moment, from a nearby house, suddenly a man with unkempt hair and dirt covered in dirt, dancing and laughing wildly, burst out of a house, and jumped and shouted, cried and laughed madly in the crowded street.

Li Xiao's brows suddenly furrowed.