Chapter 664: Zeus' Scepter
Cen Changqian is resourceful, but she is still a scholar at heart, with the common problems of a reader, coupled with her youthfulness, she regards today's encounter as a great shame in life. So from the moment the cannon was fired, he stood on the top floor of the warship, looking out through the women's wall.
When he saw that the Gothic warships were beaten by artillery and countless Gothic soldiers were forced to jump into the sea, the sullenness in his heart was finally relieved a little, and when the entire fleet rushed up and crushed the remaining Gothic warships with a very domineering attitude, it made Cen Changqian feel extremely happy, and couldn't help laughing on the spot.
"Sir, look, is that guy in the sea the Gothic general you saw?" At this moment, a guard who followed Cen Changqian to see the Goths suddenly shouted.
Cen Changqian looked into the sea along his arm, and just saw a Goth struggling in the sea, and looking at the outfit on his body, it should be the one-eared general.
"Bastard, hurry up and get him up for me!" Cen Changqian said fiercely with an itchy expression of hatred, it was the first time he had been so big since he was a child, and he had to pretend to be timid and afraid, this evil breath could not be eliminated just by taking revenge on this Gothic navy.
At this time, the naval battle had come to an end, except for a few Gothic warships that escaped with an outbreak of character, the other warships were either sunk by artillery, or were sunk by the big ships in Li Ke's fleet, and even some were smashed and sunk by the ballistas on the merchant ships.
"Shoot them all!" With Li Ke's order, the soldiers or ordinary crew members on each ship all took out their bows and arrows. Then aim at the Goths in the sea and shoot them one after the other. Don't talk to them about human rights, the war of this era is so cruel. What's more, it was the Goths who took the initiative to provoke Li Ke and them, so these Goths had to bear the corresponding consequences.
The guy in the sea is indeed the one-eared general. However, when Cen Changqian sent someone to salvage him, this guy was already half dead. His five-oared warship was the most conspicuous target of the Gothic warship, so it attracted a lot of artillery fire, but it was finally smashed alive, and the one-eared general was also stuck in the thigh by a blown wooden bar, and it was likely to hurt the major artery, and the blood kept flowing, and after being rescued, he passed out and did not wake up until now.
Wang Fangyi looked at the one-eared general on the deck. Untied the waist knife and handed it to Cen Changqian: "Brother Changqian, this guy doesn't seem to be able to survive, I think that while he is not dead, you can directly give him a knife, which can be regarded as revenge for the previous incident!" ”
However, after hearing this, Cen Changqian pushed away Wang Fangyi's waist knife, and said with a strange smile: "It's too simple to kill him with one knife, and you have to use the rules of the sea to solve it at sea." ”
Wang Fangyi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but quickly reacted and smiled: "What Brother Changqian said makes sense, then let's follow the rules of the sea." Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the sea, if he can survive in this way, it will be his fate. ”
Heard the conversation between Wang Fangyi and Cen Changqian. The surrounding soldiers also laughed, and there was indeed a rule at sea, that is, to the enemy or the crew who had committed a capital crime. After being caught, they will be punished in the way Wang Fangyi said. And if the other party can escape from the rope and find a piece of land in the vast sea. Then the grievances of his fleet will be written off. In this case, however, the chances of escape are slim to none.
There was nothing to say about the next, the one-eared general was tied up into a stick, and then thrown into the sea by Cen Changqian's own hands. And when Cen Changqian was dragging the other party on the deck, the one-eared general who was still arrogant before just woke up, but after seeing the current situation, he begged Cen Changqian loudly for mercy, but unfortunately Cen Changqian didn't have any woman's kindness, and ignored the other party's pleas on the spot, and directly threw the other party into the sea to feed the shark.
After destroying the Gothic navy, Li Ke immediately escorted Lu Wan and them out of the Strait of Gibraltar, and then into a north-south current, which, according to their estimates, would probably turn west near the equator, and then they would be able to follow this current to the east coast of the Americas.
After sending Lu Wan and them away, Li Ke returned with a fleet of four warships, and when passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, the four warships found the naval garrison in Dingis Harbor, and then lined up and bombarded the military port. Although the warships in the military port had almost wiped them out in the previous war, the port facilities of the military port were still there, and after these things were dropped, it was enough to make the Visigoths in the city feel distressed.
However, it was this shelling that made Li Ke and them suddenly have an idea: anyway, they will be enemies of the Visigothic Kingdom in the future, so why not take this opportunity to weaken the strength of the other party as much as possible, and spread Li Ke's name, so as to lay a good foundation for ruling here in the future.
This idea was unanimously agreed by Cen Changqian and others, and then they drove four warships and began to advance along the Iberian Peninsula bordering the Mediterranean, and whenever they saw a port of the Visigothic kingdom, they would use artillery to enter and bombard it indiscriminately.
It's just that because the ammunition on the warship is limited, the time for each bombardment is very short, and the port facilities destroyed are limited, but it can play a good propaganda effect, and even the Visigothic kingdom gave them the title of "Zeus's Scepter", specifically called Li Ke's fleet.
The reason why there is the title of Zeus's scepter is mainly because when the cannon is fired, it is a fire and a loud noise, which is no different from thunder and lightning, and Zeus is the god king in Greek mythology, in charge of the most powerful weapon in the universe, thunder and lightning, and the scepter in his hand is not only a symbol of kingship, but also his weapon, which is very similar to the artillery in Li Ke's fleet, so Li Ke They have this title.
With Li Ke's bombardment of the coastal ports of the Visigothic Kingdom, it naturally aroused the anger of the Visigothic Kingdom, but there were not many navies in their kingdom, and the navy that Li Ke eliminated in the Strait of Gibraltar last time had already accounted for one-third of their navy, and the remaining navy was distributed in various ports along the coast, and it was impossible to assemble it in a short period of time, and even a few Gothic nobles were worried that even if all the remaining navies were assembled, they might not be the opponent of Zeus's Scepter fleet.
It turns out that those few Gothic nobles are still very far-sighted, ten days after the bombardment of Dingis, the navy of several ports was assembled and began to encircle and suppress Li Ke and them, but unfortunately although the number of the navy temporarily put together was more than the previous one-eared general, but because of cooperation and other problems, the strength was not as good as the one-eared general, so they were quickly defeated by Li Ke.
It was also the failure of this encirclement and suppression that made the Visigothic Kingdom finally soberly realize the gap in strength with Li Ke, so the navy of the Visigothic Kingdom never dared to fight with them again, and even when shelling the port, these warships only cowered in the military port and could not come out, and some navies were worried that the other side would rush into the military port to sabotage it, so even the channel outside the military port was temporarily blocked in advance.
With four main warships, a very powerful Visigothic kingdom was beaten against it, such a brilliant record, which can be called the first time in the history of the entire Mediterranean.
And with the passage of time, Li Ke's identity was slowly found out, and it was only then that they suddenly discovered that the legendary Tang Dynasty in the mouth of the Romans was so powerful, just a small fleet sent to escort the prince, it could defeat the Visigothic Kingdom without any resistance, if there were a few more such fleets, wouldn't it be that even the Romans were not their opponents?
When the news of Li Ke's bombardment of the Visigothic Kingdom reached the Eastern Roman Empire, it also caused a huge sensation throughout the empire, and both nobles and commoners were glad that they had such a powerful ally as the Tang Dynasty. Especially Irina was also proud and proud of Li Ke in her heart after hearing the news. At the same time, many big nobles also began to deliberately close their relationship with the queen's family, because they all knew the special relationship between Li Ke and Irina.
At the same time, Da Shi also received the news of Li Ke's entry into the Mediterranean, and also knew about the war between Li Ke and the Visigothic Kingdom, but contrary to the excitement of the Romans, the upper echelons of Da Shi were worried about this, on land they had been overwhelmed by the Tang Dynasty, but they didn't expect Datang's navy to be so strong, and this is just a small fleet, I heard that the Daqi Empire, which is in the same vein as Da Tang, their navy is even stronger, and Da Shi has such an opponent, which is really depressing to death.
It was Li Ke's achievements in the Mediterranean that made them warmly received by the cannibals when they passed through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. And at this time, Li Ke no longer needs to hide his identity, after all, unlike when he came, Da Shi could have prevented him from entering the Mediterranean Sea before, but now he didn't dare to stop him from returning to Datang, otherwise he would wait to bear the wrath of Datang and Daqi!
In addition, when Li Ke was in contact with the officials of Dashi, he also deliberately expressed his desire to enter the Mediterranean again if he had the opportunity next time. As he expected, although the upper echelons of the Great Food were very welcoming on the surface, they hinted at him in many ways that the Mediterranean would be their battlefield with the Romans, and outsiders were not welcome.
Li Ke didn't care about this at all, let alone take the threat of the big cannibal to heart, not to mention that when he came back next time, he wouldn't just go to the Roman Empire as the big food imagined, but to take root in the Mediterranean!
It's just that if you want Da Shi not to get stuck in his neck on the Suez Canal in the Red Sea, this matter still needs the help of Datang and Daqi, and even the two brothers Li Zhen and Li Yun. Therefore, after Li Ke left the Red Sea, he immediately rushed to Taiwan as fast as possible, intending to discuss a practical method with Li Ke! (To be continued......)