The Visigoths have occupied Dingis for hundreds of years, when the Vandals and Alans were still there, the Visigoths could not invade North Africa because of their blockage, and later the Vandals and Alans were destroyed by the Eastern Romans, and most of North Africa was also occupied by the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Visigoths did not dare to go south, so they could only honestly guard the Dingis.

Now that the Eastern Roman Empire is gradually losing its domination over North Africa, the Great Eclipse is temporarily unable to take care of the area west of Egypt, which makes many forces ready to move, among which the Alans and Vandals, who have been defeated by the Eastern Roman Empire, their remnants of their forces are resurgence in the area west of Egypt, and among the thirteen forces around Dingis, the forces under the banner of the Alans and Vandals account for more than half.

After Li Ke bombarded the port of the Visigoths last time, the name of Zeus's scepter also spread all over the Mediterranean coast, so in the negotiations with these forces around Dingis, most of the forces did not dare to try Zeus's anger easily, so after seeing the envoys sent by Li Ke, most of them expressed their goodwill to Li Ke, and even a few forces in difficult situations also expressed their intention to take refuge.

It's just that among these forces that express goodwill, they do not include those forces under the banner of Adou and Vandal, although there are also many contradictions between these forces, but they are all responsible for restoring the glory of the past, so they only feel threatened by Li Ke's arrival, and they have no good face for Li Ke's envoys, and even very rarely, they are quite hostile.

Originally, Li Ke didn't want to waste time in North Africa, and he didn't take those small forces to heart, as long as the other party didn't really send troops to attack Dingis. He didn't plan to provoke the other party either. But later Cen Changqian suggested to Li Ke that the geographical location of Dingis was very important. If you can subdue the surrounding forces, you can better protect the safety of Dingis. Not to mention the fact that the Great Cannibals occupied Egypt. In the future, it is likely to develop westward, and after subduing these forces, it will also be able to have a buffer with the Great Eclipse in the future.

For Cen Changqian's suggestion, Li Ke thought about it for a while, and finally decided to adopt it, and if he wanted to gain a foothold in the Mediterranean, he was still a little weak by relying on the previous Zeus Scepter, and he had to use thunder to deter the surrounding forces.

So a few days later, Li Ke invited the leaders of the thirteen surrounding forces to the banquet in his own name. Speaking of which, Li Ke has just arrived in Dingis. There is not much intersection with the surrounding forces, and now it is really a bit reckless to suddenly feast others like this, but Li Ke did it.

Regarding Li Ke's invitation, the leaders of those forces who were in a difficult situation and had the heart to take refuge naturally couldn't ask for it, and some other small forces who were in awe of Li Ke also decided to participate after thinking about it again. Just the remnants of the Alans and Vandals. But nine times out of ten, they didn't participate.

As a result, at the banquet that day, all the people who had been invited had arrived, but except for those who were willing to attend, the others were either tied with ropes. Either that, or just one head.

It turned out that just before the banquet began, the 50,000 troops in Li Ke's hands were divided into several roads, and these forces that did not participate in the banquet were wiped out in the shortest possible time. It looks like a shock. But in fact, it is also very simple, after all, the 50,000 troops in Li Ke's hands are all firearms troops. And this battle also fired the first shot of Li Ke's entry into the Mediterranean.

In the end, Li Ke was facing this bloody scene, but he was talking and laughing. even persuaded him to drink in person, which made these leaders of the forces who came to him frightened, and they were even more in awe of Li Ke in their hearts. Several of the chiefs who wanted to take refuge even expressed their submission on the spot, and expressed their willingness to move the people under their rule to Dingis and obey Li Ke's rule. For these people's refuge, Li Ke, who was short of people, naturally accepted it.

Through this operation, Li Ke eliminated all the potential threats south of Dingis, and also deterred the more distant North African forces, so that they did not dare to have any more thoughts about Dingis. Next, Li Ke spent nearly a month to initially build Dingis into a rear base, during which the navy also completely annihilated the Visigoths attacking the navy.

On a sunny morning, Li Ke ordered his 50,000 troops, except for 1,000 men left as Dingis' guards, all the other troops crossed the Strait of Gibraltar by boat and began to officially invade the Iberian Peninsula.

More than a month was enough time for the Visigothic kingdom to react, and they had already mobilized a large army in the country, and assembled on the opposite side of Dingis, that is, in the place of Gibraltar in later history, and prepared to give them a head-on attack when Li Ke and them landed. In addition, these Visigothic troops did not dare to get too close to the coast, after all, they were not stupid, and they knew that if they were too close to the coast, it would likely attract the shelling of Li Ke's navy.

The Visigothic kingdom has gathered more than 100,000 troops this time, almost the entire southern Iberian Peninsula has been assembled, and in the northern region of their ruling center, there is an even larger army being assembled, because they have also learned from the Romans and the Great Cannibals how powerful the Tang Dynasty is and how powerful the army is, so they have no confidence that they can defeat Li Ke in one fell swoop.

The Visigoths did not dare to approach the coast, which allowed Li Ke's army of 50,000 to land calmly, and then arrange a three-stage military formation, with more than a dozen armies advancing in arcs alternately.

The Visigoths were a branch of the Germanic people, and their fighting style was known for their ferocity, but they fought with the Western Roman Empire for many years, and later occupied the Iberian Peninsula, both politically and militarily, were deeply influenced by Rome, such as the Visigothic army that Li Ke sees now, they are arranged in a close formation similar to the Roman phalanx, and the front rows of soldiers also carry javelins for throwing, but there are very few bows and arrows for long-range attacks.

Seeing this kind of military formation of the Visigoths, Wang Fangyi, who commanded the army instead of Li Ke, sneered, these Visigoths are still in the era of cold weapons, and they don't know what firearms are.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~" After the two armies faced each other, it was still the artillery that opened the way, and the hot projectile made a terrible whistling sound, rushing into the Visigoths with huge kinetic energy, and because the ground was relatively hard, the projectile would bounce several times after it landed, and as a result, it was a trench composed of flesh and blood, and countless soldiers were killed and wounded.

Although the Visigoths experienced the lesson of being bombarded by Li Ke last time, most of the troops mobilized this time had seen the power of artillery for the first time, so in the first round of artillery, these soldiers were beaten stupid. Although they had been told before that the other party had a very powerful weapon, the power of the firearm was beyond their cognition, and even most of them had an irresistible thought.

The use of hot weapons against cold weapons, and the complete availability of muskets and artillery, even if the Visigoths had twice as many armies, were destined to be one-sided from the outset.

There were not many soldiers who actually died under the artillery, but the killing scenes were extremely bloody and terrifying, which made the Visigothic soldiers frightened, and some even turned around and fled in fright. Then Wang Fangyi commanded the musketeers to advance, and the rows of muskets continued to fire, so that the closely lined Visigothic army could not even escape, and the soldiers fell layer after layer like wheat that had been cut.

Speaking of these Visigothic strokes, most of them are the ancestors of the Spaniards in later generations, presumably in later generations, the situation of the Spaniards slaughtering the Indians with muskets should be similar to the current Li Ke's army slaughtering them with muskets, but these Visigothic armies are much stronger than the Indians, at least they hold metal weapons in their hands, not sharp stones.

It's a pity that whether it's metal or stone, it's the same in front of a sharp musket, this advanced weapon that converts chemical energy into kinetic energy is not at all something that human beings can compete with, even if the armor they wear can resist the shot of a bow and arrow, but it can't stop the small projectile.

It was precisely because of the huge disparity in weapons that the Visigothic army only resisted for less than an hour before it completely collapsed, and both officers and soldiers lost the will to resist, either fleeing quickly or kneeling down and surrendering on the spot. Li Ke is now short of people in his hands, so for these surrendered prisoners of war, he did not let the army kill indiscriminately, but prepared to reorganize after the war, although their combat effectiveness is not good, but they can still be used as consumables such as cannon fodder.

The next thing was a simple pursuit, but it was a pity that Li Ke crossed the sea and came with limited space on the ship, so he couldn't transport horses over, which made his troops not very mobile, and he was not as familiar with the terrain here as the Visigoths, so in the final pursuit, the results were not very great.

After the war, the casualties on Li Ke's side were negligible, while on the Visigothic side, more than 4,000 people were killed on the spot, more than 30,000 were captured, and most of the others escaped. This made Li Ke a great pity, and at the same time sent someone to urge the logistics personnel provided by Li Ke, so that they could hurry up and transport a batch of horses over, so that he could equip a cavalry.

The first land battle with the Visigoths ended with Li Ke's complete victory, and at the same time, he also showed his sharp fangs and unrivaled strength to the various powers in the Mediterranean. This not only caused panic in the Visigothic Kingdom, but also made the Eastern Roman Empire pay more attention to Li Ke, and even when Li Ke integrated his team and advanced north in the Iberian Peninsula step by step, a team of envoys from the Eastern Roman Empire also came to the Iberian Peninsula. (To be continued......)