With the power of artillery, Zhao Jia easily deterred the Batu people, and drove them to easily get enough supplies, which also made them sail a little earlier than the expected departure time, and also allowed the people in the fleet to get enough rest, after all, the Batu people did all the work of fetching water, and they also got a hearty lunch, which is a rare good thing.

After leaving the tribe of the Batu people, Zhao Jia and their fleet once again moved away from the coast and began to go north, and the next trip was really as Dong Zhong said, because the autumn gradually passed, the storms in the Atlantic Ocean also decreased a lot, and there was less threat of storms, and their next trip became very smooth, but during the period, they encountered a heavy rain that lasted for several days, one of the ships was hit by lightning and caused a fire, causing several casualties, and two other boats encountered a reef, and were hit and sunk, But the personnel were transferred to other ships in time, but unfortunately the supplies on the ship were too late to be transferred, and they could only watch them sink into the sea.

Zhao Jia They survived the long voyage, withstood all kinds of tests, although they lost some manpower and ships, but they finally arrived in Europe, when Dong Zhong pointed to the Strait of Gibraltar in front of him and excitedly said that the front is Europe, and after this strait is the legendary Mediterranean, the entire fleet is boiling, and many people shed tears of excitement, because it has taken nearly a year since they left the Great Song Dynasty, and now they have finally arrived at the destination this time.

"Little Prince, General Huyan, the Strait of Gibraltar is now under the rule of the Almurabit dynasty, this is a new dynasty, it was only a small African country before, but then it invaded Europe several times, and defeated the Kingdom of Colori, which ruled here, and successfully seized the rule of the Strait of Gibraltar." On top of the flagship. Dong Zhongzheng introduced the situation in the Strait of Gibraltar to Zhao Jia and Hu Yanqing, although these are all information from a few years ago, it should not change much.

"The Almurabit dynasty? The name is really stinky and long, and when you hear it, you know that it is related to the historical Arab Empire, and it must be a Muslim country, and they are really feuding with Catholic countries. After so many years of fighting, killing and killing, I haven't been able to tell a winner, it's really a headache! After listening to Dong Zhong's introduction, Zhao Jia couldn't help but rub his forehead and said, for this kind of religious war, it is difficult for people from the Great Song Dynasty to understand, even if Zhao Jia was taught by his father Zhao Yan since he was a child, it is also difficult for him to understand why the two religions have been fighting for hundreds of years, and they are so happy?

"Don't joke about our faith, husband, this is a very serious matter!" As soon as Zhao Jia's words fell, he was objected by Agnes, who was sitting beside him. is about to arrive in Europe, although Agnes doesn't care much about the situation in Europe, but after all, she is a royal princess and knows more about the situation in Europe, so she naturally has to attend this meeting.

"Well, I respect your religious beliefs, but we really can't understand the war between you and the Muslim countries. If you don't believe it, ask Uncle Qing and Mr. Dong, can they understand this kind of war? Zhao Jia heard Agnes's objection, but spread his hands.

Hu Yanqing and Dong Zhong didn't expect Zhao Jia to lead the dispute between their little couple to their side. And at this time, Agnes also looked at them with inquiring eyes, which made them have to speak, only to see Hu Yanqing first said helplessly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, for this kind of religious war between you, we Song people are indeed difficult to understand, for me. Any war has its own interests, but although there are interests in the wars on your side, they are more wars caused by differences between religious ideologies, and they have been fought for hundreds of years, which I cannot understand. ”

Hu Yanqing finished speaking. Dong Zhong also said helplessly at this time: "I have been in Europe for several years, during which I have also studied the struggle between Catholicism and Islam, although I can also list many reasons for the occurrence of such religious wars, but in my opinion, the wars between the two religions for hundreds of years are really too cruel, and even you yourself no longer know why you want to fight each other, just for the sake of war!" ”

Seeing that Hu Yanqing and Dong Zhong did not understand the religious war on their side, Agnes was also a little discouraged, but she thought of the tolerant attitude towards religion on the side of the Great Song Dynasty, any religion can be spread there, but the strange thing is that it is difficult for any religion to shake the power of the imperial court, which also makes the attitude of the people of the Great Song Dynasty towards religion also dispensable, some people like Zhao Jia do not believe in any religion, and some people believe in several religions, such as Taoism and Buddhism, the largest in the Great Song Dynasty, many people believe in both Buddhism and Taoism, When she first encountered this situation, Agnes was also confused for a long time, and even now she is still a little incomprehensible.

Thinking of the above, Agnes no longer debated this issue with Zhao Jia, and then thought about it and said: "The grievances between us and Islam have long been unclear, but the two sides have become feuds, our Holy Roman Empire inherits the inheritance of the Western Roman Empire, and the people in the country are almost all Catholics, if you want to successfully regain the throne, you must get the support of the people, so we had better not have anything to do with Islamic countries." ”

Zhao Jia and they also agreed with Agnes's words, and Hu Yanqing said very decisively: "Prince, son, we came to Europe to compete for the throne, according to the previous information, the Holy Roman Empire was split into two parts by the princess's two brothers, and they both have considerable armies in their hands, so if we want to regain the throne, we must use force, so I think in the next action, we will directly show the force of our Great Song army, Strive to make our Great Song army famous, so that we will take a lot of advantage in the next battle for the throne! ”

"Uncle Qing, you mean to rush directly to the Strait of Gibraltar, if the Almurabit dynasty dares to stop us, we will directly use force to kill us, so as to establish our authority?" Zhao Jia's eyes lit up when he heard this, he thought this method was not bad, anyway, they brought twenty warships, these warships were not used to bluff people, but to promote the force of the Great Song Dynasty.

"And that's not all, whether or not that Almurabit dynasty dares to stop it. We all have to show our fangs, and not only defeat their navy, but also bombard their ports, and then go all the way into the Mediterranean, and anyone who dares to stop us will be crushed by us with warships. In order to promote our force, and then publicize the identity of the princess, create a momentum for the princess to return for revenge and crush everything, and at the same time draw a clear line with Islam, so as to win more people's hearts! Hu Yanqing said excitedly at this time, originally they had just arrived in Europe, and it was not appropriate to make enemies everywhere, but due to the special situation on the European side, as well as their own strong strength. That's why Hu Yanqing dared to propose so.

"I think this method is very feasible, so let's do it!" Zhao Jia also stroked his palms and laughed at this time, the strategy on the battlefield is not as secretive as possible, sometimes simple and crude methods can often have unexpected effects, no wonder my father They chose to choose and finally chose this Uncle Qing to help him, in the general direction of this strategy, the other party is indeed stronger than himself.

saw that Hu Yanqing and Zhao Jia had agreed on a solution. Neither Dong Zhong nor Agnes expressed any opinion on this matter, as they were not good at this at all. Therefore, it is better to leave this matter to a professional general like Hu Yanqing.

Adopting Hu Yanqing's method, Zhao Jia immediately conveyed the order, all the battleships were ready for battle, and then advanced towards the Strait of Gibraltar at full speed, and immediately opened fire when encountering any obstruction. Twenty warships received the order and immediately rushed to the Strait of Gibraltar with murderous vigour.

The Strait of Gibraltar serves as the only gateway between the Mediterranean and the outside world. Geographical location was very important, but at this time the countries of Europe and Central Asia were not aware of the importance of the Strait of Gibraltar, even the most powerful navy of the Eastern Roman Empire, their navies were mainly active in the Mediterranean, as for the navies of other countries. It is not worth mentioning, and the maritime trade cannot be compared with the Great Song Dynasty, which also leads to the fact that the military and political status of the Strait of Gibraltar is far from comparable with that of later generations.

However, even so, the Strait of Gibraltar is still a communication artery connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, so it has been fought over by Catholic and Muslim countries throughout history, since the emergence of the Arab Empire, the Strait of Gibraltar has been under the rule of Muslim countries for most of the time, and even the name Gibraltar is translated from Arabic, and it is the Arabs who built a port of Gibraltar that gave rise to the name Strait of Gibraltar.

The Almurabit dynasty was a small country, at least compared to the Great Song Dynasty, this is a small country that is not even as good as Dali, but on the Mediterranean coast, the Almurabit dynasty is a good medium country, especially after they defeated the Kingdom of Choice, which ruled here, that is, the predecessor of later Spain, the national power reached its peak, becoming a regional hegemon on the western side of the Mediterranean, and almost no one dared to provoke the small countries nearby, all the ships passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, They all need to go through their checks, and then pay a heavy tax to pass.

In addition, the Almurabit Dynasty also stationed a large fleet in the Strait of Gibraltar, one is to guard here, and the other is to maintain the order of the strait, and the warships of other countries are absolutely not allowed to pass through here in peacetime, and even when the warships of the Eastern Roman Empire pass here, they also need to be inspected by the Almurabit Dynasty, otherwise it is impossible to pass here.

However, Zhao Jia did not intend to abide by this order today, with his order, all the Great Song warships were ready for battle, and then rushed to the Strait of Gibraltar at full speed, when the Almurabit Dynasty navy in the strait found the rushing battleship, they were all startled, first, they did not expect such a large fleet to rush over, and secondly, it was the first time they had seen such a huge and strange warship, they bet that this kind of battleship was definitely not the warship of any country near the Mediterranean!

The defenders of the Strait of Gibraltar watched as they approached the Great Song battleship, and everyone became panicked, because the tall battleship of the other side was too oppressive. Speaking of which, the warships in the Mediterranean are mainly driven by ship pulp, but in this way, the ship cannot be built too big, otherwise the more pulp hands are needed, and exceeding a certain specification will also reduce the speed of the ship, which also leads to the fact that the battleships in the Mediterranean are generally not large, and now they suddenly saw the tall battleships of the Great Song Dynasty, as well as the sails raised high on the battleships, it was like a dark cloud ship pressing, which made all the defenders feel breathless.

However, the Almurabit dynasty was in its strongest period, and the morale of the army was still very strong, even if it knew that the enemy's warships were not easy to mess with, it was impossible to avoid fighting, so after the shock, the navy in the Strait of Gibraltar was immediately ready for battle, and the navy stationed in it was the whole army that went out to block the entire strait.

It's a pity that the defenders of Gibraltar didn't know that this dense formation of their sea platoon was like a target for the battleships of the Great Song Dynasty, and the artillery could be hit without aiming at all, so when the battleship in front of it entered the firing range, it immediately hit the hull and fired a salvo, and as a result, most of the dozens of shells hit, and many Gibraltar battleships were torn apart on the spot, and there were countless soldiers who fell into the water.

As the first battleship fired, the battleships behind also entered the firing range one after another, and at that moment they also fired across the hull one after another, and for a while countless guns trembled in unison, as if the sea god was angry.

In the blink of an eye, the Gibraltar navy in the strait had lost nearly half, and then the battleships of the Great Song Dynasty rushed in very savagely, relying on the height and strength of their own ships, almost crashing the remaining battleships with a crushing attitude, and the defenders of Gibraltar did not have the slightest power to resist.

In less than half an hour, Gibraltar's navy had lost most of it, and the remaining warships immediately fled, but Zhao Jia did not let go of the army of the Almurabit Dynasty so easily, and then saw all the Great Song warships enter the strait, and then shelled the port of Gibraltar on the north side of the strait. And a strong image. (To be continued.) )

PS: According to the rules of the family,Today is the day to send a plate to grandma.,There's no time to code words.,This chapter is four thousand words of last night's code.,It can only be sent up at once.,So today can only be a chapter.。 Tomorrow is the day of the burial, and there will definitely be more things, so the update may be in the evening, so please be more considerate.