Remembering a truth does not mean understanding it.

Hu Xianxian has been passively accepting most of her life, and there are not many big problems that she really solves independently. She can't refute what Cheng Haofeng said, but she doesn't agree with it, and their views on everything are not completely consistent.

Of course, no matter what they think, the antagonistic situation between Youhai General Lei Peng and Dongying and Tianzhu is inevitably becoming more and more tense.

Not to mention the tense relations between France and the DPRK and foreign countries, it is only because the French tide has always paid little attention to the navy, and the DPRK and China have not put the situation in the sea and frontier in an important position.

In addition, Lei Peng, who made Dongying and Tianzhu extremely jealous, is still the general of Yuezhou Youhai in the infantry army under the forbidden army, and he is at least six levels away from the position of the general of the infantry army, and he is really a minor official for those first-class officials.

If it weren't for the fact that his father Lei Mad was old enough and had been in charge of the strongest horse army for many years, the old men in the military department who "painted gourds like this" all day long still didn't know how to make things difficult for him, and the personnel and materials in the Youhai battalion didn't know how much to cut.

Even so, the little money and food allocated by the imperial court was no longer enough for the soldiers of the Youhai Battalion, which had recently expanded and increased its strength. Lei Peng could only secretly trade with foreign merchants and make money to supplement the army's expenses.

Because of this incident, he was impeached several times by the supervised civilian officials, but fortunately Zhuo Que Village, Gu Sizhe, Huo Fei and others helped him defend him, Huo Tu also understood that there are too many shortcomings in the military system today, and it is not possible to judge right and wrong by looking at appearances, and he has been pressing these things in front of Han Zexi.

Lei Peng hoped that the military and political affairs of France and the DPRK could be reformed, believing that a great victory at sea could change the inherent concept that the imperial court despised the navy.

Because in the perception of the emperors and ministers in Beijing, the vast sea is a natural barrier, and it is very difficult to cross the ocean to the coast, how can a large-scale naval battle occur? At most, some of the exiled pirates are causing trouble, and the existing forces are enough to deal with them.

On March 20, Lei Fu's personal soldiers reported that more than a dozen ships came from the direction of Tianzhu, including three ironclad warships.

Lei Peng was not half nervous after hearing the report, and smiled confidently excitedly: "Prepare armor, get on the warship, I will meet them in person!" ”

The sky was clear, the blue water reflected the beige sails, Lei Peng was in command on an ironclad warship, and four other ordinary warships accompanied him, sailing quickly.

A few days later, they arrived near the junction with the Tianzhu sea area, looked at the opposing warships from afar, and lined up to confront each other.

According to the investigation, the main person sent by Tianzhu to provoke this time will be Gaidi Locust and the deputy will be Buddha Butterfly, both of whom are heterogeneous cultivators.

Buddha Butterfly, who had dealt with it, was not good at naval warfare, but the magic and illusion that confused the minds of soldiers had made Lei Peng helpless.

What is the situation of the locust in Nagadi, it has not yet been figured out, and the spies only found out that he was originally a cultivator in Yuezhou of the French Dynasty, and he was accidentally exiled to Tianzhu, and had helped the king of Tianzhu hundreds of years ago to collect and surrender several groups of pirates, and defeated the foreign countries that invaded from the West.

It is not yet known what the locust itself is, and it is unclear why it fell into a deep slumber about 300 years ago.

The spies mixed into the enemy camp, only to hear the rumors of the Tianzhu soldiers, Buddha Butterfly helped the Dongying pirates to be defeated by Hu Xianxian, and hurriedly returned to Tianzhu, that is, because the locusts in the cover showed signs of awakening, but at the same time there were thunderclouds gathering, and Buddha Die was worried that he would attract thunder tribulation.

Ordinary soldiers don't know too much about the cultivators, anyway, after the locusts completely wake up, their skills will be higher, and they will propose to King Tianzhu one after another to make armaments as soon as possible to prevent the Fa Dynasty.

Looking at the formation of the warships, the locusts only came to demonstrate, and had no intention of starting a war, Lei Peng also set up a formation, and the two sides confronted each other silently.

Two days later, Lei Peng didn't want to waste himself like this, so he sent someone to spread the flag and invite the other party to practice the competition.

If the fight really starts, both sides are still underprepared, and there is no order from their respective monarchs, and they will pay a heavy price regardless of victory or defeat; If they don't fight, the soldiers on both sides will be gearing up, and if they don't vent their anger, they will cause civil strife.

The drill competition was a good way to solve the previous problem, and the locust immediately agreed.

In the first game, compare the attack power of weapons, choose a deserted reef island, and put hundreds of straw men on it to see whose arrows hit the straw man.

The Tianzhu warship first shot from a distance with a special machine spring, and then approached the island and shot with a bow and arrow, and all the straw men were not spared.

Lei Peng's warship first shot from a distance with a strong crossbow, then shot smoke pellets with a leather bow, and finally shot at close range with a general bow and arrow, which was the same as Tianzhu's tactic of first going far and then near, and also shooting all the straw men.

However, when actually facing the enemy, the enemy can not wait to be shot, Lei Peng shot the smoke pill before approaching the enemy is made of choking powder in a watering cloud can, before approaching the force battle, his own side has protection in advance, and the enemy is choked to meat, which is definitely better than a direct charge.

The Gaidi Locust sent a rumor that Lei Peng was superior and was willing to admit defeat.

It's nothing to admit defeat at this time, after all, you have explored the bottom of the French Dynasty, and you have to guard against being choked in the future. But what he didn't know was that Lei Peng's way to disrupt the enemy army was not just a smoke pill.

In the second battle, no matter how good the weapons are at sea, if the ship sinks, it will be defeated. After all, it was only a few cultivators who could ride the waves, not all the soldiers.

Lei Peng ordered a warship to crash into a reef jutting out of the island, where what appeared to be the island's outstretched arm blocking the ship.

There was a loud "bang......" sound, and the warship rebounded and retreated, shaking the faces of the soldiers on board, and the stern of the ship slammed backwards.

However, when the waves stirred up by the force of the impact subsided, they saw that the ship was intact, and the commander of the ship, who had calmed down, let the helmsman lead the ship home.

What a crash?! A few drops of cold sweat broke out on the locust's forehead, this way to show that the ship is good is very stupid, but the effect is also the most direct, since Lei Peng's ship has collided, he has to send a ship to collide.

The locust sent a boat painfully and ordered it to hit it as usual, but the boat was indeed very good and not damaged, but the Tianzhu soldiers on the ship were so frightened that they completely forgot their respective duties, and the boat was still spinning in place for half a day after stabilization, and did not return to the team.

Hitting the reef with a ship can be said to be a test of life and death for the people on board, and Lei Peng's subordinates are also afraid in their hearts, but the soldier's duty makes them regard the completion of the task as more important than life, so there is no chaos.

Gaidi Locust once again conceded defeat, but he secretly defended himself in his heart, these soldiers had only been trained under him for a short time, and he would definitely be able to train an elite division if he stepped up his training in the future.

In the third battle, compared to the tacit understanding between the ships, the infantry will fight, and in the panic, there will be their own people trampling on their own people, and if their own ships collide at sea, the battle will be lost without fighting.

The locust wanted to save a little face, and personally carried the flag to direct the ships to line up, turn around, and retreat.

The "V" type formation ship with the main ship as the center point is neat and majestic, and the formation changes quickly when turning, but the formation "∧" has not changed, and the retreat according to the order is also to maintain an appropriate distance to protect the main ship to withdraw first.

Lei Peng may not want the locusts to come down from the stage, so he did it according to their formation, and it didn't seem so uniform.

After the rehearsal and competition, Lei Peng and Gaidi Locusts became less hostile, and even took the opportunity to feel sorry for each other.

The Gaidi locusts asked to meet Lei Peng on the ship, but the soldiers advised Lei Peng not to agree, because he was just a mortal, and the other party was a different kind of cultivator, what if he came to assassinate him?

"Since he is the general of Tianzhu, he will act according to the etiquette of diplomatic relations between the two countries, otherwise, if he assassinates me, Cheng Daochang can assassinate the king of Tianzhu. Different circles have different rules, and he doesn't have the ability to challenge them now. ”

After finishing speaking, Lei Peng calmly asked people to greet him to meet, and did not engage in any ambush, and welcomed him warmly and generously after meeting.

The locust has an inverted trapezoidal face, a broad forehead with a square forehead like a knife, and a sharp chin, but not an awl, but an angular square tip.

Because of his friendship with Cheng Haofeng, Lei Peng had seen many different cultivators, but when they turned into human forms, most of the men were handsome and the women were pretty. Because the transformation of the human form is based on the appearance of the heart with the mana, even if the mana is not high enough, it will not make itself too ugly.

There are many monsters in the world that look like half-beasts and half-humans, but according to Lei Peng's acquaintance who asked the cultivator, as well as what he saw with his own eyes, to summarize, unless occasionally the mana is not strong enough to reveal his original form, and he has the ability to transform into a human form, it is impossible for a cultivator of different kinds to transform himself into a strange appearance.

The dignity of the locust was ugly, but it was full of majesty and solemnity, and Lei Peng couldn't help but be stunned.

And Gaidi Locust looked at Lei Peng and was also stunned, it is rare for people to be more than nine feet tall, and it is even more rare to have such a well-proportioned appearance and a very handsome face, which reminds him of the word "wise and martial". It's just that his homeland is in Yuezhou, and he knows that this word can't be used to describe his subordinates and people.

At this meeting, the two talked quite speculatively, but they also insisted on their loyalty to their respective monarchs.

When the news reached the capital, the officials did not care about the soldiers on the warship winning glory for the country, and cared about Lei Peng's private meeting with the Tianzhu generals and all kinds of criticisms against him.

Since Han Zexi took power, there have been several changes in military and political leaders, Qiao Jishi, Duan Mengrou, Huo Tu and others have a moderation attitude, and they do not make strong enemies or close friends.

Tang Bozhao was resolute and impulsive, and wrote a sprinkling article on the impeachment of Lei Peng at the instigation of Gao Youquan, Cao Beidao, and Che Chi.

He was originally not used to Gao Youquan and those people, but they said that they only fought for power and profit with other courtiers, and they were still loyal to the emperor, conscientiously worked for the court, and had a clear distinction between right and wrong; And Lei Peng only cares about expanding his own power, and he doesn't take the court seriously; Therefore, let Tang Bozhao put aside his personal grievances and speak out for the future of the French Dynasty.

How could Tang Bozhao want to get Gao Youquan, what twists and turns are there in those people's hearts? Seeing the evidence that Lei Peng had trade dealings with foreign countries, he immediately wrote a recital.

Because of his brilliant writing, the world's scholars are rumored to be Fan Wen, and Lei Mad and Huo Tu can't suppress these things if they want to.

It is not once or twice that he has been impeached by officials, whether it is greed or crime, Lei Peng is not very much in the west, but this time Tang Bozhao said that he "uses the imperial army as a private army", which makes it difficult for him to bear.

Han Zexi issued an order to let him immediately return to Beijing to be examined, and the edict was harshly worded, but he was not directly charged with "supporting the army and respecting himself with the intention of rebellion".

Along the way, Lei Peng slandered: Tang Bozhao, you ignorant master, a straw bag who dies studying!

After meeting the saint, because of Lei Peng's special status, he was not detained for examination, but the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs each sent two subordinates to monitor, Lei Peng did not feel inconvenient, and after asking for consent, he went to see Tang Bozhao.

When he arrived at the Tang Mansion, Tang Bozhao was asked by Cao Beidao to drink tea, and only his sister Tang Wenzhao was at home.

"Standing in the hall stunned when you grow so tall, no one tells you that it's rude to go to someone else's house to make people feel oppressive?"

Tang Wenzhao looked up at Lei Peng and pouted in disgust, her actions were really impolite, but she was deliberately rude.