The second expedition set out three months later, and the Dreadnought, with two new ships newly received, and three ships each from the Ji Kingdom and the Hulan Family, headed north to the northwest by the route of the Yulu Province. Since Ji Guo did not have a suitable port, Wu Jian simply picked three pirate ships captured before and gave them to Ji Ye.

The reason why he is in such a hurry is because Wu Gen has no money again. Lan Qianye led the people to arrive at the deserted island discovered by Gu Yangsi, and after some investigation, this island was not inhabited, only sea beasts were entrenched on it, plus the attached islands, it was enough to accommodate more than 50,000 people.

Although this island is still far away from Beizhou, it is a big step forward after all, so Wu Gen waved his hand and gave this island the name of Xujing, and sent a large number of people and ships to rush to this place to prepare to build a large army garrison and berthing facilities.

Although the income of Hengmen Port is increasing day by day, and there are still five roads to pay taxes, the dreadnoughts have to build new ships, build new islands, and transform existing warships, and the accumulated family funds are quickly used.

So Wu Gan pulled Ji Guo and Bailing Province and embarked on the road of expedition again. Different from the previous time, after promising to clean the shrimp mussels on the back of the fog ghosts every six months, Xiaoba summoned a fog ghost to help fight, which was the one Wu Gan met at sea.

With the help of this thing, Wu Yan put thirty shuttles on the back of the fog ghost in one go. Judging from the last expedition, the Divine Cult also has its own shuttle, and if you want to cover your own warship, you will definitely not be able to escort it without a certain number of shuttles.

In this expedition, the division of land warfare used Xue Xin's division of the left army, and Wu Qian prepared to let the men and horses of each division take turns to Tianyuan Continent to adapt to naval warfare and the tactics of the Divine Cult.

As for the leaders of Ji Guo and Bailing Province, they were Yuan Xin and An Dang, respectively, and the historian of Yulu Province sent a young master named Shi He to follow.

According to the information sent by Ning Yuxi, the Divine Cult greatly strengthened patrols near Dingyi Gate, organizing warships from various countries to patrol along the coastline, focusing on the shipping route to Beizhou.

Wu Gen knew that it was Zhao Ling who knew his identity, so the Divine Sect focused on guarding against the southern part of Tianyuan Continent in case the Dreadnought Army diverted to Beizhou.

Therefore, this time, Wu Gan gave up the route he was accustomed to and borrowed the route of the historian in front of Yulu Province. In this way, when the Dreadnought Army arrives in Tianyuan Continent, it will be much northerly. Although the distance has increased, it will be relatively safe.

"Wu Gan, my Ji country also wants such a ship." In the fifth-floor cabin of the Swinging God, Yuan Xin looked around at the hull with envy.

"My brother settles the account, and he just gives the money. I've already given Himeya three ships, don't be satisfied. Wu Yan sat on the throne, and his subordinates were busy serving wine, preparing to entertain these calm and young masters.

"Helpless on this sea, without this big ship to support, my heart is really bottomless." Yuan Xin looked at the oncoming waves and shrunk his neck. With his cultivation, he is not afraid of falling into the water, but he is used to staying on land, and he is always a little flustered when he suddenly arrives in the ocean.

An Dang and Shi He were both meeting Wu Yan for the first time, so they were naturally not as familiar as Yuan Xin. But judging from the envious looks of the two, I am afraid that they also have a soft spot for such a huge ship.

For Wu Gan, they had already heard that the Terran had reached such a high position, and they had to take the shepherds to the sea to attack the Terrans, which made them all feel a little absurd for a while.

"Come, a few of you, please take a seat, today is the first time that our coalition forces have gone on an expedition, and I won't say more, I wish this trip a smooth journey, and everyone will make a lot of money." Wu Gen took the lead in raising his wine glass and drank it all.

Several calmers, young masters, and the accompanying dreadnought generals obeyed each other one after another, and after a few glasses of wine, the slightly dull scene suddenly became jubilant.

After three rounds of drinking, Wu Yan put the cup down and coughed. The room suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Wu Gan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although we come from different provincial families, our army is small and outnumbered, and when we leave Kuntianzhou, we must leave our identities behind and become one with each other. Whether it is the Dreadnought or others, they must obey orders and not act on their own. Today I will entrust me to be the commander of the coalition forces, and I don't know if you have any opinions. As he spoke, Wu Gan's eyes glanced at An Dang and Shi He.

"That's natural, everyone is the one who leads the troops, and the most taboo orders for marching and fighting are different, and the people of my Ji country are willing to obey the orders of the lord of Wu Zhai." Of course, Yuan Xin was the first to jump out to support, although Wu Gen was still nominally the governor of Ji State, but it was to gag others, and everyone naturally knew what was going on. When he arrived at sea, Yuan Xin naturally changed his name.

"I am willing to obey the orders of the lord of the village." An Dang and Shi He glanced at each other, and quickly got up to answer. Nonsense, I'm still on someone's boat, if I don't listen, it's hard to end up falling into the water, I really think this is a good person in front of me.

"Okay, in this battle, you and I should share weal and woe, advance and retreat together, rest assured, as long as I have a bite to eat, I will never treat you badly." Wu Gan laughed and hugged a few people to raise their glasses and drink. For a time, the whole cabin was full of joy, and all the strangeness and suspicion were hidden deep in the wine.

Two months later, on the open sea near Qiu Guo of Tianyuan Continent Pavilion, Wu Yan stood on a somewhat dilapidated terrace and watched an enemy ship in the distance slowly sink into the water with thick smoke. After the ship shot out the twilight, it happened to be hit by the ghostly light on the ship's formation, and the hedge caused a deflagration, which quickly spread to the entire ship. This shows that the use of ghost light in naval warfare is feasible.

This was the fleet's second encounter at sea, and since the last attack on the temple, the nations had significantly stepped up their defenses. In particular, the cities near the sea have mostly increased the number of troops defending the cities.

Wu Gen could only combine Yu Ben's intelligence and temptations along the way to attack some poorly fortified cities. After all, with such a long coastline, no matter how much countries fortify it, they can't do it all.

After taking three cities, this time he walked to the country of Geqiu, and before he reached the near sea, he ran into the country's patrolling sailors in front of him. After a big battle, the dreadnoughts annihilated all seven ships of the opposing side, but the ships of the Ji Kingdom were also sunk, which was the first real battle loss on Wu Gan's side since the start of the war.

The wrecked ship was hit by the light of the other party many times, so that the hull leaked, although it was blocked several times, to no avail, and finally had to abandon the ship.

"Owner of the village, do you still want to get close to the coast, just before the letter falcon flies, these people are afraid that they have already sent the news back." Xue Xin walked up to Wu Gan's side and handed over a pot of wine.

Wu Yan took a big gulp viciously, looked at the broken wood floating on the sea, and said for a long time, "The fleet is heading north, looking for a possible city. As for here, Xue Xin, you are also from Tianyuan Continent, do you want to go ashore to have a look, and by the way, reconnoiter the terrain. ”

Xue Xin hesitated, he knew that Wu Jian was distressed about the sunken ship, so he wanted to take revenge on this pavilion Qiu Guo. However, the sea is not as good as the land, and the war is mainly based on sailors. As long as he was at sea, he, the commander of the left army, didn't have much to do, so he nodded and agreed.

So, Wu Jian took Xue Xin, Yang Zheng and Shi He, and took advantage of the dark sky to quietly send them to the shore with a shuttle, while Yuan Xin and An Dang stayed on the boat. Before leaving, Wu Jian quietly found Yuan Xin and asked him to help take care of some fleets. If An should not listen to the order, he can cut it first and then play, and all the consequences will be borne by him.

The four of them arrived on land, and just in case, Yang Zheng changed the appearance of several people, especially Shi He, who was originally a shepherd, so he had to wear loose clothes and tuck his tail away.

This time he went ashore not because Wu Yan was wanton, because all the families along the coast were more vigilant, he wanted to make some noise in the country of Geqiu, so as to cover Zhuo Ke and them to go north and find an opportunity to land. As for why he brought Shi He with him, Wu Yan wanted to let this young master see the wealth of Tianyuan Continent and pull Yuyu Province into the camp earlier, so he brought him regardless of the trouble.

As a result, as soon as I went ashore, I found that I couldn't see a big city after walking around. After inquiring with the villagers passing by, I learned that the largest city from here is the county town Kanze City, which is still more than 100 miles away.

The four of them bought a few horses, pretended to be traveling merchants, and walked towards Kanze City. Approaching noon, the weather was getting hot and humid, and the sweat stuck to the body was not uncomfortable, so the four of them had to find an open-air tea stall on the side of the road, put on a pot of tea, and ordered a refreshment, blowing a cool breeze to go to the heat.

In the slightly humble tea stall, there are some people sitting in twos and threes. Some of these people were passing merchants, and they were whispering about the events at sea.

Merchants were the most sensitive to change, fearing that the shepherds would come from the sea and cut off the sea routes, and whispered about how to open new trade routes on land.

Someone chimed in, telling of the cruelty of the shepherds and their preference for the human body. And swore that the amount of wealth in each herdsman's family in Kuntianzhou was not calculated in gold and silver, but in the number of heads at the door.

The atmosphere under the pergola was a little oppressive, and at that moment the sky was full of dark clouds, and lightning flashed from time to time in the distance.

"Master Wu Zhai, I didn't expect my clan to be so unbearable among the human race." Shi He leaned over to Wu Gen and whispered, he was not familiar with Wu Gen, and the main purpose of this trip was to see the real strength of the human race, whether the Shi family should really send troops to Tianyuan and get a piece of the wealth and wealth preached by the Dreadnought Army.

After coming ashore, he was even more cautious and did not take the initiative to speak out because he was worried that his identity as a shepherd would be discovered. At this time, when I heard the description of the shepherd by these people, I couldn't help it.

"Actually, there is nothing wrong with what they said, the art of devouring is just to kill the human race little by little, and it is much more cruel than killing it directly." Wu Yan put down the teacup in his hand and looked up at the direction of the official road, "That's why I banned the technique of extraction and devouring in Zuoheng and other roads, as long as this technique is not endless, the shepherd can only hang alone in the outer continent and cannot enter." After all, in this world, the human race still accounts for the majority. ”

"Alas, what the owner of the village said is very true. Our clan's devouring technique is really against the principles of heaven, and the appearance of Teng Jian in the rumors this time is also a divine curse. When I go back, I am going to advise my father that the province of Yuyu will also ban the art of extraction. Shi He was not half disgusted by Wu Gan's mean words, he looked around carefully, and seeing that no one noticed him, Fang asked in a low voice, "Lord Wu Zhai, I think you are also a human race, why do you want to unite with foreign races to attack Tianyuan Continent, according to the human race, isn't this a wolf into the house." ”

Wu Yan smiled slightly, and moved his body to make himself sit more comfortably on the hard bench, "The reason why my human race is called the same race is that it has the same culture and education, even if there are disputes, but from the bones follow the righteousness of the precedents.

As for the Divine Cult, it is naturally a branch of the human race, but the set it preaches is nothing more than wanting to make all kinds of order in the world subordinate to its canons, not respecting relatives, abolishing human morality, and abandoning benevolence and righteousness, which is the fundamental reason why the Beizhou human race cannot tolerate it and does not regard it as the same race.

The clan is just a bundle of blades, and the quiver that brings the Beizhou people together is the respect of relatives, etiquette, benevolence and righteousness. And what the Cult of God wants to do is to break up this quiver.

In order to maintain the survival of our race, we are willing to join forces with others who share the righteousness of our race. Isn't it just that the appearance is different, from south to north, from east to west, the people of Beizhou have different appearances, but it does not prevent us from being the same race.

Therefore, as long as the shepherds are similar to our human race, I am willing to join hands with the shepherds to fight against the alien race of the Divine Cult. With the strength of two continents against one, I believe that we will not lose. The Cult of God should be defeated. ”

Outside the pergola, the restless thunderclouds finally couldn't hold back, a thunder fell across the heavens and the earth, and the majestic rain fell from the sky, smashing on the scorching earth, splashing earth flowers, and the air was filled with a bitter earthy smell.

On the official road in the distance, a young man was holding a hat and was running towards this side in embarrassment.

When he reached the pergola, the man looked around, and the tables inside were already occupied, and he had to stand on the edge of the pergola.

The man was dressed in a green shirt, washed white in many places, and there were two patches on his elbows. The rain soaked his whole body, and the bottom half of his robe was already splashed with mud. Because of the heavy rain, his whole body was wet, so that his face was a little pale.

Although he was a little embarrassed, the man still stubbornly held his waist. Standing there, it is like a green bamboo standing in the wild, bathed in the wind and rain, but it is outstanding.

The shopkeeper of the tea stall glanced at the man, then at the guests who were talking, and did not step forward, but sighed slightly.

"This son, there is still a vacant seat here, you might as well sit down and drink a cup of hot tea." Suddenly, Wu Yan invited and arched his hand at the man.

The man hesitated for a moment, looking at the increasing rain, so he had to walk to Wu Gan's side and bow down, "I'm bothering you." ”