Pang Ying's face was somewhat embarrassed, looking at the not too big water in front of him, and said with a dry smile: "The field is a little shabby, but the people here are all elites." ”

The corners of Han Xiao's mouth twitched constantly, and he couldn't connect these people in front of him with the elite. King Zhuge stood aside with a very strange expression, before this, King Zhuge did have a relatively good expectation of Pang Ying's strength, but he didn't expect the result to be like this.

This place has long been far away from the central waters of the imperial capital, and if it weren't for Pang Ying's constant emphasis that this is still the imperial capital, Han Xiao would not believe that this is still the imperial capital. But that's not the point, it's forgivable to keep the fleet in a relatively remote place, and even if the water level is shallow in this place that is not a port, it doesn't matter, even if there are only three ships in total, it's nothing, and the most important thing is that the crew on board makes Han Xiao unacceptable at all.

"This is the elite you are talking about, the so-called soldiers in the Pompeii Legion you are talking about?" Han Xiao asked, pointing to the three ships not far away, becoming more and more puzzled.

The decks of the three ships in the distance were full of people, but the crews were not in formation, but were lazily resting, and occasionally someone would stand up, and they were all walking around the deck with their upper bodies on, without the slightest elite appearance.

The embarrassed look on Pang Ying's face gradually decreased, replaced by a playful look, and he controlled the passenger ship to approach a sea ship, and then he said, "Let's go, get on the boat and have a look." ”

"Oh, the captain is back?" After Pang Ying got on the ship, the pirates on the ship woke up like a dream, and they got up and approached Pang Ying's side. There were also people on the deck shouting at the people on the other two ships, and only then did they call the people of the other two ships.

Han Xiao looked at the faces of these people in front of him with a headache, and suddenly Han Xiao even wondered if Pang Ying was just joking with himself, with his understanding of Pang Ying, it was impossible to bring out such an idle group of crew members.

At this time, King Zhuge suddenly said beside Han Xiao: "These people should be masters of naval warfare." ”

"Huh?" Han Xiao was stunned for a moment, turned his head and asked, "How do you know?"

"Feeling. King Zhuge simply spit out these two words, and Han Xiao was so angry that he just wanted to strangle this big-tailed wolf.

"Let's all get ready, we'll be out in about a month. After all the crew members gathered, Pang Ying suddenly became very strict and gave such an order. When this order was issued, Han Xiao was surprised to find that the crew members who had just been hanging up all of them had become solemn at this time, and the temperament of these people had even changed in an instant.

"Like, that's what you said. Seeing the murderous aura that burst out of these people's bodies in an instant, Han Xiao said thoughtfully to King Zhuge .

The strict state of these people came and went quickly, and Han Xiao originally planned to greet these people, but they had already dispersed.

"What are they going to do?" Seeing that these people had all left the ship after they dispersed, Han Xiao couldn't help but ask.

"I'm going to sea soon, and I should take care of my personal affairs. Pang Ying said very calmly, then pointed to the cabin and said, "Let's go, go in and talk." ”

After following Pang Ying into the cabin, seeing the internal situation of the ship, Han Xiao suddenly became surprised. When looking at this ship from the outside, in addition to feeling that it was quite unexpected, Han Xiao's deepest impression was that this ship was very broken, and if there was a naval battle, its combat power would definitely be quite limited. I thought that this was just an ordinary sea ship converted into a warship, just like the pirate ship piloted by those pirates at sea, but I didn't expect that the real situation was not as simple as it seemed from the outside.

This is definitely a warship that was originally built for naval warfare, not an ordinary seagoing ship modification. The sturdiness of the hull is not as fragile as it seems, and the interior of the cabin is not luxurious, but rather smells of iron and blood.

This ship has eight gun bays, and there are only eight gun muzzles above the hull, but after entering the cabin, Han Xiao found that each gun bay here is exceptionally large, and the most amazing thing is that there are two spirit cannons in each gun compartment, instead of one spirit cannon like ordinary warships. It is true that even if two spirit cannons are placed in one cannon bay, but only one cannon can only guarantee one cannon at the same time, but the problem is that as long as the magic weapon is sensitive enough, and the gunner's cooperation and control ability are skilled enough, after firing a cannon, quickly remove the spirit cannon that needs to be adjusted and replace it with another spirit cannon that is ready to fire, so that even if it can't reach Cheng Dù, which doubles the firepower, it will be increased by at least about seventy percent.

The most important thing is that it has more than enough ability to confuse!

Just imagine, encountering such a ship at sea, it looks like a warship converted from an ordinary sea ship, and it only has eight gun ports, and then the corresponding tactics are formulated for such a ship. As a result, once the war starts, the real face is almost twice as powerful firepower as it seems on the surface, so it is naturally easy to calculate.

I have to say that this method does not seem to be very clever, nor is it very glorious, but on the battlefield where the winner is king, as long as the means that can guarantee victory in the battle, it is a good means.

It's just that after Han Xiao saw the situation here clearly, he also became more confused at the same time. looked at Pang Ying with a puzzled expression, his eyes had already expressed his doubts-are you messing around?

"The ship is called the Big Fat. Pang Ying introduced it with a smile, and the three words "Big Fat" made Han Xiao and King Zhuge cry and laugh, but Pang Ying didn't care about it, he continued: "The other two ships are called Second Fat and Three Fat respectively, of course, my favorite is actually Three Fat, I always feel that the name Three Fat seems very domineering, especially like the name of a great leader......"

"Get to the point, get to the point. Han Xiao said angrily, he became more and more convinced of the saying that things gather like like things, the worst thing he was at was naming names, but he didn't expect that the people he knew would not be named one by one.

"The names are actually a joke, but these three ships are not ambiguous at all. The three ships were all built by the refiners of the Evil Moon Legion, and the cost of each ship was more than one million high-grade spirit stones, and the spirit cannons on the ships were also specially transformed under the guidance of the evil moon masters, and the gun mounts were extremely convenient for the gunners to change the spirit cannons. In order to make the two spirit cannons frequently used in the same muzzle, there were five gunners in each cabin, and they cooperated with each other, and they were all gunners specially drawn from the Pompeii army for the sake of these three ships. When he said this, Pang Yinglian's expression was not only proud, but already showed a fanatical color.

Han Xiao listened stunned, looked at Pang Ying in a daze, and finally couldn't help asking: "What is the purpose of making such three ships and so many gunners with all these problems, is it just to show that you have a strong camouflage ability?"

Pang Ying shook his head, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and he asked very calmly: "Han Xiao, let me ask you, do you think our Huating Empire is strong?"

"Huh?" Pang Ying's question was so clueless that Han Xiao couldn't help but be stunned, and after a while, he said, "Well, your Huating Empire is indeed very strong. ”

"Heh, we? we don't include you, we don't include Tianning Kingdom?" Pang Ying grinned and continued: "Han Xiao, in fact, there are still many powerful countries in this world, and it is not without an empire that is even more powerful than the Huating Empire. There are quite a few such empires in the Three Realms Sea alone, not to mention the Primordial Seas in the deeper part of the sea. Pang Ying suddenly shook his head irritably, and muttered to himself, "What are you talking about?" and then immediately said: "Actually, what I want to say is that just to the west of our Huating Empire, there are several powerful countries that are rising, and at first we didn't pay attention to their growth, and now we finally realize that they are powerful, but it is already a little late. ”

Han Xiao slowly frowned, thinking about Pang Ying's words, he thought for a while and asked, "There are some talented people who have begun to expand their territory and form an empire that is bigger than the Huating Empire?"

"Territory and sea are not the only measure of a country's strength. Pang Ying first denied it, and then said: "The rise of those maritime powers in the West does not depend on expanding their territory, but on their powerful refining skills, and to put it more directly, they have built more powerful warships, have more crews, and they will not think about occupying them after conquering the enemy's country, but directly robbing them." Because of this, those countries have amassed more resources at an astonishing rate, and as a result, they have created more powerful warships. By now, if there was a war at sea with the fleets of those Western Empires, the Huating Empire would even have begun to lose more and win less. ”

"How could this be the case, some small countries that only knew how to plunder could actually form a fleet even more powerful than the Huating Empire?" Han Xiao said with an incredible sigh on his face.

Pang Ying smiled bitterly, nodded reluctantly and said, "In fact, such a situation has indeed happened now. Especially in recent years, those small maritime countries in the West seem to have regarded our Huating Empire as a piece of fat, constantly provoking us at sea, and now in fact, there are many merchant ships in the Huating Empire that cannot go to sea at all, and once they go to sea, they will be robbed, but if there is a full-scale war, it is difficult for us to achieve a comprehensive victory in the war at sea, and the result is that we have fallen into such a dilemma. ”

Seeing the shocked looks on Han Xiao and King Zhuge Lord's faces, Pang Ying's face became even more bitter, and finally summed it up and said: "Although those small countries that have risen in the West have also fought against each other, once they go to war with the outside world, they will be a solid alliance. In addition, their warships are generally very fast, and they are particularly fond of plundering, so many times we are used to calling them Western pirates, and those countries are even a country of pirates. But the problem now is that we are really helpless in the face of these Western pirates. In terms of overall strength, they will not be able to attack the Huating Empire, but if we fight at sea, we will destroy the law and completely expel them, and they will be like flies. ”

After Pang Ying finished speaking, Han Xiao didn't say anything for a long time, he didn't think of these things Pang Ying said at all, Han Xiao has been instilled in the cognition since he was a child, all of them are unparalleled in the world of the Huating Empire, and this ancient empire is invincible in the world. But I didn't expect that this ancient empire would now be helpless by a group of small Western countries.

Pirates, all the time in Han Xiao's heart, pirates are just a small fight, as long as the Imperial Navy is dispatched, it will definitely make those pirates flee, if they dare to fight head-on, they will inevitably be completely removed. But the Western pirates that Pang Ying is talking about today have completely subverted Han Xiao's view of pirates in the past, and he has built a powerful naval fleet with the strength of one country, but it is used to plunder at sea, and even simply invade the territory of other countries to grab resources.

"Can't we just launch all the fleets and directly attack the territory of those small Western countries?" Han Xiao asked unwillingly.

"You can't rush forward, and unless you fight at sea with several times the enemy's strength, you can't defeat those Western pirates. Even if they finally rushed to their territory, there would certainly not be too many ships and monks left. And when going to sea in the ocean, without sufficient backup, the expeditionary fleet will only be consumed by the enemy. Pang Ying shook his head and said.

Han Xiao was silent again, and it seemed that these Western pirates that Pang Ying said were really unbearable. After a moment of silence, Han Xiao asked again: "You got these three warships just to go to the sea to fight those Western pirates?"

"Yes. Pang Ying nodded and said: "We can't take advantage of a large-scale naval engagement, and what we can do now is such a small-scale conflict." How about Han Xiao, do you have any ideas to go to sea with me, and let's go together to beat up those Western pirates who dare to come to my court?"

"Not interested. Han Xiao said bluntly with a wave of his hand.

This answer made Pang Ying's whole face stiffen, and he asked with a dry smile, "What? What did you say?"

"Not interested, I'm not interested in this. Han Xiao still said with an indifferent face.

Pang Ying began to be a little annoyed this time, his eyes became cold, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Do you know what you're talking about? Don't you have a sense of belonging to the Huating Empire? Our country was bullied like this by a group of Western barbarians, and it was when we needed to go out and fight, but you told me that you were not interested?"

This was the first time Han Xiao had seen Pang Ying angry, and he was so angry, even when he was fighting with the evil dragon, Pang Ying had never been in such a state. King Zhuge watched nervously, he actually didn't understand Han Xiao now. In fact, even a guy from the Tree Human Race like King Zhuge became indignant after hearing what Pang Ying said. After all, he grew up in the Huating Empire after all, and naturally he was a little close to this country.

Han Xiao was still unmoved, looking at the excited Pang Ying, he said lightly: "The Huating Empire is your homeland, but it is not mine. Seeing that Pang Ying was about to get excited again, Han Xiao immediately said: "In my memory, I only remember that the Huating Empire is our suzerain, and every year our Tianning Kingdom needs to provide you with a lot of resources, and in order to pay tribute, how many Tianning Kingdom monks are forced to become thieves, and sometimes even our so-called big families can't afford such consumption." All I can remember is the Huating Empire's oppression of us, you can't ask me to have too much affection for such a suzerain. ”

Han Xiao said very calmly, even in the face of the angry Pang Ying, he still did not have the slightest fear. Pang Ying was really angry, but after listening to Han Xiao's words, his expression gradually became embarrassed, and finally said in a sneering voice: "There are great difficulties, and the empire often asks for more when it is in difficulty......"

Han Xiao laughed and said, "I can understand the difficulties of the Huating Empire, but it doesn't mean that I am willing to do things for it. After all, Tianning is my homeland. ”

The conversation between the two sides suddenly became a little awkward, King Zhuge wanted to go to sea with Pang Ying, but he was a little embarrassed when he thought of Han Xiao's situation. In the end, it was Han Xiao who spoke first: "Anyway, I still have to go back to Tianning Kingdom first, if I have a chance to come to you after I finish what I want to do, maybe I will go to sea with you on a whim." ”

"Okay. Pang Ying didn't insist anymore, but felt very regretful. In fact, the main reason why he wanted to recruit Han Xiao was that he valued Han Xiao's ability in the water, and he always remembered the experience of being rescued by Han Xiao in the West Pole Plain. Han Xiao is almost more agile in the water than a swimming fish, and it is obvious that he is stronger in the water than on land, and such a talent will definitely have a surprising victory in a small naval battle.

And Pang Ying has also seen that Qingpu is still closer to Han Xiao, even if Han Xiao can't influence Qingpu's thoughts, at least as long as Han Xiao is there, Qingpu will not leave. It's just that now it seems that if Han Xiao is leaving, a divine beast like Qingpu - at least Pang Ying thinks so - will also leave with him.

Han Xiao didn't stay long, and this time he was not disappointed to come to Pang Ying's so-called territory, and it could even be said that he had gained a lot. However, as Han Xiao said, he didn't care much about the situation of the Huating Empire, and he naturally couldn't have a good impression of this suzerain-state that had been squeezing the Tianning Kingdom for many years.

Pang Ying is not the kind of person with a small belly after all, and when Han Xiao left, he still tried his best to arrange a good boat for Han Xiao. Although there is only one spirit cannon, and the hull is much smaller than that of the guardianship, it is such a ship, and it is already quite important to Han Xiao.

Bidding farewell to Pang Ying and King Zhuge and setting sail to sea, he looked at Qingpu who was quietly squatting with big eyes next to him, Han Xiao couldn't hide his excitement and said, "I'm finally going home." ”