After the separation in Qizhou, Li Dazi changed his clothes and went directly to the capital. Guo Yan and the other two also followed him to Taiyuan Prefecture, Jinzhou. Miao Xiaoting and Li Junwan could ride horses, but Shuchan couldn't ride it. Now it's spring, the grass is growing, the birds are flying and all things are revived. Shuchan doesn't want to ride a carriage in order to see the scenery, so she can't delay her journey, so she can only ride a horse with her.

On the way, "Wow! Look at the kids flying kites, let's go play for a while?"

"No, it's important to hurry up..."

"Hmph! Pretentious!"

?_?: "Well? I've been wearing a stinky face all day long, and I'm careful of wrinkles."

Guo Yan was afraid that his wife would argue with others again, so he smiled at Liu Yi, "Haha! Brother Liu is a little harsh. This kite is not something that cannot be put on. Since Miss Shuchan wants to play, buy one and let her sit and pull it away immediately."

"Yes!"^_^ "Hehe! Xiao Yizi will let me have some fun!"

"Uh..., this... OK!"

...

When Qizhou was separated, Li Da Cruel asked him to bring fifty guards, but he didn't want to be too arrogant and didn't take one. Guo Yan didn't want to lose face when he saw him like this. All the fifty Yizhou navy soldiers were sent to the secret. Now they only brought two followers to take action. Miao Xiaoting was beside Guo Yan, and there were no masters around him. Although he knew that Li Da Cruel had arranged so many dead soldiers secretly when he left, there were indeed only two on the surface. In Guo Yan's opinion, the two followers were his bodyguard Liu Yi, and they would definitely not let them leave him. "Come on, go and buy two kites in the nearby village, and bring two jars of fine wine. Go and go and go back quickly."

"Yes, young master"

Liu Yi smiled and said nothing. Taiyuan Prefecture is the traditional territory of the Taishi, and the Hedao Sect spies were everywhere. He and Guo Yan had just passed Puzhou two days ago, and now they have entered Jinzhou. We should not pay attention to safety. In fact, in his opinion, Guo Yan's move is completely redundant. How far is Jinzhou from Dongdu? Not to mention the dead soldiers that Lao Li secretly arranged when he left, even the Eastern Capital Zhao Chunsan is probably sent to secretly protect him. Under double insurance, he can still be fallen by the Hedao Sect, which only means that Zhao Chunsan is not capable enough. There are few masters from the Military Intelligence Bureau, but the money he allocates him every year is not a small amount of money. He has never been stingy with the spy detective system. The Demon God Cult has the support of the Beggars' Sect in the desert. You, Zhao Chunsan, have different Beggars' Sect in the mainland? Moreover, the Military Intelligence Bureau started earlier than the Demon God Cult, and he could not play the Hedao Sect in this way, so he should consider changing the commander.

"Brother Liu, I'm sorry to be aware of the pride. I dare to ask where Miss Shuchan is from? I'm so curious. I've seen Luzons, Dongyis, Sillas, and people from all islands in the South China Sea subcontinent, but I've never seen Miss Shuchan like this."

OK, before Liu Yi answered this question, Shuchan was unhappy and pouted with her little mouth? "What's wrong? Do you look weird?"

Everyone:⊙?⊙! It’s not very strange, it’s very very strange.

Liu Yi scratched his head: "This... I don't know. She looked like this when she was a child. Her hair was just golden in the past, but now it's almost golden. Moreover, her skin is very different from other Westerners. In the Kingdom of Goddess, Yilin's rule is similar to that of Westerners, and only Shuchan is like this."

Shuchan sat down and pursed her lips, "Hmph! What's so strange about this? I am not a pure desert person. The Goddess Kingdom has only been a hundred years since its founding, and it's only four generations to stroke it hard. When I was a child, I heard that the Emperor of Beisha brought his grandmother out of the extreme north ice field, but I also said that the grandmother was not a native of the Bingyuan. In my grandmother's generation, they still looked different from Westerners. By the mother's generation, they were very similar to Sister Yilin, and they just didn't know that it had changed back to my generation."

Well, her explanation made several people even more surprised. What does it mean to change back? Could it be that Grandma is really a fairy who descended to earth? Will it change? Liu Yi became more and more confused as he thought about it. He looked at Shuchan in his arms, "Chan'er, you said Grandma was brought out by Emperor Beisha from the extreme northern ice field. Do you know who Grandma is? Is it Emperor Beisha?"

Shuchan shook her head, "I don't know, not only grandpa, but also grandpa and father are. In my impression, I only know that my aunt married to Laiwen Empire and was the queen of Halena who did business with you. In fact, Halena is my cousin."

Liu Yi suddenly realized, "Oh! No wonder she is so kind to you, and she has no complaints about you," he said.

"Well! My cousin's life is very hard. Xiao Yizi... You have to help her in the future. I hope she can be happier."

Well⊙?⊙? “Help her? Is there anything wrong with her? I think she is quite happy every day.”

Shuchan pouted and shook her head, "You read it wrong. She was not happy at all. Otherwise, if she didn't do a good princess, why should I suffer from my Goddess Kingdom?"

"Why is this?"

?_?: "I won't tell you unless you promise to help her in the future."

⊙?⊙: "I have to know the reason for helping her, right? If you don't know anything, how can you help me?"

It’s right to lower your head and think about it. The Goddess Kingdom has no strength to help her, and the others are unwilling to help. At the moment, the only one who can help her cousin is Xiao Yizi. After a long silence, he continued, "Xiao Yizi, are you beautiful?"

"Damn it, it's all right? Who doesn't think you are a fairy off the mask?"

"Oh! Since I am so beautiful, the Queen of Laiwen Empire, who is my dear concubine, will definitely not be ugly, right?"

Nodded, "Yeah! It shouldn't be bad."

"That's it! My brother-in-law fell in love with my sister-in-law and has not been able to get it for more than 20 years. Suddenly my brother-in-law passed away. Do you think my brother-in-law, who monopolizes the power, will miss this good opportunity?"

Not only Liu Yi, but even Guo Yan and the other three who were listening next to him were shocked. The queen who could make the regent of a great empire have a crush on for more than 20 years, be good, it's amazing. The queen must be at least 40 years old. The regent endured the pain of lovesickness for more than 20 years and did not hesitate to rebel and usurp the throne. It's really awesome. It seems that the new Emperor Lai Wen is also an old love species. No wonder Halena came to the Kingdom of Goddess. It probably found that Shuchan couldn't help her after coming to the Kingdom of Goddess. In order to make the Kingdom of Goddess, she would run around for the Kingdom of Goddess and buy military supplies to enhance the strength of the Kingdom of Goddess. However, the Kingdom of Goddess is too small and wants to fight against Lai Wen, it is estimated that it will not be possible until the day she dies.

He held Shu Chan's hands tightened, "It's okay, it's just the Laiwen Empire, its strength is not as strong as Persia, don't worry, let's talk about it later."

The current desert map shows that Carter occupied the Asehai in the west of the desert (lakes inside the desert), Persia occupied the Aral Sea area, the Northern Sand occupied the Bohai area, and Anxi also occupied the Tianshan Mountains to the Mobei Kui Kingdom. (He didn't know that the contractor was causing trouble in the south of the desert, maybe the Anxi map behind would be changed, and if he won, he would occupy the entire south of the desert, and he would lose... well! It seems that Anxi would be removed from the safety line.)

If you want to help Halena, you must fight to the Aral Sea, because the other side of the Aral Sea is the Laiwen Empire. It is a difficult task from the east of the desert to the Aral Sea, which is a huge task. If you fight in a straight line, you have no strength to fight with Laiwen. Unless you destroy Carter and eat nearly half of the land from Persia, you can ensure the absolute safety of the Anxi army's expedition to Laiwen.

Although it is a matter of time to fight Persia, he never thought about destroying the Carter Empire. It would be good to win, and there is no strength to attack Carter's mainland? It would be useless to think about it. Whether you have the opportunity to fight with Laiwen depends on the strength of the contractor. If you lose, you will gather your troops inside to protect the Goddess Kingdom and then you will have no strength to expand outward. However, if you can win the Four Kingdoms War, maybe... you may not be sure if you have a chance.

Guo Yan is on the East Island and he has no idea about the empire, let alone Anxi, which spans the middle and the east continents? What puzzles him is why there are only women in the family but no men. "That... Miss Shuchan, do you have an older brother or uncle in your family?"

Liu Yi:⊙?⊙! Ah? Yes, there seems to be no men in Shuchan’s family.

Miao Xiaoting and Li Junwan didn’t expect this at first. At this time, Guo Yan asked her and thought. Yes! Why are there no men in the Queen Shuchan’s family?

Shuchan glared at Guo Yan with big eyes, "Who said my family has no men? Isn't the prince of Laiwen Empire a man? Although he is from the Derein family, he is also the concubine giving birth to a child."

Everyone: This is OK? Ask the Kerke family why there are no men, but the girl has gone to Laiwen again. Forget it, she probably doesn't even know the answer.

"Jia, Jia..., uh...", "Young Master, I bought the kite and wine."

"Well, the border of Jinzhou is Bingzhou, you two will go to Bingzhou City first. We should arrive in the evening and go to the inn to book a room first."

"yes"

Zhiquan gave Shuchan and Li Junwan each. Although Li Junwan was shy, she was not very old and had a lot of fun. The two girls were very happy to ride on horseback and put the Kaede on it, but Miao Xiaoting always had a stern face and would glare at Shuchan from time to time, making it look like Shuchan owed her millions of taels of silver. Because Guo Yan was beside her, Liu Yi didn't say much, so as not to make a misunderstanding and everyone was unhappy.

...

On the road to Bingzhou, "Brother Guo, what is the situation on the East Island and the maritime situation now?"

Guo Yan thought about it and frowned and said, "The situation is not good. Dongyi and Mao people joined forces to dominate the Beihai. The Zhanluo people have also wanted to go south to the East China Sea in the past two years. In addition, both the pirates and the Dongyi pirates in the deep sea want to occupy the ball. Now Yizhou has long been surrounded by strong enemies. Last month, I received the Yizhou military newspaper, and the Nanhai Boniu people seem to be ready to advance eastward.

"Oh? Isn't Boni still there in Luzonk? How could the Boni Shui Army be allowed to pass by its own waters?"

Guo Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Haha! Isn't this a good thing Su Mengran did? The Luzon naval army has been crippled by him for more than ten years. The South China Sea subcontinent is no different from the Dongyi people. They are basically pirates. In the past, the Luzon naval army and the South China Sea naval army were stuck, and the Boni people didn't have the strength to advance east. Now the Luzon naval army was crippled by the South China Sea naval army, and the Nanhai naval army was taken to Hangzhou Bay by Su Mengran to beat Song Yaohui. Without the strong enemy, the Boni people were not allowed to fly high, and the sea was big enough to swim fish?"

"Then what do you need in the early stage?" Liu Yi asked calmly.

"Fighter, I need a large number of giant sails and flat wave ships, especially the giant sails of the South China Sea Navy's improved version. Although the speed is slow, it has strong typhoon resistance. The keel is made of several thousand-year-old solid wood, and the hull materials are all hardwoods over a hundred years. In my opinion, this kind of warship can be improved even stronger. The South China Sea Navy builds three sails on the deck of the battleship, and the wood on the deck is made of non-floating heavy wood, and the two ends of the warship end with breaking waves. This improvement should be mainly for offshore combat, but long-distance navigation wars are at a disadvantage, and it is almost impossible to enter the river.

There are three disadvantages of this improvement: The hull is reduced, and it is not easy to take the helm in the long-distance voyage. Although it is difficult to be dispersed by a typhoon, it is also impossible to oriented in the wind. 2: The deck is made of non-floating heavy wood, and its ability to resist strikes has become stronger. The weight of the hull is also increased. The slow response in the long-distance war will definitely become a living target for the enemy's long-range weapons. 3: The size of the hull represents the amount of supplies it carries. The warship itself uses too much heavy wood, so the supply it carries will inevitably become less. Near-shore combat is very advantageous, but it is basically impossible to voyage if you want to."

Liu Yi was a little strange. Hangzhou Bay is already a near sea. Why did Guo Yan say that the South China Sea navy was impossible to enter the river? Hesitantly asked, "Brother Guo, what's wrong with you saying that this warship is basically impossible to enter the river? Could it be that Su Mengran was playing with Song Yaohui in Hangzhou Bay?"

Guo Yan smiled mysteriously, "Hehe! Brother Liu is not familiar with the navy, and it is normal that he doesn't understand it. The biggest difference between a sea ship and a river ship is its size. No matter how the warships shrink the body, they are destined to be unable to enter the river. The main reason is that the water depth is that the sea is wider than the river, wider than the river, and deeper than the river, and the river is different in depth. Some places may be very deep, but some places are too shallow. Marine ships and warships are generally drawn, and once they enter the river, it is easy to get stuck, otherwise why can't Brother Liu look at the river?

What about the giant sailing flat-wave ship? As for whether Su Mengran was playing with Song Yaohui in Hangzhou Bay, this question is easy to explain. Because the port, Hangzhou Bay is the largest military port base in the entire empire. If you occupy Hangzhou Bay, you can attack and defend. The warships do not need to enter the river at all, just block the estuary of the Yangtze River in Dongzhou. You must understand that the river ship entering the sea is not the opponent of the warship. If Su Mengran occupys Hangzhou Bay, the continuous warships can enter the river anytime, anywhere."

"But as you say that, Su Mengran should have crushed Song Yaohui in Hangzhou Bay? How could he have attacked several times without success?"

"Oh! It turns out that Brother Liu was wondering about this problem. In fact, the emergence of the Dajiang Tower Ship was mainly due to this problem. The navy in the Northern Han Dynasty did not have the tower ship at all. It was not until the pirates harassed the coastal areas. Because the navy at that time only wandered in the rivers and never entered the seas, they were mainly small warships. Later, pirates robbed coastal merchant ships and transformed warships with merchant ships to invade the coast of our empire. The Dajiang Navy in the Northern Han Dynasty suffered a great loss in entering the sea to fight pirates. In order to solve this problem, the Northern Han Navy borrowed the experience of transforming merchant ships when Wu State collected the balls and designed the Dajiang Tower Ship, which is now

The original form of the Yangtze River Navy building ship. The design of this building ship has two sides at the beginning, one can enter the river and the other can enter the sea, but it can only enter the near-water area to fight, making it impossible to leave the coastline. There is no big wind and waves along the coast, so there is no need to worry about the danger of sea breeze. It is fast and has a sensitive reaction. The pirates' performance in the pirates have been restrained by the performance of the building ships. Otherwise, the pirates at that time would not have regarded the Northern Han like a vicious tiger. It is easy to get close to the coast, but it is not so easy to run out of the coastline, because the speed is too great and the Northern Han Navy can easily catch up with them and will not give them a chance to escape at all."

Liu Yi nodded, "So that's it. In other words, Su Mengran has no advantage in fighting with Song Yaohui now, and is likely to be at a slight disadvantage. No wonder he has failed several attacks."

"Yes, the South China Sea Navy warship is designed for combat near the sea. It cannot enter the river, but it can enter the distant sea. The Yangtze River Navy ship is also designed for combat near the sea. It cannot enter the distant sea, but it can enter the river. Both sides have their own advantages, and it is evenly matched in the near the sea."

"Well..., then Brother Guo, who has a wider chance of winning between these two parties?"

"From my opinion, Song Yaohui is much better than Su Mengran. There are two reasons: First, Su Mengran fights across the sea, and is not as good as Song Yaohui in terms of terrain, environment, and military supplies. Second: Song Yaohui has more than a dozen military port bases in the river, including Dongting Lake, Pengze Lake and Suzhou, and he must be more confident in fighting at his doorstep. Of course, I am excluding the ability of both of them to lead troops. If Su Mengran is stronger in command of troops than Song Yaohui, it is not impossible to capture Hangzhou Bay."

He really benefited a lot from Guo Yan's words, and was about to continue asking. He was in his arms: "Xiao Yizi, I'm sleepy."

Uh! It turned out that two or three hours had passed without realizing it. I took the kite in Shuchan's hand and threw it away. I picked up Shuchan, who was sitting in a straddle, turned it into a horizontal position, helped her rub her two pairs of calves, and pulled the sheepskin pad under her butt slightly out. I took the robe on the horse's back and put it on her. I grabbed the reins with one hand and held her with the other, "Sleep! Go to Bingzhou to call you."

His hand movement made Guo Yan and the other two envious. Li Junwan envied it because Shuchan had such a caring man. Miao Xiaoting envied it, hoping that Guo Yan could treat her like him. As for Guo Yan's envy, he was: Why are other people's wives beautiful, cute, and obedient, but his wife is like a tigress who can eat people at any time? He couldn't even envy him. Who told him to marry a martial arts master's wife?

"Haha! Brother Liu treats Miss Shuchan very considerately. But as far as I know, Brother Liu seems to have some feelings for the eldest lady of Zhongzhou Escort Agency? I wonder which one Brother Liu loves more?"

Liu Yi knew that Guo Yan was deliberately sarcastic and sighed, "Oh! Brother Guo doesn't have to joke about me, because this is impossible to compare. Shuchan is the treasure I lost and recovered, and Yao'er is the most beloved treasure I met later. It's like losing one of my favorite things, but I got another beloved thing later. At this time, the beloved thing I lost was suddenly found again. Both are beloved things, and I can't bear to throw away any one. If Brother Guo put it, it would be difficult to tell which one I love more, right?"

"Hmph! You don't have to put it on you, Brother Guo, because the second thing you love will never appear on him. Frankheart is fancy, so how can there be so many high-sounding excuses?" Miao Xiaoting said without slashing

Well! This... Forget it, I guess I am really fickle. As long as I love them well, I will have a clear conscience.

Seeing that Liu Yi didn't say anything, Miao Xiaoting did not continue to make sarcasm, turned to look at Guo Yan, "Look at others, you are all men, why is the gap so big?"

Guo Yan:⊙?⊙? This is also called the gap? I also want to treat you as a little woman! But you, a master of martial arts, are more than ten times stronger than men. What can I do? Moreover, you, Miao Xiaoting, are twenty-six years old this year, and you are still embarrassed to compete with other girls, as an old couple, and I am embarrassed to be.

Alas! "That Ting'er, why don't you come here and ride a horse with me? I'll guarantee you will take care of you all the time."

Li Junwan: "Puff...haha... forget it, if you two share a horse, you still don't know who will take care of whom!"

Guo Yan also wondered, what happened these days? Women are more powerful than the other, but they are not even at all talent for martial arts. The more they think about it, the more uncomfortable it is. There are nearly a thousand disciples of the Seven Quarter Sect. So far, no male disciple has entered the realm of a martial arts master. There are several female disciples, and even the youngest junior sister is about to enter the realm of a master, but his dignified Seven Quarter Sect has not even reached the entry level. I don’t know if this is the case with other sects, otherwise his Seven Quarter Sect’s senior brother would not have to lose his personal life.

Yes? Even Liu Yi felt very strange, "Brother Guo is the senior brother of the Seven Quarter Sect, hasn't he practiced martial arts?"

Guo Yan spread his hands, "Where have you not practiced martial arts? I have been practicing martial arts for twenty years. But it understands that thing. I don't understand it, and I can't learn it no matter how much I learn it. I still understand some flirting and embroidering skills. If I really want to compete with others, I guess I can be beaten to death. Judging from Brother Liu's actions just now, I must be very skilled, right?"

"Haha! Brother Guo misunderstood! Before I joined the army, I was just a scholar, so where did I have time to practice martial arts? This kind of kung fu was learned when killing enemies in the army, and it was not as good as Brother Guo said. But it doesn't matter. A real man relies on kung fu to dominate the world, but it's hard to have strength. The old man in Shushan is known as the Sword God. Does Brother Guo think he can fight against thousands of troops?"

Guo Yan agrees with his words. Mu Tianya, the commander of the Anhui Army, is so powerful, but does it still depend on the army to fight on the battlefield? The only advantage is that the opponent is not easy to assassinate him. "The heroes have similar views. No matter how powerful the kung fu is, it cannot change the world. Only the invincible power in the world is the strongest."

Liu Yi nodded, "Yes, the invincible power in the world."

"Ah! But it's hard to have the power that is invincible in the world! At present, there is no strength to participate in the civil war, so how can you talk about the power that is invincible in the world?"

"Hahahaha... Brother Guo... It's up to people, and compassion in this world is worthless. As long as you work hard, even if you fail, so what? Live as a hero, die as a hero."

Being a hero in life, and being a hero in death - also being a hero in ghosts? He lowered his head and muttered this sentence silently. He didn't know whether Liu Yi was enlightening him or deliberately playing a show in front of him, but this sentence touched him deeply. He looked up at Liu Yi who was looking into the distance and said, "Brother Liu should be a hero in the real world, I, Guo Yan, are not as good as you."

Hum? "Haha! Brother Guo is worried too much. If I don't do it for the future, maybe it's not necessarily that Brother Guo will unify the world in the future. Everything is possible, but no one dares to make a guarantee at the moment."

Guo Yan did not continue speaking because during the conversation just now - he had already lost.

...

———

Life is a hero, and death is also a hero. Liu Yi didn't care much when he said this, but he didn't know how stimulating Guo Yan. However, it was because of this sentence that the later empires were directly exempted from the second civil war. According to historical records, it seems that Guo Yan did not announce the reason for surrendering to the army until the day he died. It was not until later generations found this experience in unofficial history that they truly understood why the Invincible Armada, which dominated the world, did not go to war with the army, and even directly announced that they would submit to the army, allowing the empire to be unified in advance.
Chapter completed!