On the afternoon of December 25, 2018, Jianping, in the back garden of the Grand Governor's Office in Zhennan in Guizhou City, Xie Yingying, Princess Ruian Zhao Shuyi, and two concubines of Li Bin, Shen Xiuyan and Yan Yueting, were playing mahjong.

Shen Xiuyan was originally the queen of the Fuzheng Kingdom harem, and Yan Yueting was originally the imperial concubine of the Fuzheng Kingdom harem. The two of them, along with the other eight imperial concubines, nine concubines and nine Jieyu Concubines, were all taken as concubines by Li Bin. Among Li Bin's many concubines, Shen Xiuyan and Yan Yueting should be the most favored.

The mahjong and mahjong styles were all created by Li Bin, mainly to relieve his wives and concubines. However, mahjong has become popular in many prefectures controlled by the Zhennan Army.

"Thirty thousand! Sister Xie, I don't know if my husband can come back for the New Year this time?" Shen Xiuyan asked Xie Yingying with a sweet voice after playing a card.

"Touch! Six tubes! Two days ago, I heard from the military advisor Zhuge that the barbarian tribes that caused trouble in the Southern Barbarian Protectorate this time have calmed down after their husbands led their army to arrive. The husbands should be able to come back soon, but I don't know whether they can catch up with the Chinese New Year." Xie Yingying said while playing cards.

In mid-September of Jianping, during the integration of the many barbarian tribes of the Nanman Protectorate, the leaders of some barbarian tribes were unwilling to hand over the tribal army in their hands, so they connected together to resist the Zhennan army, and even launched an attack on the city where the counties and counties of the Nanman Protectorate were located.

According to Li Bin's latest plan, the Southern Barbarian Protectorate will have eight outer guards and sixteen palace soldiers. However, at this time, in the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, except for the four outer guards, there are only a few hundred palace soldiers that have just been formed.

Faced with the increasing number of barbarian tribes in the Southern Barbarian Protectorate who joined the ranks of boycotting Zhennan Army, Li Bin personally led hundreds of thousands of elite troops from the Zhennan Army to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate by boat and launched a bloody suppression of the barbarian tribes that opposed the Zhennan Army.

As soon as Xie Yingying finished speaking, a large group of people hurried over in the distance. When Xie Yingying, Zhao Shuyi, Shen Xiuyan and Yan Yueting saw that they were the four major military advisors of Zhennan Army and more than a dozen senior generals of Zhennan Army came together.

Xie Yingying looked at the solemn expressions of everyone, her heart couldn't help but feel tight. She immediately stood up and asked anxiously, "Is something wrong with my husband?"

Zhuge Liang then said in a deep voice: "Two ladies, the fleet led by the lord has encountered a sea storm. Now the entire fleet has more than 60 ships, and now only thirteen are back. However, the Thunderbolt ships that the lord is on... have not yet returned."

As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Shen Xiuyan and Yan Yueting fainted. Thanks to the maid next to him, Shen Xiuyan and Yan Yueting did not fall directly to the ground.

Xie Yingying and Zhao Shuyi were also shocked by the shocking news, which made her look so scared that she lost her vigor. Zhao Shuyi said anxiously: "Then let the Zhennan Navy send a boat to find it!"

Zhang Liang said, "Two ladies, the Zhennan Navy has now come out to search for the whereabouts of the Thunder. This sea storm lasted for many days. Perhaps the Thunder was just blown off the route."

At this time, Li Meng, the head coach of the third town of the personal guard, said loudly: "Two sisters-in-law, my elder brother is lucky and he will definitely come back safely!"

While Li Bin formed twenty-four new outer guards and integrated the mansion into fifty-eight mansion towns, he decided to expand the personal guard regiment again and temporarily set up three towns for the personal guard regiment. The organization of each town is the same as that of each outer guards of the Zhennan Army. It is the organization of the Fifth Brigade, and it has about 35,000 personal guard cavalry.

Pei Yuanqing, Xiong Kuohai and Li Meng respectively served as the head coach of the three towns of the Protective Guards.

Xie Yingying asked with a trembling voice at this time, "Four military advisors, can you tell me how likely your husband is to be alive?"

Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping looked at each other, and their faces showed a gloomy look. No one answered Xie Yingying's question.

Three months later, the Thunderbolt ship Li Bin was still not found. With the support of the four major military divisions of the Zhennan Army and all the senior generals, Li Bin's eldest son, Li Jie, who was just seven years old, temporarily took over the position of Zhennan Marquis, and the military and government affairs of the Zhennan Grand Governor's Office were ruled by Xie Yingying behind the scenes.

However, the Zhennan Army still did not give up looking for Li Bin's whereabouts. Many senior leaders of Zhennan Army, led by the four military divisions of Zhennan Army and the seven military commanders of Zhennan Army, firmly believed that Li Bin was still alive.

On the vast sea, a giant warship is slowly sailing, and this giant warship is the Thunder of the Zhennan Navy.

The Thunder is the first ship of the Thunder-class of Zhennan Navy. It has a load capacity of 8,000 materials, a length of 32 and 6 feet, and a width of about 6 and 3 feet. It is equipped with 32 stone throwing cars, one hundred crossbows and ten poles. Now the entire Zhennan Navy has only four Thunder-class battleships.

Li Bin stood on the deck with a serious expression, looked at the sky that was still covered with dark clouds, turned his head and asked Sun Guanghao, the captain of the Thunder, in a deep voice, "Can we confirm where we are now?"

Sun Guanghao was originally a member of the personal guards beside Li Bin. Later, Sun Guanghao, who was very good at water, was transferred to the Zhennan Navy as a general.

Sun Guanghao said with a wry smile: "Lord, this strong wind has been blowing for nine days. Now we are completely lost and cannot confirm where it has been blown. What's worse is that the supply on the Thunder cannot last long. We must find a place to replenish fresh water and food as soon as possible."

The Thunder was equipped with more than 200 sailors and more than 700 warriors, as well as the four kings under Li Bin's command, sixty-four wolf generals, more than 500 personal bodyguards, thirty-two purple-light knights and one hundred and four blue-light knights of the Knights of the Glory, which combined was more than 1,600.

In the battle with the Liang Kingdom cavalry and the grassland cavalry, the Glory Knights had a total of four purple-light knights and twenty-eight blue-light knights who died in battle. The Tuz Empire's Holy Sword Sect has not sent Li Bin a new purple-light knight or blue-light knight.

Of course, if it were not for the purpose of carrying Li Bin and others, according to the standards of the Thunder, more than 300 sailors and more than 1,200 combat soldiers would be equipped. The Thunder-class warship is also the most powerful battleship in the Zhennan Navy.

At this time, Lu Zhishen, who was standing beside Li Bin, smiled bitterly and said, "Now there is a vast ocean around you, and you can't find the direction. Where can we go to replenish fresh water and food?"

Sun Guanghao pondered for a moment and said, "Now I can only hope to find an island with fresh water and food. The Thunder's fresh water can save money, but I can still hold on for seven or eight days, but the food can only last for three days at most."

Li Bin sighed and said, "There are more than 200 war horses on the ship? If you don't have enough food, kill the horses!"

The Thunderbolt ship carried more than 200 war horses, including the five grassland horses of Li Bin and the four great King Kongs, Lu Zhishen, 64 wolves, 32 purple-light knights, 104 blue-light knights, and 203 Dayuan horses of Xie Bao and Xie Gui, the personal guard commanders.

Dayuan horses are produced in Dayuan. Although they are a little worse than the grassland horses in all aspects, they are also considered to be divine horses that carry a thousand pounds of weight and travel thousands of miles a day.

The Dayuan Kingdom is adjacent to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate. After seizing the Southern Barbarian Protectorate, Li Bin purchased hundreds of Dayuan horses from the Dayuan Kingdom at a high price. In addition to rations to the senior generals of the Zhennan Army, the 64 wolves generals and the knights of the Honor Knights were also equipped with Dayuan horses.

The more than 500 personal bodyguards around Li Bin were each equipped with two Eastern Barbarian horses. However, more than 1,000 Eastern Barbarian horses of more than 500 personal bodyguards were not on the Thunder, but on another transport ship of Zhennan Navy.

Hearing Li Bin say he wanted to kill the horse, Lu Zhishen hurriedly said, "Lord, the more than 200 war horses on the ship, except for the five grassland horses, are all Dayuan horses. Each Dayuan horse is worth more than 2,000 taels of gold!"

Li Bin said flatly: "No matter how precious the Dayuan horse is, no one's life is precious, so there is no need to discuss this matter."

Then Li Bin asked Sun Guanghao, the captain of the Thunder, again: "Can the Thunder sail normally now?"

Sun Guanghao nodded and said, "Don't worry, lord, although he has experienced a nine-day storm, the Thunder's hull is basically not damaged. As long as the sails are raised, we can even sail at full speed. However, now we can't find the direction and don't know where to go. Only when the sun comes out can we determine a general direction."

Li Bin pondered for a moment and said, "You can't wait. If the next few days are cloudy, our situation will be even worse. Let's go forward in one direction and see if you can find an island with fresh water."

Fortunately, after two days of sailing, the Thunder discovered an island of considerable size, and a village was found on this island, but the people in this village looked like blonde and blue-eyed Westerners.

Dimusad of the Knights of the Glory respectfully reported to Li Binhui: "Master, this island is called Harvey Island. The people in this village on the island are all fugitive slaves from the Roland Empire. After sailing north from Harvey Island for about one day, you can reach Gwadar Port in the Roland Empire. Gwadar Port is the largest port in the south of the Roland Empire."

Dimusad was originally a disciple of the Holy Sword Sect of the Tuz Empire. Although Dimusad did not cultivate fighting spirit in his body, Dimusad's strength was comparable to that of the Purple-Bright Knights, so Dimusad was also among the thirty-two Purple-Bright Knights of the Glory Knights.

When Li Bin heard this, he couldn't help but frown and said, "We were actually blown to the seas of the Roland Empire. How far is it from here to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate?"

The Roland Empire is west of the Tuz Empire. In the past century, through continuous expansion of foreign countries, the Roland Empire has surpassed the Tuz Empire, and its population has exceeded the Tuz Empire twice that of the Tuz Empire, reaching 130 million.

Before, the Tuz Empire was afraid of the Roland Empire, so it took the initiative to find the Great Yan Empire to form allies.

Dimusad shook his head and said, "Master, my subordinates and others went to the Great Yan Empire by land. In addition, the Tuzzi Empire did not have an outlet. We knights from the Tuzzi Empire don't know the situation along the coast of the Roland Empire, and we don't know the distance from here to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate."

After pausing, Dimusad continued, "But the villagers on the island said that merchant ships often pass by Harvey Island, and some of them were even merchant ships from Wei. The subordinates thought we could wait on Harvey Island for a few days and buy a chart of return to the Nanman Protectorate from passing merchant ships."

Sun Guanghao, the captain of the Thunder, immediately said to Li Bin: "Lord, Havi Island is not far from Gwadar Port in the Roland Empire. Since Gwadar Port is the largest port in the south of the Roland Empire, someone must know the route to return to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate. It is better to go directly to Gwadar Port."

Dimusad hurriedly said: "The Roland Empire also has a sea fleet, and I heard that it is very strong. When a giant warship like the Thunder arrives at Gwadar Port, it is likely to cause trouble. My subordinates think it is best to wait for the passing merchant ships on Harvey Island."

Li Bin nodded and said, "It is indeed not safe to go to the port of the Roland Empire for warships like the Thunder. We will rest for a few days on Harvey Island. If we don't meet people who know how to return to the Southern Barbarian Protectorate here, we will find a way to send people to Gwadar Port."

What Li Bin didn't know was that on the night the Thunder arrived on Harvey Island, a small boat quietly left from Harvey Island and sailed into the dark sea.

Three days later, in the morning, Li Bin, who was still sleeping in a temporary wooden house on Harvey Island, was awakened by Lu Zhishen, "Lord, wake up, something is not good! Hundreds of warships from the Roland Empire came from Harvey Island!"

After the Thunder docked on the sea near Harvey Island, Li Bin took Lu Zhishen, Xie Bao, Xie Gui, and the four King Kongs, 64 Wolf Generals, more than 500 personal guards and more than 100 knights from the Knights of Glory, to board Harvey Island and build a temporary camp.

When Li Bin heard this, he hurriedly sat up from the wooden bed, "Where is the Thunder?"

"Lord, the Thunder has already started preparing for war."

"Put my armor, I won't have to fight a war today." Although Li Bin's tone was relaxed, Li Bin's face was very serious. After all, this is not the territory of Zhennan Army, and Harvey Island is surrounded by sea, and Li Bin only has the battleship Thunder in his hand.

Abram, the commander of the Third Fleet of the Roland Empire, looked at the huge hull of the Thunder in the distance and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that the Orientals could build such a large warship. I want to take this warship down and become the flagship of the Third Fleet!"

The Roland Empire attached great importance to sea power. Now the Roland Empire has formed fourteen maritime fleets and is stationed in various important ports of the Roland Empire.

As the largest port in the south of the Roland Empire, the third fleet of the Roland Empire has been stationed here.

The commander of the Third Fleet, Abram, received a secret report from the villagers of Havi Island. A huge Eastern warship came to Havi Island, and there were many knights of the Tuz Empire on this warship.

Although the Roland Empire did not station troops on Harvey Island, the waters near Harvey Island already belonged to the sphere of influence of the Roland Empire. When an eastern warship broke into Harvey Island, the third fleet of the Roland Empire would certainly not ignore it, not to mention that there were knights of the Tuz Empire on the eastern warship.

Nowadays, the friction between the Roland Empire and the Tuz Empire is becoming increasingly serious, and bloody conflicts often break out in the border areas of the two countries.

The knights of the Tuz Empire appeared on Havi Island, which made the commander of the Third Fleet Abram feel that this might be a conspiracy that the Tuz Empire is carrying out, and the opportunity to make contributions has come.
Chapter completed!