Linhai County.

Lin Ye sat in front of Hettings. It was indeed of profound significance for the two most outstanding generals in the empire to meet on such an occasion.

"The sea is very good, the ship is very good, the only bad thing is that people should not be ambitious."

Huttings looked down at the steaming tea in the cup, thinking about the day he drank this hot tea for the first time.

It was also such a sunny day that he personally led his army to attack and destroy a small country near the sea.

Although the Lanze Empire knew about a country called Dayu in the Central Plains a long time ago, it didn't know much about it because it didn't do trade.

The only information he could get about Dayu was the old man who was already dying when he met him.

That small country did not trade with Dayu, but it had contacts with Mojiu Island. The tea was bought from Mojiu Island.

This small country has a total population of less than 300,000, but it has extremely excellent shipbuilding technology.

Such a small country can build a fifty-foot-long sea giant.

However, they only want to use such giant beasts to do business.

Before the attack on this small country, the largest warship of the Lanze Empire was only thirty feet long. Even with the blessing of runes, it was still difficult to make the ship bigger.

It was also in such a room, but he was sitting opposite.

He took a sip of hot tea and asked the monarch of the small country: "Do you know where Dayu is?"

When he got a negative answer, he got up and walked out of the room. His warriors came in and strangled the monarch to death with a rope.

In the next five years, Hettings began his journey of conquest. He began to frantically expand territory for the Lanze Empire.

Start crazily accumulating combat experience.

Everything is actually for the purpose of conquering the country called Dayu in the future and seizing that fertile territory that is unparalleled in the world.

Mosjiu Island was not discovered by him accidentally.

Mosjiu Island is his first step in attacking Dayu, and it is also an extremely important step in his life planning for himself.

His five-year campaign was all about preparing to attack Dayu, and Mosjiu Island was the springboard he had already decided on.

At that time, he would not have thought that one day his invincible fleet would be defeated in this way.

It's not a matter of shame or not, but it's that he completely failed to exert the powerful strength that his fleet should have.

If it's at sea...

Forget it, where are there so many ifs?

It's such a sunny day again, it's such a clean and bright room, it's such a desk, and it's such a cup of hot tea.

It's just that the position has been changed.

"You don't seem to like your country much?"

Lin Yewen.

This question touched Hettings' mind, and Hettings instantly felt that Lin Ye seemed to want to take advantage of him.

This is the hope of life.

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Lin Ye, with an extremely complicated look in his eyes.

"you misunderstood."

Lin Ye smiled and said: "I don't want to persuade you to surrender, and then arrange for you to take this fleet to attack your mother country. That is what Dayu's soldiers will do in the future, although using you may have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

, but I have no such plans."

Hettings' newly ignited hope, as well as the look in his eyes, immediately dimmed after these few words.

Go, his eyes seemed to turn into cloudy balls the moment they lost their luster.

"I'm asking you this question just to make sure..."

Lin Ye still said with a smile: "A general who has fought for his country for many years and constantly opened up territories for the country hates his own country... That is enough to show that such a country is not difficult.

Conquer, because your Lanze has an unqualified emperor."

"That's a stupid pig."

Huttings gave his answer.

Although he was still hating himself just now for why he had to learn the Central Plains dialect so that he could hear the meaning expressed by this young man so clearly.

"You are a very good general."

Lin Ye said: "You may have only made this one mistake in your life, developing a desire for a country you don't understand."

Huttings did not respond to this statement.

If he hadn't been impatient, he wouldn't have made such a mistake.

Emperor Lanze no longer trusts him, no... he didn't trust him from the beginning. In the past two years, Emperor Lanze has been arranging people to monitor him.

Everything he said, the people he met, and even the water he drank and the meals he ate will be recorded by the royal envoy, including how many times he went to the toilet a day.

He knew that if he didn't do something, the stupid pig would find some reason to kill him.

In fact, according to Hettings' plan, attacking Dayu is not a matter of urgency.

He spent five years preparing for the campaign, and what he planned to do next was to spend at least three years training the army and making better preparations on Mosquito Island.

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He also made a complete plan. He believed that in order to capture Dayu, which was said to have a vast territory, a developed economy and a powerful military, at least a million troops would be needed.

He planned to trust the emperor of the Lanze Empire one last time and get at least 100,000 troops from the emperor.

But for this expedition, Emperor Lanze only gave him 35,000 men.

Sometimes Hetings even wondered whether Emperor Lanze deliberately let him die in the attack on Dayu with such a small force.

"Everyone in the army must follow your example."

Lin Ye said in a calm tone: "We still have a lot of worldly chat, so I plan to tell you a story."

"During the Great Zhou Period in the Central Plains, you should know this. The Central Plains Empire before Dayu was the Great Zhou Dynasty, which had a history of hundreds of years."

"About four hundred years ago, a rebellion broke out in the Western Frontier of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The emperor sent one of his most trusted generals to quell the rebellion. This general successfully put down the rebellion."

"After returning from the battle, the emperor personally welcomed his general back. The general did not dismount the moment he saw the emperor, but asked his soldiers to salute the emperor."

"The emperor said, get up quickly. You are all meritorious ministers. You are still wearing armor and don't need to pay this courtesy. However, none of the soldiers got up. It was not until the emperor was a little embarrassed that the general laughed and waved his hand.

He said, "Get up, everyone," so the soldiers all stood up."

Hettings' eyes were dazed when he heard this.

Lin Ye said: "If it's just this time, then the emperor may not have any murderous intentions towards him..."

Speaking of this, Lin Ye looked at Hettings: "What do you think of this story?"

Who was wrong?"

Huttings said: "They are all wrong."

Then he looked at Lin Ye: "When you told me this story, did you ever think that one day you would become that general?"

Lin Ye nodded: "I have thought about it."

Huttings asked: "Have you thought about how to solve this problem?"

Lin Ye said: "No."

Huttings laughed: "It seems that when you told me this story, you didn't think about what would happen to you."

Lin Ye said: "I may have forgotten to introduce myself, but it's not important."

He stood up and said: "If you really want to live longer, you might as well start learning painting from now on."

Hettings said: "Answer me first, what would you do if you were that general?"

Lin Ye replied: "I am not that general."

After saying this, he turned around and left.

Hettings watched the young general walk out with some annoyance. At this moment, he had not yet realized what Lin Ye meant by his words.

But he realized the meaning of another sentence... If you want to live longer, you might as well start learning painting from now on.

How could a qualified naval general not know basic drawing?

But what Lin Ye wants is not only a sea map, but also a map of Lanze. The more detailed the map of Lanze, the better.

Half an hour later, in another room about a few dozen feet away from this room, Mr. Dige, a first-grade great talisman master, woke up. The moment he woke up, he felt tremendous pain in his body.

There were many injuries on his body, but they were not caused by being tortured to extract a confession. They were caused when he was taken out of the stone tower by that reckless young man two days ago.

It was knocked out, and I don't know how many bones were broken in the body.

When he opened his eyes, the world was still hazy. After gradually adapting to the light, he noticed an elegant-looking man sitting opposite the bed, looking at something.

After a moment, he discovered that what he was reading was actually his notes!
To be continued...