Chapter 335: The Imperial Princess (Part 2)

Li Qingan halfway held Ellennie, held her hands, and taught her to balance the crossbow. His face leaned against Ellennie's back neck, and his cheeks touched her neck from time to time. He was looking for possible targets outside the car window. Time passed little by little, and the required targets never appeared. Neither of them spoke. This ambiguous posture made both of them feel a strong stimulation in their hearts. At this moment, both of them were no longer on shooting the crossbow. Ellenni felt Li Qingan's strong masculine aura. Her eyes became blurred. There seemed to be a layer of light fog in her blue eyes, her cheeks were dyed with a blush, and her breathing became slightly rapid, and her chest was undulating. Seeing that they had reached the critical barrier, just at this moment, a white water bird flew out from the woods a hundred steps away, flew low across the air.

"It's it!" Li Qing'an tilted the crossbow slightly, pulled the hanging knife, and with a "click", the crossbow machine shook slightly, and the crossbow arrow shot out like lightning, the arrow channel was accurate and straight, extremely fast, and one arrow shot through the water bird. The water bird wings closed and fell from the air. Ellenny was shocked and immediately restrained his desire to lose control. Her eyes suddenly widened, and she looked at the crossbow arrow in her hand in surprise. She had been immersed in the bow and arrow for a long time and immediately saw the power of the weapon in her hand.

, She also realized the strategic significance of this bow and arrow. This would be a revolutionary weapon for the Byzantines who used long bows to shoot arrows slowly, especially against Arabs who were good at cavalry and naval battles. It could give Byzantine the advantage. Ellenni was extremely excited. She turned around and hugged Li Qing'an's neck and kissed him hard on his face. Her soft and wet lips made Li Qing'an feel swayed. At this moment, the carriage vibrated and stopped.

"General, you have arrived at the dock!"

The two slowly separated. Ellenni looked out the window curiously. They had already passed through the forest and came to a wide pier. On the shore, next to the forest was a huge warehouse, with more than twenty, guarded by heavy troops. There were hundreds of flat grain ships parked on the pier, and the vast sea of ​​light was the vast sea. At this time, Li Qing'an had calmed down. He pointed to the warehouse and smiled: "Then is our granary. The grain transported from the water transported from the Jun Zhan is here, and then transported from land to the Saiye. We are repairing the river and the pier. In the near future, these ships can directly reach Saiye City along the Saiye River, without having to transfer here."

"Are we going to take a boat?" Ellenni asked looking back at Li Qing'an.

"Yes! Go to Frozen City and take a short distance to land, and you can get there directly by boat."

He lowered his head and smiled at Ellenni, "You are not afraid of taking a boat!"

"How could it be? We Byzantium are born on the sea, so let's go on the boat!"

Ellenni jumped out of the carriage, and she stretched her body long in the sea breeze. Under the reflection of the sun, her blonde hair shone brightly, and her slender and graceful figure seemed to be the most perfect fortune of nature. Li Qingan naturally stretched out his hand and put it around her waist, pointed to a unique big ship on the edge and smiled: "That's my boat, let's go up!"

Ellenni looked at Li Qing'an and smiled, held his hand, and walked quickly towards the big ship together.

Li Qing'an's boat was a huge tower ship, about twenty meters long and five meters high. There were three-story towers on the boat, which stood out among a flat-bottomed grain transport ship.

Li Qing'an took Ellenni to the third floor, while his guards gathered on the first and second floors. The ship slowly started, and with the east wind, sails rose and sailed to the south.

The Ateh is the Isek Lake in Kyrgyz this year. It has vast eyes and is not frozen all year round. The lake water is clear and transparent. It is a huge mountain and saltwater lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains and ridges. The low places are covered by dense forests. The golden sand and clear water here are very beautiful. Because there are sea monsters in the lake, no local residents dare to fish in the lake. However, some residents built ships as vehicles, traveling between the two sides of the lake. After the Tang army occupied the Shattered Leaf, their use of the Inner Sea was mainly used for transportation, especially from the transportation of grain to Shattered Leaf. The fleet crossed the Inner Sea to the North Shore Pier.

Li Qing'an's boat was used by him when he inspected the strategic strongholds and fortresses around Rehai. A large number of immigrants were distributed around Rehai. In order to protect immigrants, the Tang army also built a large number of forts around Rehai. Among them, Frozen City to the south was an important military stronghold and a base for the Anxi Army to train crossbowmen.

It was the first day of the second month. The unique geothermal resources of Atami made the temperature in this area higher than elsewhere. The lake was breeze and blew towards the face, which was refreshing. The third floor of the boat was actually a mobile office place, with offices, study rooms, conference rooms, and dormitories. After packing up the room items, the personal soldiers consciously returned to the second floor. There were only Li Qing'an and Ellenni on the third floor. Li Qing'an asked her to sit down in the study, poured her a cup of hot tea, and smiled and said, "What kind of power does your father give you to military cooperation with Anxi?"

Ellenni did not hide Li Qing'an. She said frankly: "I came to Anxi because I was commissioned by my father to investigate the possibility of military cooperation with Anxi. For Byzantine, Armenia and Cyprus, we are our biggest obstacle and the biggest threat. We hope to launch a war to eliminate these threats. In fact, this is also the fundamental purpose of our visit to Anxi. Trade is just an excuse to ask for directions. It is precisely because of the conclusion of the trade agreement that we have seen your sincerity in cooperation, so I will talk to you about military cooperation issues. But I have no right to decide on wars, nor the right to sign a military cooperation agreement with you. I can only prepare a specific plan and then propose it to my father. In the end, it is up to him to decide. I hope you can understand this."

"I can understand that I can talk to you about specific plans, even the trade of some military items. After I visit Anxi's crossbow army in the afternoon, we will talk in detail."

"Okay! Now is our time to enjoy, right?"

Ellenni smiled charmingly, turned around and walked out of the cabin, and walked to the side of the boat string. The beauty of Rehai made her feel relaxed and happy. The clear blue lake surface was as flat as a mirror. The water shone on the sky. The layers of snow peaks on the north shore appeared and disappeared in the clouds and mist, appearing quiet and magical. When the wind blows, the white waves on the lake surging, and blending with the drooping clouds on the lake surface, appearing dreamy and mysterious. She stared at the vast lake surface, and couldn't help but murmuringly recite a famous poem in her mother tongue to praise this beautiful lake. At this time, Li Qingan slowly walked behind her, gently hugged her, and chanted a Tang poem in Turkic language in her ear:

I heard the words of Hu Er in Yinshan, and the hot sea water in the west is like boiling.

The birds on the sea dare not fly, and there are carp that are long and fat.

The grass always stops by the shore, and the snow in the sky disappears from afar.

Steamed sand and shine stones, and the clouds are encroached, and the waves are boiling and the waves are fried in the Han moon.

Yin fire burns the heaven and earth furnace, so why do you go to the west?

He lay on the bed with his back to the sky and the earth, hugging Ellenni in his arms, and reluctantly stroking her white and charming skin. Compared to the oriental beauty, her skin was more elastic, her figure was more devilishly seductive, and she was more enthusiastic and unrestrained, making him enjoy the ultimate of sex,

Ellenni was like a golden silk cat snuggling in his arms. She raised her head from time to time and kissed Li Qing'an's lips and his skin. Today, she tasted the love between men and women for the first time and the joy of fish and water. The ecstasy pleasure made her unforgettable. She didn't want to leave the man beside her for a moment.

"This is your first time?"

Li Qing'an's eyes fell on the bedding with blood. He was very surprised. In his memory, Byzantium seemed to be a city that was addicted to carnality, erosion and luxury, but the situation in front of him made him unable to believe that such a beautiful Western beauty was actually a virgin.

Ellenni smiled lazily, "Do you know that my body is the most precious wealth of Byzantine. I can exchange my father for a country. How could I give such precious wealth to others easily?"

"Then why did you give it to me?"

Ellenny sat up, took a comb from the head of the bed, combed her long blonde hair like a mermaid, and smiled at Li Qing'an, "Because I want to marry Anxi."

"What do you mean is that you want to marry me?" Li Qingan said with a smile.

Ellenny smiled and said, "Now I really want to marry you, but maybe I don't want to do it after putting on my clothes."

Li Qingan also sat up, hugged her snow-white and charming jade body into her arms, and smiled in her ear: "Just this was also a kind of negotiation between us, and we cooperated very well, which means that our military cooperation will be as smooth as possible."

"Don't you want to marry me? Don't you want me to be your wife?" Ellenni said to him with a smile.

Li Qing'an smiled and said, "Of course I want to monopolize such a beautiful woman, but as you said, you are the most precious wealth of your Byzantine Empire. Will your father be willing to give you to me? Even if he is willing, according to our East, it seems the same in the West. Your father needs to prepare a dowry for you, so what kind of dowry will he prepare for you? Land or wealth?"

"Do you know what dowry my father used when he betrothed me to Prince Mark? Using Cyprus, of course, Cyprus is still in the hands of the Arabs, so it is necessary for the country of Mark to send troops to take it back. If I marry you, I think it should be Armenia. Unfortunately, Armenia is also in the hands of the Arabs, and you also need for the troops to take it back."

"Your father is very smart! Unfortunately, I won't fight Yameiyani, let alone Cyprus. I will only fight Huroshan. Then, Your Highness, you will be my lover, so that there will be no interest transactions between us, and only love between us for men and women."

"I guess no man in the world dares to marry me. Anyone who wants to marry me will pay a heavy price."

Ellenny did not explain the meaning of this sentence. She put on her clothes, opened the door and walked out of the cabin. A sea breeze blew into the cabin, blowing her blonde hair away. She suddenly turned around and smiled charmingly, "Whether you are your wife or your lover, it will not affect our military cooperation or our love. I will ask my father to ask him to allow me to live in the distant East."

At this time, the melodious bell rings at the bow of the ship, which is a notice that the ship is about to arrive on the shore.

In the afternoon, Li Qing'an accompanied Ellenni to the frozen city. Frozen City is also an affiliated town with broken leaves. There are currently more than 3,000 immigrants who have just moved. At the same time, it is also the crossbow training base for the Anxi New Army. Since last year, every new recruit from the Anxi Army has been undergoing crossbow arrow training. They came here in batches and received three months of extremely cruel training.

The ship arrived at the shore of the lake, and Li Qing'an and the others rode their horses to the frozen city. The frozen city was only ten miles away from the lake and could reach the military camp in a short time. At this time, the soldiers were ready. The three thousand soldiers who were about to complete the training will demonstrate the power of the crossbow arrow formation.

When Li Qing'an was still one mile away from the military camp, Liu Zhiyun, the commander of the Frozen City regiment, was welcomed. Liu Zhiyun was also a veteran of the Jiangdu regiment training camp, a native of Jiangning, and one of the survivors of the Battle of Shibao City. He was just a small soldier back then, and has been promoted to General of the Central Army and is responsible for training new soldiers to shoot crossbows. His training of soldiers was extremely strict and selfless, and he won a nickname in the army, named Liu Yanluo.

He was burly and majestic, wearing bright light armor, and was majestic. He quickly walked up to him and bowed and said, "I will meet the general!"

"General Liu is exempted from the gift, are you ready?"

"Report to the general, you are ready and can start anytime!"

"Okay!" Li Qing'an nodded and said to Ellenni, who had been dressed in Tang army armor: "Your Highness, please get off the horse and follow me into the camp."

Ellenni was extremely tall and looked like a heroic Tang army general when wearing Tang army armor. Li Qingan specially gave her a well-crafted compound bow with only three stones, which was used with her. This was one of Li Qingan's most beloved treasure bows. It was red all over. Because of its small force, it was always hung by him in the carriage as an ornament. Now he gave it to Ellenni as a witness to the special relationship between them.

Ellenni liked this treasure bow very much, and her feel and strength were very good, which made her bow technique go up to another level. She immediately used it to replace her usual longbow.

She followed Li Qing'an, holding a bow and arrow in her hand, and quivering her back. Her long blonde hair was tied up, making her look even more heroic. She followed Li Qing'an into the barracks and walked onto a training platform. This is a high platform for commanding the crossbow army's training. Under the training platform, there is a large training ground covering an area of ​​500 acres. The soldiers trained on foot and crossbows here, and also trained on bows. They had to train for seven hours a day, regardless of day or night. At present, there are a total of 6,000 new recruits training here.

At this time, there were already three thousand new recruits who were about to end the training. Their first level was to receive riding training, and the next level was to go to Helicheng to receive swordsmanship and gunshot training. From them, they would select outstanding people to train Modao, and finally the formation training. The recruits were trained for a total of one year, including riding, shooting, fighting, and formation. The time was tight and the requirements were extremely strict, but only in this way could a sharp army be trained.

Three thousand crossbowmen were already arranged, each holding a military crossbow and a pot of crossbow arrows on his back. One thousand five hundred of them used the Biao Zhang crossbow, and the other 1,500 were using the Kiao Zhang crossbow, five hundred were in a row, and three-stage wheel shooting was carried out.

"Let's start!" Li Qingan ordered in a deep voice.

The red flag danced, and the drums rang, "Dong!Dong!Dong!"

The crossbow formation of three thousand people began to be launched, and the distance between the soldiers was widened, freeing up enough space to shoot crossbows. In contrast, the crossbow was wound with its feet, and the distance between them was larger.

At this time, just five hundred steps ahead, a large flock of sheep suddenly appeared, with more than a thousand. They were driven and walked within two hundred steps. The soldiers who drove the sheep immediately dodged. It was obvious that the flock of sheep would become a prop for demonstration.

Li Qingan couldn't help but glance at Ellenni, and saw that her expression began to be a little excited. She was completely unbearable and sympathetic when she saw the flock of sheep being slaughtered. On the contrary, there was a bloodthirsty desire burning in her blue eyes, as if she longed to see the flock being slaughtered.

Li Qing'an was secretly alert in his heart. In fact, he didn't understand this woman at all, but was just greedy for her beauty. When he got her body, his desire faded and he began to become rational. Of course, marriage with Byzantine may bring certain strategic benefits, but it will also damage his efforts to enter the Central Plains. Moreover, this woman is not the kind of weak woman who cares for her husband and children. On the contrary, she is a very strong woman with a strong desire to conquer. If she becomes one of Anxi's mistresses, she will definitely not be content with the harem. She will seize more benefits from Anxi to Byzantium. After understanding this, Li Qing'an couldn't help but secretly be glad that he did not agree to marry her, but just let her become his lover.

At this time, the drum sounded gradually. One thousand five hundred soldiers using the crossbow shouted. The first row of five hundred soldiers pulled the crossbow arrows and hung their swords. "Crack!" A crossbow machine sounded, and five hundred crossbow arrows shot towards the flock of sheep. After shooting, they immediately stepped on the crossbow. At this time, the second row of crossbow arrows also shot out. Then the third row of crossbow arrows, one thousand five hundred crossbow arrows were like three large groups of hornets, roaring across the sky and shooting rapidly towards the flock of sheep. The flock of sheep was wailing a sound of whistling. After a round of arrows, most of the more than a thousand sheep were nailed to the ground, blood flowing, and only dozens of sheep stood in a daze without moving.

“Excellent!”

Ellenni couldn't help but applaud. The powerful power of the crossbow arrow array excited her. The flocks seemed to have turned into Arab cavalry in front of her. This was the weapon needed by Byzantine. With such crossbow arrows, they would sweep across Armenia.
Chapter completed!