"Boss, how long do we have to go?"

In a country road.

The black-maned horse twitched its ears and looked listless.

It hated that its injury healed so quickly. It had only been eight days since it was already as good as before, and it had to return to its original duties and support its master.

"It will take half a month at the earliest."

When setting off from Seoul and heading to Namwon, even though the army marched at extremely high speed, it still took nearly a month to reach its destination.

Now, although there is no army around him, he still cannot rush without any scruples. The demons are not that fast, and the five hundred Liaodong cavalry who followed him out of the encirclement cannot reach that kind of extreme speed.

And Lu Li didn't want to rush back to Seoul and become a mere commander in name only.

"I've been traveling day and night during this period, and I haven't seen a single enemy..."

“Isn’t it a bad thing if we can’t see Japanese pirates?”

"That's not what I meant, but running around every day is too boring."

On the way - on the way - on the way -

Run with your life!

Even a demon who has lived for hundreds of thousands of years can't help but hate this feeling.

Lu Li also had a deep understanding of this. He studied the map for a while, quickly confirmed his position, and said in a deep voice: "Stop!"

"We have completely left the boundary of Nanyuan. We can see the sea in more than two thousand miles."

More than two thousand miles?

For ordinary people in this world, this is still a long distance, but now this team spent seven or eight days running nearly 100,000 miles!

This journey can be reached in an instant.

"I plan to take a boat back to Seoul."

Right now, there is no one or demon who can discuss with Lu Li, they trust them unconditionally!

Even if Lu Li suddenly proposed to fight back to Nanyuan, everyone would follow him.

This is the prestige created by victory after victory and incredible but extremely real achievements.

"Take a boat? Where is the boat?" the black-maned horse said.

The boring escape life made Lu Li realize the benefits of the chatty mount. At least he would not be bored to death and could chat to relieve his boredom.

In Black Mane Horse's understanding, the navy of the Ming Dynasty was guarding its own narrow and vast coastline and had no time to expedition to the peninsula.

And Li Chao Navy...

forget it.

There are only twelve wooden house boats left in total, and we don't know where they are. It is impossible to take them back to Seoul.

Lu Li also knew these things well.

However, taking the waterway back to Seoul is indeed an excellent choice, because by following the river into the sea and going upstream, you can avoid encountering Japanese people and the speed will be correspondingly faster.

Safe and fast.

Based on these two points alone, it was worth spending a day or two to prepare.

The first way is to recruit civilian ships. This is currently the most convenient way, but the problem is that civilian ships are generally small in size and cannot go to distant seas, let alone transport too many people.

Among demons, there are very few small-sized creatures. Even if they try their best to control themselves, they cannot shrink to the size of ordinary people.

The most important thing is that when General Qian Qinchuan withdrew from the south gate, he deliberately took the general cannon with him.

Exaggerated power means that the recoil is terrifying. If it is mounted on a civilian ship, the hull of the ship will gradually be dismembered with one shot.

Therefore, this most trouble-free option can only be eliminated.

The second way: Recruit the remnants of the Lee Dynasty navy that was dispersed in the Battle of Chicheonryang.

Although the Korean army was completely wiped out in that battle, apart from the wooden houses and boats that Yi Sun-shin currently had, there were actually some fish that slipped through the net.

Historical records indicate that during a series of long-distance raids before the Battle of Ryanghae in Chicheon, at least six ships of the actually huge Li Dynasty navy fell behind. Due to factors such as ocean currents and wind direction, they drifted into the ocean and failed to catch up with the final naval battle.

After the war, these ships were scattered to various desert islands and could be mobilized one by one.

You must know that there are still large creatures such as sea beasts in this world, so there will be more warships breaking away from the team than in the original history.

"Gui Xiu Shan, please go into the sea along the river and check the nearby islands and reefs to see if there are any warships from the Li Dynasty."

"yes."

Among the demons, there was a turtle with a strange shape, about the size of a millstone, that made a loud sound and answered.

Previously, Gui Xiu Shan was driven from the sea to the land by the Japanese navy. He fled all the way to the Ryogawa River, where he was taken in by a goddess and determined to fight the Japanese to the death.

But plans can't keep up with changes.

The actions of Lu Li, the guard of Nanyuan, gave Gui Xiu Shan hope that victory was imminent, so he chose to save his life and continue to fight with him.

"It's a pity that this guy has been reborn once and his size has been greatly reduced."

The bull demon who was previously responsible for guarding the west gate spoke. One of its horns was broken and it looked even more powerful. At this moment, his tone was full of regret: "Otherwise, everyone can be taken away."

The first-generation Ghost Mountain floated on the sea, like an island, and could carry thousands of people without being crowded, but the second-generation Ghost Mountain was only the size of a millstone——

The back of Guixiu Mountain is covered with tentacles that look like dead branches. When faced with a life or death crisis, the tentacles will fall off and fall into the water to complete rebirth.

Theoretically, this kind of monster cannot be killed as long as it stays in the water.

Previously, Gui Xiu Shan played an important role in resisting the Japanese attack in Nanyuan, but he was seriously injured as a result and had to use the moat to complete a rebirth.

"Finding the warships scattered on various islands depends on luck. We can't block everything and do nothing in the meantime."

After sending the ghosts to repair the mountain, Lu Li continued:

"There is no shortage of trees nearby. You can try to build your own warships. With the collective efforts of everyone, shipbuilding is not a big problem."

Trees are an important resource for building warships.

It is surrounded by towering ancient trees, each of which is over a hundred meters tall and made of extraordinary materials, which can not only provide stronger buoyancy but also make the warship stronger.

As for how to process trees into suitable materials, it is actually very easy.

Wild gods, demons, and the strong Liaodong cavalry used various methods to build a warship. It was not difficult.

There was no need for others to look for it or provide drawings. The beautiful goddess Tategawa gave out the method of building the turtle ship.

In the past, he often saw the navy of the Lee Dynasty following the Jeolcheon River into the Seomjin River, and then heading to the sea. Over time, he also understood the principle.

This also made Lu Li give up the idea of ​​providing Ming Dynasty battleship manufacturing methods. After all, there is not much difference between the two.

"Compared with ordinary turtle ships, ours needs to be adjusted in size. It must be at least three times larger. Otherwise, it will not be able to accommodate so many monsters."

"The faucet at the bow end of the turtle ship needs to be reinforced with special wood. The recoil of the general's cannon is definitely not something ordinary wood can withstand."

Soon, the problems raised by Lu Li were solved one by one.

I saw the Niu Demon carrying hundreds of square meters of raw wood alone, and then Liaodong soldiers performed preliminary processing. Then, the wild god would use flames to roast the wood to remove excess moisture and ensure that the internal structure of the wood would not be damaged.

In addition, there are demons who go looking for materials suitable for building the bow and dragon head of the ship, and return with a full load.

Since every piece of material is inspected by demons, there is no need to measure the size, and it is absolutely accurate.

This is a miracle that is impossible for fishermen and governments to achieve. Whether it is construction speed, precision, durability, or grandeur, it is unparalleled.

Who else besides Lu Li has such a luxurious lineup?

There are not only Liaodong cavalry, but also a large number of demons who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years.

They live a long time, have strong fighting power, and strong vitality are just the basic benefits brought by this. In terms of knowledge, their knowledge will also become far beyond ordinary people.

It is rare for a craftsman to live for seventy years, but from the perspective of monsters, this is just a long nap.

Because of this, demons will have more or less contact with techniques created by humans during their long lives, and this "few" spans years.

on the hill.

Looking at the giant turtle ship with its roughly completed skeleton below, Lu Li breathed a long sigh of relief and murmured, "It's so comfortable to live like this without having to worry about anything."

"Um."

The black-maned horse nodded in agreement.

This guy turned into a humanoid form, lying side by side on the grass with his owner, holding a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, shaking his two hind hooves that turned into legs, and said in a leisurely tone:

"The Bull Demon is really stubborn. He worked so hard to defend the city. One of his horns was cut off. All the credit and hard work are taken away. After a rest, who will gossip?"

As he said that, his eyes were piercing towards Lu Li, obviously there was something behind his words.

Lu Li also understood the hint and said helplessly:

"When you return, the rewards that should be given to you will not be less at all."

Lu Li had seen the achievements of the black-maned horse and the bull demon, and naturally he would not ignore them.

In fact, the relationship between them is not that of master and servant, but more like that of brothers, father and son.
To be continued...