The Visigoths occupied Dinggis for hundreds of years. When the Vandals and Alans were still there, the Visigoths could not invade North Africa because of their obstacles. Later, the Vandals and Alans were destroyed by Eastern Rome, and most parts of North Africa were also occupied by the Eastern Roman Empire. The Visigoths did not dare to go south and could only guard Dinggis honestly.

Now the Eastern Roman Empire is gradually losing its rule over North Africa, and Dashi has not taken care of the areas west of Egypt for the time being, which has caused many forces to be ready to move. Among them, the Alan and Vandals who have been defeated by the Eastern Roman Empire, their remnants are rekindled in the areas west of Egypt. Among the thirteen forces around Dinggis, the forces under the banner of the Alan and Vandals account for more than half.

After Li Ke bombarded the Visigoth port last time, the name of Zeus's scepter spread throughout the Mediterranean coast. Therefore, in negotiations with these forces around Dinggis, most of the forces did not dare to try Zeus's anger easily. Therefore, after seeing the envoy sent by Li Ke, most of them expressed their kindness to Li Ke, and there were even several forces in difficult situations and expressed their intention to surrender.

However, among these forces expressing goodwill, they do not include those under the banner of the Adou people and the Vandal people. Although there are many conflicts between these forces, they all take it as their responsibility to restore their former glory. Therefore, they only feel threats for the arrival of Li Ke, and they have no good expressions towards Li Ke's envoys, and even very few of them have quite hostility.

Originally, Li Ke did not want to waste time in North Africa, and did not take those small forces seriously. As long as the other party did not really send troops to attack Dingjis, he did not intend to provoke him. But later Cen Changqian suggested to Li Ke that Dingjis's geographical location was very important. If he could conquer the surrounding forces, he could better ensure the safety of Dingjis. What's more, the Great Cannibal occupied Egypt and would likely develop westward in the future. After conquering these forces, he would also have a buffer against the Great Shi in the future.

After considering Cen Changqian's suggestion, Li Ke finally decided to adopt it. Moreover, if he wanted to gain a foothold in the Mediterranean, he was still a little weak in his previous name. He had to use thunder to shock the surrounding forces.

So a few days later, Li Ke invited the thirteen leaders of the surrounding forces to the banquet in his own name. Speaking of which, Li Ke had just arrived in Dingjis and had no great intersection with the surrounding forces. Now he was suddenly entertaining others like this, which was really a bit rash, but Li Ke did so.

For Li Ke's invitation, those leaders who were in a difficult situation and had the desire to surrender were naturally unsuccessful. Other small forces that were in awe of Li Ke decided to participate after much consideration. However, the remnants of the Alan and the Vandals did not participate.

As a result, at the banquet that day, all the invited people were present. However, except for those who were willing to attend, the others were either tied with ropes or had only one head.

It turned out that just before the banquet began, the 50,000 troops in Li Ke's hands were divided into several routes. In the shortest time, all the forces that did not attend the banquet were wiped out. It seemed shocking, but in fact it was very simple. After all, the 50,000 troops in Li Ke's hands were all firearms troops, and this battle also fired the first shot of Li Ke entering the Mediterranean.

In the end, Li Ke was chatting and laughing in the face of this bloody scene, and even persuaded him to drink in person. The leaders of the forces who came were all frightened and became even more awe of Li Ke. Several of the leaders who had originally wanted to surrendered to him expressed their surrender on the spot and expressed their willingness to move the people under his rule to Dingjis and obey Li Ke's rule. Li Ke, who was short of people, naturally accepted the refuge of these people.

Through this operation, Li Ke eliminated all the potential threats south of Dinggis, and also shocked North African forces farther away, making them afraid to have any thoughts about Dinggis. Next, Li Ke spent nearly a month to initially build Dinggis into a rear base, during which the navy also wiped out a Visigoth-invading navy.

On a sunny morning, Li Ke ordered his 50,000 troops. In addition to leaving a thousand men as guards of Dingis, all other troops crossed the Strait of Gibraltar by boat and began to formally invade the Iberian Peninsula.

More than a month was enough for the Visigothic Kingdom to react. They had mobilized large troops in China and gathered on the opposite side of Dingis, which was in later Gibraltar, to prepare to attack them head-on when Li Ke and his friends landed. In addition, these Visigothic troops did not dare to get too close to the coast. After all, they were not stupid. If they knew that it would be too close to the coast, it would probably attract the bombardment of Li Ke's navy.

The Visigoth Kingdom assembled more than 100,000 troops this time, and almost all the troops in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula were assembled. In addition, in the northern part of the center of their rule, there was a larger army gathering, because they had learned from the Romans and the Cannibals that the Tang Dynasty was a powerful country and how powerful the army was, so they had no confidence to defeat Li Ke in one fell swoop.

The Visigoth army did not dare to approach the coast, which allowed Li Ke's 50,000 troops to land calmly, and then arranged a three-stage military formation, and more than a dozen troops moved forward alternately in arc shapes.

The Visigoths were a Germanic group, and their fighting style was known for their violent fighting style. However, they fought with the Western Roman Empire for many years and later occupied the Iberian Peninsula. Both political and military, they were deeply influenced by Rome. For example, the Visigoth army that Li Ke saw now was arranged in a tight formation similar to the Roman phalanx. Moreover, the front rows of soldiers also carried javelins for throwing on their backs, but there were very few bows and arrows for long-range attacks.

Seeing the Visigoths' military formation, Wang Fangyi, who replaced Li Ke to command the army, sneered. These Visigoths were still in the era of cold weapons and had no idea what firearms were. When they faced their own muskets in a formation, they were simply crowded to death.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~Boom~" After the two armies confronted each other, artillery still opened the way. The hot projectiles made a shrill roar, rushing into the Visigoths with huge kinetic energy. Moreover, because the ground was relatively hard, the projectile would bounce several times after it landed on the ground. As a result, it brought a flesh-and-blood trench, and countless soldiers were killed and injured and howled.

Although the Visigoths experienced the lesson of being bombarded by Li Ke last time, most of the army mobilized this time saw the power of artillery for the first time, so in the first round of artillery, these soldiers were beaten to death. Although they had been told before that the other party had a very powerful weapon, the power of the firearms had exceeded their cognition range, and most people even had an irresistible thought.

When thermal weapons are used against cold weapons, and the muskets and artillery are complete, even if the Visigoths have twice the number of troops, this form of war is destined to be one-sided at the beginning.

There were actually not many soldiers who died under artillery, but the killing scene was extremely bloody, which made the Visigoth soldiers feel brave, and some of them were even scared to turn around and run away. Then Wang Fangyi directed the musketeers to advance, and rows of muskets were fired one after another, which made the closely arranged Visigoth army unable to escape. The soldiers fell down one after another like cut wheat.

Speaking of these Visigoth strokes, most of them were the ancestors of later Spanish people. I believe that in later generations, the Spanish slaughtered Indians with muskets should be similar to the current Li Ke's army slaughtered them with muskets. However, these Visigoth troops were much stronger than the Indians, at least they were holding metal weapons instead of stones that had opened their fronts.

Unfortunately, both metal and stone are the same in front of sharp muskets. This advanced weapon that converts chemical energy into kinetic energy is not something human power can resist. Even if the armor they wear can withstand the shooting of bows and arrows, it cannot stop the small projectile.

It is precisely because of the huge gap in weapons that the Visigoth army collapsed completely after only less than an hour of resistance. Both officers and soldiers lost their will to resist, either fleeing quickly or kneeling down on the spot to surrender. Li Ke is now in a shortage of people, so he did not let the army kill these surrendered prisoners of war, but instead prepared to reorganize them after the war. Although their combat effectiveness was not good, it was still possible to be consumables such as cannon fodder.

The next step was a simple pursuit. Unfortunately, Li Ke came across the sea and the space on the ship was limited, so he could not transport horses, which made his troops not mobile. In addition, he was not as familiar with the terrain here as the Visigoths, so the results of the battle were not very great in the final pursuit.

After the post-war statistics, Li Ke's casualties were minimal. On the other hand, the Visigoth side was shot dead on the spot, more than 4,000 people were captured and more than 30,000 were captured, and most of the others escaped. This was a pity for Li Ke. At the same time, he sent someone to urge the logistics personnel provided by Li Yan to hurry up and transport a batch of horses so that he could equip him with a cavalry.
Chapter completed!