Capital Datang

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A few days later, a navy of [-] main warships left Xijing Port, followed closely by the navy escorting Irina by Ofron, but Irina was not on Ofron's ship, but Together with Li Ke, sitting on the main naval battleship in front.

Li Ke and Irina at the stern cuddled tightly together, watching Xijing slowly disappear under the sea level, a silent warmth slowly passed between the two.

"Saburo, thank you for being willing to accompany me to Rome!" Irina said softly.When Li Ke proposed to go to Rome with her before, Irina did not agree at first, because she knew the possible consequences of Li Ke leaving Wu, but after Li Ke repeatedly assured that she would leave Wu for a period of time, she would not agree to it. Only when there was no problem did Irina agree.

"No, Irina, I should be the one to say thank you. In fact, you don't have to go back to Rome, just stay by my side and live that simple and happy life." Li Ke also said tenderly. For Irina, Li Ke did have true feelings, especially after the two hadn't seen each other for three years, Irina's feelings for him have not changed at all, which is what moved Li Ke the most.Capital Datang 707

Feeling the affection in Li Ke's words, Irina showed a sweet smile, and a gust of sea breeze blew, bringing a little bit of coolness, which made Irina shrink back into Li Ke's warm embrace .But then Irina frowned, and suddenly left Li Ke's arms, covered her mouth and ran to the ship's side and retched a few times, but she didn't spit out anything.

Seeing Irina's appearance, Li Ke hurried up to support her shoulder, and then asked with concern: "What's the matter, are you seasick?"

"I don't know, maybe it's seasick?" Irina also asked with some doubts.She also took a boat when she came here before, but she never got seasick, and she didn't know what happened just now.Sudden nausea, is it because of the problem of riding such a huge warship for the first time?But it doesn't seem right, this kind of warship is more balanced than her ten-oared warship, it should be less prone to seasickness when riding on it, right?

Although seasickness is a trivial matter, Li Ke was still a little worried about Irina's body, so he immediately called the imperial doctor on board and asked him to treat Irina. After taking the pulse, Na reported to Li Ke with surprise on her face: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty, Queen Irina is pregnant!"

"I'm pregnant!" Li Ke couldn't believe it.You must know that Irina was married to Constans II for several years before and did not get pregnant, and the time she spent with Li Ke afterwards added up to more than half a year.But she was not pregnant, so Irina once thought that she was a woman who couldn't conceive, and even Li Ke thought so in her heart.

But God gave them a surprise, they had just left Xijing.Irina was pregnant, which not only surprised Li Ke, but also made Irina cry with excitement.For a long time, she thought that she was infertile, which was an extremely cruel thing for a woman.Even her decision to return to Rome this time meant to compensate Li Ke in other ways, but she never dreamed of it.She would be pregnant at this time.

"Irina, let's go back, don't worry about Rome anymore, let's go back to Wu, and then you will give birth to our child safely!" In the spacious and luxurious cabin.Irina was half lying on the bed, and Li Ke sat on the side of the bed with a concerned expression and said.Going to Rome this time is dangerous.And Irina is pregnant with a child now, so Li Ke changed his mind. He didn't want Irina, mother and son to suffer any harm.

However, Irina caressed her lower abdomen tenderly and said, "Sanlang, don't worry too much. The imperial doctor said that I was only a month pregnant, and I was still far away from giving birth. This period of time is enough for us to finish dealing with the affairs of Rome." , when the time comes, Rome and our children will be the two best gifts I can give you!"

"But……"

Li Ke was about to say something more, but Irina grabbed his generous palm and interrupted him: "Okay, my emperor, I know your worries, and now the safety of our mother and child depends on Your fleet is gone, so now is not the time for you to persuade me to go back, but to think more about how to ensure that we can return to Rome smoothly!"

Seeing Irina's persistent expression, Li Ke could only sigh helplessly. He also knew that Irina was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. As long as she believes in something, it is difficult to listen to others' advice. .

It is also for this reason that the fleet did not return because of Irina's pregnancy, but still headed towards the Black Sea Strait.And when the fleet arrived at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, they stopped in Athens for a while, and then Irina, as the Roman queen, called the local nobles to discuss matters, and they were warmly welcomed by the local nobles.

At the meeting, Irina and Li Ke delivered a joint speech, solemnly emphasizing the bad influence of Theodosius' coup d'état, and called on the local nobles to support themselves and condemn Theodosius' crimes. The support of the Athenian nobility.

Athens is one of the most important stations of the Roman navy, so most of the nobles here are closely related to the navy, and the navy was in the hands of Forres before, so most of the nobles here responded to the death of Forres and Constans II. Angry attitude, now Irina is going back to Constantinople, standing on their side, they are naturally willing to support.

It is also worth mentioning that the support of the Athenian nobles is not just verbal. Some nobles who are directly in charge of commanding the Athenian navy also proposed that they hope to lead the navy to follow Irina, so that when they return to Constantinople , Irina can also have usable soldiers in her hands.

Regarding the proposals of these Athens military nobles, after discussing with Li Ke, Irina decided to select a group of navies from the Athenian navy, but the number was not large, only twenty warships.However, the commanders on board are all important nobles in Athens. They will support Irina on behalf of the nobles in Athens and increase Irina's political chips.

After leaving Athens, the fleet headed northeast. After several days of sailing, the Black Sea Strait finally appeared in front of them.It's just that when they were about to enter the Black Sea Strait, they received a very shocking news. The old general Mertan died, and the Black Sea Fleet split into two parts!

Mertan's death was very sudden and very heroic. The reason was that he trusted a person too much, which eventually led to his own death.

There are two most powerful assistants under Mertan, one of them is his nephew Sigurd, and the other is his student Chalele. Needless to say, Sigurd is one of the best children in the Mertain family At the beginning, he was as famous as Forres, and he was also a very young naval genius, but it was rumored that there was some disagreement between the two, and the specific reason was unknown.Capital Datang 707

Chalele is also of noble origin. He liked the navy since he was a child, and later studied with Mertan. He is in his 30s this year. He is a very calm person. He is also very good at commanding the navy. Both of them are very trusted by Mertan, but It was this trust that led to Mertan's death.

The entire Black Sea Strait is divided into two parts by the Sea of ​​Marmara. The part connected to the Mediterranean Sea on the west side is under the responsibility of Chalele, and the part connected to the Black Sea on the east side is under the responsibility of Sixto. Tan himself led several fleets to guard and patrol.

The person who betrayed Mertan was his nephew Syketor. Just a month before Li Ke and the others arrived at the Black Sea Strait, Mertan led a small fleet to patrol the strait. He first inspected himself and Charlene After the strait where he was stationed, he took this small fleet to the east side of Constantinople, which was the strait where Syctor was in charge.

This kind of inspection by Mertan is mainly to check the military appearance of the navy to see if there is any violation of discipline by the navy, etc. It is equivalent to the internal inspection of the navy. Although it is very strict, it is generally not dangerous. He believes that in the entire Black Sea Strait Fleet, no one will hurt him, especially Xi Kedo and Chalele still have deep feelings for him.

But it is a pity that Mertan only guessed half right. Charlere was indeed very loyal to him, but Xiktor betrayed him. Double-teaming from the left and right sides also cut off their retreat.

Immediately afterwards, Xi Kedo personally commanded the fleet to surround Mertan, and persuaded Mertan to surrender, and also offered many conditions offered by Theodosius in an attempt to persuade Mertan in this way.

But Mertan, who is old-fashioned and even stubborn, did not give in. Especially seeing his beloved nephew betray him, this made him feel even more distressed, so he not only rejected Theodosius The conditions offered, and also scolded Xi Kedo for betraying the trust between himself and the family.

Faced with his uncle's scolding, Xi Kedo turned pale with anger, so he immediately ordered an attack.However, he had already received the order from Theodosius to capture Mertan alive, so that he could use Mertan to threaten Chalele, thereby controlling the entire Black Sea Strait in one fell swoop.

Facing ten times as many enemies, Mertan and the troops around him had no fear, and all warships resolutely carried out the order to resist to the end. Unfortunately, the gap in the number of warships was too great, so Mertan In the end, he could only watch helplessly as his warship lost or sank, and finally only his own ship was left.

Under such circumstances, Xi Kedo surrendered to Mertan again, but the stubborn Mertan would not give in, and he also knew that the other party wanted to capture him alive.Therefore, he first ordered the navy on his warship to jump into the sea to survive, but half of the navy chose to stay. Finally, Mertan broke the Greek fire fuel tank on the ship with his own hands. spared!