Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

In the 29th year of the Apocalypse, Ji Honghe had his sixtieth birthday, and the officials presented gifts to celebrate his birthday.

The same year was also the 36th birthday of Chief Assistant Zhang Shuda.

This year was also the beginning of the break between Ji Honghe and Zhang Shuda.

The ministers presented gifts to the emperor, most of which were gifts such as rare calligraphy and paintings.

However, the congratulatory gifts given to Zhang Shuda were all rare treasures, the most conspicuous of which was the congratulatory gift from Qi Yuanjing, who had just been promoted to the governor's post.

His birthday gift to Emperor Tianqi was just a couplet inscribed by his own hand.

The congratulatory gift for Zhang Shuda was a high-quality fur seal kidney that he spent a lot of money to buy. It can be said to be the most suitable gift for Zhang Shouxu.

What's even more outrageous is that he also said at the birthday banquet: "Nantang (Qi Yuanjing's self-titled) would like to have a dog for Taiyue (Zhang Shuda's self-titled)."

It was precisely because of Qi Yuanjing's behavior that he completely angered Emperor Tianqi, so in the following ten years, Emperor Tianqi gradually secretly gathered power.

All ZTE's famous generals and ministers were idle and suppressed for various reasons.

After more than ten years of hard work, the court has been cleared of useful ministers.

However, he was never able to completely suppress Zhang Shuda and Qi Yuanjing's literary and military skills.

Until two years ago, when Zhang Shuda died of illness, Qi Shaobao, even the highly respected military god of Great Xia, was unable to support himself and was eventually dismissed from office and exiled from the court.

But I didn't expect that only two years after taking back the power completely, the King of Breaking the Sea would brazenly invade.

With no one available, Ji Honghe could only invite the elderly Lin Lihui out of the mountain.

In fact, Lin Lihui had not been in the military for nearly ten years before and was already seriously out of touch with the current navy.

Otherwise, he would not have been defeated so easily.

Today's disaster can be said to have been created by Ji Honghe. It can be called a good example of smashing a good card into pieces.

Even now, Ji Honghe would not have allowed Qi Yuanjing to return to the court if he had not been forced to do so.

Five days later, during the court meeting, an elderly man wearing the uniform of a Shaobao official came to court:

"Cough, cough, cough... I, your Majesty, Qi Yuanjing, come to see you."

Is this person actually Qi Shaobao?All the officials were shocked. No one expected that Qi Yuanjing, the handsome and heroic military god, would look like this after not seeing him for only two years.

Ji Honghe couldn't help being surprised:

"We haven't seen Qi Aiqing for only two years, how could you be like this? If I remember correctly, you are only in your destiny this year, right?"

Qi Yuanjing smiled awkwardly:

"Your Majesty, I have become like this because of a recurrence of my old illness in the past two years."

Ji Honghe said immediately:

"Mr. Xuan went to the palace to diagnose and treat Qi Aiqing."

"Xuan - Tai - doctor - goes to the - palace -."

Not long after, the imperial doctor hurried to the Jinluan Hall to diagnose Qi Yuanjing's pulse. After a while, he played back:

"Your Majesty, Qi Shaobao's pulse is weak and slow, which is a sign of lack of food. Coupled with old illnesses and heart failure caused by excessive worry, as long as he has enough food and clothing and good recuperation, he can be nursed back to health in one to three years. ."

Ji Honghe raised his head and pressed:

"Today we are facing a formidable enemy and the country is in danger. It is the time when Qi Shaobao is needed to protect the country and the people. How can there be time for him to take care of the general for three years? If you think of a way, Dong'an City is in danger and Qi Shaobao must be allowed to take office as soon as possible. "

The imperial doctor looked embarrassed, thought for a while and said:

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will try my best to help Qi Shaobao within three months..."

When Ji Honghe heard that it had been three months, he immediately said angrily:

"Bastard, I told you to do it as soon as possible, but you still need three months? I only give you three days. If you can't be cured, I will kill your whole family. Retreat from the court..."

Three days later, Qi Yuanjing entered Dong'an City accompanied by three doctors from Tai Hospital.

Another day later, the broken navy surrounded Dong'an City. If Dong'an City was broken, there would be no barrier outside the capital.

……

In mid-October, Hou Yao's fleet finally arrived at the dock in Dagon Town. Myanmar's [-] garrison was completely collapsed in just two rounds of shelling.

After landing in Dagon, Hou Yao was not in a hurry to attack Baigu City, the capital of Toungoo, but carefully arranged the work of the four hundred scholars he brought.

Teach them step by step various administrative tasks in Dagon.

The biggest difficulty in this battle is not how to defeat Taungoo, but how to maintain long-term peace and stability in Myanmar.

So it's time for scholars to exert their power, but now the most important thing for them is to learn how to govern.

It took more than a month to win people's hearts in Dagon, oh no, to manage people's livelihood.

Hou Yao started to attack Bai Gucheng after cultivating the abilities of Daxia scholars and feeling that someone could get started.

Mang Yingli learned that the Daxia naval forces hurriedly gave up the siege of Ayutthaya City after landing in Dagon and returned to the court.

Months of efforts came to nothing, and various tribes complained.

There was no way to save him, so he could only take his [-] pro-troops and [-] Portuguese mercenaries back to Baigu to defend the city.

Five days later, the Baoan Army had reached ten miles outside Baigu City.

Mang Yingli knew very well how terrifying the Daxia army was, so he made up his mind to hold on to the city even if his troops were superior.

He wanted to use the tactics used by Ayutthaya City to deal with him against the Daxia army.

Wait until the Daxia army runs out of food, and then look for opportunities to eliminate them.

Ten miles outside Baigu City, the Baoan Army set up camp.

In the Chinese military camp, a fierce struggle took place between the senior generals of the navy and land forces.

No, it should be said that Liu Chengfu and Zhou Tiesheng are habitually fighting each other again.

"Sir, please hand over the vanguard position of this battle to the commander-in-chief. The [-]nd Navy Brigade has not made any achievements yet..."

Liu Chengfu sneered:

"The navy only needs to sail the boats. Our army will take part in the siege. Sir, we are already ready. We will capture Baigu City before dark."

Zhou Tiesheng looked angry:

"Liu Ergou, don't go too far. I have tolerated you for a long time."

Along the way, Liu Chengfu's Army Second Brigade has finished all the battles, and the two navy brigades are just accompanying them. How can we not be angry?

The first brigade led by Yu Xiuer has the heavy responsibility of protecting Hou Yao, but its contribution is secondary.

But his second trip was not good. If he didn't make some achievements, wouldn't it just become a mere tourist trip?

I originally wanted to go back with Duoli's military exploits and earn some face, but I didn't expect that I didn't earn any face and almost lost my underwear.

Liu Chengfu said with an indifferent expression:

"If you can't bear it, then don't bear it. So what? Do you think it's still like before, when you were in the fourth grade and I was in the sixth grade? Now I'm in the fourth grade too."

Zhou Tiesheng was so angry that he almost made a move: "You..."

Yu Xiuer quickly stopped her. These two people were both her old generals:

"Shut up, you two. If you continue to argue, get out."

Hou Yao coughed lightly and said:

"Let Zhou Tiesheng leave the first battle of this siege to Zhou Tiesheng. I will attack the city early tomorrow morning and I will give you thirty artillery pieces. If you can capture it in one go, it will be your first success."

Zhou Tiesheng shouted excitedly:

"I will not obey the order."

After speaking, he glanced at Liu Chengfu bitterly, and then walked away.

Hou Yao shook his head helplessly. He could actually understand Zhou Tiesheng's current mood.

He used to be the second-ranked master in the Squid Gang. In the past two years, he had been working as a catcher in Bao'an County. He had too many trivial matters and basically had no time to practice.

The Bao'an Army trains every day and has actual combat. Many of the old brothers from the Squid Gang have made rapid progress in personal strength.

Liu Chengfu is undoubtedly the most improved, having already broken through the fourth level.

And his taste has hardly changed in the past two years, so can he not be in a hurry?

This feeling of being caught up or even surpassed by others is really uncomfortable.

A ray of morning light breaks in the east.

A nearly ten-meter high platform was erected in the Baoan Army barracks.

Hou Yao and Yu Xiuer were half lying on the high platform, each holding a telescope, eating fruits and watching the battle ahead.

On the ceiling of the high platform, Chen Junnan was also watching with a telescope. It was not that he was not looking in the direction of Bai Gucheng, but he was looking around.

Although Baigu City is the royal city of Toungu Kingdom, it is not very majestic. At most, it is the size of a medium-sized city in Daxia.

Zhou Tiesheng was actually somewhat nervous. After all, this was the first battle he had commanded.

Although it is impossible to lose if you fight with your eyes closed, and at most you cannot capture it in one battle, it is always unavoidable to feel uneasy when you go into battle for the first time.

500 meters away from the city, Zhou Tiesheng's four cadres' army was in order.

The muzzles of thirty cannons faced the Baigu City Gate.

Zhou Tiesheng gave an order: "Let go."

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

Thirty rounds of shells hit the city gate, but only ten of them hit it, but even just like that, the fragile gate of Baigu City was already crumbling.

The Dongyu army in the city was in chaos, and they hurriedly tried their best to repair the city gate.

But before they could make repairs, a second round of shelling struck.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

The already dilapidated city gate will completely collapse.

Zhou Tiesheng still did not rush to attack, but launched a third round of bombardment.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

After this round of shelling, even half of the city wall collapsed.

Zhou Tiesheng no longer hesitated: "The whole army attacks the city——."

Since the entire Bao'an Army is now equipped with Sui muskets, the fierce firepower requires no tactics at all, just advance and shoot.

Hou Yao relaxedly cracked the melon seeds and shook his head:

"Old Zhou is still inexperienced. In fact, we should attack the city after the second round of bombardment. Now there is a high probability that Mang Yingli will not be captured when we attack the city."

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiuer hurriedly said:

"Ms. sir, should I lead people to chase them immediately?"

Hou Yao pulled her back:

"What are you going to do? If I really wanted to catch him, I would have made arrangements a long time ago. I would not let Zhou Tiesheng go to the vanguard. I deliberately gave him a chance to escape."

Yu Xiuer said with a puzzled face:

"Why? Don't you want to catch him and save King Xin?"

Hou Yao pinched her face:

"It's just because we want to save King Xi that we can't arrest him."

"Didn't you tell the princess before that you wanted to capture King Toungoo in exchange for King Yin?"

Hou Yao thought about it doubtfully for a long time and remembered when he had said this to the princess, and then he was suddenly startled and said:

"Did you peek at the letter I wrote? No, when did you learn to read? Who taught you?"

Yu Xiuer suddenly felt guilty and said:

"Princess... I recognize the letter. I didn't peek at the letter. You put it on the table yourself. I... saw it when I was putting it away."

Hou Yao laughed loudly, hugged Yu Xiuer and kissed her fiercely:

"It doesn't matter if I just read it. My Xiu'er can read. It's great, it's great..., hahaha."

"Ms. sir, am I worthy of making you so happy that I can read?"

"Of course, if you can read, I can hand over all the family's property to you. The so-called housekeeper means that a mother-in-law should manage the house."

"Ms. sir, I'm afraid I can't manage it well."

"It's okay, learn slowly, let's go, Mang Yingli has escaped, let's prepare to enter the city..."