Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

Two years ago, Manila Mayor Juan Bautista Roman wrote to Philip II requesting full commercial ties with Bactria.

He stated in his memorial that if commercial relations with Daxia could not be established peacefully, he would use force to forcibly establish them.

However, Governor Longquillo told Philip II that the current military strength of the Philippines was not enough to invade China.

Conquering China, as others have mentioned before, would have required sending a large elite force from New Spain.

At that time, Longquillo ordered Alonso Sanchez to return to Macau to find out the morale of the Daxia army in order to decide whether to implement a permanent military occupation .

Friar Alonso Sanchez arrived in Guangzhou and after some investigation, he believed that only two hundred Spanish elites were needed to capture Guangzhou.

But if you want to capture the whole of Daxia, you will rarely need [-] Spanish elites.

Last year, Governor Diego Ronquillo wrote another letter to Philip II after a round of deliberations.

The six-man Japanese army claimed to have received the support of the Japanese daimyo Konishi Governor. Spain only needed eight more elite troops to conquer the entire Daxia.

At this time, the Catholic Church's "Xia Kingdom Great Cause " Committee held a meeting in Mara .

The committee discussed whether the "invasion of Bactria" could be defined as a "just war."

Bishop Salazar of Manila proposed what he called a "legitimate missionary process" and presented the plan to Popes Gregory XIII and Philip II.

Salazar believes that while this is a fair fight , now is not the time to make an announcement.

Until the beginning of this year, Francisco Cabral, a Portuguese Jesuit missionary , wrote a letter to Philip II from Macau .

Mentioning that China is a unified empire, it is easy to conquer here , just as they conquered Mexico with 600 people and the Inca Empire with 200 people.

Spanish soldiers would arrest the Bactrian emperor in Beijing, just as they had arrested Montezuma and Atahualpa.

This memorial changed Bishop Salazar's view on the invasion of Bactria.

At this point, the two leading figures in Manila had reached a consensus on the invasion of Bactria, which coincided with the news that King Breaking the Sea had defeated the Bactria Navy back to Manila.

Diego Longquillo felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture Daxia, so he went out with all his troops.

In fact, even if he had not met Lu Haikui, Diego Longquillo would have attacked somewhere along the coast of Daxia alone, but this location would definitely not be Guangzhou.

It was against this background that Ravi Zaris also secretly gave the memorial to Philip II.

It is said that as long as five troops are needed, Daxia Kingdom can be wiped out.

But he never imagined that Guangzhou City, which was rumored to be defeated by 200 people, could withstand an attack by tens of thousands of people.

What's even more tragic is that he brought a group of Spanish elites, two groups of Japanese troops and seven groups of Luzon soldiers, but he was defeated by five groups of Bao'an troops.

This is really unreasonable. How has Spain ever suffered such a major failure since it became powerful?

So now he was not only worried that his failure would lead to a military court, but he was also worried about what would happen if the Spanish emperor really listened to him and sent out five troops.

In short, he now feels that he is a joke, a complete joke who has been fooled.

But what he didn't know was that there was no need to worry about these things at all. Another big trouble was quietly approaching...

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Liu Chengfu led the two men who set off the boat all the way south along the river bank. It was not until the sky was getting dark that he slowed down when he was sure that there were no pursuers behind him.

Before leaving, he repeatedly confirmed that there was no ship on the pier, so his walking pace was extremely relaxed now.

After a night of fighting, everyone was very tired, so the formation was relatively loose.

According to the rules of the Baoan Army, this is absolutely not allowed.

He didn't intend to restrain everyone. This mission was completed very successfully. Everyone worked hard and made great achievements. After returning home, they had an explanation anyway.

And it is very safe now, so there is no need to maintain such strict requirements.

After all, he was converted from a pirate into an army. Although he could meticulously complete various requirements and regulations during daily training, the free and loose habits in his heart could not be easily changed.

At this time, Liu Chengfu was happily thinking that he had made great contributions this time. After returning, he wondered if he would have a chance to overtake Zhu Liang'ao and win the position of division commander first.

The highest rank in the Bao'an Army is brigade commander. The first to be promoted to brigade commander is Zhu Liang'ao, followed by Lei Xingguang, who is the last to be promoted among the three commanders.

He has always been worried about this. Speaking of it, he was the first person to come into contact with Hou Yao, and he also watched with his own eyes how he built the Baoan Army step by step.

Unfortunately, in the subsequent military exercises, his skills were inferior and he was suppressed by Zhu Liang'ao.

Although Lei Xingguang defeated him in the end, he felt that it was just his carelessness and he could win back if he was more serious next time.

Only Zhu Liang'ao made him feel deeply frustrated.

He was quite happy to be assigned such an important task as hijacking a ship this time. Of course, there was some luck involved in being able to complete it so smoothly.

But as Hou Yao often said, luck is also a part of strength. Who can become a famous general who is not a combination of strength and luck?

The only thing he is worried about now is how great a contribution Zhu Liang'ao will make, whether it will be greater than his contribution to hijacking the ship.

If this is the case, then the rank of division commander may not be worthy of him.

Division Commander is a newly unlocked military rank by Master Hou. It has not been officially appointed so far , but the candidate is nothing more than one of the three of them.

Before the expedition, Hou Yao had already said that promotion to division commander required military merit. Only those who had obtained enough military merit in this war would be eligible to be promoted to division commander.

The difference from the past is that division commanders are no longer selected through competition, but are directly appointed by Hou Yao after passing the exam.

That's why Liu Chengfu was so concerned about accumulating military exploits this time. Fortunately, the mission was completed very successfully, and his side suffered almost no losses.

Such a record can be called perfect. As long as he makes some more contributions in the subsequent wars, won't the position of the division commander be secure?

When their sex with him reached its climax, the spy from the front came back and reported:

"Report to the brigade commander, we found a group of barbarians sitting by the river to rest. What should we do?"

How come there are barbarians in this place?Or a group?Could it be that…….

Liu Chengfu was suddenly shocked.

"The whole army stops moving forward, come on, take me to see it quickly."

Follow the spies into the reeds and move forward carefully and slowly. When you reach the edge of the reeds, you carefully poke out half of your head to take a look .

Sure enough, I saw a group of tired-looking Yi people sitting on the river in front, lying on the shore to rest.

Judging from their clothes, they looked like they were defeated.

Liu Chengfu felt a mouthful of old blood stuck in his chest.

At this time, there is no need to think about it. No one except the Baoan Army can defeat a barbarian army.

Dang Ji ordered to the spies beside him:

"I'll stay here. You go back and inform the people behind you to speed up and don't let this group of people get away."

"Follow the order."

Rave Zaris never dreamed that a group of Baoan troops would appear from the west.

Isn't there an army of [-] people over there besieging Guangzhou City?How could the Baoan Army come from the front?

Looking at the army that suddenly emerged from the reed field, he could only cry without tears.

Liu Chengfu captured everyone, but he couldn't get out any useful information .

For no other reason than the interpreter failed to escape with him.

In the end, Liu Chengfu could only take all these people away.

……

Because the results of last night's battle were so brilliant, more than five thousand people were taken prisoner alone.

With such a large team of prisoners, the vanguard army simply could not continue fighting.

Zhu Liang'ao could only leave Jingan people to guard the prisoners in place, and he took the remaining four people to Guangzhou for rescue.

When Liu Chengfu led the team to the foot of Longtou Mountain, Zhu Liang'ao had already headed to Guangzhou City to provide support.

The two of them missed each other perfectly. After learning the story of last night's battle from the soldiers guarding the prisoners, he almost cried without tears.

Although he completed the mission perfectly this time, compared with Zhu Liang'ao's record, it seemed a bit inadequate.

As for who is better, it depends on what Hou Yao, the person in charge, thinks.

In the camp, Liu Chengfu found the Spanish interpreter and found out the identity of Ravi Zaris, and he almost jumped with excitement.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Liang'ao worked hard all night, but in the end, he took the biggest credit. This is really, who can you argue with?

Liu Chengfu could now rest assured and wait for the arrival of Hou Yao's army in the camp. After working hard all night, he could finally have a good rest.

Evening

Hou Yao and Ji Wenjun led the main force to the foot of Longtou Mountain.

Originally, the distance from the forward troops should only be half a day's journey, but due to the heavy rain last night, the roads in Dongguan County were muddy and difficult to travel.

Especially the heavy baggage trains caused them to delay a lot of time. It was not until dark that they arrived at the Longtoushan camp.

After settling in for a while, Hou Yao and Ji Wenjun listened to Liu Chengfu's report on the results of the mission.

"Young Master, our army has successfully completed this mission. General Guarantee, the enemy has no more warships, no, no ships at all."

Hou Yao nodded slightly:

"Well, good job, Ergou . I didn't expect you to have grown to this point in just two years. Work hard and try to catch up on your cultural classes . You will definitely become the mainstay of our army."

Liu Chengfu was so excited that he almost shed tears . The name Ergou had not been called by Hou Yao for a long time.

"The last will obey."

Now no one dares to call him Liu Ergou anymore. Even those brothers and friends who returned to Haixing Island don't dare to call him that anymore.

Everyone who met him was respectful and polite, for fear of offending him accidentally. As the saying goes, it's always cold at high places.

Hou Yao suddenly called this name now, but it had a different meaning. He was reminding Liu Chengfu that he had not forgotten their previous friendship, and he was also reminding him of what he was lacking now.

Liu Chengfu naturally understood what Hou Yao meant, so he was so excited that he couldn't contain himself.

"By the way, I heard that you captured a commander of the Broken Navy? Go and bring him over."

"The general will obey your orders.".