Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

"General He, our artillery dare not fire without the order from our superiors!" Fang Ji always suffered from Heermu's bullying in the past, but today he finally saw some hope and fought back without mercy.

"How dare you, a fourth-rank guerrilla. I, a third-rank general manager, am your superior. I now order you to open fire immediately and destroy the invading enemy!" Helmu roared.

"General He, although you have a high rank, according to regulations, I only obey the Governor, the Admiral and the Lieutenant General. You have no right to command me." Fang Ji answered mercilessly.

"Huh, you forgot one thing. You are Han Chinese and I am Manchu. You are a slave and I am the master. How can a slave not listen to his master?" Helmu said arrogantly.

Hearing this, Fang Ji's face turned ugly, but he still suppressed his anger and said: "General He, this is the army, not the court. There is only a difference in military ranks, not between Manchus and Han people. And you can't use your status to pressure others. We are all officials appointed by the court. We should perform our duties and cooperate with each other. If you insist on doing this, then I can only report to the higher-ups and ask them to make the decision." After that, Fang Ji turned and left.

"You are so bad, Fang Ji, how dare you commit treason? Come here, capture this traitor for me!" Helmu roared angrily.

The supervisory team members following Helmu were ready to go forward and arrest the person, but the forward command post was located in the artillery area, surrounded by Fang Ji's men.

When the supervision team was about to capture Fangji, a large group of artillery soldiers broke into the command post and surrounded Hermu and more than 20 others.

The two sides were in a stalemate.

The generals at the frontier post were extremely indignant when they heard the conversation between Hermu and Fang Ji, but no one dared to speak.

During the Qing Dynasty, especially in the early Qing Dynasty, although there were many Han officials in the court, racial discrimination was very serious. First of all, Manchus and Mongols were given priority, and minor crimes were not punished. The so-called minor crimes were relative to the serious crime of disloyalty such as rebelling against the Qing court. As the ruling class, Manchus and Mongols would not be punished even if they killed Han people.

Han people must grow their hair and wear braids, otherwise they will be beheaded. Han people are not allowed to marry Manchu or Mongolian women, but Manchu and Mongolian women can take Han women as concubines. Han people cannot be Manchu officials, but Manchu people can be Han officials.

In the eyes of the Manchus, the Han people in the early Qing Dynasty were slaves.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the front-line command post was tense, and no one dared to speak easily. The Qing soldiers and generals were filled with indignation and helplessness. They knew that their status was low and they could not compete with the Manchu nobles.

This phenomenon of racial discrimination was particularly evident in the early Qing Dynasty. In the eyes of the Manchu rulers, the Han people were just appendages with no dignity at all. This unequal system made social contradictions increasingly acute.

Hermu and his men were surrounded by artillery soldiers, and the situation was deadlocked. But faced with the pressure of reality, these Han generals had no choice but to remain silent.

"Now, I order you to return to your posts immediately and attack the invading enemy immediately!" Hermu shouted loudly. His voice was full of majesty and determination, which shocked people.

However, at this moment, a sudden noise broke the tense atmosphere. Everyone turned their heads and saw a soldier running over, shouting excitedly: "Report..."

"What are you reporting? Just say what you want to say!" Helmu interrupted the soldier impatiently.

The soldier panted and said, "The Sixth Captain sent another message. The commander of the fleet ahead is the First-Class Duke Lu Ding and the Prince Consort Wei Xiaobao. Anyone who dares to harm him will be guilty of genocide!"

Upon hearing the news, all the generals were stunned. They stared at each other with wide eyes in disbelief. Then, a noisy discussion broke out in the crowd.

"What? Lord Wei?" someone shouted in surprise.

"Why is he here?" another person asked in confusion.

"Could it be that the imperial court sent him to inspect our defense?" someone else speculated.

"Impossible, if that were the case, we would have been notified long ago," another person retorted.

Everyone was in a state of confusion, everyone was shocked and confused by the sudden news. Hermu's face was gloomy, he stood there without saying a word, but his heart was in turmoil and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

It turned out that the sixth captain who was guarding the flag-signal soldier saw that the port side had been slow to respond, so he simply announced that this was Lord Wei's fleet. Given Lord Wei's status in the court, he hoped that those with ulterior motives would think twice, thus playing a deterrent role.

After all, as one of the most trusted ministers around Emperor Kangxi, Wei Xiaobao's power was at its peak. If anyone dared to offend him easily, he would undoubtedly face a catastrophic disaster.

Sure enough, when the flag signalman conveyed the words "The fleet commander is Lord Wei" to Helmu's ears, Helmu almost collapsed to the ground.

Lord Wei! That's Lord Wei!

Who is Lord Wei? He is the closest minister to the current emperor. He is also the first Han Chinese in the Qing Dynasty to marry a Manchu woman, and that Manchu woman is the current emperor's sister, Princess Jianning. In addition, he is also the first-class Lu Ding Gong, second only to the prince, and is a high-ranking official in the court.

It was such a person who was once arrested and beheaded as a public display because he was found to be a traitor of the Tiandihui.

However, only two years later, the imperial court issued a report to clarify that all this was done in order to infiltrate the rebels and make Wei Xiaobao an undercover agent. Not only did Lord Wei not die, but he was rewarded and reinstated.

Heermu knew very well that if the man in front of him was really Lord Wei, then not only himself, but even his uncle, the Minister of War He Yu, would not be able to afford to offend Lord Wei, who was a man of great righteousness but also a man of revenge.

At this moment, the huge naval fleet had slowly arrived at the dock.

In order to avoid possible accidents, Wei Xiaobao decisively ordered Ling Zhao's warrior guards to stay on the ship.

The Tiandi Army's guard regiment and marines, with a strength of about 5,000 troops, led by some naval officers and soldiers, quickly occupied the docks, military camps, artillery positions and important traffic intersections of Xiamen Port without firing a single shot.

At the same time, all the generals in the forward command post, including Hermu, were tightly surrounded by a company of soldiers led by Chen Si and six other captains in the navy's forward command post.

When these naval commanders saw the soldiers of the Tiandi Army wearing steel helmets, belts around their waists, and holding strange "fire guns", a powerful and majestic aura overwhelmed them, making them dare not even think of resisting.

"Chen Si, are you trying to rebel? Who are they?" Helmu glared, pointed at the soldiers of the Tiandi Army with anger on his face, and shouted at Chen Si.