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

Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er were lying on the beach, looking at the endless sea. Wei Xiaobao said, "Now we own a city. It would be great if we could bring my mother and the other six wives over!"

"Like Tongchi Island?" Shuang'er asked.

"No, Tongchi Island is a cage. Here, the sky is high and the birds can fly freely, and the sea is wide and the fish can jump freely!" Wei Xiaobao was still quibbling over words...

At this time, three black lines appeared on the coastline, and soon three large ships appeared.

Shuang Er pointed to the sea and said to Wei Xiaobao: "Look, my lord, there are three big ships."

Wei Xiaobao looked in the direction of Shuang'er's finger and saw three lucky ships.

The Fu ship is also called the "big Fu ship". The Fu ship is a famous large pointed-bottom sea ship in ancient China. It is more common in Fujian and Zhejiang areas of China.

The Fuzhou ships were once famous in Southeast Asia and the distant seas. It is said that the main ship of Zheng He's fleet sailing to the West, the "treasure ship", was of the Fuzhou type.

The hull of the Fuzhou ship is tall, with a pointed bow, a wide stern, and both ends upturned. The bow has a shock device, and the sides of the ship are equipped with guard plates, which are easy to operate and safe. The draft of the Fuzhou ship is about 4 meters, which is an excellent deep-sea merchant ship and warship.

Qi Jiguang, a general in the Ming Dynasty, once praised the Fuzhou ships for "riding the wind like a car crushing a mantis."

As the fleet sailed closer and closer to the coast, Wei Xiaobao saw clearly that the three Fujian ships were warships of the same size.

The warship was about 30 meters long and 10 meters wide, with an estimated carrying capacity of 200 tons and a displacement of about 500 tons. The flag of the Ryukyu Kingdom was hung on the mast.

The warship sailed directly towards the alley entrance of the west city gate.

After seeing these three warships, Wei Xiaobao realized that it might be King Shangwen of the Ryukyu Kingdom, who knew that Shuri Castle had been recaptured from the Japanese devils and came to pick the fruits.

"Is it so easy to reap the fruits of my victory, Wei Xiaobao?"

Wei Xiaobao took Shuang'er's hand and said, "Let's go to the alley entrance and take a look."

When Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er arrived at the pier at the entrance of the alley, the three large ships had already docked at the berth.

Approaching the warships, Wei Xiaoshi saw that each warship was equipped with more than ten 110mm red cannons on both sides of the ship.

The maximum range of this gun is two to three thousand meters, which is suitable for naval battles.

The dock was still managed by former officials from the Ryukyu Kingdom. These officials were already standing on both sides of the dock, ready to welcome the people on the warships.

Some porters and idle people at the dock also gathered around to watch.

Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er mingled among the onlookers.

After a while, the side door of Chuanxuan opened wide, and the first to come out of the door was a group of Ryukyu soldiers.

After they came out, they jogged all the way and set up guard posts every ten meters on both sides of the dock.

Then, a man who looked like a eunuch came out from the Xuanmen.

He raised his voice and shouted loudly, "Ask the Ryukyu Kingdom's water envoy Huang Shiming to see you!"

Wei Xiaobao was very familiar with eunuchs, and based on the muscle memory of this body, he knew that it was the Ryukyu King Shangwen who came.

Immediately, an old man walked out from the team of officials who came to greet him, bowed to his left and right, and walked towards the gate of the warship to meet King Shangwen.

In the warship's ship's tower, King Shang Wen looked at the Du Shui envoy Huang Shiming who was kneeling below and said, "Do you admit your guilt?"

"I have been appointed the Water Envoy by Your Majesty, and have been ordered to manage the western pier of Shuri Castle. I have worked diligently and devoted myself to my duties. I do not know what crime I have committed. Please give me your instructions, Your Majesty."

"Humph"

Prince Shangwen said angrily, "The other day, Prime Minister Zhang led 100,000 Chinese reinforcements to capture Shuri Castle. You were a full-time ship dock keeper. How many ships would be needed for a 100,000-man army? You didn't report when the reinforcements arrived. This is your dereliction of duty."

Huang Shiming was stunned when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, where did the 100,000 reinforcements come from? This is simply a rumor!"

When King Shangwen heard that there was no such thing as 100,000 reinforcements from China, Prime Minister Zhang's doubts were dispelled.

Shang Wentian quickly asked: "What's going on?"

"Your Majesty, it was the Heavenly Revolutionary Army that recaptured Shuri Castle."

"The Heaven and Earth Revolutionary Army?" King Shangwen had never heard of such an armed force, and immediately asked, "Where are they from?"

"The Tiandi Revolutionary Army was established on the basis of Longya Village in Longmen Mountain." Huang Shiming replied.

"A bunch of bandits?" Prince Shangwen asked doubtfully, with a sinister look on his face, "How many men do they have? Can they capture Shuri Castle?"

"Your Majesty, it was this group of less than 2000 bandits who captured Shuri Castle from the north gate."

Then, Huang Shiming told King Shangwen in detail about the siege and annihilation of the Japanese pirates that day.

As soon as Huang Shiming finished speaking, General Xiao Jin, who was standing beside him, asked impatiently:

"Is the current city defense commander really my son Xiao You?"

"Yes, General Xiao. But they don't call him the Grand Commander. General Xiao You is the head of the 2000st Regiment of the Tiandi Revolutionary Army, in charge of nearly soldiers. According to our country's organization, he can be regarded as a guerrilla general."

According to the deployment of Hongwu Hall, the Tiandi Revolutionary Army now has three regiments of troops, two combat regiments and one city defense regiment.

The people in the original regiment had been baptized by war. They were all broken up and assigned to serve as the backbone of each regiment. All the cadres of the regiment were promoted one level higher in rank. The three battalion commanders all became regiment commanders, and the company commanders under them were promoted to battalion commanders of each regiment, the platoon leaders were promoted to company commanders, and the squad leaders were promoted to platoon leaders.

Yang Lin was also appointed commander of the Tiandi Revolutionary Army.

Originally, the third regiment of the city defense regiment was stationed at the city gate, but considering that the city defense regiment needed to be stationed at Shuri Castle for a long time, it was necessary for the officers and soldiers to be familiar with the situation inside and outside the city. Therefore, they were sent by Yang Lin to support Mao Shiba's rent reduction and crop replacement working group, so the first regiment took over the city defense.

When Xiao Jin heard that his son had made great progress, he was very excited. He was originally just a city gate guard, but now he could become a guerrilla general, which is a fifth-rank general. He himself was only a third-rank general of the cavalry.

Xiao Jin was very happy at this moment. Wasn't the commander-in-chief of the Tiandi Revolutionary Army his sworn brother?

Xiao Jin immediately thought about it and said to the king, "After the defense of the city failed, my son Xiao You went to Longya Village to ask for help. My Xiao family and Duke Yang are old friends, and the village owner Yang Lin and I became sworn brothers in the early years, so there is the fact that Yang Lin led the green forest heroes of Longmen Mountain to recapture Shuri Castle."

Prince Shang Wen looked gloomy after hearing this. No wonder he failed in his efforts to suppress the bandits in his early years. It turned out that Xiao Jin was a brother to the bandits.

But when I think about the fact that Shuri Castle is now occupied by bandits, and these bandits were able to wipe out all the Japanese pirates, their fighting power must be strong.

If we can recruit them, then we won’t have to worry about the Japanese pirates anymore!

Since Xiao Jin is related to this gang of bandits, send Xiao Jin to recruit them!

Thinking of this, King Shang Wen said to Xiao Jin: "My dear Xiao, I want to recruit the Tiandi Revolutionary Army. Since you and Yang Lin are sworn brothers, I will give this task to you. Are you willing?"

"I am willing to go." Xiao Jin accepted the order.

Xiao Jin thought to himself, this time I must make a great contribution, and no one will dare to call me a "wasted general" anymore.