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

And now, facing the powerful Tiandi Army, they are even more unwilling to work for a regime with no future.

At this time, Zhao Jiayu felt extremely desperate. He realized that he could no longer control the situation.

His fellow soldiers are no longer willing to fight for him, and his family is in great danger.

At this critical moment, he was faced with an unprecedented choice.

Looking at the gleaming white flag in front of him, Zhao Jiayu knew that he could no longer control the situation.

He also understood that if he chose to surrender, although he could save his own life, how could he bear to watch his parents, wife and children die because of him?

After careful consideration, Zhao Jiayu realized that only by sacrificing himself could he ensure the safety of his family.

With a heavy heart, Zhao Jiayu said to the guards around him: "I am going to commit suicide to save the lives of my family. After I die, take my ashes back to Kinmen. I am from Kinmen."

Hearing this, the guards burst into tears. They could not accept such an outcome.

However, Zhao Jiayu had made up his mind. Without any hesitation, he took out a pistol from his arms, pointed it at his forehead, and pulled the trigger.

With a dull gunshot, Zhao Jiayu's body slowly fell down, and blood dyed the ground red.

He interpreted loyalty and responsibility with his life and became an admirable hero.

Although his story is full of tragedy, his spirit of being willing to sacrifice himself to protect his family will always be engraved in people's hearts.

Zhang Xiaolong looked at the white flags fluttering in the inner harbor and a knowing smile appeared on his face.

He knew that this meant they had won the first battle, and now it was time to clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils.

So he immediately issued an order: "Notify the marines on each ship to get ready and go ashore in landing craft to collect prisoners!"

As the order was given, landing craft quickly sailed towards the shore, and the Marines, armed with weapons, went ashore in an orderly manner.

They divided into small groups and began searching for and sheltering surrendering enemy soldiers.

The captives looked terrified and confused, but faced with the powerful Eastern Fleet, they had no choice but to surrender.

At this point, the Eastern Fleet's first battle was finally declared over, and they successfully captured the Penghu Islands.

This battle was a great victory. A total of 237 warships of various sizes of Zheng's army were annihilated, more than 90 artillery batteries were destroyed, more than 3,000 enemy soldiers were killed, more than 8,000 were captured, and more than 200 auxiliary ships and fishing boats of various types were seized.

Zhang Xiaolong has his own plans for these prisoners.

He believed that there were many experienced sailors and gunners among these prisoners, who were exactly the talents that the Tiandi Army urgently needed.

Therefore, he decided to bring these captives back to Jinxia and have them join the Tiandi Army.

In this way, not only can the strength of the Tiandi Army be enriched, but also time and resources for training new recruits can be saved.

So, Zhang Xiaolong sent a transport ship to the Penghu Islands to transport the prisoners back to Jinxia.

These captives will become the new force of the Heaven and Earth Army and contribute to future battles.

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And at this moment, let us go back to five in the morning.

On the Haicang Peninsula across from Xiamen Island, there is a bustling and bustling scene.

Tens of thousands of civilian workers were urgently called together, and they were supervised by the governor's soldiers to build a pontoon bridge.

Yao Qisheng stood on the shore, holding a telescope tightly in his hand, observing Jinxia Island one kilometer away from a distance.

The island was quiet, with no soldiers to be seen. Only a solitary red lantern was hanging on the abandoned ferry.

This was the secret code he and Xiaoqian had agreed upon in advance. Seeing this scene, Yao Qisheng couldn't help but smile knowingly, and then hurriedly sent people to speed up the construction of the pontoon bridge.

Immediately afterwards, Yao Qisheng led hundreds of soldiers into the military camp stationed on the Haicang Peninsula.

It was just dawn at this moment, and the soldiers in the barracks had not yet gotten up. The whole camp seemed quiet and peaceful.

Yao Qisheng walked straight to the big drum in front of the main tent, only to see the soldier guarding the drum lying under the drum and snoring.

Without saying a word, Yao Qisheng picked up the big drum on the drum stand and rhythmically beat the assembly order with three long and three short beats.

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

As the exciting drum beats sounded, the entire military camp instantly became boiling, and each camp quickly moved and gathered together.

The soldiers moved upon hearing the sound, quickly organized their equipment and prepared to go into battle.

General Bakhtu came to the main tent with a confused look on his face, and saw that the person beating the drum was Yao Qisheng. Although this man was a favorite of Prince Kang, he and himself were both first-rank officials.

Bakhtu asked unhappily, "Governor Yao, why are you going crazy in my military camp so early in the morning instead of going crazy in your governor's mansion?"

"Don't blame me, General. The military situation is urgent, so I have to resort to this last resort." Yao Qisheng said.

Bakhtu was unhappy when he heard this, and frowned and said, "Master Yao, I think you are deliberately making things difficult for me. The military situation is urgent, so why don't I see any enemies?"

After hearing this, Yao Qisheng did not answer directly, but took out a military token from his hand. This was the token the emperor asked him to give to him after Prince Kang left. It meant that he could mobilize the Jinxia army to quell the rebellion.

Yao Qisheng said with a serious face: "Bakhtu, the general who suppressed the rebellion in Jinxia, ​​will lead more than 70,000 troops of his army to follow the orders of Yao Qisheng, the governor of Fujian, and attack Jinxia today to annihilate the rebels."

Bakhtu's eyes widened, unable to believe what he heard.

He wondered what this old fox wanted to do? Was he really going to let them die? But facing the military order in Yao Qisheng's hand, he had to obey the order.

So he took the military token from Yao Qisheng, checked it carefully to make sure it was correct, and handed it back to Yao Qisheng, saying very reluctantly: "I will obey your order!"

In fact, Bakhtu knew very well that the rebels on the other side of the strait were not so easy to deal with.

Those rebels not only have advanced weapons, but also have very strong combat capabilities.

Prince Kang had warned him more than once that he must control his subordinates and never have unnecessary conflicts with the other side.

Even if the other party comes to buy vegetables or transport food or something, we should turn a blind eye and let it go. We must never use knives or guns rashly.

But now, Yao Qisheng actually plans to take the initiative to attack the rebels on the other side. Isn't this courting death?

As soon as Prince Kang left, Yao Qisheng's style of behavior took a 180-degree turn. If Emperor Kangxi knew about this, he would definitely regret why he handed the military command to Yao Qisheng, an opportunist.

Bakhtu thought about it and asked doubtfully, "Governor Yao, whose idea was it to attack Jinxia this time?"

Yao Qisheng smiled mysteriously and pointed his finger to the sky.

Originally, Yao Qisheng wanted to express the will of heaven, but Bakhtu mistakenly thought it was the emperor's intention and quickly responded: "I will obey the order of the governor. Please give the order!"