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

Yang Jie then remembered that when the Tiandi Army withdrew, an officer gave him a letter and asked him to pass it to Yao Qisheng.

He took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Yao Qisheng, saying, "Governor, this is a letter left for you by the commander of the Tiandi Army."

Yao Qisheng took the letter with trembling hands, tore open the envelope, took out the letter inside and unfolded it...

His face instantly turned extremely ugly, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably, and he kept cursing, "Asshole, asshole, Zhou Asan and Xiao Qian have wronged me!"

When everyone heard his cursing, they were all very surprised and confused, not knowing what was going on.

Bakhtu couldn't help but ask, "Governor, what exactly did the letter say that made you so angry?"

Yao Qisheng lowered his head and remained silent. After a long while, he raised his head and handed the letter in his hand to Bakhtu.

Bakhtu hurriedly took the letter and couldn't wait to open it. When he saw the contents of the letter, he was stunned, his mouth opened wide, and he couldn't utter a word.

It turned out that the letter actually read:

"Yao Qisheng: If you want Xiamen Island, I'll give it to you. You and your 70,000 troops have been imprisoned on Xiamen Island. The barracks have been cleaned up. Just stay in the barracks and don't cause any trouble.

As long as no one escapes, we will send ships to deliver food to you at the rate of three taels of grain per person every day. You can eat some porridge to hang on to your life and wait for your master the emperor to come and redeem you with money.

Your Governor's Office, the Tiandi Army, will take over, and the people of Fujian will also help you manage it. You should just rest well on Xiamen Island.

Tiandi Army Fujian Front Command."

"Report!" A scout ran into the barracks and said anxiously, "General, the floating bridge on Huoshao Island was dismantled by the Tiandi Army in small boats. Xiamen Island is surrounded by small boats without sails and autonomous boats. The enemy has besieged our army on Xiamen Island."

Yao Qisheng was horrified, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses and ask, "General, are the red cannons and cascading cannons given by the Firearms Battalion in the army?"

Bakhtu nodded and said, "Yes, but these guys are good at dealing with mountain bandits and remnants of the Ming Dynasty, but forget about dealing with the Tiandi Army!" He kept in mind Prince Kang's teachings: "Don't provoke the Tiandi Army easily!"

"Why, as a general, are you still afraid of fighting?" Yao Qisheng said with a sarcastic look on his face.

Bakhtu quickly explained: "Well, it's not that I'm afraid of fighting, it's Prince Kang who told us not to provoke the Tiandi Army easily."

Yao Qisheng retorted disapprovingly: "When Your Highness said this, the war had not yet started. Now that the war has started, there is no point in provoking him. If you don't beat him, he will come to eat you sooner or later." He tried to scare Bakhtu with words.

Bakhtu frowned and thought about it. He felt that what Yao Qisheng said seemed to make some sense, but he always felt that something was wrong.

Just as he was about to think carefully, he saw Yao Qisheng took out the military token again and said to him in a serious tone: "Bakhtu, immediately order the red cannon and the chain cannon to set up an artillery array at the Huoshao Island ferry. I will lead the soldiers to swim across the river and recapture Huoshao Island. This is a military order!"

Bakhtu sighed helplessly, turned around and began to arrange the artillery formation, and carefully selected those Han camp soldiers who were good at swimming.

It didn't take long before the manpower and artillery camp were ready.

Bakhtu appointed a lieutenant named Wang to be in charge of the operation, and then returned to the camp to rest.

Yao Qisheng noticed that Bakhtu had not mobilized all his troops, and he muttered to himself, realizing that he had not made such a request before.

However, in order to ease the tension between the two, Yao Qisheng decided to remain silent and follow behind Brigadier General Wang's team with his subordinates to observe the battle situation.

When they were 500 meters from the ferry, the artillery battalion began to build artillery positions, and the soldiers of the Tiandi Army patrolling the sea in landing craft shouted with loud speakers: "Qing troops on the opposite side, we order you to give up resistance, otherwise we will resolutely eliminate all acts of resistance."

When Admiral Wang heard the news, his heart tightened.

He was well aware of the enemy's strength and danger, but remembering the general's order, he gritted his teeth and resolutely shouted to the soldiers: "Don't listen to their nonsense, and continue to work hard to build artillery positions."

However, the Tiandi Army saw that the Qing Army did not take the advice seriously.

So, a landing craft opened fire first as a warning, and bullets whizzed through the sky and passed over the heads of the soldiers in the Qing army's artillery positions.

The sudden gunshots frightened the soldiers so much that they all fell to the ground, not daring to move.

These soldiers were not from Fujian, but were mobilized from Han army camps in Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Guangdong.

They had been in the Canghai Peninsula for some time and had long heard of the horrific incident in which 3,000 Eight Banners cavalry from Fujian were annihilated by the Tiandi Army in less than a quarter of an hour.

At this moment, the soldiers thought to themselves: Are these officials crazy? Instead of attacking us, they want us to come to their doorstep and be beaten!

They only have one life, and they will never easily stand up to build an artillery position again, because it means they may lose their lives.

When Brigadier General Wang heard the gunshot, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He fell to the ground and lay there, not daring to move.

As the sudden gunshot rang out, the nearby landing craft began to gather here one after another.

Before long, the number of these landing craft exceeded thirty.

At the same time, Yao Qisheng in the rear saw the situation in front and discovered that all the soldiers in the artillery battalion had fallen to the ground, even the lieutenant general was no exception, and they were all afraid to fight.

He was so angry that he shouted to the supervisor beside him: "You guys, whip them with whips and tell these cowards to fire quickly!"

Faced with the Governor's powerful authority, the soldiers were somewhat reluctant but still had to carry out the orders.

They crouched down and walked cautiously towards the artillery camp. When they arrived in front of the artillery camp, they found that the enemy did not open fire, so they relaxed a little and became a little bolder.

So they raised their whips and lashed the soldiers lying on the ground, shouting, "Get up! Get up and fire! You damn cowards!"

"Bang, bang, bang..." The supervisory team members on several landing craft saw several people on the shore who were suspected to be supervisory team members. They were waving whips, trying to force the soldiers to stand up and fight.

So, the heavy machine gunner on the landing craft took aim at the target, and after a few bursts of fire, those people fell to the ground instantly, with blood splattering everywhere.

Seeing this, the soldiers lying on the ground trembled even more violently. Their hearts were filled with fear and they dared not stand up anymore.