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

When the gunshots rang out, the soldiers of the artillery regiment were already eager to show their strength.

This was their first battle on Dongzhou Island! They hadn't set out yet when they attacked Kaohsiung Port last time.

When capturing the Dutch strongholds along the way, their infantry regiments had their own infantry artillery and did not need the artillery regiment's 175mm heavy artillery.

But today was different. Facing the 30,000 Zheng troops, they finally had a chance to show off their skills. When the artillery commander Wang Huaiyu heard the gunshots, he shouted excitedly, "Fire, fire..."

Following his order, 60 175mm Krupp heavy artillery began to roar. Each batch of 20 heavy artillery fired at Zheng's army one minute apart.

"Boom boom boom..." The sound of cannons was deafening, as if it was going to tear the whole world apart.

At this time, Zheng's army was in chaos and was frightened by the sudden artillery fire. The 200-kilogram shells fell, and there was a dead silence within a radius of 50 meters. No one could escape the fate of death. After the first round of shelling, Zheng's army had suffered heavy casualties.

The soldiers of Zheng's army had never experienced such a fierce artillery attack. They were terrified and fled backwards desperately, trying to avoid this nightmarish disaster.

As the artillery regiment's observers reported the latest landing point parameters over the phone at any time, these shells seemed to be given life, like a group of ferocious beasts, closely chasing the fleeing Zheng soldiers.

Every shell hit the target accurately, causing huge casualties and panic to the enemy.

Liu Guogan fled towards Taichung City on horseback, his heart full of doubts and fear. He recalled the scene just now and analyzed where this army with powerful firepower came from. They were wearing Western-style shorts and long pants, without armor, and looked completely different from the traditional Qing army.

Liu Guogan carefully recalled the uniforms and equipment of these soldiers, and suddenly remembered the recent rumors about the Tiandi Army.

It was said that they used naval guns to bombard the alley entrance, using explosive bombs, and had a golden dragon on their flag.

Liu Guogan's face turned pale as he realized that he was facing the Tiandi Army.

He knew very well that the Tiandi Army had annihilated the Fujian Han Camp in Xiamen, and he had heard from the Hai Gang that the Tiandi Army had swept across the entire Japan, overthrown the Tokugawa Shogunate, and even incorporated the Goryeo Kingdom.

Faced with such a powerful army, his mere 20,000 or 30,000 troops were simply unable to compete with it.

Liu Guogan's heart was filled with despair and helplessness. He began to blame himself for not staying in Shuntian Prefecture but running to Taichung to drive out the Dutch.

Now that he is facing such a powerful opponent, if his team is wiped out, the commander without an army will be killed at any time in the internal strife of the Zheng Group.

Therefore, they must maintain their strength in order to survive. Thinking of this, Liu Guogan ordered the messenger beside him to retreat and regroup in Changhua City.

At this time, Liu Guogan knew nothing about Zheng Jing's death and was still kept in the dark. He also didn't know that the eldest son, the regent, had died and the second son, Zheng Keshuang, was about to establish an independent country and proclaim himself emperor.

As the number one general under Zheng Jing, Liu Guogan was highly regarded and trusted by Zheng Jing.

However, because of this, Zheng Keshuang was afraid that Liu Guogan would cause trouble before he ascended the throne.

Therefore, not only did he not send anyone to inform Liu Guogan of Zheng Jing's death, but he also strengthened the vigilance on the road leading to Taichung, and mobilized 50,000 Zheng troops from the Shuntian Prefecture camp to garrison in Yunlin to prevent Liu Guogan from leading his troops back to Shuntian Prefecture in Tainan to cause trouble and affect his ascension to the throne.

In addition, Zheng Keshuang also instructed Feng Xifan to send personnel to closely monitor the every move of Liu Guogan's son Liu Zihua. If any abnormality was found, he must be executed immediately.

At this time, Liu Guogan led his troops to retreat to Taichung City and continued to flee without hesitation, rushing towards Changhua.

On the other side, Xiao You witnessed that Zheng's army fled in all directions like a herd of horses after several rounds of artillery fire, but he did not order his soldiers to pursue the defeated army.

On the contrary, he knew that Zheng's army was trapped in a jar - it could not escape, so he calmly assembled his troops and ordered them to advance towards Tainan in an orderly manner.

Besides, the life of Zhang Dafu from the Second Normal School was a bit miserable.

The Second Division has passed Yilan and entered the Hualien and Nantou areas, which are vast and sparsely populated, and most of the area is covered by virgin forests.

Despite being close to the sea, the sea breeze blows away the miasma in the forest, avoiding the occurrence of miasma poisoning incidents.

But here mosquitoes are rampant, snakes and rats are rampant, the ground is full of thorns, and from time to time you can hear the howling of tigers, leopards and wolves.

Such a harsh environment significantly slowed down the Second Division's advance.

In order to overcome these difficulties, the Engineer Corps worked hard day and night at the front, cutting through mountains and building bridges across rivers. More than 2,000 soldiers worked hard and finally opened up a simple road in the primitive jungle.

At the same time, the Northern Fleet and the Southern Fleet also successfully completed the combat missions of destroying the Dutch and Zheng’s naval warships and destroying their ports, and successfully joined forces in the waters of Taichung and Hualien respectively.

Next, they began the second phase of patrolling the island.

Shuntianfu

There are four days left until Zheng Keshuang's coronation ceremony.

At this time, Zheng Keshuang was very busy!

He first cleaned up the old subjects of the Southern Ming left on the island and gave those who identified with the Kingdom of Dongning a chance to survive.

As for those who disagreed, their heads were chopped off without mercy, the male members of their families were exiled to the army, and the female members were reduced to official slaves.

For a time, the entire Shuntian Prefecture was plunged into blood, rain, wind, and wailing.

At the same time, Zheng Keshuang personally modified the design according to the style of the dragon robe of Emperor Huangdi of the Ming Dynasty and created the first dragon robe of the Dongning Kingdom.

After Kangxi dealt with the affairs in Fujian, he was still concerned about the 36 million stolen silver coins in Prince Kang's hands.

If it weren't for the long sea journey, he would even want to go and retrieve Prince Kang himself. However, according to the time calculation, the delegation would arrive in Ryukyu in another seven days, and the return journey would be a long way off!

In the Governor-General's Mansion, Kangxi was preparing to return to the capital, while Princess Jianning was also preparing to return to the capital with Shuangshuang to serve as the Minister of Agriculture.

"Xiaobao, can you use your yacht to take us back to the capital?" Kangxi asked.

"It's a small matter. Even if it's not for the emperor, I will send Jianning and Shuangshuang back." Wei Xiaobao replied with a sly smile on his face.

Kangxi shook his head helplessly, thinking that Wei Xiaobao was really disrespectful and had never really respected the emperor. However, he also knew that Wei Xiaobao had no bad intentions towards him, so he did not care about these details.

Wei Xiaobao brought everyone to the yacht. Wei Xiaobao went to the small cabin and invited Master Jiunan, Aunt Tao and Junior Brother Bai out.

As soon as Tao Hongying got ashore, she recognized Kangxi and cried out, "Kangxi?"

"You bold witch! How can you call the emperor by his name?" Wei Zhuer shouted.