Chapter 777 The Doomsday in the Fire

Therefore, Qinghua Prefecture, the western capital of Annan.

After Annan became the Chief Secretary of the Ming Dynasty, the four palace walls of the Western Capital were demolished. After the buildings that exceeded the regulations were demolished, the remaining ones were reused on the spot and became the later Thanh Hoa Government Office. However,

, now Chen Tianbao and others re-entered the Qinghua Mansion, renamed it the Western Capital, and called it Qinghua Administrative Government, and the government office was re-upgraded to a royal palace.

Since the uprising, Chen Tianbao has been flying under the banner of the Annan Chen family. Therefore, after luring Rongchang Bo and Chen Zhi's army deep into an ambush to annihilate him, he followed the advice of his ministers and set his sights on Qinghua Mansion, and finally cooperated with both inside and outside.

He captured this place. This was the location of the western capital of Annan, and it was closer to the south than the eastern capital of Jiaozhou. It was also right on the seaside, which was not only beneficial to his orthodox status, but also allowed him to retreat by sea at any time.

Although there was no time to renovate the palace during the war, Chen Tianbao ordered his subordinates to rob many Ming people who were doing business here in Thanh Hoa House, and used various antiques and furnishings to decorate the place. Fortunately, he listened.

The minister's persuasion divided a lot of the treasure among local benefactors, and he also worked hard to seduce him, so he finally managed to win over many soldiers and civilians, which was quite impressive.

Now, the three main halls of this government office have become the main hall for him to receive his ministers. He had already taken off the plaque with the title "Qintang" and burned it as firewood, and replaced it with the four words "Tsinghua Chengzheng" written in his own hand.

Due to the difference between the Hu Dynasty that flaunted and respected the Nom character, and in order to win over his subordinates who believed in Confucianism with Chinese characters as the orthodoxy, after he became king and started the rebellion, he immediately restored the orthodoxy of Chinese characters and was deeply impressed by his beautiful Chinese characters.

He is proud of his proficiency in Chinese.

As a result, this so-called main hall is filled with a strong Chinese style. In addition to the hanging plaque, there is a bronze tripod with ambergris and dragon patterns on all sides placed on the table below.

Hanging on the wall are two ink landscape paintings collected from an unknown wealthy family, but they are written in Song Dynasty. On a high table with crabapple carvings in the corner, there is a sky blue Ru kiln carved goose-neck vase.

Even the chairs and stools are painted in red and gold, giving it a majestic atmosphere.

However, Chen Tianbao, who was in the main hall right now, was furious. He had just learned that Chen Hua had betrayed his faith and led his navy to join Liu Sheng to defeat the 30,000-horse force that had blocked Jiang's army. Although he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, he still hurriedly made arrangements.

The ship was preparing to escape. However, just as he was busy emptying the rations stored in Qinghua Mansion and the looted treasures, some ministers came to see him, but they earnestly advised him to fight to the death with the Ming army here and not to retreat easily.

So as not to let the Champa people look down upon you.

At the few old people below who were trying to persuade him, Chen Tianbao roared angrily: "You were the ones who said Chen Hua was reliable in the first place! If you hadn't sworn that Chen Hua had betrayed his intention to stand on his own feet, not only would he have been able to come here this time,

Bringing many soldiers and horses, they can also push back the Ming army. They used several iron ropes to block the river, but they were not allowed to drive straight in! If you want to fight to the death, you can let the person sent from Champa take command. He does not want military power.

Yeah, leave it all to him!"

Chen Tianbao is known as Chen Tianping's younger brother, but everyone here knows how many levels away he is. When they heard this, several Chen family veterans who were dissatisfied with the Ming army's annexation of Annan couldn't help but burst into tears. They occupied the city.

Everyone knows what it means to provide them with weapons, food, grass and other support later. They just want to expel the Ming people and then suppress the city in turn. But who knows that Chen Tianbao's panic at the moment turns out to be

Prepare to hand over the power to Zhan people.

Annan and Champa are sworn enemies. You can use them to restore the country, but how can you separate the master from the slave!

"Don't look downcast. I'm just saying to take a boat and go to the sea quickly. We still have a foundation in the south. If Thanh Hoa Mansion in the western capital is lost, it will be lost. Those soldiers and civilians can't take it with them anyway. Let's leave it to the occupying man.

The people in the city are just right. If the Ming army goes on a killing spree, we can encourage more people to follow in the south! No matter how powerful the Ming army is, it will be difficult to really take root in Annan! It's shameful that old Huang Fu is holding on to death. If he dies

Now, those fools who expect him to implement benevolent policies will wake up!"

Several veterans looked at each other for a while, and had to admit that although Chen Tianbao was a fool on some things, he was extremely smart on others. However, in order to win over Thanh Hoa Mansion and build momentum, they had painstakingly planned for two years; in order to say

They also spent a lot of money to move Chen Hua, and even exposed several hidden clues, just to allow Chen Hua to continue to make meritorious deeds. This time, they could count on the resources to seize the city by returning to the south, but the road ahead would undoubtedly be extremely difficult.

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After a long time, an old minister finally said with difficulty: "Just follow the king's wishes... I will retire first!"

A minister who wanted to remonstrate was pulled and had to follow the crowd out of the house. When he was outside in the courtyard, he said angrily: "This is a fortified city in the west. We can hold it for at least a few months."

, Delaying it can drag the Ming army to death! Moreover, if it is delayed until next spring when the miasma is rampant, their army will naturally be in chaos! We have spent so much effort to win here, if you want to leave, you can go with him, I will be here in the west

, I don’t want to live anymore if everything is lost!”

"Well, there is an old saying that goes like this: the wolf comes in at the front door, but the tiger comes in at the back door. If Chen Hua fails, our situation will become extremely difficult! Zhan and Annan are feuding people. If it were not for the restoration of the country, we would not

The military personnel who received their support and defeated the Ming people will not be easy to clean up the mess and deal with them... However, the Western Capital will definitely be lost. Don't lose your life in vain here. You will be better off when you return to the south.

After taking stock, we can gain momentum and come back again!"

The angry minister still refused to give up: "You are right, but there are so many people in Xidu. If you take out one from each household, you can have thousands more people. When the stalemate becomes unstoppable, send all men, women, old and children to it, that is, Ming Ming

The army re-captured Qinghua Mansion, but it was also an abandoned city! As long as the flames of war are ignited, I don’t believe that the Ming army can take care of it with so few people!"

"Stop talking! It's better to keep some ground. Don't forget, when the killing god led his troops here, how many people were killed and how many men and women were kidnapped and sent to the Central Plains?

Our own Annan has used this trick. Do you want to see the whole country turn into scorched earth? Do you really not know or do you pretend that you don’t know how many people from Annan contribute to the Imperial College every year when old Huang Fu promotes the school?

These are all wealthy and prominent families in the countryside. After they come back and raise their arms, how many people still believe in our orthodoxy? Don’t say any more, leave the mess here to that Champa man, let’s clean up and leave!”

Although it has been previously detected that the Ming army transported grain by sea, some people in the Xinchen and Chen dynasties also proposed attacking grain ships by sea to cut off the Ming army's supplies. However, after all, sea-going ships are not as easy to build as flat-bottomed boats on the river.

During the year, they only acquired ten warships, which was not enough to protect themselves and attack, so they only prepared to attack the Western Capital by sea before, and now it was just in time to retreat. After handing over the military affairs of the Western Capital, Chen Tianbao took his trusted ministers and accompanying soldiers, etc.

They boarded the ship one by one and immediately ordered to set sail without even the slightest hesitation.

It is certainly his dream to be king and hegemony, but why would he still be king if he loses his life?

Jiaozhi faces the sea to the east, and many seaports are suitable ports for entry and exit. At first, Zheng He also mentioned that this place would be a supply place for the entire treasure ship voyage. However, because every time the entire territory of Jiaozhi was cleared, the army would move in one division, and then another

Due to the continuous turmoil, for the sake of safety, this suggestion was finally shelved. In Chen Tianbao's view, this made his escape route unimpeded.

Now he was sitting in a gorgeously decorated cabin, lazily holding a woman in his arms, because he smiled and said: "It all shows how wise the emperor is, but I think it is nothing more than this. He used so much civil and military skills, and I cheered up.

, how many people follow him wholeheartedly? He sent people to the Western Ocean one trip after another, but now we still walk on the sea road with great arrogance. When we get to the south, then the sea will be wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky will be high enough for birds to fly!"

"Great King Shengming!"

As soon as this flattering compliment came out, there was a sudden exclamation outside, and soon there was an incessant noise. Chen Tianbao was immediately annoyed, and he pushed the beauty aside and asked sharply: "What's going on? Who is making the noise?"

Yell!"

At this time, a guard suddenly opened the door and said in panic: "Your Majesty, it's not good, there are many ships on the sea! There are more ships than us! There are very conspicuous flags hanging on them, most likely Akito's.

...Akito’s treasure ship!”

Chen Tianbao was just frightened and angry at first, but now his fright and anger turned into great fear. He almost jumped up from his seat. As a result, probably because of a big wave, the ship tilted suddenly, and he

He staggered and almost fell. However, he still threw away the guard who wanted to help him, and stumbled out of the cabin. After a lot of effort, he reached the deck, and he saw the ship in the distance.

The face of the big ship with its sails hung high suddenly turned deathly gray.

"How is it possible? Didn't they say before that their ship was still docked in Siam? If I had known this, it would be better to stick to the Western Capital..."

Hearing the muttering next to him, Chen Tianbao suddenly became angry and took a fierce look. When he recognized the old man with gray temples, he turned away angrily. In order to win over these people

The old ministers of the Chen family who supported him had married all their daughters in one fell swoop. Now he couldn't be too disrespectful to others. Leaving this old man who had lost his mind, he quickly walked to the bow of the ship and followed him.

The captain roared: "No matter what method you use, get rid of those ships immediately!"

Upon hearing this request, the captain immediately became extremely embarrassed and said condescendingly to Chen Tianbao: "Your Majesty, the treasure ships of the Celestial Dynasty can carry up to twelve sails, and as few as six or seven. They are faster than us, walking along the coastline.

You will definitely be blocked. You may be able to avoid it by going with the wind to the west, but they are more familiar with the route here than we are..."

Chen Tianbao, who had blue veins on his forehead, couldn't care about that much at the moment. He shouted without thinking: "Don't be so verbose. What I want is the result, not these explanations! It doesn't matter what path you take, as long as you can get rid of them."

, otherwise if Akito catches up, you will all have to die together with me!"

Thinking of the fate of the rebels, everyone on the ship suddenly shuddered, and the captain swallowed hard. He immediately stopped talking and hurriedly ordered the helmsman and summoned all the sailors.

The sails were turned and the rudder was turned for a long time, and the oarsmen below all exerted their strength, and the big ship accelerated immediately. However, due to the speed of their big ship, which was equipped with more sails and oarsmen than the other ships, after a while

It left all other ships behind.

At this critical moment, although everyone else on the boat was a little worried, they couldn't protect themselves at this moment, so they couldn't care about their friendly forces. They just hoped that Akito would catch up slower. This was probably because their eagerness had given effect.

As a result, although those tall treasure ships quickly caught up, the ships behind them diverted most of their attention, and only two ships caught up. As the speed of the ships became faster and faster, the old people could not bear the strong wind.

Even though they were terrified, they still had to go into the cabin to take shelter.

However, the two ships behind them were not too slow to catch up. In just half an hour, Chen Tianbao could already clearly count the nine large sails hanging on them, not to mention the sharp-eyed captains and sailors. In an instant,

There were constant shouts on the deck, and Chen Tianbao had to rely on the support of two guards to stand properly because the boat was moving too fast. Seeing the two boats chasing each other closer and closer, he couldn't help but pinch the palm of his left hand with his right hand until he reached the other side.

When the fire suddenly appeared on the boat, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Another Ming army firearm!

Because Emperor Yongle Zhu Di took Zhang Yue's advice and heavily rewarded craftsmen who innovated firearms and severely punished craftsmen whose firearms were unqualified, he established a strict reward and punishment system. Therefore, today's large cannons have a range that is hundreds of steps longer than before.

, reached four hundred steps, and with the favorable wind, the dozens of firelights with the whistling wind came roaring towards the big ship, which was really amazing to see. Chen Tianbao instinctively closed his eyes, and it took a while to

When he opened it and found that he was safe and sound, he immediately collapsed.

Compared with his relief, the helmsman on the ship became more and more nervous. The sea was windy and the accuracy of the cannon was difficult to guarantee, but it would be difficult to tell when the distance was closer. Now they were much further away from the coastline. If the sail or the

If there was only a little bit of damage on the hull, the whole ship would be destroyed, and everyone would have to go to the sea to feed the fish. So, he could only use all his strength, but as a result of going around in crazy circles again and again, he was chased closer and closer by the enemy.

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As if to prove that fear comes from nothing, when the distance between the three ships was extremely close, the two ships behind once again fired magical arrows, and this time, one of the long arrows with flaming light shot through

The main sail was lifted, and the fire soon started to burn fiercely due to the wind. In the overwhelming red fire, although Chen Tianbao saw many people running back and forth to put out the fire, all the strength in his body was drained suddenly, and his eyes suddenly turned black.
Chapter completed!