I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 168 The birthday ceremony, Japanese pirates attack.

Yongle 13th March [-]th.

Today is a very ordinary day, but for Zhu Zhangui, it is not ordinary.

Today is his birthday, according to the false age, he officially entered the age of 18 today.

In order to celebrate his official entry into adulthood, his generals held a bonfire party for him.

The old man also gave an imperial decree, and there were rewards, but they were all given to his son and his wife.

In the old man's words, it's not for anyone, it's your family anyway.

At the same time, in the imperial decree, the old man also severely criticized him.

Not because of Uncle Keng, but because of Zhu Zhangui's personal visit to the tiger's den to meet the leader of the pirates.

For this matter, the old man scolded him bloody in the imperial decree.

In the words of the old man, the second child is so stupid and knows how to send someone there, why are you even inferior to the second child.

Didn't you think about your family when you were taking risks, and didn't you think about your child who is not yet a year old?
In the end, the old man said directly, don't be your grandson next time, let it be my great-grandson, and then you can do whatever you want and no one cares.

Zhu Zhangui slandered endlessly about this.

When I was on the battlefield last year, it wasn't me and my two uncles who pulled me along, and you rushed up too.

Although he was slandered in his heart, Zhu Zhangui also understood that the old man cared about him and didn't want him to risk his life.

So I replied with a sincere guarantee letter, promising that there would be no next time, and this matter was over.

As for the matter of the second uncle, the old man didn't even mention it, obviously he wanted to wait until the matter had a result before making a decision.

It was just getting dark, and the soldiers who had washed and tidied up walked towards the meeting place talking and laughing in twos and threes.

Before leaving, he also said hello to a team that "voluntarily" applied to stay.

"Brother Six, take a good look at the boat. I'll bring you something delicious when I come back."

"Fuck you, I'm upset just looking at you, don't forget to bring me a jug of wine!"

"Hahaha…"

Laughter spread throughout the pier.

The banquet venue is in a huge open space not far from the pier.

In order to celebrate Zhu Zhangui's adult birthday, the generals also took great care.

Not only invited a troupe from Quanzhou Prefecture, but also ordered hundreds of singers from Hualou to dance for Zhu Zhangui's birthday.

Of course, if there is a girl Zhu Zhangui likes among them, she will stay to sleep with her.

When the girls learned that they were going to perform for His Highness the Grandson's birthday tonight, they were all very excited.

Whether I can fly up the branches to become a phoenix and escape from the sea of ​​suffering depends on tonight.

In order to be favored by His Highness the Grandson, the girls dressed up one by one, trying to show their most beautiful side.

With evening sunset.

A huge fire was ignited in the open space, followed by fireworks placed around it.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The beautiful fireworks soared into the sky.

Accompanied by bursts of drumming, hundreds of dancers danced gracefully around the fire.

"Well, that dancing girl is really pretty."

"Oh, that one is more beautiful. Look at how slender that waist is, and how much water is pinched on that face! It's no worse than that Sai Jinhua in the capital!"

"Hey, you can't find a penny in your poor pocket, and you have seen Sai Jinhua."

"Who said I haven't seen it, if she hadn't left the cabinet, I would have almost missed her."

"Um, I forgot that His Highness Taisun invited you for three days. Tsk tsk tsk, I really envy you. I heard that a guy ordered six. On the third day, he lost the strength to walk and was helped out. .”

"By the way, how many did you order!"

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I'm the one who ordered six!"

"Fuck"

Suddenly there was a sound of cursing and contempt.

The soldiers who formed a large circle outside looked at the beautiful dancing girls, and they screamed in excitement.

As the saying goes, after serving in the army for two years, a sow is better than Diaochan.

Compared to the navy, which runs around and often has the opportunity to go ashore, these guys who are locked up in the barracks every day are really pitiful. .

They have been locked up in the military camp all year round, not to mention women, even female animals are rare.

Seeing so much at once today, it's strange not to be excited.

But the excitement is the excitement, and they also understand that these women can only be watched but not touched.

"His Royal Highness is here!"

Just as the soldiers were eating barbecue and drinking fruit wine, there was a loud shout on the steps directly in front of the fire.

Hearing this shout, the dancers stopped collectively, bowed and bowed towards the high platform.

The smiles on the faces of the soldiers who were eating and drinking turned into seriousness in an instant, and they all stood at attention, facing the high platform.

If someone who is familiar with Zhu Zhangui's soldiers saw this scene, he would definitely judge that this was the army and not the navy.

Although the discipline of the navy is also very strong, they are still far behind the army in terms of standing on the sea ship all year round.

Zhu Zhangui, who changed into a python robe, came out accompanied by several senior generals from Li Hujianghuai.

"Greetings to Your Highness, Grandson, I wish His Highness a long life!"

The soldiers and dancers congratulated Zhu Zhangui's birthday neatly.

"Thank you, brothers. Today is a certain birthday. I didn't prepare any high-quality food and drinks because I was out. I hope you brothers will not be disgusted. Eat meat and drink!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Grandson!"

Zhu Zhangui waved to everyone with a smile, and then, accompanied by several senior generals, walked to the main seat and took a seat.

As Zhu Zhangui sat down, the drum dance sounded again.

The dancers no longer danced around the huge bonfire, but went to a platform under the high platform and danced for Zhu Zhangui.

When the Lord came, the dancers naturally worked harder.

All kinds of graceful movements continued to unfold, trying to show their beauty and perfect figure.

It's a pity that Zhu Zhangui only watched their dance with appreciation.

There is no shortage of beautiful women around him.

Leaving aside the fact that she is the wife of a goddess in his impression, Ji Yun and Qingyao's daughters all belong to the best group in appearance and figure.

Moreover, there are more than 300 maids around him. Looking at all kinds of beauties every day has already made his eyes tired.

The dancers like the ones below are all beautiful in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of Zhu Zhangui, they can only be evaluated as fair.

"How are you preparing!"

While eating the birthday banquet in front of him, Zhu Zhangui asked Li Hu who was sitting beside him while drinking from his glass.

"It's all been arranged. The brothers are drinking fruit wine and can't get drunk. The fleet is on standby. As long as you see the fire rising here, you will attack immediately."

Jianghuai on the side also reported in a low voice.

"The brothers' weapons have been hidden. Once the enemy shows up, they can be used at any time to organize battles."

Zhu Zhangui nodded in satisfaction, picked up the wine glass and touched the generals.

What they drank was not wine, but water for a show.

It doesn't matter if the soldiers drink some fruit wine, but the commander must keep his head clear, even if the fruit wine is similar to clear water.

Besides, the surrounding soldiers were all dressed up as soldiers from the Shenji Battalion. They were soldiers, so drinking some fruit wine would not affect them.

Laughing and laughing at the camp, celebrating Zhu Zhangui's birthday.

On a high mountain a few miles away from the camp, several guys dressed as farmers were lying on a tree and looking at the distant camp.

A short, thick man on a tree looked at the brightly lit camp in the distance with his eyes wide open.

It's a pity that the distance was too far, and it was dark again, so he could only see the faint light of the fire and the figures around the fire.

With no way to judge, we can only ask the person with the best eyesight.

"Old Nine, have you seen clearly, are most of the people in the camp?"

The person being questioned was an ordinary middle-aged man, his eyes were also wide open, trying to look at the camp in the distance.

"No, I can't see clearly, I can only see the fire and a lot of people."

"But I guess they are all there. In the evening, we saw with our own eyes that those ships were all docked at the pier."

"I counted it, and it's about the same as what we got. Even if it's less, it's worth one or two."

"Forget it, it's almost enough. I'll go back and report to the head of the family. You guys continue to watch here. If there is something to do, immediately send a rocket to remind!"

The short and thick man looked at the camp for a while, and after he couldn't see clearly, he explained to the others, and then slid down the tree and ran towards the corner of the mountain.

And not long after the man left, in the grass not far from them, several figures covered with branches and grass leaves slowly got up and touched the trees.

"Puff puff!"

There was a sound of crossbow firing, followed by a few muffled groans from the tree, and several people fell down with a plop.

The figure in camouflage quickly stepped forward to check, and after confirming that these guys were all killed by poisoned arrows, they quickly hid the bodies aside, quickly climbed up the tree, and continued to hide.

The short man ran down the hill, rode a fast horse to the shore, boarded a boat, and disappeared into the night sea.

After half an hour.

A few nautical miles away from the navy pier, densely packed unlit warships are slowly approaching the pier.

The battleship was full of men with swords and bows.

These people all had fierce expressions, obviously they were not good birds.

On the largest of these boats, four people sat next to each other.

These four people are exactly the four seafood that appeared on Penghu Island.

The Sea Urchin King, who was the temporary leader, looked at the fire-lit wharf in the distance, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"These guys are so arrogant. They don't even let a patrol boat go. They really don't take us seriously."

The sea crab next to him smiled in agreement, and then rubbed his right eye.

"It's better to be careful, my right eyelid keeps twitching all the time, I'm afraid it won't be so smooth sailing tonight."

The sea oyster at the side glanced at him and chuckled lightly.

"My right eyelid didn't twitch, but my left eyelid kept twitching. It looks like you're going to be unlucky tonight, and I'm going to get rich."

"I've heard that in order to celebrate the grandson's birthday, his generals invited hundreds of dancers for him, and some of the lead dancers were oirans."

"Let's make an agreement. If we take down this place, I will choose two of those oirans!"

"Haha, fine, as long as you can defeat the navy, let alone the two oirans, you can give them all!"

The sea urchin king laughed, and patted the sea oyster on the shoulder to make a promise.

The other two just shrugged casually and didn't care about it.

As long as the navy is defeated, women don't want as many as they want.

Besides, what about the oiran, isn't it the same when the lamp is blown?

Compared with quality, the two still prefer quantity.

The big sea crab smiled and said to the other three people: "I don't want the oiran or anything else, I just need to share ten of those dancers with me. I will also form an ancient band later on and let them dance for me every day."

"Hehehe, don't you dance with me when you dance!"

"Of course, if you don't dance with them, why not dance with you?"

The four of them were in a particularly good mood, talking and laughing, and teasing each other.

Soon the fleet was only three nautical miles away from the pier.

The four stopped talking and laughing, and their expressions became serious.

The war is about to start.

The sea urchin king took a deep breath, stood up and said to the three of them.

"Whether the body dies and the soul returns to the sea, or the future is free and easy, it depends on today's battle."

"The three brothers used to have some conflicts, but tonight we have to be consistent with the outside world no matter what. If anyone dares to trip each other, don't blame me for being rude."

The three of them didn't talk much, they got up and cupped their fists, and returned to their own fleet, ready to command.

Soon, small boats full of fuel and kerosene left the large fleet and rushed towards the pier quickly.

Coupled with today's sea breeze, it happened to be blowing from the rear of the Japanese pirate fleet.

Accelerated by the sea wind, the boat quickly rushed towards the densely packed ships docked at the pier.

two nautical miles.

one nautical mile.

When the boat approached one nautical mile, the man who drove the boat took out the fire pocket.

After blowing vigorously a few times, the torch was thrown on the dry firewood on the boat after it was ignited.

The firewood splashed with kerosene burned quickly, and soon one by one fire boats appeared on the sea, and quickly rushed to the boats at the dock.

"Clang clang clang..."

At the moment when the small fire boats appeared, the warning gong sounded from Hai'an's guard post.

The soldiers on duty on the ship also shouted loudly.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack..."

"It's not good, the artillery can't fire!"

"Bastard, there are traitors, kill them!"

"There are too many bastards, retreat quickly, don't worry about the boat, life is the most important thing!"

The Japanese pirates floating on the sea watching the fast rush of the fire boat let out wild laughter when they heard the exclamation and shouts on the boat.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Under the blessing of the sea breeze, the small fire boat quickly rushed towards the warships docked together.

The distance between the two is not too far, under the blessing of the sea breeze.

The burning boat slammed into the big boat fiercely.

At the same time as the impact, the fire oil tank tied to the bow was also violently shattered.

The kerosene splashed everywhere, and when it touched the fierce burning flame, it burned with a bang.

In an instant, no less than a dozen ships were set ablaze.

As the saying goes, the wind borrows the power of the fire.

Under the blowing of the sea wind, the flames quickly ignited the warship.

The relatively easy-to-burn sails and some flammable items were lightly pecked by the flames, and they ignited a huge fire.

One pass two, two pass three.

In just a moment, most of the warship docked on the horse's head was ignited.

"Hahaha, it worked."

Standing on the warship, staring closely at the sea urchin king at the pier, and looking at the pier burning into the sky, he threw his fist excitedly.

"Blow the horn and attack!"

While excited, he didn't forget what he was going to do next.

Pulling out the knife on his waist, the sea urchin king went all the way to the pier and gave the order to attack.

"Woooooooo..."

The conch horn sounded, and the big ship full of Japanese pirates rushed towards the coast with the help of oars and sea wind.

When the other warships heard the sound of the horn, they launched an attack without any hesitation.

Nearly a hundred large and small warships, full of Japanese pirates, rushed to the coast mighty.

In an area more than ten nautical miles away from the pier, more than 30 warships docked here quietly.

A number of naval officers and soldiers were waiting in battle, staring straight at the direction of the pier.

"Report, according to the detection of the small boat, the enemy has approached the pier for three nautical miles!"

"Report, the enemy has put down the fireboat and is preparing to attack."

On the naval flagship, a middle-aged man with a dark complexion and a goatee wearing a general's armor quietly looked at the distant pier with a binoculars in his hand.

From time to time, he thought of the report of the boat in his ear.

When the boat reported that the enemy had set off fire, the officer calmly retracted the binoculars and ordered: "The fire is already on fire, raise the sails and set sail!"

Although the speed of the Clippers is fast, it will take a certain amount of time to catch up.

By the time this side received the news that the enemy's fireboat had just been put down, the coast had already lit up with fire.

According to the agreement at the beginning, when the fire on the coast rises, it is time to launch an attack.

"Attention all ships, set sail and attack!"

As the officer gave the order, a messenger shouted at the surrounding sea.

The other ships that received the order raised their sails while conveying the order to the surrounding ships.

Soon the fleet moved slowly and headed towards the pier.

And here at the pier.

The moment the fire boat appeared, the soldiers who were eating wine and meat directly dropped the food in their hands and looked towards the high platform in the middle.

The dancers and musicians stopped in panic, looking towards the coast in horror.

Zhu Zhangui took a mouthful of food and put it in his mouth. Looking at the dancers and musicians who stopped below, he said indifferently: "Who told you to stop, then play music and dance."

Although the dancers were terrified, they didn't dare to disobey Taisun's orders, so they could only continue to dance stiffly to the slightly out-of-tune drum music.

Picking up the wine cup and taking a sip of clear water, and glanced at the flames of the sea, Zhu Zhangui waved to several generals who had already stood up.

"Shenji Battalion listens to orders and prepares for battle!"

Jiang Huai turned around and shouted to the soldiers standing neatly.

The soldiers who received the order rushed to the nearby tent and carriage without saying a word, took out the hidden flintlock guns and distributed them to everyone.

The artillerymen rolled out their light guns, lit their torches, and stood ready to fire.

Under the command of the captains, the infantry quickly formed a formation and raised their guns to aim at the direction of the pier.

Soon, hundreds of figures rushed down from the boat in embarrassment.

These were the same men who guarded the ships.

Looking at the comrades who ran over with smoky faces, many soldiers of the Shenji Battalion smiled.

"Damn, it's really unlucky, I almost burned my hair off."

A man wearing an officer's armor, who was blackened by the flames, ran over cursing.

"Okay, old Xu, stop talking nonsense, your mission is completed, go back and have some food and rest for a while, we will leave the rest to us."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, let's go eat and watch the dancers dance."

"Fuck!"

The officer who was talking to him gave him a contemptuous look, then turned his expression straight, and looked at the pier where there was already movement.

"Boom bang bang..."

The sound of a ship running aground sounded.

Regardless of the stranded boat, the Japanese pirates roared and slid off the boat, dripping waist-deep sea water, and launched an attack on the coast.

"Strange, why is there no sound!"

"Yeah, they won't all run away!"

The Japanese pirates who ran at the front looked at the shore suspiciously while running.

in their thoughts.

At this time, the Ming army should be in a panic, yelling to come over and put out the fire.

But why is there no movement at all?

Well, it's not like there's no movement.

The crackling of burning warships and the sound of collapsing are non-stop.

At the same time, they also vaguely heard a cheerful drumming sound from the shore.

The more I think about it, the more confused I become.

But now that the attack has been launched, just go up and see if there is anything wrong.

Soon the first batch of Japanese pirates bypassed the burning pier and rushed ashore.

"Kill, uh..."

Just when the Japanese pirates charged excitedly, the scene on the coast made them stunned.

ps: Keke, the other one will be updated before 12:[-], and I’m a little tired these days, so I’m sneaking around to write a chapter during the day.

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