Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 477 Multiple Choice Questions

The ground was still a little wet after a rain, and it was refreshing to step on the soft ground. In addition, the air after the rain was extraordinarily fresh. This kind of weather is very suitable for taking a walk outside.At this time, Changchun Garden is full of blooming flowers, but Hongyang, who has been wandering around the Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion for a long time, is not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery, and his heart is as restless as a deer beating non-stop—— Ever since he was ordered to bring Xiao Yao to an audience, Hongyang was urged by a young eunuch to rush to Changchun Garden, but he didn't expect that the Holy Majesty didn't summon him, but called Xiao Yao in instead.It was almost time for a stick of incense, and Xiao Yao did not come out. Hongyang was anxious, but he didn't have the guts to just break into the pavilion, so he could only pace back and forth on the grass outside the pavilion restlessly.

Hongyang was irritable, and Xiao Yao's life was not easy. Ever since he was declared into the Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion, Xiao Yao had knelt on the ground for a long time, but he never heard the sound of shouting, or even the voice of sitting on the head. Emperor Yuanzhuo made any noise. Although Xiao Yao didn't dare to raise his head, he could feel the sharp knife-like eyes of the Holy Spirit scanning him all the time. The little sweat revealed the uneasiness in his heart, but Xiao Yao's body was still stable, and he didn't behave in any manner that was impolite.

Uh huh, the skill of nourishing qi is not bad!Yinzuo knew in his heart how much coercion his own silence had. It was not easy for a man who had never been an official to kneel under such pressure. He wasn't satisfied enough to want to be Master Taishan, it's not that Yinzuo disliked Xiao Yao's lack of status. To be honest, Yinzuo himself didn't pay much attention to things like birth and status. The background of the beloved concubine is really not good, but the father-in-law always picks his son-in-law a lot of criticisms, and says little about it——Gege Yixue is Yinzuo's darling, so he is not willing to just marry out casually.

"Let's be flat." Yinzuo said lightly after being silent for a long time.

Xiao Yao respectfully kowtowed his head according to Hongyang's instructions before the meeting, and said, "Thank you, Lord Long En."

Yinzuo looked at Xiao Yao, smiled suddenly and said, "Is that Xiao Yao?"

"Yes, Cao Min is Xiao Yao, the son of Guangdong Meishan." Facing Yinzuo's knowing question, Xiao Yao honestly submitted his resume.

"Oh." Yinzuo said flatly, "Yang'er's copybook is from your handwriting."

"My lord, this is the original intention of Lord Baylor. The grassroots are just embellishing it, and I dare not take credit for it." Xiao Yao didn't expect Yinzuo to pick his words so clearly, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly replied .

"Oh? Hahaha..." Yin Zuo burst out laughing loudly, laughing so much that Xiao Yao's heart pounded, and he couldn't understand what he said wrong to make the Holy One laugh so loudly.

"Mr. Xiao's "Strategy for a Strong Country" looks pretty good to me, hehe, aren't you afraid that the world will say that you are deviant?" Yinzuo stopped laughing suddenly, and looked at Xiao Yao with a sullen face and said.

"Strengthening the Nation Policy" was written by Xiao Yao when he was in Meishan, and it was never made public or published. It was only discussed with a few friends in private, and what was said in it was judged by the standards of sage books, which is quite strange and supernatural. In the theory, the so-called saying that the people are rich and the country is self-improving, erudite, and taking the advantages of the Western Yi, may even be said to be a bit rebellious. As soon as this article was published, many literary friends scoffed. When discussing its straightness, he gave up talking about it, laughed it off, and put it on the shelf, never mentioning it in front of the world. At this time, when Yinzuo mentioned this strategy, he was shocked suddenly, but he soon calmed down and raised his eyebrows. Raising his head, his eyes were full of wisdom, and he smiled and looked at Yin Zuo and said, "Return to the Holy Majesty, the grassroots are selfless, so they have no fear."

Good boy, this time he showed his true colors, hehe, he looked a little carefree, not bad, not bad!Yinzuo watched Xiao Yao let go, and in his heart he admired this person's demeanor somewhat, so he pursed his lips and smiled and said: "A selfless person has nothing to fear, but just this point alone is all you need to convince me. I'm afraid it can't be done, um, let me ask you: where will you put Yixue in trouble?"

Although Yin Zuo's voice was not loud, it exploded in Xiao Yao's mind like a muffled thunder. Although the words were short, they contained many meanings. With Xiao Yao's wisdom, he could naturally understand the mystery of them——Xiao Yao Yaoxian is now just an example, and he is also a Han, a counselor who sheltered in the second elder brother's house. Even if Yinzuo doesn't mind Xiaoyao's identity, as an emperor, Yinzuo is bound to be impossible to just so casually To marry a princess of a country to a white man, there are actually only two paths before Xiao Yao: one is to give up Yixue Gege, and concentrate on assisting and promoting; the other is to leave Baylor Mansion, prepare for next year's competition, and get a good reputation , in order to ask the sage to marry Ge Ge in a legitimate way. Of course, after marrying Ge Ge, it is impossible for Xiao Yao to try his best to help Yang Yang, and Yin Zuo will never agree to this matter. This is related to a delicate balance.

On the one hand, it is the feeling of confidant, and on the other hand, the kindness of knowing you, how can you tell clearly which is more important, Xiao Yao is very witty, but he can't make a choice in a short time, the whole person stands there like a dementia, his face is free From red to blue, and from green to white, it keeps changing, but there is still no word.

This choice is difficult, at least for Xiao Yao, Yinzuo naturally understands this point, if Xiao Yao makes a choice immediately, Yinzuo will look down on this person instead, but Yinzuo has no choice but to do it— ——Although Yinzuo is the emperor, he is first of all a father. As a father, he must think more about his children anyway. Of course, the premise is that it does not affect the safety of his own throne.

"Forget it, you should step down first, I will give you time to think, just a month, and give me an answer on the day of Yang'er's wedding, if not, I will have to help you choose, you kneel down! "Yin Zuo looked at Xiao Yao's mouth with bloodshot eyes, and couldn't bear it in his heart, so he ordered lightly.Xiao Yao didn't speak, just knelt down on the ground, silently kowtowed a few times, and exited the room, his steps were rather staggering...

Multiple-choice questions on the road of life are always difficult to do, whether it is love or life and death, let alone what choice Xiao Yao will make, and in hindsight, the British army stationed in Shanmaxi is also facing a very serious problem at this time. Multiple-choice questions of life and death—on the second day of May in the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, the English army attacked Johor Bahru unfavorably, killing and injuring more than 240 officers and soldiers, but failed to make any progress, and had to retreat to the camp. But in the morning of the next day, a ship from The Dutch cruiser who escaped from Malacca brought a very bad news: the Qing army had captured the Santiago Castle and completed the blockade of the Strait of Malacca. Then, a ship set out from Batavia and escaped in the dark The British merchant ships intercepted by the Qing fleet brought even more shocking news: the Qing fleet had arrived in the waters of Bintan Island and was launching a comprehensive blockade of Shanmaxi.

The sharp deterioration of the situation has far exceeded the estimates of the English generals. No one expected that a small group of Qing troops who did not know where they came from would take down the Santiago Castle, which is known as the strongest castle in the Far East, so quickly. Reminiscent of the Qing Fleet carrying out the blockade mission outside Bintan Island, a dark cloud shrouded the head of the English army. At this time, the English army had only two ways of life and death-going to sea to face the unknown enemy. The Qing Fleet is obviously a bad policy, and no one is willing to propose such an action unless it is a last resort; it is obviously even less advisable to sit and wait for death. Among other things, food supply has become a big problem. Before the Strait of Malacca is opened, supplies from India It is impossible to get through at all. As for whether Batavia is still in the hands of the Dutch, it is hard to say, and how can one expect that the other end can bring supplies to the English fleet, and the grain stock of Shanmaxi at this time can only It can be maintained for three months, which can only be achieved reluctantly regardless of the life and death of the local people.As a result, there was only one way of life left before the British army: take Johor Bahru, and then storm the Santiago Castle, relying on the superiority of artillery fire and numbers, to forcefully eat the invading Qing army.

Although the rigidity and conservatism of the English army is well-known in later generations, the British army in this era is still an army with strong combat effectiveness. The army exploded with astonishing fighting power and launched a frenzied attack on Xinshan Town. This change immediately increased the pressure on the Second Battalion of the Guangdong Marine Battalion of the Qing Dynasty defending Xinshan to a terrible level.

On the third day of May in the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, from the 40:[-] pm onwards, under the cover of five cruisers, the English Army gave up the attack on the Johor Bahru fort, and instead launched an uninterrupted assault on the Johor Bahru pier. The salvos razed the various field fortifications of the Qing army to the ground, and the uninterrupted crowd attack tactics caused heavy casualties to the defending second company and consumed a lot of ammunition. Before the end, the officers and soldiers of the second company had already collapsed. More than half of them were damaged, and there were only more than [-] soldiers who could continue to fight, including the lightly wounded. The company commander Wu Haoming was also injured. A large piece of his scalp was cut off by the flying shrapnel, but he continued to fight At the forefront, it just withstood more than ten desperate charges of the British army.

"Company commander, company commander, where are you?" Just as the shelling of the English fleet stopped, Xia Xiaoshan, a communications soldier, emerged from a large bomb crater, and suddenly found that the company commander who was by his side had disappeared. Shaking off the dust all over his body, he anxiously used his hands to dig around in the floating soil of the bomb crater.

Just when Xia Xiaoshan was so anxious that he was about to cry, not far from him, a large pile of dust bulged up, and the ashen-faced Wu Haoming arched out from the floating soil, panting heavily, and didn't care Dust stuffed his mouth with his breath, until his breath calmed down, and then he spat out the sand-filled saliva vigorously, and cursed while spitting: "Fuck, damn British, these shells don't even cost money!" Ah, bah, bah!"

"Company commander, it's great that you're still alive." Seeing that Wu Haoming was fine, Xia Xiaoshan jumped up for joy.

"I can't die, Xiao Shan, go and see how many brothers we still have." Wu Haoming groped to dig out his own rifle from the floating soil, but suddenly found that the gun had already been broken in two, and angrily threw the rifle away. Throwing it away, lying on the edge of the bomb crater, watching the movement of the English army on the pier under the slope, and ordered without looking back.

Xia Xiaoshan's stature was originally not tall, but after these days of hard work, he looked a lot thinner. Hearing the order, he rolled over and jumped out of the trench nimbly. The remaining waist-deep shallow ditch scrambled around, greeting and counting the officers and soldiers who were still alive while running, but turned around after a while, stuck to Wu Haoming's side, and whispered: " Company commander, including the two of us, there are only 42 people, and the other brothers..."

"Damn it!" Wu Haoming cursed angrily, feeling extremely uncomfortable in his heart - the battle was so useless, it took just over half a day, and there were only 220 men left in a reinforced company full of 42 men.

"Company commander, look quickly, the yellow-haired monster is coming up again!" Before Wu Haoming could vent his anger enough, the sharp-eyed Xia Xiaoshan immediately yelled.

Under the slope of more than 300 meters, a group of more than [-] English officers and soldiers in red uniforms once again adjusted their attack formation, went up the slope, and pressed towards the Qing army again, but it was different from the past. Not to mention that the number of British troops attacking was much larger, the ranks were much more orderly. Even the drummers came up. Rows of British soldiers lined up neatly. The slope full of limbs and arms of the dead, ignored those limbs and arms as the bones of their own comrades-in-arms, and just trampled towards the top of the slope.

"Fuck, what the hell are you doing? Brothers, get closer and shoot, listen to my password, fuck it!" Wu Haoming saw that the behavior of the British army was very strange, and it was very similar to the previous few times when they rushed upwards in a swarm. It was the same path, and I became suspicious immediately, but I didn't think too much about it. This kind of battle formation that is slowly advancing as a whole team is a perfect target for the revolvers in the hands of the Qing army. The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who fought hard for the rest of their lives Immediately poked his head out of the crater and bunker, watching every move of the British army nervously, ready to fire at any time. Just as the British army advanced to a distance of more than 50 meters from the top of the slope, the artillery in the English fleet suddenly fired. , Another storm of shells hit the Qing army's position, and at the same time, the English infantry who had been dawdling suddenly shouted and rushed towards the Qing army's position filled with gunpowder...

(End of this chapter)