"Ding! Alerting the host, the host's accumulated merit and virtue points have eight hundred million remaining!"
"Use one Hero Summoning opportunity!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully deducting one Hero Summoning opportunity. The system is now summoning!"
Closing his eyes, within his soul sea, Yang Hao gazed at the seventh level of the Reincarnation Xuanhuang Pagoda. Currently, Zhou Yu, Yu Dayou, and Yang Jizhou, three peerless heroes, had already emerged. Three golden engraved figures gradually enveloped the entire seventh level, casting a faint light into the darkened eighth level. The hazy spire pierced through the vast Milky Way!
At this moment, in the void behind the Reincarnation Xuanhuang Pagoda, a figure stepped forth from the river of history!
The instant the figure appeared, the calm river of history surged violently. Arrows rained down from the sky, warships materialized. The golden figure, standing atop a warship, gazed into the chaos. The warship advanced, instantly charging into the fourth level of the Reincarnation Xuanhuang Pagoda, standing upon the golden river.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully summoning a peerless general from the river of history, the anti-Qing general - Zheng Chenggong!"
Zheng Chenggong!
Yang Hao looked at the golden figure behind him, with arrows flying and flames raging, warships speeding. Zheng Chenggong, throughout his life, refused to surrender to the Qing, faced setbacks in his attack on Xiamen, achieved a stalemate with several victories against the Qing army, and later fiercely resisted the Qing court, launched a northern expedition to Nanjing, and expelled the Dutch to recover Taiwan. However, with the general trend, Zheng Chenggong died in anger.
Emperor Kangxi once commented on Zheng Chenggong, saying that by stationing troops on two islands, he dared to contend for half the southeast land!
"View the detailed information of the anti-Qing general - Zheng Chenggong!"
"Name: Zheng Chenggong"
"Original name Sen, also known as Fusong"
"Courtesy names: Mingyan, Damu"
"Dynasty: Late Ming and Early Qing"
"Cultivation: Profound Immortal Fourth Layer!"
"Cultivation technique: Sea Domain Ten Thousand Ages Qi Manual!"
"Accompanying troops: Top-tier troops - One hundred thousand elite soldiers!"
Experience: In his youth, Zheng Chenggong followed his mother. After his father Zheng Zhilong was recruited by the Ming court and appointed an official, Zheng Chenggong went to Quanzhou and later passed the imperial examination.
In 1645, the Qing army invaded Jiangnan. Zheng Chenggong led his father's former subordinates to resist the Qing on the southeast coast of China, becoming one of the main military forces of the late Southern Ming.
Under Zheng Chenggong's command, he once launched a surprise attack by sea and besieged Ningning Prefecture, but was repelled by the Qing army. Zheng Chenggong could only rely on his naval advantage to hold onto the islands of Xiamen and Kinmen in Quanzhou Prefecture.
By 1661, Zheng Chenggong led his army across the Taiwan Strait. The following year, he defeated the Dutch East India Company's garrison in Tayouan, Taiwan, and recovered Taiwan, initiating the Zheng family's rule in Taiwan.
Zheng Chenggong established Dongdu at Fort Provintia, set up prefectures and counties, organized troops, developed farmland, and rewarded immigrants, greatly promoting the economic development of Taiwan.
After Kangxi ascended the throne, Zheng's surrendered general, Huang Wu, proposed the "Five Strategies to Suppress Bandits" to the regent Ao Bai. This involved a twenty-year coastal evacuation order, from Shandong to Guangdong, twenty li inland, cutting off Zheng Chenggong's trade and financial resources, and also destroying coastal ships, forbidding even a single plank from being launched; at the same time, Zheng Chenggong's father, Zheng Zhilong, was exiled to Ningguta, and the Zheng family's ancestral graves were dug up.
Zheng Chenggong successively heard these dire tidings, coupled with the dissatisfaction and unrest among his troops in Taiwan due to unfamiliar climate and terrain. His son Zheng Jing also had an affair with his fourth brother's wet nurse in Penghu, placing Zheng Chenggong under immense pressure from both internal and external forces. He died of a sudden illness on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month in 1662, at the young age of 39.
Before his death, Zheng Chenggong cried out, "I have no face to meet the former Emperor in the underworld," and died after clawing his own face.
"System, continue summoning!"
Yang Hao closed Zheng Chenggong's profile panel and, after a few breaths, instructed the system to summon again.
Zheng Chenggong's lifelong loyalty to the Ming dynasty, even when facing a stronger enemy, even when confined to the island of Taiwan, he fiercely resisted the Qing and expelled the Dutch, maintaining the unification of the motherland.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully deducting one Hero Summoning opportunity. The system is now summoning!"
At this moment, a golden figure left the river of history and charged into the fourth level of the Reincarnation Xuanhuang Pagoda.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully summoning a peerless general from the river of history, the Great Sui's foremost God of War - Yang Su!!"
"View the detailed information of the Great Sui's foremost God of War - Yang Su!"
"Name: Yang Su"
"Courtesy name: Chudao"
"Dynasty: Northern and Southern Dynasties - Sui Dynasty period"
"Cultivation: Profound Immortal Fourth Layer!"
"Cultivation technique: Raging Dragon Cudgel Classic!"
"Accompanying troops: Top-tier troops - One hundred thousand elite soldiers!"
Experience: Yang Su was unrestrained and ambitious in his youth. Later, after becoming an official, Yang Su followed Prince Qi Yuwen Xian and fought against the Qi army at Heyin, conquering Jinzhou and rescuing Yuwen Xian. He subsequently achieved numerous military exploits.
Later, not receiving due recognition, Yang Su directly defected to Yang Jian. In the third month of Kaihuang's eighth year, Emperor Wen of Sui issued an edict to attack the southern Chen Dynasty. Yang Su commanded the main naval force, advanced from Badong Commandery, flowed eastward, responsible for annihilating the Chen water and land forces along the Yangtze River and its banks, coordinating with other armies to wipe out the Chen state.
In Kaihuang's nineteenth year, Yang Su marched from Lingzhou, coordinating with two other armies to attack the Tujue. Yang Su commanded the great army and inflicted a heavy defeat on the Tujue. In this battle, Yang Su dared to abandon the conservative formation of mutually protective chariots, cavalry, and infantry, boldly using cavalry charges to achieve a great victory, once again demonstrating his outstanding military talent.
After Yang Yong was deposed, Yang Su assisted Yang Guang in securing the succession, receiving great favor. He passed away in the second year of Daye.
Yang Hao looked at Yang Su's golden figure and said softly, "The general throughout his life excelled in infantry, cavalry, and naval warfare. He was adept at using the enemy's strengths against their strengths, defeating opponents on their most familiar battlegrounds, truly deserving the title of the Great Sui's foremost God of War!"
Yang Hao stood up and casually drew two hundred million Epic Blind Boxes, supplementing the armies of Yang Su and Zheng Chenggong. He also obtained twenty peerless immortal treasure warships and twenty ordinary immortal treasure warships.
Looking at the map of the Nine Realms hanging on the wall, Yang Hao pondered for a long time and said softly, "Wei Zhongxian."
"Your Majesty!"
Wei Zhongxian gently entered the grand hall and bowed.
"Issue an imperial decree!"
"Confer Yang Su as the commander of the Gluttonous Army, leading the three armies of the Gluttonous Army!"
"Order! The Yinglong Army to be divided into two armies. The commander of the First Army is Zhou Yu, with deputy generals Yu Dayou, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai! The commander of the Second Army is Zheng Chenggong, with deputy generals Han Shizhong, Liang Hongyu, and Zhang Dingbian!"
"The First Army of the Yinglong Army shall guard the eastern sea region of Great Han, and the Second Army shall guard the western sea region of Great Han and the southern sea region of Great Han. The two armies may jointly command!"
"As you command!"
Wei Zhongxian received the imperial edict, turned, and walked out.
Yang Hao looked at the seven-colored light flowing in the void. Great Han had inexplicably unified the entire Tianbao Realm, and had even annihilated the Tianbao Sect, which had once produced an Immortal Emperor. News of this would likely stir up considerable turmoil in the Nine Realms. Would the various forces in the Nine Realms therefore make a move?
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"Jingle bells~~ Jingle bells~~"