A month passed in a hurry, and the time came to the early morning of May 18.

Before dawn, Xiao Rui couldn't sleep, so he woke up from the bed and sat on the edge of the bed.

It's time for him to ascend the throne today, so he doesn't feel sleepy, but Xiao Rui's mood is not too excited.

He sat on the edge of the bed and thought for a while, thinking about the possibilities of the future, and before he knew it, the East had begun to shine brightly.

"Your Highness, the ceremony is about to begin!"

I don't know when, Lu Pheasant came to Xiao Rui's side and said softly.

Xiao Rui came back to his senses, looked at the sky that was getting brighter, and said with a smile: "It's been so long since I was distracted!" ”

"Yesterday, the Qin Tianjian set up a regular drum, in the early hours of the morning, the celebrant Chen Yuzuo was in the Fengtian Palace, the Shangbao Division set up the treasure case, and the Jiaofang Division set up Zhonghe Shaole, just the celebrant sent someone to report, and the Fengtian Hall was ready. Your Majesty has also sent officials to tell heaven and earth, the temple, and the community. ”

Lu Pheasant said very carefully, her husband ascended the throne as the emperor today, and as a spouse, she naturally enjoyed dignity, so she was also very excited, and she couldn't sleep after the child, and asked Lu Su and Azhu about the situation.

Because Emperor Xia took the initiative to abdicate, there was no death of His Majesty, so Xiao Rui did not need to wear filial piety clothes, and he only told the Empress a few days ago and the Daxing Emperor a few days ago to accept the order.

While speaking, the crown princess Zhuge Liuying and Li Ruoxue came, and Zhuge Liuying personally held the yellow gown and served Xiao Rui to put it on.

Outside the East Palace, Wang Dazhi led the internal officials and the forbidden army to wait.

Xiao Rui, who changed into a gown, was imposing, which made several women look eagerly, but they didn't expect their man to be so majestic.

Then, Xiao Rui left the East Palace, and just as the bells and drums rang, Xiao Rui went to Fengtian Hall under the escort of the forbidden army. At this time, incense cases, wine and fruits and other things have been set up in front of the Fengtian Palace, Xiao Rui came here to tell the heaven and earth ceremony, and entered the hall to tell the ancestors.

At the same time, the door was wide open at noon.

Outside the noon gate, civil and military officials dressed in court clothes, respectfully under the guidance of the officials of Honglu Temple, entered the palace through the Jinshui Bridge, and stayed in the square outside the noon gate, kneeling on both sides of the imperial road in the manner of "Wendong Wuxi".

After Xiao Rui told his ancestors, the middle door of the Fengtian Hall was opened, the throne was ascended, the brocade guards sounded the whip, and the Honglu Temple praised five bows and three kowtows, and respectfully invited Xiao Rui to sit in the Fengtian Palace.

Then, hundreds of civil and military officials entered the hall according to their ranks, and the enthronement ceremony officially began. The edict was issued by the Honglu Temple, the officials of the Hanlin Academy praised the edict, and Li Mingchong, a cabinet scholar, announced the edict of the abdication of the Xia Emperor:

"I was ordered by the emperor to succeed in the world, to keep the great cause of my ancestors, to fix the chaos and the people to be safe, and to give birth to the people to establish a life, for twenty and seven years. Above the throne, all political affairs are heavy, not tireless, dare not be self-indulgent, worry about danger, and do not slack off every day. However, the sun and the moon are not forgiven, and now there are three in sixty, and the muscles are weak, and they are worried day and night, and they are not worried. Today, we have the law of nature and all reason, and conform to the trend of heaven. Prince Xiao Rui, benevolent and filial piety, the world is in the heart, and it is appropriate to ascend to the throne! I abdicated on the same day to make way for Xian to help unify the world. I hope that the civil and military ministers will assist with one heart to benefit our people, and I will have no regrets. Tell the world and the world, the salty envoy knows about it, and admires this! “

This is the abdication edict written by Emperor Xia himself, the content is not long, but between the lines is most of his life.

As soon as the edict came out, the civil and military ministers shouted long live.

Emperor Xia also entered from the apse, he also wore a gown, and personally wore the crown for Xiao Rui, worshiped by hundreds of officials, and congratulated from all directions, so far, Xiao Rui's accession to the throne has become a foregone conclusion!

Subsequently, the amnesty was granted to the world and the name of the year was changed to "Taichu"!

At this point, the first year of Taichu officially began.

Next, there are naturally other activities.

Xiao Rui was awarded the treasure by the canonization of the crown princess Zhuge Liuying as the queen, Li Ruoxue as the concubine Zhuang, Zhang Ruoxi as the concubine Xi, Lu Pheasant as the concubine Jia, Lu Su as the concubine, A Zhu as the concubine Hui, and at the same time the new canonization of Yan Xiaoxiao as the concubine Yan.

Just as the enthronement ceremony was about to come to an end, outside the west gate of Kyoto, which was under martial law, an 800-mile express suddenly arrived, rushed to the city gate, and shouted: "Good news!" Anxi Qishuizhou sent an urgent good news to congratulate His Majesty the new emperor on his accession to the throne, congratulations! Get me into town! ”

The guards at the city gate immediately opened the city gate, and the post officer rode into the city on horseback, and at the same time shouted the good news: "The Qin State raised 50,000 troops to cross the river to attack, and most of the enemy has been annihilated by our naval army, and they fled in a hurry!" ”

"The Qin State raised 50,000 troops to cross the river to attack, and most of the enemy has been annihilated by our naval army, and they fled in a hurry!"

When Xiao Rui was the crown prince, the Qi State invaded and was killed miserably by the champion Hou, and congratulated Xiao Rui on entering the East Palace with this good news.

Unexpectedly, Qin State took advantage of Xiao Rui's ascension to the throne and ordered 50,000 sailors to cross the river to attack, trying to give Xiao Rui a head start, but he didn't expect that the sneak attack would fail, but he was killed and retreated, with heavy losses.

Qin Guo used the good news of sending people to congratulate Xiao Rui on inheriting the unification!

The news reached the palace, making the enthronement ceremony that was just about to end even more festive.

Xiao Rui didn't expect that the Qin State was so insidious, and he took the lead in launching an attack before he ascended the throne, but fortunately, Gan Ning had already prepared for the battle, so he didn't let the Qin State's conspiracy succeed.

In addition, Xiao Rui is very curious, how did this water war fight?

Fast forward to six days ago.

The Great Xia Water Military Camp and the Qijiang Camp of the Qin State face each other across the river, but the vast river surface is too large, and you can only vaguely see the looming lights on the opposite side at night.

During this time, the Qijiang battalion of the Qin State continued to expand its troops and ships, and there was a lot of movement, so today, as usual, there is nothing peculiar.

But Gan Ning was alert!

Six days later, it will be the enthronement ceremony of His Royal Highness, if the Qin State Navy suddenly attacks him now, if he is defeated, and the east coast is occupied by the Qin State, the news of the defeat will be transmitted back to Kyoto, it will definitely be a blow to the head.

Therefore, Gan Ning has reason to believe that even if the Qin State does not deal with the situation of the Sixteen Counties, it will take advantage of this God-given opportunity to attack!

The more Gan Ning thought about it, the more he felt that it was dangerous, so he immediately summoned all the generals of the navy and ordered them to lead the sailors to sleep on the boat, and prepare all the weapons and crossbow arrows, so that once the enemy attacked, they could go to war directly!

The men under his command did not dare to slack off and immediately carried out the order.

It's night, just after the ugly hour.

There was a white mist floating on the surface of the Qijiang River, obscuring the vision. The cautious Gan Ning even sent scouts, driving a small black boat, lurking on the river, and slowly approaching the Qijiang camp opposite.

Sometimes the scouts of the two sides will collide on the river, although the river is wide and large, but it will happen by chance, the scouts on both sides have encountered, and the result of the encounter is naturally a fight, and whoever wins will live.

So scouting is a very dangerous job.

This time, Gan Ning sent ten scouts, all of whom were bold and careful, and skilled in martial arts. After they set off, they immediately separated to investigate, and each rowed a small boat close to the Qijiang camp, because of the fog, the visibility was very low, but through the fog, they could still see the Qijiang camp brightly lit.

The Qijiang camp is no longer brightly lit today, since half a moon ago, they have lit torches on the warship at night, which are red, and illuminate their naval camp transparently.

This is also the conspiracy of the Qin State Navy, he has been lighting torches at night, and subtly it will make the Great Xia Navy's army take it lightly, and one day they will suddenly attack, and they will be caught off guard.

Shui Wa is the leader of the ten scouts, and she is also the best scout under Gan Ning. After he and his nine brothers separated, they began to slowly row closer to the west bank.

To be cautious, he abandoned the boat and went into the water at a distance from the west bank, ready to swim over to find out what was going on.

The Qijiang camp is similar to the camp of the Daxia Water Army, it is not directly built on the bank of the river, and the river channel is excavated, the river is more than ten zhang wide, and the length is also three or four hundred meters, like a tributary, extending inland, and the center is a big lake, where is the base camp.

At the mouth of the river, a sluice gate is built, and there are guarding boats on the river.

The advantage of building a camp in this way is that it can be attacked and defended, and if the water camp is built purely on the river bank, although it will be very convenient, the disadvantages are also obvious.

When the water baby swam closer and could see the situation on the shore, her expression immediately changed!

Why?

Because Shui Wa found that a large number of boats had been docked on the riverbank!

In normal times, the naval army of the Qin State was fortified, and there were at most five or six building ships on the shore, but at this time, there were no less than fifty or sixty boats parked on the shore, and none of these boats lit torches, hiding in the dark like ghosts.

And, on these building ships, there is a black pressure Qi State Naval Army! In addition, there are a large number of boats coming out of the river.

Not good!

The Qijiang battalion is going to take advantage of the fog tonight to attack!

The water baby was frightened, but fortunately the commander sent them, otherwise they would be in trouble today. So the water baby immediately walked back, ready to go back to the east bank.

But since the Qijiang battalion was preparing to attack, how could it be unguarded?

Ten scouts scattered to investigate, but when seven of them approached the west bank, they were discovered by the defense line arranged by the Qijiang battalion, and then shot them to death!

The water baby luckily avoided the opponent's defense line and was not discovered.

As for the other two, they also managed to avoid the defensive line, but on the way back they were spotted and shot in the water!

Only the water baby escaped, and he immediately escaped back by boat.

At the same time, the Qijiang battalion shot and killed the scouts of Great Xia, and also realized that the operation was uncovered, so they immediately began to attack!

Sixty large building ships, plus hundreds of ordinary ships, fully transported 30,000 sailors, and began to send troops to the east coast, and the building ships behind were still sailing out, transporting more Qin soldiers to join the attacking team.

Shuiwa rushed back to the barracks and immediately informed Gan Ning of the situation.

Gan Ning suddenly fell asleep, and immediately ordered someone to blow the horn of the assembly, and the soldiers who were already resting on the ship immediately woke up and entered the combat state one after another.

Then, Gan Ning personally supervised the battle and ordered the warships to sail into the river, among which the most advanced forty largest warships were placed in the front, each of which could support four or five hundred people to fight on the ship.

This is also the support that Gan Ning is most proud of, and he is not afraid of the Qin State Navy!

It is simply wishful thinking that the Qin State Navy wants to defeat the Great Xia Navy and make His Highness lose face when he ascends the throne!

I want to create a victory and congratulate His Highness on his ascension to the throne!