Deposed? I couldn't be happier! I wouldn't even be a dog to the crown prince.

"vomit--!"

The early winter sea breeze in the Bohai Bay was already biting, but now it was mixed with an extremely unpleasant sour and rotten smell, which permeated the forecastle of the treasure ship flagship.

Emperor Taizong of Tang, General Tian Ce, once single-handedly displayed his might before Dou Jiande's army of 100,000.

At this moment, he was in a very sorry state, his buttocks sticking out, clinging tightly to a wooden bucket used to hold coarse salt, vomiting violently.

That face, which had been flushed with excitement, now looked like a blank sheet of paper that had been soaking in water for three days.

As the treasure ship rolled over a huge wave, the hull swayed slightly.

"Oh dear... my stomach is rumbling..."

Li Shimin's legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the deck. He felt as if hundreds of blacksmiths were frantically forging iron in his head, his stomach was churning, and he almost vomited bile.

The Shenji Battalion soldiers standing guard nearby wanted to laugh but dared not, their faces turning red from holding it in, and they could only desperately turn their faces toward the sea.

Why are you doing this to yourself?

Li Chengqian squatted down next to Li Shimin, patted him on the back twice in a very perfunctory manner, and then launched into a sarcastic mode without any mercy.

"Wouldn't it be better to drink tea and review official documents at the Taiji Palace, or even go to the royal hunting grounds and fire a couple of shots to satisfy your cravings?"

"Why do you have to come here incognito to experience what it means to ride the waves?"

Li Chengqian stood up, pointed to the surging, endless sea outside, and said with a gloating tone.

"Father, how does the smell of these waves feel?"

Li Shimin weakly raised his head, his once sharp, eagle-like eyes now filled with grievance and confusion.

He spent his life on the battlefield; what storms and waves hasn't he seen?

But he never dreamed that his body, which could withstand more than a dozen strengthening pills and draw a five-stone bow, would be completely defeated by these few waves!

"You unfilial son...you just want to see me make a fool of myself..."

Li Shimin waved his hand weakly, his voice as faint as a chicken being strangled.

"Bring me... some seasickness medicine..."

"I haven't even seen that scoundrel Yeon Gaesomun's head yet... I... I can still fight..."

"Why bother fighting? In your current condition, even a random fisherman from Goguryeo could capture you alive."

Li Chengqian shook his head helplessly.

He took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket, poured out two special motion sickness pills produced by the system, and stuffed them into Li Shimin's mouth.

"Old Xu!"

"This old servant is here." Xu Xiao appeared behind Li Chengqian like a ghost.

"Carry this troublesome old man into the first-class cabin below deck and find two clever eunuchs to serve him."

Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin, who was still vomiting, and sighed.

"Don't let him out in the wind before we reach Pyongyang, lest the mighty Emperor of the Tang Dynasty be disfigured by the sea breeze before the battle even begins."

Xu Xiao accepted the order, waved his hand to summon several Imperial Guards, and carefully carried Li Shimin, who had slumped into a limp heap, away.

Watching his father's extremely unwilling yet helpless figure disappear through the cabin door.

The languidness and mockery on Li Chengqian's face gradually faded away.

He turned around, strode to the very front of the foreground, and braced his hands on the cold iron railing.

The sea breeze made his black cloak flutter loudly.

Zheng He had somehow appeared beside him, holding a monocular telescope and observing the movements on the sea with a solemn expression.

"Your Highness, at the current speed, the army will reach the mouth of the Daedong River by dawn tomorrow."

Zheng He put down his telescope, his tone revealing the composure of someone who had battled the winds and waves for many years.

"That's the home port of the Goguryeo navy, so it must be heavily guarded. Should we anchor offshore and send small boats to scout out the situation first?"

Li Chengqian did not look through the binoculars.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the layers of mist on the sea, locking onto the city of Pyongyang hidden in the wind and snow.

"To ascertain the truth?"

Li Chengqian chuckled softly, the sound of which seemed extremely cold and cruel in the howling sea wind.

"Chief Steward Zheng, do you think that when a tiger comes down from the mountain and faces a flock of sheep, it should first send a cat to ask how many horns the sheep have?"

Zheng He was taken aback, but then he understood what Li Chengqian meant.

That stemmed from extreme confidence stemming from an absolute technological advantage in firepower.

"I don't need to know how many wrecked ships they have, nor do I need to know how many catapults they have set up on the shore."

Li Chengqian straightened up, slowly drew the Emperor's Sword from his waist, and pointed the gleaming sword tip straight at the sea ahead.

"Issue the order to the entire army."

"At dawn tomorrow, we will not break down or slow down."

"Thirty treasure ships deployed in a single line and rammed directly into the Taedong River at full speed!"

Li Chengqian's voice wasn't loud, but under the influence of his internal energy, it clearly resonated throughout every corner of the flagship, even drowning out the roar of the steam turbines.

"Tell those artillerymen in the Divine Machine Battalion."

"See anything that flies the Goguryeo flag, whether it's a ship, a person, or their proud city walls."

"No need to ask for permission, just cover me with exploding shells!"

"I will make Yeon Gaesomun hear the roar of the Great Tang's truth in his sleep!"

Zheng He took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with an extremely fervent fighting spirit.

This kind of completely unreasonable saturation bombardment tactic was something he, a renowned navigator throughout history, was experiencing for the first time.

That was so brutal! But it was also so damn awesome!

"Your humble servant obeys!"

As night falls, the waters of the Bohai Bay turn as black as ink.

Thirty enormous treasure ships, having shut off all unnecessary lights, moved silently eastward like a pack of giant beasts lurking in the deep sea.

And at the distant mouth of the Daedong River.

Goguryeo's Grand Admiral Go Yeon-soo was drinking alone in his warm tent, embracing two newly captured Silla dancers.

"Commander, the snowstorm outside is getting worse. Our sentries report that there's not a soul in sight on the sea."

A lieutenant lifted the tent flap, letting in a gust of biting cold wind.

"Hmph, the ships of the Great Tang are just broken planks that can only be used for paddling in ditches."

Gao Yanshou gave a disdainful snort and downed the wine in his cup in one gulp.

"In this awful weather, if they dared to go into the sea, the Dragon King of the Bohai Sea would have swallowed them whole, leaving not even a bone fragment."

He patted the curved sword at his waist with extreme arrogance.

"Pass down the order: tell all the brothers to go back to their tents and sleep!"

"As long as we hold this estuary, Lord Yeon Gaesomun can turn those reckless Tang soldiers into a mound of corpses for Goguryeo on land!"