Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 18 Divine Fire Punishment
It has to be said that the psychological shadow left by Emperor Gaozu of the Ming Dynasty on the people is still effective nearly three hundred years later.

Of course, those literati made great contributions.

The legends they exaggerated for Zhu Yuanzhang made the young and strong people in Dangtu truly believe that if they could not stop the Jiannu, they would be massacred by Emperor Taizu Gao.

He does what he says!

So in order to save their own lives and the lives of their loved ones, they, with their backs to the Guxi River, risked their lives to surround teams of elite Manchus from the Eight Banners. They used ten-meter-long bamboo poles to knock these terrible barbarian warriors off their horses, and used harpoons, javelins, and even stones to drown them in a rain of attacks, and smashed them into the mud with hoes, shovels, and even guillotines.

The unfortunate Eight Banners Manchu warriors could have been defeated with just one Niulu.

but……

They can't gather a Niulu!

A Niulu was divided into more than a dozen teams, which then dispersed and moved south.

They were indeed cavalry and could quickly leave the battlefield.

But to their south is a river nearly half a mile wide!

To their left and right are mountains and forests and the mighty Yangtze River.

They could only struggle forward like beetles struggling in an ant colony, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of young and strong people, looking for a way to escape, and then were overwhelmed by the young and strong people pouring in from all directions.

Brave?

What's the use of being brave?

This is one hundred thousand people drowning two thousand people.

Even due to route and speed issues, two thousand people still arrived one after another.

Almost one Eight Banners Manchu warrior had to face hundreds of crazy young men.

Shoot an arrow, and hundreds of harpoons, stones and javelins will fall down around. Chop down one, and hundreds of bamboo poles, hoes and shovels will fall down around. What's the use of armor? Three hits from the hoe will only break the armor but the bones. When the advantage in quantity reaches a certain level, the advantage in quality will eventually be crushed.

And his death was particularly tragic.

The vast majority of the Eight Banners Manchu warriors who were beaten to death could not find their complete bodies.

There are even some that cannot even be seen in human form.

The honest old farmers dug the soil with their hoes very seriously, just like digging the ground, and dug it into soft soil that could be used to make ridges and sow seeds.

Yang Feng circled in the sky, surveying the battlefield with satisfaction, which resembled a large market. Soon, he spotted a group of Eight Banner Manchus fleeing eastward in a ravine north of Zengshan Mountain. There were actually quite a few such soldiers, as they had no other choice but to head east. While eastward was not an escape route, heading east to Shijiu Lake and then north, the Ming army wasn't marching in one direction; another 50,000 were heading south from Moling Pass. Han Xin wasn't sure whether the Qing army would fight, hold their ground, or flee, so he split his forces southward to attack the flanks. By then, these Ming troops were visible from the sky, and even boats sailing on Shijiu Lake had appeared.

He dived down immediately.

The Qing army soon discovered him and rushed into the mountains without hesitation.

But it's of no use.

Zengshan is not a primeval forest.

People used to burn firewood in those days, so the vegetation in the mountains near cities was far less than it is today. In my photos from the late Qing Dynasty, I can see that many mountains around cities are bare.

It has the style of the barren mountains of Afghanistan.

As for Purple Mountain, it is legally banned because of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, but Zengshan Mountain does not have the same treatment.

Yang Feng, in the sky, calmly watched the twenty or so Eight Banner Manchus in the forest below. These were all Red Banners. They kept looking up at Yang Feng, then sped up in fear, but no matter how hard they ran, they couldn't escape the demonic figure. Soon, they stopped running, and the leader quickly gathered his companions, gathered on the hilltop, and raised their bows and arrows.

Sharp arrows flew into the sky.

Yang Feng hovered there, letting the arrows bounce off his body.

The Eight Banners Manchu warriors, who had finally shot all their arrows, looked at him in despair.

"It's my turn."

He said proudly.

The next moment, he roared through the air and instantly crashed into the Qing army.

The Fang Tian Hua Ji pierced straight through an Eight Banners Manchu warrior, picked him up and rose again, instantly reaching a few hundred meters in the air, and then swung him out. Just as the latter began to fall, Yang Feng dived down again to complete the second round of attack. Then another Qing soldier was picked up and thrown out in the air. Before the previous one had landed, Yang Feng dived again at an extremely fast speed...

Soon the leader was the only one left on the hill.

Yang Feng landed in front of him.

At the same time, in the mountains and forests around them, Qing soldiers fell from the sky, screaming in terror.

The man was trembling.

He held the knife and looked at Yang Feng tremblingly.

The next moment, his legs went weak and he fell to his knees.

"Nikan, the criminal minister of Jianzhou, pays homage to the Emperor Taizu Gao."

He said while lying on the ground.

The Fang Tian Hua Ji in Yang Feng's hand suddenly fell down, and the tip of the halberd instantly pierced into Nikan's lumbar spine. My Great Qing Prince screamed and collapsed to the ground like a wild dog with a broken spine.

At this time, the Ming army was already rushing towards the top of the mountain.

"Build a wooden frame, nail him to it, and then drag him down."

Yang Feng said.

The first Ming army to arrive quickly knelt down to receive the order.

Yang Feng then flew up again, but at this time the overall situation on the battlefield had been decided, because the upper and lower pontoon bridges of Dangtu had been burned, and the fleeing Qing army could no longer escape to the south. The only way to escape was to the east, but they were blocked by the Ming army that arrived, and it could be said that they had no way out.

Even the cannon fodder were surrendering en masse.

Although surrender is also very dangerous, there is still a glimmer of hope.

There was nothing left after the fight.

Although the Eight Banners Han army and the Mongols did not surrender, their remnants were hiding in the mountains and forests, and then fell into the Ming army's east and west mopping-up operations. It was only a matter of time before they were wiped out.

But at this moment, Yang Feng's gaze suddenly turned upstream.

Warships appeared on the river east of Jiangxinzhou.

Nikan's reinforcements arrived.

After all, it doesn’t take long to get here if you go straight down the river from Jiujiang.

And it was not just on the Yangtze River, a large number of cavalry also appeared on the south bank of the Guxi River.

but……

They could only watch silently across the Guxi River at the Qing troops being surrounded and attacked on the north bank. After all, they had no ability to fly over the river which was nearly half a mile wide. These Qing troops were also Eight Banners Manchus. They just gathered on the south bank and watched helplessly.

However, this also made Yang Feng confirm that these Qing troops were unaware of his terrifying power.

After all, they all dared to gather in front of him.

Anyone who has played against him would never make such a joke.

This is a novice.

newcomer.

He dove down without hesitation, instantly completing a round of chiseling before the stunned gazes of the opposing Qing troops. Then, using his Fang Tian Hua Ji to pick up a general, he flew straight toward the river, facing the warships coming downstream, hovering directly above the surface. On the deck of the foremost warship, the Ming troops, who had clearly surrendered, watched in horror at this bizarre scene. A general, sword raised, urged his soldiers on, aiming his cannon at Yang Feng. Immediately afterwards, a thousand-jin Portuguese mortar spewed flames.

then……

The Qing general who was still struggling on the Fang Tian Hua Ji was instantly interrupted by a cannonball.

Yang Feng pushed him away speechlessly.

"I am the Taizu Gao Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You are traitors and captives. Aren't you afraid that I will punish you with divine punishment?"

he shouted.

"Fire quickly!" the general shouted anxiously.

Then, thinking that the soldiers were moving too slowly, he grabbed a dove gun and fired at Yang Feng. The bullet hit Yang Feng but bounced off directly.

The general grabbed another one and wanted to shoot at Yang Feng again.

But at the same time, the soldiers around him rushed to the side of the ship like crazy, and then jumped down without hesitation. He was dazed for a moment, and instinctively looked up at the golden light in the sky. The next moment, a shoe sole hit him in the face. The huge impact made his face distorted instantly, and the distortion made him turn his head suddenly, spitting out blood and teeth from his mouth, and then he fell to the deck.

Yang Feng landed on the deck and stepped on his severely deformed face.

"damn thing!"

Yang Feng sneered.

The next moment, the strength of his feet increased.

Then the general's face became even more distorted. He struggled and twitched, but was unable to break free from Yang Feng's shoes.

Then Yang Feng continued to push harder, and the general twitched in pain.

Yang Feng continued to exert force.

……

"boom!"

The ground beneath his feet turned into a crushed rotten watermelon.

The general kicked his legs and died instantly.

Yang Feng stepped on the flesh and blood under his feet and looked at the soldiers on the deck who were still not jumping.

"roll!"

he shouted.

All the soldiers rushed to the side of the ship without hesitation and jumped over.

But they did not escape.

Because they were already at the mouth of Guxi River and were originally going to dock at Dangtu, the young men on the shore were happily waiting for them. After all, it was a popular thing to beat a drowning dog.

Yang Feng walked straight to the stern and looked at the warships behind him. It seemed like there were endless warships, forming a long dragon on the Yangtze River waterway. The soldiers on the deck were all wearing golden rat tails, but they were still dressed in Ming army uniforms, and even the flags on the warships had not been changed.

In fact, there are not even a few real Eight Banners on these warships.

After all, the Eight Banners have their own colors, but these do not.

These are Zuo Liangyu's men. They have surrendered to the enemy and become their vanguard...

Be the vanguard of the king's army!

These kinds of things are usually very positive.

These bastards burned, killed, and looted during the Ming Dynasty, and their military discipline was the worst in the Ming army. When they were needed to resist the invaders, they surrendered without hesitation, and then led the invaders, continuing their joy of burning, killing, and looting, or even becoming even happier.

After all, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty still controls it, and I, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, encourage it.

The thousand-jin Portuguese cannons on the deck of the warship facing this side have also been aimed, and the bird guns and even the turtledove guns are also aimed at him. The general commanding on the deck keeps urging him, and even the other two warships behind are moving forward, ready to join the bombardment of him.

Since we are the vanguard of the royal army, of course we have to work hard, no matter what is in front of us. Even if it is the real Emperor Taizu Gao who has come back to life, we have to drive him back to the Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Of course, if Emperor Taizu Gao really came back to life, then he would have to blast the Xiaoling Mausoleum back.

Taizu needs to be worshipped.

But the tablet cannot be resurrected.

Resurrection is evil.

The monster will be blown into pieces, which is much more terrifying than the Jianlu.

"I have to use a big move!"

Yang Feng said with emotion.

He couldn't let this fleet cross the mouth of the Guxi River.

"How big a move?"

The so-called god said this with obvious excitement.

"How about turning the entire river from here forward to the part I can see into a sea of ​​fire?"

Yang Feng said.

"That would require thermite."

The so-called God said.

"Do you have this?"

Yang Feng said.

"This, must have!"

replied the latter.

"Let me show off first!"

Yang Feng said.

Then he rose into the air.

There was chaos on the opposing warships, including the two coming from behind. Almost all the firearms were spewing flames at him. Dense shotgun shells and bullets whizzed past him and bounced off him continuously.

But Yang Feng split the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand, and it instantly turned into two spears. Of course, one of them was still a transformed Overlord Halberd.

He held one hand in each, opened his arms, and looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle...

"Haotian God, please bring down your punishment. Let these sinners who betrayed their ancestors be burned in the blazing fire, and let their souls never be freed."

he yelled.

The next moment, a sharp whistling sounded in the sky.

The general on the opposite deck, still watching him, instinctively looked up. Suddenly, a cloud of thick white smoke exploded from the sky, followed by countless extremely bright sparks shooting outward, and then turned into a rain of fire trailing a white smoke trail. At the same time, above the warships behind, the same thick white smoke exploded, and the same rain of fire fell, like a burst of fireworks, even brighter than fireworks.

Such fireworks continued to explode backwards.

All the people on the warships rushed out and looked at the sky in shock.

then……

The general in the front suddenly woke up.

He was originally looking at the rain of fire falling on his head, and he pushed the soldiers away like a madman and rushed towards the side of the ship.

The rain of fire finally fell.

The first flower fell on his back, and he fell directly into the river with bright burning flames and screams, but the river water did not extinguish the flames. He tried to extinguish the flames with the river water, but he plunged into the depths of the river with the flames still burning underwater on his back.

Of course, no one cared about him now, as fire rained down on the battleship.

The bright flames instantly ignited the warship.

A raging fire rose.

The soldiers jumped into the Yangtze River in fear with flames falling on their bodies.

But just like the generals before him, he fell into the water with the flames still burning in it, screaming in pain as the fire burned him, or swimming desperately to the depths of the river in order to extinguish it, turning into a little white light in the water.

A similar scene was also taking place on all the warships covered in rain of fire.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of warships on the stretch of river Yang Feng could see were engulfed in a rain of fire. Of course, this was divine punishment, so it couldn't be extinguished. Even those who leaped into the Yangtze River with flames still burned through by the divine fire. Their warships transformed into giant torches, blazing across the Yangtze River, with thick smoke billowing into the sky...

(End of this chapter)