Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 30 Let the descendants of the phoenix and dragon go first
"interesting!"

Yang Feng, standing on the deck, unexpectedly discovered that the place was already armed...

In front of him should be the parade ground outside the city, where thousands of soldiers were in training.

So at this moment, even these soldiers, the people watching the excitement around them, and even the civil and military officials in charge of the training, were all looking at him in astonishment.

Among them were several people wearing dragon robes.

Of course, all the princes of the Ming Dynasty could wear dragon robes, but firstly, the color and number of dragons were limited, and secondly, there was no sun and moon on the shoulders. The emperor had the sun and moon, but there was no color and number limit for the emperor's dragon robe. So under special circumstances, if the emperor and the princes wore exactly the same dragon robes and stood together, they could only be distinguished by the sun and moon on their shoulders.

In the morning sunlight, Emperor Gaozu of the Ming Dynasty, dressed in golden armor, looked at his at least a dozen generations of grandchildren.

It should be more than ten generations.

The Prince of Huai was a descendant of Zhu Gaochi's concubine's son, so he was the great-grandson of Zhu when he was first ennobled.

There are now more than a dozen Kings of Huai. Even if some of them are brothers, it would take nearly ten generations.

"Is this how you welcome our ancestors?"

Yang Feng shouted.

Then the tweeter on the missile boat made his voice echo in the sky.

"Where did this monster come from!"

An armored general said angrily.

Yang Feng wordlessly stretched out his hand, and the Fang Tian Hua Ji automatically appeared...

The general's legs went weak and he fell to his knees.

Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man in a red dragon robe hurried forward, followed by a pile of dragon robes and various official uniforms. He looked at Yang Feng somewhat awkwardly, was at a loss for a moment, and suddenly knelt down without hesitation.

"The heir of Huai, Chang Qing, pays homage to the Great Emperor Taizu Gao, who wishes him eternal blessings and a life as long as the heavens."

he shouted.

The people in dragon robes behind him knelt down one after another.

Then those in official uniforms had no choice but to kneel down reluctantly.

"He's a good and sensible child. He can see the imperial edict summoning the royal family. Why hasn't he come to court yet?"

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

Only then did he remember that this generation of Prince Huai was really a smart man, one of the rare vassal kings who had a good end. After the fall of Nanjing, he rose up in rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, but was defeated. However, he did not surrender, and retreated all the way to Fuzhou to follow Longwu, and then continued to flee south to Guangzhou. Finally, after Longwu's death, he was supported by Zheng Chenggong as regent, but then the envoy of Yongli arrived, and he abolished the regent and followed Yongli. Later, he died of illness in Zheng Chenggong's army.

Judging from the speed at which he knelt to welcome the ancestor, he is indeed a smart man.

"Replying to Emperor Taizu Gao, I am currently recruiting soldiers and intend to bring them to the court to assist Emperor Taizu Gao."

Prince Huai said respectfully while lying on the ground.

"Very good. I came here to ask you to gather troops and march north to fight against the Qing demons."

Yang Feng said.

"Meet, meet the attack?"

The face of a red-robed official behind Prince Huai turned pale instantly, and he spoke with some stammering.

"The Qing demons were defeated in Nanjing. I am pursuing them along the river. Ajige is desperate and has led 200,000 Qing demons south from Jiande. Hurry and gather the troops. All the young and strong will be recruited to follow me to Shimen to fight."

Yang Feng said.

He exaggerated the strength of the Qing army appropriately.

In fact, at that time, Ajige had only about 50,000 to 60,000 men under his command.

The scene fell into dead silence for a moment.

then……

"The Qing invaders are coming!"

"Run! The Jiannu are attacking!"

……

The next moment, everyone behind ran away.

Whether they were civilians or soldiers, they all screamed in terror, and then pushed each other and ran madly towards the city gate at the back, or even ran towards the boats on the shore. An official in a green robe lost his shoe and instinctively wanted to pick it up, but was pushed to the ground and then stepped on.

The red-robed official also instinctively turned around and prepared to join the escape.

Even those in dragon robes have them.

The Prince of Huai lying on the ground was so lonely that he could not even cry.

Yang Feng turned around speechlessly and opened the hatch of AK630.

This thing can be manually controlled in an emergency.

The six gun barrels were immediately laid flat.

The next moment, flames erupted, and trails of fire whistled through the air, instantly passing over the crowd before striking the city wall. A burst of fire and smoke spread, and a row of obvious craters appeared on the wall...

The crowd stopped.

They looked back at the missile boat in horror.

"If you dare to escape, all the men in this city will be killed and all the women will be taken away!"

Yang Feng shouted.

"Emperor Taizu..."

The red-robed official turned around and lay on the ground crying, wanting to shout something.

The next moment the tracer hit him.

Then his body turned into splattered flesh and blood in the explosion of the shell.

"Are you afraid of the Qing monsters? Are you afraid of the Qing monsters coming to kill you? Then are you afraid of me? The Qing monsters can only kill you if they come. I can kill you right now. All the young and strong men in the city, whether they are soldiers or civilians, or even members of the royal family, must take up arms and follow me to Shimen. If you don't have swords or guns, use bamboo spears. If you don't have shields, use pot lids. If you have horses, ride horses. If you don't have horses, ride donkeys or mules. All of you must follow me to Shimen to fight the Qing monsters. Those who go will each be given a hundred acres of land. If you don't go, your entire family will be killed. All members of the royal family, whether men or women between fifteen and fifty, must follow me.

On the battlefield, members of the royal family go first.

Those who have made achievements come next.

The people come last.”

Yang Feng shouted.

"Emperor Taizu, please have mercy!"

"Emperor Taizu, spare my life!"

……

Then all those who had fled knelt down.

Yang Feng opened fire again without hesitation, and the shells instantly hit the royal family and gentry who were originally in the front to greet him. Although it was only a brief second, the dozens of shells that hit them in an instant still created a horrible bloody scene.

The scene was silent again, and everyone looked at the broken limbs in disbelief.

Even Zhu Changqing was shocked.

"Are my words ineffective? All the young and strong men in the city will follow me to fight the Qing demons. We will set off in three hours. I will personally use my magic to inspect them. Anyone hiding will be beheaded in public."

Yang Feng shouted.

At the same time, he turned into a golden light and shot up into the sky.

Zhu Changqing woke up immediately.

"Quick, gather all the young and strong men in the city, both men and women from the royal family, between fifteen and fifty, to follow Taizu. Taizu has descended from the heavens to defeat the Jiannu and make them flee in panic. With Taizu leading the charge, what are you afraid of? Everyone who goes out to fight will receive ten taels of silver to settle down. Defeat the Jiannu and everyone will receive a hundred taels of silver. I will pledge all my land as collateral."

he shouted.

He is a smart man.

Taizu's imperial edict stated that the successor should be chosen from among the royal family.

If you perform well, you might get a chance.

Now it is an investment, and the possibility of losing money is almost zero.

After all, he knew the situation on the Nanjing battlefield clearly.

The terrified soldiers and civilians looked up at the Emperor Taizu Gao in the sky, then at the Prince of Huai, and suddenly calmed down. Indeed, this was a deity. Of course, it could also be a demon, but whether it was a deity or a demon, it represented the truth of the legends surrounding him. Following such an Emperor Taizu Gao, the likelihood of failure was slim, not to mention the silver. The officers in the crowd immediately began to drive the young and strong out to find weapons. At that time, Poyang was the capital of Raozhou Prefecture, and it was densely populated. Most of the immigrants in the early Ming Dynasty came from the east coast of Poyang Lake. During the Yuan Dynasty, the registered population of this prefecture was comparable to that of an entire province in the north.

Waxiba is as famous as the big locust tree, but in fact Waxiba is the one with the most visitors.

Millions of immigrants came out of here. Under the majestic gaze of Emperor Taizu Gao, and under the intimidation of his divine beast, the Prince of Huai personally led his soldiers to begin conscripting men from across the city.

From fifteen to fifty.

All of them are on the battlefield.

If there are no weapons, use farm tools. If there are not enough farm tools, use bamboo spears or wooden sticks.

In reality, it won’t reach this point.

After all, there is no shortage of farm tools.

Especially harpoons, the proportion of harpoons here is much higher than that in Nanjing.

Of course, there were definitely hidden things, but luckily, Emperor Taizu Gao had magical powers. He flew in the sky, holding a black object and searching, and any hidden things were found immediately...

"How many women and children are there in this family?"

he shouted.

"Replying to Grandpa Taizu, there are four of them. The man in their family is a scholar and has gone out to study."

The soldier below answered.

"There's another one in the haystack over there. I have a third eye, and you still want to hide from me?"

Yang Feng, who was holding a military infrared detector, shouted.

Amid the woman's cries, the soldiers immediately dragged the scholar out of the haystack.

"cut!"

Yang Feng shouted.

The soldier immediately chopped him off with his sword.

"Take his head and put it on display."

Yang Feng shouted.

Then he flew to the next place.

"Whose family is this?"

He shouted from above a large mansion.

"Replying to Master Taizu, this is a royal family. There are three people going to the war, two men and one woman, and the remaining two women and one man."

The soldier replied.

"There are two more in that tank."

Yang Feng pointed to the big vat in the yard.

Amid the cries of the young men from the royal family, the soldiers dragged out a man and a woman who were hiding.

"cut!"

Yang Feng cleaned up the mess for Lao Zhu without any hesitation.

……

Under the horrified gaze of Emperor Taizu Gao, Prince Huai personally led the soldiers to drive out the young and strong men in the city. The civilians were all men, and the royal family must be equal in gender. This was very reasonable. If the Qing monsters attacked, the royal family women would inevitably be humiliated, so it would be better to die on the battlefield than to let them be humiliated. This was their ancestor personally leading them.

Must include all.

Whether we can fight or not doesn’t matter for now, but we must go.

This is to protect the Zhu family's kingdom. If the Zhu family doesn't take over, who will?

First the royal family, then the gentry, and all those who have made achievements must also be included.

Emperor Taizu Gao specifically watched from the sky those residences that looked reputable, dragging out those hiding and beheading them. Prince Huai also knew this was his chance to show off, so he simply took the list and went door to door, conscripting men. He didn't care how many members of the royal family died; they were his share of the silver, and he had to support them. The more they died, the less he had to support them. Moreover, most of the royal family were already five generations of kin, so there was no sense of affection left.

In the end, after using high-tech methods to conscript men from all over the city, Yang Feng actually drove more than 300,000 people to the assembly point outside the city.

Then head directly north.

Just walk.

It's two hundred miles from here to Shimen, which only takes three days to walk.

Although traveling by water is more convenient, it requires entering Poyang Lake, which makes it much easier to escape.

There was no place to escape by land. After all, they were advancing in formation, just like the previous attack on Dangtu from Nanjing, in clusters, forming a huge flat-moving group. They ignored logistics; it was only two hundred miles away, so why bother with logistics? They slaughtered every pig, sheep, and even dog in the city, steamed a bunch of rice balls, and each person had a piece of meat and a few rice balls...

Isn’t this how the famous Japanese generals of the Warring States period launched expeditions to enemy countries?

What else do you want after two hundred miles?

And they had to continue conscripting men along the way, after all, there were villages along the way.

Yang Feng is actually very pressed for time.

Even if the Qing army took the mountain road, it would only take three days at most to reach Shimen.

It also takes three days for him.

Fortunately, even if the Qing army passed the Stone Gate, they still could not escape from the mountains. The cavalry just had a larger space for activities. There was really no space north of the Stone Gate. They could only move in a river valley corridor more than 100 miles long. There were few decent roads on both sides, not to mention this era, even in modern times, there were few decent roads. These able-bodied men were certainly not good at fighting, but their large numbers allowed them to block this corridor.

"Emperor Taizu Gao."

Zhu Changqing below suddenly knelt down.

"What's the matter?"

Yang Feng said.

"Emperor Taizu, I request to go to Fuliang and recruit the young and strong men from Fuliang."

Zhu Changqing said quickly.

"How do you recruit?"

Yang Feng said.

"Give me silver. Fuliang has many miners, kiln workers, and charcoal burners. Most of them are desperate people who only care about silver. As long as you give them enough silver, they will work hard. I use the arrival of Taizu as a sign and use silver to motivate them. I can use these people. They are better fighters than the young and strong."

Zhu Changqing said with youthful excitement.

"Go ahead, and tell them that after the Qing demons defeated Li Zicheng upstream, all the treasures Li Zicheng brought with him are in their hands. If you annihilate the Qing demons, you can take all the gold and silver!"

Yang Feng said.

Of course, even if there were any, they would be shipped north.

However, the Qing army had a lot of gold, silver, and jewelry. This was indeed the case. Every time they destroyed the Qing army, they could plunder a lot. This was one of the reasons why the Ming army was so enthusiastic. The Taizu Emperor certainly couldn't ask for gold and silver. How could a god ask for money? Even if Ajige and his men didn't have as much as Duoduo's men who had just massacred Yangzhou, they would not be without gold, silver, and jewelry. Jingdezhen was indeed full of miners, kiln burners, charcoal burners, and even a large number of shanty dwellers. Their fighting capacity was indeed higher than that of the young and strong.

Zhu Changqing immediately took some guards and went to Fuliang with great enthusiasm.

Emperor Taizu Gao...

"What are you looking at? Keep moving forward. If you run away and don't come back, I'll kill you!"

Yang Feng shouted at the huge group of young and strong people below.

Then the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand flew out, and a golden light instantly passed through a deserter.

The other few who were originally running away were frightened and returned to the team as quickly as possible.

"Hurry up! We must reach Shimen the day after tomorrow. The first ten thousand people to arrive will each receive a reward of one hundred taels of silver. The last two will forget about it!"

Yang Feng roared.

He was like a sheepdog, driving 300,000 young and strong men in the sky. Because of his height advantage, he could see everything. If anyone tried to escape, he would just throw his spear at them. His ferocity was still very effective. With a formation that stretched for ten miles and nearly twenty miles, soon there was basically no escape.

Firstly, it was scary, and secondly, his image flying in the sky was indeed reassuring.

Moreover, this group of young and strong people is sweeping through the villages along the way as they advance, and then dragging more young and strong people into it.

Just like bandits.

It's indeed similar to bandits.

There were women inside, too. Princesses and county ladies from the royal family were weeping and carrying spears and riding donkeys...

They could only ride donkeys.

Walking dozens of miles a day would be exhausting.

(End of this chapter)