Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 66 Battle of Gods
The Qing army's choice in response to Yang Feng's threat was certainly not surprising.

We can’t make him unhappy!
Although it's a bit exaggerated to say I'll never be happy...

There is no other life. If you anger this demon, your life will basically be over.

He has said that those who were swallowed by his giant dragon would be destroyed both physically and spiritually, so not only this life, but the next life as well. We in the Qing Dynasty believe in the master and still have some expectations for reincarnation, so when facing this kind of monster that can turn a person's soul into ashes, everyone should stay calm!
Finally, when the Yuyuan Army, with the elderly, the weak, women and children, plus the people of Caozhou who were willing to follow, crossed the canal in a huge group of more than 400,000 people, the Qing army, which had already assembled nearly 100,000 troops in Dongping, Feicheng, Tai'an and other places, chose to sit back and watch.

Let it reach Qufu.

At this time, most of the people in surrounding areas such as Yanzhou and Jining had packed up their belongings and gathered in Qufu to follow Emperor Taizu Gao.

When the Yuyuan Army arrived in Qufu, its number had increased to nearly sixty-five because it absorbed civilians from Yuncheng, Juye and other places along the way.

In the end, Yang Feng needed to take away 1.3 million people.

He could almost be said to have taken time off from Lucy.

After all, at that time, Shandong had a population of less than 10 million.

This region was one of the hardest hit by natural disasters and war. The Wenxiang Sect rebellion, the Tianqi earthquake in western Shandong, drought, looting plagues, and the Qing army's two acts of burning, killing, and looting, notably the massacres after the capture of Yanzhou, left the region with a population of perhaps two million. One million and three hundred thousand was indeed a terrifying number, especially considering that most of them were elderly, weak, women, and children. However, having promised to take them with him, Emperor Taizu Gao could not break his promise. In reality, this matter was primarily about food; as long as there was enough food, the rest could be easily solved. These days, the people didn't care about anything else; as long as they had enough to eat, they were satisfied.

Don't even ask to be full.

As long as they don't starve to death, that's enough.

"Their request is so simple, but unfortunately, in the entire ancient times, there were almost no people who could meet their requirements!

Prosperity?

A prosperous age means that people will not starve to death.

Even the Qing dynasty, which reduced its average height to less than that of cave dwellers, could be touted as a prosperous era."

Yang Feng looked at the people crowded in Qufu City with emotion.

The latter is in the midst of a revelry.

Because in the sky above their heads, countless cans were falling like rain, such as canned braised pork, canned beef, and canned spiced fish, just like huge hailstones. Although Yang Feng had warned them not to go outside, after all, it was easy to kill people if they were hit.

But there were still people who were so excited that they ran outside with pot lids or table door panels on their heads and screamed excitedly to pick up the trash.

They opened some broken cans and started eating them.

In fact, most of them were broken.

After all, they are difficult to open without breaking them.

In fact, Yang Feng was not prepared to rely on canned food. He had confiscated hundreds of thousands of stones of grain from the Yansheng Duke's house alone. Together with the grain from other families, the grain was enough. These people also brought food with them. These canned food were just a way for him to show his miracles and ensure that these people would become his fanatical believers.

"mortal."

The so-called God spoke from the height of his divine power.

"You speak as if you were not mortal before."

Yang Feng said contemptuously.

He then switched to the dragon.

"Look, this is the real God. God will not ask for anything from you, but will only give you what you need. Anyone who asks for anything from you is not God, they are all liars. God will only give you what you need.

God doesn't want anything from you.

God does not want money, does not want women, and does not want your offerings.

Whatever you have is insignificant to God.

Anyone who asks you for something in the name of God, you can just beat them to death with clubs."

The giant dragon standing beside him acted as his megaphone, shouting to the people in the city.

The latter worshipped him.

This was the Imperial Guard he had envisioned, so the first step was to eliminate all the clutter they had come to believe in. Remember, this area was once the core of the Wenxiang Sect, and there were likely still many former Wenxiang followers. These people had struggled for years in dire straits. Even the people from the surrounding counties, not just the Yuyuan Army, had also struggled through war and natural disasters. They had struggled for so many years, witnessing countless people starving to death, being killed, and even having to eat their own children. And none of the people they once believed in had offered them any help or come to their rescue.

But now Emperor Taizu Gao has come, and he has brought the gifts of the Lord of Heaven.

They will throw away the mess in the past without hesitation.

Clean these up first.

Then instill your own.

Of course, it actually belongs to the so-called God.

"The more I look at this thing of yours, the more horrifying it becomes. Isn't this a bit too twisted?"

Yang Feng looked at a book in his hand.

This was given to him by the so-called God, and it is called the Holy Oracle.

As for the content…

The content is too exaggerated, even distorted.

This guy completely fabricated a system in which mythology and science coexisted, but it was able to deceive people. He also redefined the differences between people and resolved the theoretical conflict between the Ming Dynasty's equality for all and external expansion.

"You want them to believe in gods, you want them to believe in science, you want them to expand abroad, and you want them to advocate equality for all. This is very contradictory. How can I satisfy your demands without distorting them to this extent? But you can rest assured. My system has been tested. Although I just did it casually in the past, I went back and checked it afterwards. It can still be continued and ensure that there will be no serious conflict between science and gods that will hinder the development of science and technology.

At least not for three hundred years.

After all, even in your modern world, there are still people who believe in parallel universes.

I just detailed it a bit.

As for three hundred years from now, if the world's science has reached modern levels, then there is no need for us to worry about it.

Empires always fall, without exception. Even the most powerful empire I ever built, even after I watched them for five hundred years, still fell in the end. No empire lasts forever, and empires are meant to be consigned to the dustbin when necessary."

The so-called God can't even dance square dance anymore, the old man said sadly.

I don’t know what old friend I’m thinking of.

"That's true."

Yang Feng nodded in agreement.

Then he held up the Oracle.

"Back then, I gave you the Great Edict, allowing you to bring it to me at any time to appeal to my grievances. Now, I give you this, so that you will no longer be deceived or deceived. I will tell you everything. I will tell you what wind, rain, thunder, and lightning are. I will tell you what the sun, moon, and stars are. I will tell you what the earth beneath your feet looks like..."

The roar of the dragon resounded throughout Qufu.

half a month later.

Amidst the joyful gaze of hundreds of thousands of surrounding Qing troops, who seemed to have been reborn, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty finally concluded his inspection tour of Qufu and set out to continue his northern tour with over 1.4 million men, women, and children. Instead of heading toward Jinan or continuing north along the Grand Canal, as the Qing army had feared, the troops turned toward Sishui, returned to Maoyang, and divided their forces there. The elderly, weak, women, and children, escorted by some of the strongest men, were escorted by Wang Jun's troops, who then turned toward Yizhou and continued on to Andongwei, where they would temporarily await relief from the imperial court.

The 200,000 young and strong men who were selected, plus those who had followed before, were all incorporated into the imperial guards.

The Imperial Guards already exist.

However, these were not incorporated into the imperial camp, but a separate Taizu guard was established.

They are not even the emperor's guards. The Imperial Camp belongs to the emperor. Now it is only led by Taizu. Once a new emperor is elected, the Imperial Camp will be handed over to the new emperor, who will then command it to prevent the losers from being unwilling to accept the result.

Although this is basically impossible, after all, Emperor Taizu Gao is still watching. Even if Emperor Taizu Gao is gone, there is still Prince Qi watching. The Imperial Camp was completely trained by Prince Qi, including the military merit system, which was also formulated by Prince Qi. In fact, the Imperial Camp's loyalty to Prince Qi is definitely greater than that to future emperors.

The King of Qi was really good to them.

Rewards of silver, land, women and even slaves.

Although it was a reward from Taizu.

But in fact, everyone in the imperial camp knew that it was the King of Qi who instigated Taizu to do this.

But Taizu's guards were different. They were loyal only to Taizu, not to anyone else, including future emperors. It's said that Yang Feng chose them because they had no feelings for the emperor. In fact, all their previous suffering was caused by the emperor. The emperor was incompetent and unable to stop foreign enemies, which led to the destruction of their homes and the deaths of countless relatives. The emperor's heavy taxes and levies caused their relatives to starve to death. They had also rebelled against the emperor in the past. The Yuyuan Army existed during the Chongzhen era, and Wang Jun even wore the dragon robe. They were loyal only to Taizu, but not to the emperor. They were not even an army, but merely Taizu's followers. Even if Taizu left in the future, they would not be loyal to the emperor, but would continue to guard Taizu's ancestral hall.

This has been around for a long time.

Yang Feng agreed.

It's just a shrine for him, and it expresses the people's respect and love for him.

But this doesn't seem to be a shrine for his life.

After all, he had been buried in the Xiaoling Mausoleum for more than two hundred years.

Therefore, we cannot worship him inside, we can only worship heaven and earth.

There is even Han Xin's ancestral hall.

However, Han Xin has always been worshipped among the people.

Although those were the Marquis of Huaiyin, Han Xin was still very depressed when he found out.

In short, Yang Feng divided his troops in Maoyang, and most of them were transferred to Andong Wei. He led 200,000 imperial guards north, and then the sky fell for the gentry in Qingzhou.

Qingshiguan.

"Yeah, you still dare to resist?"

Yang Feng looked at the tightly closed city gate.

At the same time, flames shot out from the city wall.

The whistling shells streaked across the sky, sending up shards of gravel flying not far from him.

This really surprised him.

After all, he had never met anyone who dared to shoot at him.

"Replying to Taizu, the Qing demons have appointed Li Huaxi, the former imperial governor of the three frontiers, as the governor of Shandong. He has brought 20,000 Eight Banners troops to Zibo. Fang Kezhuang, the former imperial censor-in-chief and later minister to the Qing demons, has also gathered tens of thousands of militia in Qingzhou to reinforce Zibo. The Eight Banners troops are at Qingshi Pass. They came from the northwest and can't communicate with us. They don't know the power of Taizu. They are either too bold or they don't know the power of Taizu."

An officer next to him said.

This was the local militia of Laiwu. Before Emperor Taizu Gao arrived, he had already led some of the militia into action.

Then, together with the local young and strong people of Laiwu, the gentry in the city were quickly cleansed out.

"Then let them see it!"

Yang Feng sneered.

He looked at the guards behind him.

"Follow me!"

He said.

These guards will eventually have to go through a real bloody battle.

"Brothers, open the Bluestone Pass!"

Liang Min held his Guandao and shouted excitedly.

The guards behind him roared in unison, looking at the city gate in front of them almost fanatically.

At this time, Emperor Taizu Gao had already flown up. The magic wand in his hand quickly transformed into a Fang Tian Hua Ji, and the crown on his body quickly turned into golden armor. In the sunlight, accompanied by fanatical roars behind him, he rushed straight to Qingshi Pass, and in a blink of an eye he was above the pass. He pointed the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand, and tens of thousands of tons of rocks were about to fly out.

then……

"What the hell?"

Yang Feng looked at the counterweight catapults in the city wall in astonishment.

Moreover, the catapults were covered with talismans, and there was a circle of masters chanting around them. What was even more exaggerated was that there was a missionary sprinkling holy water. Even the shamans were not absent, and they were all dancing there like they were having a seizure.

"put!"

A red-robed civil servant standing next to the catapult roared majestically, holding a sword in his hand.

The next moment, the brakes on all the catapults were engaged almost simultaneously. From behind these ancient, almost lost, trebuchets, ropes dragged leather bags, and round canisters were hurled skyward, trailing trails of burning smoke as they flew towards him. Yang Feng was amused. These guys actually thought of using catapults to drop bombs. He had to admit, they were truly driven to desperation. He hovered there, grinning at these weapons that could be considered the decisive battle weapon of the Qing Dynasty.

then……

"boom!"

The first can exploded not far from him.

Then he stopped laughing.

Because along with the smoke and flames, there was also a foul smell, which was not like the smell from the pit toilet, but rather had a bloody smell.

Before he could figure out what it was, the cans kept exploding in the sky, and black dots flew out in the smoke. Although most of them were far away, there were still a few that were close.

"Quickly release him! This evildoer has been poisoned by the black dog's blood. His magic has been broken. Kill him!"

The roar of the civil servant was heard.

"You, you, I will kill all your clans!"

At the same time, Emperor Taizu Gao's terrifying roar also sounded in the sky.

The boulder flew out with a terrifying roar.

The Qing soldiers on the city wall below, holding dove guns, watched in horror as the huge monster fell like a mountain.

Some of them were even splashing black dog blood on themselves, preparing for a bloody battle!

Then the boulder hit the city wall.

Because Yang Feng had used too much force in his rage, the weathered boulder smashed into the mountain city wall, and so it, along with the wall, was shattered into countless flying fragments. The civil servant was still holding his sword and shouting when the fragments of the boulder instantly passed by. Although they missed, the airflow still pushed him down, and the catapult next to him was also shattered into pieces...

(End of this chapter)