Sky Curtain: The opening scene explains the four major cases of the Ming Dynasty plus the early Ming

The studio's dark gold lights instantly turned extremely intense, and the red warning line on the holographic screen, like a runaway python, crossed the Fujian border and plunged into the wealthy land at the southernmost tip of the Ming Dynasty's territory.

Guangdong!

Zhu Dijun grabbed a black whiteboard eraser, smoothed out the previous map of Taizhou, and then wrote three large characters in the center of the whiteboard with great force: "Three-in-One".

"Family members, Qi Jiguang's army is wreaking havoc in Fujian, driving all the remaining Japanese pirates back to Guangdong." He slammed his hand down on the holographic keyboard, and the coordinates of Guangzhou, Chaozhou, and Huizhou instantly lit up with blinding crimson flames.

"But these defeated Japanese pirates, upon arriving in Guangdong, not only failed to settle down, but instead created a massive mess that nearly overturned the southern border of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Why? Because they ran into some tough local guys in Guangdong!"

Zhu Dijun tapped the screen repeatedly with the infrared laser pen in his hand.

"The first force is Wu Ping, a giant pirate who has established himself at sea! He commands hundreds of warships and is rampant on Nan'ao Island!"

"The second group is the local Guangdong bandits, known as the 'Dong Kou' (local strongmen), Wen Qi and Wu Duan!"

"True Japanese, pirates, and mountain bandits! The three most damn reckless scoundrels have joined forces!"

Zhu Dijun roared out.

"This group, when put together, has a total strength exceeding 20,000! The Japanese pirates are responsible for the land assault, Wu Ping for the naval maneuvering, and the Dong pirates for leading the way and looting! They came like a torrential rain and left like a startled swan! The government troops in Guangdong were so badly defeated that they dared not even leave the city gates, and the prefectures and counties of Guangdong and Guangxi were instantly turned into a wasteland!"

The live stream chat exploded instantly.

"Holy crap! A three-dimensional, land, sea, and air gangster group!"

"Local gangs plus ruthless outsiders—who can withstand that?"

"Twenty thousand men! That's a force large enough to attack the capital back then!"

A parallel Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty.

Inside the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang slammed his hand on the imperial desk, causing the paperweight to tumble and fall.

"More than 20,000 rebels and bandits are running rampant, claiming territory on our beautiful land!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his cheek muscles twitched violently.

"Are all the military garrisons and outposts in Guangdong wiped out?! Tens of thousands of regular troops can't handle these criminal peasants and wild monkeys?!"

The military officers below knelt on the ground, sweating profusely.

Xu Da looked up and gritted his teeth as he replied:

"Shangwei, these kinds of bandits are the hardest to deal with. Once they're ashore, they disappear into the mountains; once they're at sea, their ships are incredibly fast. Our government troops are too short-legged to even catch a glimpse of them!"

On the sky, Zhu Dijun ruthlessly sliced ​​open this malignant tumor.

"We can't suppress them all, we can't defend against them all! What should we do?" He threw the pointer on the podium, grabbed a red marker, and wrote the name that made countless pirates tremble with fear on the whiteboard.

Yu Dayou!

"In the forty-third year of the Jiajing reign, the imperial court, in desperation, transferred Yu Dayou, the brilliant naval strategist of the Ming Dynasty, to Guangdong as commander-in-chief!"

Zhu Dijun pressed his hands firmly on the podium, staring intently at the camera.

"You thought Yu Dayou would immediately lead his troops into battle? You're sorely mistaken! This veteran general unleashed the pinnacle of his command skills—disrupting the conflict before even engaging in direct combat!"

On the big screen, several top-secret military orders were dissected.

"He devised three extremely shrewd strategies: appease first, then suppress; use bandits to fight bandits; isolate the Japanese pirates!"

Zhu Dijun drew three lines on the whiteboard, directly cutting off the bandits who had joined forces.

"The first step was to launch a blitzkrieg against the weakest of the mountain bandits! We crushed Wen Qi, captured him alive, and forced that bandit leader named Wu Duan to surrender with his entire village! Not only did Yu Dayou spare his life, but he also directly organized Wu Duan's two thousand most elite mountain bandits into the Ming Dynasty's vanguard!"

"The second step is to send a messenger to Wu Ping at sea to deliver a message."

Judy Jun gave a mocking sneer.

"Tell him that the imperial court is only targeting the real Japanese this time. If you stay put on Nan'ao Island obediently, the army won't touch you!"

He kicked the edge of the podium, the loud thud echoing: "Wu Pingzhen believed it! He cut off all contact with the Japanese pirates and ran back to the island to become a coward! In an instant, the main force of the real Japanese pirates who were plundering the coast of Chaozhou became lost souls without ships or guides!"

A parallel Chongzhen era of the Ming Dynasty.

Under the old, crooked tree on Coal Hill, snowflakes swirled and landed on Zhu Youjian's tattered dragon robe.

He grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing until his mouth was filled with the metallic taste of blood. As he listened to the tactics being discussed on the sky regarding "recruiting Wu Duan," his whole body trembled violently.

"Recruiting soldiers... another damn recruitment offer..."

Emperor Chongzhen frantically pounded his withered hands on the frozen ground.

"Why should Yu Dayou succeed in recruiting these bandits?! I also recruited Zhang Xianzhong back then! I gave them countless amounts of money and provisions, and those beasts turned around and killed officials and rebelled, completely hollowing out my Ming Dynasty!"

He looked up and laughed desperately at the sky, a laugh that tore his heart apart.

In the studio, Zhu Dijun seemed to hear a resentment that transcended time and space. He snorted coldly, grabbed the blackboard eraser, and swung it fiercely in mid-air.

"Some emperors in later generations always thought that accepting amnesty could buy them peace."

Zhu Dijun's voice was filled with extreme contempt. "Is that what you call surrendering? You're just paying tribute to beg them to stop making trouble because you can't beat them! Yu Dayou held a knife to Wu Duan's neck, threatening to chop his whole family up and feed them to the dogs if they didn't surrender! That's called coercion under overwhelming force! Without absolute military strength as a foundation, surrendering is just raising a tiger to cause trouble!"

A barrage of comments instantly appeared.

"Jun-ge's explanation is spot on!"

"Physical exorcism is a prerequisite for being recruited!"

"The mole has been taken down; now it's time to close the door and beat the dog!"

Zhu Dijun frantically typed on the keyboard, and the map of the eastern coast of Guangdong zoomed in instantly.

"March of the 43rd year of the Jiajing reign (1554), First Battle: Night Raid on Zou Tang!"

"Wu Duan, this surrendered general, led those two thousand mountain bandits as the vanguard in order to gain merit and save his life. They knew the terrain too well! Under the cover of darkness, they directly infiltrated the Japanese pirate camp, breaking through three mountain strongholds in one night and beheading more than four hundred real Japanese pirates!"

"May, the Second Battle: The Battle of Shenshangou and Dadegang!"

The special effects of battle on the big screen exploded. Tens of thousands of Japanese pirates with nowhere to escape were forced to Dade Port in Haifeng County, with mountains behind them and the sea in front.

"Yu Dayou will personally lead the attack, launching a combined land and water encirclement!" Zhu Dijun roared.

"Infantry will split into three groups to block the pass and launch a frontal assault! The navy's warships will completely block the sea! The Japanese pirates want to escape by sea? Our artillery will teach them a lesson!"

In the scene, the Ming army's muskets and arrows rained down. Large numbers of Japanese pirates fell on the beach in despair.

"Half a day! Half a day of fierce fighting! More than 3,800 people were beheaded or captured alive! The rest jumped into the sea, and a storm swept through, and they all went to meet the Dragon King!"

The atmosphere in the entire live stream room was completely ignited.

"Let's make dumplings! Let's make dumplings!"

"This is so satisfying! If we had fought like this earlier, would Southeast Asia have been in such a mess for so long!"

Zhu Dijun raised his hands and pressed them down, the murderous intent in his eyes not diminishing in the slightest.

"It's not over yet! From May to June, the siege of Kinmen and Sikkim will continue!"

"Two thousand remaining Japanese soldiers retreated to Gaoluo Township and built high walls to defend it to the death."

He drew an airtight iron bucket on the whiteboard.

"Yu Dayou isn't fighting this time. He's ordered the entire army to set up camp. He's only doing one thing—starve these bastards to death!"

"They were without food for two whole months! The Japanese pirates even gnawed on tree bark, and in the middle of the night, they were so hungry that they went crazy and tried to break out."

Zhu Dijun grabbed a red pen and heavily drew the character for "kill" on the outside of the iron bucket.

"Ming army deputy general Tang Kekuan had already laid an ambush! More than 1,200 heads fell to the ground! Then the army swept through, searching the mountains and seas, and beheaded more than 600 more!"

"Thus, the main force of the genuine Japanese pirates who had fled to the coast of Guangdong was completely wiped out by Yu Dayou within three months! Not a single one was left!"

The parallel Yongle era of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di slapped his thigh, making a crisp, cracking sound.

"What a brilliant encirclement by land and water! What a ruthless tactic!"

The emperor, who had been on horseback, paced excitedly around the hall.

"This Yu Dayou not only understands naval warfare, but his command of infantry and cavalry is also top-notch! Using bandits as guides and guarding the choke points himself, he effortlessly nipped this major threat in the bud! That's satisfying!"

On the backdrop, the white light from the studio began to flicker, turning into an extremely intense crimson.

"The true Japanese are all dead, now who should we deal with?"

Zhu Dijun sneered, tapping his knuckles on the pirate's name, "Wu Ping."

"Wu Ping is currently hiding on Nan'ao Island, where he still has more than 10,000 troops and several hundred warships. Yu Dayou's navy has the advantage at sea, but the terrain of Nan'ao Island is extremely complex. If they force a landing and attack, the navy will suffer heavy losses."

He turned around abruptly and slammed his hands down on the holographic control panel.

Two yellowed military orders were suddenly spliced ​​together on the big screen.

"In the autumn of the forty-fourth year of the Jiajing reign! The Ming Dynasty made the last, and most thrilling, decision in its war against the Japanese pirates!"

Zhu Dijun's voice was like a storm, echoing throughout the entire studio.

"Transfer Qi Jiguang's army, which is currently stationed in Fujian, to Guangdong!"

The scene shifts instantly, showing a steel army, exuding menacing aura and wielding wolf-tooth rifling and long spears, marching in orderly steps across the border between Fujian and Guangdong.

"Qi Jiguang is here!"

"On the sea surrounding Nan'ao Island, Qi Jiguang's invincible land force and Yu Dayou's invincible navy met in the most brutal and ultimate meeting of the two gods in the history of the Ming Dynasty's resistance against Japanese pirates!"

On the large screen, two general's flags fluttered in the wind and met. One flag read "Qi," and the other "Yu."

The pinnacle of land warfare and the pinnacle of naval warfare in the Ming Dynasty completed their final fusion before the raging seas of Guangdong.

The live chat went completely crazy, the screen was filled with comments like "Yu Long Qi Hu!" and "One Piece's doomsday!"

"How do we fight? We crush them!"

Zhu Dijun slammed his fist on the control panel.

"Qi Jiguang calculated the tide precisely and, taking advantage of the high tide, sent the Qi Family Army directly onto the beach of Nan'ao Island! With the Mandarin Duck Formation deployed, they were utterly unreasonable, sweeping through all of Wu Ping's land camps!"

"Seeing that the land could not be defended, Wu Ping led his men to desperately run towards the warships, hoping to escape by sea!"

"Yu Dayou's navy is waiting for him on the sea! Hundreds of breech-loading cannons opened fire simultaneously! Wu Ping's warships were instantly reduced to a giant bonfire party on the sea!"

The firelight illuminated the entire holographic screen.

Zhu Dijun stood on the podium, panting heavily, and casually tossed aside the half-broken marker.

"Wu Ping, with his remaining eight hundred men, fled to Annam like stray dogs. In the end, he was pursued and killed by the Ming army and was wiped out in a foreign land."

He slowly straightened up, and the red light gradually faded, turning into a beam of extremely calm white light.

"In the forty-fifth year of the Jiajing reign, the last wisp of smoke from the southeastern coast dissipated."

Zhu Dijun looked at the camera, his voice becoming extremely low.

"The Great Japanese Pirate Raid of the Jiajing period, which lasted for fifteen years and turned half of the Ming Dynasty into ruins, has finally been completely quelled."

The chat in the live stream instantly fell silent, and then countless people silently typed salute emojis in front of their screens.

"The Qi Family Army and the Yu Family Army, stepping over the corpses of countless comrades and civilians, forcibly gave the Ming Dynasty a breath of life."

Zhu Dijun suddenly changed the subject, erasing the heroic picture of the Japanese invasion with the blackboard eraser in his hand.

He picked up a red pen and, quite abruptly, drew a palace shrouded in dark clouds on the empty whiteboard.

"But family members, don't rush to applaud."

A chilling smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"The knives that kill outside have been put away, but the bloodless knives inside the Forbidden City have only just been drawn."

The large screen zoomed in directly onto Xiyuan in Beijing.

The flames inside the alchemy furnace had turned an eerie, ghastly green.

"In the forty-fifth year of the Jiajing reign, the war was over, and Yan Song, this fat pig that had been raised for twenty years, finally had his time to be put into the meat grinder."

Zhu Dijun suddenly moved closer to the camera, his bloodshot eyes radiating a chilling aura.

"Is the final, bloody purge of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom about to begin?"