In the distance, the officers and sailors slowly turned their huge bodies and turned their wide sideboards towards the rafts. Song Xiance, whose lips trembled, closed his eyes in pain.

A series of cannon flames pulled a brilliant lightning bolt across the dim river! This beautiful view of death made the hearts of those rogues shrink!

Summer thunder!

After the dazzling lightning flashed on the surface of the river, the sound of a dense roar like thunder crossed the rolling river and reached the ears of these rogues.

Before the frightened rogues could react, a dense rain of bullets pierced the transparent sky illuminated by the flares with a sharp whistling sound, and slammed into the heads of the rogues!

Bombarding such a small raft with naval heavy artillery was not meant to kill the target by direct hits. Shells with huge kinetic energy smashed on the surface of the river, stirring up huge waves and columns of water. The improvised rafts could not withstand these huge waves, and they would soon be overturned by the waves. As for the rogues on the rafts, they naturally fell into the water to feed the fish and turtles.

As time passed, the density of the artillery bombardment by the officers and soldiers increased, and the losses of the rogues increased. The broadside guns of dozens of battleships rained down on them, sending them to the bottom with endless death's greetings.

Song Xiance, who was lying on the raft, saw in despair that a group of smaller official and military warships turned their bows and quickly approached them!

It's a battle without suspense.

A battle between a dragon and an ant, a colony of ants. The dhows rushed over and smashed the rafts into pieces with their huge hulls. This time, the officers and soldiers had no intention of collecting prisoners of war. This kind of night fighting also had no chance to collect prisoners of war.

After dawn, many of the hired fishermen wielded their hooks and nets, resisted the vomit rolling in their chests, and salvaged the corpses of the wanderers who had spread all over the river and carried them up in the waves.

Most of these rogue troops who forcibly crossed the river fell into the turbulent river water in the fierce battle last night and fed the fish and shrimp. Only a very small number of people are late in departure. Or be close to shore and return safely.

These rogues who did not cross the river no longer had the courage to continue trying, and they chose to flee in all directions.

Most of these rogues died in the swamps and in the maws of predators. A small number of people are in a state of malaise and are on a stick. Covered in mud and covered in mud, it didn't take long for them to be surrounded by a large number of villagers after they walked out of the swamp like a wild man. After beating him violently, he tied it up and sent it to the government to exchange for silver. Naturally, the knife that awaits them is unavoidable.

Furthermore. There are also a few lucky people who really quietly crossed the river under the cover of night, and successfully reached the opposite bank after evading the fierce resistance of the officers and soldiers.

These frightened rogues also did not end well. A large number of dragoons searched all the way along the riverbank. The rogues who lost their horses, vomited all the way when crossing the river, and couldn't stand on their feet after coming ashore were captured one by one.

Li Yan and Song Xiance, who were rare generals in the peasant army, disappeared in this battle. It is only known that they got on a raft to cross the river, but none of the people who returned and those who successfully crossed the river saw them. No one is alive, no corpse is dead. The two have not been heard from since.

Some people say that they made it to Jiangnan alive, but they were extremely desperate for Li Zicheng's future and chose to remain incognito. There was no trace of it since. It is also said that they were all buried in the river during the shelling.

Gao Yang is more inclined to the second statement. After all, in that kind of noisy situation, if you want to cross the river alive, you really need to have luck against the sky.

And even if they did survive, Gao Yang didn't care. If they catch it, they are unlucky, and if they can't catch it, God will just give them a way to live.

Since Gao Yang has decided not to borrow Li Zicheng's hand to do those things, he will naturally not continue to indulge Li Zicheng's gangster to continue to make trouble.

A few days later, Gao Yang's new army was assembled near Wuchang Mansion. This time, not only the main force of the army was gathered here, but also most of the naval fleet was also assembled.

The barracks are continuous, and the military chess is displayed. The prosperity of the military power made the officials and people of Wuchang Mansion dumbfounded and shocked. When did Daming have such a strong army again!

"At this moment, the world's rogue is the worst, but Li Wei and Zhang Xianzhong. Although there are many others, there is nothing to worry about. Gao Yang, dressed in a straight military uniform, stood on the platform. With one hand behind his back, he waved it violently. His face is upright, with a touch of perseverance in his eyes. shouted loudly: "Tomorrow, we will go south to encircle and suppress the remnants of Li Zicheng." After that, the army entered Sichuan and annihilated the cannibal demon king Zhang Xianzhong in one fell swoop. Calm the world and return the people to a bright future! ”

"Calm the world!" More than 100 generals of the army and navy under the stage all stood up with a 'swish', their eyes revealing a frenzy, and shouted in unison.

"Let's get ready." Gao Yang, who had a grim expression, waved his hand vigorously and let these generals disperse.

"The power of slogans is really strong enough." The origin point 'tsk' said, "You look at their eyes one by one, they are as excited as if they have been beaten with chicken blood." I can't wait to rush to Li Zicheng's front now to tear him apart. You're getting more and more of a commander now. ”

Gao Yang hooked the corners of his mouth, and a light smile appeared on his face. He stepped off the table, found a chair and sat down, and pulled out his cigarette. Ignite. With an indifferent chuckle, he said, "The people of this era are still very simple. Giving them a righteous and awe-inspiring name and goal can stimulate the most powerful motivation in their hearts. This kind of thing just needs to be talked about. Why not? ”

"Next, let's go and kill Li Zicheng? Don't let him continue to sweep up the powerful? Origin asked.

"Hmm." Gao Yang nodded in response, "There's no need to use him." After opening up colonies overseas, all the feudal lords moved there one by one. If you don't want to, you can directly remove the title. ”

There was a pause. Then he said, "As for those high-ranking families, it is difficult to let them take the initiative to leave the fertile and prosperous place, which has been developed for so many years. But there's nothing in this world that can't be done. Once a new colony has been created, it would be a big deal to forcibly relocate. ”

"What if they resist?" Origin asked, confused, "They shouldn't give in so easily, right?" After all, the power of these people is intertwined, and their protégés are all over the world, so it's not that easy, right? It shouldn't have been that there were no smart people who wanted to fight their ideas before, and in the end they gave up for one reason or another? ”

"Huh." Gao Yang raised his eyebrows and said disdainfully, "Those smart people are afraid that their descendants will be retaliated against after their death, so they don't dare to do many things. It's like Zhang Juzheng. But wasn't he still pulled out and whipped after he died? Descendants did not end well. As for me......"

Gao Yang stood up, a sneer on the corner of his mouth, "What else do I care about?" ”

"That's right." Yuan Dian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "I forgot that you are not here at all, and whoever wants to take revenge can't find your people." It's really up to you to do this kind of thing. ”

Gao Yang snuffed out the cigarette butt, tidied up his clothes, lowered his eyes, and said in a low voice, "Li Zicheng, it's time to leave." ”

......

The burning torches continued to crack, and the bright light of the fire reflected the hideous and twisted faces.

As the light of the knife flashed, the crying and begging cries came to an abrupt end. The smiling rogues walked back and forth between the piles of corpses with bloodstained butcher knives, occasionally mending to the seriously wounded and not dead. Or bend down and look for some possessions on the corpse.

A few houses not far away were lit up, and the figures swayed with the smug laughter of men and the low moans of women.

The door of a courtyard was opened, and two rogues with trouser belts walked out with satisfied expressions.

"The women of Jiangnan are just different. Tsk, this thin skin and tender meat. I don't dare to scream loudly, the soft and weak ones are as fierce as those girls in the north. ”

"It's such a great place. Such a small village can make so much silver, and every family raises chickens and feeds pigs. We've traveled so many places, where have we ever seen such a good thing? ”

"That's it."

The two rogues came outside, looked at their companions who were cleaning up the corpses on the ground in front of the village, and said with a smile, "What else are you looking for?" There is not much else in Jiangnan, but there is a lot of silver. I haven't touched a woman for so long, why don't you go to the queue? If it's over, we'll have to wait for tomorrow. ”

"Hey, hey." The rogue who looked through the corpse did not raise his head, and said with a voice like a night owl and smiled, "No hurry, no hurry." There are many women here, and no one will have too much silver alone. ”

"Money is addicted." The two rogues shook their heads and laughed, and walked in the direction of the village. There were a couple of fires, and a bunch of rogues were making barbecues there. The roast sprinkled with salt and spices made the rookies salivate after a vigorous workout. My stomach started to growl.

This is a small village near Ezhou. When Li Zicheng fled south from Wuchang Mansion with his soldiers and horses to this side, the morale of the army was close to collapse. In order to maintain the capital of the last comeback around him. Li Zicheng didn't care about winning the hearts of the people at this time, and directly ordered the rogues to divide into small groups of troops and go to the nearby villages to enjoy themselves to maintain morale.

Completely unconstrained by law and morality, the plundering of silver and wanton murder is indeed the best way to maintain the morale of such a rogue army. It's just that in this way, the people near Ezhou have suffered.

Li Zicheng had no intention of attacking Ezhou. Although there was no defense force in Ezhou City at this time, the officer and army on the river were still there. He didn't want to be entangled here, once that terrifying Beijing camp crossed the river and chased after him, he would be dead. (To be continued)