Cao Song raised his arms and shouted.

In an instant, the flames were monstrous, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

These White Lotus Sect members were originally not subordinate to each other, and they were born in the rivers and lakes, so they can be said to have three sects and nine streams.

Such a group of so-called "elites", now encountered a surprise attack by the official army, and their first reaction was to fly separately when disaster came. "The wind is tight, it's blowing!"

One of the White Lotus Sect members ran away, and immediately after, the rest of the people also rushed to run, and instead of running in one direction, they tried to break through in all directions to gain the best chance of survival.

Cao Song looked at the fleeing bandits, and the corners of his mouth outlined a cruel smile. "Want to escape? Hehe..... Chase!"

With a wave of his hand, the communication fireworks beside him rose into the air, and the ambush soldiers who had been lying in ambush around him appeared together in an instant after receiving the signal, chasing them from behind and surrounding them from the front.

With the commander's cold and piercing orders, the soldiers raised their swords and guns and rushed towards the enemy. "Poof!"

The muffled sound of the sharp spear piercing through the flesh was particularly clear in the silence of the night..... In the rush of blood, screams and wails suddenly mixed together, and it looked a little poignant and penetrating in the dark night sky.

However, this is just the beginning. "Kill!"

In the dark woods, with the sound of a series of heavy footsteps stepping on the ground, countless armored officers and soldiers emerged from this direction, swinging their weapons and slashing at the same time, and at the same time roaring angrily.

"The Ming army is mighty!"

With a burst of angry roars, this group of officers and soldiers was like a torrent, instantly engulfing the White Lotus Sect. "Ah~Save me~"

Terrible screams were heard one after another on both sides of the embankment of the dammed lake.

···.·

"Poof!"

A cold light swept through, and Xu Jingchang held a spear in his hand, which easily pierced the chest of a white lotus thief. "Poof!"

The white lotus thief's eyes widened, and he fell in a pool of blood, convulsed twice, and then lost his breath.

The soldiers beside him crossed over and continued to move forward to cover the killing, but Xu Jingchang was holding his spear and retching uncontrollably.

Zhu Yong on the side watched coldly, his face was as plain as water, although Zhu Yong was young, he followed his father Zhu Neng to the battlefield, and compared with Zhang Anshi and Xu Jingchang, he had more battlefield fighting experience and a more ruthless heart.

Zhu Yong knew that this group of thieves would soon be slaughtered, the national teacher's plan was very successful, for this group of thieves, death was a relief, and for those who had not yet died, despair and fear had just begun.

In fact, it is.

Seeing the fleeing companions die one after another, the thieves who remained in place due to various factors such as silt and embankment obstacles became even more panicked, and they tried to find a way to survive, but unfortunately it had no effect at all, and the Ming army, which had solved the outer enemy, quickly surrounded and killed.

Ye Zongxing, who was also surrounded by the official army, was under the high embankment of the dammed lake at this time, and there were countless tons of floods above his head.

However, what made Ye Zongxing even more frightened at this moment was not the dammed lake, but the White Lotus Sect in front of him!

I saw that this person actually took out the fire fold and blew it hard, the flames suddenly jumped high, he looked at the burning thing in his hand, and his face showed an excited and excited smile: "That's right, that's the smell!"

With that, he put the smoke from the burning fire to his nose and sniffed deeply, as if he were tasting the most wonderful taste in the world.

Ye Zongxing saw the other party's actions, and then looked at the several large bags of gunpowder in front of him, how could he not know what the other party wanted to do?

This White Lotus Sect, seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, actually wanted to ignite the gunpowder and die together!

Ye Zongxing was poor and talented, and he had a shovel in his hand, and of course, he naturally didn't have the courage to rush forward and fight hard at the first time, but hurriedly shouted loudly: "Stop!"

"Hehe, what? Scared? Take it easy! It's going to be fine right away, waiting for this thing

Once it's blown up, we'll be able to head to our vacuum home! Hahaha······"

After hearing Ye Zongxing's words, the other party did not stop, but instead brought the fire fold in his hand close to the ignition rope of the gunpowder pack..... A primitive fine hemp rope, a technique that has existed since the Song Dynasty.

The flames licked the fine twine, beeping and sparkling. "Crazy!"

Ye Zongxing was almost so frightened that his soul came out, seeing that he couldn't stop the other party verbally, Ye Zongxing couldn't care about anything else, he stepped forward and desperately waved the shovel to knock down the other party, but he heard the wind whistling.

「Duang~」

Ye Zongxing was picked up by this White Lotus Sect and hit him directly in the face, and he became dizzy in an instant, and piles of Venus appeared in front of him, and the whole person instantly fell weightlessly in the mud, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

But even so, Ye Zongxing still clung to the shovel at hand and refused to let go.

Because he understands that once he gives up the weapon in his hand, not only will he definitely die, but there will be a very small, but by no means impossible event, that is, the dammed lake, which will collapse in advance!

After several days of heavy rain, the water level of the dammed lake in Dahuangpu has risen very high, and the possibility of breaking the lake embankment has greatly increased.

Seeing this, Ye Zongxing's eyes turned red, and he struggled to get up and launched a fatal blow at the other party.

Unfortunately, he still couldn't do it, his body didn't listen to the call at all, and could only lie in place and watch the other party continue to enjoy and do something creepy - a little fire!!

The White Lotus cultist seemed to have a special fondness for the matter of lighting a fire, and whenever the flame rose up, he would eagerly climb up and take a deep breath, as if he were intoxicated and enjoying the food.

Two large packs of gunpowder were ignited by him, and just as he squatted down to ignite the third pack, Ye Zongxing used all his strength to finally get up, staggered two steps, and picked up the shovel in his hand.

"Bang!"

The moves were unpretentious, like an old farmer patting a melon, but the brains of the White Lotus Sect were sunk into it.

The two large packages of gunpowder on the ground were still burning rapidly, Ye Zongxing couldn't care about it, and the last bit of reason and strength made him kick his leg directly, cover it with his body, and then fainted.

Only half a cup of tea time has passed.

The entire embankment of the lake was once again quiet, except for a faint smell of blood.

These White Lotus Sect members were either directly shot by bows and crossbows, or cut down by big knives, or even smashed their heads by Golden Bone Duo, and the entire dammed lake was full of corpses and wreckage, and the corpses with blurred flesh and blood were intertwined, making this place like a Shura purgatory.

But everyone who participates in the rebellion will die.

When Cao Song dismounted and walked here, everything had already returned to calm.

He was so ruthless that he could naturally look on coldly, and he didn't even look at the stumbling object under his feet...... He knew very well that in this case, there was no psychological burden to kill them all, and he had to be as cold-blooded as an executioner.

This is the battlefield, and it is full of blood and cruelty

"Whew--"

A mouthful of turbid air was exhaled, and Cao Song squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the other side of the embankment of the dammed lake, where there were also many White Lotus cultists who had been strangled.

Looking at the messy scene in front of him, there was pride and joy between his eyebrows. In this skirmish, there is no suspense about the outcome of the battle!

Cao Song was in a happy mood, and he turned his head to look at the Jinyi guard beside him.

"You go and inform the National Teacher, and say that we have won the battle, please rest assured that he will sleep peacefully!" "Yes!"

The subordinate turned to leave, and Cao Song continued to patrol the battlefield. At this moment, there was a commotion in the distance.

"What's the situation?"

Soon, the firelight flickered, and Cao Song hurried with the soldiers leading the way.

Coming to Ye Zongxing's position, Cao Song saw this, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

There are a few white lotus thieves who have been slashed and killed here under the embankment, but these are not the point, the important thing is that there is a white lotus thief in the back who has his head knocked flat by a shovel, and another person dressed as a man has covered the two gunpowder bags that were burned to half with two ignition ropes with his body.

The man's clothes were in tatters, he was covered in wounds, his abdomen was burned, and half of his face was blurred by the blood that flowed from the wounds, and he couldn't even see his facial features clearly.

Cao Song frowned, he subconsciously felt that something was wrong. "This person, where does the official seem to have seen him? Get some water."

Soon, a soldier next to him handed over the water bladder he was carrying, and Cao Song sprinkled it on this person's face to wash away the blood stains and dirt, only to find out that this person was Ye Zongxing Ye Xiucai, whom he had met several times with the national teacher!

What's going on?

Why did Ye Zongxing appear here? And it's still such a miserable appearance, could it be that Ye Zongxing is also a member of the White Lotus Sect? But this doesn't make sense, he obviously used his body to stop the gunpowder bag from ignition.

Could it be ......

He thought of a possibility.

I heard him shout suddenly, "Come, carry this man back to the camp for the officer, and send the best doctor to treat him!" Soon, the soldiers sent Ye Xiucai to the camp on the east bank of the river embankment.

During this period, Cao Song ordered all the White Lotus thieves who participated in tonight's operation, and those who were still panting, all of them to make up for a knife and cut off their heads to calculate their military merits!

...... Night.

Inside the tent, the lights were brilliant.

Jiang Xinghuo was sitting behind the table, and the book in front of him was still the "Taihu Lake Hydrological Chronicle".

There were many people outside, Wang Bin guarded the tent door, and after talking, he collected his weapons as usual and put a person in.

"Master Kuni."

A deep voice sounded, and Cao Song lifted the curtain and entered the tent, kneeling respectfully in front of Jiang Xinghuo. "How's it going?"

"In accordance with the orders of the National Teacher, all the White Lotus Sect thieves who infiltrated the Minfu team and tried to dig up the dammed lake at night have all been killed, and not a single one will be left.

"Hmm."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, picked up his pen, and continued to ask, "What about the White Lotus Sect organizations around Shanghai County, and even in the entire Songjiang Mansion?"

"It was basically uprooted, and the various strongholds of the White Lotus Sect generally resisted fiercely, and many of them occupied Wubao or Zhuangzi, but our army was well prepared, and the losses were not heavy, and only dozens of casualties were paid."

Cao Song asked again: "My lord, the White Lotus Church Masters in the two counties of Songjiang Prefecture have been arrested, Wang Yihan, the head of the Shanghai County Branch, has been beheaded, and the Songjiang County Hall Master has been escorted by Huikong Monk and the warrior monk on the way here, what should be done with the remaining White Lotus Sect thieves?"

"Now that the hall master of the White Lotus Sect has been captured, the others naturally have to be dealt with severely."

Jiang Xinghuo put down his pen, rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and said, "Pass the order, tomorrow at noon, all the captured White Lotus Sect thieves will be beheaded at the head of the county city to warm up the fried lake, the people in the city like to see this." Yes!"

Cao Song promised a word, and even planned to retreat.

However, after hesitating for a moment, Cao Song still opened his mouth and told Jiang Xinghuo about Ye Zongxing. Jiang Xinghuo frowned when he heard this, got up and said:

"Take me to see it."

In the military doctor's tent, Ye Zongxing had already bandaged his wounds, and he was lying on the bed with sore teeth grinning.

The area where his abdomen had been burned by fire had just been disinfected with high alcohol to prevent further infection..... The idea that Jiang Xinghuo had mentioned at the banquet at the beginning was widely praised by the military physicians after a period of practice in Songjiang Mansion.

"Don't worry, the national teacher is just a bruise on the skin."

The medical officer in front of him was wearing two medals, one was a bronze medal for participating in the Battle of Baigou River to defeat Li Jinglong's army, and the other was a silver medal for the Battle of Lingbi.

Obviously, he has been on the battlefield before, and in the eyes of this kind of person, as long as he is alive, it is no big deal, as for what concussion, abdominal flesh and blood mold

Paste, it's really no different from rubbing the skin on your fingers.

"How did you get involved in the White Lotus Sect's actions?"

Jiang Xinghuo sat on the side of Ye Zongxing's bed and asked directly.

For his current status, there is really no need to hide his thoughts, and there is no need to knock on the side.

Ye Zongxing explained what he saw and participated in tonight.

"What reward do you want? Say it, as long as it's not too much, you can give it, and you deserve it...... Indeed, I didn't expect that the disciples of the White Lotus Sect lurking in the ranks of the people would be able to get gunpowder, if these packets of gunpowder exploded, maybe there would be nothing, maybe something, or even a big event, no one could say."

Ye Zongxing thought for a moment and finally shook his head, and only said, "I don't want to reward." "And what do you want?" Jiang Xinghuo looked at the black and thin Xiucai and asked.

Ye Zongxing struggled to get up from the bed, but was pressed back by Jiang Xinghuo. "I want the national master to teach me the science of gunpowder blasting."

Jiang Xinghuo bowed slightly, "Yes."

This is not over, Jiang Xinghuo looked at Ye Zongxing with interest, and asked again, "What did you think at that time?"

Ye Zongxing scratched his mud-stained hair, smiled shyly, and only said, "At that time, I thought that if I wanted to blow up this dammed lake, I had to blow it up with my own hands, how could it be the turn of this group of white lotus thieves who didn't understand water conservancy at all? If they blow up the dammed lake, I'll lose a lot...... Then he got up and threw himself at it."

The next day, in the county seat of Shanghai.

A father and daughter walked down from the dock, the old father was already old, and he was a little trembling when he walked with a cane, but the daughter was a *** person, wearing a long skirt, black hair and shawl, and her eyes were quite attractive.

It's just that at this moment, her face was full of worry, she pursed her lips, and when she looked at the old man next to her, her eyes were full of deep distress, and the corners of her eyes were slightly red, as if she was about to cry.

Behind the father and daughter, there are more than a dozen people in various costumes, although they are dressed differently, but when they look at the father and daughter in front of them, if you look closely, you will find that there is a faint awe in the depths of the pupils.

These men are apparently extremely well-trained, playing different roles, naturally forming a mobile protective net that follows the father and daughter as they move forward.

Passing by a street vendor on a street corner, the beautiful woman spoke.

"Dad, you said that you are not in good health, how can you escape?"

The beautiful woman's voice is gentle and her speech speed is very slow, which is the standard Wu Nong's soft language, which makes people clearly feel the care and love in it.

"Don't worry, there are many good doctors in the county, and when I find the right doctor, I will definitely cure your illness."

"Silly boy, how can I not know my physical condition? Let's save some money, just come here to have some fun and relax." The old man said with a smile.

"Uh-huh······ The beautiful woman replied lightly and did not continue to dissuade her father.

The street vendor on the street corner, after glancing at them, continued to fry the food that was not very skillful and no longer paid attention.

Escaping the vision of Jinyiwei, the two of them wandered around the alleys of the city, and soon, they came to a dead end, where sewage flowed sideways, and from time to time fat rats ran and jumped past, and disappeared with a "whoosh".

At the end of the cul-de-sac, there was a dilapidated wooden door, on which hung a few pieces of incomplete cloth, on which were written with a red pen: "Those who seek medical treatment and medicine stop!"

After seeing this strip of cloth, the old man's expression was slightly condensed, and he stopped and looked ahead.

"Dad, let's go back." Seeing that the old man was stopped, the beautiful woman hurriedly reminded.

"Ugh······ Forget it, let's go back!" Hearing his daughter's urging, the old man sighed, but finally shook his head. However, just as the two of them turned around and were about to leave—

Squeak!

The dilapidated wooden door was suddenly pushed open, and a man peeked out, and after making sure that there was no one around, he led the two in, and the door closed again.

"See the Master! See the Holy Maiden!

」

As soon as he stepped into the room, a respectful voice came, and he saw more than a dozen White Lotus Sect disciples saluting the father and daughter in unison.

It turned out that the beautiful woman was the White Lotus Sect Holy Maiden Tang Yin, and the old man was the White Lotus Sect Leader Bai Yu.

The two of them are really bold and bold, knowing that the people of the entire Shanghai County today are going to climb to the top of the city to watch the national teacher bomb the lake, and the city must be full of soldiers and horses, but they dare to come under the nose of the national teacher at this time.

However, no matter how worried she was in her heart, the holy woman did not dare to show the slightest emotion at this time, and even restrained her breathing, so as not to disturb the old man.

Bai Baiyu slowly sat down on the chair with Tang Yin's support, and then beckoned to the incense master of the remnants of the White Lotus Sect's secret organization here, signaling him to come closer.

This incense master was dressed as You Fanglangzhong, and walked to Bai Baiyu's side, looking like a tame little sheep with low eyebrows.

"Let's talk about it."

"Sect Master, National Teacher Jiang Xinghuo has posted a notice throughout the city, and most of the people will climb to the top of the city today to witness the bombing of the lake."

"Didn't let you talk nonsense!"

The White Lotus Sect Leader was a little impatient, and his wrinkled face was inlaid with deep furrows. "How's the Watergate affair?"

The incense master didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly said.

"The captain guarding the Watergate is one of our men, a member of the Church who has believed for many years, and is willing to help us...... His family has been evacuated ahead of schedule."

"Ahem..."

The White Lotus Sect Leader covered his mouth and coughed for a long time before raising his head and waving his hand quietly.

The crowd dispersed.

And Bai Baiyu's cloudy eyes crossed a trace of pride.

"Jiang Xinghuo, today's seat depends on how smart you are and how clever you are!" At the head of the city, there are a sea of people.

Today, the rain stopped, the weather cleared a little, and when the clouds cleared, the sun fell through the clouds and spilled into every corner of the land.

The small people of the market crowded together, watching the rare bustle, and the women firmly dragged their children so that they would not be abducted.

Hawkers with a keen sense of business have long occupied the position on the edge of the castle tower, setting up stalls to sell the fresh goods they have brought.

In order to earn a few pennies more, some people desperately squeeze in the front regardless of their own safety, and use the places they occupy to sell "scalper tickets" for the best viewing positions.

More often than not, ordinary people in the city did not care about the war in Jiangnan, and even because they were the germination of the early "burgher" class, their industries and livelihoods were in the city, and they did not even care whether the land of their relatives in the countryside outside would be flooded..... There are also some people who gloat.

They just hope that their lives can be safe and sound, and by the way, they will watch a lively, and when they are done, it is best for the imperial court to quell the rebellion and lift the curfew, and return to their own rhythm of life.

There are some scholars who are still discussing the feng shui pattern in the Book of Changes, and some people are talking about the big mess that caused the Pushen believers yesterday.

But in any case, they are generally calm. After all, strictly speaking, it's none of their business. "Oh, look over there, isn't that ······?"

With the guidance of the voice, everyone looked over one after another-

I saw that several carriages were parked on the street, surrounded by a group of black guards. Immediately after, the curtain of one of the carriages slowly lifted, revealing a figure.

Jiang Xinghuo was wearing the purple robe given to him by Emperor Yongle today, his hair was tied in a high bun, and he was full of luxury. His brows furrowed slightly, as if he was a little sad, but he was silent.

Then, with the support of the people, they climbed to the top of the city. Naturally, there is a place reserved for the national teacher and others at the head of the city. "National teacher, are you going to start?"

As the highest local governor, Huang Ziwei was naturally in charge of the entire affairs related to the bombing of the lake. "Begin." Jiang Xinghuo nodded.

The first thing, of course, is to kill people first.

Under the head of the city, neatly kneeling in rows were offered by Wang Yihan, the owner of the White Lotus Church

The members of the White Lotus Sect Nunnery, they were suddenly attacked by Jiang Xinghuo's army, and they were arrested almost within half a day.

Pulling out the mark from the back of their heads, the executioner rubbed his palms together and squirted a sip of wine into the knife. "Kill!" With an order, the executioner swung his broadsword.

"Ah······h A terrible scream resounded through the night sky.

Blood splattered, and the hot heads turned into different kinds of fluttering in the cool breeze after the cold rain and sprinkled in the moat.

Jiang Xinghuo stood on the city tower, looking down at the believers below who had not yet been beheaded, kneeling in a pool of blood, wailing and begging for mercy, his expression was a little more bored, and his right eye began to jump uncontrollably.

After a few more breaths, all the thieves of the White Lotus Sect were beheaded, and the executioner was dragged up to the city with a hanging basket, and was immediately welcomed by the people.

With a loud voice, the executioner wiped the blood-stained knife on the bread handed by the people, and walked away with a smile.

Looking at the crowd whose atmosphere was gradually boiling, Jiang Xinghuo's eyelids throbbed more and more. "It's all done before, and you can't go wrong."

Song Li, who was beside him, comforted.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said to Huikong, "I'm a little uneasy.... You go and inspect the city one last time, and now the city is out of action, so don't make a mess."

Huikong took the order and left, and Jiang Xinghuo personally lit the communication fireworks placed in front of him. "One-whoosh-bang!"

The fireworks are especially dazzling at this time.

On the embankment of the dammed lake more than ten miles away, Sun Kun, the director of the Ministry of Works, as the highest person in charge, also issued an order. Ye Xiucai realized his dream, and he personally lit the general fuse.

The leads, strung with a large number of equidistant gunpowder packets, began to burn. They mounted their horses and began to gallop towards the passages reserved on either side. They had to run at least two miles before the lead burned out. "Boom la la ······"

After a long time, there was a sound of explosion, and the entire embankment of the dammed lake seemed to shake.

With the violent explosion of gunpowder, the embankment of the dammed lake began to tremble, and countless stones were thrown into the tidal flats, splashing mud and knocking over the reeds on the shore.

People for miles near the embankment were hiding in their homes, looking in panic at the movement in the area that was completely invisible to the naked eye.

"Boom!"

The sudden sound of a huge explosion resounded through the heavens and the earth. Above the lake, ripples rippled.

Immediately afterward, there were columns of white air rising into the sky, like small mushroom clouds.

Under the destruction of this terrifying power, the lake embankment collapsed in an instant. The water level of the dammed lake rose sharply and soon the surrounding area was submerged.

After the collapse of the embankment of the dammed lake, all the stones that had piled up on both sides of the riverbed fell down. In an instant, the river, which had been relatively gentle, suddenly surged.

And with the sound of the lake embankment bursting, the entire city watching the ceremony fell silent at the same time. Then, it was quickly replaced by a bustle.

"What's that?" "It's coming!" "It's finally here!" "Look!"

With a commotion from the crowd, people looked up into the distance, only to see a long and narrow black line suddenly appear in the distant skyline.

This long and narrow black line carries an unrivaled momentum, rolling along the embankment on both banks. In an instant, Dahuangpu and Shanghai Pu were connected!