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Chapter 295 Kneel down and submit to me!

The underwater explosion instantly shredded the fragile inland warship below the waterline, and the water and hull fragments rushed straight into the sky, forming a spectacular water column on the river surface that was already shrouded in dusk. In the flames of the explosion, the rowing boat was also thrown upwards, and the guards on the deck rolled down in chaos. Dorgon and his cross were also thrown into the river.

As for Li Zicheng...

He had entered the cabin.

But the explosion point is right down there.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the explosion, which was transmitted at the speed of sound, shook both sides of the Yangtze River...

"King Chuang!"

Li Laiheng screamed instinctively.

The same shouts on the shore instantly formed tsunami-like waves.

The underwater explosion instantly destroyed the not-so-big speedboat. Amid their chaotic screams, the ship had already broken in the middle and was sinking rapidly.

"Quick, help!"

Li Laiheng shouted anxiously.

The soldiers on the shore immediately rushed to the nearest boat in chaos.

Of course, the warships that were originally protecting Li Zicheng were also sailing over, but because Li Zicheng was just crossing the river and Dashengguan was also under their control, these warships were originally parked, and they might not be as fast as these small boats. And it was not just the boats on this side, the soldiers on the Dashengguan side were also rushing to the small boats on the riverside, and then rushed to rescue the emperor, including some civilian boats that were originally moored on the river. At this moment, countless large and small boats on the entire river were rushing to the rapidly sinking rowboat at the fastest speed they could reach.

To rescue His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who had been in power for less than half a year.

Li Laiheng suddenly turned his head.

Then he angrily pulled out his pistol and aimed it at Yang Feng, who was still sitting in the chair with a calm look on his face.

"I can forgive your impulsiveness, but it's hard for me to forgive your stupidity."

Yang Feng continued to sit calmly on the chair, looking with complicated eyes at the Clippers which had sunk more than half in a short time.

Li Laiheng stared at him with bloodshot eyes, the flintlock pistol in his hand still shaking.

"This is a mine. Someone lurked underwater, approached his ship, and installed a mine underneath. The dock is under your control, and there are your ships all around, so you won't miss it. To dive underwater, you need a pipe to reach the surface, and the delayed ignition of the mine also requires a pipe on the water surface, and smoke will come out of it. The timing is also difficult to control, and there is no way to ensure that it will explode after Li Zicheng gets on board. So this is a floating mine. Someone came down from upstream and swam to the bottom of his ship underwater with the mine in the twilight. They even calculated the route and waited for him in front in advance. It just so happened that the snorkel was not easy to see on the river surface in the twilight, so the real mastermind was among the civilian ships upstream.

You have to catch them quickly.

Otherwise, they would have taken advantage of the chaos of the rescue and gone directly downstream to Longjiang Pass."

Yang Feng said calmly.

Li Laiheng looked at his men, who immediately ran to pass orders to the warships on the river.

However, Li Laiheng still pointed the gun at Yang Feng.

Moreover, the surrounding soldiers also pointed their guns at Yang Feng. Although they were also very scared, they were indeed enraged at this time, and their loyalty to Li Zicheng was unquestionable.

"Then how come you are so calm?"

Li Laiheng shouted.

"So what should I do? Be as sad as you are? He is your grandfather, not mine. We are already enemies. He just said that the enemy was blown up. Shouldn't I be happy? Of course, due to our past friendship, it's not right to be happy, but there's no need to be sad. If I'm not sad or happy, then of course I'll be very peaceful.

As for the fact that he was bombed, don't you think it was inevitable?
Chongzhen experienced it, and so did I. Isn’t it normal for him to be experiencing it now?
What's so surprising?
It was indeed a little surprising that he had just encountered this kind of thing. Normally, he would have encountered this kind of thing as long as he entered the Yangtze River. The fact that it happened only now proved that he was still very cautious. However, he was cautious, but his scientific level was still a little lacking. Didn't he know that mines had been used since the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty? They were often used in the Wanli period, and even now they are commonly used weapons in the navy. And is using them to blow up ships a conventional tactic?"

Yang Feng said.

Just a mine.

It's really nothing rare.

This is obviously a mine.

It is hard to say whether it is a floating mine, an anchor mine, or even a mine with a delayed fuse, but it is definitely a mine.

As for why it is hard to say, this is because these three types of mines are now commonly used weapons by the navy...

All triggers.

However, it is not a trigger in the true sense. To be precise, it is similar to a trip mine. There is a floating mine on the river. When the ship hits it, the rotary ignition device inside is activated to ignite the gunpowder. In fact, there are similar mines in the Ming army, and they all use a trigger to release the spring wheel to ignite the gunpowder.

However, the most likely reason is that someone dived with a mine to ambush the route and secretly hung it on the bottom of the ship. Other methods are unstable and difficult to guarantee success. Whether it can be ignited depends entirely on luck, and even if it is used, it needs to be prepared in advance. Li Zicheng came suddenly and did not have that much time. But a barrel of gunpowder was used to make a mine urgently, and a person who was good at diving took it into the water, and took advantage of the poor visibility on the river surface in the twilight, calculated Li Zicheng's route and went there in advance to wait.

The route from Xijiangkou to Dashengguan is fixed, and the water current rushes across the river. There is basically only that line between the two docks. Those who are familiar with the situation can easily lurk on the route and wait, breathing with a snorkel, but the distance is not too far.

After all, the fuse inside needs to be ignited in advance.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to light a fire in the water, unless you were a desperate man and died together with your partner using a flintlock.

Therefore, the people cooperating with the operation were on the civilian ships upstream, and they actively carried out the rescue just to take advantage of the chaos to quickly escape downstream.

There is no escape to shore.

Li Zicheng's troops were also on the opposite side.

Only by taking advantage of the chaos to rush past these warships and then entering the fire control area of ​​Lion Rock Fort and Puzikou City can we rely on the protection of security guns and escape the pursuit of these warships.

However, this was indeed a good opportunity to kill Li Zicheng. In fact, there were too many people who wanted to kill Li Zicheng, even more than those who wanted to kill Yang Feng. However, Li Zicheng was not like Yang Feng. He was under heavy protection most of the time, not to mention his own territory in Xi'an. Only when he was on the Yangtze River did he have a chance to kill him, but he was also protected by a large number of soldiers on the Yangtze River. This was an emergency, and Yang Feng's sudden arrival made Li Zicheng rush over.

He only had a dozen escort warships with him, not hundreds.

So the opportunity is there.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Yang Feng.

After all, it was not he who asked Li Zicheng to come. It was after Li Zicheng knew he was coming that Yang Feng insisted on coming to negotiate with him face to face. Moreover, the dock area and the river were all protected by his own men. In order to reassure him, Yang Feng even had his entourage withdraw from the dock, leaving him alone here.

So if something goes wrong, no one can blame him.

Li Laiheng looked at Yang Feng.

But in the end he put away his pistol. He still believed in Yang Feng. The main reason was that there was really no need for Yang Feng to go through so much trouble to kill Li Zicheng.

This is not King Yang's style. King Yang's style is to just go over and strangle the person to death.

He stopped talking nonsense with Yang Feng, and signaled his men to look at Yang Feng symbolically. Then he also boarded a small boat to rush to the rescue. At this time, the warships that received his order had already sailed towards the civilian ships. Soon a civilian ship was intercepted, followed by the second one, but just when the second one was intercepted, the one behind that seemed to be coming to rescue suddenly opened fire and rushed straight towards the warship. The two intercepting warships immediately opened fire, but these were small inland warships with small caliber artillery. It was difficult to sink large civilian ships in a short time. The ship rushed directly through them relying on its size. Of course, this was useless.

Because there are heavy artillery in both Dashengguan and Xijiangkou.

Immediately afterwards, the ten thousand jin cannon at Dashengguan opened fire first.

A shell hit the civilian ship directly, and its enormous power was so powerful that it penetrated it in an instant.

The civilian ship immediately caught fire.

Yang Feng still sat there calmly, watching the warships surrounding him.

Li Laiheng had already arrived at the rescue site. Li Zicheng's ship had sunk, but this was the Yangtze River, not the sea, so a small part of the stern was still exposed on the river surface. Hundreds of small boats crowded around to salvage the fallen people, but the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was still not found. It was estimated that he was still in the cabin, but the divers also went down soon after. In fact, there were divers in those days.

It’s in The Exploitation of the Works of Nature.

In fact, diver is a very ancient profession. Some of Zhu Yuanzhang's generals were even divers.

Especially in recent years, because Yang Feng had a bunch of unused tubes, all of which were sold by his sister, so even the breathing tubes had to be rubber hoses...

This is also the reason why Yang Feng was certain that someone had installed mines on Li Zicheng.

He knew he could really do that!

At this time, there was a commotion behind...

"Everyone, be quiet!"

he shouted.

Ge Lin and others who were trying to break through the interception of Li Laiheng's men had to stop.

"Without my order, all troops must stay in the barracks. Li Zicheng is not confirmed dead yet. Besides, even if he is really dead, he must obey my orders. Anyone who dares to disobey the military order will be executed."

Yang Feng continued shouting without turning his head.

Obviously, these guys were impatient. Although they probably didn't do it, firstly, Li Laiheng's subordinates were keeping a close eye on them, and secondly, they all had secret agents under Yang Feng's command. If someone was plotting this, Yang Feng wouldn't have been unaware of it. But even if they didn't do it, these guys would be happy to take the opportunity to fight with Li Zicheng's subordinates. Thirty-five thousand elite Northern Expedition troops were in the barracks behind them. Once they started, there were also the Puzikou City garrison and the Nanjing garrison. It would be no problem to kill Li Laiheng.

Ge Lin is from Zhenjiang. Although as a general of the Northern Expedition, his family is protected, his in-laws and old friends are another matter.

There is also Lu Xiang Temple.

His younger brother Lu Xiangjin was defending Jintan and protecting Yixing and Liyang behind him.

They all have motives.

Including the motive for blowing Li Zicheng to death.

Ge Lin and others looked at Yang Feng helplessly, and finally could only leave with hatred.

If Yang Feng didn't allow it, they could only wait. After all, only part of the Northern Expedition Army was from Zhejiang and Southern Zhili, and only part of this part was actually eager to rescue their hometown. And among this part, only officers were. The soldiers had long known that both the Jingnan Army and Li Zicheng were distributing the gentry's land to tenants, so they were also more willing to watch.

It was completely dark at this time. King Yang was still sitting there, looking at the fire at the search and rescue site. The civilian ship had been towed to Dasheng Pass, and the people on the ship who were not dead were also captured. Even several other civilian ships were controlled and taken to Dasheng Pass. About an hour later, Li Laiheng came back and stood in front of Yang Feng without saying a word...

"died?"

Yang Feng said.

Li Laiheng nodded slowly with sorrow.

Yang Feng stood up with a look of pretentious dignity, and then looked around at the terrified soldiers.

"Kneel down, everyone kneel down!

Submit to me. From now on, I will be your commander. I will give you what Li Zicheng gave you. I will also avenge you. No matter who killed King Chuang, I will exterminate all his nine clans to avenge you.

otherwise……"

He looked at Lee Rae Hyung.

Suddenly his right hand stretched out.

Li Laiheng instinctively blocked, but Yang Feng's movements were too fast, and he instantly grabbed his neck, then raised his hand and showed it to the soldiers while Li Laiheng was struggling. The latter looked at him in astonishment. After all, Li Laiheng was the number one general under Li Zicheng, but now he was like a child facing a strong man and had no power to resist. At the same time, Yang Feng's body was shining with white light, and he looked like a god in the auspicious light. The unfortunate Li Laiheng could only struggle there, but he couldn't pry open his hand that was pinching his neck.

The soldiers looked at each other, and soon some of them knelt down.

Then more and more people knelt down.

Li Zicheng is dead, and they will eventually need a new leader.

Is there anyone more suitable than Yang Feng?

An invincible warrior.

A feudal lord who controls a certain area.

A demigod under the protection of gods.

……

Compared with him, Li Zicheng was dim and dull despite being surrounded by countless halos.

Then why not surrender to him?
As for other things, these soldiers don't care about anything. They just want a leader who can give them a good life, and Yang Feng is such a leader. King Yang's reputation for being righteous is known to the world, and the lives of his soldiers are indeed the best. Following him, they can be invincible. In just a few years, they have defeated all opponents in the world. Compared with him, Li Zicheng is not worth mentioning. After all, Li Zicheng lost to Dorgon in the past, and now Dorgon is being treated as a duck by Yang Feng.

Then why are you hesitating? As a soldier, who else can he surrender to if not him?
Yang Feng, watching this scene, threw Li Laiheng to the ground with satisfaction.

The latter lay there for a while before getting up with lingering fear. At this time, most of his soldiers had already knelt in front of Yang Feng. Looking at the endless night, he stood there looking around in a daze, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, Yang Feng snorted coldly.

Li Laiheng came to his senses instantly. He looked at Yang Feng who was still pretending to be dignified in front of him.

"Your Majesty!"

Yang Feng shouted.

Li Laiheng hesitated for a moment, but finally knelt down.

(End of this chapter)