Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 356 Li Yi BBQ
The Tang officials who went to persuade the surrender left the Yellow River embankment and rode back to Li Yi.

"Your Majesty, the Qing monsters on the Yellow River embankment refuse to surrender!"

"The Qing demon chieftain even threatened our army with the Yellow River embankment."

"The Tartar chief said that if the Tang Dynasty did not let him cross the river to the north, he would blow up the Yellow River embankment and drag hundreds of thousands of people to be buried with him."

"Please make the decision, Your Majesty!"

When Li Yi heard this, anger was evident on his face, and he sneered.

"These Tartars really don't care about the face they give us!"

"In that case, then they should all die!"

"Pass the order down and prepare to use secret weapons to attack the Qing army."

"In addition, all units of our army will immediately withdraw a distance to prevent the Qing army from blowing up the dike."

Once the Tang army launches an offensive, the Qing army may become desperate and blow up the dike.

Once the Yellow River dike is blown up and the river bursts, the Tang army will most likely be affected given its current position.

To be on the safe side and prevent the Tang army from being swept away by the Yellow River, it was natural to let the Tang army soldiers retreat a certain distance in advance.

……

Night falls.

On the pitch-black ground, several long dragons made up of torches were clearly visible, moving towards the distance.

It was obvious that the Tang army was retreating.

On the Yellow River embankment, Yi held up a telescope and observed the battlefield.

Seeing those long dragons of torches moving away from the Yellow River embankment little by little, a smug smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

"It seems that Tang Zei has decided to give in."

"Haha, you are really too soft-hearted!"

"How can such a woman with such soft-heartedness rule the world?"

The high-ranking Qing troops around him also spoke up and agreed, saying that what Yi said made sense.

With a rather smug snort, Yi asked Rui Lin who was standing beside him.

"Rui Lin, how are the preparations for our ships going?"

"When can I set out to cross the river?"

Rui Lin heard this and spoke.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. The ferry is ready and can be taken across the river now."

"However, the Tang navy on the Yellow River has not retreated yet. To be on the safe side, I suggest that Your Majesty does not need to leave in a hurry."

"Why not send someone to pretend to cross the river first, and test what the Tang bandit navy on the Yellow River is up to."

"After ensuring safety, Your Majesty can then cross the river."

Upon hearing this, Yi thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's do it this way."

Rui Lin responded with a "yeah" and immediately went to arrange people to pretend to cross the river.

Several small boats of the Qing army left the Yellow River embankment and headed for the other side of the river under the cover of night.

But when they were halfway there, several Tang army gunboats appeared and attacked.

Dada! Dada!

The crisp and intensive sound of machine gun fire rang out.

Dense bullets were fired towards the direction of the Qing army's small boats. In the blink of an eye, the Qing army's small boats that went out to test the Tang army were shot into pieces.

The Qing troops sailing the boats turned into a pile of broken corpses.

As the waves hit, he was swept to the bottom of the river.

On the Yellow River embankment, the atmosphere suddenly became stagnant.

Before the smugness on Yi's face could fade away, shame and anger surged up again.

"Damn it!"

"What on earth does this thief Tang mean?"

"Rui Lin, send someone to ask the leader of the Tang bandits why he wants to stop the Qing dynasty from crossing the river. What exactly does he want to do?"

"Aren't you afraid that I will blow up the Yellow River dike?!"

Although Yi is angry now, he is only using the Yellow River embankment to threaten Li Yi and the Tang Dynasty.

There was no real intention to blow up the Yellow River embankment and kill the Tang army together.

Well, the reason is simple.

If the Yellow River dike were really to be blown up, the first person to die would be Yi.

But Yi doesn't want to die!
If he had the courage to die, he wouldn't be behaving like a clown now.

Unless he was forced into a desperate situation, Yi would not have made the decision to die together with the Tang army.

Of course, even if he was forced into a desperate situation, Yi might not be able to make up his mind.

Upon hearing this, Rui Lin immediately bowed and accepted the order, then turned around to do it.

But at this moment, Lin Ronglu on the side suddenly spoke.

"Your Majesty, the stars seem a little too bright tonight..."

Yi looked up subconsciously and saw the stars in the sky.

However, these stars seem to be too close to the ground.

Suddenly, Yi's face changed drastically.

"wrong!"

"That's not a star!"

"It's Tang Zei's hot air balloon!"

As contacts with Western countries increased, the Qing court was no longer unfamiliar with things like hot air balloons.

After seeing the dense patch of bright lights in the sky very close to the ground, Yi realized that they were not stars at all, but hot air balloons.

Moreover, the positions of those hot air balloons are constantly descending, getting closer and closer to the ground.

A rough count shows that there are at least dozens of hot air balloons in the sky at this moment.

Yi was a little confused. What did Tang Zei want to do by sending out so many hot air balloons at once?
……

"Currently 500 meters above the ground."

"Keep descending!" hot air balloon commander Tang Tong shouted.

Upon hearing this, the two operators nearby continued to make adjustments in an orderly manner to reduce the firepower of the hot air balloon's blowtorch.

As the power of the blowtorch continued to decrease, the hot air balloon was falling towards the ground at a constant speed.

"Four hundred and fifty meters from the ground!"

Tang Tong continued to report points.

"Four hundred meters from the ground!"

"Three hundred meters from the ground!"

"Hover in place!"

After the hot air balloon descended to an altitude of 300 meters, the operators quickly adjusted the blowtorch fire to keep the hot air balloon hovering in place.

In the surrounding night sky, hot air balloons were hovering back and forth.

Tang Tong looked at the bright light on the ground and began to speak.

"Brothers, we have arrived at the designated location, prepare the incendiary bombs."

The two operators looked at each other and excitedly opened a box in the hanging frame.

Inside the box was a cylindrical metal can.

The inside of the tank is filled with gasoline.

The two worked together to hang the metal can on the throwing rack in the center of the hot air balloon frame.

Tang Tong was terrified and spoke hurriedly.

"Be careful, be careful, the stuff in here is very dangerous. If it explodes in the hanging frame, we will all be burned to death."

After hanging the incendiary bomb on the throwing rack, Tang Tongdeng opened the baffle at the bottom of the hanging frame.

Through the large hole at the bottom of the hanging frame, they could directly see the target's position on the ground.

Tang Tong personally stepped forward and set the timing device for the incendiary bomb.

Then, he gritted his teeth and pulled the launch device on the rack.

The incendiary bomb broke away from the rack, flew out from the launching port at the bottom of the hot air balloon frame, and fell straight to the ground.

It made a humming sound that broke through the air!
With the support of the tail fins at the rear of the missile, the ballistic trajectory of this incendiary bomb is very stable.

At the same time, the hot air balloons around it were making almost the same movements.

One incendiary bomb after another was thrown toward the ground.

The incendiary bomb flew into the air, and when it was only a few dozen meters away from the ground, the timing device exploded.

In the blink of an eye, the body of the incendiary bomb was torn apart by the explosives inside.

The gasoline filled in the bomb body was ignited by the high temperature generated by the explosion, and in an instant, curtains of fire bloomed in the sky.

Then, like fire from heaven, it poured towards the target on the ground.

The next moment, hysterical screams rang out.

"what……"

"Help!"

"It's so hot, it's burning me to death..."

"..."

In the blink of an eye, the Qing troops on the Yellow River embankment were engulfed in a sea of ​​fire.

A Qing soldier was splashed with gasoline, then engulfed by flames and turned into a fireman.

They were desperately beating the flames on their bodies, trying to save themselves, but they were simply unable to do so.

Under the close-range scorching heat of thousands of degrees, these Qing soldiers could not even struggle a few times before they were burned into pieces of charcoal.

Some burning gasoline also fell into the Yellow River and onto the land under the levee, burning fiercely.

The Yellow River embankment was almost completely engulfed in flames.

There was a burst of shrill screams.

Even in places where the flames did not burn, there were still waves of high temperature heat surging.

Visible blisters appeared on Yi's exposed skin, face, and hands.

His eyebrows and hair also gave off a pungent smell of burning protein.

"what……"

"It's so hot, what on earth is this? Why is it burning so quickly?! You are so cruel, Tang thief!"

"Tang thief, you will definitely be punished!"

Yi roared in anger, but there was nothing he could do.

He watched Ruilin being engulfed by flames, Baojun being burned to charcoal, and the loyal guards around him being buried in the sea of ​​fire.

But there is nothing I can do!
Amid the heat waves, Yi jumped into the Yellow River surrounded by several loyal guards.

In an instant, waves of coolness came over him and Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Be glad that you survived!

But just as he was about to stick his head out to breathe, he discovered that there were large balls of flames floating on the surface of the Yellow River.

Oil is lighter than water, so even if burning gasoline falls on the surface of the river, it will not go out immediately.

Instead, it will float on the water and continue to burn until the gasoline is burned to the point where the residue can no longer support continued combustion.

After staying in the water for a long time, Yi felt as if his lungs were about to explode, and the last bit of air was squeezed out by the water pressure.

Yi wanted to come out of the water to breathe, but the high temperature above his head and the burning flames made him dare not show his head at all.

At this moment, Yi seemed to see the god of death waving at him.

At this moment, the Yellow River surged, and a wave hit, scattering the burning gasoline on the river surface.

Seeing this scene, Yi hurriedly floated up, using all his strength to stick his head out of the water, and breathed in big gulps of the slightly hot and burnt air around him.

Greedily grabbing the oxygen in the air!

At this moment, Yi's heart was filled with gratitude.

I myself survived!
But at this moment, Yi only felt a big net covering his head.

After feeling a sense of weightlessness, Yi was pulled out of the Yellow River.

As the boat swayed under the push of the waves, Yi's head hit the boat with a bang, and he was dizzy.

When Yi regained consciousness, there were several bayonets stuck in his chest.

(End of this chapter)