Chapter 377 I Want You to Suffer Retribution
King Jiushan is going to enforce justice and overthrow the imperial court!
When the people of the Ming Dynasty heard the news, they were all excited.
They were really fed up with the exploitation by corrupt officials. Not only did the imperial court ignore these corrupt officials, but they also deliberately condoned and promoted them, allowing them to exploit them unscrupulously and crazily. They had long been unable to bear it.
There were also aristocratic and wealthy families. The people from the aristocratic and wealthy families served as human beings for a while when they followed King Jiushan to conquer Japan.
As a result, after the imperial court began to conquer the King of Nine Mountains, the aristocratic families became rude again. They even became more aggressive and exploited more harshly than before.
The common people could no longer bear the exploitation from the imperial court, corrupt officials, and wealthy families. Especially after the prosperity of Nanzhili spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, the common people dreamed of King Jiushan overthrowing the imperial court and becoming emperor.
Because Nanzhili under the rule of King Jiushan was so good, the people there not only had taxes so light that they were almost negligible, but King Jiushan also kept giving money to the people, doubling the amount each time. He even took into account how much food there was in the family and how many people there were, and doubled the money.
This was an unprecedented and shocking move for the common people. The King of Jiushan was really giving out money, and all the money and grain in your family would be converted into money and doubled. It didn't matter if your family didn't have any money or grain. They would calculate the population and the food rations for each person. Anyway, the money given out at one time was enough for your family to have enough food for the whole year, and it would be doubled or even several times a year.
The people of Nanzhili live such a good life. Those who were originally so poor that they could barely afford to eat now live a life of plenty, while the people in other places are finding it increasingly difficult to live.
Because of the soaring prices, the royal court, corrupt officials, and wealthy families not only did not give them money, but also levied exorbitant taxes that doubled along with the soaring prices. The land was really scraped away by others, and it was difficult for ordinary people to find grass roots and tree barks to eat, because everyone was eating them, and there was only so much grass roots and tree barks.
Ordinary people in many parts of the Ming Dynasty even began to eat dirt, because dirt made them feel full. However, they didn't care about the pain in their stomachs caused by being swollen with dirt and their bodies becoming skinny.
Under such circumstances, the royal court, corrupt officials, and wealthy families are still exploiting people madly. Who can bear it?
Therefore, the common people only hoped that King Jiushan could quickly overthrow the imperial court so that they could have a full meal.
This time, King Jiushan was finally going to enforce justice and overthrow the imperial court. The people were so happy. If it weren't for the corrupt officials and wealthy families keeping a close eye on them, they would have celebrated with drums and gongs. As for setting off firecrackers, they wanted to set them off but unfortunately they had no money to buy them.
In short, the people of the entire Ming Dynasty were looking forward to King Jiushan overthrowing the imperial court as soon as possible.
The army of King Jiushan assembled very quickly. In three days, the army of more than one million people had everything ready.
Chen Jiu told Luo Yong and Luo Meng that he didn't have time to go, which was naturally a lie to his two brothers-in-law. No matter how busy he was, he could still find time for revenge. Moreover, the soldiers of the Eight Battalions were all riding in magical chariots, so it would not take them much time to reach the capital.
Early in the morning of that day, at about noon, all the soldiers of the eight major camps had boarded the chariots. Each chariot was more than twenty miles in radius. There were 18,000 soldiers from the eight major camps on one chariot, and 100 chariots meant 1 million soldiers from the eight major camps.
This is not the end yet. In front of the soldiers of the eight major camps, there are 80,000 earthly immortals riding on 80 chariots, neatly arranged into eight formations of ten thousand immortals.
In front of the 80,000 earthly immortals, there are thousands of true gods riding in a huge chariot, standing in the front.
On the chariot, two huge flags dozens of feet high were fluttering in the wind, "King of Nine Mountains" and "Doing Justice on Behalf of Heaven"!
Nearly two hundred huge chariots were neatly arranged into one square formation after another, covering an area of more than three hundred miles. They were densely packed with soldiers from the eight major camps and earth immortals from the Jiuling Mountain Divine Dynasty. It looked truly spectacular.
Seeing this scene, couldn't help but get his blood boiling.
I want revenge!
He stood on the hilltop between the front chariots, shouted in his heart, and then raised his hand and said loudly: "Get ready to go."
This departure was not the emperor’s, but the demon god pulling the chariot riding on auspicious clouds and slowly lifting the chariot into the sky.
For a moment, the whole camp was filled with commands and auspicious clouds rolled. After a while, nearly two hundred huge chariots rose into the sky. The auspicious clouds in the sky connected into one, covering an area of four to five hundred miles.
This cloud really covers the sky and the sun. No matter how big the city is, it is not as big as this auspicious cloud. A county is not as big as this auspicious cloud. Even a smaller provincial capital is not as big as this auspicious cloud. What kind of concept is this?
Chen Jiu didn't think too much about it, he just waved his hand and said loudly: "Let's go!"
At this moment, their camp was only about a thousand miles away from the capital. After crossing Jinan Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, and most of Shuntian Prefecture, it was the capital.
The speed of the artifact chariot is not very slow. It is no problem for it to fly four or five hundred miles in an hour.
In other words, a journey that would take an army from mortal world more than a month could be reached in about two hours by them riding on the clouds.
This speed was beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals, and the common people under the auspicious clouds could not help but scream in surprise.
Each of the seven big characters "King of Nine Mountains" and "Doing Justice on Behalf of Heaven" is more than ten feet in size, larger than a room. People with good eyesight can see it from more than ten miles away. Naturally, they knew that this was the army of King of Nine Mountains to attack the imperial court.
However, they never dreamed that the Nine Mountain King's army would fly across the sky on clouds and mist like heavenly soldiers and generals.
This time, the imperial court is doomed. Who can stop this army that covers the sky and the earth?
Chen Jiu was also a little curious about what Jiajing would use to block it.
Originally, he was too lazy to use his spiritual sense to scan the capital city, because ever since Xuandu Tianzun led the Hongmeng Sect army to descend on the capital city, many places in the capital city had been engraved with magic arrays that blocked spiritual sense. The entire palace and even most places in the imperial city could not be scanned by spiritual sense, so there was no point in scanning them.
However, this time, he couldn't help but extend his spiritual sense to take a closer look.
When he saw this, he was stunned.
The elite garrison troops stationed outside the city were missing, and there were not many people stationed on the city walls. The mansions of the wealthy families in the south of the city were empty again. The elite troops of the Shenwu Camp and the Shenji Camp that were originally densely packed on the walls of the imperial city had become sparse!
What is going on here?
Could it be that all the true gods of the noble families and the royal family have gathered in the palace, ready to fight them to the death?
If that were the case, it would be fine. He only needed to activate the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation composed of thousands of true gods, and with a few slashes, all the true gods would be killed.
The problem is that he always feels that this matter is not that simple. Jiajing is not the kind of person without brains. On the contrary, Jiajing has a lot of ideas in his mind and he likes to play tricks on others.
What the hell is this guy doing?
Zhang Wanxia saw that he suddenly stopped talking, and couldn't help asking, "Ajiu, what are you daydreaming about?"
At this moment, Zhang Wanxia is the vanguard general, responsible for controlling the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation composed of thousands of true gods. She is wearing phoenix armor and phoenix wings, and holding a magic sword, looking majestic.
She had originally thought that Chen Jiu would praise her, but who would have thought that Chen Jiu would just stand there in a daze, pretending not to see her.
The nine-tailed fox couldn't help but ask, "Yeah, Ah Jiu, why are you in a daze? With millions of troops, are you afraid that you can't take the capital?"
It was naturally impossible for his army of over one million to fail to capture the capital, and Jiajing should have known this.
The question is, what on earth is Jiajing doing?
Chen Jiu shook his head slightly and said, "Nothing, I just checked the situation in the capital. It seems that the defense of the capital has been almost withdrawn, and all the people from the aristocratic families have disappeared."
The nine-tailed fox was shocked when he heard this: "The emperor is not going to run away with his people, right?"
She followed her son here specifically to seek revenge. If the enemy ran away, wouldn't her trip be in vain?
It would be fine if it was a wasted trip, but the problem is that she wants to avenge her son.
The Zhu family should not run away. They are well-known for their cruelty and toughness. Jiajing should not abandon the capital of the Ming Dynasty and run away.
Chen Jiu thought about it carefully again, then shook his head slightly and said, "He shouldn't run away. We'll find out what's going on when we rush over."
Amidst a burst of exclamations, the army quickly crossed Jinan Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture and arrived at Shuntian Prefecture.
They were only two or three hundred miles away from the capital, so it was time to take action.
Chen Jiu raised his hand and said loudly: "The army will disperse and surround the capital."
With a whoosh, millions of troops spread out like long rainbows, slowly enveloping the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Yu Dayou and others brought tens of thousands of earth immortals and the troops from their respective camps and divided them into eight groups, surrounding the Ming capital from all directions.
Behind Chen Jiu was Qi Jiguang and 150,000 soldiers from the Shenqi Camp who followed closely behind him.
Originally, they thought that the true gods and immortals from the aristocratic families and the royal family would more or less lead their elite garrison troops to resist on the walls of the outer and inner cities.
Who would have known that when the army surrounded the city, the defenders on the city wall immediately scattered like birds and beasts and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Not a single true god or earthly immortal from the aristocratic families and the royal family was seen.
What the hell is Jiajing doing?
Chen Jiu simply flew over the Imperial City with the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation composed of thousands of True Gods, and then solemnly said: "Wanxia, activate the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and prepare to attack."
Zhang Wanxia immediately raised the divine sword in her hand and shouted, "Ten thousand sword energies, release quickly."
“Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.” Tens of thousands of true gods shouted in unison, and a huge vortex of sword energy quickly gathered in the sky.
"Chen Jiu, you traitor, how dare you disobey your superiors and attack the imperial city!"
Jiajing couldn't help but roar in anger in the palace.
Aren't you talking nonsense?
If I'm not going to attack your imperial city, why would I come here?
It's good to have this guy here.
Chen Jiu shouted, "Jiajing, you have allowed corrupt officials to run rampant, causing the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people, and the people are living in misery. Today, I will enforce justice on behalf of heaven, punish you, the dog emperor, overthrow your Ming Dynasty court, and let the people live a good life."
"OK!"
The common people in the capital city couldn't help but cheer.
When Jiajing heard the cheers from the capital, he could not help but say angrily, "You unruly people actually dared to collude with the rebels. Do you want me to kill all your clans?"
His roar caused the capital to fall into silence.
Why is this guy talking so much nonsense today?
Chen Jiu couldn't help but snorted coldly: "You can only bully the common people, Wanxia, chop him up for me!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Wanxia did not hesitate to gather a giant blade that was over ten miles long and chopped it down towards the place where Jiajing spoke.
With a "whoosh", a huge fire dragon suddenly rose from the palace and wrapped around the giant blade.
Jiajing then roared: "How dare you, you bunch of traitors! I am the emperor today, and you dare to be so disrespectful. You are so outrageous."
Is this guy mentally ill?
Chen Jiu simply shouted: "Ji Guang, break the formation talisman."
Qi Jiguang immediately drew his sword and shouted, "Use the Breaking Formation Talisman, aim at the Imperial City and the Imperial Palace, and prepare to launch it."
Wow! 150,000 soldiers from the Shenqi Camp immediately pulled out arrows engraved with formation-breaking talismans and pointed their bows at the imperial city and the palace.
This is a range attack, so there's no need to aim too accurately. Moreover, the arrows engraved with the formation-breaking talisman are not immortal arrows, but arrows they made themselves. They are not valuable at all, so it's no problem to waste a few million of them.
Qi Jiguang saw that his soldiers were ready, so he immediately brandished his sword and shouted, "Shoot."
"Swish, swish, swish, swish", arrows fell from the sky, and the imperial city and the palace were immediately filled with fireworks. Those magic arrays could not block more than a hundred thousand arrows engraved with array-breaking talismans. The entire imperial city and the palace were clearly exposed to Chen Jiu's spiritual sense.
There was not a single true god or earthly immortal in the imperial city and the palace, not even a single person with spiritual energy. They were all mortals, except Jiajing!
This guy was sitting cross-legged on the dragon throne in the Huangji Palace, staring at him with crazy eyes.
Seeing this, Chen Jiu couldn't help but ask coldly: "Where are the people?"
Jiajing couldn't help but laugh: "Hahahaha, they will show up when they are supposed to. Chen Jiu, don't think that we are done just by taking over the capital. Just wait, our Zhu Ming royal family will definitely make a comeback and take back the capital!"
This guy must be crazy.
How can you, the Zhu Ming royal family, take back the capital? Is it relying on that dog, the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun?
He is just a bootlicker, and he is licking those selfish guys in Hongmeng Sect. He will definitely not have a good ending!
Chen Jiu was too lazy to talk too much, he simply said: "Mom, come on."
Upon hearing this, the nine-tailed fox immediately summoned the Qiankun Circle.
In a flash, Jiajing was trapped.
Jiajing was still laughing there, "Hahahaha, Chen Jiu, what's the point of catching me alone, hahahaha."
What's the point of me catching you?
I want you to get your comeuppance!
