Sky Curtain: The Overlord Charges into Battle, Shocking Emperors of All Dynasties

Isn't the Yellow River terrifying like this? If you threw a pig in, there wouldn't even be a hair left.

However, if someone in ancient times crossed the Yellow River as if walking on flat ground, completely unharmed, what should that person be called?

Looking at this question, the ancients could still picture the Yellow River rushing and surging into the sky.

How could anyone possibly cross the Yellow River unscathed?

If this person is a descendant, then perhaps he used some technology from those descendants.

But this was an ancient person, just like us, who could cross the Yellow River?

"How could that be? You don't believe me!"

Liu Bang simply didn't believe such a person could exist; he was certain it was another fabrication by later generations.

Tianmu always likes to do things like this.

For example, there are folk tales about his birth, saying that there were strange phenomena, such as a dragon coiling around his mother's body, and then she became pregnant.

Isn't this ridiculous?

If that's the case, then Liu Bang wasn't Old Liu's child?

Of course, Liu Bang himself was quite fond of such folk tales.

This shows that his rise to power was ordained by Heaven, so this is a good thing!

"Don't make your grandfather laugh."

Liu Bang picked his nose and casually wiped it under the table.

"Unless he's a chosen one like Liu Xiu, it's all made up!"

Not only Liu Bang, but others, especially emperors, were intimately familiar with this kind of legend.

"It's definitely fake again!"

"If this is true, I'll eat it right away!!!"

This man was Wang Baobao, or Kökö Temür, a Yuan Dynasty general known as the most extraordinary man in the world.

[However, if this title of his was passed down among the common people or was given by people from the Yuan Dynasty themselves, it may not be that much of a claim.]

This title was given by Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Baobao's old rival and mortal enemy, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.

As the saying goes, the person who understands you best is not your friend, but your enemy.

Zhu Yuanzhang desperately wanted to win over Wang Baobao. He tried to persuade Wang Baobao to surrender seven times, offering him high-ranking positions and generous rewards. He even married Wang Baobao's captured sister to his second son as his principal wife, all in an effort to win Wang Baobao over.

However, Wang Baobao never surrendered. Zhu Yuanzhang once said to his generals, "I cannot subdue Wang Baobao; he is an extraordinary man."

[And Wang Baobao's younger sister, the historical Princess Qin, was the prototype for Zhao Min in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.]

"This is a classic case of 'the wildflowers smell sweeter than the garden flowers'!"

"Zhu Yuanzhang had so many capable ministers and generals, why was he still thinking about Wang Baobao?"

"I despise him!!"

Li Shimin sighed and shook his head. As one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history, he utterly despised Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior.

How could you do this? It hurts the feelings of your generals so much!

Changsun Wuji and the others curled their lips and rolled their eyes.

How dare you talk about Zhu Yuanzhang?

Didn't you treat Shan Xiongxin the same way back then?

It seems that Kublai Khan treated Wen Tianxiang in the same way in later generations.

Is this a common problem among emperors?

What you can't have always seems more alluring.

Only what you can't have is the best.

After being enfeoffed as the King of Henan, Wang Baobao commanded all the military forces in the country, but he spent most of his time in civil war.

When Zhu Yuanzhang sent Xu Da on a northern expedition and captured Dadu (Beijing), Wang Baobao became the only Yuan dynasty force capable of stopping Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, Xu Da launched a blitzkrieg attack on Taiyuan, inflicting a crushing defeat on Wang Baobao, who escaped back to the desert with only eighteen horsemen.

In the Battle of Sheneryu in the third year of the Hongwu reign, Xu Da once again defeated Wang Baobao, capturing more than 84,500 Yuan soldiers, including a large number of Yuan imperial family members and officials.

Wang Baobao, along with his wife and entourage, attempted to break through the encirclement to the north, eventually reaching the vicinity of Sangyuan Gorge along the Yellow River.

Then Wang Baobao ran away.

Using driftwood they found, they transported themselves, their wives, and children across the Yellow River, and reportedly also a warhorse.

and many more,

Did Wang Baobao not cross the Yellow River alone? And without a large boat, did he also transport his wife and children across the river?

You're kidding me, right?

Yellow River?

Is that the Yellow River shown on the sky?

Countless people rubbed their eyes and looked again at the image of the Yellow River displayed on the sky.

People living along the Yellow River, especially those near Sangyuan Gorge, can see the turbulent, winding Yellow River flowing beneath their feet when they go out.

Silence fell over them for a moment.

A man picked up a piece of dead wood from the canyon and threw it into the Yellow River below.

The piece of driftwood, after falling into the river, was pulled and squeezed by countless eddies, losing its direction.

They also occasionally collided with unseen reefs beneath the river.

With a "crack," the driftwood shattered into two pieces, then four.

Finally, it swirled on the surface of the water and sank to the bottom.

So, did Wang Baobao really cross the Sangyuan Gorge using these driftwood logs?

No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang acknowledged him as the most extraordinary man in the world.

[Wang Baobao crossed the river near Sangyuan Gorge. In April, Sangyuan Gorge is in the "peach blossom season," but the mountains on both sides are close to the water, the river is winding, there are many underwater reefs, which can easily form eddies and backflows, and it is also mixed with floating ice.]

[Xu Da could never have imagined that the ferry crossing would be blocked, the boats would be disposed of, and his great achievement of capturing Wang Baobao and presenting him to Zhu Yuanzhang would slip away just like that.]

Xu Da only has one thing to say: This is simply superhuman!

If Xu Da had simply reported it, no one would have believed it, but that was precisely the truth.

Wang Baobao dared to do it, Xu Da dared to speak it, and Zhu Yuanzhang dared to admit it, which was even recorded in the history books.

After all, if we weren't allowed to record things truthfully, unofficial histories might say that Wang Baobao flew away riding a dragon.

"Tiande, did you really see it back then?"

Zhu Yuanzhang still can't believe that Wang Baobao really crossed the river on driftwood.

Xu Da smiled wryly. He didn't believe, let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, that a cooked duck could fly away.

"I was in Dingxi at the time; how could I personally lead troops to pursue Wang Baobao?"

"But the problem is that Guo Ying chased him all the way to Ningxia, but Wang Baobao just vanished without a trace."

"That's what the Yuan prisoners of war who were captured on the shore and who fled with Wang Baobao said."

"And the border scouts who followed Wang Baobao closely all the way spoke the same language."

After hearing Xu Da's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes showed even greater regret.

What an extraordinary man! What a remarkable man!

Why can't we use such an extraordinary man?

Wang Baobao truly lived up to his reputation as an extraordinary man, fighting on despite repeated defeats and managing to escape each time he faced the repeated encirclements of the military genius Xu Da.

Who was Xu Da? He was Zhu Yuanzhang's most capable military commander, who defeated Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, captured Dadu (Beijing), and recovered the Central Plains, winning countless battles throughout his life!

He would do anything without batting an eye, as long as Zhu Yuanzhang gave the order.

But even such a brilliant military commander couldn't capture Wang Baobao.

Even later, during the Lingbei War in the fifth year of the Hongwu reign, Xu Da ventured deep into the northern desert, only to be ambushed by Wang Baobao, suffering a crushing defeat—the only major defeat of his life.

Wang Baobao truly deserves to be called the number one extraordinary man!

"This is simply Superman!"

Liu Xiu said with great admiration,

What kind of chosen one is he? He can't even cross the Yellow River. What kind of chosen one is he?

Wang Baobao was the one truly destined for greatness.