It is said that an experienced shooter can judge the direction of the wind and the speed of the wind by wetting his fingers with saliva, and stretching it out into the air, which is an acquired skill that has been trained for a long time.

Qiao Yue doesn't have this ability, she can only tear off a strand of hair and pinch it in her hand, and look at the direction of the hair swing to judge the direction of the wind.

Yesterday, the money housekeeper flipped through the almanac, tomorrow on the third day of the fourth month, the fetal god occupies the northeast of the outer gate, the five elements of the great postman, breaking the position, the fierce god should be taboo: the moon breaks, the big consumption, the disaster, the heavenly fire, the moon is tired, the earth fire, the five voids, the five separation, the yin wrong, the yang wrong, not suitable for marriage, but it is a good day to set fire.

Qian Gui is a living map, and after all the things transported were loaded onto the ox cart, he walked forward with the team, and the subordinates in the house continued to move forward with the severed head, and everyone went their own way.

Due to the direction of the wind, Qiao Yue had to go around from this flat land to the back of Black Cliff Mountain to have a way to send tens of thousands of catties of fire oil into the forest of Black Cliff Mountain, which was far away, but it was the only way.

There is no need to charge into battle, the subordinates in the house are very calm, anyway, they usually do the business of transporting goods, which is a familiar thing for them.

Qiao Yue gave the order to die, there was no need to eat, and the group rushed thirty miles in one go, and when it was dark, Qiao Yue was greatly relieved when she could see the top of Black Cliff Mountain in the distance by moonlight.

Ordered the team to slow down, the black stone said that there must be spies in the march, otherwise the Black Knife Gang scattered outside will be found out and there will be a catastrophe, call the money steward over and order: "Send a few clever people to the front to see what the situation is, if you can't get to the foot of the Black Cliff Mountain, let's not force it, pay attention to concealment is the most important thing." ”

Qian Gui was obviously more excited than Qiao Yue, probably thinking that his son's great revenge would finally be avenged, he ran faster than anyone else with a pair of legs, walked to Qiao Yue's side from the front of the team, and bowed slightly: "Don't worry, Miss, the little one has been investigating for a long time, the farthest place from the foot of the mountain is five miles away, and there is a small mountain bag about ten miles past here, we can hide there." ”

Qiao Yue nodded, and slowly looked up at the moon tonight, that mountain bag was on the ground that had been agreed before going out, and it was not difficult for the Kong Ming lantern modified with oilcloth to carry about eight catties of fire oil and fly over a distance of ten miles, Qiao Yue had done such an experiment a long time ago.

The black stone said that the thing called the hot air balloon was modified according to the Kong Ming lantern, as long as the fuel was sufficient, even if it was not a problem to bring people to the sky, but Qiao Yue had not yet made a Kong Ming lantern that could bring people to the sky, and now it was already the limit to be able to carry a weight of thirty catties.

Similar to the principle of an oil lamp, a small oil jar is used to fill some oil under the sucked cotton, and the flames that are lit high will have sufficient fuel, as long as the amount of fuel is controlled, the distance of the Kong Ming lantern modified with oil cloth can be roughly controlled.

Of course, this is a very complex problem, and it has a lot to do with wind speed, but fortunately, the territory of Heiya Mountain is 3,000 acres, which can directly ignore the so-called drop point error.

The fire oil that needs to be sent to Black Cliff Mountain can be hung directly below, so you don't have to worry about it catching fire in mid-air, and you don't have to worry about whether the fire oil will burn if it is spilled.

Estimate the distance of five miles, from the first wave of rising Kong Ming lanterns fell into the Black Cliff Mountain, the sentry post at the bottom of the mountain found the problem, and then chased over, there was a time difference of at least three quarters of an hour.

Three quarters of an hour? It's enough for his side to raise thousands of these Kong Ming lanterns into the sky. The time is set for tomorrow's ugly time, and the black stone says that time is the most sleepy time for people, maybe the first round of Kong Ming lanterns of the Black Knife Gang will not have time to find the problem.

The moon is a little dim, this is not a good phenomenon, if it rains heavily, it will fall short, Qiao Yue stretched out his sleeves and waved in the air, fortunately, the wind speed is very stable, it will not rain, the air is still so dry, the almanac is very right, such weather has to be careful of the fire and fire, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will cause a fire.

Making the best use of things is the best commander, and when he walked to the bottom of the hill, Qiao Yue asked Wang Yi beside him: "Brother Wang Yi, do you say that under such a moonlight, can you still see people clearly on the river after the fire starts?" ”

Wang Yi glanced up at the moon in the sky, and replied very seriously: "When I was studying, Mr. once said that people's eyes will have contrasts, if the Black Cliff Mountain is lit by a monstrous fire, the eyes of the Black Knife Gang will be stimulated by strong light, and then look at the weak light on the river surface, you will not be able to see anything, just like when we walk into a cave during the day, there will be a short period of blindness, and nothing can be seen." ”

Qiao Yue nodded: "That's good, I hope that the severed head of the Yamen can work hard when they beat the drum, otherwise it will be in vain to scare him." ”

The goods were unloaded from the ox carts, and the things were almost processed while they were on the ship, and it was only necessary to assemble thousands of Kong Ming lanterns and divide the oil according to the quantity, which was not much work for a team of more than 200 people.

It was still a long time, and the people who had eaten the dry food began to work lightly, and the fat girl didn't know where to move a chair, and wiped it several times before inviting Qiao Yue to sit down and recuperate.

Tell a steward who is too idle to seem to find something to do, and let him take a few people to Jiangtuo Town to buy as much wine and food as possible, the officers and soldiers trapped on the tidal flats must be hungry, and as a backup, this little thing must be considered thoughtfully.

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The wind lady of the Black Knife Gang walked back and forth in the cabin with Mo Zhizhou's child in her arms for two hours, and she was still not in the mood to sleep, her left eye kept jumping today, and she always felt that something would happen.

Chu Liang's worried voice came from the deck outside: "Dad, it's been three days, do you say that the imperial court will agree to negotiate a deal with us?" ”

"Haha..."Laughing, Chu Yi lifted the steel knife in his hand, the middle finger of his left hand bounced, and flicked it down: "If I didn't have much confidence in my father before, but now, I can't help them, you see that the general who is heavily protected in the middle must be a great official, and the court throws a mouse trap, our good opportunity has come." ”

Chu Liang was still very worried, he didn't expect things to develop to this point, originally he wanted to persuade Chu Yi to give up Black Cliff Mountain, and the whole gang temporarily hid for a while, and it was not too late to come out after the limelight passed.

directly showed that the sword and gun were against the court, and since the founding of the Shun Dynasty, no one has ended well.

There was another clanging sound in the distance, and the burly general led a dozen or so men to kill on a boat on the side of the Black Knife Gang, which was the twelfth time in three days, and each time it always caused the Black Knife to suffer heavy losses.

Chu Xuan shouted: "Let go of the arrows, let go of the arrows, shoot me hard, I can't let him break out..."

"Ahh

He said: "Dad, if we continue like this, sooner or later we will be eaten up by this general, why don't we all shoot arrows together and kill them all, there is no room for maneuver now." ”

Chu snorted coldly: "This loss is nothing compared to the lives and prospects of hundreds of people in our gang, there will definitely be sacrifices to do great things, if we kill these officers and soldiers, the court will no longer have any worries, when the army is pressing, we have no bargaining chips and there is only a dead end, my son must not be brave for a while." ”

Through the faint moonlight, you can clearly see the sword light on the opposite boat, the general led by the big knife in his hand danced impenetrable, the sky full of arrow rain and the body is not close to him, the general brought over a dozen people are obviously first-class good hands, if they fight alone, just pull someone out, no one in the Black Knife Gang is their opponent.

In the past three days, he has been killed twelve times by this general back and forth, and no less than 100 people have been killed or wounded, which makes the Jiang Shangke who are surrounded by him secretly feel a little chill in their hearts, and it is not a good thing to go on like this in the long run.

A small boat rowed over from the river with a faint mist, and the man with a linen turban wrapped around his head stepped forward and said, "Helper, just now an official ship approached our side within five miles..."

"What about people?" Chu was a little nervous: "Order, if it is not for the army of the imperial court, we must not take the lead, what we want is peace talks, not to force them to fight with us." ”

The man wrapped in a turban continued: "It is strange that the official ship stopped for less than a quarter of an hour and left, and no one came out to shout. The little ones followed them to see what they were up to. ”

"Haha..."Chu laughed out loud, and the fatigue of the past few days was swept away: "Don't worry about them, we just need to guard this big fish on the beach, they didn't directly press the border, which means that there are very important big people in the imperial court among the officers and soldiers we are trapped, which is very good news."

Order, now is a critical period, don't be careless, after these two days, everyone will have a good life, maybe we can become a regular sailor of the court on the river, hahaha..."

"Haha..."There was also a loud laugh from a boat in the distance, the knife out of the sheath, without drinking the blood and not returning to the sheath, a high column of blood rose into the sky, Qiao Shan put the big knife on his shoulder and jumped off the boat with laughter.

The dozen or so men behind him also laughed, stepping on the thigh-high river and swaggering towards the tidal flats in front, the bright armor did not touch the blood, Qiao Shan said loudly: "Brother Zhang, such a beautiful scenery under the moon, the long knife drinks the blood of thieves, can there be wine?" This scene, when drunk for three days and three nights. ”

A burly general like him walked out on the tidal flat, turning a blind eye to the strong enemies around him, he pointed to the big boat on Chu Yi's side and said: "Brother Qiao wants to drink, so and so what if I get it for you, but this broken place is really desolate, why don't you and my brother go to the soft sleeping beauty on the big boat opposite tonight and get drunk?" ”R1152