I have almost searched the entire Luoyang City, and I almost didn't dig three feet into the ground, and I searched all the wells, attics, and rooftops nearby, but I didn't see Xiao Yao's figure when I looked for it!

Gao Changgong looked at the pile of rags, needles and threads and a few wine jars left in the dyeing workshop, and was puzzled: why did Xiao Yao suddenly disappear, these things proved that he was here just now, why did he suddenly disappear without a trace? Where the hell is he hiding?

"Find! Keep looking! Now that the entire Luoyang City has been sealed by me, he has no chance to get out of the city at all, and he has just come to Luoyang City, so he can't dig a tunnel or find any secret passages out of the city, so he must still be in Luoyang City, and he must find him out for me! Gao Changgong said angrily with red eyes.

The army led by Gao Changgong, together with the defenders of Luoyang City, a total of more than 10,000 soldiers worked hard for a night, on the morning of the sixth day of October, Xiao Yao, who fled all the way to the west, had fled to the border between Qi and Zhou on a fast horse, at this time, the monk Huiguang had also sent someone to find Gao Changgong with a hot air balloon made by Xiao Yao.

"What! Xiao Yao can fly? He really flew into the air with this thing and flew out of the city! Gao Changgong looked at the big cloth bag and bamboo basket with an incredulous expression, and couldn't figure out what this thing was like flying.

"Yes, last night, this thing was like a Kong Ming lantern, flying from the direction of Luoyang City to the sky above the White Horse Temple, and then suddenly landed, and there was a person on it, wrapped tightly, at that time we were so scared that we all thought that it was the Buddha appeared, the gods descended to earth, we could only hide aside and dare not make a sound, until the dawn, we found that a fast horse and some items were missing, and then we saw the prince You are in Luoyang to hunt for Xiao Yao, we suspect that the person last night was Xiao Yao!" Huiguang's disciple Dao.

"Kong Ming lantern? No wonder I found needlework rags in the dyeing workshop, it turned out that Xiao Yao used to sew this big cloth bag, and then made it into a Kong Ming lantern and flew him into the sky, and also flew out of Luoyang City, and finally flew to the White Horse Temple! "Gao Changgong suddenly realized!

At this time, Gao Changgong couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart: This Xiao Yao is really too demonic, too terrifying! He was only sixteen years old, how could he know so many things! Not only can he make powerful weapons such as gunpowder and artillery, but now he can actually make things that can fly, what else can't he do! And listening to the monks of Shaolin Temple, when Xiao Yao pretended to be a monk, he got those Buddhas, all of which were Zen words that were difficult for even high-ranking monks to comprehend! With such a talent of both civil and military skills, if you don't get rid of him now and let him develop, he will definitely become a big trouble for the Great Qi Kingdom in the future! But he has never been able to catch him, let alone get rid of him, he has been forced into a desperate situation several times, but he has turned the corner again and again, and always uses some unexpected methods to escape from danger!

"Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao, are you a human or a ghost? Why can't I kill you all the time! Are you really the one who sent down to the mortal world to unify the Chen Kingdom? Gao Changgong sighed.

"Lord Wang, Xiao Yao must have run to the west, preparing to flee to the Zhou Kingdom, are we still going to chase after it?" Wei Xiangyuan asked.

"No need, we have spent so much effort planning this operation against Xiao Yao, the ambush package of tens of thousands of troops before couldn't catch him, and now he is trapped in Luoyang and he actually flew into the air to escape, even if we go to chase him now, I believe we will not be able to catch him! Although yesterday I had already ordered the borders of Zhou and Qi to be strictly investigated, but with Xiao Yao's ability, these should not be able to stop him, maybe now he has entered the territory of Zhou State! Alas! Maybe that's what it means! It's the master who won't let Xiao Yao die in my hands! Gao Changgong sighed, he has been hit by Xiao Yao now that he no longer has the confidence to hunt him down!

"So what do we do next? Xiao Yao has been killed by us and fled, his invincible artillery battalion has also been defeated by us, even the dozen artillery pieces have been captured by us, and there are hundreds of muskets that can kill Rao in the air, at this time our army is the most morale time, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue, counterattack the Chen army, and recover the lost territory of Huainan in one fell swoop! Wei Xiangyuan suggested.

"That's what I mean! The reason why Chen Jun was able to capture Huainan in half a year, Xiao Yao's firearms played an extremely important role in this, and now that they have no assistance from firearms, it is also our turn to counterattack! However, in order to besiege Xiao Yao's forward brigade before, our 30,000 army also suffered a lot of casualties, resulting in some of our troops in Huaibei being insufficient. Then ask the emperor to give us an edict to send an additional army, and then immediately wave his army to the south, attack the Chen army in Huainan, and recover the lost territory! Gao Changgong became excited and said, because when he thought that although he hadn't caught Xiao Yao, he had already defeated his forward battalion and eliminated a big enemy for the Qi army, and he couldn't help but turn his sorrow into joy!

"Also, let those alchemists and ironsmiths develop the formula for gunpowder for me as soon as possible! Now that we have these artillery, we also want to build an army like Xiao Yao that specializes in using these firearms, and the scale will be larger than Xiao Yao's. Gao Changgong said excitedly, and his emotions became excited.

"What about that Zhang Dabao? Now that Xiao Yao has been defeated by us, and his identity as a traitor has been known to Chen Jun, he has no use value! "Wei Xiangyuan didn't like Zhang Dabao very much, because he looked down on these disloyal people, even if his rebellion was helping the Qi State.

"No, he's still useful! Listening to Xiao Yao's training methods, they are all very special and different, so he trained the infantry battalion, which can defeat tens of thousands of powerful troops with only a thousand people! Moreover, in this siege, although we defeated Xiao Yao's troops and killed many of his soldiers, we couldn't even capture a single prisoner, and they would rather commit suicide than be prisoners, which shows that they are very loyal to Xiao Yao! Therefore, if we want to build an army like the infantry battalion, we need Zhang Dabao's help, after all, he is very clear about the training methods and combat skills in the infantry battalion! Gao Changgong said with a smile.

"The prince is wise! Then cheap this traitor and let him be a big official, after all, we can defeat Xiao Yao this time, and he also plays a very important role as an internal response! "The original contempt of the prime minister is authentic.

"There is a reward for merit, and this can serve the public! No matter what country he is from, as long as he works for us, we have to give him benefits, and then we can make good use of it! Also, you go find some firewood, I also want to see how this Xiao Yao used this Kong Ming lantern to rise into the air, and then escaped from Luoyang City! Gao Changgong looked at the big cloth bag and said eagerly.

However, Gao Changgong soon failed again, although after he put firewood in the brazier and lit it, the cloth bag did swell and grow, and the bamboo basket also left the surface of the rain and floated, but when a person stood up, the hot air balloon could not rise!

The reason is that Gao Changgong uses firewood as fuel, which leads to the combustion, the flame is not big enough, the hot air in the bag is not accumulated enough, and the weight of the firewood is too large.

Seeing that this cloth bag that could fly up with Xiao Yao to escape from Luoyang City could not fly now, Gao Changgong's mood became a little lost, and he thought of the alchemists and skilled craftsmen he had gathered until now had not developed the formula for gunpowder, if there was no gunpowder, these muskets and artillery that had just been captured would not be able to exert the huge power they should have, so why should he talk about forming an army like an infantry battalion? As soon as he thought of this, Gao Changgong, who was still in high spirits and was very excited just now, became sullen again!

When Gao Changgong's mood became upset because he couldn't copy the artifact made by Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao had already fled to the border between Zhou and Qi on horseback, but he found that the defenders here at the border were also sternly checking the passers-by, and his mood couldn't help but become depressed: I didn't expect this Gao Changgong to think about it quite thoroughly, and he even let the border here in advance also carry out strict inventory in and out to prevent himself from escaping to the Zhou State, it seems that I can't leave the Qi State from these passes, and if I want to go to the Zhou State, I can only smuggle into the country!