Night, at dawn, with the moon hidden, with strong winds.

In a gloomy forest in the northwest of Jimo City, there was a sound of rustling.

"Rustle, rustle."

In the vast night, Bai Mingzhe stared cautiously at the big-black-bearded captain from the Yan Kingdom in front of him, "He Qi, are you sure there is no problem?" ”

He Qi showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, and whispered: "General rest assured, after the Mo family produced the first batch of wooden kites, he immediately led people into training. After two days of training, the brothers have mastered the use of wooden kites. ”

He picked up a yellowed leaf from the ground and gently let go of it, letting it fall freely.

Under the blowing of the autumn wind, the leaves slipped to the southeast, and he said: "The wind direction tonight is the northwest wind, which is just right for the wooden kite to fly to Jimo City, the general can rest assured, this operation will be foolproof!"

Bai Mingzhe nodded: "Then it's up to your brothers!" It's been three days, the Eight Bull Crossbow on General Li Fu's side, the catapult on Captain Feng Ju's side, and the thunder on Captain Ye Chuping's side have almost done, it's time to gather the hearts of the people of Jimo! ”

"The general will see!" He Qi turned his head back, gave the person behind him a gesture, and whispered: "Brothers, the time has come to make a contribution!"

"Wow!"

"Wow! Wow! ”

In the grass pile behind them, one soldier after another poked their heads out. They worked in groups of three, and the soldiers of each group held a half-meter-long wooden kite.

Underneath the wooden kite is a parchment scroll with words written on it, tied with hemp rope.

He Qi gave the order according to the previous rehearsal: "First team, second team!" Go up and open the way! ”

"No!"

In response, twenty soldiers with shields in their hands stooped forward, trying to get close to the empty area northwest of Jimo City.

In order to ensure the safety and concealment of their movements, they all wore black night clothes.

"Boom!"

Out of the woods, they looked at Jimo City, a thousand paces away, and carefully scouted around, for fear that there would be scouts and other rebels around them.

After the first and second teams got out of the woods and advanced three hundred steps, He Qi waved his hand: "Third team, fourth team, take your things and prepare to take off!"

"No!"

This time it was sixty soldiers who went out, and they came out of the woods with twenty wooden kites.

I saw them open the streamlined bracket on the wooden kite, one of them holding the hemp rope in the front, and the other two holding it in the back.

He Qi waved his hand vigorously and said in a low voice, "Take off!"

"Whew!"

With a fast run, the wooden kite soared into the air.

The parchment roll below swayed from side to side in the whistling autumn wind, crumbling.

In the black night sky, those brown-black wooden kites were following the pace of the soldiers, smoothly flying in the direction of Jimo City.

Bai Mingzhe waved his fist vigorously and praised: "Beautiful!"

"Hey, hey!" He Qi scratched his head and smiled, then quickly looked behind him and gave an order: "The remaining ninety people, divided into three groups, set off in one group every other stick of incense, and must send things to Jimo City for me!"

"No!"

All the soldiers had ruddy faces, their adrenal glands secreting faster, their hearts beating faster, and they were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

A few days ago, they wondered why Captain He had been leading them to play.

Didn't you say that you came here from Yan Kingdom to get military merits?

How to get military merit when playing wooden kite?

Now I understand, it turned out to be for tonight's big event!

Suddenly, the complaints in my heart were swept away.

For the sake of military merit, do it!

"Knock knock! Boom! ”

The soldier who was pulling the kite in front of him ran quickly, while the soldier who had been following behind and lifting it as he flew it lit the torch in his hand with flint.

"Huhu!"

Suddenly, a little starlight fell on the vast land northwest of Jimo City.

……

Jimo City West Gate Tower,

Patrolling soldiers were walking back and forth, observing the wind and grass around the city.

Suddenly, a soldier spoke, "Tun Chief, there is a situation!"

"Huh?" Pan Long, the tun commander in charge of patrolling tonight, walked over quickly, "Why are you so alarmed?" Could it be that the Nanzhong army is attacking the city? ”

The soldier pointed to the bright light in the northwest direction and said in a loud voice: "An unknown fire has appeared in the northwest direction!"

Pan Long held his breath, looked at the place where the firelight appeared, and suddenly scolded: "What arrogant! How many people are there, even the investigation is so blatant! ”

He ordered his subordinates next to him: "Die to me!" If this group of people comes within range of the bow and crossbow, they can shoot them directly without asking for instructions! ”

"No!"

……

In the light of the fire, He Qi shouted, "Ready! ”

"Point!"

"Whew!"

After the torches were lit, the soldiers did not stop moving, but used the torches again to light the hemp rope that drew the wooden kite.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

The broken wooden kite was like a wild horse that had escaped from the reins, driven by the cool autumn wind, and rushed towards the location of Jimo City.

In the past two days, they have experimented dozens of times in the northwest of Gaomi City, and as long as the hemp rope is broken six hundred steps away, the wooden kite carrying the documents will happen to fall in the city.

Therefore, as long as it is released six hundred steps northwest of Jimo City, the wooden kite will definitely be able to land accurately at the designated location.

In addition, they soaked the twine that drew the kite in lard for an hour, and after lighting it, it took about a stick of incense for the flame to burn until it was where the parchment was bound, and the twine that bound the parchment was broken.

And after the hemp rope is burned, you don't have to think about it, the documents will definitely fly all over the sky.

As for whether the parchment roll will be lit on fire?

The answer is no.

Bai Mingzhe deliberately had a piece of old cowhide covered with soil added to the center of the hemp rope and parchment roll, and when the flame burned there, it would automatically extinguish under the dual effect of the mud and the heavy cowhide.

That little bit of fire can't burn through a piece of cowhide wrapped in dirt!

Under the dark of night

Fifty wooden kites, carrying nearly three hundred documents, flew to the brightly lit city not far away.

……

City Head,

The soldier looked at the moving fire above his head in panic and exclaimed, "Tun Chief, Tun Chief, something has happened!" ”

Pan Long heard the call, frowned, walked up to the city wall again, and complained, "What's the matter? Not to say that if they get into ......"

"Tun Chief, look at the sky."

Under the reminder, Pan Long raised his head, and saw that there were many strange things with Mars, flying towards the city.

He squinted, and for a while, he couldn't figure out the specific situation, so he had to say, "What is this?" Here's a couple of crossbowmen, shoot me down! ”

"No!"

The crossbowmen lined up,

"Buzz!"

The bowstring is pulled apart,

"Whoosh!"

More than a dozen arrows were fired.

Due to the poor vision at night and the fact that the outer layer of the wooden kite was painted with ink, the archers' accuracy was so poor that if it weren't for the sparks, they wouldn't even notice that the wooden kite was coming

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! Sou! ”

The sky is full of arrows, and there are always a few hits.

"Bang!"

The bow and arrow pierced the wooden kite, but under the thrust of the wind, only three or four wooden kites fell diagonally on their sides, and the remaining dozens were still gliding, flying towards the inner city of Jimo.

The good-eyed soldier rushed up early and sent the wooden kite to Pan Long

Pan Long took the wooden kite and looked over and over again: "Heh, a child is a child, and it is really interesting to take the soldiers to play with the wooden kite in the middle of the night."

"Tun Chief, there are still a few pieces of sheepskin with words written all over it that have been tied together where I landed just now."

"A sheepskin full of words?" For some reason, Pan Long's heart suddenly sank, and he quickly ordered: "Hurry up and bring it!"

"No!" The soldier ran back and picked up the sheepskin.

Pan Long drew his sword,

"Huh!"

When the sword went down, the hemp rope that bound the parchment was broken.

Pan Long picked up one casually and read the contents carefully.

There are not many words above, there are two paragraphs:

"King Kang intends to learn from King Wu Liu Bi, occupy Jiaodong, and wait for an opportunity to plot Chang'an! I am the general of the Great Han Nanzhong, and I am on the orders of His Majesty to beg for thieves here! ”

"The people of the city, whoever responds, shall be exempted from servitude and taxation for three years after the city is broken; Merchants in the city, all those who respond, after the city is broken, the commercial tax will be halved within three years; The sergeant in the city, all those who responded, after the city was broken, were incorporated into the Nanzhong Army, and the thieves killed when the city was broken were all counted as military merits! Officials in the city, all those who respond, after the city is broken, the crime will be halved! ”

"This ......" Pan Long's hands were trembling, playing with a hammer!

He jerked his head up, looked at the other wooden kites that were drifting towards the city, and shouted, "Quick! Crossbowmen do it together! Gotta shoot this stuff down for me! ”

"Someone, go to the north gate immediately to inform them, and let them send someone into the city to find the fallen parchment! Be sure to find them all before dawn! ”

"Quick!"

If this thing does enter the city, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the city!

Today's world is the world of the Han Dynasty and the world of Liu Che!

All Han people must obey the orders of Chang'an!

That sentence of King Kang's rebellion is more shocking than Chu Although the three households, if it spreads in the army, it will definitely shake the hearts of the soldiers!

And the exemption from forced labor and the halving of commercial taxes are enough to make most ordinary people and businessmen crazy!

Mess up the hearts of the army and collect the hearts of the people!

It's vicious!

The flying wooden kite in the sky has been considered by him to be the messenger of the ghosts!

As for the hands, where is this sheepskin? It's clearly an invitation from a ghost!

If this had spread to the city, the people would have rioted.

Giving agriculture three years of tax exemption and half of the commercial tax is simply the idea of a madman.

A country's finances mainly rely on taxes, how can it be tax-free at will?

However, tax exemption is also the most attractive method.

He knew that there were at least 20,000 or 30,000 people in the city, and at least 8,000 young and middle-aged people.

If this is chaotic, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Not daring to linger longer, after Pan Long arranged everything, he immediately rode his horse and rushed towards the county guard's mansion.

He had to report it immediately and ask the county guard to prepare early.

……

Distance

Bai Mingzhe saw that the wooden kite had basically entered the city, he straightened up and said loudly: "Beat the drum, the three armies are assembled!"

He Qi hurriedly surrendered his hand, "General, attacking the city at night, I'm afraid something is wrong." ”

Bai Mingzhe waved his hand, "Don't panic, this attack is mainly to contain the defenders in the city, so that the documents on the wooden kite can spread as much as possible in the city!" ”

"Chuan Wu order, Su Jian, lead 3,000 soldiers, eight oxen crossbows, catapults, and a number of thunderbolts to besiege the north gate of Jimo!"

"Li Fu, lead three thousand soldiers, eight oxen crossbows, catapults, and a number of thunderstorms, besiege the north gate of Jimo!"

"Uncle Zhang led 2,000 soldiers and laid an ambush at the east gate. If someone goes out of the city, take it directly! ”

"The cavalry dismounted and turned into infantry! After the arrival of the three armies, they did not act rashly and waited for the signal of our siege. ”

"No!"

The military situation was urgent, He Qi waved his hand, led his corporals, and spread the word to the three armies.