"My lord, can this thing go to heaven?" The blacksmith looked at the three piles of objects piled on the ground and asked suspiciously.

Li Dongsheng was taking a brush and drawing on cotton cloth without raising his head: "Who knows? Try it, who of you wants to do this heavenly, three hundred times a day. ”

"Uh... Adults spare our lives, we are all old and young, please let us go! "These craftsmen were frightened, and they sent themselves to the west with their own things, and this adult looked smiling, and it was too vicious.

Li Dongsheng saw that the ground was full of knees, and said strangely: "If you don't try, you won't try, why do you want to spare your life." Seeing the frightened expressions on their faces, it suddenly dawned on him: "Do you think I let you go up to send you to death?" Am I that kind of person? ”

"My lord, you are kind and kind-hearted, and you will definitely wait for all generations in the future!" Seeing that this adult really didn't seem to have the intention of forcing himself, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then brought him the high hat first, so that he probably wouldn't attack us again.

"My lord, the Tubo coalition army has begun to attack the city again, this time it seems that they are desperate, the whole army is pressing, and they don't care about casualties at all, and everyone's casualties are also very large!" A soldier from a firearms battalion hurried over.

"Calculate the time, they should be in a hurry. It is estimated that our reinforcements are about to arrive, and they want to take the city before the army arrives, or else they will be wiped out. Li Dongsheng said: "You go to the firearms camp to find a few people who are not afraid of death, I have important things for them to do here!" ”

Outside the city of Gaochang, the horn of the attack of the Tubo coalition army has been sounded, the footsteps of the enemy army under the city are running faster and faster, when there are still a few hundred meters away from the city wall, the crowd broke out with a shout, and the enemy carrying the cloud ladder several zhang long rushed out of the crowd, in the blink of an eye, the cloud ladder has been heavily erected on the city wall, and then countless enemies are like ants climbing along the ladder towards the city.

Xi Junmai ran at both ends of the city, constantly issuing orders with a hoarse throat, Hou Ye trusted himself to be the person in charge of the city's command, and he couldn't live up to such trust.

At the beginning of the siege, all the soldiers of the firearms battalion and the strong men felt tremendous pressure, and the enemy seemed to be completely dead, even if he was stabbed in the body with a spear or cut by a knife, he had to hold, drag, and pull the soldiers defending the city before he died, and he had to roll under the city wall.

The city was full of dead enemy troops and Tang troops, their death postures were different, and the wounded were rolling on the ground, wailing in pain, and both the attacking and defending sides were all filling with human lives, which was the most disadvantageous to the Tang army. An hour has passed, and the city head is in danger, if it is not for the use of two reserves, it is estimated that the city head has been lost. However, today the enemy army has no intention of stopping at all, and still climbs to the top of the city one after another, vowing not to give up until the goal is achieved.

Xi Junmai is a fierce general, he is also a person, fighting for several hours in a row, his thick body has been a little shaky, he is so tired that he has no strength to speak, but he just relied on his instinct to knock down the person in front of him who is not wearing Tang Jun armor, his sweat ran down his forehead, flowed into his eyes, brought out tears, his eyes became blurred, he kept gasping, and he was still thinking in his heart: "Master Hou, where are you, we really can't stand it if we don't come again." ”

Seeing more and more coalition soldiers climbing up to the top of the city, Sambu and the three main generals finally showed smiles on their faces. "We should have used such tactics from the beginning, Gaochang City has already been in the bag, and don't be afraid." Reyeji said: "At this time, it is better to die than to go at the beginning. ”

"Without the run-in a while ago, they would not have such a tacit understanding when attacking the city." Yibi Ahun gritted his teeth and said: "It is still our warriors in the Western Regions who have such courage, and they are not afraid of death at all when they fight. What Datang Tianwei is a joke. This city has been captured, we will divide the cavalry again, and when the reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arrive, we will surround them under Gaochang City, and destroy them all to eliminate the hatred in our hearts! ”

"I have a question that I haven't explained." Sambu frowned and said: "I met the Tang army in Songzhou, they used a strange weapon, that is, a small goose egg-like thing, which made a deafening sound when thrown out, and it had great lethality to soldiers and horses. It stands to reason that such a powerful weapon Datang should have been used in so many days of siege, why hasn't there been any movement until now? ”

"And such weapons? How come we haven't heard of it? Reyage was surprised: "None of you have mentioned this to me?" ”

"Why did I mention it to you? Are we defeated and have a good face? Eviahun said, "You just have to do your own thing." ”

"You are deceiving, if we knew that there was such a weapon, we would not have formed an alliance with you." Reyeji was about to cry, you are a cheat father, Datang has such a powerful weapon, you have all suffered losses and deceived us. He knew that his kings were greedy for money, cowardly, and cowardly, and now that Datang was so powerful, they just wanted to get some advantage behind them and strengthen their momentum. Who knew that it was used by the Turks and Tubo as the main force under the city of Gaochang, and now the Tang Dynasty still has such a big killing weapon that is useless, and the reinforcements are about to arrive, and now the countries of the Western Regions are going to end.

"Ignition!" Li Dongsheng gave an order, and at this time he transported the things to the street behind the city wall, the place was wide, and the surrounding area had been blocked, and no one was allowed to approach. The main body of the hot air balloon is a sphere sewn up by countless pieces of thick cloth, and the inside is a skeleton made of bamboo strips, which has not burned at this time, but is supported by bamboo strips, and is soft and crooked.

What Li Dongsheng drew on it is not visible now, and a soldier of the firearms battalion stretched out the torch in his hand into the stove and lit the hay inside. The hay was set on fire by adding oil to the fire, and then the wood was burned, and finally the coals on it were lit, and smoke immediately gushed out from the chimney above the iron stove.

There were two firearms battalions on each hot air balloon, their faces were solemn, everyone looked at them like dead people, and one craftsman whispered: "Go with peace of mind!" Ours is very sturdy. The result was an angry stare from these people.

Li Dongsheng said: "You don't have to be afraid, this is very safe, and the materials used are the best materials." Very sturdy. As long as you're not afraid of heights, there's no problem. Remember the process I taught you, and you will be able to get up and down safely. Whether we can break the siege or not depends on you! ”