Jingnan City, shrouded in curtains, is quiet, and only when the wind blows, will there be a slight sound of wind to break the silence of the night.

The lanterns in front of the grain depot in the city were blown from side to side by the wind. Only tonight is said to be not very windy, but because this area is relatively empty, it will be windy. The granary is connected to the warehouse like a tomb in the dark, this storage of millions of stone grain depot, is the largest granary in Jingnan City, however, earlier it was not a granary, but the school yard of the Eight Banners, and now the granary is newly built, in order to store the grain transported into the city. For the Qing army guarding Jingnan, this granary is related to their rations and the survival of Jingnan, so it has always been a heavily guarded appearance.

In the granary, a group of soldiers braved the night wind and patrolled along the passage between the houses. The wind will blow the red tassels of the red tasseled hats on the heads of the soldiers, and although the night wind is not biting, it still makes people feel a little cold.

"Turtle son, when the wind blows, you have to send more, and those adults don't come out to patrol the number......"

The soldier scolded and said that when the wind blows, the grain depot will send additional inspectors to avoid accidents, after all, "the wind helps the fire" is a simple truth.

For the officers and men of the grain depot, such weather was not a good day. For them, they have no awareness of protecting the granary at all, and some are just full of complaints.

After all, in their opinion. There is almost zero chance of a fire in the warehouse, unless someone set it on fire. But who will set it on fire?

"Come on, come on, what's there to complain about, it's better to go over and work hard in front of this granary......"

"But no, no matter how bad it is, you don't have to go to the front here......"

"yes, at least we're much better here than on the front lines. No matter how bad it is, don't worry about losing your head. ”

As they grumbled as they made their rounds, the soldier who had been complaining before looked up into the air, as if sensing something, and suddenly his hands froze—several bright spots hung in the air above his own head. It's like a couple of big floating lanterns.

Despite the distance, you can still faintly see the large lanterns floating in the air, and they emit a faint light. Floating in the air.

"Look, what's that?"

Just as his words fell, the soldiers were patrolling, and they all looked up into the air, and they only vaguely saw the "big lantern" in the air.

No one was aware of the danger, and they were more curious than the danger. Curious about what this floating thing is in the air?

"It looks a bit like a Kong Ming lantern."

"Is your Kong Ming lantern that big?"

"That's it, besides, who will put the Kong Ming lantern at this time?"

When the people on the ground look at the "big lantern" floating in the air, when you are discussing it word by word. The big lanterns were getting closer and closer to them. The balloonmen inside the hot air balloon are already busy.

"Cut the rope and drop the bomb ......"

Because it was a temporary renovation, these hot air balloons only hung a few incendiary bombs around the gondola, which were originally tied with sandbags, because the incendiary bombs were tied around the gondola by ropes, so when throwing bombs, the ropes needed to be cut with knives. So that the bomb can fall to the ground.

This was an extremely primitive "bombing", although primitive, but it was also the first bombing from the air to the ground by mankind. When the balloon soldier cut the rope, the incendiary bombs weighing 30 pounds fell from the air to the ground in turn......

When the soldiers in the middle of the granary looked up at the "big lantern" in the air, they felt as if something had been dropped by the big lantern in the air.

Even in the dark of night, when incendiary bombs fell from around the hot air balloon basket like laying eggs, the black cylinders, as they fell in the air, they let out a somewhat sharp whistling sound under the compression of the air. In the silence of the night, the whistling sound even woke some people from their sleep, who listened to the sounds in the air in a bit of a daze.

What is this sound?

The awakened people pricked up their ears and listened to the sounds in the air.

Even the battle-hardened people could not distinguish this sound, because it was different from the whistling of cannonballs, and just when the people were surprised, the Qing troops in the granary saw the black dots falling from the sky and smashing at them.

"Oops......"

They scattered in all directions, lest they be hit by something falling from the air, and just as they were dodging the falling thing, suddenly a series of explosions were heard around them, which were not very violent, and the sound of the explosion was somewhat dull.

Accompanied by the sound of explosions, there was a "pop ......" sound, and then a ball of flames rose into the air in the grain depot, and the flames that rose in the air were fierce beyond people's imagination. In an instant, the fire immediately engulfed a nearby granary.

Clusters of flames lit up the granary, and the adjacent barns were ignited by the flames of the incendiary bombs, and the flames spread and burned with the wind. The flames burned more and more violently, and the flames rose into the air, spreading out to the surroundings under the influence of the wind.

In the air, there are still incendiary bombs falling from time to time, and each incendiary bomb can ignite the nearby buildings and granaries within a radius of several zhang, but it is only a moment's effort, and the granaries that were originally in the dark are lit up by the fire, and the fire is burning more and more.

As soon as the soldiers who woke up from their dreams rushed out of the barracks, they saw that the grain depot in the distance was burning, and the flames were just rising into the air, and the smoke was wafting in the sky above! They immediately understood, pointed to the grain depot and shouted:

"Fire, fire...... There was a fire. ”

The soldiers who heard the sound were shocked by what they saw in front of them—on the roofs of the barns, a flame was burning, and between the barns, the flames that rose into the air spread, and billowing black smoke had come out!

Everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them, they didn't expect the fire to be so big, so that they didn't wait for anyone to speak for a long time, just watched the fire spread.

The fire spread faster than they could have imagined, so much so that everyone was stunned. They even muttered to themselves,

"How is that possible? How can I talk about fire, it catches fire, and it burns so big. ”

In just a moment's time, the sixty incendiary bombs dropped by the six hot air balloons, although only half of them fell into the granary, still ignited nearly twenty barns, and the flames spread out in all directions under the action of the strong wind.

Although the Qing army in the warehouse tried to extinguish the fire with fire, the water not only could not extinguish the flames, but the opposite side made the fire burn more violently, but after a moment of attack, the vicinity of the grain depot was already on fire, and a fire rose to the sky! And the night wind rising, the wind helped the fire, and the adjacent warehouses were also on fire suddenly, and for a time the flames were soaring, and in the flames that rushed to the sky, a fire dragon was swimming between the warehouses.

It was only then that the awakened soldier screamed.

"It's on fire...... It's on fire! Fight the fire——! ”

The fire reflected the night sky and lit up the entire Jingnan City.

The warehouses were burned one after another. In the firelight, a soldier who was fighting the fire shouted like crazy again.

"Fire Dragon...... Quick look...... It's over the fire dragon! ”

The soldiers and barns who had been carrying buckets to put out the fire followed suit, and they all raised their faces in horror. In the night sky, several long tongues of fire swam like fire dragons, and everywhere they passed, they were all immediately ignited, this was a fire dragon blown out by the wind!

The dragons swam between the warehouses. It's like a real dragon. Keep igniting the warehouses around here. Warehouses burned in the arms of the fire dragon.

The scorching heat of the flames caused many people to scurry up, screaming as they fled.

"It's over...... It's over the fire dragon......"

Whenever there is a fire, these dragons are the most feared. The so-called fire dragon is actually a scorching flame formed by the wind. The wind-blown flames spread in all directions, once a fiery dragon was formed. It is almost impossible for human beings to stop the spread of the flames.

By this time, the fire could no longer be stopped, not only did the fire burn in the warehouse, but the incendiary bombs that fell near the warehouse also ignited the houses, and the flames were burning between the houses, and in the flames were everywhere people screaming and crying.

The official of the grain depot came out of the flames, and looked at the unstoppable fire, and he shouted in panic.

"Hurry up and report to the prince! Fast! Fast! Lead the horse!! ”

When the horse was led, the official immediately flew on the horse and ran out of the fire, and when he rushed out of the grain depot, he saw that the surrounding houses were also on fire, and the fire was burning all over the grain depot, and the streets were full of people fleeing in terror.

The fire had spread out, and the fire was getting bigger, the flames were in the air, and the smoke was billowing out......

Yue Le, who was awakened from his sleep, although he was calm, he still couldn't hide the panic on his face, and staggered along the corridor to the hall, as soon as he entered the hall, he saw that the faces of the waiting officials were full of traces of fireworks, his heart was tight, and he hurriedly asked.

"But the granary is running out of water?"

At this time, Yue Le's face turned pale, and what he was most worried about had happened. For the side defending the city, the biggest worry is that the grain depot will catch fire and drain the water.

It's a real scary to come out of anything. He asked in a trembling voice:

"Is the fire out?"

The official hesitated for a moment, and then looked at the prince and said.

"No, Lord Wang, this fire has spread overwhelmingly, and it is definitely beyond the power of man to stop it, and before the next official came, he had ordered people, as far as possible, to cut off the fire as much as possible, and try not to let the fire spread in the city, that, the fire burned too quickly, too fast, not only the grain depot was burned, but even the surrounding houses were also burned......"

"What, how could the fire suddenly be so big!"

Hearing this, Yue Le's heart trembled, and a ruthless color flashed in his eyes.

"But, but someone set the fire, who is it! Have you ever caught the spies of the Ming army! ”

Subconsciously, Yue Le attributed the fire to the spies of the Ming army. If not, how could such a fire suddenly break out?

"Check, check to the end, catch them, scrape them all alive......"

Now Yue Le can't wait to catch those spies of the Ming army and crush them to ashes. I'm afraid that even so, it will be difficult to cut the hatred in his heart.

But what's the use of that?

The granary is already on fire!

The official listened to the prince's instructions and whispered:

"The king, the king, that, the fire, said, it is from the heavens......"

"Heavenly!"

Yue Le's eyes widened, and only after half a sound did he ask loudly:

"Nonsense, how can there be fire in this world!"

People sit in their homes, and fire comes up from heaven. How could this fire come down from heaven? Isn't this nonsense?

The soot-covered official said with a sad face.

"Down, the lower officials don't know, but some soldiers said that they saw big lanterns coming in the air, and then those big lanterns were like laying eggs, and a lot of bombs fell, and then the grain depot was on fire......

"Big lantern...... It's like laying eggs...... Ahem......"

Yue Le coughed violently, and pointed at the official in front of him and said.

"This, is this possible? How did you go back, go and check with this king, and find out...... You don't have to be afraid, as long as you find out the reason, I will ask the emperor for the guilt, you go back quickly......"

"Lord ......"

"Check it out!"

Yue Le scolded angrily.

"The big lantern, laying eggs, such an excuse is said, but it will laugh to death, others are laughing, and the emperor will kill people."

When he said this, he even had the idea of slapping this man a few times. Is this kid really confused or fake? How many people will believe such words?

If he said such things to the emperor. When the emperor's thunderous anger comes down, how can he afford it?

"But, but the prince, many people did see it at that time, and they all said it......

Seeing that the prince was gesturing that he didn't want to listen anymore, the official had to kneel down again, and then withdrew.

"Wait!"

As if remembering something, Yue Le shouted, and his voice suddenly lowered again.

"Tell me, what the hell is burning, burning today...... How many barns? ”

The official pursed his lips before speaking.

"Two, twenty, several, this, this fire is getting bigger and bigger, maybe, maybe half of it will be burned."

Yue Le's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he couldn't see any look on his face clearly, he hadn't said a word for a long time, and it was too late to say anything now. So much grain was burned. What's next?

After a long silence, he simply waved his hand and said:

"Know...... Got it, let's go! ”

When the official bowed out of the hall, Yue Le leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes tightly, unable to see whether his face was worried or angry...... But anyone could see the desperation in his face......