Outside the city of Licheng, Jinan Prefecture, the Ming army camp.

The night was dark, the Chinese army tent, still brightly lit, Cao Bianjiao lying on the couch, seemed to have fallen asleep, Ma Wannian cautiously stepped forward, extinguished the wick of the oil lamp, so that the light in the tent was much dimmer all of a sudden.

But at this time, Cao Bianjiao Huo Ran opened his eyes, his eyes flickered, which made Ma Wannian also startled, and stammered: "General......"

"Ask Mr. Song to come over immediately." Cao Bianjiao didn't say a word, just told Ma Wannian to invite Song Xiance, and then sat up and said no more.

"Yes!" Ma Wannian didn't know what was going on, but at this time, Cao Bianjiao asked him to bring Song Xiance over, and there must be something important to discuss. Since he became Cao Bianjiao's personal guard deputy general, he has been cautious. When he was instructed, he didn't dare to slack off.

After a while, Song Xiance came, Song Xiance was neatly dressed, obviously he didn't fall asleep, Cao Bianjiao was already sitting in front of the bookcase, and the whole person was awake. Seeing that Song Xiance had arrived, he was not polite, and said bluntly: "I have a thing, or it can help our army conquer Jinan, how do you think Song Xiance looks?" ”

Song Xiance also got a drawing from Cao Bianjiao's hand, the things painted on it are a little familiar, like Kong Ming lanterns, but they are not the same, and Song Xiance also asked: "General, may I ask the general what this thing is?" ”

The battle of Jinan was not a one-day success. Shandong Governor Lu Fengchun is nothing, mainly Jinan Garrison Fei Yang Wu Fei is idle, the defense is quite orderly, the Ming army attacked the city for three days, but the city of Jinan is strong, and it is difficult to capture it for a while. The Qing army gathered in large numbers between the rivers, and Dolgon almost poured out, and Cao Bianjiao was under great pressure.

Although there were rebels from all over the country to help, he also understood that it was difficult to distinguish the victory from the Qing army at once. The Qing army sent troops, if they did not conquer Jinan as soon as possible, when the time came, he would be in great danger, after all, in the field, the Qing army still had a great advantage.

Outside the big tent, there was a sudden soft shout, Cao Bianjiao raised his head, looked out, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Hebei Secret Agent Urgent Report."

"Oh?" Cao Bianjiao was stunned when he heard this, and quickly stood up, walked a few steps quickly, and came to the door of the big tent.

I saw Ma Wannian with a messenger, standing outside the big tent waiting, and seeing Cao Bianjiao walking out, the messenger took two steps and whispered in Cao Bianjiao's ear: "General, the 100,000 troops of the Qing army have been assembled in Hejian Mansion, and they will soon go south......

When Cao Bianjiao heard this, he also frowned, and said, "The Qing army has made a move!" ”

This time, the choice Cao Bianjiao faced was more severe than any previous one. He knew very well that if he was a little careless, the war in Shandong would be frustrated, his Northern Expedition would be stillborn, and the situation of the Qing army in the Central Plains would be stable. For today's battle, he is arbitrary, and he can't help but achieve results, otherwise the voices against him in the court will surely rise higher and higher.

"I see, you continue to monitor, you need to come and report every half day!" Cao Bianjiao also waved his hand, retreated from the comer, and walked back to the tent.

"Mr. Song, let's go on, this thing is what I got from the method of making Kong Ming lanterns, I named him a hot air balloon, we all know that the reason why Kong Ming lanterns can fly is because there is a hot fire below that is constantly burning, so that after its heat is filled, it can continue to rise, so I will make him bigger, the air bag on it is deeper, it can be said to be a strengthened version of Kong Ming lantern, our soldiers can stand in the hanging basket below, and after liftoff, they can look down below, and when they drift above Jinan City, The situation in the city can be seen at a glance......" Cao Bianjiao also talked about it in a slippery way, and decomposed the key points for Song Xiance.

"I haven't used this thing yet, I don't know what it does, does the general really want to give it a try?" Song Xiance asked, there must be a price to pay for, not the price of some materials, but the price of human life, if you fall in mid-air, you will definitely die at that time, Song Xiance doesn't need to guess this.

Cao Bianjiao also said with a resolute face: "We have been attacking the city for a few days, it is difficult to have gains, now the Qing army has gone south, if we don't take Jinan, it will be dangerous at that time, Yucheng can't stop the Qing army for long, Mr. knows very well, I can only take risks." If it succeeds, it will be much less expensive than a strong attack! ”

Song Xiance also nodded, and said: "What the general said is very true, then I will order someone to make it overnight, and select people from the army who dare to die, and before attacking the city tomorrow, I will definitely build ten crosses to see how the effect is." ”

"Then there's Mr. Law!" Cao Bianjiao also thanked him, which is also the reason why he asked Song Xiance to come, if he can succeed, this will become a big killer of the Ming army, and he naturally has to keep it secret, so he asked Song Xiance to supervise this matter.

Before dawn, Cao Bianjiao lit up 30,000 military horses and rushed towards Jinan City. Today vowed to take the city of Jinan in his hands, Now the Qing army's reinforcements have not yet arrived, is the best time for them to capture Jinan, if it is delayed, I am afraid that Cao Bianjiao's worries will become a fact, the truth of the soldier and the god Cao Bianjiao understands, dare not have a little delay.

"General, General wake up!"

In the Jinan City Tower, Fei Yangwu was sleeping heavily, the Ming army attacked the city every day, so that he was also exhausted, even at night, the Ming army also came from time to time to harass, so that he could only stay in the city at night, in case of accidents. A rush of shouting suddenly woke him up.

Fei Yangwu hurriedly sat up, frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Enemy, the enemy is starting to attack the city......" shouted the soldiers beside him.

Fei Yangwu hadn't woken up at the moment, his sleepy eyes were sparse, and he instinctively said: "Attack, attack, I'm afraid of what they will do." He fell headlong, but as soon as his head touched the pillow, he suddenly came to his senses, and he rolled over and sat up again.

"What did you say?"

"General, the enemy army has begun to attack the city!"

"Ahh Meet the enemy immediately. Fei Yangwu said, hurriedly put on his armor and got up, and rushed to the city pass.

At this moment, the sun has just emerged in the sky, and the dazzling sunlight is exposed, but it is also extremely beautiful, but Fei Yangwu is not in the mood to appreciate these, what he sees is the Ming army outside the city, which has already been laid out outside the city, and the Ming army has begun to attack the city at this moment, which is an hour earlier than a few days ago, so that Fei Yangwu also cursed in his heart, can you use it so early, it starts before dawn, but he likes it very much, the more urgent the Ming army's offensive is, it means that their time is getting less and less, and it must be that the reinforcements from the imperial court are about to arrive, they are so anxious, thinking of this, Fei Yangwu can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brothers, see it, the Ming army is getting more and more anxious, which means that our reinforcements are about to arrive, they will be like this, three days at most, when the reinforcements arrive, the siege of Jinan can be lifted, brothers, cheer me up and hold on!" Fei Yangwu also shouted loudly, in order to stabilize people's hearts, boost morale, and fight to the death with the Ming army.