"Chief Administrator, the lower officials have something to say!" At this time, I saw that Li Xiu finally stood up and said, although he didn't want to deal with Li Jing, but now that the disaster is in place, these personal grievances can only be put aside. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing Li Xiu stand up, not only Tang Jian and the others around him were surprised, but even Li Jing, who was sitting in the handsome position, was slightly stunned, it is estimated that he was also used to Li Xiu pretending to be deaf and dumb in front of him, and he didn't expect him to take the initiative to speak, but Li Jing also reacted quickly, and glanced at Li Xiu lightly at the moment and said, "Please speak!" ”

"This time it snowed, not only our army was trapped on the road, but also the army of Qin Qiong and Li Ji in the front and back were also trapped, the two armies were about 100 miles away from us, and the hot air balloon could have delivered the news, but now there is only a north wind in winter, so we can't contact Li Ji in the north, we can only wait for him to contact us, but we can send a hot air balloon to contact Qin Qiong in the south, or even fly directly to Dingxiang or Shuozhou, so that the army left there can dig the road with us, which can reduce the time by nearly half!" Li Xiu finally said his thoughts at this time.

"Hot air balloons? How did I forget this, it's still a pony history, we can use a hot air balloon to notify the people in front of us, so that it will be easier for us to open the way! Tang Jian also slapped his thigh when he heard Li Xiu's words, and the others also nodded again and again when they heard the hot air balloon, and their faces also showed a look of hope.

In fact, it is not to blame others for not remembering the hot air balloon, although during the battle of Weishui, the hot air balloon had made a miraculous achievement, but later the Tang Army found that the use of the hot air balloon was really troublesome, and the weather and wind direction must be taken into account in advance, and the hot air balloon had the effect of intimidating the enemy at the beginning, but as time went by, the grassland people also knew that the hot air balloon was actually a weapon of the Tang Army, and it was not a monster flying in the sky at all, so that the effect of intimidation was minimal.

This time, the Tang Dynasty attacked the Turks from south to north, and almost all of them were field battles, and there were not many places where hot air balloons could be used, after all, the wind was blowing from the north, and the hot air balloons could not float on the heads of the Turks at all, plus the hot air balloons were very bulky and inconvenient to carry, so Li Jing's army only brought a small number of hot air balloons, mainly for observation and knowing, and sometimes even for observation and knowledge without using hot air balloons, first, it is very troublesome for this thing to lift off into the air, and secondly, the grassland terrain is open, and the telescope can already meet the requirements of observation and knowledge.

It was precisely because of the embarrassing position of the hot air balloon in the army, coupled with the suddenness of the incident, that Li Jing did not think of the hot air balloon for the time being.

"That's a good idea, how many hot air balloons are there in the army?" Although Li Jing also looked at Li Xiu unpleasantly, he also had to admit that this was a good way, if he could notify Qin Qiong in front of him, and Dingxiang and Shuozhou in the front to dig the road together, then it would greatly speed up the speed of opening the road.

"Chief Qiqi, because there are not many hot air balloons, there are only ten in the army, but if it is not enough, you can let the craftsmen build some more, but it may take a few days!" At this time, the quartermaster stepped forward again and replied.

"Ten should be enough, immediately select some capable soldiers from among them, let them take a hot air balloon to the front to report the news, and each battalion selects elite soldiers, divides them into groups, and takes turns to dig roads!" Li Jing immediately ordered again, this time no one objected, everyone shouted the order, and then the entire military camp began to mobilize.

In fact, the launch of the hot air balloon is more complicated, especially in this kind of weather, it is necessary to calculate the direction of the wind and the direction of the destination, otherwise if it is a little off, the hot air balloon may be far away from the target when it lands, and with the current snow, I am afraid that the people who report the news will have to freeze to death on the snowfield.

Fortunately, the wind direction has been very fixed in the past few days, and there was such a strong wind last night, and today's wind is immediately much lighter, but it can also make the hot air balloon barely take off, and they also know the location of Dingxiang and Qin Qiong's army, and calculation is Li Xiu's strength, so he can easily figure it out.

It's just that the wind direction is a little biased, and there is an declination angle between the hot air balloon and the destination, which is fortunately not very large, so Li Xiu asked people to dig a few kilometers to the southwest, so that the hot air balloon can be lifted into the air, so as to minimize the distance between the hot air balloon and the destination when it lands.

After watching the hot air balloon rise into the air and slowly drifting away to the north under the blowing of the wind, Li Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and then went to see the excavation of the road, the first army to dig the road had been organized, only a thousand people, after all, the width of the road was limited, and there were too many people to use it at all.

Now the snow is still very soft and very easy to dig, and the soldiers in front are responsible for loading the snow onto the car, while the other soldiers push the car to the rear and pile it up, they do not have to clear all the snow from the road, but leave a layer so that it can be easily passed by the plow.

Speaking of the climbing plow, although it is very convenient to walk on the snow, the snow should not be too thick, after all, the front also needs an animal to pull the climbing plow, such as the current heavy snow, the horse can only have a horse neck left on the snow, and it can't open its legs at all, so the climbing plow naturally can't be used.

The soldiers digging the snow were in full swing, and Li Xiu also saw Su Dingfang in the crowd, only to see that he was only wearing a single coat at this time, pushing a small car with both hands like flying, and steaming steam came out of his body, he had great strength, and one person could use it for three people.

These soldiers digging the road are carefully selected strong men, and the action is also very fast, after a while, they dug out a road about ten steps wide and several miles long, according to this speed, it is estimated that it will take less than two days to meet Qin Qiong in front, as for Li Ji in the back, it should also send a hot air balloon to contact them, of course, there is also a group of soldiers in the north to dig the road in the direction of Li Ji, hoping to meet the three armies in one place as soon as possible.

Li Xiu didn't bother Su Dingfang, but watched it for a while and went back, but as soon as he entered the tent, he saw Yuechan packing up his things while shedding tears, which made him ask in surprise: "Yuechan, why are you crying, are you scared?" It's okay, it's just a snowfall, I've already thought of a way, sir, we can definitely go back! ”

Li Xiu thought that Yuechan was worried that she wouldn't be able to go back, so she was afraid to shed tears, but he obviously guessed wrong, only to see Yuechan wipe her tears at this time and say something that made Li Xiu cry and laugh.