Every 24 chapters of kite flying
In the middle of summer in May, strong winds rarely blow in the Central Plains.
The gale came very suddenly, and since yesterday, it has been blowing harder and stronger. Today, even the arm-thick flagpole at the entrance of the camp has been scratched, which is really a bit unusual. As soon as Luo Zheng had an idea, he thought of the way to break the city.
As for whether it can work, you have to try it to know.
Luo Zheng was a little suspicious, with such a strong southeast wind blowing in the summer, there would be another tsunami.
Otherwise, why would the weather be so abnormal?
Twenty miles north of Qiaoxian County, in the wilderness, strong winds raged, rolling up the sky and flying sand and rocks.
Five thousand Xiliang cavalry were scattered around, forming a large circle in the face of the strong wind that could almost blow people away, desperately holding the restless war horse under the crotch, and staring vigilantly around to prevent the relevant eastern army from coming to investigate.
In the middle of the clearing, several Xiliang cavalry were struggling to run their horses.
In the hands of each cavalryman, he pulled a hemp rope and was actually flying a kite.
Of course, this kite is not an ordinary kite, but a manned kite.
When the flagpole was scraped off last night, Luo Zheng had an idea, and he thought of watching the legend of the Condor Heroes before, when the Mongolian army attacked the Jin Kingdom and Beijing for many days, Huang Rong made a kite and sent Guo Jing into Shangjing, and the inside and outside broke the city in one fell swoop.
Although it is a novel, there are exaggerated elements, but it is not impossible to use it for life.
"Drive!"
On horseback, the Xiliang cavalry kept whipping the horses, urging the horses to run hard against the wind.
At the end of the rope more than 100 meters long, a huge triangular kite is tied, the width of the two corners reaches three meters, and the height is close to two meters.
Under the kite, a sturdy Xiliang soldier struggled to hold the dispute diagonally, and was dragged by the kite and ran wildly.
Not far away, Luo Zheng and more than a dozen members of the military academy stood on horseback, nervously staring at the kite that was dragged by the war horse against the wind.
Xu Chu reined in his horse and crossed his sword, staying on Luo Zheng's side for a while, and from time to time he scanned the surroundings with fierce eyes, as if there would be some unsightly thief who would suddenly come out and sneak attack, very conscientious.
"It's flying, look, it's flying."
Suddenly, a military academy pointed to the middle of the field and shouted excitedly.
There was no need for him to shout, everyone saw it.
I saw that under the drag of the war horse, the sturdy soldier carried the running kite struggled for a while, and finally staggered away from the ground, leaving the feet of the sturdy soldier below.
"Okay, great."
Luo Zheng struck the festival vigorously and applauded loudly.
The military academies around him also cheered in unison, their eyes burning.
Unexpectedly, the sturdy soldier may have been startled because he suddenly flew off the ground, and subconsciously let go of his hands, and just flew less than two meters before he fell, and when he reacted, his face turned white in fright.
And the big kite lost the weight below, and it actually rushed directly into the air with a 'whoosh'.
Luo Zheng and the military academies were just angry that the sturdy soldiers did not have long faces, and when they saw the kite 'whoosh' flying into the air, all the military academies were a little sore, and they secretly beat drums in their hearts, which was also too high, and they were afraid that it was not thirty zhang high from the ground.
Looking at the ropes caught in the hands of the cavalry, they were all pulled perpendicular to the ground.
Grandma, flying so high, if you fall, won't there be no bones left?
When everyone saw this height, their hearts were full of coldness, and they shrank their necks one by one, not daring to go up.
You must know that the height of the city is less than three zhang, and the height of this kite is at least ten times that of the city wall of the county.
"Quick, put the kite away and start again."
Luo Zheng hurriedly shouted, and immediately a herald urged the horse to go, shouting loudly.
However, what I didn't expect was that after the kite lifted off into the air, the tension was surprisingly large, and the cavalry who tied the rope to his waist almost became a trapeze, and was pulled away by the kite, and was scared into a cold sweat, and hurriedly hugged the war horse, so that he was not pulled away by the kite.
It wasn't until dozens of soldiers rushed up that they pulled the kite off with their combined efforts.
Luo Zheng said excitedly: "It's good if you can fly, and then try someone else." ”
The herald immediately urged the horse to leave, and quickly passed down the military order.
Soon, another sturdy soldier stood under the kite and pulled it in front of him with a different horse.
The wind was too strong, and the war horse just now dragged the kite for a while against the strong wind, and climbed down tiredly.
This time it was very smooth, and the kite took off quickly.
After the kite took off, the soldiers below immediately grasped the upper crossbar with both hands, and at the same time retracted their feet, stepped on the lower crossbar, and stood firmly on the kite.
The kite flew higher and higher, and soon surpassed three zhang.
Whether it was a military academy or a soldier, they all cheered in unison, and they were all inexplicably excited.
Being able to fly into the sky is an incredible thing for people in these ages.
However, the soldier standing on the kite was terrified, and after the initial excitement, when he looked down again, he saw that he was getting farther and farther away from the ground, and an irrepressible panic rose in his heart.
Just when everyone was inexplicably excited, suddenly, the kite turned around and rushed down, causing an exclamation.
Luo Zheng's heart was also tight, and he secretly screamed that he was bad and forgot to do some preventive work.
With a panicked scream, the kite fell from the sky at an unparalleled speed and fell upside down to the ground.
The terrible screams were only halfway loud before they stopped.
There was no need to look, everyone knew what happened to the soldier, and all of them turned pale and frightened.
Luo Zheng hurriedly led a group of military schools to rush over, and sure enough, the soldiers had been thrown into a human shape, and the kite was naturally scrapped, and all the soldiers around were afraid, lest they would be the next to be killed.
Li Meng wiped his cold sweat and said, "General, this is too dangerous, if you are not careful, you will fall from the sky." ”
The rest of the military academies also nodded their heads repeatedly, all frightened.
Luo Zheng frowned, seeing that everyone was afraid, his heart sank.
However, when I flew a kite when I was a child, I could control the kite by changing the angle of the ground pulled against the wind, so that the kite would not lose its balance and fall down at a high altitude, and I immediately regained my confidence.
Xu Chu saw that everyone was afraid, and immediately glared at him, and said sharply: "I'm afraid of a bird, let someone come." ”
Luo Zheng said happily: "Okay, this time for Zhong Kang, General Ben will personally lead you." ”
When Xu Chu heard this, he immediately threw off his armor, rushed up shirtless, and lifted another kite that had been pulled apart.
Luo Zheng, served by a group of personal soldiers, went into battle lightly and tied one end of the hemp rope to his waist.
"Zhongkang beware, General Ben is about to start."
As soon as Luo Zheng was ready, he immediately turned around and shouted behind him.
Xu Chu also replied loudly, "Don't worry, my lord, I'm ready." ”
Luo Zheng shouted well, and immediately clamped the horse's belly with his legs, urging the war horse to gallop against the wind.
The thick hemp rope of the baby's arm was quickly pulled straight, and he ran with the kite behind him.
Xu Chuhuan's eyes were round, holding the kite with both hands, and under the pull of the kite, he ran hard with his long legs.
Soon, the kite slowly broke off the ground again and climbed into the air.
Xu Chu was really bold, calmly retracted his feet and stepped on the crossbar below, standing steadily.
All the military academies applauded one after another, and they were all happy and convinced.
Luo Zheng urged the horses to run, and looked back from time to time.
After the kite was lifted off about five zhang or so, it immediately changed the direction of running, changed the force surface of the kite, so that it no longer continued to fly high, ran back and forth a few times, and finally found a little feeling.
During this time, the kite tilted from time to time, and it looked like it was about to fall at any time.
The military colonels and soldiers who said the next words were frightened, but Xu Chu was fearless and very calm and calm.
All the military academies were impressed, no wonder the general valued this guy so much, and did not hesitate to go to great lengths to recruit him to his account.
Luo Zheng urged the horse to run a few laps, then turned the horse's head, ran in the crosswind of 90 degrees, and constantly changed the direction and angle, controlled the kite and gradually landed, and successfully completed a test flight.
All the military academies immediately urged their horses to rush over, surrounding Luo Zheng and Xu Chu and cheering in unison.
Xu Chu's tiger eyes are still vigorous, although he has just flown around the sky, this guy is not the slightest uncomfortable.
Luo Zheng got off his horse and shouted, "Come here, General Ben will teach you some experience." ”
The military academies and dozens of Xiliang soldiers immediately surrounded and bowed their heads to listen.
Luo Zheng combined his experience of flying kites when he was a child, and described in detail how to control the height and direction of the kite by controlling the direction of traction, so that it would not lose balance and fall into the air.
Everyone suddenly realized from time to time when they listened, and nodded their heads again and again.
Luo Zheng explained for a while, and then let everyone turn into battle and practice repeatedly.
Despite this, there were still three times when the kite or the air fell and three soldiers died.
As for the soldiers who went to the sky and landed alive, they all vomited with colorless faces, and they were about to vomit out their bitter gall.
Luo Zheng realized that in this era, high altitude is still an unconquerable field for people, and even no one has ever flown to the sky, and the first time they go to the sky, almost most people will have a fear of heights and cannot adapt.
As for a fierce man like Xu Chu, there are only a few big men in the whole world, only a very small number of the few.
"Hurry up and practice, practice makes perfect."
Luo Zheng gave a death order, "Go and select good soldiers to try, as long as they come down and don't vomit, they will all be regarded as key training objects and practice quickly, and before dark tomorrow night, we must gather two hundred soldiers who can go to heaven." ”
"Yes."
The military academies hurriedly received the order and went separately to pick people.
Xu Chu also called nearly 300 people from the place where he enlisted in the army, and selected candidates who could adapt to the high-altitude land.
After two days and nights of non-stop drilling, everyone was tired. But fortunately, after rounds of selection and drilling, two hundred ropes were finally selected to be better and two hundred soldiers who could adapt to the flying heaven and earth.
Even if there are still shortcomings, they can only make do with it, after all, the time is limited.
The scout Tanma reported that Sun Jiandi's 15,000 foot soldiers had arrived in Chen County, and it was estimated that after a night's rest, he would kill Ben Qian County tomorrow, and there was only one night left.
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