In the ring, Zhang Yuchu, who had tasted the sweetness, repeated his old tricks.

"Those who pretend to be benevolent with strength are hegemonic, and there must be great powers; The king of benevolence with virtue, the king does not wait for the great, the soup is seventy miles, and the king of Wen is a hundred miles.

Those who convince others with their strength are not convinced, and they are not supported by their strength; Those who convince people with virtue will be happy and sincere in the center, such as Confucius in the service of the seventy sons.

How many times is today's Ming Dynasty than seventy miles and a hundred miles? Your Majesty's virtue, how many times is it that of Tang and King Wen? ”

Obviously, according to Zhang Yuchu's consistent style of selecting supporting materials, this is still Mencius's original words, and the Great Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, who is getting farther and farther on the despicable road, directly uses the current Ming Dynasty and Yongle Emperor as shields.

What this means is that since Mencius said that "the king does not wait for the great", Shang Tang governs the country of 70 li, and King Wen of Zhou governs the country of 100 li, so now that the Ming Dynasty is so big, I don't know how many times the territory is 70 li or 100 li, so it is estimated that His Majesty's virtue is also the same multiple of Shang Tang and King Wen of Zhou, right?

You Cao Duan is not Gao Xunzhi who doesn't want to die, don't you dare to say it?

But if he admits it, then Cao Duan will actually lose.

Of course, Zhang Yuchu is not afraid that Emperor Yongle will blame him, Zhang Yuchu just gave Emperor Yongle a sigh, according to his understanding of Emperor Yongle, the other party should be in a good mood at this time, and he will not blame him, not only that, maybe he is expected to work harder to end this fourth debate and let the ring match come to an end.

Zhang Yuchu's small abacus is very simple, and a gentleman can deceive him.

This Cao Duan is a young one, and he looks like he is very easy to bully, although the information given to him by the old monk shows that Cao Duan almost achieved indiscriminate killing in the internal promotion of the challenger, but that kind of debate is still different from this kind of Zhang Yuchu on the stage is much more shameless, anyway, he is not a Confucian person.

Cao Duan frowned slightly, obviously the young man was still a little psychologically uncomfortable.

However, this kind of discomfort did not affect Cao Duan's thinking.

Zhang Yuchu, as the defender, adopted Mencius's basic understanding of Wang Hegemony in "Mencius: Gongsun Chou Shang" in the first round of offensive, and modified and distorted it.

Mencius's point of view is actually the difference between "convincing people with virtue" and "convincing people with strength", but from the perspective of Mencius's primitive Confucianism, no matter which way it is, how to convince people, the essence is to promote "benevolence", and the Spring and Autumn period of the great powers are all to promote hegemony and then make people feel afraid, Shang Tang and King Wen are promoting the royal road, which makes people feel respectful from the heart.

Cao Duan followed this line of thought and thought of a countermeasure to crack it almost instantly.

Cao Duan smiled and said: "The people of the overlord, happy as well." The people of the king, as bright as they are, kill them without complaining, benefit them without mediocrity, and the people do not know what to do. The husband and gentleman have passed, and the gods who have survived, and the upper and lower flow with heaven and earth, how can it be said that it is a small supplement? The royal road is not only seventy miles or a hundred miles, even if it is a large country of thousands of miles, it is also the same, and the people of the world are also the people of the king. ”

"What's more, with the righteousness of the country, one day will be white, and soup and martial arts are also. Tang Yibo, Wu Wang Yishan, are a hundred miles of land, the world is one, the princes are ministers, accessible belongings, all obey, there is no other reason, to help righteousness, is the so-called righteousness and the king also. Where righteousness is, where the king is, that's all. ”

Listening to the other party's dripping answer, Zhang Yuchu unconsciously knelt down and straightened.

"This Cao Duan is really not simple."

Yao Guangxiao in the audience looked at this scene and was also slightly admired.

Zhang Yuchu had such a tricky problem, Cao Duan actually came up with an excellent solution in a short period of time, such a talent, such a calm atmosphere, it is really rare.

This is to say that Cao Duan's solution is to stitch together the theories of Mencius and Xunzi in an almost perfect way.

The previous paragraph is from "Mencius, Wholeheartedly", referring to the fact that the royal way of governing the country is to be able to flow with heaven and earth, and the hegemony of governing the country is a small repair, and the latter paragraph is from "Xunzi Wang Ba Chapter", referring to Xunzi's advocacy of "righteousness and king", in fact, the difference between Mencius and Xunzi to define the royal road is indeed not big, the essential reason is that in the original Confucian theory, the monarch needs to rely on a certain political concept to govern the country, and the "virtue" and "benevolence" chosen by the royal road are a kind of "soft" political concept. Being able to regulate the grievances of the people for a long time, like an endless stream, is the way to rule for a longer time.

Taking this as a starting point, Cao Duan first explained the extent that the royal road was not within the scope of governing the country, fundamentally negating the premise of Zhang Yuchu's questioning trap, and then pointed out that "where the righteousness is, where the king is", avoiding the direct answer to the questions related to the Yongle Emperor.

As for whether Emperor Yongle has "righteousness" or not, you judge for yourself, isn't Ling the best at "thinking about me"? I'm not going to answer it head-on anyway.

The initiative of the round is now in Cao Duan's hands, of course Cao Duan knows to avoid any minefield that may involve the mind, how to crack the new mind science, he didn't figure it out for a while, since he couldn't figure it out, then simply don't touch it.

So, if you don't start from the emperor's selfishness and the like, how can you attack?

Cao Duan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The king, seek benevolence, where benevolence lies, is not in virtue." ”

This sentence sounds very ordinary at first glance, but it has a deep meaning when chewed carefully, as I said before, Mencius and Xunzi both believe that the end point of Wang Ba is "benevolence", but the proposition given by Cao Duan is that the implementation of Wang Ba is different.

Cao Duan's solution is equivalent to:

The royal road → benevolence → virtue

Domineering → benevolence → power

As a result, the debate of the king and the overlord was transformed into the "debate of virtue and strength" through the intermediary of "benevolence".

Virtue and force do not involve the mind at all, because both are the subjective evaluation of the imposer by the imposer, not the inner behavior of the imposer.

Zhang Yuchu raised his eyebrows slightly, his face calmed down, and said, "Dare to ask what 'virtue' refers to, and what should 'force' mean?" ”

didn't get to Zhang Yuchu's active round, but Zhang Yuchu asked so, whether it was to show weakness and confuse the enemy, or to really not know, in fact, they all fell into a disadvantage, because once this kind of rhetorical question does not notice the other party's mistake, it is extremely easy to give away the initiative, and it is easy to cause a wrong step and a wrong step, and finally an irreparable end.

Cao Duan said loudly: "The way to govern the country is to raise two things, one is to cultivate virtue and the other is to cultivate strength. ”

"Things can be virtuous, or they can be destroyed. Externally self-reliant with virtue, self-reliance with strength inside, those who are virtuous obey without a fight, and those who commit virtue are afraid of soldiers. King Xu Yan practiced benevolence and righteousness, and the land dynasty was thirty-two countries, and when he heard about it, he raised troops and destroyed it. There is virtue in this, and there are those who are powerless. Virtue cannot rule the country alone, and strength cannot be directly appointed to defend against the enemy. Han Zi's technique does not cultivate virtue, and the manipulation of the Yan King is not willful, and the two are biased and have their own shortcomings. King Yan has the scourge of powerlessness, and he knows that Hanzi must have the trouble of being immoral. ”

His words are sonorous and powerful, and every word seems to weigh a thousand pounds.

It is worthy of being the "crown of science in the early Ming Dynasty" in the future, and it is worthy of its name.

Moreover, in Cao Duan's explanation, although his view is that "benevolence is not in virtue", he did not completely deny the role of force, which is equivalent to filling in the loopholes that Zhang Yuchu might refute, which can be seen from the example he cited.

The example given by Cao Duan is King Xu Yan, who was the king of the small country of Xu during the reign of King Mu of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it is said that King Xu Yan paid attention to the practice of benevolence and righteousness, and reached a very high level in cultivating virtue, so that he won the heartfelt support of thirty-two countries, but how could he allow others to snore on the side of the couch? The State of Chu couldn't see it, and raised troops to destroy the State of Xu, and King Xu, who practiced benevolence, righteousness and virtue, had no power to fight back.

Of course, there is a hidden counterattack in the second half, that is, the Chu State that was domineering by force, and finally was destroyed by the Qin State, which was stronger in force and more extreme in hegemony.

Because Cao Duan answered Zhang Yuchu's question in a round that did not belong to his passive answer, it was not Zhang Yuchu's turn to ask any more questions, and Cao Duan launched his own offensive.

And as soon as he opened his mouth, he was shocked.

"Heaven does nothing, listen to its nature, so let the fish in the river, indulge the beast in the mountain, and follow the desire for its life. Those who do not drive fish to the tomb, and do not chase beasts into the abyss, what is it? Trick its nature, lose its appropriateness.

Husbands and people, fish and beasts, etc., rule by virtue, if you cook a small fresh, and the heaven and earth are also exercised. Shang Ying changed the Qin law, wanted to be different, did not listen to Zhao Liang's advice, in order to take the trouble of car cracking, virtue is thin and desired, and the monarch and ministers hate each other.

Taoism is virtuous, the lower is on top, the upper is safe, and the pure inaction is not done, how can he be reprimanded? Therefore, it is said: the government is suitable, the monarch and the minister forget each other in the governance, the fish forget in the water, the beast forgets in the forest, and the people forget in the world, so it is said that the sky is also. ”

This is a direct use of "Zhuangzi Great Master" in "Fish forget the rivers and lakes, people forget the Tao".

If it is used in front of others, this is in front of the real people of Longhu Mountain!

Isn't this a slap in the face of Chi Guoguo?

Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuchu on the stage, but saw that Zhang Yuchu still looked indifferent, but his eyes were slightly closed, and he didn't seem to take Cao Duan on the stage in his eyes at all.

Yao Guangxiao was not so relieved, after all, he knew Zhang Yuchu's ability, Zhang Yuchu was so calm, he was definitely not completely ready, and he was pretending.

At this moment, Cao Duan has been regarded by Zhang Yuchu as the only enemy in his life, because Zhang Yuchu found that this Cao Duan is indeed as Yao Guangxiao said, very powerful, and even more powerful than the previous two.

Not only is he broadly aware of the Confucian scriptures, but he also has a deep understanding of Taoist theories, and can even skillfully use Taoist theories to define the difficult quantifiable concept of "virtue".

In Cao Duan's definition, virtue can be divided into thick and thin, and it can also be divided into many and little, and the Taoist "virtue", that is, the rule of inaction, can be attributed to "virtue".

In the same way, through various means of exercising moral government, we can also cultivate "thin virtue" into "thick virtue".

Cao Duan's offensive finally came to the last link.

"I Ching" said: The Yellow Emperor, Yao, and Shun hang their clothes and rule the world, and those who hang their clothes do nothing.

Confucius said: Great, Yaozhi is the king! Only the sky is great, but Yao is the rule; And he said, 'Towering! Shun and Yu have the world, not with Yan.

Zhou Gong said: God leads you. God, said Shun, Yu also, the two inherit Yao's peace, Yao is the sky, do not make merit to invite fame, do nothing to become self-contained, so it is said: Swinging, the people are incapable of fame! Those who are fifty years old are struck by Tu, and they can't know the virtue of Yao, and they can't cover the transformation of nature. ”

Through the context of the Yellow Emperor-Yao-Shun-Yu-Duke of Zhou-Confucius, Cao Duan started from the perspective of the two "descendants" of Confucius and Duke Zhou, and proved that the method of cultivating "thin virtue" into "virtue" is to learn from the first king.

This is equivalent to tying all the votes to the chariot, waiting for Zhang Yu to refute them one by one.

"This young man is so good that he doesn't talk about martial arts!"

Zhang Yuchu secretly sighed in his heart, but he didn't remember that he had just used Emperor Yongle as a shield.

At this time, it is useless to talk about "I think", historical figures are not something you think about or not, they have long been qualitative.

And at this moment, Zhang Yuchu's head was spinning rapidly, trying to find out the flaws in Cao Duan's words, although Cao Duan's words were explained beautifully, almost to his heart, but it was not enough to make Zhang Yuchu admit defeat.

But Zhang Yuchu thought about it, but he really didn't find the flaw in Cao Duan's words.

Due to the change of the rules of the game, Zhang Yuchu's time for thinking was reduced by half, and seeing that there was no better way to crack it, Zhang Yuchu had to refute it according to the conventional method.

The conventional method, of course, is the standard answer given by the predecessors.

"Yu Qishi took the world as a family and did it himself, and the Hu family did not think it was, and started the war and then won it; The soup is put in the south nest and is a business; King Wu cut down and took it as Zhou; Wu Geng hijacked Cai Zhichao, seeking to recover his old business, and those who worked with King Wu wanted to cultivate virtue to wait for him to decide, and Zhou Gong violated the public opinion to raise troops and then won the Xia Shang Zhou Du for three generations, although they are not the same, the five tyrants are one after another, how can there be no reason! ”

Here Zhang Yuchu really couldn't think of a good way, so he directly dragged Chen Liang's answer, avoided the topic of "virtue", and directly pulled the "Yu" cited by Cao Duan and the third dynasty of the Xia Shang dynasty behind, that is, the rule of the first kings repeatedly praised by Song Confucian, which may not have been established by force, not all by virtue.

The typical "you say yours, I say mine" is not necessarily a problem-solving idea.

Cao Duan smiled.

Zhang Yuchu: This is the poor donkey skills.

Zhang Yuchu means that since the beginning of Xia, the "family world" has been implemented, and the rule of the "family world" has been maintained by force, and the later Shang and Zhou dynasties also relied on force to achieve rule, and the military conquest model of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons also imitated the so-called "way of the first king", so don't mention virtue to me.

But what Cao Duan wants is this answer, among the dozens of possibilities that have been deduced just now, Zhang Yuchu has not escaped the ending of losing.

Cao Duan opened his mouth and said:

"The rule of a virtuous monarch is also the rule of a loving father, the father is willing to teach a clear order, and he is impatient to make his descendants filial piety, and his descendants are filial piety, which is the prosperity of the family, and the peace of the people is the prosperity of the country.

Ranchang must have decline, prosperity must have waste, this is the time of the day, prosperity is not virtue can be achieved, and then decay is not virtue can be defeated. Therefore, the prosperity and decline of the rise and fall are all time, and the reality of good and evil does not speak of the effect of bitterness and happiness.

The family is happy, the wealth is abundant, and the virtue of the ancestors of the rich is not the result of virtue.

Everyone knows that those who live in prosperity and happiness have a good life, but they don't know that the people who live in national security and governance have a good life. ”

The meaning of Cao Duan's words is that governing the country is like a housekeeper, and the founding monarch is like a loving father in the family, but there is prosperity and decline, which is destined by God, not something that virtue can interfere with. What can virtue affect? Virtue can affect the family background of future generations, and the moral education of a country is like a rich family living and working in peace and contentment, and these money is not obtained because of their virtue, but by the "virtue" of their ancestors (founding kings) to save for them.

This completely refutes Zhang Yuchu's view that the three generations of founding kings sought the country by force, but said that the three generations of founding kings established the country because the virtues of the countries established by the previous Ming monarchs were not "thick" enough, and it was not enough to rely on the virtues left by the ancestors, and they had to cultivate their own virtues, which once again confirmed Cao Duan's own views just now.

Zhang Yuchu's eyelids jumped suddenly, Cao Duan's strength was beyond his imagination, it was really terrifying.

If Cao Duan was defenseless, of course he could pull him into the theory of mind and use the "power of my search" to violently crack it, but now Cao Duan replaced the "Wang Ba's Debate" with the "Argument of Virtue and Strength", and at the same time used Taoist theory to define virtue, and resolved his criticism of "the three generations of kings also worked hard".

- Cao Duan finally came up with his trump card.

"Therefore, the rule of the world is not the work of the virtuous and sage, and the decay and chaos are not the result of no way.

When the country declines and chaos, the virtuous and holy cannot flourish; The situation should be governed, and the wicked cannot be chaotic.

The rule of the world is chaotic, and it is not in politics at the time; The safety of the country is not in the religion.

Jin Wen cultivates Wende, Xu Yan practices benevolence and righteousness, Wen Gong rewards him, and Yan Wang is destroyed.

Wende and benevolence are the same, do not go and do not fear, etc., but the Duke of Wen is blessed and the king is in trouble.

Gai You Xiude does not avoid the disasters of the times, but he can shelter future generations, and the same is true today. ”

Cao Duan told Zhang Yuchu with certainty that cultivating virtue may not be able to see the immediate effect, but for the country, this is the way to make future generations live in peace and stability for a long time, and that temporary disasters cannot be used to negate the uselessness of cultivating virtue, and cultivating virtue, especially cultivating "virtue", is the best way to practice "benevolence", not to use violence.

A gentle "this is the case" is a hidden countless killing moves.

Zhang Yuchu's dark and fat face was already sweating, and he had no doubt that as long as he refuted, Cao Duan would carry Lao Zhu out.

What can I do?

"Oh no, Jiang Sheng didn't teach how to break this trick."

Now Zhang Yuchu has been completely forced into a blind corner due to his passivity step by step.

Having refuted such a situation, if you want to be hard-mouthed at the moment, you have to say that cultivation is more important than cultivation of virtue in the practice of "benevolence", and that is impossible.

However, if we admit that the role of cultivation is greater than that of cultivating virtue, it is completely untenable.

There was no way, Zhang Yuchu once again sacrificed his last resort, "the power of my search".

Zhang Yuchu's voice was a little hoarse and said: "The king of the king with strength must have the heart to serve the world, and then he can become the cause of the world." ”

This is the same as Gao Xunzhi's argument, but it is the opposite.

In this way, starting from the heart, I am looking for a king who uses force to establish a royal industry, and he must have the heart to make the world obey and cultivate virtue, so it can be regarded as self-justifying to achieve the karma of making the world obey and cultivate virtue.

But as the so-called smart people don't see people fall into the pit and follow them, Cao Duan saw Zhang Yuchu's old tricks repeated, how could he still be fooled?

Cao Duan didn't talk about his heart at all this time, only about his deeds.

"Thou art ridiculous! Taizong's rebellion in addition to the Sui is force, the beauty of governance is virtue, Taizong's Xuanwu Gate was built, how is it better than Zhou Gong's punishment of Cai? Virtue is divided into two parts, benevolence and righteousness are all the reason for cultivating virtue, what is the power of people's hearts, so that the world obeys and cultivates virtue? Isn't it a contradiction? ”

Zhang Yuchu opened his mouth and couldn't say anything.

Cao Duan was too cautious, a little too cautious.

Always grasp the main idea of replacing the debate of Wang Ba with the debate of virtue and strength, and firmly distinguish between virtue and strength, without talking about the heart at all, talking about all the facts, Zhang Yuchu really has no way at all.

The other party doesn't talk about idealism, it's useless for you to talk to him about how you think it is, and to pull the argument to the level of facts, how can you put aside the facts?

can talk about the facts, how did Li Shimin wash that thing? People say that one yard is one yard, sweeping away the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty and creating the rule of Zhenguan, are all facts, one is strength and the other is virtue, and Li Shimin's real ascension to the throne of the Xuanwumen change, is it strength or virtue, you evaluate it yourself, do you want to say that Li Shimin because he wants to cultivate virtue, so he used his strength, and the world is also obedient?

To put it bluntly, Li Shimin's throne was snatched by force, not by cultivating virtue, and the people of the world are obedient because he cultivates virtue behind him, which is different from his previous efforts.

Zhang Yuchu was perfectly deduced by Cao Duan's logic, and he was speechless until the hourglass came to an end.

Zhang Yuchu was silent for a long time, and slowly spit out three words: "You won." ”

This feeling of losing made Zhang Yuchu very uncomfortable.

In his opinion, this competition should be his advantage, after all, Cao Duan is only a young man about thirty years old, and he has no reputation, and Cao Duan does not have his rich experience in debate and experience.

But it turned out that he was defeated!

And the defeat was not suspenseful.

After Zhang Yuchu bowed and stepped down, he came to Yao Guangxiao's side and said in a condensed voice: "This son should not be underestimated. ”

The old monk nodded, and only said, "I have never underestimated this person. ”

"Still." The old monk changed his words, "But no matter how strong Cao Duan is, Jiang Sheng doesn't want him to win, he can't win." ”

When Zhang Yu first heard this, he immediately relieved himself.

Jiang Xinghuo taught Zhuo Jing the "Theory of Three Meanings" and taught him the "New Theory of Mind", and he thought that Yao Guangxiao, who was guarding the last ring, must have left something.

Judging from the effect, Jiang Xinghuo can teach something, as long as it is taken out, it must be a one-hit victory, at least, the first time is 100% effective.

In this way, he doesn't have to worry about anything, anyway, the old monk is stronger than Cao Duan in terms of hard power, and with the means left by Jiang Xinghuo, there is no suspense about winning.

It's just that what Zhang Yuchu didn't understand was that Yao Guangxiao didn't say the second half of the sentence, as long as Jiang Sheng wanted Cao Duan to go in and see what the current state of Kong Xilu was, then he would definitely let Cao Duan win, and it was the kind of win that was more uncomfortable than losing.

Yao Guangxiao stood up from his seat and slowly stepped into the ring.

The fifth and final debate began.

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Just when the confrontation in the debate ring was in full swing, the hot air balloons that were dragged out of the warehouse at the Feiyingwei station on the Yuhua platform also removed the waterproof tarpaulin one after another and began to fully preheat the heating device.

"Report!"

At this time, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps.

Then a pilot wearing a thick cold-proof cotton suit in the summer quickly ran to Huo Fei and Ding Xiaohong, beat his chest and reported to them: "All the inspections have been completed!" All hot air balloons are ready to take off! Now it's up to you to decide what you want to do! ”

After hearing the soldier's words, Huo Fei's face showed a hint of joy, but it quickly turned into a worried color, because according to convention, the time period when the hot air balloon first took off was the most vulnerable, and when all the hot air balloons were raised in a row, the enemy would definitely notice it, and no one could say whether anything would happen at that time.

Although the national teacher's calculations seem to be very accurate, after all, they are on the battlefield, and they don't know whether they can make a perfect volley according to the calculated results.

"Master Guoshi?"

"Wait a minute, they're at the bottom of the mountain."

Jiang Xinghuo could be seen with the naked eye that the previous several attendants were rushing to the foot of the mountain with a group of people and began to move up the mountain road.

So Huo Fei immediately said: "You immediately go and tell the leaders of the other three teams, let them pay attention to the hidden hot air balloon, and don't arouse the vigilance of the enemy." ”

"Yes!"

A canopy made of green satin played the role of camouflage, and from a high vantage point, the hot air balloons on the ground were hidden in the "woods".

The shed is derived from the same items used in the festival in the palace, which can be moved flexibly, and when the hot air balloon is released, only the shed needs to be removed.

Soon, the men sent to the War Bureau returned, and they were carrying long boxes behind their horses, which looked very heavy, and the sturdy horses were a little out of breath.

"Take it apart!"

With a "bang", the long boxes were opened, and inside were the long pipes of firecrackers made of dry straw.

Different from the Yongle Yuannian arquebus installed before, the pipes of this fire gun are much longer, each pipe alone is more than six feet long, as thick as an arm, and it has a red metallic luster against the background of the daylight, which looks very dazzling.

"It's ...... A new weapon? Li Jinglong looked at this firearm with some surprise.

"Rifled arquebus."

While quickly equipping and inspecting the weapon, the skilled gunners explained to Li Jinglong: "If the gun tube is not made to be a little longer, it is difficult to pull the 'rifling' invented by the national master, and the gun tube must be thick and long enough, and it is slowly ground out by hand." ”

"How far can you go?"

"Shotgun can shoot sixty steps! Buckshot 100 steps! ”

Li Jinglong, as a military all-rounder, naturally knows what the concept of this new weapon is, although it cannot be mass-produced, but this looks more like a front-rifled rifled arquebus with a hand-held artillery, and its range is already amazing enough, it can completely replace the inconvenient bed crossbow as a large support fire point for the army.

Between the words, the firecrackers were ready.

"I can only make so many or so in a month, so let's take them and try the power first."

Jiang Xinghuo also explained to Li Jinglong, and then said briefly to the fire gunners who were urgently transferred.

"You should already know the mission on the way here, the pilots of the Flying Eagle Guard will drive you to the sky, and you can fight how you want to hit when the time comes, the enemy only has two or three hot air balloons, and we have more than a dozen improved hot air balloons, the performance is much superior to the enemy, just aim at the point when the time comes!"

At the same time, Huo Fei and Ding Xiaohong personally led the team and also started the final mobilization.

"Everyone's cheering up! Regardless of the above situation, absolutely no one is allowed to back down! Remember, our mission is very important this time, no matter what the cost, we must take down the enemy! Otherwise, along with the family, they will be punished by military law! So, I desperately want to keep the sky for me, and I can't let them into the city, understand? ”

"Understood!"

Three teams of pilots, each team of five hot air balloons, each hot air balloon a total of three people, except for Huo Fei and Ding Xiaohong, a total of forty-three people responded in unison.

"Let's go!"

With a heat wave, the green canopies were removed, and the fifteen giant hot air balloons of the Flying Eagle Guard slowly rose and floated with the wind towards the northerly sky.

These giant hot air balloons are not actually specifically for combat services, in addition to scouting the battlefield during wartime, they are sometimes responsible for transporting some supplies or dropping leaflets.

But now, it has become the only weapon in Jiang Xinghuo's hands that can be used to stop the conspiracy of Tyranny.

In the absence of special circumstances, the Flying Eagle Guard rarely dispatched, because this thing flew high, which would cause some suspicion of peeping at places like the palace, but now, such a behemoth had to be allowed to come again.

The enemy's hot air balloon in the sky floated closer and closer, and soon appeared in the visual range, and the firecrackers who were temporarily mounted on the Flying Eagle Guard hot air balloon carefully checked the gunpowder.

Eagle Guard's hot air balloons are fueled by whale oil, which would be hilarious if you didn't pay attention and blew yourself up.

"Pull up the altitude and get close to the enemy with the wind!"

With Huo Fei's flag and an order, the pilots began to control the hot air balloon to follow the wind and take the initiative to approach the enemy's hot air balloon.

"What's that?"

When Tyrant Zhao's subordinates finally came to the edge of Nanjing City with homemade hot air balloons, they only saw a dozen hot air balloons lined up in a zigzag queue, like snakes in the mountains, cutting into the southwest of their route with the wind.

Judging by this wind direction, there is a high probability that they will collide!

"Not good! It's a hot air balloon unit under the puppet emperor! ”

These dead soldiers, who tried to hit the scene of the debate on the edge of the edict with a hot air balloon with a mortal heart, changed their faces drastically.

You know, in order to achieve the full combustion effect, their hot air balloons are basically loaded with fierce fire oil!

This also means that they are not as large and mass as the hot air balloons of the Flying Eagle Guard, and their maneuverability is even worse!

"Can you dodge? Entering the city by another route, or just getting rid of them? ”

The leader asked.

"I'm afraid it's unlikely, those people's flying skills are very good, the distance is not far, and the wind direction is the same, it is impossible to dodge."

The man next to him said: "The only way now is to gamble on luck, we occupy the positive direction of the wind from southeast to northwest, and they are still merging into this wind direction, we can pull up the height and try to break through." ”

The leader pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, don't hesitate and go full speed!" ”

They didn't dare to stop, while throwing everything they could throw to lose weight, they continued to fly in the direction of the city wall, they had already felt the strong fighting intent and killing intent of the other party!

"Ready—"

With Ding Xiaohong's banner command, the fifteen giant hot air balloons of the Flying Eagle Guard began to adjust from the downwind to the oblique direction, trying to get closer to the enemy, and at the same time aiming the cannon barrels, oh no, the barrels, in the direction of the enemy's hot air balloons.

Under Ding Xiaohong's order, two of the hot air balloons of the Flying Eagle Guard took the lead in launching firearms, using lead bullets, to try to see if they could be exploded at one time.

"Bang bang!"

The moment the buckshot was ejected, gravity cut through a slightly curved arc in mid-air, and then fell into the air next to the enemy's hot air balloon.

Rao was like this, and also scared the enemy's three hot air balloons.

Who would have thought that the Eagle Guard would carry the fire gun onto the hot air balloon and hit it so far?

These enemies are unarmed, and at this time they have great ability, and there is nowhere to use it in this place where there is no heaven or earth, so they can only pray and rush forward at full speed with the wind.

"It's close, it's close!"

Seeing that the hot air balloon of the Flying Eagle Guard was cut into the southeast-northwest wind direction at this time, in order to intercept them, it became a headwind, and it was always blown backwards, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer, and there was a gap in the sky for them to rush through, these violent subordinates couldn't help but sweat tightly in their palms.

Except for the first two blows, the enemy's firearms did not fire, and seemed to be still reloading, which made them feel a little more glad in their hearts.

Maybe the enemy just brought it up with these two temporary?

However, the ideal is always plump, but the reality is too skinny.

"Bang bang!"

Time seemed to stand still for a moment, and thousands of shotguns erupted from the hot air balloons of the Flying Eagle Guard, enveloping the three hot air balloons that had just flown into the air in a dense rain.

"Smack"

"Boom, boom!"

A burst shotgun, under the violent roar, directly hit the enemy hot air balloon closest to the Flying Eagle Guard, and suddenly the fire exploded, the heating device of the hot air balloon was suddenly shattered, and a large amount of fierce fire oil was ignited, directly igniting the balloon, falling like a torch.

"Bang bang! Boom-"

A violent explosion resounded in the sky, and the moment the flames rose, the smoke from the explosion filled the entire aerial battlefield.

The firepower of the Flying Eagle Guard was very fierce, and in the first round, it directly smashed two enemy hot air balloons, and then the remaining hot air balloon climbed quickly and desperately.

But it still didn't help, and the number of hot air balloons in the Eagle Guard was too large, and it soon took over the entire sky.

With a loud "bang".

Brilliant fireworks burst into the sky.

In the history of the Ming Royal Air Force, the first air battle ended.

(End of chapter)