A mountain surrounds Xiangyang City on three sides.

This is the legend that Fu Xi was buried here after his death, and his body turned into the peaks of the mountains.

It is backed by the towering Dajing Mountain, surrounded by the "iron Xiangyang", remote control "paper paste Fancheng", the peak rock straight into the surging Han water, the majestic side.

It is also a place where Fan Cheng's fine eyes can never reach it.

At this moment, dusk is approaching... In the middle of the mountain, on a huge and flat platform, a large balloon is inflated, this balloon is made of animal leather, although you can't get shark skin and other tough leather, but such as cowhide lacquer, the texture is hard enough, this lacquer... It's almost like another seal on the outer layer of leather.

Liu Ye and Huang Chengyan tried, but ordinary bows and arrows really couldn't shoot through.

Speaking of which, after completing the task of tens of thousands of "crossbows" in the Shuishui Villa, after resting for a few days, Guan Lin sent the drawings of this "hot air balloon".

To be exact, it is divided into three.

First, Kong Ming lantern;

Then there are small spheres the size of a man;

Finally, there's the big guy - the hot air balloon.

Kong Ming's lantern is just that, although Liu Ye and Huang Chengyan think it is magical, they are far from surprised.

But when the Kong Ming lantern is enlarged in equal proportions, it reaches a "small sphere" the size of an adult, and this small sphere can still fly, and can also carry small animals to the sky.

That's a whole new story!

Liu Ye and Huang Chengyan's eyes were straight, they were both "great inventors" of this era, so they naturally knew what this meant.

Thereupon... There is this hot air balloon.

It is no exaggeration to say that during this time, Liu Ye and Huang Chengyan were all on this hot air balloon, and they even dreamed of flying into the sky.

And the moment they really flew over Gangneung City, they felt that the whole world was turned upside down.

It's like a person's horizon suddenly developing from a two-dimensional plane to a three-dimensional one...

This gave Huang Chengyan and Liu Ye countless reveries.

At this moment, they already have a certain understanding of this hot air balloon, and are nervously instructing the craftsmen to operate it step by step.

Huang Yueying heard Xiahou Juan mention that her father was coming, and she also followed Xiahou Juan and Zhang Xingcai to this mountain.

As soon as I got here, I saw that the huge ball was slowly bulging and then rising upwards... If it weren't for a few hemp ropes tied to the towering tree, I am afraid that this ball would have risen into the air.

Underneath the hot air balloon is a canister of fire oil, which contains a large amount of fish oil...

Underneath is a huge rattan basket that can hold five or six people.

The canister of fire oil was burning and steaming, and the shriveled balloon was getting more and more bulging, and it was beginning to take off.

Craftsmen have begun to put sandbags into the rattan baskets, and in addition to the sandbags, there are also water, dried meat and other food.

Stay... Everything was stuffed into the rattan basket, Liu Ye was young, and he turned over directly into the rattan basket, and began to reach out and pull Huang Chengyan in.

Huang Chengyan is old after all, and if he studies the Mojia technique, his legs and feet are not as good as back then, and he still needs workers to support him below before he can jump into this rattan basket.

The rattan basket kept rising upward, but it was pulled by the hemp rope, and the whole hemp rope was strangled straight...

Huang Yueying was shocked to realize that something was wrong, you must know that there are many objects in her works that can fly like thumb-sized "trap birds".

But the weight of the bird can't be compared to this hot air balloon.

"Goodong...", seeing that someone was about to untie the hemp rope and let go of the iron claws, Huang Yueying ran over.

"Dad, what are you doing here?"

Huang Yueying was extremely worried, and her eyes flashed with tears.

Huang Chengyan only noticed Huang Yueying at this time and said with a smile.

"Your father, I want to go to heaven..."

At this time, Zhuge Ke also turned over and entered it, and he said to Huang Yueying: "Don't worry, my mother, the invention of Yunqi Gongzi and the production of Shuishui Villa can't be wrong... I'll go to heaven with Ah Weng! ”

Heaven?

Huang Yueying felt that she was a little faint, and the whole person was in a trance...

She didn't care about the mountain wind blowing the black veil on her face, and the emotions in her heart were very complicated.

One is her father, the other is her son, and if they have a mistake, then...

Huang Yueying gritted her teeth, ran to the front quickly, and when the rope was not broken, she also turned over and jumped in.

"You're crazy..."

Huang Chengyan was shocked to see his daughter so careless...

Huang Yueying asked rhetorically: "You guys are crazy, heaven... How? Do you still have to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun? ”

was counted down by his daughter, Huang Chengyan stroked his beard, and he was not angry, but said lightly, "God, why not stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun?" ”

Huang Chengyan rarely showed a forced appearance.

It's all because my daughter is in front of me, pretending...

Zhuge Ke added in a timely manner, "Ah Weng, but it's already dusk, it's dark..."

Huang Chengyan smiled as if he had let go: "That's okay, just take my daughter and my grandson to the sky to pick up the stars..."

Seeing that Huang Chengyan became more and more outrageous, Liu Ye explained: "I never thought that Miss Huang also came up, so... If you come here, you will be safe! However, don't listen to your father, this time we are to reconnoiter the Cao army on the north shore, and we will rise into the sky at night... It's easier to be secretive! It's not about picking stars. ”

In fact, above the sky, the army below is just a little.

In the same way, the army below looks at the sky from afar, and the hot air balloon in the sky is also a point.

Although it will be found in the daylight, but... Because it's elevated, who cares about an inexplicable point?

With Liu Ye's words, the rope was broken, and the entire hot air balloon began to fly itself and slowly rose up.

Witness the self-effacing rise of this hot air balloon.

Xiahou Juan and Zhang Xingcai on the platform were almost stunned...

Zhang Xingcai couldn't help but let out the words "Wow, it's flying into the sky", while Xiahou Juan muttered in thought.

- "This... Was it also invented by my son-in-law-to-be?'

Actually, for such a big event tonight, Guan Lin should have been in this mountain.

But in the middle of the plan... Old Man Huang's raid on the north shore is tomorrow.

Tonight, Guan Lin wanted to work with Lu Xun and Fu Shiren to select the cavalry for tomorrow's raid, so he didn't appear here.

But... Even in Xiangyang City, Guan Lin kept a close eye on the sky.

When I saw a large ball slowly rise, rise above my head, and then merge with the darkness in the heavenly vault.

Guan Lin let out a long breath, couldn't help but stop, and sighed in his heart:

- "Lao Huang, Mr. Liu..."

- "Ming'er is the eyes of General Huang, but it depends on the two of you tonight, don't work hard!"

In fact, Guan Lin's back was also sweating, especially watching the process of the hot air balloon slowly rising, he was already sweating.

After all, it has only been more than a month since the hot air balloon has been studied by the Water Villa, and Guan Lin is afraid that he will not be able to fly.

But now it seems that he Guan Lin can put his heart in his stomach, and then again, he can always trust this old man Huang.

If Liu Ye is added, it will be like a tiger with wings.

As for... Hot air balloons.

This thing flies, and it won't fall until the fuel runs out!

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In the official office of Hefei City.

Gu Yongzheng reported: "Lord, General Xu Sheng and General Jiang Qin have been ambushed at the foot of this Bagong Mountain, just waiting for the Wei army to arrive tomorrow..."

Sun Quan closed his eyes and sat on the futon to meditate.

He asked, "What did Marco find?" Can Shouchun City have action? ”

"Nope!" Gu Yong replied very firmly, "Cao Zhen is leading a small force, and Zhuo Rong's demon girl is among them, and the entire operation to Bagong Mountain is very hidden, without the slightest reinforcement." ”

"That's good." Sun Quan's eyes opened slightly, and his eyes were extremely solemn and fierce.

mentioned the topic of Zhuo Rong, Sun Quan added a question: "Then Ling Tong was killed, right?" ”

"Kill... It's killed, but..."Gu Yong stopped talking.

"How?"

With Sun Quan's question, Gu Yong hurriedly rushed Gan Ning to the execution ground? How do you plan to kidnap a prisoner? What was said?

And, how Zhou Xun didn't give an inch, how he stopped Gan Ning, and even said the sentence - "My father didn't dare to draw a knife from General Gan, but I was guarding Wu Hou's orders, and I was stopping the thief who robbed the prisoner!"

And...

Sun Quan listened, quite shocked, and simply repeated directly: "'If I get out of the way today, then Dongwu and the lord will have one less brave general' Hehe, I didn't expect Zhou Xun to say that!" This kid is kind of interesting! ”

Sun Quan was shocked that Zhou Xun would say such a thing...

Especially the sentence "It is Wu Hou's order that is guarded, and it is the thief who robs the prisoner", this is domineering, which makes Sun Quan feel relieved to hear it, and even thinks of Zhou Gongjin in the past, and also thinks of it...

- "Gong Jin, you just take Lone's 30,000 soldiers and don't return it, Lone won't mind, but if you have to insist on going west to Bashu and being the soil emperor of the land of Xichuan, how can Lone tolerate you?"

Inexplicably, Sun Quan thought of the previous...

reminds me of the story of him and Zhou Yu.

Soon, he came back to his senses, it was in the past, and everything had to look forward.

However, this feeling of harming other people's sons, but other people's sons are loyal as always, makes Sun Quan feel refreshed.

Gu Yong also sighed: "Indeed, the old minister didn't expect it... Zhou Xun was so loyal to his lord at a young age. ”

Sun Quan bowed his head, and while brushing his purple beard, he groaned: "Zhou Xun, he's just a cavalry captain, right?" ”

"It's... The lord used to praise him for having the style of Zhou Lang, but..."Gu Yong's words came to a sensitive place, and the next words came to an abrupt end: "Although he is a cavalry lieutenant, but Zhou Lang left 10,000 parts back then, and now they are all under the orders of this little cavalry lieutenant." ”

Sun Quan thought for a moment and said with emotion: "Now there are many veterans who are proud of their achievements, but there are not many young generals who are talented and have heavy troops.

Luling County?

Satrap?

Gu Yong thought for a while, and then said: "Luling borders Jiaozhou and Jingnan, but it is a very important place!" ”

What he meant by his words.

If the situation changes in the future, whether it is to attack Jiaozhou in the south! Or to the west to attack Changsha, or even down the river to take Jiangling, the Luling army is all hoarding military rations, baggage, ships... The most important thing is that the stakes are great!

"yes!" How could Sun Quan not know this, but he still showed his joy at Zhou Xun, "There are not many people who can make Lone trust, so he will give orders according to Lone's orders, and in addition, he will order Lu Meng to come to Shouchun City, Ling Tong has investigated this matter beautifully, and Lone counts him as guilty and meritorious!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Gu Yong arched his hand, "Huh..."

Gu Yong could feel that the lord still preferred Lu Meng.

Even as the patriarch of the Gu family, the head of the four major families in Wu County, Gu Yong felt it more deeply.

He could feel that the lord Sun Quan and Lu Meng had a huge similarity in personality!

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The hot air balloon has taken off and is hovering over Xiangyang City.

Huang Yueying only felt that the sky was spinning, in mid-air, and it was night, the wind was blowing so badly that her eardrums were a little painful, and the not beautiful birthmark on her face was like a pinprick, faintly painful.

It took a quarter of an hour for Huang Yueying to adapt to this wind.

She stood up, and when she looked out through the rattan basket, she saw that the mountain that had taken off had turned into a square, and he saw Xiangyang City, which was very small... is a rectangle.

As for the people in the city, they can't see it clearly at all.

Unless it is a military camp outside the city, because of the bonfire, you can roughly judge the direction, number of people, and scale.

As the hot air balloon rose higher and higher, to everything behind, the mountains, the city, and the Hanshui became smaller and smaller, and Huang Yueying also felt colder and colder, and couldn't help but shiver.

It was this shiver that brought her back to her senses, and she looked at Huang Chengyan in fear, "Dad? I... I... Am I in heaven? ”

Huang Chengyan looked at his daughter with concern.

Speaking of which, since she was a child, Huang Yueying, a girl, has always been bold, she has never been so nervous, let alone afraid of anything.

Of course, Huang Chengyan can also understand.

He has witnessed too much magic brought by Yunqi, but for his daughter, this is the first time he has experienced it himself, right?

Perhaps, this is... When a person is faced with a new and unknown field, he can't help but be so nervous that he trembles all over, and even gives birth to fear, right?

"Yueying, you and your father are in the sky... But don't be afraid, we will cross the Han River and reach the north shore, and the enemy will not be able to find us! ”

Although Huang Chengyan didn't fly into the sky much, it was obvious that he was used to this feeling in the sky.

Apart from... Cold!

It's really cold in the sky.

He didn't forget to remind Liu Ye, "Next time, you need to remind me to bring some futon over...",

Liu Ye said with a smile while operating the hot air balloon: "What Huang Lao said is that it was flying at noon last time, and it was not so cold... Be sure to pay attention next time. ”

On the other hand, Zhuge Ke, he always held the rattan basket and looked at the ground, although it was in the dark, but this feeling of being in the clouds made his eyes widen, in addition to being incredible, he was even more shocked by the cloud banner boy... This is a miraculous creation and invention.

This is the umpteenth time he has sighed...

- "The most correct move I have made in my life is..."

- "It is to come out of the cage of Soochow and get a glimpse of the vastness of this heavenly dome, the vastness of nature!"

Because it was too cold in the sky, there were not many people talking, and everyone had different thoughts.

Finally, after going through the adjustment of the oil tank, the hot air balloon quickly crossed the Han River and reached the north shore.

Liu Ye skillfully closed the valve of the oil tank, and the hot air balloon descended a little, down enough to see the bonfire on the surface clearly.

Until this time, Liu Ye was surprised: "No, the Hanshui coast west of Fancheng is so carefully defended, but why is the Hanshui coast to the east so lax?" ”

At night, the bonfire on the camp where the Cao army was stationed can roughly determine where the Cao army set up camp.

The number of bonfires and the width of the camp can tell how many soldiers and horses are stationed here!

This information, which cannot be obtained on the ground, can be easily and unobstructed at a glance at high altitudes.

Zhuge Ke didn't care about speaking, he quickly took out a pen and paper, looked at the bonfire and camp tent below, and hid in the rattan basket to draw a few strokes, as if he was here with a mission, he wanted to draw the entire Cao army's defense map on the north bank!

Huang Chengyan also saw some clues.

"The location of the bonfire over there doesn't seem to be in Yancheng..."

Huang Yueying also looked in the direction that Huang Chengyan pointed, "It's really not Yancheng, I often ran over there when I was a child, and I was very familiar with it... I recognize it even in the air... It's still some distance from Yancheng. ”

"That's... There are so many places where Cao Jun is stationed, it will be..."Huang Chengyan couldn't help but wonder, he and Huang Yueying have lived here for decades, and he is too familiar with the environment here...

"I see." Huang Chengyan suddenly thought of something, "Those clusters of bonfires and joint camps are the camps of the original Guan family's army, that is to say, a large number of Cao troops are ambushed here!" ”

The big guy is watching...

Liu Ye suddenly raised a new question: "When I came over, I found that although Xinye City was surrounded by a besieged city, there were not too many bonfires, and there were few tents, and this Yancheng was the same... This kind of armament is also strange! ”

"Not surprising at all." Huang Yueying was shocked by the clues, and she explained with wide eyes: "If we weren't able to fly in the sky, how would we know... The position of the main ambush of the Cao army is the joint camp of the Guan family army for hundreds of miles, not ... Instead of Shinno Castle and Rock Castle! At this time, the virtual is real, the real is false... It is the enemy who is playing the trick of reality and fiction to confuse us! ”

This...

Following Huang Yueying's words, Zhuge Ke exclaimed: "What does my mother mean..."

Huang Yueying pursed her lips, but there seemed to be light in her eyes: "Ke'er wants to record the location of these bonfires in detail, this maybe... Maybe it's the cloud flag of tomorrow... The way to turn the tide, to save people—"

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On the bank of the river, there was no one in the middle of the night, Ling Tong found a farmhouse to rest on the bank of the river in Huainan, and continued to hurry tomorrow morning.

He didn't dare to take off his hat, turned his back to the shopkeeper, and shouted.

"Xiao Er's wine..."

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from behind him, and the tone was rapid and heavy.

Ling Tong suddenly felt a hint of something unusual, he hurriedly pulled out his short knife and swung it behind him, the person who came was also agile, and directly set up a double halberd to block.

Ling Tong reacted faster, the blade of his left hand was blocked, and his right hand pulled out the dagger and swung it.

But the martial arts of the people who came here were even more extraordinary, and they actually lost the double halberd, pulled out a short knife from their waists, and once again blocked Ling Tong's attack.

I even found a meteor hammer out of nowhere...

He still had an iron chain around his waist, as if the chain was also his weapon.

It's just that...

In the two rounds of confrontation, Ling Tong has moved from the back to the front.

When he saw the face of the visitor, he exclaimed.

"What? It's you? ”

"I guess you're not dead—" The voice was deep and deep.

This person is a well-known general in Soochow...

Immediately used a broadsword and a spear;

Short halberds, short knives, bows and arrows were used in water battles;

Infantry siege also used a meteor hammer... It can be called the existence of the master of weapons in Soochow.

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(End of chapter)