Chapter 281: It's too ruthless
For another three days, there was still no movement, and there was a mysterious silence between the Tongyu Kingdom and the Sixth Legion.
The general of the Tongyu Kingdom couldn't sit still any longer, the other party hadn't moved for so many days, and he hadn't even seen a spy sent, this situation was really abnormal, it was impossible for the Qiankun Empire to be indifferent to the Yuanshi vein, which involved the entire super vein.
"Third Elder, do you want to inform our people in Linshui City to take a look at the Sixth Legion?" the general asked.
"No!" The Third Elder shook his head: "This is an extraordinary time, the Sixth Legion is heavily guarded, once our people are discovered, they will suspect that the leakage of the Yuanshi vein may be our strategy!"
"Third Elder, our spies have been lurking for many years, and they will be fine, Jiang Xingchen left Linshui City and went to the Sixth Legion before, and this is the news he sent back...... It's not a matter of waiting like this!" said the general.
"That's not good, the spies of the Qiankun Empire have been with us for twenty years, and they haven't been discovered yet! Jiang Xingchen entered the Sixth Legion, he could know it when he was in Linshui City, but when he approached the Sixth Legion, it was absolutely impossible!"
The Third Elder took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "It is impossible for the other party to know our strategy, the only possibility is to prepare for a thunderous blow...... But what they don't know is that we have a chariot crossbow!"
After a pause, the third elder ordered: "Inform the chariots in the hills and forests, continue to hide, the other party will definitely come to investigate before a big attack!"
The words of the three elders calmed down the general a little. He bowed down and gave the order......
Another day passed, and night covered the heavens and the earth. Late at night. People had already slept peacefully, but the imperial palace far away in the imperial capital was brightly lit, and the marshal with several high-ranking military officials was being questioned by the emperor.
"How is it, hasn't the Sixth Legion done it yet?" the Emperor asked with a calm face, his tone extremely serious.
Thinking of the news he received a few days ago, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Who would have thought that the Yuanshi vein was actually the news deliberately released by the other party, and he also came up with something like a chariot machine crossbow! Fortunately, Jiang Xingchen had a whim, and used a kite to take the old man to discover the other party's secret in the sky......
"Kite with people!" thought of this. The corners of the Emperor's mouth twitched, he still remembered the surprise when he heard the news a few days ago, flying into the sky and flying freely like a bird, everyone had such a dream. I didn't expect it to be done.
"This kid. What the hell is in your head!" The Emperor said secretly, and now that he thought about it, he felt incredible and incomprehensible.
The marshal lowered his head slightly and said: "Wei Ning hasn't moved yet, the other party doesn't know that the conspiracy of the Dao has been exposed, he has to take advantage of this and cast a thunderous blow!"
"Oh?" the Qiankun Emperor raised his eyebrows. Asked: "Do they have a way to solve the tank crossbow? This thing is the biggest obstacle!"
"Wei Ning wrote that Jiang Xingchen had found a way to crack it!" the marshal replied. sighed in his heart: "It's this kid who finally solves the problem!"
The Great Emperor immediately asked, "Did Wei Ning say that this kid is going to use what method?"
The marshal shook his head: "Wei Ning said that the kid didn't explain it specifically, but it sounded a little unbelievable, and he couldn't make it clear in the letter! Then, that kid locked himself in an independent barracks compound, and he never saw anyone again!"
"This kid, what unimaginable things will come up with this time?" the Emperor muttered, suddenly remembering the last flour explosion, and a trace of anticipation arose in his heart.
At this time, an officer below said with some concern: "We haven't moved for seven days, will it arouse the suspicion of the other party and guess that our news has leaked?"
"Probably not, who would have thought that the old man could fly into the sky, they didn't even find out about the spies, how could they think that the conspiracy was exposed...... At most, they thought that the Sixth Army was preparing for a thunderous blow!" another officer interfaced.
"Fortunately, Old Man Tang Tian was carried into the air by a kite, otherwise I don't know what kind of trap he would fall into...... The other party has a precedent of besieging and killing the world's number one master!" said an officer with a sigh of relief.
The marshal waved his hand, stopped the officers, and said to the emperor: "It's up to Jiang Xingchen now, as long as the three hundred chariot crossbows are solved, it will bring a huge blow to the other party, make the other party demoralized, and greatly weaken Jin Jiancheng's defense!"
"Hmm!" the Emperor nodded and said in a low voice, "I gave him a military order, this kid will definitely go all out!"
As soon as the Emperor's words fell, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and a man in black ran in and knelt down on one knee: "The Emperor, Lord Marshal, Wei Ning of the Sixth Legion has urgently reported that they have started to attack!"
"Teng!" In an instant, everyone stood up and stared at the man in black below......
When the time was six months back, when the sky was just getting dark, Jiang Xingchen finally walked out of the closed area and came to the Chinese army's tent to look for Wei Ning.
"Jiang Xingchen, is it okay! The thing you said can really fly into the sky and land at the enemy's place!" Wei Ning asked a little impatiently.
The old man also came in from outside at this time, staring at Jiang Xingchen, and nodding his head as Wei Ning asked.
"Hehe!" Jiang Xingchen smiled and casually took out a small thing from behind him.
"This is called a Kong Ming lantern! when it is lit, it will rise to the sky..."Jiang Xingchen said as he took out a special candle and put it into the Kong Ming lantern to light it.
Kong Ming Lantern uses the principle of hot air balloons, and the ones Jiang Xingchen has seen in the previous life are all made of paper, but there is no paper in this world, so he can only use linen cloth, and the inner layer is pasted with animal skin.
Light the candle, place it on the stand inside the Kong Ming lantern, and hold it flat in your hand. Immediately, Kong Ming lanterns had a tendency to fly upward. Then, as soon as Jiang Xingchen let go, Kong Ming's lantern flew upward, and soon reached the top of the big tent.
"It really works!" The old man and Wei Ning's eyes widened, although they had already seen Jiang Xingchen's various miracles and knew the result in advance, they still felt unbelievable when they really saw it.
"My Kong Ming lantern, the bracket underneath is designed, and there is a small clay pot filled with oil! When the candle inside is about to burn out, it will ignite the fire oil and ignite the burlap lampshade, causing the Kong Ming lantern to fall from the sky...... I've done tens of thousands of things these days!" Jiang Xingchen explained in detail.
Seeing the wick explode that night, he had a flash of inspiration, and he thought of Kong Ming lantern!
However, it is not so easy to make the Kong Ming lantern fall at the designated place and light the fire! whether it is the direction of the wind, the distance, the burning time of the candle, or the weight, everything has to be done with extreme precision...... Moreover, he had to wait for a suitable weather, and the strength of the wind had to match the length of time the candle burned, so he didn't say anything dead at first, only said that if it went well, he could do it in three days.
In these six days, Jiang Xingchen did a lot of experiments to feel the size of the wind, the weight of the Kong Ming lantern, the flight distance, and so on.
Three days ago, the man who brought him from the stars brought him a large amount of beeswax to make candles!
"Gollum!" The old man and Wei Ning swallowed their saliva, only to feel a cold sweat running out of their backs, this kind of Kong Ming lantern, Jiang Xingchen has made tens of thousands of them these days. It's too ruthless, this is the rhythm of burning the entire hills and Jin Jiancheng with a fire!
"Flying lamps, remote ignition, or with oil...... This Nima is no longer than the last flour explosion!"
For a while, the two stared at Jiang Xingchen, their eyes straightened, and their faces were filled with surprise and horror that could not be concealed!
"Hey, no culture, it's terrible!" Jiang Xingchen saw the expressions of the two, shook his head and sighed, and said secretly in his heart: "That is, there is no saltpeter in this world, otherwise buddy will get you a gunpowder out, and it won't scare you to death!"
Finally, the old man was awakened by Jiang Xingchen's contempt, and shouted: "Boy, who is uneducated, think that you are like you, full of strange things?"
Wei Ning blinked and asked in a low voice, "Culture...... What do you mean?"
"Oh, I'll go~" The old man covered his forehead, staggered under his feet, and pointed at Wei Ning and wanted to count a few words.
At this time, Jiang Xingchen interrupted them: "Hurry up and prepare, the current wind is just right, once the wind force or wind direction changes, wait for the next time, I don't know what time!"
"Uh!" Talking about business, the two of them immediately looked solemn, and Wei Ning began to arrange according to Jiang Xingchen's instructions.
Soon after, tens of thousands of soldiers quietly left the barracks and quickly disappeared into the night.
About ten miles away from the barracks, tens of thousands of soldiers stopped, and then quickly dispersed, stretching the formation to both sides.
The soldiers tonight were also a little confused, and each of them was given a strange thing called Kong Ming lantern, and also handed out something called a candle, and asked to light the candle, put it in the Kong Ming lantern, and let go of their hands when the Kong Ming lantern had the potential to rise towards the lantern.
"It's weird what this thing is...... How could this thing rise up to the ground...... "Every soldier is confused!"
Among all of them, Wei Ning's own soldiers were behaving normally, and seven days ago, they saw the old man rise into the air with their own eyes. Even flying with people can be done, and it is normal for Jiang Xingchen to come up with something else!
"Prepare to ignite!" Wei Ning saw Jiang Xingchen's gesture and announced in a low voice. In just a few minutes, the order had already reached the ears of every soldier, which made Jiang Xingchen admire, the Sixth Legion's upward and downward orders were too fast.
Next, the soldiers put the candles into the Kong Ming lanterns and straightened their arms. Soon, they showed a look of surprise that Kong Ming Lantern really had an upward trend.
Let go of his hand, densely packed with ten thousand Kong lanterns rose into the sky, and under the impetus of the wind, slowly drifted towards Jin Jiancheng.
Jiang Xingchen clenched his fists, his eyes stared at the Kong Ming lantern that was rising higher and higher, like a star, floating away, and secretly said in his heart: "You must succeed, don't have accidents, whether you can grow tea depends on this ......" (to be continued......)