"It depends on whether the marshal is willing to part with it!" Bei Yan dragged You Xuexue and tried his best to see Yue Fei. "There's not much wind tonight."

Yue Fei wanted to scold him, but he realized the other party's method almost instantly, and then sighed: "You are willing to give up, how can I not be willing to give up? Do it quickly!"

Although You Xuexuu didn't understand what riddle the two were playing, he immediately let go of his hand. After just a stick of incense, he knew what the trick was... In the dark night, the river was still filled with cannons and rocks. Song Song The army was still trying hard to rescue and save themselves. At the same time, a huge hot air balloon was carefully and quickly placed on the launch platform. Then the furnace was lit and wax oil was stuffed into the furnace regardless of the cost. An unprecedented effort to blow up the bellows.

With this kind of effort, coupled with the fact that the cold winter night is suitable for the use of hot air balloons, about a quarter of an hour later, the balloon swelled slightly, and then moved the surrounding ropes, and roughly revealed a tiger pattern... But at this time , this tiger was a little sluggish, as if he dared not wake up from his sleep, which made both Yue Fei and You Xuexue feel that it was a bit unreliable, and he was just treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

As for Bei Yan, he was sweating profusely. He held the basket, assessed the strength, and kept giving orders, asking people to pour charcoal and firewood into the basket on all sides. At the same time, he kept reducing the sandbags outside, and then paid attention to the intensity of the fire and the The degree of inflation of the balloon to maintain balance.

Gradually, the tiger finally opened his eyes. At this time, the hot air balloon was actually still unstable and the balloon had not been completely inflated. However, for the purpose of this operation, it seemed to be enough.

After guessing that it was almost done, Bei Yan gave the last order, which was to pour some lard in the four corners of the frame, and finally threw in four torches at the same time. After doing all this, he quickly left the area around the basket. , shouted orders and cut off all the ropes on all sides, leaving only an extra long tow rope, which was dragged along with dozens of sergeants.

Immediately, the hot air balloon, which had lost its restraints but was still stable at first, floated into the air at a slow but steady speed. At the same time, under the efforts of Bei Yan and dozens of other sergeants, it slowly but surely It changed its direction slightly and drifted towards the other side of the river.

During this period, the fire in the basket became more and more intense, and the company's long rope was quickly released. However, this did not delay it from the beginning. It attracted the attention of everyone in the two cities and armies. In the end, when it was owned by both armies on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, When people were stunned and turned into a blazing torch, burning like a burning moon over the river, tens of thousands of people on both sides of the river were probably attracted by its beauty and heat.

It was obvious that even the rhythm of the Jin army's artillery and carriages was confused. At the same time, the river was as clear as day, clearly illuminating dozens of ships or shipwrecks in the river. Many former soldiers of the imperial camp were at the beginning. After falling into a trance, he began to rush down the river desperately to save people first.

Many imperial navy soldiers also plucked up their courage again, either shouting with all their strength, or working hard to head east.

His leg was trapped by a wooden board, and Xiao En, who struggled several times and failed several times, stared at the fireball above his head, suddenly burst into laughter, but also regained his courage amidst the noise and shouted for help.

Outside the river, countless people were also stunned.

Yue Pengju fixed his eyes on the fireball that was constantly burning. He never thought that a military weapon that he was so familiar with could actually gain such a strong self-worth in such a way.

Even after the flames took off, the tiger head on the hot air balloon had completely swelled and was believed to disappear soon. It seemed that in response to Yue Pengju who looked down on him, he was also showing his teeth and claws.

In the attic of Yuancheng, Gao Jingshan, who had personally ordered the southeast of the city to turn off the flames and the artillery trains to stop, completely lost his composure. He no longer sat there eating fish, drinking, chatting, and reading newspapers. The fish soup was evaporated the moment the fireball rose. It had been overturned to the ground by him, the newspaper was soaked in the fish soup, the wine was spilled, and the attendants were busy disposing of the remaining charcoal in the stove.

At this time, Gao Jingshan was just holding the window in astonishment, with the same expression as Gao Qingyi next to him, staring at the fireball and losing his mind.

There is no way, this scene is too spectacular and too bizarre.

Of course Zhang Rong also noticed the fireball, and his reaction was the simplest - he dropped the rope, ignored the cotton-padded jacket, got on his horse, and galloped towards Daming City.

The fireball attracted everyone's attention, but it did not last long and could not penetrate the increasingly dense fog. It spread its light all over the battlefield. In just two quarters of an hour, the flames burned from the outer layer to the entire battlefield. On the tiger's paw, the entire balloon twisted and swayed, and smashed towards the ground in the southwest.

Immediately, as if fearing that it was not safe, the second hot air balloon also took off, continuing the journey of the former and continuing to attract everyone's attention.

this is a good chance.

"How much time has passed?"

It was late in the third watch, and as the fireball in his field of vision gradually disappeared, Tian Shizhong, who was squatting beside the river in the south of the city, eating cakes and drinking soup, turned around to look at each other.

"Before the fireball started, there were seventeen small ships and eight large ships." Zhang Zigai blurted out. "There are also two broken ones on the shore."

"Then there are estimated to be twenty small ships and ten large ships now... right?" Tian Shizhong squeezed the pancake in his hand and looked at each other calmly.

"Yes." Zhang Zigai gritted his teeth and answered.

"Is the pontoon bridge ready?" Tian Shizhong asked in a deep voice, ignoring the dense pontoon bridge that had been built in front of him.

This time, Zhang Zigai did not reply.

"Then let's go!" Lieutenant Commander Tian put the crushed pancake in his hand into his mouth, swallowed it in one gulp, then stood up and spoke to each other in a slightly bulging tone. "After crossing the river, you lead the Wei army and continue to rest. Recharge your batteries, no need to work, no negative pressure!"

Zhang Zigai nodded heavily, then stood up with the other party and said goodbye.

After Zhang Zigai left, he saw in the dim light that Tian Shizhong and one of his personal guards lifted up an object from the ground where they were sitting that looked like a shield, but was much larger and longer. , then picked it up with all his strength, and led the way, carefully walked onto the pontoon, and headed to the other side.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding soldiers, from the commander down to the commander, followed suit one after another. Then there were countless sergeants from the front army who were waiting for orders, and civilian men recruited with the army also acted together. Soon, in the dark night, a tide began to flow from The east bank of the river swarmed to the west bank - the Song army began to cross the river in large numbers in the south of Daming City, heading towards the Jin Army's cavalry sweep area, which was almost equivalent to a death trap, that is, the narrow area south of Yuancheng City.

As for Tian Shizhong's thing, it is actually a thing made of three pieces of wood, fixed by ropes and horizontal boards, and sharpened at both ends.

This is one of the most common things in the army. It is used for setting up camps. Whenever they go to a place, the civilians first cut down the trees, then build these things. Finally, they dig the soil and connect the pits, and when they are gathered together, they form a walled city.

The boards, which only require the final step of digging a hole and burying them, are piled up on the east bank of the river.
Chapter completed!