Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 260 On the Hot Air Balloon
Wan Xiangjun sat on the basket of the hot air balloon, watching the Tubo infantry rush out of the Qilian Mountain Pass and surrounded the camp of the Chishui Army.

The Tubo people were like ferocious beasts out of the cage. Some Tang soldiers were chopped down by these Tubo warriors before they could retreat to the fortress.

Wan Xiangjun did not expect that Datang's defenses would be so lax.

The Tubo forward general Dai rode on a tall horse, watching the soldiers rushing through the Tang army's camp like wolves and tigers, feeling very proud.

He said to the left and right:

"As expected of my warriors in Tubo, the Buddha will bless these brave warriors. As long as they die fighting to open up the Buddhist kingdom, they will surely enter the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss after death!"

Dai Ze also converted to Buddhism along with his father. Although he could not even read a single scripture and did not understand Buddhism at all, the only thing he knew about Buddhism was the Buddhist stories told by several great monks in the mansion.

But it does not hinder his status as the son of the Dharma Protector Arhat. These "blessings" have been said so much that even Dai Ze's personal guards think that if he dies for Tubo, he can ascend to the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss.

Dai remembers that before the expedition, his father took his hand and told him:
"Dai Ze, you are a disciple of the Dalun family. If you want to inherit this glorious and great position, you must have the courage and wisdom to convince the entire host castle owner. Do you understand?"

Dai Ze has always been Shang Qixin'er's heir, so he naturally understands what his father means.

The nobles of Tubo have fallen a little bit in recent years, but the martial atmosphere still exists.

Sifang Dalun is a vassal who ruled one side, and Shang Qixin'er is alive. He is naturally Tubo's host Dalun, the supreme ruler of Tubo Dongdao, and no castle owner dares to oppose his words.

But if Shang Qixin'er died, Dai would not have the influence and prestige of his father.

Therefore, in this war, Dai mainly asked to be a vanguard officer in order to accumulate prestige in the army.

Before marching, Dai Ze never expected that the majestic Chishui Army of the Tang Dynasty would be so lax in defense.

The Tubo army easily removed the reconnaissance posts on Qilian Mountain, and the Tang army didn't become alert until the army crossed Qilian Mountain.

The five castles of the Chishui Army rang the bell, and many of the soldiers who were still farming outside the castle became captives of the Tubo before they had time to take up their weapons.

Shi Goro was one of the lucky ones. His farming place was not far from the castle. When the assembly bell rang, he immediately put down his farm tools and rushed back to the fort.

The captain personally counted the number of people. Originally, there were 1000 officers and soldiers in the fortress, but only 800 came back. More than 200 brothers were killed or captured by Fangou.

Tubo people!Why are there Tubo people!

Shi Wulang has not fought a real battle since joining the army.

He poked his head out and looked at the densely packed Tibetans around the castle, his legs were trembling constantly.

At this time, a bow and arrow flew past his forehead, scaring Shi Wulang and immediately hid behind the city wall.

The broken city wall that once made Shi Goro extremely disgusted, now makes Shi Goro very at ease.

"Fire arrows!"

The Tubo archers shot another round of arrows, and the rain of arrows fell on the city wall. Only one or two unlucky Tang soldiers were shot into hedgehogs.

This round of salvo mainly hit the morale of the Tang army. Sure enough, after the round of salvo, the morale in the castle was extremely low.

It wasn't until this time that Colonel Lu, who was in command of the castle, remembered to raise the smoke and report the news of the siege of the Chishui Army to Wuwei City in the distance.

After sending out the beacon for help, the dilapidated city walls did not give Colonel Lu a sense of security. He just wanted to return to the mansion in Wuwei City quickly. Only the tall walls of Wuwei City could give Captain Lu a sense of security.

At this time, Xiaowei Lu regretted it very much, why didn't he repair the city wall, why didn't he dig a few more wells, why didn't he save more food.

He is just an ordinary Chishui military officer!Lieutenant Lu did not follow his father's generation to fight, and his position as lieutenant was bought after his family bribed the former Hexi Jiedu envoy to stay.

Lieutenant Lu didn't even dare to poke his head out to investigate the enemy's situation. He just scattered the soldiers around the castle to strictly prevent the Tubo people from attacking.

Fortunately, it was getting dark at this moment, and the Tubo forwards were also raiding day and night, and did not bring enough craftsmen and siege equipment, so Dai only let soldiers surround the fortress, but did not plan to attack the city immediately.

Wan Xiangjun put down the binoculars. It seemed that the Tibetans would not be able to fight for a while. He sat in the basket of the hot air balloon, took out the dry food and water he had prepared, and ate the dry food with the water.

After eating, Wan Xiangjun took out the wind vane and the anemometer for measuring wind speed, and began to fiddle with the instruments to measure.

In a group chat group called "Aviator's Dream", Wan Xiangjun recorded the data of this whole point.

"The easterly wind is force four, and the hot air balloon has no obvious disturbance."

"Boss, does it feel good to ride a hot air balloon?"

"Boss Wan, when will you provide commercial services? I also want to play in a hot air balloon."

"When will the workshop start making civil hot air balloons? I still want to travel in hot air balloons."

"Traveling in a hot air balloon, I'm afraid you haven't watched "Mom Jiong" too much, have you? Do you know how dangerous hot air balloon travel is?"

"What's the danger? It's a big deal to waste a resurrection qualification. Master has credit points! Just make it!"

Seeing the chat group getting lively, Wan Xiangjun didn't feel so boring anymore.

Chat casually in the chat group, and the test of tonight's voyage will be completed.

Since the five brothers' hot air balloon took off, Wan Xiangjun has also become popular in the game.

There are many players who want to realize the dream of flying in the game, so Wan Xiangjun founded this player chat group.

However, most of the time it was some talkative players chatting and farting in the group. A few days ago, the group was still discussing building aircraft in Datang, which almost made Wan Xiangjun laugh.

Build an airplane?Why don't these players build rockets?

In a world where steam engines have never been built, what is used to drive propellers?
Is it possible to use a cowhide band?

However, this chat group is also useful. The workshop of the five brothers has already been ordered by local tyrants for two civilian hot air balloons. As long as the military orders in hand are produced, they can produce civilian hot air balloons to make money.

But before that, the Wanxiang Army has to adjust the size of the balloon, improve the structure of the balloon, and increase the stability of the balloon flight.

What we want to test today is the stability of floating at night.

In addition, Pang Yawei, who specializes in meteorology, also spent money to hire the Universal Army to measure meteorological data at high altitudes and make weather forecasts during the war.

Taking out the thermometer and hygrometer again, Wan Xiangjun recorded the values. The night has fallen, and today is destined to be a sleepless night.

(End of this chapter)