Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

"Lower it, lower it!"

"No matter how low you go, you'll hit me!"

On the hot air balloon, Yuan Lin was trying to use the moonlight to find the Tibetan granary below, while giving orders to his companions who controlled the heater. Frankly speaking, bombing downwards from the hot air balloon is easier said than done: First of all, Tang Jun is now going downwards. What is thrown is not a bomb filled with gunpowder, but an incendiary agent that is fully mixed with grease, sugar, rosin, sawdust, etc. In other words, the power of these thrown objects comes from combustion rather than explosion. If you want to destroy the target, then It must be a direct hit without near miss. It is enough to bomb a densely populated city. For a purely military fortress like Stone Castle, it must be a direct hit.

Secondly, although the hot air balloon moves very slowly, the pod is still shaking in the air, not only horizontally, but also vertically. Wang Wenzuo ordered a horizontal frame to be installed under the pod to place the incendiary bombs to be thrown. On top, a wooden tail fin is installed at the tail of the incendiary bomb. When dropping the bomb, just pull a trigger. This can make the trajectory of the incendiary bomb as regular as possible when it falls, and a sight is installed at the bottom of the pod. However, under the influence of various errors such as wind direction and shaking, the hit rate of this bombing behavior can only be said to be impressive. To improve the hit rate, the only way is to lower the altitude as much as possible, but lowering the altitude means danger. In addition to being hit by enemy crossbows, the maneuverability of the hot air balloon itself cannot be compared with that of an airplane. Changes in the airflow can easily cause it to hit trees, buildings, etc., eventually leading to the tragedy of "the ball crashing and killing people."

"Oops, Yuan Lin, look, the Tubo sentries, we were discovered!"

Hearing Liu Zhiyu's shout, Yuan Lin raised his head and looked in the direction of his companion's finger. On the city wall not far away, he saw a Tibetan sentry gaping at the hot air balloon. His mouth was so wide that it could almost be stuffed into it. Go get an apple.

"Are you going to shoot him to death?" Liu Zhiyu hurriedly cocked the crossbow, but Yuan Linhe stopped him: "Don't waste time, our mission is to burn down the granary. Besides, the pod is shaking so hard. Did you hit it?"

Liu Zhiyu laughed twice, gave up on winding, and instead helped Yuan Lin adjust the position of the hot air balloon. After a while, the hot air balloon finally hovered over the granary, about forty meters above the ground.

"Tubo dog thief, your grandpa is here!" Yuan Lin murmured in his mouth. He lit the fuse first, and then pulled the trigger suddenly. He only heard a sound, and he suddenly felt the hot air balloon under his feet rising upwards. Rush, obviously the bombing was successful.

"Okay, let's take off and return!" Yuan Lin shouted, grabbing the edge of the pod and sticking his head out. He could clearly see the flames rising directly below him. From this angle, it was difficult for him to determine whether the incendiary bomb had actually hit the building that was thought to be the granary, but he could see another hot air balloon right below him. Move toward the fire.

"It saves the effort for the guys at the back!" Liu Zhiyu said with a smile: "The fire is so bright, you don't have to worry about not being able to see the target!"

On the city wall, the Tubo sentry stared at everything in front of him with his mouth open. The fire rose in front of his eyes, licking everything he could touch. The strange-shaped demon rose upwards and disappeared into the night, and then the second A demon, it floated over the granary, and then dropped a few dark things, causing the fire to become even more intense.

"What's going on? What's going on!"

The roar from behind brought the sentry back to reality from his nightmare. He instinctively put the horn into his mouth and blew it with all his strength. The loud horn sounded over the Stone Castle City, waking up the Tubo guards. Soldiers. When people rushed out of the room, they happened to see the fourth hot air balloon of the Tang Dynasty, which was also the last hot air balloon in the bombing operation that night, dropping incendiary bombs. The first reaction of most of the Tibetan soldiers was to immediately fall to their knees and become limp. to pray to gods and Buddhas.

"Get up, stand up, put out the fire, put out the fire in the granary!" The Tibetan officers kicked and beat the soldiers hard, pulling them up from the ground one by one, kicking their butts, and driving them to beat them. Granary fire. But the power of the Tang Dynasty's incendiary bombs was astonishing. The incendiary agent mixed with sulfur, grease, sugar, rosin, and sawdust burned with great force. Even if water was poured on it, the fire not only did not go out, but burned even more fiercely. Soon, the Tubo guards realized that it was impossible to extinguish the flames. The most they could do was demolish nearby buildings to prevent the flames from spreading.

At noon the next day, the Tibetan guard of Shibao City looked at the location of the original granary in despair. It had turned into a vast rubble field of burnt wood and rubble. The food stored in it, which was enough to feed the guards for two years, had all been destroyed. There was nothing, and several cooks were looking for something above, but it was destined to be a futile effort. Nothing would be left in front of the fire last night.

"General, have something to eat!" the servant begged.

"Go and calculate how much food there is in the city!" The general turned around suddenly: "I mean everything that can be eaten!"

Soon, the results of the investigation were reported. The Tubo general took the paper with the calculation results: "So few?"

"There are only so many!" The officer in charge of counting said with a bitter smile: "You have forgotten that you just ordered the food to be concentrated in this warehouse two days ago!"

General Tubo was at a loss for words. He also remembered his original order. However, it is true that the granary is the strongest building in the entire stone castle, and the well is right next to it. If something changes, it will be easy to deal with it. Who would have thought that a disaster from heaven would actually happen? Was he burned just like that?

"General!" the officer said: "It is unheard of for Tang people to come from the sky. The granary was burned again. The morale in the city -"

Hearing the reminder from his subordinates, the Tubo guard suddenly came to his senses. He looked around, and everywhere he looked were eyes of despair. Some soldiers simply knelt on the ground and prayed to gods and Buddhas. Obviously, the disaster last night was a disaster. These simple and ignorant men were frightened. They may not be afraid of death, but the Tang people's attack was beyond their understanding, and even beyond the understanding of the Tubo general himself. The sky belongs to the gods, but the Tang people can rain down flames from the sky. Does this mean that the gods also side with the Tang people?

"Here it comes, here it comes again!"

Another burst of exclamations woke up the Tubo guard. He raised his head and saw the soldiers running around in panic. He couldn't help but get angry: "They all stopped, what's going on?"

"Look, over there, right over there!" A soldier pointed in the air in horror. The Tibetan guard looked in the direction and saw a huge balloon moving slowly in the air, with a crane hanging below the balloon. In the cabin, under the sunlight at noon, you can even see someone gesticulating from above.

"There's someone, there's someone above!"

"With the blessing of Bodhisattva, people can actually fly to the sky!"

"Is it true that the Tang people used this thing to burn down the granary last night?"

"It's over now. The Tang people can fly, but the Stone Castle can't be defended!"

At first there was one, then two or three, like dominoes, more and more soldiers knelt down, clasped their hands and prayed to the Bodhisattva. The furious Tubo guard whipped the kneeling man hard with a whip, and pulled him up from the ground. But he pulled up one person on one side, and there were ten kneeling on the other side. They all kowtowed in unison. He couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.

"Kick hard, haven't you had breakfast?" Yuan Lin shouted loudly without looking back. He held a telescope in his hand and looked at the nearby Stone Castle. His mission this time was to evaluate the results of last night's air raid. Decide if you want to do it again tonight.

"Mom, why don't you pedal so that I can see the results of the air raid?" Liu Zhiyu scolded while pedaling hard.

"I'm sorry, this is the result of drawing lots. I'm willing to admit defeat!" Yuan Lin said with a smile, and he suddenly let out a sigh.

"What's wrong? We burned the wrong place last night?" Liu Zhiyu asked: "Mom, I knew you couldn't do anything. I should have let you drop the bomb last night while you pedaled the propeller!"

"Fart!" Yuan Lin scolded: "Open your dog eyes and take a look. The granary has been burned to ashes. Do you have this level? What a joke!" "What's the chatter there? There's no calm at all!" Liu Zhiyu asked.

"Look, the Tubo traitor is kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to us!" Yuan Lin said.

"What? Kowtow to us?" Liu Zhiyu jumped off the pedal, grabbed the telescope from Yuan Lin's hand, and looked towards Shibao City. What he saw was the Tibetan soldiers on the ground. They were kowtowing to him repeatedly and chanting in their mouths. Keep chanting.

"Hey, we burned their food, and they kowtowed to us! What a bunch of bastards!"

"Bring the telescope!" Yuan Lin reached out to grab it, but Liu Zhiyu turned around and put the telescope behind his back: "Go and pedal, let me get closer and take a look!"

"Why? You obviously lost the bet!" Yuan Lin said anxiously.

"Oh, I'll just make it up to you next time. Go pedal, don't be so stingy!" Liu Zhiyu waved his hand repeatedly.

"Remember, you have to pay me next time!" Yuan Lin had no choice but to pedal. Liu Zhiyu raised the telescope and continued to watch happily.

In Shibao City, as the Tang hot-air balloon gradually approached, more and more Tibetan soldiers knelt down, kowtowed and prayed devoutly. No matter how the Tubo general threatened or lured him, no one paid him any attention. In despair, he suddenly rushed to the wall, grabbed the bow and arrow from the soldier next to him, and shot at the hot air balloon in the air. However, the hot air balloon was still too high, and the arrow only flew about two-thirds of the way. fell down. The Tubo general was about to shoot again, but was hugged by the soldiers next to him.

"What are you doing?" the Tubo general asked angrily.

"You can't shoot. Those flying in the sky are gods. If you draw your bow to the gods, you will be punished!"

"Fart, let go, this is Tang Gou's thing, there will be retribution for fart!" He kicked his subordinate away, opened his bow and was about to shoot again, but the soldier rushed forward again, grabbing the general's arm and He shouted loudly to everyone around him: "The general is going to shoot arrows at the gods. Everyone, come up and help. Otherwise, if you offend the gods, everyone will not be able to live. After death, they will be sent to hell and will not be reincarnated forever!"

Hearing the soldier's cry, the Tibetan soldiers from all around hurriedly swarmed up and hugged the general tightly. The general's guards wanted to step forward to rescue him, but when they saw the hot air balloons in the sky and the general going crazy, their hands and feet were slow. After it came down, the strength was much smaller. Soon, the general was disarmed and tied up in the square of Stone Castle City.

"General, it's not that we want to harm you, but the gods can't shoot you. If you offend the gods, everyone will suffer!" A veteran explained with a wry smile.

The Tubo general was so angry that he couldn't speak. He just stared at the veteran fiercely. The veteran felt guilty when he saw it, and quickly stepped aside and said to the soldiers: "The general's eyes are so scary, what should we do now?"

"Why don't you let the general calm down first? He's so angry right now!"

"Putting aside the general's matters for now, have you ever thought about how to deal with the Tang people?"

"Isn't it the general's business to deal with the Tang people?"

"If the general had his way, would he be so angry?" Someone sneered: "He stretched his bow and shot the balloon without looking at how high or far the balloon was. Isn't this because he was so angry? How could he do this?"

"That's true. At this distance and height, even the strongest marksman can't hit it!"

"Okay, let's put the general's matter aside for now. How do you think we should deal with the Tang people?"

"We will definitely fail to fight, and we will definitely not be able to defend this stone castle!"

"That's right, we definitely can't hold it. Even if the granary wasn't burned down last night, if the Tang Dynasty comes every night, it will be burned down sooner or later. Even if it can't be burned, who can survive this torment every night?"

"Yes, the Tang people must have been blessed by the Bodhisattva for being able to fly. The Bodhisattvas bless the Tang people. How can we defeat them?"

Everyone spoke one after another, and most of the opinions were unanimous. The fall of Shibao Mountain City is only a matter of time. Continuing to persist will only harm others and ourselves.

"What should we do?" someone asked, with hope in his timid eyes.

"Let's surrender!" Someone gave the answer: "Hand over Shibao City intact, and the Tang people will probably spare us!"

"How can that be possible? If we surrender, our family will definitely be severely punished!" Someone replied desperately.

"Even if we hold on, we won't be able to hold on for a few days. If Stone Castle falls so soon, we will also be brutally punished!"

"What?"

"This is not easy. How many days can we hold on without food? This stone castle is known to be dangerous. If we hold on for a few days, it will fall. What do you think the higher-ups will think? Our descendants will all have raccoon tails on their heads. !”

"But this is because Tang people can fly! How can we keep this?"

"Do you think the higher-ups will believe your lies? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't even believe it myself!" (End of Chapter)