Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 394 Take off and take a peek at the vastness under the sky!
A Xian mountain surrounds Xiangyang City on three sides.

This is the legend that Fuxi was buried here after his death, and his body was transformed into mountains and peaks.

It is backed by the majestic Dajing Mountain, surrounded by "iron Xiangyang", remote-controlled "paper-made Fancheng", and its peaks and rocks are directly inserted into the surging Han River, dominating one side.

It is also a place that Fan Cheng's meticulous eyes can never reach.

At this moment, dusk is coming... In the mountains, on a huge and flat platform, a big balloon is being inflated. This balloon is made of animal leather. Painted, the texture is hard enough, this kind of paint... almost equivalent to sealing the outer layer of leather again.

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

Speaking of which, Guan Lin sent the blueprint of the "hot air balloon" after a few days of rest after completing tens of thousands of "twitching crossbow" tasks in Mianshui Villa.

To be precise, it is divided into three.

First, Kongming lanterns;
Again a small sphere the size of a man;
Finally, there is this big guy - the hot air balloon.

The sky lantern was nothing more than that. Although Liu Ye and Huang Chengyan thought it was miraculous, they were far from surprised.

But when the Kongming lantern is scaled up to a "small sphere" the size of an adult, and this small sphere can still fly, and can also carry small animals into the sky.

That's a whole new story!
Both Liu Ye and Huang Chengyan's eyes were straightened. They are both "big inventors" of this era, so they naturally know what this means.

So... there is this hot air balloon.

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

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

It's like a person's vision suddenly develops from a two-dimensional plane to a three-dimensional...

This gave Huang Chengyan and Liu Ye countless reveries.

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

Huang Yueying heard that Xia Houjuan mentioned that her father was coming, and followed Xiahoujuan and Zhang Xingcai to this mountain.

As soon as I got here, I saw that the huge ball was slowly swelling up, and then rising... If it weren't for the towering trees tied with a few hemp ropes, the ball would have already risen into the air.

Under the hot air balloon, there is a kerosene tank, which contains a large amount of fish oil...

Below it is a huge rattan basket, which can accommodate five or six people.

The kerosene tank was burning fiercely, steaming continuously, watching the shriveled balloon become more and more bulging, and it had begun to vacate.

Some craftsmen have started to put sandbags in rattan baskets. In addition to sandbags, there are water, dried meat and other food.

After waiting...all the things were stuffed into the rattan basket. Liu Ye was young, and turned over quickly into the rattan basket, and began to stretch out his hand to pull Huang Chengyan in too.

After all, Huang Chengyan is old, no matter how he studies the Mohism mechanism, his legs and feet are not as good as before, and he needs workers to support him before he can jump into the rattan basket.

The rattan basket kept rising upwards, but was caught by the hemp rope, and the whole hemp rope was strangled straight...

It was only then that Huang Yueying realized that something was wrong. You must know that there are also objects in her works such as thumb-sized "mechanism birds" that can fly.

But the weight of the mechanical bird seems to be unable to compare with this hot air balloon.

"Gudong..." With a sound, seeing someone about to untie the hemp rope and loosen the iron claws, Huang Yueying rushed over.

"Father, what are you doing?"

Huang Yueying was extremely worried, and tears glistened in her eyes.

Only then did Huang Chengyan notice Huang Yueying, and said with a smile.

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

At this time, Zhuge Ke also turned over and entered, and he said to Huang Yueying: "Mother, don't worry, Mr. Yunqi invented it and produced it at Mianshui Villa. It can't be wrong... I will go to heaven with Ah Weng!"

God?

Huang Yueying felt that she was a little fainted, and she was in a daze...

She also didn't care about the mountain wind blowing up the black veil on her face, she had complicated emotions in her heart.

One is her father and the other is her son. If there is a mistake between them, then...

Huang Yueying gritted her teeth and ran to the front quickly. Before the rope was disconnected, she turned over and jumped in.

"You're crazy..."

Huang Chengyan was shocked to see his daughter being so indifferent...

Huang Yueying asked back: "You are crazy, God...what? You still want to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun?"

Being scolded by his daughter, Huang Chengyan stroked his beard, but he was not angry, he just said lightly, "God, why not stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun?"

Huang Chengyan rarely showed a forceful look.

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

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

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

Seeing that Huang Chengyan's words became more and more outrageous, Liu Ye explained: "I never thought that Miss Huang will come up too, so... if you come, please be at ease! But, don't listen to your father's words about picking stars, we are doing it this time for Scouting the Cao army on the north bank, going up at night...it's easier to hide! It's not for the stars."

In fact, above the high altitude, the army below is just a dot.

Similarly, the army below looks at the sky, and the hot air balloon in the sky is also a point.

Although it will be discovered during the day, but... because it is elevated, who would care about an inexplicable point?

And following Liu Ye's words, the rope had already been broken, and the whole hot air balloon began to let itself fly, rising slowly.

Witnessing the self-like rise of this hot air balloon.

Xia Houjuan and Zhang Xingcai on the platform were almost dumbfounded...

Zhang Xingcai couldn't help saying "Wow, I'm flying into the sky", while Xia Houjuan murmured in thought.

——"Is this...also invented by my son-in-law-to-be? 』

In fact, for such a big event tonight, Guan Lin should have been here in Xianshan.

However, it was planned... Mr. Huang's surprise attack on the North Shore will be tomorrow.

Tonight, Guan Lin was going to select the cavalry for tomorrow's raid with Lu Xun and Fu Shiren, so he didn't show up here.

But...even in Xiangyang City, Guan Lin kept an eye on the sky.

When I saw a big ball rising slowly, rising to the top of my head, and then merging with the darkness in the sky.

Guan Lin let out a long breath, stopped involuntarily, and said with emotion in his heart:
——"Old Huang, Mr. Liu..."

——"Tomorrow, the eyes of the old general Huang will depend on the two of you tonight, so please work harder!" 』

In fact, Guan Lin's back was also sweating, especially when watching the hot air balloon rise slowly, he was already sweating profusely.

After all, Mianshui Villa has only studied this hot air balloon for more than a month, and Guan Lin is afraid that he will not be able to fly.

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

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

As for... hot air balloons.

If this thing flies, it won't be able to land before the fuel is exhausted!

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In the official office of Hefei City.

Gu Yong is reporting: "My lord, General Xu Sheng and General Jiang Qin have ambushed at the foot of Bagong Mountain here, 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 you find out? Is there any action in Shouchun City?"

"No!" Gu Yong replied very firmly, "Cao Zhen led a small army, and Zhuo Rong, the witch, was among them. The whole operation to Bagong Mountain was very covert, without any reinforcements."

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

When the topic of Zhuo Rong was mentioned, Sun Quan added a question: "Did Ling Tong be killed?"

"Kill... I did, but..." Gu Yong hesitated to speak.

"how?"

Following Sun Quan's question, how did Gu Yong rush Gan Ning to the execution ground?How to plan to rob prisoners?What did you say?

And, how Zhou Xun refused to give an inch, how he stopped Gan Ning, and even said the sentence - "My father dare not draw his sword at General Gan, but I am following the orders of Marquis Wu, and I am stopping the robbers." villains! 』

as well as…

Sun Quan was quite shocked when he heard this, and simply repeated directly: "'If I get out of the way today, then Soochow and the lord will lose another brave general." Hehe, I didn't expect Zhou Xun to say such a thing! !"

Sun Quan was astonished that Zhou Xun would say such words...

Especially the sentence "It is the orders of the Marquis of Wu to be followed, and the thieves who rob the prisoner to be stopped", these words are overbearing, which made Sun Quan feel relieved to hear it, and even thought of Zhou Gongjin in the past, and also thought of...

——"Gongjin, if you don't return the [-] soldiers of Gu, Gu won't mind, but if you insist on going westward to Bashu and become the emperor of the land of Xichuan, how can Gu tolerate you?" ? 』

Inexplicably, Sun Quan thought of the previous...

It reminds me of the story between him and Zhou Yu.

Soon, he came to his senses, that was already in the past, and everything must look forward.

However, this feeling of harming someone else's father, but someone else's son remained loyal as always, made Sun Quan feel refreshed.

Gu Yong also said with emotion: "Indeed, the old minister did not expect... Zhou Xun is so loyal to the lord at such a young age."

Sun Quan nodded. While stroking his purple beard, he murmured, "Zhou Xun, is he just a riding captain?"

"Yes...my lord praised him in the past for having the style of Zhou Lang, but..." Gu Yong said something sensitive, and then stopped abruptly: "Although he was a captain of cavalry, Zhou Lang left ten thousand pieces of songs back then. Now they are all under the command of this little cavalry captain."

Sun Quan thought for a while and said with emotion: "Nowadays around Gu, there are many veterans who are proud of their meritorious service, but there are not many young generals who are talented and have a lot of troops in their hands. The Gu order was passed on to make him a partial general and the prefect of Luling County..."

Luling County?
Prefect?

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

between his words.

If the situation changes in the future, whether it is going south to attack Jiaozhou!Or to attack Changsha to the west, and even go up the river to take Jiangling. The Luling army is hoarding rations, supplies, and ships...the most important thing, the relationship is very important!

"Yes!" How could Sun Quan not know this, but he still showed his joy to Zhou Xun, "There are not many people who can make Gu trust, so I will give orders as Gu ordered, and in addition, let Lu Meng come to Shouchun City , Ling Tong's investigation of this matter is brilliant, let's count him as guilty and meritorious!"

As soon as these words came out, Gu Yong cupped his hands, "Here..."

Gu Yong could feel that the lord still liked Lu Meng more.

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

He could feel that the lord Sun Quan and Lu Meng had a huge similarity in character!
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The hot air balloon has already vacated, hovering over Xiangyang City.

Huang Yueying just felt that the world was spinning, in mid-air, and it was night, the wind was blowing so hard that her eardrums hurt a little, and the not-so-beautiful birthmark on her face felt like a needle prick, with a dull pain.

It took a quarter of an hour for Huang Yueying to get used to the wind.

When she stood up and looked out through the rattan basket, she saw that the flying Xianshan had turned into a square, and he saw Xiangyang City, which was very small... a rectangle.

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

Unless it is a military camp outside the city, because of the bonfire, it is possible to roughly determine the location, number of people, and scale.

As the hot air balloon rose higher and higher, everything behind it, Xianshan, the city, and Hanshui became smaller and smaller. Huang Yueying also felt that it was getting colder and colder, and couldn't help shivering.

It was this chill that brought her back to her senses. She looked at Huang Chengyan in fear, "Father? I...I...Am I in the sky?"

Huang Chengyan looked at his daughter with concern.

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

Of course, Huang Chengyan can also understand.

He has witnessed too many miracles brought by Yunqi, but for the girl, this is the first time to experience it personally, right?

Perhaps, this is... When a person is facing a brand new and unknown field, he can't help being nervous enough to tremble all over, and even feel afraid?
"Yueying, you and Dad are in the sky...but don't be afraid, we will cross the Han River and reach the north bank, and the enemy will not be able to find us!"

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

Except... cold!

It's really cold in the sky.

He did not forget to remind Liu Ye, "Next time, you need to remind me to bring some bedding...",

While operating the hot air balloon, Liu Ye smiled and said, "What Huang Lao said is that the last time we flew at noon, it wasn't so cold... Be sure to pay attention next time."

On the other hand, Zhuge Ke kept holding the rattan basket and looking at the ground. Although it was in the darkness, the feeling of being in the clouds made his pupils widen. Apart from being unbelievable, he was even more horrified by Mr. Yunqi... Ingenious creations and inventions.

This is already the countless times he has expressed emotion...

——"In this life, the most correct move I made was..."

——"It is to walk out of the cage of Soochow Wu to have a glimpse of the vastness under the sky, the vastness of nature!" 』

Because the sky is too cold, the few people don't talk much, and everyone has different thoughts.

Finally, after the adjustment of the kerosene tank, the hot air balloon quickly crossed the Han River and arrived at the north bank.

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

Until this time, Liu Ye was surprised and said: "No, the Han River to the west of Fancheng is so well-fortified, but why is the Han River to the east so loose?"

Through the bonfire on the camp where Cao Jun camped at night, it is possible to roughly judge where Cao Jun camped.

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

These information, which cannot be obtained on the ground, can be easily seen in the sky at a glance.

Zhuge Ke didn't have time to talk, he quickly took out a pen and paper, glanced at the bonfire and tents below, and then hid in the rattan basket to draw a few strokes, as if he came with a mission, he wanted to draw the entire Cao Jun The deployment map of the North Shore!
Huang Chengyan also saw some clues.

"The location of the cluster of bonfires over there does not seem to be in Yancheng..."

Huang Yueying also looked in the direction Huang Chengyan was pointing at, "It is indeed not Yancheng. I used to go there when I was a child, and I am very familiar with it... Even in the air, I can recognize it... There is still a distance from Yancheng. "

"That's...the place where so many Cao troops are stationed, it will be..." Huang Chengyan couldn't help but wondered. He and Huang Yueying had lived here for decades, and they were too familiar with the environment here...

"I see." Huang Chengyan suddenly thought of something, "Those clusters of bonfires and coalition camps were originally the camps of the Guan family army, that is to say, a large number of Cao troops are ambushing here!"

Everyone is watching...

Liu Ye suddenly raised a new question: "When I came here just now, I found that although Xinye City was surrounded by siege, there were not many bonfires, and the camps were pitifully few, and this Yancheng City was also the same... This kind of defense is also very difficult. strangeness!"

"It's not surprising at all." Huang Yueying realized something from the clues, and she opened her eyes wide and explained: "If I hadn't been able to fly in the sky, how would I know... Cao Jun's main ambush is located in the Baili joint camp of the Guan family army, and Not...not Xinye City and Yancheng! At this time, the truth is false, the truth is false...the enemy is using the method of falsehood to confuse us!"

This…

Following Huang Yueying's words, Zhuge Ke exclaimed: "Mother means..."

Huang Yueying pursed her lips, but there seemed to be light in her eyes: "Ke'er wants to record the locations of these bonfires in detail, this may...maybe tomorrow Yunqi...the method that can turn the situation around and save people—— "

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

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

"Little Er serves wine..."

At this time, the sound of trampling footsteps came from behind, with a rapid and heavy tone.

Ling Tong suddenly felt something strange, he hastily pulled out his dagger and swung it towards his back.

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

But the martial arts skills of the visitor were even more extraordinary, he dropped his double halberds, pulled out a short knife from his waist, and blocked Ling Tong's attack again.

I even found a bunch of meteor hammers out of nowhere...

There is still an iron chain wrapped around his waist, as if the iron chain is also his weapon.

only…

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

When he saw the person's face clearly, he let out a cry of surprise.

"why you?"

"I guess you're not dead—" the voice of the visitor was low and heavy.

This person is the famous general of Soochow Wu...

Immediately used swords and spears;
Used short double halberds, short knives, bows and arrows in water battles;
He also used meteor hammers in foot battles and sieges... he can be called a master of Soochow weapons.

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(End of this chapter)