Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 642 Chapter 660: Night Attack on the Royal Court

Qin Huaiyu frowned slightly when he heard the words, and said, "Director Fan, why are you so risky? Even if you fail to conquer the west, His Majesty will not blame you. Why must you do this... leave no room for it?"

"Yes." Cheng Chuliang also said, "As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about firewood. Now that we have lost all our food and grass, why don't we go back to Xinyuan City first, and save some of the remaining food, which should be able to last us a long time. When we arrive at Xinyuan, we will report to the emperor and ask for the Holy Judgment, maybe the emperor will send us reinforcements."

Fatty Yuchi Baolin said in a low voice: "I'm not afraid of death, but I don't think it's good to bet the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers like this."

After hearing what they said, Fan Lihua stood up slowly, walked around the military case and paced back and forth on the carpet in the middle of the tooth tent, and said as she walked: "March and fight, there is no certainty. Wang Ting, it can be said that it was due to luck, because Ashina Helu underestimated the enemy and was not good at employing people. Now he reuses Yang Fan. Yang Fan, you have seen it before. Gan She is a very powerful person. If we retreat now, we will give the Western Turks a chance to breathe. If we want to fight back in the future, I am afraid that it will be extremely difficult. The so-called opportunity will never come again. I missed this time Chances are, if you want to conquer the west next time, even if you lose several times your troops, it will be difficult to reach the royal court."

Everyone was silent when they heard the words. They are also the commanders of the first army. Naturally, they know that what Fan Lihua said is very reasonable. The best opportunity to fight is fleeting. Now Fan Lihua has made all the preparations. If she gives up now, it will be a failure. .

Fan Lihua said again: "Liu Bang was able to defeat Xiang Yu, and it is very important to fight against the wall. This is a classic example of the weak defeating the strong. Humans always like to leave a back road for themselves, but because they have a back road, they will not be able to move forward on the way forward." He will use all his strength, if he cuts off his back, then all he can do is to go forward bravely, even if there are gods and Buddhas blocking the way in front of him, the gods will block and kill the gods, and the Buddhas will block and kill the Buddhas. Our retreat is a desperate gamble, a gamble of life, do you dare to bet?"

Her words aroused the blood in the hearts of everyone present, and Yuchi Baolin was the first to shout: "I dare, I bet my life on a gamble, the chief executive is not afraid of death in his youth, what am I afraid of!"

Qin Huaiyu looked at Fan Lihua, who was younger than himself, and his admiration couldn't be further increased. No wonder Fan Lihua was able to lead the army to fight at a young age, and she won many battles. Such a handsome talent is rare in the world, and she really is the most amazing woman in the world , So he got up and solemnly clasped his fists and said: "Qin Huaiyu is willing to follow the chief executive to die!"

Cheng Chuliang: "Me too, I followed the chief executive to my death!"

"I am also willing to follow the chief executive to die!"

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All the marching chiefs supported Fan Lihua's plan, and Fan Lihua was very satisfied, and clasped her fist at them: "Thank you for your support, everyone will go back later and spread the news of the loss of food and grass to the troops, and tell them that they have only two ways right now. You can go, or starve to death, or capture the royal court."

"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison.

As the night deepened, the dark clouds became thicker, and countless Kongming lanterns rose in Tang Jun's camp. At this moment, three hundred hot air balloons were suspended there, two feet above the ground, tied to wooden stakes on the ground by ropes.

The hanging basket of the hot air balloon is made of bamboo, which is very strong. The hanging basket is square and two meters long. In the middle of the hanging basket, there is a large brazier with a diameter of two feet. There are a few pieces of spare firewood and water beside it. Now there are six people standing in each hot air balloon basket. The flames in the brazier have already been ignited, but there is a piece of wood tied to the ground by a rope under the basket. On the pile, so the hot air balloon did not fly away for the time being.

Seeing that the Kongming lanterns had started to drift westward for hundreds of feet with the wind, Lu Qing immediately shouted: "Cut the rope!"

The soldiers standing on the ground waved their knives and cut the ropes. The hot air balloons immediately began to rise, and they flew westward under the blowing of the night wind.

The surrounding basket of the hot air balloon was also covered with white cloth, which looked almost like a Kongming lantern when viewed from below. This was the purpose of Fan Lihua's order to release the Kongming lantern.

Watching countless Kongming lanterns and hot air balloons flying away slowly, Fan Lihua raised her head to feel the night wind, and murmured: "Tonight the night is just right, the wind is just right, God help me."

At this time, Fan Shui asked beside her: "Chief Manager, have you started to act?"

Fan Lihua nodded and said: "Well, pass on my military order to move the army to the north, this time the target is the North Gate of Wangting."

The volume of the hot air balloon is large, and the thrust of the wind is also greater, and the flying speed is slightly faster than the Kongming Lantern. When it was three miles away from the Wangting, the hot air balloon gradually caught up with the Kongming Lantern. The sky is full of bright spots, just like stars. The sentry post in the Western Turkic Royal Court looked at the countless bright spots floating in the sky, and someone smacked his lips and said, "Tang Jun is really stupid. He puts up these flying lights every day. Do you think they can harass us by setting them up? General Yang has already seen through their tricks." It's a trick."

Another city sentry said: "They like to do it, so let them do it. Anyway, it won't affect us. General Yang has received the news that the grain and grass of the Tang Army's grain and grass team were all burned by the dead soldiers sent by General Yang. Tang Jun can't last much longer."

"Hey, when this battle is over and I receive the reward, I must buy a few female slaves to play for three days and three nights. These days, I will be suffocated to death."

"You just blow it, three days and three nights? I'll squeeze you dry in one day, and three days and three nights!"

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Xue Yinglong saw that Wang Ting was in front of him, and immediately poured some water into the brazier. The fire was reduced by half, and his hot air balloon sank slowly, and the other hot air balloons around him also sank, probably with him. performed the same operation.

But splashing water is also very particular. If there is too much water, the fire will sink too quickly if it is too small, and it will sink too slowly. The rope they prepared is only fifteen feet long, so they must Make sure the height is just right, otherwise, if it is too low, the hot air balloon will fall into the city and will be exposed; if it is too high, people will not be able to land, which is the biggest difficulty in hot air balloon raids.

Before leaving, Fan Lihua explained that the fire must not be too small, and a hot air balloon is not allowed to fall into the city, otherwise the plan is very likely to fail.

Just because everyone kept this point in mind, they didn't dare to pour too much water. Some hot air balloons sank very slowly, and they almost reached the royal court, which was still fifty or sixty feet high. People definitely can't get off the rope.

Xue Yinglong's hot air balloon is at the front, and it is very well controlled. It is less than a mile away from the Wangting. His hot air balloon is only [-] feet above the ground. If he flies forward for a while, it should reach [-] feet. high.

"Splash ink!" Xue Yinglong whispered, and the ink prepared by the others in the hanging basket was poured on the white cloth around the hanging basket. Now, all the white cloth turned black. Looking from below, their light is very bright. Dim, even if it is close to the ground, it will not be noticed.

Xue Yinglong secretly picked up some cloth, looked down, and said in a low voice: "We are already above the east wall, and we can fly 150 feet further, and then we can put the rope down."

"General, the other people's height seems to be not very good." Someone said in a low voice.

Xue Yinglong picked up the cloth in another direction, looked around, and saw that many hot air balloons behind were at a high altitude, and there were only a little over 100 that could meet the requirements. More than 100 hot air balloons added up to 900 people.

Xue Yinglong frowned and sighed: "I can't control that much anymore. After all, it's the first time for everyone to control, so it's difficult to do it so accurately. Now it's on the line, so I have to do it." After he finished speaking, he continued to observe below.

After a while, Xue Yinglong whispered: "Let go of the rope!"

The two ropes were hanging down, just enough to touch the roof of the city, Xue Yinglong said: "You go down first, I will add fire." He added two pieces of firewood to the brazier, opened the water bag he carried with him, and poured a bottle of water into it. A little bit of oil, and the flames immediately ignited.

Because they must ensure that all hot air balloons cannot land in the city, Lu Qing told them that before leaving the hot air balloon, they must add two pieces of firewood and pour a little oil into the hot air balloon. Naturally, it will rise and fly away, enough to fly over the royal court.

When Xue Yinglong finished pouring the kerosene, four people had already gone down the rope, and another person was ready to go down. Xue Yinglong hurriedly opened the door of the hanging basket, grabbed another rope, and slid down the rope until the end of the rope. Grasping the rope with both hands, he found that the hot air balloon had already started to rise. His feet were a foot high from the roof. If he fell like this, he might smash the roof. Xue Yinglong didn't let go. After a while, he slid across the street and saw There was no one around, Xue Yinglong let go, and fell on the street. He was nearly two feet high from the street, which was equivalent to jumping from a three-story building. After he landed, he rolled forward and felt the muscles in his feet. It was almost cracked, and the pain was so painful, but he endured the severe pain, used both hands, climbed into the dark corner of the wall, and kept massaging his legs. After a while, he felt that his legs were getting better. It's okay, now he's starting to worry about his other comrades in arms, since he's in such a mess, the others must be having a hard time too.

After a while, Xue Yinglong got up and walked north. Along the way, he could vaguely see hot air balloons flying overhead. The Western Turkic Army could not tell the difference between hot air balloons and Kongming lanterns, but he could tell them apart because he knew , the ones flying low now are basically hot air balloons, and the lowest Kongming Lantern at the moment is estimated to be more than 60 feet high.

The guards of the Western Turks also noticed that the lights flew a little low this time, but the lights quickly flew to a higher place, so they didn't care, thinking it was caused by the wind direction, how could they know? , Unknowingly, more than 800 Tang troops have entered Wangting City. Although their landing points are a bit scattered, everyone is sneaking north. Before long, they will gather in one place, a strong castle, to be destroyed from within.

(End of this chapter)