I, Altria, only want to rule China.

After things here were resolved, Leah took the opportunity to march to Chang'an with 10000 troops to see if she could take Chang'an.

Although she did not intend to confront the Northern Wei head-on, it would be a good choice to take Chang'an as a barrier. However, when she arrived here, she found that this place had already been controlled by layers of forces.

Chang'an has been known as a city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack since ancient times, and it is an important city throughout the ages. However, such a place was lost six times after the Tang Dynasty. It is better to change its name to "easy to attack but difficult to defend"!

Of course, this is not the case in fact. The reason why Chang'an was lost after the Tang Dynasty was because Chang'an was vigorously transformed by the Tang Dynasty, which resulted in the city defense line being too long and could not be defended at all. This really cannot be blamed on Chang'an.

Although the enemy can now rely on the walls of Chang'an for defense, and Liya did not bring any siege equipment, she herself is a siege weapon.

For Liya, she must take Chang'an City this time. After taking Chang'an, it will be easier to defend against the Northern Wei Dynasty by relying on the natural barrier of Chang'an.

"My lord, the other side is ready, let's retreat." Seeing the soldiers on the city wall ready for battle, Li Lin sighed.

"Li Lin, do you think we can't take Chang'an?" Liya didn't look at Li Lin, but just looked at the city wall of Chang'an and said.

"Is not it?"

Li Lin took a look at the cavalry they brought with them. There were no siege equipment here, and facing the tall walls of Chang'an, they could only sigh in despair.

"Of course not. I said, if I can open the gate of Chang'an City, are you sure you can take Chang'an?" Liya asked

Although she could fire a light cannon to destroy the city gate, that would consume a lot of her magic power. She was only 15 years old now, and a single light cannon could drain all her magic power. For her own safety, she could only watch.

"If we can destroy the city gate, of course we can." Li Lin said without hesitation.

Now the enemy is like a rat crossing the street, and can only rely on the city walls of Chang'an to build a little confidence. Once the city gate is broken, the enemy's confidence will collapse, and facing their ten thousand cavalrymen who are as fierce as wolves and tigers, they can only flee.

"That's good. The next command will be left to you!" Hearing Li Lin's answer, Leah nodded with satisfaction.

"Does the lord really have a solution?" Li Lin was a little curious when he saw Liya say that.

Leah got off her horse. She first glanced at the position of the enemy general, then in front of the soldiers of both sides, she held the Sword in the Stone with both hands and raised it high.

"What are you doing?" Seeing Leah's sudden action, people on both sides were dumbfounded and had no idea what Leah was going to do.

However, the generals soon reacted. When they saw the sword of the Excalibur that Leah was holding high continuously gathering magic power and golden particles constantly gathering around Leah, they all opened their mouths in surprise.

"What is this? The release of true energy? Or a magic?" At this moment, Leah looked even more sacred.

"What is that!" Pi Baozi looked at the magic power that was constantly gathering on Liya's body. The magic power that was rising into the sky made him terrified. What on earth was this girl?

God? Or monster?

"The golden sword that will surely win——!"

It took only a few seconds before Leah shouted the true name of the treasure, and at the same time a golden torrent flew directly towards the enemy, washing away everything in its path.

"Disperse quickly!" Seeing this scene, Pi Baozi immediately turned around and shouted to the soldiers.

Even if I don't know what this is, it must be very dangerous!

"Bastard!" Pi Baozi cursed angrily and ran away before the light cannon came close to him. The light cannon narrowly passed by him.

The explosion behind him brought Pi Baozi back to his senses. He looked at the place that was originally the city gate. A large piece had been dug out from the middle. The ground was full of melted soil. Dozens of soldiers who were not dead were wailing while covering the completely disappeared part of their bodies!

If he hadn't sensed the danger, Pi Baozi would have thought about the consequences of being hit by the laser cannon. The consequences would have been unimaginable!

I never thought that this girl has reached the legendary Grandmaster level!

Yes, in Pi Baozi's opinion, only a grandmaster can achieve this level. At least Tuoba Tao, an emperor at the grandmaster level, cannot achieve this level.

Above the Xiantian realm is the Grandmaster realm, and above the Grandmaster realm is the legendary Grandmaster realm!

"The city gate is broken, kill!"

"The city gate is broken, kill!"

"The city gate is broken, kill!"

The soldiers came back to their senses from Leah's attack and suddenly shouted loudly in excitement.

Li Lin did not give up this exciting opportunity and took the lead in rushing towards the enemy's city. Now the enemy's city gate has been broken, and their confidence has been doubled because of Leah's attack. It is only a matter of time to capture Chang'an.

Chapter 57: Taking Chang'an

"Hold it, hold it for me!" Seeing the enemy rushing towards the door, Pi Baozi came to his senses and immediately shouted loudly.

There are also 20,000 soldiers in Chang'an. As long as these soldiers are brave enough, they can still hold on.

But these soldiers had already been frightened. They were just ordinary people with a completely different mental quality from the generals. They simply thought that the enemy had the help of gods and they could not win at all.

Pi Baozi could only shoot a few enemy soldiers with his bow and arrows. Seeing that there was no way out, he could only die in the city if he stayed here. With a sigh, he called some generals, opened the city gates, and fled to the north in panic.

Liya also spent some effort to take over the entire important city of Chang'an!

You know, Chang'an and the surrounding areas have a population of more than 50. This time, for Liya, it is a real win!

After taking Chang'an, Liya cut the Gordian knot and immediately took action against the aristocratic families.

The aristocratic families resisted fiercely, and various assassinations occurred one after another, but so what? It was just a matter of killing a lot more people. By the time Leah had killed most of the resisting aristocratic families, the aristocratic families in the entire Chang'an City also became obedient.

There was no way. Leah was too cruel. In just half a month, thousands of people died and tens of thousands were arrested.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Chang'an is not like Xiliang. The aristocratic families in Chang'an are the kind that have been passed down from the Western Han Dynasty to the present. They are the kind that have high expectations but low skills. They simply will not cooperate with Liya even a little bit.

If they were willing to hand over the land, Liya would not have done this. But these families not only refused to hand over the land, but also sent various assassins to assassinate her. It was no wonder that Liya used thunderous means against them.

Now when the noble families in Chang'an talk about Liya, they probably feel the same as when they talk about Dong Zhuo in the Eastern Han Dynasty. They are terrified at the mention of her. In their description, Liya is probably an unforgivable criminal.

Of course, Leah didn't care how these noble families described her. She only knew that in the eyes of the people, she was the kindest ruler who punished those noble families.

Only after Leah left did the aristocratic families in Chang'an breathe a sigh of relief. This female devil was so damn murderous and so cruel to the aristocratic families that she actually killed thousands of people in such a short period of time.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, if they were to cooperate, Leah would not do this. However, the aristocratic families in Chang'an City tried to unite to put pressure on Leah to protest, so it is no wonder that Leah is cruel.

When it comes to land, she will never waver. No matter what means she uses, her rule must be carried out. Otherwise, if she hesitates, the situation will revive.

Although Liya left Chang'an, she still left the army here to prevent the people from these noble families from reviving and wanting to cause trouble. In addition, it was also used to guard against a possible counterattack from the Northern Wei Dynasty.

After returning to Xiliang, Liya rewarded the soldiers for their efforts in this battle. Now it was time for her to think about how to develop her career.

Although Leah wanted to attack the Western Regions immediately, there was no rush and she needed to plan carefully first. At least she needed to know the current situation in the Western Regions from Yu Ming.

Liya first sent people to mine the saltpeter mines that had been discovered in Xiliang, and the iron mines also needed to be explored as soon as possible.

After a few days of intense work, Gongsun Zhi came over.

"My lord, the Kongming lantern you asked me to build some time ago has made some initial progress. We plan to try to take off this afternoon. I wonder if you would like to come and take a look this afternoon."

During this period of time, Gongsun Zhi just had the idea of ​​giving it a try, and he didn't expect that it could actually be realized. He didn't know how his lord came up with such an idea.

You know, the Kongming lantern has been around for hundreds of years, and no one has thought about it in this way. My lord is really a strange person.

"Oh? It can already fly?" When Liya heard Gongsun Zhi coming to report on the hot air balloon, she immediately became interested.

"We have already conducted experiments and found that as long as the Kongming lantern is big enough, it can indeed carry people flying into the sky. However, we have not used people to conduct the experiment yet. This afternoon, we only plan to use the chickens, ducks and sheep that you mentioned before to conduct the experiment." Gongsun Zhi said.

"You did a good job. Whether they are princes or ministers, or common people, their lives are equally precious. If you can't ensure that everything is safe, you shouldn't let others conduct experiments."

Seeing that Gongsun Zhi remembered her words firmly, Liya nodded with satisfaction.

"Even so, we haven't yet mastered the technology to make the Kongming lantern fall freely." Gongsun Zhi felt a little embarrassed when he said this.

"It's okay. I'm really surprised that you have successfully developed a Kongming lantern that can carry people flying during this period of time. It's the afternoon, right? I'll bring some people here." Leah said.

Upon hearing that Liya would come, Gongsun Zhi retreated.

Now that the hot air balloon can take off, all she needs to do is teach them how to use something like a blower to control it. When she has a hot air balloon, she will be able to know the situation in the surrounding area in advance.

Once she knows the enemy's situation, she can respond quickly.

In the afternoon, Leah called some of her trusted subordinates to let them see the power of technology.

When Liya and a group of people arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Works, they saw Gongsun Zhi and a group of people tidying up the gate.

I saw a square woven basket on the ground, and on the basket were tied more than a dozen thick ropes, which were connected to a huge piece of cloth.

"My lord, you are here!" Seeing Liya coming with a group of people, Gongsun Zhi hurried over.

"Is this the Kongming lantern you prepared?"

Leah walked over and took a look, and found that these cloths were all linen, but they were all sewn together with needle and thread. They did not look beautiful at all, but rather horrible.

Compared with the colorful and heavy-looking Kongming lanterns used by Hou Shi, the Kongming lanterns made by Gongsun Zhi and his team were truly beggar versions.

But it's okay as long as it can fly.

"Yes." Gongsun Zhi nodded, unaware of Leah's inner complaints about the hot air balloon.

"What is this rope for?" Leah looked for a while and found that there was a rope tied to a pillar.

"My lord, this is the rope used to control the falling of the Kongming lantern." Gongsun Zhi explained immediately.

"I see." Leah nodded.

Because Gongsun Zhi and his team have not yet mastered the use of the blower, they can only use this rope to pull the hot air balloon down from the sky.

Chapter 58 That Woman is Coming!

The civil and military officials that Liya brought with her also looked at the Kongming lantern curiously, with some doubt in their hearts. Could this thing really take people to the sky?

After checking, Liya felt that there was no problem, so she asked Gongsun Zhi to light the fire.

Gongsun Zhi nodded, first called a few people, picked up a few bamboo poles, picked up the rags, and then asked someone to light the coal in the stove in a bamboo basket.

After the fire was lit, just over ten minutes later, the rags had absorbed enough heat and gradually propped up a huge ball.

Seeing this, Gongsun Zhi ordered people to remove the bamboo poles. Then everyone looked at them in surprise. After losing the bamboo poles, the rags had no support and just floated in the air without any sign of falling.

As the burning heat gradually increased, the bamboo basket below began to shake slightly. Seeing this, Gongsun Zhi quickly had someone put the chickens, ducks, and sheep that had been prepared long ago directly into the basket.

The Kongming lantern that was about to float up stopped again.

"Is this a failure?" The crowd watching thought to themselves when they saw the basket stopped moving.

But after another five minutes, the basket began to move slightly again. Slowly, the basket began to leave the ground and gradually flew into the air with the chickens, ducks and sheep.

"It's flying! It's flying!!!" Everyone who saw this scene shouted in surprise. They all opened their mouths wide, not believing their eyes at all.

Although Leah had talked about such things before, it still felt incredible when it actually happened before her eyes.

You have to know that under normal circumstances only birds can fly in the sky. Now humans can also fly with the help of Kongming lanterns, so the nature of the situation is completely different.

However, the Kongming lantern stopped after rising several dozen meters into the air because a rope was tied to a stone pillar, preventing the Kongming lantern from flying higher.

"Oh my God, what is that?" Although Leah and the others had already learned about the Kongming lantern in advance, the people in Liangzhou didn't know about it.

The huge Kongming lantern floated dozens of meters in the sky in broad daylight, and anyone with eyesight could see it.

"Could it be a kite? Look, that thing seems to be connected by a rope. That seems to be where those officials are, right?" said a citizen, pointing to a rope connected to the hot air balloon.

"That was probably something that our Queen Arthur had made. But such a big kite is really rare." Leah has already become king, so there is nothing wrong with the people calling her queen.

"As long as Her Majesty the Queen is happy, let's just do our own things." The people talked for a while and then went back to the things at hand, only occasionally looking up at the huge hot air balloon in the sky and exclaiming in amazement.

"My lord, although this Kongming lantern can fly into the sky, without this rope, it will fly higher and higher, and in the end no one will know where it will fly to. If this problem cannot be solved..." a minister said to Leah with a fist salute.

"My dear Minister Yan, I know the problem you mentioned, but don't worry. I have already thought of a solution. All that remains is to do more experiments." Leah glanced at Minister Yan. He was able to think of the problem so quickly. His mind was very quick.

"In that case, I was worrying too much." Yan Ming stepped back after hearing that.

"My lord, what is the method you are talking about?" At this time Gongsun Zhi came over and asked directly.

"Mr. Gongsun, the Kongming lantern you set up now is too slow to take off and difficult to operate, so it needs a blower."

"Blower?" Gongsun Zhi fell into deep thought.

"Yes, just like those blacksmiths, they often use this thing to control the size of the flame. Once the firepower on the Kongming lantern is controlled, the Kongming lantern can be raised or lowered at will, and it will not fly around because of the wind." Leah explained.

Unlike airplanes, hot air balloons cannot control their direction and can only float with the wind. However, in the air, the wind direction is different at each altitude. As long as you can control the altitude, you can let the hot air balloon take you to the direction you want.

"So that's how it is. I understand. Thank you, my lord, for clearing up my confusion." After Liya finished speaking, Gongsun Zhi quickly understood the key and said excitedly.

"Well, I will give you some information about Kongming lanterns later. It may not be correct, and you need to experiment on your own. As for the name, change it to hot air balloon. This thing is different from Kongming lanterns."

Leah thought for a moment and said that if she told them some of the knowledge in advance, they wouldn't have to keep figuring it out, which could save a lot of experimental time.

"Okay, my lord." Gongsun Zhi nodded.

After the experiment was over, the hot air balloon flying in the sky was pulled down with a rope. Leah asked them to continue their research and ended the hot air balloon tour.

After returning to the mansion, Leah thought for a while about what she should do now.

Establishing a school? This is indeed a very important matter, but...establishing a school is not an easy thing.