the enlightener says

To deal with this army, these people have made a lot of efforts and attempts. Although most of their efforts ended in failure, there have been one or two big victories. As the situation of "fire in the backyard" became more and more serious, the Tang army eventually withdrew in despair into the territory of Jingwu.

At this time, there was a trembling sound from the building beside him, and there was a rare fear in his usual carefree words: "That is the Shenwu Heavenly Army? General... Are we going to fight them head-on?"

"Why, don't you usually blow your cowhide very loudly?" Gao Changgong continued to smile, and turned his eyes slightly to look at the Taixue student who was his messenger, "Who said before that I wanted to punch Yun?" General Hui, the one who kicked the overlord of Chu? Now that I have seen Tang Jun with my own eyes...why, are you afraid?"

"Where do I have..." The building retorted subconsciously, but seeing the two armies getting closer, he still felt uneasy, "I...I'm just worried about Xiaoqian, can he really calculate the time accurately? Although he rarely makes mistakes in wind direction prediction and other things, I am still worried, after all, this is not in the martial arts arena..."

Gao Changgong didn't think it was wrong at all, probably in his opinion, although these children are still very young, they are already able to shoulder their own responsibilities?He turned his head slowly and saw that Sun Qing was not far from him, with the same indifferent and arrogant expression on his face, as if the majestic Shenwu Heavenly Army in front of him was just a piece of water reflecting sparkling white light.

"I'm afraid if I'm afraid, why bother to say these unnecessary things?" Wang Zhu, who was standing next to Sun Qing, sneered, and said sarcastically, "If you don't dare to go up, take off this armor as soon as possible, so as not to lose our Jingwu people!"

"Fuck you!" The building originally disliked Wang Zhu in Taixuetang, and immediately yelled: "You think I don't know that when you heard that you were going to fight against the Shenwu Heavenly Army, you couldn't even get on your horse. Are you still here?" Pretend to be with me here?"

"Damn! When did I become unlucky? You were so scared that you almost peed your pants, and you still have time to look at me?" Wang Zhu's face suddenly changed, and he even raised the long knife in his hand.

The two armies were about to fight, and the two young generals of the same team started bickering, as if they had forgotten that this was a frontline battlefield filled with bloody smell, thinking that they had returned to the Taixue Hall of Ninghe in their usual days.

Gao Changgong still smiled, instead of stopping, he watched their quarrel with interest.

That's not a bad thing.

He recalled that back then, he and Zhuge Wanling often quarreled and bickered, but that guy was always treacherous and insidious, and if something happened, he would always find a way to get him out first, but in the end, his father always punished him alone.

The so-called gentle scum is exactly like Zhuge... Gao Changgong couldn't help slandering in his heart, and the arc of the corner of his mouth froze at that moment unknowingly, thinking of the person in the deep palace now, he knew that he and Zhuge Wanling might never get back together again. It's not time for the beginning.

On the other side of Gao Changgong, Zhang Mingqi lowered his head, with no fear or arrogance on his face, as if he was just thinking about something seriously, the wind and sand blowing on the border made his face clear and resolute, and the original arrogance like a nobleman was exhausted Faded away, leaving only a heroic figure.

Silently counting a dozen more in his heart, he suddenly looked up at the sky and said loudly: "Stop making noise, look!"

Chapter 524 Flying Lantern

In the blue sky, the clouds are piled up one by one like cotton wool. The soft texture makes people feel inexplicably peaceful, but below the clouds is a fierce battlefield intertwined with gold and iron.

Everyone raised their heads following the direction of Zhang Mingqi's finger, and saw faint sparks flickering between the clouds, getting closer.

"what is that?"

At the same time, Tang Jun also noticed the abnormal situation in the air, and they all exclaimed.

Sparks, of course, are not the stars in the night sky, and it is winter, and it is impossible for fireflies to appear in summer.

At this time, the sun is still hanging high in the sky, continuously releasing its endless awe-inspiring energy.

"Is it... a lamp?" Li Mo raised his head and looked at the sky, hesitantly asking.

A lamp indeed, and more than one.

Countless lamps are as light as flowing clouds, floating and connected together, the yellowish thin paper constitutes their outer shell, and the flame like a chrysanthemum bean flickers slightly in the center of the lamps.

They gradually replaced the flowing clouds and gathered in the wind to form an endless ocean of lights. Although they were not bright in daylight, it was precisely because of this that Tang Jun had not noticed them.

"Flying lights!"

"Why can lights fly!"

"Is this a fairy lantern flying down from the sky..."

When the outlines of these things clearly caught the eyes of every Tang Jun, there were exclamations one after another in the Tang Jun formation.

Although there is a lantern festival every year in the Tang Kingdom, they have never seen a lantern that can float in the air.

I heard that this kind of thing appeared in Jingwu a few years ago. It was invented by their prime minister Zhuge Wanling. Once the army of Jing and Wu was besieged, it was by virtue of this kind of light that the signal was sent out in time, and then reinforcements were ushered in, and the army was able to escape.

But at that time, it was only three or five, and it was released at night, which was not very eye-catching, and the number of flying lanterns here far exceeded hundreds or even thousands. At a glance, Li Mei estimated that there were about tens of thousands. so many!

To make so many lamps, the cost of paper is not a small amount. Although the paper has improved a lot compared to the original production process, and it has gradually entered the homes of some dignitaries, most of the long notes are still in the letter And above the cloth.

What is this Jingwu army trying to do?

"Bow." Xiang Chu said suddenly.

Even though there were Qingzhou Ghost Riders lined up on the opposite side, he still took a longbow from his subordinates without any haste, and as he nocked the arrow, he suddenly exerted force, and he pulled out a full moon!

The bowstring snapped, and a flying lantern floating not far away fell to the ground, and soon a heavy cavalry in black armor got off his horse, ran over a few steps, picked up the flying lantern, and handed it to Xiang Chu.

"General, this is something hanging from the flying lantern. It seems to be made of pottery and has some weight." The subordinate handed over a small bottle with a broken cotton rope on one end.

Xiang Chu nodded and took it, holding the palm-sized pottery bottle, and immediately smelled a pungent smell.

Very familiar taste.

A thunder flashed in his mind, he had already guessed what was in the bottle, and raised his eyebrows: "This is Shizhi!"

As soon as the words came out, the expressions of Li Mo and the several guard generals beside him changed.

They can't make flying lamps, but they all know what stone resin is.

It is recorded in "Natural History": Famous mountains and rivers, the holes face each other, and when the harmonious energy comes out, stone fat and jade paste will be born, and you will not die if you eat it, and dragons, spirits and turtles will walk in the holes.

Of course, to this day, many celebrities and masters have already proved that this thing is born naturally, but it has nothing to do with dragons and tortoises. It is even more nonsense to eat immortality, and medical books clearly point out that this thing can be used as medicine, but it should not be used in large quantities. edible.

Xiang Chu's face was as gloomy as ink, how could he not know that this thing has a distorted name on the battlefield - fierce fire oil.

Compared with the usual grease extracted from animals or plants, the fire will be extremely fierce when this thing burns. Once it is touched, it is almost as impossible to get rid of as tarsus maggots. The dose of a small bottle is enough to burn a large living person into a charred corpse. corpse.

Xiang Chu couldn't help raising his head again, and the flying lanterns all over the sky were getting closer to them, and some even floated above their heads... Could it be that every flying lantern carried this kind of thing?

"Scatter! Scatter!" Li Mo raised the long knife in his hand with his one arm and roared loudly.

If all these flying lanterns fall down, most of the Shenwu Tianjun will be submerged in the sea of ​​flames. Even if their armor is extremely hard and can resist knives and guns, how can they withstand the scorching fire?

But it is a pity that although this is a plain, after the flood of the dry river, the place they are in has become a gourd-like shape, wide on the outside and narrow on the inside, trying to disperse the [-] gods and warriors at once. Army... easier said than done?

With a low voice, Xiang Chu gritted his teeth and issued a military order: "The whole army...throw away the luggage and move forward at the fastest speed! Charge over!"

Obviously, the situation was urgent, and there was no room for Xiang Chu to hesitate any longer.

Although he has led the army for many years, he knows very well that the army is advancing at full speed, there will be large-scale chaos, and the slow-moving Shenwu Tianjun will gradually lose touch with the cavalry formation. Just look at the huge group of flying lanterns all over the sky ...

Get out of here.Perhaps because of the chaotic formation, the Qingzhou Ghost Riders will catch the weak spot and be chased and intercepted by them, but if they can fight a battle, it is better than being trapped in this narrow terrain and being burned to death by fierce fire.

This kind of nonsense strategy, the Jingwu army actually did it. From this point of view, there must be someone in the Jingwu army who understands astronomy and can measure the direction of the wind. The wrong wind direction may cause these flying lights to deviate from the established route.

There are very few people like this. After all, few people dabble in the art of astronomy and divination. Even if they know it, most of them only know the superficiality. But if you want to calculate the wind direction in the next period of time, you will never be able to do it without a deep enough knowledge.

"If only such a person can be used by me..." Xiang Chu sighed with emotion. Although every country has star-gazing officials, those wine bags and rice bags basically only know how to make up some mysterious and mysterious rhetoric, which can be used in the country's ceremonies and astrology divination. When it comes to predicting wind and rain, deducing bad luck and other important matters, I am afraid that they can't do it with a few knives on their necks.

"Distinguish good and bad? Hmph, what is good and bad? Relying on talking nonsense with white teeth, flattering the king in exchange for full food and potbellies all day long. If I can get to that position, I must kill all these people with one blow." Xiang Chu said The voice is neither loud nor small, and he never shy away from these.

But at this time, the flying lantern had already reached the top of the Shenwu Heavenly Army, and everyone opened their eyes wide in horror, and no one noticed Xiang Chu's muttering to himself.

As clusters of flames gradually rose, the flying lanterns seemed to have their own lives, understood their life goals, began to sacrifice themselves to the flames, and at the same time... began to fall.

Obviously, these flying lights have already set such a moment from the time they were built to the beginning of take-off. As for how to make these flying lights fall at the right time, I am afraid that few people in the entire battlefield care.

Because just when the first flying lantern started to land, there was a bang in the formation of the Shenwu Heavenly Army!

It was obviously just a pottery bottle filled with fierce fire oil, but it exploded suddenly at the moment it hit the ground, and the fiery red flame spread suddenly among the crowd. Several Shenwu Tianjun were immediately surrounded by the flames. Putting on a cloak woven of flames!

And that's just the first one.

When the flying lanterns in the sky began to perform "self-immolation" one by one and fell, those pottery bottles fell to the ground one after another, and red lotuses bloomed on the ground, and the red petals entangled the legs and feet of Shenwu Tianjun like a soul. , shoulders, the tens of thousands of troops under Xiang Chu's command became a mess.

No matter how hard the armor of the Shenwu Tianjun is, there are still many gaps. When they face the feather arrows, they may be dismissive, but they are helpless in the face of these raging and pervasive flames.

Because of the burning pain and the fear of death, many of the Shenwu Tianjun who were on fire ran wildly, and at the same time let out screams that were hardly like human beings.

The flying lanterns in the sky are still falling, and I don't know how many pottery bottles fell into the army formation of Shenwu Tianjun. Because the place is narrow and crowded, Shenwu Tianjun doesn't have much space to hide, so they can only watch helplessly. As each pottery bottle fell, a sea of ​​flames suddenly appeared before their eyes...

Chapter 525 Fire Thunder

I don't know what Jing Wujun did on the fierce fire oil, but when the flying lantern really exploded, it was so powerful that it could directly penetrate the armor of the Shenwu Heavenly Army, shaking the soldiers until their ribs were broken, and then spit it out from their mouths... It is a dark black internal organ fragment.

The only thing that seemed out of place in the chaos was a simple carriage in the rear army formation. Although the violent explosion shocked the several horses pulling the cart, they wanted to run wildly, but for some reason, the next moment the horses pulled away. There was a slight golden light in his eyes, which quickly subsided, and he even turned a deaf ear to everything outside, as if he had turned into a few statues.

The curtain of the carriage lifted a corner, and the slender fingers like white jade spread out softly...

Afterwards, every time the pottery bottle fell to the top of the carriage about a foot away, it would be bounced off by an invisible barrier strangely. Those fires were still bright and bright red, but they could only be like brilliantly blooming fireworks. Wrapped around the carriage.

"Go to the river! Go to the river!" An officer in the Shenwu Tianjun screamed in a panic amidst the explosion, and some soldiers who were also in a panic seemed to grab some life-saving straw and responded to each other, wave after wave ran to the turbulent dry river.

Water, water can extinguish fires, this is the eternal law of heaven and earth.

Unaccustomed to it, Li Mo used his long knife to throw off several pottery bottles rushing towards him. Seeing them bursting into strange flames on the ground, he frowned, and hurriedly shouted: "You can't go to the river! Fire cannot be quenched by water!"

He gritted his teeth, looked at the officer in front of him who was about to jump into the dry river, suddenly raised the long knife in his hand, and threw it over.

The long knife turned into a cold light and flew to the officer's back in an instant.

The armor of the Shenwu Heavenly Army was tightly wrapped, but in order to reduce their own weight and make it easier to run, many sergeants took off their armor while running, and the long knife pierced through the officer's chest with the strong blood of Li Mo's little master .

Li Mei grabbed the reins tightly and shouted again: "We have no way out! Only by rushing out of this sea of ​​flames can we survive!"

The moment he yelled these words, Xiang Chu had already taken the lead, leaving only his back.

With the sound of rumbling horseshoes, the heavy armored cavalry rushed forward like a group of tigers chasing their prey.There were still sporadic pottery bottles falling along the way, and the sound of the explosion and the impact of the explosion made the horses go crazy, but because the cavalry was skilled in equestrianism and moved fast, they quickly left the core explosion area, and the casualties were also high. Far lower than the Shenwu Heavenly Army.

Seeing the cavalry get out of trouble, the Shenwu Heavenly Army of course refused to lag behind. Some soldiers even threw away their shields directly. Tens of thousands of people were running, but only the word "worry" was left in the scene of fleeing.

Looking at the sky, the sky is full of lights.

The Qingzhou Ghost Rider in the front row saw the Tang army's formation gradually collapsed, and the building was slightly startled: "This thing is so powerful... However, that guy Xiaoqian is really powerful, and the wind direction can be calculated accurately."

Zhang Mingqi nodded, feeling a little admiration in his heart.When he was in the Imperial Academy, he especially looked down on the fat man with a broken mouth among the poor students. Moon and astrology forecast the weather for the next few days, know how to use terrain and other means to hide the whereabouts of the army, and even now he can accurately measure the wind direction...

However, he was still a little puzzled and said, "General, if this is the case, why don't we charge with all our strength and intercept Tang Jun within the range of the flying lanterns before they rush out?"

Gao Changgong saw Xiang Chu rushing out of the flying lantern area with a black cavalry, smiled and shook his head and said, "How can it be so simple? You only saw the continuous flying lanterns, which seemed to be enough to burn Tang Jun to death... ...But in fact, except for the pottery vases hanging in the first batch of flying lanterns, the latter ones are just bluffing."

"A bluff?" Zhang Mingqi was taken aback for a moment, and his eyes widened.

Gao Changgong shrugged and explained: "We narrowly won the battle with the Tang army, but the disparity in strength between the two armies is still obvious. After that battle, we have been researching ways to deal with the Shenwu Tianjun and Xuanjia heavy cavalry. These fire thunders are these The result of years of research, the pottery bottle is filled with fire oil mixed with a variety of minerals, once it bursts, it is powerful enough to penetrate iron armor, and the flames produced are difficult to extinguish."

"It's just..." He turned to sigh regretfully: "Such a good thing is not only difficult to prepare, but also has limited actual combat effects. Although there are many fire mines falling from the sky, at least [-]% of them failed to explode. Winning the Shenwu Heavenly Army and the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry with this kind of cleverness is tantamount to nonsense."

"Then what is the purpose of going through so much trouble?" Zhang Mingqi frowned and said, "Thousands of flying lights and light materials cost a lot of money...not to mention those hard-to-refine fire mines."

After many ups and downs, Zhang Mingqi is no longer the young master of the wealthy Zhang family. After that, for many long nights, when he was tossing and turning on the hard and cold wooden bed, he began to reflect on his previous extravagance and arrogance.

At that time, a piece of gold and silver that he casually rewarded in Huafang Hualou could be used by ordinary people for several years, and those dross that in his eyes were only suitable for feeding pigs could become the only ones for those victims who destroyed embankments and flooded fields. Hope to live.

While Zhang Mingqi was in a trance, Sun Qing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly sneered and said, "What is money? If you can use money to buy a victory, even if it is ten thousand gold, so what? But if you lose, how can you save the money? Come to buy paper money and give it to yourself?"

Sun Qing has always spoken with barbs, coupled with a cold aloofness, it is completely unfavorable to people.

The building was very angry, and argued: "You can buy a victory with ten thousand dollars? According to your squandering method, all the money is used to fight the war. How can ordinary people live?"

"The front line is defeated, the land has been invaded by other countries, and the people still have no way to survive. At that time, we will only be the sinners of Jingwu."

Gao Changgong sighed, and said: "You don't have to argue about this kind of thing, the Shenwu Heavenly Army is the world's number one heavy armored infantry, and they have Xiang Chu as their general, it's a waste of energy for us to push them to this point ... In a head-to-head confrontation, it is difficult for the Qingzhou Ghost Rider to get a bargain. If you want to win, you will naturally have to use some sideways methods. As for the expenses, that is the business of the sick man in the palace. Take it back intact, it’s almost Chinese New Year... It’s enough to go home safely and have a hot meal.”

Originally, Gao Changgong's last sentence could arouse some people's homesickness, but those who heard the first half of his sentence could not help but smile bitterly in their hearts.

The general really dared to say that he dared to call Prime Minister Zhuge a "sick child" in public... If this spread to the ears of the little king, he would definitely be punished for a serious crime of disrespect if he cared about his relatives and family members.However, Gao Changgong should be an exception.

Since ancient times, it has been common for generals to be inconsistent, but they were born in the Jingwu Chaotang, and the relationship between the two generals is as close as one, and Gao Changgong and Zhuge Wanling are both in their thirties, but they are both unmarried.

Gao Changgong felt the eyes of the people around him change, but he had no way of knowing what they were thinking. He could only frowned suspiciously, turned towards Zhang Mingqi, and asked, "What's the matter, haven't you figured it out yet?"

Zhang Mingqi was a little surprised that Gao Changgong would pay so much attention to him, but he quickly adjusted his mind and said thoughtfully: "Qingzhou Ghost Riders are all light cavalry, not sharp enough, and the Shenwu Heavenly Army is good at defending, if they really let them form an formation Fending off the enemy, and supplemented by a frontal assault by Xuanjia heavy cavalry, we may not be able to win. The general asked Zhao Qian to release the flying lantern and let the fire and thunder explode among them first. In this way, they naturally dare not continue to stand still Formation."

Gao Changgong nodded, looked at Zhang Mingqi with relief, and said, "I've made some progress. It seems that these days of guarding the border have not been in vain."

Zhang Mingqi felt happy for a while, but when he met Gao Changgong's admiring gaze, he was inexplicably terrified, and immediately lowered his head and whispered: "Thank... Thank you, General, for your compliment."

Gao Changgong knew that there was always a hurdle in Zhang Mingqi's heart that he couldn't overcome, so he could only smile helplessly, but he didn't feel impatient. Young people, with a bright future, won't be as obsessive as old people like them.

But then he scolded himself in a self-deprecating manner, thinking when did he become so old-fashioned?One must know that he is not yet forty this year, and according to his strong energy and blood cultivation, it is normal for him to live to 150 years old.

He looked back at those slightly immature faces, still feeling melancholy.

He really can't go back to those youths and those good times.

Chapter 526

Back then, he traveled around the world on horseback, frivolous and unrestrained, with no country or family on him, nothing to worry about, all he had was the breeze blowing in his ears and a pot of wine in his waist.

From Jicheng, the capital of the Mohist kingdom in the east, to the Nether Land in the west, cross the Great Wall to the north and set foot on the Arctic Ice Field, and go south to the Dome Sea to see the ebb and flow of the tide.His eyes looked all over the world, and he subdued a fire dragon horse outside the Great Wall as his mount...

And it was there that he met the girl who was disguised as a man.

At that time, Jingwu hadn't been established, and he was still not the general of Jingwu with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and Mulan was far less famous than she is today, but in his eyes, she was just a stubborn and unwilling to admit defeat from the beginning to the end. It's just a girl.