Lu Qing is just a craftsman, naturally he doesn't know things in the art of war, what Fan Lihua said, "Fiction is real, reality is fiction", he doesn't understand it even more, Fan Lihua doesn't expect him to understand, she just needs Lu Qing to do everything according to his own requirements.

After Lu Qing left, Fan Lihua stood alone in the tooth tent, and whispered in her mouth: "Today, June 27, tomorrow 28, tomorrow 29, day after tomorrow, day after tomorrow 30, I have been in the Western Turks for 30 years, and the number of times it rains on June 30 is no more than eight times, this time...... It's up to God to help me. ”

After Lu Qing left, he led people to start putting Kong Ming lanterns, and there were five hundred Kong Ming lanterns floating out of the Tang army camp, rising into the air, and the Tang army in the camp was amazed, because it was so beautiful, they had never seen such a wonderful picture when they lived so big, the lanterns could actually fly in the sky, and there were so many lanterns, like stars in the sky, and they were still very big.

Since it was summer, the east wind was slow, blowing the Kong Ming lantern to the west slowly, Lu Qing calculated the direction in advance, and most of these Kong Ming lanterns floated to the royal court.

There were so many Kong Ming lanterns in the sky, and the Western Turkic city guards naturally discovered it, thinking that it was a night attack by the Tang army, they were all taken aback, and hurriedly blew the horn, and some people went to quickly inform Yang Fan, and there was a chaos in the royal court.

After Yang Fan received the news, he put on his armor and quickly came to the city, at this moment the Kong Ming lantern was still more than four miles away from the royal court, some of the Kong Ming lantern flew higher, and some were lower, only one or twenty zhang higher than the city.

After Yang Fan glanced at it, he immediately frowned and said, "Is it Kong Ming Lantern?" ”

He is still very knowledgeable, and knows that these are Kong Ming lanterns, unlike those soldiers of the Western Turks, some people actually say that it is a ghost fire, and they scare themselves.

Yang Fan immediately sent the whole army to guard against fraud, and the more than 20,000 troops in the city were ready to fight, and they were all nervous to death.

Tens of thousands of pairs of eyes just watched the Kong Ming lantern slowly float in, reached the sky above the royal court, and then drifted westward, for a full hour, all the Kong Ming lanterns were all gone, and no abnormal movement was found, the Western Turkic army was a little confused, what kind of trouble was the Tang army going to make?

Yang Fan was also puzzled, why did the Tang army suddenly release so many Kong Ming lanterns, in his impression, the only role of Kong Ming lanterns is to convey signals at night, which is not enough to achieve the role of attacking and besieging cities, who is Tang Jun going to convey signals to?

Yang Fan can't understand it, and others can't understand it, tonight the royal court city is very lively, and the Ashina Helu in the palace are all alarmed, Ashina Helu originally slept badly because of anxiety during this time, and he was woken up not long after he fell asleep, and he heard that the Tang army had released hundreds of flying ghost fires, and after passing over the royal court, he was very worried, and immediately ordered Yang Fan to come to the palace to see him, and he wanted to find out in person.

After Yang Fan received the summons of Ashina Helu, he entered the palace overnight to see Ashina Helu, and now Yang Fan is in charge of all the military power of the royal court, very majestic, it can be said that the life and death of the Western Turks are now tied to him alone.

After seeing Ashina Helu, Yang Fan saluted: "Yang Fan pays a visit to Shabaluo Khan!" ”

"Excuse me!" Ashina Helu waved his hand irritably, and asked anxiously, "Yang Fan, I heard that the Tang army released a lot of flying ghost fires, and after passing over the royal court, I also went out to see it, it's very scary, what the hell is going on?" ”

"Back to Khan." Yang Fan said calmly, "Khan don't worry, it's just a Kong Ming lantern." ”

"Kong Ming lantern? What's that? ”

Yang Fan explained: "Kong Ming lantern is a lamp created by a person named Zhuge Liang in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, after being lit, it can fly into the air and float with the wind, because Zhuge Liang is Kong Ming, so later generations call it Kong Ming lantern, this lamp is not rare in the Tang Dynasty, but this time the Tang army put the Kong Ming lantern, a little big, but also a little much." ”

"Oh? Flying lights? Ashina Helu had never heard of such a miraculous thing, and frowned and asked, "Then what is the use of this lamp?" ”

Yang Fan said: "Back to Khan, Zhuge Liang originally created this lamp to facilitate the army to convey information at night, a large Kong Ming lantern flew into the air, and it could be seen more than 20 miles away, and it was very convenient to convey information at night." ”

"Deliver a message?" Ashina Helu was stunned when he heard this, and asked in surprise, "Who is Tang Jun going to convey a message to?" Could it be that they still have reinforcements? ”

"Khan is overwhelmed." Yang Fan said confidently, "It is impossible for the Tang army to have reinforcements, this expedition to the west is a big burden for the Tang army, the march is heavy, and the grain and grass of the army are a very heavy burden for them, the reason why Li Shimin only sent 60,000 troops to attack our Western Turks is to reduce consumption, and they will not have reinforcements." ”

"Then this Kong Ming lantern ......" Ashina Helu was still very worried.

Yang Fan's eyes rolled, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, so he said it, and said slowly: "Khan, maybe this is the Tang army's strategy to disturb the army, tonight's trouble, all the horses in my city will not rest in peace, tomorrow will be difficult, if the last general expects it to be good, tomorrow night, the Tang army will also put Kong Ming lanterns." ”

"Oh?" Ashina Helu asked suspiciously, "Is this true?" ”

Yang Fan saluted and said: "Khan, this is just the guess of the last general, if the Tang army releases the Kong Ming lantern again tomorrow, it will verify the guess of the last general." ”

"Okay." Ashina Helu finally stopped being entangled, and advised, "Well, you have to be careful tomorrow night, before verifying your guess, don't be careless, once it is proved that the purpose of the Tang army is to harass, immediately let the soldiers have a good rest, don't let the army be tired, so that the Tang army has a chance!" ”

"Yes, the Admiral understands!"

The next day, on the night of June 28, the Tang army really put another 500 Kong Ming lanterns, Yang Fan and the army stood at the head of the city to watch, and when all the Kong Ming lanterns had floated from the royal court, he immediately ordered that the army take turns to rest, and the rest of the guards are strictly guarded.

On the third day, June 29, the sky was full of dark clouds, as if there was going to be rain, it was originally the end of the month, the moonlight was dim, and now there were dark clouds, and the whole night sky was pitch black, and if there was no light, it was almost impossible to reach out and lose sight.

Fan Lihua walked outside the tent and looked at the night sky, frowned, and said slowly: "It may rain tomorrow, plan ahead, and spread Xue Yinglong and Lu Qing to see me!" ”

Soon, Xue Yinglong and Lu Qing came, and Fan Lihua asked Lu Qing: "Mr. Lu, how much have you made in the hot air balloon?" ”

Lu Qingdao: "Back to the general manager, the three hundredth ones were just prepared in the evening, and I am ready to report to you early tomorrow morning." ”

"Yay!" Fan Lihua was overjoyed and said, "We are going to raid the royal court tonight, Xue Yinglong, you immediately return to the camp to select 1,800 elite warriors to serve as the vanguard, and they will fly to the sky above the royal court in a hot air balloon, and go down to the rope to enter the royal court, their operational task is to open the north gate of the royal court, because the southeast two gates of the royal court have been sealed, only the north gate and the west gate have not been sealed, after the matter is completed, the arrow will be sounded!" ”

"Yes!" Xue Yinglong was excited to hear this, he had seen the hot air balloon test, and that big thing could really fly.

Fan Lihua then said: "Lu Qing, you will negotiate with Xue Yinglong later, and quickly teach all the warriors selected by Xue Yinglong all the operations of the hot air balloon, remember, you must be fast, we don't have much time, if it rains tomorrow, we will have no chance." ”

"Yes!" Lu Qing also shouted his order.

Fan Lihua advised: "At the same time as the hot air balloon, put three hundred lanterns, so that it can be difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and it is difficult to predict the truth and reality. ”

"Humble duty is not dishonored!" The two of them clasped their fists in unison.

Fan Lihua waved her hand and said, "Okay, you guys hurry up and prepare, Fan Shui, let the marching chiefs come to see me in the tent!" ”

"Yes!" Fan Shui fart went to give the order.

Xue Yinglong and Lu Qing both left, and it didn't take long for the marching managers from all walks of life to come to Fan Lihua's tooth tent, Fan Lihua asked them to sit down, and then said with a deep face: "Tell you a good news, a bad news, the good news is that the general manager of this university is going to attack the royal court at night tonight, the plan is very simple, Xue Yinglong will take 1,800 people to fly into the royal court in a hot air balloon, seize the north gate of the royal court, and then join us inside and outside to capture the royal court." ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, this method is indeed feasible, although it is a bit risky, but just like gambling, the bigger the bet, the more you win, once the bet wins, then Zhengxi is a complete victory.

Fan Lihua then said: "The bad news is that our grain and grass are only enough for two days, if this night attack fails, we may suffer a catastrophe, and the chief of this university, everyone here and all the soldiers will be buried in Sanmi Mountain." ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this