Hearing this, Qin Huaiyu frowned slightly and said, "Chief Manager Fan, why are you so risky, even if the expedition to the west fails, Your Majesty will not blame you heavily, why do you have to do this...... Leave no room for error? ”

"yes." Cheng Chuliang also said, "As the saying goes, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, now we have lost all the food and grass, it is better to return to Xinyuan City first, and save some food for the rest of the food, we should be able to hold out to Xinyuan, and then report to the emperor and ask for a holy cut, maybe the emperor will send us reinforcements." ”

The fat lieutenant Chi Baolin said angrily: "I'm not afraid of death, but I think it's not good to gamble with the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers like this." ”

After listening to their words, Fan Lihua slowly stood up, paced back and forth on the carpet in the middle of the tent around the military case, and said as she walked: "Marching and fighting, how can there be anything to be sure of, this time we can come to the royal court, it can be said that it is luck, Guy Ashina Helu carelessly underestimated the enemy, and did not use people well, and now he reuses Yang Fan, Yang Fan, this person, you have also seen, this person is good at using soldiers, strategic, and dare to give up, is a very powerful character, if we retreat now, it will give the Western Turks a chance to breathe, If you want to fight back in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult and difficult, and the so-called opportunity will not come again, and if you miss this opportunity, the next time you want to conquer the west, it will be difficult to hit the royal court if you lose several times the number of troops. ”

Everyone was silent when they heard what they said, they were also the main generals of the first army, so they naturally knew that Fan Lihua was very reasonable, the best fighter was fleeting, and now Fan Lihua had made all the preparations, if she gave up now, then it would be a failure.

Fan Lihua said: "Liu Bang can win Xiang Yu, the battle against the water is particularly important, this is a classic example of the weak defeating the strong, people, always like to leave a back road for themselves, but also because there is a back road, on the way forward will not use all his strength, if he cuts off his own back road, then what he can do is to move forward bravely, even if the front is God and Buddha blocking the way, it is also God blocking and killing God, Buddha blocking and killing Buddha, this time, the general manager of this university is going to cut off our back road, desperate, bet on your life, you dare to bet? ”

Her words aroused the enthusiasm in the hearts of everyone present, and Yu Chi Baolin took the lead in shouting: "I dare, I bet on my life, the chief manager 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 was incomprehensible, no wonder Fan Lihua was able to lead the army to fight at a young age, and won many battles, such a handsome talent is rare in the world, and she can really be the first strange woman in the world, so he got up and solemnly hugged his fists and said: "Qin Huaiyu is willing to follow the chief manager to death!" ”

Cheng Chuliang: "Me too, I follow the chief manager to death!" ”

"I am willing to follow the chief steward to my death!"

……

All the marching commanders supported Fan Lihua's plan, Fan Lihua was very satisfied, and hugged her fist at them: "Thank you for your great support, and later everyone will go back and spread the news of the loss of food and grass to the army, and tell them that at the moment they only have two ways to go, either starve to death or capture the royal court." ”

"Yes!" The crowd responded in unison.

As the night deepened, the dark clouds became thicker and thicker, and countless Kong Ming lanterns rose in the camp of the Tang army, and three hundred hot air balloons were tied to a wooden stake on the ground by ropes at this moment, suspended there, two feet above the ground.

The hanging basket of the hot air balloon is made of bamboo, very strong, the hanging basket is square, the side is two meters long, very large, in the middle of the hanging basket, there is a large brazier with a diameter of two feet, the brazier is placed with thick firewood, and oil is poured on it, there are several spare firewood and water next to it, now there are six people standing in the hanging basket of each hot air balloon, the flame in the brazier has been ignited, but there is a rope tied to the wooden stake on the ground under the hanging basket, so the hot air balloon did not fly away for the time being.

Lu Qing looked at those Kong Ming lanterns that had begun to drift more than a hundred zhang away to the west with the wind, and immediately shouted: "Cut the rope!" ”

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

The hanging basket of the hot air balloon is also covered with a white cloth all around, and when viewed from below, it is almost the same as the Kong Ming lantern, which is the purpose of Fan Lihua's order to put the Kong Ming lantern, which is difficult to distinguish between the real and the false, and the real and the virtual are unpredictable.

Looking at the countless Kong Ming lanterns and hot air balloons slowly flying away, Fan Lihua raised her head to feel the night breeze and murmured: "The night is just right tonight, the wind is just right, God help me." ”

Fan Shui asked beside her at this time, "Boss, have you started to act?" ”

Fan Lihua nodded and said, "Well, pass on my military order, the army will move north, and the target this time is the north gate of the royal court." ”

The volume of the hot air balloon is large, all the thrust by the wind is also larger, the flight speed is slightly faster than the Kong Ming lantern, when there are still three miles away from the royal court, the hot air balloon gradually catches up with the Kong Ming lantern, the sky is full of bright spots, like stars, the sentry 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, put these flying lamps every day, think that these lights can harass us, General Yang has long seen through their tricks." ”

Another sentry at the head of the city said: "They like to do it, let them do it, anyway, it has no effect on us, General Yang has already received the news, the grain and grass of the Tang Army's grain and grass team was burned by the dead soldiers sent by General Yang, and the Tang Army can't hold out for long." ”

"Hey, when this battle is over, Lao Tzu has received a reward, I must buy a few female slaves to play for three days and three nights, I can suffocate Lao Tzu these days."

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

……

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 slowly sank, and the other hot air balloons around him also sank, which should have carried out the same operation as him.

But splashing water is also very particular, quite too much, the fire becomes too small, it sinks too fast, splash too little, it sinks too slowly, the rope they prepare is only fifteen zhang long, so they must ensure that the height is just right, otherwise if it is too low, the hot air balloon will fall into the city, it will be exposed, if it is too high, people can not land, this is the biggest difficulty of the hot air balloon raid.

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

It is precisely because everyone keeps this in mind that they dare not pour too much water, and some hot air balloons sink very slowly, and they are almost reaching the royal court, which is still fifty or sixty zhang high from the royal court, and at this height, people will definitely not be able to help the rope down.

Xue Yinglong's hot air balloon is at the front, it is very well controlled, there is still less than a mile away from Wang Ting, his hot air balloon is only thirty zhang away from the ground, and if he flies forward for a while, it should be able to reach a height of fifteen zhang.

"Splash ink!" Xue Yinglong let out a low sigh, and the ink prepared by the other people in the hanging basket was quite on the white cloth around the hanging basket, and now, all the white cloth turned black, and from below, their light was very dim, even if it was close to the ground, it would not be noticed.

Xue Yinglong secretly picked up a bit of cloth, looked down, and said in a low voice: "We are already above the east city wall now, and if we fly one hundred and fifty zhang forward, we can put the rope down." ”

"General, the height of the others doesn't seem to be very good." Someone whispered.

Xue Yinglong picked up the cloth in another direction, looked at it, and saw that the height of many hot air balloons in the rear was too high, and there were only more than 100 of them that could meet the requirements, and more than 100 hot air balloons, adding up to only eight or nine hundred people.

Xue Yinglong frowned and sighed: "I can't care so much, after all, everyone is controlling it for the first time, and it is difficult to do it so accurately, and now it is ready to fly, and I have to send it." He continued to look down.

After a while, Xue Yinglong shouted: "Put the rope!" ”

The two ropes hung down, just enough to hit the roof of the city, Xue Yinglong said: "You go down first, I will add to the fire." As he spoke, he added two pieces of wood to the brazier, opened the water bladder he was carrying, poured a little oil into it, and the flames rose at once.

Because they had to ensure that all the hot air balloons could not fall in the city, Lu Qing told them that before leaving the hot air balloon, they had to add two pieces of firewood to the hot air balloon and pour a little oil, so that after the people left the hot air balloon, the hot air balloon would naturally rise and fly away, enough to fly over the royal court.

After Xue Yinglong finished pouring the oil, there were already four people going down the rope, and the other person was ready to go down, Xue Yinglong hurriedly pushed open the hanging basket door, grabbed another rope, and slid down the rope until the end of the rope, he grabbed the rope with both hands, and found that the hot air balloon had begun to rise, and his feet were one foot high from the roof, so if he fell, it was very likely to smash the roof, Xue Yinglong did not let go, after a while, he slid through the street, and saw that there was no one on the street, Xue Yinglong let go, fell down, and fell on the street, He was nearly two feet high from the street, which was equivalent to jumping from a three-story building, and after he landed, he rolled forward, feeling that the tendons of his feet were about to burst, and the pain was dying, but he endured the severe pain, used both hands, crawled to the dark corner of the wall, and kept massaging his legs, and after a while, he felt that his legs were gradually getting better, fortunately, he had practiced, and his bones were fine, and now he began to worry about other comrades, he was so embarrassed, and others must not be happy.

After a while, Xue Yinglong got up and walked north, along the way, he could vaguely see a hot air balloon flying overhead, and the Western Turkic army could not distinguish between a hot air balloon and a Kong Ming lantern, but he could distinguish it, because he knew that the ones that were flying low now were basically hot air balloons, and the lowest Kong Ming lantern at the moment was estimated to be more than sixty zhang high.

The sentry posts of the Western Turks also found out that this time the bright light flew a little low, but those bright lights soon flew high again, and they didn't care, thinking that it was caused by the direction of the wind, how could they know that before they knew it, more than 800 Tang troops had entered the royal city, although their landing points were a little scattered, but everyone was sneaking north, or it wouldn't be long before they would gather together, and the strong castle would be destroyed from the inside.