Chapter 768 Unable to Return to Heaven
The wind has been blowing vigorously for days, and the weather is cold every day. When I get up early, the water in the tent has formed a thin layer of ice. The soldiers of the Ming army began to feel the cruelty of the harsh winter in the north. In mid-to-late October, it was the severe cold season in the north. Although the Ming army repeatedly guarded against this situation, how could they know the pulse of God?
It's not that Song Nan doesn't want to bomb with hot air balloons immediately, but the problem is that the wind direction is wrong. Under the strong north wind, the hot air balloon will only float south after it is empty, which is contrary to the Tarann barracks on the north coast. Song Nan immersed herself in experimenting with a variety of methods in the camp, trying to experiment with ways to control the direction and advance, but the results were clueless. These days, technology and technology are still in a wild state. In order to solve this problem, it is comparable to ascending to the sky. In the end, we can only install a shaking wind leaf on the side of the basket according to the principle of the propeller. After the experiment, the driving force is extremely poor. It can only barely push forward and can not resist the wind at all.
As a last resort, the army can only look across the river from the army of the people, watch the days pass day by day, and watch the cold come step by step.
There is also good news. Xu Tai led 5,000 soldiers and horses in the rear and easily won Hangjin. At Song Nan's request, Shanxi Dusi sent Weiyuanwei and Zhenxiwei to the south of the Yellow River from the east and south of the Hetao River respectively. Xu Tai was able to hand over the defense line of Hangjin and the Yellow River to the west guards of Weiyuan Town and withdraw and join the army.
By October 30, a large area in the Gulf south of the Yellow River was controlled by the Ming army, and tens of thousands of Mongolian people who had no time to evacuate were strictly controlled. At the same time, a large number of Tta horses in the area recovered by the Ming army were carried out.
On the second day of November, after getting up early this morning, Song Nan did not feel particularly cold, and the wind that had been roaring outside the tent could not be heard. Song Nan stepped out of the tent in surprise, but saw that the sky was cloudy and dark and depressed, and the north wind that had been roaring for days actually stopped.
Song Nan couldn't believe her eyes. Looking at the dead grass and the motionless treetops on the ground, Song Nan dared to believe that the north wind had really stopped.
Soon, the generals also felt abnormal and gathered all of them outside the big account without waiting for Song Nan to gather. Before Song Nan opened his mouth, Zhang An said hurriedly, "General, the north wind stopped suddenly and the gray clouds were dense. This is a sign before the heavy snowfall. There is usually no wind before heavy snow, and the weather becomes not very cold. The situation is a little bad. After this snow, we will be in big trouble.
Song Nan frowned and nodded. He also knew this statement. The wind stopped before the snow and the temperature rose, which was the condition for God to make snow. It seemed that the heavy snow could not escape.
"It's going to snow and my mother wants to get married. But as soon as the wind stops, our plan can be implemented, and the hot air balloon prepared for many days should be able to take off. Jiang Bin shouted.
Song Nan nodded and said, "Opportunities are really rare. What else are we hesitating about? Pass the order immediately and get ready to cross the river. Ma Ming, prepare the hot air balloon and bring plenty of hands. Thunder and fire oil, the soldiers and horses on the ground built a covered bridge to cross the river immediately after the bombing began.
The generals responded in unison and rushed back to the camp to send their orders. After a while, the dead camp immediately became noisy, and the soldiers ran around a busy and hot scene. Thirty-six hot air balloons are divided into three groups. Two groups are in the Ming army camp and one group is built on the downstream corridor bridge. Both of them have Tartar god eagle cannons deployed. Since there is no wind to push forward, the method adopted is the most old-fashioned method. First raise the hot air balloon to a few feet high, and then use a few horses to pull the long one tied under the hot air balloon. The rope dragged hundreds of steps to give the balloon a starting power. After the rope was released, the hot air balloons swaying all the way to the north shore, and the soldiers on it increased their firepower to pull up the height.
After more than an hour, dozens of hotqi qius were made to create fear. After a moment, they rose to a height of dozens of feet, wiping the dark clouds and drifted towards the north bank. The Ming army on the ground also immediately launched an action, and more than 10,000 Ming soldiers and horses stationed at the site of the bridge was built. I am ready to cross the covered bridge.
In Linhe County, the soldiers defending here looked at the weather this morning and knew that it was a sign of heavy snow. They happily came to the big tent to report their good news. Everyone even looked forward to whether the Ming army on the other side was hungry in the cold snow after the heavy snow fell. The possibility of counterattack.
While the discussion was heated, suddenly a soldier came to report breathlessly: "I don't know what the Ming army has released. It floated across the river from the air, dark and with fire."
The bald Ke and the Tatari generals were a little surprised. They hurriedly came to the city and set up a pergola to look at the sky above the river. As a result, dozens of black spots were floating towards this side. It seemed that there was a big bamboo basket hanging under a big ball, and there was a shadow swaying on it.
"What is that?" The baldness can be stunned.
"When will the Ming army be evil? How does this thing float in the air? This shape doesn't look like a kite. Even if it is a kite, how can it float in the air without any wind? The generals of the Tak are also puzzled.
Although I think it's a little incredible, I don't worry too much about baldness and other people. The black dots are clear, but there are only two or three figures on it, and there are only dozens of people full of people. Does Mingjun plan to float dozens of people and die?
While talking, the dark and burning balloon had slowly floated over the fortifications on the north bank. Some Tatar soldiers looked up and shouted, and the bows and arrows in their hands also shot into the sky. Unfortunately, the height was too high and the moving things did not pose a threat to these things at all.
An eagle cannon arranged at a commanding height raised its barrel with the help of several soldiers. With a roar, it fired a shot at the small black spot floating in the air. A white smoke could be faintly seen moving away and passing through the middle of the two floating black spots. The stirred airflow crooked the two small black spots. Slanted and shook.
"Who fired indiscriminately? Is such a valuable ammunition used to hit this thing? So what if you hit it? It's just three or two Ming army soldiers. Go and cut off the soldiers who fired the gun. The baldness can be scolded angrily.
The cannon sounded, and the small black dots in the air seemed to wake up from the state of headless flies. The people above shook the two big wind leaves desperately and slowly floated towards the place where the gun was fired.
"What are they going to do?" The baldness and the generals were confused. The next scene made their questions answered. The Ming soldiers in the hanging basket under the black spot raised their hands and dropped a few things from the air. The thing fell to the ground and immediately exploded. A few loud loud noises blew up several big pits on the ground, and several soldiers dodged. And the fried skin opens the flesh.
"No, they want to destroy our eagle cannon." Shout out to understand the baldness.
Higher hand thrown. Lei Zhun's head is extremely poor, with seven or eight hands. The thunder fell, exploded around the Condor cannon, and several houses caught fire, killing more than a dozen tatar soldiers, but none of them hit the Condor cannon. The gunners near the left of the Condor cannon also realized that they were the target and were in a hurry to find something to cover the gun body. Dozens of archers shot arrows into the air. Although it was futile, it was at least better than doing nothing.
The Ming army on the balloon threw down several more hands. Lei still did not hit the target. The soldiers above seemed to realize that the height was too high to aim, and they slowly fell down at the risk of being shot by arrows. Finally, at a certain height, several hands. The thunder girl dropped like a scattering flower, and the two fell next to the eagle cannon. After the black smoke soared in the air and the huge roar, half of the eagle cannon collapsed, and the rear shaft and parts were deformed by the huge explosive impact. Obviously, it is scrapped.
Next, seven or eight eagle cannons were found by the Ming army in the air. They gathered over the eagle cannons like bloodthirsty mosquitoes and blew these cannons into waste one by one.
"Ah." The bald man who could witness all this burst like thunder and shouted repeatedly, "Put arrows and arrows, you can't let them lower their height. Take my golden black bow."
"Father Khan, I hurt my body with this bow last time, and I can't use it now." Urus hurriedly dissuaded.
While talking, another eagle cannon was in more than a dozen hands. Thunder's bombing rolled high, made his bald eyes red, and scolded angrily, "Go get it."
Urus had no choice but to order people to take the golden black bow, shake off the cotton coat on his body, grabbed the golden black bow and horse and squatted with a dull roar. In the creaking sound, the golden black bow was slowly pulled away, turning the bald man's face red, slowly aiming at a hot air balloon flying close to the sky, and the bow string buzzed. The buzzing sounded, and the arrows kept rushing straight to the sky like a shadow, hitting the skin of a hot air balloon. The hot air balloon squatted down in an instant, and the hanging basket below fell like a broken paper kite, fell to the ground with a roar and burned, followed by dozens of violent explosions.
The generals cheered loudly, and when they turned back to congratulate the baldness, they saw that the bald face was like gold paper, and a trace of blood from the corners of their mouth slowly flowed out.
"Big sweat, big sweat, are you all right?"
He swallowed the blood from his throat and suppressed his throat and said, "Bring the arrow."
"Fahan, you can't use this bow and arrow anymore." Urus shouted.
He shook off Urus's arm stubbornly, put on an arrow again and slowly pulled the golden black bow. The bowstring slowly opened, and gradually became a full moon. Just as the generals were surprised by the sweat, they only heard a 'poof' sound, spewed out a mouthful of blood, and fell straight to the ground like a broken pocket. .