"You all listened. According to the past situation, you should have been beheaded, but the king of Han was benevolent and righteous, so your lives were left behind."

The drums were still making a thud. At this moment, a person appeared at the vanguard camp and was mobilizing and speaking before the war.

"Since you all came out of the labor reform camp, you should know the rules. Those who retreated without hearing the sound of the whistleblowering the troops will be executed by the whole family. Do you understand?"

"Understood…"

"Same, there will be rewards if there is punishment. As long as you capture Nanjing City, all the staff can choose whether to join the bandit suppression army or leave, and obtain the right to select three people from the transformation camp."

"At the same time, the first person who attacks the city can have three additional places and three hundred taels of silver rewards. The second person can only get two more rights, and the third person is one. However, the person who kills the most enemies can

Two additional places and two hundred taels of silver rewards.

"Of course, if someone among you accidentally dies in battle, you will be considered loyal. For those who are loyal to our army, their parents, wives and children will naturally be innocent, so they will not have to stay in the transformation camp anymore."

"Did everyone hear the above words clearly..."

"yes…"

"I heard it clearly..."

The Eight Banners soldiers in the Pioneer Camp shouted loudly. The reward this time was beyond their expectations. Usually, they could pick one person, but now they could pick three people directly.

If I had been lucky enough to die this time, I might be able to reunite with my family.

Although these Eight Banners soldiers always take the lead, after seeing various siege methods of the bandit suppression army, they felt that the siege did not seem to be as tragic as they imagined, but rather the people who defended the city were more tragic.

The city walls of Nanjing are indeed towering and difficult to attack. If they were ordinary ants to siege the city, they naturally didn't know how many people would die to climb to the top of the city. However, the bandit suppression army never played according to the routine. This time, it is estimated that it was also

No exception.

So, what method will the bandit suppression army use to attack the city this time? In fact, they are also looking forward to it. After all, the stronger the bandit suppression army, the safer they will be.

………

"Look, what is that?"

On the top of Nanjing City, a Qing army guarding the city exclaimed in surprise.

"What?" Some people who were busy and did not pay attention to the movements outside asked quickly after hearing the call.

"Hurry...Look, outside... there are so many big Kongming lanterns outside. They fly so high." The defenders, who observed the movement, quickly stretched out their fingers and pointed at the outside of the city.

Upon hearing this, everyone on the city wall put down their busy work and ran to the female wall to watch.

Sure enough, dozens of super-large Kongming lanterns outside the city were slowly passing by the bandits in the battle formation and flying to this side.

"What are the thiefs doing? Are they still hoping to put the Kongming lantern and make a wish to defeat us?" Someone teased and guessed.

"Haha...you joking! It would be great if the thief was so stupid. It's a weird thing, so everyone should be careful." A man in the official uniform of a beast said solemnly.

"Mr. He is right, rebels are definitely not simple. Everyone should not take it lightly." Another person was awakening.

"Sir, look. There seems to be people standing above!" The defender with a good look reminded.

Wait for everyone to calm down and see.

Sure enough, there were indeed people standing on this large Kongming lantern.

"What are the thiefs doing?"

This sudden situation made the Qing officials defenders who had never encountered such a thing confused and could not understand at all.

These "Kongming Lanterns" are slowly floating, getting closer and closer. They seem to be a little taller.

At first glance, half of the sky was covered with this "Kongming Lantern". The dense appearance made the defenders in Nanjing feel frightened.

"Kongminglantern? What does the thief want to do?"

The guards of Nanjing City are all considering this issue.

Although many people call them Kongming lanterns, Zhang Rui prefers to call them hot air balloons.

Originally, Zhang Rui had never thought about using a hot air balloon, but when he heard the General Staff give the height of the Nanjing city wall, Zhang Rui had a headache.

The city wall in Nanjing is too high, so it seems difficult to use soil and siege towers. Of course, using the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's trick: digging tunnels and damaging the city walls. It seems possible, but considering that it will be troublesome to repair the city walls in the future.

"It would be great if there was an air force. You can directly bomb them." Zhang Rui said inadvertently, and suddenly he thought of hot air balloons.

The plane cannot be made for the time being, but it should be possible to make hot air balloons! You are taller, I am taller than you. Then you also throw things out condescendingly, allowing you to taste the power of technology.

Speaking of making these hot air balloons, Zhang Rui also has to thank a leather craftsman in Anhui. Generally, cloth is not heat-resistant and will catch fire if it is not careful. For those who take off the air, it is too dangerous.

Leather Company pointed out that he has a kind of water-resistant and high-temperature glue. After staining the cloth with these glues, it can withstand high-temperature combustion. At the same time, the cloth will have much less breathability, which is most suitable for making hot air balloon fabrics.

"High?...flying high again?"

"No, everyone is ready, the thief is ready to attack the city..."

While the hot air balloon was still floating slowly, the siege cars of the bandit suppression army began to gradually cover the people carrying mud bags and filling the moat.

"Guller, what are the gunners doing? Fire the gun quickly..."

"Bang...bang...bang..."

Three cannons on this city wall started to fire.

At this time, the artillery was all solid bullets, and there was no danger as long as the person was not directly hit. The existence of the siege car made the people carrying mud and filling the moat more at ease.

"Bang..."

A deafening sound came.

It turned out that a red-clothed cannon on the top of the city exploded directly when it fired the second shot. The explosion of air shot out, hurting the people around.

"Haha...it seems that the sulfuric acid from the special forces secretly threw in the cannons has worked." Zhang Rui said with a smile as he looked at the movement on the head of Nanjing City using a telescope.

The red cannon is indeed a copper cannon. But as long as it is not a pure copper cannon, it will have impurities, and the most impurities should be iron. As long as some strong acid is thrown in and corrode it, the possibility of their blow-off will be greatly improved. It's right.

The hot air balloon had slowly floated over the city wall of Nanjing. Although the defenders at the city wall of Nanjing were extremely nervous, they could do nothing.

It's really because it can't reach, even if it shoots a powerful arrow, it can only barely shoot the bottom of the "Kongming Lantern". This does not hurt the people on the "Kongming Lantern".

"Wait...high?...If it were just to observe the war, why would it fly here?"

A guard officer seemed to have thought of something.

"Not good... everyone should avoid it..."
Chapter completed!