"Only I escaped, everyone else was killed..." the spy captain lowered his head and answered.
"You are all warriors of the grassland!" Yelvshu said, "I will remember you. When I go back, each family of the dead brothers will be rewarded with one cow and ten sheep!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the spy captain quickly thanked him.
The Khan of the Eastern Barbarians would not choose a pure reckless man as King Zuoxian. Although Yelu Shu had a bad temper, he was still very generous to his subordinates and was brave and resourceful in combat.
As soon as the spies left, a captain named Tuo Jian came over again.
The escort had just chased the Eastern Barbarian spies a few hundred meters away from the main camp. Naturally, the Eastern Barbarians would not just sit idly by and ignore them. At that time, they sent a cavalry team of 100 people to surround and kill the escort.
The team responsible for encirclement and killing was commanded by the team leader named Tuo Lian.
"Have you caught the escort?" Yelvshu asked.
"Your Majesty, forgive me. We chased for seven or eight miles and were about to catch up. The other party suddenly sent out more than 300 cavalry..."
Tuo Lian knelt on the ground and said: "They are all wearing black armor. Our bows and arrows can't shoot at all. They also have very powerful crossbows. I found that there was nothing I could do to help them, so I led the people back..."
"The black armor that can't be broken by bows and arrows? This should be the black armor team that Feng Sheng mentioned."
Yelvsu looked thoughtful.
Now that he had seen through the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau's scheme, Yelu Shu would of course have to react.
After a moment, he said in a cold voice: "I ordered a fire to be made for cooking. I want to see if the black-armored team can really fight one against ten!"
On the east side of the Dongman camp, there is a canal that can divert water from the Yellow River to the north bank for irrigating grain.
Following Yelvshu's order, the entire camp quickly took action.
The cooks were carrying water upstream for cooking, and the soldiers were also carrying water from downstream to feed the horses. No one noticed that a few dozen meters upstream of the canal, there was a disguised man lying in the grass, staring at them coldly.
This man is none other than the monkey, and he has been lying here for several hours.
In front of the monkey, there is a bamboo tube, and inside the bamboo tube is a handful of string.
He buried this bamboo pipe in the dark last night and it leads all the way to the canal.
Seeing the Dongman people starting to fetch water for cooking, the monkey slowly pulled the string.
Several cowhide bags placed in the ditch last night were opened one after another, and the medicinal powder in the bags flowed down with the water.
After confirming that all the ropes had been pulled, the monkey took out a bamboo whistle and stuffed it into his mouth.
The sound made by the bamboo whistle was similar to the chirping of birds, and it did not attract the attention of the Eastern Barbarians at all.
A moment later, a few hundred meters away, the same sound came from somewhere.
The monkeys relied on this method to spread the news several miles away.
A few minutes later, another plume of smoke rose into the sky a few miles to the east.
This plume of smoke was on the north bank of the Yellow River and immediately attracted the attention of the Eastern Barbarians.
Without Yelvshu's order, the deputy general immediately sent people to check where the smoke column was rising.
But when they arrived, no one was there.
In the reed marsh, Zhang Liang saw the smoke column and immediately called Da Zhuang.
"Da Zhuang, the monkey has given the signal, it's your turn to play!"
Zhang Liang patted Da Zhuang's shoulder heavily: "This mission is extremely dangerous, so be careful!"
"Captain, don't worry, I promise to complete the mission!"
Da Zhuang patted his chest, turned around and left.
A moment later, three hundred black-armored cavalry, led by Da Zhuang, rushed out of the reed swamp!
Zhang Liang took the remaining bodyguards, pulled the assembled heavy crossbows and catapults, and set off eastward.
…
On the north city wall, Jin Feng had been paying attention to the west after seeing the smoke column.
When he saw the black-armored cavalry through the telescope, Jin Feng immediately made a gesture.
Ten minutes later, the first hot air balloon took off from the south of the city.
Then came the second, third, fourth...
"Look, what is in the sky?"
"I said I saw a house flying in the sky, and you still said I was bragging. Do you believe me now?"
"Oh my god, how did such a big house fly into the sky?"
Huge hot air balloons flew over the capital.
Countless people in the capital poured into the streets and looked up to watch.
At this time, the hot air balloon had just taken off and was not flying very high, so it looked extremely huge and shocking.
As shocked as the common people were the civil and military officials on the north city wall.
When rows of hot air balloons passed overhead, a sense of pressure hit my face.
Some timid civil servants were so frightened that their calves trembled and they could only stand firm by holding on to the city wall.
"It's just a few hot air balloons, let's see how well you look!"
Chen Ji glanced at the civil and military officials and said dissatisfied.
He completely forgot how he behaved when he saw a hot air balloon for the first time.
"Your Majesty, what kind of magical object is a hot air balloon?"
Duke Qing asked with his eyes shining.
"It's Mr. Jin's latest invention of a house that can take people to the sky!"
Chen Ji explained calmly.
"A house that can take people to heaven?"
Duke Qing was shocked: "Is there anyone in this room?"
"Of course there are people, otherwise how could it fly?"
"How many people are in each room?" Duke Qing asked again.
"This..." Chen Ji choked for a moment, but quickly responded: "This is a secret, don't ask if you shouldn't ask!"
"Yes, I am aware of my guilt!"
Qing Guo Gong naturally saw through Chen Ji's little thoughts, but after spending so many years in the court, he certainly would not point out the emperor and quickly admitted his mistake.
But I thought in my heart that after this battle, I must ask Jin Feng for details.
It would be great if we could get some hot air balloons for Qinghuai's Tielin Army.
Jin Feng ignored Chen Ji and pretended to be 13, lying on the city wall and staring at the north bank of the Yellow River with his binoculars.
It took less than a few thousand men to fight against the opponent's 30,000 men. Even though Zhang Liang made a detailed battle plan, Jin Feng was still worried.
As the hot air balloon floated across the Yellow River, the three hundred black armored cavalry led by Da Zhuang also arrived at the open space two miles away from the Dongman camp.
In the Dongman camp, Yelu Shu had just finished breakfast. When he heard the news, he quickly ran out of the tent.
He didn't care about the black-armored cavalry led by Da Zhuang. Even if the opponent could fight one against ten, there were only three hundred people. He was absolutely sure to kill Da Zhuang and the others.
What really worried him was the hot air balloon getting closer.
The unknown is the scariest thing.
"Call the archers over here and knock this thing down for me!"
Yelu frowned and shouted.
The Eastern Barbarians are a nomadic people. They all grew up on horses, and all of them are skilled in bow and horse.
Anyone who can be called a master archer is a person with extremely superb archery skills.
Following Yelvhu's order, all the archers ran out of the camp carrying their bows and arrows.
When the hot air balloon passed over their heads, the archers bent their bows and arrows and aimed at the hot air balloon.
But the hot air balloon flew too high, and the range of the arrow was too far.
"Your Majesty, we previously seized several heavy crossbows from the Dakang Army..."
The lieutenant reminded in a low voice.
"By the way, there's also a heavy crossbow, pull it over quickly!"
Yelu Shu also reacted and quickly gave the order.
But the eagle had already been on guard against the heavy crossbow. At this time, the hot air balloon had flown very high and the heavy crossbow could not hit it.
Yelu Shu could only watch the hot air balloon flying above the camp.