Ever since Jin Feng opened a textile factory and formed an escort team, men from Xihewan and Guanjiawan have either joined escort bureaus or escort teams, traveling all over the country to see the world.
Even the female workers in the textile factory have received basic training from escorts and know how to deal with emergencies.
Without Guan Xiaorou's orders, the villagers and workers launched self-rescue operations as soon as they discovered the enemy attack.
Not to mention the escort.
The escort dormitory in the back mountain was a key target of the enemy's attack. The enemy arranged four hot air balloons to go there, and dropped a dozen oil jars in the first attack.
Fortunately, it was night at this time, so there were relatively few escorts in the yard, and the escort dormitories were made of bricks and tiles. The oil altar could not be broken, but only set the roof on fire.
The escorts reacted quickly and organized a counterattack immediately.
Before the enemy could throw down the second round, the bodyguards on duty began a self-defense counterattack.
The other bodyguards also dispersed voluntarily, some went to help the villagers put out the fire, and some rushed to where the heavy crossbows were placed.
A moment later, heavy crossbow arrows roared into the air one after another, and the bodyguard camp on the back mountain was the densest.
The enemy had not made hot-air balloons for a long time, and the technology was not yet mature. In order to attack more accurately, they flew very low. Although the escorts all shot blindly, there was still an unlucky hot-air balloon that was hit by an arrow and shook.
Staggering and falling.
At this moment, a firework roared into the sky from the open space in the middle of the village, making a crackling explosion, and the night sky was instantly illuminated brightly.
Although the light only lasted for a few seconds, it was enough for the escorts to clearly see the position of the hot air balloon.
The enemy also knew that they had been discovered, and they all rushed into the air.
But where can a hot air balloon take off as fast as an arrow? What’s more, the other party’s pilot is not very skilled yet?
A moment later, the hot air balloons in the night sky were hit one after another, and only the two flying higher escaped.
Before the enemies on the hot air balloon could relax, two hot air balloons flew out from Xihewan and chased after them.
On the ground, escorts hold single-tube fireworks and set off one every one or two minutes to guide their own hot-air balloon. Although Wei Laosan can make fire-proof cloth and knows the general principles of hot-air balloons, hot-air balloons not only have fire-proof cloth.
There are other things.
Not to mention the fire-breathing furnace, the burning kerosene is not ordinary kerosene, but refined by Jin Feng.
Even how to sew fireproof cloth requires a lot of attention.
Wei Laosan didn't know any of this.
Although he drew a ladle based on the gourd, the hot air balloon he made was at best a big bag made of fireproof cloth. No matter in terms of flight height, flight speed, load capacity and safety, there was no way he could compare with Jin Feng.
The ones that come out are comparable.
Eagle and Guan Erliang quickly caught up with each other in a hot air balloon.
"Get rid of these bastards!"
Eagle snorted coldly, and a bodyguard next to him set up a portable heavy crossbow and pulled the trigger at the enemy hot air balloon.
On the other side, Guan Erliang also killed another one.
But neither of them could care less about being happy, because they saw from the air that densely packed torches were lit up in the valleys to the west and north of the village!
Eagle picked up the binoculars and looked towards the west of the village, his expression became very ugly.
People's heads shook in the valley, and countless long knives reflected the light of the fire, like a forest of grass.
Although the knife wielders were wearing various clothes, they were in strict formation. They were obviously not bandits, but more like battle-hardened veterans!
Judging from the number, there are at least more than a thousand people on the other side!
"Quickly, warn Fortress No. 7 and No. 9 that a powerful enemy is invading!"
The eagle put down the telescope and roared anxiously.
The bodyguard next to him quickly went to get the ringing arrow.
However, the enemy was well prepared. Before the escort could issue a warning, several jars of kerosene fell from the sky above Fortress No. 7 and No. 9.
Only then did the eagle realize that the other party also had a hot air balloon.
Unfortunately, it was too dark, the opponent's hot air balloon was also black, the fortress was too far away from the village, and the lighting range of the fireworks was limited, so it was impossible to see it before taking action.
Fortresses No. 7 and No. 9 were instantly engulfed in flames.
Although the flames could not burn the bodyguards inside the fortress, the bodyguards on duty around the fort were splashed with fire oil and turned into burning men.
The heavy crossbow catapults mounted on the roof and platforms of the fortress were also engulfed in flames.
The enemies in the valley quickly ran towards the village along the mountain road on the side of the fortress.
"Quickly, inform the village that the enemy is coming!"
The eagle was so anxious that he wanted to jump out of the hot air balloon.
The bodyguard next to him quickly fired a sounding arrow towards the west and north.
"Fell into a trap! Land, land quickly!"
After the warning was completed, the eagle quickly urged the escort in charge of the stove to land.
At this time, he had realized that he had fallen into a trap. The enemy just now had deliberately lured them.
The hot air balloon cannot move on its own. In order to pursue the enemy, they had already flown out of the village with the wind.
If it was normal, they could fly higher to test the wind direction. Maybe the wind would be the opposite at high altitudes.
But this probability is too small. If it is normal, there is nothing wrong with trying. But at this time, the enemy is almost at the door of the house, and the eagle has neither time nor inclination to try.
At this time, the fastest way to return to the village is to land on the ground, stack up the hot air balloon and carry it back.
The eagle now ignored the safety rules and landed on the ground as fast as possible.
Not far away, the same thing happened to Guan Erliang.
"Er Liang, you go to the north, and I'll go to the west. Even if you die, I will hold the enemy back!"
Eagle ran over to explain to Guan Erliang, and then ran back to help his teammates fold the hot air balloon.
…
In the village, Guan Xiaorou and the ninth princess have been taken to the basement for refuge by Qiner.
There were screams from the next room, but neither of them seemed to hear them.
After the hot air balloon was hit by a heavy crossbow, it did not just fall down. Two hot air balloons were only hit by one arrow and fell slowly. After landing, the people in the basket were not thrown to death. They were caught and sent away by the escort.
Came over.
"Your Highness, Madam, two people have let go!"
Qin'er came out of the room, wiping the blood on her hands, and said, "They said they were sent by Mr. Feng, and the other few who couldn't understand what they were saying were from Gada!"
"Tubo people?" Guan Xiaorou was stunned: "How can they make hot air balloons?"
The Ninth Princess showed a look of surprise and blurted out: "Because it was Feng Sheng who kidnapped Wei Laosan!"
The body that Niu Ben brought back was burned beyond recognition, and the Ninth Princess could instinctively sense that there was something fishy in it.
But she found no evidence, and the teeth on the corpse matched those of Wei Laosan, so she couldn't say anything.
Now that I heard that it was the Tubo people who launched the attack, the Ninth Princess felt suddenly enlightened. Many things that she had not been able to understand before were now all right!
"What a great Feng Sheng. Being a bandit was really an underachievement!"
The Ninth Princess sneered. Seeing that Guan Xiaorou still looked confused, she was about to explain to her when an escort hurried in.
"Madam, Your Highness, it's bad, there are bad guys outside the village calling!"