As three armed hot air balloons floated over the pheasant, it meant that the battle was over.
With air superiority and the airdrop of a cascading machine gun on the top of the mountain, it would be difficult for the killing troops below, even those who were lucky enough not to be buried, to attack the mountain.
"My lord, are you okay?"
Lan Tian jumped off the hanging basket and helped Qin Yun up.
Qin Yun waved his hand: "Quickly, organize the manpower and dig the cave. The King of Yue and the others are inside!"
"yes!"
But then, the Watch Sentinel reported.
"Report!"
"From the southeast, I found a large army approaching, at least tens of thousands of people."
Qin Yun's face darkened: "Withdraw!"
Lan Tian nodded, and not long after, Qin Yun followed him to the halfway point of the mountain. At this moment, Matsumoto Wudou had already started shoveling the snow outside.
Although the cave is strong and will not collapse, once buried for a long time, the oxygen in the cave will be depleted, and the people in the cave will suffer from hypothermia even if they are suffocated to death. At that time, it will be troublesome.
Fortunately, there were engineering shovels on the hot ball. After about a quarter of an hour, everyone finally dug the cave, but the girls had temporarily lost their mobility due to lack of oxygen.
"Spread out and let some air circulate.
"promise!"
Qin Yun looked at Lan Tian: "Are there only a few people here?"
There are not many people in the three hot air balloons, only 21 people in total.
Lan Tian said: "We discovered it first. Commander Chen and Bai Zhanpeng must have led their troops to support the prince's signal bomb."
Qin Yun muttered: "Unload all the heavy weapons, leave one balloon broken, and then the rest of the people evacuate first!"
Matsumoto Wudou looked at Qin Yun: "You guys go, it's enough for me to cut off the rear by myself!"
Qin Yun looked at Matsumoto Wudou, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face: "Stop being brave and go to the top of the mountain first."
At this time, the girls also woke up one after another.
Qin Yun stretched out his hand: "Quick, retreat first!"
But after learning about the current situation, all the girls expressed that they wanted to stay with Qin Yun.
"Don't worry, I won't die. The balloon can't hold so many people. Let's go quickly."
Matsumoto Taketo looked at Qin Yun, but nodded secretly.
If it were placed in Fusang, the superiors would not hesitate to sacrifice those who came to rescue him, but Qin Yun would rather give up his hope to others, which made him look at him with admiration.
Lan Tian bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it's okay for the general to lead his troops and stay behind. You and the princesses should go first!"
Qin Yun muttered: "Bullshit, can I control three hot air balloons by myself?"
"As many as you can leave, remove all the machine guns and leave all the bullets and weapons!"
"But……"
"No, this is an order. If you take people away, I believe you will come back."
Lan Tian was so deep in thought that he immediately named three people.
"The three of you are responsible for controlling the balloon. After sending the princesses to safety, they will return quickly."
"In addition, of the two hot air balloons, leave one to observe the enemy's situation, while the other quickly goes to seek help, sending out flares as it flies."
"yes!"
Without any unnecessary nonsense, at this critical moment of life and death, everyone acted quickly.
Seeing the balloon where the girls were flying higher and higher, Qin Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Now he no longer had any worries!
But when the remaining two balloons had just floated into the air and were about to raise their altitude, suddenly several arrows as big as javelins shot up from the foot of the mountain.
"Pfft~~"
There were many holes in the canvas, and the hot air balloon spiraled into the mountain stream like a kite with its string broken.
Qin Yun stood on the mountainside and took a closer look with a telescope. He saw a huge crossbow modified from a trebuchet slowly moving forward driven by hundreds of strong men.
Some people loaded large arrows, and others placed iron ball bombs on them.
Although what the Great Xia court received was only the design drawings of simple artillery, it could not work miracles with great strength. Hundreds of people worked together through tight mechanisms to create the artillery.
Dozens or hundreds of artillery shells roared in at once.
"No, lie down, everyone, quickly retreat to the opposite direction of the slope."
No one dared to neglect, but Taketo Matsumoto looked at the shells exploding around him, and felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness in his heart!
Could it be that the era of samurai has passed?
But Matsumoto Taketo lamented that another shell fell next to him. Fortunately, Qin Yun had quick eyes and quick hands and knocked him down in a hurry.
"You don't want your life. If this thing explodes on you, the Grand Master will have to open a bloody hole!"
"Retreat quickly, retreat to the top of the mountain, and fight back!"
However, it rained continuously all night, and an avalanche was triggered on the opposite side of the slope.
In an instant, everyone except Qin Yun, Lan Tian, and Matsumoto Wudou were submerged in the avalanche.
After it calmed down, the huge piercing ballista at the foot of the mountain stopped attacking.
"General, there are probably no survivors left!"
Sun Qidao: "Send someone quickly to salvage the wreckage of the flying object and send it to Tingyu Tower."
"promise!"
"Sir, two corpses were found, suspected to be the Grand Master of Tingyu Tower."
Sun Qi frowned, the great master of Tingyu Tower is dead! He couldn't afford this, so he immediately brought people forward to check and found that although Jiumoxing was covered in blood, he was still breathing.
As for Yin Wuxie, one of his arms was broken, but it was not serious. With the cooperation of the military doctor, it was forcibly broken back.
Yin Wuxie didn't know what secret technique she used, but with her muscles bulging, she actually forced the bullet embedded in her body out.
Looking at the hammer-shaped bullet in his hand instead of the iron pill used by Tingyulou, Yin Wuxie finally understood why the opponent's fire blunderbuss was more lethal and had a longer range!
Although he didn't understand aerodynamics, he had practiced martial arts and throwing knives all year round, and he could guess the benefits of such a design in just a moment.
"Someone, bring these two bullets to the original poster!"
After the messenger left, Sun Qi finally found a chance to interrupt.
"Commander Yin, is there anyone else on this mountain?"
Yin Wuxie's eyes narrowed. "I don't know if the others are dead, but Qin Yun must not be dead. There is a cave in the heart of the mountain, and they must be hiding in it."
"Qin Yun?"
Sun Qi felt very familiar.
"But that Qin Yun who made a big fuss in Zhu Shenshan and defeated the pirates and captured Ryukyu within a month?"
Yin Wuxie said angrily: "Besides, is there anyone named Qin Yun?"
Zhang Qi was overjoyed. Wu State had already obtained the information, and Qin Yun was behind him to help them.
The main thing is to capture or kill Qin Yun, so that the Wu Kingdom can march straight in. He waved his hand: "Come here, search like a carpet, be sure to find Qin Yun. If you want to see him alive, you want to see his corpse!"
"promise!"
…
Pheasant Ridge, in the heart of the mountain.
Takedo Matsumoto, Lan Tian, and Qin Yun were once again trapped in a small cave. It was not difficult for them to get out, but how could they face the 10,000 pursuers at the foot of the mountain?
The most important thing is that after today, Yue's tactics may have changed drastically. The opponent's possession of air superiority weapons means that the advantage in the sky is being lost.
You must know that this hot air balloon costs at least hundreds of thousands of taels from production to delivery, especially the gas tank. It is not an easy task to fill gas inside and apply pressure!
The tanks have been filled with gas, which can only be done by Tiangongyuan in Qiongzhou after complicated procedures.
Now two of the three planes I brought were immediately damaged. To say that I didn’t feel bad would be a lie.
But now Qin Yun's only hope is that the girls can fall down safely.
…
At the same time, on the other side of the beast road, Chen Jinzheng was running with Zhulongying at high speed.
Suddenly a soldier looked up to the sky.
"Commander, look, it's our hot air balloon. It seems to be guiding us in the direction!"
Chen Jin's face darkened: "Go southeast, tell the entire army to drop their heavy equipment, move forward with light equipment, and march in a hurry!"
"promise!"
