Zhao Hao's magic has long been known to everyone.
But for this ability to take people to heaven, even Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao, who were fighting openly and covertly with him, all admired him.
At this time, the hot air balloon was slowly landing in the dust of Lincheng.
Zhao Hao looked at the crowd below and said with a smile: "Father, look, your people are welcoming you!"
"Um?"
Ying Zheng, who was still immersed in the beautiful scenery around him, reacted instantly when he heard Zhao Hao's words. He quickly adjusted his clothes, assumed a majestic posture, and stood with his hands behind his back.
Wang Jian on the side stepped aside knowingly, smiling and saying nothing.
"My lord, please pay homage to Your Majesty!"
Not long after, Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao came with their generals chasing the hot air balloon.
The people who were unaware of the situation could not help but be extremely excited when they saw the First Emperor for the first time.
"The King of Zhou is known as the Emperor, and our Majesty came down from the sky. He is a god, but he cannot be compared to the Emperor!"
"Yes, our Majesty is the First Emperor, the first emperor in the world. How can he be compared to the Emperor of Zhou?"
"You are right, long live my emperor!"
"Long live my emperor——!"
Facing the shouts of the mountain and the tsunami, Ying Zheng looked like he was in an ancient well and waved his hands casually: "Everyone, please forgive me and stay safe!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
As everyone slowly stood up, Zhao Hao's hot air balloons also landed one after another.
After the hot-air balloon stabilized, Zhao Hao extinguished the flames on the hot-air balloon and saluted Ying Zheng respectfully: "Father, please go first, and I will arrive shortly."
"Don't deal with these nonsense at this time."
Before Zhao Hao could finish his words, Ying Zheng reached out to hold him and said in an inaudible voice: "Come here and help me, my legs are weak!"
"Well"
Zhao Hao twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that you were just pretending to be cool and didn't know how to rub your legs. It's strange that your feet are not soft now.
However, after all, he was the father of the First Emperor, and he could not be allowed to make a fool of himself in front of his own people. Zhao Hao helped Ying Zheng wisely and slowly got off the hot air balloon.
When his legs fell to the ground again, Ying Zheng felt a hint of reality and couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the feeling of heaven is good, the feeling of weightlessness is a bit difficult to accept.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
At this time, Zhao Gao walked over from the crowd and bowed to ask Ying Zheng.
"What's wrong with me, but you, aren't you usually very courageous? Why can't you do it in heaven? It's useless for you to call me Zhao Gao!"
"Yes, yes, your majesty taught you that this old slave is indeed not worthy of the name Zhao Gao."
Faced with Ying Zheng's complaints, Zhao Gao didn't feel the slightest bit unhappy and immediately nodded and bowed in agreement.
Ying Zheng glanced at him and wanted to say something else, but couldn't. He could only wave his hands impatiently: "Let's drive!"
"promise."
Zhao Gao promised and was about to drive a carriage to greet the First Emperor.
At this moment, Tang Sui stepped forward with excitement on his face, raised his hands to Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, have you found the Nantian Gate?"
"Um?"
Ying Zheng's eyelids twitched and he thought, "You did this on purpose, right?" Which pot should not be opened?
"What's wrong, Your Majesty? Didn't you find it?"
"without!"
"What about the gods? Are there gods in the sky?"
"have no idea."
"Do you have any cranes?"
"There are quite a few birds!"
"this"
When Tang Sui heard what Ying Zheng said, he couldn't help but frown and murmured: "How is this possible?"
"nothing is impossible!"
When Zhao Hao heard their conversation, he couldn't help but interjected and said with a smile: "The place where the gods live is beyond the sky. We have only flown a few hundred meters, so we will definitely not be able to see the gods. If we can fly higher, we may be able to see them." .”
"Really?"
Tang Sui looked at Zhao Hao suspiciously.
Zhao Hao smiled and said nothing.
Ying Zheng on the side seemed to react and said: "The Taishang Laojun in "Journey to the West" lives in the thirty-third heaven. You don't even think about how high the thirty-third heaven is, so we can fly as high as possible." high?"
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true!"
Zhao Gao, who was just about to leave, immediately turned around and echoed: "We didn't even fly to the clouds just now. Your Majesty and the others are under the clouds, how can they see gods?"
"May I ask, Master, if you can fly higher, you can see the gods?"
Tang Sui continued.
"It's possible." Zhao Hao replied vaguely.
Tang Sui said thoughtfully: "But I just heard the young master say that the hot air balloon can only fly up to 600 feet, and the cloud layer is only about 600 feet. If it goes up further, I'm afraid I have to make a new hot air balloon."
"This is not something Colonel Tang has to worry about. People from the Academy of Sciences will conduct further research. When they develop a better hot air balloon, Colonel Tang will be allowed to take a ride in person."
Zhao Hao said with a smile.
Tang Sui nodded with satisfaction, and then retreated to Ying Zheng's side.
Soon, Zhao Hao took Ying Zheng's carriage and returned to his own courtyard.
Accompanying him were the Nanhai generals who had just chased him.
"Your Majesty, Master Hao's hot air balloon is an eye-opener for me and others. I wonder if it can be kept in the army for our army's investigation?"
Zhao Tuo had long known the purpose of the hot air balloon and immediately asked Ying Zheng for help.
Ying Zheng glanced at him with a smile, turned to Zhao Hao and said, "What do you think, my son?"
"It's either impossible to leave a hot air balloon in the army or someone who can operate the hot air balloon. Does General Zhao have one?"
Zhao Hao asked Zhao Tuo in return.
Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and was about to answer when he heard Ren Hao on the side say, "Young master is in the South China Sea, why are we still worried about not having someone to control the hot air balloon?"
"Hahaha!"
The generals burst into laughter, obviously recognizing Zhao Hao's position in the South China Sea.
Before that, they were not optimistic about Zhao Hao staying in the South China Sea.
Now that I see Zhao Hao casually creating such an 'artifact', I can't help but admire him.
But Zhao Hao said again: "Actually, a mere hot air balloon is nothing. In the future, we will have interstellar battleships. By then, not to mention this sky, it is the sun in the sky. We can go wherever we want, and it is not like flying out of the Milky Way." Impossible, our journey takes us through the stars and the sea!”
"this"
Everyone was shocked.
Even Ying Zheng was shocked by Zhao Hao's words.
What is the sea of stars? Are there other worlds outside this sky?
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng and the generals suddenly became excited.
Several young generals who didn't know what was going on raised their arms and shouted.
"We can definitely break out of this sky!"
"Not to mention the Milky Way!"
"good!"
Zhao Hao nodded with satisfaction, then stood up and solemnly said: "Our journey is to the stars and the sea!"
In the afternoon of the next day, Ying Zheng bid farewell to Wang Jian outside Linchen City.
"Old general, when you go to Shouxing, please be sure to cure your illness. I'm still waiting for you to travel with me to the sky and see overseas!"
Ying Zheng held Wang Jian in one hand, picked up two glasses of hot wine in the other, and spoke in a sincere tone.
Wang Jian smiled and patted the back of Ying Zheng's hand and said, "Your Majesty, don't be careful about me. I know my body and my responsibilities. I will definitely take care of myself and serve the country!"
"Come, drink this cup of vegetarian wine, and I wish the old general a good recovery and a safe journey!"
"Your Majesty, please!"
Wang Jian took the hot wine from Ying Zheng's hand, drank it in one gulp, then glanced at the generals of the South China Sea behind Ying Zheng, and said loudly: "Everyone, on the day when I go north, it will be a great blessing for the South China Sea, a great blessing for the soldiers, and a great blessing for China. , don’t read it!”
"I would like to send you my respects to the old general!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao immediately stood up straight and led all the generals to salute Wang Jian.
Seeing this, Wang Jian nodded with satisfaction, then turned his gaze on Zhao Hao and said with a smile, "Sir, from now on, the South China Sea will be left to you!"
"Um?"
The generals were stunned for a moment, what did they mean by saying this?
However, before the generals could react, Wang Jian got on the carriage with a smile.
Only Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao had a sinister look on their faces, which disappeared in an instant.
When Wang Jian's motorcade arrived twenty miles outside Linchen City, the cavalry in front suddenly listened.
"Old General, there's still some distance before we can board the ship. However, it looks like it's going to rain soon. How about we find a place to rest for the night before boarding the ship?"
As the general who escorted Wang Jian to Shouying this time, Tu Sui brought three thousand elite Qin troops with him, carefully guarding Wang Jian's carriage along the way.
When Wang Jian heard this, he lifted the car curtain and smiled, saying, "General Tu Sui, please escort me. General Tu Sui will decide everything!"
"The general will not dare."
Tu Sui quickly handed over his hand.
Wang Jian smiled and shook his head: "I am not a general of the Southern Navy now, I am just a patient. The patient needs to rest in peace and cultivate himself, and not care about worldly affairs."
"this"
Tu Sui was at a loss for words, and Wang Cheng on the side smiled again and said, "General Tu Sui, you're welcome, I'll just do whatever you want!"
"Okay, okay."
Tu Sui nodded uncomfortably.
He had always listened to Wang Jian's orders before, but this was the first time he had given orders in front of Wang Jian, so he was both excited and cautious.
However, since Wang Jian had made it clear that he would make the decision, he had nothing to refuse. He immediately said to the captain beside him: "Sun Hong, you lead 500 soldiers to camp on the high slope in front. I will lead the remaining soldiers to help you." alert;
In addition, let the cook bury the pot to cook, remember not to use firewood, use charcoal fire! "
"promise!"
The captain named Sun Hong agreed and immediately turned around and left the convoy.
the other side.
In the dense jungle of Lingqu, five thousand elite Xiou warriors, each carrying a carpenter, an iron sword, and a rope around his waist, took advantage of the cover of the dense jungle to quietly sneak down to the lower reaches of Lingqu and go straight to the boarding port. .
Since this section of the journey is on the other side and goes deep into the hinterland of Xi'ou, the Qin army's scouts have never dared to advance and can only allow the Xi'ou soldiers to come and go as they please.
Although the Qin State did not invade the hinterland of Xi'an on a large scale after repairing the Ling Canal, Xi'ou still chose to strike preemptively, which had something to do with the translators Song and Jie Jun.
As night fell, five thousand Xiou troops disappeared into the jungle in the night.
When the pre-dawn light fell again, they had approached a beacon tower less than 500 meters away from the boarding port and lurked quietly.
The beacon towers set up by Zhao Hao are generally set up according to the terrain. They are mostly made of boulders added with concrete mortar and piled up to make them unbreakable.
The garrison around each beacon tower does not exceed a hundred people, which is equivalent to a small military fortress.
In this fortress, some people are responsible for security, while others are responsible for patrolling, exploring and other tasks.
Since the Qin army's beacon tower was very close to the river bank, and there were several slightly larger ships on the river bank, the Qin army was able to attack or retreat with ease and was relatively safe.
Especially in the past month or so, the Yue people's counterattack has become increasingly fragile and vulnerable, which has greatly reduced the vigilance of the Qin army here.
Not only were there no soldiers patrolling at night, but even the sentries were listless and drowsy.
In fact, it is not surprising that they were so slack. The main reason was that after the construction of the Ling Canal, the Yue people who originally took the initiative to attack suddenly began to retreat and defend. Even if the water in the Ling Canal only covered their waists and abdomen, they did not dare to attack.
This caused the Qin army that originally guarded the border to suddenly find no enemies. For more than a month, anyone would be bored and demoralized by staying in this inhospitable place.
Of course, what they didn't expect was that the person leading the sneak attack this time was not a general from the Xiou Kingdom, but the eldest son of the Xiou Kingdom's army.
Since Zuo'an learned that Yi Xusong was colluding with Zhao Tuo to plot against the general Wang Jian, he took the initiative to ask for help and ambush Wang Jian.
Originally, his reputation in Xiou Kingdom was not high. If he wanted to inherit his father's position, he could only rely on his father's approval and his status as the eldest son.
However, it is not always smooth sailing after succeeding as king. If the people disobey you, they will push you down even if you inherit the position of king.
Therefore, Zuo'an is bound to get the credit for ambushing Wang Jian.
As for Wang Jian's identity, everyone in Yue knows it without him publicizing it.
And every Yue people hated Wang Jian deeply.
At this time, Zuan was hiding behind the dense weeds, looking at the sparse Qin Army beacon tower in the distance, feeling secretly happy in his heart, and then waved his hand behind him.
Under the cover of night, among the dense grass, nearly a hundred Xiou warriors wearing animal skins and holding weapons slowly crawled out.
With the help of the double cover of grass and night, these people gradually approached the Qin Army's beacon tower, with a strong killing intent bursting out of their eyes, which looked extremely cold under the night.
"Chirp chirp"
Suddenly, three crickets suddenly chirped in the grass. A Xiou warrior in the lead shrank his pupils. Before anyone could react, the poisonous arrow in his hand was instantly activated and plunged directly into the throat of the Qin army's sentry.
Within a moment, the toxin in the poisonous arrow blocked Qin Jun's nerves, causing him to fall to the ground silently.
At the same time, several other Vietnamese soldiers also activated the poison arrows in their hands at the next moment, causing several other sentries to fall to the ground and die.
"Ula wow, jili gulu"
Seeing that his side had killed the Qin army sentries, the leader of the Xiou Kingdom warrior immediately danced and ordered to continue advancing.
Soon, they came to the wall of the beacon tower. Using the hooks on their bodies, they easily climbed over the wall and disappeared around the beacon tower.
After a while, Zuo An breathed a long sigh of relief and said to his confidants: "We are close, let's go!"
"good!"
The confidant responded and immediately waved behind him: "Let's go, hurry up!"
Not long after, five thousand Xiou soldiers successfully crossed the Lingqu and rushed towards the beacon tower.
Their purpose tonight is to occupy the beacon towers near the boarding port and use these beacon towers to ambush Wang Jian.
There is only one beacon tower now, and there are at least five or six beacon towers.
However, it was quite easy for five thousand Xiou warriors to sneak attack several beacon towers. Within half an hour, they occupied two more beacon towers and cleared a barrier leading to the boarding port.
In this way, before dawn, five thousand Xiou soldiers were like a deadly dagger, quietly piercing the heart of the Qin army.
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