Lu Xuan took Xu Chu back.
Halfway through, Xu Chu couldn't restrain his curiosity, looked at Lu Xuan, and asked with a serious look: "The king said that he wanted to open an altar to practice, are you really able to do it?"
Lu Xuan chuckled twice, shook his head and said: "You also saw the hot air balloon thing. This is the golden-armored magic weapon summoned by my king. How can I do this? I just wanted to scare Xia Houyuan."
"That's right, I forgot about it."
Xu Chu smiled naively, with a bright smile on his face.
Lu Xuan went straight back to the army and went directly to the place where the soldiers were making hot air balloons. Gan Ning was supervising. Because the soldiers who made it were all experienced people, the simpler procedures were left to ordinary soldiers.
Everything is being prepared in full swing.
Gan Ning saw Lu Xuan coming and quickly stood up to salute, but Lu Xuan waved his hand to stop him.
Lu Xuan looked around, then waved to Gan Ning, led Gan Ning out, and said: "Xingba, regarding the launch of the hot air balloon the day after tomorrow, I went to test Yangping Pass guard Xia Houyuan and got an idea. As soon as I moved, I thought of an arrangement.”
Gan Ning cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."
Lu Xuan said: "In front of Xia Houyuan, I said that the morning after tomorrow, I would open an altar in front of all Cao's soldiers and summon magic weapons to fall from the sky. Moreover, I specially exaggerated that it was a golden armor magic weapon to intimidate Xia Houyuan’s people.”
"My king's words have reached the tower of Yangping Pass. Both Xia Houyuan and other ordinary soldiers have heard it."
"The first reaction in these people's hearts must be disbelief, because it has never happened before. However, it is said that Zhang Jiao of Taiping Road in the past could spread beans and make soldiers, so if such rumors are spread, even if Xia Houyuan and others do not believe it, they still feel in their hearts Will murmur and doubt."
"So early in the morning the day after tomorrow, I want to create the effect of a golden armored magic weapon."
Lu Xuan said: "Under the premise of my method of opening the altar, the divine soldiers descending from the sky will definitely shake the defenders of Yangping Pass, making people's hearts turbulent and losing their fighting spirit. Only then will Xiahou Yuan be defeated by internal and external attacks."
After Gan Ning heard this, he quickly said: "What the king means is to smear gold powder on the soldiers' armor. Then all the soldiers will be shining with gold, like gods in golden armor."
Lu Xuan said with a smile: "Xing Ba will be revealed once he is born."
Gan Ning quickly said: "Your Majesty's arrangement is not difficult. The general will start making arrangements immediately. Moreover, we will attack early in the morning. When the sun rises, hot air balloons will take off one by one. The sun will shine on the soldiers, making them sparkle with golden light." , extremely shocking.”
Lu Xuan nodded and said: "In that case, you can make arrangements."
"Here!"
Gan Ning answered with cupped fists.
After Lu Xuan made arrangements, he returned to the Chinese army's tent to rest. What he has to do now is to wait. Although such waiting puts great pressure on the Fa Zheng guarding Nanzheng, there is nothing he can do about it.
As long as Lu Xuan captures Yangping Pass before Cao Cao attacks Nanzheng, Lu Xuan's army can march straight in, and they can attack Cao Cao together with Fazheng and Zhao Yun.
By then, Cao Cao was completely in decline.
Although Lu Xuan was worried, he could only leave everything to Fazheng and Zhao Yun. He could only choose to trust them.
While Lu Xuan was waiting, the fighting in Nanzheng was extremely fierce.
Cao Cao sent troops to attack continuously, causing numerous losses to Nanzheng's defenders. Fortunately, Cao Cao gave the order to loot and massacre. Although Cao Cao's order mobilized the Qingzhou soldiers and other troops under Cao Cao's command, it greatly enhanced the cohesion of the Nanzheng defenders.
The Nanzheng defenders, under the command of Zhao Yun, resisted desperately. In addition, the people in the city continued to rush to help, bringing food and carrying defensive materials. There were also young and strong people in Nanzheng who took the initiative to join the battle with weapons without waiting for Zhao Yun's order.
As a result, Cao Cao's attacks failed.
Cao Cao was anxious. He knew that if he did not capture Nanzheng, it would be a joke for him to invade Shuzhong, so he ordered a fierce attack. In such a stalemate of attack and defense, time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, the day came when Lu Xuan was preparing to attack.
At dawn in the morning, Lu Xuan called Jia Xu to learn about the weather and calculated today's wind direction. The wind direction has not changed these days and is still blowing from the northwest, which is suitable for hot air balloon transportation.
Lu Xuan is ready for everything.
He did not wear ordinary clothes, but instead wore a black Taoist robe and a purple gold lotus crown on his head.
The performances that should be given are of course indispensable.
When Lu Xuan was about to set off, Gan Ning came to Lu Xuan's side, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, everything is ready. All the soldiers are wearing golden armor and are already standing in the hanging basket."
"All the hot air balloons have been ignited and can be released from the ropes to take off at any time. Now, just wait for you to set off. When the time comes for you to finish the practice, along with your orders to beat the drums and blow the trumpets, the general will order the release of the baskets, and the hot air balloons will be released one by one. It will take off quickly."
Lu Xuan nodded and asked again: "Have you checked everything?"
"Checked!"
Gan Ning nodded solemnly once again.
He looked expectantly and said in a deep voice: "In this attack, General Mo, Xu Chu and Zhang Ren will all join the battle and attack Yangping Pass first."
Lu Xuan nodded, no longer lingering, and walked towards Yangping Pass with his soldiers. When Lu Xuan arrived outside Yangping Pass, the sky was bright, but the sun was about to rise and had not fully risen.
In the open space outside Yangpingguan, a high platform was built, which was nine feet high and divided into three floors. Around the high platform, there were many horn soldiers and drummers, and many flags were erected.
These were all recruited by Lu Xuan.
After Lu Xuan appeared, he walked to the stage and immediately attracted the attention of Xia Houyuan, Ding Xiao, and the soldiers on the tower of Yangping Pass.
Countless soldiers saw Lu Xuan dressed up as a Taoist priest.
Xia Houyuan had a bad premonition in his heart, and he always felt that Lu Xuan was not simple. However, Xia Houyuan did not show any timidity. Yangping Pass was right here. Even if Lu Xuan had conspiracies, he was not afraid.
Xia Houyuan rolled his eyes and said in a loud voice: "Lu Xuan, do you really want to open a forum to practice magic and confuse the public with your lies? Let me tell you, you are deceiving yourself and others with such methods."
"Just because you want to summon the golden-armored magic weapon to fall from the sky is simply overestimating your ability. There are no golden-armored magic weapons or gods in the world. You are just pretending to be a god."
Xia Houyuan mocked: "I, Xia Houyuan, absolutely don't believe it."
Lu Xuan stood on the stage with a solemn expression and did not answer Xia Houyuan's words. At this moment, Lu Xuan, with his thick black hair disheveled, wearing a black Taoist robe, holding a sword, was worshiping the gods of various places on the stage.
His actions are extremely solemn.
His expression is solemn and solemn.
There was silence all around, which made Lu Xuan's actions on the stage to worship become inexplicably sacred.
