The next morning.

"Is this the one who first climbed Hengshan Fort?"

Yang Xin looked at Ma Jinzhong who was carrying him with interest.

The Hanyang King of the Southern Ming Dynasty was almost out of shape at this time.

His grenade, which was purely resigned to fate, landed at the entrance of the gunpowder depot on the heavy artillery, and then bounced up and rolled in from the steps.

Not far away, a soldier of the regiment witnessed this scene. He was so scared that he turned around and jumped off the fort, then broke his legs on the top of the first floor. He escaped because he fell into a traffic trench. He was captured by the bandit army who attacked Hengshan Fort, and explained the cause of the big explosion. However, it was impossible for human-powered grenades to throw so high and far, so it could only be musket grenades. At that time, only Ma Jinzhong was the first to climb Hengshan Fort and used this. He could basically confirm that the explosion that killed more than 100 bandit army and more than a dozen bandit army, and even the explosion that destroyed the fighting spirit of the defenders was done.

However, he was also seriously injured.

It is a miracle that this level of explosion is not crushed to pieces.

He was twenty meters away from the explosion site, but fortunately he was at a low point and was knocked away by the explosion air waves and fell into the collapsed soft mud under the bastion, which had just been dug out.

"I have to remember his first merit!"

Yang Xin said.

Of course, Ma Jinzhong still knew nothing.

In fact, whether he can survive or not still has to be left to fate.

Then Yang Xin waved his hand and the stretcher team carried the guy away, who was almost rotten. Governor Yang stood on Hengshan and looked at Wuxi City in the distance. On the banks of Liangxi River in front, the Changsheng Army, which was originally stationed on the east side of Hengshan, could no longer see it. After Hengshan Fort was conquered last night, all the regiments retreated back to Wuxi City in a hurry. They did not dare to stay here to fight the bandit army in field.

They know that they can't win.

What they can rely on now are Wuxi City Wall and Huishan Fort.

However, if they are determined to defend, they still have a great advantage, because both Huishan Fort and Wuxi City Wall are surrounded by water networks. The former is surrounded by water on three sides, but it is also in a place surrounded by water on all sides. There is even more than a circle of water networks around Wuxi City, so whether it is digging tunnels or trenches, they don’t think about all of these. The remaining means are only bombardment and then attacking, but bombardment is definitely not possible. That will cause a large number of casualties in the people, and attacking is also not advisable, because these two places are cross-fire power that can be reached by each other.

It has to be said that Wuxi's defense system was enough to make the generals' headache when it was acquired by Europe. The water net and the bastion formed a tight defense.

but……

Fortresses are easily breached from the inside.

"Uncle, isn't this too risky?"

Yang Huan said.

A hot air balloon next to him had just been assembled, and the heat was already floating in the air while dragging the rope, and even the hanging basket was off the ground. However, this one was different from the one for the Apocalypse. There was an additional wooden propeller on it, but there was no power, and it was just connected to the handle through a set of gears...

This is human.

Actually, it's useless.

Only in today's breeze days can there be a little effect.

"It's worth taking risks for the people of Wuxi."

Yang Xin said.

After saying that, he went straight into the hot air balloon.

At this time, the soldiers around who cleaned the battlefield, and even the prisoners who had not had time to escape, were all shocked to look at this strange thing. This was the first time this hot air balloon appeared.

Yang Huan immediately directed the soldiers to untie the rope, and then the hot air balloon slowly took Yang Xin to the sky, because today was almost a windless day. The hot air balloon continued to rise in an almost vertical posture, and the surroundings were immediately amazed, but it was just awesome. After all, everyone could see that this was an oversized Kongming lantern.

Yang Xin then shook the handle.

Although his shaking speed is not fast, after the gears are changed, the large wooden propeller still rotates quickly. This little power can make the hot air balloon move slowly. As for the direction adjustment, it is also simple. You only need to move the gearbox. It is not fixed at all. It is directly inserted into a wooden base in the hanging basket. Yang Xin must hold it with one hand and turn the handle with the other to keep it in a stable direction.

The hot air balloon continues to rise as it moves forward, and the speed of the rise is much faster than that of the advance. When it flies above Hengshan, it has reached an altitude of more than 300 meters.

Of course, this is estimated.

But it's almost the same, because the Ermao Peak next to it is 300 altitude.

Yang Xin stopped rising immediately. Just turn off the fire to a smaller point. His stove is similar to a huge Mobil kerosene lamp. He obtains flames of different sizes by adjusting the wick, but the largest one is not too large. Therefore, the hot air balloons made can only carry two or three people at low altitudes.

But he doesn't need to be too high, so the height of several hundred meters is just right.

The hot air balloon was kept at a height like this, and slowly moved forward under the power of his human propeller. After flying for about ten minutes, it had entered the defense zone of the regiment training. All the cavalry patrolling below looked up, then screamed and ran to follow. The defenders who were deploying defense on the Wuxi city wall in the distance, and even the people in the city who were almost unable to hold back, also saw the huge Kongming lantern in the sky...

"Is this the sky car?"

Shen Tingyang held up the telescope and said in surprise.

"Ma, the Kongming lantern is just the Kongming lantern. A large Kongming lantern actually blows into a carriage!"

He continued.

Well, after a long spread of rumors, this thing has become a chariot made by Hejianhou for the emperor in this area. His Majesty the Emperor often rides around the sky, which makes the gentry a little uneasy. He really thinks that this pair of tyrants can even make such a fantasy thing. You must know that the news of creating thunder has spread among the people.

"But this traitor has always had wonderful ideas. We have been holding the Kongming lantern for a lifetime, so why have we never thought of making it a Mahayana to heaven? It seems that this thing is silk, and it is nothing more than a big oil lamp, plus a bamboo basket."

He Gang said.

At the same time, there was a noise behind them.

Shen Tingyang pulled out without hesitation, then turned around and pulled the trigger in the sky.

"What do you want to do? Rebel?"

He yelled.

In the water alleys in the city, the people who were gathering on small boats stopped clamoring and looked at him and the alert group training with hatred.

"Don't think that if Yang Xin comes, you will be in a mess. There are still 10,000 troops in this city. The traitor hasn't yet entered. I tell you, whoever dares to take the opportunity to make trouble will kill you. I will depend on whether you have a hard head or a hard shell. From now on, there will be martial law in the city. Everyone is not allowed to go home. Anyone who goes out will be punished as a bandit, and killing will be done!"

He shouted.

But those ordinary people obviously ignored him.

So what can a 10,000 army be? Hengshan Fort has been opened, and Xishan Fort has been completed. I dare not fight against the storm army in the field. The 100,000 army is in this city. When the storm army attacks the city, who will be afraid of whom!

"Friends, we are all fellow villagers in the country and the Yang thief is in trouble. Don't follow him and wait honestly. Let you go home for your own good. Otherwise, it is easy to get hurt by accident if you fight. Wuxi is a place for rituals and etiquette. You all understand the morality of the ruler and the people. Don't be fooled by those things without a king or father!"

Hua Yunyi beside him shouted weakly.

There was a boo below, and all the people looked at him with contempt.

Even Chen Tingyang despised him. What kind of morality is that he takes out a box of silver and sends an ingot to each person, which is more effective than sages.

Then Chen Ting waved his hand, and the trainees next to him immediately pulled the trigger. The dense gunshots sounded, and flames ejected into the sky, but the people below did not disperse, but looked up at the sky together. Chen Tingyang then raised his head and then saw the hot air balloon slowly entering the field of view. A vaguely visible face on the hot air balloon poked out his head, and then another trumpet appeared...

"cough!"

A cough sounded.

"Divid the fields, divide the fields, and you are ready to divide the fields."

Then came the familiar voice.

The people below were excited, and some even began to salute.

Chen Tingyang snatched a short gun without hesitation and pulled the trigger to the face.

"After the rifle, kill him and reward him with a thousand taels of gold!"

He yelled.

Obviously he also knew that he could not hit.

A Dutch man in a military uniform in the ever-winning army beside him shouted a few times in German. Six ghosts who had been watching hot air balloons there immediately raised their guns and began to aim at Yang Xin in the sky. This was a short-barrel rotor firer. In fact, the total length was close to four feet. The barrel was a forged octagonal shape, more than two and a half feet long, but the diameter was obviously smaller than that of the turtle dove gun or even the bird gun, and it also had a sight and a gate.

This is their rifled gun.

The six mercenaries, who were actually German Protestant hunters, held their rifles and carefully aimed at a thousand taels of gold.

This is a huge fortune.

It is huge enough to match the entire property of a lord.

"Bow him to death!"

"Bare him to death, I will give you one hundred taels of gold!"

"I'll add one hundred taels!"

...

The Wuxi gentry who were suffering from Yang Xin's disaster waved their fists and shouted with the same hatred.

Yang Xin lay on the side of the hanging basket with a trumpet and looked at them with a smile.

At the same time, six riflemen pulled the trigger, and six bullets flew out, but unfortunately they could not even reach one-third of the height. The effective aiming range of this thing was only 100 meters, but the shooting height to the sky was probably less than 100 meters, and it was impossible to reach him at a height of 300 meters. In fact, there was no weapon to reach him at this time, and the turtledove gun was useless. The high shooting height of the heavy artillery should be barely reached, but unfortunately, no cannon could hit such a high.

"Have you finished the fight? Then it's my turn now."

Yang Xin said with a smile.
Chapter completed!