The Jin soldiers rushed towards them with shouts, but stopped again when they were dozens of feet away from the city. Hu Lieer reined up his horse and came to the front of the battle formation, shouting towards the city: "Listen, people of the Song Dynasty in the city, our heavenly soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin have already arrived."
We're here, why don't you open the door quickly and return?"
Xu Zizhen waved to Bao'er: "Ignore that idiot, go ahead."
"Yes!" Bao'er ran down the city like a gust of wind. Zhao Gou and others didn't care that Jin Bing was right under their noses, and all followed him.
I saw Bao'er running straight into the city, and stopped when he was about a hundred steps away from the city gate. There was an inconspicuous hut there, but the strange thing was that there was a group of armored soldiers guarding the house outside. Bao'er suddenly
He ducked into the house, and then there was no movement.
Zhao Gou waited for a while and saw nothing, so he couldn't help but ask: "Zizhen, what kind of mechanism is there?"
Xu Zizhen smiled mysteriously: "You'll find out later."
When everyone saw that he was being beaten again, they had no choice but to wait while they were itching with hatred. The golden soldiers outside the city had prepared their siege equipment, and the ladders, crossbows, and door-breaking vehicles were arrayed in order. Zhao
Just as Gou's attention was drawn, there was sudden movement in the thatched hut.
I don't know if Bao'er inside the house gave some orders. Suddenly, the armored soldiers outside the house suddenly came to the side of the house. They touched a hanging hemp rope and pulled hard. There was a bang and the roof of the thatched hut was lifted off.
It opened, and then under the astonished gazes of everyone, a huge rubber ball slowly rose into the sky.
This ball is almost the size of an ordinary room. You can't tell what material it is made of. The whole body is painted black. There are two ferocious faces painted on the ball. Their eyes are fierce and their mouths are bloody. As the big ball is blown away by the wind,
Swaying slightly, the face seemed to be alive, and even those brave sergeants couldn't help but feel chilled in their hearts.
"Kongming lantern? No, no, this... what kind of weird thing is this?" Master Yong blurted out, but he quickly rejected his opinion, because at this time, the big ball had flown out of the hut, revealing a hanging ball underneath.
Bamboo basket, there is a young man standing in the basket, it is Bao'er.
Zhao Gou was so horrified that he couldn't help but ask: "Zizhen, what is this?"
Xu Zizhen folded his arms and said proudly: "I gave this thing a name, it's called the observation ball. It's useless. It's just one sentence - stand high and see far. We have everything under control for any troubles in the Jin soldiers."
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Zhao Gou was surprised and happy, but then he thought of a question: "But if the Jin soldiers go around the city, can Bao'er see that far?"
"Of course, with the help of treasures, when the ball rises to a height of tens of feet, it will not be a problem to see it more than ten miles away." Xu Zizhen said, taking out a delicate and small tube-shaped object from his arms and placing it on Zhao
He held his hands in his hands and smiled mysteriously, "Don't say you don't believe it yet, just read it and then say it."
Zhao Gou took the small cylinder with hesitation, played with it in his hand, and then put it in front of his eyes according to Xu Zizhen's instructions. Then he took a look, and suddenly he seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying. He shook his hand and almost dropped the round cylinder.
Throw away the tube.
Xu Zizhen quickly took it with quick eyes and hands, wiping cold sweat and said: "Master Qi, there are not many of these, please take your time."
Zhao Gou's face turned from surprise to joy, and he said in a trembling voice: "I saw it, I saw it indeed, it's as if it's right in front of me from a few miles away, Zizhen, what kind of divine object is this?"
Xu Zizhen chuckled and replied with great arrogance: "This is called a telescope. There are only two of them in the world. One is in Bao'er's hand and the other is in my hand." At this point, he put the telescope in his hand back to Zhao Gou.
In his hand, "Master Qi, this thing is easy to break, please put it away."
Zhao Gou was overjoyed and asked again in disbelief: "You really gave it to me?"
Xu Zizhen said: "Of course, you are the marshal of troops and horses. Only with this thing can you achieve a standard strategizing and win a victory thousands of miles away."
Zhao Gou held the telescope and played with it lovingly, but after a while he handed it back to Xu Zizhen and said with a solemn expression: "My dear brother, this thing is only useful in your hands. If I hold it, it will be a waste of nature."
"Uh..." Xu Zizhen actually didn't want to give this thing to Zhao Gou at all, but he would be the emperor in the future, and hiding treasures privately would definitely cause trouble, so he was polite. Now that Zhao Gou has given it back to him, it is just right.
He wanted to, so he pretended to decline twice before taking it back. As for the salivating looks of Master Yong and Zhang Shuye next to him, he just pretended that he couldn't see it.
The balloon rose higher and higher, and everyone saw clearly that there was a long rope under the basket, connected to the thatched hut without a roof. There seemed to be something spitting fire in the basket, and Bao'er was wrapped in a thick
wearing cotton-padded clothes, holding a telescope similar to the one in Xu Zizhen's hand, and looking excitedly at the Jin Bing outside the city.
Hu Lier and the Jin soldiers outside the city were stunned by the huge ball. No one knew what it was. The fear came from ignorance. Coupled with the two terrifying faces on the ball, most of the Jin soldiers were stunned.
My legs were trembling, and I secretly had the intention to retreat.
After a while, the balloon rose to about sixty or seventy feet above the ground and stopped. Xu Zizhen looked calm and still stood at the top of the city with his arms folded. Hu Lieer's eyes flickered and he didn't know what he was thinking. He didn't call for a fight or attack.
It seemed like I didn't know what to do for a while.
Master Yong couldn't help but asked Xu Zizhen in a low voice: "You brat, what should I do now?"
Xu Zizhen said: "Let's wait for Bao'er to send the news before deciding... By the way, I think it's better for you to make preparations. You may have to take action later."
Master Yong suddenly became energetic: "Can I go out to fight?"
Xu Zizhen pretended to be astonished: "What you said, who else can take the lead in the battle in Yingtian Mansion now? No one can beat Jin Gou's momentum."
This flattery was too fake, but Master Yong was extremely comfortable. He slapped his hands and shouted: "Okay, I will go and put it on now to give the golden dog some memory!"
Just as Lord Yong was about to turn around and go down to the city, suddenly a sergeant rushed up to the city and came to Xu Zizhen: "Report! Enemy troops have been found in the northwest and are heading towards Tiandu Village."
Zhao Gou and others were stunned, but Xu Zizhen was not surprised and asked: "How many people and horses?"
The sergeant replied: "About five thousand."
"Oh." Xu Zizhen nodded and looked at Master Yong, "Father-in-law, there are only five thousand dogs. Could you please drive them around?"
Master Yong's blood surged, and when he was about to agree, another sergeant rushed up: "Report! Enemy troops have been found in the northeast and are heading towards Mawei Village along the river."
"How many men and horses?"
"About five thousand."
Xu Zizhen smiled: "I knew Jin Xiaosi was playing tricks again... Mr. Zhang, do you have time?"
Zhang Shuye was already feeling itchy when he saw that Mr. Yong had the opportunity to fight. Unexpectedly, Xu Zizhen suddenly called him. His spirits instantly rose and he said loudly: "How long will it take to kill the dog? Zhang wants to fight."
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Xu Zizhen laughed and looked at Zhao Gou: "Master Qi, please lend me two thousand armored soldiers to kill the dogs."
The excited expressions of Master Yong and Zhang Shuye froze instantly, and they exclaimed in unison: "Two thousand?"