Mengjin's three passes were determined, and Xia Yu immediately returned to Baiya Water Village.
In the afternoon, the hot-air balloon team, which had been prepared long ago, finally waited for a southeasterly wind, and more than thirty hot-air balloons immediately took off.
The first air raid in human history has begun!
…
Afternoon.
More than thirty miles east of Mengjin Pass, on the wide river surface, the turbid Yellow River water is rushing like a furious evil dragon.
A huge pontoon bridge is connected by a sandbar in the river, spanning the inner river and standing majestically.
This pontoon bridge is not a simple bridge with wooden boards connected by boats.
Instead, it is a semi-permanent pontoon bridge with giant towers built at both ends, connected by dozens of iron cables in the middle, and wooden planks laid on the cables, so that two carts can run parallel.
Such a pontoon can pass vehicles and pedestrians without delaying the boating under the bridge.
In ancient times when science and technology was underdeveloped, building such a pontoon bridge on a large river was a miraculous feat and cost a lot of money.
There are only two floating bridges like this across the thousands of miles of the mighty Yellow River.
One is in Heyang, and the other is in the mountains. The narrow junction is the famous Pujin Floating Bridge, which shows the advantages and disadvantages of its throat.
At this time, groups of Zheng soldiers were patrolling on the bridge.
The three towering cities in the north, middle and south were closed, and trebuchets and giant crossbows were also prepared, ready to attack the invading Tang army at any time.
In addition, there were three iron cables blocking the river on each side, countless iron cones under the river, and several forts as outposts. Zheng Jun was very confident that——
Heyang Floating Bridge is impregnable!
"Then, what is that!?"
Suddenly, a Zheng Jun who was patrolling on the bridge looked up inadvertently, his pupils shrank instantly, and he pointed to the sky with a horrified expression.
What can be in the sky?
The rest of Zheng Jun raised their heads inexplicably. Immediately, everyone changed their colors in shock and stood blankly on the spot.
I saw dozens of giant monsters flying in mid-air. Their round heads were bigger than the room, and there was a big basket hanging underneath.
What's even more amazing is that as the monster quickly approaches, there are actually people sticking their heads out from the big basket, looking down.
"It's a god! It's a god!"
The Zheng army was suddenly in chaos. Some were panicked, and some were kneeling on the bridge in fear. They were kowtowing like garlic, with sincerity and fear.
Immediately afterwards, more and more Zheng Jun discovered the hot air balloon above his head.
Along the entire pontoon, thousands of Zheng soldiers poured out. Looking at the monsters they had never seen before, they all fell into panic.
More and more people knelt down and kowtowed, and some generals even offered incense and begged at the same time.
In the eyes of the ancients, besides gods, who else could fly?
When you meet a deity, in addition to paying homage, you must also ask for help. Otherwise, wouldn’t this trip to the deity be in vain?
However, Zheng Jun miscalculated.
After a moment, depending on the direction of the wind, hot air balloon teams floated over the pontoon one after another. With the sound of a horn horn, the air raid officially began.
One after another, small clay pots were dropped from a hot air balloon more than a hundred meters high, and fell straight to the spacious bridge deck, as densely as raindrops.
What's this!?
Seeing the 'immortal' throwing things down, Zheng Jun, who was in a panic, looked stunned and had no reaction at all.
"Ba! Ba!"
Due to the limited height, most of the pots fell accurately onto the bridge, and some fell into the three gates.
The clay pot shattered when it hit the ground, and a large amount of viscous liquid splashed out and flowed everywhere.
The unlucky Zheng Jun was even hit on the head by a clay pot, and he fell to the ground bleeding with blood without even making a sound.
It’s tung oil!
A general of the Zheng Army immediately smelled the smell and realized in an instant: The person coming over his head was probably not a god, but an enemy!
How can it be!?
How can Tang Jun fly!?
Before General Zheng could react, a group of Tang soldiers on the hanging basket had already set up their bows and arrows, shooting down flying meteors one after another.
"boom!"
Where the rocket hit, countless flames ignited instantly, and then spread quickly through the flowing tung oil.
For a moment, the huge and long pontoon bridge burst into flames, thick smoke billowed, and fires broke out everywhere even in Guancheng.
"This is not a fairy, this is Tang Jun!"
"Quickly put out the fire!"
"Shoot arrows! Shoot arrows quickly! Shoot these monsters down."
Zheng Jun finally reacted. Under the command of the officers, some pushed the fire dragon desperately to put out the fire, while others tried to attack the hot air balloon.
However, the hot air balloon is too high, more than 100 meters high.
Ordinary bows and arrows, if shot two times, will fall down after thirty meters!
Although the crossbow was much more powerful, Zheng Jun later discovered that this thing could only shoot flatly and had no anti-air angle at all!
After all, the ancients never thought that one day crossbows would be needed for air defense.
So, although Zheng Jun was busy for a long time, he could only look at the hot air balloon in the sky and sigh.
Seeing that Zheng Jun had nothing to do with him, Tang Jun on the hot air balloon became more and more arrogant, laughing and throwing the clay pots more frequently.
It's okay to add fuel to the fire. The fire on the pontoon became bigger and bigger, gradually forming a sea of fire.
Even the three gates were swept away by the raging flames.
In his haste, Zheng Jun had no time to extinguish so many fire points. The fire quickly got completely out of control and swallowed up the entire floating bridge and Guancheng.
Countless Zheng soldiers completely gave up their efforts, were burned to death by the flames, and fled frantically.
Those who were in a hurry even took off their armor and jumped into the Yellow River. Although the current was turbulent and it was not easy to swim ashore, it was still better than being burned alive.
…
In just a short moment, when more than thirty hot air balloons flew over the pontoon bridge, the Heyang pontoon bridge, together with the three gates, had been completely engulfed by the flames soaring into the sky.
The fire was so powerful that it could even be seen dozens of miles away!
Now, even if a god really comes, he can't be saved.
At this time, more than ten Tang army warships and merchant ships were moving down the river more than ten miles upstream, including Xia Yu, Huang Junhan, Zheng Ting, and Zheng Bo.
"Everyone," Xia Yu felt proud as she looked at the red sky, "The Heyang Floating Bridge is finished!"
"Yesterday, I received a military report from His Highness the King of Qin. He has led his troops to seize Qingcheng Palace, Qianjin Fort and other places to surround Luoyang."
"Now, Wang Shichong is like a turtle in a urn, and he only has a few days left to live."
Zheng Ting and Zheng Bo looked at each other and secretly rejoiced that they had made the right bet: Wang Shichong was no match for Li Shimin!
This Xia Military Advisor is even more wise. Even if he cannot be his in-laws, he must not be his enemy!
"It's still the military master's clever plan!"
"Zheng Jun wanted to kill him, but he didn't expect that the military advisor would use hot air balloons and other magical objects to make a surprise attack from the air. His defeat was not unfair at all."
Zheng Ting's face was full of smiles and his flattery was making loud noises.
"Since ancient times, soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. As long as you use your brain, there are always more solutions than difficulties." Xia Yu laughed, showing off his cool style.
"It's just that from Heyang down, there are enemy areas. I don't know how many of the 100 soldiers on the hot air balloon will come back!"
Thinking of this, where Xia Yu sighed, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
Huang Junhan comforted him and said: "Military advisor, don't worry! Being able to burn down the Heyang Floating Bridge so easily is a very small price to pay."
"When the soldiers leave, they are determined to die for their country."
"If he really can't come back, the court will show mercy to his family."
"That's all." Xia Yu sighed again: "By the way, Shopkeeper Zheng, I will send it here. We will see you later."
"Military advisor, see you later. See you in Chang'an tomorrow." Zheng Ting also smiled and cupped his hands, and then led Zheng's fleet to return to Xingyang by other waterways.
