Please ask me to be the emperor

The distance from the Yellow Emperor's old city to Chiyou Village was seven miles. Just as the rebel army formed a formation and marched towards Chiyou Village, the Houjin side also set up a large formation to meet them.

It took about two quarters of an hour before the two parties met unexpectedly.

However, the moment the two sides met, they did not immediately engage in battle. Instead, they each retreated slightly, and then quickly arranged their own command systems.

"Set up the stove!" At this moment, Song Xiance, who had encountered Hou Jin, came to the center of the rebel formation and couldn't help but give an order.

"Okay!" Someone had already responded, and then they saw seven or eight big men each holding a wooden pole and quickly setting up a shelf. However, another three or five big men desperately carried a heavy iron stove and passed through. A simple ladder was lifted to the middle of the shelf.

While these people were busy setting up the stove, another thirty or fifty soldiers hurriedly carried out a large folded cloth bag.

Then he opened the cloth bag three times, then pulled the cloth inside and walked out.

The cloth was about five feet long, and once unfolded, it turned into a huge drop shape.

And at the drop-shaped tip, there is a huge loop.

Some soldiers had already carried the huge bow and placed it on top of the stove, on the top of the shelf.

After everyone was arranged neatly, another soldier carried out a huge basket.

There was an iron beam above the basket, and soldiers had already fixed the stove on the iron beam.

However, he carefully tied the thick hemp rope on the loop.

Everything was ready. After Song Xiance checked it carefully, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Light the fire!"

Some soldiers had already taken the straw, slowly stuffed it into the iron stove, and then lit it with fire.

"Boom!" When the extremely dry straw encountered sparks, tongues of fire that were more than a foot long suddenly shot out.

The hot tongue of fire licked the cool air, slowly heating up the air inside the ring.

Just like Pangu created the heaven and the earth, if it is clear and light, it will rise to the sky, while if it is heavy and turbid, it will sink and become the earth.

The air was burned by the flames, clear and rising, and gradually poured into the cloth within the loop, only to fill the cloth and slowly bulge up.

"Quickly, add more straw!" The straw couldn't withstand burning and was burned to pieces in just a moment. Song Xiance shouted hurriedly.

"Okay!" The soldiers on the left and right had already held a bunch of straw each, and couldn't help but add more to it one after another, keeping the flame rising.

Soon, the entire cloth filled up, forming a huge sphere, and then slowly floated up from the ground.

"Add more firewood, add more firewood quickly!" Seeing that the rapidly burning straw was getting less and less, Song Xiance shouted hurriedly.

All the soldiers were surprised, and quickly picked up the firewood, adding straw to the stove in twos and threes.

Gradually the flame stabilized, the firewood had been fully ignited, and the straw had completed its mission. The entire cloth, which had been filled into a huge ball, floated completely, and was connected to the iron stove and the basket under the iron stove. The ropes became taut.

"Hot air balloon, hot air balloon!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but get excited when he saw the air bag in front of him inflated and then floating in the air.

It turns out that this is the "secret weapon" he has prepared for this war for a long time - a hot air balloon.

The principle is very simple, but its safety and controllability are still very questionable.

Zhang Shun is not planning to use this hot air balloon, whose technology is not yet mature, as an offensive weapon. Instead, he is planning to use it to replace the watchtower as his command post.

Seeing that the hot air balloon was ready, Zhang Shun suppressed his excitement and stepped forward in three steps at a time. As soon as he raised his leg, he was about to step forward, but unexpectedly he was grabbed by someone.

Zhang Shun turned around and saw that the person holding him was none other than Zhang Fengyi, who looked worried.

"Your Highness, this is too dangerous. It's better to let the watchers take it!" It was the first time that Zhang Fengyi saw such a big thing that could fly into the sky, and she was very frightened.

I was afraid that the person in front of me would suddenly ride on this strange thing, just like the ancient Yellow Emperor ascending to the sky on a dragon, and suddenly fly away without a trace.

"Didn't we all agree?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but smile when he heard the words, stretched out his hand to touch her face and said, "There are three ropes tied under this hot air balloon. It can only fly thirty to fifty meters. What are you afraid of?"

"Then I'll go up with you!" Zhang Fengyi suddenly said after hearing this.

"No, military and national affairs can't be trivial!" Zhang Shun quickly stopped, "I know what you are thinking."

"But compared to you staying with me, the more important thing is to fight this battle for me!"

"If the battle is won, I will stand under a dangerous wall without losing a single hair; if the battle is lost, even if I hide under the Nine Earths, I will probably be dug out by someone in three battles."

"Believe me, I also believe you, please lead my king's army to win the final victory of this war for me!"

"Okay, Your Highness, I'll wait for you!" Zhang Fengyi was silent for a long time after hearing this, and finally nodded helplessly.

It turned out that Zhang Shun had already made clear arrangements at the beginning of the war.

The 20,000 people on the left wing were led by Li Zicheng as the left commander, the 30,000 people on the right wing were led by Zhang Sanbai who came from Baoan Old City as the right commander, and the Chinese army was assisted by Zhang Fengyi as the deputy commander.

Zhang Shun himself boarded the hot air balloon and took charge of the overall situation from a high altitude.

When everything was ready, Zhang led an operator and a flag bearer onto the gondola of the hot air balloon.

"Get up!" Following Song Xiance's order, several soldiers quickly stepped forward and untied the ropes tied to the ground. Then Zhang Shun and others felt a lightness under their feet, and the rattan hanging basket was being dragged by the hot air balloon. Down, swaying off the ground.

"It's flying, it's really flying, King Shun is flying into the sky!" When the soldiers around him saw this, they were so frightened that they couldn't even close their mouths, and they all said in shock.

For Zhang Shun, this was a very dangerous thing, but for the soldiers who had never seen flying objects other than birds and kites in their lives, a huge "hot air balloon" carried three big men into the sky. It's simply unheard of.

And this "hot air balloon" matter was entrusted to Song Xiance by Zhang Shun. Song Xiance was so magical that he dyed the hot air balloon balloon light blue, and then had someone draw a golden dragon on the light blue background. .

"Wow, is His Royal Highness King Shun flying into the sky with a dragon?" The soldiers who did not have much experience were surprised and could not help but attribute this unimaginable miracle to a miracle.

Not to mention how amazed the rebel soldiers were, Zhang Shun slowly rose into the sky, and his field of vision gradually broadened.

Originally, the 40,000-strong formation of the rebel army was three to four miles across, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

As a result, as Zhang Shun gradually rose up, he not only had a clear view of the Chinese army's formation, but also all the formations on the left and right wings and Hou Jin's army formation on the opposite side.

Compared with the rebel army, the Hou Jin Dynasty also divided its troops into three locations to resist the rebel army. Only in the area east of Chiyou Spring, the Hou Jin Dynasty deployed two smaller military formations.

But judging from their flags and size, there are about 40,000 of them.

It seemed that Hong Tai planned to eat the left wing of the rebel army first, and then move on to other things.

"Why, why did you eat 30,000 troops on my left wing!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but smile when he saw this, and he suddenly felt confident.

The height of the hot air balloon allowed him to have a clear view of the battlefield on both sides.

Hong Tai's carefully prepared battle plan was unexpectedly seen through by Zhang Shun.