From Chief to Ball

Su Tang knew what was in the boat, and also knew that Chen Jian found these silk bags made by women in the city. They were supported by reed poles, covered with silk around them, and a piece of sackcloth soaked in turpentine and butter was placed underneath.

It looks like a clay pot, only much lighter than a clay pot.

Chen Jian took out one, tied it with a rope, and ordered the life fire to ignite the linen cloth covered with turpentine and butter. After a while, more than 300 people screamed, and the silk bag, which looked like a clay pot, flew unsteadily. When he got up, if Chen Jian hadn't held the rope in his hands, he might have already flown to the sky to be with the stars.

People in Xiacheng have seen too many kites, and their stereotype that human beings can't fly was shattered by Chen Jian at the Huaizi Festival a year ago. They were not too shocked when they saw flying things, but there were still shocks and shocks. Distinguished, especially when it floats and shines overhead.

"What is this?"

"Sky Lantern. There is another name. You can see that a kite can fly, but it is covered with a piece of cloth. If it has holes, it will not be able to fly. The biggest difference between this thing and a kite is whether it has holes or not. This thing has The hole is like a pot, shining like a star. I think it is not bad to call it Kongming Lantern. Nowadays, the appearance of various things in Xiacheng has also made the children have many names. Xuan, Yuan, Zheng, Jun, Hua, etc., are all based on objects. If you have a child in the future, you can use Kong Ming as your name."

Chen Jian made nonsense, and everyone looked up at the flickering fire in the sky, thinking that the name was really good.

After secretly wiping away sweat, Chen Jian said again: "You 30 people take these sky lanterns and follow the guide to the bushes on the east side of the city. When the moon climbs near the Tianhe River, light these lanterns. All the sky lanterns flew out to make the people in the city suspect that there were soldiers ambushing there. When this thing flew, they were first surprised and startled, and the second flew to the city by the east wind. When there were too many people, they couldn't figure it out. how many people."

Su Tang was startled, and wondered, "If it's a surprise attack at night, wouldn't it be better not to be noticed? With Jixia doing this, I don't know how many people have come to the city, and they are prepared, so they will definitely not go out of the city to fight us. , how can this sneak attack at night make the other party unexpected?"

Chen Jian said with a smile: "Just let them stay in the city. If they go out of the city to fight us, I have only a few people. I haven't followed the horses and chariots. How can I fight? Besides, when did I say that I want to attack at night? Night How inconvenient it is, and the people cannot be calmed down quickly, if this battle is divided into ten parts, three points are in the army, seven points are in the truth, and everyone is in a mess at night, who will listen to the truth?"

Chapter 59 Armed Intervention ([-])

At the time of Dongshan, Chen Jian had brought his people to the vicinity of the city. At this time, the art of war had not yet been fully developed, and no one thought of moving three hundred miles along the river in three to five days.

There was some fire on the city wall, people's hearts were unstable at this time, and it was only natural that the city was closed at night, and some people were still walking back and forth on the city wall.

Following the moonlight, Chen Jian led the team to lurk near a piece of millet field outside, looking at the sky, and when the time was approaching, he asked someone to light the bonfire and lit a torch with pine branches.

The torches suddenly lit by 300 people immediately caused panic on the city wall. A few barks came from the movement heard outside, and the subsequent barks were just blind obedience.

Chen Jian asked someone to make noise on purpose, led them to a place a stone's throw away from the city wall, and yelled loudly.

Soon there was a voice on the city wall saying, "Who is it?"

Chen Jian picked up the torch, took a photo in front of the face of the old leader's son, then turned his head to reflect everyone's attire, and shouted: "It's okay if you don't recognize the old leader's blood, how can the relatives with the hair on the right side recognize it?" No way? Could it be that the relatives come and want to meet behind closed doors?"

The crowd behind them clamored together, the people from Sucheng probably knew the city wall, and shouted: "When the leader of Suyue attacked Dongyi, we fought together in the same robe, and now it's only been three or two years, but now we don't recognize each other?"

The person in the city panicked, and took a closer look at the young man beside Chen Jianjian. He was too far away to see what he looked like, but he also knew that the people in the city must be relatives. When he was undecided, he walked away. A person came and said, "Don't open the door for now, we'll talk about it when the leader comes."

Someone had already gone to report back, and when the newly crowned leader heard this, he broke out in sweat.The person he sent to Sucheng hadn't come back yet, and he didn't know what happened to Sucheng, so even if Sucheng did something, it was impossible for him to come here so soon.

Reporting that the man has followed him for a long time, and also followed the old leader to Sucheng meeting last winter, the new leader asked, "Which clan are you from?"

"Some people from Sucheng, and another group, seem to be Xiacheng people who make a lot of noise in winter. Their voices are a bit strange. I learned from Ji Xia for a while, so I can't hear it wrong."

"Ji Xia? What... what did he come for? This place is thousands of miles away from the Caohe River, what good does it do him if he cares about it? How many people did he bring?"

"It's bright with torches, and there are about 300 people."

"300 people? What do these people want to do?"

With the puzzlement in his heart, he hastily called someone to inform his clansmen, and they were all ready in case of any eventuality.When he was elected as the leader, it's not that he didn't think about the reactions of all parties. This is no longer an era when one city is alone.But after thinking about it, I felt that being a leader was no different from others, and I immediately sent someone to Sucheng to express that I would abide by all the rules and covenants left by the old leader, and there would never be anything out of the ordinary.

Sucheng's new covenant was first established, and it was the time when stability was needed the most. He was [-]% sure that Sucheng would not take care of this matter, and there were only [-] soldiers outside the city, so he was a little confused for a while.

The instability in the city caused by the transfer of power was temporarily suppressed by him. In order to show his respect for the old leader, he did not touch the old leader's family property at all. Although the son did something wrong, he didn't care about it because of his respect for the old leader. He only waited for the child to come back to inherit the old leader's land slaves, and let him share the exhaustion of governing the city.

He is eagerly hoping that the Dongyi people will come to fight at this time, so that his position can be stabilized faster. The alliance will definitely support him, and any forces in the city that oppose him will also be defeated by the Dongyi people's invasion. If you become a traitor before, you will be cast aside.

However, the Dongyi people are busy with internal conflicts. Even if they told the Dongyi people about the changes in the city at the first time, they sent envoys to beg the Dongyi people to beat themselves, but the Dongyi people turned a deaf ear and didn't care. They didn't care at all. The movement of troops.

The Dongyi people didn't come, but the relatives of Dahe came. This was the last thing he wanted to see.

He came to the city wall with a bit of apprehension, looked at the firelight of pine branches in the distance below the city, recognized the old chief's son and Chen Jian at a glance, and asked, "Is Ji Xia under the city?"

"Exactly."

"Jixia is not in Caohe, not in Dayezawa, why did he come here? After winter, it has been half a year now, how is Jixia?"

"It's okay. Now that you recognize it, why don't you open the city gate? Is this how the city's rules treat guests?"

"I heard Jixia's lectures in Sucheng, and I admire Jixia very much, especially for Jixia's discipline. I was loved and elected as the leader by everyone, so naturally I have to abide by the rules of the city. The rules established by the old leader before his death, After sunset, the gates of the city are locked, and no one is allowed to open the gate. We will talk about it tomorrow. This place is no different than the three cities of Caohe, and there are Dongyi people coming and going to the east. Everyone must abide by this rule. It's not me who is neglecting Ji Xia, but the old leader If I go new, I will break the rules left by the old leader, how will I face the people in the city?"

"Since Ji Xia is the most disciplined, is it possible that I will break the rules? I will ask someone to arrange a meal, and I will have a banquet for Ji Xia and all relatives tomorrow morning! Please don't be offended by relatives, and please don't let me do it." People who break the rules, even the leaders don’t follow the rules, so how can everyone in the city obey the rules?”

After being lonely in the city for a while, Su Tang beside Chen Jian whispered, "Just in time, we will enter the city early tomorrow morning, and we will capture this man at a banquet with 300 warriors, and let's talk about his crime. Our [-] people will definitely not be able to conquer the city. Ji Xia's method Sure enough, once we enter the city, these three hundred warriors are enough to defeat his trusted clansmen."

However, to Su Tang's surprise, Chen Jian shook his head and shouted loudly towards the city wall: "This time we are not here to have a feast with you, the leader of Su Yue asked me to question you about four things!"

Loudly yelling out his own unexcused crimes, everyone on the city wall was stunned, Su Tang was even more confused, what the hell was he going to do?Didn't make a sneak attack, and didn't suddenly start an incident after entering the city, and even yelled it out directly, isn't this a person to be on guard against?Could it be that Sucheng has not fought against Xirong for 30 years, and the people of Xirong are now in such a decaying city, how could they be defeated by such people?

After questioning loudly, Chen Jian shouted again: "The son of the old leader fled to Sucheng and told the leader of Suyue about you. Let’s go in and use the thorns to cover your hands and feet and tell your mistakes in front of your ancestors. That’s the right way! I, 300 people, lived and slept for several days without rest, exhausted, and escorted the old leader’s son to rush here, just to confront you.”

Su Tang was completely confused, what happened to Xin Dao Ji Xia?Do you really think that a few words from the kinship alliance can make people lay down their weapons?If this is the case, why did the Dahe tribes shed blood for 20 years?

The new leader of the city almost laughed, and the original pressure seemed to be relieved in an instant. He secretly said: "In Sucheng, I often heard that Jixia and the Xirong Grassland fought again and again. It seems that Xiacheng people are just bragging. He only has 300 people From Sucheng to here so fast, he must have run with all his strength, exhausted and unable to fight anymore, since Suyue sent him to bring this group of people, he definitely didn't want to turn against me, probably Ji Xia kept yelling at Suyue The leader had no choice but to let him go through this, which is ridiculous."

Chapter 60 Armed Intervention ([-])

Chen Jian shouted again from the bottom of the city: "Since it is the old leader's rule to close the city at night, we naturally don't want to violate it. Well, it's okay for you to go out of the city, right? This is a major matter related to the rules of the alliance, and there should be no delay. Make it clear as soon as possible, so I can make it clear with Chief Suyue."

The few people around him were a little unclear. There were only 300 people. Even if the opponent went out of the city to fight on the flat ground, how could there be a chance for a sudden surprise attack in such a large open space?Now he doesn't dare to open the city, even if he is obeying the rules, Qu Ye is with him, and his momentum is always weak.If you really go out of the city to chat in formation, then the momentum will be enough.

The new leader did not refute Chen Jian's proposal, and he was not afraid of leaving the city.The place in the city is small, maybe 50 to [-] people can decide the victory or defeat in the chaos, but it is useless on the flat ground, no matter how strong the warrior is, he can't stand the arrow.

Even if the people of Xiacheng are good at fighting, they line up their formations and shoot out questions and answers, the opponent has no way to threaten him other than rushing to the formation.At that time, some clansmen from the city will die, and the blood feud will deepen, and the people in the city will no longer want to support the son of the old leader.Moreover, he went out of the city to make a theory, which seemed to be justified. Hiding in the city, it was inevitable that everyone in the city would talk about his guilt.

External interference is meaningless at all when the people in the city are stable.Because of the connection of blood relatives, it is absolutely impossible for the city to accept the rule of outsiders. Even if it is controlled, it can only support puppets, but these puppets cannot harm the interests of the people of the country, otherwise they will be driven out.The attitude of the people of the city is an issue that any leader has to consider, including not letting them think that they are guilty.

The new leader felt that Chen Jian was stupid, and this clearly gave him an excellent opportunity. Just as he was about to agree to show his frankness and fearlessness, the people around him suddenly looked up at the sky and shouted in panic.

Under the sky in the east, more than a hundred stars shone brighter than the brightest star in the sky, flying over everyone's heads like fireflies all over the sky.

The sky lanterns flashed across the heads of this group of people, horrified their hearts, and the chaotic city walls became even more noisy. The Chinese people pointed at the sky, not knowing what happened. Priests can give an answer.

Occasionally, one or two burnt ones fell down, and several people surrounded them and dared not move forward. It was not until they boldly picked them up that they saw the familiar reeds and silk.

The traces of people are indelible. Those who were originally terrified and thought they were condemned by God can rest assured that no matter how terrifying things are, as long as they are made by humans, they will be less uneasy about the unknown.

The leader looked at the lights all over the sky, looked at this weird sky lantern, and immediately thought of the weird things from Xiacheng, and looked at the dark east of the city, and suddenly realized!

Where are there only 300 people under the city?Obviously there are still many people lurking in the east, this sky lantern is probably to pass the news to Ji Xia that they are ready.

Thinking of her contempt just now, she couldn't help wiping the sweat off her brow, thinking to herself why Ji Xia dared to bring only these 300 people, and actually didn't know how many were hidden in the woods.It must be that Jixia deliberately showed weakness. If he let them into the city, and they should cooperate with each other tomorrow, how can the city be defended?

Looking at the city, Chen Jian also forgot that Tiandeng was yelling and yelling, and vaguely saw him pointing to the east and yelling, and then several people hurried towards the east and didn't know what they were going to do.

The new leader was already skeptical, but now he believed that there must be a large number of soldiers ambushing in the east, he let out a long breath in his heart, thinking that if he had really left the city just now, he might have been defeated by the opponent now.