Every 24 chapters release a kite

  In May and June, it is rare for strong winds to blow in the Central Plains.

  The strong wind came suddenly, from yesterday's gusts, it got bigger and bigger. By today, even the thick flagpole at the camp entrance was blown off, which is quite unusual. Luo Zhenling had an idea and thought of the method to break through the city.

  As for whether it can be done, we'll have to try it out to know.

  Luo Zheng was a bit skeptical, it's summer and there's such a strong southeast wind, isn't another tsunami happening?

  Otherwise, why would the weather be so abnormal?

  Twenty miles north of Xiao County, a vast wilderness was ravaged by strong winds, rolling up flying sand and walking stones.

  Five thousand Western Liang cavalrymen scattered around, braving the strong winds that could almost blow people away, forming a large circle. They desperately restrained their restless warhorses and vigilantly stared in all directions, guarding against spies from the Eastern Army coming to gather intelligence.

  In the middle of the empty space, several Western Liang cavalrymen were galloping their horses with all their might.

  Each cavalryman held a kite string in his hand and was flying a kite.

  Of course, this kite is not an ordinary kite, but a man-carrying kite.

  Last night, the flagpole was blown off! Suddenly, Luo Zhengling thought of the time he watched The Legend of the Condor Hero, when the Mongolian army attacked the Jin Dynasty's capital and couldn't break in for days. Huang Rong came up with a plan to use a kite to send Guo Jing into the city, and they succeeded in breaking through the city walls from inside and out.

  Although there is some exaggeration, it's not necessarily a bad thing to learn from and apply in real life.

  "Drive!"

  On horseback, the cavalrymen of the Western Xia kingdom ceaselessly whipped their horses' buttocks, urging them to gallop against the strong wind.

  At the end of a hundred-meter-long rope, a huge triangular kite was tied, with two corners reaching a width of three meters and a height of nearly two meters. On the horizontal rod at the bottom, many cloth strips were fixed to balance the kite.

  Under the kite, a sturdy soldier of Xiliang was exerting himself to hold up the kite string, being dragged by the kite and running wildly.

  Not far away, Luo Zheng and more than a dozen military officers stood on horseback, staring intently at the kite being pulled by war horses running wildly against the wind.

  Xu Chu then reined in his horse, drew his sword horizontally and stood guard beside Luo Zhen's side, slightly behind him. From time to time, he would glance around vigilantly, as if some thieving bandit might suddenly emerge from nowhere to launch a sneak attack. He was extremely diligent and responsible.

  "It's flying up, look quickly, it's flying up."

  Suddenly, a military instructor pointed at the scene and shouted excitedly.

  No need for him to shout, everyone saw it all anyway.

  Only to see the kite being dragged on the ground, held by a robust soldier running, after struggling for a while, finally shaking and floating away from the ground, also bringing the robust soldiers below with their feet off the ground.

  "Good, too good."

  Luo Zheng was overjoyed and applauded loudly, shouting "Bravo!"

  The crowd of military schools around me also cheered in unison, with eyes shining brightly.

  It turned out that the robust soldier might have been startled by suddenly taking off, and subconsciously loosened his hands, so he had just flown less than two meters before falling down. By the time he reacted, his face was pale with fright.

  But that big kite didn't have anything heavy under it, and with a "whoosh" it shot directly into the high sky.

  Luo Zheng and the military school students had just gotten angry at that robust soldier who didn't have a long face, when they saw the kite 'whoosh' flying high into the air. All of the military school students felt a bit toothache, secretly drumming in their hearts, this was also too high, fearing it wasn't thirty zhang high from the ground.

  The ropes held by the cavalry were pulled so tight that they were almost vertical to the ground.

  Grandma said, flying so high, what if you fall down and lose all your bones.

  Everyone who saw this height felt a chill in their hearts and shrank their necks, not daring to climb up.

  It is worth noting that Qiao County City Wall was less than three zhang high, while the kite flew at least ten times as high as the city wall of Qiao County.

  "Hurry up and bring down the kite, let's start again."

  Luo Zheng hastily shouted loudly, and immediately a messenger urged his horse to go quickly, shouting loudly.

  But unexpectedly, after the kite soared into the sky, the tension was so great that it almost turned the cavalryman who had tied the rope to his waist into a flying man in mid-air, pulling him away. He was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, and hastily hugged his warhorse tightly, barely avoiding being pulled away by the kite.

  It wasn't until dozens of soldiers rushed over and worked together that they were finally able to pull down the kite.

  Lu Zheng said: "As long as it can fly, let's try another person."

  The orderly at once spurred his horse and rapidly transmitted the military order.

  Soon, another sturdy soldier stood under the kite and changed a horse in front to pull.

  The wind is really too strong. Just now that war horse was running against the big wind, pulling a kite and ran for a while, and soon got tired and climbed down.

  This time it went very smoothly, and the kite took off quickly.

  The soldier below had a lesson from the previous one, and as soon as the kite took off, he immediately grasped the horizontal bar above with both hands, and at the same time pulled his feet back and stepped on the lower horizontal bar, standing steadily on the kite.

  The kite flew higher and higher, soon exceeding three zhang.

  The onlookers around, whether they were military cadets or soldiers, all cheered in unison, each one excitedly shouting.

  Being able to fly up into the sky is absolutely an unthinkable thing for people of these ages.

  However, looking at the soldiers standing on the kite, they were shocked and frightened. After the initial excitement, when they looked down again, they saw that they were getting farther and farther away from the ground, and a sense of panic that could not be suppressed rose up in their hearts.

  Just as everyone was watching with inexplicable excitement, suddenly, the kite turned its head and dived down rapidly, causing a burst of screams.

  Lu Zheng's heart tightened, and he secretly cursed himself for forgetting to take precautions.

  In a state of panic and loud shouting, the kite fell from high altitude at an unprecedented speed and landed upside down on the ground.

  The mournful cry had barely reached its midpoint when it suddenly stopped.

  No need to look, everyone knows how that soldier ended up, one by one turning pale and showing a frightened expression.

  Luo Zheng hastily led a group of military school students to rush over, and as expected, the soldiers had been thrown into an inhuman shape, and the kite was naturally scrapped. All the soldiers around looked fearful, fearing that the next one to be thrown to death would be themselves.

  "General, this is too dangerous! One little mistake and we'll fall from the sky."

  The rest of the military schools also nodded in unison, all scared.

  Luo Zheng furrowed his brow and saw that everyone's face was filled with fear, his heart sank.

  However, recalling the experience of flying a kite in childhood, by changing the angle of pulling against the wind, it is possible to control the kite and prevent it from losing balance and falling down in mid-air, and confidence was immediately restored.

  Xu Zhu saw that everyone's face had a fearful look, and immediately glared with his eyes, saying in a stern voice: "What are you afraid of? Let me handle it."

  Luo Zheng smiled and said: "Good, this time let Zhong Kang go up, General will personally lead you."

  Xu Chu heard this and immediately threw off his armor, exposing his bare back, and rushed forward to pick up another kite that had been pulled open.

  Luo Zheng, with a crowd of loyal soldiers serving him, lightly mounted his horse and tied one end of the hemp rope to his waist.

  "Zhong Kang, be careful, General is about to start."

  Luo Zheng finished all preparations and immediately turned his head back to shout loudly at those behind him.

  Xu Chu also loudly replied, "My lord can rest assured, I am ready."

  Luo Zheng shouted loudly and immediately clamped his legs on the horse's belly, urging the warhorse to gallop against the strong wind.

  The baby's chubby arms were quickly pulled straight by the kite string and ran with the kite behind.

  Xu Chu's eyes were wide with excitement, his hands held high the kite, and under its pulling force, he opened his long legs and ran with all his might.

  The kite slowly left the ground again and climbed into the sky.

  Xu Chu was indeed unmatched in bravery and calmness, and he calmly stepped on the horizontal bar below with his feet, standing firmly.

  The crowd of military schools applauded and cheered, each one was delighted and convinced.

  Luo Zheng urged the war horse to run while occasionally turning his head back to look around.

  After the kite rose to about five zhang, I immediately changed direction and ran, changing the windward side of the kite, so that it would no longer fly higher and higher without stopping. After running back and forth several times, I finally found a bit of feeling.

  Meanwhile, the kite tilted from time to time, as if it was about to fall at any moment.

  The soldiers and men of Xizhong looked on in shock and awe, but Xu Chu was fearless and calm.

  All the military schools sighed in their hearts, no wonder the general valued this guy so much, and spared no expense to recruit him under his command.

  Luo Zheng urged the horse to run a few laps, then suddenly changed direction by 90 degrees, running sideways with the wind, and continuously changing direction angles, controlling the kite to slowly descend, successfully completing a test flight.

  The troops rushed over on horseback and surrounded Luo Zheng and Xu Chu, cheering and congratulating them in unison.

  Xu Chu's tiger eyes still exuded a fierce aura. Although he had just flown around in the sky for a circle, this guy didn't seem to be affected in the slightest.

  Luo Zheng jumped down from his horseback and shouted: "All of you come over here, General will teach you some experience."

  The crowd of military school students and dozens of Western Troops immediately gathered around, bowing their heads to listen.

  Luo Zheng combined his childhood experience of flying kites with the personal experience he had just now, and gave a detailed description to explain to everyone how to control the height and direction of the kite by controlling the pulling direction, so that it would not lose balance and fall from high altitude.

  Everyone listened and suddenly realized, nodding repeatedly.

  Luo Zheng explained for a while, then let everyone take turns practicing again and again.

  However, there were still three times when a kite or an empty one fell down and killed three soldiers.

  As for the soldiers who had climbed up to heaven and were still alive when they landed, they all vomited with pale faces, almost spitting out their bitter gall.

  Luo Zhen only then realized that in this era, the high sky was still an unconquerable domain for people, and it had never occurred to anyone to fly up into the air. The first time going up to the sky, almost everyone would have acrophobia and be unable to adapt.

  As for fierce men like Xu Chu, there were only a handful in the entire Han Dynasty, and they were among the minority of the minority.

  "Seize the time to practice, and you will surely become proficient."

  Luo Zhen gave a stern order, "Go and select soldiers with good psychological quality to try. As long as they don't vomit when coming down, all of them will be made key training objects and intensively trained. By tonight before dark, two hundred soldiers who can go up must be assembled."

  "Roger."

  The troops of the various military academies hastened to obey orders and each went their separate ways to select people.

  Xu Chu also called for nearly three hundred tribesmen to follow him into the army and selected those who could adapt to high altitudes.

  Day and night without stopping, after two days and one night of training, everyone was exhausted. Fortunately, after repeated selection and training, 200 soldiers who were good at rope pulling and 200 who could adapt to flying were finally selected.

  Although there are still inadequacies, they can only be used together, after all, time is limited.

  Marquis Huan's scout reported that Sun Jian's 15,000 infantrymen had arrived in Chen County and would likely rest for a night before rushing to Qiao County the next day. There was only one night left to make a move, and whether or not they could launch a surprise attack on Qiao County depended on this one action.