Chapter 658: Kongming Lantern
Daniu took out a book from the package. This book was a notebook and copied from the books in the teacher's study.
The production of hot air balloons has been available when the teacher opened a college a few years ago.
There are large hot air balloons and small Kongming lanterns. It is actually not difficult to make them.
As long as there is enough materials, it's fine.
After finding some staff from the Jingyang Guards, Daniu began to get busy.
At this moment, in Gaochang City, King Gaochang walked back and forth in his palace in a hurry.
What I hold is the manifesto brought by the Guanzhong archery that has entered the city today.
The manifesto reads the matter of Gaochang sending troops to attack His Highness the King of Shu.
The strategist standing beside King Gaochang said, "Your Highness, do you think we should admit our mistakes to the Tang Dynasty now?"
"Acknowledge your mistake?" King Gaochang was a little hesitant.
"If the Tang Dynasty wants to settle the accounts in the future, I'm afraid Gaochang will not be able to protect it."
King Gaochang threw the manifesto in his hand on the ground in annoyance, "Where is this Shu king coming from?"
"Why worry about the future revenge of the Tang Dynasty? The Western Regions are so big, can the Tang Dynasty's army survive?"
The beautiful woman sitting next to King Gaochang said.
King Gaochang still looked sad.
"I didn't expect that the king was such a timid and afraid of trouble. After capturing the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty alive, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty must not dare to act rashly. It has reached this point. I guess he cannot be good. Since this is already the case, it is better for us..."
After hearing what she said, King Gaochang also felt energetic and gritted his teeth and said, "Whether the fight or not, the consequences are the same. The princess is right. If he could seize His Highness, there might be a chance. If he didn't have the character of Shu, he would be afraid that the Tang Dynasty would settle the accounts in the future and would be slaughtered by the Tang Dynasty. The Western Regions are so far from Chang'an, so we have to see if the Emperor of Tang Dynasty dares to send troops."
Thinking that things had a turnaround, King Gaochang was energetic again.
"Send another ten thousand soldiers to go out and catch people!"
Looking at the expression on King Gaochang's face, the Persian woman leaned on the king and said, "The king is so powerful."
The arrogant laughter of King Gaochang came from the palace.
That night, a Western Regions army left the capital of Gaochang and found some traces of Guanzhong people three miles away.
Here are horseshoe prints of horseshoe unique to the Chinese war horses.
Some clothes of Guanzhong people were also found.
I found something strange in a village. These Western Region soldiers asked about the situation of the villagers here. A team of Guanzhong soldiers and horses had arrived here and had just left.
Just as they turned around and were about to leave, an arrow broke into it.
Someone in the team fell to the ground by arrows.
Then thousands of arrows soared into the sky and came towards it.
Li Ke nodded and looked at the scene. Many people in the other party's camp fell to the ground in the rain of arrows. As expected, these Western Region soldiers were indeed attacking.
It seems that the king of Gaochang is not stupid either. They will definitely notice that the army is nearby when they provoked during the day.
On the other hand, the big bull and hundreds of soldiers were making Kongming lanterns.
Wang Xuance hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness Shu has already fought with the Western Regions soldiers. What's wrong with you?"
The big bull kept making hot air balloons, "It will take some time to ship the tincture oil."
"It should be soon."
A day passed, and Li Ke and his men cleaned the battlefield.
Taking advantage of the ambush, they attacked and killed these Western Regions people.
Li Ke watched the sunshine come out from the east, and King Gaochang would not stop sending troops in the next time.
"Report!"
The scout hurriedly said, "I found a big-food army not far away."
"Big cannibal!"
Li Ke asked again: "How many people are there?"
"Not many, it seems that there are only a few thousand people, all in the other direction of Gaochangdu City. Gaochang people also went out to talk to them, and it seemed that they were here to help."
Li Ke wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The big cannibals appeared, and the ones who were wandering around Xizhou before should be these big cannibals."
The old man who came out of Gaochang City before explained: "A long time ago, Dashi sent people to find King Gaochang, hoping that King Gaochang would not support Persia, and also gave him a lot of treasures and women. Persia should be almost gone, and the Great Cannibal crossed Persia several times to the Western Regions."
A war between Persia and the Great Food affected the Western Regions.
Wang Xuance said: "Don't this King Gaochang know the reason why the lips are gone and the teeth are cold?"
Li Ke sneered and said, "How could the people in the Western Regions know this truth? Do they have so many sages in our Central Plains?"
At noon, large Kongming lanterns rose up and headed towards the capital of Gaochang.
Several old men of Gaochang looked at this scene and asked in surprise: "How did you do this young man?"
The big bull whispered: "Wisdom, the biggest difference between me and you is wisdom. When you are still recognizing words, we have begun to learn how to use everything in time. Although human power can become very powerful, things in this world cannot escape one thing. My teacher calls this thing the law. All things in the world have certain laws. The power you get by using these laws is far greater than that of simple human power."
"For example, this Kongming lantern is actually very simple. It uses the law of heat up, and also uses the direction of wind. If you throw a stone into the sky, the limit you can reach is limited. However, if you use the law, the principle of heat up, and use the wind, you can even be higher than the sky. This is wisdom."
"When you are still recognizing words, we are already studying the investigation of things. When you are writing, we are already able to use the rules of the world. When you can finally write articles, we have reached a higher level."
"This is the gap. If you lose a nail, you will lose a piece of horse's hoof. If you lose a horse's hoof, you may lose a large army. Then you may lose your territory, your country, and everything you have."
The old man from the Western Regions knelt in front of the big bull and said piously: "This young man, can you be my teacher?"
The big bull grinned, "You are welcome, I haven't learned enough yet. Some gaps cannot be made up for by age. It took you ten years to learn to read and write articles before you can learn to write articles. This is irreparable. The precipitation of the wisdom in our original state has been passed down from generation to generation. This is what you don't have, and it is something you cannot inherit."
Kongming lanterns float to the capital of Gaochang.
Many people from Gaochang Country walked out of their homes to watch.
King Gaochang looked at the Kongming lantern floating in the sky, feeling uneasy.
These Kongming lanterns make me very upset.
Chapter completed!