Under the night, twenty figures of monkeys, quietly climbed up the cliff.

Gao Shun still listened to Zhuge Liang's opinion and asked a small number of mountain scouts to go up the cliff to spy on the cliff first. The remaining 180 scouts and 300 elite infantrymen were still on standby under the cliff and remained unmoved for the time being.

Soon, these twenty mountain scouts climbed more than thirty battles, about ten battles away from the top of the cliff. The cliff wall at this height was covered with vines, which was more suitable for scouts to climb.

But at this moment, Gao Shun's ears moved and he vaguely heard a strange bell sound from the top of the cliff. He immediately exclaimed in a low voice: "No, the Zhuluo people have an alarm mechanism on the cliff!" Then he ordered the left and right to send orders to let the twenty scouts who were climbing the cliff retreat.

It turned out that the Zhuluo people connected the vines on the cliff through thin ropes, and bells hung at the other end of the silk thread. When someone climbed on the cliff, touching the vines would naturally make the bells on the top of the cliff sound.

These bells are concentrated in several places and are monitored by several Julu soldiers. Therefore, more than a hundred soldiers can protect the two-mile cliff.

The sound of drums warning by the Zhuluo people suddenly rang out densely at the top of the cliff. The gongs of Liang's army's withdrawal of troops also rang under the cliff. After hearing the order of their troops to withdraw, twenty scouts hurriedly climbed down the cliff. But it was too late, arrows and rolling trees had already attacked from the cliff.

In a moment, three Liang army scouts could not dodge and were knocked down on the cliff by rolling wood. Two scouts were injured by arrows. By the time these scouts were all taken off the cliff, most of the casualties were killed and only six people escaped unscathed.

On the top of the cliff, dozens of Zhu Luo soldiers emerged, waving their weapons with great might, and screaming. It seemed that they were demonstrating to the Liang army at the bottom of the cliff. Gao Shun stomped his feet helplessly and turned away.

In the military tent, the young Zhuge Liang was reading at night with a lamp. Gao Shun lifted the curtain and broke in.

"Kong Ming, what you said is indeed good. That army has set up a mechanism on the cliff. I lost to you this month's salary." After Gao Shun said that, he placed a wallet in front of Zhuge Liang.

The latter was not polite, and laughed and took the bag in his pocket, and said to Gao Shun: "Thank you for your money. We will win the Southern Expedition one day. After returning to Chengdu through triumphantly, I will keep this money for you to drink."

Gao Shun frowned and said, "Don't talk about the great victory now. It's just how we should go through Orochikou at the moment, it's a threshold."

Zhuge Liang said leisurely: "General Gao, don't worry, Kong Ming has his own strategy."

Gao Shun asked with a surprised and suspicious expression: "Oh? Kong Ming has a good plan to defeat the enemy. Let's hear it."

Zhuge Liang said, "General Gao can tell that a group of new species of falcons have come from the eagle-tree farm in Yibin City. These falcons have special abilities. Before our army set off from Yibin, we reported to the king, asking for some such falcons to be brought to war. However, the falcons had not been fully trained at that time, and the king said that we would wait for another month to deliver them to us. I estimated that it should be delivered to us now."

Gao Shun nodded: "Oh. I don't know much about the eagle training ground. But the team rate of our legion scout team seemed to have mentioned this to me, and I also asked someone to apply for more arrangements to the king. The scientific name of this new falcon seems to be Qiang Eagle. It is said that after training in the eagle room, this thing can be transported in the air. But this eagle is not very big and it is impossible to pick up an adult. You don't want to use them to transport soldiers to the top of the cliff, right?"

Zhuge Liang was cheerful after hearing Gao Shun's words and replied: "Of course not. There is no such thing as a great eagle in this world that can carry an adult to fly. They have other functions. However, this strategy to defeat the enemy cannot rely solely on them, but it also requires something. It will be troubled by the general to concentrate the craftsmen in the army to build it."

"What?"

"Please look, General." Zhuge Liang replied, spreading out a set of drawings that had been drawn long ago. Gao Shun looked carefully and found that the images on the drawings were smooth and slender, with regular graphics, straight or round, and were definitely not made with ordinary techniques with brushes.

"What is this? Our craftsmen can't understand you."

"This is a kind of lamp, a light that can fly into the air. Some on-site guidance, and these craftsmen should know how to make it."

"Lights? Fly into the air? That can be used to send signals and military orders, but what is the use for us to break the enemy?"

"Just make this lamp an extra-large size, it can carry people into the air."

When Zhuge Liang said this, Gao Shun fully understood his intentions. He immediately replied: "Kong Ming's plan is very wonderful. I will call the craftsmen in the army here."

Early the next morning, Feng Yu was inspecting the Yibin Falcon Training Center, more than 600 miles away. He was mainly here to check the training progress of Qiangjiu.

This Qiang Eagle was the largest eagle he had ever seen. It was six feet long after its wings spread. Just as he was watching the Qiang Eagle's performance, the system's task panel appeared in his sight again.

Mission: Conquer the Dochikou Mission Content: The Southern Expedition Army’s Duke Army below the Dochikou Pass. Conquer the Dochikou Pass as soon as possible. Mission Reward: Hot Air Balloon Factory Facilities Building Card

Seeing this task, Feng Yu suddenly remembered what Zhuge Liang had asked him for. He immediately ordered someone to send a group of Qiang Eagle who had just been trained to the front-line army of the Southern Expedition. In addition, a group of eagle trainers were also dispatched to accompany him. Because no one had been trained to control Qiang Eagle, nor Dianwei's army.

At this time, many craftsmen were working hard in the Qianliang Army camp in Dashekou. They broke into bamboo strips and tied huge bamboo cages. Then they layered layers of cotton paper on the outer surface of the bamboo cage.

A few days later, when Qiang Ji was transported to Liang Jun camp, these huge Kongming lanterns were also made. Liang Jun began to test these Kongming lanterns one by one.

Gao Shun saw Zhuge Liang cast a small Kongming lantern. He was still skeptical about this giant Kongming lantern that was claimed to be able to carry people. But the facts quickly dispelled his doubts.

After igniting the large oil lamp under the "lampshade" for a period of time, the hot air replaced the room temperature air in the lampshade, and the entire Kongming lamp gained huge air buoyancy and began to rise slowly.

The three people sitting in the hanging basket nervously clutched the edge of the hanging basket. The Kongming lantern had no power system. In order to ensure that it was not blown away by the wind, each giant Kongming lantern had four cables to fix it. The soldiers on the ground turned the winch and pulled the Kongming lantern back to the ground.

The fuel of Kongming lanterns is still made of ordinary lamp oil, rather than naphtha. This is mainly for safety, and the naphtha is burning too violently. Zhuge Liang still dared not use it.

When the thirty giant Kongming lanterns passed one by one, Zhuge Liang told Gao Shun: "Everything is ready, we will be able to break through the Zhuluo Army Pass in Dashekou tomorrow."
Chapter completed!