The clouds were thick. Although not enough to block out all the moonlight, they dimmed the view to the point that only a vague outline could be seen from a distance of ten steps.

The wind blew, blowing up the flags and the hems and ties of everyone present...

This was exactly the weather Woolley wanted.

Tonight was the second dark and windy night after the meeting, and eleven days had passed since the meeting to announce the attack plan. During these eleven days, Wu Lai launched four feint attacks, and the defenders also stole a camp from Wu Lai's left wing forty miles away. However, judging from the intensity and time, they were either testing or launching this attack to boost morale.

Wu Lai put the cell phone into the basket on the kite and carefully tied it with a thin rope. Although this was the fourth time he did this, he was still as cautious as the first time, because this cell phone, like a cute baby, was one of the few connections between him and the world of his last memory. The many contents stored in it had incomparable value to this world.

Pu Tong watched carefully, holding his breath. He was very curious about the "strange flat little box" in Wu Lai's hand, although it was not the first time he had seen it - Wu Lai would occasionally take it out to bask in the sun and charge it, but he had never demonstrated its use in front of others, so Pu Tong had only seen it but did not know what it was.

"What a weird combination, aerial photography, ah..." After checking and making sure it was tied securely, Wu Lai couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. In the past, he would never have thought that a kite and a mobile phone with a night photography function could become a combination, and in such a world.

"Spotted Wolf, get ready." After Wu Lai shouted, he turned off the camera button and quickly stepped away from the kite. He turned around and walked to the new winch. In order to ensure the effect and the smooth recovery of the mobile phone, he redesigned it and asked the carpenters in the barracks to make a new winch in the past few days. He also thickened, oiled and marked all the ropes again to ensure that they were foolproof.

"Yes." Spotted Wolf agreed and rode his horse to the kite. With the help of three special forces soldiers, he set up the kite.

"Two miles." Wu Lai said as he loosened the capstan.

"Yes, two miles." The spotted wolf repeated the order, kicked the horse's belly, and the mount started to trot.

"Lord, can your box light up?" Pu Tong came close to Wu Lai.

"Yes." Wu Lai turned the capstan slowly.

"Will the enemy be able to discover it?" Pu Tong was stunned.

"It's not that easy to find. When the kite rises, it won't be bright anymore. Don't stay here. Check the artillery's readiness again." After Wu Lai gave the order, Pu Tong immediately puffed out his chest and agreed. He put aside his curiosity and turned to run towards the artillery formation.

With such a strong wind, I hope the clouds won't be blown away, Wu Lai thought to himself as he glanced at the sky.

…

Leiden stood on the cliff, and the end of the cliff was a hundred steps away.

He was looking at the Sixth Division camp through a telescope. For some reason, he felt that in the camp, which now only had a few lights scattered around, there was a strong murderous intent.

"General, it's late, you should rest." The captain of the guard reminded him softly.

"It's still early." Leiden put down the telescope and turned around and said, "The enemy has been very active these days, so we better be more careful."

"The general is the commander-in-chief and is in charge of the overall situation. Small matters like these should be left to the sentries," said the captain of the escort. "Before leaving, General Garlon told us to protect your safety and let you rest well."

Leiden was startled, then nodded: "Let's go back and rest."

"General, be careful with your step." The captain of the guard took a torch from a guard and led the way for Leiden.

"Wait, look, what is that? That little red dot." Leiden raised his arm and pointed to the sky. Just now, he looked up inadvertently and saw a tiny red dot moving slowly in the air, and it seemed to be flashing.

The followers looked up for a long time before they saw the red dot that Leiden mentioned.

"General, it should be a small insect, like a firefly?" The captain of the guard was a little unsure.

"It should be a bug, otherwise it wouldn't be able to fly." A guard echoed.

"How can we fly against the wind in such a strong wind?" Leiden frowned and muttered, then thought for a while and simply waved his hand, "Let's go, let's go back and rest."

"Yes, General." The captain of the guard quickly lowered the torch to light the way for Leiden.

In the sky, the little red dot flew slowly towards the direction of the Sixth Division's camp...

…

As midnight approached, the wind had not died down, but the clouds had become slightly thinner.

In the tent, Wu Lai stood beside the desk, holding a mobile phone in his left hand and a homemade charcoal pencil in his right hand. He looked at the picture on the phone while sketching on a piece of paper. After every few strokes, he would mark a number next to a line.

Outside the tent, Pu Tong, Banlang and a group of regiment and battalion commanders were waiting in line. No one dared to speak as they were afraid of disturbing Wu Lai.

After a while, Wu Lai's voice came from the tent: "Come in!"

The one who reacted the fastest was Spotted Wolf. As soon as Wu Lai finished speaking, he quickly lifted the curtain and went in. Pu Tong followed closely behind him. In the blink of an eye, everyone entered the tent and sat down in their usual seats without waiting for instructions.

The white paper that Wu Lai had just sketched was already hung on the wooden frame behind the desk. After everyone sat down, he picked up the thin wooden stick that he was used to using, and with a swing of his arm, the tip of the stick had already touched the paper: "The enemy's defense arrangement has changed again tonight. There are no troops deployed behind the second, fourth, and sixth stone walls. There are 2,000 to 3,000 troops deployed behind the first, third, fifth, and seventh stone walls. The eighth stone wall is beyond our detection range, so the specific situation is unknown."

"Taking the stone wall as the starting point, there is a fort, two wooden arrow towers, a small barracks of more than a hundred people, and an armory at one mile, one and a half miles, and three miles on the left cliff. In addition to a cannon, each fort also has two catapults. The cliff on the right is arranged at one mile, two miles, and two and a half miles, with the same configuration. And so on. Going forward, there may be one to three more forts and related configurations on the cliffs on both sides..."

"The enemy's stone wall is a big restriction to our artillery, but it is not affected by the mortars. Therefore, the main attackers of the stone wall passage tonight are the mortars, and the artillery will provide covering fire..."

"In addition to attacking the enemy behind the stone wall, we also need to destroy as many artillery batteries on both sides of the cliff as possible. The artillery in these artillery batteries is nothing, but the catapults will definitely hinder our progress. Therefore, the attack must be launched at the same time. My arrangements are as follows..."

…

With the rumbling of wheels, the Sixth Division's artillery and mortar vehicles left the camp gate under the cover of night and headed straight for the stone wall area.

At the rear of the convoy there were four special ox carts. They were special because two of them were loaded with mortar shells, gunpowder bags, and oil bags, and the remaining two were loaded with more than 200 kites.

The thirty soldiers walking beside the ox cart were what Wu Lai jokingly called the "air-to-ground troops". In the past twenty days or so, each of them could skillfully control the triangular kites to fly in the posture they wanted. You have to know that the kites they fly may be equipped with artillery shells, explosive packs and oil bags.

Wu Lai rode at the end of the convoy, followed by 300 shotgunners and 4,000 shield and sword soldiers. Like the "air-to-ground forces", they would be the protagonists of tonight's massive attack...

…

Leiden suddenly sat down from the bed. His action was so abrupt that it startled the captain of the guard who was about to raise his glass to drink water.

The captain of the guard calmed down and said, "General, are you going to..."

"Nothing?" Leiden frowned and stroked his forehead. "Maybe I'm too tired. I can't sleep."

"It's already midnight." The captain of the guard said quickly.

"I know." Leiden pinched his nose, let out a long breath, and said, "I don't know why, but I still feel that the red dot I saw tonight is strange and doesn't look like a bug."

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The captain of the guard almost laughed out loud, thinking that General, you are so funny. You even lost sleep just for a little bug. It's not that serious.

"General, actually, in this case..." The captain of the guard had just said half of his words when a loud noise suddenly came from outside the barracks, and then, thunder-like roars rang out one after another.

"It's an enemy attack!" Leiden almost jumped off the bed. After reaching out to grab the sword beside the bed, he anxiously waved at the captain of the guard who was still in a daze, "What are you still in a daze about? Come with me!"

"Yes!" The captain of the guards came to his senses and saw Leiden had already run to the door, so he hurriedly followed him. He had only run three or four steps when a big hole suddenly appeared on the left wall as if it had been hit by an invisible beast. Countless wood chips, debris, tables and chairs, fire, and smoke rushed towards him. At the same time, Leiden, who had one foot outside the door, suddenly tilted his body and hit the door frame heavily...

…

The first round of twenty mortar shells were all "rewarded" to the three thousand defenders behind the first stone wall. Then, three cannons blew down half of the gate of the stone wall. After the door panel was shattered, the stones behind it were exposed.

"Shoot again! Open the door as quickly as possible!" Pu Dong shouted, waving his fist.

A hundred paces in front of him, twenty mortars fired their second round of shells—"Tuntun ...

"Boom, boom, boom!" The three cannons responsible for bombarding the gate roared in unison again, and the stones blocking the first stone wall collapsed. At the same time, twenty mortars moved forward fifty steps at the same time, adjusted their angles, and aimed at the back of the third stone wall...

"Stop the artillery! Send two people to check if the door has been blown open!" Pu Tong shouted to several guards from the division headquarters beside him, then simply jumped on his horse and took the lead to check out the door explosion, because this guy's impatience would always erupt when Wu Lai was not around.

Several guards from the division headquarters rushed after him.

Wu Lai was about a mile behind Pu Dong and more than twenty steps to the left, where the "Kite Team" was fighting. At this moment, he was reining in his horse and standing on a large mound more than two people high, squinting at the fire reflected by the clouds in the distance. He could judge from the fire that the first artillery position on the cliffs on both sides of the enemy had been successfully taken down, because only when the warehouse was hit and ignited would there be flames and the sound of explosions.

Wu Lai felt that the "bang bang bang bang" sound of the explosions sounded like a beautiful piece of music...

Pu Tong rode his horse to the first stone wall with a torch in hand, followed by the guards of the division headquarters and a company sent by the commander of the Sixth Regiment to look after him.

The artillery's shooting effect was very good. Although it could not completely blow open the stone wall blocking the door, it had collapsed most of it, revealing a gap that was wide enough for two or three people to enter at the same time.

After hesitating for a moment, Pu Tang dismounted and ran to the stone wall blocking the door, grabbing the part that had not collapsed and poking his head inside.

"Oh my god, the effect is too good." Pu Tong was so excited that he almost shouted out loud. The effect of the two rounds of mortar fire was surprisingly good. Although it was only a brief glance, Pu Tong was able to confirm that the defenders inside the stone wall had been blown to pieces. Except for a dozen soldiers who lit torches to save people, the rest of the soldiers almost fell in a pool of blood.

In addition to the power of the mortar shells, the achievement of such a victory was also due to the Tianjuan soldiers themselves - the weather was gradually getting warmer, and it was naturally very stuffy with so many people crowded in the hiding cave. In addition, the Assyrian army had not attacked for so many days, so most of them slept in groups on the open ground.

"Quick! Shotgun! Shotgun! Get in there!" Pu Tong shouted as he ran out of the doorway, "Kill all the remaining bastards!"

…

"Load the bombs!" Spotted Wolf shouted. There was a rumbling sound of artillery fire ahead, and if he didn't shout louder, the "air-to-ground forces" would not be able to hear clearly.

The "bomb" was naturally hung on the kite, but it was not ordinary stuff. It was composed of a mortar shell, two small explosive packs and two small oil bags. Although it was not light, the kite was not small either. You must know that the kite of the "Air-to-Ground Force" was not as big as the one Wu Lai used for reconnaissance, and it was not operated by a winch and a cart, but if the operator did not have two or three people to help hold the belt, he would be blown away at any time.

"Order received! Load the bombs!"

"The target on the left is two miles! The target on the right is two and a half miles!" Spotted Wolf gave the order loudly.

"Repeat on the left side! Target two miles!"

"Repeat on the right side! Target two and a half miles!"

"Left attack ready!"

"Right attack ready!"

"Okay!" Spotted Wolf frowned, and imitated Wu Lai's movements, swinging his arms hard and throwing himself forward, "Get into the air!"

"This kid is really capable. After this battle, I might as well hand over the kite team to him. He can be of great use at Canyon Pass anyway." Wu Lai smiled and thought, then turned his horse's head and galloped down the big mound...