Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Zhao Sheng unfolded the secret letter and scanned every word with his eyes like lightning. After reading it, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, a cold smile appeared on his lips, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He knew in his heart that the perfect time to take action against the Sima family had arrived.

He immediately gave the order to Zhao Long beside him in a calm but unquestionable tone of authority:

"Immediately dispatch ten armored vehicles from the ground, and then deploy the horse-drawn carriages responsible for transporting fuel to the airship. Have them and the airship advance towards Pingyang in coordination.

We will set out from here and teach the Sima family's army a hard lesson, so they will know the consequences of provocation!

Zhao Long took the order and without any delay, quickly arranged eight airships.

Two of the airships were carefully loaded with two large bombs of terrifying power. Just by looking at these bombs, one could feel the power to destroy everything.

The other six airships were neatly loaded with bombs, each of which was like the scythe of the god of death, waiting to reap lives.

Everything was ready. The eight airships were like eight huge and agile black eagles, shining with a cold metallic luster under the sunlight, and flew towards Qingzhou and other important military towns of the Sima family.

A storm that could change the situation is quietly approaching, carrying with it a breath of destruction.

As for the ten armored vehicles, they are like mobile steel fortresses, solid and heavy.

The Gatling machine gun mounted on the vehicle body had a black muzzle that shone with a chilling light, as if ready to spit out deadly flames at any moment.

An infantry gun is placed in the middle of the armored vehicle. Although the turret cannot rotate, it does not affect its deterrent power at all.

Behind the ten armored vehicles followed ten horse-drawn carriages.

The carriage was loaded with not only the fuel that the airship urgently needed, but also a large incendiary bomb.

This incendiary bomb is a test product carefully developed by Zhao Sheng. It adopts an air-blast design. Once detonated, the scattered coal powder mixture will cover an area with a radius of one mile.

Strong oxidants are added to these coal powders, which will burn at an extremely fast speed when exposed to open flames, and the burning will last for a very long time. Wherever it goes, it will turn into a sea of ​​fire.

The armored troops advanced all the way, but were blocked by Hong Kui when passing through Jinyang.

Hong Kui was seen wearing armor and with a serious face, leading his soldiers to block the road tightly.

The reason given was even more ridiculous. They claimed that these vehicles were dangerous and refused to allow them to pass through.

Zhu Biao, the commander of the Dingzhou Mechanical Regiment, stepped forward, bowed, and said:

"General Hong, we are from the Dingzhou Mechanical Regiment. Following His Majesty's orders, we are heading to Pingyang to await orders. We hope you will grant us some assistance."

Hong Kui's face was stern and he remained unmoved. He responded righteously:

"General Zhu, it's useless for you to tell me this. Either you can produce His Majesty's imperial edict, or the transfer order from the Ministry of War.

Otherwise, if you enter our Bingzhou territory without permission and even pass through Jinyang, we will definitely not let you pass."

Zhu Biao was so angry at this reason that he almost laughed out loud. In desperation, he had to cite the emperor's oral order and try to persuade Hong Kui.

However, Hong Kui seemed to be determined and remained unmoved.

Zhu Biao was extremely anxious. At this moment, a commander of the mechanical regiment hurried to his command vehicle and said with a worried look on his face:

"General Zhu, we can't go on like this. It will delay our arrival at the designated location. What should we do?"

Zhu Biao frowned and cast his gaze towards the enemy's formation. He saw a dense array of mortars on the opposite side, and a rough estimate showed that there were hundreds of them.

If their mechanized regiment forced its way through such densely packed artillery positions, it would most likely be destroyed by the overwhelming mortar fire.

He didn't dare to take the risk easily, but the airship had already taken off and the ground could not communicate with the airship in the sky.

If there is cooperation with airships, even if there are more mortars on the ground, they will not pose much threat to armored vehicles.

Just when Zhu Biao was anxiously thinking of a solution, a dull roar came from far away. He was delighted, knowing that it was an airship flying from behind him.

I quickly raised my telescope and looked up at the sky, and sure enough, I saw someone on the airship also looking down at the ground.

A light bulb went off in Zhu Biao's mind, and he suddenly remembered the flag signals and landmarks for ground-to-air coordination. They all carried these items for communication.

At that moment, he shouted without hesitation: "Quick, order people to set up landmarks on the ground to call for help and attack!"

Upon hearing the order, the mechanical regiment guards quickly organized people and used white cloth to lay out attack arrows and rescue signs on the ground.

This is ground-to-air language. The x sign plus the → indicates a distress attack, the | sign plus the → indicates forward movement, and the | sign before the → indicates stop.

They usually conduct this kind of training, but this time they were in actual combat, and Zhu Biao, as the commander, was so anxious that he almost forgot this key communication method.

The observers on the flagship quickly discovered the markings on the ground and quickly sent flag signals to convey them to other airships.

After receiving the order, several airships adjusted their directions in an orderly manner like falcons receiving orders, and flew rapidly towards the artillery positions of the Jinyang army.

It was the first time that the Jinyang Army saw something flying in the sky. They were not sure what it was. When they looked closer, they saw that it was a huge creature. They thought it was a god and wanted to escape far away. Suddenly, they heard continuous "da da da" sounds and bullets rained down from the sky. The Jinyang Army was horrified!

The originally neat artillery positions fell into chaos in an instant.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao seized the opportunity and decisively ordered the armored vehicles to move forward.

When the distance got closer, the armored vehicle's mounted gun roared, and the shells whizzed out like meteors, landing accurately in the Jinyang army formation, blowing up a cloud of dust and flesh.

As the distance got closer, the Gatling gun also joined the battlefield, spitting out flames and bullets sweeping away like a whirlwind.

Even though the Jinyang army was large in number and claimed to have thousands of soldiers and horses, they were instantly defeated by this fierce firepower output.

The soldiers threw away their armor and weapons and fled in all directions, and the originally strict military formation collapsed.

Afterwards, Hong Kui learned what had happened and was filled with fear.

He instructed his subordinates, "If you encounter the Dingzhou army again, avoid them if possible and try not to provoke them! Otherwise, today's tragedy will serve as a lesson for us!"

After this battle, the subsequent journey was much smoother.

After the airship and armored forces arrived at their destination, they refueled and set off again, heading towards the Gyeongju area alone.

At this time, Sima Ling learned in the city that the camp outside the city had suffered a devastating disaster, which was like a bolt from the blue hitting him.

His face instantly turned ashen, his steps staggered, and he slumped down on the imperial chair. His eyes were empty, and he muttered to himself, "It's over. The Sima family is finished!"

The explosion was so terrifying that a single bomb destroyed an entire camp in an instant.

Moreover, these were two bombs of such immense power in succession that his two main camps outside the city were reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye, leaving behind only ruins and blazing fires.

Immediately afterwards, those deadly bombs roared down and ruthlessly destroyed the camp of the nearby Qiang tribe.

For a moment, cries and screams resounded through the sky, and the earth was covered in blood and flames.