Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Seeing that his good brother was too embarrassed to speak, Wu Qingye took the initiative to step forward and said to Qin Ming with a serious face:

"Your Highness, something is not right."

"How to say?"

Qin Ming poured a cup of tea for the two of them and listened quietly to them talk about yesterday's battle.

Wu Qingye took out a pen and paper, drew his own wing attack route on the straw paper, and then circled six circles on it.

"You won't believe this, but we're competing with Daqian in terms of technology, and Daqian's competing with us in terms of numbers!"

"Six layers of defense! I almost lost all my men, and yet I still managed to break through their defenses."

After yesterday's fight, Qin Ming could understand him very well.

"Every profession has its own specializations. The Lin Battalion excels at coordinated combat and has a very solid formation, but isn't good at sudden attacks. If we were to switch to the Huo Battalion, perhaps it would be easier to break through their defenses."

After hearing what Qin Ming said, Liu Chuang added:

"No... He and I switched half of the men, but in the end, neither of us took the front line."

"Oh?"

The four major forces of Feng, Lin, Huoshan and Huoshan in Lingnan are often arranged by Qin Ming to go out to fight.

They are not alone. In some cases, they will combine forces to fight.

But even though the troops from the two camps of Huolin attacked together, they were unable to do anything to the enemy.

"It seems that Xiao Dongyu has set up corresponding defensive counterattacks for the four major camps of Fenglinhuoshan."

Before coming, Xiao Dongyu must have known about the extremely powerful army in Qin Ming's hands through the previous war.

So when I came here to face him, I made a lot of arrangements in advance.

No matter which troops are replaced, they will fall into the quagmire like Liu Chuang and his men.

"Your Highness, how about arranging more sniper rifles?"

At this time, Liu Chuang hurriedly asked.

The three of them advanced yesterday, but only Qin Ming achieved some results and advanced the front line.

And what he relies on is the sniper rifle.

"No."

Hearing this, Qin Ming immediately waved his hand.

Wu Qingye also said:

"Old Liu, you are so bold."

"Your Highness, each of those sniper bullets has to be made by craftsmen themselves. The cost is extremely high. After a war, it will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver. And this is just a small-scale war."

"If there really were a three-army confrontation, with sniper rifles, we'd be spending money faster than drinking water after a war."

The craftsmanship level of Qin Ming's workshop has almost reached the limit of this era.

Unless the basic technology is improved and breakthroughs are made in precision, material strength, etc.

Otherwise, costs will remain high.

Qin Ming has indeed reached the pinnacle, and it is difficult to improve at this stage.

"Then how to fight?"

"Keep killing time. I guess they have other plans."

Qin Ming spoke slowly, wanting to continue to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances.

"That's fine."

Seeing that Qin Ming had no good solution, Wu Qingye and Liu Chuang went back to train the soldiers.

They have anti-inflammatory drugs, and their casualty ratio after the war will be much lower than that of the enemy.

This can also effectively reduce their casualties.

When Qin Ming and his men started to take action, Chen Shimao also wrote a letter and sent it.

Chen Pi found Qin Ming, handed him the letter and said:

"Your Highness, Prime Minister Chen sent a letter saying it's very important."

Hearing this, Qin Ming nodded and opened the letter.

In the letter, Chen Shimao told Qin Ming that the simplest version, a hot air balloon that could not move in the air and could only float, was ready.

"Can't you control the direction of flight..."

Qin Ming frowned slightly.

This technology is actually not difficult. As long as you can make the hot air balloon float, everything will be easy.

Seeing Qin Ming lost in thought, Chen Pi did not leave. He waited until Qin Ming came to his senses before rubbing his hands and saying:

"Your Highness, the war situation has been stalemate these days. How about letting me go to the battlefield as well?"

Since coming here, Chenpi has never been to the battlefield, but has been receiving soldiers in the rear.

Seeing how eager he was to try, Qin Ming felt a little surprised.

"The battle is at a stalemate. It doesn't matter who takes the field. So, are you suggesting a solution?"

"Yes, I have a way to deal with them."

Chenpi nodded. After becoming Qin Ming's subordinate, he really needed a battle to prove himself.

"How to say?"

Qin Ming immediately became interested. Xiao Dongyu's military deployment was impeccable.

In addition, Daqian has been increasing its investment and increasing the number of troops.

This makes Xiao Dongyu's power invincible in the short term.

Chenpi said slowly:

"Your Highness, you also know that Xiao Dongyu is from the Northern Army Camp. They often fight with troops outside the Great Wall, so most of the time they fight with the cavalry outside the Great Wall."

"To resist their cavalry charges, the requirements for troop deployment are naturally very high. Over time, these generals will become experienced in troop deployment."

What he said made Qin Ming feel a little strange.

"That's true, but knowing only this, how can we fight against Xiao Dongyu?"

"That's the problem, Your Majesty. They will subconsciously deploy their troops to waste time with you."

As Chen Pi spoke, he pointed at the map in front of him.

Above is the deployment of Qin Ming and the enemy's troops.

Among them, there were several areas that were double-teamed by the opponent, which put them at a great disadvantage in the fight.

"You mean do the opposite...carry the pressure and attack areas he thinks are impossible to attack?"

"Yes, a battle like this that doesn't align with their troop deployment will affect the war situation."

Chenpi nodded seriously.

But Qin Ming frowned and said:

"According to what you said, if you continue to fight like this, you might die."

"I'm just dying on the battlefield. I've been a general for so many years and have served under you for so long. I can't just not fight a single battle."

Tangerine peel is extremely firm.

Qin Ming could understand his thoughts.

Being treated as an outsider by the people in the military camp made Chen Pi eager to find an opportunity to prove his worth.

In this case, Qin Ming stopped trying to stop him.

After nodding slightly, Qin Ming said:

"I'll give you three thousand soldiers. When the time comes, you will take them to the battlefield and choose some places where you think you can fight and put pressure on them."

"no problem!"

Upon hearing this, a look of excitement suddenly flashed across Chenpi's face.

We set off directly that evening.

At the same time, after nightfall, Liu Chuang found Qin Ming again.

"Your Highness, Xiao Dongyu is here again. Their backers have been found out. They are from the Fire Worship Nation."

"Fire Worship Nation...?"

When Qin Ming heard these three words, his eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.

It is hard to imagine that a small Zoroastrian country could spare a hand to support Daqian while fighting with the Nanyang countries.

"How did you find out?"

Qin Ming asked hurriedly, and Liu Chuang hesitated and said embarrassedly:

"They took the initiative to attack, moving upstream along the Daqian River and destroying three of our large ships and more than a dozen small boats."

"If this continues, the long river behind us will be lost. Wu Qingye has already led his men there, and Xiao Dongyu has launched a full-scale attack. Should we... retreat to the riverbank first?"

Facing Liu Chuang's heavy expression, Qin Ming took a deep breath and said calmly:

"No, they showed their cards first, and I just happened to have a card to play."