Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Qin Ming and Liu Chuang did not explain so much to them.

He just smiled and floated away with a dozen hot air balloons.

Soon, several hot air balloons with burning flames floated over outside Taiping City in the heart of the Central Plains.

The defenders in the city were dozing off, but when they saw something in the sky, they were suddenly awakened!

"what is this?"

"Is it haunted?"

"General, General! Something's wrong, it seems like there's an enemy attack!"

They were startled as they watched the flames burning in the sky gradually approaching.

Only then did the defender finally see clearly what it was.

He was so scared that he quickly took a few steps back.

"This is... the weapon on the Changhe battlefield that can fly high into the sky!!"

"Hurry and set up the crossbow!"

So far, Daqian has no effective means to resist Qin Ming's high-altitude attack.

To reassure themselves, they found a few powerful crossbows and wanted to try their luck to shoot it down.

"Strong crossbow! Where's the strong crossbow?"

Soon, the panicked soldiers quickly went down the city wall and kept looking for powerful crossbows.

But at this moment, there was a bang!

The sniper rifle was released accurately from high altitude.

A soldier who had just come into contact with the powerful crossbow was quickly killed.

"What...what should I do?"

Everyone around was shocked.

No one dared to move forward and touch the weapon.

Qin Ming, wrapped in a warm blanket, stood in the clouds and spoke loudly to the people below:

"Tomorrow, Taiping City will open its gates and allow my troops to enter. Then we can live in peace."

"Otherwise... I will kill all those who resist!"

As Qin Ming finished speaking, their hot air balloon slowly changed direction and floated towards other places.

The generals defending the city and the soldiers watched them leave with lingering fear.

It was as if what just happened was a dream.

But when they turned around and saw the dead body on the ground, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat again.

All of this... is absolutely true!

"General, what should we do?"

Several soldiers were frightened and hurriedly asked the general guarding the city.

But the other party also had an extremely ugly expression on his face and didn't know what to do.

"Go and discuss it with the prefect?"

After a long time, he finally squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.

But the soldiers guarding the city said with sad faces:

"General, you are confused. There is no prefect. The prefect fled to the northwest for refuge the day before yesterday!"

……

Like Taiping City, all the major cities in the Central Plains, such as Luocheng, Pingyang City, Chendu, and Yandu, were visited by the hot air balloons dispersed by Qin Ming that night.

Although Qin Ming did not kill too many people, the generals defending the city were all scared out of their wits.

Before dawn, Qin Ming's fuel was almost used up, and everyone returned to the barracks early.

"Your Highness, this hot air balloon is going pretty fast, but it's limited by the wind speed. Otherwise, we could still float for a while today."

The fuel Qin Ming and his team use can only allow the hot air balloon to rise high into the sky.

As for how to control the direction after reaching high altitude, you need to rely on the wind flow at high altitude.

For this purpose, they specially designed a sail-like device to move with the help of the wind.

I never thought it was so fast.

Liu Chuang had a great time today and was flying in the air the whole time.

It was just a bit cold because they were too high above the ground, so they needed to bring a few blankets.

"It's a pity that there aren't many people loading it, otherwise it could be used to transport goods."

Qin Ming sighed slowly. Due to the technological limitations of this era, their hot air balloon still had many inconveniences.

"Your Highness, are you taking the hot air balloon to the main city of Zhongyuan?"

Chenpi and the other man walked forward and asked curiously.

"Yes, after threatening them, I wonder if we can take the city without bloodshed."

Qin Ming told them what happened last night.

At this time, Wu Qingye, who was patrolling outside, also came back with a group of people.

"Your Highness, we occupied four cities last night."

He spoke to Qin Ming with a strange look on his face.

"What!?"

When these words were spoken, Cao Chuan and Chen Pi both widened their eyes.

Because war was about to begin, Wu Qingye took a number of people directly into the wilderness and began to conduct a detailed investigation of the conditions in the major cities.

But last night when they approached the city, something strange happened.

"We just arrived last night, and the soldiers of Taiping City were so panicked that they even opened the city gates and let us in."

Wu Qingye recounted what happened last night in detail.

Qin Ming and Liu Chuang looked at each other, both a little surprised.

"That's perfect. Lao Cao and Chen Pi will go over there with their troops and give it a try."

Qin Ming originally thought that he would need a large army to push them out.

Now it seems that there is no need at all.

Half of the Central Plains is about to fall into his hands.

"Your Highness, do you mean to take action in advance?"

Cao Chuan and Chen Pi were both eager to try it.

"Well, let's do it."

Calculating the time, Qin Ming guessed that Chen Shimao and others should be bringing those officials back soon.

Only by occupying the Central Plains in advance can we respond to them more promptly.

"That!"

After hearing this, several people set off quickly.

Qin Ming, who had been busy all night, was just about to return to the tent to rest for a while when Liu Yueli came to his door.

"Your Highness, Prime Minister Chen seems to be inciting generals from all over the country to rebel."

"How did you know so quickly?"

Qin Ming looked at Liu Yueli with some surprise.

Things in the capital should not have developed so rapidly.

But Liu Yueli whispered:

"Because in the past few days, a part of the army has been approaching you, but the court has not issued any orders to mobilize troops. They have only ordered the defense line to be tightened."

As the imperial court continued to shrink its defenses and prepared to stalemate with Qin Ming.

There was actually someone who led troops and took the initiative to approach Qin Ming.

This means that they do not obey the court's orders.

Anyone who arrives at this critical moment is definitely a friend, not an enemy.

"Yes, it seems that the teachers are almost done with it."

Qin Ming nodded slowly, feeling relieved.

But just as the two were discussing, several soldiers suddenly came running anxiously from a distance.

"Your Majesty, it's not good!"

"Prime Minister Chen's whereabouts... were reported to His Majesty by Cao Lian!"

"What!?"

Qin Ming remembered that Cao Lian was also an official specially trained by Chen Shimao.

This guy is capable, but he is a little greedy.

It was for this reason that Chen Shimao and Qian Cai were promoted to the Ministry of Revenue because they withstood the pressure.

Logically speaking, they owed Cao Lian a favor.

But this guy just got the news about Chen Shimao, and turned around and sold Chen Shimao out!

"They're in trouble."

Qin Ming's face turned ugly, and Liu Yueli immediately said:

"Your Highness, let me go!"

"Even if the secret guards have to use all their strength, they will rescue Prime Minister Chen!"

Hearing this, Qin Ming shook his head.

"Old Chang is right beside us. Even if we do this, we may not be able to stop them. If you go over there, you will only cause more casualties."

"What should I do?"

Liu Yueli was full of anxiety.

Now all the generals have gone out to occupy the cities in the Central Plains.

Without any available soldiers or generals, how is Qin Ming going to solve this problem?

"Let me go."

Taking a deep breath, Qin Ming said slowly.

The last time he returned to Beijing, he was there to pick up Chen Shimao.

It's the same this time.