Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Yan Guangshou’s leadership skills are indeed powerful.

In just half a day, all the remaining 200,000 troops were dispatched.

The three armies coordinated and pressed towards the major checkpoints in the Central Plains.

Among the defending troops, Chenpi on the most flank was obviously the one under the greatest pressure.

He received the news before the other party arrived.

"General, something's wrong. Yan Guangshou wants to prolong the battle and has deployed over 50,000 troops to attack our garrison at Henglan Pass!"

"Fifty thousand? Are you sure?!"

Chenpi's head buzzed.

Qin Ming's troop numbers were only recently replenished.

But even after the replenishment, there were only 150,000 troops that had been trained and were able to enter the battlefield.

With such a small number of people, the number of soldiers from the Northern Dynasty alone is already greater than theirs.

Adding the 300,000 troops supporting from the Yan Dynasty would put them under tremendous pressure.

Now they are trying to extend the battle line again, obviously trying to spread the pie thinly!

As long as Qin Ming can reduce the number of soldiers at each checkpoint as much as possible, they will find a loophole sooner or later.

Seize the opportunity, let the Yan army break into the Central Plains and destroy everything Qin Ming has, and they will win the war.

"Bring in the artillery, bomb indiscriminately, and don't be stingy with your ammunition."

Chen Pi frowned and thought for a moment, then gave up the opportunity to engage in close combat with the opponent.

He didn't dare to let his army lose too many people.

That would hinder Qin Ming's progress. The best way would be to use artillery, dug trenches, built bunkers and other things to stop the enemy's siege.

"Yes, General!"

As Chenpi gave the order, everyone began to move nervously.

Tens of thousands of artillery shells and countless bullets were transported onto the city walls and bunkers.

The soldiers around saw this scene and talked about it in low voices.

"This fight will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver..."

"War is a waste of money. Fortunately, the silver in your Majesty's hands is much more durable than that of the Northern Dynasty."

Listening to their discussion, Chenpi remained silent.

At this time, a large number of vanguard troops had arrived from afar.

Chenpi took the telescope and looked into the distance, and suddenly his pupils shook violently!

The person in the lead was Yan Guangshou, whom no one had expected.

"It turned out to be you!"

No one expected that Yan Guangshou would come to the flank in person and even change the strategy, making this place the main battlefield.

Now all of Qin Ming’s troops must gather towards Chenpi!

"General, let's call for help!"

Chenpi only had more than 10,000 people and some logistics troops.

Seeing the enemy approaching with an army several times their size, everyone panicked.

Chen Pi quickly thought about the military strength of Liu Chuang, Wu Qingye and Chang Baishan in his mind, and finally shook his head.

"Hold on to the end."

"What!?"

Everyone widened their eyes and looked at Chenpi in disbelief.

"Your Majesty has an order, stick to it!"

Qin Ming has already led his troops across the Taiping Mountains, and no one will support them.

From the time Qin Ming started fighting in Lingnan to the present, his army has reached its limit of 150,000.

Now these troops are all scattered at various checkpoints. Chenpi already has a lot of people under his command, so how can he have the nerve to ask for support.

Asking others to support is equivalent to putting colleagues on the fire!

Chenpi can't do this.

"Arrange for people to go to the rear and have Chen Xiang and Wu Shizhong negotiate to bring the supplies up the river from Dongshan Port."

"Everyone, as long as we have firearms, we can hold our ground."

Seeing that Chenpi had made the decision, many soldiers immediately obeyed the order.

The black muzzles and gun barrels were quickly aimed at Yan Guangshou's troops.

Endless gunpowder poured down like a sky curtain of artillery fire!

But this sky curtain is dyed with blood.

"Keep going. Even if we die, we will die in their trenches!"

Yan Guangshou pointed his sword at the Henglan Pass and shouted orders to his slaves.

Qin Ming's troops were just as he expected. Despite the huge disparity in numbers, they had already begun to use firearms to make up for it.

But how much artillery fire do they have?

Can every checkpoint withstand a siege of tens of thousands of people?

The answer is obviously no.

This is also why Yan Guangshou specifically instructed everyone to focus on consuming Qin Ming's gunpowder.

Because only in this way will they have a vacuum period after the gunpowder is used up!

That was the key to Yan Guangshou's breakthrough!

But... all this is too cruel.

To achieve the goal, the lives of countless Yan Dynasty slaves are needed to lay the foundation.

Ever since coming to Daqian, Yan Guangshou has liked a saying here.

It's called "One general's success means thousands of soldiers' sacrifice."

This is the price of conquering the world. Throughout the dynasties, it can only be forged with the lives of countless people at the bottom of society.

Unfortunately, their names are often forgotten in history books.

……

On the other side, Qin Ming had returned to the Taiping Mountains.

Song Dingsheng rushed over from the rear to provide support.

He has been very worried these days. In order to ensure that Qin Ming can enter the mountains without any problems, he stopped three train lines and connected a dedicated line from south to north.

Several core factories located in Lingnan are producing non-stop to provide supplies for Qin Ming.

"Your Majesty, the first group of advancing soldiers have already crossed over a dozen hills. The hot air balloon that was assigned to the airdrop today said they didn't encounter any major problems."

"What's the little problem?"

In the room, Qin Ming keenly noticed the key points of Song Dingsheng's report.

"The small problem is... the physical exertion is too great, after all, it is climbing a mountain."

Qin Ming has obtained thousand-year-old ice silkworms from the Western Regions and made a lot of medicine, enough to cover his troops.

The poisonous insects and miasma in the Taiping Mountains will have no effect on them.

But there is another problem, which is physical strength.

In a few days, we crossed many mountains, big and small.

I can't even stand eating compressed biscuits.

"Then eat meat."

Qin Ming thought about it and realized that such a huge energy consumption could not be achieved by just compressed biscuits.

After the first batch of troops passed, they opened up the road, and the second and third batches of troops followed.

It would be totally unworthy to invest so many troops if they were left without the strength to fight after crossing the Taiping Mountains.

"Eating meat? That's not easy."

Song Dingsheng scratched his head, a little hesitant.

"To make dried meat, the Great Yuezhi sent a batch of cattle and sheep earlier. They slaughtered them, dried them with river-powered fans, and then airdropped them to the troops leading the way."

As long as they can eat meat and add compressed biscuits, it is enough to ensure the soldiers' physical strength.

Qin Ming's plan was perfect. Upon hearing this, Song Dingsheng immediately nodded.

"Okay, I understand."

The train was very fast, and after a few hours, farmhouses all over the Central Plains, Huxi, and Lingnan received the news.

Beef, mutton, chicken, pork and other materials have all begun to be processed.

Being able to eat meat during wartime, and even having such an abundant supply, was probably the only country in the Southern Dynasties at that time.

When the large farmhouse behind began to move, Qin Ming also led a group of soldiers and prepared to enter the mountains.