Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"Change!"

Yan Guangshou stood on a high slope, waving the military flag in his hand.

He divided the troops below into more than 30 columns, each with thousands of people.

Such a huge army would form a dark mass just when gathered on the battlefield, but in his hands it was as easy as controlling it with his own arms.

Because the focus of the attack was on Henglan Pass, he brought all the personal soldiers that he had trained with great effort and threw them into the war here regardless of gains and losses.

Because most of the ordinary soldiers of the Yan army were civilians and slaves, these people were fearless and brave on the battlefield.

The strength they displayed was even stronger than that of the Linzi Camp.

This also puts huge pressure on Chenpi.

After two hours of fighting at night, Chenpi's armor was stained with blood.

The losses of the Lin Camp were also extremely heavy, and everyone was exhausted.

"Chenpi, I want to see how long you can hold on!"

"Substitute!"

Yan Guangshou has already seen that Chenpi is not strong enough to continue.

With the mentality of taking advantage of his illness to kill him, he directly ordered his men to continue replacing personnel and launch an attack on Chen Pi's troops.

The Yan army has a large number of people and can replace a group of new people to fight against Chenpi at any time.

But Chenpi had no gunpowder left, and the number of soldiers he had was less than 30% of the enemy's.

Now they are relying entirely on the defensive fortifications built in the early stage to resist the Yan army.

"General, why don't we retreat back to the city?"

Several centurions retreated to Chenpi's side in the chaotic battlefield and spoke loudly.

The Lin Camp performed very well, minimizing losses in the fierce battle and withstanding the enemy's repeated attacks.

But human strength is limited. Faced with the Yan army's overwhelming offensive, they no longer had the strength to continue fighting.

If this continues, real casualties will soon appear.

"Hold on till dawn!"

Chenpi looked up at the sky and saw a hint of dawn appearing in the distant sky.

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, all the troops of the Lin Camp began to redeploy and tried their best to block the attack tonight.

Finally, when they fought to the ground, there was already a sea of ​​blood and corpses.

Suddenly a voice came from the city wall.

"General, the gunpowder has arrived!"

Upon hearing this voice, before Chenpi could react, Yan Guangshou immediately called back his troops.

Looking at the Yan army retreating like a tide, Chen Pi's body softened and he fell straight to the ground.

The soldiers around him were in a similar situation.

The weak Chenpi raised his hand and called the logistics troops coming out of the city to his side.

"Take them back and transport all the gunpowder to the city wall. Everyone can rest today."

"What should we do if the Yan army comes again?"

"Collect the bows and arrows on the battlefield and use them with gunpowder to drive them back."

Chen Pi remembered what Qin Ming said, and now made a similar decision as Chang Baishan.

However, the pressure on Henglan Pass was obviously greater than that at other places. Even with bows and ammunition, it might not be able to stop the attack of the Yan army.

They can only take one step at a time.

Soon, the fighting stopped.

The two armies retreated and began to rest.

After Yan Guangshou returned to the tent, he did not go back to rest directly, but called several of his generals to his side.

"Everyone, the Southern Dynasty is out of gunpowder. After days of attacking, we've finally used up all their ammunition reserves!"

"Starting today, we will launch four rounds of dispersed battle formation attacks against them every day, regardless of day or night!"

Yan Guangshou was very good at finding the enemy's weaknesses.

Dispersing the battle formation means letting their troops spread out as much as possible and then launch an attack on Henglan Pass.

Such dispersed positioning can avoid artillery damage to a great extent.

If Chen Pi and his exhausted Linzi Camp wanted to wipe out the Yan army, they would have to either take the initiative to fight them.

Or spend more artillery to carry out large-scale bombing.

If they choose the former, they will have to consume soldiers; if they choose the latter, they will have to consume a lot of gunpowder.

Whatever they choose, they will be greatly affected.

"Yes, General!"

Despite heavy losses, the Yan army generals have seen hope of victory in recent days.

So they set off immediately and continued their attack on Henglan Pass.

……

When several major checkpoints were attacked one after another, Qin Ming had already arrived deep in the Taiping Mountains.

"Your Majesty, the beef jerky we delivered today weighs over 3,000 kilograms!"

"Not only that, but they also airdropped hundreds of kilograms of candy!"

At noon, hundreds of soldiers excitedly carried wooden boxes back to Qin Ming's mountain camp.

With the continuous airdrops from hot air balloons along the way, they had plenty of supplies along the way, and even every soldier could eat meat.

Being able to have such supplies on the battlefield in this era, the Southern Dynasty’s strength has far surpassed all countries in the world.

"Calculate how long the rations will last."

Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away, Qin Ming prepared to start traveling at full speed.

"One month is enough!"

After counting the existing supplies, the quartermaster told Qin Ming an exact number.

"Notify the logistics personnel to start transporting weapons and equipment tomorrow."

"Yes!"

Qin Ming's weapons and equipment had already been prepared in the military camp stationed on the edge of the Taiping Mountains.

With just a command, supplies can be obtained from them at any time.

As Qin Ming's order was issued, in just two days, the hot air balloon transported all the things back and forth without sleep, and soon all the things were delivered.

On the last trip, Song Dingsheng came in person to report on the battle situation.

"Your Majesty, the front line is in crisis. Chenpi's troops inside the Henglan Pass number less than 5,000."

"Is the Arsenal behind on its supply of gunpowder?"

"Yes, the Fire Camp led by Liu Chuang is still better off, but Changning Pass and Bailong Pass in Changbai Mountain have run out of gunpowder, and Chen Pi is facing Yan Guangshou's large army!"

Song Dingsheng's face was full of worry.

The train is fast enough to transport any amount of stuff.

But the output of the arsenal was far from enough.

"I see……"

Qin Ming had anticipated this result a long time ago, but when he heard it with his own ears, he still felt a little heavy.

"Yan Guangshou's main force has been deployed to Henglan Pass?"

Suddenly, he noticed an important piece of news.

Song Dingsheng nodded quickly and said:

"Yes."

Qin Ming's eyes flickered, and I don't know what he was thinking.

After a while, he slowly stood up and said:

"If they can't make gunpowder, there's no need to force them to make it. Go back and have the workshop cooperate with the arsenal to make more molds for bows and crossbows, so we can fight the enemy again using the methods of the cold weapon era."

"Okay, I remember it."

This is also a solution, but Qin Ming’s arrangements are obviously more than that.

Qin Ming continued to ask:

"What is the current attitude of the Western Regions, Western Shu, and the Southern Barbarians?"

"Hmm? Your Majesty, why did you suddenly think of them?"

Song Dingsheng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly his eyes widened.