Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Qin Ming's troops were very small.

This means that they now have few opportunities to attack directly and clamp down on the royal troops.

However, there are also ways to play with fewer people.

They gathered together, struck deeper, and carried out interspersed operations.

The deeper the battle goes, the greater the pressure on the Yan royal family’s troops.

"Is General Ye coming with us?"

At this time, Chenpi suddenly asked.

Just like the battle here, it would be a waste to bring Ye Shoujiang along.

After all, Qin Ming and Ye Shoujiang both have the ability to command large armies.

Unfortunately, given the current military situation, there aren't many people who can disperse them.

"Let General Ye take care of the Wu family's people."

"But the Wu family can only equip them with basic weapons and equipment now. We definitely can't give them more advanced ones."

Chang Baishan immediately realized the crux of the problem.

Qin Ming can now provide weapons and equipment to the Wu family.

But they are basically some basic weapons. Even if they get these weapons, they still cannot put absolute pressure on the Yan royal family.

"You've all forgotten that General Ye is best at hand-to-hand combat, and his military command ability is the best in Daqian."

"Raise their weapons and equipment to the same level as the Yan royal family, or even better, and then equip them with a group of ordinary troops. This will be the most cost-effective."

"Even if it's an ordinary army, as long as we have enough people, we can achieve great results."

Qin Ming's words were deeply recognized by Chang Baishan and Chenpi.

Since their regular troops don’t have many people, let Ye Shoujiang and the Wu family to supplement them.

Soon, Wu Tianxing and Ye Shoujiang came to Qin Ming together.

"Your Majesty, the Wu family is willing to provide 300,000 troops."

"I still have 40,000 troops under my command, and I can lead them into battle. The Nanyang caravan has already provided a batch of new weapons, which is more than enough."

When the two were talking about this, Wu Tianxing suddenly said:

"Your Majesty, allowing overseas forces to continuously provide weapons to our Yan Dynasty is not a long-term solution."

"As you can see, the cost is far too high. It's a burden on both you and our Wu family."

"If we can get the Nanyang Merchants to build a weapons factory with the help of the Wu family, we can actually gather more armed forces for this war."

After much deliberation, the Wu family still wanted to get a batch of military factories and production lines that Qin Ming had eliminated.

The reason why they were so entangled was that the weapons used by the Wu family so far were more than two generations behind Qin Ming's products.

Even if they just wanted some weapons that were only one generation behind, they would need to go to the Nanyang merchant caravan to buy them.

It is normal for them to feel dissatisfied after a long time.

"I will build some simple factories here, so the Wu family doesn't need to worry."

Qin Ming had actually thought about the Wu family's needs.

It just so happened that Wu Tianxing brought up the matter of the military factory again today.

So he started to speak out a solution that would have the best of both worlds.

"If you really want the technology, I can sell you a batch, but you have to sign a patent agreement and arrange a special organization to help Daqian maintain the patented technology."

"What is patented technology...and why do we need to maintain patents?"

Wu Tianxing was very surprised.

This concept is very abstract in today's era.

Qin Ming took some effort to tell Wu Tianxing the concept of the patent.

After hearing these words, the other party frowned and began to think.

"Your Majesty, what you mean is... that only we can use these things, and anyone who uses them without paying will be beaten by us?"

"That's pretty much it."

Qin Ming nodded.

"With the concept of patents, many of my inventions can be protected, and our allies will gradually become stronger, but we also need you to work together to maintain them."

This is equivalent to setting up another moat for yourself.

It turns out that Qin Ming's technology is the most advanced in the world.

But this is not enough. Before the previous generation of technology, a patent concept should be set up.

At that time, people can start patent protection from the previous generation of technology, and Qin Ming's most advanced technologies will be less likely to be infringed.

"I see. The Wu family is willing to establish protection for this patented technology with you."

"Can you represent the Wu family now?"

"Of course, for such a small matter, I'm sure my father will agree, so we don't need to spend time contacting him."

"good."

The Wu family’s intelligence network is very powerful.

This can help Qin Ming protect his patent.

After the two of them agreed on how much effort to allocate to protect the patented technology each year.

Then they began to discuss the construction of a military factory.

"How much money is the Wu family prepared to spend to purchase the patent?"

"Five million taels of silver. We will also cover all the expenses for the construction of the military factory. The entire construction process will be supervised by Daqian."

The conditions proposed by Wu Tianxing are very good.

The reason why they were given so many benefits was that they were a little anxious.

The pressure from the Yan Dynasty royal family, coupled with the large-scale cooperation of uninvited guests like Qin Ming.

All these things made them feel a sense of crisis.

In order for the Wu family to survive in the chaos, they must have their own strength.

For example, building more powerful military factories and strengthening control over one's own fiefdom.

"Hasn't the Wu family recently had most of their assets stolen? Can they still come up with money now?"

Qin Ming remembered that Wu Tianxing and Wu Wenzhou had told him about the loss of their property before.

But now he can still easily take out five million taels of silver and even afford the construction of an arsenal.

Wu Tianxing smiled and said:

"The Wu family has controlled such a vast territory for so many years, so they must have some foundation."

"That's good."

After everything was arranged, Qin Ming took out some drawings and gave them to the Wu family.

He and Ye Shoujiang split their forces into two groups. One group quickly passed through the major checkpoints of the Wu family and headed into the territory of the Yan Dynasty royal family.

The other team went to the Wu family to lead the troops.

As expected, after receiving the news that Qin Ming was attacking from the east, the Yan royal family finally couldn't bear it anymore.

They quickly deployed their extremely valuable Central Guard, a force of nearly 100,000 men, to stop them.

At the same time, Xiao Tianzhu and Wanyan Tielu disobeyed military orders and did not send troops to stop Liu Chuang.

In order to stop Liu Chuang and prevent the Fire Camp from continuing with its astonishing destructive power.

The royal family also arranged 150,000 troops to head towards Liu Chuang.

Of course, the royal family was extremely angry about Xiao Tianzhu and Wanyan Tielu's disobedience to orders.

After arranging the soldiers, he dispatched Yan Zheng, the third prince of the Yan Dynasty, to rush to the front-line military camp.

At this time, Xiao Tianzhu and Wanyan Tielu were still fighting against Cao Chuan and Heifu.

The battle between the two sides was extremely crazy.

The fight went on for seven days without a break.

During these seven days of non-stop fighting, the Daqian army was reduced by half.

Half of the Yan royal family's million-strong army was also killed by Xiao Tian's assistants!