Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"Yes, please bring it here first. When His Majesty replies, I will discuss this cooperation with him."

It was impossible for Kurofushi to make the decision on his own.

So he prepared everything first and waited for Qin Ming's reply.

On the other side, Qin Ming had already entered the heartland of Yan Dynasty through various checkpoints of the Wu family.

During this period, because of the protection of the Wu family, they did not encounter too many obstacles along the way.

This made Qin Ming marvel.

"I didn't expect that the Wu family, despite standing in opposition to the Yan royal family, didn't collapse as quickly as the Yun family did. They even have the ability to control their own families."

Chen Pi, who was standing by, heard this and began to explain:

"Your Majesty, you didn't stay here for long. If you had stayed here a few days earlier, you would have known how powerful the Wu family is."

"You wouldn't believe it if I told you this, but over the years, they've separated hundreds of nobles from the top three clans, both large and small."

"As a result, more than 90% of the families that don't have the surname Wu have been relegated to the middle and lower three clans, and have no real power."

Hearing this, Qin Ming was a little surprised.

I didn’t expect that the Wu family would work so hard to control this place.

This is indeed much more cruel than the Yun family.

However, the Yun family's decision not to do so also had its advantages. They allowed the lower families to move up, which enabled the local area to develop better and would not be suppressed.

This is why the overall strength of the Yun family area is much stronger than that of the Wu family.

However, the overall strength is strong, but the Yun family is weaker than the Wu family.

All we can say is that both sides have their own pros and cons.

"Your Majesty, something is happening!"

Just as Qin Ming and Chen Pi were chatting casually on the road, Chang Baishan came to Qin Ming holding a telegraph machine.

"what happened?"

"Cao Chuan and Hei Fu are having a hard time resisting and want to change their strategy. Several members of the Yan Dynasty's royal family are fighting among themselves and want us to take action. Hei Fu has also sent us information about the backgrounds of these members of the royal family..."

There was a lot of information this time, and Chang Baishan talked for a while before he finally explained the situation over there to Qin Ming.

Hearing that they were under so much pressure.

Qin Ming suddenly became alert.

"Just follow Hei Fu's instructions and have Liu Chuang attack vertically. Don't go any further inside. Leave this task to me."

"Besides that... the Ninth Prince's invitation can be accepted, but the Yun family must retreat to the west coast from now on."

"Why?"

Chang Baishan and Chenpi were both surprised by what Qin Ming said.

Although the Yun family's troops did not play a big role on the battlefield, they could still help them with logistics and transport munitions.

But at this time, Qin Ming insisted on transferring them back.

This is obviously a bit strange.

"When they were fighting among themselves, both the Second and Third Princes would try to dispatch troops to deal with Daqian."

"Who do you think can provide soldiers for the Yan Dynasty royal family when they are being constrained in many ways?"

Qin Ming spoke slowly and raised the most important issue.

Upon hearing this, Chang Baishan and Chenpi suddenly widened their eyes and shouted:

"Ouyang family!"

"I almost forgot about them!"

The Ouyang family has always acted like outsiders on the battlefield.

Now their strength is the best preserved in the south.

As long as they are allowed to attack, they can cause heavy damage to the two major families on the east and west coasts.

Qin Ming had not taken any action, actually he was waiting for the Ouyang family to take the initiative.

But they haven't taken any action so far.

I originally thought that the Ouyang family wanted to preserve their strength in the chaotic situation, but now it seems that they are participating in the power struggle of the Yan Dynasty royal family and are waiting to be dispatched.

Although Qin Ming was still not sure whether the Ouyang family belonged to the third prince or the second prince.

However, after understanding all this, Qin Ming was certain that they would definitely take action this time.

Let the Yun family wait in advance, and a fight between the two families, with soldiers fighting against generals, will not affect the main battlefield.

As for the Wu family's territory, there is no sign of collapse yet.

As long as the Ouyang family dares to send troops over, Wu Wenzhou can respond at any time, so Qin Ming is not worried here.

"Your Majesty is indeed very insightful."

Chenpi and Changbaishan praised it.

This is not flattery, but true admiration.

As generals, they can only see what is on the battlefield, but they cannot understand the situation outside the battlefield and the involvement of forces.

But Qin Ming is different. He can see the overall situation and see at a glance the key point of the other party's counterattack after this cooperation.

"Then what do you think about the Ninth Prince of Yan Dynasty? Do you want to propose some conditions to each other?"

After this matter was settled, Chang Baishan on the side asked about the proper placement of the Ninth Prince.

Qin Ming waved his hand and said:

"A mere Ninth Prince is not even worthy of sitting at the negotiation table with Daqian."

"If they are sincere, once this matter is settled, someone will find me soon."

Ever since he entered the Yan Dynasty royal territory, Qin Ming has no longer been in a hurry.

In this war, apart from the troops outside the northern pass of Daqian, which may give him some headaches, there are not many troops in the Yan Dynasty that can pose a threat to him.

The Yan Dynasty royal family also understood all of this, so they specially built concrete walls just for defense, and would wait until they had the strength in the future before considering a head-on confrontation with Qin Ming.

"I see."

Chenpi nodded in agreement, and after confirming everything, they continued on their way.

Soon, Qin Ming's troops saw a city.

Above this city, many gray-black hot air balloons were floating, blocking out the sun and almost casting the entire city wall in shadow.

Originally, such a scene would only occur in Qin Ming's army.

But now, hot air balloons even appear in the hands of the Yan Dynasty royal family.

Seeing this scene, all the troops present began to talk at once, and a feeling of unease began to grow.

"Your Majesty, this is a show of force from the other side."

Looking at the dozens of hot air balloons displayed by the Yan Dynasty royal family in front of him, Qin Ming nodded slowly and said:

"Yes, with their level of skill, they should have made it long ago. They're only bringing it out now, presumably to intimidate us."

"They've got hot air balloons...could they even make sniper rifles?"

Chang Baishan swallowed his saliva and said hesitantly.

After the hot air balloon technology came out, Qin Ming quickly made a sniper rifle.

The two weapons were then combined, allowing the soldiers standing on the hot air balloon to use long-range sniper rifles to snipe enemy generals.

But since they came to the Yan Dynasty, such weapons and equipment were not often used.

The reason is also very simple.

The killing efficiency of the sniper rifle is too slow when facing the Yan army that numbers in the millions.

Another point is the limitations of hot air balloons themselves.

"Do whatever you want."

Qin Ming raised a smile.

"Stop, wait for a while until the enemy's hot air balloon runs out of fuel and begins to switch defense, then launch a massive attack!"