Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

The Yan Dynasty troops began to engage in street fighting with Chang Baishan and others.

At the same time, personnel were arranged to launch a counterattack on the already crumbling city walls.

The two sides exchanged blows, and soon a one-sided situation emerged.

The Yan royal family's army suffered increasing losses, and the roads in this border city had begun to be stained red with blood.

Qin Ming had been observing their fight.

But as he watched, he found something wrong.

"How can you fight like this?"

Seeing Qin Ming's puzzled expression, several guards quickly asked:

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"Don't you think this group of Yan troops is very weak? Even the troops of the Four Pillars State have much higher combat skills than them."

Qin Ming quickly made an evaluation. Since coming to Yan Dynasty, they have experienced hundreds of battles, big and small.

Two of the Four Pillars of State were defeated.

It was believed that the Yan royal family, which controlled the Four Pillar States, was the most powerful force with the best weapons and equipment.

But after actually coming into contact with them, Qin Ming discovered today that their combat skills were very low.

Especially when the street fighting between Changbai Mountain and the Yan army took place.

This complex environment tests the reaction and strength of each small unit after entering street fighting.

As the Daqian troops were fighting away from home, they were able to quickly adapt to the battlefield and figure out how to navigate every road in the city.

However, the Yan Dynasty royal troops at home, although very familiar with the place, had poor coordination in strategy and tactics.

They have good weapons and equipment, but this is their performance.

This is what makes Qin Ming feel very strange.

"Your Majesty, maybe they have never fought a war. I heard that the royal family has always liked to live a life of luxury. They trained so many troops not for fighting, but to intimidate the Four Pillar States."

At this time, several people around him started discussing it.

"Makes sense."

Qin Ming also had some ideas.

In order to verify this conjecture, he slowly said:

"Let Chang Baishan engage in hand-to-hand combat with them."

"Hand-to-hand combat? At a time like this... would the enemy be willing?"

Everyone was a little hesitant at this time.

"Of course, have you forgotten how we fought street battles?"

Qin Ming nodded seriously.

Firearms or cold weapons can be used in street fighting, after all, there is not much space for them to maneuver.

If you use firearms rashly, some bullets may bounce off the hard ground or the eaves of the house, and if you are unlucky, you may even hit yourself.

Therefore, there was no big problem with Qin Ming's order.

"That's fine."

Soon, several messengers stood on the hillside and set off fireworks, sending a message to Changbai Mountain in the distance to change the combat method.

Chang Baishan, who was located in the city, had already killed most of the Yan army.

When he saw the signal sent by Qin Ming, he thought it was to save ammunition, so he quickly executed the order.

But after a while of executing the command.

Chang Baishan suddenly realized something was wrong.

"This group of people...seems to have become a little more powerful."

At this time, Qin Ming also followed several guards into the city.

Chen Pi has occupied the city wall and the city gate is wide open to welcome Qin Ming's follow-up troops.

"Your Majesty, why did you suddenly ask General Chang to change his fighting style?"

"It's very simple. I guessed that the Yan royal family's troops were not yet accustomed to the war method of fighting with gunpowder. Now it seems that this is indeed the case."

After Qin Ming asked Chang Baishan to try hand-to-hand combat, they were under greater pressure than before.

This is enough to show that the royal troops were not pampered troops.

They were also very strong in previous years.

Especially in the era of cold weapons, it could make all four pillars of the country feel threatened.

But now it is a little behind the times.

Although they also spent a lot of money to build arsenals and produce a lot of weapons and equipment, making themselves look much stronger than the Four Pillars State troops on paper.

But in actual combat, the integration of their troops and firearms is not high.

"Let's try to avoid a cold weapon war with them from now on."

After this round of siege, Qin Ming finally understood what was going on, so he immediately formulated a strategy.

At this time, Chenpi said with some worry:

"Your Majesty, according to what you said, if the royal troops are proficient in cold weapon combat, wouldn't General Ye be in danger?"

Ye Shoujiang is the ceiling of cold weapons and large-scale army combat.

"General Ye is in danger?"

Qin Ming smiled and waved his hand.

Chen Pi said in a strange tone:

"Yes, if their cold weapon combat power is very strong, General Ye's army is also mainly composed of cold weapons, wouldn't they be under greater pressure?"

"If I knew you had a group of troops in the rear without many firearms, and I had a legion specialized in cold weapon warfare, I would definitely attack directly to inflict greater damage on you."

What Chenpi said is correct.

But Qin Ming waved his hand and said:

"It is precisely because there is a high probability of a clash between the two major cold weapon legions this time that I feel more at ease."

"He is Ye Shoujiang. Back then, the cavalry outside the northern border had no effect on him. How could he be in trouble now because of a small group of Yan Dynasty troops?"

Qin Ming has great confidence in Ye Shoujiang.

He arranged four forces on the battlefield this time, namely Liu Chuang, Cao Chuan, himself and Ye Shoujiang.

The reason for this arrangement is that Ye Shoujiang can open up a battlefield on his own and even fight very well.

"OK then."

Although Chen Pi didn't understand, following Qin Ming for many days made him understand that since Qin Ming said so, it must make sense.

Soon, Chang Baishan cleared out the Yan army in the city.

Qin Ming and his men took over the city.

When counting the results of the battle, Chang Baishan found Qin Ming.

"Your Majesty, they burned the granary and ammunition depot before they died!"

"In addition to these, they also took out all the hot air balloons."

After the defeat, the Yan army did not leave Qin Ming with anything useful, which was within his expectations.

After calculating the time, Qin Ming said:

"You and Chen Pi will lead the troops to rest for one night. Come to me tomorrow morning to discuss the subsequent attack route."

Qin Ming had already formulated a battle plan.

But his mindset changed after he saw the weaknesses of the royal forces.

Plans will naturally change accordingly.

"Yes!"

Chang Baishan left quickly.

As night fell, the Daqian troops in the wilderness began to gather and rest automatically without any command.

In comparison, the situation of the troops under Ye Shoujiang of the Wu family was not so good.

That night, Wu Tianxing had just brought their gathered 300,000 troops to Ye Shoujiang.

"General Ye, this is the troop support provided by the Wu family. Please arrange for someone to count the number of people."

When Ye Shoujiang saw the troops he sent for the first time, his face looked a little ugly.

"Master Wu, forgive my bluntness, but isn't this group of troops a bit watered down?"