Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Guan Yue placed the long object that Qin Ming handed over in front of her.

Looking through the transparent glass at the top, you can see every move of everyone in the dark night in the distance.

Although they were thousands of feet apart, Guan Yue could see everything clearly.

"What is this? I can see it clearly."

Guan Yue looked at Qin Ming with joy on her face.

As a girl who grew up in a military camp, she knew clearly what a broad field of vision meant on the battlefield.

Qin Ming explained:

"This is called a telescope. It can be made using the principles of concave and convex lenses."

The production level in this era was limited. Even if Qin Ming knew how to make a telescope, the materials would be difficult to find.

In the end, Qin Ming found some transparent minerals with excellent texture.

I spent several days manually polishing it before I finally made a few telescopes.

"The roads in the mountains are complicated. With the telescope, those southern barbarian tribes who are good at using terrain to fight won't stand a chance against us."

"Before we enter the southern mountains, this can also help us prepare for a rainy day and observe the enemy's movements in advance."

This is one of the war artifacts prepared by Qin Ming.

Before leaving, he gave one to Cao Chuan and Liu Chuang.

"Amazing!"

Guan Yue felt relieved, and any remaining worries were gone.

On the other side, in the southern mountains and forests, rows of warriors wearing animal skins were constantly walking out of the mountains.

They were stationed in the outer forests opposite the Three Guards.

As a vassal king of Lingnan, Qin Ming needed to defend a large area.

The most important checkpoints are Chongzuo, Ningming and Jingdong.

These three places are interconnected and are not only transportation hubs, but also a place where a large number of soldiers are stored.

Originally, these three lines of defense were stationed and guarded by three guards.

When Xiao Tiance came, he withdrew all the soldiers from Ningming Pass in the central part.

He and Yang Lian only guarded the Chongzuo and Jingdong passes, trapping Qin Ming in the middle.

At the fork in the official road, Yang Lian and Xiao Tiance stopped here and prepared to part.

Before leaving, Yang Lian asked Xiao Tiance again:

"General, I just need to defend Jingdong Pass and drive Qin Ming away, right?"

"If Qin Ming's people can't bear it and send people into Lingnan from Ningming Pass to plunder, won't we be implicated?"

His concerns are justified.

I have just arrived, and if I do something too obvious, it will be difficult to explain to the court.

But Xiao Tiance said with a cruel look:

"What are you afraid of? Concubine Xiao Shu can help us."

"Isn't this guy's three thousand acres of land just behind Ningming Pass? Even if the southern barbarians break through the pass, the most we can do is eradicate all his assets in Lingnan. We can just guard the rest of the land and there won't be any major chaos."

Yang Lian suddenly understood.

Our general is too cruel.

This is to uproot Qin Ming completely!

"Okay, I'll be there now."

Soon, all the soldiers at Ningming Pass evacuated and were taken over by Cao Chuan with 5,000 men.

Battle reports from the Nanman army also began to be sent to Qin Ming one after another.

Originally, the three guards were at the border and their relationship with Qin Ming was not very close.

Qin Ming didn't even know much about the situation at the border.

Things are better now. Cao Chuan and Liu Chuang, who were wandering in the wilderness waiting for an opportunity, were finally able to send the information here.

At noon that day, Chang Baishan, who had been running back and forth to help coordinate the military camp, walked in quickly.

"Your Highness, half a month ago, the Three Guards suffered over a thousand casualties. In the half month since Cao Chuan took over the defense, they have been raided three times, resulting in hundreds of casualties."

He chattered on and on about the situation at the front.

Qin Ming just sat there quietly, without any urging, and asked him to speak in as much detail as possible.

"Where are Xiao Tiance and Yang Lian?"

"They're both so good, drawing men from the Three Guards, each leading over 10,000 elite soldiers, putting up a fake resistance."

"Liu Chuang told me that based on his observations of those two people, they seemed to be trying to divert the trouble away!"

When he said this, Chang Baishan slammed the table angrily.

"This son of a bitch Xiao Tiance is really not a human being. He is even playing tricks on the battlefield!"

"Your Highness, let me take some people over there too!"

As the commander of Qin Ming's guards, Chang Baishan is a martial arts expert and has hundreds of guards under his command.

They are usually used to guard the palace.

But recently, everyone has been outraged after running around on the battlefield delivering messages.

I have to greet Xiao Tiance’s family eight hundred times every day!

"Don't worry, Wu Qingye has already gone there, you wait and join me."

After hearing his words, Qin Ming held a long pole in his hand and shook his head slowly.

"Your Highness, the barbarians at Jingdong Pass and Chongzuo Pass feel they can't take them, so they'll definitely come to Ningming Pass. This will be a bloody battle."

Chang Baishan's face was full of indignation.

He didn't understand why Qin Ming, who was able to quell the war in the north and made great contributions to the court,

But now he is always preparing in the rear and not even going to the front line!

"Do you know what the crux of the matter is?"

Qin Ming shook his head. Seeing that the sky was already dark, he took Chang Baishan out of the barracks to chat.

"What's the key?"

Chang Baishan looked at him strangely.

Qin Ming said slowly:

"The key is that we have very few soldiers. According to the original battle plan, we are fighting on our own and guarding the defense line."

"But we need to do more than just this. It doesn't matter if we have fewer soldiers, but I need every team in the Wuwei Camp to be able to exert a stronger combat power than the Three Guards."

As he spoke, Qin Ming pulled the ring of the long rod-shaped object in his hand.

Then a blue firework suddenly shot into the sky.

Chang Baishan looked up and stared blankly at the light flying into the sky. It was something he had never seen before.

Some are similar to firecrackers, but they are colorful and emit charming light in the night sky.

so beautiful.

Unfortunately, Chang Baishan was not in the mood to appreciate it.

"Your Highness, I understand what you mean, but we've already met the highest standards and provided them with double the food, medicine, military pay, and accompanying physicians... What else can we do?"

Recently, Chang Baishan has been helping Qin Ming arrange these supplies.

Thanks to Fang Qingyuan, Lingnan's textile business is currently quite successful.

Combined with the original continuation, it is enough to settle the money and supply materials to the Lingnan Chamber of Commerce.

A sting.

Seeing that he still didn't understand, Qin Ming took another firework and pulled the ring.

"This time it's red. Isn't it beautiful?"

"Beautiful... Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Chang Baishan, who is usually out of tune, is one of the few people who is a little angry at this time.

Seeing that he was about to lose his temper, Qin Ming smiled helplessly.

"Old Chang, you've been smart your whole life, why are you so dumb at the critical moment?"

"I'll show you a few more."

Bang bang bang!

Qin Ming released all the fireworks of several colors that he had prepared into the sky.

Chang Baishan was stunned.

"Your Highness, are you going to spray them with this thing?"