Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

As Qin Ming distributed the things, the troops occupying Tianwuze immediately relaxed.

Everyone rested for a night and left early the next morning.

Elder Song did not arrange too many supplies and weapons for them this time because there were railway tracks in Xishu.

It can be transported in large quantities from Lingnan.

After the troops started marching, Qin Ming found Elder Song and began to arrange the following matters.

"How many people do we have left?"

"The Datong sect still has over 30,000 troops. 15,000 have been sent to Tianwuze, and the rest are stationed at the rear headquarters."

"Split these troops into several groups and start attacking Mu Liuming and Qian Wanli."

Qin Ming thought about it and decided to be more domineering.

Only an active attack would suit their advantage. After all, they occupied Tianwu Lake. If they did not use it as a fortress and continue to send troops, people would inevitably think that there was something wrong with them.

"Your Majesty, isn't this a bit too arrogant?"

Elder Song hesitated.

Originally, they had about 30,000 people stationed in Tianwuze, including Wu Qingye and Liu Chuang.

Now that the number of people has been halved, there are already many loopholes in the defense. If more troops are deployed, once the enemy discovers the defense loopholes, they are likely to attack in one fell swoop.

"Don't worry, they won't."

"The harder we fight, the safer we will be."

Qin Ming's strategy was very effective.

As their troops began to move, groups of people gradually approached the front line.

Even he himself went out in person with a troop.

"Your Majesty, we just ran to the front and found that there were not many people."

At this time, several scouts ran over and told Qin Ming about the situation ahead.

They had originally intended to go and fight the enemy today.

Everyone is ready for battle.

But they reached the front-line military camp and did not see any trace of enemy troops.

Qin Ming saw this and thought for a moment before saying:

“It seems they are also focusing on the eldest grandson or that side.”

The battle has been lost, and we can only place our hopes on our eldest grandson.

As long as his troops could arrive in time, there would still be enough manpower to suppress the attack of the Datong Sect.

Unfortunately, Qin Ming had already known their thoughts in advance.

"Fight, even if there's no one around."

Qin Ming called a few people over and asked them to bring a carriage over and set up the gun barrel.

"Your Majesty, are we going to attack their camp?"

"Don't fight. Dismantle these shells and reduce the weight of each one so that one can be used as two."

Qin Ming took out a small knife, demonstrated it to them, and poured out a lot of gunpowder inside.

"What is this doing?"

"To intimidate them."

As Qin Ming put the reduced amount of ammunition inside, the shells quickly hit the ground in the distance.

boom!

The sound of the explosion could be heard from far away.

Although it did not actually cause much casualties, the explosion still made the soldiers in the Qian Wanli and Mu Liuming coalition forces feel uneasy.

The coalition camp in the distance was suddenly in chaos.

Seeing this, many people immediately ran to Qian Wanli and Mu Liuming to report.

"General, the enemy is coming!"

Qian Wanli and Mu Liuming also heard the sound of artillery fire outside. The enemy was coming, and it was definitely impossible for them to just bombard indiscriminately and attack their troops at any time.

The two men looked at each other and immediately stood up to prepare to lead the troops out.

"Arrange a group of people to drive them back!"

The strategic goals of the two have changed. Now there is no need for offense, but defense.

Before leaving, Qian Wanli and Mu Liuming simultaneously instructed their subordinates:

"Retreat after the fight, don't get entangled."

Their troops were very restrained, and just as they left the camp they saw a large group of people firing artillery outside.

Seeing them come out, Qin Ming immediately asked someone to take out the prepared live ammunition and started live-fire shooting.

"Your Majesty really has a way. They really came out!"

Everyone was very excited and started fighting with the coalition forces, carrying their guns and cannons.

The two sides fought for nearly three hours, and finally forced Qin Ming's troops to retreat at the cost of hundreds of casualties in Mu Liuming's troops.

After returning to the swamp, Qin Ming called Elder Song and explained the combat tasks for the next few days.

"From now on, we'll go over there every day and harass them with blanks. If they come out, we'll fight them. If they don't come out, we'll set off cannons at night."

"Also at night, I understand."

Elder Song had to admire Qin Ming's decision.

Blank bullets can save ammunition and lure out Qian Wanli and Mu Liuming.

If he were an enemy, he would probably be driven to despair.

As Qin Ming's order was given, a group of troops ran out immediately.

Qian Wanli and Mu Liuming returned to the camp after fighting outside for a whole day. Everyone was extremely tired, hungry and thirsty.

Finally having time, they hurriedly took out their dry food and wanted to eat some quickly to replenish their energy.

Some people just ate a few bites and then went back to rest.

But just as they had a moment of rest, the sounds of several gunpowder explosions were heard in the distant swamp.

"what is going on?"

"Are they never going to stop?"

Qian Wanli and Mu Liuming were both angry.

They have encountered many situations of continuous fighting in their daily lives.

But this small-scale constant entanglement is far more difficult than they imagined.

Especially since they were facing Qin Ming, who occupied Tianwuze and used it as his base.

The opponent can attack you whenever he wants, and can retreat quickly when he wants to run away.

Continuing like this will only make the coalition forces exhausted.

In order to avoid this situation, Qian Wanli suddenly said:

"General Mu, I want to retreat a hundred miles. What do you think?"

Qian Wanli had already figured it out. There was no need for them to fight a life-and-death battle with Qin Ming.

As long as they can lure him out of Tianwuze, they can continue to fight Qin Ming on the front battlefield.

These words made Mu Liuming frown immediately.

"Why do you suddenly say that? I think this decision is a loss. If we continue to retreat, won't we give up hundreds of miles of territory to Qin Ming?"

"But if we don't retreat, they'll take advantage of the terrain in Tianwu Lake and we won't be able to break in."

Qian Wanli still felt that retreating was a safer approach.

According to the intelligence obtained during the previous battle, the Datong sect's troops did not have many people even with Daqian's help.

The battle line continues to extend, which means that as they spread out along the battle line, there will be fewer and fewer people.

This was the first time a disagreement arose between the two.

After all, they each serve their own masters.

Qian Wanli's goal is to defend the Western Region, while Mu Liuming's goal is to carry out the tasks assigned by Hua Yunhong and wait to attack Qin Ming together with Changsun.

Qian Wanli can retreat temporarily, but Mu Liuming cannot. He can only make a decision after Changsun Huo's reply arrives.

"How about we wait for Changsun Huo's reply to arrive before making a decision? General Qian wouldn't even be willing to give me this courtesy, would he?"