Iron Dynasty

In Qingzhou, the battle report in front was continuously passed on to the Qi Wangfu through the post station on the official road.

The barbarian captain Kuha died in battle, and the news of the collapse of the 10,000 team reached the Governor's Mansion in just one day. Niu Bent asked the post to send the battle report to Qingzhou overnight.

Okay, Niu Ben fought a beautiful field annihilation battle outside Yunzhou City. According to him, the loss was almost negligible, and it was a real victory.

In the Governor's Mansion, Xiao Ming handed the battle report to Zhan Xingchang.

Carefully scrutinizing the news on the battle report, Zhan Xingchang said with a smile while stroking his beard: The combination of the flintlock gun and this formation seems to allow the Qingzhou army to fight the barbarians in the wild. If so, the Qingzhou army will also Through this formation, we can fight against the main force of Chagatai.

Niu Ben said in the battle report that he was going to go to Jizhou after a few days of repairs. The mixed application of the hollow phalanx and the car array made him a lot more courageous. Xiao Ming said.

His Royal Highness, the lower official feels that there is no need to let General Niu Ben go to Jizhou immediately. Chagatai's troops still have the advantage, and once they leave Jizhou, our logistics will be stretched. At this time, Jizhou is full of chaotic people. The threat is very great, if the barbarians and or the rioters cut off the transportation line, our soldiers will be in danger, this time to help Jizhou is true, but it is also true to preserve our strength.

Xiao Ming nodded. The soldiers of the Qingzhou Army were not afraid of fighting, but they were afraid that the food would be cut off.

If Chagatai surrounded the Qingzhou army and did not attack, the army would face a desperate situation within ten days.

Then what do you think? Xiao Ming asked Zhan Xingchang, he was still the master of the ancient tricks.

Waiting for the Imperial Army and King Wei's army to act together, let King Wei's army protect our food and grass, this time King Wei must be just the same as last time, just go through the motions, let them go to the front, they naturally refuse, but If they are asked to protect the transportation line, they will naturally not push it away. Zhan Xingchang analyzed.

Pang Yukun, who was on the side, also said: Zhan Xingchang is right. The army sent by King Wei this time is the mountain battalion. Who does not know that this is the worst army of King Wei.

So, this time Jizhou is trapped, and this king can only rely on the forbidden army? Xiao Ming had a headache.

At the same time, there was some anger in his heart, so intriguing, how could the Yu Kingdom, which is pulling each other's legs, defend against the barbarians.

I'm afraid that's the case. Zhan Xingchang said, And Chagatai is only a forward. If Bei Shan comes again at this time, the Qingzhou Army will be in trouble this time.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming sighed. This time Niu Ben brought out basically all his elites. He didn't want to destroy all his soldiers. Just as Zhan Xingchang said, he wanted to help Jizhou, but he had to save it. You can't be a gunman for others.

The old traitor is as cunning as the King of Wei.

However, in Xiao Ming's opinion, it may not be a bad thing to let the Qingzhou Army hone. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and this expedition may be able to train more generals for him.

The three agreed, and Xiao Ming drew up an order for Niu Ben to wait for King Wei's army, and then go to Jizhou together to relieve Jizhou.

At the same time, he once again ordered to guide the victims into Qingzhou.

He feels more and more that the population is the combat power, and the population is the productivity. Otherwise, the population of the fief today is simply not enough to support the consumption of the war.

This is the sadness of a country with a small population facing a country with a large population. When the difference in weapon generation is not very large, the use of human sea tactics is enough to destroy the opponent.

And now the population of their own fief is not much, only a quarter of that of the barbarians, and this does not include the slaves of the barbarians.

The difference in comprehensive strength is too great, which is why he wants to frantically grab the population.

These people also lived a miserable life under the rule of King Yong, unable to take advantage of their population, and it would be different when they came to his fief.

Not only can it provide reserves for its own army, but it can also provide labor for all walks of life in Qingzhou.

In this way, he can have the capital and the barbarians to consume for a long time, until the barbarians are dragged down by war.

As I was writing, a loud noise suddenly came to my mind outside the Governor's Mansion.

A guard suddenly ran in and hurriedly said, Your Highness, something strange has appeared in the sky.

Heaven? Xiao Ming was stunned when he heard the words, but suddenly he laughed and said to Pang Yukun and Zhan Xingchang, Let's go and have a look.

Pang Yukun and Zhan Xingchang both showed expressions of interest.

The three go out.

I saw the people on the street stopped one after another, pointed their fingers to the sky, and kept whispering.

At this time in the sky, a large gray balloon was slowly moving, and the balloon was about 50 meters away from the ground.

But the ten-meter diameter of the hot air balloon makes the hot air balloon look huge, and the hot air balloon can be seen moving anywhere in Qingzhou.

His Royal Highness, what is this! Zhan Xingchang was shocked.

The officials of the Great Yu Kingdom were still very feudal and superstitious, and at this time they couldn't help but associate hot air balloons with gods and ghosts.

I saw Pang Yukun and Zhan Xingchang pale.

And some people on the street are even praying to the sky with their hands clasped together.

What are you nervous about, this is a hot air balloon, something made by the students of Bowen College. Xiao Ming explained.

At the same time, he looked up at the hot air balloon in the sky, and saw that there was no one on the hot air balloon, only a brazier was burning, and the rope tied to the hot air balloon was still low.

He realized something, maybe the hot air balloon broke free from the rope and flew away during the experiment.

Sure enough, his idea came true, and Lin Wentao quickly appeared on the street. He was running and jumping trying to grab the rope on the hot air balloon.

The students from the School of Physics also followed behind Lin Wentao, shouting, Get down, get down!

This idiot will kill people. Xiao Ming was extremely depressed.

During this time, he had learned about Lin Wentao's hot air balloon. Lin Wentao used tung oil as the fuel for the hot air balloon.

Tung oil can not only paint wood to prevent corrosion, but it is also the fuel for oil lamps. In many modern rural areas, there are still many people who use tung oil lamps.

After studying the original hot air balloon in the textbook, Lin Wentao apparently made a modification to the hot air balloon.

After all, the most primitive hot air balloons use burning materials such as straw to heat the gas in the hot air balloon.

This kind of hot air balloon floats in the air for only about 20 minutes, and the distance it flies out is only about 20 miles away.

Now Lin Wentao takes the method of heating tung oil under the hot air balloon to make the hot air balloon fly farther.

However, the combustion value of tung oil is not as good as that of later propane gas, so the tung oil he added can at most make the voyage of the hot air balloon about five times.

No way, when natural gas and propane were not made, the limitations of hot air balloons were here.