In Qingzhou, the battle reports ahead were constantly transmitted to the Qi Palace through the post station on the official road.

The news that the barbarian ten thousand men, Kuha, died in battle and the ten thousand teams collapsed in just one day reached the Governor's Office. Niu Bente asked the post station to report the battle 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 over the battle report to Zhan Xingchang.

After carefully examining the news in the battle report, Zhan Xingchang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Combined with this formation, the Qingzhou army can fight against the barbarians in the field. If so, the Qingzhou army can also fight with the main force of Chagatai through this formation."

"Niu Ben said in the battle report that he would repair it for a few days, and he would be ready to go to Jizhou. This mixed application of hollow square array and vehicle array made him much more courageous." Xiao Ming said.

"Your Highness, the subordinates don't think there is a need to let General Niu Ben go to Jizhou immediately. Chagatai's troops still have the advantage. Once we leave Jizhou, our logistics will be lengthened. At this time, Jizhou is full of chaotic people, which poses a great threat to the transportation line. If the transportation line is cut off by barbarians and chaotic people, our soldiers will be in danger. This time, it is true to rush to Jizhou, but it is also true to preserve its strength."

Xiao Ming nodded. The soldiers of the Qingzhou Army were not afraid of war, but were afraid that they would lose food and grass by then.

If Chagatai surrounded the Qingzhou army without attacking, the army would face a desperate situation if it did not leave for ten days.

"What do you think?" Xiao Ming asked Zhan Xingchang, he was still the skill of power and strategy in ancient times.

"Waiting for the imperial guards and the King of Wei's army to act together and let the King of Wei's army protect our food and grass later. This time, the King of Wei must be just a formality like last time. They will naturally refuse to let them fight the vanguard, but if they are asked to protect the transportation line, they will naturally not push it off." Zhan Xingchang analyzed.

Pang Yukun, who was standing beside him, also said: "Zhan Xingchang's statement is reasonable. The army sent by the King of Wei this time is the "shan" camp. Who doesn't know that this is the worst army of the King of Wei."

"So, in this dilemma of Jizhou, I can only rely on the imperial guards?" Xiao Ming had a headache.

At the same time, he was a little angry. How could the Dayu Kingdom, which was so intriguing and pulling each other against the barbarians?

"I'm afraid that's the case." Zhan Xingchang said: "And Chagatai is just a vanguard. If Bei Shan comes again at this time, the Qingzhou army will be in trouble this time."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming sighed. This time Niu Ben took out all his elite troops. He didn't want to kill all his soldiers. Just as Zhan Xingchang said, he wanted to rush to Jizhou, but he had to save himself and not be a gun envoy for others.

He is as cunning as the King of Wei, and he would rather pay money and be too lazy to send troops.

However, in Xiao Ming's opinion, it may not be a good thing to let the Qingzhou army hone it. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and this battle may be able to train more generals for himself before he can come out.

The three agreed that Xiao Ming drafted an order, asking Niu Ben to wait for the King of Wei's army, and then headed to Jizhou together to relieve the difficulties in Jizhou.

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

He increasingly felt that population is combat power and population is productivity, otherwise the population of fiefdoms is simply not enough to support the consumption of war.

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

Now the population of his fiefdom is not large, only one-quarter of the barbarians, which does not include the slaves of the barbarians.

The difference in overall strength is too big, which is why he wants to make a frantically profit.

These people also lived a very miserable life under the rule of King Yong. They were unable to exert their population advantage, so it would be different when they arrived at his fiefdom.

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

In this way, he can have the capital to consume the barbarians for a long time until he uses war to drag down the barbarians.

Just as it was written, a noisy sound suddenly came to mind outside the Governor's Office.

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

"In the sky?" Xiao Ming was stunned when he heard this. 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 an expression of interest.

The three of them went out.

The people on the street stopped, pointed their fingers towards the sky, and kept whispering.

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

However, the diameter of the hot air balloon is ten meters, making the hot air balloon look very huge. You can see the hot air balloon moving anywhere in Qingzhou.

"Your Highness, what is this!" Zhan Xingchang was shocked.

Officials in the Great Yu Kingdom still had a strong feudal superstition and thoughts, and at this time they could not help but associate the hot air balloon with gods and ghosts.

I saw Pang Yukun and Zhan Xingchang’s faces pale.

Some people on the streets even kept folding their hands in the sky and praying for something.

"What are you nervous about? This is something that the students of the Bowen Academy made." 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 hanging down.

He realized something, maybe it was because the hot air balloon broke free from the rope and flew away by himself during the experiment.

Sure enough, his idea came true, and Lin Wentao soon appeared on the street. While running, he jumped and tried to grab the rope on the hot air balloon.

Students from the School of Physics also followed Lin Wentao and shouted, "Come down, come down!"

"This idiot will die." Xiao Ming was extremely depressed.

During this period, he learned about Lin Wentao's hot air balloons. The hot air balloon fuel used by Lin Wentao is tung oil.

Tung oil can be applied to wood to prevent corrosion, but it is also the fuel for oil lamps. In many modern rural areas, there are still many practical tung oil lamps.

After studying the original hot air balloons on the textbook, Lin Wentao obviously transformed the hot air balloons.

After all, the most primitive hot air balloons use straw and other combustion substances to heat the gas in the hot air balloon.

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

Now Lin Wentao uses the method of heating tung oil under hot air balloons to make the hot air balloon fly further.

However, the combustion value of tung oil is not as good as that of the later propane gas, so the tung oil added by it also makes the hot air balloon's range at most about five times.

There is no way, when natural gas and propane are not made, the restrictions on hot air balloons are here.
Chapter completed!