Facing the tight defense of Sima French Army, Ning Ze used a hot air balloon to prepare for a wave of phosphorus fire throwing.

When the hot air balloon slowly took off from Ningze military camp, the other party could see clearly.

"Ning Ze used magic again!" Lu Yuan hurriedly said to Sima Fa, "I heard that this boat can walk in the air and release the magic fire."

Sima Fa checked carefully, then shook his head: "This is not a demon!"

"If it weren't for the magic, how could the wooden boat fly?" Lu Yuan felt puzzled.

"This object is somewhat similar to a dragon-shaped kite," Sima Fa said. "Of course, the dragon-shaped kite rises from the wind. It is unknown why this object flies, perhaps it is related to the round sail above the head of the wooden boat."

The hot air balloon relies on the huge balloon above the head, and it can only take off with the hot air flow. Sima Fa said it is a sail, which is correct in a sense. The wind blows the sails and the hot air balloons blow the balloons, which is similar.

"According to information, this boat can release demon fire, and the bow and crossbow cannot hurt it. What if it does?" Lu Yuan asked worriedly.

Sima Fa was not panicked and immediately ordered: "Take my divine machine crossbow!"

"Divine Machine Bird Cannon?" Lu Yuan looked at him in confusion, and he heard this name for the first time.

Soon, soldiers pushed out a giant iron crossbow from the pass. This iron crossbow has a strange shape, ten times the size of an ordinary crossbow, made of metal all over the body, and the strings of the crossbow are also made of metal. Without more than a dozen strong soldiers, they can't pull them at all.

Seeing this giant crossbow, Lu Yuan was stunned: "This..."

"I had been focusing on studying more powerful offensive and defensive weapons a long time ago." Sima Fa reached out and stroked the cold crossbow body. "The Divine Machine Crossbow cannon is one of them. Its power is far greater than that of ordinary crossbows, and it is even several times stronger than ordinary city-defying crossbows."

"That's great!" Lu Yuan was surprised, "Ningze's flying wooden boat cannot be shot by ordinary crossbows. This magical crossbow may work!"

Sima Fa replied: "No, maybe, you will definitely hit the target at such a distance!"

"What are you waiting for?" Lu Yuan said hurriedly, "If the wooden boat flew over to release the demon fire, it would pose a great threat to our army. Hurry up and shoot it down is the right way!"

"Stay quietly!" Sima Fa waved his hand, and asked more than a dozen strong soldiers to pull the crossbow strings away and put on a special giant crossbow arrow. Then adjust the direction according to the hot air balloon to aim.

Ning Ze cannot see the situation behind Sima French Army, and the virtual map will not indicate the magical crossbow, so it is impossible to know. He is looking forward to the hot air balloon offensive to work and disrupt the local formation.

Several soldiers who were skilled in operating hot air balloons slowly took off the air, adjusting the direction and letting Sima French troops float away.

After Sima Fa aimed, he gave an order.

"Bang--!" A special crossbow arrow flew up in response, drawing a graceful arc and shooting into the air.

However, the first design was not sure about the parabola, and the crossbow flew slightly higher, passed over the hot air balloon and fell into the gap in the distance.

"What is that?!" The soldiers who drove the hot air balloon were frightened, looked at each other with a confused look on their faces.

They have never seen any weapon that can shoot to such a height, even passing over the hot air balloon.

Not only the soldiers who controlled the hot air balloon, Ning Ze himself, but also the soldiers under his command were also shocked and showed an incredible expression.

"Oh no!" Seeing this situation, Ning Ze instantly reacted and hurriedly ordered the flag officer beside him, "Call back the hot air balloon!"

When the flag officer got the order, he hurriedly blew the flag words to the soldiers who were manipulating the hot air balloon, demanding that the task be dropped immediately and the task be stopped.

The soldier received the order and quickly did as he did.

However, Sima's French army began to shoot special crossbow arrows one after another, constantly passing by the hot air balloon.

Finally, when the hot air balloon slowly descended, a crossbow arrow penetrated the balloon accurately and damaged it. The hot air leaked out along the rupture, and the balloon lost control and shaking and falling in the direction of Ningze Army.

Ning Ze quickly ordered the army to retreat immediately.

Even so, many phosphorus tanks fell out of the falling hot air balloon and burned to Ningze army, causing dozens of casualties.

After the hot air balloon fell, the soldiers who controlled the balloon also fell to death.

Ning Ze's army retreated urgently, but Sima's French army did not take advantage of the chaos to pursue it, and maintained a defensive attitude to defend Chibo Pass.

When he temporarily retreated to the camp, Ning Ze saw that his soldiers were in a low spirit, he said, "Victory and defeat are common among military officials, why bother to care? Gu started from Huajun and never lost all the way, but he had no opponents. Sima Faqilin's talent is not easy. His past tactics have had miraculous effects on the rammed crowd, and it is not that easy in front of him. He cheered up. Now it is a good thing to meet opponents! Our army is used to being smooth sailing, and it is difficult to accept suddenly when encountering a headwind. This is wrong. It is time to get used to encountering a strong enemy and use its own rights to defeat the opponent!"

With Ning Ze's face-to-face encouragement, the soldiers under his command recovered some morale.

On the other hand, Ding Mu led his troops to attack Jiyang and Dan County, and Yuetai sent troops to help. Under the siege of the three parties, various counties in Jiyang were forced to attack and arrived at Jiyang County.

The prefect of Ji Yang, Zheng Pu, defended the city and fought with the three troops for dozens of days. As a result, Ding Mu broke through the city gate and a large army rushed in.

The situation was over, so Zheng Pu had to surrender.

So Liu Yuanxiang's forces gained the four counties of Bozhou and opened up the Jinzhou and Chizhou.

When the news reached the front line, Lu Yuan asked Sima Fa: "Ning Ze occupied Bozhou, what should we do?"

Sima Fa said: "Ji Yang is lonely city, unable to rescue me. Wait for me to think about the plan and slowly regain my lost land."

But before he could think of a solution, he suddenly received a letter from Fei Ge. Ma Jian rushed to the imperial city. Emperor Hui wanted to leave the city and meet him under Sun Pu's protection, but the city gate was blocked. Sun Pu and his private soldiers were all suppressed, and the queen committed suicide on the spot. Lu Gong wanted to welcome Emperor Hui back, but Emperor Hui committed suicide on the spot in grief and anger, but he could not save him.

The most troublesome thing is that Emperor Hui shouted before his death, pointing out that Lu Cong was a traitor, and as the emperor, he committed suicide because he was unwilling to continue to be humiliated.

It would be fine if this matter could be suppressed. At worst, I could find another puppet to push it up. However, the news spread wildly and could not be blocked. It is spreading very quickly now. There have been riots in many places in the prefectures and counties under Lu Gong's jurisdiction, and the situation is critical.

At a loss, Lu Cong urgently asked Sima Fa for advice.

Seeing the information, Sima Fa and Lu Yuan were shocked at the same time. This is no small matter!

With the current speed of news transmission, the Sixteen State of Dacheng will soon spread. At that time, everyone in the world knows what Emperor Hui shouted before his death. Even if the emperor is a puppet in this era, his influence among the people will be unimaginable. If it is not handled in time, it is very likely that it will collapse from the inside!

Obviously, Lu Gong knew the consequences were serious, so he hurriedly sought Sima Fa's help.

Sima Fa quickly said to Lu Yuan: "Such a big thing happens, you need to return to the court as soon as possible!"

"But Ning Ze is eyeing him, what should I do?" Lu Yuan asked worriedly.

"Ningze is not a problem," said Sima Fa. "Princess Yuanxi is pregnant when participating in the civil and military conference a few years ago. There are two wives in his family who are not far from the princess. Calculate the time, his children are about to be born, and he knows it in his heart. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to counterattack, but now the court is more important. Once our army returns to the court, Ningze will also retreat to Huajun."

"What should I do if Ning Ze does not retreat?" Lu Yuan asked him.

"Ningze will retreat!" Sima Fa was very sure, "Of course, before evacuation, we need to urgently take the Lu clan to the imperial city. In this way, Ningze loses his target and has a greater chance of retreat!"

"It is probably not easy to move the Lu family to the imperial city!" Lu Yuan said, "My Lu family has lived in the Liang Dynasty for generations, how can we leave it lightly?"

"The situation is different now!" Sima Fa said, "If it is handled improperly, internal chaos will be triggered, and the Lu family will not be able to protect it."

"How do you persuade me to leave?"

"I know it in my heart!"

Sima Fa asked Lu Yuan to maintain his formation, continue to guard the pass, and personally retreated to Dangliang County, and went to the Lu family to explain the situation carefully.

After spending some effort, he finally persuaded the Lu clan, packed his luggage and rushed to the imperial city.

When retreating, Sima Fa notified all troops to take an offensive posture, so that Ning Zejun could respond cautiously.

Then he took advantage of Ning Ze's army's inattention and retreated slowly.

Of course, several important border cities and passes remained with heavy troops to guard them.

Ning Ze quickly received information, and what happened in the Imperial City Miliang reached here.

The generals under his command were excited, but unexpectedly, Lu Gong and Emperor Hui were in civil turmoil in the rear, and even Emperor Hui committed suicide in front of Lu Gong, leaving such a great lethality. Now the news spread, I am afraid that Lu Gong would be in chaos.

Not to mention Ma Jian and Tang Niu were staring at each other, so he quickly suggested that Ning Ze send troops to take this opportunity to wipe out Lu Cong.

Ning Ze shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate the Lu Cong power, especially Sima Fa. What's more, Tang Niu and Ma Jian have their own ideas. Now it seems to be incompatible with Lu Cong. Once our army takes advantage of the Lu Cong civil strife, considering their own interests, they will definitely divide their troops to attack us and prevent our army from destroying Lu Cong. After all, our army dominates, which is not a good thing for them."

The generals were a little disbelief and thought to himself that Tang Niu, how could Ma Jian help Lu Cong? Especially Emperor Hui's words are so harmful. Information said that Ma Jian fainted on the spot when he learned that Emperor Hui committed suicide and said that he would definitely be with Lu Cong until he died. He should have helped him.

Seeing that the generals did not believe it, Ning Ze sent rumors to make a rumor, saying that his troops were preparing to take the opportunity to attack Yanzhou.

Soon, the news came back. Tang Niu sent 50,000 troops to Daxing County, and was on standby at any time; Ma Jian sent 80,000 troops to set up a battle in Chongwen County. This action was obviously not directed at Lu Cong. As long as Ningze sent troops, Tang Niu would definitely send troops from Daxing County and bypass Duosi County to attack Ningze. Ma Jian would also start from Jiangzhou and fight with Tang Niu in the north and south.

The actions of the two forces made the generals admire Ning Ze's judgment.

Just then, the envoy of Hua County hurried over: "Report——! The princess gave birth to Lin'er, and the mother and son were safe. Mrs. Chu, Mrs. Mi is approaching and she is preparing for the delivery carefully!"

"Congratulations to the Marquis, congratulations to the Marquis!!" When the civil and military officials around him heard the news, they all knelt down.

Ning Ze immediately said: "Lu Cong withdrew his troops to deal with civil strife. There is no war in a short period of time. I will make a big mistake next, and we need to return as soon as possible to deal with it!"

"What a big deal that the marquis attaches so much importance to?" Ding Mu asked.

The other civil and military officials also looked at Ning Ze and waited for the answer.

Ning Ze looked around everyone and said confidently: "This time, Lu Gong wanted to quell the civil strife, he could only do doom and suppress it with all his might! At the same time, he rewarded the world and won the hearts of the people. I believe that after Sima Fa returned, Lu Gong would ascend the throne and become emperor and enfeoffed hundreds of officials! The great success has been exhausted and he has no power to save it! Once Lu Gong ascends the throne and the orthodox royal family is destroyed, the lord can legitimately step onto the stage!"

Hearing this, all the civil servants and generals in front of him showed ecstasy.
Chapter completed!