"I expected him to ambush, but I didn't expect it to be here!" Sima Fa rushed to the rear, and the beam transport truck was already in flames. "What are you still standing there? Put out the fire! Put out the fire quickly!"

I don’t care about chasing Ning Ze, the most important thing is military rations!

After trying his best, 200,000 shi of military rations were burned down, and only 80,000 shi were rescued, which was heartbreaking.

Sima Fa blamed himself very much. He was alert all the way, but he was hit here. As expected, Ning Ze always liked to be unexpected and behaviors that were completely incompatible with the art of war would also occur.

If you think about it carefully, the opponent can learn from his strength of his spells even if the terrain is not so suitable.

Still underestimated him!

Two hundred thousand stones of military rations were burned down, and nearly a thousand soldiers were injured and killed, which was a serious injury.

His army moved too quickly, just like a ghost. The former army immediately turned around when they got the news, but it was still too late.

Maybe the cavalry can catch up, after all, the Futu Army belongs to infantry and does not have mounts.

But the most important thing is military rations. Sima Fa cannot let the cavalry chase after him first.

Even if you catch up, what if the other party makes other arrangements, what should I do?

The Futu soldiers are invulnerable to swords and guns, and only the long-hooked soldiers can fight. After the cavalry catches up, they will have no choice but to deal with the opponent. Even if they directly use a mount to kill a few, they will be able to lose a lot of excellent knights and mounts on their side.

The most important thing is that as long as you don’t trample on the spot, Ning Ze can use spells to recover the injured.

How could there be such a difficult enemy? Is it impossible for him to find another sorcerer who is proficient in spells and is better than him?

Sima Fa suffered a severe blow and was very depressed. Ning Ze brought the Futu army back victoriously, and traveled a long distance to return to Hongshui County to meet with Hua Erniang.

The two of them joined forces and rushed directly to Ouyang Chun.

When the generals were very happy to learn that Ning Ze had burned Sima French military rations.

Even if his own troops withdraw, Sima Fa, who was burned out of food and grass, could not pursue it. After all, military rations are the basis for ensuring the army's combat. Without food and morale, how could it be fought?

In Hongshui County and Lei He's attack and defense for several days, Sima's French army finally arrived and quickly formed a formation.

When Lei He saw the reinforcements arrive, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The long-term intensive attack is very expensive. If reinforcements don’t come again, I don’t know how long it will last.

Sima France saved some military rations and could still persist. The troops had an advantage over Ning Ze's side.

The two sides fought outside Hongshui County for half a month. The Ningze army was exhausted first, so they lined up to retreat slowly and left Mizhou.

Sima Fa did not chase after him, but instead breathed a sigh of relief.

In this case, the most feared Ning Ze army would have reserved military rations to deliver, so it was too late to dispatch it.

It is almost winter, and all sides are truce.

Some troops were left to guard Hongshui County, and Sima Fa led a large army to withdraw back to Yunzhou.

Ning Ze returned with victory, and Liu Yuanxiang led all civil and military officials out of the city to greet him.

Although Hexi County was taken back by Liang State, it had already recovered the two counties of Xizhou, and a large number of Hexi County talents and more than 500,000 people were obtained, and Sima France's military rations were burned, which was enough. What's more, going south to force Ma Jian to retreat, which made the border peaceful again.

When they returned to the city, all the officials participating in the war were rewarded for their merits, except for the substitutes Ning Ze and Wang Tong.

Ning Ze has already become the most powerful minister, and there is no reward. As for Wang Tong, it is impossible to expose it to the public because he is Ning Ze's substitute. He also gave some gold, silver and treasures privately and released Qiu Chan out of the palace to reunite with him.

Liu Yuanxiang sent someone to Ningze to report to Huajun's losses when it was attacked by Tangniu, including a series of precious weapons such as consumed explosive crossbows, phosphorus ignition tanks, landmines, bombs, etc.

This battle caused some materials in the Secret Institute to be shortened.

One is a phosphate ore, and the other is a saltpeter ore that makes gunpowder.

There are only a few minerals in China, and some phosphate and saltpeter mines are produced every month and sent to Huajun. Most of them are purchased through chambers of commerce and other forces.

Among them, the most phosphate ore produced is Bianzhou, which is the Tangniu power.

There are more saltpeter mines in Yunzhou.

Various forces are fighting endlessly, but the Chamber of Commerce is not prohibited from trading. Because Tang Niu, Lu Cong, and Ma Jian also need to obtain various materials from China through the Chamber of Commerce, including paper.

Of course, there are restrictions on material transactions between various forces. Although it is not known that phosphate ore and saltpeter ore are used by Ningze as a phosphate pot and gunpowder, which is suitable for various new weapons. Each transaction also has an upper limit. According to the current amount, it is also difficult to make up for the consumption caused by recent large-scale use.

What Ning Ze can do is to let the Chamber of Commerce convince Tang Niu and Lu Cong forces to relax restrictions on phosphate and saltpeter mines, and import more minerals for weapons production. The second is to find its own rich minerals so that it will not be controlled by others.

So he contacted the Chamber of Commerce and held a secret meeting to discuss the matter, persuaded the Chamber of Commerce members to operate for themselves, and tried to buy more minerals from the Tangniu and Lu Cong forces. For this reason, he could take out various newly produced glass products and exchange them for the name of precious glass.

As for finding our own rich minerals, we have been doing this, but there are indeed not many phosphate ores and saltpeter ores in China, which is determined by the geographical environment. If you want to change this situation, you will not conquer the Liang and the two countries next week.

In winter, all forces are dealing with problems caused by war and solving them privately through chambers of commerce or diplomatic means.

6th year of Xihua, spring.

Major earthquakes occurred in many counties including Bianzhou East City, Dai Yun, Meng Chu, etc., causing huge casualties.

The people were frightened, and rumors spread everywhere for a moment. It was said that Tang Niu, as the emperor, ignored the people's livelihood and was too wary, and all of them were punished by heaven.

People's hearts in the Zhou Kingdom were unstable, and many seeds of unrest appeared.

Although he was an ally, when encountering such a situation, Lu Cong and Ma Jian cheered on the surface and provided funding, he secretly supported the turmoil.

If the opponent's allies are like this, China, as a hostile force, will naturally intervene.

Tang Niu was frustrated and was particularly troubled by the earthquake disaster and internal chaos. In order to solve the problem, Mei Xu suggested that he issue an edict to punish himself, first suppress the public opinion of the people, and then mobilize the whole country to concentrate on disaster relief. As for some seeds that may cause civil strife, they should be monitored temporarily, pay attention to the other party's every move, and work together in two ways.

Tang Niu had no other choice, so he asked him to help write a decree for guilt and put a jade seal on it and publish it to the public.

As expected, the public opinion of the people was suppressed. Tang Niu ordered the whole country to mobilize forces to hit the disaster relief, and on the one hand, monitored some people who were secretly acting.

Glimpsy often have no good ending.

Sure enough, when Lu Cong and Ma Jian were so anxious that Tang Niu was secretly happy that he had a disaster in his homeland.

Landslides and mudslides occurred in many places in the territory of Yunzhou, Liangguo, Lu Continued. It is inferred that it has some connection with the major earthquake in Bianzhou, causing considerable losses and casualties.

In Nancheng, due to the sudden typhoon, many counties such as Dajing, Jinping, Chongwen, Minjiang, Loushan, etc. were flooded, and countless people's homes were destroyed and displaced. There were a large number of people who were killed or injured, and there were many missing people.

Nancheng is close to the sea, and there are huge losses caused by typhoons almost every year, so I am a little used to it.

In recent years, under the governance of Ningze, China has always paid attention to disaster prevention and construction in various places. Although different disasters have occurred in many places, it is not as serious as Zhou, Liang and Nancheng.

Under the disaster, the grain output of Zhou, Liang and Nancheng forces was also affected, and there was no other way except to buy from China.

So the envoys of the Three Kingdoms rushed to Huajun one after another. First, in the name of peace talks, they sought assistance from China to the people in the disaster area of ​​their own forces. This was a good opportunity to win the reputation and reputation. Even for the sake of Liu Yuanxiang, Ning Ze agreed; second, they discussed relaxing restrictions on the transaction of food and other daily necessities, so that all forces could purchase more materials through the chamber of commerce to survive the disaster.

The progress of hybrid crops in China was very smooth, and it also blocked the destruction of the three forces. Now it is gradually promoting, and the harvest has increased multiple times compared with the past, and the national treasury is more abundant, so there is no shortage of food.

Ning Ze happened to need the other party to open up various ore trading restrictions. He sent the chamber of commerce to come over before, but the reply he received was not satisfied. This time the other party came here with a voluntary request and asked for it. He happened to take advantage of this opportunity to ask for the opening of mineral transaction restrictions.

Zhou, Liang, and Nancheng all agreed to open restrictions on each other, considering their own situation. China opened up restrictions on transactions on grain and various essential materials, allowing them to purchase or exchange goods to deal with disasters. They opened up different resource restrictions, allowing China to expand its purchases.

All forces have obtained the results they want, and at least this negotiation will be successful.

In the seventh year of Xihua, the impact of the disaster was finally eliminated. The forces of all parties gradually recovered and stabilized slightly.

Ning Ze obtained a large amount of resources and minerals through transactions, and the secret research room made considerable progress.

After years of research, the precision of the barrel and various musket parts finally met the standards and were delivered to Ningze one after another.

The research progress of generators and telegraph machines has also achieved results, but it will take at least about one year to make it smoothly.

The musket parts were sent to Ningze, and the wives were curious and came around to inquire.

Ning Ze kept it a secret and told them not to worry and started assembly directly.

When the gun body is assembled, it is exactly the same as his sketch and there is no flaw. He pours gunpowder and bullets into it and goes to the yard to order people to get the target.

The wives surrounded them and watched curiously. Ning Ze carefully checked the flint trigger and firearm insurance, including the barrel, and then checked it many times. After confirming it, they aimed at the target and pulled the trigger in front of them.

"Bang!" A tongue of flame spurted out from the muzzle, hitting the target, and making a big charred hole.

The deafening sound made Liu Yuanxiang, Chu Meiren, Mi Yan, Xiaodie and Hua Erniang's ears buzz in their ears. At the same time, they were also amazed by the gun hole left by the target.

The power of muskets is far greater than that of crossbow arrows, which is a sign of the real entry into the age of thermal weapons.

What surprised Ning Ze was that in his attribute interface, there was an extra musket soldier in the military adaptability column, with a level of A.

Could it be that I created the first musket in this world that I activated the adaptability of new troops? The question is that the muskets in this world were first made by myself. How can I make A? It should be S!
Chapter completed!