The Qiankun Empire's counterattack was so sudden, no one thought that the Qiankun Empire, which had been retreating before, would suddenly burst out with such a powerful combat power.

The eight kingdoms suffered heavy losses, with a rough estimate of more than 200,000 casualties. In particular, the Third Army Corps defeated the two kingdoms of Qianshan and Da Yue and fled, and the army was crushed, leaving corpses all the way, and the entire command system was in chaos.

The two generals escaped for a hundred miles before they could breathe, gathered the various departments and counted the number of people, and the number of dead and missing was as high as 50,000.

Before snatching the Black Wind Fortress, the other party lost more than 20,000 people after chasing the Third Legion all the way for 300 miles. But last night, 50,000 people were wiped out by the other side in the first battle, and as many as 100,000 people were injured by the bombing, and almost all kinds of materials were discarded.

The two generals jumped like thunder, the losses suffered in this battle were too great, and most of the military camp could hear the roars of the two: "How can they have so many grenades, how can they have so many grenades......"

Although they were angry, they were really scared, and now their morale was low, no one dared to turn around and fight hard, but continued to withdraw from Baili and adjust and recuperate first.

Like these two kingdoms, the same is true of the other major kingdoms, all of which were dazed by the counterattack of the Qiankun Empire, and most of the advantages they had previously gained were lost overnight......

When the news spread, the world was in an uproar, and the palaces of the eight kingdoms either cursed loudly for the incompetence of their subordinates, or the sound of smashing cups. It is said that the emperor of the Thousand Hills Kingdom smashed a set of fine porcelain that was worth a lot of money.

Immediately, the eight kingdoms corresponded with each other, and sent envoys to the Kingdom of Thousand Mountains to meet and discuss.

Far away in the grassland, the four major tribes and the Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect all made a temporary truce. Inquire more about the situation of this battle.

The four neutral kingdoms also had different thoughts, and before that, Great Qin was obviously biased towards the Qiankun Empire. Moon Shadow and Da Li have been silent, and the Great Chen Kingdom is different. not only forcibly recovered the soda ash mine, but also expelled the Han porcelain firm from Da Chen!

But when the news of this battle spread, Emperor Daqin was elated, and everyone at the court meeting could see him smiling so much. The emperor of the Great Chen Kingdom hid in the palace for several days, did not even hold court meetings, and constantly summoned people close to him to the palace to discuss......

In the imperial capital of Qiankun, there were bursts of hearty laughter in the mansion of the great prince.

"Great Prince, we won a big victory in this battle, and the eight major armies counterattacked at the same time, and the eight kingdoms were defeated. There are heavy casualties, and it is estimated that it will not be long before we can regain the lost ground!" a man dressed in Praetorian Guard uniform laughed as he recounted the battle, listing which legion had achieved what kind of results.

The eldest prince was also full of smiles, and said: "I know that my father has a plan, with the combat strength of our imperial soldiers, how can it be chased and beaten all the way by the eight kingdoms, it must be a plan made in advance to weaken the strength of the eight kingdoms!"

"That's right!" the official nodded, "Drain his strength on our side." In the future, it will be much easier to attack, and it will be a matter of time before we take down the eight kingdoms and unify the continent. ”

"Thank you, get ready, I don't know when we'll go on the expedition!" the Grand Prince stood up.

As soon as the man saw the eldest prince get up. He also hurriedly stood up, said two words of loyalty, and left.

As soon as this person left, the eldest prince's face instantly sank. The teacup in his hand fell to the ground with a snap, and he gritted his teeth and said, "A bunch of waste." The grenade technology has been handed over to you, and you are still defeated......"

"Great Prince!" suddenly a voice sounded. Before I knew it, a man in black appeared in the room.

"Did you find it?" the eldest prince asked in a low voice after glancing at the man.

"Found it!" The marshal sent all the grenades in the empire to the major legions at once, and made a plan for this counterattack!" replied the man in black.

"It's all in one battle...... the eldest prince's eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth immediately curled: "In this way, the stock of grenades should be gone...... Very good! You send me this out......"

Two days later, on the seven-story treasure ship of Da Chen's overseas, the prince of the An family also had a gloomy face, and he didn't expect that the Qiankun Empire, which had retreated again and again, would suddenly break out and fight back, causing such a heavy blow to the Eight Kingdoms.

"Smack!" The prince of the An family slapped heavily on the table and said loudly: "Where did the Qiankun Empire get so many grenades?

He didn't care about the life or death of the Eight Kingdoms, but the problem was that the Star Leader still hadn't succeeded. He wrote two letters to Sun Heng in a row, and the sect master also wrote a letter to Xia Wanshan, but the reply said that Jiang Xingchen had never returned.

The sect master had news from the other side of the desert, and knew that Jiang Xingchen had left the desert! Even if he finds a trap, his temper will strike first.

The son of the An family was puzzled, his arrangements were very complete, and even the mandala had taken it into account! But now Jiang Xingchen was like evaporating from the world, giving him the feeling of punching the air with all his strength.

The old man was startled when he rushed back to Xingchen to get him, Jiang Xingchen was completely unexpected. If it hadn't been for the sect master's persuasion, he would have almost transferred people back.

Later, I finally had a new plan, and everything was arranged over there, but I couldn't get Jiang Xingchen. And now the Qiankun Empire has suddenly exerted its strength, and the eight kingdoms have collapsed. In case the Eight Kingdoms are defeated, the Qiankun Empire will free up its hands, and the plan to use so many resources will be completely over, and maybe even thousands of masters will not be able to come back, which is half of the high-end forces of Chongming Island.

If it weren't for the fear that someone was staring at him and that it would not be safe, he would have wanted to rush to the Star Collar immediately and see it with his own eyes. Jiang Xingchen's disappearance is really a bit weird.

"Shizi, don't worry!" The sect master was very calm at this time, and said lightly: "Jiang Xingchen is indeed scheming, but we are pinching his life!"

"What do you mean?" the An family frowned.

"Qingshan Village!Research Institute!" the sect master laughed and said, "Our grenades have been sent, if Jiang Xingchen does not appear again, we will order to directly blow up the defenses on the periphery of Qingshan Village...... If he's around, he'll definitely show up! If he's not around, bringing the research institute and Xianning over can be regarded as a fulfillment of the original plan! Don't you say?"

As soon as the sect master said this, the son of the An family suddenly felt enlightened: "Yes, why should I be obsessed with capturing Jiang Xingchen alive! The research institute and Xianning are in my hands, Tang Tian and Jiang Mei'er are in my hands, why worry about Jiang Xingchen not complying! I will write a letter to Sun Heng!"

The prince of the An family ordered his subordinates to take the pen and paper, and the shopkeeper Wu ran over: "Shizi, urgent secret letter!"

"Urgent secret letter?" The prince of the An family hurriedly reached out and took it open to watch, and then the corners of his mouth curled.

"Qiankun Empire, hehe, I was almost bluffed by them!" said the prince of the An family.

"Oh, what's the situation?" asked the sect master curiously.

"They want to finish the battle, and they used all their reserves in this battle......" The prince of the An family said as he handed the letter to the sect master.

The sect master took it and looked at it twice, and also laughed: "This means that the Qiankun Empire now has no grenades!

An Jiashizi said: "You say, this news is handed over to the eight kingdoms, what will happen to them?"

"What else, if you try it a little, you will counterattack with all your might!" the sect master thought for a while and said, "The Qiankun Empire will not sit still!"

The prince of the An family nodded: "Definitely not, they will mobilize all the Yuan stones mined by the veins and devote their national strength to fight to the death...... The same must be true of the Eight Kingdoms......."

Speaking of this, the more the An family prince laughed, the louder his voice became: "Hahahaha...... Sect Master, do you say that after this war, will the mainland return to the situation of hundreds of years ago......"

While speaking, a pen and paper were sent, and the son of the An family wrote a few letters. Soon after, the speed eagle rushed into the sky and flew towards the mainland......

At the same time, in the palace hall, there was no joy after the victory of the Great War, and the atmosphere was still very solemn.

"Emperor! Although we have won a big victory in this battle, all the grenades in stock have been exhausted in the past two years! If there is no supply of a large number of Yuan Stones, the battle will be very difficult in the future...... In my opinion, whether to increase the mining of ore veins, every qiē is ...... first"

Before the marshal's words were finished, the emperor waved his hand and said: "Increasing mining can't keep up with consumption, and even more so in this battle, don't even think about large-scale consumption...... You don't have to worry, even if we don't have grenades, it's enough to scare the other party into not daring to move! Next, let's look at Jiang Xingchen!"

The marshal thought for a while, frowned, and said, "But there has been no news from Jiang Xingchen's side!"

"My reward, have you sued him?" the Emperor asked.

"Sue sù, but I haven't replied, I don't know what happened?" the marshal shook his head.

The Great Emperor frowned and said in a deep voice, "Isn't this kid still dissatisfied...... Or maybe he's not sure either"

The emperor didn't know that Jiang Xingchen hadn't read his letter until now. Since sending a letter to the Emperor, Jiang Xingchen and Xian Ning have devoted themselves to the research and development of new materials.

Originally, in his imagination, he wanted to study the cannon! Since there was no gunpowder, Jiang Xingchen initially conceived of using the energy of the Yuan Stone to launch the cannonball...... But after careful consideration, not to mention how complicated the design was, just a barrel rifling was enough for him, not to mention that he had to use a firing pin to shatter the Yuan stone in the cartridge case...... Even if these two things are solved, it will have to be corrected and realized many times, otherwise the fun of exploding will be great...... Take 10,000 steps back and say that you are unlucky, and you can really get it out in a short time, and now the craftsmanship and ability of Xingchen Ling can't be produced in large quantities!

Therefore, after thinking about it, I could only put down my mind about studying the cannon and decided to improve the ballista.

The lethality of this thing is just as amazing, as long as the range and the time of the bomb explosion are solved, it is a big killer. To solve the problem of range, the crossbow arm and bowstring of new materials are the key. Therefore, for several days, Jiang Xingchen stayed in the research institute to study the effect of various metal materials after proportioning...... Until Qin Manwu led the team to the Star Leader. (To be continued......)