When the three elite troops of the Hu Ben Army, the Crane Camp and Wei Wuzhu arrived in Qinzhou, the five southwestern prefectures, Heishuitai received news that was very unfavorable to the Han Dynasty.

On August 5, 2018, in a palace in the Royal Palace of Canglong City, the commander of the Hei Shuitai, Jia Xu, said to Liu Ji in a deep voice: "Report to your Majesty, according to the news we received from Hei Shuitai, the four princes and three bandits of the Great Zhou Kingdom have secretly united. Once our Han army enters the three states controlled by the Hei Shuitai, the White Lotus Army, the Red Dragon Army and the four princes' armies will all send troops to support the Hei Shuitai."

Liu Ji frowned and turned his head to ask Zhang Liang, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, and said, "What do the Ministry of War have any opinions on this time?"

Zhang Liang immediately said: "Your Majesty, the total strength of the seven major forces of Zhou State will be at least more than 15 million. And once the war breaks out, these seven major forces will definitely recruit more young and strong people to join the army. Therefore, I believe that it is difficult for the Hu Ben Army to capture the camp, Wei Wuzhu and Xuanwu Legion to complete the task of occupying the three states of the Black Armor Army. More troops must be sent to the five southwest states!"

After pausing, Zhang Liang continued, "Of course, according to the current situation of the seven major forces in Zhou State, they cannot gather more than 15 million troops together, but gathering five or six million should not be a problem."

In addition to Zhang Liang, the other five Grand Marshals of the Han Dynasty were also in this palace at this time. Chen Ping, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Rites, continued: "Your Majesty, since our Grand Marshal already has the intention to annex Zhou State, whether the seven major forces of the Zhou State unite or not will have little impact on our Grand Marshals. Our Grand Marshal army just lost the opportunity to defeat each one. If we can solve the main force of the seven major forces of the Zhou State in one battle, perhaps for our Grand Marshal, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages."

Liu Ji nodded slightly and said, "I'm not afraid that the seven major forces of Zhou State will unite together. After all, they will not be half of our Han army. It seems that they can only increase troops to the five southwest prefectures. I am planning to draw the Western Frontier Army, Gaochang Army, Xuanjia Army, Qixue Army, Beifu Army and Qin Ruishi to the five southwest prefectures. What do you guys think?"

Zhang Liang, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War, pondered for a moment and said, "I agree with Your Majesty's plan. After the Western Army and Gaochang Legion left the Western Regions, our Great Han army also had the Western Army, Qinglong Army, Cheshi Legion and Anxi Army in the Western Regions, which were enough to guard the 72 states in the Western Regions to deal with the threat of the European Empire in the Western Continent. The four elite troops, including Xuanjia, Qiexue Army, Beifu Army, and Qin Ruishi, will not affect the overall defense strategy of our Great Han army."

No one objected to Liu Ji's plan to mobilize troops, so Liu Ji waved his hand and said, "That's it, let the Western Frontier Army, Gaochang Army, Xuanjia Army, Qixue Army, Beifu Army and Qin Ruishi immediately rushed to the five southwest states, and at the same time ordered the Hu Ben Army to trap the camp, Wei Wuzhang and Xuanwu Army to temporarily suspend the attack on the Black Armor Army of Zhou! In addition, I will lead the royal guards to supervise the battle in the five southwest states!"

Hearing that Liu Ji wanted to lead the army in person, Zhang Liang immediately opposed: "Your Majesty, there are still many government affairs in Canglong City, which you need to deal with personally. I think your Majesty does not have to go to the five southwest states to supervise the war in person!"

Zhang Juzheng, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Personnel, also said: "Your Majesty, I am against the imperial command. According to the situation of the separatist rule of the Zhou State, even if the three major bandits of the Zhou State and the four princes united, these seven forces could not be truly united. There are the three major armies of Xijiang, Gaochang, Xuanwu, as well as the Tiger Ben Army, Xuanjia Army, Qixue Army, Beifu Army, Qin Ruishi, Cang Camp, Wei Wuzhu, and these seven elite troops. Our Han army is enough to defeat the seven forces of Zhou State. There is no need for Your Majesty to personally go to the five southwest states to supervise the battle!"

Chen Ping, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Rites, Cui Hao, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Justice, Guo Jia, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Works, Xiao He, and even the commander of the Hei Shuitai Jia Xu, then spoke out against Liu Ji's personal trip to the five southwest prefectures. However, Liu Ji's trip to the five southwest prefectures was actually to take the opportunity to absorb more soul values. As the Han Dynasty became stronger and stronger, there were few opportunities for Liu Ji to absorb a large amount of soul values.

Liu Ji waved his hand and said to everyone, "There are you six Grand Marshals and Jia Xu in Canglong City. I feel relieved. I am taking the world immediately. In a war like the annexation of Zhou, how can I sit in Canglong City and wait for news? I have decided. My dear friends, please stop persuading each other!"

The two elite troops, Xuanjia and Beifu soldiers, were stationed in Yongzhou and Liuzhou near Canglong City, respectively. So Liu Ji brought the Han Royal Guards to join the Xuanjia and Beifu soldiers, and rushed to the five southwest states.

In Yongxing City, the capital of the Great Zhou Kingdom, in a conference hall of the Zhongshan Palace, strategist Chen Ji reported to the Zhongshan King Xu Wu: "Lord, the powerful man in Canglong City has heard of the union of the seven major forces in our Great Zhou Kingdom. Now the Han Kingdom has mobilized the Western Frontier Army, Gaochang Army, Xuanjia Army, Qiexue Army, Beifu Army and Qin Ruishi to rush to the five southwest states of the Han Kingdom. In addition, the Emperor Liu Ji of the Han Kingdom will also rush to the five southwest states to supervise the battle!"

Xu Wu, the king of Zhongshan, sighed and said, "According to the information we received before, the Western Army's army's strength is 2 million, the Gaochang Army's strength is 1.6 million, the Xuanjia Army's strength is 300,000, the Qixue Army's army's strength is 400,000, the Northern Palace's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army's army'

Staffman Chen Ji hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord, although our seven major forces have reached an agreement on the alliance, the White Lotus Army is only willing to send 800,000 troops to the three states of the Black Armor Army to help the Black Armor Army resist the invasion of the Han army. The Chilong Army is only willing to send 300,000 troops to the three states of the Black Armor Army. The Kaiping King Deng Ying, Dingxiang King Zhu Yong and Xuanping King Zhang Jun will only send 900,000 troops to join the coalition. We only promise to send 600,000 troops to the three states controlled by the Black Armor Army."

Xu Wu, the king of Zhongshan, shook his head and said, "The Black Armor Army itself has about 1.5 million troops, and the 2.6 million troops supported by our six major forces are only 4.1 million, which is less than half of the Han army!"

Staffman Chen Ji immediately said, "Lord, it seems that we, as well as the White Lotus Army, the Chilong Army, as well as the Kaiping King Deng Ying, the Dingxiang King Zhu Yong and the Xuanping King Zhang Jun, all have to send some additional troops into the three states of the Black Armor Army to block the invasion of the Han army. Otherwise, with the 4.1 million troops currently gathered by the seven forces, it would be impossible to protect the three states of the Black Armor Army."

When the king of Zhongshan Xu Wu heard this, he couldn't help but ask his adviser Chen Ji with a look of pain, "How many more troops do I have to send? You must know that I only have 4.5 million troops under my command!"

Staffman Chen Ji thought for a moment and said, "Lord, in order to convince several other forces, he will send more troops to the three states controlled by the Black Armor Army. It is best for the lord to send another 900,000 troops."

"What! Send another 900,000 troops! That's one million. No! There are too many, let's do it. Send another 400,000 troops to make up one million!"

"But the Han army..."

"Mr. Chen, although our seven major forces in Zhou State have joined forces, we have to be a little careful. Our enemy is not just the Han army."

"Then let's do what the lord said! My subordinates will pass on the news of the increase in the Han army to the other six forces as soon as possible!"

In the prefecture of Wan'an City, Bozhou, Zhou State, Liu Heng, the military advisor of the Black Armor Army, said to Jiang Pu, commander of the Black Armor Army: "Lord, the people of Xu Wu, the people of King Xu Wu of Zhongshan, have heard that the Han State has sent additional Xijiang Army, Gaochang Army, Xuanjia Army, Qiexue Army, Beifu Army and Qin Ruishi to the five southwestern prefectures of the Han State. Xu Wu, the King of Zhongshan, has promised that he will send one million troops to Bozhou, Haizhou and Shouzhou controlled by our Black Armor Army, and help our Black Armor Army resist the Han State's army. However, the White Lotus Army, the Red Dragon Army, as well as the Kaiping King Deng Ying, the Dingxiang King Zhu Yong and the Xuanping King Zhang Jun, have no intention of sending additional troops."

Jiang Pu, the commander of the Black Armor Army, asked the military advisor Liu Heng with a bitter look on his face: "If the two additional legions and four elite troops were added by the Han State, how many armies will the Han State gather in the five southwest prefectures?"

Military advisor Liu Heng said in a deep voice: "Report to the lord, the Han State will gather about 8.3 million troops in the five southwest prefectures. Our Black Armored Army will face the challenge of life and death this time."

Jiang Pu, the commander of the Black Armor Army, sighed and said, "Unless the other six major forces send most of their troops to Bozhou, Haizhou and Shouzhou controlled by our Black Armor Army, we still hope to block the invasion of the Han army, otherwise there is no chance of winning at all."

Military advisor Liu Heng gritted his teeth and suddenly said, "Lord, why should our Black Armor Army fight to the death with the Han army for the other six major forces? Our Black Armor Army is a bandit!"

Jiang Pu, the commander of the Black Armor Army, suddenly lit up, "Military advisor means that I want me to give up Bozhou, Haizhou and Shouzhou? But our Black Armor Army has 1.5 million people. After leaving Bozhou, Haizhou and Shouzhou, where can our Black Armor Army go?"

Military advisor Liu Heng said: "Lord, among our 1.5 million troops of the Black Armor Army, the one that can be called elite is actually no more than 300,000. As long as the lord can protect these 300,000 elite troops, our Black Armor Army will have a chance to make a comeback. As for the way out, my subordinates have already thought about our Black Armor Army, and our Black Armor Army can temporarily retreat into the territory of Bai Kingdom."

The Bai State is a vassal state of the Great Zhou State, with three states, an army of about 900,000 and a population of more than 25 million.

"Military advisor, can the Bai Kingdom let our Black Armored Army enter their country?"

"Lord, with the strength of our Black Armored Army, although we have no chance of winning against the Han army, we still have a great advantage in dealing with the Bai army. Maybe the lord can still play a king of Bai in the future."

"The military advisor's idea is good, but since we are leaving, we will leave more thoroughly and bring more troops to Bai State. Our Black Armored Army will be safer in Bai State."

On September 25, 2018, the Han army suddenly launched an attack on Bozhou and Haizhou of Zhou at the same time, officially kicking off the annexation of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

At this time, in Bozhou and Haizhou controlled by the Black Armor Army, the seven major forces of the Zhou State had gathered more than 3.5 million troops, and in Shouzhou controlled by the Black Armor Army, more than one million troops were gathered. In fact, with the benefits of the city and the temporary recruitment of young and strong cities, the Zhou State's army was still fighting for its strength.

However, after the Han army invaded Bozhou and Haizhou, many troops of the Black Armor Army unexpectedly gave up the city and fled to Shouzhou.

You should know that Bozhou and Haizhou are not even defending the territory of the Black Armor Army. The troops of the other six major forces of the Zhou State were not willing to fill the pit for the Black Armor Army. Suddenly, the Zhou State troops in Bozhou and Haizhou, before they could see the shadow of the Han army, all gave up the city and fled to the rear.

This made the cities of Bozhou and Haizhou almost surrender in the face of the Han army. By mid-October 2 of the Han Dynasty, the Han army took over Bozhou and Haizhou without any blood.

The Black Armored Army, which retreated into Shouzhou, did not have the idea of ​​defending Shouzhou. Before the Han army completely occupied Bozhou and Haizhou, about 1.3 million Black Armored Army and more than one million families entered Baiguo from Shouzhou. Nearly 200,000 Black Armored Army troops collapsed on the way to retreat from Bozhou and Haizhou.

Although Bai State is a vassal state of Zhou State, it has been in turmoil in recent years. The Zhou State's court has almost died in name only. Bai State has actually completely broken away from the control of Zhou State. Bai State is unwilling to let Zhou State's army enter its own country, not to mention that the Black Armored Army is still a bandit.

So the Bai Kingdom quickly gathered more than 300,000 troops and launched a war with the Black Armored Army. However, the final winner of this war was the Black Armored Army with superior troops.

The Han army found that the Black Armored Army had even given up Shouzhou, so they would not be polite. In late October of the second year of the Han Dynasty, the entire territory of Shouzhou was also occupied by the Han army.

On October 26, 2018, in a conference hall of the prefecture-master's office in Wan'an City, Bozhou, Zhou State, Liu Ji smiled and said to his generals: "I didn't expect that the Black Armored Army would flee without fighting. As a result, our Great Han army took all the Bozhou, Haizhou and Shouzhou of Zhou State without any effort. I have to thank Jiang Pu, the commander of the Black Armored Army, for giving me such a great favor!"

Lu Bu, the commander of the Hu Ben Army, asked: "Your Majesty, now that the Black Armor Army has fled to Bai Kingdom, are we still chasing us?"
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