After hearing the analysis of Li Ru, a military advisor of the Western Frontier Army, Liu Ji couldn't help but nod. Since the Di Qiang and Lanuo tribes dared to send troops to aid the Bailian army, they would definitely not be afraid of the Han army. If the Han army first attacked the four princes of the Zhou Kingdom, the Di Qiang and Lanuo tribes would probably take the opportunity to attack the Han army.

Liu Ji then said flatly: "Then let's fight the White Lotus Army first according to the original plan!"

On December 10, 2018, the Han army divided into three groups and launched an attack on Xuanzhou, Jizhou and Yuanzhou controlled by the Bailian Army. At this time, the army of the Diqiang and Lanuo people had not yet walked out of the millions of mountains. After all, it would take some time for the Diqiang and Lanuo people to assemble their troops.

While organizing troops and recruiting young and strong cities from various cities to resist the attack of the Han army, the Bailian Army urged the Diqiang and Lanuo Army to enter the areas controlled by the Bailian Army as soon as possible to help the Bailian Army resist the Han army.

However, when the Di Qiang and Lanuo armies entered Raozhou and Hongzhou controlled by the Bailian Army, Jizhou and Yuanzhou controlled by the Bailian Army had all fallen into the hands of the Han army. Even Xuanzhou, which is the focus of the defense of the Bailian Army, had fallen to most of the time, and the total strength of the Bailian Army's army has dropped from more than three million to less than two million.

When the Han army learned that the Diqiang and Lanuo had already walked out of the millions of mountains, they immediately slowed down the offensive against the Bailian Army. The Diqiang and Lanuo Army took this opportunity to join the main force of the Bailian Army in Huaian City, Xuanzhou.

On the evening of January 3, 3rd year of the Han Dynasty, in the prefecture of Huaian City, Xuanzhou, Zhou State, Yang Sen, commander of the Bailian Army, raised his wine glass to the Diqiang general, Gong Lou Qi and Lanuo general, and Beiguoche, said: "Thanks to the two generals who came here with the Diqiang and Lanuo troops in time, otherwise our Bailian Army would have to give up Huaian City and retreat to Raozhou or Hongzhou. I am here to express my gratitude to the Diqiang and Lanuo people for their assistance!"

General Gong Lou Qi, the Di Qiang tribe, waved his hand and said, "General Yang, it doesn't matter whether we thank you or not. After our two tribes help your Bailian army and defeated the Han army, I hope General Yang can keep his promise and hand over Yonghe County, Yuanyang County and Matang County in Raozhou to our tribes."

Yang Sen nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, General Lou, our Bailian Army will definitely keep our promise."

At this time, the general of the Lano tribe, Bei Guoche, asked: "General Yang, our two tribes are about to launch a decisive battle with the Han army outside Huaian City. I wonder how many troops your Bailian Army can send to participate in this decisive battle?"

Yang Sen hesitated for a moment and said, "The previous confrontation with the Han army caused our Bailian army to lose more than one million troops and one.5 million young and strong. Now our Bailian army has only gathered about one million troops and seven hundred and thousands of young and strong troops in Huaian City. If the Di Qiang and Lanuo tribes want to fight the Han army, our Bailian army is willing to send 800,000 troops and 500,000 young and strong troops out of the city to cooperate with the army of the Di Qiang and Lanuo tribes."

The general of the Lano tribe, Beiguoche, and Gong Louqi, the general of the Di Qiang tribe, looked at each other, and then Beiguoche, slowly nodded and said, "The two tribes gathered a total of about 6.2 million troops this time, plus the 1.3 million people of the White Lotus Army, which is enough to defeat the main force of the Han army that invaded Xuanzhou!"

The army of the Di Qiang and Lanuo people sent about 100,000 more troops than the previous promises.

On January 6, 2013, the Han Dynasty, millions of troops, led by Emperor Liu Ji of the Han Dynasty, came to Huaian City, outside the city of Huaian, Xuanzhou Prefecture. The troops of the Diqiang, Lanuo and Bailian Army immediately faced the Han army with great momentum.

In front of the Diqiang tribe, Ranuo tribe and Bailian army, Diqiang general Gong Lou Qi turned his head and said to a Diqiang general behind him: "Gu Liangke, come to the two armies and let the Han people see how powerful our Diqiang warriors are!"

At this time, the commander of the Bailian Army, Yang Sen, spoke, "General Lou, there are many powerful generals in the Han army. Our Bailian Army fought against the Han army, but we did not win a single battle. The warriors of the Di Qiang tribe should be careful."

The Di Qiang general Gong Lou Qi glanced slightly, ignored Yang Sen's kindness, and said with some contempt: "General Yang, our Di Qiang warriors are not the wine bags under your hands. Today, General Yang should also see the power of our Di Qiang warriors!"

The face of the commander of the White Lotus Army, Yang Sen, suddenly became gloomy, "That coach will have a good understanding of the style of the Di Qiang warriors today!"

The Di Qiang general Gu Liangke came to the front of the two armies and shouted loudly: "The Di Qiang Gu Liangke is here! The Han army quickly sent people to die!"

In front of the Han army, Liu Ji saw that there were Di Qiang generals who were going to fight with the Han army. He couldn't help but smile and turned his head to Zhang Shaohua and said, "Big Bear, it's time for you to show your face again!"

Through the system scanning function, Liu Ji learned that this Di Qiang general named Gu Liangke had a martial power value of only 98 points and had not yet entered the realm of a peerless military general. If Zhang Shaohua was sent up, it would be absolutely foolproof.

When Zhang Shaohua heard Liu Ji let him go to the battle, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "Your Majesty is right to look at me!"

After Zhang Shaohua came to the front of the two armies, he only took four rounds to cut the powerful general named Gu Liangke of the Di Qiang tribe in half with one knife.

Then the angry Di Qiang general Gong Lou Qi sent three powerful generals to him one after another, but none of them could have gone through five rounds under Zhang Shaohua's hands.

Just as Gong Louqi was about to go into battle in person, the general of the Rano tribe Bei Guoche said, "General Gong Lou, our Rano tribe will send someone to meet this powerful general of the Han Dynasty for a while!"

Gong Lou Qi had a gloomy face, hesitated for a moment before nodding hard. In fact, Gong Lou Qi saw the strength shown by Zhang Shaohua, and knew that he would not be the opponent of this powerful general of the Han Dynasty. Beiguoche was willing to send the Lano generals to the field, which just gave Gong Lou Qi a step.

Bei Guoche, the general of the Rano clan, then sent three Rano clan generals, but they all died under Zhang Shaohua's knife without exception. There was still no Rano clan general who could have been able to travel five rounds under Zhang Shaohua's hands.

Yang Sen, the commander of the Bailian Army, coughed and said, "General Lou, General Beiguo, let us directly ask the troops to launch an attack! If we continue to fight like this, our morale will become lower and lower!"

When Gonglou Qi and Beiguoche heard Yang Sen's proposal, they could only agree helplessly. Then the Di Qiang, Lanuo and Bailian Army all sent some troops to take the initiative to launch an attack on the Han army.

The combat effectiveness of the Diqiang and Lanuo tribes is indeed not weak, but the army of these two tribes is far inferior to the Han army in terms of equipment and combat formations. In addition, the Han army also has an absolute cavalry advantage.

The battle outside Huaian City on January 6 lasted from morning to evening, and the two sides called for gold and retreated.

In today's war, the Di Qiang tribe lost 300,000 troops, and the Lano tribe suffered the same losses, about 290,000. The Bailian army also lost nearly 100,000 troops. The losses of the various troops on the Han side did not exceed 40,000. It can be said that the Han army won the first day of the fight between the two sides!

On January 7, the two sides fought fiercely outside Huaian City for another day. As a result, the Diqiang, Lanuo and Bailian Army lost more than 600,000 people, while the Han army lost more than 35,000 people.

On January 8, the Diqiang, Lanuo and Bailian Army lost another 500,000 people, and the losses of the Han army were controlled below 30,000 people.

On January 9, the Diqiang, Ranuo and Bailian Army lost 400,000 people in total, while the Han army lost only more than 20,000 people.

The four-day fierce battle lost about 2.2 million people, which made the previous arrogance of the Di Qiang and Lanuo people disappear without a trace, leaving only deep fear of the Han army.

On the evening of January 9, in a curtain of the Bailian Army camp outside Huaian City, the Di Qiang general, Lou Qi, said to the commander of the Bailian Army, Yang Sen, and the Lano General Bei Guoche, with a gloomy face: "We can't fight so hard anymore. In just four days, our Di Qiang people have lost nearly one million troops, but the Han army has not lost much. If we fight like this for a few more days, the more than three million Di Qiang warriors brought by this general will be defeated by the Han army!"

The general of the Rano tribe, Bei Guoche, sighed and said, "Our Rano tribe has lost more than 900,000 in these four days. We can't fight with the Han army like this."

Yang Sen, the commander of the White Lotus Army, said bitterly: "In these four days, our White Lotus Army has also lost about 300,000 people, of which 200,000 are elite troops under our command. The young and strong recruits account for only 100,000. At present, our White Lotus Army has only one million troops and 600,000 young and strong soldiers left in Huaian City. The Han army may have lost only more than 100,000 people in these four days, and it will definitely not exceed 200,000."

At this time, Guo Chong, a military advisor next to Yang Sen, spoke: "The combat effectiveness of the Han cavalry is too strong. There is a flat horse outside Huaian City. It is reasonable that the coalition forces of our three families have suffered such great losses, so I think the coalition forces of our three families should give up on field battles with the Han army outside Huaian City."

The general of Di Qiang tribe, Zheng Lou Qi, shook his head and said, "Although the three of us lost 2.2 million people together, the current total strength of our three are still close to six million. If we want to rely on Huaian City to defend, it is impossible. A small Huaian City cannot accommodate nearly six million troops at all."

Military advisor Guo Chong said: "I am not asking our three coalition forces to retreat into Huaian City, but suggesting that our three coalition forces give up Huaian City and retreat into Raozhou or Hongzhou. You should know that the terrain of Raozhou and Hongzhou is mostly mountainous, which will greatly limit the combat effectiveness of the Han cavalry troops."

As soon as the military advisor Guo Chong finished speaking, the commander of the Bailian Army, Yang Sen, sighed and said, "It seems that we must give up Huaian City and even Xuanzhou. I wonder what General Lou is thinking about General Beiguo?"

The Di Qiang general Gong Lou Qi and the Lanuo general Beiguoche had no objection to giving up Huaian City and the small half of Xuanzhou controlled by the Bailian Army. However, Gong Lou Qi and Beiguoche both proposed that the three coalition forces should retreat to the mountainous areas of Raozhou. After all, the mountainous areas of Raozhou are adjacent to the territory of the Di Qiang and Lanuo people.

So on the morning of January 10, the Diqiang, Ranuo and Bailian Army began to retreat from Huaian City. The Bailian Army left a small number of troops, as well as the temporary recruitment of 600,000 young and strong men, in Huaian City, hoping to rely on these 600,000 young and strong men, to use the benefits of the city to block the Han army for a few days, and to gain some time for the retreating Diqiang, Ranuo and Bailian Army.

When Liu Ji learned that the Bailian Army and the Diqiang and Lanuo Army were about to run away, he immediately ordered the three elite troops of the Hu Ben Army, Xuanjia Army, Qixue Army, and several cavalry guards from the three major legions of Xijiang, Gaochang and Xuanwu to bypass Huaian City and pursue the Bailian Army, Diqiang and Lanuo Army.

Liu Ji led other Han troops to launch a siege against Huaian City, but what Liu Ji didn't expect was that before the siege began, a white flag was erected on the walls of Huaian City.

After the Bailian Army, Diqiang and Lanuo Army evacuated, the strong city of Huaian was taken down by the Han army without bloodshed.

The Bailian Army, the Diqiang and Lanuo Army, faced the pursuit of the Han cavalry units during the retreat, had to leave behind the troops again and again to stop the Han cavalry who were pursuing them.

After the Bailian Army, the Diqiang and Lanuo Army finally retreated to the mountainous areas of Raozhou. When the millions of Bailian Army were evacuated from Huaian City, there were only less than 500,000 people left.

When evacuated from Huaian City, there were only about 1.3 million people from the Di Qiang tribe and only less than 1.5 million people from the Lano tribe.

In the Tusi Mansion of the Diqiang tribe in Xing'er City, the Diqiang tribe Rida Danmu shouted angrily: "That waste Gonglouqi has suddenly lost our Diqiang tribe's army of 1.8 million. The local Tusi wants to cut off his head with his own hands!"

At this time, another general of the Di Qiang tribe, Di Gubu, sighed and said, "Don't calm down. The combat effectiveness of the Han army is far beyond our expectations. General Gong Lou should have no choice. I heard that the Rano tribe also lost 1.6 million troops, and the Bailian army was only hundreds of thousands of people left."

Tushirida Danmu let out a breath of turbid air, and then asked in a deep voice: "Digubu, do you think we should continue to fight with the Han army?"

General Digubu pondered for a moment and said, "Master Tusi, our Di Qiang tribe has always coveted the Wanli Plain of Zhou. Now we finally have the opportunity to peek at the Wanli Plain of Zhou. We Di Qiang tribe cannot give up so easily. Moreover, in the mountainous areas of Raozhou, the role that the Han cavalry can play should not be too great."
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