The two million Jin troops that supported the Yizhou territory of Teng State were led by Feng Zun, a famous general of Jin State and the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War.

Feng Zun made great achievements in the war with the Kingdom of Vientiane. Even the capital of the Kingdom of Vientiane, Vientiane City, was captured by Feng Zun.

The general who commanded the more than three million Teng State troops in Yizhou was the famous Teng State general Hao Dongyou. The 800,000 Hao family troops under his command were arguably the most powerful force in Teng State.

Perhaps it was because another famous general of Teng State, Zhao Baofeng, died at the hands of the military supervisor Jiang Meng, which led to the fact that the emperor of Teng State, Yao Yin, did not send a military supervisor to Hao Dongyou again.

However, even if Emperor Yao Yin sent a military supervisor, he would not be able to interfere with the military power of the Hao family army.

Due to various reasons, the military power of the Hao family army had been out of the control of the Teng court more than a hundred years ago.

Now Hao Dongyou and Feng Zun have stationed their troops in Hengling City, the capital of Yizhou, preparing to use the dangerous mountains around Hengling City to launch a decisive battle with the Han army.

Although the Teng Army and the Jin Army gathered a total of four million troops in Yizhou, the number of cavalry among them was only about one-tenth, and the actual armored cavalry totaled only a little over 100,000.

The Han army, on the other hand, had millions of cavalry, and at least half of them were armored. If they did not take advantage of the terrain, the Teng army and the Jin army would not dare to engage in a face-to-face confrontation with the Han army.

What neither Hao Dongyou nor Feng Zun had expected was that after the Han army successively captured Mozhou and Yizhou, they did not continue to attack Yizhou, but instead took a detour and invaded the territory of Jin.

Even though the State of Jin had been prepared for this, it was still caught off guard by the Han army's unconventional moves.

What made the Jin court even more terrified was that many natural fortresses on the border of Jin chose to open their cities and surrender after the Han army approached the city, allowing millions of Han cavalry to easily penetrate the northern heartland of Jin.

With the help of the Han navy, the Han army's offensive in the north of Jin could almost be described as unstoppable. In many cities of Jin, as soon as the Han army attacked the city, white flags were raised on the city walls.

When Feng Zun, the left assistant minister of the Jin State's Ministry of War, learned that the Han army had invaded the northern states of Jin State, he had no choice but to lead the two million Jin troops in Yizhou and rush back to provide assistance.

However, after leaving Hengling City, the two million Jin troops were ambushed by the Han Imperial Guards' two hundred thousand Snow Dragon Cavalry on the way.

In the end, Feng Zun, the left assistant minister of the Jin State's Ministry of War, was defeated and captured. Nearly half of the two million Jin State troops died in battle, and nearly half surrendered. Only more than 100,000 people broke through to the nearby mountains and temporarily escaped.

Unfortunately, these more than 100,000 surviving Jin army soldiers eventually ended up in the Han army's prisoner-of-war camp.

The Jin court then repeatedly asked Teng for help, but Teng never sent a single soldier to Jin, forcing Jin to rely on its own strength to resist the Han army's attack.

Unfortunately, facing the Han army which had an absolute advantage in both manpower and combat power, the Jin court received the bad news of lost cities and territories every day. By the end of October of the 197th year of the Han calendar, all the areas of Jin north of the Lin River had been occupied by the Han army.

In a mansion in Hengling City, Hao Dongyou met Jia Xu, the commander-in-chief of the Seven Banners Guard of the Han Kingdom.

"Mr. Jia is quite courageous. Aren't you afraid that I, Hao, will arrest you and hand you over to the court of our Teng State?" Hao Dongyou said in a deep voice.

Jia Xu smiled slightly, "Now the northern part of Jin has been completely captured by our Han army. Next, millions of our elite Han army will soon attack Yizhou.

Marshal Hao, do you think that the three million-plus Teng troops in Yizhou can withstand the millions of elite Han troops?

Hao Dongyou snorted coldly, "Hao is waiting in Hengling City. I want to see how the Han army captures Hengling City!"

"General Hao, Yizhou was originally the territory of the Han State, but it was seized by the Teng State back then.

As far as I know, Marshal Hao's ancestors were also Han people. It is for this reason that the Hao family has always been suspected by the Teng court.

If it weren't for the Hao family army, the Hao family would have been plundered and exterminated by the Teng court long ago."

Jia Xu's words hit Hao Dongyou's sore spot.

Hao Dongyou was not afraid of fighting a life-and-death battle with the Han army, but once the 800,000 Hao family troops were wiped out, even if they could defend Hengling City and Yizhou, after the war, the Hao family might be liquidated by the Teng court.

You must know that in order to maintain the military power of the 800,000 Hao family troops, the Hao family has actually formed a vassal state over the years.

The reason why Hao Dongyou was willing to meet with Jia Xu today was actually that he had the intention of surrendering to the Han Kingdom. After all, the Hao family was Han Chinese and had a stronger sense of identity with the Han Kingdom than the Teng Kingdom.

After Jia Xu left, Hao Dongyou's eldest son, Hao Zijun, hurried into the room and asked, "Father, how is it?"

Hao Dongyou sighed and said, "It's already been negotiated. Our Hao family will soon be able to return to our roots."

In early November of the 197th year of the Han calendar, the Han army attacked Yizhou of Teng State from three directions.

What made Teng Emperor Yao Yin extremely angry was that Hao Dongyou, whom he had high hopes for, actually led 800,000 Hao family troops and more than 1.3 million other Teng troops to surrender without a fight.

As a result, the Han army captured the entire Yizhou in just one month.

After Hao Dongyou surrendered, the other Teng troops in Yizhou almost surrendered to the Han army at the first sign of danger, causing the Han army to suffer minimal losses in the process of capturing the entire Yizhou.

Because the war went so smoothly, Sun Hao didn't even have the chance to use the 700 million conversion points stored in the "Hero Converter". After seeing that Yizhou was captured without bloodshed, Sun Hao prepared to set off and return to Anyang City first.

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