Soon, Mukhalen, the Khan of the Donglu tribe, received two pieces of bad news in succession.

The Zhenghong Banner, Xianghong Banner and Xiangbai Banner that attacked Xiangyi City were also defeated by the Han army's reinforcements. The more than 1.4 million troops of the three banners suffered nearly one million casualties.

The Zhenglan Banner, Xianglan Banner and Zhenghei Banner that attacked Chiqing City were also defeated by the Han army's reinforcements. Of the more than 1.2 million troops of the three banners, only 300,000 cavalry escaped in the end.

The only good news was that the leaders of the other six flags all escaped the pursuit of the Han cavalry.

In a hall of the Khan Palace in Ice Dragon City, the pale-faced Great Khan Muhalen said solemnly to the remaining seven flag masters, "The Han army has now invaded the territory of our Donglu tribe and is heading towards Ice Dragon City.

How do you think our Donglu tribe should respond?"

After defeating the three armies of the Donglu tribe, Sun Hao immediately divided his troops into several groups and began to attack cities and capture strongholds on the Donglu tribe's territory.

Therefore, the territory of the Donglu tribe near Yanzhou was all snatched from the Yan State, so the cities in this area almost surrendered to the Han army.

Even if there were Donglu generals who were unwilling to surrender, the soldiers in the city would unite and kill them, and then open the city gates to surrender to the Han army.

Haojige, the leader of the Plain White Banner, said solemnly, "Great Khan, the Han army's armored cavalry are like a group of monsters covered in steel.

Although my Donglu tribe can still muster more than two million elite cavalry, I believe that in the face of the Han army's attack, my Donglu tribe can only focus on defending the city.

By relying on the cities one after another, we can gradually weaken the Han army's fighting spirit and eventually force them to retreat."

Great Khan Mukharen nodded and said, "Haojige is right. We can no longer engage in a head-on battle with the Han army's armored cavalry. We must rely on defending the city to resist the Han army's attack.

But it won't be easy to get the Han army to retreat. I'm afraid we'll lose a lot of territory this time."

Sun Hao was not afraid of the Donglu army defending the city to the death. In addition to armored cavalry, the Han army also had millions of heavy infantry with equally good combat effectiveness.

After conquering all of Jin's territory except for the numerous islands, Sun Hao mobilized several towns of the imperial guards and the garrison troops to join the war against the Donglu tribe.

By the end of January in the 200th year of the Han calendar, the Han army had advanced to Binglong City, where the Donglu Khanate was located.

It was once again in the great hall of the Khan's Palace in Ice Dragon City, but this time, apart from the Great Khan Muhalen, there were two fewer of the original seven surviving flag owners.

Arisen, the leader of the Bordered White Banner, and Pozhite, the leader of the Plain Black Banner, Muhalen's two younger brothers, were killed in the defense of other cities.

But since the Great Khan Muhalen appointed a new flag master, the ten flag masters of the Donglu tribe gathered in the hall at this moment.

“Tell us all!

Now that the Han army is at the gates of the city, what should we do next?" Great Khan Muhalen said with a gloomy face.

Habuk, the leader of the Zhenghong Banner and the eldest son of Great Khan Mukharen, then said in a loud voice: "Father Khan, there are now over a million troops in Binglong City, and there is enough food and fodder to last for a year.

It is absolutely impossible for the Han army to capture Ice Dragon City."

Hao Jige, the leader of the Plain White Banner, hesitated for a moment and said, "Great Khan, in the past six months, our Donglu tribe has lost more than half of its territory and population.

Facts have proven that our Donglu tribe is no match for the Han army.

Since the nomadic peoples on the grasslands can submit to the Han Dynasty, I think... I think that for my Donglu people, submitting to the Han Dynasty is also a way out."

As soon as Haojige finished speaking, Habuke, the leader of the Zhenghong Banner, said angrily: "My Donglu tribe will never surrender to the Han Kingdom!

As far as I know, after the nomadic peoples on the grasslands surrendered to the Han Dynasty, they were not even allowed to retain their own language and writing."

Hao Jige, the leader of the Zhengbai Banner, said with a wry smile, "But everyone in my Donglu tribe now speaks Chinese and writes in Chinese characters."

Upon hearing this, Habuk, the leader of the Zhenghong Banner, was speechless for a long time before angrily saying, "My Donglu people also have our own language and writing system. It's just that because we conquered so many ethnic groups, we chose Chinese and its characters as our common language and writing system."

Hao Jige, leader of the Zhengbai Banner, sighed and said, "It seems that among our entire Donglu people, there are only a few who can speak our own language or recognize our own writing system."

Great Khan Mukhalen suddenly said, "It's not impossible to submit to the Han Kingdom. After all, over the years, the living customs of the Donglu people have become no different from those of the Han people.

But if you want my entire Donglu tribe to surrender to the Han Kingdom, the Han people must show sincerity."

Originally, all the generals persuaded Sun Hao to return to Anyang City. After all, with the current strength of the Han State and the lack of other battlefields to tie up the Han State's troops, it was only a matter of time before the Donglu tribe was completely defeated.

However, Sun Hao took into consideration that the territories around the Han State had almost been occupied and that there would most likely not be any major wars in the future, so he prepared to lead the army himself and completely destroy the Donglu tribe before returning to Beijing.

At this time, Sun Hao had already led the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Towns of the Imperial Guards, as well as the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Towns of the Forbidden Army, a total of two million troops, and arrived outside Ice Dragon City.

On January 1, 200 years of the Han calendar, Sun Hao signed out another 300 million points of conversion value in his annual signing, bringing the conversion value reserved in the "Hero Converter" to 800 million points.

If necessary, Sun Hao can immediately exchange for more than two million vanguard soldiers who are good at attacking cities.

Inside a giant felt tent in the Han army camp outside the city, Sun Hao, holding the terms of surrender sent by the Donglu Khan Muhalen, could not help but sneer and said, "It seems that the Donglu Khan still has some illusions.

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