Zhou Hao went around the barbarian land for a long time, and on the way, he starved to death because of insufficient military rations. He went through a lot of hardships and finally returned to Jersey successfully.

Little did they know that Jersey County had been captured by the Chinese team, and all counties and towns under their jurisdiction surrendered and completely subscribed to the rule of China.

Chen Tai set up an ambush and waited for Zhou Hao to fall into the trap.

When Zhou Hao's troops entered the Jersey territory, six troops suddenly broke out.

Zhou Hao was shocked and his soldiers were exhausted. Who was his opponent?

The defeat was defeated on the spot, but fortunately his subordinates fought to the death and fled out of the encirclement with the remaining defeated generals and headed north.

When he returned to Yueling County, no one of the capable generals around him came back, and there were only a thousand troops left under his command, which could be said to be a crushing defeat.

The soldiers who were cut off the rear would either fight to the death and be killed by the Hua** team, be defeated and captured, or have no choice to surrender.

Chen Tai didn't care if he failed to catch Zhou Hao.

After all, the other party was crippled, and even if he fled back to Yueling, he was almost a bare commander. If he wanted to stop the Hua** team, he could only recruit soldiers in Yueling City. Apart from the old and the weak, there was no young or strong to supplement it. No matter how big the team was expanded, it would be useless.

Secondly, Zhou Hao, who had almost lost all his capable generals, could not play any role even if he received the support of the officials and generals of Yueling County.

Chen Tai buried the enemy's bodies, recruited captive soldiers and generals, and quickly rectified the army. Once completed, he immediately went north to attack Yueling.

Taking Yueling County, Miliang City was close to each other, approaching the pseudo-liang imperial capital, and getting closer and closer to Unification.

Zhou Hao returned to Yueling County, and as expected, he summoned the prefect of Yueling and local high-ranking officials as soon as possible, and ordered the emergency recruitment of soldiers, expand the military strength, and consolidate the city defense.

Zhou Hao was forced to this extent, and officials from all over Yueling County were not optimistic about the situation. Faced with the powerful offensive of China, they were afraid they would be powerless to turn things around.

Especially when Wuqing County was destroyed, Xu Yan died in battle. Ouyang Chun's army was divided into two groups. He led the team himself and advanced westward with Hua Boheng and Tang Yu, preparing to go to the crossing ridge and join the Chen Tai army. The other team was led by Zhou Ya, Dongfang Shu, Xin Tieshan, and the division headed north to Nujiang, preparing to meet with Mi Yuansheng and Liang Teng's army and attack Lu Huan.

This is the biggest bad news for the two counties of Yueling and Nujiang.

It was already in a desperate situation, and with the two extra troops joining the battlefield, it was even more difficult to stop the Hua** team.

The territory of the Liang Kingdom is now only three counties in Yunzhou that are hard to support, and the situation is extremely unoptimistic.

Officials from Yueling County all over the world decided that Liang State had already reached the end, and even Sima Fa could not reverse the general trend and could not prevent the Hua** team from unifying the sixteen states.

But it is impossible to surrender without fighting.

These officials will still fully cooperate with Zhou Hao in the final battle to defend the city. It would be fine if they could defend it. If they could not defend, the Hua** team would give up resistance and formally surrender. At least it would be considered that it would be the last moment of the battle, and it would be a reputation in history books.

Zhou Hao didn't know what the officials of Yueling County were thinking, but he could see the almost consistent pessimism on everyone's faces.

He could understand that after all, the situation was getting worse and worse. Liang State had already reached the emptiness of the treasury, but China had the strength to fight this war. The gap between the two sides was too big. Not to mention these officials from across the ridge, even Zhou Hao himself was pessimistic and had no confidence to repel the enemy.

The reply I received was that Miliang was short of troops and could not take action. Zhou Hao organized local militias to try his best to block the enemy and delay as much as possible until Sima Fa defeated Tang Niu, or China took the initiative to withdraw troops.

Zhou Hao knew that it was basically impossible for China to take the initiative to withdraw troops. Sima Fa said this but only comforted him in writing. He was afraid that he himself did not feel that he had this possibility. He hoped that the soldiers everywhere could do their best and not be hit by self-confidence.

Obviously there would be no reinforcements. Sima Fa did not allow Lu Huan, and Zhou Hao sent troops to reinforce Miliang.

At this point, Zhou Hao had no choice but to retreat.

Behind Yueling County is the imperial city Miliang. If he gives up here and flees back to the court, it is equivalent to letting the Hua** team go straight to the capital, and then he will become a criminal of Liang State.

There is no choice but to defend the ridge!

Faced with this situation, Zhou Hao could only entrust officials from across the hills to let them do their best to mobilize the local people, and try to achieve the unity of the military and civilians to fight against foreign enemies.

Although there is insufficient confidence, due to the constant war in recent years, young and strong people have been forced to join the army, and the people's sense of belonging to the Liang court has been declining. Now they have to force the elderly and weak to join the army, and even mobilize the people to go to the battlefield, which has added even more disgust. There are probably not many people who sincerely help each other.

However, Zhou Hao had no choice. Even if the effect was not too good, it was better than doing nothing.

Various orders were issued, and although a large militia team was successfully formed, the people in the country were complaining and public opinion was floating.

Yueling County actively prepared for war. Chen Tai's army was rectified and began to attack northward. He arrived at the border of Yueling. He fought fiercely with the Liang Dynasty defenders for several days. Relying on Chu Wenxiu's exhaustion of the army's strategy, he successfully broke through the pass.

After breaking through the checkpoint and entering the ridge, the counties and cities resisted strongly in the middle, but they could not stop the Chinese troops and attacked one by one.

Bad news kept coming from the front, and Zhou Hao was under great pressure in Yueling County. On the one hand, he mobilized hundreds of thousands of newly conquered militia to deploy defenses along the way, delayed the progress of the Hua** team, and on the other hand, he worked hard to consolidate the city defense construction and set traps on all the necessary roads in Yueling County to block the enemy.

During this period, Ouyang Chun's army arrived from Wuqing and successfully broke through the eastern checkpoint of Yueling County. At the same time, they entered the country and attacked the whole way.

Soon, Chen Tai and Ouyang Chun's army met in Yueling County, merged directly, and continued to move towards the county town.

After the merger, the Hua** team was stronger and unstoppable along the way. They continued to defeat the defenders along the way. They delayed a few days in the trap area, and they were lifted one by one and passed smoothly, and finally arrived at Yueling County City.

Zhou Hao personally led his troops to defend the city. With the assistance of officials from all over the ridge, he fought fiercely with the Hua** team with the solid city wall. The two sides fought for three days. Although the Liang** team tried their best, they could not resist it. They were eventually defeated by Chen Tai and Ouyang Chun's joint forces.

The Hua** team entered the city, and the defenders in the city knew that the situation was hopeless and surrendered one after another.

Zhou Hao led the city officials to resist all the way, and finally retreated to the prefect's mansion. At the last moment, he was surrounded by the Hua** team and was finally captured with great strength.

Chen Tai and Ouyang Chun spent some time to clear the last resistance in the city, disbanded the militia who were forced to join the army, put them home, appeased the people of the whole city, and stabilized the morale and public opinion.

Then, an announcement was issued to those unoccupied counties and places, announcing that Yueling County had become the territory of China, asking them to give up resistance immediately, accept the stationing of the Chinese team, and formally surrender.

Under the announcement, most officials below the county town changed their flags and changed their flags, opened the city gates to welcome the Chinese soldiers to take over, and did not resist. After all, at this point, resistance was meaningless.

The remaining small part of the people who were loyal to Liang State and were unwilling to surrender, and knew that with their strength, staying in Yueling to fight against the Chinese team would not be able to gain a advantage or change the situation. So before the Chinese soldiers came to take over, they quickly packed up their fine lines and evacuated and fled back to the imperial city.

No matter what, the takeover work went smoothly, and the entire Yueling County finally entered the control of China.

After discussing, Chen Tai and Ouyang Chun decided to keep Chu Wenxiu and Huang Shao and let them temporarily be responsible for the final takeover of all forces in Yueling County. The main army took the opportunity to go north and attack Liang State directly.

Chu Wenxiu and his wife accepted it happily. When the army headed north, they would hurry up and take over the work, and on the other hand, they met with the captured generals of Liang State and began to persuade them to surrender.

At first, it was not difficult to target officials of Yueling County.

These officials saw the situation quite clearly. Yueling was occupied, and only the two counties of Miliang and Nujiang were left. They were all under the strong attack of the Chinese army and could not last long. No matter how powerful Sima Fa and Lu Huan were, they could not turn the world around.

The momentum of China's unification of the world can no longer be stopped.

This is the case where Ning Ze, the king of Danyang, did not participate in the war. Even if a miracle came from heaven, Sima Fa and Lu Huan successfully reversed the situation and possessed the magic power of immortals. Once Ning Ze entered the battlefield, the miracle would be instantly destroyed and meaningless.

Since we cannot change it, of course we are following God's will.

So in the face of persuading surrender, these captured officials basically agreed immediately, and directly changed their camps to join China. Or they were a little reserved, refused once or twice, and pretended to be helpless to agree to surrender.

After these officials successfully joined the government and arranged to various locations to ensure the smooth operation of Yueling County, Chu Wenxiu and Huang Shao began to persuade Zhou Hao.

As the general of Liang State, Zhou Hao is definitely the talent that China wants to win. Although he seems to be unable to stop the Chinese offensive, he actually performed quite well. After all, the strength of the two sides is very different. He has been holding a weak army that is completely incomparable to the strength of the Chinese team until now. If it were other generals, he would have been destroyed long ago.

Zhou Hao was not like other officials. He was indifferent to the persuasion of Chu Wenxiu and Huang Shao and his wife, and ignored him at all.

Obviously, it is not that easy to ask him to surrender to China, and it is also expected.

Chu Wenxiu and Huang Shao did not give up. They went to see Zhou Hao who was under house arrest every day, took turns to persuade him, explained the righteousness and told him various reasons.

After many days of ideological work, the couple tried their best to talk. In the end, Zhou Hao relaxed and promised that if the Liang Kingdom was destroyed and the world would be unified, he would surrender to China.

In fact, at this point, he could see that Liang State was no longer able to support it and it was only a matter of time before it was destroyed by China.

But due to his reputation, he was still unwilling to surrender at this time. Unless the Liang Kingdom officially perished, he would have no force to be loyal to him. Then the world could not say anything about him.

Chu Wenxiu and Huang Shao fully understood Zhou Hao's ideas. This era attaches great importance to fame, especially some people with high reputation, who are even more unwilling to destroy the reputation they have finally accumulated. They will leave a impression of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism in their deaths.

Zhou Hao is a top figure in Liang State and attaches more importance to this aspect.
Chapter completed!