The Guangming Army of the states was in a stalemate, and the Guangming Army of all walks of life had to choose a way to break the deadlock, the Guangming Army of Laizhou and Zezhou were all subordinate to the Bright Sect of Heishuitang, and Liu Kun, the master of the Heishui Hall, saw that Laizhou was in a stalemate and could not make a new breakthrough in a short time, so he led 20,000 elite soldiers to the south to support the Zezhou rudder, and the 20,000 Bright Army surrounded by Jiangbiao City, the northern gateway of Dingxiang County, was the 20,000 elite soldiers of Heishuitang.

Because of the arrival of these 20,000 elite soldiers, the Zezhou Guangming Army successfully took Zezhou City, and after a period of cultivation, they would gather a large army to launch an attack on Dingxiang County.

In Tongzhou, the total strength of the Guangming Sect led by Yuan Hao has exceeded 150,000 (the total number, the casualties have not been reduced), of which 50,000 are elite soldiers, but the Fengyuan Guo clan and the Fangling Qian clan are not weak, and the total strength of the two families together has also reached 140,000 (the total number, the casualties have not been reduced), and the Guangming Army in Tongzhou is not much different.

It's only been two months of the war, and the Guangming Army has suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the Guo and Qian clans have more than 40,000 casualties, but the two sides are still deadlocked, and no one can help anyone.

In mid-June, the 60,000 Guangming soldiers in Linzhou were divided into two routes, one of which was 30,000 still in Linzhou, fighting guerrilla warfare with 100,000 counterinsurgency troops, and the other 30,000 troops reinforced Tongzhou.

In early July, in Jimo County, Tongzhou, a big battle broke out again, Yuan Hao personally led an army of 80,000 against Guo Qian's 55,000 two armies, and the two sides sat on the congenital masters to reach 21 people, 8 people on the side of the Guangming Army, and 13 people on the side of Guo Qian's coalition army.

Under normal circumstances, there were only three to five innate grandmasters in the Guo clan and the Qian clan, but now there were thirteen people gathered on the battlefield here alone, and the number of innate grandmasters in Fengyuan County and Fangling County was not less than here.

On the other side, Yuan Hao also sent 20,000 troops to attack Fangling County and 10,000 troops to attack Fengyuan County.

In this battle, the Guangming Army took out a new secret weapon, and the Guangming Army used trebuchets to throw hundreds of smoking herb regiments into the city defended by the Guo Qian Coalition Army.

The innate grandmaster who sits in the Guoqian coalition army also has smart people, one innate grandmaster holds his breath and directly picks the herb group on the city wall down the city wall to the light army column besieging the city, and other innate grandmasters also follow suit, if it succeeds, a large number of soldiers on both sides faint, and this battle can be regarded as a draw.

However, the Guangming Army, which covered its mouth with a water-moistened cloth, was not afraid of the smoke released by the herb group, and silently climbed the city wall and slashed at the Guo Qian coalition army, which was defeated, and only less than 5,000 people escaped, but four innate grandmasters died in this battle.

Yuan Hao's army attacked Fangling County with the momentum of victory, and the Qian clan had just received the news of the defeat not long after, in less than ten years, the Qian clan could only trap and defend Fangling County, with less than 20,000 defenders, and outside Fangling County, there were 60,000 Guangming Army.

On July 23, the county town of Fangling was breached by the Guangming Army, and the Qian family became the first top family among the seven surnames and twelve clans of the Dali Empire to be destroyed.

The fate of the Qian family made Guo extremely frightened, and although Guo was urgently recruiting soldiers during this period, the total number of troops was less than 50,000, nearly half of which were new soldiers.

The head of the Guo family knew that once the Guangming Army came to attack, the Guo family would not be able to hold Fengyuan County, and now there was only one way, to run away.

Fengyuan County is in the north of Tongzhou, and the north of Fengyuan County is Suzhou, and Suzhou is also a chaotic situation, the family and the Guangming Army are in a stalemate, as long as Guo leads 50,000 troops into Suzhou, they can grab a piece of territory from the Guangming Army.

Guo's roots are in Fengyuan County, if possible, Guo's really don't want to leave Fengyuan County, but only Guo's family is left in Tongzhou, it is difficult to resist the Guangming Army, and retreating to Suzhou is already the best ending.

While the main force of the Guangming Army was still in Fangling County, the Guo family quickly prepared that everything that could be taken away would be taken away, such as grain, grass, wealth and even population.

At the end of July, an army of 20,000 opened the road, and Guo embarked on the road to Suzhou, accompanied by more than 200,000 people.

After a few more skirmishes, Guo's army captured several county towns garrisoned by less than 2,000 Guangming troops, but the Guangming army in Tongzhou scared Guo's fear, Guo did not dare to stay in these counties near Tongzhou, continued to go deep into Suzhou, and finally captured the two counties near Tongsha County, but the two counties near Tongsha County were in the hands of Sha, and Guo did not ask for it.

With the departure of Guo from Tongzhou, Tongzhou has been completely occupied by the Guangming Army, becoming the first state in the eleven states of the Dali Empire to be completely controlled by the Guangming Sect, last autumn harvest Shitong Prefecture has a population of more than 4.8 million, now there are only more than 3.3 million people left, the population loss of more than 1.5 million, the sharp decline of young and strong labor force, there are natural disasters, there are also reasons for war.

The long war also made the Guangming army in Tongzhou extremely tired, and Yuan Hao ordered all the armies to temporarily rest in Tongzhou and wait for the autumn harvest before acting.

The war in Tongzhou is over, but the fighting in other states continues, especially in Zezhou.

In early August, Zhu Wen led an army of 60,000 to march to Dingxiang County from the east, and Liu Kun led an army of 30,000 to march to Dingxiang County from the north.

The total strength of the Dingxiang Shangguan clan was only 80,000, and Shangguan Hongbo sent an additional 15,000 troops to Yanjin City, the eastern gateway of Dingxiang County, to make the total strength of Yanjin City reach 25,000, and there were two innate warriors in charge, and Shangguan Hongbo personally led an army of 35,000 plus four congenital grandmasters to Jiangbiao City, the northern gateway of Dingxiang County, making Jiangbiao City a force of 42,000 people, and five innate grandmasters.

Shangguan Hongbo's purpose was to drag the Guangming Army in the direction of Yanjin City first, and he personally led the army to defeat the Guangming Army in the north first, and then he would wave his army to support Yanjin City.

When the war began, Shangguan Hongbo knew how ridiculous the plan he had made before, although there were 42,000 troops on his side in Jiangbiao City, and the Guangming Army only had 30,000 people, half of his army was recruits, and only one-fifth of the Guangming Army was recruits at most, of which 20,000 were still elite soldiers, and the strength of the 30,000 Guangming Army was even more than the 42,000 army led by Shangguan Hongbo.

After just one battle, Shangguan Hongbo no longer expected to be able to defeat the enemy in front of him, and instead temporarily defended in Jiangbiao City, Shangguan Hongbo gathered his staff, the innate grandmasters, and the top of the army to find a way to break the enemy.

On the other side, the battle of Yanjin City has also begun, Zhu Wen led an army of 60,000 to attack Yanjin City frantically, and the defenders of Yanjin City could only resist with difficulty, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. [.]