With Chen Qingzhu's help, no matter the solid city walls, the positions full of traps, or the dense artillery arrays, they could no longer stop the Du'e Army's advance.

In just over twenty days, the Du'e Army not only recaptured the Liaodong City lost by the Liaodong Army, but also marched northward and reached the city of Shengdu.

The newly surrendered Liaodong Army felt that the Hu cavalry had never been so vulnerable.

At first they felt like they were dreaming, but later they were all glad to have joined the God of Du'e.

Later, he was proud to be a member of the Du'e Army and to follow such a powerful god.

On the recovered land, the people of Wei who had suffered from the oppression of the Hu people were delighted when they saw the army in Wei uniforms entering the city.

When they heard that the Wei Dynasty had been destroyed and that the army coming was from the new regime, the people became somewhat uneasy, fearing that this was a group of insurgents who were burning, killing and looting everywhere.

However, it wasn't long before a notice was posted in the city to reassure the people issued by the Lord of the New Deal, Du'e God:

All the people who worship the gods can be allocated five acres of land, and the total tax is two cents, and there will never be an increase in taxation.

(Liaodong is bitterly cold, with few people and much land, so each person has five mu of land)

This policy seems so good that it seems unreal. No one can believe that such a good thing can happen.

However, officials of the new regime soon arrived and began to organize people to divide the land.

Each person was indeed allocated five acres of land.

The Du'e Army that stayed behind never harmed the people.

Later, merchants from the capital and other places also began to do business in these places originally occupied by the Hu people.

Through the merchants, everyone learned that the leader of the new regime, the God of Du'e, had ruled Jiangnan for three or four years. The total tax there had always been 2%, but now every household had surplus food and no one was hungry or cold.

Everyone only then realized that their impoverished border area seemed to be ushering in unprecedented good days.

Of course, this was all several months later.

Now, Chen Qingzhu only left a small number of troops to guard the city, and continued to lead his troops northward.

*

Shengdu Palace

Over the past half month, the Hu army has suffered defeat after defeat.

In every battle, the number of casualties and prisoners was as high as over 70%, and the generals were almost certain to die.

The few soldiers who escaped back were all filled with fear of the Du'e Army. They said that the other side was blessed by the gods and that mortals should not be their enemies. They were unwilling to join the war again.

Seeing that the last pass south of Shengdu had been lost, the Hu Khan immediately summoned all the princes and nobles in Shengdu to discuss the next strategy against the enemy.

"King Khan, that Du'e God is really evil. It is better for us to preserve our strength and leave Shengdu first!"

"Yes, that woman loves to kill the leader of an army. Even for your safety, King Khan, we have to stay out of the spotlight first!"

"King Khan, there is a very reasonable saying among the people of Wei: if you keep the country, you will never be short of firewood. Let's avoid its edge first, and it won't be too late to recover the lost land after we find a way to restrain the God of Du'e!"

These people's words sound high-sounding, but they actually all mean the same thing, which is to abandon the city and flee.

It’s no wonder that these Hu princes and nobles are afraid of death.

The main reason was that many people who dared to fight and were able to fight were sent to the front line to fight, and were all killed with a single sword by the God of Du'e.

Most of those who stayed in Shengdu were those who were not very good at fighting, and were corrupted by the luxurious life in Shengdu, and had become somewhat decadent ideologically.

In these days, they have heard many times from the defeated soldiers who escaped from the front lines about the extraordinary methods of the Lord Du'e, and they have been terrified for a long time.

After all, if they really reach Shengdu, they will have to lead the troops to the battlefield.

By then, I am afraid that I will also die under the sword of the God Du'e without any resistance.

They really don't want to die!

Of course, there are a few people among them who are too stubborn to believe in anything and refuse to believe anything they have not personally experienced.

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