As soon as he heard Mr. Hua's words, Chen Ze knew that the other party must have misunderstood.

No, to be precise, it should be that Hua Lao thought too much.

No wonder Hua Lao.

Because he was not willing to cooperate with the Bai Lie Empire at all, after he thought about Cheng Hong's level, he did not think about it further, but just focused on, as he said, risking his life.

But in fact, they still have a way to go.

That is……

"Hua Lao, what do you think will happen if we cooperate with the Zhu Yan Empire?"

Chen Ze considered it carefully and then spoke tentatively.

"Cooperating with the Zhu Yan Empire?"

Mr. Hua frowned, then shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Do you think Ouyang Lixing will still believe you?"

With Chen Ze's words, Hua Lao knew what the other person was thinking.

This is not the first time to cooperate with the Zhu Yan Empire.

Strictly speaking, Chen Ze has already cooperated with Zhu Yan Empire twice.

The first time was when Ouyang Li made the long journey to Dongping City after he captured Xifeng City. Then, Chen Ze discovered Yan Haomiao's conspiracy, and was forced to protect himself, so he had no choice but to contact Ouyang Lixing.

At that time, they hit it off immediately, and both wanted to kick out the Bailie Empire as an intruder.

The cooperation that time was very pleasant, and it also laid the foundation for future cooperation between the two parties.

The second time was because of Zheng Yuanyun.

Chen Ze also wanted to protect himself, and the situation over Ouyang Lixing was not optimistic. If he were defeated, the direct consequence would be to lose the two major provinces of Nantes and Fengqi.

Ouyang Lixing could not bear this responsibility. Even if he died on the spot, he would only be infamy in Zhu Yan's empire, but no one would remember his sacrifice.

Compared with Chen Zelai, Ouyang Lixing was in a more difficult situation, so the second cooperation was a natural thing. The two parties worked together to drive Zheng Yuanyun into a dead end.

But what happens next?

Without Yan Haomiao and without Zheng Yuanyun, it became a direct dialogue between Chen Ze and Ouyang Lixing.

In fact, this conversation made Ouyang Lixing very unhappy.

Although he had defended most of the territory of the Nantes province, he was powerless against the three most important main cities and one former main city, which were firmly held by Chen Ze.

At that time, Ouyang Lixing faced considerable pressure.

There was a blockade by Chen Ze's troops in front of him. As long as he was not careful, it was very likely that the opponent would take advantage of him and take away Ihe City, which is currently the most important to the Zhu Yan Empire.

Later, there was urging from within the Zhu Yan Empire.

To be honest, it was really not easy for the Zhu Yan Empire in this battle. To describe it as a sudden disaster is not an exaggeration.

How could the top brass of the Zhu Yan Empire have thought that Zhang Chengwang's desire for Bo'an City had reached an almost pathological level, so much so that he ignored it and devoted all the efforts of the Nantes Province to launch an all-out attack on the Anluo Province?

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In this fight, he lost inexplicably.

Originally, when the Zhu Yan Empire was paying attention to the progress of the war, they also thought that Zhang Chengwang's plan was brilliant and had a high chance of success. They were even making preparations. As soon as the Anluo Province was lost, they would immediately attack other Qingyang Empires.

The province launched a surprise attack to seize greater fruits of victory.

But who would have thought that Zhang Chengwang would suddenly lose inexplicably with a huge advantage.

For a moment, the Zhu Yan Empire was caught off guard, but when it reacted, the Qingyang Empire took the first step and directly captured the three major cities including Ter City.

At this time, the Zhu Yan Empire was completely confused.

The change happened so quickly that they didn't even have time to react, and it was too late to try to remedy the situation.

Other empires would not give the Zhu Yan Empire that much time to make adjustments slowly. When an opportunity arises, why not take the opportunity to beat the drowned dog?

Knowing that there was a high probability that the province of Nantes could not be saved, the Zhu Yan Empire naturally had to mobilize troops and generals to protect the provinces that could be saved first. This was the decision made by the Zhu Yan Empire at that time.

Therefore, the Zhu Yan Empire did not send reinforcements to the Nantes province at the first opportunity, but instead invested its intense troops in other provinces that could be defended.

This resulted in the province of Nantes having a very empty military base, which was simply at the mercy of others.

However, at this time, variables appeared.

This variable is Ouyang Lixing.

The original reason why Ouyang Lixing rushed to Dongping City was because there was intelligence proving that Yan Haomiao had gone to Nantes Province.

As an old rival, Ouyang Lixing knew how difficult Yan Haomiao was. He believed that if he could not rush to take charge, there was a great possibility that Yan Haomiao would take the opportunity to invade Fengqi from Dongping City and other four border cities.

Province.

When the time comes that you cannot take care of both ends, the battle will be unwinnable.

Therefore, Ouyang Lixing must come.

But in fact, the reason why Ouyang Lixing rushed to Dongping City was just to defend his Fengqi Province, and he never thought about setting foot in Nantes Province.

the reason is simple.

Ouyang Lixing was very familiar with Yan Haomiao and knew that even if he rushed over, he could only rely on the joint defense of the four border cities to stop Yan Haomiao's invasion.

So according to what Ouyang Lixing thought, he should have commanded the defense in the four border cities. He only needed to prevent Yan Haomiao's army from entering Fengqi Province.

About the province of Nantes?

What does this have to do with him?

Even the empire had made plans to abandon the province of Nantes, so why did Ouyang Lixing stand out?

There is no need at all, it is enough to guard one-third of an acre of land.

But who would have thought that the second variable would appear at this time.

That is Chen Ze.

Who would have thought that a mere co-leader would have such energy. Not only could he defend Xifeng City after Ouyang Lixing arrived, but he even proposed cooperation to Ouyang Lixing.

How can he, a small co-leader, have the capital to cooperate with Ouyang Lixing, the commander-in-chief?

However, the situation at that time made Ouyang Lixing choose to cooperate.

Yan Haomiao is Ouyang Lixing's mortal enemy, and Ouyang Lixing wants Yan Haomiao to die so much.

Although he is stubborn, if there is a chance to kill Yan Haomiao, will Ouyang Lixing let it go?

of course not!

Therefore, the cooperation was concluded quickly and smoothly. Yan Haomiao, who had always been cunning, had underestimated Chen Ze and was careless for a while, which resulted in a bitter pill and he had no choice but to swallow it.

That's when the situation fundamentally changed.

Ouyang Lixing, who originally planned to defend the four border cities, was suddenly discovered by the Zhu Yan Empire. He held a huge force of three million in his hands, and after a bloody battle with Yan Haomiao,

There have been no major losses in its military strength.
Chapter completed!