Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed, including Xie Daoxun.

When Xie Daoxun heard the shocking explosion in the south, he actually had a bad feeling in his heart.

However, she did not expect that the casualties would be so heavy.

A total of five thousand people went, but only over a thousand returned alive.

One of the generals took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Prime Minister, I really don't know why you are so interested in a smelting workshop!"

"Now, with such a huge loss..."

Xie Daoxun took a deep breath and looked deeply at the general who was speaking.

The general was caught by her sharp gaze and immediately looked away.

I didn't dare to continue looking at her.

After a moment, Xie Daoxun asked, "How do you think of the swords you are wearing on your waists?"

These generals have all replaced their weapons with the Da Gan swords seized from Tucheng.

No one answered.

Xie Daoxun continued, "These weapons can be called divine weapons, and they are made from the smelting workshop in Qinzhou!"

"Do you think this smelting workshop is important?"

"If we can capture it, all our soldiers will be equipped with such magical weapons in the future!"

"How powerful will it be by then?"

When everyone heard this, their eyelids couldn't help but jump.

Xie Daoxun shook his head and said, "Since the workshop has been destroyed, forget it!"

"Tomorrow morning, we will break camp and set off to Tongshan City as quickly as possible!"

"yes!"

Everyone responded in unison.

At dawn the next day, the army set out and continued along the official road.

However, not long after they started walking, the vanguard discovered that the official road had been destroyed.

There were many places on the road that were dug up.

Moreover, the places that were dug up were places that were impossible to pass through on both sides.

There was no other way, so the army had to stop and refill the dug areas.

There were too many places that were dug up, about twenty or thirty of them.

Therefore, the journey was delayed for half a day.

After the road was restored, the army continued to move forward.

It wasn't long before a new situation arose.

A large number of soldiers appeared on the mountains on both sides of the official road, beating drums and horns, and then continuously pushing rolling logs and rocks downwards.

The rolling logs killed many soldiers of Southern Chu, and rocks blocked the road.

There was no other way, the Southern Chu army could only move the rocks away.

Then, the sky darkened.

During the entire day, the army only traveled less than forty miles!

Xie Daoxun ordered the army to light torches and march all night.

Not long after, the vanguard of the army discovered that there were many dry weeds on the road.

Immediately, he stopped.

Needless to say, this must be another conspiracy of the Gan army.

These vanguard troops moved forward slowly and cautiously, constantly gathering up the weeds.

However, after walking for several miles, we did not find anything particularly unusual.

I immediately knew that this was a trick to deceive people.

This method is used to slow down the army's advance.

Ignore the weeds and keep moving forward.

However, at this moment, large groups of soldiers appeared again on both sides of the official road.

They kept dropping bombs, burning grass rolls and wood from the mountain.

After these things were thrown down, they directly ignited the hay on the road.

The hay started burning and immediately detonated the bomb below.

The successive explosions of sky bombs blew a large number of Nanchu soldiers into pieces.

The army had to stop advancing.

After counting the casualties, it was found that another two to three thousand people were killed or injured.

Xie Daoxun was furious.

Order the vanguard troops, if a similar situation occurs again, all of them will be executed!

The next morning, the army continued its march.

After walking only a dozen miles, we encountered caltrops everywhere!

Now, I can only clean up and move forward slowly.

Seeing this situation, Xie Daoxun also felt a little powerless.

Although Zhao Hao's strategy is not presentable, it has to be said that it really works.

The several-mile road was covered with caltrops, and we could only clear them while moving forward slowly.

By the time the cleaning was finished, it was completely dark.

In this way, over two consecutive days, the Southern Chu army only advanced about sixty miles.

It's almost the same speed as a snail.

On the third day, the army finally reached a spacious area.

The speed was finally increased.

It was around noon, just as they were about to leave Qinzhou.

In front of them, an army of 25,000 miners appeared.

The leader was Zhao Hao.

Zhao Hao took the lead, reined in his horse and shouted, "Please come forward, my lady, to answer my questions!"

The Nan Chu soldiers knew that the person in front of them was Zhao Hao, and they were so angry that they just rushed up and killed him.

There was no way out. After two consecutive days without any direct fighting, they lost six or seven thousand people.

Who can bear this?

Soon, Xie Daoxun, dressed in white and wearing a bamboo hat, came out from the army riding a red warhorse.

"Mr. Zhao, how are you?"

Zhao Hao smiled softly and said, "Prime Minister, how are you?"

Xie Daoxun said: "When we were in Tucheng, you really impressed me!"

Zhao Hao said: "It's a pity that we were unable to stop the Prime Minister from leaving the city!"

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