After conquering Anzhou, Zhao Hao did not use military force against other states.

He couldn't swallow it whole, and if the 30,000 troops didn't return from the foot basin, he wouldn't have the power to control the entire seven states.

The best option for him is to proceed step by step, conquer one and govern one at a time.

Besides, it is already August, and the end of the year will be here in a blink of an eye. Xie Ying and Wu Song should be back around the end of the year.

Zhao Hao left another 3,000 troops in Fuzhou to serve as security forces.

Help the newly established provincial government office to sort out the entire situation in Anzhou.

Without the existence of the army, many policies would not be possible to implement smoothly.

Then, the remaining troops were settled at the border between the two neighboring states.

To prevent forces from other states from taking any action against Anzhou.

However, the forces in other states may not dare to do so.

He himself returned to Luzhou with hundreds of personal guards.

Two months have passed, and Xie Ying and Wusong have not sent back even a single letter.

Moreover, even the ships that used to transport ore all the time were gone.

Even the smelting workshop stopped operating due to lack of ore.

This gave Zhao Hao a bad feeling.

Could something have happened?

It shouldn't be.

He asked people to keep an eye on the situation at sea at all times. There have been no wind or waves in the past two months.

Nothing should happen.

As for the situation after landing in the foot basin, the war was not going well.

This is even less likely.

The total population of Jiaoben is only about 200,000 to 300,000 people now.

If we talk about power, it is only tens of thousands of people.

With their current situation being similar to that of the savages, it is impossible for them to resist the 30,000 troops under the command of Xie Ying and Wu Song.

There is a generation gap in power comparison!