Next, the Wu army did not leave, but did not withdraw either. They kept a distance of about fifteen miles from the Gan army.
Moreover, at night, there was no more noise of drums and music to disturb us.
However, Zhao Hao did not give the order to the soldiers to sleep, and kept them on alert at all times.
Thirteen days passed without any reinforcements.
The floating bridge has been completed.
At noon that day, Zhao Hao walked out of the tent, sighed, looked in the direction of the Wu army camp, and then led his troops across the river.
After a day and a night, the army crossed the river and arrived at the north bank of Chushui.
Looking at the rapids of the Chushui River, Zhao Hao pondered for a long time on the shore, and then led his troops towards Luoye City.
He didn't want to do anything anymore, and taking these soldiers back was the last thing he wanted to do.
At the same time, inside Xingcheng, the woman in black looked at Xie Daoxun and asked, "Sir, how are you going to explain to His Majesty and the ministers in the court if you let Zhao Hao go like this?"
"Even if we don't kill Zhao Hao, it would be a great thing if we capture him alive and keep him in Wu!"
Xie Daoxun said calmly: "Do I need to explain to anyone?"
The woman in black paused when she heard this and said, "That's indeed not necessary."
Xie Daoxun said: "If you want to subdue Zhao Hao, tough measures will not work at all."
"We can only exchange sincerity for sincerity, so that he can realize the reality and come to our side."
"This is also the main reason why I let him go."
"Besides, you think that I had enough power to wipe out this group of soldiers, but I didn't do it..."
"What do you think the great empress would think?"
The black-clothed woman's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said, "The Queen will definitely think that Your Excellency has reached some kind of agreement with Zhao Hao."
"So, in exchange, the adults will not take action and let him live!"
"In this case, there will definitely be a crack in the relationship between the Queen Da Gan and Zhao Hao."
Xie Daoxun said softly: "Also, no matter what, this time, Mr. Zhao owes me a favor."
"Not only did I obtain his method of smelting pig iron, but I also made him owe me a favor."
"It's not a loss to do this."
The woman in black nodded and said, "I just don't know when Zhao Hao will give us the method of smelting pig iron."
At this moment, a soldier outside came to report: "Sir, there is a man who claims to be a messenger from the army and wants to see you!"
Xie Daoxun's beautiful eyes flashed, and she said, "Please come in!"
Soon, a middle-aged man walked in quickly.
Seeing the person coming, the woman in black immediately asked, "Is it you?"
That’s right, the person who came was Wusong.
The two met when Xie Daoxun and Zhao Hao met.
Xie Daoxun naturally recognized Wu Song's identity.
He immediately asked softly, "Mr. Zhao sent you here. What is it about?"
Wu Song immediately took out a letter and said, "My master asked me to personally deliver a letter to the Prime Minister."
"My son said that he doesn't like to owe debts to others, especially gambling debts."
"The letter has been delivered. Goodbye!"
After saying that, Wu Song turned and left.
The woman in black quickly handed the envelope to Xie Daoxun.
Xie Daoxun reached out to take it, opened it, and saw the contents inside.
This is the method of smelting pig iron.
Seeing this, the woman in black was extremely surprised and said, "Sir, I didn't expect Zhao Hao to hand over the method of smelting pig iron to us so easily!"
As she spoke, her expression paused and she said, "Sir, this can't be fake, right?"
Xie Daoxun glanced at her, then handed the letter over and ordered, "Send it back to the imperial capital immediately. This matter is top secret, and you must not let anyone know or leak the news."
The woman in black quickly said, “Yes!”
At this time, in the imperial capital of Shu, the Empress of Shu also received the news that Gan's army had crossed the north bank of the Chu River.
The Empress of Shu could not help but frown, and said as if talking to herself: "It seems that I still underestimated this Master Zhao!"
"When did he have such a close relationship with Xie Daoxun?"
"He entered the territory of Wu and killed tens of thousands of Wu soldiers. He was clearly at a dead end, but he was able to escape."
"No wonder you didn't listen to my advice and were determined to enter the Wu Kingdom."
"So there is such a trump card!"
"In that case, I'd like to see how he explains this to Jiang Wan'er after he returns."
"but……"
"Perhaps, this is also an opportunity for my Shu Kingdom."
"Someone come!"
Soon, an old eunuch came in, and the Shu Queen immediately ordered: "Go and summon Princess Li Yu to the palace immediately. Oh, and summon Princess Li Ge as well!"
The old eunuch nodded quickly, turned around and walked away quickly.
Not long after, the two sisters Li Yu and Li Ge entered the palace.
Seeing the two women, the Shu Kingdom Empress said: "Just now, Zhao Hao has led his troops from Wu Kingdom into our Shu Kingdom."
"I want you two to go see him. Do you want to go?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yu and Li Ge looked at each other without saying a word, waiting for the Queen of Shu to continue.
Seeing this, the Empress of Shu Kingdom said helplessly: "Don't worry, I just want you two to go see him!"
"You two, one is his confidante, and the other is her best friend."
"He has just survived a disaster. It is only natural for you two to go over there, right?"
Li Ge asked weakly, "Your Majesty, is there really nothing else?"
The Queen of Shu said, "Don't worry, there really isn't anything wrong! Just go ahead and be at ease!"
The two women nodded, and after leaving the palace, they immediately prepared to head to the road that Zhao Hao must take to return to Luoye City.
A few days later, the two women appeared before the army.
Zhao Hao didn't expect that Li Ge and Li Yu would come together.
He did not let the two women enter the military camp, but went to meet them with Wu Song.
Seeing Zhao Hao coming, Li Yu immediately rushed towards him with tears in her eyes.
"Young Master..."
Li Yu also knew for a long time that Zhao Hao had led his troops into the territory of Wu.
She had already known about the crisis that Zhao Hao had faced before.
Therefore, in the past few days, I have been very worried, fearing that something really happened to Zhao Hao.
Now seeing that Zhao Hao was safe and sound, she could no longer control her emotions. She threw herself into Zhao Hao's arms and burst into tears.
Zhao Hao also hugged her back and patted her jade back gently.
"Okay, okay, I'm fine, don't cry."
"I thought I would never see you again..."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm fine!"
As he spoke, Zhao Hao looked at Li Ge next to him, smiled slightly and said, "Princess Li Ge is here too?"
Li Ge nodded slightly and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I came to see if you are okay!"
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