Sun Hao and his men were on guard carefully for the whole night, but they did not wait for the night attack from the Gule army under the command of the third prince Magaji.
In fact, the third prince, Magaji, did not care much about the 30,000 Liang people who escaped. Forcing the families of the rebels in Lishui City to come to Tieshi City to be cannon fodder was just a sudden idea on his part.
If the Third Prince Magaji had known that this would provoke a group of evil spirits, he would have slaughtered tens of thousands of the rebels' families in Lishui City.
In just one afternoon, the eight legions led by McGaji suffered a total of more than 14,000 casualties, of which tens of thousands were killed in action. Even the commander of the 15th Legion was killed.
This caused the morale of the eight legions under McGaji to plummet, and they had no intention of launching any night attack.
On the contrary, McGaji was worried that the heavy cavalry with terrifying combat power would launch a night attack on them, so he was on guard all night long.
After daybreak, the second prince Sadiq in Iron Lion City sent an envoy to contact Sun Hao and others.
The second prince Sadiq did this because, on the one hand, he wanted to inquire about the origins of Sun Hao and others, and on the other hand, he wanted to win over and recruit this small group of heavy cavalry with extremely strong combat effectiveness.
Sun Hao then discussed with Xiao Qiang of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and decided to claim themselves as an envoy from the State of Liang and directly tell the second prince, Sadiq, that they came here to bring Princess Huaqing and her son back to the country.
Xiao Qiang also told the envoy sent by the second prince Sadik that they were attacked by a group of trial priests of the Mosha religion on the road and captured Aimu, the daughter of the Mosha pope.
In fact, it is equivalent to telling the second prince Sadiq that we want to use Aimu to exchange for Princess Huaqing and her son.
In the royal palace of Iron Lion City, the second prince Sadik looked at his nominal mother in front of him, and a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.
When Princess Huaqing was sent to the Kingdom of Gulu to marry a foreign prince ten years ago, she was just sixteen years old. Now, at the age of twenty-six, Princess Huaqing is even ten years younger than the second prince Sadiq.
The reason why Princess Huaqing was so favored by the old king of Gule Kingdom was simply because of her unparalleled beauty.
Even the second prince Sadiq, who had seen countless beauties, wanted to carry his nominal mother to bed when he first saw Princess Huaqing ten years ago.
However, in order to become the new king of Gule Kingdom, the second prince Sadiq, after taking control of Iron Lion City, has been restraining himself from infringing on Princess Huaqing, so as not to ruin his reputation.
"Mother, your motherland has sent an envoy to bring you back to your country. What do you think?" The second prince Sadiq asked respectfully.
Chen Ruxuan, also known as Princess Huaqing, was stunned when she heard this, then she said calmly, "Of course I want to return to my motherland to see my relatives, but I don't know if the Second Prince is willing to let me go."
The second prince, Sadik, was certainly unwilling to let Princess Huaqing leave, but when he thought about the envoy he had sent out, he found out that he had indeed met Aimu, the daughter of the current Pope of Mosha.
The key point is that when the messenger came back, the Blue Cardinal Nigard of the Mosha religion was beside the second prince Sadik. Nigard had made it clear that he hoped the second prince Sadik would ensure the safe return of Aimu at all costs.
So even if the second prince Sadiq was unwilling, he had to use Princess Huaqing to exchange Aimu back.
The second prince, Sadik, then said, "After my nineteenth brother passed away, I know that my mother has been very sad these days. I suggest that she return to Liang State to relax and come back when she feels better.
If your mother has no objection, I will immediately send someone out of the city to contact the Liang State envoys."
It turned out that after the Liang State failed in its first attempt to rescue Princess Huaqing and her son, Princess Huaqing's son, the 19th Prince Eniwar, was poisoned to death by the 2nd Prince Sadiq. It was announced to the outside world that the 19th Prince Eniwar died of illness.
Chen Ruxuan did not expect that the Second Prince Sadiq would let her go. After all, ever since the old king's sudden death, the Second Prince Sadiq's eyes had always been filled with strong possessiveness every time he looked at her.
Upon learning that Princess Huaqing's son had passed away, Xiao Qiang of the Imperial Guard dejectedly said to Sun Hao, "Master Sun, it must have been the Second Prince's doing."
Sun Hao sighed and said, "It seems that there is no way to successfully complete the task assigned to me by the governor. However, the Second Prince is willing to exchange Princess Huaqing for Aimu, so we won't return empty-handed."
Xiao Qiang nodded. "Since we were able to bring Princess Huaqing back, I'm sure Governor Chen won't blame you, Grandpa. After all, the Nineteenth Prince might have been killed by the Second Prince after our first rescue attempt failed."
Sun Hao immediately turned to Shi Wansui and He Ruobi beside him and instructed, "Pay close attention to the movements of the Güler troops on the Third Prince's side. Don't let them interfere with our efforts to welcome Princess Huaqing out of the city."
Due to yesterday's battle, almost all of Sun Hao's generals were injured, so the task of guarding the Gule army outside the city fell on the four newly emerged "level 90" generals, 64 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and 64 Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
As for their origins, Sun Hao explained to the Four Riders, Xiao Qiang, and Princess Emile that they were reinforcements he had secretly dispatched.
Before exchanging Aimu for Princess Huaqing, Aimu said to Sun Hao in an unusually cold tone: "You'd better never appear in front of me again.
Otherwise, I will use your blood to wash away the shame you once brought upon me!"
Sun Hao smiled nonchalantly and said, "You'd better pray to your Mosha God for protection, and never let you run into me again, or I will make sure you suffer more humiliation."
Aimu ignored Sun Hao and asked Princess Aimi, "Are you really determined to follow this demon to Liang State?"
Princess Amir said somewhat sadly, "Teacher, I'm sorry. I have failed you in your training."
Aimu then said in a deep voice: "I will announce to the public that Princess Aimier has died in Canglong Mountain. This will at least not damage the reputation of the Gule Kingdom royal family."
"Thank you, teacher, thank you, woo woo..."
Emile, who felt that he would never see his teacher again, couldn't help crying as he spoke.
The army of the third prince Magaji was probably still licking its wounds from yesterday, and today it never left the camp east of Iron Lion City, which made the exchange between the two sides go very smoothly.
What Sun Hao didn't expect was that Princess Huaqing was actually very, very beautiful, with a charm value of 97 points. However, Sun Hao knew that he must not even think of getting an extra sign-in opportunity from Princess Huaqing, as he couldn't afford to provoke her!
In addition, Princess Huaqing did not leave Iron Lion City alone. She also brought sixteen eunuchs and nineteen palace maids with her.
These eunuchs and palace maids all came to the Kingdom of Gule with Princess Huaqing. If some of them had not died of illness in the past ten years, the number of them would be even greater.
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