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"Father! Why did you give such an order?!"

Capital City, Cabinet.

Young cabinet minister Xu Miao walked hurriedly into the cabinet lobby with a piece of order, ignoring everyone else and came in front of Xu Jinsong.

"This is the cabinet, there is no such thing as a father!"

Xu Jinsong looked at his son who suddenly appeared, and a look of dissatisfaction suddenly appeared on his face.

Then he glanced at both sides of the lobby and saw several cabinet officials looking at each other.

"Lord Xu, may I ask why the cabinet suddenly decided to confer the title of First-Rank General of Hangzhou on Xia Yun?"

"According to the rules of our Daliang Dynasty, local civil officials cannot hold military posts concurrently! Isn't it against the rules for Brother Lei to do this?"

Xu Miao suppressed his anger and asked questions one after another.

Just now, he received the news that Xia Yun was promoted to the first-rank general of Hangzhou, and immediately rushed here in a hurry.

"This is His Majesty's order."

Xu Jinsong's face was gloomy and he responded in front of the other official.

"Your Majesty's order? Doesn't the cabinet know to write to Your Majesty and tell him that this practice is against the court's regulations?"

Xu Miao's voice became louder and louder. They finally managed to obtain the qualification for Xiao Zongnan to lead the troops into battle.

As a result, this incident made Xia Yun a first-rank minister.

You know, to this day, Xu Miao himself is only a second-rank official!

"Somebody come!"

As Xu Jinsong listened to Xu Miao's increasingly outrageous words, he immediately let out a roar.

Two teams of soldiers quickly rushed in from outside the cabinet lobby.

"Capture Xu Miao!"

Immediately afterwards, Xu Jinsong pointed at Xu Miao and gave an order.

Upon hearing this, both teams of soldiers showed doubtful looks on their faces, and no one dared to step forward to arrest Xu Miao.

The other cabinet officials' faces changed drastically and they spoke one after another.

"The elder may be happy or angry, and the younger elder is also considering the rules of our Daliang court. Why should we let him be arrested?"

"Why don't you guys get down quickly!"

Minister of Works Wei Zili and Minister of Revenue Pei Yan spoke one after another.

"This is the imperial cabinet. There is no such thing as a junior cabinet minister. Xu Miao, His Majesty's order cannot be changed. Get out of here right now!"

Xu Jinsong's anger had subsided a little, but his voice was still very gloomy.

The two men, one old and one young, were in a standoff in the lobby for a while.

Seeing this, Wei Zili hurriedly walked to Xu Miao and grabbed Xu Miao's right arm.

"Young Lord, please be patient. The order to promote Xia Yun to the rank of First-Rank General of Hangzhou was issued by His Majesty himself. Let's talk about it after we get out."

As Wei Zili spoke, he pulled Xu Miao out of the lobby.

It was not until Xu Miao's figure disappeared that the anger on Xu Jinsong's face finally subsided.

But when Xu Jinsong sat down again, a look of loneliness suddenly appeared on his face again.

"Sooner or later, my Xu family will be destroyed by this unfilial son." Xu Jinsong said to himself and sighed.

……

In a flash, another two days passed. The 10,000 city defense troops who set out from Hangzhou, led by Xia Yun, finally arrived at Wangbei City where Lei Zhenlin was.

When Xia Yun led his troops to the city, Lei Zhenlin had already left the city early and was waiting to greet them.

"At this critical moment, Lord Xia was able to quickly lead the troops to support us. Lei is very grateful!"

When Xia Yun got off the horse, Lei Zhenlin took the initiative to step forward, clasped his hands together, and said in a welcoming tone.

"Mr. Lei, you are too polite. I have already said before that since I am the governor of Zhejiang, I will not watch the Japanese pirates invade Zhejiang."

Xia Yun laughed.

"Master Xia, this is not the place to talk, let's go into the city!"

Lei Zhenlin agreed with this and after a simple welcoming ceremony, he brought Xia Yun and his 10,000 city defense troops into Wangbei City.

The original county government office in Wangbei City has been converted into a military camp.

"Master Lei, what is the situation now?"

When Lei Zhenlin and Xia Yun and his party appeared in the military camp, Xia Yun asked immediately.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Lei Zhenlin's eyes darkened.

"The invasion of 200,000 Japanese pirates has caused the collapse of all defense lines in the southeastern coastal areas of Zhejiang. Now, nine cities are in the hands of the Japanese pirates."

Lei Zhenning's voice was also very gloomy.

At this moment, Xia Yun noticed that compared to a month ago, Lei Zhenning's face now had an extra layer of fatigue and vicissitudes.

In just a few days, it has come to this!

"Speaking of which, thanks to Lord Xia sending troops into Shanyin County the day before yesterday, we were able to prevent the Japanese pirates from heading directly north from the southeast region to Zhejiang, which would have brought greater harm."

At this time, Lei Zhenlin remembered Chong Heihu who entered Shanyin County a few days ago.

It was also thanks to Xia Yun's timely judgment that on the night of entering Shanyin County from Heihu, the Japanese pirates were directly downgraded and the 20,000-strong army began to attack the city.

Fortunately, Chong Heihu's troops were all elite soldiers and generals, and because they were well-equipped, they were able to resist the attack of 20,000 Japanese pirates with a force of less than a thousand people!

In the end, the Japanese pirates attacked for a day and a night but failed to advance a single step and also lost thousands of soldiers.

"Lord Lei, don't worry too much. Although the Japanese pirates have 200,000 troops, our Liang Dynasty has tens of millions of civilians! The Japanese pirates were doomed to fail since they attacked Zhejiang!"

In order to boost morale, Xia Yun made bold statements in front of all the generals in the hall.

In fact, from the very beginning of this war, Xia Yun never thought that he would lose.

It was simply because the Daliang Dynasty had a large population and vast territory, and more importantly, the weapons he had in his hands were far more sophisticated than those of the Japanese pirates!

What can an army of 200,000 Japanese pirates do?

Even in the worst case scenario, he could mobilize all the troops in Dai County. By then, not to mention the 200,000 Japanese pirates, even if all the Japanese pirates on the island of Dongying were added together, they would not be his match!

"Master Xia is right! Lei believes that with Master Xia's help, Zhejiang will definitely win this war!"

Lei Zhenning felt Xia Yun's encouragement and immediately spoke confidently.

Then, Lei Zhenlin took out a letter from the desk beside him and handed it to Xia Yun.

"Master Xia, this is an official letter from the Ministry of War. Please take a look first."

Xia Yun immediately took the letter, opened it and found out that the imperial court had sent 500,000 troops to reinforce Zhejiang.

The commander of this 500,000-man army was actually the Thirteenth Prince Xiao Zongnan.

Xia Yun frowned slightly.

He had some understanding of this person. Back when he was in the capital, he asked Xu Wan'er to investigate many people, including this Thirteenth Master.

Although this person's position in the court is unclear, according to various evidences, there is a very deep connection between this person and Xu Miao.