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When the soldier who brought the news showed the governor's badge, Jiang Wenzhong no longer hesitated and immediately led the grain transport troops, changed direction and marched towards Shanyin County.

Xiao Haiyang, the prefect of Hangzhou, received another order from Xia Yun.

"Sir, the prefect, Xia Da orders you to recruit soldiers right away in Hangzhou. The more soldiers the better. At the same time, you are also to allocate a group of construction workers and raw materials and transport them to Shanyin County immediately."

The soldier who brought the message continued.

Hearing this, Xiao Haiyang raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he received Xia Yun's conscription order.

Obviously, the situation on the front line is not very clear.

"You hurry back to Shanyin County and inform the governor that I will immediately arrange for construction workers and construction materials. Once everything is ready, they will be sent to Shanyin County as soon as possible."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Haiyang nodded.

Since it was a military and national affair, he naturally didn't dare to delay for even a moment.

"Yes, my lord!"

The soldier who received the order did not even have time to enter Hangzhou City, but hurriedly mounted his horse and quickly returned to the Shanyin Line.

After Xiao Haiyang returned to the prefectural government, he quickly arranged for the transfer of construction workers.

Xiao Haiyang vaguely guessed that Xia Yun should be expanding Shanyin County's city defense project.

However, dispatching construction workers and transporting construction materials is far from as simple as transporting food, and requires some preparation in advance.

During the preparation period, Xiao Haiyang ordered people to post conscription notices throughout the city, and all the treatment was exactly the same as Xia Yun's previous conscription notice.

In just half a day, a wave of enlistment quickly swept across the city of Hangzhou.

You should know that the last time Xia Yun recruited soldiers in Hangzhou City, he attracted many people to join the army.

And at that time, Xia Yun only recruited about 12,000 people and did not recruit more.

This made some Hangzhou residents who missed the opportunity to serve under Xia Yun feel extremely regretful.

Seeing another round of conscription notices coming out, thousands of Hangzhou residents immediately signed up to enlist, and the long queues filled the entire street.

"Master Qian, add one more clause to the notice: all workers of the Hangzhou Construction Bureau are not allowed to enlist in the army."

After seeing the enthusiasm of Hangzhou people to join the army, Xiao Haiyang felt a little worried.

He was worried that the workers of the Hangzhou Construction Bureau would also choose to join the army.

"Okay, my lord."

"Should we send the two thousand soldiers that the governor left behind in the Military Academy this time?

Master Qian nodded first, then asked.

"Send them all to you, sir. If the war on the front line wasn't so intense, sir Xia wouldn't have asked us to recruit soldiers right here in Hangzhou."

As Xiao Haiyang spoke, he unconsciously looked towards the southeast coast.

As an official in Zhejiang, he really didn't want a good official like Xia Yun to have any accidents.

"Yes, my lord!"

Master Qian nodded again.

……

However, in Shanyin County, since Xia Yun led his troops into the county, the county has been calm for many days.

There was no sign of Japanese pirates invading from the front line, nor was there any news from Xiao Zongnan.

The entire Hangzhou city defense army seemed to have been abandoned and no one cared about it.

Of course, for Xia Yun, this is the effect he wants.

Staying away from Xiao Zongnan means staying away from danger.

However, in the past few days, Xia Yun has been thinking in his mind, how would the other party frame him?

The first thing is what Xia Yun had already thought of, that the other party would do something during the transportation of grain and fodder.

For example, they made a fuss about the 200,000 dan of grain and fodder he transported to the front line.

In the military tent that day, Xiao Zongnan ignored everything and directly defined him taking on the task of transporting grain and fodder as a military order.

At that time, Xia Yun did not comment.

But whenever he thinks back on it now, Xia Yun always feels that he has been deceived.

This is also the reason why he personally sent Jiang Wenzhong to transport the food.

Fortunately, he sent Jiang Wenzhong to escort the shipment personally, so even if Xiao Zongnan wanted to cause trouble along the way, it would be difficult for him to achieve his goal.

However, this period of peace did not last long.

On this day, soldiers carrying messages arrived in Shanyin County one after another.

"Report to the Lord, at midnight yesterday, the Japanese pirates once again gathered their army and launched another attack on the Wangbei City area. Currently, the two armies have started fighting on the mountain defense line."

"Reporting the latest news, sir, the number of Japanese pirates to be increased this time is 80,000. Currently, there are about 250,000 Japanese pirates in the entire southeastern coastal area!"

"Your Excellency, the Governor General Lei has sent a message, ordering the Hangzhou City Defense Army to hold Shanyin County and not let any Japanese pirates enter the interior of Zhejiang."

"In addition, the Governor General also said that the Hangzhou City Defense Forces were not allowed to take any action without his personal order to mobilize troops."

A messenger soldier who came from Wangbei City said hurriedly.

Hearing this, Xia Yun immediately understood.

The reason why Lei Zhenning asked him to stay in Shanyin County and not to act rashly was also to prevent Xiao Zongnan from making any ill plans against him.

Otherwise, Lei Zhenning would not have asked Xia Yun to listen to only his express mail in the letter.

"..."

The report from the messenger soldier lasted for a full quarter of an hour.

Even Xia Yun was quite surprised.

From a series of reports, Xia Yun learned about the current situation in Wangbei City.

This time, the Japanese pirates gathered an army of 250,000, including a vanguard force of about 100,000, and have officially launched an attack on Wangbei City.

Fortunately, Xia Yun had arranged defensive positions in the surrounding areas of Wangbei City some time ago, which prevented the 100,000 Japanese pirates from marching straight in and arriving directly at the city of Wangbei.

However, it was only a matter of time before the Japanese pirates broke through the defense line.

The only thing that worries Xia Yun now is the Thirteenth Prince Xiao Zongnan's ability to deploy troops.

As the saying goes, one incompetent general can tire out the entire army. Xia Yun didn't know much about the Thirteenth Prince.

If the enemy makes frequent stupid moves on the battlefield, it will undoubtedly give the Japanese pirate army an opportunity.

"Go back and tell the Governor-General that if a crisis occurs in Wangbei City, send a message to Xia immediately."

After pondering for a moment, Xia Yun slowly raised his head and looked at the soldier who was kneeling on the ground.

"Don't worry, sir!"

The soldier who reported the news immediately responded and accepted the order.

Time flies, and two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

During these two days, Jiang Wenzhong led the grain transport team and finally arrived at Shanyin County.

However, Xia Yun did not continue to send food and grass to Wangbei City immediately.

The reason is very simple. First, Xia Yun is not clear about the current situation in Wangbei City. If Wangbei City has been besieged by Japanese pirates, this batch of goods will definitely not be able to be delivered into the city.

Secondly, Xia Yun intended to temporarily withhold this batch of grain and grass, at least to prevent it from falling into Xiao Zongnan's hands smoothly.

According to Xia Yun's idea, it would be best to supply food and fodder to the imperial army of 500,000 once every ten days. In this way, Xiao Zongnan would lose more than he gained.

Instead, the life and death of the 500,000-strong army was handed over to Xia Yun!