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"That's... Ninth Prince Xiao Yan!"

Xiao Haiyang was shocked and recognized the burly man next to the empress. It was the Ninth Prince in the capital!

"Why are they here?!"

Xiao Haiyang was extremely shocked and had many questions in his mind.

He couldn't understand why His Majesty and the Ninth Prince appeared in Hangzhou City without any warning?

Are they on a secret visit?

Or just passing through here?

For a moment, the myriad of thoughts in his mind caused a large patch of sweat to appear on Xiao Haiyang's forehead.

He was completely panicked.

Your Majesty's visit to Hangzhou should have been a great happy event, but now it has become an extremely tricky matter.

There is no doubt that all the violations of court regulations in Hangzhou City have fallen into the eyes of the empress.

But Xia Yun was not in Hangzhou.

If the empress asks him about it, how should he explain it?

"Sir, what's wrong with you?"

In the room, Wang An, who followed Xiao Haiyang, felt that something was wrong with Xiao Haiyang, especially the sweat on Xiao Haiyang's forehead.

Hearing this, Xiao Haiyang came back to his senses from his panic. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and forced a calm look on his face.

"Wang An, from now on, I order you to take good care of these guests from the capital. Don't allow any omissions or anyone to harm them. Do you understand?"

There was an extremely obvious warning in Xiao Haiyang's voice.

Wang An is naturally not a fool.

Although Xiao Haiyang did not explicitly state the identities of these foreign businessmen, it was obvious that these people's origins were definitely not ordinary.

"Don't worry, sir. I will do my best to protect the safety of these guests!"

Wang An nodded rapidly and responded.

Xiao Haiyang then hurriedly left the surveillance house and rushed back to the prefectural government office as soon as possible.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Haiyang picked up his pen and wrote a letter on the desk.

"This letter is extremely important. Send it to Nanzhili immediately at an expedited rate of 800 miles. Make sure you hand it over to Lord Xia in person!"

After finishing the letter, Xiao Haiyang still did not forget to give some instructions to the messenger.

There is no other reason.

The empress suddenly arrived in Hangzhou. This matter was too important. No matter what, he had to tell Xia Yun the news.

Only after receiving further instructions from Xia Yun could he figure out what to do.

And the only thing he can do now is to ensure the absolute safety of the empress and her entourage in Zhejiang!

To be on the safe side, after the messenger left, Xiao Haiyang urgently dispatched 2,000 troops, disguised as civilians, to disperse around the reception center.

He also secretly followed the empress and protected her!

At the same time, a letter from the Hangzhou prefectural government was set off to Nanzhili.

In Wangbei City, Zhejiang, a letter was also sent out of the city gate.

"Teacher, according to the reports from the spies at the front, a large number of Japanese pirates have appeared on the battlefield in Fujian. Currently, Xia Yun's cavalry is fighting against them. It is expected that Xia Yun will arrive in Fujian in a few days."

Inside the military tent, Zhao Gongming spoke out the current situation in Fujian based on the information reported by the spies.

At the same time, there were also Lei Zhenning and Yang Wenzhao in the big tent.

"So, Xia Yun is no longer in Nanzhili."

Yang Wenzhao stroked his beard.

He came to Jiangnan to collect Xiao Zongnan's body. Now it seems that this task of collecting the body may not be easy to accomplish.

"When do you two plan to send out your troops?"

After thinking for a moment, Yang Wenzhao glanced at Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning.

"At present, 600,000 troops have arrived at the designated locations. Now, the only thing left is fog on the sea. The army will take the initiative to attack the Japanese pirates."

As Zhao Gongming spoke, he stood up, walked to the map, and pointed out to Yang Wenzhao the several cities where the army was currently located.

Judging from the map, all the Japanese pirates' forces were concentrated in Diaoyucheng and Anqiucheng areas, and behind Diaoyucheng, there were more than a dozen cities occupied by the Japanese pirates.

The 600,000 troops under Zhao Gongming's command almost surrounded the Japanese pirates in the southeastern Zhejiang region.

"Yes, you are worthy of being my student. If Xiao Zongnan, that idiot, were to lead the team, he might not be able to complete such an excellent encirclement strategy."

Looking at Zhao Gongming's plan on the map, Yang Wenzhao nodded with satisfaction.

"With an army of 600,000 men attacking with the force of thunder and lightning, the Japanese pirates have absolutely no chance of winning."

"But even if our army repel the Japanese pirates this time, they will escape back to Japan via the sea and will eventually come again in the future."

"So we must wait until there is a thick fog at sea, and then our army will take the initiative to attack and defeat the pirates on land. At the same time, the new warships commanded by Xia Yun will cut off all the pirates' escape routes!"

"In this way, we can completely annihilate all the Japanese pirates in this war!"

Zhao Gongming spoke one after another and stated the final plan for this war!

This also means that from this moment on, the battle with the Japanese pirates that has lasted for a long time has finally come to its final moment!

"Xia Yun is in Fujian. How will he lead the new warships to attack?"

Suddenly, a look of doubt appeared on Yang Wenzhao's face.

There is a long distance from Fujian to Zhejiang. If Xia Yun gets entangled with the Japanese pirates in Fujian, he might not be able to return to Hangzhou for a while.

Hearing this, Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning both burst into laughter.

"Teacher, you underestimate Xia Yun too much. The 100,000 Japanese pirates on the battlefield in Fujian are no match for Xia Yun at all."

Lei Zhenning smiled.

"Oh?"

"You have so much confidence in him?"

Yang Wenzhao raised his eyebrows.

One hundred thousand Japanese pirates is not a small number.

Even if he led the troops to the battle, it would still take some effort to encircle and wipe out 100,000 Japanese pirates.

"Teacher, it is no exaggeration to say that if the court had chosen Xia Yun as the commander at the beginning of this war, this battle would not have lasted until today."

Zhao Gongming suddenly showed an expression of emotion on his face, and explained slowly.

Among the three people present, only he and Lei Zhenning deeply understood Xia Yun's almost terrifying ability to command troops.

Especially the weapons equipped by Xia Yun’s troops!

"Teacher, in the battle of Shanyin County, Xia Yun only relied on his 7,000 Hangzhou City Defense Army to wipe out 30,000 Japanese pirates in one battle."

"Xia Yun currently has nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Those Japanese pirates in Fujian are definitely no match for Xia Yun!"

"I guess that within half a month, the 100,000 Japanese pirates in Fujian will be defeated. At that time, the Japanese pirates will turn from the south to the north and enter Zhejiang."

Lei Zhenning continued to speak.

Yang Wenzhao, who was standing aside, showed surprise in his eyes, and his curiosity about Xia Yun was raised to a higher level!