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That evening, the empress and her entourage left Hangzhou.

Accompanying the empress were two thousand Hangzhou city defense troops.

These Hangzhou city defense forces were newly recruited by Xiao Haiyang. Although they had a short training period, most of them had acquired a certain combat capability.

Shortly after the empress and her entourage set off, a messenger riding a fast horse also left Hangzhou City.

In order to avoid being discovered by the empress, the messenger chose to take a detour.

Instead of taking the official road, he took a hidden path, maintaining an accelerated speed of 800 miles per hour along the way.

However, although the two sides chose different routes, they had a common destination, Ningdu City in Nanzhili!

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Time flies and it is the next morning.

The 50,000-strong army led by Xia Yun finally arrived at the frontier battlefield in Fujian and stationed in Zigui City.

Jiang Wenzhong, Chong Heihu and Zhao Xinlei, who were originally leading their troops to fight against the Japanese pirates, also returned to Zigui City one by one after learning the news of Xia Yun's arrival.

"I will join you, sir!"

The first moment the three of them saw Xia Yun in the city, they all knelt down on one knee.

"Since you are wearing armor, there is no need to be polite."

Xia Yun waved his hand.

Beiling and Zigui are located in the coastal area of ​​Fujian and are also the focus of the Japanese pirate army's attack.

The reason why the Japanese pirate army failed to invade the inland of Fujian.

The main reason was that the cavalry led by Jiang Wenzhong and three others harassed the Japanese pirates day and night, and entangled them in the Beiling Zigui line.

This made the Japanese pirates dare not advance deep into the enemy territory alone.

"Thank you, sir!"

Jiang Wenzhong and the other two accepted the order in unison and then stood up together.

"Tell me what's going on now."

Xia Yun then spoke again.

"Sir, the Japanese pirates we are fighting this time are mostly infantry, with very few cavalry and generally weak combat effectiveness. They should be the old and weak soldiers who retreated from the battlefield in Zhejiang."

"The day before yesterday, our army repelled two attacks by the Japanese pirates. It is estimated that in the next two days, the Japanese pirates will continue to attack our Beiling Zigui defense line."

Jiang Wenzhong responded immediately.

"The army is about to arrive, and the offensive and defensive situation should be easy. Pass on my order, and order Chen Bao to quickly transport 100,000 dan of food and grass to Zigui City to reward the soldiers of the three armies."

"Tomorrow morning, the entire army will attack and we must annihilate all these 50,000 Japanese pirates!"

Xia Yun spoke up one after another and made the decision to avoid the danger in one go.

"Yes, my lord!"

Inside the central army tent, all the civil and military officials replied in unison.

Xu Wan'er then quickly sent a messenger to Xiamen.

Zigui City is not far from Xiamen, only thirty or forty miles away.

This is also the reason why Xia Yun asked Chen Bao to bring 500,000 dan of food and fodder to Xiamen.

The distance between them is very close, and food and grass resources can be replenished at any time.

After the meeting, Xia Yun still stood in front of the map.

"Sir, there is no news about the other 50,000 Japanese pirates. Could it be that Lord Lei's information is wrong?"

Xu Wan'er stood beside Xia Yun, a hesitant look on her face.

As the army entered Zigui City, they became more aware of the current situation.

However, from the beginning to the end, after combining various pieces of information, the number of Japanese pirates in the entire Fujian area was only 50,000.

Especially in recent days, as Jiang Wenzhong and others led their troops to fight continuously, the number of Japanese pirates was reduced to more than 40,000.

At this time, Xia Yun was also wondering where the 50,000 missing Japanese pirates had gone.

"Write a letter and send it to Wangbei City, asking Lord Lei Zhenning how many Japanese pirates have entered Fujian."

Just in case, Xia Yun immediately gave the order.

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. Although the Japanese pirates' combat effectiveness is not strong, 50,000 people is not a small number after all.

Once these 50,000 Japanese pirates appear in a place they least expect, they are likely to cause huge losses.

"Yes, my lord!"

Xu Wan'er accepted the order and started writing the letter on the spot.

As time passed slowly, a cup of tea passed in the blink of an eye.

Xu Wan'er wrote the letter, put it in an envelope, and then called a messenger to send the letter to Wangbei City in Zhejiang by horse.

However, just as this messenger left, another messenger arrived in Zigui City.

"I am a subordinate of Lord Zhao Gongming. The two governors have ordered me to personally hand this letter to Lord Xia. Lord Xia, please take a quick look at it."

After the messenger entered the central army, he took out a personal letter from his bosom and handed it to Xia Yun personally.

Xia Yun raised his eyebrows.

This was the first time that Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning sent him a letter in the name of the Governor after he left Zhejiang.

Xia Yun immediately opened the envelope and checked.

As his eyes continued to scan the contents of the letter, an extremely deep light quietly grew in Xia Yun's pair of pupils as dark as night.

The content of the letter is very simple.

Zhao Gongming planned to mobilize 600,000 troops from the imperial court to launch a final battle against the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang Province.

At the same time, Zhao Gongming hoped that Xia Yun would block the Japanese pirates' escape route to the south and command all the new warships under his command to defeat the Japanese pirates' maritime forces.

"After a night's rest, go tell the two governors that when the fog rises over the sea, it will be the day Xia will return to Zhejiang!"

After reading the letter, Xia Yun burned it.

When it comes to the highest military secrets, even Xia Yun dare not be careless in the slightest.

"Subordinates take orders!"

The messenger nodded respectfully and then left the central military tent.

At this moment, Xia Yun felt quite excited.

As Zhao Gongming led his troops into the Zhejiang battlefield, the war, which was originally expected to take several months to end, was reduced by almost half the time.

Fortunately, he prepared for the future and asked the Hangzhou Shipyard to speed up the shipbuilding progress in advance.

Otherwise, he would not have many new warships at present.

However, Xia Yun's excitement did not last long. After an incense stick of time,

Another messenger entered Zigui City.

And it also brought an extremely explosive news.

"I am here on the orders of Master Gu to deliver a letter for your review."

The lieutenant general sent by Gu He held a letter in both hands while speaking, and he looked very haggard.

Obviously, he did not stop at all on the way from Ningdu to Zigui City.

When Xia Yun heard this, a look of doubt appeared on his face.

He had just left Ningdu not long ago, so how come Gu He suddenly sent him an express letter sent over eight hundred miles?

With doubts in his heart, Xia Yun immediately opened the envelope.

However, he only glanced at the content of the letter, and a look of surprise immediately appeared in his pupils.

The Empress...arrived in Hangzhou?!

For a moment, Xia Yun even suspected that he had misread the contents of the letter.

This sudden news was beyond his expectations.

Zhejiang is currently in the midst of a war. Even for safety reasons, the empress should not come to Zhejiang!

Then Xia Yun noticed that the person who wrote this letter was Xiao Haiyang.

This means that the news is undoubtedly true.