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One morning, the empress and her entourage, who had fled all the way from Chengtang County, finally arrived at Ningdu City after much hardship under the escort of Cheng Qing.

When the news reached the ears of Gu He, the governor of Nanzhili, Gu He was shocked at first, and then he immediately welcomed the empress and her entourage to the governor's office.

"Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"

In the lobby of the governor's office, Gu He fell to his knees, a look of trepidation on his face.

"My dear, there is no need to be so polite. Please stand up quickly."

The haggard empress nodded. After a whole night of traveling, she was now extremely tired.

"Master Gu, His Majesty has not slept a wink all night and needs to rest now."

"Fifty thousand Japanese pirates entered Nanzhili from Huwei Mountain and arrived in Chengtang County last night. Hangzhou Lieutenant General Zhao Daxun led his troops to ambush them. Their lives and deaths are unknown now."

"Master Gu, please quickly mobilize your troops and prepare to fight the Japanese pirates."

Xiao Yan was still in good spirits and spoke continuously.

"Your Highness, you may not know that Lord Xia Yun has already led 80,000 troops to Fujian. Now there are only a few thousand old and weak soldiers in the entire Ningdu city."

A gloomy look appeared in Gu He's eyes.

Before the empress and her entourage arrived, he had already heard from various messengers that the Japanese pirates had launched a massive invasion of Southern Zhili.

In a hurry, he sent messengers to Fujian quickly, and at the same time gathered thousands of old, weak and disabled soldiers in the city.

As the governor of Southern Zhili, it was naturally impossible for him to escape.

One glory and one glory.

What's more, there are hundreds of thousands of civilians in Ningdu City.

Once the Japanese pirates break through the Ningdu city, hundreds of thousands of people will surely suffer at their hands.

"Have you sent a message to Lord Xia Yun?"

When Xiao Yan heard that Xia Yun was not in Ningdu, he could no longer hide his worry.

"In reply to Your Majesty, I have already sent the news to you. However, even if we calculate it at the fastest time, Master Xia Yun will not know about this until tomorrow morning."

Koga nodded.

At this time, the exhausted empress was staggering in the lobby.

To be on the safe side, Gu He quickly invited the empress into the yamen's guest room which had already been cleaned up.

When the empress fell into a deep sleep.

The atmosphere in the yamen lobby became particularly weird.

"Your Highness, for now, the only way I can guarantee your safety is to send you to Lord Xia Yun."

Xiao Yan and others were silent for a long time, and Gu He expressed his thoughts.

Although he gathered thousands of old, weak and disabled soldiers in the city, plus a batch of weapons left by Xia Yun.

But he had never had experience in leading troops in battle before, and Furukawa was unsure whether he could withstand the sudden attack of the Japanese pirate army.

Therefore, for safety reasons, he planned to send the empress and Xiao Yan and his entourage away.

When Xiao Yan heard that he had to flee again, he suddenly let out a weak sigh.

As a prince of the imperial court and the ninth prince of the capital, he naturally did not want to be like a stray dog ​​and run away for his life.

But the heavy reality lies before us.

There is really no better way than to escape.

"According to what you said, Master Gu, the Japanese pirates are rampant in Fujian now. I'm afraid it's not a wise choice for us to go to Fujian at this time."

Although Xiao Yan accepted the fact that he had to continue fleeing, he did not plan to flee to Fujian.

After all, they have now fled to Ningdu.

He could have had more options.

In his opinion, the safest route for them now is to return to Zhejiang.

Zhejiang was governed by Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning.

There are also 600,000 troops from the imperial court.

If these 50,000 Japanese pirates continue to pursue them, once they enter Zhejiang, they will be seeking their own death.

"Your Majesty, do you think Zhejiang is safer than Fujian?"

Gu He understood what Xiao Yan meant, but in his opinion, Zhejiang was far less safe than Fujian.

Just because Xia Yun is now in Fujian.

Where Xia Yun is is the safest place!

Xiao Yan was speechless for a moment, and he kept muttering to himself.

There is no doubt that it will take some time for the Japanese pirates to reach Ningdu City.

After all, the Japanese pirates also need to sleep and eat.

The choice of where they should go next will probably have to be made by the Empress herself!

Time flies.

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye.

As the sky gradually darkened, the ancient river had already appeared on the city wall of Ningdu.

He was seizing the time to deploy the thousands of old, weak and disabled soldiers under his command to various important positions on the city wall.

And in the hands of these old, weak and disabled soldiers, without exception, they all had automatic rifles!

This is the last life-saving means Xia Yun left for Ningdu City.

This batch of weapons is also Gu He's greatest reliance, although he is not sure whether these weapons alone can resist the 50,000 Japanese pirate army.

"Sir, the wealthy merchants in the city said that they also need to protect their own mansions, so they don't have any extra people to send to the city walls."

When Gu He was directing the deployment of the position, a soldier came to Gu He in a hurry.

"A bunch of fools who don't know the current situation. The day when Ningdu falls, all the people in the city will die! How can they protect their own mansions?"

A hint of ruthlessness suddenly appeared on Gu He's face.

In order to mobilize as many soldiers as possible to go to the battlefield, he sent official letters to the homes of wealthy businessmen in Ningdu City.

The content of the official letter was very simple, which was to ask each wealthy family to send people to jointly go to the city wall to defend against the enemy.

However, the truth is so sad that those wealthy businessmen were simply unaware of the consequences of the Japanese pirates' attack.

"Pass on my order, and send someone to tell those wealthy merchants that if they don't send people to the city wall, I will personally settle accounts with them once this crisis is over!"

Gu He made a harsh statement.

In order to ensure the safety of Ningdu City, he finally showed his ruthless side.

"Yes, my lord!"

After receiving Gu He's order, the soldier hurriedly left the city wall position.

That's when.

A soldier under Xiao Yan's command rushed to Gu He again.

"Master Gu, His Majesty has awakened and is looking for you now!"

The soldier reported the news.

Gu He was shocked when he heard this.

"I will go to see His Majesty right away!"

Gu He then quickly followed the soldier back to the lobby of the governor's office.

"See you, humble minister..."

When Gu He saw the empress for the first time, he immediately prepared to kneel down and salute.

However, before Gu He could finish his words, he was stopped by the empress.

"You don't have to be so polite, my dear Lord Gu. This is an urgent matter. I have something important to ask you now."

Although I had rested for several hours.

But the empress's mental state at this moment is still very bad. Her face is pale and she looks particularly haggard.

"Your Majesty, just speak frankly. I will tell you everything I know!"

Gu He nodded solemnly.