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"How is the situation at Hangzhou Shipyard?"

Suddenly, Zhao Gongming thought of the key to this battle.

"According to Hangzhou's report, Xia Yun's twenty-five new warships have all been launched and are ready to attack at any time."

Lei Zhenning responded immediately.

Although he commanded the 600,000 imperial troops together with Zhao Gongming in this war, the role he played was more like Zhao Gongming's deputy.

"Heavy fog has risen at sea. Order all Zhejiang naval forces to assemble and wait at the Songshan Islands."

Zhao Gongming immediately issued an order.

Unlike the 25 new warships, the Zhejiang Navy is a direct unit under Lei Zhenning and has hundreds of old warships.

Although in terms of performance, the Zhejiang Navy's old warships could not compare with the Japanese pirates' warships.

But once the naval war begins, these old warships can still play a certain role!

……

"Your Excellency, the latest battle report from the front line is that General Qin Tianye has breached Badong City and annihilated all 23,000 Japanese pirates in the city!"

"Lord Xu sent back a battle report, saying that more than 40,000 enemies were killed in the blocking battle. Currently, the third line of Japanese pirate reinforcements has given up on further reinforcements!"

"General Chong Heihu has sent a message that Lord Xiao Haiyang has arrived at the Hangzhou Canal Transport Terminal and is currently leading 25 new warships to the southeast coast of Zhejiang!"

"..."

On this day, in the central military tent where Xia Yun and the empress were, there were still messenger soldiers coming and going, reporting various news from the front line.

When everyone in the big tent heard that Badong City had been captured and more than 60,000 enemies had been killed, an expression of excitement appeared on their faces.

"Your Majesty, I order you to lead your troops and set out immediately. Recapture all three cities before the Japanese pirates' reinforcements return!"

Xia Yun gave an order and sent out the last troops to participate in this battle.

"Don't worry, Marshal! I will definitely succeed in this mission!"

Xiao Yan stood up resolutely and called Xia Yun "General".

Having served in the army for decades, now that he has accepted the military order, he will naturally do his best to complete the mission!

Soon, Xiao Yan set out with his troops.

Inside the central army tent, Xia Yun began to plan the next phase of combat missions.

"Lord Sun, how long will it take for the next batch of food and fodder to reach the front line?"

Xia Yunxian shifted her attention to Sun Maocai.

They had consumed almost half of the food they had brought from Xiamen.

Now it is urgent to transport food to the front line so that he can do more.

"In reply to the Marshal, General Chen sent back a message yesterday that the grain transport team is less than 200 miles away from the army camp and is expected to arrive in three days."

Sun Maocai responded in an orderly manner.

He was appointed by the empress as the commander-in-chief of the military grain transport in Jiangnan Road, and he always kept the matter of grain and fodder in mind.

As the deputy general manager of grain transportation, Chen Bao was personally responsible for the task of escorting grain and fodder.

"We can't wait any longer. Immediately send an urgent message to Chen Bao, saying that the army camp is about to move. Instruct him to speed up the transportation of food and send messengers to keep in touch with the army camp every day."

Xia Yun spoke in a deep voice.

The war in the Badong Hebi area will be over tonight at the latest, and tomorrow he will lead the army to advance and reduce the scope of activities of the Japanese pirates.

"Yes, handsome!"

Sun Maocai responded and accepted the order.

During this period of time, he has been following Xia Yun, and finally witnessed Xia Yun's terrifying ability to deploy troops.

Even though he is much older than Xia Yun, his admiration for Xia Yun has reached its peak.

Therefore, the title of Marshal came completely from his true heart.

"Notify Jiang Wenzhong immediately, and have 60,000 cavalry return quickly to support us, and surround Chunyun City via the coastal areas!"

After arranging the food and fodder matters, Xia Yun's eyes were fixed on a red dot on the map!

Chunjun City!

It was the largest city occupied by Japanese pirates in the southeastern coastal area of ​​Zhejiang! There were at least 80,000 Japanese pirates garrisoning inside!

From the perspective of the map.

As long as the army of Daliang Dynasty approaches Chunyun City, it will surely force the Japanese pirates to panic!

By then, the Japanese pirates would only have two choices.

One is to continue to withdraw troops and resist the Daliang army.

In fact, this option is exactly the decisive battle plan that Zhao Gongming, Xia Yun and others are expecting.

A decisive battle on land is far more stable than at sea.

After all, they now have more than 700,000 troops at their disposal.

If the Japanese pirates continue to stay on land, they will be dead!

The second option for the Japanese pirates was to gather all their troops and immediately flee to the sea.

In that case, the twenty-five new warships under Xia Yun's command would also come in handy!

……

Time flies and most of the day has passed.

When the sunset glow filled the sky, Qin Tianye and Xu Wan'er returned to the central military tent.

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, Your Majesty, our siege army has officially recaptured the two cities of Badong and Hebi. The defenders of the two cities totaled more than 45,000 people, and they have all been annihilated by our army! Our army lost more than 6,000 people."

"This time, the ambush troops used the tactic of encircling and attacking the enemy, and killed nearly 60,000 enemies, and our army lost about 400 people."

Qin Tianye and Xu Wan'er spoke one after another and reported their respective battle results.

"You two have worked hard."

Xia Yun nodded.

From the time Qin Tianye set out with his 80,000-strong army, it has been almost two days and two nights.

With a force of 80,000, they simultaneously attacked two cities, each with a garrison of 20,000 Japanese pirates, at the cost of only more than 10,000 men. This result was already quite good.

The elite troops led by Xu Wan'er annihilated more than 60,000 Japanese pirates at the cost of more than 400 casualties!

This kind of record is unprecedented in the entire Daliang Dynasty!

The empress standing aside had a look of joy on her face, but also a look of shock in her eyes.

At the cost of 400 casualties, 60,000 enemies were annihilated!

What a horrific record!

Her mind suddenly recalled that when she was in the capital, Xia Yun massacred thousands of people from the two kings with a force of only a hundred men.

At that time, all the civil and military officials in the court were quite wary of this.

However, compared with now, that time was nothing!

Qin Tianye and Xu Wan'er returned to the camp not long ago.

After night fell, Xiao Yan also led his troops back to the central military tent.

"Xia Yun, Your Majesty, we have recaptured all three cities, and killed more than 24,000 enemies. Our army has suffered about 2,000 casualties."

As soon as Xiao Yan entered the big tent, his expression gradually changed and revealed an excitement that was difficult to conceal.

Without him.

This time he led his army to attack, and faced with the panicked remnants of the Japanese pirates, he defeated them with great ease along the way.

In the process of recapture three cities in succession, he hardly encountered any decent resistance.

Although more than 24,000 Japanese pirates were annihilated in total, most of these pirates were defeated soldiers and it took no effort at all.

This was the first time he had encountered such a battle in his life!