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"Greetings, Marshal. I have been ordered by the Marshal to lead 60,000 cavalrymen to surround Chunyun City for several days. Currently, all the remaining Japanese pirates in the area around Chunyun City have been cleared out."

Thirty miles outside Chunyun City, in the makeshift central military tent, Jiang Wenzhong, dressed in military uniform, knelt on one knee in front of Xia Yun.

Before this, he had been following Xia Yun's orders and led 60,000 cavalry to kill the enemy independently, with fruitful results.

"You guys did a great job."

Xia Yun patted Jiang Wenzhong's shoulder on the spot.

"General, our army of 50,000 infantrymen has been attacking Chunyun Chengyang Palace for two days and two nights, but the Japanese pirates have always refused to leave the city. It seems that they have seen through our intentions."

Qin Tianye, who had just appeared in the central army tent not long ago, also spoke at this time.

"Withdraw all infantry and replace them with siege troops. Use siege weapons to attack the city walls outside Chunyun City."

Xia Yun frowned slightly.

It seemed that the caution of these Japanese pirates in Chunyun City far exceeded his expectations.

But that doesn't matter.

Those hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates could hide in Chunyun City for a while, but not forever.

"How's the situation over there, Xiao Haiyang?"

Then, Xia Yun's attention shifted to Xu Wan'er.

Although Xu Wan'er was the chief clerk of the army, she was actually also responsible for collecting all the intelligence for this war.

"At dawn today, Xiao Haiyang sent back a message from the sea that they also found a large number of Japanese pirate warships in the area of ​​the Beianshan Islands, but they are now on standby in accordance with your orders, Marshal."

Xu Wan'er immediately responded.

As early as yesterday, Xiao Haiyang had led a fleet of new warships and arrived at the southeastern coastal area of ​​Zhejiang.

"Tell Xiao Haiyang not to alert the enemy for the time being."

Xia Yun spoke again.

Destroying the Japanese pirates' warships at this time will only make them even more crazy.

We must first leave them a glimmer of hope so that they can maintain a glimmer of hope in their desperate situation!

As soon as Xia Yun's order was issued.

All siege infantry outside Chunyun City were withdrawn and replaced by heavy siege troops.

Xia Yun’s army is not yet equipped with artillery, but in addition to artillery, large catapults are also very good siege weapons.

In an instant, huge rocks fell rapidly from the southeast walls of Chunyun City.

Under the violent impact of countless huge rocks, the two city walls gradually began to show damage.

Although the Japanese pirates in the city wanted to repair the city walls, they were afraid of the power of the huge rocks and could only watch the city walls being destroyed.

When the time comes to evening.

Xia Yun was standing on the hillside, closely watching the situation in Chunjun City through the telescope in his hand.

But that was when Xia Yun was getting excited.

Chong Heihu suddenly came to Xia Yun in a hurry.

"General, the Governor-General of Zhili, Zhao Gongming, and the Governor-General of Zhejiang, Lei Zhenning, have just arrived at the Central Army Tent."

Chong Heihu's brief words instantly made Xia Yun look away from the telescope, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Where are the troops under Zhao Gongming's command?"

Xia Yun remembered this trip. Before arriving in Chunjun City, Xiao Yan once said that it would take at least five days for Zhao Gongming's army to reach Chunjun City.

And now less than three days have passed, how could Zhao Gongming be so fast?

"The two governors-general command over 500,000 troops, and they have now assembled in the north of Chunyun City."

Chong Heihu immediately responded truthfully.

Hearing this, Xia Yun raised his eyebrows again, but soon returned to normal and a smile appeared on his face.

Soon, Xia Yun returned to the central military tent.

When he just appeared in the big tent, he saw Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning who had been waiting for him for a long time.

Empress Xiao Yan and others were also on one side.

"My Lords, it's been a long time since we last met!"

The moment he saw the two people, Xia Yun immediately walked forward with his hands clasped together and burst into hearty laughter.

Over the past few months, Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning have given him a lot of help.

"Haha, we haven't seen each other for two or three months. Brother Xia, you are now the commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Road Army!"

A hearty laugh also came out of Zhao Gongming's mouth.

In his opinion, Xia Yun's promotion speed was like a dream.

What does it mean to be the commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Road Army?

Ordinary people may not be able to understand it clearly, but Zhao Gongming understood that the empress was handing over all the military power of several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River to Xia Yun.

The actual power and status even exceeded him and Lei Zhenning.

"Master Zhao is right, Brother Xia Yun, you are far better than me now."

Lei Zhenning stroked his beard with a smile.

They talked as if they were old friends reuniting, and did not avoid the presence of the empress and others at all.

"My two brothers, please do not praise me falsely. I am only blessed by the saints to be where I am today."

As Xia Yun spoke, he had already arrived in front of Zhao Gongming and the other man.

At this time, the three of them were sitting around a map table.

"What do you mean by false praise? Brother Xia Yun, with his 160,000 soldiers, has wiped out a total of more than 200,000 Japanese pirates. This record is unprecedented in the history of the Daliang Dynasty."

Zhao Gongming continued to flatter.

Obviously, they knew everything that was happening on the battlefield in Fujian and the southeastern coastal areas of Zhejiang.

Xia Yun smiled and waved his hand. If these two old guys kept complimenting him, they might continue until tomorrow morning.

"Where are your troops currently located?"

Xia Yun immediately changed the subject and asked about the confusion in his mind.

"At present, our army is still accelerating its advance, and 200,000 vanguard troops have arrived in the dense forest north of Chunyun City."

Lei Zhenning said as he picked up a chess piece from the map table and inserted it to the north of Chunyun City.

"There are still several cities between Diaoyucheng and Chunyuncheng. How can the army arrive in such a short time?"

Xia Yun asked again.

As soon as he said this, the faces of Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning suddenly became much gloomier.

"Xia Yun, you don't know that the actual number of Japanese pirates is at least 100,000 more than we expected."

"This time, I'm afraid that Dongying Island will mobilize all its troops to come."

"After Diaoyucheng was captured by our army, the Japanese pirates have withdrawn all the defenders from Diaoyucheng to Chunyuncheng, and are now all gathered in Chunyuncheng."

"According to estimates, there are still at least 280,000 Japanese pirates in Chunyun City."

Zhao Gongming spoke one after another, revealing some information that Xia Yun didn't know yet.

As expected, after hearing this, Xia Yun couldn't help but have a gloomy look on his face.

The small city of Chunyun actually gathered 280,000 Japanese pirates!

This was beyond his expectations.

"Although some of our troops are on the way, they will all arrive at dawn tomorrow. When the two armies meet, our army can formally launch an attack on Chunyun City."

"Before setting out from Diaoyucheng, I had ordered the Zhejiang Navy to set out from Songshan Island. Now I have handed it over to you to command."

As Lei Zhenning spoke, he nodded solemnly towards Xia Yun.