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"Your Highness, are you looking for me?"

Wang Meng was studying a map in the study. When he saw Chu Yang coming in, he quickly stood up and saluted.

"Sir, please take a seat. No need to be polite."

Chu Yang waved his hand, motioning Wang Meng to sit down, and then said solemnly, "I have made up my mind to go out to sea."

When Wang Meng heard this, his brows immediately furrowed.

"Your Highness, you absolutely cannot do that! The neighboring countries are eyeing us covetously, and Qiongzhou is in ruins. If we go out to sea now, wouldn't that be..."

"Military advisor, there is no need to say more. I have made up my mind."

Chu Yang waved his hand and interrupted Wang Meng, "I plan to pretend to submit to the neighboring countries first, and then I will come back to deal with them after I pacify the Japanese pirates!"

"Your Highness, do you have a foolproof plan?"

Chu Yang smiled slightly, walked to the map, pointed to a sea area and said: "Military Advisor, please look, this sea area has many islands, which are easy to attack but difficult to defend. It is exactly where the Japanese pirates hide."

"I plan to send people to pretend to surrender to the bordering countries to paralyze them,"

"Then secretly gather troops, capture these islands in one fell swoop, and wipe out the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop!"

"High, it is high!"

Wang Meng clapped his hands and exclaimed, "In this way, we can not only pacify the Japanese pirates, but also paralyze the countries along the coast, buying us time for development. Your Highness is wise!"

Chu Yang smiled proudly and continued, "I plan to go there in person to investigate the real situation of these islands. What do you think, military advisor?"

Wang Meng was shocked when he heard this, and he quickly tried to dissuade him, "Your Highness is a person of great wealth, how can you take risks so easily? Let me handle this matter!"

"Military advisor, there is no need to say more. I have made up my mind."

Chu Yang waved his hand, "These pirates are very cunning, only if I go out in person can I be sure of success!"

"But……"

Wang Meng wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Chu Yang with a wave of his hand.

"Okay, it's settled! Military Advisor just needs to prepare a generous gift for me and write a letter saying that I am willing to submit to Yan State and hope that he can protect Qiongzhou!"

Wang Meng saw that Chu Yang had made up his mind and knew that it was useless to persuade him any further. He could only sigh helplessly and bowed.

"Since Your Highness has made up his mind, I will go and prepare."

Just like that, Wang Meng bowed and accepted the order and left.

the next day.

Chu Yang stood on the reviewing platform in Qiongzhou City, looking at the two thousand armored soldiers below, with a great sense of pride in his heart.

These soldiers were elite troops selected by him personally. Each of them was battle-hardened and well-equipped. They were his hope for pacifying the Japanese pirates.

"set off!"

Following Chu Yang's order, war drums beat and trumpets sounded through the sky. Two thousand armored soldiers, led by their respective generals, marched out of the city gate in a mighty procession and headed towards the dock.

"Your Highness, it's not good!"

"I found dozens of bandits near Sanqing County. I wanted to wipe them out, but they kidnapped many village women in Sanqing County as threats. I don't know what to do."

Just as Chu Yang was about to board the warship and set off, Xing Daorong came running to report in a panic.

"Dozens of bandits?"

Chu Yang frowned. Xing Daorong always boasted that he could beat ten people, so why did he become so scared when faced with dozens of bandits?

"Your Highness, those bandits are all ferocious and vicious. I am afraid that they will hurt those innocent village women, so I came back to ask for your advice..."

Xing Daorong lowered his head and explained hesitantly, but there was a hint of guilt in his tone.

"Okay, I get it."

Chu Yang waved his hand, interrupting Xing Daorong's words, but he was thinking about another thing in his mind.

Since these bandits dared to rob village women in Qiongzhou, they must be very familiar with the coastal area. They might even be able to lead them to the lair of the Japanese pirates.

Think of this.

Chu Yang raised his lips slightly, revealing a hint of sneer: "General Xing, you take a thousand soldiers first, and my two thousand armored soldiers will follow soon."

"Your Highness, the other side is just a few dozen bandits, you are making a fuss about nothing!"

Xing Daorong was shocked when he heard this, thinking that Chu Yang was going to lead the troops himself to wipe out this group of bandits.

"Just go ahead. If they run away, remember to send someone to follow them. I want to see where they go. If they go out to sea, we'll continue chasing them."

"If you don't go out to sea, I'll kill you."

Chu Yang waved his hand impatiently, signaling Xing Daorong to send troops quickly.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Although Xing Daorong was confused, he did not dare to ask more questions. He took the order and gathered his soldiers to rush to the location of the bandits.

"Your Highness, you really have to go out to sea! What if the coastal countries know that you are going out to sea?"

Wang Meng walked up to Chu Yang and asked in a low voice, with a hint of worry in his tone.

"Don't worry, sir. I know what I am doing."

Chu Yang patted Wang Meng on the shoulder, signaling him to rest assured, then turned around and led his soldiers to catch up with Xing Daorong's team.

Outside Sanqing County.

In a dense forest, dozens of bandits were sitting together, drinking and eating large chunks of meat.

Among them, there were dozens of village women with their hands and feet tied up, each of them looking pale and trembling with fear.

"Brother, we stole a lot of good stuff this time, hahahaha."

A bandit with a face full of flesh pointed at the village women who were trembling with fear and said with a lewd smile.

"Of course, don't you see who I am? Within this area of 100 miles, everyone knows the reputation of our Black Wind Village!"

The bandit known as Big Brother was a one-eyed man. He raised his head and took a big gulp of wine, wiped the oil stains from the corners of his mouth, and a trace of greed flashed in his eyes. "When I get tired of playing with them, I will sell these women overseas. I'm sure they can fetch a good price!"

"Brother is wise!"

The surrounding bandits echoed one after another, with greed flashing in their eyes.

"Brother, it's bad, the soldiers are coming!"

Just then, a bandit who was on guard duty ran in in panic and shouted loudly.

"What? Soldiers? How many of them?"

The one-eyed man's face changed, he stood up suddenly, and the wine bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a bang, breaking into pieces.

"Reply, reply to big brother, there are about a thousand people, and there are another two thousand people following closely behind, and they are now rushing towards this side!"

The bandit was so frightened that his face turned pale and he stuttered when he spoke.

"What? More than 3,000 people?"

Upon hearing this, the one-eyed man flew into a rage. "Damn it! These officers and soldiers are so bored! We only have a few dozen people, but more than 3,000 people came!"

"What should we do now, brother!"

"Let's go take a look first. I don't believe so many people will come!"

However, when they saw the number of officers and soldiers and their equipment, they were stunned.

They saw a large group of soldiers, more than a thousand in number, all wearing iron armor and holding spears, approaching them with murderous intent.

"This, how is this possible?"

The one-eyed dragon was suddenly panicked. He never expected that the government soldiers would send so many troops to wipe out their group of bandits.

"Brother, what should we do now?"