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The next few days.

Chu Yang treated the Malacca envoy well, providing him with delicious food and drink, but he never mentioned the alliance, and only made the excuse that the emperor had not yet responded.

The Malacca envoy waited patiently at first, but as the days passed and there was no movement from Chu Yang, he finally couldn't hold back any longer.

This day.

Chu Yang was discussing with Zhou Yu in the study how to repel the Kingdom of Dongying and the Kingdom of Yuenan when the envoy from Malacca rushed in angrily.

"Your Highness! What on earth are you up to? I came all the way from Malacca, not just to hear you say 'wait for good news'!"

Chu Yang put down the map in his hand, stood up calmly, and said with a smile: "Please calm down, envoy. I am waiting for the emperor's order. You also know that I cannot make the decision on military and national affairs."

"Your Highness! Stop playing dumb!"

The Malacca envoy could no longer hold back and pointed at Chu Yang's nose and shouted angrily, "You are clearly trying to shirk your debt! Malacca is the overlord of one side after all, how can we allow you to play with us like this!"

"presumptuous!"

Upon seeing this, the guards behind Chu Yang shouted angrily, drew the swords at their waists, and were about to step forward to teach this ignorant barbarian a lesson.

"Get out!"

Chu Yang waved his hand, signaling the guards to withdraw, and then looked at the Malacca envoy with a harmonious gaze.

"Then I will reply to you within three days. If not, I will do as I wrote in my original letter and give you a thousand rolls of silk, thirty thousand loads of grain, and five hundred sets of swords, spears, bows and arrows."

"Are you serious?" The Malacca envoy stared at Chu Yang suspiciously, his eyes full of disbelief.

"a man of his words."

Chu Yang raised the corner of his mouth slightly, raised his wine glass and saluted from a distance, his expression seemed to say "Believe it or not, if you miss this opportunity, you will never have it again."

The Malacca envoy gritted his teeth and turned away.

There was nothing he could do. His own ruler had set his eyes on the fat piece of meat in Qiongzhou, and he happened to fall into the hands of the unyielding King of Chu.

After seeing off the Malacca envoy, the smile on Chu Yang's face disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if it had never appeared.

He turned around and looked at the huge map hanging in the middle of the study, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Mr. Zhou, I think they will have a conflict in the next few days."

Chu Yang tapped the area on the map representing Japan and Yuenan. His tone was calm, but it carried a chilling sense of oppression.

"Your Majesty is right."

Zhou Yu, who was standing aside, nodded slightly, his eyes gleaming with wisdom, "According to the spies' report, although the coalition forces of Dongying and Yuenan are powerful, they have long been divided internally and are suspicious of each other."

"Oh? It seems that this drama is more exciting than I thought."

Chu Yang raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "Mr. Zhou, have you heard anything?"

"This Japanese is ambitious and wants to take this opportunity to annex Yuenan and dominate the sea."

Zhou Yu sneered, his tone full of disdain, "And the Yuenan Kingdom is not a pushover either. On the surface, they are on good terms with the Japanese, but secretly they are colluding with Western countries, trying to stalk the cicada while the oriole is waiting behind."

Hearing this, Chu Yang couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Interesting, really interesting! These clowns really think that I am a soft persimmon that they can squeeze whenever they want?"

The laughter stopped abruptly, Chu Yang turned around abruptly, stared at Zhou Yu with sharp eyes, and asked in a deep voice.

"Mr. Zhou, in your opinion, how can we break the impasse?"

"Your Majesty, Qiongzhou's warships and marines are not strong enough to confront the Japanese and Yuenan coalition forces head-on."

Zhou Yu looked solemn, and slid his finger gently on the map. "At present, there is only one plan that can break it..."

“Tell me about it.” A hint of anticipation flashed in Chu Yang’s eyes.

"Show the enemy your weakness and lure them deeper into your territory!"

Zhou Yu's eyes gleamed, and he said firmly, "We can spread the word that the Japanese were greedy for merit and advanced rashly, and fell into our trap, and are now being besieged on an island by us."

"and then?"

"Then, we will secretly send a small boat with gunpowder to sneak into the military camps of the Japanese and Yuenan coalition forces under the cover of night..."

Zhou Yu paused here deliberately, looked at Chu Yang, and a cunning flashed in his eyes, "If the fire starts, we can defeat the coalition forces of the two countries without losing a single soldier. Your Majesty, what do you think we should do?"

"Hahaha! Great idea! Great idea!"

Chu Yang immediately understood what Zhou Yu meant and couldn't help but applaud, "Mr. Zhou, your trick of killing someone with a borrowed knife is really ingenious!"

"Your Majesty, thank you very much."

Zhou Yu smiled modestly, "However, this is only the first step..."

"Oh? Mr. Zhou has a backup plan?" Chu Yang became interested and asked quickly.

"Of course, it is to let Yuenan and Dongying fight in the fire."

Hearing this, Chu Yang was surprised: "If the fire was burning, they should have been fleeing, why would they fight?"

"Haha, because the fire ships sent out are dressed in the uniforms of the soldiers of Yuenan Kingdom."

"this…"

Chu Yang was surprised, thinking about Zhou Yu's plan in his mind. It was nothing more than spreading the word that the Japanese had already sent troops, so that Yuenan Country, which was originally thinking of asking for supplies, would be angry.

Then, in the middle of the night, Yuenan Country burned the warships of Dongying Country.

This is where a contradiction arises.

"Mr. Zhou, just go ahead and do it. You will be fully responsible for everything!"

Chu Yang waved his hand heroically and knocked the folding fan in his hand on the table, making a crisp sound.

Zhou Yu clasped his fists and accepted the order, with a confident smile on his face. "Don't worry, Your Highness. We only need 300 small boats and 500 elite soldiers who are familiar with water. I will make sure that those barbarians will never return. Your Highness only needs to wait for the good news that the South China Sea is ablaze!"

"Good! This king looks forward to Mr. Zhou's triumphant return!"

Chu Yang laughed out loud, his eyes gleaming with determination.

After Zhou Yu left.

Chu Yang stood with his hands behind his back, looking out the window with deep eyes.

He knew in his heart that this battle in the South China Sea was just the beginning, and the real challenge came from the turbulent court.

as predicted.

A moment later, Zhao Yun hurriedly walked into the study, knelt on one knee, clasped his hands together and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Sima has sent a letter!"

"Oh? Any news for Mr. Sima?" Chu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly and motioned Zhao Yun to stand up and speak.

Zhao Yun stood up, took out a letter from his bosom, and presented it with both hands, "Mr. Sima said that he has set up camp in Black Wind Ridge and recruited 5,000 soldiers according to your highness's instructions. But..."

"Just what?"

Chu Yang took the letter, unfolded it and read it carefully, his brows gradually furrowed.

"Mr. Sima is worried that after the South China Sea War, the imperial court will send troops here, and they will probably encircle and suppress them when they encounter them."

"So I would like to ask Your Highness for some money and food to pay off the local officials."

"To take care of the local officials?"