"Urgent military report! General Xiao Cheyun of Huainan urgently requests an audience with the General!"

The expressions of everyone inside the tent tightened.

Zhao Muyun immediately said, "Let him in!"

A messenger, travel-worn and covered in dust, almost stumbled into the tent, knelt on one knee, and held a letter tube with three red feathers stuck in it aloft.

This is a symbol representing the most urgent military situation!

"Report—General! Urgent military intelligence from Huainan! General Xiao has ordered me to travel day and night to deliver this to you personally!"

The guard took the letter tube, checked that the sealing wax was intact, and presented it to Zhao Muyun.

Zhao Muyun quickly tore open the letter, pulled it out, glanced at it, and his expression suddenly turned serious. His brows furrowed tightly, and he gripped the letter with a slight force.

The temperature inside the tent seemed to drop instantly, and the generals held their breath, watching their commander's suddenly gloomy face.

The tent was completely silent, save for the occasional crackling of the candles and the soft creaking of the letter in Zhao Muyun's hand.

Under the dim light, his sharply defined face was icy cold, but deep in his eyes seemed to surge with hidden thunder.

After a long while, he slowly raised his eyes and handed the letter to Yang Chao, who was closest to him. His voice was deep and slow, but it carried a sense of impending doom: "Take a look, both of you."

Yang Chao took it, and Li Mao, Guo Luo, and other generals immediately gathered around.

The letter was written by Xiao Cheyun himself, the handwriting was slightly messy, and it was obviously written in an emergency:

"This humble general Xiao Cheyun bows to the General: On the second day of the first lunar month, Chen Youhai, the self-proclaimed 'King of Min' who entrenched himself in Fujian, brazenly broke previous negotiations and launched a full-scale invasion with his army of about 50,000 men by land and sea, divided into three routes to attack northward."

"The western route went out of Xianxia Ridge and attacked Quzhou; the central route went north along the Minjiang River and Jianxi River, captured Jianning, and threatened Nanjianzhou; the eastern route was personally led by the rebel Chen, who joined forces with more than 200 large and small ships, carrying 20,000 soldiers, and also coerced several thousand fierce Japanese pirates, and entered the sea from the port of Fuzhou to go north."

Upon seeing the words "Japanese pirates," all the generals held their breath.

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