Requisitioning Civilian Boats, Luring the Enemy into a Trap

Sea Abundance City was one of the Da Ming Dynasty's six Sea Territory cities. Its maritime trade flourished, and it was rich and prosperous.

Yet over the past century, it had repeatedly suffered harassment from the Zhu Luo Pirates. In response, the Da Ming court had specifically formed a Pirate Extermination Army, stationing it in the six Sea Territory cities to eliminate pirates.

With the Pirate Extermination Army in place, piracy had indeed diminished, and the coastal cities had developed normally.

However, over the past three years, no one knew where Zhu Luo Country had found the courage to use the strength of its tiny nation to invade Da Ming.

At first, the Pirate Extermination Army had thought they were merely ordinary sea pirates. But as their numbers grew, things began to seem increasingly wrong.

After extensive investigation and intelligence gathering, they discovered that these were not pirates at all, but a well-trained army.

Zhu Luo had used pirates as a cover to invade Da Ming. The Pirate Extermination Army's general hurriedly submitted a memorial to the Da Ming court.

The Da Ming Emperor flew into a rage and immediately thought of Stability King Zhu Zi'an. He issued an edict summoning Zhu Zi'an back while he was still traveling on his honeymoon with Princess Ling Yue.

Upon learning of this, Zhu Zi'an did not waste any time. He hurried back to the capital, bade farewell to his beautiful wife, and led an army of one million toward the coast.

Several days later, the army arrived within Sea Abundance City's territory and camped outside the city.

Pirate Extermination Army general Feng Buyue, along with Sea Abundance City's officials, had long been waiting beneath the city gates.

Before long, Zhu Zi'an led a group of generals on white horses into Sea Abundance