The autumn wind blows, the crabs are fat, but this autumn, Xu Jin has no good fortune to eat the original Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, and he doesn't have the intention to eat them, at least not now.

It was late summer and early autumn, and the autumn tiger was still releasing its remaining power in the sky. In the temporary governor's office in Hangzhou City, the new governor of Zhizhe, Xu Jin, was also showing his power, violently shattering a blue and white porcelain teacup, his eyes covered with blood, as if an angry beast was waiting for an opportunity to choose someone to eat.

The Zhejiang governor, left and right governors, commanders, commanders of the wards, commanders of various wards, etc., all civil and military officials stood up solemnly, and did not dare to let out a single breath. The entire convention hall was quiet enough to hear the needle.

It is said that since he was ordered to serve as the governor of Zhizhe, Xu Jin immediately dispatched troops and generals to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates in various places. However, the guards in the coastal areas were all unable to support A Dou. His combat effectiveness was as good as paper, and he fought all the wars and suffered heavy losses.

It is the end of July now, and the troops of the garrisons in Zhi and Zhejiang have been mobilized by more than 100,000. However, after nearly half a month of encirclement and suppression, not only did not suppress the Japanese pirates from all over the country, but the Japanese pirates became more and more brave, their strength became stronger and stronger, and the war became stronger and stronger.

Faced with the current decay and a group of incompetent military soldiers of the garrison, Xu Jin, the governor of Zhizhe, was so angry that he couldn't sleep at night and had a mouthful of bubbles. Today, when he received a bad news from Ningbo Prefecture, Xu Jin finally couldn't help but burst into anger and crushed a teacup on the spot.

The thing is like this. At the beginning of May, in order to encircle Shuangyu Port, Xia Yan mobilized three thousand soldiers from Yangzhou Guards and Gaoyou Guards, and later mobilized the Jinshan Guards from Songjiang Prefecture to participate in the battle. Afterwards, the three thousand soldiers from Jinshan Guards returned to their original garrison, while the three thousand soldiers from Yangzhou Guards and Gaoyou Guards, as well as the two hundred 500 battalions of soldiers led by Qi Jingtong, remained by Xia Yan's side and listened to the orders of the Hou.

Because Xia Yan's strict sea ban policy offended the local interest groups in Ningbo, he was overthrown by local officials and gentry, and the government orders were blocked, and the local garrison troops also disobeyed him. Therefore, when Wang Zhi's troops invaded the coast of Ningbo Prefecture, Xia Yan could command and mobilize only the three thousand troops of Yangzhou Guard and Gaoyou Guard, as well as the two hundred fierce soldiers led by Qi Jingtong.

Not long ago, a bandit under Wang Zhi led his troops to attack Fenghua County, a subordinate of Ningbo Prefecture. The county magistrate of Fenghua County hurriedly asked Xia Yan for help. Xia Yan immediately sent three thousand troops from Yangzhou Guards and Gaoyou Guards to help.

Unexpectedly, the county magistrate of Fenghua County, Han Zhang, secretly surrendered to Wang Zhi under the hostage of local gentry, and asked Xia Yan for help was just a trap. Therefore, the three thousand troops of the Yangzhou Guard and Gaoyou Guard arrived in Fenghua and were immediately ambushed and almost wiped out the entire army. Two thousand households and four deputy thousand households were all killed in battle. Yu Dayou, a hundred households of Yangzhou Guard, broke through with only 800 remaining soldiers and fled back to Ningbo Prefecture.

Now Wang Zhi's command has already been stationed under the Ningbo Prefecture City. Although the Ningbo Prefecture City Wall is high and the city is deep, there are not many guards in the city. In addition, local officials are slanderous. If there are spies in the city who affair with Wang Zhi, the consequences will be unimaginable, so Xia Yan can only send a letter to Xu Jin for help.

The broken teacup hurt Xu Jin's hand, probably bleeding, and the stinging sensation made Xu Jin calm down quickly. After all, he was a human being in his two lives and had been ups and downs in the business world for most of his life. Xu Jin knew very well that it was not appropriate to make decisions in his current state. He needed to be completely calm, straighten his thinking, and find a breakthrough to turn the situation around.

So Xu Jin decisively announced the temporary reconciliation. The civil and military officials in the hall were relieved and bowed and bowed to retreat. As soon as the generals left, Wang Liner couldn't help saying, "Sir, why don't you let the Five Hundred Camp go to war."

Xu Jin shook his head decisively and refused. Although the Five Hundred Battalion was powerful and a trump card in his hand, the number of people was too small, and most of them were recruits without flintlock rifles. Even if they were sent out, they would not have much effect in the face of tens of thousands of bandit soldiers.

Moreover, Xia Yan's experience also reminded Xu Jin that there must be a reliable team around him, otherwise officials and gentry had an affair with thieves and directly took him off as the governor of Zhizhe, which would be a big fun, so Xu Jin would not send out the Five Hundred Battalions unless it was absolutely necessary.

Xu Jin left the front hall and walked towards the back yamen with his hands on his back, thinking about the breakthrough to reverse the situation while walking.

In order to prevent Japanese pirates, the Ming Dynasty set up many garrisons in the coastal areas, with a total force of no less than 200,000. However, more than 150 years since its founding, the Ming Dynasty has been declining in all aspects. The military farming system of the garrisons has been severely damaged, and the soldiers of the garrisons are unable to survive, and the phenomenon of escape is very serious. Therefore, the total force of the coastal garrisons must be at least 30% off. In addition, the military preparations are absent and the military qualities are extremely poor, which has caused the combat effectiveness of the garrisons to be seriously low, and the soldiers are timid.

Xu Jin believed that the combat effectiveness of the coastal guards was seriously low, which was the main reason for the current dilemma. However, what if you know the reason? War is not an exam. The "sharpening the gun at the last minute, and it is not easy to be too fast" is useless. The current situation does not allow Xu Jin to train slowly. He urgently needs a big victory to boost morale.

However, it would be good to rely on those paper-paste guards to defend their positions. It would be difficult to achieve a great victory!

So the only way now is to mobilize troops and a powerful elite soldier to come to support, but where is this elite soldier?

The combat effectiveness of the Ming border soldiers is the strongest, but it is difficult to save the nearest thirst, not to mention that the Tatars in the north of the Ming Dynasty are eyeing each other and it is difficult to draw the border soldiers. Even if they can be barely drawn, the border soldiers in the north are not familiar with the climate and terrain in the south, and their war power will be greatly reduced.

Another key point is that the national treasury costs are tight. Now that we mobilize 100,000 local garrison troops, the daily expenses are like flowing water. The Ministry of Revenue has tightened its belt. If we travel thousands of miles to mobilize border soldiers, where will the military pay come from? Therefore, it is not realistic to mobilize border soldiers!

Xu Jin was so sad that he walked through the corridor and returned to the backyard. Suddenly, he heard the melodious sound of piano coming from the house. So he put away his complicated thoughts and walked into the house.

As soon as Xu Jin stepped past the threshold, the sound of the piano in the room stopped abruptly, and he looked at him with his eyes.

At this moment, Wang Cuiqiao was wearing a lake green long gown and sat in front of a guqin, graceful and picturesque, standing beside her early spring and early summer, and her three beautiful faces were even more pleasing to the eye.

"Master!" Chuchun and Chuxia greeted him with a sweet smile, and the fragrance instantly suffocated.

Wang Cuiqiao stood up and gave a polite greeting, and smiled calmly and said, "Cuiqiao has met Lord Xu."

Wang Cuiqiao's temperament is quiet and spiritual, which makes people forget the customs when they see it. Xu Jin's mood improved inexplicably and said with a smile: "Miss Cuiqiao is not convenient and polite."

At this time, Chuchun and Chuxia noticed the gauze wrapped in Xu Jin's right hand, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Ah, master, you are injured."

Chuxia nervously opened the bandage to check, while Chuchun turned around to get the medicine box quickly. Wang Cuiqiao also turned out from behind the guqin, and the beautiful face of her beautiful face also showed a look of worry, but she was embarrassed to grab Xu Jin's hand like Chuxia did.

Xu Jin said with a relaxed expression: "It's just that I accidentally cut the skin, it's not in the way."

Chu Xia saw that the master's hand was indeed very lightly injured, so she breathed a sigh of relief and pouted her mouth and complained: "Why did the master be so careless and pierce the palm of his hand? The master's guards are really good. Will they protect people?"

Wang Cuiqiao frowned slightly, looked at Xu Jin, whose eyes were red and had obviously lost weight, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She also heard about the situation in the Ming Dynasty's thousands of miles of seas, but she was just a woman who could only play the piano and flute, so she really couldn't help.

"Mr. Xu seems to be in a state of uneasy. How about Cuiqiao playing a song for you?" Wang Cuiqiao said lightly.

Xu Jin was about to calm down and smiled when he heard this, "I dare not ask for it. I should listen to the sound of the divine songs of the King."
Chapter completed!