On the first day of August of the second year of Jiajing, Xu Jin, the governor of Zhizhe, ordered Zhejiang Governor Xi Shu to stay in Hangzhou, and then personally led the old subordinates of Jiangxi and 500 battalions, a total of nearly 5,000 people to march south to Ningbo Prefecture to encircle and suppress the pirates and rebel against the thief. At the same time, Shaoxing Guards, Guanhai Guards and Changguo Guards, who received the order from the governor, also sent troops to advance from the east, north and south toward Ningbo Prefecture.

It is worth mentioning here that there are four counties and two prefectures under the jurisdiction of Ningbo Prefecture, namely Yin County, Xiangshan County, Cixi County, Dinghai County, Fenghua Prefecture, and Changguo Prefecture. Yin County is the location of Ningbo Prefecture City. Now Dinghai and Fenghua have been captured by Wang Zhi's troops, and Wang Zhi's troops have already arrived at Ningbo Prefecture City, and the imperial envoy Xia Yan was trapped in Ningbo Prefecture City.

Cixi County is located on the east side of Ningbo Prefecture City, a small coastal county on the edge of Hangzhou Bay. Guanhaiwei is stationed on the seaside of the county, only more than a hundred miles away from Ningbo Prefecture City. Logically speaking, Ningbo Prefecture City is in charge of the important place, and is now surrounded by bandits. Even without Xu Jin's order, Guanhaiwei should have taken the initiative to send troops to rescue. However, Guanhaiwei has been holding the troops. Even though the deputy envoy Xia Yan of the imperial envoy sent messengers to urge him, Guanhaiwei still ignored it. It was not until Xu Jin, the governor of Zhizhe, arrived that Guanhaiwei slowly began to move.

That's right, it's just "moving". The speed of the guards was like a turtle climbing. They only marched thirty miles a day. The journey that could be completed in one day was taken for three days. Moreover, they camped and watched twenty miles east of Ningbo Prefecture, but did not immediately send troops to attack Wang Zhi's troops.

On the third day of August, Changguo Guard and Shaoxing Guard also arrived one after another. They actually followed suit and set up camp twenty miles outside Ningbo Prefecture City, then watched the fire from the other side of the river, allowing Wang Zhi's troops to launch a fierce attack on Ningbo Prefecture City, and called it, waiting for the arrival of the Governor and then jointly attacked.

Xia Yan was so angry that he jumped up in Ningbo Prefecture, but he had no choice. During the past few months in Ningbo, he offended all the local li-groups due to the strict sea ban policy, especially beheading all the smugglers arrested in Shuangyu Port, which completely angered the local interest groups. You should know that many smugglers in Shuangyu Port are the children of local gentry and wealthy families, which is equivalent to making a deadly enemy.

Therefore, the local gentry tribes in Ningbo hated Xia Yan very much. On the surface, they disobeyed Xia Yan and privately informed Wang Zhi that the local gentry in Fenghua County held the magistrate hostage and surrendered to Wang Zhi was also a reason for this. In addition, the memorials of impeaching Xia Yan to kill innocent people also flew to the capital like snowflakes. If Xu Jin hadn't been on it, Xia Yan would have been suspended for investigation.

So Xia Yan is now a clay Buddha crossing the river - it is difficult to protect himself, so the local gentry and the military guards do not take Xia Yan seriously. If it weren't for Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou, Deputy Envoy Xia would have become the bachelor commander.

On the evening of the third day of the August 19th, the sky was gloomy, the sky was drizzling, and the ground was slippery and muddy. Twenty miles east of Ningbo Prefecture, in the camp of Guanhaiwei, several teams of soldiers wearing straw raincoats and hats were patrolling the outside world listlessly. As for the scouts, none of them were sent out. I wonder if the officers were careless or confident.

At this moment, in the tent of the chief general, several senior military officers from Guanhaiwei were drinking and chatting. They were drunk and hot, and they were splashing with awesomeness. They looked like they were half a fight. It was surprising that such an army could win a battle.

At this time, the commander of Guanhaiwei, Zhang Jun, said with a little concern: "Commander Hua, we are so passive and lazy to fight. What should we do if the Governor pursues it?"

As soon as this statement was made, other military officers in the tent came to commander Hua Wuwang at the same time. Hua Wu was about in his early thirties, and the position of commander of Guanhaiwei was inherited. This person had no real skills, but he was very greedy for money. He secretly participated in Shuangyu Port smuggling for profit and had a friendship with Wang Zhi. Since Shuangyu Port was destroyed by Xia Yan, Hua Wu lost a large amount of silver, so he was extremely angry with Xia Yan.

Of course, Hua Wu did not dare to apologize to Wang Zhi to rebel. In fact, he was not optimistic that Wang Zhi could accomplish anything. However, there was nothing absolute. Hua Wu did not want to argue with Wang Zhi directly in order to leave a way out for himself, so he was so passive and lazy in the fight.

Hua Wu buckled the meat scraps stuck between his teeth with his fingers and said calmly: "I'm afraid of a bird. Are Changguowei and Shaoxingwei the same as us, not to mention that the rain has been continuous recently, so we can say that the road is difficult to move, which leads to a slow march."

When the officers heard this, they couldn't help but lit up their thumbs and flattered, "The master's plan is so great. It's because it's raining in the world. No wonder we are. I hope the deputy envoy of the imperial envoy, Lord Xia, can hold on!"

Everyone burst into laughter and continued to drink with confidence, eat meat in large pieces, and even guess the fist, making a mess.

After all, the commander Zhang Jun was more steady and said with concern: "It is said that this Governor Xu Changsheng, Xu Changsheng, was not easy to fool. He was just a scholar who led troops to fight against King Ning. The previous year he suppressed tens of thousands of White Lotus Rebels in Shandong. Not long ago, in Chongde County, Jiaxing, he personally led only 80 villages to defeat 800 Japanese pirates. It was really amazing. For such a powerful person, we should be careful. Otherwise, we pretended to send troops to the outside of Ningbo Prefecture tonight, and there would be some ruling statements."

When talking about Xu Jin's past brave deeds, all the officers present were shocked. Winning a battle may be a waste of luck. If you can win a battle every time, that's a real skill.

Hua Wu was obviously a little weak, hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Old Zhang, just do what you said, look for hundreds of brothers to take the fire and go out for a walk, but don't approach Wang Zhi's troops and take the initiative to provoke, so as not to cause fire to burn yourself."

With the plan of Tongzhi Zhang Jun, the officers of Guanhaiwei were probably at ease and happily drank and ate meat. When someone mentioned that Xu Jin had improved his reward for killing thieves, his eyes suddenly shone again, including commander Hua Wu, who was no exception. This guy was a guy who loved money as much as his life.

"Tsk tsk, kill a pirate and reward five taels of silver, kill a Japanese pirate and reward ten taels of silver, kill a leader, kill a pirate and reward twice. Tsk tsk, this Governor Xu is really a big deal. If I can behead a hundred levels, I will make a fortune." A thousand household sighed.

Another Qianhu next to him immediately laughed and said, "Old Hu, with your fat body, I'm still thinking about how to save your life. Maybe I'll meet a Japanese pirate and kill you in one knife."

A group of officers burst into laughter again, and some people questioned: "I heard that the national treasury is empty, and Governor Xu has given such a high reward. Can it be fulfilled?"

"Hey, look at what you said, the great governor can still keep his word? He doesn't want face anymore? The court doesn't want face anymore?"

"Hehe, that's right!"

The officers of the Guanhai Guard were chatting, and a patrol soldier ran in panic to report: "Mr. Commander, it's not good, a team of unidentified people are coming to our camp."
Chapter completed!