On the first day of August in the second year of Jiajing, Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang, ordered Xi Shu, the governor of Zhejiang, to stay in Hangzhou, and then personally led the old department of Jiangxi, as well as 500 battalions, a total of nearly 5,000 people, to go south to Ningbo Mansion to encircle and suppress the pirates and anti-thieves. At the same time, Shaoxingwei, Guanhaiwei, and Changguowei, who received orders from the governor, also sent troops at the same time, marching towards Ningbo Fucheng from the east, north, and south.

It is worth mentioning here that there are four counties and two prefectures under the jurisdiction of Ningbo Prefecture in Zhejiang, namely Yin County, Xiangshan County, Cixi County, Dinghai County, Fenghua Prefecture and Changguo Prefecture. Yinxian is where the city of Ningbo is located, and now Dinghai and Fenghua have been captured by Wang Zhibu, and Wang Zhibu has been under the city of Ningbo, and Xia Yan, the deputy envoy of Qincha, is trapped in the city of Ningbo.

Cixi County is located in the east of Ningbo Fucheng, is a small coastal county on the edge of Hangzhou Bay, and Guanhaiwei is stationed on the seaside of the county, only more than 100 miles away from Ningbo Fucheng. It stands to reason that the city of Ningbo is an important place for government governance, and now it is besieged by thieves, even if there is no order from Xu Jin, Guanhaiwei should take the initiative to send troops to rescue, but Guanhaiwei has been standing still, even if the deputy envoy Xia Yan sent messengers to urge, Guanhaiwei still turned a deaf ear, until Xu Jin, the order of the governor of Zhejiang, arrived, and Guanhaiwei slowly began to move.

That's right, it's "moving", Guanhaiwei's speed is like a turtle crawling, only 30 miles a day to march, the journey that can be completed in one day can be completed in a hurry, it took three days, and it was 20 miles east of Ningbo Fucheng to camp and watch, and did not immediately send troops to attack Wang Zhibu.

On the third day of the first month of August, Chang Guowei and Shaoxingwei also arrived one after another, and they actually did the same, camped 20 miles away from the city of Ningbo, and then watched the fire from the other side, and let Wang Zhibu launch a fierce attack on the city of Ningbo, and said in the name of it, waiting for the arrival of the governor, and then coordinated the attack.

Xia Yan was so angry in Ningbo Mansion that he jumped to his feet, but he was helpless. During his few months in Ningbo, due to the strict policy of banning the sea, he offended all the local profit groups, especially the unauthorized beheading of Li Guangtou and all the smugglers arrested in Shuangyu Port, which completely angered the local interest groups.

Therefore, the local gentry in Ningbo hated Xia Yan very much, and on the surface, they disobeyed Xia Yanyang, and in private, they even reported to Wang Zhi, and the reason why the local gentry in Fenghua County hijacked the county to surrender to Wang Zhi also had this reason. In addition, the excerpt of impeaching Xia Yan for indiscriminately killing innocents also flew to the capital like snowflakes, if Xu Jin hadn't been on it, it is estimated that Xia Yan would have been suspended for investigation.

So Xia Yan is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river - it is difficult to protect himself, so the local gentry and the Weisuo army don't take Xia Yan seriously, if it weren't for Qi Jingtong and Yu Dayou under his hands, Deputy Envoy Xia would have become a single commander.

On the evening of the third day of August, the sky was overcast, the sky was raining lightly, and the ground was slippery and muddy. Twenty miles east of Ningbo Fucheng, in the camp of Guanhaiwei, several teams of soldiers in robes and hats patrolled listlessly on the periphery, and none of the scouts were sent out, I don't know if the officers were careless or confident.

At this moment, in the camp tent of the main general, several senior military attaches of Guanhaiwei were drinking and chatting, one by one they were drunk and hot, blowing and splashing saliva, that looked like a half-point war, and it was surprising that this kind of army could win the battle.

At this time, Zhang Jun, who only listened to the commander of Guan Haiwei, said with a little worry: "Commander Hua, we are so passive and sluggish, what should we do if the governor investigates it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the other military attaches in the tent all looked at the commander Hua Wu. Hua Wu is about to be in his early thirties, the position of the commander of Guan Haiwei is hereditary, this person has no real skills, but he loves to brag, and is extremely greedy for money, secretly participated in the smuggling of Shuangyu Port for profit, and had a relationship with Wang Zhi. Because Shuangyu Port was destroyed by Xia Yan, Huawu lost a lot of silver, so he was extremely resentful of Xia Yan.

Of course, Hua Wu did not dare to fornicate with Wang Zhi to rebel, in fact, he was not optimistic that Wang Zhi could succeed, however, there was no absolute, and Hua Wu did not want to directly fight Wang Zhi, so as to leave a way back for himself, so he was so passive and sluggish.

Hua Wu clasped the flesh slit stuffed between his teeth with his fingers, and said calmly: "I'm afraid of a bird, Chang Guowei and Shaoxing Wei are not the same as us, not to mention the continuous rain recently, we can deduce that the road is difficult, which leads to the slow march." ”

When all the officers heard this, their eyes lit up, and they gave a thumbs up and patted their ass: "The commander is clever in this plan, it is raining all day to block the road, no wonder we are, I hope that the deputy envoy of the Qincha can hold on to Lord Xia!"

Everyone immediately laughed, and continued to drink in a big bowl with confidence, eat meat in large pieces, and even guessed their fists, and there was a miasma of black smoke.

Commander Zhang Jun was more stable after all, and said worriedly: "It is said that this Xu Governor Xu Changsheng is not easy to fool, he led the troops to fight against King Ning with just a show of talent, and the year before last, he suppressed tens of thousands of White Lotus Sect rebels in Shandong. Not long ago, in Chongde County, Jiaxing, he personally led 80 villages to defeat 800 Japanese robbers, which is really a god. With such a powerful character, let's be careful, or let's pretend to send troops tonight and go around the periphery of Ningbo City, and then there will be a good excuse to shirk. ”

When it comes to Xu Jin's brave deeds in the past, all the officers present are awe-inspiring, winning a battle may be a shit luck, if you can win a battle every time, it is a real skill.

Hua Wu was obviously a little weak, hesitated for a moment and then nodded: "Lao Zhang, just do what you say, go back and find a few hundred brothers to go out for a walk with a fire, but don't approach Wang Zhibu to take the initiative to provoke, so as not to set yourself on fire." ”

With the plan of the same acquaintance Zhang Jun, the officers of Guanhaiwei are estimated to be steady, and happily drink and eat meat, when someone mentioned that Xu Jin raised the reward for killing thieves, their eyes suddenly lit up one by one, including the commander Hua Wu is no exception, this is a guy who loves money as much as his life.

"Tut, kill a pirate and reward five taels of silver, kill a widow and reward ten taels of silver, and kill a leader is double, tsk, this Governor Xu is really generous, if Lao Tzu can behead a hundred levels, then he will make a fortune." A thousand households sighed.

Another Qianhu next to him immediately sneered: "Old Hu, with your fat body, you still think about how to save your life, maybe you will meet a widow and cut you in two with one knife." ”

The officers burst into laughter again, and some people questioned: "I heard that the treasury is empty, can Governor Xu honor such a high reward?" ”

"Hey, look at what you said, Grand Governor, can you still talk? He doesn't want to lose face? The court doesn't want to lose face? ”

"Hey, that's right!"

The officers of the Guanhai Guard were chatting, and a patrol soldier ran in in a panic to report: "Commander, no, a team of unknown men and horses is heading towards our camp. ”

Hua Wu was taken aback and stood up suddenly, thinking that Wang Zhibu had taken the lead in attacking him.