There is no doubt that this victory outside the city of Ningbo greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army, coupled with the fact that Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang, did what he said and cashed the reward immediately after the war, which also greatly stimulated the fighting desire of the Ming army. One of the most direct manifestations of this is that the troops of the coastal garrisons are no longer passively cowering in the city, and have begun to try to take the initiative to find fighters.

For example, the Ming army guarding Chongde County, Jiaxing Prefecture, took the initiative to attack Xu Hai's camp, although it was ultimately fruitless, but it was also a sign of progress. For example, Suzhou Wei and Zhenhaiwei also began to take the initiative to pursue Hosokawa Takeshu and Orinobu Miko, the two Japanese bandits, so that they did not dare to cross and cross unscrupulously anymore.

It is worth mentioning here that the Weisho army on the Shandong side also achieved a few sporadic victories, defeating two small groups of pirates, killing and capturing more than a dozen people. In this regard, Xu Jin didn't care about the size of the victory achieved by the official army, even if he only repelled the invading Japanese robbers, he was given a notice of commendation, and the reward for killing the thieves was also ordered to be distributed immediately.

As a result, the teams that tasted the sweetness became more and more bold, and the gains naturally became bigger and bigger, and other teams followed suit when they saw this, so there were more and more teams that dared to fight, and the good news came one after another.

At this point, the Ming coastal guard army gradually changed from passive avoidance of war, to active response, and even took the initiative to find fighters, this is undoubtedly a welcome change, although there is still a long way to go to achieve a complete victory, but at least there is no need to worry about the situation continues to deteriorate, Xu Jin, the anxious governor of Zhejiang, can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Xu Jin will soon have a headache with another new problem, that is, rewarding silver. As the good news became more and more frequent, the Ming army's gains became bigger and bigger, and the rewards that needed to be cashed out would naturally increase. Of course, although this problem is a headache, it is also a problem that makes people happy, and it is pain and happiness, so Governor Xu hopes that this problem is getting worse and worse.

After all, silver is like water in a sponge, as long as you squeeze it, you still have it. In this rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, there is no shortage of rich people, who are ready-made "sponges". In addition, there is a "sponge" with more water in Xu Jin's calculations, that is, the Japanese girl Weaving Shinmiko, who owes millions of taels.

After reversing the situation, Xu Jin did not mind organizing a powerful sailor to go to the Japanese mainland to collect debts, and collect some high interest by the way.

To get back to the point, and say that on the eighth day of the eighth month of August, after Xu Jin ordered more than 2,000 heads to be cut off, he immediately took advantage of the heat to sacrifice the flag and point the general, and appointed Chang Guowei to command Lu Yang as the general of eastern Zhejiang, Yu Dayou as the guerrilla general, and waved his army to Fenghua County; He also appointed Feng Guoqing, the commander of Shaoxingwei, as a general in central Zhejiang, and Yu Linsheng, Xiong Bai, and Wang Duo were all guerrilla generals, and they were all stationed in Dinghai County.

On 12 August, Lu Yang and Yu Dayou marched to Fenghua County. There are more than 5,000 thieves stationed in Fenghua County, and the leader is Xu Yuanliang, another son of Wang Zhi, who proclaimed himself Queen Hui, and Xu Yuanliang was named General Fubo.

This Xu Yuanliang was born as a pirate, and he was a ruthless man, leading an army of 5,000 thieves to defend the city and resisting stubbornly. However, Yu Dayou's soldiers were ambushed in Fenghua County last time and almost died here, so everyone was angry with revenge, coupled with the power of victory, and received the bounty of the governor.

Moreover, Xu Jin also deliberately allocated thirty Franco cannons to Lu Yang and Yu Dayou, so as soon as the two armies arrived outside Fenghua County, they immediately set up a formation. Thirty Franc machine artillery, ten stone throwers, and ten bed crossbows were bombarded indiscriminately at the east city gate......

On August 15 of the second year of Jiajing, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fenghua County was broken by the Ming army, and the pirate leader Xu Yuanliang only led hundreds of his own soldiers to break through the siege, fled to Xiangshan Bay in embarrassment, and fled back to the sea by boat.

After Lu Yang and Yu Dayou broke through Fenghua County, they immediately sent fast horses to report to Ningbo Fucheng. Xu Jin was overjoyed after receiving the good news, and immediately led a team of his own soldiers to Fenghua County on horseback.

Fenghua County is only a hundred miles away from Ningbo Fucheng, and Xu Jin arrived outside Fenghua County in the afternoon, when the battlefield has been cleaned. Hearing that the marshal had arrived in person, all the officers and men were in high spirits and lined up a majestic procession outside the city to welcome the marshal's arrival.

In the last battle outside the city of Ningbo, Chang Guowei only beheaded the sixteenth rank, and when he transported the spoils of war to the Jiangxi army camp, he was so cold that the soldiers were ashamed, and when they saw that the Jiangxi army earned more than 20,000 taels of silver, they were red-eyed.

And this time to recover Fenghua County, Chang Guowei is undoubtedly the main force, so at this moment, they are proudly holding their heads high, proud like a big rooster who has just finished mating. Some of the soldiers who had beheaded more than the tenth level even rubbed their hands, thinking about the "brave" hats issued by the commander himself.

Drive......

The red cloak of the brocade guard hunted like fire, and the sound of hooves rushed to the gate of the city, and then Xu Jin, who came, turned over and dismounted, Lu Yang and Yu Dayou led the generals to salute on one knee and said in unison: "See the big handsome!" ”

Xu Jin casually threw the horsewhip to Song Dayan next to him, waved his hand and said, "Generals, don't be polite, get up!" ”

It is said that Song Dayan fainted on the court that day, Xu Jin ordered his soldiers to carry him back to the governor's yamen for treatment, and after the kid woke up, he said that he would repay Xu Jin's kindness and stay in Xu's mansion as a slave for life. Xu Jin ordered someone to drive him out, but this kid stubbornly knelt in front of the governor's yamen and refused to leave, Qi Jingtong learned that he was good at martial arts, so he invited him to join the 500 battalion, but this kid decisively refused, and finally Xu Jin reluctantly took him in.

At this time, the generals stood up, and the general Lu Yang said solemnly: "Report to the marshal, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, and Fenghua County has been recovered, killing more than 2,000 thieves and capturing more than 800 people, but unfortunately let the thief leader Xu Yuanliang escape, please punish the marshal." ”

Xu Jin waved his hand and said: "You have made great contributions, what is the crime, pass on the order of the official, the whole army will be rewarded, and the three armies will be rewarded tomorrow." ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience instantly thundered with joy, and the whole army shouted ten thousand victories, and the sound entered the sky.

Next, Xu Jin entered Fenghua County accompanied by the generals and went straight to Fenghua County. Han Zhang, the Fenghua County Commander of the thief, has committed suicide in fear of crime, and his family members have all been taken into custody, and the family property has been confiscated.

After Xu Jin arrived at the county office, he immediately ordered the arrest of the local gentry who surrendered the thieves, and the beheading was carried out on a certain day, and all the family property was confiscated as military funds. There is nothing to talk about mercy, these local gentry in Fenghua County surrendered to the thieves, and even cooperated with the thieves to trap the officers and soldiers, causing nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers of Yangzhou Wei and Gaoyouwei to be wiped out, and now it is a blood debt and blood payment.

Governor Xu vigorously arrested most of the gentry in the city, and confiscated nearly 500,000 taels worth of property, which just filled Governor Xu's shriveled pockets.

The next day, Governor Xu, who was temporarily wealthy, did what he said and rewarded the three armies again, and it was finally Chang Guowei's turn to become the protagonist.