The autumn wind makes the crabs fat, but this autumn, Xu Jin has no luck to eat the original Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, and he doesn't have the heart to eat them, at least not now.

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the autumn tiger was still unleashing its aftermath in the sky, and in the yamen of the temporary governor of Hangzhou City, Xu Jin, the new governor of Zhejiang, was also exerting his might, violently crushing a blue and white porcelain teacup, his eyes were bloodshot, like an enraged beast, waiting for an opportunity to choose people to devour.

The governor of Zhejiang, the political envoys of the left and right, the commanders, the envoys, the envoys of the guards, and the commanders of the guards were all solemn, and they did not dare to take an extra breath in the atmosphere, and the entire meeting hall was so quiet that it could be heard that the needles were dropping.

It is said that since he was ordered to serve as the governor of Zhejiang, Xu Jin immediately dispatched troops to encircle and suppress the thieves in various places, but the guards in those places along the coast were all Adou who could not be supported, and their combat effectiveness was like paper paste, and all the battles were in a mess, and they also lost soldiers and generals one after another.

It is now the end of July, and the number of troops mobilized in Zhejiang and Zhejiang has exceeded 100,000, but after nearly half a month of encirclement and suppression, instead of suppressing the thieves in various places, the thieves have become more and more courageous, their strength has become stronger and stronger, and the flames of war have become more and more vigorous.

In the face of the current erosive situation, as well as a group of uncompetitive guards, Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang, was so angry that he couldn't sleep at night, and he had a mouthful of bubbles, and today he received a bad news from the Ningbo government, Xu Jin finally couldn't help but burst out in anger, and crushed a teacup on the spot.

Here's the thing, at the meeting in early May, Xia Yan mobilized 3,000 soldiers and horses from Yangzhou Wei and Gao Youwei in order to encircle and suppress Shuangyu Port, and later mobilized Jinshanwei from Songjiang Prefecture to participate in the war. Afterwards, Jin Shanwei's 3,000 men and horses returned to their original station, while the 3,000 soldiers and horses of Yangzhou Wei and Gao Youwei, as well as the 200 500 battalion soldiers led by Qi Jingtong, stayed by Xia Yan's side to listen to Hou's dispatch.

Due to Xia Yan's strict policy of banning the sea, he offended the local interest groups in Ningbo, resulting in him being hollowed out by the local gentry, the government decree was not passed, and the local guard army also disobeyed him, so when Wang Zhibu invaded the coastal area of Ningbo Prefecture, the only troops that Xia Yan could really command and mobilize were the 3,000 men and horses of Yangzhou Wei and Gao Youwei, and the 200 soldiers led by Qi Jingtong.

Not long ago, a bandit under Wang Zhi led his troops to attack Fenghua County, which was subordinate to Ningbo Prefecture, and the county commander of Fenghua County hurriedly asked Xia Yan for help, and Xia Yan immediately sent 3,000 men and horses from Yangzhou Wei and Gao Youwei to help.

Who knew that Han Zhang, the county commander of Fenghua County, was held hostage by the local gentry and secretly surrendered to Wang Zhi, and asking Xia Yan for help was just a trap. Therefore, the 3,000 men and horses of Yangzhou Wei and Gao Youwei rushed to Fenghua, and they were immediately ambushed, almost annihilated, two thousand households and four deputy thousand households were all killed, and Yu Dayou, a hundred households of Yangzhou Wei, broke through with only 800 remnants of soldiers and fled back to Ningbo Fucheng.

Now Wang Zhi's command has Chen Bing under the city of Ningbo Mansion, although the city wall of Ningbo Mansion is high and deep, but there are not many guards in the city, plus the local officials are Yang Fengyin and disobey, if there is a spy in the city to fornicate with Wang Zhi, the consequences are unimaginable, so Xia Yan can only send a letter to Xu Jin to beg for help.

The shattered teacup hurt Xu Jin's hand, and it was estimated that it was bleeding, but the stinging sensation made Xu Jin calm down quickly. After all, he has been a human being in two lives, and he has been up and down in the business world for most of his life, Xu Jin knows that with his current state, it is really not suitable to make decisions, and he needs to be completely calm, straighten out the path, and find a breakthrough to turn the situation around.

Therefore, Xu Jin decisively announced the temporary dismissal of the meeting, and all the civil and military officials in the hall breathed a sigh of relief and bowed and retired. As soon as the generals left, Wang Lin'er couldn't help but say: "My lord, why don't you let the five hundred battalions fight." ”

Xu Jin decisively shook his head and refused, although the five hundred battalions were strong and arrogant, they were a trump card in his hands, but after all, the number was too small, and more than half of them were recruits without flintlock pistols, even if they were sent out, in the face of tens of thousands of thieves, it would not play a big role.

Moreover, Xia Yan's experience also reminded Xu Jin that there must be a reliable team around him, otherwise there are officials and gentry who collude with thieves and directly kill themselves, the governor of Zhejiang, and the fun will be great, so Xu Jin will not send out the five hundred battalions unless it is absolutely necessary.

Xu Jin left the front hall and walked to the back of the palace with his hands behind his back, pondering a breakthrough to turn the situation around as he went.

In order to guard against the Japanese invaders, the Ming Dynasty set up a lot of guards in the coastal area, and the total strength is estimated to be no less than 200,000, but since the founding of the country more than 150 years ago, all aspects of the Ming Dynasty are going downhill, the guard tuntian system has been seriously damaged, the life of the guards is unsustainable, and the phenomenon of fleeing is very serious, so the total strength of the coastal guards at present must be at least a seven fold. In addition, the military equipment was slack, and the quality of the soldiers was extremely poor, resulting in a serious low combat effectiveness of the guards army, and the soldiers were instigated.

Xu Jin thought that the combat effectiveness of the coastal guard army was seriously low, which was the main reason for the current predicament, but what was the reason? War is not an exam, "sharpen the gun in battle, and if you are not happy" this set does not work, and now the situation does not allow Xu Jin to train slowly at all, and he urgently needs a big victory to boost morale.

However, it would be good to be able to hold the position just by relying on those papier-mâché guards, but it would be difficult to achieve a great victory!

So now the only way is to transfer troops, to send a strong elite army to support, but where is this elite army?

The combat effectiveness of the border soldiers of the Ming Dynasty is the strongest, but it is difficult to save the thirst from far water, not to mention that the Tatars in the north of the Ming Dynasty are eyeing the tiger, and it is difficult for the border soldiers to be deployed, even if they can be reluctantly withdrawn, the border soldiers in the north are not familiar with the climate and terrain in the south, and it is estimated that the war power will be greatly reduced.

There is also the most critical point, that is, the treasury is tight, and now the mobilization of 100,000 local guards and local guard troops, the daily cost is like flowing water, and the household department has tightened its belt. Therefore, the mobilization of border soldiers is simply unrealistic!

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

As soon as Xu Jin crossed the threshold, the sound of the piano in the room stopped abruptly, and several pairs of wonderful eyes looked at each other.

In the house at this moment, Wang Cuiqiao is dressed in a lake-green gown, sitting in front of a guqin, graceful and picturesque, standing on the side in early spring and early summer, under the contrast of three beautiful faces, it is even more pleasing to the eye.

"Sir!" In early spring and early summer, he stepped forward with a sweet smile, and the fragrance was instantly fragrant.

Wang Cuiqiao stood up and bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Cuiqiao has seen Lord Xu. ”

Wang Cuiqiao's temperament is quiet and aura, which makes people forget the vulgar, Xu Jin's mood improved inexplicably, and said with a smile: "Miss Cuiqiao is inconvenient and polite." ”

At this time, in the early spring and early summer, he noticed the gauze bandaged on Xu Jin's right hand, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Ah, master, you are injured." ”

Early Summer nervously opened the bandage for examination, and in early Spring, she turned around to get the medicine box in a hurry. Wang Cuiqiao also turned out from behind the guqin, and her peerless pretty face also showed a look of worry, but she was embarrassed to grab Xu Jin's hand and take a closer look like she did in early summer.

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

In the early summer, he saw that the master's hand was indeed lightly injured, so he breathed a sigh of relief, pouted and complained: "Why is the master so careless, he punctured the palm of his hand, and the guards around the master are really good, will they protect people." ”

Wang Cuiqiao frowned slightly, glanced at Xu Jin, who was obviously emaciated with red eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, she has also heard about the situation in the Ming Dynasty and the sea frontier, but she is a woman, and she can only play the piano and flute, so she can't help much.

"Lord Xu seems to be restless, why don't you play a song for your lord?" Wang Cuiqiao said lightly.

Xu Jinzheng wanted to calm down, and said with a smile when he heard the words: "I don't dare to ask for it, so I should listen to the fairy sound of the Divine Comedy of the king." ”

Wang Cuiqiao couldn't help but glance at it slightly, but Xu Jin could still say witty things, she was a little relieved, and asked Qiu Yan to take out the bamboo flute from the box, and gently put it between the cherry lips......