On the afternoon of 18 August, Xu Jin received a messenger report from Yu Dayou that the civil unrest in Yiwu County had been quelled, and that Yu Guerrilla was also planning to recruit troops in Yiwu County, so he specifically asked Xu Jin for instructions.

After Xu Jin read Yu Dayou's request report, he always felt strange in his heart, and he had the impression that the team of the Qi family army seemed to be recruited in Yiwu.

However, Xu Jin didn't bother to dwell on this, Qi Jingtong's son Xiao Qi is not yet a year old, if he is expected to fight against the Japanese when he grows up, then he will have to wait at least ten or twenty years, and the daylilies will be cold by then.

Indeed, if we follow the real historical trend, the most severe time of the Ming Dynasty was in the middle and late Jiajing period, that is, more than 20 years later, but now the Japanese plague broke out in advance. In addition, Qi Jiguang, a generation of famous generals, was born in the seventh year of Jiajing, and now he was born six years earlier. Therefore, the arrival of Xu Jin, a traverser, has quietly changed the historical trend of the Ming Dynasty, and this change is still being amplified, and the final direction of the Ming Dynasty, the giant ship of the empire, has become unknown.

Getting back to the point, and said that Xu Jin unequivocally approved Yu Dayou's request for recruitment, and happily allocated him 50,000 taels of silver as funds for recruitment. According to the standard of two taels of silver per month reported by Yu Dayou, this money would be enough for him to pay five months' military salary to the 5,000 new army.

Of course, as the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, not to mention that the army itself is a gold-swallowing beast, and after recruiting new soldiers, they must prepare various military supplies such as clothing, weapons, horses, tents, etc. If you add a sum of money to enlist in the army, Xu Jin estimates that the 50,000 taels of silver is just enough.

However, Han Dajie, a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, obviously felt that 50,000 taels of silver was too much, and this goods was estimated to be a little hot, so he made a small report in front of Xu Jin: "Lord Xu, my subordinates have heard about the recruitment conditions of Yu's guerrilla...... Hehe, it's kind of weird. ”

Yu Dayou's request for instructions did not explain the conditions for selecting soldiers, Han Dajie should have learned about it through Jinyiwei's news channel, Xu Jin couldn't help but be interested when he heard this, sighed lightly, and asked, "What kind of weird method?" ”

Han Dajie smiled: "According to the recruitment standards posted by Yu Guerrilla, he doesn't want people in the city, he doesn't want to be a soldier, he doesn't want to work for the government, don't want to be fair-skinned, don't like to brag, don't want to show off his legs, and don't even want to be smart."

As long as you are a countryman, the darker your skin, the better, honest but courageous, and at the same time you have to be a little afraid of the government, don't be too afraid, and don't want to be afraid at all. ”

After Han Dajie finished speaking, he smiled and said, "My lord, do you say these conditions are strange? People pick people smartly, Yu Gu knocks down well, and he picks stupid, stupid, black and strong. Forget it, people in the city, those who have been soldiers, and those who have worked for the government don't want it, what kind of thing is this? In the end, you have to be a little afraid of the government, and you can't be too afraid or not afraid at all. Ouch, my mother, according to such conditions, it would be good if Yu Guerrilla could recruit three or five hundred people. ”

Xu Jin frowned and stretched out after a little thought, Yu Dayou's recruitment conditions are really strange and even a little nonsense, but it is not unreasonable to think about it carefully.

For example, people in the city are accustomed to seeing the world and have good living conditions, but they are definitely smoother than those in the countryside, and they are not as hard-working as the countryside; For example, those who have served as soldiers, or those who have served as "civil servants" in the government, most of these people are old oilmen, and they must be cheating and lazy when they start a war; For example, if the skin is fair, the physique is definitely not as good as that of the black skin.

So to sum it up, the soldiers he Yu Dayou wants must be loyal and honest, and the countrymen with rough skin and thick flesh. These people are brave and hardworking, dare to fight tough battles, and the key is to listen to commands and respond to every call.

Yu Dayou is a generation of famous generals in history, and he did show outstanding military talent during this time, so Xu Jin only manages to use people, try to provide him with conditions, and create a stage for him, as for how Yu Dayou tosses himself, Xu Jin will not control it too much, anyway, if it is a dragon, he will send him to heaven, and if it is a worm, he will abandon it.

Han Dajie saw that Xu Jin's expression was calm, and he didn't mean to blame Yu Dayou, so he couldn't help but be disappointed, but this product was also very knowledgeable and didn't say more.

In the next few days, after Xu Jin dealt with all the affairs of Fenghua County, he ordered Chang Guowei to send 1,000 people to stay in Fenghua County, and at the same time sent troops to sweep away several small pirates who took advantage of the fire in the area of Xiangshan Bay.

On 21 August, Xu Jin personally led a 500-battalion battalion to transport the confiscated hundreds of thousands of taels of goods back to Ningbo County. It is said that this batch of confiscated goods in Fenghua County temporarily relieved the urgency of Governor Xu, and it is estimated that there is no need to worry about not being able to issue a reward for a long time.

Compared with Fenghua County, the war in Dinghai County was extremely hard. Since 12 August, the Jiangxi Army and Shaoxingwei have been storming Dinghai County for nine days, but they have still not been able to break the city, and they have also paid a great price in casualties, and their morale has obviously suffered a setback.

The reason why Dinghai County is so difficult to break through is mainly due to two reasons, the first is that the defenders in Dinghai County are more than twice as many as Fenghua County, with a strength of 12,000. The second reason is that due to the topography, the county seat of Dinghai was built on the edge of the Yongjiang River, almost surrounded by the Yongjiang River, and the moat was large and deep, which caused great obstacles to the officers and soldiers to attack the city.

However, although the Jiangxi army and Shaoxingwei attacked Dinghai County for a long time, they also scared Wang Zhi enough, because along the Yongjiang River, the mouth of the sea is not far from Jintang Island, so he is very afraid that the officers and soldiers will abandon Dinghai County and kill him directly to his lair.

It is said that in the past few months, Wang Zhi has been smooth sailing, and his strength has grown rapidly, so he fluttered up, and even forgot to call himself the king of Hui. However, the defeat outside the city of Ningbo Mansion was like a bucket of cold water, which completely woke him up, and Wang Yuanwai began to regret it a little at this moment, regretting his arrogance and regretting calling himself the King of Hui!

However, as the so-called bow is opened, there is no turning back, and now Wang Yuanwai can only stubbornly hold on to the end, after all, if he is captured by officers and soldiers, there is only one way to die. Therefore, Wang Zhi was like crazy, while smashing pots and selling iron to buy weapons from Westerners, he contacted Xu Hai, hoping that Xu Hai could send troops to pull him and rescue his subordinates who were besieged in Dinghai County.

Because, now the more than 10,000 people and horses in Dinghai County are almost all of Wang Zhi's belongings, and if they are eaten by officers and soldiers again, it will not be far from his death.