At night in the mountain village, the darkness reveals an infinite blue, the stars flickering and dimming dot the night sky, sometimes there is a sound of dogs barking, and the sound of frogs and insects in the pond plays a beautiful music, gradually getting lighter and lighter, and slowly becoming quiet, at this time, the villagers have fallen asleep after a hard day's work.

At the third watch, a group of black-clothed people suddenly appeared at the entrance of the village, all of them holding scimitars and black cloth masks, and slipped into the village like monkeys......

After a while, the sky above the village was full of fire, and bursts of cries pierced the sky, shocking the world and crying ghosts......

Xu Ling'er woke up from his dream, pulled out the short knife he was carrying, and immediately rushed into his father's guest room, only to see that all the officers and soldiers gathered around his father, for fear that the old man would be robbed by the Japanese robbers.

"Daddy, is the widow here?" Xu Ling'er asked.

"Child, don't be afraid, the Qi family's army has already entered Xinghua Mansion, and we will enter the barracks tomorrow." Xu Yi replied.

Seeing Xu Ling'er's sharp face with a sharp knife in his hand, the sentinel asked in surprise: "Hou Sheng, if we are not here, if the Japanese are here, can you protect your father?" ”

Xu Yihou hurriedly replied: "A weak scholar, with no power to restrain chickens. ”

At this time, the cries from afar became quieter, and the group of monkeys was carrying the "trophies" out of the village and disappeared without a trace in the night.

In the inn, the sentry stood up, patted Xu Ling'er on the shoulder, looked at Xu Yi again, and praised with a thumbs up: "Your son is really amazing, if there are Japanese invaders, I think he alone can deal with three or five ......."

"This kid has been studying since he was a child, what kind of kung fu does he know?" Xu Yihou let out a silly smile, hurriedly got up and pushed the sentry away, waved to his son and said, "Ling'er, be more careful in the future, we have to hurry tomorrow, you can sleep for a while." ”

Xu Ling'er nodded to her father, bowed to all the officers and soldiers, and said, "Thank you for your help!" With that, he turned around and went back to his room.

As soon as it was dawn, the group left the inn and climbed a mountain ridge to the village that had been sacked by the Japanese pirates the previous night.

Most of the houses in the village have burned down, some are still smoking wolf smoke, and there are villagers lying in pools of blood everywhere......

Xu Yi dismounted, carefully examined the villagers who fell to the ground, and tried his best to rescue them, but he was unable to return to the sky, so he took out his savings and asked the officers and soldiers to help buy thin coffins for burying these corpses.

"Official, where did these robbers come from?" Xu Yihou asked.

"As far as we know, after the defeat of the Japanese in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, they all gathered in Pinghaiwei, it is said that there are as many as 6 or 7,000 people, and the governor Tan Daren (Tan Lun) transferred Qi Jiguang from Guangdong to quell the rebellion, and the army has been encamped at the foot of Chaoyang Mountain." The sentinel replied.

Xu Yihou said without worry: "In the early years, I practiced medicine in the Pinghai Acropolis, and I knew that this Acropolis was very strong, all made of stones, and Puxi City and Nanri Water Village formed a horn trend, backed by Chaoyang Mountain, the terrain is dangerous, facing Pinghai Bay, and the sea can still be connected, and Lord Qi will face a severe battle!" ”

"The Qi family's army is mainly attacking the Pinghai Acropolis, and Lord Tan has also transferred several other groups of men and horses to be responsible for the siege at sea, this time we must completely destroy the Japanese invaders!" The sentinel spoke fiercely.

"The Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of the Earth, don't be alarmed by my little son, come to the widow, don't panic, I have a Qi Ye who will resist."

A beautiful ballad came from not far away, Xu Ling'er looked up, and saw a young woman sitting under a big tree, shaking the folding fan in her hand, taking care of a group of crying children. The folding fan caught his attention, and he hurriedly got up and ran over, took a few copper coins from his body, handed them to the woman, and took the folding fan from his hand, and then he ran into the village, picked up a scimitar from the ground, and removed a coat from the corpse.

Trying to put on the clothes of the widows, wearing the scimitar with him, and opening the folding fan in his hand, Xu Ling'er grimaced at the onlookers, scaring them all away.

"What is your son doing?" The sentinel asked.

Looking at her son's dress, Xu Yihou replied quite angrily: "Children know how to play. ”

The sentry pondered for a moment, and then said: "After so many years of fighting with the Japanese Invaders, I still know a little about their rules, and that fan has the family crest of the Japanese Invaders on its face, and with this folding fan and that scimitar, I may be able to be the commander of the Wolves." ”

After hearing this, Xu Yi looked at his son helplessly and shook his head, sighed deeply, but didn't pay attention to him.

At this time, I suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves from far and near, and a group of people and horses came to the entrance of the village like a whirlwind, and in an instant, they surrounded Xu Ling'er who was dressed in a Japanese costume.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yihou was immediately frightened, and he rushed to the horses of the officers and soldiers desperately, knelt on the ground and shouted: "General, this is the ignorant son of Xiao Lao'er, he, he is not a widow!" ”

The sentry stepped forward quickly, clasped his fists and said, "The last general will meet General Hu." ”

Hu Shouren, the general of the Qi family's army, looked at this sentry who went out to find Doctor Xu, and asked angrily: "The imperial court keeps urging urgent documents for thousands of miles, what are you doing here?" Have you ever found a miracle doctor? ”

The sentry officer hurriedly helped Xu Yihou up, pointed to Xu Ling'er, who was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and replied: "General Qiqi Hu, this is the divine doctor Xu Yihou, and that young man is his son-in-law." ”

Hu Shouren listened, breathed a long sigh of relief, and sighed: "It's really not easy, I finally completed the task sent by the imperial court, why don't you hurry up and send the Xu family father and son to the military camp, what are you still doing here?" ”

"Mr. Xu has been hanging pots all his life to help the world, and he can't bear to ignore the villagers who were brutalized by the Japanese invaders yesterday." The sentinel replied.

"You hurry up and escort Mr. Xu back to the camp, and leave it to us here, the Japanese in the Pinghai Acropolis are haunted and extremely murderous, I will send some more people to protect you, you must ensure the safety of Doctor Xu, and you can't miss the major affairs of the imperial court."

Xu Yihou and the others thanked General Hu Shouren, and the group left the village.

In the barracks at the foot of Chaoyang Mountain, General Qi Jiguang was wearing armor, sitting on top of the handsome position, frowning and reading a letter.

In front of the marshal seat, there was a sand table in the area of Xinghua Mansion and Pinghaiwei, and the generals were pointing and discussing the battle plan in a low voice.

Suddenly, General Qi Jiguang stood up and said loudly: "Our army has been chasing and killing all the way from Yuegang, and most of the fleeing Japanese robbers have retreated into the Pinghai Acropolis. The naval division of General Yu (Yu Dayou), the chief military officer, is on the right road, and the naval division of General Liu (Liu Xian) is on the left road, and the left and right naval divisions can arrive in two days, hold the entrance to the sea, and carry out a heavy encirclement of the Japanese bandits, and never allow a single Japanese to flow into the interior! ”

General Zhang Yue replied worriedly: "Lord Qi, there are nearly 7,000 Japanese soldiers gathered from the sea, and our army now has only more than 3,000 people, and the disparity between us and the enemy is too great. The last general felt that Governor Tan was in a bit of a hurry, and if the siege was unfavorable, it would inevitably lead to a counterattack by the Japanese and flee to the mainland again, with unimaginable consequences! ”

General Qi Jiguang closed his eyes slightly, rubbing the twisted beads one by one with his hands, of course he understood the situation in front of him, in addition to the Japanese in the Pinghai Acropolis, there was also a group of Japanese soldiers who retreated from Guangdong and Fujian to Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were already 100,000 urgent, only in Pinghaiwei a quick battle, can we move to Hangzhou Bay, in order to cooperate with the two generals Yu and Liu, this vicious battle is imperative.

After a moment of silence, General Qi Jiguang asked, "Qi Yin, how is the reality of the Acropolis defenders?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, the Acropolis is full of widows, and none of our people in the Ming Dynasty can get in, how can this be good?"

"Zhang Ji, Zhang Yue, and Qi Yin, Ben Shuai asked you, yesterday there were still Japanese robbers out of the city to loot, didn't they catch a live mouth?"

"Marshal Qi, the group of people who went out of the city to loot yesterday were discovered by General Hu Shouren when he led his troops to patrol, but the Japanese are haunted, they seem to be like they will escape, and they will disappear without a trace in the night, and General Hu is now going to the village to deal with the aftermath. Today and tomorrow, if there are any more pirates out of the city, they will definitely not be allowed to flee again. General Zhang replied.

At this time, the guard officer outside the tent came to tell him that the father and son of the divine doctor Xu Yi had arrived at the barracks.

General Qi Jiguang stood up from his position and ordered: "Zhang Yue listens to the order, take your guards, protect the Xu family father and son into Beijing, and set off immediately." ”

With a puzzled face, Zhang Yue said in astonishment: "My lord! A fierce battle is imminent, how can the last general easily leave the battlefield? ”

For the "major events" of the imperial court, General Qi Jiguang did not dare to slack off, and said with emotion: "For more than half a year, the cabinet has been rushing thousands of miles almost every ten days, and it is necessary to find this Xu Shenyi before the end of the year. ”

"My lord, no matter what, the last general hopes that it will not be too late to leave after the war."

"Military orders are like mountains, and there must be no mistakes!"

While General Qi Jiguang was arguing with Zhang Yue, a guard accompanied the Xu family father and son to break in......

General Qi Jiguang's face was angry, and he asked sharply: "Who dares to trespass on the handsome tent?" ”

The guards turned pale with fright, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged: "Please spare your life!" The little one really couldn't resist Doctor Xu, he, he insisted on breaking in, saying that there was a way to help the commander attack the city, so without telling him, he broke in. ”

At this time, Empress Xu Yi had already led her son to kneel on the ground, bowed her head and said, "Little Lao'er meets Master Qi." ”

General Qi Jiguang got up and left his position, smiled and helped up the father and son of the Xu family, and replied: "I have long admired Mr. Xu's name!" The cabinet continued to send letters to various places, no matter how urgent the war was, it still sent troops to search all over the north and south of the river, and the Hongfu of the Holy Saint finally looked forward to you, and the commander ordered someone to escort your Excellency to the Beijing Division. ”

Xu Ling'er, who was hiding behind her father, looked inside, and suddenly saw Zhang Yue, and immediately showed a surprised smile.

So, Zhang Yue arched his hand and said: "The last general will meet Doctor Xu!" The commander's order is like a mountain, let's get ready to go. ”

Xu Yihou hurriedly bowed down and returned the salute, and said with emotion: "General Zhang, it has been almost seven years since Zhoushan was farewell, and if it weren't for the protection of the general, our father and son would have died at the hands of pirates." ”

"It's you! Come to think of it, you are Langzhong who was kidnapped to the East by pirates back then. At that time, although King Kou Shou was directly recruited, it seemed that he heard that the treasure he had accumulated for many years was hijacked on the sea, and the pirates lost their bargaining chips because of this, and many people refused to return to China for fear of being liquidated, and they gathered on the Zhoushan Islands to make trouble. ”

Speaking, Zhang Yue recalled the past, as if returning to seven years ago (1557 AD), when the last batch of refugees who returned from Zhao'an arrived in Zhoushan and had to take the official ship to return to China, and some outlaws took the opportunity to sneak attack the officers and soldiers and beat the people.

But the pirates did not give up, they tried to retrieve the Hachiman Bodhisattva ship and went to sea to hunt for treasure, and there was a confrontation with the officers and soldiers, and the danger was imminent, at this moment, the pirate ship suddenly caught fire, and the gang was forced to surrender.

The chaotic situation was over, and just as everyone was hurrying to board the ship, a voice suddenly shouted: "Ling'er, where are you?" Zhang Yue looked at it and found that an extremely nervous old man was squeezed out of the crowd.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yue immediately sent troops to help, and when everyone was looking around, they saw a young man under the age of ten walking on the burning boat......

Awakening from his memories, Zhang Yue couldn't help but pat Xu Ling'er on the shoulder and praised loudly: "It was this little hero who set fire to the pirate ship in the Zhoushan Islands!" ”

Xu Yi later understood that Zhang Yue also wanted to wait until after the war before leaving, so he took the opportunity to give him a look, came to Qi Jiguang's approach, and said seriously:

"Lord Qi, Xiao Lao'er knows that Pinghai Wei is easy to defend and difficult to attack, I have lived in the East for many years, and I know the language and rules of the Japanese Invaders, today let me infiltrate the Acropolis and find out the reality of the enemy army, so that the adults can use the soldiers."

"Lord Qi, my father can only cure diseases and save people, if you want to inquire about the military situation, you have to look at me." As she spoke, Xu Ling'er rushed in front of her father and bowed to General Qi Jiguang.

General Qi Jiguang shook his head and persuaded: "Hehe, don't bother the old man and son." Please go and rest for a while, the marshal will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you, and after eating, the guards will escort your father and son into Beijing. ”