In the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing (1558), Qi Jiguang was on an errand, and after the matter was completed, he did not return the same way, but went around in a circle, preparing to inspect the people's situation.

However, when he happened to pass by a place, he saw a scene that shocked him.

The place he passed through was called Yiwu, and the scene he saw was a fight.

As a military general who is accustomed to killing people and setting fires, and corpses are everywhere, Qi Jiguang's psychological tolerance is quite strong, but he was still shocked by this brawl, because this is not an ordinary street hooligan fight, in a sense, this is a brawl that will go down in history, a brawl that changed the history of the anti-Japanese war, and a brilliant, successful, and united brawl.

Here's the thing, Yiwu originally belonged to the economically underdeveloped area, the people were very poor, but God was interesting enough, the place has found many mineral deposits, so the local farmers have left the farmland, changed to become miners.

Mine is naturally more valuable than food, slowly Yiwu people made a fortune, this time next to the poor brother Yongkang (now Yongkang, Zhejiang) is gone, I hope Yiwu can pull the brothers, everyone has money to earn together, there are mines to dig together.

But Yiwu people don't agree, we have suffered for so many years, and finally boiled out a little hope, now you come to eat ready-made, how old are you?

However, the poor brothers of Yongkang still set off, with farm tools, shovels and control knives, and marched bravely towards the place where they dreamed of getting rich.

When Yiwu got the news, it immediately organized thousands of people to intercept it, and the two sides met at Babaoshan (this is the name) outside Yiwu City, and this tragic brawl began.

The reason why Qi Jiguang was fortunate to see this grand scene was not that people started fighting in the morning, and he arrived in the afternoon. The real reason is that this is a very special brawl, and the people of Yiwu have proved a fact with practical actions - it turns out that brawls can be protracted.

Since June of the 37th year of Jiajing (1558), Yiwu miners, villagers and miners from Yongkang rushed to fight broke out, the number of people involved in the brawl on both sides reached about 30,000, which lasted for four months, until the end of the autumn harvest in October, with a total of more than 2,500 dead and wounded.

It was a scene that Qi Jiguang would never forget, countless ordinary Yiwu people became so extraordinary at that moment, they regardless of men, women and children, everyone went into battle together, using all the weapons they could find to fight the enemy, the peasants used hoes, the miners used pickaxes, and even housewives picked up kitchen knives, with fierce lights in their eyes, screaming and rushing into the enemy formation, slashing and killing, and the living should not be approached.

They are not only brave in slashing people, but also very sacrificial spirit and fine tradition of struggle, the father injured the son, the elder brother crippled the younger brother, and even the person who was beaten to the point of breath and carried to the house to die, before he died, he had to leave a last word: After I die, you will continue to fight!

It's truly a magical land. Qi Jiguang sighed sincerely.

Regarding what he saw and felt, Qi Jiguang later said something like this to Yu Dayou:

"I joined the army with my father since I was a child, traveled all over the world, participated in the examination at the age of twenty-two, was in the face of my attack, served as a guard, and then stationed in Jimen, I have witnessed the Tatar iron horse, come and go without a trace, move like thunder, can be called rapid. Then Feng was transferred to Zhejiang, fighting against the Japanese Kou, such people are good at using swords, strong martial arts, and violent temperament, it is indeed a rare strong enemy. ”

However, after a pause, Qi Jiguang finally said the fear in his heart:

"I have seen most of the strong people in the world who have fought for half a life, but I have never been afraid. But such as Yiwu people's courage and domineering, good at fighting and fearless, it is really unprecedented, which makes people frightened and terrible! Terrible! ”

With Qi Jiguang, the big brother, paving the way, Li Guanghang now also wants to see these fierce Yiwu miners.

Li Guanghang remembered that in "Jiangnan Jingluo", there was such a detailed enrollment brochure, which was used by Qi Jiguang when selecting sergeants:

Those who are selected to join the army cannot be used by the following people, those who have been mixed in the market cannot use it, those who like to embroider fists and legs cannot use it, those who are over forty years old cannot use it, and those who have worked in government offices cannot use it.

People who like to brag and talk can't use it, people who are timid can't use it, people who look white can't use it, and people who have an extreme personality (prejudice and stubbornness) can't use it to ensure the mental health of the team.

If Li Guanghang had followed this criterion, even if Mr. Wu Song, the hero of the Tiger Fight, had come to apply, he would have been defeated, because he had not only served in public office (Dutou), but also had a bad personality (he used his blood to leave his name after killing).

Those who are admitted must also have the following characteristics: strong arms, strong muscles, more focused eyes, more honest looking, longer hands and feet, and more afraid of the government.

To sum up, what Qi Jiguang is looking for is such a group of people: well-developed limbs, simple minds, honest, law-abiding and obedient to the government, daring to fight tough battles, daring to charge and not afraid of death, muscular men with a stunned personality.

Facts have proved that Yiwu is indeed talented, although the recruitment requirements are so high, but after the audition, there are still more than 4,000 people honorably selected, which shows that the local people in addition to great business potential, but also have a very high political consciousness.

In this way, Li Guanghang is more sure of the idea of recruiting miners in Yiwu.

Li Guanghang picked up a red pen and circled a map with an extremely exaggerated painting style, enclosing several places in Yiwu and Suzhou, and circled two special places, the Penghu Islands and the Zhoushan Islands.

That's right, Li Guanghang also wants to recruit some pirates, this pirate is not another pirate, not so strong that his hands and feet can stretch like rubber bands and then fight a hundred with one enemy. What Li Guanghang wants is a ruthlessness.

In Li Guanghang's image, the soldiers of later generations are strictly trained and have high combat literacy, but it is very important that most of the soldiers have never seen blood, which is why in the movies of a certain big country in later generations, recruits often have weak legs and tears after killing, and then hug their heads and cry:

What I done?!

It is impossible to be ruthless than to be ruthless in that era of great exploration.

Except for pirates, who can endure the pain of not being able to touch a woman for most of the year and having nowhere to vent their anger?

These pains gave the pirates the violent momentum to go into battle to kill the enemy.

Lao Tzu was so angry that he finally found someone to vent? Why do you stab yourself and die!

The pirates, who will serve as instructors in the future, will make the already fierce Yiwu people more full of combat effectiveness.

Li Guanghang recorded these thoughts in black ink, blew on the rice paper, and in order to make the ink dry faster, he lifted it up and put it aside, and took out a new piece of rice paper and put it aside.

Li Guanghang's gaze focused on the exaggerated map on the table.

I don't dare to compliment this map!