The rebellion of the Japanese was a very famous external worry of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, for the entire Ming Dynasty, the incursion caused by the Japanese was not worth mentioning at all. The reason is also very simple, are those gangs composed of down-and-out Japanese samurai and complex groups such as maritime merchants, ruffians, and thieves of the Ming Kingdom really that powerful?

Of course not, in fact they do not have much combat effectiveness at all, except for raiding some coastal towns. The reason why it is difficult is more because they are at sea, which makes most of the Ming army have no way to deal with them. You must know that after the sea ban, the navy of the Ming Kingdom fell from the top of the world to the lowest end in an instant.

So when Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and others appeared, the defeat of the Japanese invaders became a reasonable thing, not to mention the appearance of Oda Yoshinobu, which made the largest support base of the Japanese invaders disappear. Without supplies, they can only rely on looted property to supplement their combat effectiveness, what power can such a Japanese robber have?

In fact, when most of the Japanese were surrounded and suppressed, Qi Jiguang was immediately transferred to Jimen. Only Yu Dayou was stationed in Guangxi. Because on the Guangxi side, in addition to the pirates that continue to emerge, more importantly, it is close to ethnic minority areas, and a large number of peasant uprisings will emerge almost every few years. For example, in 1571, Huang Chaomeng, Wei Yinbao and others in Guangxi were all rebels with more than 10,000 people.

This level of rebellion is not comparable to the rebellion of the Japanese and the Bandits, but compared with the north, the rebellion in Guangxi is a child. Since ancient times, any dynasty in China has had to face strong enemies from the north, such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongol...... No matter how the names and ethnicities changed, nomads from the north were always able to inflict tons of damage on the Central Plains Dynasty, such as the Wuhu Chaohua that all Han Chinese should not forget......

Ahem! For example, the former Tatar leader Altan Khan once tried to attack Datong and plan to become emperor, although he eventually canonized Altan as the king of Shunyi and opened a horse market for trade. Although it seems that the two sides have become friendly, in reality this is just a nice statement.

After all, if you are not forced to open a horse market for trade or something, why do you want to come out like this? And is it too peaceful in the north from now on? No, otherwise where did the Northern Barbarians that Qi Jiguang defeated in Jimen over the years come from?

God knows how many tribes of the northern nomads there are, and even if they surrender this and defeat that, there will still be new tribes that will rise. This is almost an unsolvable proposition, even if Huo Quai's illness chased the Huns far away in the past, and directly forced the Huns to flee west, there was no way to solve this problem in the end. The reason is also very simple, unless the Central Plains Dynasty turned all the vast northern grasslands into towering cities, how could it be possible to completely eliminate these nomads?

But to do so...... Hawkers, even if the Ming Kingdom did not eat or drink for more than a hundred years and spent all the money on building the city, it was basically impossible to achieve.

Therefore, the only thing the Ming State can do is to send the general to the north to guard the border pass, and constantly defend passively. And Qi Jiguang is such a general, who guards Jimen, and Li Chengliang of Liaodong guards the northern border of the entire Ming Dynasty.

For this kind of person, although Emperor Wanli has only been on the throne for a few years, he still has a deep impression. So for Zhang Juzheng's recommendation, Emperor Wanli quickly agreed, in fact, there is no way to disagree, the ministers of the court and the central government are not willing to do this kind of drudgery, what if they don't transfer people from outside?

And there is another important reason, that is, Qi Jiguang had dealings with Oda Yoshinobu before, and his friendship was not bad. It sounds like the existence of this reason should not send Qi Jiguang to go, but whether it is Emperor Wanli or Zhang Juzheng, they have a good impression of Oda Yoshinobu, so they finally decided to send Qi Jiguang there. In their opinion, with this friendship, and Qi Jiguang is not an impulsive person, at worst, he will not conflict with Japan.

Like Zhang Juzheng, the Wanli Emperor was not afraid of Japan, but he also did not want to go to war, although it was different from Zhang Juzheng's ambitions, but the Wanli Emperor also hoped that the reform would succeed. When the emperor is the emperor, what he hates the most is reform, and his favorite is also reform, because once the reform is successful, he will inevitably make himself famous for eternity, just like those virtuous monarchs in history, why? Isn't it just that the reform has been successful?

Suncheonfu is not far from the border pass, and speaking of which, the Ming Kingdom is also one of the few dynasties that set Kyoto not far from the northern border. The Son of Heaven guards the country, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di tell the world in this way that they are not just talking.

After receiving the holy decree, Qi Jiguang did not hesitate, immediately ordered people to gather troops, and then led 5,000 elite soldiers to Yizhou. Hawkers, although he is a messenger, from the holy decree given to him by Emperor Wanli and the secret letter given to him by Zhang Juzheng, one point has been repeatedly emphasized, try to appease, avoid war, and figure out what is going on. But you can't fall into the prestige of the Ming Kingdom, it's really not good, you can use force.

I have to say that although the Ming Kingdom has all kinds of disadvantages in many times, this external spirit is indeed difficult for most Central Plains dynasties to match. Just like the Altan Khan mentioned earlier, the Ming State only allowed it to attack and exchange markets in the end, but there was nothing else. If it is changed to other dynasties, I'm afraid it will be given directly to the New Year's coins, right?

Ahem, it's far away again.

When Qi Jiguang arrived in Liaodong, he visited Li Chengliang first, although they were of the same level, but Li Chengliang had been guarding the north for decades, which was not comparable to Qi Jiguang, who had just come to Jimen for a few years.

It's just that the information obtained from Li Chengliang made Qi Jiguang's expression more solemn, more than 2,000 elite cavalry, completely did not see the existence of North Korean troops, all this, it seems that there is only one possibility. Of course, if it is really a conspiracy between North Korea and Japan, then the problem is even more serious.

With his thoughts in mind, a few days later, Qi Jiguang led his army to arrive at Yizhou City.

"Oh? Ming troops of only 5,000 people? Oda Yoshinobu looked at the third Taifu of Hyakuchi in surprise and asked.

"Yes!"

"Is it here to rescue the Korean nation?" Oda Yoshishi thought strangely in his confidence, and he vaguely remembered that it seemed that when the Ming Kingdom first sent troops to support the Korean State, there were only a few thousand people in Liaodong.

"Forget it, just go and see......" Oda Yoshinobu shook his head, he still didn't like to do this kind of brain-consuming thing, let alone the answer would be revealed soon.