It wasn't until someone shouted "Okay" that everyone cheered.

The conductor at the main seat felt that his wife had gained a lot of face today. First, she asked people to reward the troupe, and then asked her son Yu Zongyuan to invite Su Ze. Today's play made Mrs. Yu the first among the ladies of the county.

His reputation has greatly increased, and this birthday gift is exactly what the Yu family needs most.

It's a pity that flowers are easy to break, and at this moment when the fire is cooking, unsatisfactory things will always happen, disturbing the commander's wife's birthday banquet.

In the mansion, Yan Yan was laughing happily.

Yu Dayou, who was fighting against the Japanese in Ningbo, looked depressed at this time.

After Zhang Jing, who knew the military, took office as the governor of the seven provinces, he promoted Yu Dayou to deputy general and ordered him to rectify the army and fight against the Japanese.

However, since Zhang Jing took office as governor, he has been frequently attacked by the imperial officials. He has been inactive for three months since he took office in Zhejiang, and was even attacked by the imperial officials for "supporting the bandits and respecting himself."

By this month, Zhang Jing couldn't stand it anymore. The Japanese invaders captured Putuo, Ningbo. Zhang Jinglian issued a military order and asked Yu Dayou to lead his troops to attack and recapture Putuo.

Yu Dayou knew that the Ming army was short of food and silver, and had been frightened by Japanese pirates before. He had not yet finished reorganizing his army. Putuo was a mountain city, so it was not easy to attack.

However, Zhang Jing favored him and Yu Dayou also knew the situation in the court, so he had no choice but to go to war.

Yu Dayou led his army to crusade, and the soldiers attacked halfway up the mountain. The Japanese pirates suddenly opened the city gate and came out. Yu Dayou's army was caught off guard, and three hundred people including Huo Bin, a military officer, were killed.

This Huo Bin is not an ordinary person. His ancestor Huo Zhen was a Mongolian general who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in the Hongwu Year and guarded thousands of households in the Yan Mountains.

During the Battle of Jingnan, he followed the King of Yan, Zhu Di, in raising troops to attack Zhending, and led Geng Bingwen's camp to gain a great victory. He made great contributions in the Battle of Jingnan, and was granted the title of Marquis of Tong'an.

After Emperor Yongle ascended the throne, Huo Zhen failed in the battle and died. Emperor Yongle deprived him of the marquis title and renamed the Huo family as Ningbo Guanhaiwei with thousands of hereditary households.

Huo Bin, like Yu Dayou, participated in the martial arts competitions that only secular military households could participate in. Now he serves under Yu Dayou and is very brave in fighting against the Japanese.

Unexpectedly, he was killed by Japanese pirates in the middle of Putuo Mountain. It is said that Huo Bin refused to surrender after being surrounded and was chopped into many pieces by the Japanese pirates alive. He still cursed the Japanese pirates before his death.

Yu Dayou was saddened by the loss of his beloved general, but before he had time to grieve, news of his defeat in the Battle of Mount Putuo soon spread to the capital.

The imperial court wanted to prosecute Yu Dayou, and Yan Song's party couldn't wait to remove Zhang Jing, the governor of the seven provinces, and replace him with one of their own to rule the southeast.

The two factions continued to argue, and finally Emperor Jiajing made the decision to remove Yu Dayou from his hereditary military post, but also made him a deputy general, allowing Yu Dayou to perform meritorious deeds.

When Yu Dayou received the imperial order, his generals were indignant. Before the military meeting, Yu Dayou wrote to Governor Zhang Jing that this was not a good time to attack the Japanese. There was not enough money and food for the troops. Yu Dayou accepted the order and attacked, only to be ambushed by the Japanese pirates.

Yu Dayou suppressed the dissatisfaction of his generals and just accepted the punishment calmly. These years of fighting have made Yu Dayou understand that although he is the commander-in-chief of an army, some battles are not only military, but also political battles.

Governor Zhang had not achieved anything in his two months in office, and the court was already very dissatisfied with him.

If the emperor can still let Yu Dayou continue to lead the army, then there will still be a chance to make meritorious deeds.

Yu Dayou accepted the decree calmly, and after bribing the eunuch who announced the decree with a large sum of money, Yu Dayou returned to his study and opened the letter sent from Fujian.

Opening the letter, it was a letter sent back by Chang Ning Wei. Lin Mojun told Yu Dayou about the current situation, but of course he did not mention that his daughter would succeed Baihu.

Then the letter attached a diagram of the Yuanyang Formation and the training methods of the Yuanyang Formation. Yu Dayou's eyes lit up after reading it!

This is a good formation to deal with Japanese pirates!

Yu Dayou felt as if he had found a treasure. He studied the Yuanyang Formation over and over again and felt that it was extremely exquisite!

The situation in Zhejiang here became precarious with the Battle of Putuo. Lu Dawang, who had already landed in the outer sea, received the news and attacked the warships patrolling the sea in Fujian Haidao Yamen. Three lucky ships were lost and the situation was probably in danger.

What is even more frightening is that a group of Japanese pirates under King Lu landed near Jianyang. They have captured several villages in succession and are approaching Jianyang City.

The urgent military information from the Fujian Dusi Yamen was sent to Yufu, and both Fang Zhifu and Baizhi County also received news of the Japanese invaders.

The banquet was interrupted when the atmosphere was at its hottest. As the commander of the Yanping Guards, Yu Zongyuan's father trembled all over.

Magistrate Fang and Magistrate Bai also looked pale.

The weather in the rainy season in Fujian is really changeable. Dark clouds suddenly cover the sky. I can only see a rumble outside the house and heavy rain falling like pillars. It is as if there is a hole in the sky and the rainwater leaks out from where the sky is pouring.

Rain pours from the southeast.

Who can try his hand at mending the sky?

End of this volume

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