During the Jiajing period of Sejong in the Ming Dynasty (1522- 1566), the activities of the Japanese pirates were particularly rampant, which seriously damaged the safety of people's lives and property and undermined the economic development in coastal areas. The atrocities committed by Japanese pirates aroused strong resistance from China's soldiers and civilians. They organized themselves and fought bravely against Japanese pirates, especially the "Qi Jiajun" led by Qi Jiguang, an anti-Japanese hero.
1556, Qi Jiguang was promoted to be the general of Zhejiang Dusi, in charge of military affairs in Ningbo, Shaoxing and Taizhou. In view of the weakness of hard training and poor combat effectiveness of the Ming army, Qi Jiguang repeatedly asked for new recruits in 1559. After being approved, he quickly recruited more than 4,000 people, mainly miners and farmers, and gave them strict training. After several months of hard training, the overall quality of the troops has been greatly improved and they have become a heroic anti-Japanese team.
From 65438 to 0560, Qi Jiguang moved to Taizhou, Jinhua and Yanzhou. These areas are frequented by Japanese pirates. After Qi Jiguang took office, he took a series of measures to prepare for the war, so as to prepare for the fight against the enemy.
The following spring, more than 2,000 Japanese pirates and more than 50 ships gathered in Ningbo and Shaoxing, waiting for an opportunity to invade. When Qi Jiguang learned of this incident, he immediately supervised the ship to patrol the sea. The enemy then left here, harassed Fenghua and Ninghai, attempted to divert the main force of the Ming army, and then took the opportunity to invade Taizhou. Qi Jiguang decisively saw through the enemy's plot, sent troops to defend part of Taizhou and part of Haimen, and headed for Ninghai. After the enemy discovered this situation, the soldiers divided into three roads and headed for Tao Zhu, Xinhe and Yitou in Taizhou. As a result, the two sides launched the battle of Taizhou.
On April 24, the enemy arrived outside the new river city and plundered it. Qi Jiguang learned of the critical situation of Xinhe and sent troops to rescue Xinhe. He still led the main force to make radical progress in Ninghai. On the morning of 26th, reinforcements fought fiercely with the enemy in the suburb of Xinhe. The enemy retreated to the south of the city, and the Ming army also lined up to meet them in the south of the city. In the afternoon, the Japanese army invaded on the first line again, trying to enter Xinhe City. Defeated by the Ming army, he fled in the direction of Wenling. On the 27th, the Ming army pursued the victory, defeated the Japanese army again and won the battle of Xinhe.
26, Qi Jiguang has led the main arrived in the southwest of Ninghai, learned that the enemy from Tao Zhu to Jingning Temple. Anticipating that the enemy would attack TaiZhou Fucheng, Qi Jiguang immediately invaded the south and marched in a hurry, hoping to reach Fucheng before the enemy. At noon on the 27th, Qi Jiguang led the troops to Taizhou City first. Despite the continuous March, Qi Jiajun was tired and hungry, but when he learned that the enemy had reached Huajie, which was only a few miles away from Taizhou, the soldiers, encouraged by Qi Jiguang, quickly entered Huajie and launched an attack on the enemy. Qi Jiguang ordered the striker to fire at the enemy, quickly killing many people, killing the leader of the enemy striker, and the main enemy fled. The Qi army pursued victory, wiped out more than 300 enemies and rescued more than 5,000 looted people.
On April 28th, the Japanese pirates docked in Yitou Sea landed, and arrived in Datian, northeast of Taizhou City on May 1 day, plundering and attempting to occupy Taizhou City. On that day, Qi Jiguang led an army into Daejeon and confronted the enemy. On the morning of 5th, Qi Jiguang led the troops to ambush Fengshan, where the enemy must pass, waiting for an opportunity. Soon, more than 2000 Japanese pirates entered the ambush circle of the Qi army through the canyon under the Shangfeng Mountain. Qi Jiguang commanded, the whole army commanding, courageously to kill. The enemy was unprepared and rushed to fight, and hundreds of people surrendered immediately.
On May 20th, Qi Jiguang led his troops to annihilate the enemy who fled from Ninghai to Changsha, and won the final victory in the battle of Taizhou.
Qi Jiguang led the army, and in a month's time, he won many battles in succession, wiped out the Japanese invaders who invaded Taizhou, and won the battle of Taizhou completely. From then on, the pirates never dared to invade Taizhou on a large scale, and the pirates in Zhejiang basically subsided.