In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing (1555), Qi Jiguang was transferred to Zhejiang, where the Japanese army was severely affected, and was soon promoted to general, guarding Ningbo, Shaoxing and Taizhou. In September of the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing (1556), more than 800 Japanese invaders invaded Longshan Hospital. He led the army to meet the enemy. After several rounds, the Ming army retreated in fear of fighting. At the critical moment, Qi Jiguang jumped on a high rock and shot down three enemy generals with three arrows. Seeing this, the enemy fled in haste.
In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing (1559), Qi Jiguang recruited more than 3,000 brave farmers and fat miners from the mountainous area of Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, and formed a new army by adopting the four-level organization mode of battalion, official, sentry and team. The team is the basic combat unit, and the players are equipped with different weapons according to their age and physique. When fighting, the team members give full play to their strengths to cooperate with the battle, with both offensive and defensive capabilities and flexible advance and retreat. This battle formation can be divided and combined, and it is called "Yuanyang Array". After strict training by Qi Jiguang, this new army soon became a military powerhouse, known as the "Qijiajun".
In the 40th year of Jiajing (156 1), the Japanese invaded Taizhou on a large scale, and Qi Jiguang led his troops to win in Taizhou. The Japanese were so frightened that they named Qi Jiguang "Qihu". In the summer of the following year, he led Qi Jiajun south to Fujian, and wiped out three nests of Japanese pirates, namely Yuheng, Tian Niu and Linton. In the forty-second year of Jiajing (1563), he won a great victory in Pinghai with Yu, the commander-in-chief of Fujian and Guangdong. The following year, he was promoted to company commander, guarding Fujian, Zhejiang Jinhua and Wenzhou. 165438+ year1October, the enemy besieged Xianyou with 20,000 people, and Qi Jiguang "attacked the public with fewer people and immediately cleared the way; Take this as a surprise, and win all three wars. " From then on, the Qijiajun had a great impact on the coastal areas of China. The enemy fled on the news, and the long-held enemy was finally eliminated.
In the second year of Qin Long (1568), in May, Qi Jiguang was appointed commander-in-chief of Tongzhi, and was also the prime minister of Jizhou, Changping and Baoding, leading the troops to guard the northern border. After he took office, according to the operational characteristics of Mongolian cavalry, he created infantry battalion, cavalry battalion, chariot battalion and heavy battalion, which were mainly composed of muskets, making each battalion a synthetic army that could carry out coordinated operations under unified command. At the same time, on the basis of the old Great Wall, the original side walls were raised and thickened, heavy walls were built in important areas, and hollow enemy platforms were built along the Great Wall, which really built an unbreakable and solid defense line. 16 years, when he was in the frontier of the northern empire, "the thistle gate was safe when preparing for repair."
In the 11th year of Wanli (1583), Qi Jiguang was transferred to Guangdong, which had already been wiped out by the Japanese invaders, and he was unhappy. Three years later, he retired and returned to Penglai, Shandong. In the 16th year of Wanli (1588), he died in Penglai's hometown.
In Qi Jiguang's military career of more than 40 years, "360 days a year, mostly crossing Goma", or sweeping the enemy along the southeast coast and clearing the sea; Or transfer troops to defend the northern border, so that the thistle gate will be safe. Can be called a generation of patriotic stars. He is smart and brave, resourceful and decisive, and well trained. Commanding Qi Jiajun to "generate electricity quickly and destroy bandits repeatedly", and even thousands of people were wiped out by the whole army, but none of the "Qi Jiajun" was killed. Known as China "one of the few ever-victorious generals in ancient times". He not only made outstanding military achievements, but also made many achievements in military theory. He wrote two military works, namely "New Theory of Discipline" and "Training Actual Combat Discipline", which were highly praised by later military strategists.