义乌兵,明乡兵之一,以彪悍著称,是戚继光募浙江义乌矿徒和农民组建的一支军队,经严格训练,无不以一当百,抗倭、守蓟镇皆有功,在乡兵中最著名。明代倭患,始自洪武朝,尤嘉靖朝对社会破坏最为惨烈,并以浙直闽地区最为严重。卫所制度在明朝中后期破坏日益严重,卫所兵的战斗力严重下降,对倭作战不力。此时因 Yiwu Bing, one of Mingxiang soldiers, is known for being sturdy and brave. It is an army set up by Qi Jiguang to collect miners and peasants from Yiwu, Zhejiang Province. After rigorous training, all soldiers in Yiwu, The most famous soldier. Japanese invasion in the Ming Dynasty, beginning from the Hongwu dynasty, the Jiajing dynasty, the most traumatic of social destruction, and the most serious areas of Zhejiang and Fujian. Wei dynasty system in the middle and late Ming dynasty under the increasingly serious damage, Wei soldiers reduced their combat effectiveness, the Japanese combat ineffective. Because of this