A passage summarizes the strategic plan for the next twenty years of the Southern Song Dynasty. Only Taishi Liu has this courage. If it were in the past, the civil and military ministers would inevitably have a fierce debate, but today no one responded. They were all people who had been dealing with the Mongols for many years. They knew the power of Mongolian cavalry and the victory of naval battles by chance does not mean that the battles can be won continuously in the land battle. The Taishi's opinion is worth considering.

But Zhang Shijie still spoke: "I'm afraid it's hard to fight in Quanzhou..."

Two years ago, when Pu Shougeng rebelled, Zhang Shijie once attacked Quanzhou, but he still could not conquer Quanzhou City with support in the city. The Pu family was deeply rooted and had a great family and a large family and a large number of vassal tourists from inside and outside Quanzhou, and there were also a large number of naval masters. This was indeed a tough and difficult bone to crack.

"I am responsible for attacking Quanzhou and destroying Pu Shougeng, we will have at least five years of extra time." Liu Yan said directly. The Pu family was in charge of the Quanzhou Maritime Warehouse for hundreds of years, and was very proficient in maritime trade and ocean sailing. He also had a large number of skilled sailors. With the Pu family, the Yuan Dynasty could build a new fleet in the shortest time. If Quanzhou was razed to the ground and the Pu family was killed, the Yuan Dynasty's navy would be far away, and it would be very likely to change the national policy and implement the sea ban. In this way, there would be much more buffer space.

As for Liu Yanzhi's strong suggestion, the exiled court did not particularly resist psychologically. The Zhao family had an old tradition of being aware of the Tanyuan Alliance in the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jingkang Shame to Hangzhou for hundreds of years. They spared no money to pay tribute to the title of the sons and ministers to please the powerful enemies in the north. They did so many such a frustrating thing. The Battle of Yashan was just a rabbit biting people. If they really wanted to lead their troops north, they had to start arguing first.

The strategic plan was decided in a few words. How to implement it in detail? Zhang Shijie suggested that the Yuan army's naval army was newly defeated and the news would not reach Quanzhou so quickly. It would be better to use the captured Yuan army flag ships to pretend to be Zhang Hongfan and deceive Quanzhou City. This saved a lot of weapons.

Although he was the Marshal of the Navy, he relied heavily on Liu Yanzhi, so he said this in a negotiating tone.

Liu Yanzhi pondered for a moment and said, "It's better to divide the troops into two places. Marshal Zhang led the brisk warships to capture Quanzhou. We will take Guangzhou first to replenish the food and supplies population."

Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu had no objection. The direction of the battle was clear. Zhang Shijie still led his troops north to Quanzhou, while Wen Tianxiang led the rest of the ships across Lingdingyang and took directly to Guangzhou.

Liu Yanzhi officially opened the government to build a yamen. His hall in front of the hall was set up on a warship. He commanded three thousand elite imperial guards. His robe was replaced with golden helmets and armor, and his big red battle robe was covered with a bow. He stood upright on the bow of the ship and let the sea breeze blow on his clothes. When the boat saw it, it was shocking.

"Grandpa Yue is just like this when he is reborn." Someone sighed.

A rumor spread like wildfire, saying that Liu Yanzhi was actually Yue Fei and Yue Wumu who came down to earth to reincarnate to save the people of the Song Dynasty. The people were only willing to believe what they were willing to believe and turned a blind eye to unreasonable details. So no one mentioned the Qingniu of the Supreme Laojun, but only said that Liu Yanzhi was Yue Wumu's rebirth.

Zhang Shijie took away three hundred warships, and the navy had more than seven hundred. The remaining 200 damaged warships were still left in Yashan for renovation, and the rest were all sent to Guangzhou.

Guangzhou is the capital of Guangnan East Road in the Song Dynasty. It is equivalent to the capital of Guangdong Province. It is the closest city. It has hundreds of thousands of people. It needs a large number of immigrants overseas. This trip is to gather people and horses. When the fleet passed through Lingdingyang, Wen Tianxiang thought that he was still a prisoner not long ago, and now he has become the prime minister of the Song Dynasty. He has mixed feelings and wrote a poem, but it is much worse than the previous work and has not been passed down through the ages. This is not mentioned later.

The fleet was unobstructed and arrived in Guangzhou smoothly. There were tens of thousands of Yuan troops in Guangzhou. However, news of Zhang Hongfan's defeat had already come. The whole army was in a panic and did not dare to promote the Song army. They closed the city and did not come out. They prepared the rolling stones and waited for the Song army to attack.

On the surface of the Pearl River, the Song army warships lined up. The sailors fixed the captured Huihuans and shot stone balls at the Guangzhou city walls. They also used bed crossbows to fight back on the top of the city. Both sides started the first round of battle with long-range weapons.

Liu Yanzhi commanded the battle on his flagship, and stood by his deputy general Liu Handong. Since he was the commander-in-chief, he had the right to form his own team. Liu Handong was his deputy commander-in-chief.

Deputy Envoy Liu was ready to beat his hands and said, "Brother Zhi, let's use his ultimate move."

Liu Yan said straight: "We are now a regular army in the Song Dynasty. Those who are not called brothers seem so arrogant. They call me an official title."

"Abide by the order! Master Taishi, please put a thunder, it is the same as the one I put the day before yesterday, the same big move as the street fighter." Liu Handong bowed.

Liu Yanzhi complained secretly. He didn't want to use a big move. A fireball smashed a big hole in the Guangzhou city wall, but the energy ball did not seem to be able to be released every moment. Maybe the emotions must be brewing to a certain extent. He has not found this rule yet, but he can't say this, so he can only smile and say, "Are they worthy?"

"Yes, it's not worthy of the trouble of Master Taishi's internal energy." Liu Handong was a very good supporting actor, pointed at the city wall with a knife, "Let me lead the troops to attack the city."

"You save money. The casualty rate of Yunladder soldiers is 90%. You can't get a chance if you go up." Liu Yanzhi immediately rejected. He is not the kind of commander who has achieved success and has a lot of bones. He is very polite to the soldiers and will not take his life up unless he has to.

But how can we not waste the soldiers and take Guangzhou? Liu Yanzhi was very worried. Just when he was at a loss, a miracle happened.

Guangzhou City is actually an empty city. Han residents had been killed by the Yuan army and nine out of ten families were empty. The people ran outside the city to hide, hiding from all over the world, fearing that the Yuan army was massacre and robbery. At this time, the Song Dynasty fleet arrived, and every household walked out of the hiding place and came to the riverside to ask to board the ship to escape the war.

Overnight, the fleet had an additional 100,000 people, and the already narrow space became more crowded. However, Liu Taishi had an order and refused everyone. They were all the people of the Song Dynasty, and the court had the obligation to protect them.

The next day, there was no movement at the top of Guangzhou city. Liu Yanzhi sent Abukai to reconnaissance the enemy situation. Hai Dongqing looked down at the inside and outside of Guangzhou city in the air. The city was empty like a ghost city. It turned out that the Yuan army was weak and left the city while it was dark last night.

Liu Yanzhi was overjoyed and personally led his troops into Guangzhou City. Without bloodshed, the largest city on Guangnan East Road was recovered. The Yuan army was in a hurry and did not take away food, grass and supplies. A large number of weapons, armor, bows and arrows were cheaper than the Song army.

At the top of Guangzhou city, the flag of the Song Dynasty rose slowly, and the emperor and the queen mother also came to the shore and regarded the Guangzhou Prefecture Interior Office as a palace for temporary residence.

But this place cannot be kept for a long time, and it will not take long for the Mongols to arrive. Therefore, we must take advantage of this window to rush to transport materials and feed the population. These matters can be handed over to the two civil officials Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu. Liu Yanzhi was thinking about the Quanzhou front and was worried that Zhang Shijie would not win.

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In the south of Quanzhou city, there is a large Pu family mansion covering an area of ​​300 acres. In the study of the head of the family Pu Shougeng, the general of the Dayuan Dynasty who fled here, Zhang Hongfan, the Grand Marshal of the Southern Expedition, was depressed and sighed. Sitting opposite him was the master of Quanzhou City, General Zhaoyong of the Dayuan Dynasty, General Zhaoyong of the Dayuan Dynasty, General Guangmai of Fujian and the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, General Manager of Fujian Province, General Manager of the Central Committee of the Jianghuai Province and the Political Affairs Office of the Quanzhou Branch, Pu Shougeng of Semu.

Pu Shougeng was already an old man in his seventies. Although he was born in Quanzhou, he still maintained the tradition of his ancestors. He was wearing not an official uniform, but a loose white robe. His gray eyes and a gray beard on his chin all showed his characteristics of being a sage person.

Zhang Hongfan was a little afraid of this old man. You should know that Zhao Song was extremely generous to the Pu family. Even though they knew that they were not Han people, the Pu family had also let the Quanzhou Maritime Warehouse Office be in charge for generations and accumulated billions of property. However, when the Song Dynasty was in decline, the Pu family had no intention of repaying kindness. Instead, they betrayed the Song Dynasty without hesitation. It was okay to surrender, but they also killed all the Song Dynasty royal families, officials, and soldiers in Quanzhou City as letters of surrender. Zhang Hongfan sighed that he was not as good as this ruthlessness.

He was very worried that the Yuan army's naval army had been destroyed and the Song Dynasty recovered again. Will this cunning old person in front of him turn around and sell himself at a good price? After all, Pu Shougen is just a businessman. The businessman does not talk about morality or shame. As long as he can make money, he will sell the rope to the executioner who hangs him.

Of course, this worry is unnecessary. Pu Shougen and the deep bloody feud between the Song Dynasty cannot be resolved by turning against each other. He and the Pu family have been tied to the chariot of the Yuan Dynasty and cannot get out.

Pu Shougeng was calm on the surface, but he felt stormy in his heart. He never expected that Zhang Hongfan would return in a great defeat. He knew the combat effectiveness of the Yuan army's navy, including the navy personnel who surrendered to the Song people, as well as the sea boats and sailors sponsored by the Pu family. It was no problem to cross the South China Sea. How could the entire army be in one day?

"The Song people have monsters to help with the battle." Zhang Hongfan took a deep breath and told Pu Shougeng this fact. "I saw with my own eyes that there were demon dragons and demons, and they could release fireballs the size of ice plates across a thousand steps. Our army cannot fight, which is not a crime."

After the battle that day, Zhang Hongfan fled alone. There were tens of thousands of navy soldiers, not more than a hundred warships, only one ship and dozens of people. He knew that Guangzhou's city was weak and could not stop the Song army's counterattack, so he went straight to Quanzhou. Pu Shougeng's family had a great career and could still gather hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of people to make up for his own profits.

He had to make a comeback, otherwise the Zhang family would be completely finished. After losing so many troops, all his past military achievements would have to be offset. Fortunately, Fujian and Guangdong were thousands of miles away from Dadu. When the news of the defeat reached Dadu, it would be at least a few months later. When the emperor's punishment decision was issued, it would be a few months later. During this period, if he rebuilds the navy and defeats the Song army, everything would be restored.

Success or failure depends entirely on Pu Shougeng’s thoughts.

The old man finally spoke, his voice hoarse, but it was pure Minnan Chinese: "Marantor Zhang, I am willing to help you, how do you repay me?"

"Businessmen are businessmen, and everything can be regarded as business." Zhang Hongfan was contemptuous, but a stone fell to the ground. He coughed dryly and said, "Whatever the Pu family needs, Zhang can provide."

"What else do you have?" the old man smiled sly.

Zhang Hongfan was a little angry. Even though he was defeated, he was still the marshal of the Mongolian Han army of the Yuan Dynasty, the general of the country, and the Xuanwei envoy of Jiangdongdao. It was just a matter of one sentence to kill Pu Shougeng, the old dog on both ends of the rat.

But he could not act irresponsibly. If he killed Pu Shougeng, he would have no chance of turning the tables.

He could only endure it, endure anger, hatred and contempt to do a deal with this innocent and shameless businessman.
Chapter completed!