Chapter 169: The Sea Invades the City
Early morning in Quanzhou
The drizzle poured down and fell on the roof, eaves, brick walls, courtyards, and windows of the Taishou Mansion in Quanzhou, making a burst of "rustling" sounds.
In the early morning, because of the rain, the weather seemed a little dark, but the air was unusually fresh, and the whole Taishou Mansion was relatively peaceful and quiet
However, in the early morning, the sound of horses' hooves in Quanzhou City broke the tranquility and tranquility of Quanzhou Taishou Mansion.
"Urgent report, urgent report, quick report to Li Taishou, urgent report of military situation!" After several horses galloped all the way to the front of the Taishou Mansion, they turned over and dismounted, raised the emergency report in their hands, and shouted loudly.
The gatekeeper of the Taishou Mansion did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly made people run to the inner house of the Taishou Mansion.
From the gatehouse to the inner house where Cai Rongxue lives, you need to go through three doors, the first door is a male housekeeper who is responsible for opening the door and passing the word, the second door is a middle-aged servant woman who is responsible for opening the door and passing the word, and the last door is Cai Rongxue's personal maid Xiaoqin is responsible for opening the door and passing the word.
Li Sanjian, who was born in poverty, already had the meaning of a wealthy mansion at this time.
"Young Master, military emergency!" Xiaoqin didn't dare to slack off after receiving the emergency report, and said after gently knocking on the door of the inner room with a piece of clothing.
"Officer, military emergency!" Li Sanjian was too tired, he slept too heavily yesterday, and he was still asleep at the moment, Cai Rongxue was awakened first, so he pushed Li Sanjian and said.
Cai Rongxue shouted three times in a row, and Li Sanjian woke up in a daze.
Military? Or is it an urgent report? Li Sanjian woke up suddenly when he heard this, and after a cursory look at the emergency report, he hurriedly jumped under the bed, and repeatedly ordered Cai Rongxue and the others: "Hurry... Fast... Take the armor. ”
On the military emergency report, there are only ten words, that is, "Shihu Water Village is lost, and the situation is critical!" ”。
After Li Sanjian saw the emergency report, how could he not be in a hurry?
At this moment, Li Sanjian is anxious.
Where is Shihu Water Village? Shihu Water Village is the gateway of Quanzhou and a fortress of Gongwei Quanzhou.
If the Shihu Water Village is really lost, Quanzhou is basically the door is wide open, and Haikou can take the captain to drive straight in, and directly sail the boat to Quanzhou City.
Why didn't anyone in the entire Quanzhou Prefecture remind themselves of the importance of Shihu Water Village? Why did you ignore this? At this time, Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.
Seeing Li Sanjian's anxious appearance, Cai Rongxue didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly ordered her subordinates to take Li Sanjian's armor, and dressed Li Sanjian properly with a few maidservants.
"Xue'er, after I left, you instructed the people in the mansion to close the door of the mansion tightly, and not to open the door unless it was an important matter, and not to allow people who were not familiar and important to enter the mansion." Li Sanjian hung Wu Wangjian on his waist, stabilized his mind, and said slowly to Cai Rongxue.
The chaos is not alarmed, Mount Tai collapses in front and the color remains unchanged, and the elk is happy on the left and does not look instantaneous, which is the least that a general should have, and it is also the most important.
When something happened, Li Sanjian, who was the Taishou of Quanzhou, first messed up his own position, wouldn't his subordinates be even more flustered?
Therefore, at this moment, Li Sanjian calmed down and thought about how to deal with this matter.
"The slave family knows, you, official... Swords and guns have no eyes, you must be careful, officials. Cai Rongxue said to Li Sanjian with great concern.
At this point, how could Cai Rongxue not know what was going on?
In this world, a man is a woman's heaven and the pillar of a family, how can Cai Rongxue, who is Li Sanjian's wife, not worry?
It's useless to talk too much at the moment, so Li Sanjian shook Cai Rongxue's sweaty little hand, nodded, and then turned around and strode away.
By the time Fu Erniang drove out, Li Sanjian and others had already left Quanzhou Taishou Mansion.
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There is Qingyuan Mountain in the north of Quanzhou, there is Turtle Mountain in the west gate, and there is Zimao Mountain in the distance. The southwest direction is surrounded by **, and there is Luoyang River in the northeast, and Luoyang River merges with ** in the southeast of Quanzhou to flow into the sea.
Quanzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack everywhere, except for the southwest of the city wall, the reason is that the southwest of the city wall is a flat land, and its southeast is a lake swamp, facing the sea, the north of Quanzhou is Qingyuan Mountain, so if you want to break through Quanzhou, you must attack in the southwest direction.
The city gates in the southwest of Quanzhou are Linzhang Gate and Tongjin Gate.
At the end of September and the beginning of October of the second year of Song Chongning, the Tongpanshan Haikou of the East China Sea gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and hundreds of large and small ships came to the city of Quanzhou to besiege the city of Quanzhou, hoping to capture the city of Quanzhou in one fell swoop.
At this time, the river outside the Linzhang Gate and Tongjin Gate in Quanzhou is covered with ships of various sizes, and there is no end in sight.
The mast is like a dense forest, the sail is like a cloud hanging from the sky, and all kinds of flags are also waving in the wind, and the thief is incomparably huge.
"Hahahaha..." Xie Huaizhong, the leader of the Tongshan Cottage standing on a big ship, looked at the city of Quanzhou, and couldn't help laughing heartily: "The second brother is really resourceful, what a suspicious plan!" ”
The leaders of the Zhuhai Kou who surrounded Xie Huaizhong seemed to see a trace of saliva flowing from Xie Huaizhong's mouth...
Of course, Xie Huaizhong is drooling, or about to drool...
In the past, it was a fortunate thing for Haikou to capture a county seat, and after capturing the county seat, they plundered property, women, etc., just like a hungry wolf, which was exciting and exciting.
The county seat is like this, let alone a big city like Quanzhou? Mountains of gold, silver, jewelry, and other belongings in the city, groups of petite ladies in the city, countless treasures in the city... How can this not be mouth-watering?
And the most important thing is that if Tongshanzhai captures the city of Quanzhou, or even expands the results of the war, and then captures a few cities on Fujian Road, it will have the capital to bargain with the Song court, and it is possible to be recruited by the Song court, and then become a person of the government.
At the same time, the copper cottage will be a great momentum, and the heroes of the Quartet will be the first to vote, and at that time, the copper cottage will become one of the best overlords in the East China Sea, and Xie Huaizhong will be the head of the group, and even the king is possible.
No matter how bad it is, it broke through the city of Quanzhou, and then burned and plundered it on a large scale, turning Quanzhou into a ruin, and then swaggered away calmly, and then hid in the vast sea, what can the Song court do with Xie Huaizhong?
Xie Huaizhong thought of the smugness, and couldn't help but stroke his bald head and laugh proudly.
"What should we do now, my lord?" Xie Huaizhong's subordinates seem to have seen through Xie Huaizhong's mind and have already been called "king".
"Well, what does the second brother think about it now?" When Xie Huaizhong heard this, he suppressed his laughter and asked Fei Jingyang on the side.
"Big Brother 。。。。。" Everyone looked eager and excited, but Fei Jingyang looked worried, looking at the silent city of Quanzhou, and said with great anxiety: "Big brother, why don't I wait for the withdrawal of troops back to the island." ”
At this time, the city of Quanzhou seemed relatively quiet, without the sound of hustle and bustle, nor the sound of noise, nor the sound of panic.
On the city wall, the banners of the Great Song Dynasty are waving in the wind, the flags are mixed with various long and short weapons, like rows of woods, the city wall is visible to the naked eye, and a group of Song troops carrying quivers on their backs are constantly moving on the city wall, but they do not make a big sound.
Quanzhou City is in a strict formation, how can it not make Fei Jingyang feel frightened?
Withdrawal? Back to the island? When Xie Huaizhong heard this, he almost fell off the ship, turned his head to look at Fei Jingyang and asked angrily, "Why did the second brother say this?" ”
To make such a big battle, is it to attack everywhere, and when it arrives at the city of Quanzhou, when it is about to break through the city, it will die down and withdraw its troops back to the island in disgrace?
How is this possible? You must know that in order to attack Quanzhou City this time, Tongshanzhai took out almost all the family resources.
"Big brother, where is the Quanzhou boatman? So far, I haven't seen a boat from Quanzhou! Fei Jingyang replied when he heard this.
Compared with the strict battle of Quanzhou City, Fei Jingyang is most worried about Quanzhou Boat Master.
Fei Jingyang originally planned to start a decisive battle with the Gongwei Quanzhou Boat Division on the sea outside Quanzhou, and break the Quanzhou Boat Division in one fell swoop, annihilate most of it, and then besiege Quanzhou with a victorious army, which will definitely be twice the result with half the effort.
But until the ship of Haikou sailed to the city of Quanzhou, there was no trace of a Quanzhou boatmaster's ship, as if he threw a punch with all his strength, but a punch hit the cotton, which made people surge in blood and blood.
Fei Jingyang was worried that the Quanzhou Boat Master, who had been missing, was hiding somewhere, and when the time was ripe, he would give him a fatal blow.
Before you win, you can lose first, so you can not be defeated in a hundred battles! If the siege is unfavorable, the Haikou can still drive the boat and leave calmly, but if the Quanzhou Boat Master has been eyeing the side, it will make Fei Jingyang like a thorn in the back and a fish in the throat.
The Song army in the city of Quanzhou could not go to the sea without ships and could not chase the enemy, but the boat division was different, and it could be beaten by the pirates.
Compared with it, Fei Jingyang would rather fight hard, bloodily, and to the death with Quanzhou Zhoushi at sea, and even lose, which is much more reassuring than the current one.
"The military advisor is too worried!" Xie Huaizhong's brother Xie Huaiyi said when he heard this: "It is reported that the Quanzhou official army boat division has sailed to the south, and it is estimated that it is to rescue Zhangzhou. ”
The copper cottage has a great momentum, so the big leader and the second leader are automatically upgraded to "kings" and "military advisors". . .
"Definitely!" Fei Jingyang shook his head when he heard this: "If the official army boat division is a false shot, if the official army boat division turns back, how should we deal with it?" ”
"Where are so many yes?" Xie Huaizhong said impatiently: "There are dozens of broken ships in the official army, where is the opponent of my hundreds of warships?" Even if they turn back, they won't take them seriously. ”
"King, please order the siege of the city, I am willing to be the vanguard!" When the leaders of the Haikou heard this, they were overjoyed and asked for the siege together.
"Don't panic!" Xie Huaizhong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Didn't you say that I, Xie Huaizhong, am a rough person?" Today, grandpa, I'll give them a salute before the soldiers! ”