Chapter 151: Victory in the First Battle
Quanzhou Pinghai Sea Village
Pinghai Sea Village is built by the mountains and rivers, facing the sea on three sides, backed by Donghai Town, and the building is extremely solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
In addition, the sea is very deep and the current is relatively gentle, which is suitable for large ships. There are some water villages of the Maritime Inspection Division near the Pinghai Sea Village that echo with each other, scattered and distributed, and jointly protect the port of Quanzhou.
The Quanzhou Maritime Inspection Division is responsible for offshore and coastal inspections, and the Quanzhou Naval Division is responsible for medium-range and far-sea operations, inspections, etc.
In addition, there are countless small boats of the water scouts cruising back and forth around the water village.
There is a Pinghai division yamen built on the Pinghai water wall, there is a Zhenwu temple on the side of the yamen, there is a huge stone tablet in front of the water division yamen, and there are two big characters of "swallowing the sea" engraved on it.
"The receiving ship has already arrived in the warring sea at this time, right?" Inside the Pinghai Sea Village, Li Sanjian, the governor of Quanzhou, looked at the huge sea chart and asked.
When Sima Wei, the general of the Quanzhou Naval Division of the Black Flag Army of the Great Song Dynasty, led the patrol warship to inspect the sea area, he hastily encountered the enemy, and the news had already reached Quanzhou.
This is the first battle of the Quanzhou Navy Division since the establishment of the army, although the scale is not large, but it affects the hearts of the people in Quanzhou, especially Li Sanjian, who really can't wait to personally lead the warship to reinforce Sima Wei.
However, Li Sanjian was very sober in his heart, and he led the warship to reinforce him, which could only add to the chaos and would not help, so he had to stay in Quanzhou and be in a hurry.
"Back to Li Zhizhou, Zheng Tai has already led the 'Jinghai' warship and two medium-sized sea falcons to reinforce it, and it should have arrived at the sea area where the incident occurred." Zhang Kan, the commander of the Quanzhou Navy Division, replied.
The two Shenzhou given by Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty have been transformed into warships, one named "Jinghai" and the other named "Longxiang".
"Master Zhang, you said they wouldn't be wiped out, right?" Li Sanjian asked worriedly.
At this time, Li Sanjian didn't expect a big victory, he just hoped that he would be satisfied if he came back with all the mustaches and all the shadows.
Quanzhou did its best to renovate and build new ships, so that there were so many warships, and Li Sanjian did not want to lose them in the first battle.
The Quanzhou Naval Division is a newly built warship, a new training soldier, and the first battle, it is entirely possible that the division will be disadvantaged.
"Absolutely not!" Hearing this, Zhang Kan replied: "There are only a few pirate ships, how can they be my opponents?" Li Zhizhou is relieved. Moreover, the general Sima Wei was the former general of the Mingzhou Boat Division, and he was extremely experienced in naval warfare, so at least he would not be defeated. ”
Li Sanjian was a little relieved when he heard this, nodded and ordered: "Send more sentry ships to inquire about the battle situation, the situation is unfavorable, and allow them to return to Quanzhou." ”
"The young general has sent three waves of sentinel ships to inquire about the battle situation, and as soon as there is news, he will come back immediately to report it." Zhang Kan responded.
Li Sanjian nodded, walked out of the tent with Zhang Kan and other sailor generals, stood on the female wall of the water village, looked at the endless sea, and was silent for a long time.
In the blink of an eye, Li Sanjian has been the governor of Quanzhou for nearly three years, according to the Song system, every three years to take the exam, grind the survey, and transfer every three years, maybe Li Sanjian is the governor of Quanzhou The time is running out, after the examination and grinding, I don't know where to move, I don't know whether to rise or fall.
Because Quanzhou is far away from the Jingshi Road, after Li Sanjian went to the three paths, the result is still unknown, and Li Sanjian himself estimates that it should be more auspicious than lucky.
Therefore, Li Sanjian estimated that it was more likely to be demoted or even dismissed.
Leaving Quanzhou at this time, Li Sanjian was extremely unwilling, Li Sanjian was not unwilling to demote or dismiss officials, but unwilling to do things in Quanzhou, and everything was abandoned halfway.
Since Li Sanjian became the governor of Quanzhou, Li Sanjian has been in a state of prosperity at this moment, with a substantial increase in population and decrease, and the number of taxes and taxes paid in the city is increasing year by year.
At this moment, if Li Sanjian leaves Quanzhou, if his successor does not take care of Sanjian's government, then it is very likely that these things will be abandoned halfway.
This is all Li Sanjian's hard work, if he gives up halfway, how can Li Sanjian be willing?
But what can Li Sanjian do if he is unwilling? How can the selection of officials in the imperial court be influenced by Li Sanjian?
Li Sanjian just hopes that this day will come later.
"Report 。。。。。 A big victory, my Quanzhou boat master won a big victory! Just as Li Sanjian was thinking about his thoughts, several scouts rushed to Li Sanjian, Zhang Kan and others and shouted excitedly.
"Tell me what's going on?" Zhang Kan asked excitedly when he heard this.
After an hour of fierce fighting, he destroyed a thief ship, wounded one, and killed more than 200 thieves, and after Zheng Tai led his troops to reinforce, he destroyed a thief ship, and captured a thief ship, and a thief ship escaped. In this battle, a total of two thief ships were destroyed, one was captured, more than 200 beheaded, and more than 100 people were captured. A scout reported.
"Color! Color! Color! Li Sanjian was overjoyed when he heard this, and after drinking three times in a row, he asked, "How is my injury?" ”
"Li Zhizhou, our department only damaged five small boats, and the soldiers of our boat division were killed more than ten people and more than 20 were injured." Tanma replied.
"Or more than ten soldiers were killed in battle!" Li Sanjian said a little gloomily when he heard this.
"Kill 3,000 enemies and injure 800!" Seeing this, Zhang Kan hurriedly persuaded: "My Zhoushi soldiers are all new soldiers, and it is already very good to be able to achieve such a record at such a small price, and it is already a blessing, and the most important thing is that from now on, my Quanzhou Zhoushi's fear of thieves and fear of war will disappear invisibly, which is better than anything else." ”
Ci is not in charge of the army, where are the immortals in battle? If you die a few people, you will feel so sad, just don't lead the troops, you are easy to be sad, this is probably a common problem of literati, right? Zhang Kan said secretly in his heart.
"That's what Master Zhang said." Li Sanjian nodded, collected his sadness and said: "The top priority at present is to reward the meritorious soldiers and compensate the dead and injured soldiers and their families. ”
Li Sanjian also felt that he was a little too sad, and this kind of thing will be inevitable in the future, especially in the event of a big war, there will be thousands of dead and wounded, so he is always sad and uncomfortable, how to lead the army?
"Thank you Li Zhizhou for the soldiers!" When all the generals heard this, they all said to Li Sanjian: "Li Zhizhou treats us like this, why don't we do our best to calm Kou Jinghai?" ”
"That's it!" Li Sanjian waved his hand and smiled: "Sima Wei, Zheng Tai and others are almost here, you go to the dock with the official to greet you, come here, and quickly arrange a guard of honor." ”
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Quanzhou Meishan Wharf
At this moment, on the pier of Meishan, countless flags were erected, and the flags were hunting in the sea breeze, and at the same time, more than 20 victory drums were erected on the wharf, and more than 20 strong men beat the victory drums, the drums were bursting, deafening, and many horns were blown, making a burst of "woo" sound, and wanted to pierce the sky.
On the wharf, there are also many people gathered, there are people from the Quanzhou government, and there are also people who come to see the excitement.
"With merit, Li Zhizhou should be safe and sound this time, right?" Cui Yongzi, the general judge of Quanzhou, who was standing side by side with Li Sanjian and was ready to welcome the triumph of the boat master, looked at Li Sanjian and asked.
"Meritorious?" Li Sanjian shook his head when he heard this: "So far, Li still doesn't think this matter is too much!" ”
"Not too much?" Li Sanjian looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, Cui Yongzi was not angry, but said angrily: "This is not too much?" It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a crime, in the whole world, only you Li Zhizhou dare to do this... This time the pirates won the first battle, and Cui only hopes to be able to offset the merits and crimes, so that the court will not punish you. ”
"Not only that!" Li Sanjian didn't want to say more about it, so he answered.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
"What a big warship!"
"It's really majestic!"
Everyone looked forward to it, and finally looked forward to the triumphant return of the Quanzhou Boat Division of the Black Flag Army of the Great Song Dynasty, so the sound of drums and trumpets on the wharf sounded in unison, and at the same time, countless firecrackers were lit, gongs and drums rang out in unison, and the sound of firecrackers was like the New Year.
At this time, several large ships slowly sailed into the Meishan Wharf in Quanzhou, and the smoke of the war on the ship had not yet dissipated, and it was visible to the naked eye that the ship was full of potholes and bloodstains.
The "Jinghai" warship is incomparably tall and majestic, and many people are smacking their tongues when they see it for the first time, and at the same time, they are not happy that Quanzhou Zhoushi has such a fierce warship.
"This official is grateful to the soldiers for the court and the people!" After the ship was stable and the gangplank was lowered, Li Sanjian threw himself to the ground and said loudly to the soldiers.
"A certain general is equal to an inch of merit, how can he be like Li Fuzun?" Sima Wei, Zheng Tai and other generals saw Li Sanjian, Cui Yongzi and other Quanzhou officials coming to greet them in person, so they couldn't help but hurriedly grab a few steps, walked in front of Li Sanjian and others, and said after giving a military salute.
"Deserve it, how not?" Li Sanjian picked up Sima Wei and other generals one by one and said: "All the soldiers deserve to be worshiped by Li." ”
"All the monarchs are meritorious people, and this official is determined to be the monarchs to make light contributions to the court!" Li Sanjian then said loudly to the soldiers: "Drunk and lying on the battlefield, how many people have come back to fight in ancient times?" For the rest of your life on the battlefield, you deserve to be worshiped by the people of the world, and the dead and wounded soldiers can bear it, Li will not forget you, the people will not forget you, the court will not forget you, the world will not forget you, your name will live forever, and it will be immortal! Li has always had a wish, that is, to build a martyr's shrine, to move the souls of soldiers who died in battle into the martyr's shrine, and to be admired by generations and incense forever. ”
The Song Dynasty also has ancestral halls such as the Martyrs' Shrine, but it is generally the spiritual positions of high-ranking officials and generals who died in battle that can be ranked among them, but Li Sanjian wants to move the spiritual positions of ordinary soldiers into it.
When all the soldiers heard this, they all secretly wept, and tears of gratitude flowed from the corners of their eyes.
Who in the world values them so much like Li Sanjian? Who else said that Li Sanjian moved them so much? Speaking of the hearts of the soldiers, it went to the heart.
What does it matter if such a person dies for him?