After a day of fierce fighting, Quanzhou City seemed to be calm again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info The next day, the results of the battle were sent to Zhao Yu's desk after a preliminary summary, the Song army suffered more than 1,000 casualties in this battle, of which more than 600 were killed, most of which were caused by the capture of the foothold of the head of the southern city, only the Ruifeng battalion of the naval army killed more than 200 people, and the wounded were almost the same, which can be said to be either dead or wounded, and no one was spared, which shows the tragedy of the battle at that time.

The casualties of the front army that feinted to attack the northern city were also huge, their siege equipment was rudimentary, and they had to face the most ferocious battle of the defenders, the Tanma Red Army, so the casualties were more than those of the southern city. However, after completely controlling the southern city wall, the casualties dropped significantly, mainly due to the wounds of stray arrows or a small number of enemy troops who resisted stubbornly while pursuing the remnants, which also confirmed the statement that the retreating enemy army was the least combative.

Comparatively speaking, the enemy suffered more casualties, collecting more than 2,400 enemy corpses at the head of the city and in the city, and treating nearly 1,000 enemy wounded. In the ensuing rout, the enemy captured less than 600 people, some of whom were captured by the people of the city and sent to the barracks, indicating that the enemy army took the initiative to abandon the east and west cities after receiving the order to retreat, and withdrew into Pufu in an orderly manner.

After analyzing the report, Zhao Yu found that most of the enemy's casualties were caused by ballistas and grenades, while most of the casualties of his own soldiers were caused in close combat, which was also in line with his prediction. Their own success is due to advanced weapons and equipment, but there is still a gap with the enemy in close combat ability, of course, it is also related to the enemy's occupation of favorable terrain, not to mention the factor of individual soldier quality, because the northerners are superior to the southerners in terms of stature and physique, and one-on-one fighting is inherently at a disadvantage.

For this result, the generals were surprised and excited at the same time. Because in previous battles, unless the opponent took the initiative to surrender the city or occupied an overwhelming advantage in strength and combat effectiveness, it would have to pay several times, or even more than ten times the enemy's casualties, in order to achieve victory. As the besieging side, the besieging side only paid half of the price of the defender, and it was enough to capture the city in one day, which can be called a big victory.

However, Zhao Yu was not satisfied, because the veterans who were killed and injured could be called the team he brought out, and in the most fierce battle of Yashan, his own soldiers had never suffered such a large casualty, so it made him extremely heartbroken. And these people died only to get money, although it was necessary to raise the need for the restoration of the country, but it still filled him with a sense of guilt, and he felt that he might really not be suitable for this turbulent era to be an iron-blooded king.

But Zhao Hao knew that since he hadn't caught up with the good times, he had come to this unlucky time sadly, and was forced to embark on this journey of hegemony with no turning back, so he could only wipe away his cheap tears and put away his compassion and go on without hesitation, even if there was no hope ahead, full of ups and downs and thorns, he had to pounce and climb over......

The city has been captured, Zhang Shijie and Wen Tianxiang are busy arranging city defenses, cleaning up public security, taking over the city treasury, and pacifying the people. Pu Shougeng's house is also besieged layer by layer, and it seems that he has become a tiger in a cage, but everyone knows that as long as it is not eliminated one day, it will always be a cancer, and those wealthy businessmen led by him are lucky, and they are unwilling to cooperate with the imperial court, and even secretly plot against the Song Dynasty. And the reinforcements coming from all over will also make the people in the city uneasy, worried that the imperial court will not be able to contain Pu Shougeng, nor can it stop the enemy's reinforcements, so they are also in a wait-and-see state.

Therefore, at present, it is necessary not only to break through Pufu as soon as possible, but also to fight a defensive battle. There are Zhang Shijie and Zhao Mengjin in the city, and only Liu Zhu, a naval army, outside the city, is all under unified dispatch, and Zhao Yu can't rest assured. The wounded officers and soldiers will not be able to stay here for long, and will return to Qiongzhou today for further treatment and return the remains of the dead. After seeing him off at the naval camp, he took the opportunity to inspect the defenses outside the city. Ying Jieyan naturally knew the emperor's careful thoughts, and if he stopped him, he would definitely play tricks, so he could only let him, but he told Ni Liang to protect His Majesty and not let him enter the city.

Zhao Yu then transferred to the Warrior, escorted by several other dragon ships, and turned from the bay to the Jinjiang Haikou into the inland river. He looked out of the window, Quanzhou City is on the east bank of the Jinjiang River, Quanzhou has become a metropolis in the southeast at this time, but the population is much smaller than that of later generations, the vegetation is maintained quite well, and the sediment accumulation of Jinjiang and Quanzhou Bay is not serious. Compared with later generations, it is still very different, at that time, the continuous siltation of sediment brought by Quanzhou Port through Jinjiang has expanded several times to the south, and the Jinjiang Plain has also expanded to the sea.

The boat goes upstream, there are few tributaries on this section of the river, the specific drop of the river channel is also small, and the current is not fast, so the speed of the boat is very fast. The brave soldiers who were on guard on the river saw the Warrior coming, and they also joined the escort team, and more than a dozen dragon boats broke the waves on the river. Zhao Yu didn't have the heart to appreciate the river scenery in early summer, but let them walk slowly so that they could observe. Now it has just entered summer, the precipitation is still small, so the amount of water is not abundant, the river bank is exposed, the widest part of the water surface is about 200 steps, and the narrow place is more than 100 steps.

Judging from the turbid river and the splash of the boats, Zhao estimated that the water depth was about two zhang, and it was difficult for large ships to pass, so the garrison were all small and medium-sized gunboats and rocket ships. He was not worried that he would not be able to defeat the Yuan Navy, because they no longer had a navy, and the warships were all detained in the harbor, and the ships on the river were all towed to the east bank of the river, and they had to travel at least a hundred miles upstream to find the ships. However, the shallow water is gentle, which is conducive to the erection of pontoon bridges.

He felt that he had thought of it, and there was no reason why he could not imagine that at this moment, the Yuan army on the west bank was cutting down trees and tying up rafts, thinking that they were preparing to build a bridge. And Zhao Yu didn't want to disturb the Yuan army at the moment, they didn't have the help of the navy, and if they wanted to build a bridge on the river where their warships were rampant, it was no different from looking for death, he only needed to dispatch the dragon boat to break down their pontoon bridge, and let them be busy in vain.

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"Your Majesty, the 'Dare' seems to have been hit!" At this time, Guan Tongshou reported.

"Inquire about the situation!" Zhao Yu asked.

"Your Majesty, the port side of the Dare was pierced by an iron bullet, and there were no casualties!"

"What else did you just see?" Zhao Hao asked anxiously, he had heard a muffled sound before, very similar to the sound of gunpowder exploding.

"Your Majesty, there has just been a flash of gunpowder explosion on the West Bank. Yes, the smoke has not yet dissipated! Guantong reported again after confirmation.

"Oh no, do they already have a barreled artillery?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but be surprised by this new discovery, if it was true, it would be very bad for him...... (To be continued.) )