Hundreds of warships of the Song army entered Quanzhou Bay, and according to the predetermined plan, they approached the mouth of the Jinjiang River with the help of the tide, and all the way to Houzhu Port, and the escort and baggage fleets stayed in the bay five miles from the coast. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Zhao Yu boarded the top deck of the Sheji and looked south, Quanzhou City was in sight, although there was no grand scene of 10,000 ships moored in the harbor recorded in the history books, but several harbors were also sails and masts. And countless flags were erected on the city walls, and the soldiers went up to the city, apparently having also discovered their arrival.

"Your Majesty, we came suddenly this time, and that guy in the capital had to return as soon as he arrived in Zhangzhou, and he vomited blood without being tired!" Zhao Mengjin looked at the city and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty's plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain is very clever, and the instigation of the capital will be transferred to Zhangzhou, and it will be much easier for us to attack the city!" Zhang Shijie also stroked his beard and smiled.

"Cardinal, although the instigation of the capital is in the plan, but the forces in the city are still not weak, the current task is to quickly seize the southern wing of the city as a foothold, the naval army to control the east bank of the Jinjiang River and defeat the Quanzhou naval army, block the port, and never rashly attack the city." Zhao Yu said.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, your subordinates will immediately mobilize troops to capture Yicheng!" Zhao Mengjin said.

"Remember that after capturing Yicheng, the infantry army will immediately besiege the city, and you must not let Pu Shougeng escape!" Zhao Hao admonished again.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, your subordinates should remember that Pu Shougeng's old boy's wealth is all in the city, and I am afraid he is reluctant to run!" After Zhao Mengjin gave the salute, he changed ships and went to the Chinese army to supervise the battle and attack Yicheng.

"Liu Dutong, the navy must fight quickly, quickly defeat the Quanzhou navy, seize and control the ships in the port, all the ships of the Pu family, whether large or small, are confiscated, and other merchant ships are not allowed to board the ships without resistance, nor are they allowed to harass at will, but they are not allowed to leave their posts without authorization." Zhao Yu turned to Liu Zhu and said.

"If your subordinates obey your orders, you will not fail in your mission!" After Liu Zhu gave the salute, he also changed ships to command the battle, besieging the enemy ships that wanted to leave the port to meet them.

"Your Majesty, it's windy outside, let's go back to the cabin!" Ying Jieyan saw that the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and stepped forward and said.

"Hmm!" Zhao Yu nodded obediently, he knew that there was only this thing he could do now, and he knew that the outcome of the battle would be over soon.

Although Yicheng is called a city, in fact, it is just a flood control embankment built along the Jinjiang River that is one zhang high and no more than eight feet wide, and the protection ability is not strong, and it is okay to block the attack of pirates. And Pu Shougeng will not place heavy troops on this weak defensive line, hoping to block his own attack with this; And he had already investigated in advance, in the battle of Yashan, the Quanzhou naval army recruited by Zhang Hongfan suffered a lot of losses, and it was difficult to recover in such a short period of time.

'......Boom'

'Bang, bang...... Soon after returning to the cabin, the explosions of rockets and ballistas outside the cabin suddenly sounded, and the two armies had already engaged, and Zhao Yu curled up on the soft couch and fell asleep deeply, Wang De gently covered His Majesty with a quilt, and Ying Jieyan and the others also quietly retreated, because they all knew that His Majesty was too tired these days......

On that day, after Zhao Yu agreed on the site selection and construction of the salt works and the next step of the resettlement of the soldiers and civilians who accompanied the dynasty, he handed over all this to Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang for further arrangement and implementation. And he shifted all his energy to the upcoming Eastern Crusade, convening the Privy Council and several chief officers of the Eastern Crusade Army for several days to discuss the battle plan, and at the same time, the Secretariat and various spies and scouts also kept coming the latest information about Quanzhou.

During the discussion, Zhao Yu and everyone thought that the instigation of the capital was the great enemy attacking Quanzhou, and the battle of Quanzhou with him would be a vicious battle, and he must first be defeated before he could reach the city and start the siege. The Song army is obviously at a disadvantage with the hostile attack, and if the losses are huge, even if it wins, it will lose the ability to continue the siege, and it is likely to be in vain. Therefore, I agree with Zhao Yu's plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, but how to coax him out of Quanzhou, and it is indeed a problem to take Quanzhou first after he finds out that he has been deceived.

Zhang Shijie suggested that the Eastern Expeditionary Army be divided into two routes, one to feint Zhangzhou and the other to Quanzhou. In order to lure and instigate the capital to come to the aid of Zhangzhou, and then use this partial army to drag it down, creating an opportunity for attacking Quanzhou all the way to the army. We have no opinion on taking Zhangzhou as bait, because Zhangzhou is also an important coastal town, although it is not as rich and prosperous as Guangzhou and Quanzhou, but this city is located at the junction of Guangdong and Fujian provinces, and it can attack Guangzhou to the west and threaten Quanzhou to the east, so there is a lot of room for development. Therefore, once Zhangzhou is threatened, as the instigator in charge of Fujian's military and political affairs, he will not sit idly by and watch it fall, and will definitely bring troops to help.

Zhao Yu thought that it was okay to use Zhangzhou as a bait to instigate reinforcements, but he did not dare to agree with the two-way attack. Because Qiongzhou was already short of troops, almost all the active troops on the island were dispatched on this expedition, and the island's defense force was already very weak, so it was enough to gather 50,000 troops. If the troops are divided into battles, it is obvious that the deviant division that attacked Zhangzhou is a victim.

Because if you don't fight hard, you won't move, and if you want to create momentum, you will inevitably need more troops, and the troops that attack Quanzhou all the way after dividing the troops will inevitably be weakened. Once the war falls into a stalemate, in order to be able to 'retain' the capital, this partial division can only stubbornly resist, and it is inevitable that it will be lost for a long time. And the same attack on Quanzhou all the way may also fail due to insufficient troops and weak attack, which not only does not achieve the goal, but also loses the army.

In his previous life, Zhao Hao knew that Mao Weiren's principle of using troops when his troops were weak was to concentrate his forces to annihilate the enemy, and he must not be greedy and try to attack everywhere, causing his troops to be scattered. But everyone thinks that the little emperor is whimsical, wants to eat meat, and doesn't want to bait, how can there be such a good thing in the world, according to his thoughts, this is simply an unsolvable problem, unless more troops are used, otherwise Ren is grandson can not be reborn!

If this problem is not solved, the matter of the Eastern Crusade will be aborted, Zhao Yu is of course unwilling to give up this opportunity to make a fortune, and meditates how to cover two bottles with one bottle cap. He knew very well that the distance between Quanzhou and Zhangzhou was not far, and with the mobility of the Mongols, they could reach it in three days at the earliest, even if they could use a small force to successfully instigate the capital to Zhangzhou, not to mention that they could not capture Quanzhou in three days, even if they were captured in three days, there was no way to empty all Pu Shougeng's money, and it was still the same as being busy in vain, and they couldn't even earn back the capital...... (To be continued.) )