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End of February.

Cai still made arrangements, with the Amphibious Army, the Tabai Army, the Beiwei Army, the Jinwu Front Army, and the Jinwu Central Army as the strange army, with Liu Qi as the commander, and Yue Fei as the deputy commander, taking the waterway, entering Hangzhou Bay, and attacking Hangzhou City from the back.

Actually-

Cai still did not have much hope for Liu Qi, Yue Fei and others to seize Hangzhou City, Cai still really aimed at the thousands of big ships that Fang La stopped in Hangzhou Bay, and the tens of thousands of boatmen that Fang La captured from all over the southeast.

The secret agents lurking beside Fang La had already inquired about it, and Fang La had moved all the treasures and supplies he had looted all the way to the fleet in Hangzhou Bay, preparing to leave Hangzhou by boat if he could not hold Hangzhou.

To be honest, Cai is still very interested in Fang La's treasures and materials.

But what makes Cai still more interested, no, it should be said that what Cai still wants more is actually the thousands of big ships and tens of thousands of shipwrights that Fang La collected.

Due to the barrier between Liao and Western Xia, the Northern Song Dynasty was unable to conduct international trade on land.

In other words, the Silk Road on land, which lasted for nearly a thousand years, was broken in the Northern Song Dynasty.

As a last resort, the Northern Song Dynasty could only develop maritime international trade, that is, the development of the Maritime Silk Road.

As a result, the southeastern coastal areas became an economic center of the Northern Song Dynasty, and maritime trade also brought huge economic income to the Northern Song Dynasty.

The compass, sextant and other tools invented by the Northern Song Dynasty were used for sea navigation, which helped the civil navigation a lot, so that from the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Chinese vigorously developed the shipbuilding industry, and at the same time set up the city ship Yamen, equivalent to the customs of later generations, the main functions of issuing trade licenses, collecting taxes, and managing ships returning to the port.

The huge commercial value made the Northern Song Dynasty court and the people jointly vigorously develop ships, and built the last ships of this era, such as loach boats, horse boats, saury fish, etc.

(It should be noted that the horse ship is very capable of transporting troops, and can transport five or six hundred people at a time.) ）

The Northern Song Dynasty also used the ship model lofting technology, that is, to make a model for all shipyards to build and transform the real ship, which is an advanced shipbuilding technology that has been used in later generations.

This made the shipbuilding and navigation industry of the Northern Song Dynasty extremely developed.

On this basis, Cai still formulated a very bold development plan.

This very bold development plan is - he wants to build a country!

Belch...... In fact, it is a bit too exaggerated to say that the founding of the country is still built, and what Cai still really wants to build is actually a large rear and base area that can provide support for himself in the future.

Although Cai is still running the Jinwu Army, after all, the Jinwu Army is in the Song Dynasty, and there are all Song troops around, which makes it inconvenient for Cai to do anything.

The key is to think about defeat before winning.

Rebellion is definitely the riskiest business, and it can be said that if you are not careful, you will be doomed.

In this case, Cai still can't help but prepare a back road for himself, in case he fails in the future, he may not be able to end up in a dismal end.

It is precisely because of this consideration that Cai has been thinking about where he can use as his back path for a long time.

Cai still looked at the world map he had drawn for a long time, and finally picked the most suitable place.

This place is the Taiwan of the future.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Taiwan was called "Daoyi";

The Qin Dynasty called Taiwan "Yingzhou";

During the Three Kingdoms period, Taiwan was called "Yizhou";

The Sui Dynasty to the present day (in fact, all the way to the Yuan Dynasty) calls Taiwan "Liuqiu".

During the Xia and Shang period, Taiwan belonged to Yangzhou in Kyushu.

During the Three Kingdoms period, King Sun Quan of Wu sent generals Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to lead a fleet of more than 10,000 soldiers and more than 30 ships to Taiwan, which was the beginning of the development of Taiwan by the residents of Chinese mainland with advanced cultural knowledge.

Contacts between the mainland and Taiwan began to increase during the Sui Dynasty - Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty sent Zhu Kuan, Chen Ling and others to Taiwan three times.

By the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty in the ninth and tenth centuries, in fact, Han people had begun to settle in the Penghu area in front of Taiwan.

But—

In the real Taiwan, there should be no Han people living in it now, only some indigenous people who are similar to savages live on it.

Therefore, as long as there is a good ship, with Tsai's familiarity with Taiwan's waters, he will definitely be able to lead people to occupy Taiwan and make Taiwan's surname Tsai.

But then again, just one island, even if it is a treasure island, without people, is not enough to become a big rear and become Cai Zhen's base.

Therefore, since he reached the southeast, Cai still tried his best to capture the people of the Fang La Yi Army, educated and reformed them, and also trained Fang Baihua and Chen Jingu, who had a high prestige among the Fang La Yi Army, with the purpose of absorbing these people as his subjects.

Of course, these tens of thousands of people are not enough at present.

But it doesn't matter, Cai still has just come to the southeast, and he still has a chance to get people - the southeasterners have been oppressed by the Northern Song Dynasty, and now they are being invaded by war, Cai still believes that as long as he operates properly, he will definitely be able to move enough southeast people to build Taiwan, so that Taiwan will become his own rear, his own base, and his own retreat.

At that time, if he did not get along well in Zhao and Song, he could flee back to Taiwan, and then wait and see the situation of Zhao and Song - if Cai is still developing well in Taiwan, he can attack the southeast coastal areas of Zhao and Song at any time in the future, including Lin'anfu, the capital of the historical Southern Song Dynasty. Further, enter, Cai can still go to the Central Plains to chase the deer, retreat, and Cai can still live happily in Taiwan.

Moreover, in history, when the Jin State attacked the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou had taken refuge at sea, if the opponent was Cai Yi from Taiwan, then he might be able to complete the beheading and capture Zhao Gou at once, so that Zhao Gou could not escape.

Actually-

On the military front, this is only one of the reasons why Tsai still chooses Taiwan as his rear and his base area.

There is another very important reason why Tsai still chose Taiwan as his rear and his base.

Tsai still wants to use Taiwan as a stepping stone to develop maritime trade.

If you want to compete in the world, you can't do it without money.

And the most profitable thing is undoubtedly the development of international trade.

This is well documented by history.

Taiwan Island faces Fujian Province across the Taiwan Strait to the west, and it is completely possible to take the Maritime Silk Road to develop international trade.

The key is that the island of Taiwan can also trade with Zhao Song.

Great location.

All in all, if Tsai still has Taiwan, a big rear area and a base area, then Tsai's strategic room for maneuver will be greatly increased.

Therefore, Tsai is still determined to win Taiwan, and then to the ships and shipwrights gathered in Taiwan.

It is precisely because of this that Cai still took the initiative to propose that Liu Zhen lead the Central Forbidden Army south to recover Hangzhou, and he was responsible for eliminating the remnants of Fang Baihua and Chen Shiv and attacking Hangzhou City from the waterway.

It can be seen by people that the attack of the Song army this time is mainly based on Liu Zhen and the central forbidden army under his department, and Cai is still responsible for helping them solve their worries and responses.

Moreover, Cai still generously gave Liu Zhen the Anhua Army and the Wuning Army, which should have been under his control, and asked him to gather an army of 40,000.

In this case, how could Liu Zhen not be willing?

Not only Liu Zhen was willing, but Tan Zhen, who came later, was also willing, and he immediately said that he would personally command this crucial battle.

Therefore, not long after Liu Qi and Yue Fei led the amphibious army, the Tabai army, the Beiwei army, the Jinwu front army, and the Jinwu Chinese army from the waterway, Cai still personally led the remaining Jinwu army to the Xiwukang-Deqing area, and at the same time, Tan Zhi and Liu Zhen also personally led the army south.

Two days later, Cai Ying's army arrived in Deqing.

The defenders of Deqing were the Fangla Rebels who were mainly the Fourteenth Rebels of Chen.

Cai still felt that he had trained Chen Jingu well in the past two days, so he asked Chen Jingu if he was willing to surrender.

No, Chen Jingu agreed to come down as soon as she could, and refused Cai still to send someone to accompany her into the city to surrender.

To be honest, Cai is still quite worried about Chen Jingu.

Although Cai is still romantic, he is really not a ruthless person.

Moreover, Cai still really likes Chen Jingu, a woman with good health, beauty and difference.

But the path Cai is still taking does not allow him to be a woman, and at the critical moment, let alone send a concubine to surrender, even if he is himself, he should also be on it.

Therefore, before Chen Jingu left, Cai still kissed Chen Jingu on the forehead in public and said, "I'll wait for you to return safely." ”

Chen Jingu didn't say anything, just walked towards Deqing City in a curly manner.

Seeing Chen Jingu's performance, many people felt that Cai was still a meat bun beating a dog this time, not only could he not succeed in surrendering, but he would also lose a concubine who was alluring to the country and the city.

To be honest, Cai still has no bottom himself, especially after seeing that Chen Jingu doesn't seem to have any nostalgia for him.

But Cai still couldn't say what he really thought in his heart, he could only pretend to be calm and say to the left and right, "Aunt Jin, my beloved concubine, will not fail me!" ”

I don't know if Chen Jingu heard Cai Ying's words, and less than an hour after she entered the city, the city gates were wide open.

Subsequently, Chen Jingu walked out of the city with more than 30,000 people.

Seeing this scene, Cai was still overjoyed and personally led the guards to pick up Chen Jingu.

As soon as they met, without waiting for Cai to speak, Chen Jingu said, "The slave family has handed over everything to the general, and I hope the general will not bear the slave family." ”

Cai still promised with his mouth, "Don't worry, concubine, Cai will never fail you in this life, if you violate this oath......"

Speaking of which, Cai still looked at Chen Jingu, and wanted Chen Jingu to stop him from swearing poisonously——、 isn't it all like this in TV dramas.

Who would have thought that Chen Jingu didn't mean to stop Cai Ying at all, so she just looked at Cai Ying quietly.

Not only Chen Jingu was looking at Cai Ying, but there were also thirty or forty thousand pairs of eyes next to him who were also looking at Cai Ying.

In this case, if Cai still doesn't continue, the character will collapse.

There was no way, Cai still had to bite the bullet and say, "If you violate this oath...... Call me five thunders in the sky. ”

Listening to Cai Ying's oath, Chen Jingu finally smiled.

This smile is so bright that Cai still forgot to add in his heart, "Bad spirit, good spirit".

Two days later, Cai still led the army to Wukang again.

Wukang's Fang La Righteous Army is all Fang Baihua's subordinates.

Therefore, Cai was still ready to repeat his old tricks and sent Fang Baihua to recruit and surrender, wanting to solve Wukang's Fang La rebel army without fighting......

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