Chapter 59: Transfer
"Report to the head of the sect, there was a sudden wolf smoke over the main island, and then more than 50 ships of all sizes left the port one after another and went in the direction of Quanzhou." Dongshan Island has sent a lot of small boats around the sea area, and when there is nothing to do, they will get a shrimp pot to catch a crab or something, in fact, the main purpose is to monitor the surrounding sea area, and these small boats will come back to report when there is a situation.
They have been neighbors to the main island for more than half a year, but they have never seen more than ten ships move, and more than fifty are already all the ships on the main island, are they afraid to move?
"Send more men to observe close to the main island."
"Yes!"
The situation was beyond Zhao Tianyou's expectations, could it be that they guessed that I was going to clean him up and run away in advance? But this is not right, if they can pinch it so much, when they just landed on Dongshan Island, why didn't they come to seek revenge?
Soon after, the boat near the main island returned, bringing back even more shocking news!
The main island is empty, the demolished barracks, the burned caves, and even the docks have been cleaned up, and the logs used to build the platform have been removed. This is a sign that the pirates, who have been entrenched here for 180 years, will never return.
Mencius was displeased, although he landed on the main island, but the enemy was gone, and he led the disciples of the clan to the back mountain to find the remains of the people who died that year. Zhao Tianyou was a little embarrassed, he originally promised the old man that he must take revenge, and there was also this item in the plan, but what he didn't expect was that Xiao Tianxiong actually left, abandoned the main island that he had operated for a hundred years, and left.
Zhao Tianyou didn't realize at this time that it was impossible for Zhang Shijie and Song Duanzong, who he was waiting for, to come to Quanzhou and turn against Pu Shougeng. A letter of commitment from Kublai Khan advanced the time of Pu Shougeng's surrender by more than half a year, not only was Chen Yizhong's plan to set the capital of Quanzhou aborted, but how to safely evacuate from Fuzhou has become an urgent matter.
Wen Tianxiang had a conversation with Zhang Shijie and others in Fuzhou, and after breaking up unhappily, he left Fuzhou with a few retinues and prepared to rush to Quanzhou by land to find Mu Chenglin and Du Hu to meet Zhao Tianyou.
However, before he arrived in Quanzhou, he heard the news that Quanzhou Pu Shou Geng had been demoted, and was chasing down the officials loyal to the Song family and the Song clan relatives in the territory, and it was said that about 3,000 people had been arrested, and the entire Quanzhou Prefecture had been rumored to be full of soldiers.
In desperation, Wen Tianxiang transferred to Tingzhou, and together with Xu Guo, the governor of Tingzhou, recruited the defeated Song army from the north, opened the armory of the state capital, and distributed weapons to the people who volunteered to join the army.
Wen Tianxiang stepped up military training in Tingzhou, built a long sword team against the cavalry, raised the banner of fighting against the Yuan soldiers in Fujian, and at the same time wrote letters to the old departments scattered in various places to concentrate on fighting against Boyan's army.
In Fuzhou City, Zhang Shijie, Chen Yizhong, Lu Xiufu and other ministers have been discussing all night for two consecutive days, and they still haven't come up with a good idea. It is also reasonable for Wen Tianxiang to talk to them about the collapse, although he does not deny the loyalty of these ministers to the Song royal family, their courage and knowledge, and their ability to take charge of themselves.
But after they got together, they always looked ahead and couldn't come up with a firm direction and idea, so they missed the opportunity to fight back one by one. And Wen Tianxiang pays attention to pragmatism, the anti-Yuan is supported by a city, a place, a soldier and a pawn, not just after a king, the people of the world listen to your orders, all for your use.
At this time, Wenzhou surrendered, and Zhu Qing led more than 700 warships of the Yuan army to enter the port, which could go south to attack Fuzhou at any time. Suo Duo led 30,000 cavalry to bypass Jianning Mansion, avoid Sanming and go straight to Quanzhou, and the purpose of rushing south was mainly to occupy the dock in Quanzhou and prepare to encircle the Song army in Fuzhou.
At that time, Pu Shougeng had few soldiers in his hands, and in order to deter the local people, he escorted the Song clan relatives to various counties and towns in batches, beheaded them in public and exposed their bodies for three days. After Suoduo arrived in Quanzhou, he brought Kublai Khan's edict of reward, and named Pu Shougeng as the general of Zhaoyong, the governor of Fujian and Guangzhou, and the director of the Guangdong City of Fujian.
This official seal is big enough and has enough benefits, not only the port wharf of Fujian was granted to Pu Shougeng, but even the port interests along the coast of Guangdong that were still under the control of the Song Dynasty were also given to him. There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and he strengthened Pu Shougeng's determination to destroy the Song Dynasty and surrender the Yuan, and directly handed over his sailors' ships and soldiers and horses to the Yuan generals, and at the same time killed more than 3,000 Huai soldiers who withdrew from the north to Quanzhou.
The news was passed to Dongshan Island one by one, and Zhao Tianyou's brows did not disperse for a few days. The time of Pu's reduction was advanced by more than half a year, but he did no less killing, and even intensified it a little. On the occasion of the fall of the Yuan, not only the Song clan relatives were killed, but also those who had disagreed with their political views for many years, those who were disobedient in business, and even some local tyrants who dominated the countryside with strength, as long as he was not satisfied, they were all killed.
The number of people killed every day is increasing, and a few days later, the statistics have exceeded 20,000 people, and the corpses are all over the field.
Du Hu was worried about Wen Tianxiang in his heart, and he had the intention to rush to Tingzhou to make peace with Wen Tianxiang, and if he led these eight hundred Jiangxi soldiers away, it would be a bit to demolish Zhao Tianyou's platform, after all, you ran here when you were cornered, and now you are embarrassed to leave independently.
The war has burned to the door, although the Yuan soldiers are only part of the cavalry stationed in Quanzhou City, but the army is just around the corner, at this time in the middle of the retreat, it is likely to be trapped on Dongshan Island. Zhao Tianyou thought about the fact that Xiao Tianxiong had left the main island for a few days, and it seemed that he was really Pu Shougeng's subordinate, and he had already known what was going to happen in advance.
"We're going to evacuate too! All of them are loaded on the ship, and nothing can be left behind! Mu Chenglin went around from Fuzhou and returned immediately after inquiring about the news. Fuzhou gathered a total of 170,000 Song troops, which can be said to be a large number of generals and strong strength, but when more than 3,000 soldiers feinted to attack Ningde, there were no generals who were willing to send troops to meet the enemy, and they were all dedicated to reorganizing their subordinates and preparing to get on the ship and continue to flee south.
Zhao Tianyou said: "It's time to go, otherwise it will be difficult for our ship to leave if it starts in a few days." ”
"It's better to defect to Tingzhou, Lord Wen has already erected a flag in Tingzhou to resist the Yuan, these Gan soldiers were originally the old department of Lord Wen, and the integration of soldiers should be the best policy!" After Du Hu finished speaking, he paid attention to Zhao Tianyou's face, for fear of causing unnecessary suspicion.
Zhao Tianyou has not changed much, and Du Hu's thoughts are normal, but that is not his plan, and thousands of old and young people of the Meng family have to be transferred. And Xiao Tianxiong's warship has been outside the port of Quanzhou and has not gone far, which also aroused Zhao Tianyou's suspicions.
More than 3,000 people on Dongshan Island were mobilized, and all the things on the island were dismantled and loaded onto the ship, filling more than 80 large and small ships.