Chapter 260: The strength of one and the other

Cui Zhenhu, the original defender of the Song army in Fuzhou, contacted some military generals and civil officials, killed the Yuan army stationed and the officials who were bent on surrendering to the Yuan, and publicly declared that Fuzhou was submissive to Zhao Tianyou of Hong Kong Island. Followed by the Song generals who originally surrendered in Ningde and Putian, killed the small group of Yuan soldiers and generals stationed locally, and shouted the slogan of returning to Hong Kong Island.

The prestige of the South China Sea Fleet on the water spread far and wide, which was spread with the defeat of Zhu Qing's old troops in all directions, and the Song people have always lacked a strong idol that can be praised against the Yuan people, so they can't help but add fuel and vinegar to the spread, saying that the South China Sea Fleet is more powerful than the heavenly soldiers and generals.

Zhao Tianyou, who had returned to Guangzhou with a large number of supplies, was equally unaware of these changes, and it was not until the arrival of the second batch of cargo ships carrying sulfur from Quanzhou that the important port cities on the southeast coast, including Wenzhou, where the garrison had recently been killed, had already declared their submission to Hong Kong Island.

That's Wenzhou, the guard general Zhou Youming's courage is big enough, not far from Lin'an, where the Yuan Dynasty army is stationed, as long as the Yuan army sends troops to conquer Wenzhou, even if he verbally submits to Zhao Tianyou, Hong Kong Island can't provide any help.

"Lord Wen, it's all good news recently, the Song generals who surrendered before were unwilling to be ruled by the brutal Yuan army, and they rebelled with cavalry, but we can't help them with the long way."

Wen Tianxiang was in high spirits, and his face was full of joy and joy, the reason was not the anti-Yuan news from all over the coast, but the course of the lecture hall was carried out smoothly, and the teaching materials compiled by Zhao Tianyou were taught with surprisingly good results.

The first batch of cadets consisted of only 400 people, half of whom were from Hong Kong Island and half of the cadets of the City Guard, and the soldiers of Hong Kong Island had a very big advantage in the adaptability of the cadets to receive new knowledge, leaving behind the cadets of the City Guard.

With the help of the collective sense of honor, the students are divided into two parts, and they do not give in to each other in learning. Reading at night abounds, and there is no need for teachers to supervise reading, and after completing the prescribed learning progress, everyone is secretly working hard to learn Zhao Tianyou's annotations on the military book.

Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Outline of the Martial Arts written by the Song Dynasty were not the main learning materials for the martial arts, but Zhao Tianyou broke up these works in chapters, and then added his own annotations and analysis. He called on the students of the martial arts hall to learn this method, use his commentary as an example, and comprehend every chapter and strategy of Sun Tzu's Art of War according to their own understanding.

"The rise of the Great Song Dynasty is just around the corner, the Yuan people rely on killing and surrendering generals to govern the world, it is absolutely impossible to last long, and besides, as long as we take time, we can develop to a very large scale. At that time, we can drive the Mongols out of the Central Plains, regain thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, reproduce the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and reproduce the prosperity of the coming dynasty of all nations. ”

The more Wen Tianxiang spoke, the more proud he became, patted the table and hummed a hometown ballad, and grimaced at the haggard Zhang Zhensun, who did not behave like a first-class official to the prime minister.

Zhang Zhensun has not had an easy time lately, there are many things in the city, and the original officials of Guangzhou who are busy are on all fours, which is also the consequence of the population surge. The number of people in Guangzhou has surged from less than 100,000 when Li Heng was first fought to 300,000 now, and the lively and prosperous scene is even better than before the war.

Zhao Tianyou can lead the army to fight, develop new weapons, and write military textbooks, but when it comes to daily government affairs, his head is more than one, so once there are these topics, he always lowers his head and pretends not to hear.

Ling Zhen should change the topic and said: "There are rumors among the people that the cannon cast by Boyan alone has 10,000 catties and can fire hundreds of catties of giant cannonballs, how powerful does that guy have?" Whether this is hearsay or something is true, we must determine as soon as possible, otherwise we will suffer at that time. ”

"Yes, yes, you should pay attention to it. Our fast horse scouts can't get too close now, and these news are still circulating among the people in the north, and it took a long time for them to reach Guangzhou, and our intelligence work is lagging behind. ”

Zhao Tianyou thought for a while and said: "The rumors in the market may be true, in the nearby states and counties that the Yuan army can control, even the hoes used to dig the ground have been confiscated, and they lack materials for casting cannons, so it seems that the amount used is very large." ”

Wen Tianxiang continued: "Since General Zhao returned from Quanzhou, the number of artillery shells produced has caught up, and the base number of artillery shells equipped at the head of the city has been the same as before the war, and there is no big problem in preventing the attack of the Yuan army.

However, we have the disadvantages of defending the city and not attacking enough, there is still no change, the number of cavalry horses has increased, but the quality of cavalry has improved slowly, and if we are pulled into the field to fight with the Yuan soldiers, we are still at a disadvantage. ”

Ling Zhen's face turned red, a little embarrassed, he said a big thing at the beginning, as long as there are horses, he can pull up a cavalry team, and now Zhao Tianyou has added 30,000 horses to him, but he no longer has a skilled rider in his hand.

In fact, this is beyond his ability, the Song people are a wealthy family that practices martial arts, and there are not many horses that can be practiced day and night, not to mention that the current soldiers are mostly ordinary people in the countryside. They have ridden livestock on weekdays, but most of them are donkeys and cattle, and not every family has them, and they have very little experience in riding horses.

"This is not to blame Ling Dutong, the Mongols have grown up on horseback since childhood, and they began to touch bows and arrows at the age of three or four, and more than ten years of training have made everyone a qualified warrior. We, the villagers of the Great Song Dynasty, deal with only hoes every day, and at most wield kitchen knives when killing chickens, so that they can learn to ride horses and shoot arrows in a short time, which is impossible.

The Mongol cavalry was the best in the world, and in the decades since they began to expand from the steppe, they have traveled thousands of miles to destroy countless countries, and no country has been able to defeat them. But what about us, rewriting their record, it is already the third time in Guangzhou, who can believe that Guangzhou can hold out until now? And to be able to win again and again? ”

"Yes, yes."

Everyone in the hall nodded again and again and said yes, a Guangzhou city supported the incense of the entire Great Song Dynasty, and it was getting stronger and stronger. In the legend of the invincibility of the South China Sea Fleet, the Song people along the coast killed and drove away the Yuan soldiers one after another, but the Meng Yuan was helpless against the rebellious port cities and had no time to organize large-scale conquests.

The elite troops and resources of the Meng Yuan, together with the generals such as Boyan Ali Hague Ashu and other generals, were all concentrated in Guangzhou, and even Kublai Khan, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, talked about the most in the government every day, and the war situation in Guangzhou, and the rare treasures transported from the treasury of the Song Emperor in Lin'an, it was difficult to attract Kublai Khan's attention.

After unremitting efforts and waiting, Boyan's first 10,000-pound cannon was finally successfully cast.

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