Outside Quanzhou City, Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan were dressed in military uniforms, and their cronies gathered on the dock, looking at the approaching fleet from a distance, and it seemed that there were many more ships coming this time than last time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It didn't take long for a big ship to slowly dock at the dock, the boat put down the gangplank, Li You took Zhang Shijie and Zheng He and walked down slowly, and before his feet stepped on the shore, Li You greeted with a smile, "Youlao and the two are far away." ”

Under the leadership of Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan, the officials of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou saluted Li You and others, "The lower officials meet Lord Xiangguo, the Privy Council, and General Zheng." ”

"Excuse me." After the end of the salute, everyone welcomed Li You and his party into the prefect's yamen in Quanzhou City, and served tea and snacks to entertain, Li You did not have too much politeness, and directly explained the purpose of coming to Quanzhou, "I heard that Kublai Khan has sent the general Boyan to lead his troops south, preparing to gather troops from Fuzhou and Jiangxi to attack Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, and I want to hear your plans." ”

"Since they have the courage to come, we will only wait for soldiers to come and cover the water and earth." Although Mrs. Xu is a woman, she acts decisively but does not let her eyebrows, although she knows that her strength is not as good as that of Boyan's army, she still refuses to show weakness.

"If Lord Xiangguo can lead the troops to resist the enemy together, then this battle will have a few chances of winning." Chen Hangyan thought more long-term than Mrs. Xu, and he guessed that Li You might have this intention here, if he added the 10,000 troops under Zheng He and the recruits trained by the Great Song Dynasty, then he might not be able to defeat Boyan and keep the two places safe.

Li You shook his head slowly, "If it is according to the meaning of the original appearance, you two might as well temporarily lead the troops to retreat to Liuqiu to avoid its edge, this time the army under Boyan's command adds up to no less than 100,000, and it will definitely not be able to stay in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, and it is not too late to cross the sea to recover the lost territory after they retreat." "Now every Great Song soldier is a valuable resource, Li You doesn't want them to fight a tough battle with Boyan openly, if so, even if they win, they will lose a lot, but the tactical victory is a strategic defeat, now the primary problem of the Great Song Dynasty is to preserve strength, gradually develop and grow, like this large-scale decisive battle can be avoided as much as possible.

"This ......" Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan hesitated slightly, of course they knew the strength of the Mongol army, but it seemed too embarrassing to retreat without a battle, right? Mrs. Xu, who was a little more impatient, couldn't help but ask, "Lord Xiangguo, is this battle really impossible to win?" ”

"It's not impossible to say that it is impossible to win, but now I only have more than 80,000 soldiers and horses in the Great Song Dynasty." This is still added to the large number of recruits who have recently completed training in Hong Kong and have not yet been on the battlefield, "Even if we win, how many will be left?" Fifty thousand or thirty thousand? And even if Meng Yuan loses these 100,000 soldiers and horses, he can still transfer another 100,000 soldiers and horses from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong, and at that time, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou can still hold on? You still have to retreat to Liuqiu, so it's better to leave early than late, at least you can save more troops and wait for the opportunity to be useful. ”

"In that case, you should take the soldiers, horses, and people to follow Lord Xiangguo to beg." Mrs. Xu seemed to be persuaded by Li You and helped him take the initiative to persuade Chen to hang his eyes.

"Sister, what will you do if I leave?" However, Chen Hangyan had already heard the meaning of Mrs. Xu's words, she was planning to stay on the mainland to fight Boyan's army.

"Since my husband was martyred, I have long had the heart of death." Mrs. Xu's eyes showed a resolute look, "At this time, it is true that we should take advantage of preserving our strength, but we can't let them win easily, junior brother, you leave with those who are willing to leave, and I will stay here to cause some trouble for Boyan and them." ”

I have to say that Mrs. Xu's words are also reasonable, it is important to preserve strength, but it is not possible to fight a battle, if this is the case in the future, the Great Song Dynasty will form a convention in the future, those who can win will fight, and those who can't win will leave, so that it will not take a few times The morale of the Great Song army will be gone, and the consequences will be even more serious.

After some persuasion, Mrs. Xu still insisted on her opinion, and Li You also felt that it was not so easy for Boyan to win, so he agreed to the suggestion left by Mrs. Xu, "Since you have made up your mind, I will not persuade you more, but I also have some ideas here on how to fight with Boyan." ”

Immediately, Li You began to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the two armies, "The strength of the Mongol army lies in the cavalry charge, if it is flat and fights the Mongol army, the army in Quanzhou City has little chance of winning; However, madam, most of your soldiers are from the mountainous areas of Fujian, and they are like walking on flat ground over the mountains, if you can introduce Boyan and them into the mountains, then you will have the advantage. ”

"It's still the same sentence I said last time, if you lose the land, you will lose the land, and if you lose the land, you will save the land, and if you want Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, you will give it to him, so he will have to disperse his forces for defense, and we can take the opportunity to find an opportunity to annihilate the small forces that are free of charge, so again and again, Boyan will not be able to hold on sooner or later." Li You took out the magic weapon of guerrilla warfare, and Mrs. Xu won the hearts of the people in Fujian, and her soldiers were all locals, so they already had the preliminary conditions for guerrilla warfare.

asked Li You about some specific strategies, and Mrs. Xu felt that she had gained a lot, "The last general understands a little, if the enemy army is strong at that time, I will not defend Quanzhou; Before they came, I would transport the grain to the mountains and scatter it and hide it, and then I would slowly deal with them. ”

Li You ordered Chen Hangyan to set off first with the people and soldiers who were willing to leave, Chen Hangyan felt that he would send these people away first, and then come back to fight Boyan with Mrs. Xu; Li You stayed in Quanzhou to discuss countermeasures with Mrs. Xu, and he even went to the mountains outside Quanzhou to tell Mrs. Xu the essence of using soldiers according to the terrain of the scene, and finally simply used the "Guiguzi Book" to teach Chen Qingzhi's "Eagle Eye" skills to her, hoping that Mrs. Xu could use this skill to find the flaws of the enemy army to save herself and defeat Boyan.

Most of the people Chen Hangyan took away were the old, weak, sick and disabled, and those who remained in Quanzhou City were all young and elite, plus the veterans sent by Li You who had been retrained and learned to use firearms, the strength of this army seemed to have risen slightly.

When the fleet returned to Quanzhou, Mrs. Xu had already learned a good thing, of course, she had to wait until the battlefield to test, Li You waved goodbye to Mrs. Xu and set off with the fleet again. He wouldn't leave Mrs. Xu alone, since Mrs. Xu refused to leave, then he had to find a way to relieve some of her pressure.

A few days later, Li You appeared overseas in Fuzhou with the fleet, and the smoke rose again on the land of Dayuan. (To be continued.) )