Everyone in the world knows that the Mongolian cavalry is unparalleled in the world, but few people know that the sailors of the Yuan Dynasty were also good, if it were not for the accumulation of technology during the Yuan Dynasty, there would be no fleet of Zheng He in later generations across the seven seas. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the Mongols on the steppe did not know how to operate boats and ships, and the formation of the Mongolian naval division still relied on those Song generals and maritime merchants who surrendered to the Mongol Yuan; Four years ago, Liu Quan, the general of the Song Army, reported to the Yuan Court, "I am a crack soldier, and I am broken, and I am not as good as Song Er for water warfare." Seize the strengths of the other, build warships, and learn the navy, and it will be all right. ”

With the help of Liu Chuan and other traitors, Meng Yuan took the towns along the Han River and the Yangtze River, and captured 3,000 enemy ships for his own fleet. Later, during the attack on Lin'an, he received 500 large ships sent by two speculative merchants; Coupled with Pu Shougeng, who had been rooted in Quanzhou for many years, Zhang Hongfan had the huge fleet that completely destroyed the Great Song Dynasty.

It's just that at this time, Zhang Hongfan's fleet has been completely annihilated by Zheng He, and those warships have either sunk to the bottom of Yashan, or they were captured by Zheng He and handed over to Zhang Shijie to become the warships of the Song army. Therefore, Li You led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to the sea outside Quanzhou City without panic.

took the telescope from Zheng He's hand and looked at the direction of Quanzhou from a distance, "This Pu Shou Geng is also vigilant, now that the gate of Quanzhou City is closed, I think he is planning to defend the city and wait for Meng Yuan's reinforcements." After that, Li You handed the telescope to Zhang Shijie.

This telescope was made by him ordering the jewelers of the Great Song Dynasty to be polished with crystal stones, and handed over to Zheng He before the Battle of Yashan began, but unfortunately there are no more crystals to make extra telescopes, so there is only this one in the Song army until now.

"Pu Shougeng has been operating in Quanzhou for many years, his family has strong wealth and ability to repair the city wall, and the last time the lower official led the army to come was planted under this Quanzhou city." Zhang Shijie seemed to be unwilling, "In addition to this siege, we must pay attention to Meng Yuan's reinforcements, so as not to fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides." ”

"Zhang Shumi can rest assured, the sons and daughters under his command have some means that are not available in the Song army, and Quanzhou City should not be a problem." Zheng He looked full of confidence, "We will definitely be able to capture Quanzhou City before the arrival of Mengyuan reinforcements." ”

"That's very good." Zhang Shijie was quite generous, and he was not angry because of Zheng He's words, although Wen Tianxiang had many opinions on the eunuchs leading the troops, but Zheng He was not a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was not easy to say, so he could only secretly figure out the origin of the other party.

"This battle will be handed over to General Zheng." Li You didn't know how to call Zheng He, thinking that since he had so many troops, he would call him a general for the time being, and Zheng He had no objection.

"Subordinates receive orders." Immediately Zheng He began to command the fleet to set up a formation, to attack the Mengyuan ships in Quanzhou port, the battleships of Quanzhou City were almost all taken away by Zhang Hongfan, buried at the bottom of Yashan, and now Pu Shougeng can get the surplus troops to fight with the Song army, even if they can build new warships, skilled sailors and captains are not so easy to train, so the war did not last long, Quanzhou Port was ignited with a raging fire, and those ships that came out to meet were almost all annihilated by Zheng He's treasure fleet, The rest also hurriedly lowered their sails and surrendered.

Zheng He's art of commanding the fleet made Zhang Shijie stunned, he was too busy fighting to watch the last battle of Yashan, knowing that at this time he had just seen the true power of the treasure fleet, and couldn't help but admire it greatly.

"General Zheng is really a genius in the sky, if he is free in the future, he will ask General Zheng for more advice." Li You was also extremely impressed, and took the opportunity to make a request in his heart, he had gained a lot when he followed Chen Qingzhi, Qi Jiguang, Li Siye and others, presumably Zheng He would not let himself down, right?

"If the prime minister is intentional, how dare he disobey?" Li You didn't pose the slightest threat to Da Ming, so Zheng He agreed without chance, "When this war is over, our family will talk to Xianggong about the trick of this water war." ”

After annihilating Pu Shougeng's fleet, Zheng He did not stop, and directly commanded the army to go ashore to surround Quanzhou City on all sides, while guarding against the enemy's sneak attack out of the city, while setting up camp, and instructed Hou Xian to dismantle the artillery on the treasure ship and transport it to the shore to face the gate of Quanzhou City, only to launch an attack early tomorrow morning.

After torturing the Mengyuan soldiers captured from the ship, everyone learned that Pu Sou had once again sent Sun Shengfu to Fuzhou to ask for help from the instigation of the governor, who had been promoted to the governor of the government, and if the instigation heard the news and led the army to set off, then there was not much time left for them to attack Quanzhou City.

Zhang Shijie suddenly became anxious when he heard this, but Li You and Zheng He were still indifferent, and the two of them concentrated on discussing the essentials of the naval battle, and did not put Quanzhou City in their eyes at all.

Early in the morning of the second day, the army immediately launched an attack on Quanzhou City, and the cannons dismantled from the treasure ship made a huge roar, firing cannonballs one after another on Quanzhou City; Now the cannon on the treasure ship is still only taking shape, and it is far from being comparable to the future market, so the cannonballs fired are not very powerful. But the sound when it was launched was extremely terrifying, the defenders at the head of Quanzhou City were frightened, and their legs trembled, if it wasn't for Pu Shougeng ordering his people to personally supervise the battle, these people would probably have to flee from the city.

"The enemy's courage has been lost, and if the ants attack the city at this time, they will definitely be able to take the city." Zhang Shijie seemed to see hope at this time, and hurriedly asked for battle, "The minister is willing to personally lead the troops and horses to attack the city, if you can't take Quanzhou, you will come to see you." ”

"The ant-attached siege will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and our army is now victorious, so why hurry?" Li You shook his head and retorted, he arranged more than just this hand, "Zhang Shumi and good looking, Quanzhou City will be broken before sunset!" ”

From morning to noon, and then from noon to afternoon, the Song army did not officially start the siege of the city, but only suppressed the city with cannons, trebuchets, bows, etc., so after the initial panic, the defenders of Quanzhou gradually settled down.

"The Song army is poor, and when the Marshal instigates the capital to lead the army, he will definitely win a big victory under the attack from inside and outside, but this time Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie don't want to escape again." Pu Shougeng at the head of the city laughed.

It's just that before his words fell, he heard a loud thunderclap, and the gate of Quanzhou City directly exploded a big hole, and even the city tower above collapsed.

"At this time, the army will enter the city with me." Zhang Shijie, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately commanded the army to rush forward, and rushed directly into the city before the defenders could react, and Quanzhou City fell in one day. (To be continued.) )