"Quanzhou?" Wen Tianxiang and the others all followed Li You's point to look at the city on the map, they quickly recognized that it was Quanzhou, Zhang Shijie secretly clenched his fists, Quanzhou left a not so pleasant impression on him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Four years ago, Zhang Shijie and Chen Yizhong together guarded Song Duanzong Zhao Yu and Wei Wang Zhao Yu, Yang Taifei and others crossed the sea from Fuzhou to Quanzhou, hoping to get the help of Quanzhou maritime merchants Pu Shouchen and Pu Shougeng brothers, but unfortunately these two people had already planned to take refuge in Meng Yuan and closed their doors, and the Song army ships were both insufficient, so they confiscated Pu Shougeng's merchant ships of 2,000 and swept away their goods, Pu Shougeng was furious, and sent his cronie Sun Shengfu to secretly go out of the city to meet the Yuan army on the way south, thus surrendering Meng Yuan.

In July of the following year, Zhang Shijie led the army from Chaozhou to counterattack Quanzhou, Pu Shougeng defended the city while sending Sun Shengfu to Marshal Meng to instigate the capital for help, and the instigation immediately led the troops to come, Zhang Shijie had no choice but to retreat; Afterwards, Pu Shou Geng closed the city for three days, and killed tens of thousands of people in the Southern Song Dynasty, the remnants of the Huai soldiers and local scholars under his rule, such appalling things shook the world, Zhang Shijie heard the eyes crying blood, Pu Shou Geng was appreciated by Kublai Khan, and now he has achieved the high position of Zuo Cheng in Fujian Province, and Quanzhou has almost become his private territory.

"It's Quanzhou." Li You nodded and replied, "Now the main shipbuilding places of the Mengyuan are Quanzhou and Goryeo, of which Goryeo is mainly to prepare for the attack on the Japanese state, and Quanzhou is to trade with the West; Goryeo doesn't have to worry about it for the time being, but Quanzhou and Liuqiu are close at hand, and there are many people such as Pu Shougeng who are familiar with maritime affairs, and they are really the great enemies of my Great Song Dynasty; If they did not attack Quanzhou while the Yuan army's naval division had not yet recovered, there would be endless troubles when their warships were built in the future, so Quanzhou must not be attacked. If Quanzhou is destroyed by me, then there is no need to worry about Meng Yuan attacking Liuqiu in the next few years. ”

Zhang Shijie nodded again and again, although Wen Tianxiang and the others were still full of worries about Meng Yuan, but now that it is a naval battle, there is no need to be afraid that the Song army will lose, and the scene of Zheng He's treasure fleet annihilating Zhang Hongfan's army is still vivid.

"The benefits of attacking Quanzhou are not limited to this." Li You then moved his finger in the direction of Zhangzhou, "Mrs. Xu, the daughter of Chen Wenlong, the former Fujian Guang envoy and the governor of the political affairs, and her brother Chen Hang sent a messenger a few days ago to report, saying that they have gathered tens of thousands of Fujian righteous people to prepare to attack Zhangzhou, if we attack Quanzhou at the same time, then Meng Yuan will be in a dilemma, and when Quanzhou and Zhangzhou are under my control, half of Min Province will fall into the hands of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Jun is honest, Zhang is willing to be the pioneer in this battle." didn't wait for Li You to finish speaking, Zhang Shijie couldn't wait to ask for battle, he and Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan were also old acquaintances; Mrs. Xu's husband Xu Hanqing served under Zhang Shijie, and sacrificed his life for the country when Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu supported Emperor Song to flee from Lin'annan; In the future, Zhang Shijie led the army to attack Quanzhou, Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan also led the She Han Righteous Army to help, although Mrs. Xu was a daughter, but it was much better than a man, she personally held a double sword, took the lead, and beat the Pu army to pieces, lost the armor and abandoned the armor, compared to Liang Hongyu back then.

"This matter is indeed a matter of Zhang Shumi's decision." This battle is inevitably dealing with Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan, and it is indeed inseparable from Zhang Shijie, Li You made arrangements, "This battle is personally led by the army, supplemented by Zhang Shumi and General Zheng, and the two of you each lead the fleet under your command to accompany you, and General Wang stays behind to guard Liuqiu, and you must ensure that Liuqiu does not cause any chaos." ”

Although the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty have been subdued by themselves before, Li You still did not relax his vigilance, this time Zhang Shijie and Zheng He will follow him on the expedition, so he left Zheng He's deputy Wang Jinghong here to stare at those civil officials, Wang Jinghong is not a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, he only listens to Zheng He and Li You now, plus the thousands of Ming troops left here, when the situation of Liuqiu can be kept stable, if someone wants to take advantage of Li You's absence to make trouble, Wang Jinghong will not be afraid of killing.

"Obey the orders of the Prime Minister." The three of them responded in unison, and then quickly discussed which troops to bring, where to set off, and the food, grass, ordnance and other things to be prepared for this trip.

Empress Dowager Yang recently handed over all the government to Li You, although she was a little worried about Li You's decision, but she still expressed her support, and then issued a holy decree to determine Li You's righteous name.

"Jun is honest, and the lower officials also want to go to Quanzhou with you." At this time, Wen Tianxiang also stood up and took the initiative to ask for war, these days he is busy educating the people, and there is no room for interference in the affairs of the court, he is somewhat unwilling.

"In that case, Song Rui will go with us." Of course, Li You is happy to see it happen, and it is only beneficial to keep an official with a high prestige like Wen Tianxiang by his side.

"The last general also wants to follow the prime minister to fight." Empress Dowager Yang's brother Yang Liangjie is not to be outdone, although he is a relative of the emperor, he naturally likes to fight on the battlefield, and of course he refuses to miss this opportunity.

Yang Liangjie, the representative of his relatives, and Wen Tianxiang, the representative of the civil official, were willing to follow the army to the battle, so Wang Jinghong's task was easier, and Li You gladly accepted Yang Liangjie's request and brought him with him.

Three days later, hundreds of large ships carrying 12,000 Ming troops and 30,000 Song troops set out from Ryukyu and crossed the sea in the direction of Quanzhou.

"Quanzhou is close to the sea, if you want to break through Quanzhou, the first thing is to defeat Mengyuan's sailors." Zheng He said with confidence, when it comes to naval warfare, he is not afraid of anyone in this era, and he has been to Quanzhou many times before, and he is quite familiar with the hydrological topography of Quanzhou, even if it is now more than a hundred years ago, he will not become completely unrecognizable when he wants to come to Quanzhou.

"According to the news sent by Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan, since Zhang Hongfan's army was wiped out by us, Pu Shougeng has searched everywhere for shipbuilders and giant wooden nails to rebuild ships, but it can't be restored in a hurry, and now the sailors of Quanzhou are not our opponents, maybe the only thing to worry about is Meng Yuan's land reinforcements." Zhang Shijie said, thinking of the Meng Yuan cavalry he was about to face, he not only frowned.

"The sons and daughters under our command are not only unparalleled in the world in water warfare, but even if they encounter those Mongolian Tatars on land, they will not be disadvantaged." In Zheng He's time, the Mongolian cavalry was chased by Zhu Di, so he did not have the slightest fear of the Mongolian cavalry.

"Zhang Shumi, please rest assured, if the Mengyuan cavalry comes to the rescue, he will definitely not come back." Li You touched the Tang knife on his waist, and he couldn't help but want to go to the battlefield in person. (To be continued.) )