Chapter 456: Zhangzhou Recovered

After the Battle of Yashan, the Song army was not out of danger, and hurriedly went to Liuqiu to take refuge, and after arriving in Liuqiu, they were busy building houses and reclaiming land; Although Quanzhou was captured before, and all the Pu Shougeng clan were killed, it was estimated that the instigation army that could arrive at any time was not bothered to celebrate, and now that the instigation army has been annihilated, it is unlikely that the Mongol army will come to harass in a short time, and they can finally let go and celebrate. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

That night, no one slept in the city of Quanzhou, the lights were bright in the barracks, and the people sent treasured wine and food, even if the Song army could not get them back, Li You had to order someone to pay and invite the people to celebrate together.

The dark clouds that have shrouded the head of the Great Song Dynasty for many years finally saw a gap at this time, and the light of hope shined through the cracks on the hearts of the people and soldiers in Quanzhou City, this battle annihilated tens of thousands of Mengyuan troops, and swept away the decline of many years of continuous defeat, since the enemy can be annihilated under the city of Quanzhou, then the next time outside Lin'an City, outside Bianliang City, and even outside the capital city, can you also win? Song Jun slowly developed self-confidence, since he can do it this time, he will definitely be able to do it next time.

In Li You's handsome tent, there was constant laughter and laughter as outside, and the drinks were sent one after another, and now Wen Tianxiang was very drunk, and he was no longer reserved, and he was staggering in the center of the big tent reciting his newly made poems, and the cheers around him continued.

However, Li You, Zheng He, Zhang Shijie, Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan and other generals were either too drunk, or they were concerned about other places so they were not drunk, Li You also took the opportunity to discuss the next plan with them, "Now that Quanzhou has been recovered, the instigation of the capital army has been destroyed by us again, and Meng Yuan has no strength to launch an attack in a short time, and Zhangzhou is close to Quanzhou, and there are not many defenders in the city, so it is just to take it and connect with Quanzhou." ”

"If you want to attack Quanzhou, I hope that Lord Xiangguo will order me to be the vanguard." Chen Hangyan took the initiative to ask for help when he heard this, and it was he and Mrs. Xu who conquered Zhangzhou in history, which caused Yuan Ting to be shocked.

"The two are familiar with the terrain of Zhangzhou, so they should be the main attackers." Of course, Li You had no reason to refuse, "But presumably the two of you also know that the ants are suffering heavy casualties in the siege, so General Zheng will help you and wait at that time." Li You wants to repeat his old tricks again, now every volunteer army is precious, he doesn't want these people to die meaninglessly under the city of Zhangzhou.

"With the help of General Zheng, this battle will be won." Mrs. Xu had also heard about the destruction of Quanzhou City, and she was particularly curious about the gunpowder breaking the city, even if Li You didn't say it, she would take the initiative to ask for help.

"That being the case, rest for three days, and after three days, the army will leave for Zhangzhou." Li You immediately made a decision, and the next few **** days spent the next few days with Mrs. Xu, Chen Hangyan and others carefully studying the terrain, troops, guards and other information of Zhangzhou City, improving the battle plan step by step, and waiting until the army set off There was a rough arrangement, only waiting for the time to come to Zhangzhou City and then change the details according to the situation on the scene.

Three days later, leaving Zhang Shijie to guard Quanzhou, Li You took Zheng He, Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan and 50,000 troops to Zhangzhou City, along the way a small group of Yuan troops saw the Song army hurriedly escaped, and the Song army successively recovered the vast land between Quanzhou and Zhangzhou.

The army came to the city of Zhangzhou, and Fu Jinhe, the governor of Wanhu Mansion in Quanzhou City, saw such a large army, and heard about the fall of Quanzhou and the defeat of the marshal instigated the capital army, and he was already frightened.

It's a pity that the Mengyuan army in Fujian was taken away by Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng to participate in the Battle of Yashan, and this time the instigation damaged most of the remaining soldiers, and now the imperial court can still send reinforcements? They had to wait for death in the city.

The cannons in Zheng He's army once again exerted their power, and the rebels under Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan couldn't wait for them to dig tunnels and directly followed the power of the artillery to start attacking the city, and Mrs. Xu rushed to the front with a sword in both hands.

Maybe it's because of the deterrence of artillery, maybe it's because of the prestige of Mrs. Xu's army, or maybe it's because of Fu Jinhe and Wanhu Governor Que Wenxing, after all, they can't compare to the Pu Shougeng family who have been operating in Quanzhou for many years, so Zhangzhou City didn't last long before it was broken by Mrs. Xu's righteous army, and Mrs. Xu was the first to rush to the city, leading the brave people to open the city gate and welcome the Song army inside.

Recruiting Fu Jinhe and Que Wenxing, the governor of Wanhu Mansion, and other local officials in Zhangzhou still wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but unfortunately the Song army had already prepared to block the city gates on all sides, and they still fell into the hands of the Song army after all.

It seems that the Song army is not unable to fight, as long as the imperial court does not drag them down, does not pull them back, but provides them with enough help, then generals like Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan will not disappoint, looking at those soldiers who fought bravely, Li You was thoughtful, and he already had a plan for the next step in his heart.

Zhangzhou City is down, you can connect with Quanzhou, at least one-third of Fujian's territory back to the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, think about last year was just in Yashan Haikou struggling to survive, everyone suddenly like in a dream. They couldn't wait to consider whether it was time to attack Fuzhou next.

At this time, Li You summoned everyone to announce his own arrangements, "The prime minister plans to play the Empress Dowager and the official family, canonize Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan as generals, and guard Quanzhou and Fuzhou respectively, in order to defend Mengyuan, send new soldiers for Liuqiu, trade with overseas merchants, and earn money for the Great Song Dynasty, what do you think?" ”

"It's... Mrs. Xu is really a heroine, but since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there has never been a precedent for women to worship generals, and my Great Song Dynasty has always governed the territory mainly by civil officials, how can there be a reason to hand over local power to military generals? You might as well think twice. Li You's arrangement greatly violated the practice of the Great Song Dynasty, so Wen Tianxiang had to come out to dissuade him.

There are indeed no female generals in the Great Song Dynasty, Mu Guiying and Yang Men female generals are just novelists, and Liang Hongyu is only named the Protector of the Country, but Li You has long been prepared for this, "Do extraordinary things at extraordinary times, although I have no female generals in the Great Song Dynasty, but there are many in the previous dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has Princess Pingyang to lead the army, and the Great Sui has Mrs. Xian who opened the mansion and built a tooth to build a Yazhen Lingnan, and now Mrs. Xu is not far behind these two, how can you not be a general?" In addition, my Great Song Dynasty used to pay attention to the use of literature to control the military, but it was just to avoid the disaster of the military generals in the Five Dynasties, but it was also a bit overkill, and now it is time to make changes. (To be continued.) )