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Surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea in the east, Fujian was one of the most difficult places to reach by land during the Qin and Han dynasties.

Therefore, for a long time, the whole territory of Fujian was only accessible by sea ships, and Fuzhou, which was an enclave controlled by the central government.

After the Qin and Han dynasties, the land attack and defense in Fujian often took Wuyi Mountain in the northwest as the battlefield.

Among them, there are three important passes, namely Shanguan Pass, Fenshui Pass and Xianxia Pass.

With these three passes and one lock, it is difficult for outsiders to enter Fujian from the land.

In fact, there are three water-dividing passes in Fujian, and this water-dividing pass in Wuyi Mountain is the same as Shanguan, leading to Jiangnan West Road (that is, Jiangxi).

And Xianxiaguan shaped the road boundary of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangnan West Road.

From Xianxia Pass out of western Zhejiang, along the Min River and its tributaries down, through Pucheng, Jian'ou, Nanping to Fuzhou, this route into Fujian created the earliest urban belt in Fujian.

And Xianxia Pass is lost, Fujian will be difficult to protect itself, so the late Tang Dynasty Huangchao entered Fuzhou from here, when the Southern Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong and his father Zheng Zhilong withdrew from the Xianxia garrison, the Qing soldiers rushed in, straight to Fuzhou.

If Li Cun can get Fujian, when it is impossible to do anything, Li Cun can take Fujian and use Taiwan behind him as the strategic depth, plus Li Cun has a powerful naval army, but no one can help Li Cun.

Of course, Li Cun's attack on Fujian was mainly because Fujian could be connected to Li Cun's territory, which could increase the overall strategic depth of the Tiger Army.

Imagine that if the Song army crossed the Yangtze River and the Tiger Ben army was really defeated, then Li Cun could lead the Hu Ben army to retreat to Fujian and defend the danger, and then regain the lost territory.

As long as Li Cun occupies Fujian, the Song army will definitely not be able to hold the Liangzhejiang region unless it has maintained an absolute superiority in strength in the Liangzhejiang region.

In other words, as long as Fujian and Taiwan are in Li Cun's hands, Li Cun can attack, retreat, and defend, even if Zhao Song conquers the Liangzhejiang region, it is useless, and sooner or later he will have to return the Liangzhejiang region to Li Cun.

But—

During the Anti-Japanese War, Fujian also had the name of "an indisputable place for soldiers", mainly because it was neither a grain-producing area, nor an economic town, nor a military town at that time.

China's grain-producing areas are mainly concentrated in the Northeast Plain, East China Plain, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, the Guanzhong Plain, and the Chengdu Plain.

These places are all plains and have a wide arable area, so they are the primary objects of contention for the Japanese army invading China.

More than 90 percent of Fujian's territory is hilly and mountainous, known as eight mountains, one water and one field, and the arable area is very small.

The area of cultivated land determines the economic development and the number of population, and the special landform of Fujian leads to the fact that the economy and population are not prominent during the anti-Japanese period.

As for its military significance, Fujian's geographical location determines that it does not belong to a battleground for soldiers - its interests are relatively little involved.

-- The aggressive purpose of the Japanese army invading China is very strong, and the reason for occupying Northeast China is that Northeast China has an industrial base, is a major grain producing area, and has a vast land and abundant resources, and can use this as a springboard to covet China. After that, the land targeted by the invading Japanese army was the economic center, such as some economic centers in the Central Plains and the south. Or it is a major metallurgical province, such as Jiangxi or Hunan. Or for strategic purposes, to open up the mainland lines of communication or something. Fujian during the Anti-Japanese War was not included in this list, so the Japanese army did not divide troops to attack Fujian.

Gu Zuyu, a geographer of the Qing Dynasty, once commented on Fujian: "If Fujian fights for the world, Fujian's troops and money and food are not enough to achieve this goal." ”

This can be said to be a good summary of Fujian.

And yet—

Different times, different situations, and different conclusions.

During this period, Fujian had no population and did not produce much grain, and Li Cun, who could occupy the two Zhejiang regions, was the most indispensable, and the western coastal plain area of Taiwan was also a grain-producing area, known as the "rice warehouse on the sea".

The fact that Fujian had no money during the Anti-Japanese War does not mean that Fujian has no money during this period.

During this period, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, was the largest port city in the East.

Ships departing from Quanzhou generally take three routes.

First of all, the southwest route, starting from Quanzhou through Guangzhou, Xisha Islands, arriving at Champa, Zhenla, Boni, Japo, Srivijaya, and then west to Tianzhu, Dashi and other places.

In terms of the geographical name of later generations, it is said that from Quanzhou you can go directly to the Middle East countries by boat, and in view of the relationship between the Middle East countries and Europe, it can also be said that you can go directly to Europe from Quanzhou.

Secondly, the southeast route, from Quanzhou Port can reach Mayi, Sanyu, Ryukyu and other places.

Finally, there is the Northeast Route, which is destined for Korea and Japan.

Look, in this era, you can almost go from Quanzhou to the whole world.

In addition, the prosperity of Quanzhou Port also brought prosperity to commercial trade.

Merchants from all over the world transported spices, medicines, rhino horns, tortoiseshell and other commodities to Quanzhou, and then shipped porcelain, gold and silver, copper coins, silk and other goods from Quanzhou.

The prosperity of commerce has made Quanzhou very rich.

Zhao Gou in history said the most objective sentence: "The benefits of the market are the thickest, and if the measures are appropriate, the income will be millions." ”

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the land area was only two-thirds of that of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Although the land was reduced, because the Southern Song Dynasty often fought wars, the expenditure exceeded that of the Northern Song Dynasty.

As a result, maritime trade, which could make a lot of money, became a lifesaver for the Southern Song Dynasty.

One of the main reasons why Li Cun wanted to seize Fujian was that he was ready to make money by engaging in maritime trade to raise his army.

After all, Li Cun can't always rely on robbery to get by, right?

And raising an army and fighting a war has always been the most expensive.

In this way, if Li Cun doesn't find a lot and fast financial resources, what will Li Cun do to develop and grow?

In addition to the above reasons, Li Cun also has a personal emotional reason for fighting Fujian.

- Quanzhou can be said to be Li Cun's second hometown, Li Cun has lived here for five or six years, and there is a woman here that Li Cun has never forgotten......

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This time, Li Cun brought 60,000 naval troops, 60,000 army troops, and thousands of large ships, of which nearly 1,000 were warships alone.

And Li Cun still attacked by surprise - the Song army in Fujian would never have thought of a sneak attack from the sea.

In this case, what else is there to say, Li Cun and a group of generals and strategists formulated a strategic strategy on the road to divide their troops into three routes and occupy the entire Fujian in one fell swoop.

Specifically:

On the right side, led by Zhang Goudan, he attacked Fuzhou.

In the middle lane, led by Kong Suanzi, he attacked the Xinghua army.

On the left side, Li Cun personally led the attack on Quanzhou.

Then, the right side is responsible for capturing the Fubei area, the middle lane is responsible for capturing the Fuxi area, and the left flank is responsible for capturing the Funan area.

Actually-

Li Cun was supposed to attack Fuzhou, the political center of Fujian, or the Xinghua Army, an important military town in Fujian, after all, although Quanzhou was the most prosperous and the economic center of Fujian, it was still politically and militarily inferior to Fuzhou and the Xinghua Army.

But as soon as the Tiger Ben Army develops bigger and bigger, it is impossible for Li Cun to do all the arduous tasks himself.

Second, whether it is a general or an official, they are all like young eagles, they have to learn to fly by themselves, and when it is time to let go, Li Cun must learn to let go, so that they can grow into real eagles.

Thirdly, he was timid about his hometown, when he didn't think about coming back before, it was nothing, but now he is suddenly coming back, Li Cun can't help but want to return to his hometown quickly, and want to find the woman who has a great influence on him.

Of course, although Li Cun let Kong Zhuangzi and Zhang Goudan lead the troops to attack the city by themselves, Li Cun did not forget that these two guys were sometimes unreliable, so Li Cun sent a strong staff group and a strong civilian team to the two of them.

And Han Shizhong and Wang Yuan were also assigned by Li Cun to Kong Suzi and Zhang Goudan as staff officers respectively.

——For the generals of the Western Army who were captured last time, Li Cun's policy was to carry out political transformation on them, and at the same time break them up and forcibly stuff them into the Tiger Ben army, that is, to give them a sense of participation and temper their temperament first, and then slowly subdue them when Li Cun has time in the future.

Li Cun has never been superstitious about celebrities, he believes that the times create heroes.

But then again, under the washing of the long river of history, there must be something to leave your name behind.

It is worth mentioning that in view of the miasma on the island of Taiwan now, Li Cun sent a small detachment to the coastal plain area of western Taiwan to set a big fire and burn it there.

It is said that this will eliminate the miasma.

Whether this method is useful or not, whether it is scientific or not, Li Cun does not know, but Li Cun knows that the current Ryukyu is a piece of raw land that is inaccessible, and if it is not burned well, it is neither suitable for building a city nor for farming.

The mighty fleet sailed to Fuzhou, Li Cun didn't say anything about stopping to see if Zhang Goudan was fighting smoothly, put down Zhang Goudan and other generals, a group of civilian officials, 20,000 naval troops, 20,000 army and enough ships for them, and continued to move forward.

After arriving at the Xinghua Army, Li Cun concocted the same method and put down Kong Suzi and other generals, a group of civilian officials, 20,000 naval troops, 20,000 army troops and enough ships for them, and led the remaining human ships to continue to advance.

Almost one more night passed.

On this morning, as soon as the sky was bright, the mighty fleet led by Li Cun himself came to Quanzhou Port......

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