Vol 6 Chapter 40: Battle of Quanzhou

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Zhang Hongfan adjusted his mood and sternly said to the north: "Although a certain person is newly defeated, he still has the trust of his majesty, and there is a handsome seal, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the land, and countless money and food. These, I don't know if Master Pu can see it. Upper eye."
There is a slight threat to this. Don’t look at my defeat. I’m still the Generalissimo. I still have many trump cards in my hand. The navy is all damaged, but the infantry on the land is unscathed. I can’t take care of it. The navy of the Southern Song Dynasty, can't you cure Quanzhou City and Pu Family!
Pu Shougeng smiled faintly: "I don't like the things that Marshal Zhang has."
Zhang Hongfan was angry and lowered his voice: "Then what do you want, is it because Zhang's item is not successful?"
He certainly understands that Pu Shougeng dare not kill himself, but this old dog is likely to make some non-discriminatory demands, such as asking for the right to rule the entire Fujian province, forming a de facto cracking soil king, or asking not to pay taxes for hundreds of years. It’s not something Zhang Hongfan can take the lead. Even if Boyan comes, he has to think about it. If this old dog doesn’t open his eyes and really raises these issues, then he will shoot and break up. He will send his troops to fight Quanzhou, and he will go with the ship. The Song Jun decisive battle.
Pu Shougeng stared into Zhang Hongfan's eyes and said, "Of course not, I want the Marshal to convert to God."
Zhang Hongfan was stunned. He was from Hebei and came from a family of military commanders. He naturally didn't believe in Buddhism. He didn't know much about Taoism. It can be said that he has no faith except power and knives. The emperors of the Yuan Dynasty also had a rather vague attitude towards religion. They rushed to the spirit of inclusive of all rivers, and they would not refuse to come, whether it was the native Taoism or the Buddhism from Tianzhu, or the Tianfang religion of the Western Regions. Nestorianism can be preached in most cities, but it is conceivable that if the General Marshal of the Han army converts to Tianfang religion, it will definitely influence a group of people and even affect the emperor.
Zhang Hongfan immediately understood that Pu Shougeng’s ambitions were greater than he thought. He wanted to turn the whole country into the territory of the Tianfang Sect, but that was not something he cared about. It was only a sect that he could not lose a piece of meat. Business can be done.
"The deal, but you have to take refuge after winning." Zhang Hongfan stretched out a hand.
"Deal!" Pu Shougeng and him high-five as an alliance.
After the agreement was reached, Pu Shougeng ordered the people to present gifts. Quanzhou is the largest port in the East, and its annual trade is more than hundreds of millions. The two generations of the Pu family are in charge of the Shibosi Division. Their family is also doing big business. The wealth of the family is comparable to that of the country. Hundred acres, terraces, pavilions, gardens and rockeries, more magnificent than most imperial cities, Pu Shougeng's gifts are very rich and not vulgar, coral trees, huge strings of pearls, Khotan beautiful jade, and boxes of gold coins, Song Dynasty The currency is mainly copper coins with square holes, and there are no gold coins. These exquisite gold coins with the head of Fan are all from overseas.
"Master Pu is polite." Zhang Hongfan just gave it a hand and took it all. He was not greedy for money, but it was necessary to spend money to rebuild the navy. Pu Shougeng's money was not clean anyway, and he was not guilty to take any amount.
After receiving the gift, the relationship between the host and the guest became much more harmonious. Pu Shougeng accompanied Zhang Hongfan on a walk and chat in the Pu's garden. When he talked about how many warriors there are in Quanzhou, Pu Shougeng shook his head and said: "Less than ten thousand."
Zhang Hongfan was shocked: "Why at least?"
Pu Shougeng patiently explained that Fujian was originally a slum land, and the population was not as large as that of the central plains of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In the past few years, wars have been frequent, and the Song army and the Yuan army saw back and forth. He also killed many people around Quanzhou in order to eliminate the rebels. Those Song people who disobeyed Wang Hua fled to the deep mountains and old forests.
These are the truth. Pu Shougeng killed all the Han Chinese who were loyal to the Song family inside and outside Quanzhou City in order to avoid future troubles. Even Huihui from Persia and different sects also killed seven or eighty-eight. He was originally from Da Shi. The Sunni and Shiites from Persia are feuds. They are not easy to move their swords and guns. This time, through the suppression of the chaos, a mass extinction came. The former prosperous and prosperous Quanzhou city, the heads of the people killed by the Pu family are rolling. All the property and property of the slain have become the private property of the Pu family. The Yuan Dynasty only cared about the port and trade taxes, and didn't care how many people died. Now that retribution is coming, even soldiers can't be recruited.
"How many ships and sailors can you get?" Zhang Hongfan asked again.
Pu Shougeng said that although Quanzhou is a large port, sea ships do not enter the port every day. Sea ships follow the monsoon and ocean currents. Summer is the busiest time for foreign ships to enter the port, and winter is when ships are released to sea. Quanzhou Shipbuilding Department originally had tens of thousands of ships, but some of them were robbed by the Song army. Last month, a large number of ships carrying cargo went to sea. Pu Jiaben originally came from some 200 ships, which have been donated to the court navy. The day before yesterday, I sank on the cliff mountain, and now I still want to piece together the navy. It is even more difficult. Even if all the ships in the harbor are forcibly requisitioned, there are only more than a hundred ships.
This is also true. The maritime trade has been dangerous these years, and pirates have emerged one after another. The sailors on the sea-going ships have rich combat experience. When they change their clothes, they become the navy. The Pu family did donate 200 ships and more than 10,000 people. Did Zhang Hongfan, the prodigal son hit Yashan?
Zhang Hongfan was very depressed. He could not say anything with his hands behind his back. Pu Shougeng said that he was relieved that this matter could not be anxious. As long as a few months later, thousands of sea-going ships will arrive in Quanzhou with the summer trade wind. , There are people who want people, and there are military pay for military pay, and it can pull up a navy almost overnight.
"Then there will be Lord Laupu." Zhang Hongfan bowed deeply. He knew that these matters could not be done without the support of the Pu family. If the relationship is not handled well, the Pu family will use some means, and he will be dead.
"Xiaguan memorized the vegetable rice, ask the Marshal to give it a reward." Pu Shougeng led Zhang Hongfan to a waterside pavilion, and the people placed dishes, but there was no drink. Zhang Hongfan suddenly realized that Pu Shougeng was in reply. The canon cannot drink alcohol. Lord, then don’t drink the bar.
While I was eating, a report came from someone saying that a fleet under the banner of Yuanjun came to the outside of Quanzhou Port and asked to enter the port and enter the city.
"It must be Song Jun's disguise." Zhang Hongfan said angrily, "When I wait for a fool."
Pu Shougeng sneered: "The marshal comes with me and sees how I plan to kill Song Gou."
The servants of the Pu family led the war horse. Pu Shougeng's seventy-year-old man with strong physical fitness, turned on his horse, and went to the city to command the battle with Zhang Hongfan. Pu Jia Zhongerlang also followed on horseback. Looking around, his nose is high and concave. The Semu people, the Pu family thrived in Quanzhou, but did not intermarry with the Han people, and kept their blood pure for hundreds of years.
A group of people boarded the city head of Quanzhou and looked over from the East Gate Tower. There were a total of three hundred warships outside the port. It seems that the flags belonged to the Yuan army, and there was even a flaming flag. The Song army was really bold and pretending to be. Here comes Zhang Hongfan.
"Let them enter the city." Pu Shougeng said, "Let's close the door and hit the dog."
Three years ago, the fleet of the exiled court of the Southern Song Dynasty came to Quanzhou Port and asked to enter the city to rest and replenish the food. At that time, Pu Shougeng had secretly surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty. He pretended to ask the emperor to enter the city and plan to catch turtles in the urn. When Zhang Shijie noticed that the two sides clashed, Zhang Shijie snatched hundreds of ships from Pu Shougeng and encumbered thousands of sailors, while Pu Shougeng killed the Song Dynasty clan and officials in the city. In the second year, Zhang Shijie besieged Quanzhou again and attacked. In three months, despite the support of the people of Quanzhou and the support of the gentry, the city still failed to win.
At this time Zhang Shijie was also looking at Quanzhou at the bow, and he and Pu Shougeng had a general ledger to settle.
The strategy was successful, and the east gate of Quanzhou opened wide to welcome the king. Zhang Shijie sent forwards to land into the city. This 3,000-man army, all wearing Yuan army armor, under the banner of the Yuan army, landed one after another, formed teams, and drove into the city.
"Pu Shougeng, I'm going to cut your first level with my own hands." Seeing that you are done, Zhang Shijie said bitterly. Suddenly there were three cannons in the distance, and the Qianjin gate on the gate of Quanzhou fell down, crushing a few unlucky people into patties on the spot. , Countless archers appeared on the houses on both sides of the main street in the city, and all kinds of flags and soldiers with helmets and armors suddenly appeared on the city.
"It's not good, it's a hit!" Zhang Shijie became angry and ordered a storm.
The troops who entered the city first were made dumplings, and almost failed to resist, they were all shot and killed on the street. The soldiers and horses outside the city were not prepared for the ladder, so they could only be passively beaten. The strong attack could not be achieved and they had to retreat, but they also lost a thousand. Multiple people.
Zhang Hongfan stroked his beard and laughed, and Yashan's shame was finally reported a little bit.
Strategies were exposed, and outsmarting turned into a storm. The navy was not good at attacking the city, and lacked tools such as ladders and bunks. The only option was to continuously bombard the city wall with the return artillery, and shoot with the bow and arrow~EbookFREE.me~ just like that. It took three days, regardless of the outcome.
On the fourth day, Liu Yan led a hundred warships to come to support. The fleet went to the sea off Quanzhou and saw a majestic city from a distance. The scale was breathtaking and Liu Yanzhi was well-informed. The capitals of the Qing Dynasty, Chang'an of the Han Dynasty, and Bianliang of the Northern Song Dynasty were all first-class cities. However, Quanzhou was not the capital of the country, and it was not even the capital of Fujian Province. Not to mention the thick walls, the buildings outside the city are lined up, and the port is even more magnificent. Every year during the trade season, sea ships from Da Shi, Persia, Japan, and Korea travel thousands of miles to this place, sending all kinds of imported goods. Gold, silver, and silver bought Chinese porcelain, silk, and spices. Hundreds of years of maritime trade brought a foreign civilization to the Song Dynasty, and it also brought a huge income to fatten the white-eyed wolf of the Pu family.
"Quanzhou's glorious history has ended here, and Pu Shougeng's life has come to an end." Liu Yan stood at the bow and said softly.
"Master, please let me kill Pu Shougeng." Liu Handong asked to fight.
"Do you have that skill?" Liu Yan asked bluntly, "Those who rebel are to be executed quickly. If you can slash him at three thousand six hundred dollars, and make him feel angry, I will let you kill him."
Liu Handong spread his hands together: "It's too difficult, I can only chop my head with one knife."