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Volume 1 Chapter 283 Capture of Quanzhou

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    The battle to attack Hangzhou City only took about two hours in total from the beginning to the end.  The Song Army, who was accustomed to being idle, was not determined to fight. In addition, there was no boss, Nie Zhizhou, to take charge of the overall situation, and they were unexpectedly attacked by the Yingzhou Army. The result was not surprising at all. Although the Song Army had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers,  The entire battle was basically one-sided.  In the end, the Yingzhou Army occupied the entire city of Hangzhou at the cost of only hundreds of casualties.  " Moreover, because the Yingzhou army blocked the door quickly enough, none of the Song troops in Hangzhou city had time to escape.  Although there were many people who were as quick as the people from Zhizhou Prefecture to see the opportunity, they could only run out of less than two streets before they were blocked back by the Yingzhou Army, let alone see the city gate.  By the time everything was settled and Yang Tiexin led the main army into the city, it was almost dawn.  The most important thing is to issue announcements to calm the people and take inventory of the treasury. The most important thing is to implement a curfew and clean up the remnants of the Song army.  It turned out that Yang Tiexin had made up his mind to stay in Hangzhou for a while.  At this point in the battle, in Yang Tiexin's opinion, the basic goal has been achieved.  Hangzhou City is only fifty or sixty miles away from Lin'an, the capital of the Song Dynasty. If you march at a high speed, you can reach it in half a day.  If the Yingzhou Army established a firm foothold in Hangzhou City, His Majesty Ningzong of the Song Dynasty would probably be unable to eat or sleep, right?  Especially since the fall of Hangzhou was so mysterious and without any warning in advance, if His Majesty Ning Zong could rest assured, that would be a real hell!  But in fact, Yang Tiexin felt a little unsure at the moment!  The most critical part of occupying Hangzhou this time is to quietly open the gate of Hangzhou City.  But this kind of native method is obviously not feasible in Lin'an, the capital of Song Dynasty!  If it is a forceful attack, without sufficient preparation, facing Lin'an City with a high city and a deep pool, Yang Tiexin's Yingzhou Army may not be enough.  In case the war is delayed until King Qin¡¯s divisions from the Song Army arrive from various places.  Faced with the siege of hundreds of thousands of Song troops, no matter how elite the Yingzhou army was and how conceited and scheming Yang Tiexin was, he would still be hated by the people of Lin'an.  Therefore, Yang Tiexin made up his mind not to provoke Lin'an for the time being before running Hangzhou City into an iron bucket.  Let His Majesty Ning Zong have nightmares for a while!  " Moreover, there are many things about Hangzhou City that satisfy Yang Tiexin. For example, Hangzhou City has a solid city, sufficient food and grass, and it is backed by the Qiantang River and can retreat to the sea from the waterway at any time.  Seriously, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat!  Moreover, after Dinghai is secured, Yingzhou, Dinghai, and Shandong can truly be connected by sea.  In addition, Yang Tiexin can also attack Zhejiang and Fujian by sea at any time. Even if he cannot occupy these territories, he can still disperse the Song Army's forces and consume the Song Army's supplies.  ??In fact.  Almost at the same time that Yang Tiexin occupied Hangzhou, Yingzhou Island had already taken action.  The target of this action was the largest port in the Southern Song Dynasty, Quanzhou Port.  As the largest foreign trade port in the Southern Song Dynasty, Quanzhou Port was naturally heavily guarded!  That is the Song Dynasty navy with a total of three thousand.  Although this number may seem small, in fact, in today's era, the location is an almost barbaric place like Fujian Road.  To have three thousand men and horses stationed there is already a great deal of importance!  You must know that even though it was the largest foreign trade port in the Song Dynasty, in fact, within a year, there were only forty or fifty foreign ships entering and leaving Quanzhou Port.  This is still a relatively good year.  In recent years, due to the rampant corruption of corrupt officials, overseas trade has become increasingly difficult, and many foreign businessmen have stopped coming to the Song Dynasty.  At the very least, only two or three foreign merchant ships arrived in Quanzhou a year.  As for the merchants of the Song Dynasty, many of them could not bear the heavy tax imposed by the Song Dynasty and went to the Nanyang Islands to do business.  It takes care of dozens of merchant ships a year. On average, it takes five or six days to handle the business of one ship. There are 3,000 Song troops guarding this place. It is considered that the Song Dynasty court attaches great importance to this!  Compared with the Song Dynasty¡¯s indifference to Quanzhou Port, Yingzhou Island obviously attached great importance to Quanzhou Port.  Because this is the first stop that the Yingzhou fleet will pass through when setting off to Song Dynasty, which is Quanzhou Port.  For the Yingzhou Army, occupying Quanzhou Port has far more strategic objections than occupying Dinghaizhong.  So, after receiving the order from his father, Xiao Yang Kang immediately summoned the generals to discuss the expedition.  Although Xiao Yang Kang is smart enough, he is still a little embarrassed when facing such a big scene.?Hemp claws.  After deliberation for a long time, it was Xiao Yang Kang¡¯s master, Changchun Ziqiu Chuji, who finally made the decision and decided to send 30,000 troops to Quanzhou Island to capture Quanzhou in one fell swoop.  Similar to Hangzhou City, the defenders of Quanzhou Island never thought that one day they would suffer such a disaster.  In addition, the Yingzhou Army made another surprise attack and had an absolute advantage in strength.  As a result, it took the Yingzhou Army less than half a day to bring the entire Quanzhou under control.  The next step is the development plan of Quanzhou City.  According to the instructions Yang Tiexin sent back before, that is to occupy Quanzhou Port.  Yang Tiexin did not ask to occupy the entire Fuzhou Road, mainly because he was worried that the national strength of Yingzhou Island was not enough to support such a three-front battle.  Therefore, Yang Tiexin's request was to attack steadily. After occupying a place, he must turn it into his own solid territory.  In this regard, even if he is as conceited as Qiu Chuji, he still respects Yang Tiexin¡¯s opinion.  After taking Quanzhou Port with thunderous momentum, Qiu Laodao only ordered a sweep of the surrounding counties and counties of Quanzhou. As for Fuzhou, the seat of Fujian Road, Qiu Laodao did not send anyone to harass it.  The local official system of the Song Dynasty was quite strange.  ??The Jiedushi system was inherited from the Tang Dynasty. The local military and political officials in the Song Dynasty were also called Jiedushi. However, they were generally not military generals, but civilian officials.  Even so, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was still afraid that these Jiedushi would rebel, so he would not give any intellectuals a chance to serve as Jiedushi.  Generally speaking, only members of the Song family have the opportunity to hold this position.  And ordinary literati, even if they are named Jiedushi, have no chance to serve.  For example, in Yuanfengzhong, "Han Jiang, the Grand Tutor of the Zhenjiang Army's Jiedushi Envoy, served as the Kaifu Yitong Sansi and the Daming Prefecture." Although this Han Jiang was both a Taifu and a Kaifu Yitong Sansi, he also  He is the military governor of Zhenjiang, but there is only one official position that he can actually perform, and that is the so-called "sentence to Daming Mansion". As for the others, they are all empty strings. If they are taken seriously, they will be in big trouble!  In addition to the governor, the same is basically true for other observers, regiment training envoys, defense envoys, and governors!  This kind of situation where local top leaders failed to perform their duties has basically become the norm in the Song Dynasty. Only those who can really perform their duties are considered special cases.  "Compared to the Central Plains, Fuzhou Road is far away and remote. Naturally, no stupid or ignorant intellectuals in the royal family insist on fulfilling their duties as Jiedushi in such a place.  It is precisely because of this that although the Yingzhou Army made a fuss on Fuzhou Road, in fact, for a long period of time, the news of the occupation of Quanzhou Island did not reach Lin'an, and His Majesty Ning Zong was able to breathe a sigh of relief.  , Even so, His Majesty Ning Zong is still feeling very heavy at this moment.  However, there is another person who is in a heavier mood than His Majesty Ning Zong, and that is the Prime Minister, Shi Miyuan.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please read it.) ¡ËUpdate quickly¡Ë¡ËPlain text¡Ë
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