Qian Song

Chapter 108 Returning Home (Please subscribe! Please ask for a monthly pass!)
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Fujian is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea on the east. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was one of the most difficult places to reach by land.

Therefore, for a long time, only Fuzhou, which can be reached by sea ships in the whole of Fujian, is an enclave controlled by the central government.

After Qin and Han Dynasties, Wuyi Mountain in the northwest was often used as the battlefield for land offensives and defenses in Fujian.

And there are three important passes, namely Shanguan, Fenshui and Xianxia.

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

In fact, there are three Fenshui Passes in Fujian. This Fenshui Pass in Wuyi Mountain is the same as Shanguan Pass, leading to Jiangnan West Road (i.e. Jiangxi).

And Xianxiaguan has shaped the road boundaries of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangnan West Road and Third Road.

From Xianxiaguan to the west of Zhejiang, along the Minjiang River and its tributaries, passing through Pucheng, Jianou, and Nanping to Fuzhou, this route into Fujian created the earliest urban belt in Fujian.

But once Xianxia Pass is lost, Fujian will be hard to protect itself, so Huang Chao entered Fuzhou from here at the end of Tang Dynasty. In the Southern Ming Dynasty, as soon as Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong withdrew from the Xianxia garrison, the Qing soldiers filed in and reached Fuzhou.

If Li Cun can get Fujian, when the time comes, Li Cun can separate Fujian and use Taiwan behind it as a strategic depth. In addition, Li Cun has a strong navy, but no one can do anything to Li Cun.

Of course, Li Cun's attack on Fujian is mainly because Fujian can be connected to Li Cun's territory, which can increase the overall strategic depth of the Huben army.

Just imagine, if the Song army crossed the Yangtze River and the Huben army was really lost, then Li Cun could lead the Huben army to retreat to Fujian to defend in danger, and then regain the lost ground.

——In the Liangzhe area, except for the Yangtze River in the north, there is almost no danger to defend. As long as Li Cun occupies Fujian, the Song army will definitely not be able to defend the Liangzhe area unless it maintains an absolute superiority in strength.

To put it another way, as long as Fujian and Taiwan are in Li Cun's hands, Li Cun can advance, attack, retreat, and defend. It is useless even if Zhao Song conquers the two Zhejiang areas. To Li Cun.

but--

During the Anti-Japanese War, Fujian also had the title of "Indisputable Land", mainly because it was neither a grain-producing area, nor an important economic town, nor a military important town at that time.

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

These places are plains with a large arable area, so they are the primary targets of the Japanese invaders.

However, more than 90.00% of the territory of Fujian is hills and mountains, known as eight mountains, one water and one field, and the arable area is very small.

The area of ​​arable land determines the economic development and population. The special landform of Fujian made the economy and population not outstanding during the Anti-Japanese War.

As far as military significance is concerned, Fujian's geographical location determines that it is not a battleground for military strategists-it has relatively few interests involved.

——The Japanese invaders had a very strong purpose of aggression. They occupied the Northeast because it had an industrial base and was a major food-producing area.After that, the lands targeted by the Japanese invaders were economically important cities, such as some economically important cities in the Central Plains and the South.Or it is a major metallurgical province, such as Jiangxi or Hunan.Or it is for strategic purposes, to open up the mainland transportation line or something.Fujian during the Anti-Japanese War was not included in this list, so the Japanese army did not divide its forces to attack Fujian.

Gu Zuyu, a geographer in the Qing Dynasty, once made some comments on Fujian: "If Fujian competes for the world, Fujian's military strength, money and food are not enough to achieve this goal."

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

however--

The times are different, the situation is different, and the conclusions are also different.

During this period, Fujian had no population and did not produce much food. Li Cun, who occupied the Liangzhe area, needed these most. In addition, the coastal plain area in western Taiwan was also a grain-producing area, known as the "rice warehouse on the sea".

The lack of money in Fujian during the Anti-Japanese War does not mean that Fujian has no money in this period.

Quanzhou in Fujian during this period was the largest port city in the East.

Ships departing from Quanzhou usually take three routes.

The first is the southwest route, starting from Quanzhou, passing through Guangzhou and the Paracel Islands, arriving at Champa, Chenla, Boni, Japo, and Sanfoqi, and then heading west to Tianzhu, Dashi and other places.

To use the geographical names of later generations, it means that you can go directly to the Middle East countries by boat from Quanzhou. 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 can reach Mayi, Sanyu, Ryukyu and other places from Quanzhou Port.

Finally, it is the Northeast route, the destination is Korea and Japan.

Look, in this era, it is almost possible to travel from Quanzhou to the whole world.

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

Merchants from various countries transported spices, medicines, rhino horns, tortoise shells and other commodities to Quanzhou, and then shipped out porcelain, gold and silver, copper coins, silk and silk from Quanzhou.

The prosperity of commerce has made Quanzhou very rich.

Zhao Gou in history once said the most objective words: "Shibo benefits the most. If it is handled properly, the income will be in the millions."

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

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

Therefore, maritime trade, which can make a lot of money, became the life-saving straw of the Southern Song Dynasty.

One of the main reasons why Li Cun wanted to seize Fujian was that he was planning to rely on maritime trade to make money and support his army.

After all, Li Cun can't always rely on robbery to make a living, can he?

And raising the army and fighting wars have always been the most expensive.

In this way, if Li Cun does not find a large and fast source of income, what will Li Cun use to develop and grow?

In addition to the above reasons, there is another personal emotional reason for Li Cun to play 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 Li Cun has never forgotten...

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This time, Li Cun brought [-] sailors, [-] troops, and thousands of large ships, including nearly a thousand warships.

And Li Cun still attacked—the Song Army in Fujian would never have thought of attacking from the sea.

Under such circumstances, there is nothing to say. Li Cun and a group of generals and counselors formulated a strategic strategy to divide the troops into three groups and capture the whole of Fujian in one fell swoop.

Specifically:

On the right, led by Zhang Goudan to attack Fuzhou.

In the middle, Kong Lengzi led to attack the Xinghua army.

On the left, Li Cun personally led to attack Quanzhou.

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

in fact--

Li Cun should have attacked Fuzhou, the political center of Fujian, or the Xinghua Army, an important military town in Fujian. After all, although Quanzhou is the most prosperous and the economic center of Fujian, it is still inferior to Fuzhou and Fuzhou in terms of politics and military. Xinghua Army.

But for one thing, as the Huben Army grew bigger and bigger, it was impossible for Li Cun to do all the difficult tasks by himself.

Secondly, whether it is generals or officials, they are all like young eagles, they have to learn to fly by themselves. 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 because of the proximity to his hometown. When he didn't think about coming back before, it was nothing. Now that he is coming back suddenly, Li Cun can't help but want to return to his hometown quickly and find the woman who has a great influence on him.

Of course, although Li Cun let Kong Lengzi and Zhang Goudan command troops to attack the city by themselves, Li Cun did not forget that these two guys are sometimes unreliable, so Li Cun sent one of them to each of them. Strong staff and a strong civilian team.

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

——For the generals of the Western Army who were captured last time, Li Cun’s policy is to carry out political transformation on them, and at the same time break them up and force them into the Huben Army, that is, first give them a sense of participation and grinding Their temperament, when Li Cun has time later, he will slowly subdue them.

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

But then again, under the washing of the torrent of history, there must be something to keep one's name.

It is worth mentioning that, in view of the current miasma on the island of Taiwan, Li Cun sent a small team to the coastal plains in the west of Taiwan to set a big fire there.

It is said that this can eliminate miasma.

Li Cun does not know whether this method is useful or not, whether it is scientific or not, but Li Cun knows that the current Ryukyu is an inaccessible habitat, and if it is not burned properly, it is neither suitable for building cities nor farming.

The mighty fleet sailed to Fuzhou, but Li Cun didn't say to stop to see if Zhang Goudan and the others were going well. He put down Zhang Goudan and other generals, a group of civilian officials, [-] sailors, [-] troops, and enough The ships they used moved on.

After arriving at the Xinghua Army, Li Cun followed the same pattern and put down Kong Lengzi and other generals, a group of civilian officials, [-] sailors, [-] troops, and enough boats for them, and led the rest of the men and boats to move on.

Almost another night passed.

This morning, just after dawn, the mighty fleet led by Li Cun arrived at Quanzhou Port...

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　"Warrior in the Old Age, Invincible in the World": "Can the combination of technology and extraordinary power make life genes evolve to the limit, create gods, and make nuclear explosions with hands?"

　　"Chuanwu manifests the power of martial arts supernatural powers. Could it be that you can't imitate the ancient gods, walk in the starry sky, and pick stars with one hand?"

　　"I do not believe!"

　　Chu Baiye is known as Chuanwu No. 1. He has practiced martial arts to the point where he can resist bullets physically. He beat all the invincible fighters in the martial arts world, and he is known as Chu Invincible. However, many secret lands left by ancient civilizations have been excavated around the world. The era of starry sky martial arts opened.

　　
　
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