Bohai Strait.On the vast sea, five three-masted ships, flying the triangular yellow dragon flag, left Port Arthur and sailed in the direction of Shandong.After the Qing army entered the customs, most of the nobles and dependents of the Eight Banners withdrew into the pass, leaving only a small number of old and weak people outside the pass, and the materials they obtained could only barely be self-sufficient, and even needed help from the pass, and they were unable to supply the garrison in Port Arthur.Therefore, the Qing army occupied Lushun in Liaodong, and set up a water village, built walls and forts here, and needed to obtain supplies from the pass.Originally, the Qing army traveled thousands of miles by land, out of the mountain customs along the western Liaoning corridor, to transport grain and supplies, but soon Dolgon found that to transport a pound of grain to Lushun, at least one and a half pounds of grain had to be prepared, so that the people and the army could eat on the road, and the loss was too great.The Qing army found that it was too expensive to take the western Liaoxi corridor and go around a large circle to supply Lushun, so Hong Chengchou suggested that the strategy of imitating the Ming Dynasty should supply Liaodong and other places from the sea.As a result, the Qing army began to supply Lushun by sea, and even the supplies of Shengjing were also supplied from the sea.In April, the Manchus received news from the Dutch that the Ming army's naval divisions had moved north from Taiwan and assembled in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and seemed to have made some moves.After discussing with Hong Chengchou, Dolgon sent a message to Azig in Jiangning, ordering him to guard against the Ming army attacking Zhenjiang, and on the other hand, ordering Hong Chengchou to take charge of the military affairs of Beizhili, Shandong, and Liaodong to prevent the Ming army from going north again and threatening Beijing.After Hong Chengchou was appointed, he sent scouts south to explore the movements of the ascertained army, and on the other hand, he sent troops to set up formations.In Hong Chengchou's view, if the Ming army's naval division wanted to go north, it would inevitably attack the two prefectures of Denglai in Shandong and the port of Arthur in eastern Liaodong in order to threaten Beijing.Shandong is connected with North Zhili, Henan, and Lianghuai, the Ming army wants to attack Denglai, and the Qing army reinforcements can be killed at any time, and Zhao Ming's troops are pinned down in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is inevitable that the whole army will go north, so the army led by Zhao Ming must be dominated by the naval army, and in this way, it is unlikely that they want to take Weihai and Dengzhou several military ports, but Liaodong is sparsely populated, Shengjing is hundreds of miles away from Lushun, and there are not many troops in the city to mobilize, so it is very possible for the Ming army to capture Lushun.To this end, Hong Chengchou sent a decree to Korea through the Manchu court, ordering the Korean naval army to assist the Manchu Qing in the war, and on the other hand, he sent a fleet to transport soldiers and grain from the sea to Lushun to strengthen Lushun's defense.For a time, there were more Manchu ships on the Bohai Sea and the Yellow River.In the Bohai Strait, five Fu ships sailed on the side of the sails, diagonally on the sea, they consisted of four cargo ships and one warship, just said that a batch of food, gunpowder, and 1,000 soldiers were transported to Lushun, and now they are returning to Dengzhou Mansion in Shandong, and continue to transport soldiers and supplies to Lushun.At this time, the southeast monsoon was hanging, and the fleet was not downwind, but as early as the Song Dynasty, China's navigation technology has been able to achieve "the wind from all directions, only the positive does not advance", only the headwind is not head-on, the ships can sail, leaving a wake in the stern.At this time, the Qing soldiers on the mast of the escort warship looked at the sea vigilantly, and Peng Yufeng, the general manager of the ship, stood on the ship's floor, holding a clairvoyant mirror, observing the sea from time to time.The scouts of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River came with news that the Ming army's sailors went out to sea along the river, most of which came to the north by means of the southeast monsoon.This made the Qing army's action of transporting supplies to Lushun very dangerous, and Peng Yufeng secretly prayed in his heart not to meet the Ming warship.Peng Yufeng is a native of Fujian, and was once a subordinate of Zheng Zhilong, in fact, the officers of the Beiyang Naval Division formed by Hong Chengchou are almost all Fujianese, as well as a small number of Jiangsu and Zhejiang people.This is related to the fact that Hong Chengchou himself is a Fujianese, and because Zheng Zhilong is the platform of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a large number of Fujian generals serve the Manchu Qing Dynasty.After the Qing court tricked Zheng Zhilong into Beijing, at first it asked him to write to Zheng Chenggong and others, but to no avail, they put him under house arrest and prepared to find a reason to kill him.Later, Hong Chengchou was ordered to form the Beizhili Naval Division, and he knew that the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not have a naval talent, and if he wanted to train a naval division to compete with the Ming Dynasty naval division, he must reuse his hometown Fujian general, but he himself did not have enough prestige among the Fujian generals, so he recommended Zheng Zhilong to Dolgon.Originally, Dolgon thought that Zheng Zhilong was useless, but after listening to Hong Chengchou's suggestion, he immediately decided to use Zheng Zhilong.Zheng Zhilong had no discipline at all, and immediately came forward to recommend a large number of Fujian generals who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and persuaded them for the Manchu Qing to serve the Qing Dynasty.Zheng Zhilong is not bad, but he can't do it, it can be said that he is a wrong step, a wrong step, and there is no chance to start over.At this time, Zheng Zhilong already knew that the Manchus were untrustworthy, but he still tried his best to do things for the Manchus.This is not to be careful, because if you don't do things with your heart, you may be considered useless by the Manchus, so you will be killed directly, and he doesn't want to die, so he can only cheer up and not only do things for the Manchus, but also do things well so as not to be killed.Secondly, because this incident is also an opportunity, perhaps after the completion of the water division, if he can master the water division, he can have the opportunity to lead the water division to flee south and return to Fujian, and it is not impossible to make a comeback.However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was much more shrewd than Zheng Zhilong, and when Zheng Zhilong recommended Shi Fu, Shi Lang and others, and put up the shelves of the water master, Zheng Zhilong once thought that the Manchu Qing Dynasty really wanted to reuse him in order to fight against the Ming Dynasty water master, Hong Chengchou suddenly accepted Zheng Zhilong's rights again, replaced him with a vacant position, and did not let him master the water master.At this time, Peng Yufeng looked at the situation around him, and was a little worried in his heart, the southeast wind was a little strong today, which made the speed of the fleet sail very slowly, which made Peng Yufeng a little worried that he would meet the warships of the Ming army.After the four cargo ships were unloaded in Lushun, the cabin was empty, in case they met the Ming warship, there was still a chance to escape, but the Qing warship carried a lot of heavy artillery, as well as military resources and personnel, and really bumped into the terror and the bad luck.Just as Peng Yufeng was praying in his heart for a smooth voyage, the main mast was on the bucket, but the soldier suddenly exclaimed, "There is a ship!"
”At this time, the Qing army fleet was about to approach Changshan Island, and was about to enter the safe area, Peng Yufeng heard the words and was heartbroken, and hurriedly picked up the clairvoyant mirror to watch, in the circular vision, he saw the scene he was most unwilling to see on this trip, in the southeast sea area of Changshan Island, three small black dots appeared on the sea level.Peng Yufeng's heart "groaned", and then pointed the clairing mirror at the four cargo ships in front, only to see that the Lu Yi Fu ship in front had already raised the flag of "discovering the enemy ship", and was adjusting the sail to avoid the southwest."
Enemy ships!"
Who else can be called an enemy ship by the Great Qingshui Division, except for the Ming Dynasty Naval Division?"
When I carry it, I'm really afraid of something!"
Peng Yufeng put down the clairvoyant mirror, clenched his fists tightly, and shouted loudly: "Control the sails, avoid them!"
”In the distance, on the Ming warship, Guo Zhongyu reported: "Dashuai, the enemy ship is going to run!"
”Zhao Ming put down the clairvoyant mirror and sneered: "Stop the next few ships, put one or two back to report the news, this commander will be in this Bohai Sea area, and all the Qingshui Divisions will be annihilated." ”(Thank you for your support, ask for a commuter pass, recommendation, subscription.) ）()