Port Arthur is located in the southernmost part of the Liaodong Peninsula, which was the anti-Qing base of Jiangdong Town in the early days, but later the Qing army captured and destroyed the city, and the people were slaughtered, making the Liaodong Peninsula barren and populated.A few years ago, Zhao Ming went north, occupied this place, and moved the people of Shandong to Tuntian here to establish a fortress as an important stronghold to threaten Liaozhong and coerce the Manchu nest.Donghai Town has been operating here for several years, investing a lot of money and grain resources to open up wasteland and tuntian, but unfortunately in the end it was attacked by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Lushun was occupied by the Qing army, and tens of thousands of tun households were also slaughtered by the Qing army.After the Qing army occupied Lushun, they did not destroy the fortress as before, and then evacuate.This time, the Qing army realized the important position of Lushun as the gateway to the Bohai Sea, and did not abandon Lushun, but stationed a fleet of ships and more than 10,000 Qing troops.In April, the climate in eastern Liaodong is warm, and on the sea near Lushun, white waves are cascading, hitting the reef by the sea, making a roaring sound.On the coast, on a stone-piled fortress, a rapid alarm bell rang, a brigade of Qing soldiers boarded the castle, and the warships cruising on the sea also retreated back to the harbor.The various batteries of the Qing army surrounding the bay also entered combat readiness one after another, and the gunners of the Qing army lifted their gun jackets, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the behemoth that appeared on the sea.At this time, on Fort Arthur, a Qing army general wearing armor and a war knife on his waist walked to the height of the fortress with a frosty face, took out a clairvoyant mirror, and observed the sea."
It's the pirates' fleet!"
On the castle, the soldiers of the Qing army pointed to the sea and exclaimed loudly.The general of the Qing army withdrew the clairvoyant mirror, glared at his subordinates behind him, and reprimanded: "What are you panicking about!"
”Behind him, the Qing general immediately stopped speaking, the general picked up the clairvoyant mirror, watched for a while, and saw that on the flagship of the leader, there was a big flag, on which was written a long list of more terrifying titles, "The governor of the Ming Dynasty Donghai, the governor of the five armies, the right governor of the palace, the prince Shaobao, and the prince Zhao.""
It's not Zhao Zamao who is here!"
The general of the Qing army had a toothache on his face, and his brows were furrowed, but then he snorted coldly, "I can guard the old Gaoshan Customs, and I can naturally guard Lushun, and today is just in the name of Zhao Zamao into my old Gao." ”The general of the Qing army is the former Shanhaiguan commander-in-chief, and after Hong Chengchou served as the governor of Beizhili, he used a large number of former deployments.Gao Di squinted at the Ming army fleet coming from afar, and sneered and ordered, "Order all forts, once the Haikou enters the firing range, immediately launch an artillery attack!"
”At this time, on the flagship of the Zhenhai, Zhao Ming looked at Port Arthur in the distance with a cold expression."
Marshal, the Qing army is also on guard in Lushun!"
Guo Zhong said with a calm face.The Qing army took advantage of the Battle of Changzhou to occupy Lushun, and it had been nearly a year since then, and they strengthened the original defense of Lushun, making Lushun gradually become a fortress.Zhao Ming picked up the clairvoyant mirror to watch, there were many warships in Lushun Port, and on the hill surrounding Lushun, it seemed that there were forts, and Fort Arthur was built by the harbor, which was very difficult to attack."
It seems that the Qing army has made up its mind and wants to avoid a fight!"
Zhao Ming withdrew the clairvoyant mirror and exhaled a breath of turbidity.This time, the Donghai Town Water Division went north with the purpose of destroying the Manchu Qing Water Division, but Zhao Ming led the Water Division to Shandong and raided the Qing army transport fleet, but the Qing Army Water Division in Shandong did not fight.Zhao Ming only had 16,000 men on hand, and the naval division could not storm the military port guarded by the fort, and the land division only had 6,000 men, so it was difficult to capture the Qing army's fort.Zhao Ming saw that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, and the food brought by the sailor was limited, so he could only lead the fleet north to see the situation in Lushun, but he didn't want the Qing army here to be prepared.Zhao Ming waved his hand with a calm face: "Hang the order flag, let the Zhenyuan come forward to test!"
”The flagship of the Ming army hoisted the order flag, the fleet lowered its sails and slowed down, but the Zhenyuan on the left wing continued to rush towards the port of Arthur with full sails.At this time, at the entrance of the harbor, on the Qing army batteries on the hills on both sides, the Qing soldiers immediately aimed at the Zhenyuan, and suddenly opened fire after the huge warship entered the firing range.In the loud sound of "boom, boom, boom", the mountain was filled with gunsmoke, and the cannonballs smashed around the Zhenhai and splashed water columns.The Zhenhai immediately returned fire, turned its sails, and did not approach the harbor, but made a twist and turn on the surface of the sea, and sailed back in the column of water splashed by the shelling.Zhao Ming's face calmed when he saw this, "Turn around and go to Tieshan Island to moor the boat!"
”Seeing that the Qing army was already prepared, Zhao Ming could only lead the fleet to the west, anchor near Tieshan Island, not far from Port Arthur, and send scouts to investigate the situation in Port Arthur.After a night of silence, the next morning, the scouts came to Tieshan Island by boat, and Zhao Ming learned that the Qing army stationed in Lushun had more than 15,000 people, which was comparable to his strength.At this time, in the cabin of the Zhenhai, Zhao Ming sat on the handsome seat with a calm face, and the faces of the generals on both sides were not good-looking.Guo Zhong muttered: "Port Arthur is well defended, the Qing army sailors are hiding in the harbor, there is a fort cover, we rush to the harbor, we will inevitably suffer the bombardment of the Qing army's sailors and batteries, and we will definitely suffer heavy losses at that time." ”Xie Qian heard that the sailor had the intention of retreating, and immediately said: "What if you lead your subordinates and lay down the fort first?"
”Zhao Ming muttered: "The strength of the Lushun garrison is comparable to ours, and there are still eight banners stationed in Shenyang City.If we can't attack for a long time, then the grain and grass will run out, we can only retreat, and even if we can lay down the fort and annihilate the Qing army and naval division in the port, our own losses will inevitably be very huge, and the Qing army and naval division in Shandong will go to sea to fight, and the Qing army in Shenyang will attack from the north, and we may be difficult to hold Lushun. ”Xie Qian was a little painful when he heard this, "Could it be that we just run for nothing!"
”"You can't run in vain!"
Zhao Ming stood up, his face gloomy, "Ben Shuai underestimated Hong Chengchou!"
”Zhao Ming paced back and forth in the cabin, stopped in the middle of the sound, and said in a deep voice: "To defeat the Qing army's naval division, it is not enough to rely on the fleet alone, but also to dispatch the land division."
Ben Shuai decided that the fleet should go east, and we should go to Korea, first, to obtain the population, and second, to force Korea to be anyway, and use this as a base, advance by sea and land, seize Lushun, Shenyang and other places, and threaten the Manchus from the north. ”"Go to North Korea!"
Many generals couldn't help but wonder for a while, some people couldn't keep up with Zhao Dashuai's thinking, and said that they wanted to destroy the Manchu Qingshui Division, why did they fight North Korea again.At dusk, the sea and sky on the western ocean were printed in red, and the mighty Ming army fleet, Yang Fan passed through the Bohai Strait and headed east.On Fort Arthur, Gao Di climbed the fort wall, looked at the distant fleet with a clairvoyant mirror, with a smile on his face, he put down the clairvoyant mirror and waved his hand in a chic manner, "Come on, report to Lord Zhongtang, Port Arthur is impregnable, and has repelled Zhao Zamao's fleet!"
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