Dengzhou, on the edge of the dock.Shi Lang stood on the shore, looking at the sea, looking at the endless sea."
Junmen, maybe it's delayed in Lushun, it won't be long before the fleet will come back!"
The Manchu officials on the side spoke out in relief.Shi Lang's face sank like water, "There has been no storm recently, counting the time, it should have come back!"
”From Dengzhou to Lushun, it was such a long distance, and the Qing fleet walked several times, and it was clear how much time it took each time.This time he has been going for a long time and has not come back, Shi Lang is naturally worried that he has been attacked by the Ming army's sailors.After all, the naval division of the Ming army was on the coast of Korea, and it was impossible to watch the Qing Dynasty transport troops to Liaodong, and it would definitely intercept the troop carriers.At this moment, the general next to him suddenly exclaimed, "Please look at the military gate!"
”Shi Lang hurriedly looked up at the sea, only to see a sail top appear in the distance.He was overjoyed, and hurriedly brought a clairvoyant mirror to watch, in the middle of the circular vision, the sail slowly revealed the sea, and then the hull of the ship slowly revealed.Suddenly, Shi Lang put down the clairvoyance suddenly, scanned the sea with his naked eyes in disbelief, and then hurriedly picked up the clairvoyance again, and searched the sea with the lens, but did not find any other ships, only one boat, swaying over.The Qing army generals beside him couldn't help frowning, and Shi Lang slowly put down the clairvoyant mirror, his expression became heavy.An hour later, the ship finally sailed into the harbor, and the broken sails informed the Qing troops on the shore in advance that they had been attacked, and until the ship approached the dock, there were still no other ships on the sea.At this time, as soon as the ship landed on the shore and hit the board, a general hurriedly jumped off the boat, just in time to see Shi Lang coming with a frosty face."
Military Gate!"
Shi Xian knelt on one knee and said in pain.Shi Lang said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?
”Shi Xian cried: "When I returned to the military gate and escorted the fleet back, I was attacked by the pirates, and I fought to the death to get out of the encirclement!"
”Shi Lang's brows stretched a little, "So, what about six thousand Yu troops sent to Lushun?"
”"It's delivered!"
Shi Xian said bitterly: "After we docked in Lushun, we sent the Yu army ashore, for fear that the Haikou would get the news and intercept it, so we didn't dare to stay, so we immediately took anchor and returned, I didn't want to bump into the Haikou anyway!"
”If the 6,000 Henan army was not sent to Liaodong and was buried in the sea, then Dolroll would have been furious.Now that 6,000 men and horses are brought ashore, the losses are finally less.Shi Lang asked, "Is there only one boat left for you?"
”"Back to the military gate, the other ships were captured by the pirates, and only the lowly rushed out at the risk of death!"
Shi Xian bowed his head and said."
You go down and rest first!"
Shi Lang waved his hand, and then said with a calm face: "Report this matter to the imperial court quickly!"
Again the decree is that no one is allowed to go to sea without the permission of the Governor!
”Shi Lang understands that there is still a certain gap between the Qing army and the Ming army, and he should try to avoid a decisive battle with the Ming army at this time.When Shi Lang was glad that the 6,000 Yu troops went ashore and did not die in the belly of the fish, Hong Chengchou was worried.On the north bank of the Yalu River, Jiulian City.This is an important support point for the defense line on the north bank of the Qing army, and it is also where Hong Chengchou's camp is located.In the camp, Hong Chengchou was listening to the reports of his subordinate grain officials."
Lord Zhongtang, the army has retreated from Korea, and most of the grain and grass and military resources have fallen into the hands of the Haikou.Today, the grain and grass were barely enough for the 15,000 army.But now there are 24,000 more mouths, and there is not enough food to eat!
”Hong Chengchou frowned and asked, "What's the situation over there in Lushun?"
”The grain superintendent said, "Back in the middle hall, there is news from Lushun that since the beginning of the month, after transporting 6,000 Yu troops and a small amount of grain and grass, the pirate sailors began to appear at the mouth of Lushun to block the channel, and there have been no Shandong grain ships to Lushun in recent days. ”Hong Chengchou's face was gloomy, and he said half-loudly: "Haikou is cunning, this Zhao thief's plan to go up to the house and draw the ladder!"
”Wait for the people to get up the ladder, climb up to the roof, and then remove the ladder.This seems to be something that Zhao Zamao can do.The Ming army waited for the Qing army to increase troops to Liaodong, and then cut off the supply of the Qing army, and tens of thousands of Qing troops were short of food, so the Ming army could easily defeat the Qing army."
Lord Zhongtang, you mean to say that the Haikou deliberately asked us to increase our troops, and this is all the Haikou's ploy."
Tang Tong exclaimed.Hong Chengchou actually had a premonition, but Zhao Ming was a conspirator, the Ming army was approaching Liaodong in a big way, threatening Shengjing, and it was impossible for the Qing army not to send reinforcements."
There's no point in talking about it now!"
Hong Chengchou said with a serious face: "Grain Inspector, there is still enough food for a few days." ”"Back in the middle hall, there was originally still three months of food, but now there are more than 20,000 mouths, which is probably only enough for more than a month!"
The grain overseer said in a deep voice.Hong Chengchou couldn't help but stand up when he heard this, his expression became heavy, he paced back and forth in the room, suddenly stopped, and said with a gloomy face: "Tang Tong immediately sent someone to Guannei, and immediately sent someone to transport grain and grass by land." ”Now the Ming army's sailors appeared at Lushunkou, which made Hong Chengchou very worried, the Ming army not only went to the house to draw ladders, intending to annihilate the Qing army reinforcing Liaodong, but also wanted to lure the snake out of the hole and ambush the Qing navy.The sailor is Hong Chengchou's hard work, and after he finished speaking, he said urgently: "This hall wants to write a book to remind the court that Zhao Zamao is cunning, and you must be careful to deal with it." ”Yizhou, opposite Jiulian City, is where the main camp of the coalition army is located.At this time, more than 100,000 coalition troops did not show signs of crossing the river, but seized the time to practice.In order to allow the Korean servant army to form a certain combat strength, the generals of the Ming army are training the Korean soldiers.In the section hall of the marshal's mansion in the city, Zhao Ming listened to the report of his subordinates that the sailors had blocked the mouth of Lushun and cut off the route of the Qing army's supply by sea.Zhao Ming smiled slightly: "The officers and men of all armies should seize the time to train, especially the siege drills, and the scouts should pay attention to the movements of the Qing army, Hong Chengchou will inevitably break and flee again in the near future." ”Zhao Ming was confident, waiting for the Qing army's food to be in a hurry, and then he was in chaos.Beijing, the residence of the Regent.Dol Roll looked at the report and was furious, he had just transferred the elite soldiers from the four provinces and was about to move back to a city, he didn't want Hong Chengchou to ask for help from him again, and wanted him to transport military supplies from the Western Liaoning Corridor.At present, the main force and military resources of the Qing Dynasty are contained in the south, and Sun Kewang is expected to invade Chengdu again in the near future, Wu Sangui has been a little unbearable, and urgently needs reinforcements.Dolroll originally wanted to win a battle in Liaodong, stabilize the morale of the army, and consolidate his position, but now he may be defeated again.This made Dol Roll unacceptable, and he said angrily: "The sailor has spent a lot of money and trained for many years, why don't you use the sailor and let the sailor escort the grain to Liaodong, if Hong Chengchou is defeated again, this king wants his head." ”()