The Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang dispatched a fleet from the Five Islands Islands in Japan to attack the Qing court's material supply and transportation center in Lushunkou. The battle ended in an unimaginable way.

The Ming army fleet was divided into two parts, one shelled the port, and the other landed in the shallows two miles outside Lushun Fort. The cooperation between the two sides was also to achieve the intention of forcing the defenders to run away and even overwhelmed to reveal their flaws.

However, the defenders did not give this Ming army fleet that had traveled thousands of miles apart, even a little bit of a possibility of attacking the Lushun Fort. When the landing troops were still nervously waiting to assemble the troops, the fleet that had bombarded two rounds of the fleet found that the defenders were so scared that they had no courage to hold on to the port. A large number of defenders and coolies fled back to Lushun Fort, crying for their parents, they were completely like a group of defeated soldiers.

It is said that when you hear the enemy, you escape as the bravest, when you see the enemy, you escape as the bravest, and when you defeat the enemy, you are the bravest. This performance of the defender can be considered as the bravest, but the appearance of the escape is probably that the Ming army came too suddenly, otherwise, if the bravest is not done well, it would be considered an over-reputation.

Seeing this, Zhao Qian also observed the movement on the fort wall for a moment, and sent the sailors carried by this fleet to cooperate with the small number of infantry to land. As a result, the port was completely ineffective, and even the fort wall was taken down in one go. The defenders did not even have the courage to fight.

When the landing troops outside the city were ready and rushed towards Lushun Fort, they saw that the city gate was already wide open, a large number of Qing cavalry fled, and the Ming sailors chasing them with their feet in the fortress...

"Is this the Eight Mongolian Banners of the Tartars?"

The cavalry was chased by sailors who were on the land. The scene was really stunned by Zheng Qi. What's even more terrible is that according to the prisoners' reports, these defenders were all the Eight Banners Army of the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Eight Banners, and the general led by the military was Niu Luezhen of Niu Lu.

"It is indeed the Eight Mongolian Banners, but it is not the one originally stationed in Lushun, but was transferred from Haizhou a few months ago. Our intelligence is lagging behind."

For Liaodong, the Qing Dynasty left one or several Niulu Eight Banners troops stationed in various key cities, and the situation inside the pass became increasingly unfavorable. There were incidents of capturing the fishing tatars and destroying the country and North Korea, and the organization of the Eight Banners troops in Liaodong had long been chaotic.

The original Eight Banners Army in Haizhou was transferred into the pass after Jirgalang died in Jiangnan. The Niulu who just escaped was a new Niulu composed of the remaining soldiers who fled back from Nanjing and the Mongols who were newly pulled from the desert. Once he heard the word Haizhou, Zheng Qi's confusion was also explained.

"But this is a good thing. The number of the Eight Banners Army of the Tartars is constantly recovering, but it is not so easy to return to the same quality as before. What's more, looking at today's situation, our Jiangsu and Zhejiang Kings Division is also famous. As in eastern Zhejiang, a city and a place that had to be fought hard, shouldn't have happened, at least not all of them."

Compared with the officers under his command, Zhao Qian came down from Dalan Mountain, which can be said to be a fight for every battle. Every minute of growth of this army is seen in every time. Now that he has such a situation, he is happy in his heart.

Lushunkou was the most important naval base in the north in later generations, and the wars carried out around it often determine the situation in southern Liaoning and the entire Bohai Rim region.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this was the garrison of the Left Alliance of Dongjiang Town, and the Ming army's strategic core location in the southern Liaoning region. Both sides fought for each other. However, after the Dongjiang army declined, the opponents at sea disappeared, and this place became dispensable. It was not until Chen Wen recovered Jiangnan and the Qing army was forced to destroy North Korea. North Korea's taxes and grain had to be transported to Beijing in large quantities. The sea route was the most convenient and the consumption along the way was the least, so some of it was restored.

The Eight Banners of the Niulu have fled north. If nothing unexpected happens, the Eight Banners of the South Four Guards of Jinfuhai will also enter a state of emergency alert. Whether the Qing army will send a large army to retake Lushun is still uncertain, but Lushunkou is the base of this northbound detachment in the next one or two years, and the repair and re-arrangement work must be carried out at the fastest speed.

"Pack the Han people and the Korean craftsmen in the city together, let Ichiro Ono manage the Japanese craftsmen and unload the machinery from the boat. Today I saw this Lushun Fort with my own eyes. I need to sort out the problem as soon as possible and renovate it tomorrow. You guys, I won't have much time left for us."

"The last general will obey the order!"

Occupying Lushun and holding the entrance to the Bohai Sea, the navy's fleet could cut off the Qing army's route from North Korea to Tianjin. If the route no longer exists, the Qing government's finances would be under greater pressure, especially in terms of food. If there is no sea route and land route, the loss along the way alone is enough for the Qing government to suffer, and it is more likely to cause a more severe chain reaction.

"Ship Zhao, the Tartars would never have thought of our surprise soldier that the Grand Marshal gave out this time."

Hearing this, Zhao Qian nodded and then replied: "I remember the general once said that the Tartars were fishing and hunting barbarians after all, and they lacked enough understanding of the importance of sea routes. Otherwise, the Dongjiang army would not have tortured the Tartars on the coast for so many years. The Prince of Yanping, a few years ago, would not have been able to set out directly from Fujian and sailed for more than a month, and directly from the Yangtze River estuary to Nanjing."

Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang actually grew stronger in the first few years through repeated anti-encirclement and suppression in the inland areas of Zhejiang. It was not until the four provincial capitals were broken that Ma Xin and Hu Laijin led their troops to have an outlet for the sea anyway.

At that time, the navy of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was not only compared with the Ming army in Fujian, but even compared with the Qing army, it was still at the pediatric level. Thinking about it, how could they have thought that they could now use Japan as a springboard to capture the important areas of southern Liaoning and lay a fish bone in the throat of the Qing court.

"That's true. The Tartars are after all, so how can they understand the importance of the navy?"

The Qing court was very clear about the importance of Lushun, so he transferred an Eight Banner Army from Haizhou to assist in defense. However, they could not have thought that the Ming army would come to do such a move. The auxiliary defense forces were not so good at guarding against the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but rather used to deter Korean coolies in Lushun City.

The first battle of collecting Lushun was an extremely important experience for Zheng Qi, who had been fighting at most coastal pirates. Before leaving, Chen Wen had ordered the order. After collecting Lushun, Zhao Qian was automatically appointed as the general of the Liaonan Military Affairs Officer. As the commander of this partial division, he and Li Huanxiang were respectively responsible for the fleet and the army.

Of course, compared with the army's battalion, the fleet's next task is not at all. It is not only as simple as escorting them, but more importantly, they will also undertake the important task of patrolling the sea route and attacking the Qing army's grain transport ships. This is one of their most important tasks for this march.

"I'll check the ship at the end."

"Don't forget the Tartar boats in the port."

"I will understand it."

Zheng Qi hurriedly left, and the officers at all levels below were also doing what they should do after recovering the city according to the plan in an orderly manner. Zhao Qian issued the order, but did not wait for the order to be executed. Instead, he directly led his staff to climb the fort wall and looked down at the entire area of ​​Lushun Fort.

"The harbor needs to build a fort, and we can't be like them."

"And there, here and there, ask the prisoners what their name is, but if you build a fort there, you can support each other with the fort."

Several staff members began to conduct simple surveying and mapping with paper and pen and tools. With a general understanding, they would be able to conduct more precise surveying and mapping tomorrow. Once they had maps and sand tables, they could do it well for this area so that they could better utilize the advantages of the geographical advantage. This principle was what they had learned from the first lesson they entered the Staff Office.

As a staff officer, Zhao Qian, who was born in an engineer, was also observing the surrounding environment and the layout of the fortress. From the perspective of the engineer, he had set up trenches, built low walls, built turrets, and even built a small basin to form a corner with the Lushun Fort. He had passed all in his mind.

After careful observation for a long time, Zhao Qian had a general plan. The specific things must be completed until the precise surveying and mapping results and maps are completed, and the sand table will be built in full.

Thinking of this, Zhao Qian suddenly remembered that he was asking for the opinions of his two subordinates, Zheng Qi and Li Huanxiang. Zheng Qi went to inspect the ship and came to report after he finished the inspection. Then the rest was Li Huanxiang.

"Where is the official Li Ying?"

"When Zhao Shuai said, Camp Li is organizing the defense of the fortress."

The troops at the head of the camp will serve as the garrison troops of the fortress and harass the advance troops in the southern Liaoning area, so they sent Li Huanxiang, a cavalry officer, as the battalion officer. After the commander pointed, Zhao Qian also saw that the troops were taking over the defense of the fortress step by step.

Until a long time later, all the troops entered the key points of the fortress, and the scouts even scattered them to monitor the nearby areas. After completing the work, Li Huanxiang knelt on the ground and shouted loudly to the direction of the tombs of his parents in Zhejiang: "Dad, mother, son has returned to Liaodong. When the royal army recovers Liaodong, the child will definitely allow you two elders to return to your hometown and return to our Li family's ancestral grave!"

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"How is this possible?!"

After Lushun was lost, the Niulu from the Eight Banners of Mongolia ran back to Haizhou. After returning to Haizhou, the Niulu Zhang Jing, who had escaped from Jiangnan, was shocked and sent a document to the Qing court.

In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, the Eight Banners and the important officials in the court were dumbfounded to listen to this strange story. The Ming army navy suddenly appeared at Lushunkou from somewhere. The sea ships covering the sky and the sun were bombarded by Lushun Port, and they could also organize thousands of troops to land on the ground with spare energy. They also had to go through hard battles to successfully break through, in order to report the important military intelligence of the Ming army's appearance in southern Liaoning to the emperor and all the masters as soon as possible.

"A sea boat that also covered the sky and the sun went to Jiangnan. Hasato, a dog slave, learned to use idioms."

After hearing the memorial, Ji Du, who is the most experienced in military experience among his relatives and nobles, immediately laughed and said to Shunzhi: "Your Majesty, I think that although southern Liaoning is the throat of our Qing Dynasty, occupying Lushun can even threaten the waterway between Tianjin and the northern and southern Goryeo provinces, it is unrealistic to attack the Zhejiang bandit army. Not to mention, Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated. The larger the Zhejiang bandits, the more difficult it is to replenish supplies. If so many Zhejiang bandits really come, I am afraid they will be hungry in a few months. Chen Ni would never be so stupid!"

Jidu's father, Prince Zheng, Jier Harang, was a defeated general under Chen Wen. Jidu would never believe that Chen Wen would do such a thing that violates military common sense. In his opinion, it should be that a Ming army partial division successfully raided. The Lushun defenders were caught off guard and then fled out of the city. Especially when they recalled that Niu Lu Zhangjing had originally fled from Jiangnan to Jiangbei, this understanding was even more certain.

At this moment, after hearing Ji Du's speech, the relatives and important officials present nodded in agreement with any military experience.

The Jidu analysis is reasonable and is basically the only reasonable explanation. The status of Lushun was substantially improved with the destruction of North Korea. The status of the transfer center and water supplementary place caused the Qing Dynasty to gather a large number of Han people and North Korean coolies to maintain the operation of the port.

In contrast, at the most, there were no less than four Niulu. However, as the possibility of harassment was constantly ignored, the number of Niulu was also constantly reduced. When the Wu Sangui rebellion was quelled and the new army was expanded, the original Niulu in Lushun was even drawn. Instead, the new Niulu, which was formed by defeated soldiers and new herders in Haizhou, was transferred to such an important place as the only garrison.

"Your Majesty, we have indeed ignored the sea transport capabilities of Zhejiang bandits. Chen Ni now occupies half of the south of the Yangtze River and has resources to expand his army. The construction speed and scale of sea ships may not be able to compare with them now. However, being able to float thousands of miles from the sea is indeed beyond the reach of people."

"We have time to gain ambition and destroy our own power. It is better to think of ways to get rid of the Zhejiang bandits. We cannot let this fish bone always get stuck in our throat. The current importance of North Korea's taxes and food should not be needed to say more."

After successfully suppressing the rebellion, he had to compare his merits and demerits. Fushou looked at Jidu, Tunqi, Obai and Liu Cheng, four head coaches and deputy coaches who suppressed the rebellion, were particularly disliked. All the relatives and nobles here also understood the matter, even Tunqi did not take it seriously, so he just smiled and said nothing.
Chapter completed!