Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Sailor Goes North
Liaodong Bay in spring, everything recovers, the white clouds in the sky are accompanied by flying birds, the sea surface is blue and the waves reflect the sun, on this picturesque sea, a Ming Dynasty sailor hangs the yellow dragon flag, sets sail from Changsheng Island, bypasses the double islands and sails in the direction of Mao Wenlong's stationing on Phi Island. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The station of the Jiangdong Army on Phi Island, since the death of Mao Wenlong, the entire Jiangdong Army fell apart, and the rebellion of Shang Kexi not only helped Huang Taiji stabilize the domestic situation, but also allowed the Jurchens to have a sailor who could barely compete with the Ming army, although Huang Taiji was quite trusting of a few traitors who surrendered on the surface, in fact, after several people surrendered, most of the troops were transferred to Shengjing, and the entire Phi Island port camp was burned by fire.
Shang Kexi and other rebels, brought sailor ships, initially made Huang Taiji overjoyed, originally with the productivity of the Jurchens, let alone big ships, it is difficult to build small fishing boats, not to mention these naval warships with artillery, after waiting for the battleships, Huang Taiji ambitiously let a large number of Jurchens on board, with the help of Shang Kexi's group of rebels, began to train the so-called Houjin sailors.
The Jurchens were not good at water warfare, in order to prevent the attack of the Huanglong's patrol fleet, after burning down the port of Phi Dao, these warships went north along the Yalu River and were stationed near the Yijiang River, but the sad thing is that Huang Taiji overestimated the productivity of the Jurchens, and now the sailor port of Yijiang has not been completed, and the battleship can only stay in the center of the river, and all supplies can only be transported by small boats. Huang Taiji's sailor dream has long been washed away by the current, and he has sunk on the rocks.
During this period, the Jurchens were still in a semi-slave society that drank blood, and they either got together to ride horses and fight all day long, bent bows and shoot eagles, or went out to fish and hunt, you let them be more barbaric, than on the battlefield, than not afraid of death, the Ming people are really not opponents in this regard, but you let a group of barbarians who ride horses and fight all day long on the grassland, and have never been in the water all their lives, to learn to control a warship and sail away, which is almost impossible to complete.
"My lord, ahead is the Phi Island where Mao Wenlong was originally stationed" On the flagship of the sailor, a lieutenant general stepped forward to report back to Lu Xiangsheng.
"Anchored near Phi Island. Send a small boat to the island to investigate the situation on the island" Lu Xiangsheng sitting on the handsome chair is looking at the sailing route on the table, Lu Xiangsheng is a studious person, even after being reused by Chongzhen, he will not give up learning, and use Lu Xiang to supervise the navy. Chongzhen is also helpless, the entire Ming Dynasty in this period, there are not a few naval generals, Qin Liangyu and Lu Xiangsheng in Liaodong, Qin Liangyu is best at mountain warfare, it is unrealistic for her to be in charge of the navy, Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian, is now too old, and it is not a matter to stay in the bitter cold Liaodong for a long time, Chongzhen also needs him to control Fujian for himself and build warships, so old and sick to death in Liaodong, it will be a big loss, choose to choose a young general who can take charge of his own subordinates, It's just Sun Lu and the others, Sun Chuanting wants to guard the Jingshi, and only Lu Xiangsheng is left.
For the naval division, Lu Xiangsheng is not good at it, but at least he can command the fleet for conventional operations, and recently he has been constantly learning the method of naval warfare, and talents will shine wherever they are.
On the big ship, small boats were lowered to carry a large number of soldiers to the island, and light clippers sailed around the island, and soldiers stood on the masts to observe the situation on the island.
"My lord, the spies reported that the island has been abandoned, the original port, and the camp have been burned down, how to ask for instructions on the next step?"
"Except for the necessary left-behind soldiers, the rest of the people all landed on the island, let people repair the port camp, and at the same time send soldiers to deploy on the island" I am not familiar with naval warfare, this is the first time to command the naval division to fight, and now the naval division is far away from the camp, and it may be negligent to start a war, Lu Xiangsheng plans to gain a foothold on Phi Island, and go north to find trouble with Shang Kexi's group of traitors.
Huang Taiji was burned by Chongzhen in Beijing City, and was chased by the Ming army along the way and fled back to the outside of the pass, after Huang Taiji returned to Shengjing, many tribes and Mongolians who received the news were extremely dissatisfied with Huang Taiji, and many people did not agree before entering the customs, and were forced to be pressed down by Huang Taiji, plus the wealth of the Ming people was dazzled, and finally prompted this move to go south into the customs.
In the face of the Mongols and the major tribes, Huang Taiji's number one strategist Fan Wencheng went to Shang Kexi's camp alone to persuade Shang Kexi to surrender a few people.
Today, Huang Taiji just sent a few tribal leaders who came to his place to cry, what his own tribe starved to death a few people, how many froze to death, all this caused Huang Taiji a headache, many places have spread the unfavorable statement of their own sweat position, for these statements, to say that there are no other big Baylor behind the fuel, Huang Taiji does not believe it, but as long as the soldiers and horses in their hands have the upper hand, those Baylor is how to stir up the wind and rain and what can they do.
"Great Khan, just now there is information from the side of Tieshan, and a large-scale Ming army sailor has been found on the side of Phi Island" As soon as Fan Wencheng received the news, he hurried to see Huang Taiji.
"Shang Kexi, can that group of people deal with it?" For the enemy at sea, Huang Taiji's first thought was the Jiangdong sailors surrendered by the Ming army, no way, whether it was the Jurchens or the Mongols under his command, it was no problem for you to let them march and fight, but they were all a group of landlubbers, and if they went into the water to fight with the Ming army, it was a live target.