Due to the limited water depth of the temporary wharf on Yangma Island, some large ships, especially the Fu ships with deep draft, cannot directly berth at the trestle on the shore and can only anchor in deeper waters, so it has caused a lot of trouble to the loading and unloading activities on the ship.

However, some of the sand boats, because of the shallow draft, can be as close to the shore as possible, Wu Shengtian and Liu Wei in order to transport these refugees as much as possible, temporarily gathered people, and quickly set up a few simple temporary trestle bridges on the seashore for the ships to load and unload goods.

When the ship berthed, bags of grain were unloaded from the ship first, which completely alleviated the dilemma of insufficient grain storage in Xishan Village, and it was enough for Xishan Village to use for a long time.

Then Liu Wei arranged for the refugees who were hoarded on Yangma Island to board a ship in batches and transport them out of here, and these refugees were deeply afraid of getting on such a big boat and sailing to an unknown place, and many of them were reluctant to board the ship and cried in a mess.

However, Liu Wei threatened them that if they refused to get on the ship, then they would be cut off from their food supply and driven out of Yangma Island to fend for themselves.

Such a threat is really effective, there are rebels everywhere outside, and now Xishan Village and Yangma Island have become the only places in the area where they can live safely, if they are driven away, then what fate will they face next, these hungry people themselves know very well.

In addition, after they came, they also signed the deed of sale, and now their identity is no longer a free person, nominally they are now all slaves of this Master Liu, and they really have no right to say no to what the master wants them to do.

So these people began to be urged by the soldiers of the family army, Yuguan boarded these big ships, set foot on their unknown future, and were transported away from Yangma Island one after another, making the already overcrowded Tuwei of Yangma Island suddenly empty.

Li Jiucheng soon learned that a large number of large ships had appeared on Yangma Island, which were transporting a large number of refugees hoarded on Yangma Island, and they were being transported away from Yangma Island, not knowing where to transport them.

Now Li Jiucheng is not interested in these refugees, in fact, he is most interested in the food hoarded in Xishan Village and Yangma Island, after this period of continuous expansion, the rebel army has become more and more powerful, and the consumption of food is also increasing, they definitely do not think about self-reliance, to obtain food and military salaries, can only rely on robbery.

Nowadays, the entire Denglai area, except for the southern part of the Jiaodong Peninsula, they have not robbed it all, and all the states and counties in the north, as long as they can look at the villages and towns, have all been broken by them, and the squires and big families in these villages and towns have been killed cleanly, and all the things that can be robbed have been snatched.

Therefore, almost the entire Denglai area has been completely destroyed by them, but the grain problem has never been completely solved, and their grain reserves have never been enough to meet their needs for a long time in the future.

Therefore, Li Jiucheng is most concerned about the food problem, and I heard that there are many big ships on Yangma Island this time, and these ships are also very attractive to him, although he has already controlled a lot of warships at hand, but most of these ships are relatively dilapidated, or they are relatively simple, and some ships are simply built directly with wet materials, and the quality is extremely poor, and there are often deformations and leaks.

In fact, the wind and waves in Bohai Bay are not big, but over the years, a large number of materials from Shandong to Dongjiang Town have been lost during transit.

Although a large part of this is due to the fact that the officials who have passed through the hands are full of their own pockets, there are also cases where the quality of the ships is too poor and they often sink in accidents at sea.

Some time ago, Mao Chenglu and others gathered thousands of Dongjiang troops to surrender, and on the way to surrender, they capsized several boats and drowned many rebels who came to surrender.

This time, I heard that there were many large ships coming to Yangma Island, and according to the detailed statement, these ships were not only large, but also very well built.

Li Jiucheng immediately became interested in these big ships, thinking that if he could capture a batch of such big ships, even if there were only a few, it would be a great thing for them, with these big ships from the south, wouldn't their rebels be able to walk sideways in this Bohai Bay in the future? Who else can be their opponents?

In addition, if one day, they can't hold on here, and the imperial court sends a large number of officials and soldiers to suppress them, and they can't withstand it, then it is undoubtedly a good way to retreat to the Dongjiang River by boat.

It would be a great thing for them to be able to get some of these big ships, and it would be even better if they could rob a large amount of grain by the way.

So Li Jiucheng immediately recruited his sailors and rebel generals, and began to discuss with them, the more the rebel generals discussed, the more they felt that this matter was capable, they had many ships, if they were not beaten, they could really capture some big ships, and in addition, they would attack Yangma Island from the sea, so that they could be happy.

So Li Jiucheng sent Mao Chenglu, a veteran general of the Dongjiang River who had just led his troops to join him, to lead a rebel army of 3,000 people, and take dozens of warships to attack Yangma Island, first seize the boat, and then capture Tuweizi on Yangma Island.

Mao Chenglu is the righteous son of Mao Wenlong, who is quite valued by Mao Wenlong, and has always led Mao Wenlong's personal army, and is also known as a good fighter in the Dongjiang Army, and Mao Chenglu is also good at water warfare, and has experienced leading the fleet many times.

Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, Mao Chenglu, as Mao Wenlong's righteous son, of course, was unwilling to let Mao Wenlong end up like this, after Yuan Chonghuan's death, Mao Chenglu repeatedly united with the old generals of the Dongjiang Army to petition for Mao Wenlong, Chen asked Chongzhen to clear Mao Wenlong's grievances, but Chongzhen ignored it because of the face problem, making Mao Chenglu and other old generals of the Dongjiang Dynasty very disappointed in the Ming court.

In addition, after the death of Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan deliberately wanted to divide the Dongjiang Army, and the Dongjiang Army began to split internally.

Mao Chenglu felt that it was not a way to go on like this, so he learned that Kong and Li rebelled in Denglai, and received a letter from the two of them, so even if he decided to respond to Kong and Li and the two of them, they rebelled in Dongjiang Town, but Dongjiang Town is currently the general Huanglong is in charge, Mao Chenglu led thousands of troops to rebel, but failed to fight Huanglong, so he took the rebels to cross the sea by boat, defected to Dengzhou, and was appointed by Li Jiucheng as the chief officer of the rebels, and led a group of soldiers and horses to guard the Daxiao field outside Dengzhou City.

This time, Li Jiucheng wanted to seize the big ship of Yangma Island and capture Tuweizi of Yangma Island, so he thought of Mao Chenglu and asked Mao Chenglu to lead his troops to battle.

After Mao Chenglu heard this, he also felt that after coming to Dengzhou, in addition to eating, drinking and playing with women, he was embarrassed that he had not made an inch, so he immediately agreed, ordered all the soldiers and horses, boarded the warship in the water city, and finally set off to lead the fleet to Yangma Island in early June.

At this time, most of the refugees on Yangma Island have been transferred out of here by boat, but a large number of refugees will be admitted every day, and after undergoing simple quarantine, they will continue to be loaded and transported away, so from mid-April, there are several large ships coming in and out of Yangma Island every day.

This made the rebels look red, and on the ninth day of June, the rebel fleet, led by Mao Chenglu, finally appeared in the waters west of Yangma Island.

However, at this time, Kongtong Island in the western waters of Yangma Island had been taken by the personnel of the Yu family army and placed in the hands of Xishan Village, and a hidden observation post was set up here to monitor the situation on the surrounding sea, and was also responsible for the movements of the rebels on the shore.

Therefore, when the rebel fleet had just appeared in the waters of Kongtong Island and had just rounded the cape of Zhifu Island, it was observed by the outpost set up on Kongtong Island, and immediately released a warning rocket, a red rocket, pulling black smoke, soaring into the sky, soaring upwards into the air more than 100 meters high, bursting out of a dazzling red bright spot.

This rocket can be seen from a long distance away from its black smoke and red light, a dhow patrolling the waters east of Kongtong Island and west of Yangma Island immediately spotted this warning rocket, without saying a word, immediately launched a rocket, in the form of a relay, to transmit the news back to Yangma Island.

Soon, Xishan Village, including Tuweizi on Yangma Island, learned of the attack of the rebel fleet, the specific situation is unknown, but it is certain that the rebel fleet is coming.

The crew of the ship quickly hoisted their sails and anchors, and under the towing of the dinghy, moved into the deep water, and began to turn around and sail to the sea north of Yangma Island.

Around Yangma Island, there were already seven warships at this time, and three of these warships were sloops unique to the Seawolf, that is, Feizi Clippers.

This kind of ship was small when dealing with Western-style galleons, but in front of Chinese warships, it is now definitely a gunboat with heavy firepower.

In addition, there are four No. 2 Fuku, and they are modified and strengthened versions of Fuship, in the lower deck cabins, there are gun bays, loaded with six twelve-pounder guns, and on the bow of the deck, there is also a twenty-four-pounder gun, and on each side of the deck, four three-pounder cannons are also reinforced and installed.

Although this kind of firepower is not too strong, it depends on what opponent it is facing, at least on the side of Bohai Bay, it is definitely a super battleship.

Several warships patrolling this side immediately began to rush to the waters west of Yangma Island when they heard the news, and began to assemble into a ship formation in the waters west of Yangma Island.

Three Feizi clippers in front, four No. 2 enhanced version of the Fu ship behind, a rapid whistle sounded on the ship, the sailors on the ship, one after another in armor rushed to their respective positions, the hands nervously operated the sails, according to the helmsman's prompts, constantly adjusted the direction of the sail wind.

The gunners opened the gunmen of the ship's side one after another, and the gunners peeled off their armor, revealing their hideous posture, and the black hole of the gun's muzzle pointed out of the ship's side.

The preparation of the various ammunition was completed almost instantaneously, and the soldiers lined up on both sides of the ship, placing their short flintlock pistols in their designated positions, ready to be loaded.

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