566 plotted to Dengzhou and came to Lushun again

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Previously, Li Zixiao arranged for Zhou Qing to help them in the Li Mansion and deal with the affairs of the caravan and sea trade.

In fact, it is to secretly investigate Zhou Qing's ability, and sharpen him, so that he can familiarize himself with the situation in Jiangbei.

Now, since Qian Guangyuan sent him out in advance, it means that he has passed Qian Guangyuan's assessment.

After Li Zixiao went back this time, he was also going to test Zhou Qing, as long as he was not disappointed too much, he would entrust Zhou Qing with a heavy responsibility next.

When the naval fleet was about to sail back and the dock built by the White Dragon Army on Phi Island, Li Zixiao looked at Lu Yuan for the last time, and his face became serious.

"Lu Yuan, how are things going in Dengzhou?"

Hearing Li Zixiao mention Dengzhou, the smile on Lu Yuan's face instantly turned to excitement, and he immediately responded: "General, according to your orders, our naval army is ready to land in Dengzhou at any time." ”

It's no wonder that Lu Yuan was so excited, because he knew that Li Zixiao was going to attack Dengzhou.

Li Zixiao coveted Dengzhou, it was not a day or two, and Lu Yuan, who was the commander of the White Dragon Army and the Navy, naturally knew this.

Even, including Lu Yuan, many generals of the White Dragon Army and the Navy hoped that Li Zixiao could take Dengzhou.

You must know that Dengzhou at this time can be described as one of the best ports in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

If Li Zixiao can occupy Dengzhou, he can not only get a good port, but also have great benefits to Lu Yuan's navy.

For example, this time, Li Zixiao landed on Phi Island across the sea and attacked Zhenjiang Fort outside Guanwai.

The supplies of the White Dragon Army were transported from Tamna Island to Phi Island by sea and stored in Phi Island.

You must know that the distance from Tamna to Koh Phi is much farther than from Tengju to Koh Phi.

If Li Zixiao had controlled Dengzhou before, the White Dragon Army's naval fleet could have transported supplies from Dengzhou, which would save them a lot of time.

Whether it is from the strategic location or commercial value, the port of Dengzhou in this era can almost be called one of the largest ports in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the only two major ports controlled by Li Zixiao were Yangzhou Port and the newly built Haizhou Port.

And this time, in addition to beating the Tartars, Li Zixiao also had another purpose when he went north, that is, to occupy Lushun and Dengzhou.

Li Zixiao asked Liu Chong to occupy this corner of Jinzhou, in order to protect Lushun and create a forward position against the Tartars.

And Liu Chong can be supported in Jinzhou, and the most important thing is Port Arthur.

Only when Port Arthur existed, Liu Chongcai could continuously receive supplies from the White Dragon Army, and only then could he have the capital to resist the attack of the Tartars.

In addition to Lushun, what made Li Zixiao's heart even more exciting was Dengzhou.

What Lushun showed at this time was only a strategic value, which could be used against the Tartars.

But Dengzhou Port is not only a strategic value, Li Zixiao values the huge commercial value behind it.

Strategic value, it's simple.

Because Dengzhou and the Liaodong Peninsula are separated by a narrow strait, if Li Zixiao occupies Dengzhou, it will only take half a day to transport troops and grain to Lushun on the opposite side.

When Dengzhou arrives, it will be completely equivalent to Liu Chong's rear, and when the time comes, Jinzhou, Lushun and Dengzhou will be connected into a line, which is enough to resist the attack of the Tartars.

As for business value, it's even simpler.

As a veteran port in Daming, Dengzhou Port has a degree of development that is not comparable to other port cities.

Coupled with its unique geographical advantages, Li Zixiao believes that as long as Dengzhou remains in his hands, it will be able to prosper again in a few years.

Dengzhou is one of the most important ports in Li Zixiao's future development plan for maritime trade.

Compared with Port Arthur, which had not yet officially risen at this time and was declining due to the occupation of the Tatars, Dengzhou at this time was also prosperous and declining.

In the first two years, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong made trouble in Dengzhou, and over the years, there have been many disasters and man-made disasters in the Great Tomorrow.

The life of the people in all parts of the Ming Dynasty is not easy, of course, compared to the situation that the Central Plains is full of displaced people and thieves at this time, the life of the people in Dengzhou is okay.

Li Zixiao has actually been secretly planning to seize Dengzhou for a long time.

But there are a lot of things involved, and Li Zixiao needs to consider what kind of reaction the imperial court will cause once he occupies Dengzhou.

Li Zixiao didn't make a move before, he was waiting, he was waiting for Hong Chengchou to defeat Songjin, and when the Ming court shook up and down, it was the best time for him to shoot.

"Well, your navy is ready to land in Dengzhou at any time.

If you can take Dengzhou bloodlessly, it will be the best. If it doesn't work, when you need to use strength, you need to use your navy. ”

"Yes, don't worry, General, we are ready at any time." Lu Yuan shouted solemnly.

"Well, that's good. Let's go, it's already at the dock. Li Zixiao patted Lu Yuan's shoulder and walked out of the cabin.

As Li Zixiao walked out of the cabin, he saw that their ship had sailed into the pier of Phi Dao, and at this time, the pier of Phi Dao was crowded.

Among these people, there are white dragon sergeants, who are in charge of the position, but more of them are ordinary young and strong people, and they are expanding the port.

The port of Phi Koh has existed since the beginning.

It was left over from Mao Wenlong's construction, and local fishermen have been using it for a long time, but it has long been dilapidated.

After the White Dragon Army arrived, on the basis of the original wharf, a little repair was carried out without too much effort.

After all, the White Dragon Army's naval fleet didn't plan to stay here for a long time, it was just a temporary station, and it was not worth their effort to overhaul it.

After Li Zixiao withdraws from the gate, they will not continue to stay here, and they can make do with it now.

But now, with the previous 100,000 people and 20,000 White Dragon troops temporarily moving to Phi Island, Lu Yuan had to order the expansion of the port wharf.

Otherwise, when their naval fleet waited two days to transfer the soldiers and civilians from Phi Island to Tamna Island, the simple dock would be overwhelmed.

At this time, on Phi Island, you can see people with their families everywhere, these are the 100,000 people that Li Zixiao took great pains to bring back from outside the customs.

"The trip outside the gate is finally over."

Li Zixiao stood on Phi Island, looking at the mainland across the strait, and said softly, with a relieved smile on his face.

This was the second time he fought with the Tartars, the first one was when the Tartars Chongzhen entered the customs and plundered in the eleventh year.

At the same time, this is also the first time that he took the initiative to lead the army to fight across the sea and fight in the Tartar territory, even for the first time in the Ming army for so many years.

In this battle, Li Zixiao achieved the results he wanted, and even Sheng Jing and his party also achieved unexpected surprises, which can be described as a lot of gains, and Li Zixiao was very satisfied.

"It is estimated that the next time I fight head-to-head with the Tartars, I will get the day when the Ming Dynasty will fall!

When that day comes, I will no longer dodge, and will lead the army to fight you head-on, Huang Taiji, Dorgon, you wait! ”

Li Zixiao thought in his heart, and he also planned it this way.

According to his plan, he would not fight the Tartars again until the fall of the Great Ming Dynasty.

He wants to accumulate strength, wait for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and replace Chongzhen to block the way south of the Tartars.

It's just that Li Zixiao forgot one thing, Tartar is not the kind of master who suffers losses and does not retaliate, and soon Tartar's revenge will come surgingly.

And Li Zixiao doesn't need to get the day of the Ming Dynasty's demise, he will fight with Tartar again.

After arriving at Phi Island, Li Zixiao ordered Lu Yuan's naval fleet to start transporting people to Tamna Island.

After escaping back to Tieshan, Huang Taiji sent people to the coast again and found that the White Dragon Army was carrying the people to evacuate.

However, Dolgon, who got this report, had no way to take Li Zixiao at this time, and all he led was cavalry.

Cavalry is not omnipotent, even if it is only separated from Phi Dao by a strait several miles wide, but the blue sea is still like a chasm, insurmountable.

And five days later, when Lu Yuan sent the first batch of people back to Tamluo Island, he also brought the other two fleets commanded by Hong Sheng together.

After all four fleets of the White Dragon Army arrived, three of them were used by Li Zixiao to transport 100,000 people on Phi Island.

The other fleet, escorting 10,000 soldiers, rushed to Jinzhou, which was the reinforcement sent by Li Zixiao to Liu Chong's 'Zhenliao Army'.

The 10,000 soldiers were killed, including nearly 3,000 elite members of the White Dragon Army and 7,000 city defense soldiers under the command of Zhou Dazhu.

Li Zixiao supported Liu Chong's soldiers, most of whom were foot soldiers, musketeers and artillerymen, and there was no cavalry, after all, Liu Chong would focus on defense next, and the cavalry would not be used.

Even, Li Zixiao will transfer Zhou Dazhu to Jinzhou as the deputy commander of the 'Zhenliao Army' to assist Liu Chong.

In addition, Li Sheng will also be promoted and promoted to the position of deputy commander.

On the one hand, after Zhou Dazhu passed, he could share some of the pressure for Liu Chong, and at the same time, he could limit the power in Liu Chong's hands.

At any time, Li Zixiao must prevent one of his generals from supporting the army and respecting himself, and it is okay to lead an army alone, but what should be restricted must be restricted.

Under normal circumstances, Li Zixiao would not let a general lead an army alone for a long time, or guard a region alone.

Li Zixiao usually sends two generals of similar status to serve as the chief and deputy commanders, just like Qi Wei's 'Western Expeditionary Army'.

In the 'Western Expeditionary Army', Qi Wei is the commander, while Xu Wei and Li Yan are the deputy commanders.

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, on July 11, Li Zixiao left Phi Dao and followed a naval fleet of Hong Sheng to Port Arthur.

After Li Zixiao leaves, Lu Yuan will continue to be responsible for the people of Phi Island, as well as the remaining White Dragon soldiers and horses, to withdraw to Tamna Island.

When Li Zixiao set foot on the land of Port Arthur again, the already depressed Port Arthur in front of him became very lively at this time.

Not only was the entire port more than doubled, but there were also many ships moored in the port, mostly fishing boats, and a large number of merchant ships.

Because Lushun was occupied by the White Dragon Army, Li Sheng, in accordance with Li Zixiao's instructions, immediately opened part of Port Arthur and allowed maritime merchants from all over the world to come and trade.

They even took the initiative to purchase supplies from some merchants, rather than relying solely on the supply of the naval fleet.

Hong Sheng's naval fleet mainly replenished weapons, armor, artillery and ammunition for Liu Chong's men and horses, and as for food, cloth and medicine, they mostly purchased from merchants.

These are all instructed by Li Zixiao, although it will definitely cost a lot of money to do this, but Li Zixiao values the later income.

Li Zixiao is to take advantage of this opportunity to re-develop Port Arthur, vigorously develop commerce, and build it into a symmetrical trade port with Dengzhou in the north-south in the future.

Of course, the advance condition for the development of Lushun is that Liu Chong can block the attack of the Tartars in the north of Jinzhou.

Li Zixiao sent so many people to Liu Chong this time, and relying on the terrain of Jinzhou, Li Zixiao believed that Liu Chong and Zhou Dazhu would not let him down.

As for the sea, Li Zixiao doesn't need to worry at all, the Tartars may have strong cavalry, but when it comes to the navy, they are not even as good as the now declining Da Ming.

Can you expect a group of wild people who have just emerged from the mountains and forests to master shipbuilding technology?

Shipbuilding is not so easy, it requires a civilization, passed down from generation to generation.

Moreover, in the past, when the Tartars entered the customs and plundered the people of the Ming Dynasty, they mainly focused on plundering the blacksmiths, and they basically did not pay attention to the shipwrights.

Even, Huang Taiji did not have the slightest intention of building a navy, and they Tartars thought that relying on the war horses and bows and arrows in their hands was enough to dominate the world.

As everyone knows, their thinking is completely in line with the barbarian's thinking.

The navy of the White Dragon Army, not now should be called the navy, after two or three years of development, from scratch, from small to large.

At this time, when the Daming Naval Division was completely decayed and there was basically no threat from Korea and the Japanese Kingdom, Li Zixiao's navy could be said to have completely dominated the sea areas north of the Yangtze River estuary.

It was basically impossible for the Tartars to attack Arthur from the sea.

At this time, Huang Taiji thought of building a navy, it was too late, so they could only choose to attack Jinzhou from land.

And south of the Yangtze River, which is now basically controlled by the Zheng family, is the only way to the South Seas, and it is the place with the most oil and water.

In fact, at the beginning, even in the Yellow Sea, the Zheng family's fleet was often haunted.

It was not until after Li Zixiao's navy rose that Zheng Zhilong gave the order for the Zheng family fleet to abandon entering the Yellow Sea, and the two sides almost acquiesced to the Yangtze River estuary as the boundary.

Li Zixiao's navy would not go south easily, and the Zheng family's fleet would not go north.

Zheng Zhilong's idea is to maintain the status quo, the north of the Yangtze River belongs to the White Dragon Army Navy, and the waters south of the Yangtze River estuary belong to their Zheng family fleet.

Zheng Zhilong's idea is very beautiful!

After all, the maritime merchants south of the Yangtze River who go to the South Seas every year have too much oil and water, but Li Zixiao's sea trade is very deserted.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was in decline, and the situation in Korea and the Japanese Kingdom was not much better, and the Zheng family also held the power to trade with Japan.

As a result, the oil and water that Li Zixiao can fish in the northern sea is very limited.

And if Li Zixiao's fleet, or even the maritime merchant fleet on his territory, goes south to trade in the South Seas, he will also have to pay money to the Zheng family.

How could Li Zixiao tolerate this, breaking the status quo is Li Zixiao's true thoughts.

If it weren't for Li Zixiao's naval power in his hands at this time, it would not be strong enough, otherwise he would have attacked the Zheng family a long time ago.

Moreover, at this time, the war on land is the most important thing after all, after all, only when the land is won can the ownership of this land be truly determined.

Li Zixiao was restrained by the Tartars, Li Zicheng and even the imperial court, so that he could only put maritime affairs in a secondary position for the time being.

But once Li Zixiao's navy became stronger, and even let him free his hands, he would definitely not allow the Zheng family to continue to occupy control of the southeast coast.

Just like the current red-haired ghost Dutch and the Zheng family are at war, it is not for the interests of the sea, and it is estimated that Li Zixiao will also fight with the Zheng family at sea.

Unless the Zheng family can take the initiative to surrender to him, he and the Zheng family will have a battle.

(End of chapter)