After solving his worries, Murong Longcheng did not stop at Phi Dao and directly led the fleet to set off for Lushunkou.

From Phi Island to Lushun, on the way to Changshan Island and Guanglu Island, which was also an important island of the garrison of Dongjiang Town, echoing with Lushun, Jinzhou and other places. With the death of Mao Wenlong and his successors Huang Long, Shen Shikui and others, Dongjiang Town fell and scattered, and Changshan Island and Guanglu Island also became empty islands with no garrison.

When the fleet passed by, Murong Longcheng clearly saw from the telescope that there were no ships anchored in the harbor, no one was stationed on the island, and only the simple and dilapidated pier trestle and the beacon tower on the shore could see the scenery of these islands.

According to the guide Liu Xing, in order to solve their worries, the Tartars pulled out the nails of Dongjiang Town and southern Liaoning, and attacked Jinzhou, Gaizhou, Fuzhou, and Lushunkou several times since the time of the old slaves. After the fall of Dongjiang Town, no one from the land and sea of southern Liaoning could threaten the rear of the Tartar flank.

"Now that we're here, the sentence can be taken back." Murong Longcheng looked proudly at the sea in front of him, "The combat power of our sailor division is ten times that of the Dongjiang Zhenzhou division, and the entire southern Liaoning is within the attack range of our warships, plus the marines, they can advance and retreat freely, and the Tartars will not have a stable life since then." ”

Liu Xingwei promised, didn't say it in his mouth, and didn't believe it in his heart. Although he saw the fierceness of the fleet's artillery fire in Nanpu Port, it was like a landslide and the ground cracked, but the Tartars did not have a decent sailor at all, and they would not abandon their martial arts to fight a naval battle with you, their strength lies on land, and after they go ashore, it is not certain who fights whom.

A few days later, the fleet reached the mouth of Arthur.

Lushun Port was a very important military port until modern times, easy to defend and difficult to attack. During the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, there were fierce battles here, but Japan did not attempt to attack Arthur from the sea in both wars because the terrain was too dangerous. Later generations of military strategists described it: "Lushun is a mouthful, and the natural shape wins, that is, there are thousands of troops and horses, and they cannot be broken."

Liu Xing reminded Murong Longcheng: "Lushunkou was broken and occupied by the Tatars three years ago, and now it is the territory of the Tatars. If General Murong wants to enter Lushun, he must be careful. The Lion's Mouth between the two mountains was the only way to enter and exit, less than a mile wide, and a huge ship like the General's Seat could only pass one at a time, and the forts on the hills on both sides could easily reach it. In addition, after entering is a semi-enclosed inland sea, divided into east and west ports, what we see is the east port, and the west port is blocked by the tiger's tail, and they can only enter and exit from the lion's mouth, if there is any accident, you can't escape......"

After hearing this, Murong Longcheng ordered the fleet to hold off outside the so-called "Lion's Mouth", and then use binoculars to observe the terrain ahead.

The terrain here is really as the guide Liu Xing said, there is only a 300-meter-wide channel in and out, on the right is a mountain, condescending to look down on the channel, on the left is a curved peninsula, at the top is a dry beach, extending into the sea, looking from afar, like a tiger's tail, so clamped on both sides, there is indeed a kind of "one husband is a man when ten thousand people do not open" posture. Moreover, on the peninsula on the left and on the mountainside on the right, there are gun emplacements, and the cannon is not small, and it is much more elaborate than the dilapidated Humen Fort, so that a cross fire is formed, which will cause a fatal blow to the passing ships.

He handed the telescope to Liu Xing: "This is the dangerous place you said, right?" Where is the dry beach on the left and the hill on the right, and has this fort always been there? ”

Liu Xing cautiously raised the telescope to look at it, and was amazed: "This thing is really powerful, looking at it from a distance is like ...... in front of you."

Silva patted Liu Xing's back dissatisfiedly and reminded him: "My boss is for you to see the mountains on both sides, not for you to look at the diorama." ”

Liu Xing came to his senses, suppressed his excitement and curiosity, and after identifying it, he told Murong Longcheng: "Back to General Murong's words, on the right is the Golden Mountain, and on the left is the tiger's tail. This fort was set up during the Yongle period, and there was originally a sailor battalion in it, which was set up during the Hongwu period, and the land next to the sailor battalion was Fort Arthur, which was originally the Lushun Post City, which belonged to Jinzhou Wei, and now it is occupied by the Tartars. ”

Murong Longcheng looked at the fort on the Golden Mountain and the tiger's tail, thoughtfully, and asked, "Is there any way not to enter from here, and go ashore from the side, can you bypass the fort and attack Fort Arthur?" ”

Liu Xing replied: "It's not that it can't be done, but the right side has to bypass the Golden Mountain, climb over the White Jade Mountain, and the left side has to climb over the Old Iron Mountain, whether you take the left road or the right road, it is difficult to walk by land, and when you go over the mountains and mountains to Fort Lushun, people are tired and half dead......

Murong Longcheng weighed it again and again, and finally made a decision: "Since it is very difficult to attack by land detour, then attack directly by sea." Order the fleet, line up in battle, from north to south, destroy the batteries at Golden Mountain and Tiger Tail, and then send the marines under Fort Arthur in small boats to attack by land. ”

Silva couldn't help but ask: "Boss, why is the fleet attacking on the perimeter, why don't you just rush in and attack Fort Arthur with naval guns?" ”

Murong Longcheng pointed to the harbor and said, "Have you seen this narrow channel?" If it is the 'Shandong', it can only accommodate one ship in and out, otherwise it is easy to collide, and the other Wuyi-class warships are not much better, and a few more will collide. Moreover, according to Liu Xing, the inside is surrounded by the peninsula of Tiger Tail and forms an inland sea, as long as this road can come out, if the Tartars take advantage of us to go in and block the lion's mouth channel with a sunken ship, we will become a turtle in the urn. It's a very unlikely possibility, but I can't afford to let the fleet take that risk. ”

Silva thought about it, it was really possible, and nodded again and again: "The fleet really shouldn't venture in, boss, you are too thoughtful." ”

Murong Longcheng shouted, "Where is Bolhu? ”

Suddenly Bor came over and asked, "What does the master command?" Since Murong Longcheng's identity saw the light, as a confidant who has been following, Bolhu can finally call Murong Longcheng the master openly, instead of using titles such as "son" and "captain" to cover up. Murong Longcheng also did not shy away from his relatives and appointed him as the captain of the Marine Corps.

"After I destroy the batteries on both sides, you lead the marines directly into the harbor in small boats with shallow draft, go ashore to attack Fort Arthur, and make sure that Fort Arthur loses its ability to resist before it gets dark."

Bol suddenly replied loudly: "Yes." The subordinates guarantee to complete the task. ”