Bohai Strait.

On the vast sea, five three-masted blessed ships, hanging triangular yellow dragon flags, left Lushun Port and sailed towards Shandong.

After the Qing army entered the pass, most of the Eight Banner nobles and relatives retreated into the pass, leaving only a small number of the elderly and weak behind outside the pass. The materials they obtained could only be barely self-sufficient, and even needed help within the pass, and they were unable to supply the garrisons in Lushun Port.

Therefore, the Qing army occupied Lushun, Liaodong, and set up water camps here to build walls and forts, so they needed to obtain supplies from the pass.

The Qing army originally traveled thousands of miles and went out of Shanhaiguan to transport grain and supplies along the western Liaoning Corridor, but soon Dorgon discovered that when transporting a kilogram of grain to Lushun, he had to prepare at least one and a half kilograms of grain to let the civilians and the army eat on the road, which was too much of a loss.

The Qing army discovered that it was too much to go around the Liaoxi Corridor and take a long way to supply Lushun. Hong Chengchou suggested that he imitate the strategy of the Ming Dynasty and supply Liaodong and other places by sea.

So, the Qing army began to supply supplies to Lushun at sea, and even Shengjing's materials were also supplied from sea.

In April, the Qing Dynasty received news from the Dutch that the Ming army navy went north from Taiwan and gathered in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and seemed to have made some moves.

This made the Qing army wary. After Dorgon discussed with Hong Chengchou, he sent a message to Ajige in Jiangning to prevent the Ming army from attacking Zhenjiang, and at the same time, he ordered Hong Chengchou to governor North Zhili, Shandong and Liaodong to prevent the Ming naval forces from heading north again and threatening Beijing.

After Hong Chengchou was appointed, he sent scouts to explore the movements of the Ming army while sending troops to set up formations.

In Hong Chengchou's view, if the Ming army navy wants to go north, it will inevitably attack the two prefectures of Denglai, Shandong and the two places in Liaodong Lushun Port, in order to threaten Beijing.

Shandong is connected with Beizhili, Henan and Huaihe River. If the Ming army wants to attack Denglai, Qing army reinforcements will arrive at any time. Zhao Ming's troops are restrained in Jiangnan, so it is inevitable that the entire army will go north. Therefore, the army led by Zhao Ming must be dominated by naval forces. In this way, it is unlikely that they will want to capture Weihai and Dengzhou several military ports. However, Liaodong is sparsely populated, Shengjing is hundreds of miles away from Lushun, and there are not many troops in the city to mobilize, so it is very likely that the Ming army will capture Lushun.

To this end, Hong Chengchou passed the decree to Korea through the Qing court and ordered the North Korean naval army to assist the Qing Dynasty in the war. At the same time, he sent a fleet to transport soldiers and grain from the sea to Lushun to enhance Lushun's defense.

For a time, there were more Qing ships on the Bohai Sea and the Yellow River.

In the Bohai Strait, five blessed ships sailed sideways and sailed diagonally on the sea. They were composed of four cargo ships and a warship. They had just talked about a batch of food, gunpowder, and a thousand soldiers who were transported to Lushun. They are now returning to Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong, and continue to transport soldiers and supplies to Lushun.

At this time, the southeast monsoon was hung, and the fleet was not smooth. However, since the Song Dynasty, China's maritime technology has been able to achieve "winds from all sides, only the right ones will not enter". Only when the headwinds are not facing each other, the ship can sail, leaving a trail at the stern.

At this time, the Qing soldiers who were escorting the warship masts and looking at the sea vigilantly. Peng Yufeng, the general on the ship, stood on the boat, holding a thousand-mile mirror, and observing the sea from time to time.

According to news from the Qing army scouts in the south of the Yangtze River, the Ming navy was mostly coming north by the southeast monsoon.

This made the Qing army's action of transporting supplies to Lushun become very dangerous. Peng Yufeng prayed in his heart that he would never encounter the Ming army's warship.

Peng Yufeng is from Fujian and was once a subordinate of Zheng Zhilong. In fact, the Beiyang Navy formed by Hong Chengchou was almost all from Fujian, as well as a small number of Jiangsu and Zhejiang people.

This is related to Hong Chengchou himself being a Fujian native. Because Zheng Zhilong stood up for the Qing Dynasty, a large number of Fujian generals served the Qing Dynasty.

After the Qing court tricked Zheng Zhilong into Beijing, he initially asked him to write letters to surrender Zheng Chenggong and others, but there was no effect, so he put him under house arrest and prepared to find an excuse to kill him.

Later, Hong Chengchou was ordered to form the Northern Zhili Navy. He knew that the Qing Dynasty had no navy talents. If he wanted to develop a navy that was in opposition to the Ming Dynasty navy, he had to use his fellow villager, Fujian-born generals. However, he himself lacked prestige among the Fujian generals, so he recommended Zheng Zhilong to Dorgon.

Originally, Dorgon thought that Zheng Zhilong had no effect anymore, so after listening to Hong Chengchou's suggestion, he immediately decided to use Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong had no moral integrity and immediately came forward to recommend a large number of Fujian generals who followed him to surrender, and persuaded them to serve the Qing Dynasty.

Zheng Zhilong is not bad, but he just can't do it. It can be said that he is a mistake in one step, and he has no chance to start over.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong already knew that the Qing Dynasty had no faith, but he still tried his best to do his best to do things for the Qing Dynasty.

This is because he dared not be careless, because if he didn't do his best, he might be considered useless by the Qing Dynasty and killed directly. He did not want to die, so he could only cheer up and not only do things for the Qing Dynasty, but also do things well to avoid being killed.

Secondly, because this matter is also an opportunity, perhaps after the Navy is completed, if he can master the Navy, he will have the opportunity to lead the Navy to flee south and return to Fujian, and make a comeback.

However, the Qing Dynasty was much smarter than Zheng Zhilong. When Zheng Zhilong recommended Shi Fu, Shi Lang and others to put up the navy's rack, Zheng Zhilong thought that the Qing Dynasty really wanted to reuse him in order to fight against the Ming Dynasty navy, Hong Chengchou suddenly accepted Zheng Zhilong's rights and replaced him with a vain position, so that he would not let him control the navy.

At this time, Peng Yufeng looked at the surrounding situation and was a little worried. The southeast wind was a little strong today, which made the fleet sail very slowly, making Peng Yufeng a little worried that he would meet the Ming army's warship.

After the four cargo ships were unloaded in Lushun, the cabin was empty. If they met Ming warships, they would have a chance to escape. However, the Qing warships carried heavy artillery, military capital and personnel, and they really hit the terrifying and unlucky situation.

Just as Peng Yufeng was praying for a smooth sailing in his heart, the main mast looked on the bucket, but the soldiers suddenly exclaimed, "There is a ship!"

At this time, the Qing army fleet was about to approach Changshan Island and was about to enter the safe area. Peng Yufeng felt a stern heart when he heard the words, and hurriedly picked up the Qianli Mile Mile Mile. In the circular vision, he saw the scene he most reluctant to see during this trip. Three small black dots appeared on the sea level in the southeastern waters of Changshan Island.

Peng Yufeng's heart was "sudden" and then pointed the Qianli Mile Mile Mile at the four cargo ships in front. He saw that the Lu Yi Fu Ship, the Lu Yi Fu Ship, had already raised the flag to "discover the enemy ship", and was adjusting the sail surface to avoid the southwest.

"Enemy ship!" Who else can be called an enemy ship by the Qing Dynasty navy except the Ming Dynasty navy?

"When you are on your back, you are really afraid of anything you want!" Peng Yufeng put down Qianlijing, clenched his fists tightly, and shouted loudly: "Control the sails and avoid them!"

In the distance, on the Ming army warship, Guo Zhong reported: "Master, the enemy ship is about to run away!"

Zhao Ming put down the Qianli Miles Miles and sneered: "Stop the back ships, put one or two of them back to report the news. I will wipe out the Manqing Naval Division in this Bohai Sea."
Chapter completed!