Lushun Port is located at the southernmost end of the Liaodong Peninsula. It was earlier the anti-Qing base in Jiangdong Town. Later, it was captured by the Qing army, destroyed the city and slaughtered all the people, leaving the Liaodong Peninsula deserted and deserted.

A few years ago, Zhao Ming went north and occupied this place. People from Shandong came here to garrison and build fortresses as an important stronghold that threatened Liaozhong and threatened the Qing Dynasty's nest.

Donghai Town has been operating here for several years and invested a lot of money, grain and resources to open up wasteland and farmland. Unfortunately, it was finally attacked by the Qing Dynasty. Lushun was occupied by the Qing army and tens of thousands of households were also slaughtered by the Qing army.

After the Qing army occupied Lushun, they did not destroy the fortress like before and then evacuated them.

This time, the Qing army realized that Lushun was an important position as the Bohai portal, and did not abandon Lushun. Instead, it stationed a fleet and more than 10,000 Qing troops.

In April, the climate in Liaodong is warm. On the sea near Lushun, white waves are stacked on the seaside, hitting the reefs by the sea, making a rustling sound.

On the coast, a fortress was piled up with stones, and a rapid alarm bell rang out. The Qing soldiers of the brigade climbed to the castle, and the warships cruising on the sea also retracted back to the harbor.

The Qing army's artillery batteries surrounding the bay also entered combat preparations. The Qing army gunners lifted the cannon suits and pointed the muzzle at the giant creatures on the sea.

At this time, on the Lushun Fort, a Qing army general wearing armor and fighting swords walked to the height of the fortress with a frost-faced face, pulled out a thousand-mile mirror and observed the sea. He saw that on the sea in the distance, five huge three-masted gunships sailed the wind and waves in front. After the gunship, there were also sail shadows connected to the north.

"It's the pirates' fleet!" On the castle, the Qing soldiers pointed to the sea and exclaimed loudly.

The Qing army general took back the Qianli Mirror, glared at his subordinate behind him, and scolded him: "What are you panic!"

The Qing general behind him immediately stopped the sound. The general picked up the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and looked for a while. He saw a large flag hanging on the flagship head, with a long list of terrifying titles written on it, "Governor of the Ming Dynasty, the Right Governor of the Governor of the Five Army, the Prince Shaobao, and the Duke Zhao."

"Maybe Zhao Zamao is here!" The general of the Qing army looked ache and frowned, but then he snorted coldly, "If I can guard the old Gaoshan Haiguan, I will naturally guard the Lushun. Today, I just borrowed Zhao Zamao to become my old Gao's name."

The Qing army general was Gao Di, the former general of Shanhaiguan. After Hong Chengchou served as the governor of Northern Zhili, he activated a large number of former deployments.

Gao Di narrowed his eyes and looked at the Ming army fleet from afar, sneered and ordered, "Send all the cannons to attack immediately once the pirates enter the range!"

At this time, on the Zhenhai flagship, Zhao Ming looked at the Lushun Port in the distance with a cold expression.

"Master General, the Qing army is also prepared for Lushun!" Guo Zhong said with a calm face.

The Qing army occupied Lushun during the Battle of Changzhou. At this time, it had been nearly a year since then. They strengthened the original defense of Lushun, making Lushun gradually become a fortress.

Zhao Ming picked up the thousand-mile mirror and watched. There were many warships in the port of Lushun. There seemed to be a fortress built on the hills surrounding Lushun. Lushun Fort was built on the harbor, which was very difficult to attack.

"It seems that the Qing army has made up their minds and wants to avoid fighting!" Zhao Ming took back the Qianli Miles Miles and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

This time, the Donghai Town Navy went north to destroy the Manqing Navy. However, Zhao Ming led the Navy to Shandong and raided the Qing army's transport fleet, but the Qing army navy in Shandong did not go to war.

Zhao Ming had only 16,000 people on hand, and the navy could not rush to the military port with a fort guard, while the mainland had only 6,000 people, so it was difficult to seize the Qing army's fort.

Seeing that there was no other way to take advantage of the situation, Zhao Ming had to lead the fleet north to see the situation in Lushun, but he didn't expect that the Qing army here would be prepared.

Zhao Ming waved his hand with a calm face: "Hang the order flag and let the Zhenyuan number come forward to test!"

The Ming army flagship hung up the order flag, and the fleet slowed down its sails, but the left-wing Zhenyuan continued to rush towards the port of Lushun.

At this time, on the Qing army's fortress at the entrance of the harbor, on the hilltops on both sides, the Qing soldiers immediately aimed at the Zhenyuan. After the huge warship entered the range, they suddenly opened fire.

Amid the loud "boom boom boom" sound, smoke from the hills filled with smoke, and shells hit the Zhenhai around the Zhenhai.

The Zhenhai then fired a cannon and turned the sails. It did not approach the harbor. It turned around on the sea surface and drove back in the water column that was splashed by the shelling.

Seeing this, Zhao Ming had a calm face and said, "Turn and go to Tieshan Island to moor the boat!"

Seeing that the Qing army was ready, Zhao Ming could only lead the fleet to the west, mooring boats near Tieshan Island not far from Lushun Port, and sent scouts to investigate the situation in Lushun Port.

He was speechless all night. The next morning, the scout came to Tieshan Island on a boat. Zhao Ming learned that there were more than 15,000 Qing troops stationed in Lushun, which was exactly the same as his troops.

At this time, in the Zhenhai cabin, Zhao Ming sat in the coach's position with a calm face, and the generals on both sides did not look good.

Guo Zhong pondered: "Lushun Port has a strict defense. The Qing army navy hid in the harbor. With the cover of the fortress, we will inevitably be bombarded by the Qing army naval and the fortress. At that time, we will definitely suffer heavy losses."

Xie Qian heard that the navy had the intention of retreating, and immediately said, "What if the subordinates led by Beizhi, what if they were to build the fort first?"

Zhao Ming pondered: "The army of Lushun is equal to ours, and there are Eight Banners stationed in Shenyang City. If we cannot capture the food and grass for a long time, we will have to retreat. Even if we can capture the fort and annihilate the Qing navy in the port, our own losses will inevitably be huge. At that time, the Qing navy in Shandong will go to sea to fight, and the Qing army in Shenyang will attack from the north, so we may find it difficult to defend Lushun."

Xie Qian Wenyu was a little painful, "Are we just a waste of time?"

"I can't run away in vain!" Zhao Ming stood up with a gloomy face, "I underestimate Hong Chengchou!"

Zhao Ming paced back and forth in the cabin, stopped for a while, and said in a deep voice: "To defeat the Qing navy, the fleet alone cannot be used. The land division needs to be dispatched. Our general decided that the fleet would go east and we would go to North Korea. On the one hand, we would obtain the population, and on the other hand, force North Korea to use this as a base to advance sea and land, seize Lushun, Shenyang and other places, and threaten the Qing Dynasty from the north."

"Go to North Korea!" Many generals were shocked and suspicious. Some people could not keep up with Zhuang Zhao's thinking and agreed to destroy the Manqing Navy, why did they attack North Korea again?

At dusk, the sea and sky on the west ocean were printed in red. Yang Fan passed through the Bohai Strait and headed eastward.

On the Lushun Fort, Gao Di climbed up to the fort wall and looked at the fleet that was moving away with a thousand-mile mirror. He smiled on his face. He put down the Qianli Miles and waved his hand casually, "Come here, report the victory to Lord Zhongtang. Lushun Port is solid and has repelled Zhao Zamao's fleet!"
Chapter completed!