There were three naval divisions in the northern seas of the Ming Dynasty.
One group is the Longhu Navy stationed on Juehua Island in Ningyuan. They were under the direct command of Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao. One group is the Denglai navy stationed in Penglai, who returned to Denglai to patrol and command. Another one is the Dongjiang Navy stationed in Lushun and Pidao. They were under the command of Mao Wenlong, the left governor.
The defense zones of these three navies overlap, but overall they are clear.
The Longhu Naval Defense Area is the central and northern part of the Bohai Sea. That is, Tianjin Bohai Bay and the sea areas to the north. Their main task is to transport the grain, grass and baggage of Guan Ning's army. At the same time, he was responsible for the defense of Liaodong Bay in the Bohai Sea and preventing Jiannu from entering the sea.
The defense area of the Denglai Navy is mainly the Laizhou Bay of the Bohai Sea and the adjacent waters of the Shandong Peninsula in the northern Yellow Sea.
The Dongjiang Navy mainly defends the Yellow Sea. Together with the Longhu Navy, they blocked the Liaodong Peninsula from east to west and sealed off Jiannu on land.
By the second year of Chongzhen, the Luda area was still in the hands of the Ming army. They were classified as a war zone with the Denglai area and the Dongjiang area. That is to say, at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, south of Dalian, the Ming Dynasty still had a foothold. The Liaodong Peninsula was not completely lost.
The reason is also very simple. The Shandong Peninsula is responsible for supplying food and wages in the Luda area and Dongjiang Town. It wasn't until Yuan Chonghuan took office as the governor of Jiliao that he abruptly took away this part of the supply.
In fact, from the time he came to power to the time Mao Wenlong was killed, there was basically no pay for them in less than a year.
In Yuan Chonghuan's plan to restore Liaoning from the sea in five years, the core is the three strongholds in Dandong, Luda area, and Jinzhou area as the direction of attack. Three lines advance together, advance separately and attack together, plow the courtyard and sweep the holes, and attack Huanglong directly. The troops met at the foot of Shenyang City.
At the beginning of the Tianqi Dynasty, the imperial court assigned the Luda area to the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Town.
In its heyday, Dongjiang Town occupied three base areas: Pidao, Luda and Dandong areas. There are also guerrilla zones along the eastern coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, about three hundred miles deep.
Frequently, small groups of less than a hundred troops from Dongjiang Town, carried by the navy, landed on uninhabited coasts and tidal flats, and went deep into the interior to rob slave farms. The slaves were made miserable.
What Mao Wenlong is best at is using small troops to eat up Jiannu's smaller troops.
There are often seventy or eighty people surrounding a small Eight Banner village with only a dozen households. Kill a dozen strong men and destroy the village.
There is little land in mountainous areas and cannot support many people. Generally, villages are not large in size. On average, there are only a dozen households, half engaged in farming and half engaged in fishing and hunting. In addition, they collect wild fruits and vegetables, dig ginseng, and sell mountain products to supplement their livelihood.
In this era, Liaodong was a vast area with sparsely populated areas, inconvenient transportation, and poor information. If something happened, no one would know about it for days or even half a month. By the time I discovered it, the cucumbers and vegetables were already cold.
Many times, by the time Jian Nu Niulu in the town got the news, the village would have been burned to the ground long ago.
Once the Jiannu carried out large-scale military activities, strong men from each village would be dispatched to gather in Shenyang. At this time, Mao Wenlong will send out a large number of troops, and tens of thousands of people will land in various places to carry out large-scale destruction.
Guarding against thieves for a thousand days is not a tune. No one knows when Mao Wenlong's soldiers will come or where they will land. Such a long coastline is impossible to warn and defend.
As soon as they succeeded, they ran away. If he doesn't succeed, he will run away immediately.
In the deep mountains and old forests, cavalry cannot move, and there is no advantage in pursuit on foot. As for the soldiers and horses of Pidao, when they ran to the beach, the navy would meet them.
The French machine guns, French cannons, and various matchlock guns on the ship came at them fiercely. Even if the cavalry comes, they will be completely defeated. Infantry cannot fight against gunboats in the sea.
Under Mao Wenlong's rampant activities, the Han slaves plundered by the slave builders became enlightened and resisted one after another.
Or when the master is asleep at night, he kills the bannerman and takes his head to Pidao. Or poison the well. There were also people who blocked doors and set fires in the middle of the night. He robbed someone at night, followed him to the toilet in the middle of the night and beat him up.
Mao Wenlong caused complete chaos in the eastern half of Liaodong, driving everyone from Nurhachi to Huang Taiji crazy.
However, no one can do anything about Mao Wenlong in the terrain of Liaodong.
The western part of Liaodong is a plain, that is, the Northeast Plain
. Draw a vertical line from Dalian. The east part of this line is all mountainous, and mostly virgin forests.
Many villages in Jiannu are located in the eastern mountainous areas. This has become the hardest hit area by Mao Wenlong.
Mao Wenlong acquiesced in smuggling by merchants because he needed to collect heavy taxes to raise troops. It is impossible to survive with the unreliable food and salary provided by the imperial court.
But Mao Wenlong had no official contact with Jiannu. Smuggling was all done by businessmen he allowed to do. He just extracts heavy taxes.
In the Bohai Bay, outside the Dagu Port of Tianjin, a lucky boat has just left the port.
This boat is under the banner of Dongjiang Town. Naturally, the Beiwa camp in Dagukou was released immediately. Governor Zuo was not something they could afford to offend.
Zhang Tao stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the foggy sea. Because the sun had just come out, the visibility on the sea was not high and it was filled with fog.
On both sides of him stood the disgraced Bai Zihang and Gao Cangjin. They snatched Yang Fan's wheat, but were raided by the militia and suffered heavy losses. Each of the 400 men in the camp was left with more than 100 people.
Although they grabbed several thousand loads of wheat, the loss was not worth the loss.
"You two don't have to be so depressed. When we get to Dongjiang Town, I will share your credit with Governor Zuo. Let Governor Zuo make up the number of your battalion leaders. I promise you that I will not miss anything." Zhang Tao Speaking of.
When the two heard this, they were overjoyed and hurriedly said, "It's up to General Zhang to make the decision for the two of us."
In this world, only soldiers have strength. Now that they have lost most of their soldiers, they are worried that they will not be able to eat enough when they arrive at Pi Island. Unexpectedly, Zhang Tao is true to his word and guarantees them that he will make up for the lost soldiers.
"When we arrived at Pi Island, the two generals were as high as the sky, allowing birds to fly, and the sea to be as wide as fishes. Hahaha," Zhang Tao said with a hearty smile. At this time, he was also somewhat complacent. He had done this beautifully.
Jizhou is in chaos. Let's see if the emperor dares to attack the Qing army. It is also necessary to reduce Dongjiang's total salary from one million to two hundred and forty thousand. This is intolerable and intolerable.
He was imagining how happy Captain Zuo would be when he arrived at Dongjiang River. I heard the sailors shouting from the watchtower bucket at the top of the mast, "Attention! A large number of naval warships are appearing ahead."
By this time the sun had risen and the wind was blowing on the sea. The mist was gradually blown away by the strong wind.
On the sparkling sea, facing away from a huge red sun that had just jumped out of the sea, fifteen naval warships appeared in front.
Zhang Tao squinted his eyes and finally saw the flag clearly against the light. A numb feeling spread throughout my body. Fear made his hands and feet weak for a moment.
I saw the flag of the Dragon and Tiger Navy hanging on the mast. A tall figure stood on the bridge.
"He Kegang!" Zhang Tao said nervously.
Their boat was a large fortune ship, which was a merchant ship. Opposite are fifteen gunboats equipped with artillery. It was useless to resist, and there was no escape for them.
A few days later, a fast boat from the Longhu Navy arrived at Pi Island and sent a letter to Mao Wenlong.
In the General Military Mansion of Dongjiang Town in Pidao, Mao Wenlong held a letter and fell into deep thought.
This letter was written by Yuan Chonghuan himself. He said that he was coming to the military parade and that he could hand over the arrears of food, grass and military pay.
The parade location was neither Ningyuan nor Pidao. Instead, they chose Lushunkou, which is in the middle of the two sides.
