Shortly after seeing Danluo Island, Elder Niu ordered to turn the rudder and drove to the northwest direction with the Dangui needle.

In March, the spring and scenery are bright, and the sea is calm and the view is excellent. Zhao Hao can see the islands in the North Korean waters from time to time with a telescope, which are all excellent navigation marks.

In fact, you don’t even have to look at the charts here. As long as you have a compass, you will definitely be able to travel to Tianjin. Anyway, the coast is either the territory of the Ming Dynasty or the territory of North Korea, and there is no danger at all. It’s just a little more by taking a few more roads.

Therefore, the remaining voyage was very easy. Zhao Hao accompanied the girls to fish, chat, look at the stars, and talk about life every day, and did not feel boring at all.

That day, he was playing mahjong with his godmother in the cabin. Suddenly, he heard the sailor on the mast outside shouting in surprise: "I saw the land!"

Young Master Zhao, who was about to lose, pushed the card, picked up the telescope, and ran to the helm room to look out.

Sure enough, at nine o'clock, a continent with green peaks appeared. At the end of the continent was a cape with a towering cliff.

Become a mountain and end of the sky.

This is Weihaiwei, the easternmost end of the Shandong Peninsula.

"I'm here in Shandong." Elder Niu said with a relaxed expression: "From here, you can go directly to Dagukou by using a single armor needle for 40 times. It's just one hundred times."

"It's really fast." Zhao Hao couldn't help but sigh: "Last time I left Beijing, hurry up and arrived in Nanjing after nearly a month."

"Young Master, this is very fast. The canal ships are all three months long, and there are also many people who have expired to four months." Elder Niu sighed with emotion: "Although our trip is particularly calm, even if the weather is bad, it will be available at most half a month."

Zhao Hao thought to himself that if you sail along the North Korean side and use the warm current, you can at least save another day.

But the crew members like to sail against their own country, which makes them feel more secure. Perhaps the old men of the Yuan Dynasty would rather spend more than go against the current because of this consideration.

"But from now on, the coastal garrisons can see us." Elder Niu said nervously: "Our conspicuous fleet will probably attract investigation."

"What are you afraid of? Who dares to stop the princess's carriage, even on the sea?" Mr. Zhao cheered him up, but he felt a little upset. There is no place at sea. If an official army wants to make money and plays a guest appearance as a pirate, it will be a test for the coastal security team.

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The person responsible for the security of this shipping was the 500 maritime security team led by Wang Rulong and Ma Yinglong. Because there were many ships and few people, they were not evenly distributed to each ship. Instead, the five sand patrol ships were converted into warships. In addition to the captain and sailors, each ship carried 100 security team members.

The five ships looked the same as the other sand patrol ships, but they were not loaded with food. The boards were thickened and copper coated under the waterline. There were sharp bamboo pavés inserted into the side of the ship and gill nets were hung to prevent them from climbing up by the enemy when the ship was connected.

In addition to each grain transport ship, two Folang machines were left to defend themselves, and the remaining fifty-five gates and five bronze snake cannons were all placed on the decks of these five warships. In the late stage of the southeast anti-Japanese war, the Qi family army mainly fought naval battles, so Wang Rulong certainly knew that only by concentrating firepower was powerful.

However, this firepower is still not enough in the sea. He knew that the slightly decent pirate regiments had a hundred cannons. And it was not a thing like the Flang machine with a short range and low power, which was between guns and cannons.

Once he encounters a sea ship with one or two thousand materials, and a dozen cannons are installed on it, the firepower will be completely suppressed. He can only fight as soon as possible.

But in that case, it is inevitable that someone will be transferred from the mountain. What should I do if the grain transport fleet does?

As the escort party, the pressure is even greater.

Along the way, Wang Rulong slept with his eyes open until he entered Laizhou Bay that he felt half of his heart hanging down.

When sailing here near the coastline, the chance of escaping from the enemy is much higher. Moreover, the two major sea defense zones in the Ming Dynasty and Liaodong guard the Bohai Bay like gateways. You can also call the North Korean navy to help at any time, so generally no pirates will make trouble here.

The reason why I let go of half is because there are threats from the government army.

Wang Rulong knew that the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense in the north was quite a bit bad. Not only did it not have a special navy, but the largest warship in Denglai and Liaodong were only 400 materials, without long-distance voyage capabilities, and had serious shortages.

One word of reason is "poverty". I heard that the official troops in Fujian and Guangdong have been replaced by black-tailed boats to fight pirates. There are two poor places in Shandong and Liaodong, and they have no money to build ships.

I asked the court, but the court had no money. Anyway, it had not been harassed by the Japanese pirates in the north for more than a hundred years. Moreover, there were tens of thousands of elite official troops stationed in Jizhen. They could not defeat the Mongols who were good at riding and shooting, and they could not defeat the Japanese pirates who were not covered in clothes? It depends on who was blind to go ashore and wandering?

Therefore, the court did not allocate money. Wang Rulong heard from the Dengzhou Guard that the military households in the Liaodong Guard of Denglai had to eat all year round and had to go into the sea to fish on warships. If they met a fat sheep on the sea, they would probably change themselves. Ask you if you want to eat cutter noodles or wonton noodles?

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Sure enough, after passing through the hills, you can see fishing boats on the sea... There are many hills in the Weihaiwei area of ​​Denglai, and there is a serious shortage of arable land. The coastal people can only make a living by fishing.

When I saw fifty large ships of four hundred materials lined up in three columns, each with a distance of hundreds of feet, coming from the east in a vast way. All the fishermen who were casting the net were shocked.

It was not until the huge fleet that seemed to them that they had driven over, and the military households suddenly realized and quickly drove the ship to return the letter of return.

After the meal, the beacon on the shore was lit.

The sky is clear and cloudless, and you can see the beacon smoke ten miles away clearly.

Soon, the beacons along the coast were lit one by one, and now the people and the soldiers were all panicked.

The small sampan fishing on the sea quickly rowed back desperately. Merchant ships of all sizes also fled to the shore. The sailors thought the speed was too slow and began to throw cargo outside the ship despite the merchants' heartbroken shouts.

The sea was full of porridge, and the Penglai Water City was even more chaotic.

The alarm bell rang across the city, and the guerrillas were wearing armor under the service of their personal soldiers, and rushed to the military preparation office to obey the orders.

The recruited sailors and seafarers carried out muskets, cannons, rockets, fire crows, and various types of gunpowder shells from the dock's arsenal, and loaded them onto the ship in a mess, ready to sail!

This water city was built on the basis of Daoyu Village in the Song Dynasty. It has mountains and sea control, and the terrain is steep. Water gate, breakwater embankment, flat wave platform, wharf, lighthouse, city wall, fort, moat and other facilities. It is the most perfect water city in the Ming Dynasty and the garrison of Denglai Bing Preparation Yamen.

But the hard shell could not conceal its weak nature. At this time, Qin Shousheng, the highest military commander of the Denglai Palace, had become an ant on the hot pan.

In this water city, which combines all the battleships of Dengzhou Guards and Laizhou Guards, there are only 43 serious battleships, and most of them are small boats below a hundred materials.

To make matters worse, artillery, gunpowder, and even sailors have big gaps, so there are only a dozen people who can truly have combat effectiveness.

According to the reports from many military households who reported the news, the fleet was a large ship of 400 materials, with a total of fifty or sixty ships. How could it be fought?

It was not until the arrival of the guerrilla generals in Shuicheng and other generals that Qin Bingxian calmed down and walked to the chart on the wall and said, "Everyone, the fleet will be here soon tomorrow morning. What should we do?"

The only task of Penglai Water City is to guard the entrance of Bohai Bay, and never allow enemy ships to cross the north of the Water City, forming a chain of islands from Changdao and the end mountain.

Once the enemy ship breaks through the island chain, it can enter the Bohai Bay and approach Tanggu. It is hard to say that Qin Bingxian's head will definitely not be able to be kept.

Seeing that the soldiers were already panicked, the mature and stern general Pi Gan hurriedly advised: "Dangxian should be calm. This fleet that suddenly appeared will be at most ten thousand soldiers after deducting sailors."

"Oh..." Qin Shousheng was so scared that his eyes turned dark and he almost fainted. He thought to himself, a civil servant who had never read a military book for a day, how could he bear such pressure that he should not bear?

"Don't panic in the military, the last general is the worst case. You forgot the pride of our Dengzhou Guards. General Qi can train troops in Jizhen!" General Pi Gan quickly added: "Now the army guarding the capital is all gathered in Tianjin. Even if the enemy has 10,000 people, it just happened to train troops for General Qi."

General Pi Shen paused and said, "What's more, how many people they have, or even whether they are enemies, are they still talking about."

"Well." Qin Bingxian was not so panicked. He touched his neatly trimmed lips and nodded and said, "General Pi is right. So what should we do specifically?"

"First warn the Tianjin Guards, ask for help from the Liaodong Guards and Weihai Guards." General Pi Shen said in a deep voice: "At the same time, I will send the Clippers to conduct investigation and surveillance. Finally, the general is willing to lead the main force to arrange the array in the Changdao waters. Even if they die with the enemy, they will never let them cross the line of defense!"

"It's really a strong wind that tells the strong grass. I'll see the loyal minister, General Pi!" Qin Shousheng was moved and burst into tears: "I should have lived and died with you, but you know that I'm seasick. I can only wait for the news of your triumphant success here!"

"Please wait for the good news!" General Pi Shen bowed his fists and led his guerrillas and other subordinates to go out proudly and headed towards the dock.

"Boss, we really want to fight to the death?" The guerrilla behind him couldn't help but ask.

"That's a big deal." General Pi Shen spat: "Prepare the Clippers, see if the situation is not good, let's follow the old method. Anyway, the person who is the one who is the one who is surnamed Qin."

The so-called old method is to sink your own warship. Because the navy has its own special nature, it is not like the army. If you fight to the death, you will have to fight to the last person. Otherwise, they will all escape in the face of battle.
Chapter completed!