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So after much thought, Chongzhen finally agreed to Xiong Wencan's request and agreed to temporarily hand over the Fushan Qiansuo area to Yu Xiaotian's Fujian troops as a base, and allowed his naval division to use Jiaozhou Bay as a temporary military port in the north for their

The navy was stationed there and allowed to build wharfs, trestles and other wharf facilities.

In the end, these things were all done quickly. Before Yu Xiaotian led his troops to Jiaozhou Bay, the imperial court approved it. However, this was just a written confirmation from the imperial court. In fact, since last year, the Sea Wolf Group has been in front of Fushan.

A large amount of land was purchased in the area, a large fortress was built, and a temporary pier and trestle were built on the seaside for berthing of ships.

It's just that this matter was operated secretly in the past, and the local officials turned a blind eye and ignored it. Now let the court make it clear. This is tantamount to officially legalizing this matter, allowing Yu Xiaotian to act here in the future.

It's just more convenient, more confident, and more unscrupulous.

Therefore, when Yu Xiaotian led the fleet to Jiaozhou Bay, Fushan Front Post had already made preparations for defense, and other advance personnel were already here to prepare for the Sea Wolf's fleet.

In fact, Fushansuo was the seat of Qingdao City in later generations and was close to the Olympic Sports Center in later generations. However, at this time, this area was still a rough land and the population was quite sparse.

The land purchased by the Sea Wolf advance personnel is also a piece of land designated by Yu Xiaotian. It is in the area of ​​the famous Qingdao Port in later generations, just in the northeast corner of Jiaozhou Bay. Now, at the location of the future Qingdao Port, the advance personnel

Already after last winter, a simple temporary dock was built on the shore, and two trestles were built into the sea.

During this time, Yu Xiaotian was ordered to go north. The advance personnel here had no time to build more trestles for Sea Wolf's boatmen to dock and unload personnel and supplies, so they simply spent a lot of money locally to acquire a large number of small boats, and used these

Small fishing boats are lined up directly in the sea water, and wooden piles are pounded into them to fix the fishing boats. Logs or thick wooden boards are laid on the fishing boats and go deep into the sea water to become temporary floating trestles, which can accommodate several boats at the same time.

Unloading at berth.

In short, although the conditions here are very poor, Qingdao Port itself is a natural port. Even without any modifications, it can be enough for thousands of large ships to berth without any problems. In the future, it can even berth the world's largest 300,000-ton ship.

The giant cargo ship that Yu Xiaotian now has on hand has a displacement of only a thousand tons at best, and about 800 tons at most. It's like a joke to cram 1,800 ships here.

It's just that the unloading conditions here are far inferior to those at Weitou Bay. After all, the infrastructure here is too weak. There are only a few crude temporary trestles and floating trestles for ships to berth and unload.

Therefore, whether it is the unloading of personnel or materials, there are great restrictions. The soldiers and generals on these ships have been floating at sea for more than a month, almost two months, and all of them have been screaming anxiously,

Seeing that the destination has been reached, of course everyone is trying their best to get down to the shore as soon as possible and step on the solid ground.

So Yu Xiaotian ordered the ships carrying cargo and mules and horses to use the trestle to unload the ships, while the rest of the people used the sampans carried by the ships. After parking nearby, they directly used the sampans to unload the people to the shore.

For a time, a scene of masts like a forest and boats like a wall appeared on the sea near Fushansuo. More than a hundred sampans were lowered from the boats at the same time. A large number of soldiers shouted slogans and paddled excitedly towards the

The shore rushed over.

The sudden appearance of such a large fleet in Jiaozhou Bay is undoubtedly quite shocking. Although there are naval forces in the north and there are also many fishing boats, compared with these large boats coming from the south, they are nothing.

Forget about everything, among the Dengzhou Navy and the Dongjiang Navy, a two-hundred-ton warship is considered a giant, but those ships, now placed next to the ships of the Fujian Navy, have become trivial.

It's simply not enough to watch.

Many people here have seen such a big ship for the first time in their lives. In addition, so many appeared at the same time this time. This is really shocking. Many people stood on the shore and looked at it from a distance.

The Fujian Navy's fleet on the sea had their jaws dropped to the ground, and their eyes would have rolled all over the place if it weren't for the eyelids blocking them.

So many people couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and started to wonder, "Hey, don't be fooled! How was such a big ship built? How could it be built so big? And there are so many of them. It costs so much money."

How much money does it take to build such a big ship?

Tsk tsk! These Fujian people are so rich! Any boat pulled out by this navy can be as big as a whole bunch of boats of Dengzhou navy! I just don’t know how these Fujian soldiers are compared to Marshal Qi’s Qi’s army back then. If they can

Just like Marshal Qi's Qi family army back then, the rebels have something to look at!

In short, the people gathered around the beach to watch the excitement were talking a lot, and most of them were still somewhat skeptical about the group of Fujian soldiers and horses who came to Laizhou this time, but they were skeptical about this group of Fujian troops.

However, they still feel that they are very powerful, at least much stronger than the navy here in the north.

Yu Xiaotian's ship was of course the first batch of ships to berth. There had already been advance personnel in charge here, who had put on Ming army armor or official uniforms and stood on the dock to greet Yu Xiaotian.

When Yu Xiaotian got off the ship, he calculated the time silently. It was already the beginning of May. Although he occasionally received some news about Denglai when he docked along the way, overall, it was far away.

The information is not as detailed as the information obtained in Fujian, but there is nothing we can do about it. The current communication methods are too backward. There is no wireless telegraphy, so the fastest way to transmit the news is to use carrier pigeons.

However, carrier pigeons have considerable limitations in transmitting messages. Carrier pigeons cannot obtain new messages at sea in a timely manner. They can only release carrier pigeons unilaterally to deliver messages to the outside world.

So along the way, he didn't know much about the changes in the situation in Denglai in the past two months. Therefore, after he got off the ship, he didn't even have time to check the preparations for receiving troops here, and immediately took charge here.

The person asked about the changes in the situation here.

"General! In the past two months, the rebels have assembled heavy troops and begun to besiege Laizhou City! The newly appointed Shandong Governor Xu Congzhi, Mr. Xu, personally took charge of Laizhou City and defended Laizhou City. The rebels failed to attack repeatedly and transported the red barbarians from Dengzhou.

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Arriving directly at the foot of Laizhou City, they set up Hongyi cannons to attack the city. Just over half a month ago, they were injured by the masonry and rocks thrown up by the rebel cannons. They are now unable to see anything. Laizhou City is now led by Lord Zhu Wannian and Lord Xie to defend Laizhou.

city!

At present, the news that Mr. Xu is injured and unable to see anything has spread to the capital. It is said that the capital has sent Mr. Zhu Dadian, the former Fujian deputy inspector, to take over the post of governor of Shandong and take charge of countering the rebellion! And it is said that Mr. Zhu is already working day and night.

, rushed to Qingzhou Prefecture to take charge, specifically whether he arrived in Qingzhou Prefecture or not, no news has been received yet!

However, the imperial court had already sent an imperial edict. After the general led his troops to arrive here, he immediately led his troops to Pingdu Prefecture to attack Pingdu Prefecture. He first opened the passage from the Guanjun South Road to Laizhou City, and defeated Jiaozhou and

Rebels operating in Pingdu Prefecture! I haven't received any updated news about the specific matters yet!" Yu Xiaotian's subordinates, who were in charge here, immediately informed Yu Xiaotian of the recent changes in the situation here.

When Yu Xiaotian got off the ship, before he had time to adapt to the solid land under his feet, his mind immediately started racing. He had read some historical materials about the Denglai Rebellion before, and he still had no idea about the development of this period of history.

He is quite knowledgeable and can roughly grasp the changing situation of the rebels and the Denglai area.

As for Xu Congzhi, he also knew something about him. Xu Congzhi was a relatively capable official. He was ordered to replace Yu Dacheng when the crisis came and became the governor of Shandong. He was ordered to lead his army to Laizhou to suppress the rebels.

However, the imperial court has been uncertain about whether it should be pacified or suppressed. For several months, it has not been able to make a complete decision. At first, the opinion of the chief pacifier prevailed, and all the officials and soldiers held the same opinion.

I was lucky and unwilling to fight to the death with the rebels.

As a result, the morale of the army was low, and the soldiers and generals were unwilling to fight to the death, which led to successive military defeats. In the face of the rebel attacks, a large number of new officers and soldiers were lost.

This also directly caused Xu Congzhi to quickly run out of troops after arriving in Laizhou City. A large number of official troops were defeated by the rebels, and there were no reinforcements. Even the transferred official troops were watching the situation from a distance, but refused to

In order to advance the army, Xu Congzhi, Zhu Wannian and other officials could only organize the Laizhou City defenders and the soldiers and civilians inside and outside the city to defend the city, but they were unable to launch any form of attack against the rebels.

Now, the rebels, led by Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng, have realized that if they want to expand their results and gain greater leverage, they can only move westward, capture Laizhou City, control the entire Denglai, and then continue

Attacking into the hinterland of Shandong, if they can capture all of Shandong, even if they only capture half or more than half of Shandong, they will be qualified to challenge the current Ming Dynasty court.

Therefore, after March, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng mobilized a large number of rebels. After taking over Pingdu Prefecture and Zhaoyuan, they then took down Laiyang and Wendeng. They began to assemble the rebels and arrived at Laizhou City to attack Laizhou.

The city launched a long siege.

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