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Tens of thousands of official troops and more than 30,000 rebels formed a new confrontation inside and outside Dengzhou City. After Yu Xiaotian's troops arrived in Dengzhou City, he immediately sent an order to Liu BuTong, Wu Shengtian and others in Xishan Village.

They immediately captured Qishansuo in Muping County, Ninghai Prefecture, south of Zhifu Bay on Zhifu Island, and wiped out the Qishansuo rebels in one fell swoop.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian wanted to send the advance team troops from Xishan Village to capture Qishan Suo at this time was for the simple purpose of obtaining a good harbor here.

Although Liu BuTong and others currently control Yangma Island, Yangma Island is not suitable for use as a port. Large ships lack good docking conditions there. Yu Xiaotian has already made up his mind in the next step. Kong Youde cannot take over the island.

The soldiers fled to Dongjiang Town by sea, and finally surrendered to the Jian Nu, and later served as the slaves of the Jian Nu.

So next, he will launch operations at sea, cooperate with the land offensive, and completely annihilate the rebels in Dengzhou City, making it impossible for them to escape.

But to launch a large-scale maritime military operation here, he must have a good port for his ships to be stationed and supplied. In addition, he also knows very well that the next attack on Dengzhou City will not be too simple, because

Dengzhou City was built by the Ming Dynasty and successive dynasties and became a fortified city.

Such a fortified city, with 20,000 to 30,000 rebels stationed in the city, if you want to break it, it will not happen overnight. What will follow will be a longer and protracted battle. For his Yu Jiajun, it will be

Consume a lot of ammunition and supplies.

He could force Zhu Dadian to find a way to provide him with food, but regarding the issue of ammunition, Zhu Dadian was helpless. Just because Yu Xiaotian's weapons were too advanced, Ming Dynasty could not replenish him with suitable ammunition at all, and could only provide him with some.

Raw materials and some inferior gunpowder cannot satisfy the high-intensity battle ahead.

In the previous battles, Yu's army had already consumed a lot of ammunition, but supplies had to be transported from Fushan Station hundreds of miles away to the front of the army by relying on heavy supply battalions.

This kind of land transportation consumes a lot of money and involves great risks, and is far less convenient than sea transportation for supplies.

So now that he has arrived in Dengzhou City, he must obtain a good port nearby as a transfer base for supplies.

The best port in this area is undoubtedly the later Yantai Port, which is now known as Zhifu Bay. The strange mountain is where the later Yantai City is located. Now it is controlled by the rebels. Of course, it must be taken first.

Only when we come down can we control the entire Zhifu Bay.

After receiving the order, Wu Shengtian did not dare to neglect, and immediately summoned the advance team from Xishan Village. With the cooperation of the navy, he took several large sand ships and rushed to Zhifu Bay.

Then they landed directly on the shore north of Qishansuo and rushed towards the city of Qishansuo there. Guarding Qishansuo was a Qian General of the rebel army, leading hundreds of miscellaneous soldiers, facing Yu who was armed to the teeth.

The family army did not have any ability to parry at all. It could be said that it was a charge and they defeated Qishan Suo City. The Yu family army immediately took control of Qishan Suo City.

Wu Shengtian then sent troops to sweep across the Zhifu Island area, annihilating or driving away all the scattered rebels, some pirates and thieves in the area, and controlled the entire Zhifu Bay in the hands of the Yu family army.

According to Yu Xiaotian's instructions, the ships from Fushan Institute immediately began to turn to Zhifu Bay and transferred a large amount of ammunition and supplies for the Yu family army.

After several months of combat operations, Yu Jiajun's weapons consumption was also very large. Some of the Wolf Fang rifles had lost their rifling, and the barrels had to be replaced in order to continue to maintain combat performance.

The capture of Zhifu Bay saved Yu Xiaotian a lot of manpower and material resources, allowing them to get replenishment within a hundred miles.

After capturing Qishansuo, Yu Xiaotian, through Zhu Dadian, nominally took over Qishansuo, which was equivalent to actually openly controlling Zhifu Island and Zhifu Bay.

The original soldiers of Xishan Village's advance team suddenly changed into official and military uniforms. In an instant, they changed their appearance and became genuine official and military personnel, directly subordinate to the Fujian military and horse order.

Zhu Dadian didn't know that these troops who suddenly appeared in Qishansuo were actually troops sent by Yu Xiaotian as early as last year. As a tuanlianxiangyong, they had been staying in the Yangma Island area in the north of Muping County. He thought

In order to help him put down the rebels, Yu Xiaotian specially transferred a group of reinforcements from Fujian. He was extremely grateful to Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian asked to take over the defense of Qishan Institute and Zhifu Island, saying that ammunition and supplies would be supplied by sea. How could Zhu Dadian not agree to this request? So with a wave of his hand, the Zhifu Bay area was renamed Yu.

Now that Yu Xiaotian has eaten this piece of meat, it is impossible for him to spit it out again. Although it is now the Little Ice Age, most of the Bohai Bay will freeze in winter, but Zhifu Bay faces the sun with the wind behind it, so the sea water in the bay will also freeze.

, but the thickness of the ice is not very large, and it does not have a great impact on ships. If you force yourself to go to sea and take some risks, you can still go to sea from here even in winter.

The Dengzhou rebels were finally defeated and fled in history. It was also during the coldest time of winter. They fled by boat from Dengzhou Shuicheng between December and February. They eventually led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses and held them hostage.

The craftsmen of Shaodeng Prefecture defected to the Jian slaves and became one of the three shun kings in later generations. They also became one of the biggest traitors in history.

Therefore, although the Bohai Bay is very cold in winter, it is not completely unnavigable. Yu Xiaotian sent people to inspect the winter ice clearing of the Bohai Bay two years in advance, so he knows a lot about this, although he does not want to worry about it too much now.

Intervened in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, but he was still very dissatisfied with the fact that Kong Youde led his troops to defect to the slaves, and finally decided to rewrite this period of history so that Kong Youde could not finally lead his troops to escape back to the Liaodong Peninsula and join the slaves.

Before Kong Youde surrendered to them, the Jiannu had been severely lacking in ships and water warfare capabilities. Although the Dongjiang Army had long been internally disintegrated since Mao Wenlong's death, they were still unable to capture the entire Liaodong Peninsula before Kong Youde led his troops to surrender.

The troubles in your heart are completely eliminated.

Even though Gaizhou controlled by Jiannu was not too far from Lushun on the map, they were still discouraged from attacking Lushun by land, and they never dared to attack easily. It was after Kong Youde surrendered to them that Huang Taiji gained

With an available water force, they could quickly capture Lushun and Pi Island in the second year, completely bringing the entire Liaodong Peninsula into their sphere of influence, and clearing out the Dongjiang Army behind them.

This is a thorn in my side.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian decided this time not to allow Kong Youde to lead the fleet to surrender to the slaves, and not to allow the slaves to obtain a large number of artillery and the technical craftsmen to make Hongyi cannons in a short period of time, allowing them to master this

It does not allow them to have a maritime force that can operate in the Bohai Bay in a short period of time, nor does it allow them to acquire the technology to build ships.

Therefore, what he considered in this battle was to gather and annihilate the entire rebel army in Dengzhou City, leaving no chance for them.

Yu Xiaotian told Zhu Dadian his thoughts. Of course, Zhu Dadian immediately followed the good advice. This was really a good thing for him. If he just drove the rebels away from Dengzhou, it would be a peaceful time for him.

If he rebels, it will not be considered as a full achievement, but if he can annihilate all the rebels in Dengzhou City, then it will be a great good thing for him.

What's more, he knows very well that although Yu Xiaotian's infantry is very capable, in fact, his most powerful force is the strength at sea. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty coast, he can't find any force that can compete with Yu Xiaotian's

The maritime power wants to compete.

Yu Xiaotian said that he wanted to block the rebels in Dengzhou City, so he was absolutely capable of doing so. As long as the sea was blocked, the rebels would become turtles in the urn, and sooner or later they would be wiped out by the army.

Therefore, Zhu Dadian now placed all his hopes on Yu Xiaotian, and he was even more obedient to Yu Xiaotian's requests. As long as he could do it, he promised to do his best.

After Yu Xiaotian captured Qishan Suo, he asked to recruit civilian craftsmen to help him build a wharf and trestle on Zhifu Island. So Zhu Dadian immediately ordered the surrounding states and counties to recruit civilians to help with the work.

This saves Yu Xiaotian's effort. As long as craftsmen and civilians from various places are sent to Zhifu Island, these civilians will become his property. As long as he uses some means and favors, he can

He left these people behind and became his subjects in the future. He would never let these craftsmen and civilians return to their hometown again.

So at the end of September, a large number of craftsmen and civilians who had been forcibly recruited from various places began to line up and slowly moved to the Zhifu Bay area.

Of course, the problem of food for these civilian workers and craftsmen must be solved by the government. Zhu Dadian tried his best to ask for help everywhere, and repeatedly appealed to the court to ask for more food to be provided to him.

However, it is definitely not possible to rely solely on the imperial court and Shandong government. Yu Xiaotian himself has to subsidize some food. However, compared with relying solely on himself to provide food and money, he will still save a lot of food by searching for people everywhere.

, now as long as he can squeeze something out from the teeth of the Ming Dynasty officials, he will squeeze out as much as possible.

He opened his mouth and asked for as much gunpowder as possible, and he wanted refined gunpowder. The Shandong government and the court would definitely not be able to provide him with it, so he then asked for at least enough saltpeter and sulfur to be provided with these raw materials.

The imperial court and the Shandong government could still find a way to raise a lot of money for him, which would at least save him a lot of money.

Although there are no saltpeter-producing minerals in the north, soil saltpeter can be obtained by accumulating fertilizer and saltpeter. The soil saltpeter itself has been one of the raw materials he has been mainly purchasing in the north. Now he has to ask the government to get some for him no matter what.

Come, give him some compensation for the huge expenses of his trip north.