Under the leadership of Zhou Yu, after three days of sailing, the fleet finally arrived at the coast of Liaodong County.
Zhou Yu did not immediately let Xuanyuan land, but sent ten small boats ashore to investigate. After ensuring that there were no traces of Manchu spies within a radius of 20 miles around the shore, he was completely relieved and allowed Gongsun Xuanyuan to lead the army ashore.
After three days of sailing on the sea, most of the 20,000 elite troops led by Xuanyuan were vomiting all sorts of things, and they all developed a deep fear of the sea.
As soon as they heard that they were about to land, all the soldiers were overjoyed and fled from the ship as if running for their lives, not wanting to stay even a moment longer.
After landing, the condition of the army obviously improved a lot, but many people were still sluggish and nauseated, and it was obvious that they had not completely recovered.
And not only the soldiers, some of the horses also suffered from seasickness.
How can a war horse in such a state carry supplies?
How can soldiers in such a state march and fight?
Xuanyuan was extremely anxious after seeing this scene. He had expected that some soldiers would suffer from seasickness after going to sea, but he did not expect that there would be so many people, and they did not get better after going ashore.
Zhou Yu looked completely unfazed by this and comforted him with a smile: "General Xuanyuan, this is a normal reaction. It only takes a day or two for the soldiers and horses to recover on their own."
After hearing this, Gongsun Xuanyuan was relieved. It only took a day or two to recover and would have little impact on the overall plan.
Zhou Yu then said: "General Xuanyuan, I will lead my army to pretend to attack Liaoxi County next, and the landing time is set in two days. By then, the Qing army in western Liaoning will definitely move and come to surround our army.
You must seize this opportunity and escape to Montenegro before then, so that you can safely return to Lulong."
Gongsun Xuanyuan grabbed Zhou Yu's hand and said seriously: "Don't worry, Governor Zhou, Xuanyuan will definitely not let your hard work go in vain."
"Um."
After all the supplies on the ship were moved, Zhou Yu led the navy back the same way, but his destination was not Beihaihai Village, but Liaoxi County.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or God’s blessing.
When Zhou Yu came over, the waters in western Liaoning were still stormy, but when he returned it was sunny and windy. This provided great convenience for the fleet to sail and allowed them to reach their destination one day early? Chrysanthemum Island.
What is the difference between Liaoxi County and Liaodong County? Liaodong County is a large county in Youzhou, with a total of eleven counties under its jurisdiction? And Liaoxi County has only five counties in total? Like Youbeiping, they are both poor counties with a vast territory and sparse population.
Five counties in western Liaoning? They are: Yangle, Linyu, Feiru, Haiyang, and Lingzhi.
Among the five counties, Yangle County is the county seat of western Liaoning? And Feiru County is the county closest to Lulongsai? But at present, the Qing army’s troops in western Liaoning are mainly concentrated in the Feiru area in the west, in order to ensure that Lulong
Longsai’s safety.
If Zhou Yu dared to land on the coast of Feiru County, I am afraid that he would be discovered immediately as soon as he landed. Then he would be surrounded? Or he would be driven back to the sea in despair? It would not be able to help Xuanyuan attract firepower at all.
The Qing army's forces in western Liaoning are concentrated in the west, while the distribution of troops in the central and eastern parts is relatively empty. Therefore, landing in the central and eastern parts is a good strategy to attract the entire Qing army in western Liaoning.
The reason why Zhou Yu did not log in directly but came to Juhua Island? It is because Juhua Island is an island under the jurisdiction of Leyang County and is also the largest island in the western Liaoning Sea.
Capturing this island will be equivalent to telling the Qing army that Zhou Yu is coming, and it will also give the Qing army the illusion that the Qin army's navy will use it as a stronghold to fight a protracted war with the Qin army in western Liaoning.
Although Juhua Island is the largest island in Western Liaoning, Western Liaoning is a barren county. The total population is only 50,000. Therefore, Juhua Island naturally does not have a large population.
The total area of Juhua Island is only twenty to thirty miles, and there are only less than five hundred islanders in total. It is naturally impossible to stop Zhou Yu's navy, and the scale of Qingzhou's navy can even blockade the entire island.
When the Qin army's warships arrived at Juhua Island, the sea people on the island were shocked. They had never seen such a big battle in their lives. In addition, the island had been blocked by the Qin army, so they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
If he dared to resist, he would naturally ask Zhou Yu to surrender.
In this way, Zhou Yu occupied the largest island in western Liaoning without wasting a single soldier. However, in the process, several carrier pigeons were released by the Manchu and Qing craftsmen on the island.
Lu Junyi, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, immediately drew his bow and shot several of them after seeing this scene. However, when he was about to shoot the last one, he was stopped by Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu took the initiative to let go of the carrier pigeon in order to expose his whereabouts to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He wanted the Manchu Qing Dynasty to know that Zhou Yu was here and was about to attack Liaoxi, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not know his intention.
Zhou Yu looked at the western Liaoning continent in the distance, smiled lightly and ordered: "We will land in western Liaoning after a day's rest."
"promise."
As Zhou Yu expected, the Manchu and Qing officials in western Liaoning were shocked after receiving the letter from Fei Ge on Juhua Island.
Knowing that Zhou Yu had captured Juhua Island, instead of landing directly in western Liaoning, in order to catch them off guard, the Manchu and Qing officials subconsciously believed that Zhou Yu was going to use Juhua Island as a rear area for hoarding supplies, in order to fight against the Qing army in western Liaoning.
Fight a protracted war.
Since it was not known where Zhou Yu would land, and the Qing army did not have a naval force to counterattack Juhua Island, Fu Jian, the general in western Liaoning appointed by Nurhachi, could only order the defenders in various places to guard and defend to the death. Once the Qin army was discovered to have landed, they would immediately light up the beacon tower.
, waiting for Zhou Yu to take the initiative to land in western Liaoning.
Zhou Yu did not keep Fu Jian waiting for long. The day after he captured Juhua Island, he led troops to land in western Liaoning. Moreover, the landing location was not Feiru but Yangle, the county seat. This put Fu Jian and other high-level officials at risk.
Startled.
According to the speculation of Fu Jian and other Manchu and Qing officials, even if the Qin navy landed in the rear, it was to sneak attack Lulongsai and cut off the retreat of the frontline army, so heavy troops were deployed in the western part of Liaoxi County in advance.
The Manchu and Qing dynasties have laid a dragnet, but now although the Qin army is coming, its target is not the west, but the central and eastern parts.
This made the Manchu Qing's previous preparations all of a sudden become useless, as if they were punching cotton with all their strength.
"Zhou Yu must have seen through our army's intention and knew that there was an ambush in Feiru, so he did not dare to land in Feiru and instead attacked other places in western Liaoning to disrupt our army's rear." Fu Jian frowned and said.
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"What should we do now?" Fu Fa, Fu Jian's brother, asked.
Fu Jian did not speak, thinking about countermeasures in his mind, but his younger brother Fulong said: "Brother, since it is no longer possible to ambush the Qin army, it is better to mobilize some troops from the west to kill the Qin army as soon as possible to prevent the Qin army from landing.