On June 2, 1645, Yantai Port 16 east coast ships floated on the sea surface outside the port. Because the dock was small, only 8 ships were berthed at the same time. Therefore, the 16 ships had to come in sequence if they wanted to unload the cargo.

The first one to board the dock was naturally the army brothers led by Mo Ming. When their more than 6,000 people (including 2,500 soldiers) returned to Yantai Port, which had been away for more than two months, they were all very excited. Li Wenchang, the commander of Yantai Fort garrison, came to the dock to greet Mo Ming, and some middle and senior officers were also present with him.

"Captain Mo, you are finally back. I look forward to you all returning from Yantai Fort, but I look forward to the autumn water." Li Wenchang said a little numb as soon as he came up, which made Mo Ming get goose bumps.

Mo Ming threw the sword and gloves into Li Wenchang's arms, then took off his military cap, glanced at him sideways, and said, "What's wrong? Is Haoge scared?"

"He is not as capable as he is." Li Wenchang laughed awkwardly, and then explained: "After you left, Haoge sent troops to attack twice. Later, he saw that our army was tightly defended and had no advantage to take, so that they retreated. At present, their main job was to build a city here and prepare to siege us for a long time, causing Yantai Fort to lose its influence on land, and at the same time cut off our ability to obtain population and materials."

"He is quite capable of carrying it." Mo Ming said in surprise, "Forty thousand infantry and tens of thousands of masters, and a large number of pack beasts. The materials consumed are not a small amount. He has not yet left food yet. This Dayou is really capable. Haha, now Denglai and other places are probably three feet tall."

"Ten thousand people will definitely not be able to support it. In fact, we have been observing the Qing army camp with telescopes on the lighthouse these days. They should have withdrawn some of the troops back. According to the conclusions observed on the lookout post, the Qing army may have withdrawn 5,000 horses and 10,000 infans. The number of Qing troops here should be around 25,000, of which 5,000 horses. As for whether Haoge himself is still here, because we have not seen the prince's flag for a long time." Li Wenchang reported to Mo Ming about the changes in the old opponents over the past few days.

"Twenty-five thousand people..." Mo Ming stroked his chin with his right hand, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head: "We can feel assured that there are only 5,000 soldiers who are leading the field battle. The Qing army still has a cavalry of 5,000 people, and a semi-finished brick wall with a certain defense ability and a certain number of artillery. We may not be able to gain the advantage in fighting. Even if we can gain the advantage, the loss of troops should not be small. If the number of casualties is more than 500 people, then it is our great failure and the local troops are not abundant. Do you think they will send troops here? It's very difficult!"

"That's to be careful." Li Wenchang echoed, and then he began to complain again: "But it's also depressing to be trapped here. The immigration route was cut off, the source of intelligence was cut off, and it was impossible to go out to collect grain. This fortress was abandoned, and the purpose of the Qing army was achieved!"

"Don't just see our difficulties, the Qing army was also very uncomfortable." Mo Ming said as he walked into the city, "Mobilize tens of thousands of masters to build the city wall. There are thousands of pack beasts transported back and forth, plus 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers. With the current situation of the two palaces of Denglai, it is impossible to raise a living, even if Qingzhou Prefecture is added, it is difficult. Unless Fang Dayou ignored the lives and death of the people and snatched away their last bit of food, he would inevitably go to the big landlords to beg for alms. Landlords are always hard to give up. At this time, the Qing Dynasty would tear off the veil of warmth towards the landlords and gentry that he had always disguised, and turned to hold a knife and forced the money and food to beg for money and food. Haha, it is a good thing for us in any case."

While talking, the two walked to the gate of Yantai Fort North City. The soldiers of the four squadrons outside the North City Gate were doing exercises. Mo Ming shook hands with all the commanders above the squadron leader, and then encouraged them to practice hard. Then it was their turn to follow him to fight in the sea.

There are also many residents working on the Shaba outside the North City. They picked up a large amount of silt from the mud of swamps in the west, greatly improving the soil quality of the Shaba here, and then planted vegetables on it to supply the daily consumption of the entire fort. Now, there are not many left after the rush to transport in the last transportation season. As of early June, there were still 18,000 people in the resettlement area of ​​Zhifu Island outside the North City of Yantai Fort, and more than 3,000 people on Kongtong Island. The reason for so few people is that after the immigration transport fleet returned in April, a large number of people were pulled from the Yantai area to settle in Heishui area, because potatoes and spring wheat will start to be planted in May.

Among them, the number of refugees in the Dabo area has increased to more than 13,000, and they will sow spring on that black soil. They live in wooden houses left by the older generation of immigrants, use tools and grain left by the older generation of residents, cultivate farmland left by the older generation of residents, and wait for the arrival of early winter. At that time, it is their turn to board the ship to the New World. In addition, the spring wheat planting on Lishi Island is about half a month earlier than that of the Dabo, because the spring temperature here is rising rapidly, and there are currently 3,000 refugees living on the island. According to statistics, the number of refugees in the Far East is currently in the hands of the East Coast, which is still counted in the nearly 5,000 volunteer reclamation personnel recruited in the county that has been conquered along the way, otherwise it will be even smaller.

Compared with the population, there are currently about 3,200 tons of various types of grain in the warehouses of Yantai, Lijiri and Hei Shui. There are almost everything in wheat, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, black beans, fish and shrimps, and frozen meat. If the calories are calculated, it will definitely be more than 3,200 tons of wheat can produce calories. After all, the calories that can produce far exceed the food. These stored grains can basically ensure that everyone in Yantai, Hei Shui and other places have been eating for three months, but this requires deducting the large amount of grain that needs to be grown in spring sowing, so three months is definitely not enough. However, in the middle and late next month, the fishing flood of salmon will come again. This year, there are more fishing boats for people on the east coast than last year, and will reach 7-8, and the catch will increase greatly. Therefore, in this season, people on the east coast should not be short of food.

Therefore, it is more important to attract more people as soon as possible. Now is the time to race against time. Who knows what the situation will be like in the next moment? Next, another group of people will continue to attack. If the recruitment of volunteer reclamation personnel is insufficient, some forced means must be used to attract people. For those carpenters, blacksmiths, doctors and other skilled people, they will not say a word of nonsense to them and will force them to kidnap them.

Adhering to this purpose, Mo Ming and others immediately announced that they would take three days off after they got ashore. Three days later, the 15-18 squadron of the forward team would change defenses on the city wall and replace the 3-6 squadrons that had been stationed in Yantai Fort for a long time. Next, the troops who had stayed at Yantai Fort before will go on a sea-flight battle to continuously train the combat capabilities of all troops.

As for the troops that went to fight this time, they were initially designated as the 102nd Company of the Army, with about 400 people in the supplementary company, the first of the Eight Banners New Army and more than 1,550 people in the Third Battalion, 2,000 people in the 3rd-10th Squadron of the Standing Team, 200 people in the Yantai Artillery Company, 500 people in the Cavalry Brigade, 150 scouts of the security team, 3,000 men in the military, and 7,800 men in the total strength, including 4,800 soldiers. At that time, except for two gunboats left to stay in Yantai Port, the other ten large ships and four 150-ton medium-sized fishing boats will be dispatched, and the focus of the attack is still Shandong and Beizhili provinces. Because of its sparse population and difficult supply, it was decisively abandoned by Mo Ming. Perhaps only when they achieved major results in other places would he lead the army to land in Liaodong for some evil taste.

The attack was still in the northern part of Jinan Prefecture between the Qing army in Yantai and the Qing army in Tianjin, as well as the coastal prefectures and counties in the eastern part of Hejian Prefecture. I wonder if the Qing army had increased its troops and deployed defenses here after suffering losses last time. If not, it would inevitably be humiliated again. Mo Ming's plan was to move in the coastal areas of Hejian Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture for a while, and after attracting a large number of main Qing army forces to come, patting their butts on the ship and leaving. With the unparalleled mobility of the fleet, the Qing army would raid other places across the sea, making it difficult to guard against each other, completely disrupting the situation in the north and shaking the foundation of the Qing court's rule.

Mo Ming was a straightforward person. He didn't want to be bored in Yantai Fort and stare at the opposite Qing army. In order to completely isolate Yantai Fort, the Qing army has started to build a large number of artillery towers in the south. The artillery towers are connected by two earthen walls or brick walls. It seems that they will not stop until the stronghold of Yantai, the yellow-clothed thief army, is completely sealed. They plan to rely on these solid fortifications and artillery to form a stalemate against the people on the east coast of Yantai Fort.

Mo Ming was a little helpless about the actions of the Qing army. Since Yantai was besieged, it was inconvenient for scouts to go out to collect intelligence. From time to time, some Shandong anti-Qing armed forces secretly sent people to contact and exchange information. Now they are all over. Even the Lord Luo, the Lord Luo of Texas, could no longer contact the people on the East Coast, which still made the people on the East Coast depressed. This was a bit like the Huguenot Protestants who were commanded by Richelieu back then. They built 18 forts at the outskirts of La Rochelle in one go, blocking the port and completely turned into a closed area. Although Hauge was not a Frenchman, it did not mean that he was not smart, so it was easy to understand that he built this series of artillery towers and city walls to siege Yantai Fort.
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