Chapter 2245 Kashima
In the following days, ships of war soldiers were transported from Jeju Island to Pi Island.
Fortunately, Zhao Wu made sufficient preparations in advance, so he arranged the soldiers coming from Jeju Island safely to ensure the logistics of reinforcements.
Many of these soldiers from Jeju Island were previously soldiers under Mao Wenlong, and some of the Liaodong people who were willing to join the army.
After training on Jeju Island, they were sent to Pi Island after training and preparation for the war they came down.
“Go on the boat!”
Zhao Wu waved his hand and ordered his three thousand-man teams and a baggage team to start boarding the ship.
The fleet on the sea was led by Zheng Chao.
Teams of soldiers began to board the Shanghai ship in an orderly manner according to their respective teams.
Most of these soldiers came from Dayuan Island and had already adapted to life on the ship. A small number of soldiers recruited from Pi Island have also adapted to life on the ship after such a long time of training.
As the commander of the military commander, Zhao Wu led a team of personal guards to board the flagship.
As the last soldier boarded the ship, Zheng Chao ordered: "Stay!"
The flag-speaking soldiers climbed up the mast, waved the flag in their hands, and conveyed the order to set sail to other ships.
Ships separated from the dock and sailed towards the depths of the sea.
Zheng Tie and Yan Weixin stood on the high ground on the island, watching the fleet gradually fading away from the sea level.
"When the battle is over, I will go back to Dayuan Island and I will leave it to you in the future." Zheng Tie turned his head and said to Yan Weixin beside him.
Yan Wei heard this and said, "The commander doesn't need to go back in such a hurry. Hasn't the Military and Political Department been sent over yet? And the army has not taken Lushun yet."
In fact, both of them knew that once Lushun was taken down, the second navy would be established. Then there were only two ways to put Zheng Tie in front of him, either staying in Lushun as the commander, or returning to Dayuan Island to continue as the commander.
It is impossible for the Military and Political Department to hand over both navy divisions to one person.
"With the strength of the Ming army, it will be a matter of time before we can win it. Besides, there are still many things on the Dayuan Island, so I can't stay here forever." Zheng Tie said.
He told Yan Weixin clearly that he was unwilling to stay in Lushun.
Yan Weixin hesitated for a moment and said, "Even if the commander returns to Dayuan Island, Lushun may not be handed over to me. Everything depends on how the lord arranges it."
Although I also wanted to go further and be the commander of the second navy division of the Tiger Flag, I was worried that the Military and Political Department would have other arrangements and were worried about gains and losses.
"The navy is no better than others. People who need to understand take over as the head coach. There are not many candidates who are qualified to be the head coach of the navy. Only you and Li Zhao. The others are too low in level and cannot be promoted to a high position in one go. You have always been assisting me in the matters of Pidao and Jeju Island. I am most familiar with the situation here. I will also suggest to the Military and Political Department that you can stay." Zheng Tie said.
Yan Weixin looked at him and said, "Where is Zhao Wuyingzheng? The lord brought Zhao Wu to Pi Island, maybe he wanted Zhao Wu to take over here."
Zhao Wu has been with Liu Heng as a guard for so many years and is one of the people Liu Heng trusts the most.
"No." Zheng Tie said, "Although Zhao Wu has been with his lord for so many years, he has insufficient qualifications. The lord will not hand over the second navy to him, especially the promotion of soldiers in the army. The lord rarely intervenes directly, and often he mainly focuses on the opinions of the military and political department."
Upon hearing this, Yan Weixin laughed at herself: "I am too worried about gains and losses. When I encounter such a good opportunity, I am always afraid of losing it."
"Haha." Zheng Tie laughed twice and then said, "Don't worry, you have the greatest chance of hosting the second navy now. Even Li Zhao is not as good as you on this. I guess the Military and Political Department will probably order you to command the second navy, but your deputy should be transferred from other places."
Yan Weixin said: "This is a matter of course. I have never thought of monopolizing the power. Whoever comes here is our own people, and I will cooperate with him."
"That's right." Zheng Tie patted Yan Weixin's back of his hand and said, "If you stay in Liaodong, the burden on your shoulders will be very heavy, so you must be prepared."
Yan Weixin nodded.
Lushun is not like Dayuan Island, which not only faces the Ming army, but also faces slave thieves.
Unlike the situation on Pi Island, on Pi Island, as long as slave thieves cannot cross the sea, they cannot threaten Pi Island. However, on land, the slave thieves can attack Lushun directly as long as they pass through Jinzhou Guard.
The slave thief would never miss such a good opportunity to win Lushun, so the tiger flag soldiers and slave thief who landed in Lushun could not avoid a battle.
The first stop of the fleet from Peak Island is Kashima.
At this time, the guardian on Kashima was Chen Shikui.
This man and Mao Wenlong were in-laws and also a general. When Mao Wenlong was still on Pi Island, everyone on the island called him Grandpa Chen.
"General, there are ships on the sea."
A soldier guarding the island discovered the fleet at sea and immediately came to report.
Hearing this, Chen Shikui stood up from his seat and asked hurriedly: "Can you see the flag on the ship clearly?"
"It's too far and I can't see clearly, but I came from the direction of Pi Island." Bingding said.
Chen Shikui's face suddenly changed when he heard this and said, "No, it's the traitor's ship. Hurry up, send the orders down, everyone will come out to meet the enemy."
Kashima is not big, there are only a few hundred soldiers on the island. There were some people, but with the loss of Pi Island, all the people moved to Changshan Island.
Chen Shikui, who was ambushing near the coast, looked at one sea boat after another on the sea, his face getting ugly.
Especially the largest ship on the sea, he could confirm that the fleet on the sea was a thief from Pi Island.
Only traitors can have Thai ships like this.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The fleet on the sea approached Kashima and immediately fired fire on the island and bombarded Kashima's coast.
After several rounds of artillery attacks, they finally put down small boats, and were sailed by the soldiers on the boat, and rowed towards Kashima.
After several rounds of artillery attacks, Kashima Pier has been destroyed by the shelling, leaving several corpses and blood on the ground, and no other defenders on the island have been seen.
A thousand-man warrior boarded Kashima through a boat.
The road leading to the island along the coast was not blocked along the way, and he successfully arrived outside the Ming army's camp in Kashima.
Chen Shikui, who originally wanted to ambush the shore, had to give up his plan to ambush the shore under the shelling of the sea boat guns and retreated back to the camp, wanting to use the camp's defense to defend against the enemy.
"General, what should I do? There may be thousands of people coming from the rebels, so it will be difficult for us to defend them." said a general who followed Chen Shikui.
Chapter completed!