Chapter 1059: Change of Plan

After hearing these words from the Shadow Guard, Huangfu Chaobo finally felt relieved and turned to ask: "Have the personnel going to Lingshan Island been arranged, and have the supplies been prepared?"

The county magistrate Chen Xiang said: "We have made preparations. All the supplies have been loaded on the ship. We can set sail only when the lord arrives. However, the lord has been at sea for many days. Do you want to rest in Qingdao for two days before setting off?"

Huangfu Chaobo shook his head: "We can't wait any longer, time waits for us. Zhou Yi, arrange the navy to prepare for departure immediately! Also, even if the Langya Army has retreated, you still need to be careful and beware of a sudden attack by the Langya Army. "

"Don't worry, my lord, we must be careful and don't dare to slack off at all!" Everyone responded in unison;

An hour later, the fleet set off again, and the naval forces of the three schools escorted dozens of ships toward Lingshan Island in the southeast.

Huangfu Chaobo felt that he was the big boss of a large group in reality. He was on the road all day long, inspecting this subsidiary and inspecting that subsidiary. He was always running around.

A few days later, the fleet arrived safely at Lingshan Island. To Huangfu Chaobo's expectation, although Lingshan Island is not small, it is far from what he imagined as a base suitable for establishing a large camp. The entire Lingshan Island is indeed not small. Looking up from the bow of the boat, most of the entire island is covered by mountains. There is only a long stretch of tidal flats near the west coast. The widest part is only one or two miles. It looks like it is distributed along the western coastline. Depending on the situation, it is estimated that one or two small towns can be built.

"Zhou Yi, is the only place suitable for establishing a territory on Lingshan Island only the west tidal flat? Can you learn more about the situation on the island in detail?" Huangfu Chaobo asked Zhou Yi next to him with a disappointed look on his face;

"Back to my lord, although Lingshan Island is not small, the only place that is really suitable for establishing a territory is the seashore in the west. The central and east sides of the island are covered by mountains and forests, and the east side is covered with cliffs, even suitable for ships to dock. None." Zhou Yi bowed and replied;

Huangfu Chaobo was greatly disappointed. He only remembered that Lingshan Island was large enough, but he forgot that Lingshan Island was the highest island in the north of the country. Its forest coverage rate had reached 70%, making it a rare "sea oasis" in the northern waters of my country. It seems that the idea of ​​building a navy base on Lingshan Island will come to nothing.

Seeing his lord's disappointment evident in his expression, Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind and said, "My lord, I have an idea in the end. I wonder whether I should talk about it or not?"

Huangfu Chaobo looked at Zhou Yi and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Yes!" Zhou Yi clasped his fists and saluted: "The general knows that my lord is planning to build the navy's base on the sea so that it will not be controlled by others like Qingdao and Shuanghe. However, the situation on Lingshan Island is indeed not suitable for the navy. Instead, it is more suitable to use it as a rest stop for naval forces and fleets. If we talk about establishing a base, there is another place that is more suitable. "

Huangfu Chaobo perked up after hearing this: "Where?"

"Actually, my lord also knows," Zhou Yi said, reaching out and pointing to the south: "Yuzhou Mountain Island! My subordinates go in and out of Yuzhou Mountain Island all the year round. They have talked with Yang Hu and Sun Lang several times. They know that Yuzhou Mountain Island Zhoushan Island is much larger than Lingshan Island, and is more suitable for building a large territory on it. If it can be developed, it will be several times stronger than Lingshan Island. "

After Huangfu Chaobo heard this, he was overjoyed. Yes, Lingshan Island is not suitable, but Yuzhou Mountain Island is absolutely suitable. It is about twenty miles long from northeast to southwest and less than ten miles wide from northwest to southeast. The island has undulating mountains, with several mountains hundreds of feet high. The mountains are densely forested and the terrain is high in the northeast and low in the southwest. To the east is a large flat land with a radius of several miles. Moreover, judging from the entire topography of Yuzhou Island that was sent back in the past, there is a valley several miles away in the center of the island, which can accommodate the lives of tens of thousands of people. The island was originally classified as such because it did not have enough population. It has been left vacant, but now it doesn't have to worry about population problems.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo said: "Yes, he is worthy of being the commander-in-chief of an army. He already has some overall perspective. Very good!"

After hearing Huangfu Chaobo's praise, Zhou Yi blushed in embarrassment. However, it was difficult to see the change in his face, which had been sunburnt and dark red since he often went out and about at sea.

"Immediately send people back to Qingdao and order them to prepare and select 20,000 people from Qingdao city. Remember, let them choose those with whole families. In addition to those who can grow food, there are also some who are good at water. You know, when the time comes, your naval forces will have to choose from these people first."

"promise!"

"In addition to these, all the craftsmen needed to upgrade the territory to the county seat are complete. By the way, let Old Guo Tou lead his Guo Da or Guo Er to lead dozens of shipwrights to follow them and move the Yuzhou Mountain shipyard After it is built, when the Qingdao dock is removed, let Old Man Guo and the others go to the dock in Yuzhou Mountain."

"Also, after your fleet delivers us to the island, it will immediately return to Qingdao to meet the 20,000 people and come to Lingshan Island to meet up. When the time comes, we will rush to Yuzhou Mountain together."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed after hearing this. With the area and conditions of Yuzhou Mountain, it would be easy to build a county town that could accommodate tens of thousands of people. Moreover, Yuzhou Mountain could also build a large enough dock, and the docks for infantry and navy were all complete. He immediately received the order and said, "I will take your order. After sending all the lord and his party to Lingshan Island, I will lead the navy back to Qingdao to meet the fleet."

At this moment, the signal came from the sentry boat, and the fleet began to dock and prepare to land on the island. Huangfu Chaobo saw this and waved to Zhou Yi and said, "Go and prepare to arrange for people to land on the island. Arrange it as soon as possible and set off as soon as possible. By the way, in addition to this, you ask the Shadow Guards of Qingdao City to send a pigeon letter to Yuzhou Mountain to let them prepare early, so as not to be in a hurry when more than 20,000 people arrive."

Zhou Yi received the order and left.

It took most of the day to deliver all the personnel and materials to the island. After the first batch of civilians and craftsmen disembarked, Huangfu Chaobo also boarded Lingshan Island under the escort of hundreds of soldiers from the Iron Wall Camp.

As Huangfu Chaobo expected, the widest part from the seaside pier to the foot of the mountain was only more than one mile, less than two miles away. It would be difficult to build a medium-sized town. Fortunately, Huangfu Chaobo no longer had this idea. He just needed to build a transit base here.