In the early Ming Dynasty, official food and wages were usually transported by ship from Shandong along the Bohai Bay and Liaodong Bay to the northeast, and then north along the Liaohe River to various garrisons along the way. The Shenyang section was transported via the Hunhe River.
After that, commodity transportation gradually emerged and freight transportation on the Hunhe River became busy.
At that time, the Ming court allowed each ship to transport eight parts of official goods and two parts of private goods at the same time, making it profitable for ferrymen. Only then did Northeast China's rice, ginseng, fungus and other commodities begin to be sold to various places.
As a result, a fixed wharf was formed in the Shenyang section of the Hunhe River. Large and small ships departed from Shenyang, carrying passengers, and returned from Yingkou, carrying goods.
At that time, or until the end of the Qing Dynasty, Shenyang could be considered a coastal city, connected to the outside world through shipping on the Hunhe River.
But now, the Jiannu hated the Hun River, hated this "golden waterway" because the Ming army's ships could sail freely, while their cavalry and archers could only sigh at the sight of the river.
Is it just about sailing? Even a fool knows that ships can carry artillery and transport troops. The Ming navy opened up the sea route to the Hunhe River, which meant that Shenyang could be attacked by the Ming army.
The Ming navy had an advantage that the Jiannu could not catch up with. Because of this, the Jiannu felt a huge threat.
They wanted to stop the Ming navy or block the river, but this was obviously impossible given the turbulent Hunhe River at that time.
Another way was to put up iron chains across the river, but this project was still a task that the Jiannu could not accomplish.
In other words, the Jiannu had no effective way to deal with the Ming navy. Close surveillance, preventing the Ming army from going up the river and landing to attack, seemed to be the only passive solution.
Regardless of whether the Ming navy was feinting or attacking in earnest, it could tie up a lot of Jiannu troops, which might be the purpose of the Ming army; but for the Jiannu, they had to concentrate their attention and not let the Ming army's attack succeed.
The situation further deteriorated, not to mention the Dongjiang headquarters' step-by-step pressure on Jianzhou Wei and the threat posed to Liaoyang by the Ming army in southern Liaoning and Liaozhen.
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