Chapter 255: We can't eat this loss
Recently, the center of the Ming Empire has been quite peaceful.
Except for the open and secret battles between various parties every day, nothing has happened that is worthy of Zhu Youxiao's headache as the emperor.
As for Liaodong, although Xiong Tingbi and Hong Chengchou can't be of one heart and one mind, they can also do not hinder each other and let them do what they want to do.
In terms of Houjin, Dolgon, who originally led 3,000 white flag cavalry to level up, was overshadowed by Amin and Huang Taiji, not to mention the feathers, and lost face.
Since then, Nurhachi has never mentioned letting him lead troops, which naturally achieves the purpose of Amin and Huang Taiji.
But among them, there is a variable, that is, Liu Xingzuo's anyway.
Liu Xingzuo returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and he really dealt a heavy blow to Nurhachi, and the old disease in his back also exploded again, making him physically and mentally exhausted.
The Han people who trusted him so deeply even married his daughter to him, but this still failed to exchange Liu Xingzuo's loyalty, it turned out that he had been pretending for so many years.
Nurhachi was completely disappointed in all the Han people, and during this time, there was quite a lot of rumors in Houjin, and even people like Fan Wencheng did not dare to show their heads easily.
Doing something at this time is tantamount to provoking a fire.
Nurhachi continued to implement a policy of enslavement and brutality against the Han Chinese, and he regarded all Han Chinese as slaves of the banner people, who came and went when they were called, and killed whenever they wanted, without any human rights at all.
But even so, the wails and blood of the Han people still failed to make up for the emptiness and pain brought to Nurhachi by Liu Xingzuo's betrayal.
The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the illusion of the seeming concerted efforts within the Houjin, made the old slave chieftain who had entered his twilight years have to start thinking of danger in times of peace.
Since Liu Xingzuo's incident, Nurhachi no longer used troops to invade Liaoshen at will, but instead stabilized the interior to pave the way for the cultivation of successors.
In Xiong Tingbi's view, this is naturally an excellent opportunity to recover his vitality.
After some scheduling, Xiong Tingbi, who was sure that Houjin would not attack in a short time, rushed to Shenyang with Xue Laiyin and other generals in person and began to plan the stability of the entire Liaoshen defense line.
He wants to prove to the Emperor of the Apocalypse with practical actions that he is right to choose himself, and sticking to Liaoshen is far more effective than retreating to Ningjin!
Qianqing Palace West Warm Pavilion.
Zhu Youxiao leaned back in his chair, he had just dealt with a batch of slack, he was a little sleepy, yawned, and decided to squint for a while.
As soon as he closed his eyes, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall, and Zhu Youxiao frowned, but there was no movement.
Wang Chaofu stopped the little eunuch who came to report the news, and said: "What's the matter, the emperor has just laid down, there is nothing important, and I will send it later." β
"Grandpa, it's a happy event, a great happy event." The little eunuch was overjoyed and said:
"The imperial court defeated the fleet of the red-haired fans in Penghu and Zhangzhou ports, and now the captured red-haired fans are being escorted to Beijing."
"Give it to meβ"
Wang Chaofu did not hesitate, snatched the good news from the little eunuch, signaled that he could go back, and then tiptoed into the Qianqing Palace by himself, and said:
"Lord, Lord..."
"What's the matter?"
Zhu Youxiao was holding the blue cat in his arms, this beast was also very spiritual, neither flattering nor arrogant, and could always comfort people just right.
Compared with other animals, Zhu Youxiao actually likes to raise cats from later generations.
It's just that in this life, the work of serving the cat master doesn't need him to be the emperor, and the subordinates of the cat room are specially managed.
When a royal cat dies, they are all going to be blamed.
"The bloody battle of Zhanggang, the bloody battle of the whole army of the Fujian Naval Division, completely annihilated and captured a whole fleet of Hongmaofan."
"Since the Penghu incident, our sailors have often suffered heavy losses, and there has been no one to catch up. In this battle alone, with the strength of a provincial water division, all the enemies were annihilated and captured, and the power of my Ming water division is still awe-inspiring..."
"Alright, don't read it."
This kind of arrogant exaggeration, Zhu Youxiao was a little upset when he heard it, and after knowing the result, he could guess eight or nine, but he was too lazy to continue to listen to them boasting there.
"Show it to me."
After taking the hand, Zhu Youxiao's eyes were a little divergent due to sleepiness, and gradually became condensed, and the matter was similar to what he guessed, killing 1,000 enemies and losing 3,000 yourself.
The Fujian Navy Division mobilized 200 warships of all kinds, nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Navy Division, what does the Dutch fleet have?
Nine ships, more than 800 sailors who also fought and traded, more than 100 regular soldiers, and that's it, the difference in numbers and fleets between the two sides is obvious.
But what is the result?
Five enemy ships were sunk, four were captured, more than 300 enemies were killed, and more than 600 were captured.
This is not counting those who were damaged to various degrees, as well as the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Naval Division who died in the battle, these are all fresh human lives!
Zhu Youxiao's slightly sharp eyes, when he saw the words "captured the enemy giant ship", he finally eased slightly, this giant ship is best the earliest Galen battleship.
Otherwise, the battle damage in this battle cannot be called a victory at all!
Putting down the great victory in Zhanggang, which could be said to be in front by Wang Chaofu, Zhu Youxiao picked up another document marked with the great victory in the Battle of Penghu and looked at it.
This is a document that Zheng Yiguan reported to the imperial court, telling how he managed to be in a good way in this naval battle, completely annihilated the Dutch Second Fleet, and killed the opposing commander Bush.
Zhu Youxiao glanced at it quickly, knew the general meaning, and put it down.
This Zheng Zhilong is still young and vigorous, not surprisingly, this document should have been written by himself, and the whole article is an exaggeration of boasting about his military exploits and asking for rewards.
The real thing he said was only one sentence, annihilating the enemy's fleet and killing its commander Bush.
The word total annihilation is an understatement.
Zhu Youxiao sneered, capturing eight complete three-masted galleys is also considered a total annihilation?
According to the agreement, the Zheng family fleet wanted to hand over a complete Dutch warship to the imperial court for the Ordnance Department to study technology.
But the situation of this whole matter, Zhu Youxiao learned from the factory guard and the government that the biggest loss in the battle was the Fujian naval division of the imperial court.
The first fleet of Lawn, which was the most difficult to bite, was dragged by Yu Zisoap in Zhangzhou Port, and the Zheng family was just ambushed in the waters of Penghu and caught the Second Fleet off guard.
And with the double-deck warships purchased by the Portuguese, the Zheng family fleet had almost zero casualties this time, and was equipped with a whole Dutch fleet.
They are the big victory, and the court can only be regarded as a pyrrhic victory at best!
The meaning of Yu Zisoo's good news this time, Zhu Youxiao can also understand that after all, this kind of thing is ignored by the imperial court, and the Zheng family has fulfilled all the requirements of the imperial court.
It doesn't make sense to forcibly demand their results.
But this dumb loser, can he, the emperor, eat, and the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Navy Division who died in battle, can they be blinded on the Huangquan Road?
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao touched the cat on his leg and said lightly:
"Tell the minister of the military engine room to wait for me in Xinuan Pavilion, Wang Chaofu, you go to everyone's house in person, and the notice is in place."