"Bang-bang-bang-bang......" was not the sound of applause, nor the sound of anything, but Wallace's adjutant Jackson being slapped by Malcolm Turnbull, the commander-in-chief of the English fleet. Jackson was swollen on both sides of his face, but Turnbull still didn't want to let him go......

"You idiot, why don't you intercept the ship carrying the French knights? Yes? General Turnbull slapped him twice more and continued to growl:

"I'll let you go and salvage the war horse! Let you salvage the war horse! ”

After the fight, General Turnbull pointed at Jackson's nose and scolded:

"Are you a pig? Is it important to have a French knight or a warhorse? Let the noble French knight master not chase and kill, but stop the boat to catch the war horse, I have never seen such a short-sighted officer as you! ”

General Turnbull was mad, and Jackson's forty small ships were the only British force on the eastern flank of the French fleet at that time. If Jackson had fought for his breath and stopped the ships laden with knights that had fled to Calais, then, this time, England could have killed at least a few thousand French knights. As long as these thousands of French knights died, the French army would not be able to recover for many years. Because, those French knights who were strong in martial arts and literate were the backbone of the French army. Drowning them in the sea was tantamount to breaking the backbone of the French army. If the French want to recover, it will be impossible without ten or eight years. If Spain, the Habsburgs and other fierce opponents of the French took the opportunity to send troops at this time, it was possible that France would be crippled.

However, the fool named Jackson in front of him saw the French knight pushing the war horse down the sea, and immediately couldn't run......

A war horse is worth hundreds of gold coins, and the French pushed thousands of war horses into the sea, and the sea was full of the sorrow of war horses for a while. In the eyes of Jackson, who was born in a merchant family, it was not more than 7,000 war horses, but more than 700,000 gold coins......

So, out of the nature of a businessman, in order not to let the war horses drown, Jackson hurriedly commanded his men to be busy salvaging the war horses......

When General Turnbull defeated the French fleet led by the Earl of Walgery, who was blocking the way, he arrived with the main fleet and found Jackson with his ships, diligently salvaging his horses......

Turnbull was directly mad, and at this time, the ship carrying the French knights running away from the east had already run away, and it seemed that it could not catch up. After all, everyone is a Kirk sailboat. The other party ran for so long early, and threw off the war horse and a lot of baggage and light equipment, and it was impossible for the main fleet to catch up with them.

And before that, if Jackson's fleet, which was already on the east side of the battlefield, could hold back those ships to the death, it would be able to kill at least half of the French knights when the main force arrived......

But this unlucky Jackson was too unfortunate to see the overall situation, and when he saw the valuable war horses, he went directly to fish for the horses, and he didn't care about the ship that chased and killed the French knights. By the time the main British fleet arrived, it was too late.

General Turnbull, who was furious, directly caught Jackson's stupid hat and jerked it violently, but he still couldn't understand his hatred......

Captain Jackson is actually very aggrieved - I have fished so many "gold coins", why are you still beating me? That's more than 700,000 gold coins......

This is really not to blame on Jackson's head, Jackson was originally from a civilian merchant family, and he was only Wallace's deputy, so he could only be regarded as a low-level officer, where did he have such a strategic vision from the top?

Seeing the "gold coins" swimming in the sea, Jackson was not moved. Moreover, most of the mercenaries of this era will make the same choice as Jackson.

For example, Charles VIII did this in the "Battle of Fornovo" fought by Charles VIII and the Italian coalition. In order to prevent the army from being entangled by the enemy, Charles VIII ordered most of the treasures looted from the Kingdom of Naples to be scattered on both flanks of the French army, and then led the army to retreat. The 6,000 cavalry of the Italian coalition army, which was originally responsible for outflanking the French army, saw the treasures all over the ground, and they no longer cared about pursuing the French army, so they all dismounted and collected gold and silver treasures...... Then, the French army withdrew from the battlefield unharmed......

The Earl of Valgery ordered the knights to push their horses out of the sea, and in addition to reducing the load on the transports, there was no intention of attracting the attention of the British army. After all, this is also learning from the previous Holiness......

Unexpectedly, this trick is really good. Jackson's fleet, which was originally responsible for intercepting the French transport ships that broke away from the fleet, immediately forgot about the pursuit after seeing the sea full of valuable French war horses, and directly led his men to salvage the war horses...... Because his fleet was small and could not fit so many war horses, after the arrival of the main British fleet, Jackson stupidly beckoned friendly warships to catch French war horses together......

Not to mention, many of England's junior officers and ordinary sailors were particularly tempted......

After seeing that Turnbull couldn't catch up with the French knight transport team that couldn't even see the sails, he had no choice but to let the fleet go to catch the French war horses. After all, this is also a seizure, and it is the lion's share of the seizures. It's just that Jackson, as the initiator, will inevitably be beaten up......

Moreover, in terms of merit after the war, Jackson doesn't want to be rewarded, whether he can be punished or not is considered lucky......

However, the materials captured by the English fleet this time are really very rich......

The defeat of the French in this battle left behind more than 7,000 knights' horses, hundreds of bronze cannons, more than 30,000 people who supplied 20,000 troops and more than 10,000 people, and countless grains and grass consumed by more than 7,000 war horses......

Seeing these boatloads of grain and grass, Turnbull understood that the French had prepared all the grain and grass needed for the English army's northern expedition, and there was still a lot of surplus......

In addition, Turnbull captured more than 90 large French warships (including those that were hooked) and hundreds of French transports.

Originally, this fleet still had a few thousand French infantry, but in the previous engagement, most of them were ordered by Turnbull to be sent down to sea with men and boats......

Today, in addition to the abundant supplies, the fleet is reduced to less than 2,000 surrendered French prisoners, and more than 6,000 French soldiers......

Turnbull had planned to kill all the French soldiers, but after learning that the French knights had fled, he stopped the slaughter of the French infantry. Because, that doesn't make much sense......

Henry VII wanted to kill the French knights, who were the backbone of the French army, not the infantry. Infantry can be recruited from the civilian population, and it is very good to train for two or three years. Knights, on the other hand, require more than ten years of training and a lot of investment.

So, for those infantrymen, it doesn't matter if they kill or not. Because, the last thing France lacks is people. Grab some strong men from the people to train, and there is a large group of infantry. Only by killing those knights would France break their bones......

So, after taking stock of the results of the battle, General Turnbull returned home with the fleet in high spirits......

The reason why he was so excited was because he knew that he had failed to meet Henry VII's requirements this time. Although it also has a small credit, it is still much worse than killing all those French knights. According to the previous account of the Admiral Johnson, if he can kill all the French knights, he may be promoted to the rank of earl. Today, that's unlikely. That's why he was so excited......

……

Sure enough, when Henry VII learned of the results, he was happy, but not too excited. For Turnbull, who commanded the fleet and won the battle, Henry VII only rewarded some money and fiefs. As for the promotion to the title, there is no mention of it......

As for the hapless Jackson, he was still a commoner and did not become a nobleman because of his military exploits. Because, the mistakes he made are enough to offset any credit he makes......

However, Wallace, who led his men to fight bloodily, got the title of baron because he entangled the French fleet to the death. It's just that, dragged down by the adjutant Jackson, Wallace's fief is only 600 acres, which is about the size of a knight's collar......

Because he failed to catch the French knights, Henry VII did not bother to harm the French infantry who surrendered. For those infantry, Henry VII locked them all up, waiting for Louis XII to send someone to pay for it......

On the Hastings side, when Turnbull and his men dragged the captured French ships to the vicinity of Hastings Harbour for a while, the French commander of Hastings, Abel, knew that the tide was turning, and simply surrendered. Because, the 5,000 French infantry he led had become completely alone, and there was no hope. There is no other option but to surrender......

Henry VII didn't embarrass him, anyway, they were all infantry, and it was good to exchange some pocket money with Louis XII......

As for the captured French supplies and a large number of war horses, Henry VII was also happy to crook his mouth. So many supplies, and more than 7,000 strong French war horses, is definitely a wealth of super moats, worthy of England's financial revenue for several years, how can it not make Henry VII happy?