The battle in Jiaozhou lasted less than ten days from beginning to end, but in just a few days, Liu Fan's two years of hard work were almost in vain. www.biquge.info Zhang Yao, who stayed in Jiaozhou, did not dare to hide such a big thing when such a big thing happened, and sent someone to report the incident to Liu Fan who was far away in the capital through the intelligence department!

When Liu Fan received the detailed battle report from Jiaozhou, it was already around the 25th of the lunar month, and seeing the huge loss figures on the battle report sent by Jiaozhou made Liu Fan speechless for a long time, he really didn't expect so many things to happen when he left Jiaozhou. Some of the remnants of the forces that were defeated by themselves before were almost entangled, taking advantage of the empty time of Jiaozhou's troops to take revenge on themselves. This seemingly solid Jiaozhou was beaten so badly by just three thousand pirates, which Liu Fan never expected!

Liu Fan locked himself in the room, carefully thinking about what the problem was? Why is Jiaozhou, which seems to be powerful, vulnerable? It's just pirates this time! What if you face the Tartars of Houjin? Wouldn't that be a worse loss?

There are too many problems exposed in this battle, first of all, Liu Fan himself is too arrogant, and he evacuated Jiaozhou's troops when he knew that he had made a lot of enemies. Secondly, Liu Fan's intelligence system is too ineffective, he has no idea what the enemy is doing, but the enemy knows exactly what he is doing. It seems that Wang Yong of the Military Intelligence Department is no longer suitable for the position of director of the Military Intelligence Department, and since Wang Yong served as the director of the Military Intelligence Department, it can almost be said that he has made no achievements, and some of the most basic intelligence has not yet been able to be explored clearly, let alone gain insight into the enemy's every move. Wang Yong is mainly responsible for the tragic situation in Jiaozhou. Liu Fan used to miss the old love and gave Wang Yong many opportunities, but he still didn't seize it, this time Liu Fan felt that he couldn't keep his hand! Again, it is a problem of Liu Fan's mentality, in the past, Liu Fan always felt that some small problems were not to worry about, and he still looked at the real world with the mentality of a game, but he didn't expect that everyone here was real! They have their own thoughts, they have their own feelings, they get hurt, they hate them, they take revenge. Not killing the enemy was Liu Fan's biggest mistake.

There is also the layout of the arsenal, in order to facilitate development, Liu Fan carelessly set up the arsenal outside the city, and the crisis problem was exposed, but he did not expect that in this era of underdeveloped firearms, any unexpected situation may occur! Now even Beijing's military war bureau is in the city, and some European war readiness factories are probably no exception, but Liu Fan set up the factory outside the city according to the thinking of later generations, and I have to say that Liu Fan himself still did not consider the problem according to the current thinking.

After receiving such a big lesson, Liu Fan also felt that it was time to change, but now that Liu Fan was in the capital, he couldn't handle the affairs of Jiaozhou, and some things were not easy to handle. For example, Wang Yong's question, Wang Yong, as a veteran who followed Liu Fan when he started his family, can only be handled by Liu Fan himself, although Zhang Yao is Liu Fan's wife and serves as the important task of staying behind, he can't dispose of a veteran with great achievements at will, otherwise it is inevitable that others will have ideas in their hearts. There are also the restoration of the arsenal, the reconstruction of the shipyard, there are too many problems waiting for Liu Fan to solve, Liu Fan is now eager to put on his wings and fly back to Jiaozhou, but he can't go. Because a girl is still waiting with great anticipation for him to marry. The marriage of Hetian Shuying is related to whether the future relationship between Liu Fan and Chongzhen is good or bad, Liu Fan can go from a poor and white traveler to today, and Chongzhen's support is inseparable! No matter what kind of psychology Chongzhen has, Liu Fan does owe Chongzhen a great favor now. And if Liu Fan wants to continue to develop rapidly, Chongzhen's support is an important foundation that cannot be ignored. Without the support of the imperial court in righteousness, Liu Fan said that it was difficult to move an inch.

What happened is already irreparable, in comparison, the current matter is more important, weighing the pros and cons, Liu Fan still gave up the plan to return to Jiaozhou in the short term, and had to write to Zhang Yao to ask her to temporarily preside over everything in Jiaozhou, and resume the production of the arsenal and salt works in the shortest possible time. At the same time, he wrote to Sun Yuanhua to tell him to rush back to the capital as soon as possible after Wu Tao returned to Jiaozhou, because Liu Fan had a hunch that his teacher Xu Guangqi had few days left! Liu Fan didn't want to let his senior brother Sun Yuanhua not even see the last side of Xu Guangqi because of himself.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Fan entered the palace to report what happened in Jiaozhou to Chongzhen, which was the result of Liu Fan's repeated consideration. Such a big thing happened, to say that Chongzhen did not receive the news, it was simply impossible, Liu Fan himself knew that he must be surrounded by Chongzhen's secret agents. Instead of asking Chongzhen to ask or secretly guessing, it is better for Liu Fan to say it himself, so that Chongzhen's favor can be more obtained, and Liu Fan will be more frank.

The two monarchs and ministers in the Qianqing Palace sat opposite each other, listening to Liu Fan's narration, Chongzhen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows angrily, "What a big boldness, some pirates actually dare to openly attack the land of the imperial court, it's too rampant!" Rest assured, I will definitely inform the sailors of Weihaiwei and ask them to exterminate these pirates as soon as possible and help you take revenge! ”

Hearing Chongzhen's confident tone, Liu Fan smiled bitterly and couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty! I'm afraid that the Shandong Naval Division in Weihai is no match for these pirates. As far as the minister knows, although this Wang Zhi cannot be compared with the great pirate Wang Zhi in the Jiajing period, his strength is also inferior, there are no less than 100 warships alone, and there are many artillery, and the strength is very strong! And the strength of the Shandong Navy Division has been greatly damaged since the Kong Youde Rebellion, and self-protection is still insufficient, let alone attacking! The Shandong Navy Division has a great responsibility, shouldering the transportation of grain and straw in Dongjiang Phi Island and other places, as well as the support of troops, which cannot be lost, and it is not worth it for some pirates! ”

Chongzhen also said casually, of course he knew the situation of the Shandong Sailor, and he said this just to appease Liu Fan, seeing that Liu Fan was opposed, he no longer insisted, and smiled and said, "What Jimin said is reasonable!" I heard that you have also bought a fleet, and when your fleet grows, it will not be too late to seek revenge on these pirates yourself! ”

Liu Fan's face became even more bitter, and he hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty has misunderstood!" The minister just bought an old Portuguese third-class battleship, just to protect the caravan! It's enough to rely on that battleship to protect itself, let alone take revenge! The minister did buy a lot of ships, but they were all small merchant ships, and the purpose was to travel between Jiangnan and Shandong for trade! Moreover, Jiaozhou has suffered heavy losses, and the salt field has been destroyed, so I am afraid it will be difficult to rebuild in a short time! It seems that both the minister and His Majesty are going to have a hard time for a while! ”

"What!? Salt works ruined? How so? The war report said that Jiaozhou didn't repel the rogues? How could the salt works be ruined in just five or six days? Chongzhen was anxious when he heard that the salt field was destroyed, and asked repeatedly. (To be continued.) )