Zheng Tie nodded.
Then, he said: "You must carefully calculate the losses in this battle. Those soldiers and sailors who died in the battle must be compensated for their families. Those who have no family members must be properly settled. We must not chill everyone's hearts."
"Leave it all to me." Yan Weixin agreed.
As a staff officer, these things are his responsibility.
Moreover, naval battles are not like battles on land. People who fall into the sea, even if they are not injured, may not survive. Especially some armor-piercing soldiers, as long as they fall into the sea, there is almost no possibility of survival, even if they are rescued immediately. It's too late.
"The commander just proposed that all merchant ships passing through this sea area should be certified with tiger flags. Chief of Staff, what do you think?" Li Zhong asked.
Although the leader of the Tiger Character Banner on Dayuan Island is Zheng Tie, Zheng Tie cannot be consistent on the island. Many things need to be discussed by several people before they can be decided.
Although doing so would make it possible for the forces on Taiyuan Island of Tiger Character Banner to have several mountaintops, it would greatly avoid the possibility of one person ruling the world.
In addition, when the Tiger Flag was prosperous, there were not so many dirty things, so everyone on Dayuan Island cooperated smoothly.
"I have no objection." Yan Weixin said, "Except for Li Dan and his son, we have no rivals in this sea area, and with the victory of these two battles, even Li Dan does not dare to easily lift the tiger in our tiger flag. Must"
Zheng Tie said: "We are waiting for everyone to discuss this matter in detail how to operate it. The proprietor must also inform us, and we have so many ships that cannot go to sea now. Even if we want to collect safe money, we have to wait for some ships." Only after it’s fixed.”
They only have two large ships left. They can protect the port of Bengang, but if they want to collect safe money from other merchant ships, they are somewhat unable to do so.
After all, the merchant ships that dare to go to sea are all ruthless and life-threatening owners. They are usually merchants, but occasionally they pretend to be pirates. Serious businessmen cannot be merchants at all.
The defeated Ming Navy navy returned to the navy camp.
As soon as Yu Zigao got off the boat, he took Cao Huajun and rushed to see Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian.
As for Nan Juyi, since the navy went to Penghu, he has been waiting for news of the navy's victory.
With the power of the red-haired barbarian warships, he believed that even if the Tiger Flag could win this naval battle, it would be a miserable victory. In the end, the Ming Navy defeated them in one fell swoop and solved the Tiger Flag's problem in Bengang.
It doesn't matter even if the Hong Maoyi fleet wins the naval battle. With the tiger-shaped flag operating in Ben Port for so long, even if the Hong Maoyi win the battle, it will not be that easy to completely occupy Ben Port.
And if he could recapture Penghu from the red-haired barbarians, he could also recapture Bengang from the red-haired barbarians.
"Sir, Commander Yu and General Cao of the Navy are here."
A government servant ran into the back office to report.
"Quickly, invite people in." Nan Juyi, who had been waiting for news from the Navy, heard that Yu Zigao had arrived. He felt restless and wanted to see him immediately.
Not long after, Yu Zigao and Cao Huajun came to Houya.
"I have seen the military gate."
"The general has seen the military gate."
As soon as they came in, the two of them saluted Nan Juyi almost at the same time.
"Two generals, thank you for your hard work. Please take a seat and tell me about the situation at sea." Nan Juyi asked eagerly to the two people in front of him, and then told the servants beside him, "Also... Why don't you go and serve tea to the two generals?"
The servants heard this and ran out in a hurry.
"The lower officials are incompetent, so please ask the military to punish them."
Yu Zigao knelt on one knee, and Cao Huajun beside him also knelt down with him.
After hearing this, Nan Juyi's expression changed, and he realized a bad possibility, and couldn't help but ask: "What happened?"
"The navy was defeated." Yu Zigao lowered his head.
The battle was fought like this, and he failed to eradicate the Tiger Flag forces in Bengang. He believed that he was responsible, and the navy also fought this defeat under his leadership. It can be said that he could not escape the blame.
"Defeated?" Nan Juyi frowned, and then said, "The red-haired barbarians' warships are indeed powerful. It doesn't matter if they lose. There will still be a chance to take back Bengang from the red-haired barbarians in the future."
The Battle of Penghu, which lasted for more than half a year, made him understand the power of the Red-haired Yi. The Ming Dynasty navy had long been decayed, and it had no advantage at all against the Red-haired Yi's warships. It could only win by relying on more people on board.
Therefore, although the navy lost to the red-haired Yi fleet, he was disappointed, but he could accept it. After all, not all of the navy was dispatched, only a part of the navy was sent to Penghu.
Yu Zigao said with a grimace: "It's not that we lost to the red-haired barbarians, we lost to the tiger-character flag."
After saying that, he lowered his head again.
Snapped!
"Who asked you to take action before the Hong Mao Yi fleet and the Tiger Flag fleet fought? Isn't it in vain that you have been the commander-in-chief for so many years and don't even understand such common sense? Doesn't this allow the Hong Mao Yi to take advantage? ." Nan Juyi slammed the table hard in anger.
The navy brought by Yu Zigao was defeated by the Tiger Flag. In his mind, there was only one possibility, that is, Yu Zigao and the navy despised the Tiger Flag in Bengang from the bottom of their hearts and were eager to make meritorious deeds. Before the team arrived, they went to attack Bengang.
"Xiaguan is wronged. He really waited until the Tiger Flag fleet fought against the Red Maoyi fleet before leading the navy to attack the Tiger Flag ship." Yu Zigao defended himself.
Suffering a defeat and disobeying the commander's orders and suffering a defeat are two different things.
The former will at most be demoted and lose his official position, and there will be a chance of recovery in the future, while the latter will only have a dead end. If the civil officials in the court knew about it, they would never let him go, a general who disobeyed the civilian officials.
It was normal in the Ming Dynasty to use civil servants to control military forces, and only civilian officials could be the commanders of the army. Military generals could only charge into battle. Once a military commander betrayed this situation and showed signs of showing up, he would only become the enemy of the civilian officials and would be joined by all civilian officials. Suppress.
"Wait a minute, you mean the Tiger Flag defeated the red-haired barbarian fleet at sea?" Nan Juyi heard something else from Yu Zigao's words.
Yu Zigao replied: "In the naval battle, the Red Maoyi fleet was defeated by the Tiger Flag, and the Tiger Flag had not two Galen ships at all, but seven, and five Galen ships. There are not many small sand ships, but there are even more small boats. In this battle, the Tiger Flag side dispatched forty or fifty ships."
"How could this happen!" Nan Juyi opened his mouth in disbelief and didn't close it for a long time.
Originally, the Tiger Flag had two galenic ships similar to the red-haired barbarians, which had already surprised him. He never expected that the Tiger Flag had hidden so many large ships.
Yu Zigao added: "The official suspects that Hu Ziqi has mastered the construction technology of Galen ships. Otherwise, it would be impossible to have so many Galen ships, and the barbarians at sea would not be able to sell them so many ships."
He told Nan Juyi his suspicions again.
