Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 406 Big Big Wolf Spirit

"Listen, I heard..." Yu Tongyuan, a man in his forties and eight feet tall, cried like a 160-jin child in front of His Highness the King of Chu.

"Then take back your sword!" Zhu Zhen handed Yu Tongyuan's sword in front of him. "Lead your brothers to reload and set off! Wash away the shame of defeat! Forge the glory of the city ship fleet!"

"Obey!" Yu Tongyuan suppressed his excitement and trembling hands, and took the sword with both hands, but did not put it back into the sheath.Instead, he squeezed hard with his right hand.The sharp blade cut through the palm of the hand immediately, and blood flowed out.

Then he ordered his soldiers to bring a white sheet, and wrote a big word 'shame' on it with his own blood. "Hang it on the bow of my boat, when will it be a shame, and when will it be taken off!"

"Yes!" The soldier went away holding the sheet in both hands.

Zhu Zhen has been watching this scene calmly.How should I put it, although it is a bit of a secondary school, the effect is very good.

Turn the shame of leaving behind his comrades and retreating into a motivation to take revenge and revenge.The sluggish morale of the soldiers has risen visibly...

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Seeing that the atmosphere was here, Zhu Zhen asked Nan'an Hou to immediately gather the main officers and hold an on-site review meeting.

The purpose is to sum up the lessons and study how to turn defeat into victory in the future.

The Chaohu navy has never lost a battle, but Yi Zhi broke his golden body in the first battle, which is really a shame for the old man.The officers had long held back their words.After His Highness let them speak freely, they immediately opened up the chatterbox.

"Your Highness, I have reviewed the last few games, and Master Hou's command has been flawless from the beginning to the end." A thousand households said: "The ships did not relax their guard, and the enemy ships were spotted at the first time, and the preparations for the battle were maintained."

"If we were to pick a fault, it would be that after we left Sanfoqi Kingdom, we did not conduct a spoofing voyage, but sailed directly to the country, only to be blocked by pirates off the coast of the Fuyao Islands."

"Yes, we must have been targeted at Sanfoqi." Everyone nodded.

"Yeah." In fact, Zhu Zhen also had the same opinion.This defeat really had little to do with Yu Tongyuan and the soldiers.

In fact, thanks to Yu Tongyuan's prompt decision, proper command, and the well-trained officers and soldiers who followed orders and prohibited them, most of the fleet was saved.

This is why Zhu Zhen did not punish Yu Tongyuan.If Yu Tongyuan was withdrawn, the soldiers would feel wronged for him.Coupled with the broken bones and tendons between them, the newly formed city ship fleet may even fall apart.

So Yu Tongyuan had to be retained.Since it is retained, of course it has to be done beautifully.

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"Then let's talk about it, why did we lose?" After they finished summarizing, the sixth child announced the next question.

"We are outnumbered."

"Their ship is big, our ship is small, and the disadvantage in the boarding battle is too great."

"Furthermore, they were well-prepared with their minds and minds. On the other hand, we are restrained everywhere and very passive. How can we be invincible?" Liao Dingguo sighed and explained to His Highness:
"Naval battles are different from land battles. Courage alone is not enough. If one side is defeated by the enemy, they may try their best and still be unable to touch the enemy's hair."

"En." Zhu Zhen nodded, expressing his understanding, and then asked, "Then what do you think is the most urgent need for improvement?"

"Build a ship!" The officers said in unison: "If we want to build a large ship with more than [-] materials, as long as the sides of the two ships are the same height, we have the confidence to kill them with a boarding battle!"

Of course they are not bragging. The Chaohu Navy won the Poyang Lake water battle back then by relying on the boarding battle.

"Yes, Your Highness." Marquis Nan'an said very embarrassedly: "We can overcome everything else. We can also install return artillery, and we can also use fire to attack... Even in terms of strength, we are no less than them!"

The Chaohu navy has been dismantled several times, and there are still more than 2 troops. Only one tenth of them participated in the first voyage, and [-]% of the troops have not been transferred from Huai'an.

"Indeed, military strength and weapons are not a problem, but shipbuilding... a large ship with [-] raw materials is no longer what ordinary shipyards can produce. And even if it can be built, the construction time is measured in years. When it is completed, Day Lily It's all cold." Liao Dingguo also said with a bitter face.

"Don't worry about this matter, this king will solve it!" Zhu Zhen waved his hand as if confidently said: "This king will return to Beijing tomorrow, you should quickly regroup and wait for my good news!"

"Yes!" Yu Tongyuan and the others were also very excited to see His Highness King Chu confident.They firmly believe that as long as the ship does not suffer losses, they will definitely win!
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Back at Shibosi Yamen, Zhu Zhen washed away the dust, and then called Han Yike to have dinner with him.

"How is it, brother, have you been used to it for half a year?" His Royal Highness King Chu asked with a pleasant smile.

"There are so many things, I'm so busy." Han Yike said with a wry smile, "But compared to being in Fengyang, it's nothing worth mentioning."

"Hahaha, that's right." Zhu Zhen laughed loudly: "But the Shibo Department is almost idling now. When it becomes bigger and stronger in the future, all the big families in the south of the Yangtze River will ask you. Sometimes you will have a headache."

"Your Highness is still confident?" Han Yike picked up a small whitebait with chopsticks, tasted it carefully, and said, "That's right, Your Highness is in Suzhou City, and his reputation has spread from Zhenjiang to Zhejiang. Intimidated by a small setback?"

"Just make fun of me." Zhu Zhen scolded with a smile: "Why, have you empathized with a big family in Suzhou? Oh, by the way, your family is originally a big family in Zhejiang."

"My family is just an ordinary family!" Han Yike emphasized loudly first, and then said in a low voice: "It's not that I have a problem with His Highness and King Jin. I made all the big dogs in Fengyang lose half their lives. How could I sympathize with those in Suzhou? Big dog? I just have to remind Your Highness that your arbitrariness against the big family in Suzhou has already caused a lot of uneasiness. However, His Royal Highness suppressed the impeachment of both of you."

As he spoke, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Oh, by the way, Your Highness still doesn't know, right?? The emperor has newly set up a Tongzheng Envoy. All memorials, including bullets, must be sent to the Tongzheng Envoy first, and then the department will enter and submit to the imperial court." And the emperor also emphasized that Bai Zhongshusheng must not be shut down."

"I heard." Zhu Zhenxin said, how fresh, the emperor is my father, and the crown prince is my eldest brother, what are they doing, can this king be as clear as an outsider?

"The result is convenient for the emperor. The memorials that he doesn't want to be read by the ministers are all kept in the middle school. Zhongshu Sheng and Yushitai can only stare blankly." Han Yike couldn't help laughing, and then put away his smile and asked:
"Okay, let's get down to business, Your Highness wants to build a ship, and it's a large ship with a cost of two thousand materials, at least twenty... Where will the money come from?"

"Good question." Zhu Zhen said calmly: "For donations, there are plenty of enthusiastic people in Suzhou who are willing to donate generously."

(End of this chapter)