Chapter 444 Half of the 200 large ships of the Mozambican Navy were completely burned, and some were damaged and urgently needed to be repaired.
In the first battle of Zhenjiang, the Fengyu coalition army suffered a big defeat.
Not only did the 5,000 soldiers of the battle army die in an unknown manner, but even the ships that were finally transported from the Wind Country were also damaged by more than half, which was like a blow to the morale of the Wind Jade Alliance.
Later, Tang Yin also summarized this matter in a letter to the court of the Wind Country: If a country has no water army, it is like a missing limb and a broken arm, and in front of the enemy's strong sailors, it will never dare to fight, so it can only avoid its edge, sneak out of the way, and do three indiscriminate deeds, which is a great shame He blamed this defeat on the fact that the court of the Wind Kingdom did not take precautions, did not pay attention to the naval army, and did not cultivate the naval army, so that he did not dare to confront the Mozambican naval army on the battlefield of Zhenjiang, so he was exploited by the enemy, causing a series of undue losses on his side.
Tang Yin's reply to the imperial court, especially the end with several shames, also spurred the civil and military ministers in the court to a large extent, and it was not until the defeat in the first battle of the Zhenjiang Water Battle that the Fengguo really paid attention to the water army.
Of course, this is also an afterthought, after all, the city of Rome was not built in a day, and distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near.
Now, the combat effectiveness of the Feng State Navy has been reduced, and it can no longer pose a threat to the Mozambican Navy on the south bank, and it has completely lost the strength to compete head-on with the Mozambican Water Army.
At this time, the war was already very unfavorable to the Fengyu coalition army, and Zhenjiang seemed to have really become an insurmountable barrier, but if the war continued to drag on, the Fengyu coalition army would not only consume a huge amount of grain and grass, but also the best fighters.
Under the circumstance that his own navy was not passive, he was still attacked by the Mozambican navy and lost so many ships, of course Tang Yin had to hold accountable He Yi, the commander of the Feng country's navy.
He Yi's reply to Tang Yin was that he thought that his main army was going to cross the Zhenjiang River through the backwater bay, so he was also negligent in taking precautions, and when the Mozambican naval army sneaked attacked, most of his soldiers were not on the ships, but rested in the camp to prepare for battle.
When he heard the alarm, he hurried out of the camp and returned to the ship, many of the ships had already been attacked by the opponent's rockets and caught fire.
The implication is that the main responsibility is not on him, not only is he not guilty, but he also has merit.
Of course, Tang Yin couldn't accept such a statement, and did not make too many interrogations, and directly pushed He Yi to the end on the charge of dereliction of duty, and escorted him back to Yancheng, where he was handed over to Qiu Zhen, the left prime minister, and the military and political hall were disposed of, and the two deputy generals Sun Bing and Xu Yan took over He Yi's position.
In the case of He Yi's big mistake, these two Ningren-born orthodox naval army generals finally became daughters-in-law, replaced He Yi's position, and became the second chief general of the Fengguo Naval Army.
No matter what Sun Bing and Xu Yan are, in terms of water warfare, they are indeed much better than He Yi.
Now that the ships of the Wind Country are seriously damaged, Sun Xu and the others proposed to Tang Yin that they immediately mobilize the craftsmen of Ningdi to rush over and rush to build ships on the north bank of Zhenjiang.
Tang Yin felt that what Sun Bing and Xu Yan said was extremely true, and while he requisitioned the ship craftsmen in Ningdi according to the proposal of the two, he also ordered his subordinates to recruit people on the spot and hire local craftsmen in Mozambique with a lot of money.
I don't know if it's too late to make amends, and Tang Yin can only do his best and obey the fate of heaven.
On the other side, Ah San and Ah Si followed Tang Yin's will and took people to Yingjiang Town, and brought the old mayor and all his family back to the barracks.
Knowing that the mayor of Yingjiang Town had been brought back, the anger in Tang Yin's heart that had not completely subsided rose again, and he said in a deep voice: "Take him to the Zhongjun tent to see me."
The old mayor was escorted by the Feng army to the tent of the Chinese army.
When he arrived, Tang Yin was sharpening his knife with Pisha, and the steel knife bent like a crescent moon was shining with cold light, piercing people's eyes.
At this time, the old mayor didn't know what was going on, the whole person trembled, and after coming in, the old man didn't dare to look at what people were in the big tent, and he fell to the ground at once, and kowtowed again and again: "The villain sees the adult" "Do you still know me" Tang Yin glanced at him and continued to sharpen the blade with Pisha.
Hearing his words, the old mayor felt very familiar, looked up, and was immediately shocked.
A few days ago, Tang Yin was wearing casual clothes, and now he has changed into gorgeous brocade clothes and embroidered belts, as the so-called people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, at this time Tang Yin is less soft, but a little more cold and angry.
The old town was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Engong" "Don't dare to be."
Tang Yin sneered and said: "This king's name is Tang Yin, you can call this king the Wind King, and you can call him by his name, but don't call this king Engong again."
He put down Pisa, pulled out his handkerchief, and gently wiped the knife.
Tang Yin, the Wind King, Tang Yin's old town head buzzed, and he almost couldn't believe his ears, the young man who saved his daughter turned out to be the Wind King Tang Yin He knelt on the ground dumbfounded, looking at Tang Yin blankly, and didn't move for a long time.
Ignoring his reaction after learning his true identity, Tang Yin's gaze still fell on his scimitar, and he said softly: "You are so bold, you dare to collude with Mo Jun on the other side and deceive this king, do you know that this is a capital crime for the nine clans?"
The old town shook his spirit, and suddenly came back to his senses, and he stammered and asked, "I don't know why His Royal Highness the Wind King said this."
The scimitar in Tang Yin's hand slapped heavily on the table, and his eyes flashed with fierce light looked directly at the old mayor, and said in a cruel voice: "You still dare to pretend to be confused with this king Just now, when this king's army crossed the river from backwater bay, it was plotted by the Mo army, and five thousand soldiers were defenseless, based on this alone, even if you have a hundred heads, it is not enough for this king to cut off."
The old town finally understood what was happening, his body was paralyzed to the ground, and he shouted repeatedly: "Wronged, villain wronged, villain dares to swear to the sky, never know that there is an ambush in Backwater Bay, otherwise the villain will not dare to recommend Backwater Bay to His Royal Highness the Wind King even if he has the courage to do so, His Royal Highness the Wind King will be aware of it, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Wind King will be aware of it."
"I don't know there's an ambush haha" Tang Yin laughed angrily and said: "To the south of the backwater bay, the river is full of spikes, and it is difficult for boats to get close at all.
The old mayor was also dumbfounded, what was the situation on the south side of the backwater bay, he didn't know, after all, the person who went out to fish was not him, but some brave fishermen, he just learned through the fishermen that there was no guard post of the Mo army in the area of the backwater bay, and it was safe to go out of the boat, as for the spikes arranged under the river in the south, he didn't know at all.
But now that I want to explain this, I can't explain it clearly, and the old mayor is so anxious that he is sweating, and he can only shout injustice.
The more he shouted injustice, the more angry Tang Yin became, without warning, the latter suddenly grabbed the scimitar on the table, and with a wave of his hand, the scimitar slashed into a flash of lightning and shot straight towards the old mayor.
The old mayor didn't even react before he was hit in the chest by the throwing knife, and the ear chakra heard a plop, and the blade entered his chest and poked out from behind him.
As Tang Yin threw out the flying knife, the others also flashed in front of the old mayor, shot like lightning, quickly drew out the scimitar, and then waved it sideways, click, the old mayor's head fell in response, but no blood spurted out, and a rising mist emerged from his body.
Tang Yin sucked up the aura floating in the air, and shouted to the left and right in anger: "Behead all the men in this thief's family, and hand over the female dependents to the Hundred Battles Army." ” The guards around "Obey" hurriedly agreed and ran out quickly, and then another guard walked in and dragged the old mayor's body out.
The knife slashed the old mayor, Tang Yin put away the knife and sat back on the foreshadowing, and only then did he calm down and search for the specific details of his affair with Mo Jun on the south bank from the old mayor's soul.
But to Tang Yin's surprise, since the Mo army withdrew to the south of Zhenjiang, the old town mayor has not had any contact with the Mo army, and as for the spikes arranged under the backwater bay river, the old town really doesn't know.
Could it be that he killed him by mistake, Tang Yin frowned secretly, if it wasn't for the collusion between the old mayor and Mo Jun, then how could Mo Jun set up an ambush in Backwater Bay, could it be that Mo Jun had already set it up, this seems to be the only one that can be explained.
After some careful analysis, Tang Yin could probably confirm that the Mo army must have felt that the area around the backwater bay was not easy to defend, so they simply abandoned it, but in order to prevent their own side from sneaking across the river from the backwater bay, they arranged spikes under the river there early.
It can be seen from this that Gao Hang, the new commander of the naval army on the Mozambican side, is much smarter and cunning than he imagined, and the deployment of defense on the south bank can really be said to be leaky.
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Knowing that he was wrong to blame the old mayor, Tang Yin did not recover his life, so he could only make a mistake, and still executed all the men in the old mayor's family, and the female dependents were rewarded to the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army.
If the truth is made public, first, it will damage the prestige of his monarch, and second, let the soldiers know that there is such a powerful commander on the other side, which will also cause a certain blow to their morale, and they are afraid that it will cause cowardice and panic.
Tang Yin can hide it from others, but he can't hide it from himself, how to defeat Gao Hang, the new commander of Mozambique, he also has a headache.
After the setback in the first battle of the Fengyu Alliance, five days apart, the Jade King Lingshuang arrived at the camp of the Fengyu Alliance.
Along with Lingshuang came the 100,000 Jade Kingdom Central Army and the 20,000 Flying Feather Army led by Qing Yu
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