"Is it Master Hou?"

Seeing Liu Xiang's surprised expression, Lu Guangbiao smiled and said, "You don't know yet, just half a month ago, the emperor had already decreed that the uncle would be promoted from Jiang Ningbo to Jiang Ninghou. ”

"Jiang Ninghou?"

Many people all let out an exclamation, since ancient times, people have described a very successful idiom is to be the marquis and worship the prime minister, and now Yang Feng has been named the marquis, so how far is it from the prime minister?

Someone who knows how to think about it...... Well...... It's quite a long way indeed.

Hearing that Yang Feng was coming to Fuzhou, Liu Xiang was happy and apprehensive in his heart, "Uncle...... Ah, Hou Ye will arrive in Fuzhou tomorrow? ”

"Yes!" Lu Guangbiao nodded and said: "The flying pigeon that this official just received this morning, the Hou Ye had already set off in Tianjin the day before yesterday and came to Fuzhou, if there is no accident, he will arrive in Fuzhou tomorrow." ”

It stands to reason that in today's era when traffic depends on communication and communication, it is impossible for Lu Guangbiao to receive Yang Feng's information so quickly, but don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, in order to improve the speed of communication, the ancients also invented the carrier pigeon, but the flying pigeon transmission also has many shortcomings, such as the confidentiality is not very strong, it is easy to encounter natural enemies, resulting in the loss of letters, etc., but as an emergency means of transmission, the carrier pigeon is indeed very useful.

"But...... But we ......" Thinking of the battle that happened in the Second Fleet today, Liu Xiang was very ashamed in his heart, Yang Feng's support for the Second Fleet was so great, but he made it like this, he was really ashamed of Yang Feng's trust.

Seeming to see Liu Xiang's concerns, Lu Guangbiao comforted: "Deputy Admiral Liu doesn't have to mind, Master Hou will definitely understand your difficulties and won't blame you too much." ”

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly: "Xia Guan would rather Hou Ye scold Xia Guan, so that Xia Guan may feel a little better, after all, Xia Guan is ashamed of Hou Ye's trust." ”

Today's stop is of course to eliminate the forces of Liu Yizhou and his gang, but Liu Xiang and they also paid more than 300 casualties for this, plus the casualties of Liu Yizhou and others, it can be said that the second fleet has been injured, and what makes Liu Xiang feel most depressed is that this is just an internal conflict.

Lu Guangbiao glanced at Liu Xiang deeply, there are some things that need to be understood by yourself, and it is difficult for outsiders to say it. Today's battle may seem to Liu Xiang to be a battle that she feels should not have happened or regret, but in the eyes of Yang Feng and him, it may not be so.

Although Yang Feng sent a lot of Sima and the pacification officers to enforce military discipline, those pirates who have been accustomed to robbing houses and drinking and eating meat are difficult to adapt to the army's life with strict discipline, stealing chickens and dogs and even bullying the common people still happen from time to time.

Moreover, more importantly, such an army that is not in its own hands in terms of training or command positions is very dangerous, and now although the Second Fleet has mutinied, and even lost nearly forty percent of its strength because of this, Lu Guangbiao can even be sure that Yang Feng will not blame Liu Xiang for this after knowing the loss of the Second Fleet. Of course, these words should be understood in the heart, and they must never be said.

Lu Guangbiao's speculation was quickly confirmed, and after Yang Feng came to Fuzhou the next day, he not only did not blame Liu Xiang who came to ask for guilt, but also comforted Liu Xiang very much, and promised that soon there would be new recruits and officers to supplement the Second Fleet to enrich the strength of the Second Fleet.

Naturally, others have no way of knowing about Yang Feng's mental activities, but Liu Xiang, who was originally like a big stone hanging in his heart, finally fell to the ground.

In the mansion of the deputy admiral of the Fuzhou Second Fleet, Yang Feng was sitting on a chair listening to Liu Xiang and Lu Guangbiao's reports on the situation of the First and Second Fleets, and he did not nod until the two of them finished their reports: "Yes, you have all done a good job, especially Lord Lu, you did not hesitate at all after receiving the request for help from the Second Fleet, but did not hesitate to rush to Fuzhou with three battleships that had just been launched, which shows that you still have a good sense of the overall situation in your heart, which is very important." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Feng looked sideways at Liu Xiang, who was sitting silently thinking about his thoughts: "Vice Admiral Liu, I said yesterday that you can't be completely blamed for the rebellion in the Second Fleet. It's going to rain, my mother wants to get married, and people insist on leaving, what can we do. ”

Liu Xiang's eyes are a little red, although she has always shown a strong side in front of people, but she naturally has the delicacy and softness of women, but she is well hidden by her on weekdays. Now seeing that Yang Feng not only did not blame her, but comforted her again, it was naturally false to say that she was not moved.

Liu Xiang shook his head and choked up a little: "Master Hou, they are all incompetent. A few days ago, when Hou Ye was leaving, he instructed the last general to strike first if necessary, but the last general never made up his mind to eradicate the scourge of Liu Yizhou in advance, so that it caused a big disaster, so that he had the opportunity to launch a rebellion, causing such a big loss to our sailors, which is the crime of the last general. ”

"That's it!"

Yang Feng waved his hand to stop Liu Xiang's self-blame, and said with a smile: "You don't need to blame yourself, as the saying goes, eat a trench and grow wise, remember this lesson." But you have to remember that it's a good thing that you can remember the love of the old robe, but for the sake of the old love you hurt the life of the other robe, this shouldn't be, do you understand? ”

"Yes...... The last general will remember the teachings of the Hou Ye. ”

Facing Yang Feng's words, Liu Xiang respectfully lowered his head to listen.

"By the way, Vice Admiral Liu!" Yang Feng continued: "The Second Fleet has already been injured after this battle, I plan to transfer some officers and officers from the First Fleet to replenish it next month, and I will also replenish the two Dutch warships captured by Admiral Lu a few days ago to the Second Fleet, how about you?" ”

Hearing that Yang Feng not only did not blame himself, but also added two new warships to the Second Fleet, Liu Xiang said gratefully: "The last general is all up to the orders of the Hou Ye!" ”

"Here we are...... And so it was. Lu Guangbiao secretly exclaimed in his heart, Yang Feng's move not only broke the monolithic situation of the Second Fleet, but also made Liu Xiang grateful, this method is really good.

However, Lu Guangbiao's exclamation was not over, and after he finished speaking, he said to Lu Guangbiao: "Last time you captured two Dutch warships and the Dutchman named Ankos, he begged Ben Hou to let him go back, but Ben Hou has ignored him, and now it seems that it is time to let him go back." ”

"Master Hou, just let him go back like this, isn't this too cheap for him?" Lu Guangbiao was very puzzled, that naval battle with the Dutch did not look at their great victory, but only after experiencing this naval battle did he understand how thrilling and thrilling they won, if it wasn't for the Dutch being too careless, it was still unknown whether they could win. Even so, they also lost dozens of officers and soldiers of the Naval Division, which really made Lu Guangbiao feel distressed for a long time.

Seeing Lu Guangbiao's reluctance, Yang Feng didn't know what he was thinking, only to see him smile and say: "Admiral Lu, Ben Hou knows what you are worried about, those Dutch did cause a lot of casualties to our sailors in the naval battle, but it was also this naval battle that made us realize how much difference our Ming sailors and the Dutch were. Besides, Benhou said that he would put the Encos back, but he didn't say that he would put the Dutch sailors back as well. ”

"Ah......" Lu Guangbiao asked in surprise: "You mean that you plan to ...... all those Dutch"

Looking at Lu Guangbiao, who made a throat-cutting motion, Yang Feng scolded angrily and funny: "What do you say, since we accepted the surrender of the Dutch, how can we do the thing of slaughtering prisoners of war, do you think they are those slaves?" Ben Hou thinks so, although we defeated them in the last naval battle, we also have to admit that the Dutch are better than us in maneuvering warships and navigating the sea, you have to admit this, right? ”

Although Lu Guangbiao was very reluctant to admit that in terms of navigation, warfare, and understanding of naval warfare, Da Ming was really inferior to the Dutch.......

Seeing Lu Guangbiao's stupid look, Yang Feng said with a straight face: "Admiral Lu, you have to remember. There is nothing to be ashamed of if your skills are not as good as others, but you are not as good as others but you don't admit it. If you can't compare to others, then go and learn, and wait until we learn the skills of others, wouldn't it be good? ”

Lu Guangbiao was naturally not stupid, he immediately heard another meaning from Yang Feng's words, and he said with some surprise: "Master Hou, what do you mean......"

"Ben Hou doesn't mean anything. Yang smiled faintly: "Since those Dutch have been captured by us, we can't raise them for nothing, we have to let them do our best." Ben Hou plans to divide these Dutch into two groups and send them to the First and Second Fleets, so that they can teach our sailors and officers all the skills of navigation, surveying, naval warfare, etc., and when we have learned them, when will we let them go back, what do you think? ”

"This ......"

Lu Guangbiao and Liu Xianggang hesitated for a moment before they saw Yang Feng's eyes glaring, and the two of them were so frightened that they hurriedly swallowed back what they were about to say, and they both straightened their chests and said loudly: "Obey the orders of the Hou Ye!" ”

A Dutch prisoner-of-war camp in Xiamen

It has been more than two months since Ankos was captured, and after experiencing the initial fear of being executed, the hearts of Ankos and other Dutch prisoners of war have gradually quieted down, judging from the performance of the Ming people these days, at least they don't have to worry about being suddenly dragged out and executed one day, but the Ming people have not said when to let them go back, which inevitably makes them mutter in their hearts, until today a group of people suddenly came to the prisoner of war camp......