Probably because He Rong's failure was so disastrous, in just two days, the soldiers who sent the message returned to Haikang Port in a small boat. After arriving at Haikang Port, they rushed to Yunxi's location without stopping. Two more days passed.
On November 19th, Yunxi, who was patrolling the Leizhou Bay area, received a report from He Rong.
Yunxi was discussing the location of the bay with Zhu Su, Zhu Mo, Cao Xing and others. Zhu Su sat on the boat, looked at the water in front of him, and said: "Guan, in my opinion, although the port of Leizhou Bay is good,
But there are still shortcomings.”
"What's the shortcoming?" Yunxi said with a smile.
"Guan Jia, there are strong winds in Nanyang. Leizhou Bay faces the ocean. It's okay in winter. In summer, it's difficult for ships to berth when there's wind. I think Suixi Port in the north is good. Suixi goes deep into the inland, and it's very difficult to berth in the south.
With two islands blocking typhoons, it should be the best port in Leizhou Prefecture," Zhu Su said.
"Then I will order the expansion of the port in Suixi to make it one of the home ports of the Nanyang Navy." Yunxi said.
"Guan Jia, the Nanyang Navy has too many ports. Guangzhou Port, Hong Kong, Haikou Port, Chaoyang Port, Haikang Port, Longmen Port, etc. are all ports of the Nanyang Navy. The whole army is too scattered.
"Zhu Mo said.
"That's not much at all," Yunxi said with a smile: "When Annan is conquered, many ports in Annan will also become the ports of the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty."
"Speaking of Annan, He Rong should have landed in Annan. I don't know what the outcome of the battle was." Cao Xing said.
"I'm afraid we won't be able to capture any city. The Annamites laid wooden piles on the seaside south of the Red River. Large ships with more than 100 materials cannot approach the coast. The siege equipment in He Rong's hands cannot be transported to the shore at all. Without the siege equipment,
The shirtless siege soldiers must have suffered heavy casualties, and He Rong would not do such a thing. He has probably occupied a port now and is cleaning up the wooden piles laid by the Annan people so that the ships can berth." Zhu Su said with a smile.
"Fortunately, it is winter now and there is not much wind in the South China Sea. If it were summer, it would be very dangerous for the fleet to stop at sea." Zhu Mo also said with a smile.
Yunxi also smiled, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart. 'What's going on? Is something going to happen?' Yunxi thought to himself.
"Guan Jia, what's wrong with you?" Cao Xing immediately noticed something strange about Yun Xi and asked.
"It's nothing. Maybe I ate too much in the morning and my stomach feels a little uncomfortable now." Yunxi said.
"Guan Jia, you really ate quite a lot in the morning. You ate three servings of breakfast, which is more than what my twenty-first brother and I ate together. Be careful of the fat on your belly." Zhu Su said with a smile.
Yunxi also smiled and was about to speak when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a soldier wearing the uniform of a messenger beside him, taking out a token and talking to one of his bodyguards, Feng Xishan.
Feng Xishan looked at his token carefully, led him to Yunxi, and said, "Your Majesty, General He has something to report to Your Majesty."
Yunxi suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart. Although he did not see the content of the memorial, his intuition told him that the content of this memorial was not very good.
Not only him, but Zhu Su and Zhu Mo also felt bad for a moment: According to logic, He Rong should still be clearing the wooden piles laid by the Annan people at this time. There is no need to give His Majesty a break, and the time for routine reporting has not come yet.
.A memorial at this time can only report two things: an unexpected victory, and an unexpected defeat. For some reason, they all felt that this was more likely to be an unexpected defeat.
Yunxi took the memorial from the messenger, tore open the seal, took out the memorial and read it.
After just a quick glance, Yun Xi's face turned livid, and he immediately shouted: "He Rong, I'm going to put you in jail!"
"Your Majesty, did He Rong lose the battle?" Zhu Su asked boldly.
"Not only was the battle lost, but it was also a disastrous defeat!" Yunxi said after reading the memorial: "We sent more than 50,000 troops to land near the city of Yi'an in Annan. They were ambushed by the Annan people and lost 40,000 troops."
He never expected that He Rong would suffer such a disastrous defeat!
It is normal for the army to fight in all directions, and it is normal to lose the battle. Yunxi never asked the Ming army not to lose the battle, but He Rong lost too miserably! More than 50,000 people lost 40,000 troops. Even if the Annan soldiers were exaggerated, it was at most
There were no more than 8,000 soldiers. Yunxi thought that 8,000 soldiers were more than 8,000 soldiers. Most of the Annamites only lost about 6,000 soldiers. The casualty ratio was one to six.
Yunxi didn't care about the damage to the barbarian soldiers. Although the court wanted to give them a lot of money as pensions, Yunxi was more willing to give them pensions than to lose the same Han army.
However, this battle was too tragic to lose. The loss of troops is still secondary. The key is that after this great victory, the Annan people's fear of the Ming soldiers will disappear. Facing the Ming army, their hands and feet will weaken and they will take refuge in the Ming army.
The number of people will be greatly reduced, and this battle will be even more difficult to fight.
Moreover, this battle was a disastrous defeat due to He Rong's negligence, and Yun He must not let him off lightly.
"The decree is passed to order the entire left army of the Annan Expeditionary Army to return to Haikang Port for rest and recuperation, to revoke He Rong from his position as deputy general, to abolish his title of Marquis of Palembang, to abolish his son's hereditary future, and to abolish his position as lecturer of the Royal Academy and the Martial Arts Hall.
After the army returns to Haikang Port, it can set off back to the capital without stopping." Yunxi immediately punished He Rong.
"Your Majesty, think twice!" Cao Xing hesitated for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, now the left army is in the midst of a defeat, and the whole army is probably in panic. If He Rong is removed from the post of deputy general at this time, what will happen next?
Appointing someone else as a deputy general will probably make the military morale even more unstable!"
"So what if the morale of the army is unstable? I didn't let them stay in the sea outside Annan to fight the Annan people? The whole army retreated to Haikang Station, and there was plenty of time to appease the soldiers." Yunxi snorted coldly and said.
