As soon as dawn was dawn, the battle situation that night began to spread to all directions on the land.

First of all, the people in Fujian, Zhejiang and coastal areas began to boil.

The boiling momentum quickly spread westward.

The General's Mansion learned the war report on the afternoon of the next day after the naval war.

Wu Zheng was stunned and didn't believe it was the fact.

Everyone was stunned, they couldn't believe it was the truth.

Overnight, the war, which originally thought that at least the stalemate would be at the end of the peace talks, ended like this?

Obviously, by this time, no one will doubt the possibility of winning the foreign war.

But the dispute that followed, no, was a quarrel, quickly suppressed the original ecstasy.

"Wang Yilin must be severely punished!"

This voice resounded throughout Hangzhou City.

Most officials, including Chen Mingxia and Zhang Huangyan, fought against Wu to join Chen, impeached Wang Yilin to violate military orders and be proficient in his will, resulting in almost the entire Shi Lang Navy's army being wiped out.

Wu Zheng was also stunned. This ending of the world of water and fire caught Wu Zheng off guard and caught him off guard.

From the establishment of the Northern Expedition Army to the establishment of the three major navy troops, they have never suffered such damage.

Shi Lang Navy had more than 240 large and large warships, and more than 5,600 soldiers. By the end of the naval battle, only seventeen warships remained, most of which were injured, including the injured, and the survivors were just over 1,000. This included the fallen waters who rescued from the sea after Wang Yilin arrived.

In this naval battle, Shi Lang's navy was completely gone. Compared with the war losses of the joint fleet, the difference between the two is not much.

From this point of view, this battle can only be considered a miserable victory at most.

Wu Zheng felt really painful inside, so there is no doubt about this.

It took Wu Zheng too much energy and financial resources to form the three major navy masters. If these three major navy masters were not formed, the financial department would not have been forced to do so.

But Wu Zheng also understood one thing, that is, Wang Yilin's adaptability was not completely unreasonable. It was Wang Yilin's naval army that suddenly shelled the Zheng army in New Port Ai. Then, the threat of this Zheng army to the landing of Zhang Mingzhen's naval army was quite huge.

It was precisely because of this that Wu Zheng hesitated that he really couldn't tell at this time that he should punish Wang Yilin seriously or ask for credit for Wang Yilin.

However, because of anger, the officials of the General's Mansion were overturned by Wang Yilin's actions.

He did not obey the orders and made arbitrary decisions, which led to Shangguan's in danger and almost destroyed the entire navy. This one was enough to make Wang Yilin doom.

The anger of the military and civilians was because they had been accustomed to victory over the years and suddenly heard that the three major navy troops had disappeared. This psychological gap made them subconsciously point the finger at the initiator... Wang Yilin!

The people did not need to consider the entire situation. In their minds, Wang Yilin was the culprit, because when Wu Zheng deployed the three major navy troops, he clearly appointed Shi Lang as the temporary commander of the three major navy troops.

In other words, during this battle, both Wang Yilin and Zhang Mingzhen were Shi Lang's subordinates.

But as a result, Wang Yilin did not follow Shi Lang's tactical orders and made arbitrary decisions to change the direction of the fleet, which indeed confirmed Wang Yilin's charge.

Wu Zheng didn't want to punish Wang Yilin in his heart. At least, Wu Zheng felt that he should not be punished severely.

Therefore, Wu Zheng, on the grounds that the situation of the war situation on the East Fan Island had fundamental changes and it was not appropriate to change generals at the last minute, held down the impeachment of Wang Yiwei by his subordinates to Wang Yiwei, and ordered Chen Sheng's troops and Jinhua Guards to be quickly transported by Wang Yilin Navy to the north of Dong Fan Island to carry out a strategic general attack on Dong Fan Island. The first goal was to clear the Zheng army in the northern part, and then sweep the military remnants of Zhufan on Dong Fan Island to the south.

Wu Zheng's prestige can still calm down his dissatisfaction. At the same time, the complete removal of the remains of the power of the French people on the coast is in line with the interests of officials and domestic businessmen.

So, the opposition was minimized.

Logically speaking, this matter has passed. As the saying goes, big things turn into small things, small things turn into small things. As long as Wang Yilin continues to make contributions in the next Dongfan Island strategy, he will probably be able to atone for his sins after the war.

After all, the winner does not need to be blamed.

Unfortunately, after Shi Lang returned to Hangzhou Prefecture, he knelt in front of the royal palace and sent a memorial to impeach Wang Yilin into the General's Mansion, this matter could not be done anymore.

Wu Zheng was in a dilemma, so he could only avoid it, but this was definitely not a good idea.

Since Shi Lang knelt in front of the palace, he came prepared.

The incident that followed was enough to prove that it was wrong for Wu Zheng to avoid it.

After Shi Lang continued to kneel in front of the palace gate the next morning, there were petitioners and students in the city, and the number of people was increasing. In just half a day, the crowd gathered in front of the palace gate had exceeded 8,000, and the number was still increasing rapidly.

At the root of this, 20% of the members of the Shi Lang Navy were Shi Lang's old subordinates, 30% of the reorganization of the Zheng Army's surrendered troops, and the remaining 50% were all children of Jiangdong. How could their fathers and brothers and relatives not be sad when they heard that their sons and nephews died in battle?

It would be fine if there was no cause, but Shi Lang gave them a cause, so grief and anger naturally arise.

When emotions accumulate, you naturally need a thrust.

Everything happened irreversibly.

....

Under the persuasion of his subordinates, Wu Zheng agreed and summoned Shi Lang.

"Since the sinners meet His Highness the King of Political Affairs!"

Shi Lang knelt straight in front of Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng stood up, rushed forward, and helped Shi Lang and said, "What is General Shi's crime? In this battle, there was a great victory in Penghu first, and then the defeat of Wuyu, the strong enemy's fierce flames... General Shi's achievements are in the country. Come, please get up quickly... Haosheng and I will tell you the details of this battle!"

But Shi Lang slowly pulled his hand from Wu Zheng's support, and he said stubbornly, "The prince is not guilty, I am grateful... I am involved in the incident of King Yilin, and I hope the prince will deal with it impartially!"

Wu Zheng was stunned, not expecting that Shi Lang was so tough and gave him face.

"... General Shi, in the Battle of Wu Yu, Gu already understood something... Wang Yilin was indeed guilty. This is why Gu recognized General Shi's impeachment." Wu Zheng changed his mind, "But General Shi is also a person who leads troops. Generals should judge the situation and look at the overall situation... Although Wang Yilin is good at it, his original intention is to assist Zhang Mingzhen and Chen Sheng's troops to successfully land in the north of Dongfan Island, clear down Zheng Sen's rebels, and lay the foundation for the real recovery of Dongfan Island... Therefore, Gu believes that Wang Yilin is guilty, but he can make the punishment... What does General Shi think?"
Chapter completed!