"Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa..." It was not a sound of applause, nor was it such a sound, but Wallace's adjutant Jackson was slapped by Turnbull, commander-in-chief of the England Fleet. Jackson's face was swollen on both sides of his face, but Turnbull still didn't want to let him go...
"You idiot, why don't you intercept the ship carrying the French knights? Ah?" General Turnbull slapped two more times and continued to roar:
"I'll let you salvage the war horses! Let you salvage the war horses!"
After the fight, General Turnbull pointed at Jackson's nose and scolded:
"Are you a pig? Is French knight important or war horse important? The noble French knight master did not chase and killed him, but stopped the boat to catch war horses. I have never seen an officer as short-sighted as you!"
General Turnbull was furious. Jackson's forty small warships were the only British forces on the east side of the French fleet at that time. If Jackson competed for some reason and stopped the ships loaded with knights fleeing to Calais, then this time, England could kill at least a few thousand French knights. As long as these thousands of French knights died, the French army would not be able to recover for many years. Because those French knights with high martial arts and literacy were the backbone of the French army. Drowned them in the sea, it would be impossible for the French to recover their vitality without ten or eight years. If the strong enemies of Spain, the Habsburgs and other French enemies took the opportunity to send troops, it would be possible that France would be crippled.
However, the idiot named Jackson in front of him could no longer run when he saw the French knight pushing the war horse out of the sea...
A war horse is worth hundreds of gold coins. The French pushed thousands of war horses down the sea, and the sea was filled with the wail of war horses. In the eyes of Jackson, who was born in the merchant family, it was not more than seven thousand war horses, but more than 700,000 gold coins...
Therefore, out of the nature of a businessman, in order not to drown the war horses at full speed, Jackson quickly directed his men to salvage the war horses...
When General Turnbull defeated the French fleet led by Count Valgery who was blocking the road, he arrived with the main fleet and found that Jackson was taking his ships to salvage the war horses...
Turnbull was furious. At this time, the ship carrying French knights running away from the east had already run away and was almost unable to catch up. After all, everyone was a Kirk sailboat. The other party had been running for so long, and then he threw away the horses and many baggages and lightly put into battle. The main fleet could not catch up with them.
Before that, if Jackson's fleet, which was already on the east side of the battlefield, could tightly restrain those ships, and when the main force arrived, at least more than half of the French Knights could be killed...
But Jackson was so unlucky that he had no idea about the overall situation. When he saw the valuable war horses, he went directly to catch the horses, and he didn't even bother to chase the French knights. When the British main fleet arrived, everything was too late.
General Turnbull, who was furious, caught Jackson's stupid hat and slapped him hard, but he still couldn't help but feel sorry for his hatred...
Captain Jackson was actually very wronged - I caught so many "gold coins" and why did I hit me? This is more than 700,000 gold coins...
This is really not a mistake for Jackson. Jackson was born into a civilian businessman family and was just Wallace's deputy. He could only be regarded as a lower-level officer. How could he have the strategic vision of the senior management?
It would be strange if Jackson was not moved when he saw the "gold coins" swimming in the sea. Moreover, most of the mercenaries of this era would make the same choice as Jackson.
For example, in the "Fornovo Battle" fought by Charles VIII and the Italian coalition, Charles VIII did this. In order not to be entangled by the enemy, Charles VIII ordered that most of the treasures stolen from the Kingdom of Naples be stolen on both the French wings and then led the army to retreat. The 6,000 cavalrymen who were originally responsible for surrounding the flanks of the French army, saw the treasures all over the ground, and they didn't care about pursuing the French army, and they all dismounted and picked up gold, silver and treasures... Then, the French army evacuated safely...
Count Valgery ordered the knights to push the horses out of the sea, and in addition to reducing the burden on transport ships, they also planned to attract the attention of the British army. After all, this was also learned from the former Dharma King...
Unexpectedly, this trick was really good. Jackson's fleet, who was originally responsible for intercepting French transport ships that had left the fleet, immediately forgot to pursue the sea and took his men to salvage the war horses... Because his fleet was small and could not hold so many war horses, after the arrival of the main British fleet, Jackson foolishly called friendly warships to fish for French war horses together...
Not to mention, many grassroots officers and ordinary sailors in England were very tempted...
After seeing that the French Knight transport fleet could not catch up with the sail shadow, Turnbull had no choice but to let the fleet catch French war horses. After all, this was also a capture, and it was the big head of the capture. However, Jackson, as the initiator, was inevitably beaten up...
Moreover, after the war, Jackson did not expect to be rewarded. It was considered luck to not be punished...
However, the supplies seized by the English fleet this time are really rich...
The French lost this time, leaving behind more than 7,000 knights' horses, hundreds of bronze cannons, as well as more than 30,000 troops and more than 10,000 people, as well as countless food and supplies consumed by more than 7,000 war horses...
Seeing these food and grass, Turnbull understood that the French had prepared the food and grass needed for the Northern Expedition of the English army, and there was still a lot of surplus...
In addition, Turnbull also seized more than 90 large French warships (including those caught French warships) and hundreds of French transport ships.
Originally, this fleet had thousands of French infantry, but in the previous battles, most of them were ordered by Turnbull, and the ship and people were sent to the sea...
Now, in addition to the abundant supplies, the fleet is left with less than two thousand surrendered French prisoners, and more than six thousand French civilians...
Originally, Turnbull planned to kill all the French soldiers, but after knowing that the French knights had fled, he stopped massacring the French infantry. Because, that was meaningless...
What Henry VII wanted to kill were the French knights who were the backbone of the French army, rather than the infantry. Infantry could be recruited from the people, and it would be very good to train for two or three years. However, knights were different. They needed more than ten years of training and a lot of investment.
Therefore, for those infantry, it doesn’t matter whether they kill or not. Because France lacks the most people. Just grab some strong men from the people to train, and there are a large group of infantry. Only by killing those knights will France be damaged...
So, after counting the results of the battle, General Turnbull returned with his fleet in a leisurely manner...
The reason why he was so unhappy was because he knew that he had not met Henry VII's requirements this time. Although he had made some contributions, he was still much worse than killing all the French knights. According to the previous explanation of the Secretary of the Navy Johnson, if he could kill all the French knights, he might be promoted to earl. Now, this is unlikely. Therefore, he was so unhappy...
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Sure enough, Henry VII was happy when he learned the results of the battle. For Turnbull, who commanded the fleet to win the battle, Henry VII only rewarded some money and fiefdom. As for the promotion of the title, he did not mention it...
As for the unlucky Jackson, he was still a civilian, and he did not become a noble because of his military achievements. Because the mistakes he made were enough to offset any of his contributions...
However, Wallace, who fought with his subordinates, was given the Baron's title as he wished because he had entangled the French fleet. However, due to the drag of his adjutant Jackson, Wallace's fiefdom was only 600 acres, which was about the same size as a knight's leader...
Because he failed to catch the French knights, Henry VII was too lazy to harm the surrendered French infantry. For those infantry, Henry VII locked them up and waited for Louis XII to send people to redeem them...
On the side of Hastings City, when Turnbull and his men dragged the captured French ships to the near Hastings Harbor for a while, the French commander of Hastings City Abel knew that the situation was going to go, so he simply surrendered. Because the 5,000 French infantry he led had completely become alone and had no hope. There was no other choice except surrender...
Henry VII did not make things difficult for him. Anyway, they were all infantrymen, so it would be good to exchange some pocket money with Louis XII...
Chapter completed!