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So Wen Liufang hurried back to Quanzhou City with the agreement reached, and Yu Xiaotian also issued an order for the army and navy to end their military operations and temporarily withdraw to Nanri Island and Weitou Bay, waiting for the government to implement it.

protocol.

At this point, a military conflict between Fujian officials and the Sea Wolf that took place along the coast of Fujian, lasted for nearly three months, and spanned two years, came to an end.

This Spring Festival has not been a smooth one for Sea Wolf. During the entire New Year period, Sea Wolf's land and sea armies have been engaged in non-stop military operations.

It was just during the Chinese New Year that Sea Wolf's soldiers improved their food, prepared a lot of meat and feasted on it, and distributed some drinks in batches so that each unit could have a drink during the military operation.

As for Fujian officials and people in coastal areas, they spent this New Year in fear, which made the whole area of ​​Fujian by the sea diluted a lot of the New Year spirit. During the festivals in previous years, the lively scenes inside and outside the city were no longer the same this year.

During the Spring Festival, he did not appear.

For Yu Xiaotian, this more than three-month high-intensity military operation brought huge benefits to his Sea Wolf. Through this battle, the Sea Wolf basically completely destroyed Fujian's official maritime military power.

This makes it possible that for a long time in the future, Fujian's maritime authorities will not have another maritime force that can pose a threat to him.

In addition, on land, after several battles, he annihilated a total of nearly 20,000 official troops. For the Fujian official, this was almost one-third of the registered official troops in Fujian. If the empty ones were eliminated,

In terms of paid officers and soldiers, as well as old, weak, sick and disabled officers and soldiers, it is estimated that the current available troops in the huge Fujian Province can only be about 20,000 at most.

Also in the next few years, Fujian's military strength will not be able to return to the level before this war. Basically, this time the Sea Wolf has destroyed Fujian's ability to pose a military threat to it.

As for other aspects, there are even more. After more than three months of fighting, Seawolves not only regained the temporarily abandoned Nanri Island, but also actually controlled a large number of larger islands along the coast of Fujian, including the largest

Haitan Island has actually been brought under the control of Hailang. In addition, the entire Weitou Bay area has been taken over by Hailang. However, these places are still owned by the government in name. Every year, they need to pay the government according to the acres on the household register.

The additional land tax and apportionment are enough, and other government officials have nothing to do with it.

Even so, Cai Shanji actually never thought that Hailang would honestly pay all the land tax assessments that should be paid. In his opinion, as long as Hailang pays some amount every year, it will be regarded as part of the arrears.

, that’s all it means! He really doesn’t pay, and no one can do anything to him.

In addition, in terms of the loot obtained, not to mention, after this battle, the Sea Wolf obtained countless weapons and armor materials. In addition, the property snatched from various places was piled up like a mountain.

There are nearly 200 captured warships and merchant ships. You can pick and choose those that can be used for continued use, or you can pick out hundreds of them. The rest can be dismantled to obtain usable wood for continued shipbuilding.

use.

The most important thing is that through these months of combat operations, Sea Wolf has captured nearly 20,000 officers and soldiers. Most of these officers and soldiers are young and strong. Except for some of the officers and generals, they will be captured.

Apart from the redemption by their families, it is estimated that few of the families of the remaining officers and soldiers would have the financial resources to redeem them, and Yu Xiaotian would certainly not take the initiative to release them.

Some of them will be used to expand the army. Soldiers who meet the requirements of the Sea Wolf will be selected and added to the Sea Wolf's navy and land forces to improve the strength of the Sea Wolf. The rest will be good labor force, which can satisfy the needs of the Sea Wolf.

Wolf will have a demand for labor for a long time to come.

In addition to the captured officers and soldiers, the various units of the Sea Wolf also took the opportunity to use force or recruit on land. In short, in the past few months, they have gained more than 40,000 people from the land and coastal areas.

The proportion of this group of nearly 40,000 people is quite good. The ratio of men to women is basically about one to one, which is very balanced. There are also many teenagers and children among them, which are the favorites of sea wolves at the moment.

desired population.

Especially regarding women, although Sea Wolf has been recruiting people from land, it has never been able to solve the problem of serious imbalance in the ratio of male to female population in Sea Wolf's territory.

Now in the Sea Wolf territory, everything is fine, and the people are very stable, but there are too many bachelors, and even most of the most respectable members of the Sea Wolf tribe are not worthy of wives, let alone those who are very

Where are the civilians of the Sea Wolf tribe!

On the surface, the imbalance of the male-female ratio may not seem like a big problem, but in fact it can easily lead to great hidden dangers. As the saying goes, when people have enough food and clothing, they think about lust. When people solve the problem of food and clothing, it will naturally lead to sexual problems.

The problem is, this is human nature and instinct.

Too many bachelors have nothing to do after eating and working all day long. They can only join the Lu Party and solve problems by eating. This is not a good thing. If the problem cannot be solved, it is inevitable that they will think

Some crooked ideas, Yu Xiaotian didn't want his territory to turn into a mountain, and the hair on his back stood up just thinking about it.

Even if you don't engage in partying and don't play around, there will be problems with social stability. There is no guarantee that some bachelors are really cruel and want to win over someone else's wife. Either seducing or using force is not an option.

For this reason, Yu Xiaotian asked his subordinates to think of a way. The council came up with an idea to recruit some wandering warblers from the land and let them go to some of the sea wolf territories to do business. To a certain extent, these people could

Singles have a way to escape.

In this regard, Yu Xiaotian made a special request that Liuying should be managed by issuing licenses to allow them to operate, and their bodies should be checked regularly. If they are found to be sick, they should be forced to stop their operations and receive treatment to save money.

By then, there will be flower and willow disease everywhere.

However, this method only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. When a certain level is reached, especially for the Sea Wolf tribe members, after working for several years, they have money but have been unable to find a wife, and the problem becomes more serious.

Therefore, the population obtained from the land this time will be of certain help in solving this problem. This can be regarded as an unexpected gain in their operation.

At this time, Yu Xiaotian had to stop this large-scale military operation. He knew very well that after more than three months of continuous combat, both the navy and the army generals had now entered a period of fatigue.

, if they continue to remain in such a nervous state, there is no guarantee that nothing will go wrong.

Therefore, even if it is a war, one must be relaxed and relaxed. Now that he has got what he wants, it is time for his men to take a good rest.

Besides, if you suddenly eat so much loot, you have to digest it for a while. Otherwise, you will easily suffer from indigestion. It is not good to eat to hold on, and it is not good to take too big a step, as there is a risk of catching the egg!

So after the Fujian official and Yu Xiaotian reached an agreement, both parties stopped their actions with a tacit understanding. After receiving the order, the army led by Li Dazui and Meng Fei took the initiative to lift the siege of Tong'an County and temporarily withdrew to Gaopu and

Rest in the center left and other places.

After a short rest, two of the battalions were transported to Haitan Island for temporary accommodation. After some rest and rest, according to Yu Xiaotian's plan, the army will increase the strength of two more battalions, making the Sea Wolf's army

The scale has reached about 7,000 people. It will be expanded into four integrated infantry battalions, and a logistics battalion will be added. The expanded army artillery will be established, the number of artillerymen under the battalion will be increased, and four field artillery companies will be established. When necessary, they can be dispatched to

Each infantry battalion cooperates in combat and forms a siege artillery company, which is specially equipped with several heavy artillery pieces. When necessary siege operations are required in the future, they can be directly sent to participate in the battle. Rather than temporarily unloading naval guns from naval ships to join the battle,

Much stronger.

The army was very happy at this time. Li Dazui was ordered to stay at Zhongzuo Station and be responsible for the defense of the shore and islands in Weitou Bay. Liu Tong was transferred back to Tamsui City to continue to preside over the training of the new army camp, while Meng Fei took the lead.

Go to Haitan Island to take charge of the affairs of Nanri Island.

As for the three major fleets, the First Fleet was transferred to Tamsui for rest and recuperation by Yu Xiaotian. From now on, the First Fleet will use Tamsui as their home port. In addition, two ports will be set up on Haitan Island and Nanri Island as their temporary home ports.

The detachment is stationed and is responsible for controlling the sea from Meizhou Bay to the mouth of the Minjiang River. From now on, it will be mainly responsible for maritime defense and operations in this area.

The Second Fleet was left in Weitou Bay by Yu Xiaotian. In the future, Weitou Bay will become the home port of the Second Fleet, and the maritime defense of the area south of Quanzhou basically falls on them, and even

Including the future blockade of senior officials, it also falls on them.

As for the Third Fleet, it is still a problem, because the nominal home port of the Third Fleet will be located at Shuangfeng Island on the sea of ​​Funing, and will be responsible for the affairs of the sea north of Funing Prefecture, including the Zhejiang coast.

However, at present, Seawolf has no need to move north in a large scale. In addition, the layout of Shuangfeng Island is too small. As the home port of the Third Fleet, it is obviously a bit too small and not suitable for use as a large naval base home port.

So Yu Xiaotian thought about it and temporarily asked the Third Fleet to send two detachments, about 20 ships, to garrison at Shuangfeng Island to protect the safety of the northern sea. As for the main force of the Third Fleet, they will temporarily remain.

On Nanri Island, after all, the infrastructure here is much better. Although before the war on Nanri Island, Sea Wolf gave up on Nanri Island with a false shot and demolished a large number of buildings on Nanri Island, the dock facilities and port were not damaged.

, which can satisfy the temporary stationing and training of the Third Fleet, and also strengthens Sea Wolf’s control over the entire Fujian coast.

On the surface, this large-scale conflict between the Sea Wolf and the Fujian government has ended, but in fact the combat operations on the Sea Wolf side have not yet ended.

Because they still have one enemy they haven't dealt with, and that's the Dutch in Dajuan.

When time entered February of the seventh year of Tianqi, Yu Xiaotian returned to Tamsui City where he had been away for a long time.