Jiao Xian also understands in his heart, but anxiety is useless, and the top priority now is to extinguish the flames.

The enemy on the cliff will definitely not have only one rocket, their next arrow is already on the bowstring and is about to be ignited and fired!

"Whoosh...... Boom Boom Boom ......"

With the dense and deafening sound of explosions, the cliff shook violently, and the enemies above stood unsteady and fell to the ground.

"Thank goodness!"

Jiao Xian was the first to hear the whistling of shells, followed by a series of explosions in the lower half of the cliff.

He knew that the crisis was over.

As the explosion continued, the cliff shook and collapsed, and the enemy troops on it had no choice but to fall into the sea with the cracks in the ground, along with the stones, and their archers could no longer be used, if not fall into the sea and drown, they would be crushed to death by those boulders and the like.

"Ao~ Long live the prince!"

The landing fleet let out a long-lasting cheer, and they finally broke the flames on the ship at this time, and the fleet once again headed towards the shore, and saw that it was a few tens of meters away!

Perfect!

Zhao Rui felt happy in his heart, and ordered: "Zhao Gong, let's also find a boat to go ashore, there is no obstacle now." ”

"Okay, young master."

After Zhao Gong finished answering, he was just cautious, took a telescope and glanced at the shore, and found the situation again.

"Lord Wang, there are enemy troops on the shore again!"

"What?"

Zhao Rui felt that these enemies were not stupid, not only were the artillery bows and arrows sufficient, but even the tactics were also very well arranged, if Zhao Rui did not have the assistance of mortars, it would be impossible to break through their defensive line on the shore.

With such concerns, Zhao Rui really stopped and took the telescope to observe carefully.

In sight, groups of enemy troops gathered on the shore, brandishing swords and shouting, as if to make a name for the army that was about to land on the shore.

"Hehe......"

Zhao Rui was not worried at this time.

Now they are not an opponent at all at all with cold weapons.

"It's okay, let's go!"

There was a medium-sized warship reserved for Zhao Rui, so Zhao Rui took Zhao Gong and boarded the ship, and the boatman on it controlled the ship and sailed the ship to the shore.

At this time, the anger that Jiao Xian had been suppressing on his side completely exploded.

"Soldiers, these dogs have dealt with us three times and twice, so that we almost died in the sea, give them some color to see, now listen to my commands, ready to shoot!"

"Roar~!"

The warriors also broke out, and they were also suppressed for too long, and the firefighting had already made them want to kill the guys on the shore.

So the bolts of the guns rang out, and they were all ready to aim and move.

"Volley!"

"Sudden ......"

The dense bullets, like invisible nets, knocked down the enemy who was shouting on the shore at once.

Although the shaking of the ship would affect the accuracy of the shot, the distance was so close that the enemy was powerless under the fire of thousands of muskets.

Their bodies were pierced with countless blood holes, and one by one with incredible expressions, they could only fall helplessly.

At some point, there are still some fish that have slipped through the net.

They watched their accomplices blood and corpses all over the place, completely frightened, screaming in fright, and scattered in all directions.

Just as they were escaping, Jiao Xian shot again here, and many people were stupid.

"Go ashore ashore!"

As the warships ran aground, the soldiers all jumped off the boats, ran to the shore in the shallow water, and were on guard according to the content of the previous training.

By the time Zhao Rui and Zhao Gong came ashore, the soldiers had already captured more than a dozen fleeing enemy soldiers, and they knelt in a row in despair, waiting for them to fall.

"Haha, Lord Wang, the mortar is so exciting!" Jiao Xian was happy in his heart and said with a laugh.

"What are these people going to do, have they all been killed?"

Zhao Rui waved his hand and said, "No, I still have questions to ask." ”

Walking up to the captive, Zhao Rui casually said to the people in front of him: "Tell me, where did your artillery, bows and arrows come from?" Who is giving you support? ”

Zhao Rui was also puzzled by this, generally speaking, no one would care about such a small force at all, and he would not know that they were fighting against his side.

At this time, the captives were already frightened, and they had no intention of resisting, so they trembled and honestly confessed everything.

This person was too scared, and his speech was intermittent, and Zhao Rui easily understood what was going on.

It turned out that they were a group of people who rebelled, and at that time, when there was no special crisis in Xiangfan, the Southern Song Dynasty court lined up officers and soldiers to reinforce Qiongzhou to encircle and suppress their forces.

But these people are also fierce, and they actually wiped out all the officers and soldiers in Qiongzhou, so they got artillery and even all kinds of weapons in their hands.

On the other hand, Jiao Xian is always looking for trouble, they have long wanted to kill all the power on Jiao Xian's side, so they have always hidden their forces.

It wasn't until the last time the scorched fleet came that they thought of using artillery to wipe them out.

It's just that the warships used by Jiao Xian are all the most advanced, and they are not comparable to their small-scale self-made by the people, so they still let Jiao Xian escape back.

So they knew that Jiao had firearms, and today's battle was also decided after studying it for a long time.

That's right......

Zhao Rui also didn't expect it, he thought it was just to exterminate a group of private troops, but this group of private troops took Qiongzhou Mansion, which is equivalent to occupying the entire Qiongzhou Island.

As a result, Zhao Rui became the new ruler of Qiongzhou Island.

At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty could be described as very sad, they couldn't even deal with the White Lotus Society in the southeast, let alone have the ability to take Qiongzhou Island.

"Where's your leader!"

"All dead...... It's over there......

The position to which the captive was pointed, the pile of corpses shouting with swords on the shore, from which he had escaped at first, and now he looked at it, and he could not stop palpitating.

According to the captive, they had two chiefs, the chief and the second, both of whom were dead at this time, and the surrounding villages still had the forces they had sent to garrison, and these scattered troops were mainly used to collect rents and the like.

So Zhao Rui instructed Jiao Xian to send someone to recover, and Qiongzhou Island would be his own territory in the future.

For Qiongzhou Island, Zhao Rui still has some understanding, the mineral reserves here are basically complete, and it is surrounded by the sea and rich in products. It is an excellent developable area.

If Zhao Rui had occupied Qiongzhou Island first, it would have been much easier than Jiaozhi.

However, in terms of development mode, Zhao Rui will definitely practice fine and planned development, rather than being too rough like in Jiaozhi.

However, it is not bad in Cochin now, at least in the mining of major coal and iron ore, there are no problems, which is the premise of the development of the industrial revolution.

The island is vast, and it is not known when the whole island will be recovered, so Zhao Rui decided to take a boat back to Fancheng first, so he handed over the main work here to Jiao Xian, and then waited to send some civil and military officials to manage it after he returned.

But Jiao Xian said on a whim: "Lord, according to me, the environment of the island here is diverse, and it is suitable for the training of the navy, I think it is better to station the navy here?" ”

"En......"

Zhao Rui held his chin, feeling that this proposal was really constructive, but it could be carried out.

Anbang Prefecture and Qiongzhou Island face each other across the sea, but it is still a little far away for the Zhancheng side, if the Zhancheng is occupied in the future, for security, it is more convenient and safe to send troops on the side of Qiongzhou Island.

Anyway, military spending is not a problem now, Zhao Rui simply agreed.

At the same time, it is also planned to set up another military shipyard in Qiongzhou to specialize in the production of warships, while Anbang Prefecture will mainly produce civilian ships in the future.

Jiao Xian was also very excited that Zhao Rui could agree with his proposal, and kept adding the benefits of his ideas on the side.

Listening to Jiao Xian's words of "water army, water army", Zhao Rui waved his hand and said directly: "In the future, our main battlefield will be at sea, so let's call it the navy!" ”

"Yes, the prince is right, the navy is good, and the navy is atmospheric!"

Then Zhao Rui left all the mortars on the island, followed the cargo ship, took Zhao Gong Xiaoyi, and returned to Fancheng together.

Xiao Yi still felt fresh at the beginning of the voyage, and often ran to the deck to play, while Zhao Rui practiced his mind when he was free, and as time passed, Xiao Yi finally got tired of playing, and often accompanied Zhao Rui in the cabin.

And Zhao Gong and the more than 100 soldiers and the guards on the ship will conduct intensive training every day, if it weren't for the fact that there were a few rains during the period, Zhao Rui was really worried about the consumption of drinking water.

After a long trek, the weather turned cooler, and it was already close to the sea near Lin'an, less than a few days before arriving at the Yangtze River.

The weather on the sea was still sunny, but clouds drifted in from the north, and then a strong wind howled, and a storm was coming.

It's not too far from the mainland, but it's too late to get back to the harbor for shelter.

Fortunately, the experience of the shipwright on the ship instructed him to look at the situation and tell Zhao Rui not to worry, it seems that the storm will not be very big, and the size of the cargo ship is enough to deal with it.

With the guarantee of professionals, Zhao Rui was a lot more relieved, and just arranged for the soldiers to help the shipwrights complete the preparations before the storm as soon as possible.

The deck was a hectic affair, some were busy lowering the sails, some were protecting the fresh water, some of the loose places were reinforced, and the bits and pieces, feared to be lost, were put in the cabin.

Before it was completely finished, the storm had arrived.

At this time, Zhao Rui and Xiao Yi had already returned to the cabin, and the windows were also covered with wood chips to block the wind and rain, and the sky was dark in an instant, as if it was going to be night, and the already dim cabin became more and more dark.

"Click!"

There was a thunderclap that seemed to sound in the sky above the cargo ship.

Because Zhao Rui's cabin is on the top, it sounds particularly shocking.

"Ahh

Xiao Yi curled up to the side, the bright light of lightning reflected on her face through the gap, Zhao Rui could see that she seemed to be extremely scared.

"Xiaoyi, come and sit."

Zhao Rui was also sitting on the floor at this time, leaning on the wooden board behind him, and at this time he moved his body to make way for Xiao Yi.

Because of the need to ensure the safety of sundries, even Zhao Rui's cabin was piled up with a large number of items, making the cabin, which was not large, even more cramped.