After resting at home for two days, and on the third day before dawn, Fanning set off.

The 20,000 sailors had already assembled on board the ships during the night, and they were to go to New Port in twenty oarboats, accompanied by thirty supply ships of 10,000 stones, loaded with all kinds of military supplies and food.

There can be no doubt that Fanning has been waiting for this day for a long time, and from the time he went to Sriwijaya to buy land was refused, he knew that the only way to seize that piece of land in Singapore was by force.

Amid the sound of drums on the shore, fifty large ships left the harbor one after another, heading for the South Sea.......

Half a month later, the Song fleet arrived at Xingang, which was already the busiest trading port in the South Seas, with more than 340 long-term trading houses, most of which were Song merchants, but also dozens of Western merchants, and even merchants from Genoa and Venice also established trading houses here.

There are also many local trading houses in Nanyang, such as Bo Ni Kingdom, Srivijaya Kingdom, Zhenla, Champa Kingdom, Luzon Kingdom, etc., there are about 30 more, and the merchants of various countries who do business here have reached thousands of people.

There are more than 400 warehouses of all sizes, and the military also has more than 100 warehouses, thousands of ships gather in the bay, sails are like clouds, elephants carrying goods appear on the wharf from time to time, and donkey carts that transport goods run back and forth.

The Japanese laborers had withdrawn to Luzon and were replaced by laborers from the Bo Ni country, who were mainly engaged in wharf handling, and tens of thousands of Bo Ni people with their wives and daughters made a living here.

The commercial area is even more lively, there are thirteen Guangqing Lou, prostitutes are mainly from the Nanyang area, and there are more than a dozen restaurants, inns, teahouses, Guan Pu shops, as well as grocery stores, fruit shops, clothing appraisal shops, quality stores, money shops, etc., which are basically opened by merchants in the Song Dynasty.

In addition, there is a small city not far from the port, the small city is a residential area, there are hundreds of houses, after nightfall, except for the Qinglou joy until midnight, the other shops are closed, everyone has to go back to the city to rest, there are several schools in the county, mainly teach the children of the Boni people to learn Chinese for free.

Akihito and Mingli were so active that they simply opened a shipping company in Xingang, where Western merchants could charter their 10,000-stone ships to the Persian Gulf for a fair fee, which was very popular with merchants, and soon two more shipping companies appeared, providing hundreds of 10,000-stone ships to transport goods for Western merchants.

Over time, wooden ships in the West have rarely appeared in the South Seas, and the ocean is dominated by Song ships.

However, the appearance of the South Sea pirates this year has sounded the alarm bell for the prosperity of Xingang, although Fanning slightly increased the rampant level of South Sea pirates in order to fight for the right to go to war, but the signs of this danger have already appeared, and if they are not eliminated in time, they will sooner or later cause serious trouble.

With the arrival of the Song Dynasty troops, the docks were filled with welcoming merchants, who welcomed the Song army from the bottom of their hearts.

The pirates of the South Seas are a cancer that affects the interests of all.

Fan Ning came to the barracks, and the commander of the Xingang garrison made Mao Nanwu come forward and salute, "Humble Mao Nanwu see the envoy!" ”

Mao Nanwu has continued to lead the army to the sea to suppress bandits in the past few months, which has been quite fruitful, but it is because of the protection of the Three Buddhas that he cannot completely exterminate the pirates, and Mao Nanwu has already held back the fire.

"General Mao has worked hard in the past few months."

"The lowly duty is not hard, the lowly duty only hopes to throw off his arms and work hard, and completely exterminate the pirates and their masters as soon as possible."

"You'll see that day soon."

Fan Ning said lightly: "Now I want to know, how to force the Srivijaya Kingdom to take the initiative to start a war against us?" ”

Mao Nanwu perked up, and hurriedly said: "There are two ways, the pirates' nests are on their coastal islands, we can directly enter and suppress the pirates and force them to make a move, the second is to blockade the coast of Srivijaya State, there are three big islands on the periphery of Srivijaya State, we only need to occupy these three big islands and establish a temporary military camp on the island, nominally to block the pirates, in fact, to block their trade, Sriwijaya will not last long!" ”

Fan Ning took two steps and said to Mao Nanwu: "The latter strategy is to surrender without a fight, but it does not meet my goal, I want to completely eliminate the water army of the Three Buddhas, and I don't want to give them a chance to negotiate." ”

"Then use the first option!"

Mao Nanwu said without hesitation: "Send a few thousand-stone warships to suppress the bandits and lure the other party to make a move, the Three Buddhas have wanted to attack us several times, thanks to our quick retreat, and the humble guarantee that they will definitely strike again, at that time, as long as the other party makes the first move, we don't have to be polite." ”

Fanning nodded, "Then it's up to General Mao to make this bait!" ”

Mao Nanwu knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "The humble post will definitely not disappoint the envoy!" ”

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The fleet brought by Fanning from Quanzhou is only a part of the combat ships, and on the Xingang military wharf and in the bay, there are more than 100 small and medium-sized warships, most of which are thousand-stone patrol ships and warships of about 3,000 stones.

The main warships of the Song army are twenty oarboats, all of which are about 20,000 stones, of which the flagship warship is the 30,000 stone oars that Fanning got on the Yangtze River.

The navy of the Sriwijaya Kingdom is second to none in the South Seas, with more than 300 warships, but the largest is also a 3,000-stone warship, or a Great Song Dynasty cargo ship refitted, and the rest are small warships of about 500 to 1,000 stones.

This battle is like a duel between a big man and a child, and it's really hard for a big man to take the initiative, so it's better to let the child pounce on himself.

On this morning, three Song army thousand-stone warships appeared on the sea about 30 miles away from the coast of Sriwijaya, and they were chasing a pirate ship, which was about 500 stones, and there were more than 20 black-clothed pirates on it.

As soon as they went out to sea, they were watched by the Song army patrol ship, and the pirate ship panicked, turned around and fled back to its lair, but the three Song Dynasty patrol ships were in hot pursuit, and gradually got closer and closer to the coast.

On the patrol ship of the Song army at the head, Mao Nanwu looked at the pirate ship and sneered: "The nest is actually on the shore, where is this pirate, it is clearly the army of the Three Buddhas." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier pointed into the distance and shouted: "General, the ship of the Srivijaya is a warship!" ”

Mao Nanwu turned around, only to see more than 30 warships appear on their side, directly towards them, if usual, the Song army could only retreat, but today Mao Nanwu is on the task.

He immediately shouted: "Stop the pursuit, prepare for battle!" ”

The three patrol ships stopped the pursuit of the pirate ship, but did not retreat north as before, but lined up in a zigzag and waited for the arrival of the Sriwijaya warship.

As the fleet of Srivijaya drew closer, they suddenly dispersed, and more than a dozen ships headed north from the side, ready to copy the back of the Song army's warships.

Mao Nanwu ordered: "Turn around and go northwest!" ”

There were soldiers waving flags, three patrol ships turned around at the same time, heading to the northwest, there happened to be a three Buddha warship in the northwest, about 500 stones, it wanted to copy the back of the Song warship, but it was surrounded by three Song warships.

The ship of the Srivijaya was surrounded by the Song army, and before the ship could react, the three Song warships slammed into it from the side, 'Click! A large hole was made in the wall of the ship, and the sea rushed in, and the ship overturned on its side, and the soldiers on board jumped into the water to escape.

The main general of the Sriwijaya fleet was furious, and ordered the fleet to speed up and rush towards the Song warships, and the three Song warships quickly retreated, but the Sriwijaya fleet was in hot pursuit, and the two sides clung to the sea more than 60 miles away.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Mao Nanwu immediately ordered: "Let Li Dutou abandon the ship!" ”

A dozen soldiers and twenty oarsmen on the third ship boarded the other two boats, and the two patrol boats quickly withdrew north, leaving one empty.

Although one of his own ships was rammed and sunk by the Song army, an advanced Song army warship was captured, and the captain of the fleet obviously did not think of the consequences, he was overjoyed and ordered the fleet to prepare to tow the Song army ships back.

At this moment, the main warships of the Song army, which had been in ambush for a long time, appeared, killing more than 30 warships of the Srivijaya Kingdom from two directions at the same time.

Fanning finally found an excuse to go to war, and the Sriwijaya warships attacked the Song patrol ships and took one of them, and the evidence was conclusive, and the flagship hoisted the flag of total annihilation of the enemy.

When the commander of the Srivijaya fleet finally realized that he had been fooled, he was shocked and shouted, "Order the whole army to retreat!" ”

But it was too late, and a naval battle with a huge disparity in strength broke out on the sea off the coast of Mora Yu City.