As November approaches, Zhao Bing becomes even more nervous. Hainan has a tropical monsoon climate, with a drought and a significant rainy season. May to October is the rainy season, and November to April of the following year is the dry season. The temperature is high, the humidity is high, the wind and rain are many, and the dry season is relatively cool and dry. The ancients have known this kind of climate characteristics very well. Often, they will choose to use military forces in the south at the beginning of the dry season, and even today's counterattack is chosen in the dry season. It can be seen that these are not accidental.

At this time, the Mongols had to stock up on any country's military service, mobilize their troops, and prepare for the pre-war preparations. However, according to the reports of the sentry ships inspecting the strait, no brigade of enemy ships passed by the strait, which made Zhao Bing a little puzzled. After October, he increased the inspection density and scope, and ordered the navy Haikou Pushuiying and Changhua Water Camp to send a group of sentry to sea to travel opposite each other, and continued to patrol the area from the Beibu Gulf to the east to Leizhou Bay.

What is surprising is that under such a high patrol density, no enemy warship was found passing through the strait. Whether the enemy attacked itself or Annan, the warships must pass through, especially the enemy Jinghu naval army must enter Leizhou Bay to enter the sea. Zhao Bing was puzzled, but he firmly believed that something abnormal would be wrong, so he ordered the patrol to be strengthened. Any ship twenty miles near the side of Qiongzhou must be boarded for inspection before being allowed to be released.

"Your Majesty, yesterday the sentry ship of Haikou Shui Camp was attacked about twenty miles away from Qiongzhou outside Leizhou. One sank, the other sank, and the other was severely injured. More than 40 officers and soldiers were below the head of the head of the head!" Gao Yingsong, the Minister of the Military Affairs Department who was rotating early that morning, entered the palace to report.

"Oh, can you confirm which ship it is?" Zhao Bing asked for a moment of confusion. He knew that since the Qiongzhou Strait was an important channel for sea trade, in addition to merchant ships, there were not only the Qiongzhou naval army, but also the Yuan naval army and the pirates who were invading. However, they knew the power of the Song naval army. In order to prevent a single ship from going to sea, he also organized the sentry ships into two groups and connected each other. After seeing the Song army's sentry ships, they would avoid them from afar and never attacked them on their own initiative.

"Report to your Majesty, according to the report of the return ship, there were three attackers, which seemed to be merchant ships, but did not hang their flags. Because they entered the designated cordon, the navy ordered them to stop the ship for inspection. However, the other party suddenly launched an attack and fired stone bombs to attack our ship with a stone thrower. One of them was hit by a golden cannon filled with tinder oil and sank. The other was rushed to fight back, but it was also severely damaged." Gao Yingsong replied.

"That's how it's impossible to tell who attacked our warship!" Zhao Bing said, but he knew that the warships that could be equipped with stone throwers were at least 1,000 stone warships, and the golden juice cannon was only equipped by the Yuan army, so it was too abnormal to appear on merchant ships.

"Report to Your Majesty, the enemy ships quickly left after the attack, and the injured warships were also busy rescuing the soldiers on the sunken warships and could not pursue them, but they sent a signal to the surrounding sentry ships. The pursuit warships have not yet been returned. The navy Liu Dutong has already gone to Haikou!" Gao Yingsong replied.

"Report it immediately after finding out the situation... I'd better take a trip myself!" Zhao Bing thought about it but waved his hand again, "Wang De, inform Zheng Yong to prepare a boat and go to Haikou Shui Camp!"

"Your Majesty, this... breakfast has not been used yet!" Wang De hesitated and said.

"There are dry food on the boat that cannot be hungry, go quickly!" Zhao Bing said in dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, did you inform the left prime minister to send a few ministers with your entourage?" Gao Yingsong saw that Wang De was defeated, so he naturally didn't want to be scolded, so he asked instead.

"Well, Gao Qing just tells Zuo Prime Minister where I am going, so there is no need to send someone to accompany me." It is also a rule to go out and ask for leave. The ministers who have also saved the ministers who thought they were missing, so Zhao Bing did not object and nodded...

Because it was too troublesome to use the Sheji, Zhao Bing took the Warriors nearby, and then the Dragon fleet guards went down the river to Haikoupu. However, Zheng Yong did not dare to be negligent, so he mobilized two baggage ships to carry a battalion of guards and followed. The fleet went downstream, and with the oars' full strength, it took more than half an hour to leave the river and enter the Haikou Water Camp's station. When Liu Zhu and the generals were informed to arrive at the dock to greet him, Zhao Bing had already got off the ship.

"I'm late, please atone for your sins!" Liu Zhu hurried forward to salute him when he saw this.

"If you are urgent, you don't have to be polite!" Zhao Bingxu helped him and said, "What is the situation now? Can you find out which warship attacked the ship?"

"Your Majesty, after receiving the report, he immediately ordered the Chengmai Water Camp and Changhua Water Camp to discharge warships to intercept them, and ordered the post ships patrolling the sea to encircle them, and informed the Military and Privy Council. Because yesterday evening, it was already dark when the ships received the order to sail, and no new news has come yet!" Liu Zhu bent down behind the young emperor and reported that his charming attitude made people feel very vulgar, but everyone present felt that there was nothing wrong with it. Because in terms of prestige in the army, Zhao Bing was even higher in the navy. After all, several major victories of the navy were achieved under his command.

"Well, it's very good. You'll tell me what you know in detail!" Liu Zhu's emergency response was still very appropriate, and Zhao Bing nodded.

"Your Majesty, because our whistleboat has never been attacked. After the whistleboat found that three ships had entered the twenty-mile cordon, he immediately followed up and asked to stop the ship for inspection!" Liu Zhu asked the young emperor to enter Shuaitang and said, "According to the return crew, these three merchant ships were medium-sized ships with more than 1,500 stones. They were heading west at the time. At first, they did not want to stop the ship but were heading north to leave contact. After the whistleboat issued a warning and fire, they lowered half sails and slowed down. However, when the whistleboat had just entered the head ship within 200 steps, the three ships suddenly attacked the whistleboat with stone throwing machines at the same time..."

"Do you think it is a Tartar warship or a pirate ship?" Zhao Bing knew that the medium-sized sea boat of 1,500 stone is moderate in size, easy to operate and very suitable, so it can be regarded as a warship or a merchant ship. Pirates are also often used as a car, so it is very common in the southeast coast. In order to ensure safety, merchant ships in the ocean will also load stone throwers, let alone pirates, so it is impossible to judge who launched the attack based on this alone.

"Your Majesty, because our army never harasses merchant ships, the merchant ships that are in exchange for inspection. My subordinates have also asked in detail about the attacking ships, but they did not act illegally, and they were attacked before they boarded the ship. My subordinates judged that these ships should not be merchant ships, and even they were mostly held hostage by pirates..." Liu Zhu asked His Majesty to sit down and hold them onto the tea channel with his own hands...
Chapter completed!