After two days of rest at home, Fanning set out before dawn on the third day.

The 20,000 navy troops had already boarded the ship at night and had gathered. They would take twenty oar boats to Xingang, and there were also 300,000-stone supply ships, loaded with various military supplies and food.

It is not doubtful that Fanning had been waiting for a long time on this day. Since he was rejected when he went to Sanfoqi to buy land, he knew that he could only rely on force to seize the land in Singapore.

Amid the drums and music on the shore, fifty large ships left the port one after another, sailing towards the South China Sea in a mighty manner

Half a month later, the Song army fleet arrived at Xingang. At this time, Xingang was already the busiest trading port in Nanyang. There were more than 340 commercial banks, most of which were Song merchants, and dozens of Western merchants. Even merchants from Genoa and Venice also established commercial banks here.

There are also many local business businesses in Nanyang, including Boni, Sanfoqi, Zhenla, Cham, Luzon, etc., and there are as many as thousands of merchants from various countries doing business here.

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, and sails are like clouds. Elephants carrying goods from time to time appear on the docks, as well as donkey trucks running back and forth.

Japanese workers have withdrawn from Luzon and replaced them with Boni. They are mainly engaged in dock transport, and tens of thousands of Boni people have made a living with their wives and daughters.

The commercial area is even more lively. There are thirteen brothels alone, and prostitutes mainly come from the Nanyang area. There are more than a dozen restaurants, inns, teahouses, Guanpu shops, grocery stores, fruit shops, clothing stores, quality warehouses, money shops, etc., which are basically opened by merchants of the Song Dynasty.

In addition, there is a small town not far from the port. The town is a residential area with hundreds of houses. After nightfall, except for the brothels and the joy of the brothels until midnight, other shops are closed. Everyone has to go back to the city to rest. There are several schools in the county town, which mainly teaches children from Boni to learn Chinese for free.

Mingren and Mingli were very smart, so they simply opened a boat trip in Xingang. Western merchants could rent their 10,000-stone sea boats to go to the Persian Gulf. The fees were fair and were very popular among merchants. Soon two more boat trips appeared, providing hundreds of 10,000-stone ships to transport cargo for Western merchants.

Over time, Western wooden ships rarely appear in the South Ocean, and the world of Song ships is over the ocean.

However, the South Asian pirates that appeared this year sounded the alarm for the prosperity of Newport. Although Fanning slightly expanded the rampant pirates in order to fight for the right to start a war, this dangerous sign has appeared. If it were not eliminated in time, it would sooner or later cause great trouble.

With the arrival of the Song Dynasty army, the dock was filled with welcome merchants, who welcomed the Song army from the bottom of their hearts to take action.

Pirates in Nanyang are a cancer that affects everyone's interests.

Fan Ning came to the military camp, and Mao Nanwu, the commander of the garrison in the Xingang, stepped forward to salute, "I am not in charge of Mao Nanwu to meet with the commander-in-chief!"

Mao Nanwu has been leading troops to sea to suppress bandits in the past few months, which has achieved great results, but it is because of the shelter of the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom that he was unable to completely wipe out the pirates, and Mao Nanwu has already been furious.

"General Mao has worked hard these months."

"It's not hard to do it. I just hope to do it with my arms and completely wipe out the pirates and their masters as soon as possible."

"You'll see this day soon."

Fan Ning said lightly: "Now I want to know, how to force the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom to start a war against us?"

Mao Nanwu was excited and hurriedly said, "There are two ways. The pirates' nests are all on their coastal islands. We can directly suppress the pirates and force them to take action. The second is to block the coast of the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom. There are three large islands outside the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom. We only need to occupy these three large islands and establish temporary military camps on the island. In name, it is to block pirates, but in fact it is to block their trade. The Three Buddhas and Qi will not last long!"

Fan Ning took two steps behind his hands and told Mao Nanwu: "The latter strategy is to defeat others without fighting, but it does not meet my goal. I want to completely eliminate the naval army of the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom and do not want to give them a chance to negotiate."

"Then use the first solution!"

Mao Nanwu said without hesitation: "Send a few thousand-stone warships to suppress the bandits and lure the opponent to take action. The Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom once wanted to attack us several times. Thanks to our retreat quickly, Beizhi promised that they would take action again. At that time, as long as the opponent takes action first, we don't have to be polite."

Fanning nodded, "Then General Mao will make this bait!"

Mao Nanwu knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said, "The humble official will definitely not disappoint the envoy!"

The fleet brought by Fanning from Quanzhou was only part of the combat ships. On the military docks of the New Port and in the bay, there were more than 100 small and medium-sized warships, mostly thousands of stone patrol ships and about three thousand stone warships. In the battle of Neihu or the river, these warships were big ships, but in the vast sea and in the stormy waves hidden with countless dangers, such warships were nothing, and at most they could only serve as auxiliary warships and patrol ships.

The real warship still requires sea ships of more than 10,000 stones. The main warships of the Song army were twenty oars, all of which were about 20,000 stones. The flagship warship was the 30,000 stones obtained by Fanning on the Yangtze River. These warships could navigate the strong winds and waves of the Indian Ocean. The hull was naturally solid and solid, and there was no problem in serving as warships.

The navy of the Three Fo Qi Kingdom was the best in Nanyang, with more than 300 warships, but the largest one was a warship of 3,000 stone, and a cargo ship of 3,000 stone, and the rest were small warships of about 500 stone to 1,000 stone.

This battle is like a duel between a burly man and a child. It is really hard to take the initiative to take action, so it is best for the child to pounce on himself.

On the morning of that day, three Song army's Thousand Stone warships appeared on the sea about thirty miles away from the Sanfoqi Coast. They were chasing a pirate ship. The pirate ship was about 500 stones, with more than twenty black-clothed pirates on it.

As soon as they went out to sea, they were stared at by the Song army's patrols. The pirate ship was panicked and turned around and fled back to their nests. Unexpectedly, the three Song Dynasty patrol ships chased each other and gradually got closer and closer to the coast.

On the patrol boat of the Song army, Mao Nanwu looked at the pirate ship and sneered: "The old nest is actually on the shore. This is not a pirate, it is clearly the army of the Three Buddhas."

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "General, the warship of the Three Buddhas!"

Mao Nanwu turned around and saw more than thirty warships appearing on their side, forcing them straight towards them. If it were usual, the Song army would have to retreat, but today Mao Nanwu was responsible for the mission.

He immediately ordered: "Stop chasing and prepare for the fight!"

The three patrol ships stopped their pursuit of the pirate ships, but did not retreat north as before. Instead, they lined up in shape and stopped on the sea to wait for the arrival of the warships of the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdom.

The fleet of Sanfoqi was getting closer and closer. They suddenly dispersed, and more than a dozen ships sailed north from the side, preparing to copy the retreat of the Song army warships.

Mao Nanwu ordered: "Change and turn northwest!"

A soldier waved his flags and the three patrol ships turned around at the same time and headed northwest. There was a Sanfoqi warship in the northwest, about 500 stones. It originally wanted to pick up the retreat of the Song army warships, but unexpectedly it was surrounded by three Song army warships.

The Three Foqi ship was surrounded by the Song army. Before the ship could react, the three Song army warships hit hard from the side. "Crack!" The ship's wall was knocked into a big hole, and the sea water rushed in. The ship capsized, and the soldiers on the ship dived and escaped.

The head general of the Sanfoqi fleet was furious and set off the fleet to speed up the rushing towards the Song army warships. The three Song army warships retreated quickly, but the Sanfoqi fleet chased them reluctantly. Both sides bite them tightly and retreated 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 oarmen on the third ship boarded the other two ships, and the two patrol ships quickly retreated northward, leaving an empty ship.

Although his ship was sunk by the Song army, an advanced Song army warship was seized. The fleet's leader obviously did not expect the consequences. He was overjoyed and ordered the fleet to prepare to drag the Song army ship back.

At this moment, the main warships of the Song army that had been ambushing for a long time appeared, and rushed towards more than 30 warships from the Three Buddhas and Qi Kingdoms at the same time from both directions.

Fan Ning finally found an excuse to go to war. The warships of the Three Fo Qi Kingdom attacked the Song army's patrol ships and took away one of them. The evidence was conclusive, and the flagship hung a flag to wipe out the enemy's entire army.

The head of the Sanfoqi fleet finally realized that he had been fooled. He was shocked and shouted: "Send the whole army to retreat!"
Chapter completed!