Zhao Bing stayed in Zaijiu Hall for three days until the wind and rain stopped, but he boarded the boat and entered the sea again and hurried back to Qiongzhou. When he got home, it was already the end of the month. As the storm swept across the South China Sea these days, the pigeons from the Bureau of Affairs could not be released, and the whereabouts of the sea were difficult to find in the next few days. It was difficult for both sides to contact, which made Zhao Bing know nothing about the news from the court, so he did not care about rest and summoned Zheng Huchen overnight.

After reading the information from the court over the past few days, Zhao Bing did not say anything for a long time, and the situation was even worse than expected. After the Mongolian army defeated the Song army led by Wen Tianxiang in Jiangxi, the troops were divided into two groups, one by Taqiu, led the south to Dayuling and into Guangdong, and the other by the route was also lost, leading the way into Fujian. Zhang Shijie, besieged Quanzhou, retreated to Qianwan, Guangzhou to meet the court, so that the entire territory of Fujian was controlled by the Mongolian army. Then Taqiu led the army to approach Guangzhou. What surprised Zhao Bing was that Zhang Zhensun did not resist and led the crowd to surrender.

Previously, the imperial court had been stationed in Qianwan near the coast of Guangzhou. When the Mongolian army attacked, it retreated to Xiushan at the mouth of the Pearl River. When Guangzhou was lost, Xiushan was no longer safe. ******* retreated into the sea again and temporarily wandered in Jingao, Xiangshan. However, it was soon discovered by the Yuan army. In the middle of the month, the Yuan navy raided Jingao, and the Song army failed in a hurry. The Yuan army only made a tentative attack and withdrew after a small victory.

A few days ago, the Yuan general Haladai and the Xuanfu envoy Liang Xiongfei recruited the envoy Wang Tianlu to join forces to siege Haojingao at the southern end of Xiangshan Island. Chen Yizhong commanded the navy to fight. As a result, the Song army was defeated and a large number of warships and military equipment were taken away. On the way, the strong winds occurred again, and most of the soldiers drowned in the sea. Chen Yizhong and Zhang Shijie led thousands of officers and soldiers and 800 warships to break out, and urgently protected Duanzong to escape from Xiushan.

"A more than 100,000 troops are gone?" After two battles, nearly a thousand warships were lost, with more than 100,000 troops, which is twice the total strength of the entire general's office, and the court's strength has also been lost for more than half. This is too shocking and makes Zhao Bing unable to accept it for a while.

"According to the rewarded spy, the damaged warships and corpses floated on the sea after the war, blocking the sea mouth. Their appearance was extremely miserable!" Zheng Huchen said gritting his teeth.

"Is Your Majesty safe? How about the Palace Commander?" Zhao Bing calmed down for a while. In the memories he had left in his previous life, he remembered that ******* was indeed hiding from the Yuan army near Macau. The young emperor Zhao Bing also encountered wind and water there. Jiang Wanzai was swept away by the wind and waves to save him. For this reason, when he persuaded him to agree to open his prefecture, Qiongzhou, he specifically reminded Jiang Wanzai not to stay there for a long time and avoid the storm. Unexpectedly, the two armies had a great war there, but he had no impression of this. It may be that this history was lost in the long river of history and was unknown to future generations.

"Your Highness, although Your Majesty was a little scared, everything is fine. The Palace Commander has always been by his side, so he should be fine." Zheng Huchen replied.

"That's good!" Zhao Bing nodded with relief, but was still uneasy in his heart, and asked again, "How many enemy troops are there? Have they retreated now?"

"Report to Your Highness, the enemy is estimated to be around 70,000, and there are five or six hundred warships!" Your Highness was shocked just now, and he was still worried. After all, it was really heartbreaking that the court suffered such a large casualties. Seeing that he calmed down quickly, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was also afraid that his Highness would become frightened and uneasy, which would disappoint him so much.

"How did this battle be fought? Is there such a huge loss to defend the island?" Zhao Bing frowned. Although he knew that the Yuan naval army should not be underestimated, he was also shocked. In the past, the water battle has always been the strength of the Song Dynasty, and the water battle was a lot of life in the rivers of the inner 6. It is understandable that the enemy failed with the cooperation of the water 6. But this time it was a serious naval battle, and the Song army had the cooperation of the infantry and was still defeated by others with less. It can be seen that the Yuan naval army has greatly increased its strength and its tactics are more skillful.

"Please look at your highness." Zheng Huchen seemed to have known that his highness would have such a question, and now he found a map, "There are four mountains in the south of this place, and the sea water flows across it into a cross, called the Cross Gate, so it is collectively called Macau. Some are Macau South and North Taiwan, and the two mountains are opposite like gates. The four mountains that form the cross sign water are divided into rings and overlap Shitang Mountain, Taipa Xiaotan Mountain, Da Hengqin Mountain and Xiao Hengqin Mountain. Taipa, Coloane and Da Hengqin, and Xiao Hengqin Waters refer to the outer Cross Gate; the waters between the Peninsula, Taipa, Xiao Hengqin and the opposite mountain are the inner Cross Gate, and the war is born in the outer Cross Gate."

"Well, Chen Xiang must be lined up in the outer sea and fighting against the hostile forces, but he didn't know how to fight back to the island but it was difficult to move. The enemy could attack from three sides. As long as one place was broken, other ships would find it difficult to support each other and could only hide in the waterway. However, the waterway was narrow and the commanding ship moved, other warships would follow him and would fight for the waterway. So many ships would collide with each other at any time, and they would be defeated without fighting." Zhao Bing looked at the map, pondered for a while and then saw the key.

"Your Highness is really a god, it seems to have seen it with his own eyes." Zheng Huchen was shocked when he heard this, "Chen Xiang was deploying a formation on the shallows of the outer sea, but Liu Shen saw the flaws and commanded the warships to attack the Central Army's command ships, but the division was restrained by the two wings. The central army could not resist under the enemy's attack, and the two wings could only move forward and escape from the harassing enemy to reinforce the Central Army. In this way, the formation was in chaos. Seeing that the defeat was already alive, Chen Xiang fled to the island first and wanted to use the infantry on the island to attack the enemy ships. As a result, the ships followed up and collided with each other, collapsing on the entire line under the enemy's attack, and suffered heavy losses!"

"Oh, how could the scholar know that the army is the commander and he was defeated before the battle!" Zhao Bing sighed and said, Chen Yizhong is now the left prime minister and the envoy of the Privy Council, and he is in charge of military affairs, while the 6th Xiufu, who is a little familiar with military affairs, was excluded by him. Zhang Shijie, who is in charge of the army, is an amateur in the battle of the 6th Army. Even so, he has to listen to Chen Yizhong's dispatch. A person who is not amateur commanding an expert is new. He is a pity to have tens of thousands of lives.

"How can your Highness win?" Zheng Huchen asked as he looked at His Highness's heartbroken look.
Chapter completed!