In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 591: Stop King Ming First
The waters near the city of Banten (Jakarta), Java.

Qi Zhiquan, the commander of the Malacca Navy, was standing at the bow of the ship, looking through a telescope at the Banten City Pier in front of him.

"So quiet?" It was noon when Qi Zhiquan arrived. Normally, the Banten City dock should be crowded with ships at this time.

After the Song Dynasty occupied Java, local industries such as spices became very developed, with countless ships coming and going every year. This season is when spices are in abundance, so there are definitely a lot of ships.

But after Qi Zhiquan looked through the telescope, he found that the dock was very deserted. There were only a few ships parked at the dock, and no ships were coming in or out.

"Someone come here." Qi Zhiquan shouted immediately.

His subordinates came forward from behind.

"Inform Yang Bing and ask him to take a ship and stay at sea. All ships should give all the supplies to Yang Bing."

“Don’t come ashore unless you see me personally waving the flag at the dock.”

“If I don’t show up at the dock within two days, tell him to return to Palembang immediately.”

Qi Zhiquan spoke a few words in one breath, and his subordinates took his orders and left.

About half an hour later, a ship detached from his fleet and left them.

"Go ashore." Qi Zhiquan then waved his hand, signaling to go ashore.

When the ship docked, a group of Song soldiers appeared on the shore and came forward to greet them.

"Meet Commander Qi."

"Commander Miao."

The two sides were quite familiar with each other. The one on the opposite side was a battalion commander whose surname was Miao.

"What's going on? Where's the boat? What happened in Wandan City?" Qi Zhiquan asked with a smile, "Where's Niu Jun?"

"Damn it, the Javanese are rebelling." Miao cursed, "General Niu is arranging to suppress the rebellion. The nearby sea area has been closed recently, so there are not many merchant ships coming in and out."

"What a coincidence." Qi Zhiquan's face condensed slightly.

"What?" Commander Miao looked confused.

Qi Zhiquan stared at Commander Miao, whose face was blank and he couldn't tell anything.

"Does the King of Han know?" Qi Zhiquan suddenly asked.

Java is still under Zhao Qi's jurisdiction. If the Javanese here rebel, won't you report it to the King of Han?
Commander Miao spoke in a mysterious tone, lowering his voice a lot: "A few Javanese people can't make a difference. Commander Niu plans to solve the problem internally and quell the rebellion quickly to avoid reporting it to the higher authorities, which would only cause more trouble."

"Take me to see Niu Jun." Qi Zhiquan said immediately.

Commander Miao looked behind Qi Zhiquan and found that Qi Zhiquan had brought four ships. The people on two ships had gone ashore, while the people on the other two ships had not yet gone ashore and were still in the sea.

"Why don't Commander Qi's men come up?" he asked curiously.

"No need, let them stay in the sea. They are all navy soldiers and are used to being in the sea." Qi Zhiquan said: "I will arrange for someone to go into the city to buy some supplies."

Commander Miao nodded, said nothing more, and walked inside with Qi Zhiquan.

On the way, we heard that the Javanese were rebelling in Wantong City, which was dozens of miles away from here. Niu Jun was in Wantong City and needed to change horses to go there.

Qi Zhiquan stopped and asked Commander Miao to send a telegram to call Niu Jun back.

Commander Miao took Qi Zhiquan to a large courtyard and asked him to wait.

Time passed little by little.

The compound was quiet.

Qi Zhiquan had only been sitting there for less than a quarter of an hour when he already felt something was wrong.

Commander Tan Du guessed correctly, there might be something wrong with Niu Jun.

Banten has a population of over 200,000 and is one of the largest cities on Java. Today, I didn’t see many people either at the dock or after entering the city.

Even suppressing a rebellion wouldn't be so quiet?

"Someone, call Xiao Yao and the others back and gather at the dock." Qi Zhiquan was also decisive. Since he felt something was wrong, he immediately prepared to leave.

He had just arranged for a man named Yao to go into the city to buy supplies, but now he felt something was wrong and called him back immediately.

The subordinate responded, and Qi Zhiquan led his men out in a hurry.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw two teams of Song soldiers standing outside the courtyard.

"Where is Commander Qi going?"

"I have something to do at the dock."

The other party was very anxious and quickly stopped him: "Is Commander Niu coming back soon?"

"Get out of here! Do you want to rebel?" Qi Zhiquan was furious: "Your parents, wives and children are all in Java, right?"

The other side was stunned.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty's colonization, the Song army brought their families with them to various places, but after conquering various places, they no longer brought their families with them.

Therefore, the families of these people may not necessarily be in Java, but may also be in Singapore and Malaysia, or even in the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty.

While the other party was stunned, Qi Zhiquan pushed away the troops and hurried away with his subordinates.

He brought only about thirty people ashore and sent a team to buy supplies. Now he has only twenty people around him, so the situation is still quite tight.

"General Qi." The Song army behind reacted and shouted while chasing.

Qi Zhiquan didn't care and instead ordered his men to run.

Wow, wow, wow! They came from the boat. The armor on their bodies was not heavy, so they ran very fast.

Behind them was the infantry battalion, whose leather armor was heavier than theirs and therefore they could not run faster than them.

The two sides were chasing and fleeing, and were about to approach the city gate.

Suddenly, more Song soldiers rushed out from both sides of the city gate and blocked them at the gate.

"What are you doing? What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel? I come here on the orders of the King of Han, so get out of the way." Qi Zhiquan was furious.

The Song army didn't know what was going on, so they just stood guard at the city gate. The leader looked embarrassed and said, "Sorry, we can't leave without orders."

The captain didn't even recognize Qi Zhiquan, so he had to stop him first.

"Load." Qi Zhiquan gave an order, and the subordinates loaded their rifles one after another.

But the other side also raised their guns.

The two sides pointed their guns at each other. There were more people on the opposite side, nearly a hundred of them. The people on Qi Zhiquan's side all looked unhappy.

"Gee!" Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, the sound of horse hooves came from the street behind them.

Everyone turned around and saw a dozen Song soldiers running towards them.

"Commander Niu is here." Someone looked sharp.

Qi Zhiquan remained calm and watched Niu Jun approach quickly.

"What are you doing? Put your guns down, put them down." Niu Jun shouted as he approached.

Niu Jun was followed by Commander Miao. Qi Zhiquan sneered secretly. He just said that Niu Jun was dozens of miles away, how could he enter the city so soon?
"Brother Qi."

"Niu Jun, what do you mean?"

"The Javanese are rebelling and the city is under martial law. Don't get me wrong." Niu Jun said with a smile.

When he arrived at the scene, he greeted everyone with a smile and signaled both sides to put down their guns.

After Qi Zhiquan saw the other side put down their guns, he signaled his subordinates to put down their guns.

"The King of Han has issued an order to prevent pirate ships from passing through the Sunda Strait. All warships, whether from the Song Dynasty or other kingdoms, are not allowed to pass through the Sunda Strait—"

Niu Jun listened patiently and suddenly asked, "Do you have a written order from the King of Han? A document from the Governor's Office?"

"No." Qi Zhiquan said, "You can contact the King of Han by telegram."

"No--" Niu Jun looked at Qi Zhiquan for a few times, his face suddenly darkened: "How dare you, Qi Zhiquan, to falsely convey the order of the King of Han. Do you want to rebel?"

"." Qi Zhiquan hasn't reacted yet.

Niu Jun reached out and touched his lower back.

Bang, with a pistol in hand, he shot Qi Zhiquan in the head.

At the same time, the dozen people who followed Qi Zhiquan raised their guns.

Bang, bang, bang, there was a burst of gunfire in the field, and all of Qi Zhiquan's men fell in a pool of blood in an instant.

At the dock, Battalion Commander Luo Desheng looked at the city of Banten through a telescope from time to time, but he could not see anything special, only that there were not many people there.

He was anxiously waiting for Qi Zhiquan's order.

After a while, a lot of large carts suddenly appeared at the city gate, and then someone waved to them.

"Go up and take a look." Luo Desheng gestured for someone to go up and take a look.

Those who go will come back soon.

"The brothers in Banten City sent wine, fruit, and some fresh meat."

Luo Desheng thought for a moment and said, "No, aren't we sending people to purchase?"

Those who left soon came back.

"The city is on alert and suppressing the rebellion. They are afraid that they won't be able to purchase them. If we don't want them, they will really take them back."

Luo Desheng hesitated.

Someone nearby said, "We've been at sea for a few days and haven't had any fresh meat. Commander Luo, get us some food to feed them."

Luo Desheng also wanted to eat fresh meat, so he nodded and said, "Remember to pay, you can't take it for free."

The other side first sent people to carry a few baskets of food to their boat, and then drove a small boat to deliver them to the three ships behind.

Everyone on Lot's victorious boat went to get some fruit to eat.

The local specialty is a kind of snake skin fruit, which is sour and sweet and quite delicious. The soldiers gathered in a group, each taking two, some taking three, and eating them with great pleasure.

Luo Desheng didn't eat it at first, and he didn't eat it when his subordinates handed it to him. After watching his subordinates eat two or three fruits, he slowly walked to a basket of fruits, lowered his head to rummage through it, picked up a snake fruit, and was about to take a bite when he suddenly felt something was wrong.

He used all his strength to turn the fruit underneath outward.

"Damn it." Luo Desheng cursed.

I saw a layer of bombs at the bottom of the fruit.

"Hehe" a Song soldier from the Wandan city on the opposite side took out a grenade from his waist, ding, and threw it into the basket.

He turned around and jumped into the sea with a splash.

"Boom, boom."

There were continuous explosions on the ship, and the huge explosion almost wiped out all the Song troops on the deck.

The four ships brought by Qi Zhiquan exploded one after another. One of them was able to continue sailing into the sea after being blown up.

Unexpectedly, naval ships chased after them and the coastal artillery on the shore was also firing.

The ship was hit again by the shore artillery, and then caught up with the navy ships. After several rounds, it was sunk in the sea.

There were explosions and cannon fire here, which soon alarmed Yang Bing.

Yang Bing was circling the boat nearby.

The sound of the cannon was relatively weak when it reached him, but fortunately he soon saw thick smoke rising.

"It seems like a fighting has broken out?" one of the subordinates asked in surprise.

"Look ahead and be careful." Yang Bing's boat was relatively fast, which was one of the reasons why Qi Zhiquan stayed with him at sea.

After his boat had sailed forward for a while, he saw a ship in his fleet stranded on the sea.

"Damn it." Yang Bing turned around and left without saying a word.

The boat on the other side also saw them and immediately chased over here.

But Yang Bing's boat was fast, and he soon left the enemy behind and headed straight for Jugang.

The ship on the opposite side had no choice but to return to the city.

When the news reached Niu Jun, his expression changed slightly.

Although he was the commander of a military, he could not control all the troops. Today, all he could use were his own small number of trusted confidants and personal soldiers. Many of them had no idea what was happening.

But many military mutinies in history were like this, and the lower-level soldiers didn’t need to know too much.

He immediately summoned all his generals and said: "The Javanese have gathered in large numbers and are trying to rebel. There are traitors in our army who are colluding with them. Send out an order, all troops must gather and follow my flagship."

According to Niu Jun, the Javanese had been conquered by the Song people long ago, and the people here were also called Song people. Many Javanese served in the Song army, and some of them could even be commanders.

Now some Javanese people want to restore their country, and some Javanese generals in the army are also helping them.

Following his military order, warships from all over the city of Banten gathered together. Many middle and low-level military commanders did not understand what was really going on.

Some senior military generals who were hesitant and suspicious were directly taken down by him.

In less than two hours, more than forty warships gathered outside the city of Banten.

His navy has more than seventy ships, and he has assembled about 60% of them, which is quite good.

Niu Jun did not wait any longer and immediately took more than 40 warships to the Sunda Strait.

Within two days, they encountered another wave of warships led by Zhao Yi that were heading here. When the two teams gathered, there were nearly a hundred warships, which passed through the Sunda Strait in a mighty manner.

Yang Bing had just escaped to Palembang when their ship passed through the Sunda Strait.

There is a prefect and a naval commander in Palembang.

Yang Bing went directly to find the naval commander Dong Shiyuan.

Dong Shiyuan was the eldest son of Dong Wenbing, a Mongolian surrendered general.

"What, Niu Jun rebelled?" Dong Shiyuan looked incredulous.

Who dares to rebel in the current Song Dynasty?

Niu Jun is so bold? His Majesty the Emperor is coming this way?

Yang Bing immediately said a lot of things, roughly meaning that Zhao Yi's people might go through the Sunda Strait. Niu Jun used to be a Zhao Yi man, so he should want to pick up Zhao Yi.

Palembang is currently the closest to Sunda Sea. He wants Dong Shiyuan to raise an army immediately to stop Zhao Yi and Niu Jun's troops first.

Dong Shiyuan's immediate superior was Yan Le. While gathering troops, he sent telegrams to contact the two places.

First, we received news from Tan Cong that Ming King Zhao Yi had passed Malacca.

The same telegram was sent to Yan Le and Zhao Qi, saying that Niu Jun had rebelled.

However, it remains to be confirmed whether Zhao Yi’s troops passed through Xunda.

Considering that it took Yang Bing several days to escape back to Palembang, if there were any troops, they would have crossed the Sunda Strait.

Dong Shiyuan and Yang Bing took the map and looked at it.

There are two ways for Niu Jun's troops to support Zhao Yi.

One is to enter Borneo from the Karimata Strait in western Borneo, and the other is to go east into the Java Sea, go around the east of Borneo, and then go through the Makassar Strait.

Considering that Zhao Yi had just passed Malacca, Dong Shiyuan and Yang Bing believed that Niu Jun would take the Karimata Strait, which was the fastest way, to meet Zhao Yi.

While they were in contact with Yan Le by telegram, they mobilized the local navy to go to the Karimata Strait to intercept the enemy.

Palembang is very close to the Karimata Strait, and Dong Shi’s navy arrived there in one and a half days. However, they waited there for three days but still didn’t see any sign of Niu Jun. At this time, they knew that Niu Jun did not go this way and did not go to meet Zhao Yi.

Niu Jun led his troops through the Java Sea, along the Makassar Strait, and headed straight for Hanzhou.

Emperor Zhao Yurui's next destination was Hanzhou.
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Lion City.

Zhao Qi and Yan Le successively received the news that Niu Jun had rebelled.

Zhao Qi couldn't believe it, and Yan Le was shocked and angry.

He immediately asked Zhao Qi to prepare troops, and ordered the navy of Borneo Province to go south to intercept, while the Lion Division was to stop Zhao Yi.

Because Zhao Yi had just passed Malacca and had not yet reached Singapore.

Yan Le was busy in and out, making arrangements. Zhao Qi thought for a long time and suddenly asked, "Why did Niu Jun want to rebel? Third brother has no reason either."

There was silence in the hall, and all the civil servants looked at Zhao Qi in disbelief.

"Has Commander Yan Du investigated thoroughly?"

"No matter whether we have investigated it clearly or not, let's stop King Ming first." Yan Le said in a deep voice.

"Report--" Just then, someone came running in from outside: "Ming Wang Zhao Yi's ship is about to arrive."

Zhao Yi’s boat has arrived halfway between Singapore and Batam Island.

(End of this chapter)