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

Chapter 593: Ask Zhao Xie to return to the capital immediately
Because there has been no fighting recently, the gunners were sitting or lying on both sides at will. There were not enough gunners inside, only a dozen or so. It took at least two people to man one gun, and about eight guns could be activated.

"Stand up." Zhenjin shouted as soon as he entered.

The artillerymen stood up, not knowing what was happening.

"Load the shells and prepare for battle." Zhenjin shouted.

The artillerymen looked at each other in bewilderment, and the deputy captain asked in surprise, "Where is Captain Qian?
Qian Dutou was the chief artillery officer here, and Kublai Khan was not their superior. He was just a temporary member on board to escort the emperor.

Kublai Khan suddenly went down to the gun cabin and gave them orders, which of course the deputy captain questioned.

Kublai Khan was furious: "Qian Dutou will be here soon. I will take charge of this ship temporarily and fight immediately."

"Isn't this inappropriate?" said the deputy captain.

"Bang" suddenly a gunshot was heard in the field.

Zhenjin took out a pistol and shot the deputy captain in the head.

There was a sudden panic in the gun cabin.

Ka, Ka, Ka! Kublai Khan's men raised their guns and pointed at the artillery.

"Get up and prepare for battle."

The artillerymen panicked.

Most of these artillerymen are around 20 years old, most of them are recruits, and many of them have never participated in a formal war.

From the 18th year of Yuanzhen to the 41st year now, many parts of the Song Dynasty have not fought a war for nearly 20 years.

It might be the first time for them to see blood, and many of them were scared to death.

Zhenjin pointed a gun at a sergeant's forehead, and the sergeant was so scared that he trembled all over.

"Don't give the order yet, prepare for battle, or I will kill you. If you disobey the order, you will be executed by military law."

The sergeant hurriedly said, "Prepare for battle, prepare for battle."

The artillerymen had no choice but to run to their gun positions.

At this time Kublai Khan looked behind him nervously. He brought more than 20 people, half of them were guarding the door above the gun cabin, and the other half were here.

His other son was in the command room, ordering the ships to approach Zhao and Rui quickly according to his orders.

On Zhao Yurui's boat, Zhang Gui was nervous these past two days, observing the sea with a telescope every day, fearing that something might happen.

He was relieved when he saw one of Kublai Khan's ships had left, but unexpectedly, he suddenly saw another ship of Kublai Khan following.

Zhang Gui was shocked and angry, and once again ordered Kublai Khan's ship to leave, but the other side did not listen and continued to move forward.

"Report, the enemy is in combat posture." His subordinates immediately reported to him that the opposite ship was adjusting the left-wing artillery towards this side.

Zhang Gui hurried back to the room and asked His Majesty whether he wanted to fire the cannon.

Zhao Yurui did not expect Kublai Khan to suddenly take such a move.

"If they are not of our race, their hearts must be different. We should have killed all these Mongols from the beginning." Zhao Yurui was furious: "Fire. If he dares to get close, sink him."

Zhang Gui took the order and left.

On the other side, Kublai Khan's ship had just adjusted its direction, and the left-wing artillery was facing Zhao Yurui's warships two miles away.

It was a bit far, but Kublai Khan didn't mind.

"There are people on that ship holding the Emperor hostage. We need to rescue him. Come, listen to my command and fire your cannons."

The artillerymen in the cabin looked at each other, and no one dared to fire first.

"Bang!" Zhen Jin fired a shot at the floor: "Fire! Do you hear me?"

The crowd still didn't dare because they knew that the boat in front was the one the emperor was sitting on.

"Cut." Zhen Jin put his gun to the head of the gunner of the first cannon: "I count to three. If you don't fire, I will shoot you to death."

"One"

"two"

The gunner had a terrified expression. When he counted to three, he quickly shouted, "Fire, fire."

Pull hard.

Without even aiming, boom, the first shot was fired.

At this time, Zhao Yurui and Zhang Gui's ships on the opposite side had not opened fire yet, so they fired first.

Zhen Jin was furious: "Hit the target accurately. If you miss, I will kill you."

Kublai Khan said kindly: "It's the same whether you fire one shot or a hundred. Sink the ship now and we can all survive."

"Otherwise, everyone will die."

The father and son used both kindness and force, pointing guns at the heads of the artillerymen.

Bang, bang, bang, Kublai Khan's ship quickly fired the cannons on the left wing.

After the left wing's guns fired, the admiral on the ship was shocked: "What happened?"

A commander ran out of the command room with two people. Just as they arrived at the door of the left gun cabin, they saw many military attachés on the ship running over.

There were Kublai Khan's personal soldiers guarding the door, and the military officers were shocked: "What's going on down there?"

"Someone is holding the Emperor hostage. We need to save him."

"Damn it, where's Kublai Khan?"

"Bang bang bang" Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire outside and fire broke out on Kublai Khan's ship.

Not all the people on the ship were Kublai Khan's men. His firing immediately aroused suspicion, and people came over immediately, and the two sides exchanged fire on the spot.

The fighting was in full swing above, and the shelling continued below.

Kublai Khan was not at all panicked. He signaled his subordinates to guard the door in case anyone came down from above.

He and Zhenjin threatened the artillery with guns and continued to shoot at Zhao Yurui.

The artillery fire from Zhao Yurui's side soon started. There were many ships and artillery over there, and soon one of the artillery shells hit the top. There was chaos there, and both sides of the war were trying to avoid it.

The situation on the ship became increasingly chaotic. Zhang Gui was fighting with Kublai Khan, and Kublai Khan's men were fighting with the people on the ship.

Soon, his other son, Manggela, came running down covered in blood: "Father, we can't hold on any longer. All my brothers are going to die."

"Okay, mission accomplished, let's go."

Kublai Khan called Zhenjin, and there were four or five Mongols around him at that time.

He gave a wink, and then, bang, bang, bang, he fired at the artillerymen on the ship, killing all of them.

Then they pushed aside the cannon, took off their clothes, and threw away their weapons.

With a splash, the father and son, along with a few other people, jumped directly into the sea from the muzzle of the gun.

Kublai Khan was like a troublemaker. He fired dozens of shots and then left, but Zhang Gui didn't know about it and sent ships to chase their ships and continue firing.

The Song army on the boat had no choice. It was useless to hide everywhere, and it was useless to raise the white flag.

After an artillery battle that lasted for more than an hour, the ship was finally sunk by Zhang Gui.

At this time, Zhang Gui was standing at the bow, looking into the distance with a telescope.

They sent two of their seven ships to chase Kublai Khan's ship. After fighting for more than an hour, they finally sank Kublai Khan's ship.

There will be a follow-up later, and we will have to send a small boat to rescue the people and find out the cause.

Zhang Gui was worried, so he signaled to send back a ship to continue escorting the emperor to Guangdong.

Zhao Yurui was sitting in the cabin. So many things happened suddenly in just a few days. He understood that someone wanted to rebel, and not only wanted to rebel, but also wanted to kill him.

Who wants to kill him?
There is no doubt that it must be one of the sons.

There was no need for Kublai Khan to do this. If he failed, his whole family would be ruined. If he succeeded, he would also be ruined. There must be someone supporting him.

Which son was Kublai Khan most familiar with?
Of course it’s Zhao Yi.

Qin Chen is Zhao Yi’s uncle. You saw Qin Shouwen that day, but not Qin Chen?

"This beast." Zhao Yurui slammed the table in anger. He didn't expect that Zhao Yi would even dare to attack his own uncle.

Wait, he even dared to kill his father? He still cares about his uncle?

How could I have given birth to such a son? What kind of cruelty have I committed?

After a quick look at Zhao Yurui's personality, he guessed that it was Zhao Yi who was behind this.

For a moment, he couldn't accept why his son wanted to kill him.

Is this the imperial family?

As a time traveler, he had read countless ancient histories in his previous life, but only when it really happened to him did he realize how cruel it was.

But what he didn't understand was why Zhao Yi dared to do this?
Zhao Yi has no chance of winning. As long as Zhao Yurui returns to Guangdong, Zhao Yi will be dead?
Where does he get the courage? What other tricks does he have?
Zhao Yurui didn't sleep well that night.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yurui got up with dark circles under her eyes, and Quan Yong was already loyally waiting by her bed.

Seeing his cousin Quan Yong still standing guard at such an old age, he felt a little reluctant. "Isn't Hu Song here? Why are you standing guard here?"

The eunuch Hu Song was also old, and he chuckled dryly when he heard this.

"I have to protect my cousin during this critical period." Quan Yong patted his chest.

The two brothers looked at each other and simultaneously thought of the fight with the bullies on the streets of Shaoxing. Quan Yong shed tears for a moment. In a blink of an eye, decades had passed.

Zhao Yurui thought again about the struggle for power in the palace back then. His cousin was always there at all the crucial moments.

After what happened with Kublai Khan, Zhao Yurui became very vigilant. Zhang Gui also sent other ships to the surrounding areas to follow the emperor's ship from a distance, while guarding Zhao Yurui in the middle.

Every day on the ship is like war preparedness, with all crew members fully armed and standing at the bow observing the outside.

Two days later, their ship approached the Dongsha Islands.

It is not far from Guangdong.

Things seemed calm these days, but Zhao Yurui always felt something was wrong.

Yes, it's too quiet.

That day, Zhao Yurui was in a mixed mood when he played Landlord with Quan Yong and Hu Song for a while. Suddenly, he thought of something and threw away the cards in his hand.

"Did you notice anything wrong?"

Quan Yong and Hu Song looked at each other in bewilderment. Everything has been calm recently, so nothing is wrong?
"It's too quiet." Zhao Yurui's face darkened.

In the past few days, he has issued many orders and opened the radio to contact various places. Although information has been received from various places, it seems normal.

"Quiet?" Quan Yong savored these words carefully, and suddenly seemed to think of something: "Yes."

"With such a big incident happening, why didn't Zhao Xie and Zhao Qi contact us?"

"Where is Quan Kang?" Zhao Yurui asked suddenly.

Quan Yong's face changed drastically.

Quan Kang is in charge of the ship's telegrams, and all incoming and outgoing telegrams are transmitted by Quan Kang. It has been so quiet in the past few days, which is obviously abnormal.

"Damn it, let me go and take a look." Quan Yong was shocked and scared.

Hu Songze stood up and said, "I will go call Zhang Gui." He immediately asked Zhang Gui to bring a team of people to protect the emperor.

Quan Yong walked outside with a gloomy face, his mind frantically thinking about Quan Kang's performance in the past few days.

The emperor issued many orders and notified the governors and princes of various places. Various places also responded, and all of them were reported to His Majesty by Quan Kang, but in fact most of them were not nutritious and even a little bland.

This is obviously wrong, no wonder Emperor Zhao Yurui feels too calm.

Quan Kang? Quan Kang, you bastard, what do you want to do? Quan Yong was shocked and scared.

Zhao Yurui on the other side had a dark look on his face.

Quan Kang is Quan Yong's youngest son. Quan Yong loves him very much. Zhao Yurui also likes him very much. They have been training him since he was young. Later, he took over the Imperial City Bureau and was relied upon as his confidant.

He was in charge of the Imperial City Bureau, the Jinyiwei and the Intelligence Bureau.

If there was such a rebellion, Zhao Yurui would not be able to accept it and it would be very scary.

Kublai Khan suddenly fired at him, was he covering up Quan Kang's work?
What is Quankang doing?

Everyone on the ship has been on alert these days, everyone is ready for war, and most of the soldiers are on deck.

All on deck?
Zhao Yurui's face became increasingly darker.

"Zheng Jiang."

"I'm here." The guard outside came in immediately.

"Send a team to follow Quan Yong and protect him."

"promise."

"This bastard, this bastard." Quan Yong kept muttering to himself while looking for his son everywhere.

He asked many people along the way, but no one had seen Quan Kang today.

"Where's Quan Kang?"

"Reply to Tiju, I didn't see it today."

Although Quan Yong has retired, everyone still asks him to carry out the work.

Quan Yong looked around for a while but couldn't find it, so he finally came to the telegraph room.

Standing at the door of the telegraph room were two soldiers armed with live ammunition. They were from the Imperial City Bureau.

When the two saw Quan Yong, they also bowed and said, "Greetings, Tiju."

"Where is Quan Kang?" Quan Yong asked.

“It was still there just now.”

Quan Yong pushed open the door and saw several people inside, but the telegraph machine was silent.

"?" Quan Yong stared inside with an incredible look on his face.

"Greetings, the Supervisor." Everyone also bowed.

"Why are they all turned off and in silent mode?" Quan Yong was shocked and scared.

Before coming, he hoped that Emperor Zhao Yurui was overthinking it, but he didn't expect it to be true.

These days, Zhao Yurui had to contact governors and princes from all over the place, issued countless secret orders, and made a lot of arrangements, but the computer room here was surprisingly silent.

An official in the computer room said, "Didn't His Majesty order silence?"

"Who said that?"

The official looked puzzled and answered that it was Quan Kang.

"When did you become silent?" Quan Yong asked again, with a ferocious expression.

"Four-five days."

"Still silent?" Quan Yong almost shouted.

"Of course." The official asked curiously.

Hiss, Quan Yong took a breath of cold air: "This little beast."

"Open it quickly and send a telegram to Zhao Xie--" Quan Yong's mind was working frantically, but he didn't know what to say.

He quickly ran back to Zhao Yurui to report the matter.

Zhao Yurui was shocked and angry. He arranged for Zhang Gui to find Quan Kang on the ship. After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Send a telegram to Zhao Xie and ask him to return to the capital immediately."

"Yes." Quan Yong quickly ran to the telegraph room again.

He was running around at his age and was exhausted halfway through, but there was nothing he could do. Zhao Yurui trusted him now and had to let him convey all the words.

Zhao Yurui thought about it for a long time, and this sentence is the most crucial.

Let Zhao Xie return to the capital immediately.

Zhao Yurui's ship is the newest steam ship. It has three floors and is very large.

Quan Yong had just run from the telegraph room to Zhao Yurui and then ran back, and was exhausted.

Halfway through the run I couldn't stand it anymore, so I sat down quickly, gasping for breath.

Behind him followed a team of armored soldiers sent by Zhang Gui to protect him.

Quan Yong looked at the group of people around him and said, "I don't need your protection. Go find Quan Kang."

Everyone looked at each other.

"Go quickly." Quan Yong stomped his feet.

Several people quickly ran away.

Only Zheng Jiang did not leave and followed Quan Yong.

"You, you go to the telegraph room and send a telegram to Zhao Yu, asking him to return to the capital immediately."

"promise."

Zheng Jiang had no choice but to run to the telegraph room, because he also knew that this sentence was crucial.

Quan Yong rested for a while before getting up and going to the telegraph room.

This time when I walked down, I suddenly saw a familiar figure flash by in my peripheral vision.

Quan Yong was shocked and responded subconsciously: "Quan Kang?"

Ta-da! The other side immediately started running.

"Damn it." Quan Yong touched the pistol he had just taken out, gritted his teeth and chased after him with the gun.

As I ran, tears kept flowing out.

(End of this chapter)