The general in charge of Zhao Jia's fleet is named Zuo Siming, he was originally a low-level general in the navy, but later after Zhao Yan took charge of the navy, he finally discovered his talent, but he was suppressed by the officials before and has not been able to come out, so under Zhao Yan's promotion, Zuo Siming has grown from a small commander to the current army commander, and can control a fleet alone, which also makes Zuo Siming die for Zhao Yan and become Zhao Yan's absolute henchman. It is enough to show the trust in him.

Seeing that the fleet was entering the Nanyang Harbor, the end of this voyage, Zuo Siming's heart that had been hanging in his heart finally slowly let go, although he firmly believed that his fleet was strong, at least in this sea area there was no enemy that could threaten them, but the danger on the sea was not only other fleets, the harsh natural environment was their biggest enemy, maybe a storm could completely knock their fleet to the bottom of the sea, fortunately their luck was good, Although he encountered several strong winds and rains along the way, he did not cause any losses to his fleet, and now as long as he enters Nanyang Port, his escort mission this time is half completed, and in the next period of time, he should no longer have to worry about the safety of Zhao Jia and those students.

However, what he didn't expect was that just when the fleet was about to enter the military port of Nanyang Port, he suddenly saw a warship coming quickly, and played the flag of "ask for help" to them through the flag, which made Zuo Siming also stunned, and immediately walked up to the bow of the ship to ask the other party's ship, after all, the flag language can only express simple meanings, and too complicated things still need to be communicated face-to-face.

I saw that there were also several sailor generals standing on the deck of the battleship that rushed out of the military port, and the leader of them was a middle-aged man in his thirties, not tall but extremely strong, and the skin on his face was black and red. At a glance, he knew that he was a person who lived at sea all the year round, but when he saw Zuo Siming on the bow of the ship, his eyes lit up and said: "Is Zuo Siming General Zuo ahead?" ”

"Yes, it's Zuo, you are Brother Wu Meng!" Zuo Siming also recognized the other party at this time, the general on the opposite boat was named Wu Meng, who was originally from the Rakshasa Army under the horse Xu Yuan. After Zhao'an, because of his excellent performance, he was also very valued by Zhao Yan, this Nanyang port seemed to be guarded by the navy led by Wu Meng, but what made Zuo Siming couldn't understand was that Wu Meng's warships in his hands were not less than his own, why did he ask for help?

"General Zuo, saving people is like fighting fire, a detachment of my younger brother's detachment was intercepted when it went to the port of the Turen to ask for people, and now the two sides are facing each other. It just so happened that the rest of the fleet was out on patrol again, so I asked General Zuo to go with my younger brother and rescue my brothers! Wu Meng shouted loudly at this time, originally he had a total of three detachments, two went out to patrol, and one stayed behind, but today due to an emergency, the remaining fleet went to deal with it. But he didn't expect to be intercepted by the natives, and he originally wanted to notify the patrolling fleet to come back and go to the rescue. But he didn't expect to learn that Zuo Siming's fleet had arrived, so he asked the other party for help.

"This ......" If it was placed in normal times, Zuo Siming would definitely agree, but his fleet still carried the students of the Naval Academy, especially Zhao Jia's safety, and there was no room for any mistakes, if he went to rescue Wu Meng's men. It is likely that there will be a conflict with the natives, and if there is any danger, he will not be able to explain to Zhao Yan in the future.

"All the students of the Naval Academy on board have entered the harbor in small boats to rest, and all the battleships are ready to go with me to rescue people!" Zuo Siming quickly made a decision and shouted at the moment.

However, Zuo Siming's words just fell. Just heard the opposing voice on the deck: "General Zuo, why don't you let us go, we, the students of the Naval Academy, originally came out to increase our knowledge, especially in naval battles, we have never even seen each other, this time there is such an excellent opportunity, how can we be allowed to wait in the port?" ”

Zuo Siming turned his head when he heard this voice, but saw that the person who spoke was Yang Shiliang, he and Zhao Jia, Li Cheng and other students were all assigned to Zuo Siming's ship, and they were all on the deck just now.

"This ...... The situation is unknown now, and we don't know what happened to the naval brothers who were intercepted by the natives, and we can take care of you again in case of a fight, so for the sake of safety, it is better for you to stay in the port! Zuo Siming immediately opened his mouth to explain that he also felt quite a headache for students like Yang Shiliang, because these boys were not afraid of heaven and earth, but they had no sailing experience, and they didn't cause him much trouble along the way.

"How can this work, although we are not yet a formal navy, but we are also working hard to become a qualified admiral, if General Zuo has been treating us as children and refusing to let us take risks, then how can I grow up quickly?" At this moment, another student of the academy shouted loudly, and his words immediately aroused the approval of the other students, after all, these students were all teenagers, the age of adventurousness, especially this time there was a possibility of naval battle, they were even more eager to try, and no one would give up this good opportunity.

"General Zuo, you just let us go, with the strength of our fleet, plus the detachment under General Wu, even if it fights, there will definitely be no danger, not to mention that General Wu just said that his detachment was only intercepted by the natives, it is estimated that the two sides are facing each other, and as soon as our fleet arrives, I'm afraid those natives will retreat." At this time, I saw that Zhao Jia finally spoke.

Seeing that Zhao Jia also said this, Zuo Siming finally couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to nod and agree not to let the students get off the boat, and then said hello to Wu Meng on the opposite boat, asking him to lead the way in front, and his fleet followed closely into the Strait of Malacca.

That General Wu Meng and Zuo Siming were old acquaintances, and they needed each other's help, so he simply took a small boat to Zuo Siming's ship, and then explained to him in detail the situation in the Strait of Malacca and the cause of this incident.

Although the Great Song Dynasty occupies the eastern exit of the Strait of Malacca, the power of the Great Song Dynasty only stops there, and the interior of Malacca is still controlled by various native kingdoms, of which there are three relatively large native kingdoms that control three large ports, namely Yasha Port, Penn Shun Port and Masheng Port, among these three ports, Masheng Port is the closest to Nanyang Port, which also leads to a huge contradiction between the two ports in order to compete for ships to and fro, and Nanyang Port has been attacked several times before, Almost all of them were provoked by the native kingdom behind Masheng Port.

As for the cause of this incident, it is also very simple, there is a fleet from Tianzhu to pass through the Strait of Malacca, because pirates are rampant in the Tianzhu sea, so if you want to cross that sea area, you must form a large fleet to make pirates dare not move, the same is true for the fleet this time, it is said that there are thirty or forty large ships alone, and there are nearly a hundred smaller merchant ships, such a large fleet, no matter which port to call, can bring huge economic benefits to the port.

Although Nanyang Port has not been established for a long time, the management of the port has been very standardized, and the port built is large and convenient, and the services provided are also very thoughtful, so the ships that come and go also like to dock at the port of the Great Song Dynasty, plus this fleet from Tianzhu, one-third of the ships are the cargo ships that the Song people went to Tianzhu to do business before, and this time they also came back with Tianzhu's fleet, and they guaranteed in the middle, so this fleet has decided to dock at Nanyang Port. Even a few days ago, people had been sent to the port to report the news, and the officials of Nanyang Port were ready to receive this huge fleet.

But what people didn't expect was that when the Tianzhu fleet entered the Strait of Malacca and was about to arrive at Nanyang Port, they didn't expect that the natives of Masheng Port suddenly sent a team of warships to stop this fleet, and they had to let them dock at Masheng Port, otherwise they wouldn't want to pass through here, which was even more hateful than bandits.

The news of the interception of the Tianzhu fleet soon spread to Nanyang Port, and the officials of the port immediately informed Wu Meng, asking him to send the navy to escort the Tianzhu fleet, because this practice of Masheng Port has not only damaged the economic interests of Nanyang Port, but also provoked the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty.

But unfortunately, two of the three detachments under Wu Meng went out on patrol and did not come back, leaving only one remaining detachment, and the strength was not very strong, but Mashenggang had been defeated by them many times before, so in Wu Meng's opinion, the other party should not dare to really fight with them, as long as his fleet went there, he would definitely be able to take over the Tianzhu fleet.

But what Wu Meng didn't expect was that the natives of Masheng Port were a lot more bold this time, after his detachment arrived there, he did scare away the intercepted native fleet at first, but after the detachment and the Tianzhu fleet were connected, it was estimated that the natives of Masheng Port saw that there were not many ships in the detachment, and they organized more warships to intercept them, and now the two sides are in a confrontation, and a conflict may break out at any time.

"The natives here in Malacca have always been used to bullying the weak and fearing the hard, and they are extremely short-sighted, and this time is the same, but I don't think it will start fighting, as soon as General Zuo's warships arrive, it is estimated that those natives' warships will disperse immediately." Wu Meng concludes that he has fought many battles with the natives of Malacca and knows their habits well. (To be continued.) )