It turned out that after the fiasco of the attack on Guangzhou, Meng Heng finally realized that Yang Yan was indeed completely different from the previous officials in Guangdong, and that his previous days of calling for wind and rain in the South China Sea no longer existed. \\\\ However, Yang Yan also has one of the biggest weaknesses, that is, Yang Yan is not a local official in Guangdong, and it is impossible for him to stay in Guangdong for a long time, so as long as Yang Yan leaves Guangdong, then this is his own world again.

Therefore, after the discussion between Meng Heng, Shen Yunniang and the two sons, they decided to make peace with Yang Yan first, anyway, they have accumulated a lot of family wealth now, and it is not too much to describe it as a rich country. Even if there is no income, it is not a problem to pay for ten or eight years.

It should be said that Meng Heng's proposal was not unattractive, and judging from the two items of "never robbing any merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty, nor will it invade the coastal areas of the Great Song Dynasty again", the conditions for peace are also quite superior. Of course, if Yang Yan really didn't agree to make peace, then Meng Heng couldn't show weakness, so he used this kind of scratching tactics, from Liangzhejiang to Guangnan, it was indeed impossible to prevent it. However, if he and Yang Yan fight for both sides, of course, Meng Heng is unwilling to take this step until the last resort. I believe that Yang Yan is also a smart person, and he will not refuse his proposal rashly, and insist on taking the road of losing both.

After reading the letter, Yang Yan immediately told Meng Peng that he had to think about it, first beat him back, and then immediately recruited Zhao Qianru, Yue Lin, Zhao Ruyu, Chen Liang, Li Gongzuo, Gao Zhen, and Zhang Xiaoxiang, the minister of the Imperial Mission, to discuss how to reply to Meng Heng's letter.

After a day and a night of deliberation, a detailed plan was formulated, and everyone continued to add it, and finally gradually perfected it. Zhang Xiaoxiang was also very satisfied, believing that this was the best way to eliminate the pirates in Guangnan as soon as possible, and brought them back to Zhongshu Province. At the same time, Yang Yan sent someone to inform Cao Xun of Jingjiang Mansion, asking him to order the men and horses of the Infantry Military Division and the Ma Military Division to be ready and wait for the order to go north at any time.

After dealing with these things, Yang Yan immediately summoned Meng Peng and asked him to bring his letter to Meng Heng, in which Yang Yan expressed his willingness to accept Meng Heng's conditions to make peace, and at the same time he was willing to play the imperial court, and at the same time retain Meng Heng's current power while sealing Meng Heng. But there was only one condition, that is, Meng Heng must help the official army pacify one of the two groups of pirates, Xu Hai or Meng Lanjun. Because Yang Yan also made it clear that he also had to give an explanation to the imperial court, and now he led tens of thousands of officials and hundreds of warships in Guangdong for such a long time, if a pirate was not extinguished, and he would not be able to give an account to the imperial court, and he would not be able to persuade the imperial court to accept Meng Heng's proposal. If the court does not agree, then it is useless even if it agrees.

After Meng Heng received the letter, he immediately discussed with Shen Yunniang and his two sons.

Shen Yunniang said: "What Yang Yan said in the letter is not unreasonable, if a pirate does not settle down, he really can't explain to the Zhao official family in Lin'an, and the emperor doesn't nod, even if he agrees, it won't help." ”

Meng Jiming said: "Dad, then what are we waiting for?" Lan Gu is the fiancée of the eldest brother, of course we can't kill Lan Gu, we have to kill Xu Hai. I have long seen that he is not pleasing to the eye, and I took this opportunity to destroy Xu Hai, just killing two birds with one stone, and this sea will be our world in the future. Dad, don't hesitate, hurry up and give the order. ”

Meng Huiming shook his head and said, "No, second brother, have you thought about no one's plan?" Let's fight with Xu Hai first, and after we destroy Xu Hai, he will come back to deal with us, so what should we do. ”

Meng Jiming was speechless for a while, speechless. Meng Heng nodded, in fact, he had already thought of this, but on the surface, Yang Yan's request in the letter was also reasonable, so he rejected Yang Yan, did he really want to fight with Yang Yan to lose both? But if Yang Yan is promised, what if Yang Yan comes to a crane and clam to compete for the fisherman's profit? It's hard to decide!

Shen Yunniang smiled and said, "I don't know if the old man has thought about it, but in fact, it is not difficult to destroy Xu Hai!" ”

Meng Huiming was stunned and said, "What did Aunt Yun say this?" ”

Shen Yunniang said lightly: "Xu Hai's group is not his own decision, there are also Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye, now we and Lan Gu are already a family, with the strength of our two families, it is naturally not a problem to gather other small pirates, plus there is also the government as a backing, in this way, our power will be far greater than Xu Hai's group, Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye are both wall grass, at this time, they will never accompany Xu Hai to death, as long as we are slightly tempted, they will definitely surrender, Without Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye, only Xu Hai is left, and it will be easy to clean him up. ”

Meng Heng clapped his hands, stood up, and said, "Good idea, the government wants to borrow our hand to get rid of Xu Hai, so why can't we borrow the power of the government to incorporate Xu Hai's team and expand our own strength?" As long as Xu Hai's head is handed over to Yang Yan, he will naturally be able to explain to the imperial court. And in this way, even if Yang Yan wants to turn his face with us after cleaning up Xu Hai, we don't have to be afraid. I wrote a letter to reply to Yang Yan and agreed to his conditions. ”

Shen Yunniang said: "Wait, old man, we might as well put forward conditions to Yang Yan." ”

Meng Heng was stunned and said, "What other conditions?" ”

Yang Yan unfolded the letter and couldn't help but smile. It turned out that Meng Heng proposed in the letter that he was alone and that the ships were not well armed, so he asked Yang Yan to lend him 20 warships, 1,000 soldiers, 1,000 longbows, 100,000 arrows, 1,000 single knives, 2,000 spears, 2,000 gunpowder arrows, and 1,000 oil bombs to destroy Xu Hai.

Yang Yan handed Meng Heng's letter to others to read, and after Yue Lin, Zhao Ruyu, Chen Liang and others read it, they couldn't help laughing. Zhao Qianru smiled and said: "This is Meng Heng deliberately testing our sincerity, if we refuse his request, it means that we are not sincere to make peace with him, if we promise to give him these things, he can also take the opportunity to enhance his strength." ”

Yue Lin nodded and said, "Yang Zhizhi, the princess is right, but what if Meng Heng gets these things and doesn't attack Xu Hai?" Do you see whether these things are given or not? ”

Yang Yan couldn't help but smile and said: "In addition to the warships and soldiers, other things can be given to him, but you can't give them now, you have to deliver them later, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Ruyu said: "My lord's plan is very good, as long as Meng Heng sends troops to Mingshan Island, then even if he and Xu Hai are completely torn apart, there is no irretrievable place between the two, and Meng Heng has no other way than to destroy Xu Hai." ”

Yang Yan nodded, and immediately replied to Meng Heng, except for the warships and soldiers, he promised to give Meng Heng 500 longbows, 30,000 arrows, 500 single knives, 500 spears, 500 gunpowder arrows, and 150 fierce oil bombs, but Meng Heng must gather the fleet and sail to the sea near Mingshan Island before it can be delivered to Meng Heng.

Meng Heng received Yang Yan's reply, although Yang Yan gave more than half of what he wanted, but Meng Heng was also very satisfied, because Meng Heng had already prepared in his heart, and knew that Yang Yan would never give it all to himself, because he was a warship and a soldier, Meng Heng not only did not make extravagant hopes at all, but even if Yang Yan really lent it to Meng Heng, Meng Heng did not dare to accept it, and would definitely find another excuse to refuse.

However, Yang Yan promised to give himself these military supplies, which shows that Yang Yan still has some sincerity to make peace with himself, and the request that he only deliver it when he goes to the sea near Mingshan Island is also reasonable. Anyway, this time he also wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate Xu Hai, so Meng Heng, Shen Yunniang, and his two sons discussed it, and immediately decided to start gathering men and horses to prepare to attack Mingshan Island.

At the same time, Meng Heng wrote to Meng Lanjun again, and did not hide it, and told Bai Menglanjun about the goal of peace between himself and Yang Yan, and asked Meng Lanjun to send troops together to attack Mingshan Island. After Meng Lanjun received the letter, he very much agreed with Meng Heng and Yang Yan to make peace, and immediately agreed to send 30 ships and more than 1,500 people to help Meng Heng attack Mingshan Island.

Meng Lanjun had fifty or sixty ships of all sizes, and lost nearly twenty of them during the attack on Guangzhou, and this time he was able to dispatch thirty ships, so he was very supportive of Meng Heng's advance this time. And after Meng Heng himself failed in the attack on Guangzhou, there were still more than 100 warships, and this time 75 were dispatched. Since this time it was the two major pirate groups in the South China Sea who joined forces, almost all the small and medium-sized pirates in the South China Sea joined their banners, and 52 ships were put together. This brought the number of ships of this coalition army to one hundred and fifty-seven, more than the ships brought by Meng Heng in the last attack on Canton.

At the same time, Meng Heng also sent someone to send a letter to Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye, telling them that he had made peace with Yang Yan, and this time he joined forces with Meng Lanjun and the government, and prepared to send more than 300 warships and more than 20,000 people to attack Mingshan Island, and must completely defeat Xu Hai.