At this time, Yang Yan, who was watching the battle from a distance, also understood Xu Hai's intentions, but although fire attack is a common tactic in water warfare, Meng Heng's fleet was not connected with ships, one ship was on fire, and other ships could be completely avoided.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than thirty steps, and it was too late to turn around and escape, Meng Huiming gritted his teeth and ordered the helmsman: pass through the middle of the two ships. The gap between the two burning ships was only six or seven zhang, and the maximum width of the "Flying Bear" reached three zhang, which was just enough for the "Flying Bear" to pass through it. And it's the only way, so I'll have to give it a try anyway. And once it passes through, there is no Xu Hai's warship in front of it, and it can either directly attack Mingshan Island, or copy the back road of Xu Hai's left and right flanks.

The helmsmen on the "Flying Bear" knew that the situation was critical, listening to Meng Huiming's greeting, nervously holding the rudder, constantly adjusting the direction of the "Flying Bear", and their palms were full of sweat. Fortunately, Meng Huiming is also familiar with the nature of the ship, and the sailors on the ship are also veterans of sailing. The sailors on the "Flying Bear" couldn't help but cheer, and even felt the scorching waves as they passed by the fireship.

But the cheers of the sailors on the "Flying Bear" were not over, and they only heard a "pop", and the "Flying Bear" stopped at once, and the hull of the ship shook sharply, and many sailors and fighters were unstable on their feet and fell on the armor. Meng Huiming was taken aback, and quickly ran to the bow of the ship to take a look, only to see that the "Flying Bear" was actually mixed by several iron cables, and it could no longer move forward, and the two ends of the iron cables were the two fireships.

At this time, two fireships burning with raging flames approached the "Flying Bear" from both sides.

It turned out that all ten ships were connected by iron cables, but the iron cables were all sunk below the surface of the sea, and they could not be seen if they did not run into them. The warships in the front row hit the iron cable and stopped, but the ships behind did not slow down very much, and then hit the stern of the warships in front, and several warships saw that the situation was not good, and quickly turned around, but at this time it was too late, and the outermost two of the ten cable-line boats suddenly accelerated their speed, quickly changed from a horizontal row to a "concave" shape, and overtook the warships in the middle of the Mengheng coalition army from both sides. A semi-enclosed shape is formed. Surrounded the warships in the middle of the Mengheng coalition army.

The ships collided with each other, and the ships that were squeezed in the middle could not move, but in the end, there were still a few boats desperately turning the rudder and turning around, hoping to escape from the predicament, and the flames spread to the warships of the Mengheng coalition army, and several ships also caught fire with the warp, and countless people were on fire all over their bodies, screaming and howling in pain, and other sailors, crews, and soldiers were also in a mess, and they jumped into the water to flee for their lives. At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Oil, the sea is full of oil." ”

It turned out that each of the ten ships in Xu Hai was loaded with a large amount of grease and oil, and once the ship was violently hit, the oil barrels would overturn, and all the fat and oil would be dumped on the sea. The sea suddenly burst into flames, and even Yang Yan and the others, who were fighting from afar, were stunned.

Li Gongzuo couldn't help but say: "Xu Hai, this guy has a few real skills, I can't imagine that there are such characters among pirates." It's a pity that Xu Hai is a pirate. ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly and said, "Only this way is this battle more interesting." If Xu Hai was killed so easily, then he would not be able to become the second largest force in the South China Sea after Meng Heng, and we would not have to spend so much effort and so much thought. ”

Chen Liang, who was watching on the side, was also very interested. Although he is a scribe, he has been good at the art of war since he was a child, although he has been a staff member for Yang Yan for more than a year, and he also followed Yang Yan to pacify Manichaeism and go to Dali, but he is in the rear to deal with military affairs, but he has never been on the battlefield, and he has witnessed the grand occasion of the battlefield like this, this is the first time, and he couldn't help but interject and ask: "Now it seems that Xu Hai is better at using soldiers, and Meng Heng has more troops, so the two of you think, does Xu Hai have a chance to win this battle?" ”

Li Gongzuo knew that he was Yang Yan's staff, and he was also very polite to him, and said: "Mr. Chen, the last general thinks that although Xu Hai is better at using troops than Meng Heng, the difference in strength between the two is too mysterious, unless Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye still help Xu Hai and deal with Meng Heng together, or Xu Hai has other plans, it will be absolutely difficult to defeat Meng Heng." ”

Chen nodded and said: "But I think Xu Hai's move is very clever in attacking the ship, and it is definitely beyond Meng Heng's expectations, so it can't be regarded as a trick?" ”

Li Gongzuo said: "Mr. Chen doesn't know, the so-called trick is not just unexpected by the opponent, but there must be a winning trick, although Xu Hai's move is surprising, but at most it is just a small trick, one is just to catch Meng Heng off guard, and the second time it is not so easy to show it." Second, although he burned more than a dozen ships of Meng Heng, he also lost ten boats, and he could not change the balance of strength between the two sides in the slightest, and Meng Heng could afford it more than Xu Hai. So it's just a successful little tactic and not a trick. Only the battle of Yang Shuai's expedition to Heiyang Mountain can be called a miracle. ”

Chen Liang turned his head to Yang Yan and said, "Then if the adult is Xu Hai, how will he deal with Meng Heng at this time?" ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly, and said: "If I were Xu Hai, I would never fight hard with Meng Heng in this case, so I would simply give up Mingshan Island, take Meng Heng's army to attack his Hidden Dragon Island, or simply leave and preserve my strength. However, the art of war clouds: to coincide, to win. Surprise victories are always a minority, and marching and fighting are still based on the right path, and we can't always hope for clever schemes. The risk-taker will be self-defeating one day. ”

Chen Liang and Li Gongzuo both nodded frequently and said, "My lord is right." ”

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Yang Yan and the others watched from a distance, talking and laughing, Meng Hengke was not in such a good mood, but he was thunderous on the boat, he never dreamed that Xu Hai would give himself such a hand as soon as the war started, and he gave himself a dismount as soon as he came up.

Of course, Meng Heng now knows that the ten ships used by Xu Hai are naturally broken and old ships, and if they are burned, they will be burned, so there is no pity. And his twenty ships are all good ships with excellent performance, among which there is also a main force of the "Flying Bear" warship, but only five escaped with flames, and it seems that the damage is not light, whether it can be repaired or not is two words, and there are more than a thousand brothers on board, not to mention that his eldest son Meng Huiming is among them, and now that he is there, can he escape back this time.

At this time, a great fire broke out on the sea in the center of the battlefield, and dozens of wooden boats burned with a crackling sound, and it seemed that there were not many hours that could not be burned clean. Then some of the overboard pirates swam back in the direction of their own formation.

At this time, Xu Hai's fleet engaged in a fierce battle with the Mengheng coalition forces on both wings. Due to the great success in the middle lane, the pirates on Xu Hai's side were greatly boosted at this time, but the left and right flanks of the Mengheng coalition army were demoralized, and at this time, Xu Hai was attacking the left and right flanks of the Mengheng coalition army with all his might, both the number of warships and the morale of the coalition army were above the coalition army, so the fighting spirit was high to both sides.

And Meng Lanjun on the left flank had already received Yang Yan's instructions, although he also followed Meng Heng to send troops together, but he did not fight hard with Xu Hai, and when he saw the defeat of the middle route army, Xu Hai's fleet mainly attacked the two wings, and the two sides only shot at each other at a distance, with the approach of Xu Hai's warship, Meng Lanjun commanded the fleet to fight and retreat, that is, not to engage with the enemy ship.

The right flank of the Mengheng coalition army was originally pieced together by a miscellaneous army, and as soon as it came into contact with Xu Hai's warship, it was immediately beaten to the ground, and the sailors and soldiers on each ship of Xu Hai desperately fired rockets at the enemy ship and threw torches, and the right wing of the Mengheng coalition army immediately had three warships on fire, and two more ships were approached by Xu Hai's warship, took the springboard, and killed the past, and the two sides fought hand-to-hand on the ship, and started a white-edged battle.

At this time, the pirates on several ships behind the right wing of the Mengheng coalition army were very clever, and when they saw that the general situation was not good, they had no intention of fighting, and immediately turned the rudder and sailed back, and retreated one after another. Meng Jiming's boat "Flying Tiger" was still struggling to support at this time.

This is the weakness of the coalition forces, and when the wind is down, it is naturally a force of spirit, and the soldiers are unstoppable. But as soon as they encounter a headwind, they immediately scatter and flee separately. But at this time, Meng Heng didn't care about blaming his allies, on the one hand, he ordered someone to rescue his brother who fell into the water, and Shun also went to search and rescue Meng Huiming, and on the other hand, he ordered Zheng Sihai and Xu Lin to bring twenty warships each to support their own warships.

Because the sea in the center of the battlefield was in a fire at this time and could not pass through, Zheng Sihai and Xu Lin could only enter from the left and right wings and joined the battle group.

At this time, Meng Lanjun on the left flank saw that reinforcements were coming, and immediately turned the bow of the ship, joined Zheng Sihai's reinforcement fleet, and turned around and killed Xu Hai's fleet.