"Good head, who will cut it off." Meng Heng looked at the face reflected in the wine in the cup, and suddenly remembered these two sentences said by Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Since the defeat of Mingshan Island in the first battle and the return to Hidden Dragon Island, Meng Heng handed over all the things to his son Meng Jiming to deal with, and he drank with Shen Yunniang every day to relieve his worries.

This battle was really lost too badly, not only lost most of the personnel and ships, but also the five main ships of "Flying Bear", "Flying Tiger", "Flying Biao", "Flying Jiao", and "Flying Leopard" were all lost, and even his eldest son Meng Huiming died at sea this time, which was a fiasco that Meng Heng had never had in more than 20 years, and under such a heavy blow, Meng Heng seemed to be ten years old overnight.

Meng Heng looked at his reflection, the wrinkles on his face seemed to have increased several times, the hairline on his temples seemed to be whiter again, and the whole person seemed to be much older. I couldn't help but let out a long sigh and drank all the wine in the glass. He suddenly noticed that he had been sighing a lot more recently. I used to hear people say that only when people are old, they will become like to sigh, is it really old that they are difficult?

At this time, Shen Yunniang held down the wine jug and said, "Old man, you have drunk a lot of scriptures, and the wine hurts your body, I think it will be enough today." ”

Meng Heng laughed, stretched out his wine glass to Shen Yunniang, and said, "Yunniang, while I can drink it again, let me drink as much as possible." When you die, you can't drink anymore. ”

Shen Yunniang said in a trembling voice: "Old man, why did you say such a thing? You won't die. ”

Meng Heng laughed again and said: "Yun Niang, what kind of stupid thing are you talking about, people have the truth of immortality, I have been on the sea for more than 20 years, I have drunk the strongest wine, sailed past the fastest ship, blown the strongest typhoon, and passed through the highest waves. I've seen what I should see, I've enjoyed what I should enjoy, and it's enough in this life. So even if you die, there is no pity, and what can't you say? ”

Shen Yunniang gritted her teeth and said, "Old man, you actually have a way out, didn't Xu Hai surrender to Yang Yan with the scriptures." You can also ......"

Before she finished her words, Meng Heng snorted, slammed the wine glass on the table, and said sharply: "You are so difficult that you want me to surrender to Yang Yan like Xu Hai, humiliation and stubbornness, and from now on, let me Meng Heng kneel down to others, look at the faces of those so-called court officials, and humbly survive?" No, I, Meng Heng, have been crisscrossing the sea for more than 20 years, kneeling to the sky, kneeling to the ground, kneeling to my ancestors, and other than that, only others have ever knelt in front of me. Not to mention those so-called court officials, none of them are good. Even if it were death, I would only die standing and would never kneel down to them. ”

Shen Yunniang was stunned, lowered her head, and said softly: "Old man, I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing." ”

Meng Heng glanced at her, his eyes softened again, he stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around her waist, and said: "Actually, I know in my heart that the most unworthy person is you, you look as beautiful as a fairy, and you are at the right age, but you have been with me for several years, and all your good youth has been wasted on my old man, this is really too wronged by you." You are not yet thirty, I will let someone send you back, give you another property, find an honest person to marry, and An An will live the rest of your life. ”

Shen Yunniang sat on Meng Heng's lap, leaned on Meng Heng's arms, and said: "I saw through it at the beginning, those so-called celebrities and officials, as long as they are men, they are like dogs around me, as long as I give them a good face, I am so happy that I don't know the southeast and northwest, only the old man you are different from others, you are a real man, so all this is what I want, so I don't go there, just stay on the island to accompany the old man, and if you want to die, you will die together." ”

Meng Heng was also stunned, and suddenly laughed again, laughing very happily, and said, "Okay, good ......."

As he was talking, there was a sudden sound of the door, and Meng Jiming's panicked voice came from outside the door: "Dad, Song Jun has been killed by the scriptures." ”

Meng Heng snorted and shouted, "What are you panicking about? Is Hidden Dragon Island so easy to attack? You gather all the people, and Yun Niang and I will come right away. ”

When Meng Heng reappeared in front of everyone, everyone found that Meng Heng was still so energetic and not angry. As if nothing had been hit.

Meng Heng sat down on the tiger skin chair in the middle, looked around at everyone, and said, "Now that the Song army is pressing, I know that some of you plan to surrender, and some of you plan to escape. Then the people who plan to surrender and escape, I, Meng Heng, will not force me to stay, and I will leave Hidden Dragon Island before it gets dark today. Those who are willing to fight to the death with me against the Song army will stay on the island. I'll see how the Song army invades my Hidden Dragon Island. ”

The entire hall suddenly boiled, and everyone said in unison: "We are all willing to stay and fight to the death with the Song army." ”

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As the saying goes, "knowing the enemy and knowing the enemy, a hundred battles will not be defeated", Yang Yan knows that Meng Heng has been on the sea for more than 20 years, and the depth of his foundation is not comparable to Xu Hai. Therefore, Yang Yan did not dare to be careless at all. Before setting out to attack Zanglong Island, Yang Yan had learned from Xu Hai and Zheng Sihai about the geography and defense of Zanglong Island in detail, so that he could have a clear understanding of it.

It turns out that the Hidden Dragon Island where Meng Heng is located is not as simple as an island, but more than 30 small islands of various sizes are distributed around a large island, most of which are guarded by Meng Heng's people, these small islands and large islands are horned by each other, attacking and defending as one, so it occupies an extremely wide area, with a radius of fifty or sixty miles, even if there are thousands of warships, it is impossible to completely surround them. And it can only be captured island by island, advancing layer by layer, in order to finally attack the front of Hidden Dragon Island.

Moreover, there are many reefs in this sea area within a radius of fifty or sixty miles, and the distribution is intricate, and there are only three waterways that can lead to Zanglong Island before and after, and if a ship enters this sea area for the first time and does not know the waterway, it will not be able to reach Zanglong Island at all, and it will run into the reef and sink. It is precisely this characteristic that is easy to defend and difficult to attack that Meng Heng has been able to dominate the sea for more than 20 years without falling.

Xu Hai had never been to Zanglong Island, so he didn't know anything about the sea routes of Zanglong Island, and Zheng Sihai only knew about two of them. One large and one small, the large waterway is the main waterway for daily entry and exit of Zanglong Island, and in normal times, it can only pass through small boats under 600 materials. Large ships of more than 1,000 materials can only pass at high tide, but large ships of more than 1,500 materials cannot pass under any circumstances. The small waterways can only pass ships under 400 materials. Therefore, this large waterway will be the main direction of attack of the Song army.

For example, the six main warships of "Flying Dragon", "Flying Bear", "Flying Tiger", "Flying Biao", "Flying Jiao" and "Flying Leopard" under Meng Heng can only enter and exit from this waterway at high tide, so only three of them are usually parked on the edge of Zanglong Island, and the other three are parked on the periphery of the island for use at any time. And Zheng Sihai also drew a chart of Zanglong Island, and also marked the two waterways he knew on the map.

In addition, there is a secret waterway that can lead to Zanglong Island, but this waterway is only known to Meng Heng, Meng Huiming, Meng Jiming's father and son and their henchmen, even Xiang Zheng Sihai, who is considered Meng Heng's right-hand man.

And on Zanglong Island itself, there are three lines of defense, the first line of defense is the coast of Zanglong Island, distributed dozens of ballistas, trebuchets, arrow towers, etc., and there are ten channels that can lead to the sea, through which fat and oil can be poured into the sea and burn the enemy. The second line of defense is a seawall around the island that is about 60 steps back from the coast, more than a zhang high, even if it can successfully kick the shore, it is still impossible to break through the seawall. The third line of defense is the Hidden Dragon City in the center of Hidden Dragon Island, although the scale of the city is not large, but it has a wall, and Meng Heng and his henchmen live in Hidden Dragon City. Only by conquering Hidden Dragon City can we completely conquer Hidden Dragon Island.

Judging from the geographical characteristics of the sea area of Zanglong Island, Shenzhou is definitely impassable, but due to the large carrying capacity of Shenzhou, most of the replenishment and logistics of the fleet have to rely on Shenzhou to load, so it is still needed. And the Flying Tiger Ship and the Ironclad Ship want to be in the sea area of Zanglong Island, which seems to be very strong, but in order to prevent Meng Heng from escaping from Zanglong Island, they still have to be equipped with some and guard the periphery. Loach boats and falcon boats can probably only pass at high tide, and only boat boats can pass normally. Therefore, these three types of ships will be the main warships for this attack on Zanglong Island.

After understanding these circumstances, Yang Yan and Li Gongzuo couldn't help but sigh, Hidden Dragon Island is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you don't know these situations in advance, I'm afraid it will be difficult to attack Hidden Dragon Island. The two discussed and decided, and decided to dispatch two large Shenzhou, six small Shenzhou, eight ironclad boats, seven Flying Tiger boats, 20 Haigu boats, 16 loach boats, and 25 boat walkers. And brought a total of more than 500 dinghys. Since this time there will be a kicking operation, in addition to the soldiers equipped on each ship, Wu Xi's urging army will also be brought along.

Generally speaking, except for the boats, other warships will be equipped with some small boats according to their size, which are usually hung on the side of the ship and put down when they are used. This is true of both the Song army and the pirate warships. This kind of dinghy can carry about fifteen people each, has no mast and no sails, and relies entirely on human oars. Because of its small hull, it could not sail far. However, it is mainly used for the transmission of messages between major ships, or shore operations and close combat.

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