Yang Yan asked Gao Zhen again: "How many archers are there in the defenders here in Guangzhou now?" This chapter is provided by the web to read online trebuchet, how many crossbows are there? How many firearms are there? ”

Gao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Now there are 800 Divine Arm Archers, more than 2,000 archers, only eight trebuchets, ten bed crossbows, and firearms only available in the fleet, and there are no firearms in the army." ”

Yang Yan said to Chen Liang again: "Brother Tongfu, you immediately send an official letter to Xin You'an of Jingjiang Mansion, and ask him to quickly dispatch a thousand divine arm archers, two thousand archers, fifty trebuchets, fifty bed crossbows, and half of the firearms from Jingjiang Mansion to Guangzhou, and they must be sent to Guangzhou before the next merchant ship goes to sea." ”

Chen Liang also nodded and said, "I'll do it immediately." ”

Yang Yan continued: "In this way, we can completely block Meng Heng's fleet on the shore, once Meng Heng's fleet is blocked by Cheng at sea, Li Tongzhi will lead his fleet to attack from behind Meng Heng, and with two flanking attacks, we can defeat Meng Heng." ”

Turning his head and saying to Meng Lanjun: "Miss Meng, you go back first, and as soon as Meng Heng informs you of the time of the attack, I will immediately send someone to tell us." In addition, if you send troops this time, you can bring out more subordinates who were bought by Meng Heng, and after arriving in Panyu, you will immediately stop the boat and go ashore, and I will ambush the men and horses on the shore to surround you. ”

Meng Lanjun immediately said: "My lord, please rest assured, I will definitely follow the plan."

Yang Yan said: "Okay, everyone will go down and prepare to go." ”

Yue Lin couldn't help but ask: "Yang Zhizhi, and Xu Hai's pirates all the way should be dealt with, the adults haven't mentioned it yet." ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly and said, "I have my own way to deal with Xu Hai's side, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

Mingshan Island, Juyi Hall.

Xu Hai sat in the center, sitting next to his wife Ji Xiangqiong, two men about forty years old sat on the left and right, and a tall man with a big waist and a beard on the left was called Cheng Donglin; On the right, a man with a five-short figure, long eyebrows, and three locks of short beard is called Ma Ye. Both of them are Xu Hai's right-hand men and are listed as the second leaders of Mingshan Island.

In fact, Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye used to be pirates who worked alone, but they were not very powerful, and each of them only had more than 20 ships and 1,800 brothers. At that time, Xu Hai had only become the big boss of Mingshan Island, and in order to fight against Meng Heng, Xu Hai and these two joined forces to form a large pirate group, which became the second big pirate gang in the South China Sea.

Because Xu Hai is the most powerful among the three, he is regarded as the big boss, the three forces are unified in their activities, and the income from the robbery is distributed according to the ratio of four, three, three, but usually Cheng Donglin is stationed on Shangchuan Island, Ma Ye is stationed on Xiachuan Island, and Mingshan Island is more than ten miles away from Xu Hai's station, and only when there is something to do, the three of them live together to discuss, and Xu Hai, the ship personnel under them, has no right to transfer.

And now Xu Hai has also found a place called Huangyan Island at the end of thousands of miles of Changsha, as a secret base for himself, in case he has to hide there for a while when he has no choice but to do so. However, this matter was carried out in secret, but I didn't tell Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye.

Xu Hai held two letters in his hand, one was written by Meng Heng, it turned out that the second batch of ships of the Song army had gone to sea with Jing, Meng Heng inquired and understood, now there are more than 20 warships in Guangzhou, it is a good time to attack Guangzhou, so he agreed with Xu Hai that seven days later, that is, on July 21, they would attack Guangzhou together, and Xu Hai should not miss the appointment.

After meeting with Meng Heng and Meng Lanjun on Lantau Island last time, Xu Hai returned to Mingshan Island and told Ji Xiangqiong, Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye about Meng Heng's plan to attack Guangzhou. Therefore, Xu Hai also actively prepared on Mingshan Island, and as soon as Meng Heng's notice arrived, he immediately sent troops.

But on the second day after Meng Heng's letter came, Meng Lanjun also sent a letter to Xu Hai, in which he warned Xu Hai that Meng Heng was treacherous and had the ambition to annex them, so he should not be gullible, and when it came to July 18, it was best not to attack easily, but should wait and see the success or failure of Meng Heng's side.

After Xu Hai received Meng Lanjun's letter, he immediately discussed with Ji Xiangqiong, Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye.

Cheng Donglin said: "Big boss, I think what Lan Gu said is not wrong, Meng Heng, this old bastard, is not a good thing, maybe he is using this time to deal with the Song army to consume our strength, so we must not believe his words, in my opinion, it is best not to send troops this time, let Meng Heng go and fight to the death with the Song army." ”

Ma Ye frowned, and said: "Be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship, and naturally you can't help but guard against Meng Heng, but it seems a little inappropriate if you don't send troops this time, after all, it has been the Song army that has cut off our financial route for a period of time." In my opinion, we should still send troops, but be careful. ”

Cheng Donglin glared at him and said, "How to be careful." ”

Ji Xiangqiong smiled and said: "Actually, according to what Lan Gu said in the letter, when we get to the vicinity of Xiushan, don't rush to attack first, first send someone to take a look at the situation on Meng Heng's side, if Meng Heng succeeds in attacking, it means that the Song army is not prepared, and we will attack again at that time." If the Song army is prepared and Meng Heng does not succeed, we will retreat in a hurry, so there will be no losses. ”

Xu Hai nodded and said, "I think so too, what do you see?" ”

Ma Ye said: "Sister-in-law is right, this method is very good, I agree." ”

Cheng Donglin also nodded and said, "I also agree." ”

In the sixth year of the Great Song Dynasty, on the night of July 18th.

At this time, it was the middle of the moon, and a full moon hung like a hook in the sky, shimmering faintly. On the dark sea, countless ships suddenly appeared, heading for the dock of Guangzhou City. Meng Heng stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the Guangzhou wharf three hundred steps away by the faint moonlight, there were only three or four boats moored on the shore, and there was a vaguely lit scene on the shore.

In normal times, even at night, the docks of Guangzhou would be full of all kinds of merchant ships, most of the cabins would be lit up, and from time to time you could hear the sound of rowing fists and silk and bamboo wind music. And the shore is even brighter, and countless porters, foot forces, and carts are still waiting at the dock for those ships that dock at night to unload their cargo, coming and going, and the excitement is not lost in the daytime.

But since Meng Heng ordered the ban on the sea, except for when the official fleet of ships went out or arrived at the shore, there were few merchant ships that usually docked, and sometimes they couldn't get to a ship a day, even during the day, the dock was deserted, not to mention the night, it was even more silent, only a few dead wind lamps were flickering faintly.

However, Meng Heng still didn't dare to be careless, so he ordered the group of boats to stop first, and sent a few small minions to row the boats over to have a look.

Half an hour later, the little minions sent to investigate came back to report the news, and there was really no defense on the dock. At this time, someone came to report that Meng Lanjun and Xu Hai both sent people over with the Jing and told Meng Heng that they had all arrived at the shore with the Jing and that they could start attacking just waiting for the time to arrive.

Meng Heng was very happy to hear this, and it seemed that tonight's plan to attack Guangzhou was in sight. At this time, Meng Huiming walked up to him and said, "Dad, Zi Shijing is almost here, can we start." ”

Meng Heng looked at the sky, nodded again, and said, "Order to go down and start attacking." "In the dark, the flag cannot be used, and the only way to give orders is to shake the torch.

This time, Meng Heng dispatched a total of 147 large and small ships, with more than 7,500 people, including 100 ships belonging to Meng Heng's Hidden Dragon Island, with more than 6,000 people, and more than 1,500 other 37 ships from six small pirates attached to Meng Heng, this time they were also pulled out by Meng Heng to participate in the battle together.

Because the range of the pirate ship's bow and arrow was only sixty to seventy paces, it had to be driven to the shore to get the range. Therefore, as Meng Heng's order was handed down, one hundred and forty-seven pirate ships rowed together and rowed towards the shore. Gradually approaching the shore, Meng Heng can also see clearly, there are almost no people on the dock, it seems that there is no need to attack on the ship, and can fight on the shore. However, Meng Heng was still very cautious, and first ordered thirty small boats to dock first, and the other larger ships temporarily stopped on the sea fifty or sixty paces from the shore.

At this time, the thirty ships that had fought the vanguard had only passed through the shore for one or twenty paces, and they were about to approach the shore, but the water here was not really deep, and many pirates had jumped off the boats and rushed to the shore with the water. However, some of the pirates who jumped into the sea suddenly appeared to be wrong, and there seemed to be a layer of sticky things on the surface of the water, and there was a strange smell. It's not the salty smell that I usually smell often.

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