At this moment, someone walked in and reported that the Song army's fleet had reached the edge of the sea area of Zanglong Island. I'll tell you that the fastest update is Eye. Hurry? Where is the fastest update? Please be sure.

Yang Yan suddenly woke up, now he doesn't want to think about the southern invasion of the Jin Kingdom, and the top priority is to conquer Zanglong Island as soon as possible, so as to completely calm the piracy in the entire South China Sea. It is also possible to create a stable rear for the resistance of the Jin army in the future.

Because this attack on Zanglong Island is not comparable to the attack on Mingshan Island, the battle will never end in three or five days, and long before they go out, they have selected a small island on the edge of the sea area of Zanglong Island and a temporary camping site, which is only five or six miles away from the sea area of Zanglong Island, and the location is just right.

After arriving on this small island, the Song army stepped on the shore and set up camp on the shore, Yang Yan and others went to the island to settle down, and raised Yang Yan's handsome flag on the island, and moved the large and small baggage to the island to be placed. Li Gongzuo also commanded large and small warships to be moored around this small island, and the ships were connected to form a simple water village. It took two days for all the preparations of the Song army to be ready.

Yang Yan immediately raised his account and arranged the offensive task. The main generals under Li Gongzuo who went on this expedition were the commander Wang Qi, the generals Liu Jinshan and Li Rui, and the adjutant generals Daniel Zhang, Zhao Jizhong, and Xu Wrong. Descended generals Xu Hai, Xu Jiang, Zheng Sihai.

Yang Yan immediately ordered, Wang Qi led Daniel Zhang and Zhao Jizhong, with three ironclad ships, five flying tiger boats, ten sea falcon boats, and twelve boats to attack Zanglong Island from the small road to contain Meng Heng's forces, and Li Gongzuo led the other main fleets to attack from the main road, not rushing to attack Zanglong Island at first, but enough to seize several small islands on the periphery of Zanglong Island as a foundation, and gradually advance inward. And the shore operation was commanded by Wu Xi.

And Meng Heng also seized the time of the past few days and actively prepared for the war. Although it has gone through a fiasco, there are now a total of 78 warships on Zanglong Island, of which there are more than 50 warships under 600 materials, and nearly 4,000 soldiers. There are also nearly 300 dinghys.

Moreover, Zanglong Island is the foundation of Meng Heng's operation for 20 years, and now it has a population of nearly 20,000 people, and the living facilities are also readily available, and the island itself has fresh water, and the accumulated grain should be transferred to support for one or two years. Meng Heng mobilized all the residents of the island, and all the men with weapons were sent to defend the coastline, while other old and weak women and children were responsible for taking care of the wounded and providing logistics.

Although Meng Heng didn't know that Zheng Sihai surrendered to Yang Yan through the scriptures, he also thought that the Song army must have captured a lot of prisoners, and from their mouths they must have asked about the sea route of Zanglong Island.

Therefore, Meng Heng ordered Ma Ye, who had surrendered, to lead twenty larger warships as a line of defense to hold the entrance to this sea route. When necessary, the big ships could be scuttled and the entrance could be blocked, so as not to let the big ships of the Song army enter. Then he ordered Meng Jiming to lead 30 small boats to ambush all over the sea route, and arrange garrisons on each small island, once the Song army broke through the sea route, he used the cooperation of each island to ambush the Song army's ships. Meng Heng didn't dare to be careless about the other sea route, but this sea route was narrow and could only take small boats, so he sent Meng Peng to lead twenty small boats to guard it. And Meng Heng himself sat on Hidden Dragon Island and commanded the overall situation.

At the same time, Meng Heng wrote to Meng Lanjun, asking her soldiers to come to the rescue of Zanglong Island and fight against the Song army together. The two sides deployed troops, and the battle was imminent.

The next day, it happened to be the tailwind of the Song army, the warships set sail and anchored, and at a place about two miles away from the periphery of the sea area of Zanglong Island, they lined up in formation, Yang Yan, Li Gongzuo and others stood at the bow of the ship, looked at the opposite side, and saw that there were exactly two small islands in front of them, about three or four miles apart, and there were hundreds of people on the islands guarding them, and some weapons such as ballistas and trebuchets were also prepared, and they were all set up in the water village, which seemed to have been tied up a long time ago, and it was not completed in a hurry. Between the two islands, there are about 20 warships, and Meng Heng's main ship "Flying Dragon" is among them.

Zheng Sihai pointed to the two small islands and said to Yang Yan: "My lord, these two small islands are called Zuowei Island and Youwei Island, and the sea route to Hidden Dragon Island is from between these two islands. These two small islands are the outposts of Hidden Dragon Island, and each island is usually guarded by 500 people. Now the tide has not risen, so after passing these two islands, the big ship cannot go any further. ”

Yang Yan nodded, and suddenly said, "Xu Hai." ”

Xu Hai hurriedly came out of the queue and said, "The last will be." ”

Yang Yan said: "In the first formation, you will personally lead the fleet and attack the fleet between Zuowei Island and Youwei Island. ”

Xu Hai was stunned, he was afraid that Yang Yan would be suspicious, so he stayed on the Shenzhou all the time, and he didn't even go to his own boat, he didn't expect Yang Yan to let himself personally lead the fleet to take the lead, he was quite excited in his heart, and said busily: "The last general respects the order." ”

Yang Yan nodded, and said, "Zheng Sihai, you can also fight with Xu Hai." I have entrusted you with the task of fighting the first battle, and I hope you will not disappoint me. ”

The two replied and immediately went down to prepare for battle. At this time, Chen Liang came over and said in a low voice: "My lord, let them fight in the first formation, is this okay?" It's not that you're paying too much attention, but it's also important to be on guard. If they were to defect to the battle, wouldn't it be a great disadvantage to our army? ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Tongfu, don't worry, Xu Hai and Meng Heng have torn their faces, and it is impossible to defect to Meng Heng, Zheng Sihai is only in charge of a boat, and it is insignificant." What's more, now that Meng Heng is in a big trend, neither of them should be able to see clearly. Moreover, they have just surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty and are about to establish meritorious deeds, so they will definitely do their best in this battle. In this way, it is good to win, even if they are defeated, because they are only demoted, and will not damage the spirit of our army, on the contrary, they can also test the reality of the enemy's army. Count it all in one fell swoop. ”

Chen Liang nodded and said, "My lord." ”

While the two were talking, Xu Hai, Xu Jiang and Zheng Sihai took thirty warships and went to Zanglong Island with the wind. The fleet is centered on Xu Hai's ship "Mingshan" and Zheng Sihai's ship "Feijiao", and there are seven 800 warships, 15 600 warships, and 6 400 warships. These thirty warships were originally owned by the pirates, and the people on board were all pirates who had surrendered, but they were all equipped with the weapons of the Song army. The two ships, "Mingshan" and "Feijiao", were respectively equipped with two bed crossbows and two slingshots, and carried a large number of firearms.

The main general among the enemy forces was Ma Ye, and the twenty ships led by him, in addition to the only remaining "Flying Dragon" in Meng Heng's main ship, there were twelve 800-material warships and 9 600-material warships. At this time, seeing the Song army's warships coming, they were still hiding in the narrow sea between Zuowei Island and Youwei Island, waiting for the Song army to attack.

Sure enough, as the warships of the Song army approached, the ballistas, trebuchets, and arrow towers on the left and right guard islands were all aimed at the Song army's warships, and the Song army was also hit by some bows and arrows and cannons under the hurry, but fortunately, these long-range weapons of the pirates were very simple and the threat was not great.

Xu Hai hurriedly ordered the fleet to be arranged vertically, and thirty warships were lined up in two columns, stretched into two long lines, and continued to advance just outside the range limit of the left and right guard islands. Sailed into the range between the two islands.

However, although this arrangement avoided the attacks on both sides, the whole formation was too long, although it was downwind, the flanks were not protected, and in such a sea area, the tail could not be taken into account. Therefore, as soon as Ma Ye saw it, he immediately ordered the warships to attack from the left and right.

At this moment, Yijing entered the range between the two islands, and in the front three rows of the Song army's fleet, six warships suddenly caught fire together, and the masts and sails of the second row behind changed slightly, changing from downwind to crosswind, and rushed out diagonally. In this way, the six warships on fire suddenly spread out in the area between the two islands, and rushed towards Meng Heng's warship.

Ma Ye obviously didn't expect Xu Hai to make such a move, so he couldn't help but get in a hurry. All the ships hurriedly turned their rudders to avoid the fireboats. But there was only a radius of three or four miles between the two islands, which was too narrow to be able to completely evade, and each of the six fireships took advantage of the wind, and four of them collided with the enemy ships, spreading the fire to the enemy ships.

Xu Hai took the opportunity to command other warships to kill in, and took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack on Meng Heng's warship. At this time, the warships of both sides were mixed together, and several warships were on fire on the sea, and the smoke was billowing and foggy, so that the defenders of the left and right guard islands could not tell that it was an enemy ship and that it was their own people, so they did not dare to attack indiscriminately.

Li Gongzuo, who was watching the battle from behind, said with a smile: "Xu Hai really has some Taoism, and he attacked it all at once. It seems that taking the entrance to this sea is not a big problem. ”

Yang Yan also nodded and said, "The terrain is narrow, and it is appropriate to attack with fire, no matter how water 6 is, it is the same." Taking advantage of Xu Hai's current success, we will attack Zuowei Island and Youwei Island separately, and only by taking these two islands down can we completely capture the entrance to Zanglong Island. ”

Li Gongzuo immediately ordered Liu Jinshan and Li Rui to each take 30 warships and attack Zuowei Island and Youwei Island separately.

At this time, the warships commanded by Xu Hai entered the sea area between Zuowei Island and Youwei Island with all the meridians, and Meng Heng's warships were attacked by fireships first, which was already chaotic, and Ma Ye was also ineffective, so he had to fight separately. And the pirates under Xu Hai have just surrendered to the Song army, and now they don't have any formation or formation concept, so this kind of melee is in line with their habits. So the ships sought out their own opponents and fought in this narrow sea.

When the melee is fought, what is more important is morale and bravery, in both aspects the Song army has a clear upper hand, Xu Hai, Xu Jiang and Zheng Sihai have just surrendered to the Song Dynasty and are trying to perform actively, so the battle is very brave. In addition, the two of them were replaced with new weapons of the Song Army on their boats, which was even more powerful.