The two boats slowly approached Long, Meng Heng stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the big ship of the Song army, and saw a young military general on the side of the ship, surrounded by more than a dozen Song soldiers and Song generals. This man is of medium height, with shining eyes, a helmet and armor, and a military uniform, standing with his head up.

During this time, Meng Heng spent a lot of effort investigating Yang Yan's affairs, but this was the first time he had seen Yang Yan himself, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised: Yang Yan was such a young person, it seemed that he was only twenty-two or three years old at most, so it was hard to imagine that he was a general who commanded thousands of troops and horses and made great achievements. At the moment, he clenched his fists in the bow of the boat and said in a deep voice: "Is Your Excellency Yang Zhizhi?" ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly, and also clasped his fists in the bow of the boat and saluted back: "I am Yang Yan, is Your Excellency the Master of Hidden Dragon Island?" He only saw Meng Heng from a distance when he was guarding Guangzhou the year before last, but at that time the soldiers were in a panic, he only remembered a rough idea, and only now did he really see Meng Heng's face, and saw this giant bandit who had been crisscrossing the South China Sea for more than 20 years, about fifty-five or sixteen years old, under the two sword eyebrows, there was an eye covered with a black cloth, and the exposed eye was shining with fine light, with a lion nose and a wide mouth, and a beard under his chin.

Meng Heng also smiled: "I have heard the name of General Xiao Yang for a long time, and when I see it today, Meng Mou is fortunate to have three lives." ”

Yang Yan said: "The Lord of Meng Island has won the prize, and everything you want is brought with the scriptures, please ask the Lord of Meng Island to send someone to come and get it." ”

It turned out that Meng Heng received a letter from Meng Peng, knowing that the fleet of the Song army was escorting merchant ships to sea, and it was estimated that there were only forty or fifty warships left in Guangzhou at this time.

And Yang Yan knew that after Meng Heng set off with the scriptures, he still had the previous agreement, taking a big Shenzhou, loaded with bows and arrows, knives and guns, firearms and other things promised to Meng Heng, and also took two small Shenzhou and seven boats of Haihu to sail towards Mingshan Island together.

The fleets of the two sides met in the northwest of Mingshan Island, Meng Heng saw that the Song army only came with ten boats, and he was also relieved a lot, and immediately took his own boat to meet it, Yang Yan also only drove his own big Shenzhou out of the ranks, the ships of both sides approached on the sea, took the gangplank, and dozens of pirates came over from Meng Heng's boat, and all the things were carried from the big Shenzhou.

Yang Yan said: "Master Meng, all the things you want have been handed over to you, so it depends on the promise of Lord Meng to you."

Meng Heng said: "Don't worry, my lord, Meng Mou's words are out, and the horse is difficult to chase." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Then I'm here to watch how Lord Meng conquers Mingshan Island." ”

So the two boats turned around and returned to their fleet.

As soon as Meng Heng returned to his fleet, he immediately distributed bows and arrows, knives, guns, firearms and other items to his five main ships. These five ships are named after "Flying Bear", "Flying Tiger", "Flying Biao", "Flying Jiao", and "Flying Leopard", all of which are large ships with more than 1,000 materials, and are second only to Meng Heng's fleet "Flying Dragon", with good performance and complete weapons and assembly.

Among them, "Flying Bear" is commanded by Meng Heng's eldest son Meng Huiming, "Flying Tiger" is commanded by his second son Meng Jiming, and "Fei Biao", "Fei Jiao" and "Flying Leopard" are commanded by Zheng Sihai, Xu Lin and Wang Can. They are all old brothers who have followed Meng Heng for more than ten years, and they are very reliable in terms of loyalty and ability. He is one of Meng Heng's most powerful subordinates.

Since the completion of these six warships, they have never been dispatched together, and even the last attack on Guangzhou, Meng Heng has only dispatched four of them. And this time to attack Mingshan Island, Meng Heng brought out all these six warships, on the one hand, because Xu Hai was a strong opponent and had to go all out to deal with him, and secondly, he also knew that Yang Yan would definitely come to watch the battle, and he also wanted Song Jun to see his strength.

After distributing the things, Meng Heng immediately ordered the entire fleet to march towards Mingshan Island.

Yang Yan stood on the ship's tower, watched Meng Heng's fleet march in the direction of Mingshan Island, and said to Li Gongzuo beside him: "Li Tong, it seems that Meng Heng's fleet has one hundred and fifty or sixty ships, do you think this battle is sure?"

Li Gongzuo smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, although there are many pirate ships, most of them are small ships under six hundred materials, and they must not be compared with us, not to mention that this time we still have a secret weapon, which is guaranteed to surprise Meng Heng when the time comes." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "That's good, let's also sail and follow." ”

"Hula", the warships of the Song army all pulled up their sails, followed the pirate fleet, and drove in the direction of Mingshan Island. In the air, two flying eagles, one black and one white, circled and flew around the giant boat.

Xu Hai also got the news at this time, knowing that Meng Heng really made peace with the government, and this time he united with Meng Lanjun to attack his own Mingshan Island. was also surprised, although he knew that Meng Heng had long had the ambition to annex himself, but he never dreamed that this time Meng Lanjun would join forces with Meng Heng to attack him, he always thought that Meng Lanjun was secretly uniting with himself to deal with Meng Heng. Of course, he didn't know that he had already fallen into the trap carefully designed by Yang Yan.

However, as early as after Xu Hai, Cheng Donglin, and Ma Ye formed an alliance, Xu Hai knew in his heart that Meng Heng would never allow such a force to compete with him in the South China Sea to exist for a long time, and sooner or later there would be a war between himself and Meng Heng. And Xu Hai also knew in his heart that after all, Meng Heng had been dominant in the South China Sea for many years, and his strength was strong, and with his own strength, it would be difficult to catch up with Meng Heng in the short term. Therefore, he usually reads military books and war books and studies ancient war examples. At the same time, he also strictly trained to make weapons, and he hoped that in the decisive battle with Meng Heng in the future, he would win more with less, and he would be surprisingly victorious.

The scope of Mingshan Island is not small, and the terrain is high in the east and west, the terrain in the east is flat, the sea is wide, but the west is full of steep cliffs, and the reefs are dense, although Meng Heng's warships are many, they cannot surround all of Mingshan Island, if they want to attack Mingshan Island, they will definitely choose the east side of the flat terrain, and will not attack from the west. In this way, Mingshan Island only needs to concentrate its forces and defend the east side.

Therefore, in view of this characteristic of Mingshan Island, Xu Hai also came up with a tactic to deal with Meng Heng, that is, to use the characteristics of Mingshan Island that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if Meng Heng attacks, first based on Mingshan Island to defend it, and when Meng Heng can't attack for a long time, the troops are lost, and the troops are exhausted, Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye will send troops from Shangchuan Island and Xiachuan Island, copy Meng Heng's back road, and then fight from Mingshan Island, and attack Meng Heng from both sides together, and they are expected to win the battle.

Therefore, when he proposed this plan, Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye also raised their hands in favor, and also decided that if Meng Heng attacked Shangchuan Island and Xiachuan Island first, then Cheng Donglin and Ma Ye would not fight hard with Meng Heng, but abandon the island and leave, preserve their strength, and attack Meng Heng from behind when Meng Heng attacked Mingshan Island.

After formulating this plan, after several years of preparation, Xu Hai built a lot of fortifications on the beach east of Mingshan Island, and also prepared a lot of naval battle equipment such as bows and arrows, fire oil, etc., and at the same time, according to the guidance of some military books, he made long-range weapons such as bed crossbows, trebuchets, and slingshots, although these weapons could not be compared with those made by the government, but they were also very good. After all these fortifications were built, Xu Hai also felt that now Mingshan Island was impregnable, even if Meng Henglai attacked him, he didn't have to be afraid.

However, due to the unexpected rise of Meng Lanjun's brothers and sisters, the pirate forces in the South China Sea formed a three-legged situation. Xu Hai also actively strengthened the alliance with Meng Lanjun and fought against Meng Heng together. The three forces are involved in each other, but on the contrary, a delicate balance situation has been formed, and no one dares to easily provoke a war. Therefore, the fierce battle with Meng Heng, which Xu Hai had been actively preparing for, had not yet arrived. But now, this equilibrium has finally been broken, and a full-scale war has finally begun between the three pirates.

Although after the formation of the three-legged situation, Xu Hai has not relaxed the defense of Mingshan Island, and at the same time he also has full confidence in the defensive strength of Mingshan Island, but he has always regarded Meng Heng's forces as an imaginary enemy before, and never thought that Meng Heng would join forces with Meng Lanjun to attack Mingshan Island, and this time at the same time, there seems to be the power of the government behind them, so at this time Xu Hai's confidence began to shake a little, after all, this time the enemy's strength is too strong. Fortunately, he had already chosen Huangyan Island as a retreat route in advance, but he didn't expect that the retreat route that he had prepared was originally intended to avoid the Song army, but now it was used to avoid Meng Heng.

Of course, Xu Hai will not give up Mingshan Island easily, after all, Mingshan Island is also the foundation he has worked hard for many years. Even if you want to take it away, you can't just give it to Meng Heng for nothing, if you want to attack Mingshan Island, you must make Meng Heng pay some price.