The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 126 Set Sail, The Bitten Dog Doesn't Bark

After being silent for a while, Shi Wei tentatively asked: "Then... what is the master's plan?"

Putting his hands on the cases, Bu Zhi said word by word: "If you want to be named a marquis or a general, of course you have to make great contributions. For example, beheading a giant thief like Cui Qian."

"Plop", Shi Wei slipped his hand and knocked his chin to the edge of the desk, the pain made him burst into tears.

Sun Shao also froze for a moment, and then regained his composure.He could tell that Bu Zhi was definitely not acting on a whim this time, he was playing for real.From the moment he gave him the seal of General Henghai, he was probably ready to play big, and his actions should all be in his plan, but he was just a bait, and the tearful Shiwei It was the big fish he really wanted to catch.

Cui Qian, who was also mentioned by Shiwei as a reminder of the sea robbers, was named Jianzhong. He was born in Panyu, South China Sea. He was about 13 years old. His ancestor was Cui Ze in Hanoi. Cui Zejigong was promoted to Zhechong Xiaowei. Later, Ma Yuan was framed and died, was implicated, and fled into the sea as a pirate. Ma Yuan was rehabilitated and settled in Panyu.In the last years of Zhongping, the world was in chaos, and Cui Qian's father Yu gathered a crowd to become a bandit. In the [-]th year of Jian'an, Cui Yu died of a pirate attack. In Qian's year, he went straight into the opponent's lair and killed the thief for revenge. There are more than [-] ships in the past year, and the officers and soldiers have conquered all the times, and they have all failed.If he wants to rob, he will send a sign to him, expressly asking for a few percent of the price of the goods, and those who follow will live, and those who disobey will die.

This is the information about Cui Qian that Sun Shao saw from the official files. It is not an exaggeration for Bu Zhi to say that he is a giant thief. In fact, Cui Qian is not just a thief. The merchants who pay taxes will be killed if they violate it.It is said that there are many people who dare to evade government taxes. There were people who dared to evade Cui Qian's tax in the past few years, but they have not been heard in recent years.

Shiwei has been in the South China Sea for many years, and he knows Cui Qian too well. When he was young, he participated in the battle to round up Cui Yu, and won several battles. Since Cui Qian took charge, he was always defeated in every battle. escape.Let him kill Cui Qian, it is better to let him jump into the sea and swim back to Panyu.

"Fujun, are you joking?" Shi Wei rubbed his chin, and stared at Bu Zhi viciously.But Bu Zhi was serious: "General, we are discussing military affairs, do you think I am joking?"

There was no smile on his face, only a murderous look, and it didn't look like he was joking.Shiwei sat up straight slowly, looked at the chart on the table without blinking, and suddenly smiled: "Since the Fujun has such ambitions, then Shiwei will give up his life to accompany the gentleman to fight this Reminder."

Bu Zhi nodded: "The courage of the general is commendable. With the help of the general, I have a little more confidence. Fengxian, what do you think?"

Sun Shao kept looking at them calmly, he could clearly see Bu Zhi's gloomy look and Shi Wei's fierce eyes.Now that Bu Zhi asked his opinion, he still smiled calmly: "Of course, the Lord of the Palace will follow the lead."

Bu Zhi is a bit strange, Shiwei said it with pride, but he must be playing tricks in his heart, he can guess it without looking at his face, if you want to count on him to help beat Cui Qian, it is better to count on Cui Qian's own conscience to discover that he has surrendered himself. Be realistic.But what Sun Shao was thinking, he couldn't guess.For such a big event, he didn't show any panic or nervousness on his face, making it look like he knew about it a long time ago.

Indeed, that's what Shiwei thinks now. He thinks sadly that he was tricked by Bu Zhi and Sun Shao, and that Sun Shao has been playing tricks in front of him in order to lure him into the trap.In fact, Bu Zhi himself was a little confused, did he ever show this sign?It seems that there is no such thing as my own tone has always been very tight.

"That's good, we sincerely cooperated and wiped out Cui Qian, and I will write a letter to ask for credit for the two of you." Bu Zhi smiled lightly and swiped his fingers: "I plan to divide the army into two groups, and the other is to suppress the bandits with great fanfare at Yashan Pass." , went all the way to Zhuya, and destroyed Cui Qian's old lair." He tapped on the chart, and his voice eased again: "General, Feng Xian is new here. He is not familiar with the terrain and has never fought a sea battle. I am going to Let him practice more with you, gain knowledge. You lead a group of people at the Yashan Pass, and I take a group of people to Zhuya, how do you think? If you think this is inappropriate, we can change it, you go Zhu Ya, I am at Yashan Pass."

Shi Wei shuddered, shook his head quickly, and smiled uglier than crying. Up to now he has not recovered from the shock, and he has no time to think about it. He just wants to stay away from Cui Qian and be safe. Bu Zhi doesn't force it. He went to Zhuya, he just breathed a sigh of relief, how could he be willing to change. "Fu Jun, that's it. You go to Zhuya. I'll wait for the good news from Fu Jun at Yashan Pass." He thought for a while, but he was afraid that Bu Zhi would go back on his word: "Please don't worry, Fu Jun, I will definitely take good care of General Sun." Yes, I will try my best to wipe out the pirates at the Yashan Pass, and I will never let the Lord be distracted."

There was a smile in the corner of Bu Zhi's eyes, and there was also a hint of contempt. Shiwei was already in a mess, and he couldn't organize a counterattack in a short time. This effect was what he wanted, and now he was short of the final blow.

"General Shi has rich experience in naval battles. You should have a better chance of winning if you go to Zhuya. This general and Marquis are all specially prepared for you." Bu Zhi said with some regret: "Do you want to think about it again?"

"Don't think about it." Shiwei shook his head again and again, what is the general, what is the title, the head is gone, everything is gone, I will stay at the Yashan Pass, and I will not go to Zhuya even if I am killed. "Such an important task should be undertaken by the lord himself. Shiwei is a rough man and cannot bear such an important task."

"Alas—" Bu Zhi sighed: "In this case, I have no choice but to resign myself to it. General, let's divide up the troops. I only have 180 ships under my command, and I am running for thousands of miles. There is a serious shortage of troops. You can allocate 150 ships to the army. Me, this way I can still gain some advantage. You and Fengxian together have nearly 300 boats, which is more than enough to wipe out these bandits at Yashan Pass." Seeing Shiwei's eyes flickering, Bu Zhi wanted to refuse, and continued Said: "Originally, if you go to Yashan Pass, you don't need to divide your troops. More than [-] ships are just right to deal with Cui Qian."

Shiwei immediately swallowed back the words that came to his lips to bargain, and said without thinking: "Okay, I will allocate 150 boats to you."

Only then did Bu Zhi nod, without further ado, he immediately ordered the division of troops, and when Shiwei came to his senses, he had already made arrangements, 150 ships transferred from Shiwei's fleet, and [-] military lords Standing in front of him, ready to go.

"General Shi, why don't you think about it again?" Before leaving, Bu Zhi turned his head and said something again, and the pale Shi Wei shook his head again and again, shaking his saliva: "Fu Jun, go slowly, Fu Jun, go slowly!" , I wish you the best of luck.”

Buzhi smiled faintly, and pulled Sun Shao aside: "Fengxian, you stay here, be careful of Shiwei, this is a mad dog who knows no depth, don't let him ruin your life."

Sun Shao replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I understand. But your Majesty is careful all the way and rushing for thousands of miles. This may be a tough battle."

Bu Zhi smiled proudly: "Thank you for reminding me, I'm leaving."

More than 300 ships sailed away, gradually drifting away, and slowly disappeared into the sky.Sun Shao looked at the distraught Shi Wei and wanted to laugh, but he didn't dare to laugh. This guy was suddenly attacked by Bu Zhi, and he was probably going crazy. It would be very unwise to provoke him at this time.

After a while, Shiwei's expression gradually eased until Wu Yan rushed over. He looked at the vast sea, gritted his teeth, but he had no choice but to turn his head and glance at Sun Shao, saying nothing. Without saying anything, he turned and returned to his big boat.

Sun Shao didn't care, and returned to his command ship. Zhao Xiu and others were waiting for him in the cabin. When they saw him, they all surrounded him: "Young master, why did you suddenly divide the troops?"

Only then did Sun Shao laugh happily, and when he told the story, Zhao Xiu was speechless, and it took him a long time to say: "Mr. Bufu has such a good trick, this move won't give Shiwei any time to react."

"This is the so-called dog that barks does not bite, and a dog that bites does not bark, and a dog that bites does not bite. If it bites, it will kill half of Shiwei's property. You see, even if some of the 150 boats can return, it is not He's a gentleman." Sun Shao raised his head and sighed: "Good means, good means, no wonder the Supreme is so relieved that he comes to Jiaozhou."

Zhao Xiu, Shuai Zeng and the others tried their best not to laugh out loud. Sun Shao compared Bu Zhi to a dog. If it reached Bu Zhi's ears, Bu Zhi's face would still have no expression at all.

"Young master, what shall we do?"

"What's wrong with us?" Sun Shao waved his hands indifferently, "It's Shiwei who has a headache now, not me. Is it possible that he wants to swallow my dozens of boats? That's fine, I'll turn around and leave. Go back to Panyu and rest."

"Cuckoo..." Zhao Xiu and the others couldn't help laughing.

Shiwei was in a bad mood, and he didn't see him for several days. When he arrived at Tuen Mun Mountain in the north of Ping'ankou three days later, he sent someone to ask Sun Shao to cross the boat and talk.Bu Zhi is not here, and he doesn't need to pretend to be respectful to meet Sun Shao, he just asks Sun Shao to meet him.Sun Shao didn't care, he followed the visitor to Shiwei's building, and he couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic when he saw it, his face was haggard, as if his first love had failed.

"General?" Sun Shao arched his hands slightly, and asked with concern: "General, you must take care of your health. Although the battle is important, your body is the capital."

Shiwei rolled his eyes at him, opened his mouth, and seemed to want to curse, but swallowed the words back, he put down the wine glass in his hand, and pointed to the opposite person, smelling drunk. Seat: "General, please take a seat. We will arrive at Ping'ankou soon, let's discuss about eliminating pirates."

Sun Shao sat down, looked at his fingernails narcissistically, and said casually: "Please tell me, General, Shao will listen carefully."

Shiwei couldn't help his anger welling up, he tightly squeezed the wine glass with his hands, and after a while, he slowly let go, and laughed twice: "General Sun, I want to ask you to be the striker, to have an interview in front Under the circumstances, I will follow you to cover you. If there are pirates, if there are a small number, you will directly destroy them. Just pretend to be defeated and lure them to me, and I will cooperate with you to destroy them, and the credit will be yours at that time, as long as I distribute a little spoil of war to my subordinates. Do you think it will work?"

Shiwei tilted his head, staring at Sun Shao with eyes red from drinking, although he spoke very politely, but his expression was like you will die if you don't listen.Sun Shao didn't look at him, rolled his eyes, showed a very happy smile, and nodded again and again: "The general is a good way, and it is very safe."

Shiwei was a little surprised. He originally thought that Sun Shao would be afraid of losing money in front of him, so he politely refused. He didn't expect him to agree, and he looked very happy. It didn't look like he was going to fight, but rather like taking advantage of it.He secretly laughed, this kid really doesn't know the depth, what does he think pirates are?Could it be his family's pig, just waiting for him to catch it?
Alas, if his uncle hadn't said that he couldn't be allowed to die, he should have been sent to die like this.Shiwei sighed unwillingly, and raised his hand to call a black and thin man: "General Sun, this is my personal guard, Ao Lei, who has good martial arts skills and is very familiar with the terrain here. He knows all about the island. I let him follow, so that you don't get lost."

Sun Shao looked at Ao Lei and smiled: "Thank you very much."

"Well, after replenishing supplies at the Tuen Mun Mountain camp ahead, you can go first, and I'll come later." Shiwei was in a bad mood, and had no interest in chatting with Sun Shao, so he sent someone to see him off.After Sun Shao got up, he squinted his drunken eyes and said to Shigan who had just walked around from behind: "Yuanchang, you also saw that I took good care of him and didn't intentionally harm him."

Shi Gan twitched the corner of his mouth, nodded with a smile on his face, turned around and left the cabin.He is extremely contemptuous of Shiwei now. Although he was rude before, he was still a bit masculine. This time, he was caught off guard by Bu Zhi and abducted 150 boats. Afterwards, he regretted so much that he only knew how to drink away his worries. There is no useful countermeasure at all. Looking at him like this, not only the 150 ships are hopeless, but the rest may not be able to keep them. He must make preparations in advance. If Shiwei makes another mistake, he will take over immediately. , so as not to further expand the loss. If that is the case, not only Shiwei is doomed, but also he is in bad luck.

Sun Shao led Ao Lei back to his boat, and asked as he walked, "Where are you from?"

"General, I'm from Nanyang." Ao Lei smiled innocently, showing white teeth that are rare for locals.

"Really, it doesn't look like it." Sun Shao said with a smile.

"The general is right." Ao Lei rubbed his head and said with some embarrassment: "I am from Nanyang. I came to Jiuzhen with Shifujun. I was born in Xupu, Jiuzhen. A man from Yi country was snatched by A Weng."

"That's the case." Sun Shao smiled and nodded again and again: "Then where is Lin Yiguo?"

"Linyi Kingdom is the southernmost point of our Han Dynasty, and it is still in the south of Rinan County. It is a small country." Seeing that Sun Shao didn't mean to look down on him, Ao Lei raised his voice: "My grandfather is still a Brahmin in Linyi Kingdom .”

"Brahman?" Sun Shao slipped his foot and swayed for a while, Ao Lei looked anxiously, reached out in front of Zhao Xiu and grabbed Sun Shao's arm.His hands are very strong, and there are thick calluses on the fingertips and tiger's mouth. Sun Shao knew at a glance that this was the trace left by holding weapons all the year round. He glanced at the three-foot iron rod at Ao Lei's waist : "You use a short stick?"

"En." Ao Lei nodded, and quickly let go of Sun Shao's arm, but his hand had already left a faint black handprint on Sun Shao's sleeve. He was a little nervous, but Sun Shao smiled: "Thank you, otherwise I would have fallen into the sea."

Ao Lei grinned, but didn't speak.Sun Shao continued to walk forward, and asked again: "You said that your grandparent's family is a Brahmin? What does that mean?"

Ao Lei frowned, shook his head and said: "I'm not too clear about it, I have to ask my mother to find out, I only know that they seem to be some relatively noble people, Linyi people are divided into four classes, and Brahmins are the first." Waiting for others is higher than being a king."

Sun Shao didn't say a word, he only knew that Brahmin is a level in India, which seems to be related to Brahmanism, and Linyi Kingdom is also divided into four levels, is it the same as India, or is it a part of India?But in my impression, Nichinan should be the Vietnam area of ​​later generations, and India is still far to the west. Could it be that the territory of India at this time is so big?

While thinking about it, he returned to his own boat, and everyone was a little curious when they saw a black and thin guy brought back by him.Ao Lei saw in their eyes the arrogance that is very common among Han people, his face was a little ugly, he stood timidly at the cabin door, biting his thick lips tightly.When Sun Shao saw him, he stretched out his hand and pulled him over: "His name is Ao Lei, and he is from Jiuzhen County, the Great Han Dynasty. He used to be the personal guard of the general. From now on, he is our guide. Can he come back safely? It's all about him."

When everyone heard it, they immediately understood what Sun Shao meant, and they all came up to salute politely.Ao Lei glanced at Sun Shao gratefully, and returned the greetings one by one. After a short time, he got acquainted with the fourteen cronies around Sun Shao.Sun Shao sat down in the cabin, ordered everyone to sit together, and told about Shiwei wanting him to be a striker.Although everyone was surprised, they didn't show any abnormality, they just listened quietly.Sun Shao took out the chart that Bu Zhi left him, and said to Ao Lei: "Look, how should we go?"

Ao Lei looked at the chart, was silent for a moment, then grinned: "General, this chart is wrong."

"No?" Sun Shao was drinking water, and he almost choked when he heard Ao Lei's words, Bu Zhi is such a shrewd person, and the charts he collected are actually wrong?Then he ran for thousands of miles. Although he was walking along the coastline, if the sea chart is wrong, it is not a trivial matter.

"The general shape is correct, but there is a big deviation in the specific location." Ao Lei pointed to the most striking islands on the chart and said: "The positions of these islands are drawn too close to the coast, and the actual distance is at least Twice as big."

Sun Shao didn't dare to take it lightly, so he quickly asked someone to bring a pair of silk scripts, and used his usual charcoal pencil to draw a new drawing according to what Ao Lei said.In addition to the ones on the original map, Aolei has added many small islands, especially some islands that can hide and replenish fresh water, or have wild fruits and other islands.

"The gap is not small." Sun Shao compared the two pictures, looked at each other with Zhao Xiu, Shuai Zeng and others, and they all saw worry in each other's eyes.

"The general doesn't know. The reason why the navy's expeditions to the reminders failed is because the charts in their hands were wrong. It is said that the reminders have a set of charts in their hands, which are more detailed than I know. Not only are each island painted It must be clear, and even where there are hidden reefs are marked."

"is it?"

Ao Lei nodded triumphantly, his eyes burning: "I also heard that there is a set of sea charts of the Western Regions in the reminder sign, including the Great Qin Kingdom, which are all on the charts."

"Pfft—" Sun Shao spat out a mouthful of water, and he grabbed Ao Lei's collar: "Are you serious?"

Ao Lei was taken aback, and after a while he came back to his senses, and nodded again and again: "I heard what people said, but I don't know if it's true."

"Damn it, I'd rather kill the wrong one than let it go. I'll find a way to catch this reminder this time. I want his set of charts." He turned around, and his murderous eyes swept across the crowd one by one: "Listen! Now, whoever grabs this reminder, or gets this set of charts, I will reward him with a five-in-one mansion in Panyu City, two cute girls, no, five."

(End of this chapter)