The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 131 It's too hasty to set sail

"I said, are you brave enough to beat a pig and a dragon with a stick?" Sun Shao patted Ao Lei's shoulder and said with great satisfaction.He really didn't expect this kid to be so brave. Facing a group of pirate leaders, he would hit them with a short stick. Not only were the pirates fooled by him, even Sun Shao was a little dumbfounded at the time.

"Although this guy speaks loudly, but his eyes are always shifting to other places, and he doesn't dare to look at me. He is obviously a bully, so I just beat him up and talk about it." Ao Lei smiled honestly. The eyes narrowed into a slit, looking very pure, and has nothing to do with the thug who beat the pig dragon just now.

"You have the guts." Zhao Xiu pointed at Ao Lei with a thumbs up. This time, he unexpectedly broke Zhupolong's water stronghold, but there were no casualties. More than 500 people and 43 boats were captured, including two medium-sized battleships. It can be said that the boat is all the credit of this black boy.Not only Zhao Xiu, but almost everyone admired Ao Lei's quick wit, and the admiration in his eyes made Ao Lei flattered.

Zhu Polong was hung from the mast with his hands bound behind his back, his face was swollen like a pig's head, and he couldn't open his eyes after receiving two sticks from Ao Lei.Hearing Sun Shao and the others joking, his lungs exploded.Although his strength is mediocre, he is well-known among the pirates. He didn't expect that the ship capsized in the gutter today, and he was given the whole pot like this.He hated that black boy, and hated that white boy even more. If he hadn't pretended to be a reminder, how could he be so careless.

Everything is too late.

When Wei Jing and the others saw the mighty pirate ship, they didn't speak for a long time. The officers and soldiers of the Yamen Navy, who had been proud all day and night, closed their mouths tightly. Compared with others, their little record was ashamed to mention it. up.

Work harder, and fight a good fight next time.The military princes under Wei Jing looked at each other with complicated eyes.

The ever-growing fleet sailed straight to Xuwen with full sails.Along the way, I met many one-way merchant ships. After being surprised by the scene in front of them, they were all envious. Apart from anything else, they paid the money and joined the escort team. worth it.

Sun Shao and Wei Jing went all the way to wipe out the pirates. Those pirate gangs with as many as 500 people or as few as dozens of people were no match for these high-spirited naval officers and soldiers.Fortunately, the two adults did not rush to kill them all. They only attacked the pirates near the channel to ensure the safety of the merchant ships. If they were too far away, they had no interest or time.

One month after setting off from the Yamen Gate, Xuwen Port was far away. At this time, the fleet was already too large. The number of merchant ships had reached 300, and the escort fleet had reached more than 2000, and the number of captured pirates had reached [-]. Wei Jing was already worried about whether he could control it, and seeing Xu Wengang's shadow, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Before entering Hong Kong, Sun Shao and Wei Jing saw the officials sent by Bu Zhi to welcome them. When they came to Xuwen County Magistrate, they saw Bu Zhi with the same dead face, and three other people, one of whom was nearly seven years old. Xun’s Hepu prefect Shi Yi, he is Shi Xie’s younger brother, one is Xu Wenling Huanwei, who is in his 50s, and the other is Shi Hong, the head of Hepu County of the Jiaozhou Navy, who is in his 40s. He is the second son of Shi Yi.

"Fengxian, Ziqi (Wei Jing), you really surprised me." Bu Zhi showed a rare smile: "The scouts said that a fleet of nearly a thousand ships came, and the one on board was Cui Qian. The banner of the battle scares us quite a bit.”

Sun Shao looked at everyone's expressions and felt that there was something strange. He looked at Bu Zhi, and when he was about to speak, Bu Zhi shook his head lightly, signaling him not to ask more questions, so he had no choice but to swallow his words again.Shi Yi and others came forward to pay respects, especially Shi Hong, who looked at Sun Shao with complicated eyes, a little in awe and a little repulsive.

Bu Zhi greeted the wind with wine, hello, hello, everyone, everyone said empty words and expressed their determination, and then dispersed.Before Shi Hong left, he paid special respects and invited Sun Shao to a banquet in his county temple. Sun Shao gave him a big laugh and sent him away.Bu Zhi's expression just now was obviously a little weird, he couldn't say much before he understood the situation.

"Fengxian, Ziqi, it's too late for you to come." Entering the study, Bu Zhi sighed, his expression finally eased a little, and he seemed a little worried.Sun Shao was silent, trying to figure out what Bu Zhi was thinking, and didn't take the initiative to ask questions.But Wei Jing asked with concern: "Your Majesty, you have been here for more than a month, how is the battle against Cui Qian going?"

"Not good, very bad." Bu Zhi shook his head, lowered his head, twisted his beard and thought for a while, and then said: "When I first arrived here, I won a few battles and captured about three Ten pirate ships, 700 people, but later...it didn't go well. After several fights, our army either lost its way among the islands, or couldn't resist Cui Qian's attack, and suffered a lot of losses. More than 100 ships and more than 4000 soldiers. Alas, I lost my troops and lost my generals. I am really... really ashamed."

"The loss is so big?" Wei Jing was taken aback.

Bu Zhi was very ashamed, nodded helplessly, hesitated for a while, and then said: "Really, if you hadn't arrived, I really wanted to retreat. This battle is impossible to fight, and we were taken away by our opponents. Every step seems to fall into the opponent's calculations, either they are empty-handed, or they are ambushed, and their morale is greatly damaged. Now they are very tired of fighting. Not only Shi Wei's men and Shi Yi's men are passive and idle, Even the people I brought with me were war-fearing."

Wei Jing's face became ugly, he fought this battle so smoothly, it was so smooth that he couldn't accept Bu Zhi's current situation.He had always admired Bu Zhi before, and felt that his ability was stronger than his own, but now Bu Zhi actually fought a battle that had the upper hand like this, which really disappointed him.Cui Qian has more than 200 ships and 5000 people. He is the most powerful among pirates, but Buzhi has more than 300 ships and nearly 2000 people, and his equipment is better than that of pirates. There are nearly a hundred medium-sized warships alone. , and three other buildings, with such a strong combat power, how could they lose so ugly?This is not counting the strength of Shi Kuang and others. If you add Shi Kuang's more than [-] people, Bu Zhi is now three times stronger than the enemy.

Bu Zhi's gaze swept across Wei Jing's face, and then fell on Sun Shao's face.After being separated for more than a month, Sun Shao obviously calmed down a lot. He sat on the side without saying a word. He was not as restless as Wei Jing, and there was no nervous expression on his face. He looked very calm.

"Fengxian, what good advice do you have?" Bu Zhi asked lightly.

"I'm not familiar with the situation, so how can I have any good advice." Sun Shao smiled, glanced at Bu Zhi, and continued: "Don't worry, Fu Jun, although you lost some, but the boat we brought Heren can completely make up for your loss, and the war can continue. The most important thing now is to find out the reason for the previous defeat. Only when you find out the reason can you prescribe the right medicine and turn defeat into victory."

Bu Zhi nodded, and gave a wry smile with emotion: "It's God's will to deceive people. Fifteen ships were ordered to go to sea first, cutting through the waves all the way, invincible. I brought more than 300 ships, but lost troops and generals. It seems that I am really not leading troops. Material."

Sun Shao shook his head: "Your Majesty, why do you say that? We are dealing with a small group of pirates, with great disparity in strength. Of course, we will be able to overcome them. However, your Majesty is dealing with the most powerful pirates in the South China Sea. The difficulty is not the same. Let's talk , if the Lord Fu hadn't restrained them, how could Lord Wei and I have swaggered through the market so comfortably?"

Bu Zhi smiled lightly, and motioned to his followers to take the chart, which was the one Sun Shao had seen last time, and put it on the table: "Let me tell you about the situation here first."

Sun Shao glanced at the sea chart, and suddenly said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is not a small loss to eat this sea chart, right?"

Bu Zhi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't come back to his senses for a while. He looked at Sun Shao and then at the chart, looking very confused: "What's wrong with the chart?"

Sun Shao suddenly had a black line on his forehead, Bu Zhi had been fighting for more than a month, but he didn't find the problem with the chart?No wonder you lose battles, it's no wonder you win.He was thinking about how to speak, and Wei Jing also noticed the problem, he pointed at the picture, and exclaimed: "It's not right, Mr. Fu, the positions of the islands in your picture are not right."

"Ah?" Bu Zhi couldn't keep his composure no matter how much he had in the city, his eyes froze and he stared at Hai Tu closely: "Isn't there?"

"Sun Jun has a chart in his hand, which is similar to yours, but the positions of these islands are quite different." Wei Jing moved her hand quickly on the chart without thinking: "This, this, and this, It’s not right, the position gap in the middle is too big.”

While talking, Sun Shao had already asked Shuai Zeng to bring his charts, and put them on the table. Bu Zhi, regardless of his own image, pounced on to examine it carefully for a while, slapped his thigh, and was very frustrated: "I was caught by these gangs. Shu Zi was deceived."

"What's going on?" Sun Shao and Wei Jing were puzzled.

"Listen to me slowly." Bu Zhi smiled wryly, sighed a long time, and then spoke slowly.

When Buzhi first arrived in Xuwen, he fought several victories, and the nearby pirates fled. When Buzhi was about to make persistent efforts and kill Cui Qian's village in Zhuya, the soldiers who received Buzhi's order to transfer troops When the first group arrived, they brought more than 100 ships and two to 3000 people. Of course Bu Zhi was very happy, so he discussed with them.Shi Yi and the others were very cooperative. They all agreed with Bu Zhi's arrangement. There was only one thing, that is, Bu Zhi, as the person in charge of the war, had to be under the command of Xu Wen and could not go to the front line in person.Their reason is that sea battles are very dangerous, even more dangerous than land battles. If you are defeated on land, there are still places to hide. If you lose a battle at sea, you will die. If you lose your way, or if you encounter a storm, life or death is uncertain.If something happened to Bu Zhi, they would kill Cui Qian a hundred times, but they would not be able to recover the loss.

After hearing this, Bu Zhi felt that it made sense. It wasn't that he was afraid of death, but that he felt that he was not from a military background after all. If he forced himself to command at the front line, he might interfere with the performance of the generals who led the troops.Therefore, he stayed in Xu Wen.However, the subsequent battles made him very disappointed. After several battles, not only did he not continue the good momentum of the start, but it took a sharp turn for the worse. Every operation failed due to unexpected problems, either he could not find the opponent's trace, or fell into the opponent The ambush circle, or it was clearly stated that there was an island in that place that could replenish fresh water, but the soldiers who were ordered to go there said that there was no such island at all, and all they could see was the sky and the water. And back, the most outrageous one was that a Zhonglang he trusted would take more than 1000 people to the scheduled seaport for a temporary stay, but when they entered the seaport, they found that Cui Qian was waiting for him, and more than 1000 people were almost wiped out. A few scouts came out.

This loss caused his control to drop drastically, and his morale was also greatly affected. Now the battle has basically come to a standstill.

"I also suspected that there was something wrong with the chart, but I saw that the chart in the hands of Shi Yi and others was exactly the same as mine, so in the end I just thought that the chart was inaccurate and there were errors, but..." Bu Zhi slapped angrily A few cases, let out a long sigh.He now understands that Shi Yi and the others may have tampered with it a long time ago. It is a problem that all the pictures hidden by the government are problematic. Only they have the real pictures.Fighting with the wrong charts, he'd be damned if he could win.

"It's all right now, you guys are here, we have accurate charts and trustworthy people, let's fight again." Bu Zhi said eagerly, "Fengxian, you are a natural born warlord. , let's put it aside, you help me win this battle, and I will guarantee you all the best in Jiaozhou."

Sun Shao smiled.Bu Zhi is really popular this time, he has always been conceited, this time he was played like a fool for more than a month, and lost troops, if he hadn't dragged Wei Jing to Xu Wen, he would have wiped out many pirates on the way, his strength is great If it was Zeng, he could only go back to the South China Sea in despair. Whether it is here, South China Sea, or Jiaozhou, it is still the world of the scholar family. Maybe he, the governor of Jiaozhou, will make it to the top.It is related to his vital interests, he is a little impatient now, and he actually made such a condition to himself, a month ago, he would not have said such a thing even if he was beaten to death.

Sun Shao just laughed, didn't speak, and looked at Bu Zhi with a slightly playful look, Bu Zhi gradually sank his face, he made such a promise to Sun Shao, but he was still indifferent, which made him very disappointed .But he can't do anything, he can take Sun Shao's soldiers over, but he can't force Sun Shao to fight for him. He has a dispensable attitude towards General Henghai.

"Your Majesty, I really want to help you fight this battle, but I don't think we can." Sun Shao saluted Bu Zhi sincerely.

Bu Zhi returned to his indifference, and smiled faintly: "I was in a hurry. I will not be angry because of anger. I am a little impatient now, and it is really not appropriate to fight again."

Sun Shao shook his head and said softly: "Your Majesty, it's June now, and June and July are the hottest months, most of the soldiers we can trust are not locals, and the combat power at this time is the worst. A month later, hurricanes began to appear again, which is not suitable for conquest. If we don’t need the opponent to fight, we may all be buried in the belly of the fish. In my opinion, it is better to stop and rest temporarily, adjust morale, send more scouts to explore the terrain, and wait until autumn and winter before we move forward Wouldn't it be more appropriate to discuss?"

Bu Zhi was startled, and then suddenly realized, a look of shame appeared on his black and thin face: "I was too impatient."

Sun Shao comforted: "Your Majesty, the Supreme Being is clear about the situation in Jiaozhou. He trusts the Lord, so he let you sit in Jiaozhou. How could he be dissatisfied because of the delay for several months? After all these years, he urged you to sit in Jiaozhou. Have you ever crossed the Fujun? The Fujun is loyal, and we all admire him, but I ask the Fujun to proceed step by step and fight steadily. To be honest, when I just set off from Yashan Pass, I also wanted to calm down Cui Qian in one fell swoop, but I fought all the way. , I found that there is no rush for this matter. The pirates' familiarity with the terrain is simply incomparable to that of naval officers and soldiers. We have the strength, so what if we can? I’m back again, I’m invincible, if I want to succeed in one fell swoop, it’s not for me to raise others’ ambitions and destroy my own prestige, this is simply impossible.”

Bu Zhi nodded slightly. In fact, Sun Shao didn't need to say so much, as long as he calmed down and thought about it, he could figure out the reason.He is clear about Sun Quan's trust in him. He has been with Sun Quan for nearly ten years since he was a female step trainer. Although he did not have a son, there is no wife in the harem who can compete with him, no matter the original , or later.Sun Quan is not a qualitative person. He has never had such a long sex with any woman. Whether it is Mrs. Xie at the beginning or Mrs. Xu later, it took two or three years. .Mrs. Xie was so favored back then. The newlyweds are much more affectionate than the current Sun Shao couple. So what, in less than three years, Mrs. Xu entered the mansion, and Sun Quan asked Mrs. Xie to give up her position to Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xie He was used to being favored, so he was willing to give in, but he was reprimanded by Sun Quan as soon as he acted a little temper, and died of depression within a few years.The same is true for Mrs. Xu. After being favored for several years, when Bu Lianshi entered the mansion, she lost her ambition just like Mrs. Xie back then.Only Bu Lianshi has been favored for ten years. This is because of Bu Lianshi's gentle personality back then, but it also has a lot to do with Sun Quan's trust in Bu Zhi.

It is precisely because of this that Buzhi is very eager to truly pacify Jiaozhou, turn Jiaozhou into Sun Quan's stable rear, and provide Sun Quan with a steady stream of wealth. He has further plans to sweep Jingzhou from the west of Jiaozhou, and then plot Yizhou, to realize the long-cherished wish of Sun Quan and Cao Cao to plan the river.

Because the goal is big, he is very anxious, and he can usually restrain himself and not let himself show it. This time, because of the arrival of Sun Shao, the great opportunity he had been looking forward to for a long time suddenly appeared, and he saw the hope of completely solving the Jiaozhou problem. That's why he moved like a thunder, and prepared to take the opportunity of solving Cui Qian to control the Jiaozhou navy first.The success in the early stage and the defeat in the later stage made him a little depressed.

"Then what do you mean, let's go back to the South China Sea first?" Bu Zhi consulted Sun Shao, then looked at Wei Jing.

(End of this chapter)