The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 152 Set sail on your own territory

Cui Yan drove for half an hour, and when she arrived in front of the old village, she saw that the buildings and boats had disappeared. There was a mess in front of the old village, and many wounded soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield. camp, and knew that someone had already rushed out, afraid of being flanked by others, they had already retreated along the original path.

Cui Yan was very disappointed, she came here for nothing, but she didn't get any spoils.But there was no way to get angry, so he went into the inner camp depressed, and wanted to ask Cui Wu what was going on.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Cui Wu, but to his surprise, Cui Wu was tied up and kneeling in front of a young man.

Cui Yan was shocked, she drew her saber and backed away, but it was too late, a dozen fierce soldiers rushed by, and they cut his bodyguards to pieces without much effort, and he was about to command the people to rush out. "Ding Ling" rang a crisp bell, and a sharp ring-sword was placed on his neck.

"Surrender, or I will kill you."

Cui Yan looked at the edge of the knife on his shoulder, and a chill rushed straight into his forehead. He threw the knife without thinking too much, and slowly knelt down on the ground with his head in his hands, trembling all over.

The old camp changed hands.

Soon, a cluster of sparks rushed into the sky, and with a "pop", a cloud of red smoke exploded in the air, and it took a long time before it slowly dissipated.Not long after, the same smoke appeared in the sky in the direction of Zongzhai, but it was far away, only the smoke could be seen, but no sound could be heard.

"I, Captain Wumeng under General Fubo's tent, Chen Hai." Chen Hai withdrew his knife and said indifferently: "Now your general stronghold has been taken by the general. If you are wise, not only can you save your life, but you may also be able to save your life in the future." If you have the opportunity to fight with the general, if you don’t know the situation, then don’t blame me for being rude, and I will have to try you.”

Cui Yan didn't dare to vent her anger, she fell down on the ground and said, "Please tell me, my lord."

"I heard that Cui Qian has a set of sea charts. Where is it?" Chen Hai glanced at him disdainfully, raised his head arrogantly, and looked down at him with his nostrils. His arm was a knife ring, and he built it fiercely on his shoulder, and shouted loudly: "Say it quickly."

"No... I don't know." Although Cui Yan has been a pirate for so many years, she has been following Cui Qian smoothly. When has he suffered such a hardship? The knife ring made half of his body lose consciousness. With a sore nose, I couldn't help crying: "My lord, I really don't know, that set of charts... Only my father and elder brother know about that set of charts."

"Really? It seems that it's useless to keep you." Chen Hai let out a cold cry. Although the sound was silent, it sounded like a thunderclap in Cui Yan's ears, scaring him out of his wits and almost paralyzed on the ground, crying After a while, a column of water flowed down his legs, overflowing with foul smell.

"Soft." Chen Hai pinched his nose in disgust, motioned for his subordinates to drag Cui Yan out, and turned around to look at Cui Wu who was not convinced: "What? Are you not convinced?"

"I give in to your ass." Cui Wu, with a bruise on his face, cursed: "If it weren't for those boneless things to guide you, how would you have found this place? Gotta beat me?"

"Old man, I really don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth. Could it be that I am bullying you?" Chen Hai was annoyed and funny: "You have a heavy responsibility, but you are so fond of drinking, you are not ashamed of losing your old village, and you still have the face to shout here. You are not convinced, right? Well, you have a good night's rest, I will give you a chance tomorrow, if you can beat me, I will let you go."

"It's a deal." Cui Wu immediately seized the opportunity.

"Any horse is hard to chase." Chen Hai waved his hand, "Look at this old man and see how I deal with him tomorrow."

The two soldiers came down, took Cui Wu by their arms and left, cursing as they walked: "The old man is really short-sighted. He dares to shout in front of our Captain Chen. You will see me tomorrow." The other smiled and said: "You What are you trying to persuade him to do, let him have a good night's rest, the captain didn't have a good time today, his heart is on fire, and it's just time to beat this old thing up to relieve his anger."

Cui Wu was so angry that his eyes were tearing apart, and he was considered a good hand in the Cui family's big village, so why was he like a sandbag in their mouths?
The general village with only 300 guards and no one in charge faced the swarming officers and soldiers, and put down their weapons and surrendered without much resistance.Sun Shao led people into the general village, and he was very grateful to see the well-defended facilities.

"Even if Bu Zhi finds this place, I'm afraid he won't be able to fight in." Sun Shao said with a smile: "If Cui Qian hadn't left, without 1 horses, it would be impossible to attack this general village."

"If the Zongzhai hadn't been so tough, I'm afraid Cui Qian wouldn't have left so reassuringly." Yu Fan said with a relaxed tone, "If he hadn't left, how could we have succeeded so smoothly?"

"But then again, if it wasn't for the general's plan to know that the general stronghold is here, I'm afraid we might not be able to guess that the general stronghold is here even if we pass by." Shen Xuan sighed with emotion: "General, the general stronghold is now gone." If we win it, we will wait here for Cui Qian?"

"What do you think?"

"Stay here to ambush Cui Qian, of course it's easy, as long as you lure him in, you can close the door and beat the dog." Yu Fan twisted his beard and looked worried: "However, it is inevitable that the news will not be leaked, in case Cui Qian knows in advance If we don’t come here again after seeing the situation here, then it will be troublesome. If he hides in the Three Caves of the Rabbit, it will not be so easy for us to find him.”

"Don't worry about this. I believe there must be Zhuya's detailed map in the general village. Cui Qian wants to catch cats and cats with us again, but it will not be so easy." Sun Shao suddenly smiled and said: "Mr. ?”

Yu Fan smiled, pinched his fingers quickly, and his face suddenly sank: "General, I'm afraid things are not going well."

"Why?" Sun Shao found it interesting, is this thing really so amazing?
"Judging from the hexagrams, the news has been leaked." Yu Fan said while quickly calculating again: "The situation is unclear now, and the hexagrams are very vague, but the battlefield will definitely not be here."

Sun Shao didn't care. He felt that Yu Fan was playing tricks. Chen Hai had just sent a signal saying that he had caught them all. How could he have leaked the news again.He didn't say much, and arranged for people to take over the general village, strengthened his defenses, and made preparations to bury Cui Qian.

However, things were beyond his expectation. The next day he received a report from Chen Hai that Cui Wu killed the guard guarding him and ran away.

"How could it be like this?" Sun Shao was a little dazed, and this accident disrupted his plan all of a sudden.Cui Wu ran away, Cui Qian might get the news in advance, then he would definitely not go back to the Zongzhai to drill an ambush, so where might he go?Sun Shao looked at the map of Zhuya just found, there are dozens of bays where soldiers can hide, and it is impossible to check them all.

"It's unreasonable." Sun Shao was furious, wishing he could drag Chen Hai over and beat him up.Shen Xuan and Yu Fan didn't say a word. They didn't agree to let Chen Hai lead the army alone at the beginning. They thought Chen Hai was too rude. He was just a personal guard before and had never led a soldier. It might be a mistake to take on such an important task suddenly. .But Sun Shao didn't listen, and insisted that he had seen Chen Hai lead the army alone, and now something happened.

"Go, call Chen Hai back to me." Sun Shao pointed at Ding Feng and roared: "This Shuzi is so fucking incompetent, isn't this trying to tear down Lao Tzu's platform? Shen Xuan, you go with me and take over from him to guard the old village As long as he is like this, he will be a personal guard for the rest of his life."

Shen Xuan laughed secretly, turned around and followed Ding Feng away.

"Sir, what should we do now?" After Sun Shao got angry, he felt a little bored. The matter is already like this, and it's useless to get angry again. It's better to think about something real.He cupped his hands at Yu Fangong who looked down and said nothing, and gave a dry laugh with some embarrassment: "Sir, you really hit the spot."

Yu Fan grinned, raised his eyelids, and rolled his eyes at Sun Shao: "What does the general want to do?"

Sun Shao scratched his brows: "Since ambushes are not allowed here, I wonder if I should go up and take the initiative to find Cui Qian for a decisive battle."

"Turning passivity into initiative is indeed a way." Yu Fan nodded: "However, this is not the best way."

"Please advise sir."

"Isn't the general interested in Zhuya other than suppressing Cui Qian?" Yu Fan asked, "Emperor Xiaowu established Zhuya and Dan'er counties here in the first year of Yuanfeng. Later, because of rampant pirates, Emperor Xiaozhao In the fifth year of the first Yuan Dynasty, Dan'er County belonged to Zhuya County. In the third year of Emperor Xiaoyuan's first Yuan Dynasty, Zhuya County was abandoned after the emperor's imperial edict and donation. In the following hundreds of years, Zhuya County has not been included in the territory of our Han Dynasty. General, you are expanding your territory now."

Sun Shao didn't understand Yu Fan's intention, what if it was to expand the territory, Zhuya is so big, but the population is too small, and the resources available are really limited.What's the point besides a good name?
Yu Fan saw that he still didn't understand, so he had to explain further: "General, think about it, why is the supreme being so anxious to pay the state? Is it just because the state can provide taxes? Otherwise. So far, the state has been able to provide the supreme with all the money and food. Very limited, Shi Xie pays tribute every year, but the items given to him by the Supreme are more than what he pays. Of the seven counties in Jiaozhou, only the three counties of Nanhai, Cangwu, and Yulin that the Supreme can really receive, and the other four counties Taxes belong to scholars. But why does Zhizun spend so much effort to manage Jiaozhou? There is no other reason. Jiaozhou is the only land that Zhizun can expand at present. Expansion of territory has always been the greatest contribution. Emperor Xiaohuan has done so much How can you get a good posthumous posthumous title? Isn’t it because Duan Jiong defeated the Eastern Qiang.”

Sun Shao understood a little bit: "You mean, I am also expanding my territory now, so I can..."

"Yeah, this is a great contribution. Even if the Supreme doesn't give you any real benefits, he will give you an official title."

This time, Sun Shao understood that only when he was promoted to a noble rank, the people who followed him could get more benefits. Whether it was actual benefits or an improvement in status, it was worthwhile for them.

Seeing that Sun Shao was moved, Yu Fan continued, "The reason why Zhuya was abandoned before was not because Zhuya was not good, but because there were no timely immigrants. We have few Han people and many barbarians, so the court has always Unable to really control Zhuya, the rebellion naturally kept coming and going, and it was unbearably disturbing. It is also because there is no court control here, so it has become a pirate's territory. If the general wipes out Cui Qian this time, other pirates will definitely surrender. The total population is no less than 5. How will the general arrange these people? Isn’t Zhuya a good place? With 5 people, the strong serve as soldiers, and the weak serve as people. This place is rich in resources. After several years of operation, this place is no worse than Wu County. .Moreover, compared with Wu County, there is more land here, and there is more room for expansion in the future."

Yu Fanyue became more and more excited as he spoke. He strode up to the map and pointed his hand: "Please look, general. If you set sail from the southern end of Zhuya and go straight to Rinan, it will be at least half the distance than starting from Xuwen. There used to be pirates, so Most merchants have to pay more addresses and go around the Nine Truths. Now that the pirates have been eliminated, merchants can start directly from here. It won’t be long before Zhuya will become the best place for barbarian merchants to enter and exit. General, this is comparable to Xu Wen’s The conditions are much better."

Sun Shao's heart skipped a beat.There are only more than 3000 people in Xuwen City, but relying on the sea merchants coming and going, it has become a prosperous county with a permanent population of nearly [-], which is not smaller than Wu County.Now there are [-] to [-] pirates in Zhuya, which is a large county with [-] households, plus the businessmen coming and going, it is only a matter of time before the prosperity here surpasses that of Xu Wen, there is no doubt at all.What made him even more tempted was that this place was a den of pirates. No one dared to work here except him. This place was his world.Actually speaking, Zhu Ya is still a den of pirates, but he is a more powerful pirate leader than Cui Qian, not only has more people, but more importantly, he has an official status, so he can justifiably control the power at hand.

Looking at Zhuya on the map, Sun Shao smiled. This is a good place. Starting from here, you can go east to Southeast Asia and west to India. After all, the development is huge. This is his independent kingdom.Moreover, this damn is the Hainan Island of later generations. Isn't it going to be built into the Las Vegas of the East in the 21st century?Well, I will do it for you in advance.Let you see what it means to rejuvenate a country with business.

"Sir, please write a letter to the Supreme, requesting the establishment of a county in Zhuya."

"Let Mozhi do this kind of thing, his pen is better." Yu Fan shook his hand and smiled contentedly.

"Sir, if the Supreme can give me this piece of land, you have to discuss it with those companies and give them your full support." Sun Shao and Yu Fan exchanged glances and smiled tacitly.

"Then we'll wait here for Cui Qian. Before he comes back, we have to figure out what's going on here as soon as possible." Sun Shao waved his hand and called Su Chuleg over, telling him to send someone back to Xu Wen immediately. Bring Lu Ji and others to Lingao Bay, and all the surveying and mapping students will bring them with them, and find out the situation of Zhuya in the shortest possible time.

Without saying a word, Su Chugui took his troops and set off.At the same time, Sun Shao asked him to bring a letter to Bu Zhi.In the letter, he said to Bu Zhi that I have successfully occupied Cui Qian's general village, and now I am actively planning to injure Cui Qian again and completely pacify Jiaozhou. When the conditions are ripe, I will cross from the south of Zhuya The sea goes straight to Rinan County to suppress the rebellion. Please prepare the food and grass I need and transport them to Zhuya together.

When Bu Zhi received the letter, he still couldn't believe it. Sun Shao actually took down Cui Qian's headquarters in such a short period of time?He knows Cui Qian's head office so well, it's as easy as going home, and he doesn't take any detours?He asked Su thick leg, Su thick leg just smiled, "The general is wise, everything is under control", and didn't say anything else.Bu Zhi also knew that Su Chuga, a pirate, only believed in Sun Shao, and didn't care about him as the governor of Jiaozhou at all.He said to Su Chuga, half of the half-year army rations you have prepared have not been moved, you should transport some rations to Zhuya first, Zhuya should also have some rations in reserve, which should be enough for you to go to Rinan to fight the rebellion.If it's not enough, I'll just raise it when the autumn harvest is done.

Satisfied with Su's thick legs, he turned around and was about to leave, but Bu Zhi stopped him again: "Doesn't General Fubo intend to help?"

Su thick legs shook his head, the general said, even if he went, it would be too late, please let the governor and the sailors at the address deal with Cui Qian and the others. If they can return without success, if they encounter a hurricane again, they will die without a place to die.Although there are only more than 6000 sailors currently escorting, there are also [-] sailors including the sailors at the address. Of course, it is difficult for [-] sailors to defeat tens of thousands of pirates, but it should not be too difficult to protect merchant ships. The problem.

Bu Zhi was so angry that he didn't know what to say. He found that Sun Shao came to Jiaozhou this time and there was a big difference from the last time. He didn't listen to him like he did last time. In his tone, he had already regarded him as an ordinary colleague, making demands on him at every turn, but ignoring his demands.

Su Chuleg didn't care about Bu Zhi's state of mind, turned around and left.He uprooted all of Sun Shao's barracks in Xuwen, and moved them to Zhuya together, accompanied by Lu Ji and others.Within a few days, Xu Wen's barracks were empty, and while Bu Zhi felt a burst of relief, he suddenly thought of a problem.It is impossible for Cui Qian not to get wind of Sun Shao's such a big move. What if he turns around and comes to Xu Wen to rob him?Xu Wen didn't have many troops right now, the remaining few ships and the few county soldiers probably weren't enough to fill Cui Qian's teeth.

Bu Zhi found out tragically that he was going to take the blame for Sun Shao again.Sun Shao occupied Cui Qian's hometown, Cui Qian didn't dare to provoke him, and most likely would send evil fire on him.Thinking of this, Bu Zhi couldn't sit still any longer. On the one hand, he sent people to urge Shi Xie to send the sailors at Jiaozhi to meet Yue Hai and others, and on the other hand, he rushed to Lingao Bay in person and asked Sun Shao to send troops.

When he saw Sun Shao, before Bu Zhi could speak, Sun Shao handed over a letter of merit.Lord Fujun, we have made great achievements in opening up the territory and laying down such a large land for the supreme, you should ask for credit for us.

(End of this chapter)