The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 153 Set Sail and Decide
"Impossible." Bu Zhi refused.

"Why?" Sun Shao raised his eyebrows, ready to play tricks.

Bu Zhi sighed, took the invitation to Gongshu, but didn't look at it, put it aside casually, and said earnestly: "Fengxian, have you finished the battle? Is Cui Qian dead or surrendered? Did you take the position?" Zhu Ya is dead, but Cui Qian is still alive, he took tens of thousands of pirates to rob merchant ships, if he succeeds, do you think it is a merit or a demerit?"

Sun Shao rolled his eyes, smiled embarrassingly and said, "It seems that I'm in a bit of a hurry."

"Not only does it seem a little anxious, it's simply too urgent." Bu Zhi heaved a sigh of relief, and finally frightened the kid.He took a breath, calmed himself down, and then persuaded earnestly: "Feng Xian, don't worry, as long as you really calm down Cui Qian and stabilize Jiaozhou, I will definitely ask for credit for you. Although Zhu Ya has a small population , but this is the merit of expanding the realm. When the Supreme is employing people, how can there be no reason not to reward? Not only you have merit, but I also have merit. Cui Qian is over, Hepu is in our hands, and then the day will be settled. Nan’s rebellion, Shi Xie dare not bow his head to the Supreme? This is a matter of merit to you and me, how could I not be enthusiastic. But, is it time now?”

Sun Shao stroked the thin and soft beard on his chin, his eyes flickered: "If Cui Qian is calmed down, then you will ask for credit for me?"

"must."

"Okay, I'll take this back first. If you break your promise then, don't blame me for not giving Fujun face." Sun Shao smiled, and gently pulled back the invitation, and tapped it lightly with his fingers Knock: "If you regained a Zhuya, why should you make me a Marquis?"

Bu Zhi hesitated for a moment, he felt that Sun Shao seemed to have a lot of thoughts, and actually wanted to be named a Marquis, but then he thought that such a great contribution should indeed be made a Marquis, he was reluctant to part with Sun Quan's children, and couldn't hold Sun Shao. The wolves belong to their grandson's family anyway.He gritted his teeth and nodded: "As long as Fengxian calms down Cui Qian, this matter will be on my shoulders."

"That's fine." Sun Shao sat up straight, clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I'll get Cui Qian settled first, and the Fujun will go back and wait for my good news."

Bu Zhi sighed helplessly, and Sun Shao chased him away again.Alas, forget it, I don't have the strength to participate in the battle anyway, so just watch from the sidelines.If Sun Shao won the battle, I would follow behind to make contributions, but if Sun Shao lost the battle, I would put all the blame on him.

In mid-September, Yue Hai, Wei Jing and Huan maintained the caravan and arrived at Qinzhou Bay. Yue Hai ordered all the merchant ships to enter Qinzhou Bay to rest and wait for the navy of Jiaozhi County to come to pick them up before setting off.When Huan Wei heard this, he immediately raised a different opinion.

"General, there are still more than 200 miles away from the border between Jiaozhi and Hepu. The navy of Jiaozhi is here to meet him, and he can't enter Hepu County. Crossing the border and using troops requires the order of the governor."

"What is this?" Yue Hai flipped his hands over, and in his hand was the order signed by Bu Zhi himself, and he smiled kindly: "Master Huan, we are now guarding so many merchant ships, and our responsibility is not light. Let the pirates rob it, and the reputation of Mr. Bufu and our Sun Fubo will be ruined, so it's better to be on the safe side."

Huan Wei sneered: "Since you are afraid of pirates, why don't you speed up and hand over the caravan to the Jiaozhi Navy as soon as possible, and the burden on our shoulders will be lifted sooner, wouldn't it be more important?" Okay? There are still more than 200 miles away from the county boundary, and the Jiaozhi Navy is not a fool, they will take the initiative to enter Hepu County?"

Yue Hai was indifferent, he calmly looked at Huan Wei who was somewhat disdainful: "Master Huan, since we have the order of Lord Bufu, we will follow it. The terrain of Qinzhou Bay is good, even if there are pirates, we can defend it. It will definitely be no problem to support the Jiaozhi Navy to come to help."

"There is Dongxing Bay in front of it. The terrain is not worse than Qinzhou Bay. It is only [-] miles away from the county boundary. If something happens, it will be more convenient for the Jiaozhi Navy to support it. Wouldn't it be better?"

"Dongxing Bay?" Yue Hai looked at Wei Jing in surprise, "Master Wei, do you know Dongxing Bay?"

Wei Jing shook his head, how could he know that he had never been here before, and his eyes were dimmed to the situation here.Spreading his hands across the sea, he said helplessly: "Look, we are not familiar with the situation in Dongxing Bay, so we rushed in recklessly. If there is no way there, or there are already pirates ambushing, wouldn't we just jump into the fire pit? How about this, Lord Huan please take a hard trip to Dongxing Bay to check, if there are no pirates, come back and let us know, and by the way, ask the sailors who handed in the address to escort us, so it will be safer."

Yue Hai's words made Huan Wei a little suspicious. Judging from what he meant, he seemed to know that there were pirates ambushing Dongxing Bay. How could this be possible?I have never received any news about pirates along the way.Behind them were some small groups of pirates, but those people were too weak, they didn't dare to attack the big fish, Yuehai never took them seriously, why didn't he leave when he came here?
Huan Wei had a ghost in his heart, so he didn't dare to say any more, so he agreed to Yuehai's arrangement, and rushed to Dongxing Bay as a forward to check the situation, and at the same time asked Jiaozhi Navy to come to meet him.Yue Hai was overjoyed, and specially arranged a banquet for Huan Wei to see him off. At the same time, he invited several powerful business representatives in the merchant ship to sit with him. At the banquet, he briefed everyone on the situation, and then said enthusiastically, Mr. Everyone's safety, single adventure, and courage are commendable. I suggest that everyone raise a glass to celebrate Huan Wei's birthday.

Huan Wei sneered in his heart, when he went, the Jiaozhi navy might not come, but the pirates would definitely come, I don't know what these merchants will think then.He was not polite, he patted his chest to express his determination, and sailed away with his personal guards.

Two days later, he saw Cui Qian and his elder brother Huan Lin who were ready in Dongxing Bay.

"Why are you here alone?" Cui Qian said very unhappy as soon as we met.He crossed the sea with more than 3 pirates, and had been preparing in Dongxing Bay for more than ten days, just waiting for them to cast a trap when they crossed the sea. Unexpectedly, only Huan Wei was waiting.

"That Lizi is too timid, he has to be greeted by the Jiaozhi Navy." Huan Wei said dejectedly. "He is now parked in Qinzhou Bay, and he refuses to go any further, saying that he won't see the Jiaozhi Navy, so he is determined not to go any further."

"Qinzhou Bay?" Cui Qian was furious. Qinzhou Bay is nearly [-] miles away from here. It would take him two days to rush there, or three days if he was slow. What's more, isn't the arrangement he made here all in vain? ?Cui Qian glared at Brother Huan and shouted, "No, you have to find a way to lure him here, or you will be responsible for my food and grass."

Huan Lin's face was sullen, and he didn't say a word.He was also very upset about this matter, but not with Yue Hai, but with Shi Xie.Colluding with pirates to bring disaster to Jiaozhou is not what a gentleman should do. If Shi Xie hadn't elected him and was kind to him, he wouldn't want to get involved in this matter.Cui Qian threatened them to annoy him even more, but there was nothing he could do.Cui Qian has more than 3 pirates under his command. These people are all coming for those merchant ships. These people have been banned by Sun Shao's sea ban and they are almost crazy. They are just waiting for this piece of fat to satisfy their hunger. If there is a merchant ship, they are likely to go ashore to plunder, and may even send troops to directly attack Longbian, the governor of Jiaozhi County.

"Then...you go back and tell him that there are no pirates in Dongxing Bay, and the Jiaozhi Navy can only wait here for the handover, and can't go too far." Huan Lin said slowly: "If within the specified time, he If we can’t reach Dongxing Bay, then we will go back.”

Huan Wei agreed, and immediately returned to Qinzhou Bay.After Yue Hai heard about it, he frowned, and he said to Huan Wei, I'm still not at ease, do you think it's too careless?I'll send a few scouts to go with you to have a look. If there are indeed no pirates in ambush, I'm willing to take people to Dongxing Bay to hand over to the Jiaozhi Navy.

Huan Wei had no choice but to go to Dongxing Bay again with the scouts arranged by Yuehai.At the same time, they sent someone to send a message to Cui Qian in advance, asking them to hide it well, so as not to be seen, otherwise the plan will definitely fail.When Cui Qian received the news, he didn't dare to be negligent, and told the pirates to withdraw for twenty miles. Huan Wei took the scouts to check in Dongxing Bay, but found nothing, and then returned to Qinzhou Bay.Crossing the sea was rewarded, so he was relieved, and said to Huan Wei with a smile on his face: "It's really troublesome Mr. Huan, it seems that I am a little suspicious, okay, you send someone to inform the Jiaozhi Navy to pick us up at Dongxing Bay .”

Huan Wei heaved a sigh of relief and immediately sent someone to set off.As soon as the messenger came out of Qinzhou Bay, Yue Hai turned his back on him and tied up Huan Wei with an order.Huan Wei was startled, and shouted harshly, "What do you mean, General?"

Yue Hai didn't talk to him, and called a few people in.One of the businessman-like people spat at Huan Wei and kicked him in the face: "Bastard, as an officer and soldier, you actually have a collusion with pirates. Your heart is too dark. You think the pirates quit Twenty miles away, can it be hidden from our eyes?"

Huan Wei was dumbfounded immediately, he couldn't figure out how Cui Qian's arrangement Yuehai knew.

In fact, it was simple, when he went with the scouts, he sent another group of people, including not only scouts, but also merchants.They rushed to Dongxing Bay before Huanwei, watched the pirates withdraw from Dongxing Bay, and then returned to Dongxing Bay after Huanwei and others returned, watching more than 3 pirates ambush in Dongxing Bay again.The businessman was so angry that his lungs almost exploded at that time, it was too wicked, he really had to listen to Huan Wei, and rushed to Dongxing Bay, how could these more than 2000 merchant ships escape a piece of board.

"Impossible, how could you be so fast?" Huan Wei fought back in a desperate situation. He knew that if he couldn't get rid of this crime, he would die. . "I didn't make any stops along the way. How could your people arrive earlier than me and come back later than me, but still reach the camp at the same time as me?"

The merchants also felt a little strange, Huan Wei's ship was a warship, the fastest ship in the current fleet, how could it be possible that the people sent across the sea set off from Dongxing Bay half a day later than him, but rushed back to the camp ahead of him ?

Yue Hai didn't talk to him, took him to the water's edge, and showed a medium-sized warship in front of suspicious businessmen. The water was splashed behind the ship, but the speed of the ship was extremely fast, more than twice as fast as that of ordinary warships.

"Any questions now?"

Huan Wei was speechless.

Yue Hai ordered that Huan Wei colluded with the pirates and conspired against him. He was immediately deprived of his post as a county lieutenant and imprisoned in the camp waiting to be dealt with. His navy was under the command of Yue Hai himself.In view of the fact that a large number of pirates gathered in Dongxing Bay, it would be very dangerous to continue to advance, so he decided to lead the fleet back to Xuwen, and at the same time sent a fast boat to ask General Fubo to rush for help.

Although the merchants were reluctant, none of them would continue to move forward knowing that there were pirates ahead, so they could only vent their grievances on Huan Wei.They all knew that Huan Wei's elder brother, Huan Neighbor, was Shi Xie's subordinate official, and the flames gradually spread to Huan Neighbors, and finally concentrated on Shi Xie. When they thought of Shi Yi's actions a few months ago, they even Unable to bear the anger in his heart, the Shi Xie brothers, who were thousands of miles away, scolded viciously along the way, were terrified and couldn't sleep well.

The 30-year reputation of the Shijia was ruined.

Wei Jing didn't expect things to turn out like this, he admired Yue Hai's foresight, but Yue Hai said modestly that it was actually General Fubo's arrangement, he had expected that there might be something wrong with Huan Wei's urgent urging to go to sea , That's why I was careful, I didn't expect to be unfortunately caught by him.

"Then what should we do now?" Wei Jing was emotional and nervous: "Do you really want to go back?"

Crossing the sea is not sure, the current situation is somewhat different from the prior arrangement.It was expected that Cui Qian would come out to rob when he got the news. Sun Shao wanted to take this opportunity to seize Cui Qian's headquarters, but none of them thought that Cui Qian's energy was so great that he actually summoned [-] pirates. They originally estimated that it would be about [-] to [-] at most. In that case, he could still fight against the pirates. Sun Shao gave him the order that if the three sentences were wrong, turn around and run away, and let the pirates snatch the merchant ship. The shit bowl was put on Shi Xie's head, and then he waited for the triumphant Cui Qian at Zhuya, and another black and white would come.But now there are too many pirates. Once they fight, he is afraid that he will not be able to escape, so he temporarily changed his plan and decided to retreat with the merchant ship.If the pirates catch up, he will drop the merchant ship and run by himself. This way, he can save his life and not deviate too much from Sun Shao's plan. Shi Xie's reputation has been stigmatized, and the basic task has been completed.

He has sent the Clippers to notify Sun Shao to come to meet him, but he doesn't know if he can catch up.The pirates had fallen into his trick, and they would not get the news five or six days later than him. Whether Cui Qian would catch up, he didn't know.He only knew to escape as soon as possible, but he couldn't escape, so he threw the merchant ship away, and the pirates snatched it and pulled it down. Anyway, Sun Shao would still be black and white.The reason why he can't throw it away now is because he is not a pirate like Su Chukuai after all, and he can't be so burdenless as Sun Shao.

Cui Qian waited in Dongxing Bay for four or five days without even looking at a shadow. Then he felt something unexpected and sent someone to inquire, only to find out that the Qinzhou Bay was empty and the fleet had already left.When he was hesitating whether to pursue him, he met Cui Wu.

Cui Wu escaped from Zhuya, hijacked a boat, and ventured across. Relying on his knowledge of this sea area and luck, he unexpectedly found Cui Qian without any danger.However, the past month or so was not easy, the boat was almost overturned by the waves several times, and the water was cut off in the last few days, so he could only live by eating raw sea fish. If he never landed again, he would die.

When Cui Qian heard that the Zongzhai had fallen into Sun Shao's hands, Cui Qian was furious. Regardless of Huan's neighbor's objection, he threatened the navy of Jiaozhi County to pursue him.He was swayed by Yuehai first, and now he doesn't even have his old nest. If he doesn't snatch these merchant ships, what else will he do?

Huan Lin and the 1 soldiers who led the navy came to meet them were unwilling. It was already a big risk to get involved with pirates, so they rushed to Hepu?If Sun Shao caught him, the Nashi family would be completely finished in Jiaozhou.But they looked at Cui Qian whose eyes were already red, and shut their mouths tightly again. Cui Qian was already crazy, and it was definitely not a wise move to contradict him at this time.

Huan Lin regretted it too late, he had an ominous feeling that something would happen this time, and it was a big one.

As soon as the other pirates heard that the merchant ship had escaped, and now they were going to chase after him, many of them retreated, because they felt timid towards Sun Shao from the bottom of their hearts.This kid is too insidious, and now there are more than 1 sailors armed to the teeth, it is definitely not a good idea to confront him head-on.The farther away from him, the safer. Robbery in Dongxing Bay can be considered, but it is too risky to go to Hepu to rob. Cui Qian is crazy, and they will not play with him.So the more the fleet drove forward, the more deserters became. Half a month later, when there were barely any merchant ships left alone, there were less than 2 pirates left.

Cui Qian's face became more and more gloomy, and he was already a little furious.Now the pirates don't know that Sun Shao has taken over his nest, but because they are afraid of confronting Sun Shao, they dare to ignore him and Cui Qian fled. If they knew that Cui Qian had become a dog who lost his family, would they turn against him? Come and bite him?
This battle must be fought, not only must it be fought, but also must be fought beautifully. By snatching these more than 2000 merchant ships, he will have a chance to breathe, and there is a possibility of fighting Sun Shao. The King of Pirates has become a mouse that everyone shouts and beats.

So what's the point of living in this world?
Facing everyone's doubts, Cui Qian responded with a sneer.Chase, chase until Xu Wen, and swallow these merchant ships.Huan Lin and Shi Gan refused to persuade them at first, but they didn't persuade them anymore. The food and grass they brought were almost consumed. If they didn't rob the boats, they wouldn't be able to go back.

Although he knew that the starting points of the two parties were different, Cui Qian was very satisfied with the support of Shigan and Huanlin. He said very righteously that if he succeeded this time, he would owe Shixiegan a favor in the future and would definitely repay it.

Although there were only two-thirds of the team left, these people were all desperate for money, and their cohesion became even stronger. They speeded up and chased after them.A day later, the scout ship finally found the tail of the merchant ship, which was only thirty miles away, and could catch up tomorrow.

Cui Qian looked up to the sky and screamed, he even felt like crying, the fishing trip this time was really frightening, more than 2000 merchant ships ran away from his mouth, and then the headquarter that he had been running for many years was thrown into a nest It's over, now he finally has a chance to stand up, he decided that after taking these merchant ships tomorrow, except for leaving the necessary supplies, all the rest will be given to other pirates, luring them to help him kill Sun Shao and take back the general village. Otherwise, this breath will not be swallowed anyway.

He ordered to recharge his batteries for a day and prepare for a big battle tomorrow.

When Cui Qian was gnashing his teeth, Yue Hai was also looking at the southeast sea in a daze.The pirates had already caught up, and he was still more than 300 miles away from Xu Wen. The scouts he had sent out had not returned. I don't know if Sun Shao got the news and could arrive in time.If he doesn't arrive tomorrow, he will have to abandon the ship, otherwise he and the others won't be able to resist Cui Qian's attack at all.Although the number of pirates continued to decrease along the way, their speed was getting faster and faster, and Yue Hai felt heavy in his heart.He knew that the last remaining people were desperadoes, they could do anything for money.

"What is the general going to do?" Wei Jing's face was heavy. The news of the pirates approaching made his nerves stretch like bowstrings. Many businessmen couldn't take it anymore after fleeing for more than ten days in a row. Ships fell behind every day. He has lost a lot. Huanwei's men are basically gone now. After last year's battles, his men are in better condition. Now there are about 500 of them. Yue Hai's men are the most powerful. Now, but compared with the pirates, these troops are still too few.

"What do you think?" Yue Hai was a bit embarrassing, the majestic sailor, who was here to escort the merchant ships, enjoyed the flattering smiles of the merchants every day, and ate and drank the wine and food provided by the merchants, but now he threw them to the pirates, he I really can't open my mouth, especially when facing a scholar like Wei Jing.

"Without him, we can only fight to the death." Wei Jing coughed dryly: "Our mission is to escort them, and we are already ashamed of not being able to escort them to Jiaozhi safely, so how can we watch them being ravaged by pirates?" ? Although merchants are untouchables, they are also one of the four peoples, and we cannot abandon them at this time."

Yue Hai clenched his big hands and pondered for a moment: "Then... how to fight?"

Wei Jing looked back at the distant sea, and sighed: "It's strange, there hasn't been a single hurricane in the past two months. If there is a hurricane, it would be great to blow these pirates away." He shook his head , and sighed again: "Maybe it's God's will. I, Wei Jing, will die in this sea thousands of miles away from my hometown. I would rather be a peaceful person than a dog in troubled times. I hope my soul can return to my hometown in the end." .”

"Master Wei, why do you say such ominous words?" Yue Hai frowned.

"There is nothing to be afraid of." Wei Jing laughed: "I would like to ask the general to lead 1000 people to protect the merchant ship and move on. The rest will be left to me. I will intercept Cui Qian near Wei Fu Island tomorrow. Wei Fu, Wei Fu, it is destined that I will be here in the sea of ​​corpses."

Yue Hai is speechless, he really looked down on Wei Jing before, and thought he was just a scholar, but he didn't expect that this scholar would have such courage when things came to an end, while he, the general of Zhonglang, was thinking of running away, it's really shocking ashamed.He raised his head, was silent for a while, and finally said decisively: "No, you guard the merchant ship, and I will fight Cui Qian."

(End of this chapter)