The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 205 Pirate Empire until the service

Sun Shao has always said to Cao Pi that he admires Cao Zhang the most among the brothers of the Cao family. Of course, his words are deceiving Cao Pi. A little bit of sincerity—Sun Shao has always admired Cao Zhang, the yellow beard, and wanted to make friends with him, that's why he received him so warmly.

However, the situation in front of him let him know that he had a hot face on someone's cold ass - Cao Xian obviously had no interest in being friends with him, he was here to find trouble.Cui Qian is his confidant, if you don't count the former general Su Chugai who is still in stealth, Cui Qian is his number one thug, Cao Zhang provoking him is tantamount to provoking him, the king of Yue, Sun Shao.

Cui Qian's stick is not for pricking ears, but for urging his life. If Cao Zhang wants to see his stick, it is tantamount to writing a life-and-death contract to him. Either you press my life, or I will take your life.

Although the Great Han Dynasty has gone through 200 years of civil governance advocated by Emperor Guangwu, the pride hidden in the blood has not dissipated. Don't say that it is unacceptable to be humiliated in person, even family members.Sun Shao crossed the river to challenge Zhang Liao because of Gan Ning's humiliation of Sun Ce. There was some element of conspiracy in it, but other people didn't think so much. Now the general Xiahou Dun of the Wei State became famous because someone insulted his teacher. He was furious Draw a knife and kill.

There are countless such examples, and it is not uncommon, but it is uncommon for people to swallow their anger after being insulted.

What's more, Cui Qian was originally a pirate who was happy to be kind and enmity.

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to grant you permission to fight this beast." Cui Qian took off his helmet and put it under his arm, and bowed in salute.

Sun Shao's brows were squeezed into Sichuan characters. He looked at Cao Zhang who was showing disdain, and the smile on his face disappeared.He lowered his face and looked at Cao Zhang standing proudly: "Are you challenging Cui Qian, or challenging me, Yue Guo?"

Cao Zhang shook his head: "The foreign minister just wanted to compete with General Cui in martial arts, and he didn't have the guts to provoke the two countries to fight."

Sun Shao curled his lips and sneered: "It's okay, although my country of Yue has not been established for a long time, I am not afraid of anyone's challenge. If you have an idea, I, Sun Shao, will follow it at any time."

"The foreign minister really doesn't have such an idea." Cao Zhang couldn't bear it anymore. He didn't expect that Sun Shao would be so arrogant and want to magnify the situation.He has objections to Sun Shao, one is because Sun Shao disrupted Cao Cao's overall plan, which made Cao Cao very unhappy, and the other is that Sun Shao played back and forth between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, obviously with bad intentions.And although he shares the same mother with Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, but because of his personality, he prefers Cao Zhi, who is less scheming, and doesn't like Cao Pi, who is too gloomy.Sun Shao and Cao Pi got close, so he classified Sun Shao as an enemy, not to mention that Cao Cao sent him to Youzhou to guard against Sun Shao.

However, prevention is prevention. He has not yet caused the courage between Wei and Yue to fight. Although Wei is still the strongest, there are many internal and external troubles. declare war.

So no matter how courageous Cao Zhang was, he would not dare to say that he was challenging the country of Yue. No matter how much Sun Shao forced him, he would not plead guilty to this crime.

"In that case, you leave my boat." Sun Shao said a very irritating sentence: "I don't have cheap things here, and you won't be able to pay for it if you break it."

Cui Qian remained calm, took off his helmet and left general's seal on his waist, indicating that he was the one fighting now, and then went out with a saber in his hand.Cao Zhang did the same, handed the helmet and seal ribbon to Tian Yu's hands, and ignored Tian Yu's repeated eye hints, picked up his sword and followed Cui Qian off Sun Shao's boat, and came to a horse that had just been prepared.

The walking horse is a small boat, only ten steps long and two steps wide. The shape of the boat is thin, so the stability is naturally poor.Cui Qian separated his legs slightly, folded his hands in front of his chest, raised his head slightly, raised his chin, and looked contemptuously at Cao Zhang, who looked obviously uncomfortable: "Cui Qian was born as a pirate, and the ship is my territory. Mr. Cao If you are not familiar with boats and dare not fight, I can accompany you ashore."

Cao Zhang was really not used to it. He didn't feel anything when he was on Sun Shao's boat, but as soon as he got on the horse boat, he immediately felt a little guilty-the feeling of his legs being unstable was very bad.However, according to the rules of the challenge, since you have already called at the door, the location is of course their territory, so why should they follow you to the location you chose?Just like when Sun Shao challenged Zhang Liao, he could only go on horseback. If Zhang Liao were to fight him on a boat, it would be a joke.

Cao Zhang often challenged, but this time he ignored a problem. The kings and ministers of the Yue Kingdom were all pirates, and their territory was on the water, which was completely different from the environment he was familiar with.But now, he somewhat understands why Sun Shao asked him to confirm whether he was challenging Cui Qian himself or the Yue Kingdom. If you challenge the Yue Kingdom, they can be on Sun Shao's boat, but if you challenge Cui Qian, you just have to According to Cui Qian's choice, the boat.

Sun Shao's scope definition made him lose all opportunities, and he was in a very disadvantageous situation.Cao Zhang gritted his teeth with hatred, he knew this kid was sinister, but he didn't expect him to be so sinister, no wonder Tian Yu tried his best to wink at him just now.

It's too late to regret, not to mention that Cao Zhang didn't think that Cui Qian could beat him on the boat.He settled down, raised the saber with both hands at eyebrow level, slowly pulled out the scabbard and held it in his left hand, and made a saber gesture with his right hand, with the tip of the saber pointing upwards, retreated half a step, bent his knees into a horse-sitting pose, He said loudly: "Cao Zhang, Qiaojun, challenge the general. A Xiongwen ring knife is six feet three inches long and weighs eight jin."

Sun Shao frowned when he saw Cao Zhang's saber.The Huan Shou Dao is usually four feet long and weighs about three catties. Some of the most powerful ones can grow up to five feet long. Of course, there are also longer ones, but the longer the weapon, the higher the strength requirements. Cao Zhang’s saber is not only six feet three inches long , and it weighs more than ten catties, which is twice the weight of ordinary knives, which means that his knives are not only long and thick, but may also be made of meteorite.

Although Cui Qian's martial arts are good, but facing Cao Zhang, Sun Shao doesn't think he can gain the upper hand.

Cui Qian squinted his slender eyes, smiled faintly, and also raised the knife: "Cui Qian of the South China Sea, in response to the challenge of Cao Shijun, has a standard bandit-breaking ring knife, four feet and one inch long, and weighs three catties."

"Please." Cao Zhang was not in the mood to argue with Cui Qian. He held the knife with one hand and pointed the knife point at Cui Qian. He stood firmly on the boat with his legs slightly apart. moving dilemma words.

Cui Qian threw away the scabbard, held the knife in both hands, took a step slowly, and slowly approached Cao Zhang. When the distance between the two was less than three steps, Cui Qian, who had been acting very cautiously, suddenly let out a long cry and flew towards Cao Zhang. Pounce on, swiping the saber with both hands with all your strength on your lower arms.Cao Zhang smiled calmly, swung the saber back with one hand, and when the two sabers intersected, there was a "choke--" sound like a dragon's chant and a tiger's howl, sparks shot out, and all the people around him trembled when they heard it.Cao Zhang's arm strength was astonishing. Although he held the knife with one hand, Cui Qian didn't take advantage of it. He only felt a strong force coming from him, his arm went numb, and he almost couldn't hold the knife.However, he had heard from Sun Shao that Cao Zhang was the most skilled among the three brothers of the Cao family. It was said that he was so strong that he could fight a lion, so he didn't panic. Draw a half circle in the air, slash towards Cao Zhang's waist and abdomen.

Cao Zhang didn't panic, he flipped his long saber over to protect his waist, and the two sabers met again.

Cui Qian slashed out thirteen knives in one breath, but Cao Zhang stood still and just swung the long knife, blocking Cui Qian's attacks one by one, as easily as walking in a garden, he even put his left hand behind his back, only Deal with Cui Qian with one hand.There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were full of contempt like a cat playing with a mouse.

After Cui Qian cut thirteen knives, seeing that he couldn't perform well, he withdrew and retreated.Cao Zhang had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, his eyes frightened, and he followed like a shadow. The six-foot-three-inch-long bear-patterned ring opened and rolled towards Cui Qian like a storm.Cui Qian didn't feel too much about the weight of his sword when he was attacking, but now he was defending, and he was immediately under great pressure.

Every knife Cao Zhang slashed was like a heavy hammer hitting his knife fiercely, making his arms numb, and then his whole body numb.He couldn't resist, so he could only retreat to get rid of Cao Zhang's tyrannical force like a bear and tiger.

Cao Zhang slashed seven times in a row and took seven steps forward, not only forcing Cui Qian back to his original position, but also cutting Cui Qian profusely with sweat, the light of the knife was scattered, and his defeat appeared.

Seeing this, Cao Zhang's subordinates were all beaming with joy, and even Tian Yu was relieved and smiled.Although Cao Zhang is not used to boats and boats, he first used defense instead of attack, stopped with static, and then counterattacked with all his strength when Cui Qian changed his strength, not giving Cui Qian any chance. This timing was too good.

Tian Yu glanced at Sun Shao proudly, but was a little surprised.Sun Shao and the few people around him were very calm, and did not show nervous or worried expressions like the others. On the contrary, he was still chatting and laughing, talking to a beardless general standing next to him.

Tian Yu was puzzled for a moment, he turned his eyes to Cao Zhang again, only to see that Cao Zhang had already forced Cui Qian to the bow of the boat, and was about to make an earth-shattering cut.The knife was raised high, the clear sound of the knife reflected the dazzling sunlight, and then it slashed down with a windy body.Cui Qian stood at the bow of the boat, with no retreat behind him, and all the space in front of him was sealed off by Cao Zhang, there was no way to avoid it, and Cao Zhang was about to cut him in half with a knife.

"Your envoy must not." Tian Yu shouted.Defeating Cui Qian is enough, if he really wants to kill him, Sun Shao will definitely not let it go.

However, the cry was too late, Cao Zhang was so focused on the knife that he didn't hear his words at all.

Even if you hear it, it's too late.

Almost everyone uttered a cry of surprise.

However, at this moment, Cui Qian, who seemed to be exhausted, suddenly showed a sneer, and the long knife hanging in front of him suddenly burst into light, and he met Cao Zhang's six-foot long knife without hesitation. What was even more surprising was that , he actually jumped up.

Tian Yu was startled, and then breathed a sigh of relief.Cui Qian jumped up, obviously wanting to use the power of Cao Zhang's knife to dive into the water to escape, and Cao Zhang knocked him into the water. It is certain that he will lose some face, but death is unlikely.

What Tian Yu didn't expect was that Cui Qian jumped up from the boat. The boat seemed to be shaking just now, but Cui Qian fell down again, trampling fiercely on the bow that was already slightly raised. What's more, With the strength of the knife and Cao Zhang's fighting knife, he took a step aside, deviated from the original position, and stepped hard on the side of the ship.

The walking horse shook violently, rushed to the bow of Cao Zhang, swayed under his feet, subconsciously sat down on the horse, trying to make himself stand firmer, but Cui Qian didn't give him this chance, shouted angrily, and flew into Cao Zhang's body. shoulders.Cao Zhang stretched out his left hand to block Cui Qian, but the timing of Cui Qian's collision was well-timed. He was stepping on the rebound of the ship after sinking. The change, the shaking of the ship suddenly became two or three times larger, the world in Cao Zhang's eyes shook instantly, and with Cui Qian's full force, he had no time to react, so he tilted his body and joined Cui Qian fell into the water.

With a "plop", the water splashed in all directions, splashing the water all over Tian Yu's face.

Tian Yu was dumbfounded. After a brief crash, he threw away the helmet and seal ribbon in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and save people!"

"Two against one?" Chen Hai suddenly took a step in a diagonal stab, stopped in front of Tian Yu, bared his teeth and smiled, revealing his iconic white teeth, which complemented the half-drawn sword: "I will accompany you."

Tian Yu gasped.He glanced at the soldiers of the Yue Kingdom with unfriendly faces, and quickly turned around and cupped his hands to Sun Shao: "Your Highness, the victory has been divided, please give your order to save people." He paused, almost crying: " My envoy knows no water."

"Tian Jun, don't worry." Sun Shao waved his hand calmly: "General Cui will have a sense of proportion, he won't just ignore death."

Of course Cui Qian would not do anything to save him, but he did not spare Cao Zhang lightly. He was pressed and beaten by Cao Zhang when he was on the boat. After holding him in the water and drinking a full stomach of water, he dragged Cao Zhang up with satisfaction, and said to Sun Shao with an apologetic expression: "My lord, he is too heavy. I can hardly lift it up." Move him."

Tian Yu knew that Cui Qian was playing tricks, but he had no choice but to rush forward with his subordinates to rescue Cao Zhang.After spitting out a stomach full of salty sea water, Cao Zhang finally sat up. Originally, his beard was a little yellow, but now even his eyeballs are a little yellow.Without waiting for Tian Yu to be lucky, Cui Qian pushed away the crowd and squeezed in again.

"Cao Shijun, you fell into the water just now, we haven't decided the winner yet, you change your clothes, we will continue."

Cao Zhang rolled his eyes in anger, not knowing what to say.Tian Yu and the others were also stunned. This pirate is too shameless. He just poured seawater into Cao Zhang's belly and he finally woke up. Do you want to continue beating?Tian Yu turned his gaze to Sun Shao, but Sun Shao shrugged his shoulders: "Don't look at me, this is a private matter between the two of them. Since it is a challenge, we have to decide the winner. If Mr. Cao admits defeat now, of course No need to fight, if you don’t admit defeat, then continue to fight.” He smiled, looked at Chen Hai and the others, and said, “Fight until you are convinced, don’t you think so?”

"Of course, if you want to fight, fight until you are served." Chen Hai and others echoed in unison.They were all irritated by Cao Zhang's arrogance and ignorance.My king of Yue is so polite, you actually put your nose on the face, don't give you any benefits, look, how can I see the country of Yue in your eyes.

"Are you convinced?" Cui Qian looked condescendingly at Cao Zhang who was sitting on the deck with some bitterness hanging from the corner of his mouth, and a pair of big feet dangled leisurely on the deck.

Although Cao Zhang was dizzy, he was not willing to admit defeat. He insisted on getting up, stood staggeringly on the deck, and hissed: "I will obey you, ancestor, come again if you have the ability, and see if I will kill you little boy!" Southern barbarians."

"Damn you." Cui Qian called him a savage the most. Hearing this, he beat him up. Cao Zhang grabbed him and beat him with his fists. But he was so full of water that he could barely The remaining [-]% were comparable to Cui Qian whose arms were sore.This time, the two of them hugged each other first, and then fell down on the deck and rolled around.

These don't look like two masters, they are clearly two rascals.

Tian Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and wanted to surround them and separate them, but Chen Hai, Yue Hai and the others gloated at their misfortune, and stubbornly stopped them until the winner was decided.The deck of the originally majestic Yuewang ship suddenly became as lively as the vegetable market. The kings and ministers of the Yue Kingdom, starting from Sun Shao, yelled without grace.

Accompanied by Zhuge Jin and his son, Wei Wen, and Zhuge Zhi, Sun Deng was standing on the Flying Tiger next to him. Sun Shangxiang yelled while holding on to the railing, wanting to jump over the boat and kick Cao Zhang's feet. There was no sign of a lady's appearance of.Sun Deng and Zhuge Jin looked at each other, and shook their heads with wry smiles. The monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom didn't want any manners from top to bottom. Although they had established a country, they were still a bunch of pirates.Dealing with such shameless people and trying to take advantage of them is not an easy task.

"Hit! Hit him until he is convinced." Sun Shao jumped up and down, happy as if it was Chinese New Year.

"Brother, let them stop." Sun Tai begged with a bitter face.Sun Shao, who was excited, was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that Cao Zhang was not an outsider, but he was the son-in-law of the Sun family. If it was really broken, his elder sister, who couldn't remember her face clearly, would have to be a widow.Only then did he nod, strode forward, grabbed one of them with one hand and separated them, lifted them to the side of the boat, let go of his hands, and threw them both into the sea, then turned around and clapped his hands, and said to Tian Yu: "Go down and save someone, change his clothes and come see me again."

Tian Yu was dumbfounded, Cui Qian was of medium build, and his physique didn't look very strong, but he knew Cao Zhang weighed far more than the average person, Sun Shao held one in each hand, as easily as if he was carrying a child, not to mention his martial arts skills , with this strength, I'm afraid it's no worse than Cao Zhang.

"What do you look at? If you don't save people, you will really drown." Sun Shao frowned and said angrily.

Only then did Tian Yu come to his senses, and quickly ordered his men to jump into the sea to catch Cao Zhang who was thrashing in the water, and sent him to a cabin arranged by Sun Shao to rest.Cao Zhang was thrown into the sea twice in a row, and had another fierce fight with Cui Qian. This time he was really wilted, lying on the bed that still smelled of fresh wood, his eyes glazed over.

The door creaked softly, and a petite figure stood at the door, blocking some of the glare of the noon sun.Tian Yu, who was worrying, turned his head to look, and quickly fell to the ground: "Tian Yu, my foreign minister, pay my respects to Mrs. Yue Wang."

There was no trace of a smile on Xia Houhui's fair face. She waved the silk handkerchief in her hand to cover her nose, and said lightly, "You all go out, and I will have a word with Uncle."

Tian Yu hesitated for a moment, got up and led the people out of the cabin.Xia Houhui sat in front of the door, pointed with thin fingers, and a middle-aged medical craftsman with a medicine box hurried to the bed, gave Cao Zhang a pulse, looked into his eyes, and then retreated to Xia Houhui. In front of Hui Hui, he whispered, "Ma'am, Mr. Cao is in good health. Although he drank some water, he is fine. He just needs to rest for a day or two."

"Understood, you can go out too." Xia Houhui nodded, and the doctor walked out of the cabin, and then she slowly walked to the bed and looked down at the weak Cao Zhang.Cao Zhang met her gaze and turned his head away a little embarrassed.Xiahouhui's father, Xiahoushang, was Cao Pi's best friend, and Cao Zhang had nothing to do with their family. Under such circumstances, it was not a good time for Xiahouhui to visit him.

"Uncle, the reason why His Highness sent you to Youzhou is to fight with King Yue's subordinates?" Xia Houhui sat sideways, wrapped her skirt carefully, glanced at her feet protruding from the edge of the skirt, blushed inexplicably, Carefully tucking her feet into the skirt.Cao Zhang was lying on the bed and did not see that Xia Houhui was not wearing enough clothes. He was wearing a pair of strange-looking clogs on his feet. A few slender leather strips fixed the clogs on his white and small feet. They are all painted with bright Dankou, red and white, beautiful and delicious - these are all masterpieces of Sun Shao, the clogs were designed by Sun Shao himself, and the Dankou was directly painted by Sun Shao.

Cao Zhang grumbled in his throat, but didn't say anything.He thought of Cao Cao's order and felt ashamed.As soon as I met Sun Shao, I messed up the matter, not only failed to suppress Sun Shao's momentum, but also lost face.I don't know what father Cao Cao and elder brother Cao Pi will think when they hear the news.My father must be very angry, but my brother will probably laugh to himself, right?
"The King of Yue doesn't like Uncle Zihuan, but Brother Zihuan can become his friend. The King of Yue admires you, but you fight with his subordinates." Xia Houhui's voice was clear and cold, which always made people feel too calm and kind. Wisdom, unlike a child who is only 11 years old.Her expression also seemed too mature, which made Cao Zhang feel a little inferior invisibly. Why didn't he understand things that an 11-year-old child could think of?Although his father told him to be wary of Sun Shao, he knew that his father had always admired Sun Shao, and that Sun Shao was also good to his father. His father's headache was cured by the Zhuifeng San offered by Sun Shao. Although they were enemies However, they are enemies who admire each other. His father never asked him to come to Youzhou to fight with Sun Shao.

"Yuanrong, King Yue...are you very angry?" Cao Zhang licked his lips and said awkwardly.

(End of this chapter)