The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 249 Pirate Empire Pirate Assembly Order

Fan Zhan received a distress letter from District Company, and without saying a word, he led his people forward by land and water, and headed straight for Xijuan City.He personally led four thousand infantry, including ten war elephants, across Haiyun Ridge and quickly approached Xijuan City.He knew that with the strength of the District Company alone, it would be more than enough to harass Lu Dai, but once confronted head-on, the District Company would definitely not be Lu Dai's opponent. It's easier to queue up.

If Rinan is lost, then Funan will be defeated before the battle, and this battle will not be easy to fight. Even if it is fought, it will be extended to Funan, and Fan Zhan will lose all face. It is extremely difficult to raise your head in front of your son.

When he arrived in Lurong County, Fan Zhan hadn't met District Company yet, so he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as District Company hadn't lost Rinan, even if there was only one Lurong County left, he would have the confidence to take Rinan away. He won it back for no other reason than that he had ten war elephants under his command. At that time, as long as these ten war elephants were lined up, even if Lu Dai had twice as many people, he would have to run away.District company also has war elephants, but he only has two ends. Although it looks scary, its power is greatly reduced.Thinking of this, Fan Zhan wanted to laugh, Ou Chu, that stupid son of Ou Lian, was really dead. Not only did he die in battle, but even the war elephants became other people's trophies. He didn't know how the battle was fought.

Fan Zhan was resting in Lurong, he had to wait for the navy from the sea, and the mountain road was difficult, they only brought half a month's dry food with them, and a large amount of food was transported by sea.He knew that the sea was not peaceful recently, and there were pirates disguised as Yue people who were robbing, but he believed that in front of the three thousand sailors, no group of pirates would dare to come up to make trouble.

On the first day, the navy did not arrive, and on the second day, the navy still did not arrive.

Fan Zhan couldn't sit still anymore. The navy set off from Da Nang, and it was only a day's journey to Lurong. Even if there was a little delay, it would definitely arrive in two days. It has been three days, and the navy still didn't even look at the shadow , something must have happened.Fan Zhan immediately sent someone to inquire about the news, but this time it was even weirder. None of the inquirers came back, and there was no news at all.

Just when Fan Zhan was suspicious, District Company sent a message. He was chased by Lu Dai for more than ten days, and he was defeated for thousands of miles. He had already retreated to Xijuan City. Now he has only a thousand remnant soldiers left to guard Xijuan, please come to support Fan Zhan immediately, otherwise, his entire army will be wiped out.

Fan Zhan's head suddenly grew bigger. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to force Xijuan, and defend Xijuan first. As for the navy, he had to send someone to investigate.The disappearance of three thousand sailors is a shocking event.Although Fan Zhan had experienced many battles, he couldn't figure out what kind of pirate had such a big appetite.

But after he met Qu Lian, he knew the truth of the matter. Qu Lian told him that he had captured some prisoners from Lu Dai, and that he heard that King Sun Shao of Yue had rushed to Linyi Kingdom with his navy.Hearing this, Fan Zhan felt his scalp go numb. Now he can guess where the three thousand sailors have gone.

He guessed right, his three thousand sailors were made dumplings by Sun Shao.

Fan Zhan's sailors passed by Wei Ping and Zhou Xun by accident. Wei Ping and Zhou Xun led 3000 people straight to Linyi Kingdom, which had become an empty nest, and successfully defeated more than 1000 soldiers left behind, and captured the The capital of Linyi Kingdom immediately announced the recovery of Linyi and turned Linyi into a county of Yue Kingdom. The teacher didn't have such good luck, they rushed to Lu Rong excitedly, and ran into Sun Shao's ambush circle.When they first saw the dots of sail shadows on the sea, they thought they had encountered a small group of pirates, and rushed forward happily, preparing to take the pirate sacrificial knives first, to appetize, and when they approached, they saw sail shadows like clouds Only then did they realize that something was wrong. This group of pirates seemed to be too many, and they turned around and wanted to run away, but it was too late. More than 1 Sinian sailors who had discovered their traces came from all sides. The three thousand funan sailors in the South China Sea didn't even see what the other party looked like, and they were directly crushed into the sea by the mountain-like building boats, and after being dragged up with seawater, they were all locked Into the dark cabin rowing.

There are more than 3000 people, and none of them slipped through the net. Where do you ask Fan Zhan to find out the news.

Fan Zhan guessed the truth of the matter, but he didn't have the chance to think about it again. Lu Dai, who drove straight ahead, rushed to Xijuan City, and confronted Fan Zhan in two battles, and the battle was imminent.Fan Zhan was not worried. Although Lu Dai claimed to have an army of 7000, he knew that Lu Dai only had [-] or [-] men at most, while he and the District Coalition had more than [-] soldiers, and there were also war elephants to help out, so they had enough strength. No matter how bad it is to defeat Lu Dai, there is no problem in keeping Xijuan City.What he was worried about was Linyi. Since the army of the King of Yue had arrived and did not land in Rinan, they must have gone to Linyi. Linyi's troops were first brought out by the district company, and then he took some oil. Now It is already very empty, and there is definitely no way to deal with King Yue.

Lin Yi's fall was already expected, and Fan Zhan had to consider his retreat.After the king of Yue took Linyi, he would definitely attack north in turn. He would soon fall into the pincer attack of Wu Yue. If he didn't want to be surrounded and wiped out, which direction to break out of was the first question to consider.Rinan is a long and narrow area running north-south, with Yue in the south and Wu in the north, leaving only east and west sides.To the east is the endless sea. For Fan Zhan, who has lost all his sailors, there is a dead end, so he can only go west. To the west is the long mountain, but the long mountain is not high enough, and the forest on the mountain is dense , is a good place for him to break through.

Fight a battle, severely dampen the spirit of the Wu army, and then look at the situation. If it is still possible, then defend Xijuan. The Wuyue coalition forces blocked the east of Changshan, which can be regarded as guarding the border for the country.

Fan Zhan still has a knot in his heart. He lost three thousand sailors. If he doesn't win a battle to make up for it, Fan Man will never let him go. Whether it is from the overall situation or his own interests, he will Must fight Wu Jun.

What's more, he still has enough chances to win against Wu Jun.

Fan Zhan made up his mind, and immediately went out of the city to confront Lu Dai.

Lu Dai already knew that Fan Zhan was coming to help, and he had a very headache.I was forced to attack by Sun Shao this time, but there is also an advantage, that is, Qu Lian did not expect him to attack, and everyone rushed to attack, and Qu Lian was chased away by him all the time. There was no chance, and it seemed that the journey was going well, but he knew that it was an accident that he could hit Xijuan. If he attacked south, it would be a lonely army going deep, and there would be problems with the army's rations and supplies.The safest way right now is to wait for Sun Deng's successor reinforcements and food to arrive before fighting.

The biggest threat he faces right now is Fan Zhan's War Elephant.

Lu Dai is not afraid of the soldiers of Funan Kingdom. These black and thin soldiers are haunting in the mountains and forests. They are a very troublesome opponent. But when it comes to attacking the city or fighting in formation, Lu Dai is sure enough to defeat them, but He worried about the war elephants.There were also two war elephants in the District Company, which caused a lot of trouble for Lu Dai. They surrounded them several times, but they broke through them again.Lu Dai mainly used infantry. Although the infantry were brave, they had no effective means of attack in the face of huge war elephants. They could only rely on Wu's bow and crossbow advantages for long-range attacks.

Two heads are already so troublesome, so what is the concept of a dozen?Lu Dai, who has experienced many battles, knows that as the number increases, the power does not simply increase exponentially. After reaching a certain number, the change in power may be a leap.If ten war elephants lined up to charge, his infantry would face a cruel test, and it was likely that they would collapse in one round.

At this time, the school captain Chen Shi made a suggestion to temporarily stop the attack and ask the king of Yue to help while waiting for the reinforcements from the state of Wu.After carefully analyzing the pros and cons, Lu Dai agreed, and he said to Chen Shi, you have met the King of Yue, you should go to see the King of Yue, and ask him to help, no matter what, we must wipe out this group of Funan people who came to Japan. Within the southern range, once they run out, things will be a little difficult.

Without further ado, Chen Shi boarded a warship with a few personal guards and headed south along the coast to look for King Yue's fleet.The news he got was that the king of Yue had already captured Linyi country, so the goal was very clear, as long as he arrived in Linyi country, he could find the king of Yue.He did see Sun Shao's fleet in Linyi, but he didn't know that Sun Shao had just captured Linyi, and he had cheated them before.

"This place is not called Linyi Country, but Linyi County." Sun Shao pointed to his nose, "It belongs to Yue Country."

Chen Shi smiled: "It is said that the Lin Yi that His Highness won, this Lin Yi naturally belongs to the Yue Kingdom, but it is too early for His Highness to say so at this time."

"Oh?" Sun Shao asked with great interest, "How do you say that?"

"Your Highness, don't forget that this Linyi country was originally Linyi County of my Han Dynasty, and the district company has only been king for 30 years. Now that you have taken back Linyi, you must have credit, but is Linyi the land of your Yue Kingdom? , but we still have to wait for the emperor to issue an edict to find out." Chen Shi looked at Sun Shao with a teasing smile: "Could it be that your highness no longer has an emperor in his heart?"

Sun Shao was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly, pointing at Chen Shi and said, "Ziqi, what a sharp mouth."

Chen Shi smiled helplessly: "It's a pity that this sharp mouth can only be used as a joke with His Highness, and my sharp mouth is completely useless when facing the elephant soldiers of Funan Kingdom. No, I am ordered by General Lu to come to His Highness Help is coming."

Chen Shi recounted the situation in Xijuan, Sun Shao nodded, pondered for a moment and said: "Elephant soldiers have a strong impact force, but they also have some problems, that is, their speed is slow. In addition, there are bows and crossbows on the backs of elephants. Do you think their crossbows are stronger than those of the Wu army? During the period when the elephants rushed to your formation, don’t you have enough confidence to kill the elephants on their backs? soldiers?"

Chen Shi smiled wryly and shook his head: "To tell you the truth, we have thought of many ways, and we have used the method His Highness said, but later found that the effect was limited. First, although the speed of an elephant is not as fast as that of a war horse, but when it charges It's not much slower than humans. Our crossbow has a slight advantage, but the advantage is limited. Basically, it's just one or two shots more than them. If we miss one shot, we will be within the range of the opponent's counterattack, and our power will be greatly reduced. "

Sun Shao was a little surprised, rolled his eyes, and then understood again.He is used to calculating the distance with the ten-stone crossbow on the ship, but the Wu army came from afar, mainly infantry, and there is no ten-stone crossbow at all. Their strong crossbow refers to the three-stone and four-stone crossbow. It has a longer range than ordinary bows, about 120 steps to [-] steps, but compared with wooden bows of seventy or eighty steps, the advantage is not very obvious, and the penetration is limited. For a giant like an elephant, Unless the arrow hits a vital point, it will do little except to arouse the elephant's anger.

"How do you want me to help you?" Sun Shao asked.

"General Lu hopes that His Royal Highness can send troops to help us deal with Fan Zhan. As long as they have sufficient strength, they will not dare to act rashly." Chen Shi looked at Sun Shao nervously. He knew that the King of Yue never did business at a loss. Now that Lu Dai is asking him for help, he probably wants to put forward some conditions. Before he came, Lu Dai gave him certain rights, but he didn't know whether Sun Shao was satisfied with the conditions that Lu Dai could give.

"What benefits do I have?" Sun Shao really asked with a smile.

"The king will pick the spoils first." Chen Shi said cautiously. Lu Dai's condition is that all the spoils can be given to Sun Shao, but Rinan County must be returned to the State of Wu, and Sun Shao can't get involved.In order to leave room for bargaining, Chen Shi specially changed the meaning.

"What if I want to enter Rinan County?" Sun Shao smiled more enthusiastically.

"Although Nichinan is the domain of Wu State, the King is only stationing troops temporarily, so of course it's fine."

Sun Shao smiled: "Temporary garrison, don't you divide me into a part?"

Chen Shi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, you have acquired a new Linyi County, so why bother to cut another piece from Rinan? According to the Wuyue family, Rinan was also brought down by His Highness, and you just asked the King of Wu for Rinan , that's fine. However, neither General Lu nor I have this right. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

Sun Shao nodded: "Ziqi, what you said makes sense, I understand." He turned around, stood in front of the map and thought for a while, then pointed to Changshan, about fifty miles west of Xijuan City, and said, "However, I don't approve of your decisive battle with Fan Zhan under Xijuan City. There are two reasons. First, we don't have any effective weapons that can restrain the elephant soldiers. Even if I go, the casualties caused by the elephant soldiers are not small. We are not We only have to face Fan Zhan, we have to face the entire Funan Kingdom, it is said that there are [-] war elephants in Funan Kingdom, are you going to trade all of them with human lives?"

Chen Shi frowned and didn't say a word. Listening to Sun Shao, he seemed to be really planning to expand the situation, but Chen Shi knew that whether it was Sun Deng or Lu Dai, their goal was to take Ri Nan back. With Nan in their hands, they will no longer go to war with Funan. At that time, they will either negotiate or send people to defend the border. Anyway, the possibility of fighting Funan is not high, unless Funan invades Nichinan again regardless of its interests.

However, he didn't need to say these words to Sun Shao, he quietly listened to Sun Shao's analysis.

"Secondly, it is Fan Zhan who is in a hurry for a decisive battle now, not you." Sun Shao turned around and said, "Your army rations are insufficient, but Fan Zhan's army rations are also insufficient, and he is not as good as yours. Reinforcements will arrive soon, but he has no reinforcements. Linyi is already in my hands, and it is impossible for Funan's army to reach Xijuan within a month."

Chen Shi's heart moved, and he blurted out: "So, Fan Zhan just wants to fight and then withdraw?"

"It should be like this." Sun Shao said with a smile: "He lost the navy, he lost Linyi, and now he is about to lose Rinan. If he doesn't fight a war, what face does he have to go back to see King Funan? So, my My opinion is that you give up on Xijuan for the time being and instead hold on to Changshan, as long as you see the possibility of blocking his retreat, I think Fan Zhan will run faster than you."

Chen Shi woke up like a dream, and he said sincerely: "His Royal Highness's use of troops is really unexpected."

"Hehehe..." Sun Shao smiled faintly, "Ziqi, don't say such nice things, you should go back and tell General Lu, he still doesn't know that Fan Zhan is more guilty than you, just in case If the army goes to war, the losses will be staggering."

Chen Shi nodded repeatedly.As Sun Shao said, Lu Dai didn't know that Fan Zhan's navy and supplies were all captured by Sun Shao. The courage to block Fan Zhan's back, forcing Fan Zhan to leave Xijuan City.He thought for a while, and then asked: "What does your majesty think, is going to Changshan to scare Fan Zhan away, or to ambush him?"

"Well, it depends on the courage of your crown prince and General Lu." Sun Shao was noncommittal, "If it is according to me, Fan Zhan came to Rinan for a walk, if he is not allowed to think about it, he probably I won’t have a long memory. But your prince likes the benevolent and loves others, maybe he will send Fan Zhan away from Rinan.”

Chen Shi didn't say anything, he guessed that Sun Deng would probably do this, but from his heart, he agreed with Sun Shao's opinion, if these bandits were allowed to go back in a swaggering way, then they would look down on the country of Wu. Happy, maybe it will come again.

"Dare to ask Your Highness, if you want to leave some thoughts for Fan Zhan, what should you do?"

Sun Shao glanced at Chen Shi in surprise, blinked his eyes, and smiled appreciatively.He clenched his fists, rolled his eyes twice, and then said with a smile: "If you want to keep Fan Zhan, then I suggest you go to Changshan quietly and set up an ambush. Elephants are difficult to deal with, but you can It’s not that there is no way, as long as you have enough time, you can dig a few holes for them. Elephants are very clumsy, once they fall into the hole, they will be finished. Without the support of the elephant soldiers, those Funan soldiers are still what you say Meat? As long as you command properly, it is entirely possible to keep all these thousands of people. Haha, you captured thousands of Funan soldiers in the first battle, captured more than ten elephant soldiers, and took back Rinan. Your crown prince and General Lu are very impressive."

Chen Shi smiled slightly: "Did Your Highness just watch us make meritorious deeds?"

"How can I watch such a fun thing?" Sun Shao stepped forward, patted Chen Shi on the shoulder, and said affectionately: "If you have the courage, I can send someone to help you guard Changshan. There are a large number of reinforcements to help you, so that Fan Zhan can't sleep well."

"Your Highness is going to march into Rinan?" Chen Shi's eyebrows trembled unnaturally.

"Don't worry, I won't go to Nichinan." Sun Shao said with a smile: "You guys are just that narrow-minded."

Chen Shi was very embarrassed, and asked anxiously, "Then what does His Highness plan to do?"

"I am calling the pirates nearby. There are more than 300 people now, and there should be thousands of people in two days. These people are all locals. They are pirates when they go to the sea, and bandits when they go up the mountain. The terrain is so familiar that you can find your way even with your eyes closed, and the ability to drill ravines is no worse than those Funan soldiers. I recruited them and bought the heads of Funan soldiers from them. Do you think they will be willing to do it?"

Chen Shi gasped, this move was bad enough, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, not to mention that those pirates were originally outlaws who licked blood with their knives.They may not have a chance to confront the Funan soldiers head-on, but if they want to touch two heads at night, isn't that easy to catch?As the saying goes, one thing can be reduced to one thing, this smiling king of Yue is indeed an expert in turning waste into treasure. Throwing thousands of pirates into Rinan County will not only make Fan Zhan's head big, but also Lu Dai's head.

"Your Highness, this... it's easy to zip a tiger, but it's hard to catch a tiger."

"And!" Sun Shao waved his hand and said contemptuously: "Are you still afraid of hundreds of pirates? Don't worry, I won't take the heads of your Wu army. Besides, after this battle is over, I will recruit them. Funan's The coastline is so long, my people are too busy, and the army needs to be expanded, the army needs to be expanded."

Thinking of his pride, Sun Shao couldn't help laughing on his back.

Only then did Chen Shi breathe a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't harm Ri Nan, the more he harmed Funan, the better.He had something on his mind, so he didn't stay any longer, and hurried back to Xijuan again.After receiving Chen Shi's reward, Lu Dai just sighed with emotion, "Yue Kingdom is really rich", and then he didn't make any comments. While bluffing under Xijuan City, he sent Chen Shi to take people to Changshan, preparing to follow Sun Shi's instructions. According to Shao's suggestion, dig a few more holes for Fan Zhan's elephant soldiers, so as to give Fan Zhan a long memory.

When Sun Shao didn't lie to Chen, he issued a pirate summoning order two days ago, and sent people to issue an announcement on the islands within a hundred miles. Now this sea belongs to my country of Yue, and you can no longer do business like this, of course Now, I, King Yue, will not cut off your life. If you want to join the army, I welcome it. If you want to be free, I will not force you, but please go far away and don’t make trouble on my territory. Let’s get together If you don't want to leave, I can also send some travel expenses or something, maybe there will be a chance to cooperate in the future.Now there is a good deal. I will pay to buy the heads of Funan soldiers in Nichinan, five shi grains per head, or a piece of silk. I buy them in large quantities, and the price is good. The king also provides weapons and warships for free.

When the pirates who worry about eating every day heard this, many people were moved. First, they came to find out the news in twos and threes. Later, they saw that the king of Yue really provided ships and weapons. He even managed two meals for free. , They got excited, and while continuing to make persistent efforts, they sent someone back to inform their companions:

Nichinan people have a lot of stupid money, come quickly!

In a few days, thousands of pirates flooded into Rinan County and started a gluttonous meeting to harvest the heads of Funan soldiers.

(End of this chapter)