The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 254
Fan Man's decision was opposed by some people. Fan Chang suggested that Funan first proposed the peace negotiation, and now Wu Yue has already agreed. Although the Yue Kingdom was suspected of blackmail, they lowered their requirements after all and sent scholars to give lectures. , showed enough sincerity, and now the news of the peace talks has spread to the surrounding countries, even the area near Temu City, those dependent countries and people have just recovered from the crazy revenge of the Yue Kingdom, this Isn't it a little unwise to go to war at the right time?You must know that everyone has no impression of Wu State. The annihilation of Fan Zhan's army is a big event for the royal court, but it is far away for the common people. The whole country comes to attack, this kind of madness is just pain for ordinary people, but it is very enviable for businessmen who have been wandering overseas for many years. The king of Yue has become the patron saint of the businessman. If we start a war with him at this time, it would be fine if he can be defeated, but what if he cannot be defeated?
Fan Man was very angry, he felt even greater fear, even his son was against going to war with Yue, so what about the others?He regretted it a lot, because he was frightened by Sun Shao, thinking that Sun Shao's navy was very powerful, but now that he thought about it, if Sun Shao was really strong, why would he summon pirates? These pirates are not working for nothing Yes, all the spoils during this period should have been paid to the pirates, and even Sun Shao had to post a little bit backwards. This was obviously a helpless move made by his own lack of strength, but why was he frightened by Sun Shao's aggressive appearance? So he came up with a way to negotiate and gave Sun Shao a chance to attack his heart?
"It is precisely because of this that we have to fight quickly and defeat the navy of the Yue State first." Fan Man suppressed the anger in his heart and said slowly: "The infantry of the Wu State are covered by the jungle. The navy is not the same, their striker has already arrived in front of Temu City, do you think they will retreat after peace talks? Where is Cui Qian?"

Fan Man glanced at Fan Chang and the others. Fan Chang couldn't bear his majestic gaze and lowered his head.

"I guess I made a mistake." Fan Man sighed and began to criticize himself first: "I forgot the essence of the navy of the Yue Kingdom. They are different from ordinary sailors. Ah Chang, you come and tell me, you How far can your fleet go?"

Fan Chang thought for a moment: "It's hard to say, the key depends on how far the luggage can be supported."

"Can you leave the station with [-] sailors for three months?" Fan Man asked again.

Fan Chang's lips moved, but he didn't say what he wanted to say.He understood what Fan Man meant. Usually, how far a navy can go is related to its carrying capacity. The more baggage you carry, the more you can go. With the current strength of the Funan Navy, They last a month at most, which is more than enough since they are always near their territory.But how long has the Yue State Navy been at sea?They stayed away from Zhuya, Cui Qian had been away for more than half a year, and Sun Shao had been away from Zhuya for three or four months, how did they manage their luggage?Especially Cui Qian, he was not ten thousand miles away from Zhuya, maybe five or six thousand miles.

"The strategy of slowing down the army is feasible for other people, but it is just a threat to the Yue Navy." Fan Man's eyebrows were knitted together, full of worry, "We were frightened by them, thinking that their strength is far superior to ours, so we have to wait They will fight again when they can't hold on, and now it seems that this is exactly what they want, they are not afraid of procrastination, they are afraid of a quick battle." Fan Man let out a long breath, "Sun Shao has more than 1 sailors, half of them are in the forest. Yap, half of the sea in front of us, they are not our opponents, but they used pirates to create a bluffing momentum, scaring us all."

Fan Jinsheng and the others looked ashamed, and they accepted Fan Man's analysis.

"However, [-] sailors out of Fan Zhan's [-] troops were defeated by the King of Yue. If their warships are almost the same as ours, and the King of Yue only has [-] or [-] sailors in his hands, how could he defeat Fan Zhan's army?" Three thousand sailors swallow it in one gulp?" Although Fan Chang had basically accepted Fan Man's analysis, he still raised his own question: "Could the King of Yue hide his strength and lure us to fight at sea?"

Fan Xun's face darkened, and he was very unhappy. Fan Chang's words were tantamount to accusing him of being cheated by Sun Shao.It can be said that he was negligent last time, but this time he really put his heart into it. He spent a lot of money not to mention it, but also spent a lot of effort. After getting this information, until now he thinks of the contemptuous smile on Shi Bao's handsome face, he feels depressed.With one sentence, Fan Chang wiped out all his credit.

The corner of Fan Man's mouth twitched, and she turned her gaze to her eldest son, Fan Jinsheng.Fan Jinsheng saw the expectation in his eyes, his heart moved, coughed, and stood up: "Father, the kings and ministers of the Yue Kingdom started as pirates, and their ability to survive at sea is extraordinary. The more unfavorable it is. Father, I am in favor of a decisive battle with them as soon as possible."

Fan Man snorted and looked at him calmly, but Fan Chang curled his lips. He could tell that his elder brother was flattering Lao Tzu instead of discussing the facts.He smiled slightly, and asked the question again: "What if the king of Yue is hiding his strength and luring us to go to sea to fight? We have nearly [-] troops, but the navy is only [-], and we obviously don't have an advantage in fighting at sea. Why don't we fight on land where we have the advantage, instead of going into the sea? On land, we can gather [-] elite troops, while Wu and Yue's total strength is only [-]. What's more, we still have [-] war elephants, which is enough to defeat them .”

"If we don't defeat their navy, can we leave Temu City safely?" Fan Jinsheng asked back: "From here to Changshan, it is more than 800 miles, and the march will take two months. Once the pirates attack Temu Mucheng, the army is too late to return, can you guarantee that Temucheng is safe?"

Fan Chang was speechless. If he could guarantee it, he might be the one who stayed behind to defend the city. Although he didn't think the Yue Navy would have the courage to go ashore to attack Temu City, they had the experience of harassing the surrounding areas. Make him feel bad.

"What's more, the Yue State Navy only has more than 1, and now it is divided into two divisions. We attack at this time and eat this part of the Yue State Navy. Not only can the safety of Temu City be guaranteed, but also the morale of the Wuyue coalition forces can be hit. .Don't wait for them to attack each other when they split up, but wait for them to join forces and fight resolutely?"

The more Fan Jinsheng talked, the more courageous he became. Not only did Fan Chang have nothing to say, but even Fan Man nodded in agreement.Seeing Fan Man nodding, Fan Chang became even more uneasy. He didn't care about Fan Xun's already very ugly face, and reminded Fan Jinsheng for the third time: "What if King Yue is hiding his strength and tempting us to fight?"

Fan Jinshang was full of vigor and waved his hand: "This is simple. Let's try him again, saying that his conditions are too harsh, and we don't intend to agree. If he is really capable, his navy will definitely force him to come over again, so we will put it on." The posture of facing the battle, when the time comes, we will know whether he dares to launch an attack or not."

Fan Chang had to admit that Fan Jinsheng's idea was indeed good, he snorted dissatisfied and stopped talking.Seeing this, Fan Man smiled with satisfaction: "Fan Xun, it seems that you have to go to Linyi again."

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"Why did you change your mind again?" Sun Shao was very upset, "Are you kidding me?"

Fan Xun quickly explained: "Your Majesty misunderstood, how can you be joking about such a big matter, it is really that we cannot fulfill the request of Your Majesty, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to be more lenient."

"Tolerance?" Sun Shao sneered: "Am I not tolerant enough? Do you think I'm too talkative when the conditions are reduced? Do you want me to pay you some money?"

Fan Xun laughed along with him, even saying he didn't dare.

"Stop talking nonsense, go back and tell you King Funan, if you don't send me the compensation that should be given to me within three months, don't blame me for coming to pick it up."

After Sun Shao finished speaking, he walked away.When Fan Xun heard this, his face was anxious, but his heart was secretly happy.He heard Sun Shao's guilty conscience from Sun Shao's seemingly stern words.Cui Qian's department is in the waters outside the special animal husbandry city. If Cui Qian really has enough strength, then Sun Shao only needs to send someone to deliver a letter to Cui Qian. door to door.Sun Shao said three months, which seemed to be an ultimatum, but in fact it showed that Cui Qian could not complete this task alone, and Sun Shao had to rush over by himself to be sure.Three months, excluding the time for messengers, was exactly the time it took for Sun Shao to rush from Linyi to Temu City.

Still want to lie to me?Fan Xun dismissed it, he immediately sent Sun Shao's reaction back to Temu City, and stayed in Linyi to talk nonsense with Sun Shao.

At the same time, Sun Shao called the ministers to discuss the matter.

"Then what else is there to say? Let General Zuo teach them a real lesson. These barbarians can't be reasonable without being beaten." Yue Hai jumped up when he heard it, but no matter how he looked at him, he was Excited more than angry.

"Hit him?" Sun Shao shook his head: "That's not my purpose."

Yue Hai and the others were stunned, and Qi turned their eyes to Sun Shao.Sun Shao stroked his short beard and smiled faintly: "Funan has an excellent terrain. There are insurmountable mountains in the north, long mountains with dense forests in the east, and a long and narrow area like an elephant's trunk in the west. It goes all the way to the sea. The area is actually a fertile rice field, and its size is at least equivalent to Qingxu Erzhou." Sun Shao couldn't restrain his excitement: "Masters, Qingxu Erzhou, can you imagine how big this land is?"

Everyone exclaimed.At the beginning of the founding of the state of Yue, there was only one-third of Kuaiji County plus Zhuya County.Although Zhuya is very large, there is still very little land to be developed, mainly relying on commerce. Sun Shao used the hostage incident to extort the entire county of Kuaiji from Sun Quan. With the addition of the South China Sea, the strength of Yue State can be regarded as great. Upgrade, and take Yizhou again, which can be regarded as adding another county. In the past three years since the founding of the country, the land of Yue Kingdom has increased by nearly three times. This is already a very rare development speed.And now, if Funan Kingdom is captured, the land of Yue Kingdom can at least be doubled, which is equivalent to creating a new Yue Kingdom.

This is not only an increase in area, but a real strength. Unlike Yizhou and Zhuya, which are yet to be developed, the fertile land of Funan Kingdom is obvious to all.It is precisely by virtue of the output of this land that Fan Man dominates the South China Sea.

"Not only that, Funan is backed by mountains on one side and facing the sea on three sides, which is exactly in line with the fact that our Yue Kingdom is dominated by naval forces. As long as Funan Kingdom is occupied, not only this land is ours, but also the seas in the southeast, west and east are ours. Yes, those island countries in the sea have also become our vassal states. To put it a bit arrogantly, the territorial waters of our country of Yue will exceed the land area of ​​Dahan."

Yue Hai, Lu Ji and the others gasped. They knew that Funan was quite a lot, and that there were many small countries to the south of Funan, but they didn't have a precise idea of ​​how big these places were. Now they heard from Sun Shao that they could increase With the size of a big Han country, they couldn't help but feel excited.

"Mr. Gongxu, do you know Java?"

Lu Ji thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I've never heard of it."

Cheng Jun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "I heard from the merchants that there are islands producing spices in the South China Sea. These spices are shipped to Tianzhu via Java, and then sold by merchants in Tianzhu to merchants in Xiyi. , The price of these spices is very cheap, you can buy a boat for about ten gold, but in the hands of Xiyi, the price of these spices soared to the equivalent of gold."

"Hehehe..." Sun Shao looked at Cheng Jun approvingly: "Zhengping, you pay a lot of attention." He scanned the faces of Yue Hai, Lu Ji and others: "Now you know that the island can The regenerated Golden Island is comparable to the gold mine in Yi County."

"Hey—" I don't know who exclaimed, Yue Hai and these rough people were certainly excited, even Lu Ji and Zhou Xun couldn't bear the temptation, and there was a little greedy look on their faces.

"Taking Funan will not only solve our country's small population and rely on outsourcing for food, but also control thousands of miles of sea area, hold those golden islands in our hands, and build a real maritime empire." Sun Shao Sneered: "You guys say, can I just teach Fan Man a lesson?"

"Impossible!" Yue Hai stood up vigorously, and punched his armor: "I wish to be the king's forerunner and conquer Funan."

"Hehehe..." Sun Shao laughed: "So, what we are discussing today is not to teach Funan a lesson, but to..." He clenched his fist fiercely and said through gritted teeth: "Take Funan!"

"But..." Wei Ping frowned and said, "We only have [-] sailors, can we defeat Funan, which has [-] troops? Our navy is very powerful, and it shouldn't be a surprise to defeat their navy. But... what about the land battle?"

"Such a big matter, of course, can't be done overnight, we have to think about it in the long run." Sun Shao regained his composure, returned to his seat, took a sip from his teacup: "We need to take a bite of food, and we need to take one thing at a time. What we have to consider now is to eat his navy first and control the sea. You must know that the navy of Funan Kingdom is only one-fifth of the total army, but the wealth controlled by the navy is But it accounts for more than [-]% of Funan's income, and if we eat his sailors, we've got the biggest piece of wealth."

Lu Ji nodded repeatedly, with a relaxed look on his face.Although he didn't lead troops, he knew that it shouldn't be a difficult problem to defeat the navy of Funan with the strength of Yue's navy.Thinking of the huge wealth after this battle, he was very moved.

"The King of Funan is an outsider, and we have to deal with them, not the people of Funan." Sun Shao said with a smile: "You have to remember that the people of Funan are all descendants of Yan and Huang. When we deal with the King of Funan, we always We must always remember this point, otherwise, we will have to face rebellions from all over the world after taking Funan, which is not a trivial matter.”

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed. At this time, they understood why Sun Shao sent Liu Xi to give lectures. They thought it was just a trick to attack the heart, a way to deal with King Funan's plan to slow down the army. They didn't expect that what Sun Shao wanted to accept was The hearts of Funan people.

Once they understood this premise, everyone's thinking was immediately opened, and they rushed to come up with ideas, not only to lure out the Funan navy to annihilate them, but also to establish an image of a victimized person in front of the people of Funan, and win their favor. Compassion and support.

After half a day of research, they came up with a plan of action. While actively preparing for the battle, Yue Hai led the navy to rush to support Cui Qian, while continuing to fool Fan Xun, making him feel that the Yue Kingdom had been bluffing and had no strength to defeat the Funan Navy. At the same time, he sent people to walk for a walk. Regardless of the interests of the people in Funan, the king of Funan arbitrarily started public opinion on the war, and further deepened the achievements of Liu Xi's lectures.

It was Shi Bao who was in charge of fooling Fan Xun. Sun Shao would no longer meet Fan Xun. He gave Shi Bao an instruction, that is, to keep looking for Fan Xun to protest and threaten, and to act like Yue Guo was very angry, but he didn't have the guts to talk to Fan Xun. When Funan really went to war, he could only yell.In addition to Shi Bao's comprehension, he also admired Sun Shao completely. This kind of showing weakness is indistinguishable from the truth, and it will definitely fool Fan Xun into a fog and satisfy their latent wishes.But he didn't know that Sun Shao used to watch how others took such "solemn declarations" and "strong protests" as farts again and again, and then intensified their bullying. In fact, the reason is very simple. There is a saying among the people, A dog that barks doesn't bite, and a dog that bites doesn't bark. Only those with a guilty conscience can bark loudly. The louder you bark, the more you have no confidence. It's no wonder people don't bully you.If only "solemn statement" and "strong protest" can solve the problem, what strength is needed?It's better than whose voice is louder.

Shi Bao implemented this strategy very well. He also brought forth the new through the old, played tricks, confuses Fan Xun with falsehood, and threatens Fan Xun from time to time. It was a bit of a surprise, our Majesty decided to talk to you again. Two days later, he said that we would join hands with Wu Guo again, and decided to cross the Changshan Mountains and expedition to Funan. For you Funan.

Fan Xun couldn't tell the truth from the fake at the beginning, but he quickly saw the essence of Shi Bao's strong outside but capable in the middle. He no longer ignored Shi Bao's tricks, and everyone acted confused together.While talking nonsense with him, Shi Bao spread the news to the nobles and civilians in Funan through the ubiquitous merchants, saying that the King of Yue originally wanted to seek justice from Funan, but later saw that the people of Funan were also descendants of Yan and Huang, so he wanted to make big things into small things. Unexpectedly, regardless of the life and death of the people in Funan, the King of Funan insisted on launching a war and letting the descendants of Yan and Huang kill each other to satisfy his own self-interest.

Soon, a rumor spread in Funan at a very fast speed. Fan Man is an outsider, so why should he rule the people of Funan?

Fan Man had no other way to deal with such rumors other than arresting people. He was indeed an outsider, and he couldn't provide any proof whether the Funan people were descendants of Yan and Huang. If he wanted to compare exegesis with Liu Xi, he would have to Even 30 years of cultivation is not enough.However, he didn't take these rumors too seriously. He believed that as long as he defeated Sun Shao's navy and relieved his worries, he could attack Nichinan again with confidence. With an army of [-] and [-] war elephants, he can sweep Nichinan.

He is not District Lian.

As for those common people, Fan Man dismissed them. The common people know nothing. As long as they defeat the Wuyue coalition army, everything he says is the truth, even if they know it's a lie, what can they do?The people of Funan Kingdom didn't just know that he was an outsider today. Didn't they still rule Funan for more than 100 years?
Fan Man recalled Fan Chang back to Special Mucheng, asked Fan Jinsheng to be in charge of the entire navy, and asked him to look for opportunities to go to sea, and finally test the reality of the Yue State Navy.Fan Jinsheng was high-spirited and led his navy to set off from the port of Er'e. Cui Qian was overjoyed when he heard the news, and was about to go up to meet him, but he received an order from Sun Shao: no fighting is allowed.

Although Cui Qian didn't understand, he still faithfully entertained Sun Shao's orders. He knew Sun Shao's character very well. Usually showing weakness is digging a hole, and retreating is to make great strides forward.He immediately called the pirates to discuss the matter, and the pirates followed him to take advantage of it. Now that they heard that the Funan navy came out aggressively, and Cui Qian wanted to retreat temporarily, they were a little bit unwilling, but without Cui Qian behind them, They also didn't have the guts to compete with Fan Jinsheng, so they could only follow Cui Qian to hide from the limelight.Fortunately, he has made a fortune more or less recently, and it will not affect his livelihood in a while.

After several cautious pursuits, Fan Jinsheng found that Cui Qian was neither daring to contact him, nor willing to go away, so he believed in the news that Fan Xun sent back: Cui Qian was waiting for reinforcements from Sun Shao, but the negotiations did not finally break down, and Sun Shao Shao's reinforcements will not arrive for a while, and he can't wait to seize this opportunity to eat Cui Qian, make a great contribution, and completely secure his position as the crown prince.While sending back the news to Fan Man, he chased him deep into the sea.Half a month later, he finally caught the fighter plane and got his wish and blocked Cui Qian and a group of pirates on a small island called Jin'ou.

(End of this chapter)