The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 273 The Pirate Empire
"Toast to you." Sun Shao raised his glass and said with a smile to Fan Man who was standing at the door of the hatch, "Honorable enemy."

"Prisoners under the rank cannot afford the great gift from the king." Fan Man snorted coldly and turned her head away.After being captured alive by Sun Shao, Sun Shao kept ignoring him and kept him in a prisoner camp for half a month, only asking a doctor to treat him.He is physically sick, but more importantly, he is mentally ill. He has been in the sea for 30 years, and he has been king for nearly 20 years. Fan Man never thought that he would be captured.Fan Changbing was defeated, and he was also defeated. Now only Fan Jinsheng from Temucheng was left. Fan Jinsheng had long been defeated by Sun Shao.

The powerful Funan Kingdom perished, and Fan Man's life's painstaking efforts were also in vain. How could the old Fan Man withstand this blow.Facing Sun Shao's calmness, all he felt was humiliation and anger.

"Do you know?" Sun Shao was not angry, "Maybe it's God's will. Thirty years ago, my great Han was also full of wars and separatist regimes. Now the king of Wei, Duke Cao, started his family with five thousand soldiers and fought in the north and south for more than ten years. , From an inconspicuous general Xingfenwu to the king of Wei with great military exploits, in the west, Severus raised his troops as a governor. Three or four years ago, he wiped out the heroes and became the emperor of Daqin, creating the Severus dynasty. Although you can't compare with them, you can be regarded as a hero in the past few decades, conquering land for five or six thousand miles, destroying nineteen countries, and founding the Fan Dynasty."

Fan Man was baffled, he knew a little about both Cao Cao and Severus, especially Cao Cao, he used to think that Cao Cao could unify the big men, so he was more familiar with his situation, but now Sun Shao compared him with Cao Cao and Severus , but I don't know what it means.He squinted his eyes, thought for a while, and suddenly realized something, and couldn't help sneering.

"It doesn't matter if Cao Gong, Severus, or me, dead or old, now it's the world of young people like the king. Cao Gong and His Royal Highness are kings side by side. I'm your prisoner. I don't know the king. Do you have ambitions to go to Daqin and compete with Severus' descendants?"

Sun Shao glanced at him in surprise, couldn't help laughing, he shook his head: "Why do you provoke me? You also know the knowledge of my Han people, the Lord will not promote the teacher because of anger, and will not become angry because of anger. Zhan, you don’t understand this principle, do you? Although I’m young, I’m not an impulsive kid, and your methods are useless to me.”

Fan Man frowned, and sighed secretly. He had read Sun Tzu's Art of War, so of course he knew what it meant.It's a pity that he failed to do this. Perhaps, his opponents were too weak. He just applied the most obvious principles of Sun Tzu's art of war, and he could easily beat them to pieces and played victorious songs in succession. But the King of Yue in front of him How can the attainments in the art of war be comparable to those of the kings of small countries.Sun Shao was ambushed by him in Meng'ang Bay. It stands to reason that he should become angry and eager to take revenge. In that case, he would definitely go ashore to pursue him. The result must be right in his ambush circle, but Sun Shao didn't do that. He was safe and sound. Waiting steadily, let the most important part of his plan come to nothing, and then used his tricks to rush into Dunson City before them, completely disrupting his plan.

"I heard that you don't follow the doctor's advice and don't take medicine?" Sun Shao said unhurriedly, "Is it because you can't swallow this breath and want to die?"

"The old man is over sixty, what's the difference between living a few more years and a few years less?" Fan Man sneered: "If you want to use me as a threat to bring my son to surrender, I'm afraid it's too wishful thinking."

Sun Shao smiled disdainfully, and looked at Fan Man calmly: "It seems that you still don't understand what I mean by leaving your old life behind."

Fan Man snorted and turned her head away.

"Without you, I wouldn't be able to win Temucheng?" Sun Shao added a glass of wine to himself, neither angry nor begging, his tone as calm as talking to a neighbor about his parents, "Chang Shan, Jin Chen In the war, there were 2 soldiers. Funan's elite has been completely lost, and most of your dozens of vassal states have become my vassal states. Now there is only one special animal husbandry city. It’s [-] people, [-] elephants, don’t you think it’s enough to defend Temucheng?”

Sun Shao squinted at Fan Man, his eyes were full of sarcasm.Fan Man was speechless. He found sadly that what Sun Shao said was reasonable. With Fan Jinsheng's ability and the power in his hands, it was impossible for him to hold on to Temucheng, even if he could last half a year, so what?Funan Kingdom has already been disintegrated, and it is impossible to have any power to recover.Sun Shao's tricks are endless, and even he is not his opponent, let alone Fan Jinsheng.

"If you want to die, I have no objection, but the Fan family will be extinct from then on." Sun Shao raised his head slightly, although he was sitting and Fan Man was standing, it seemed that he was condescending and imposing. "I assure you that you will not be alone. First, Fan Chang will go to accompany you soon. Secondly, after the special pastoral city is broken, Fan Jinsheng will catch up with you. As for your wives and grandchildren, I promise one No shortage."

"You—" Fan Man was so angry that his lips trembled for a moment, and then he said bitterly: "You Han people say that God has the virtue of being good at life, and if I lose, I will lose. Why do you want to reject my Fan family's heir? "

"Since you are not willing to turn an enemy into a friend with me, why should I leave a source of trouble?" Sun Shao asked in puzzlement, "Haven't you heard that if you cut the grass and don't eradicate the roots, spring wind blows and regenerates?" The sage Lei Gong I once said that to treat friends, one should be as warm as the spring breeze, and to treat enemies, of course, be as ruthless as winter."

"Lei Gong?" Fan Man was really struck by thunder, he had read some books, why hadn't he been here and never heard of a Lei Gong?The culture of the Han people is really broad and profound, and what I know is just a drop in the ocean.

Sun Shao looked at him expressionlessly, with a bit of sympathy in his serious eyes.Fan Man didn't bother about who was Lei Gong, he looked at Sun Shao, and from Sun Shao's eyes, he felt that the famous Lei Gong quote Sun Shao just recounted was not just for fun, if he insisted on seeking death, It is really possible that the King of Yue will let his whole family go down to accompany him.

"What do you want?" Fan Man's tone softened obviously.

"Write a letter to ask Fan Jinsheng to surrender and avoid a big war. You may save tens of thousands of lives. Your Fan family will have accumulated evil virtue. Your Brahma God will bless you, I," Sun Shao Pointing to his own heart: "Although I don't believe in any Brahma gods, I will also thank you for the countless Limin people. Three thousand households, besides the special pasture city, how about choosing a fief by yourself?"

Fan Man was silent for a long time, and finally nodded feebly: "Thank you very much." After obtaining Sun Shao's consent, he slowly exited the cabin, his steps heavy as if filled with lead.Escaping from the dead, three thousand households, did not bring him any joy in the rest of his life, on the contrary, he felt a heavy humiliation.Once upon a time, I also looked down on the heroes of the world, but now I have to accept alms from a younger generation.

Thirty years ago, when he was still young, he would definitely fight to the death in such a situation, and would never accept Sun Shao's charity, but he can't do it now, he is old, and he doesn't regret his own death, but he He couldn't take the whole family to die, and he couldn't show his impetuosity and bring disaster to the Fan family.

Fan Man was walking on the diving board, his feet were so soft, looking at the sea water with waves under the diving board, he wanted to jump into the sea more than once, to understand his own life, but he didn't dare, he didn't want his family to die in hell. Gather here.He stood for a long time holding on to the gangplank, walked slowly across the gangplank, and returned to his cabin. Before the soldiers guarding him had time to turn around and leave, he couldn't hold on any longer, his body tilted, limp He fell to the ground, weeping.

"Your Majesty—" Fan Ru hugged him nervously and shouted loudly.

"You don't have to worry, he'll be fine after a while of rest. Come alone and come with me to get the medicine. After taking two doses of medicine, he'll be fine." The soldier who escorted Fan Man back said calmly, a little displeased. Waving patiently: "Hurry up, we have a lot of things to do, and we don't have time to talk to you here."

Fan Ru didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly arranged for someone to follow to get the medicine. Seeing Fan Man's heartbroken appearance, he didn't know what happened, so he could cry with Fan Man.

Cui Qian watched Fan Man walk out with a hunched body, knowing that Temucheng was about to fall without a fight, his heart was filled with joy, and he said enviously: "My lord, you are kind enough to him. If he still Not enough, that's damn it."

Sun Shao glanced at him with a smile: "Jianzhong, the South China Sea has been settled. Tell me, do you want to live in peace and stability? Or do you want to continue to fight with me? If you want to live a stable life, I will let you do it." A governor of the South China Sea, the newly gained sea area is vast, and I need a trustworthy and capable person to guard it. You are a perfect candidate. If you still want to fight with me, I will choose another governor of the South China Sea. You continue to be the left general, but the defense zone must be transferred to the Andaman Sea and stationed in Port Dunson."

"Your Majesty, do you want to go to war with Tianzhu?" Cui Qian raised his eyebrows, and his excitement was beyond words: "If you want to go to war with Tianzhu, I would rather be the left general and the pioneer of the king. If there is no battle to fight, hehehe, I will Be the governor of the South China Sea for a few days first, guarding the South China Sea for the King."

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao laughed, pointed at Cui Qian and laughed repeatedly: "Jianzhong, you are so cunning, you don't want to lose any advantage. Tianzhu, I don't have any ideas for the time being, after all, take down Funan Such a big place, I need time to digest it, there is no three or five years, I am afraid people will not be able to subdue it. But after getting Funan, we will face to face with Tianzhu, we don't want to fight, maybe they will let us rest in peace, So it’s still a preparation.”

"Then I'll still be General Zuo." Cui Qian patted his chest and said with a smug smile, "I'm only in my 30s, it's too early to retire, and it won't be too late to fight the king for 20 years, and then go to Hanyi to make grandchildren. "

Sun Shao glanced at him, couldn't help laughing and said: "Some people are right, you are a militant, and you are only afraid of peace in the world."

"Who knows me so well, I'd like to buy him a drink or two." Cui Qian laughed triumphantly.

Sun Shao smiled slightly: "By the way, you should discuss it with the generals and report the list of meritorious personnel as soon as possible. This time I won Funan, my pockets are bulging, and my territory is also big. You must reward me and fight bloody battles with me." soldiers."

"Here." Cui Qian was overjoyed, got up to answer, and went out excitedly.When he told the news to the generals, they were all overjoyed. They fought with Sun Shao for thousands of miles just to keep their wives and sons. But there has never been a fief. So far, Cui Qian is the only one who has obtained a fief among the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom.Now that Sun Shao said that he was about to confer rewards, how could they not be excited for no reason.

"Ai——" Yue Hai sighed: "Old Cui, you are lucky. You fought with the king twice, and you got the chance to fight. I feel ashamed. I finally came out with the king, but I just watched from the sidelines." , The merits are not yet determined, I don't know how many times I will be ranked in this award, I am really sorry for my brothers, follow me and suffer."

"Hahaha..." Cui Qian was very proud, pointing to Yue Hai and said: "I said earlier that you and Chen Hai have only chest hair and no ambitions, but you just don't believe it. My old Cui is so wise, I know that following the king will definitely be a battle." Fighting, so there is absolutely no other thoughts. Don’t you understand the truth that the early bird catches the worm?”

"Thank you for having the nerve to say it?" Yue Hai couldn't hold back from what he said, stood up, pointed at Cui Qian's nose and scolded with a smile: "That's fine, while everyone is here, let's make a judgment. The king didn't give it to me." Do I have a chance? I went all the way for reinforcements. It’s good for you, a big pirate. I just let Lao Tzu watch from the sidelines. You swallowed up Fan Jinsheng’s 8000 people by yourself, and even uttered wild words. Watching from the side, you are talking about, are you bullying us? This time in Dunxun City, why didn’t you let the king watch it? Thanks to your kindness, you watched on the city by yourself, and let the king put himself in danger , Your servant is doing well."

Everyone was a little dissatisfied with what Yue Hai said, especially Wei Wenwen and Zhuge Zhi. At the beginning, Sun Shao arranged for them to follow Cui Qian on the expedition, but Cui Qian basically let them watch the show on the sidelines. The family took over, and now Cui Yan and Cui Wu have made meritorious service and been promoted, but they hardly move.Fortunately for Wei Wen, this time he made meritorious deeds, and it was expected that he would be promoted to a higher rank, but Zhuge Zhi was still a good general. Although he didn't like to compete with others by nature, he couldn't help showing a look of resentment on his face.

Seeing that he was the target of public criticism, Cui Qian couldn't help being overwhelmed, he smiled and retorted: "I said Lao Yue, you are wrong, you are not lucky, you can't put the blame on me. "

"I don't blame you, who do you blame?" Yue Hai rolled his eyes, pointed at the people sitting around and said loudly: "You tell everyone, who else here can be as domineering as you? Let me, a rear general, watch the enemy for you Lianzhen, you really have the guts. Just wait and see, I will ask the king no matter what, let me command you for a while. I will also play alone for a while, so you can watch from the side."

Everyone laughed.Cui Qian laughed so hard that he comforted Yue Hai and said, "Everyone, everyone, it's not my old Cui who sells the old. And you, don't worry, to be honest, this time... ah, let's not talk about it." , let’s not talk about it, I admit that my old Cui has some bad habits of eating alone, and I will definitely correct it next time. If you want me to tell you this, don’t worry. Who is the king? His knowledge of people is rare in ancient times. King Wei He claims to be good at employing people, but he is far behind our king. Besides, when Deng Ai and Shi Bao first entered the king's tent, who of you took them seriously? Look now, Deng Ai is the deputy envoy of Xuanhua. Thousands of people came out of Borneo. In a few months, they took Borneo and a large sea area, countless islands, and conquered barbarian countries, large and small. There are hundreds of them, Shi Bao is good at maneuvering, and he deceived that Fan Xun. This time he took down Funan. Afraid of the day when your majesty's subordinates are not promoted to rank?"

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Oh, that's right, let me tell you, don't have any complaints, and discuss the achievements this time calmly, the king will not treat you badly." Cui Qian took the lead without hesitation: "Old Yue, You are also an old minister, and you have read books for a few days, which sage said it, don’t blame the sky, don’t favor others, you remember my mistakes every day, that’s not right.”

"Your mother, you can do it, I can't tell you?" Yue Hai narrowed his eyes and roared, looking like he was about to rush forward and do his best.Cui Qian was taken aback, and quickly apologized, and everyone burst into laughter when they saw it.

Half a month later, when Sun Shao arrived in Temu City, Fan Jinsheng had already received Fan Man's handwritten letter, and saw the depressed Fan Man with his own eyes. .

Sun Shao's soldiers settled in Temu City without bloodshed, and Funan Kingdom declared its demise. Sun Shao sent people to various places to issue announcements, announcing that on the basis of Fan Man's reduction of rent and taxes, the burden on the people would be further reduced, and at the same time, the policy of enriching the people would be implemented in Yue Kingdom Start copying to Funan as appropriate.The common people didn't care much about who would be the king, but now that Sun Shao gave them benefits, of course they couldn't ask for more.Funan was originally rich on the spot, and three crops a year was a normal phenomenon. In the past, even if Fan Man received a lot of money, the people could support themselves after a year of hard work. Of course, it would be delusional to want to live a good life.Now that Sun Shao is here, the rent is reduced, and at the same time, he buys the rice they can't finish at the market price, which is equivalent to increasing their income in disguise. With money, they can improve their lives, not just food and clothing. The common people were of course full of joy. Not only did they not have any objection to Sun Shaolai being their king, but they also regretted that he did not come until now.

Sun Shao quickly pacified Funan. While Guan Feng and others rushed to Temucheng, he wrote a letter to the emperor of Luoyang to report the victory to the emperor. Although Funan was brought down by him, it must be his territory, but in name it can be regarded as included in the big man The territory, a report to the emperor, and a formality are still necessary.Of course, taking such a large piece of land, offering some bribes and presents to the emperor, it is inevitable for everyone to rejoice - along with the victory letter, there is also a thick gift list.

In August, Guan Feng led the army to Temu City, and Xie Jing came with her.After expressing Sun Deng's goodwill to Sun Shao, Xie Jing told him bad news.

Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, didn't know whether he wanted to make meritorious deeds to atone for his crimes, or if he had been in peace for too long. The person took the seal and ribbon and sent it to Jiaozhi.Shi Xie was eager to make contributions, and sent him directly to Jianye without discussing it with Lu Dai, the governor of Jiaozhou.

This time, the hornet's nest was offended. Because of his poor health, Liu Bei, who had been recuperating in Chengdu, was furious when he heard about it. He immediately recalled the general Guan Yu, who was arguing with Cao Zhi and others, and asked him to lead the army to conquer Soochow.Guan Yu originally stayed in Hanzhong, and was ordered to discuss with Cao Zhi and the envoys sent by the emperor to discuss the conquest of Xiliang by the allied forces of Wei and Shu. There has been no progress.Guan Yu was very suffocated because of this, and as soon as he received Liu Bei's order, he immediately rushed back to Chengdu to deploy the war.When Sun Deng was preparing to fight Fan Chang, he asked Sun Quan for reinforcements, but Sun Quan never replied, because Bu Zhi wanted to guard Changsha and couldn't get away.

Now they have received the news that Guan Yu, the Great General of Shu, has rushed to Jiangling with an army of [-], accompanied by Lieutenant Sili, former general Zhang Fei, left general Zhao Yun, rear general Li Yan, Zhengdong general Xiang Chong, and Huwei general Wei Yan, it can be said that all the famous generals who can fight in Sichuan have come, and the formation is more serious than the last battle in Wancheng.

Sun Quan did not dare to be negligent, and ordered Bu Zhi to move his defense north, and at the same time ordered Sun Huan, Quan Cong, Pan Zhang and others to dispatch, and even Lu Su, who had been recuperating in Jianye, was invited out.Lu Meng had died of illness two years ago, and now Lu Su was the most prestigious general under Sun Quan's command. However, considering his poor health, Sun Quan then personally rushed to Chaisang to supervise the battle, and the two sides were on the verge of breaking out.In order to increase the odds of winning, Sun Quan sent an urgent order to Sun Deng, asking him to lead the army to Changsha via Guiyang to assist in the battle once Fan Chang was defeated.

Sun Shao frowned when he heard this, and scolded Shi Xie hundreds of times in his heart. This old man is over 90, and he still can't live in peace. What are you doing, so Sun Quan can get Yizhou?Liu Bei is also true, because of this matter, he wants to go to war with great fanfare. Would you send an envoy to say that people will die?If you insist on mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people, this is a good move, and you will mess up the great situation that you have worked so hard to manage.It seems that not letting him die in Yiling may not be a good thing.

"What are your prince's plans?" Sun Shaoqiang asked coldly, suppressing his unhappiness.

"The prince is rushing back to Changsha under orders. Of course, the prince does not approve of starting a war because of such a trivial matter. After all, there are many casualties in the war. Moreover, the world has just returned to peace and the people have just had a few days of good life. It's not a good time. But..." Xie Jing hesitated and said: "The main general of the Shu army is General Guan, the crown prince hopes that the king can send someone to contact General Guan, and ask him to make some concessions for the sake of the common people when necessary."

"Concession? Concession for what? Is he afraid that weng and son-in-law will join forces?" Sun Shao curled his lips.Sun Deng probably meant that he did not want him to intervene in this matter. With the strength of Yue State and Guan Feng's status in Yue State, Guan Yu would probably send someone to join him in attacking Wu State. Maybe the envoy is on the way now, Sun Deng Deng said hello in advance, just hoping that he would stay out of the matter and not play tricks behind his back.

Xie Jing nodded awkwardly.

(End of this chapter)