The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 295
Jiang Gan was not idle either. While Lu Mao led his people to help the Sinhalese fight, he set off again, heading north along the coast, lobbying the countries of Tianzhu, big and small. To explain the battle in Ceylon, in his mouth, of course, the three kingdoms of Chola bullied the weak, joined forces to bully the Sinhalese, and were insatiably greedy. Only then did they join forces to fight back against their oppression.

Facing the tempting conditions offered by Jiang Gan, those small countries more or less believed Jiang Gan’s words, and they were not less bullied by the Zhuluo and the Three Kingdoms. It can't fall on the head of a small country like them-of course, I don't have a good impression of the Zhuluo Three Kingdoms, so I listened to Jiang Gan's flickering with suspicion.

Jiang Gan’s requirements for them are actually not high: provide board and lodging for the merchants in the past, and ensure their safety. Other than that, there are almost no requirements. All ten cities are treated equally.If you really don't have the strength to guarantee these, then you don't have to force it, the tax is lower, and we are responsible for the safety.In a word, you can do what you can, and you can benefit as much as you have strength.

The small countries have never enjoyed such respect. Although the war between Yue and Zhuluo has not yet been decided, they have already turned to the side of Yue. Wherever Jiang Gan went, he received varying degrees of welcome. , I don’t know when it started, rumors spread that Yue people like beautiful women, and it went around in circles. Jiang Gan didn’t receive many other gifts, but received more than a dozen beauties of various colors.

After a brief interruption, the busy trade road began to be lively again. First, Pandya and Zerro came because most of the navy rushed to the Amanda Sea to fight against the Yue Navy. Having been utterly devastated by the Pirate Rangers, he couldn't find the strength of the navy to rob the Vietnamese caravan for a while, so he had to let it go.The Vietnamese merchants no longer anchored in their territory, but instead docked in the ports of the small northern country, deflated their own pockets, and fattened the pockets of their opponents. Arkadi and Divia were annoyed when they thought about it, but anyway However, they couldn't accept the conditions proposed by Jiang Gan. They could only hope that the joint navy led by King Zhu Luo could defeat the Yue Kingdom navy. At that time, all problems would be solved.

In December of the fifth year of the Republic of China, Sun Shao, who had been waiting at the seaside for more than two months, finally arrived at the Lianquan Navy of Zhuluo Three Kingdoms.For more than two months, he has been staying at the seaside, and only sent Zhou Yin to take the Fengfeng camp ashore to assist the Shan people in besieging Licha Tanluo.The Shan people were the main attackers, and Zhou Yin helped them sweep the formation to prevent them from being counterattacked by the Pyu people.When the Pyu people were defending the city, they sat by and watched. Once they went out to counterattack and the Shan people couldn't hold on anymore, Zhou Yin ordered the five captains of the Zefeng camp to take turns to attack the Pyu people head-on. momentum down.After suffering a few times, the Pyu people learned to be good. They stayed in the city and were determined not to come out. Everything was decided after the battle at sea was over. Now, they still have to consider surrendering to the Yue people. At this time, it is not a good idea to take the initiative to fight the Yue people.

The war dragged on like this. Although Shan Wang Yongyoukai was very anxious, he didn't dare to urge Sun Shao. He was afraid that the Zefeng camp would break through the city with all its might, and Shi Lichaitanluo would not be owned by him. Don't drive away the wolf, the Pyu, and the tiger of Yue.

At this moment, Sun Shao sent someone to send the news that the Zhuluo Navy had appeared a hundred miles away. They were traveling along the coast and might have to pass through the border of Shan State first. He asked Yong Youkai if you should go back by yourself Defend, or should my sailors step up to fight?

Yong Youkai thought about it for a long time, and decided to go back by himself, anyway, he won't be able to win here for a while.He returned to the capital with a large army, and was on guard, lest the Zhuluo people would go ashore and loot Shan on the spur of the moment.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhu Luo was determined to fight the Yue Kingdom and did not dare to be distracted. They sailed southward from the coast of the Shan Kingdom to the station of the Yue Kingdom Navy.In mid-December, the two armies met. Although Jura King Feroz was very confident in himself, he was not a numb ghost after many years of fighting. News from the Yue State Navy.

Feroz was relieved and at the same time puzzled by the news he inquired about.The Yue people and the Shan people jointly attacked Sri Chatan Luo for two months, but they failed to break through the city. However, the Yue navy, which was originally on the seaside outside the city, has now retreated southward, and is about to reach the mouth of Lijiang. If you retreat again, you will retreat to the territory of Yue.What reassures Feroz even more is that the Yue Kingdom has large ships, but only one of the King Yue's ships is a large ship, and the other ships are warships about the same size as them, and those large ships are merchant ships and baggage ships. All back to safety now.

The generals of the United Navy were overjoyed. It seemed that the gamble was right. The Yue people were not as powerful as they had imagined. They retreated in front of the superior force of the United Navy.Feroz hurt the head of the Pyu, saying that their envoy was an idiot, he couldn't even tell the difference between the baggage ship and the warship, and the Pyu people were also puzzled, and asked the envoy whose ear had been cut off, and the envoy was also confused He was not sure if he was fainted by fright at that time, and he misread it.

The envoy's uncertainty confirmed Feroz's conjecture even more. Everyone was very excited and asked to set off immediately to pursue the Yue State Navy until they reached the territory of Yue State, and then signed an alliance with them under the city to regain control of the South China Sea. The division's strength is very strong, and it will definitely be disbanded after returning. No one can say whether it will be able to unite successfully in the future, so everyone agrees to strike while the iron is hot and solve the problem once and for all.

While everyone was very excited, Feroz did not lose his mind. He sent a confidant, Sanjay, to meet Yue Wang Sun Shao to find out the facts before making a decision.

When Sanjay saw Sun Shao, Sun Shao was sitting in the cabin half leaning and half leaning half leaning to watch the song and dance. Twenty young and beautiful Aryan beauties dressed in thin silk clothes were dancing in the cabin. The music was very familiar. It is the music of Tianzhu, but it is the music used in Buddhist etiquette. Seeing the originally solemn and solemn Buddhist music being used in such a luxurious occasion, Sanjay suddenly became a little annoyed.

However, when he saw the young woman in Sun Shao's arms again, Sanjay was completely outraged. He had a relationship with this young bhikkhuni once. He was a disciple of a famous master in Tianzhu. Unexpectedly, she is now wearing a gauze dress, with exquisite curves and a slim body. Sun Shao's hand is still stroking her fragrant shoulder, but her face is flushed. If it wasn't for her bluish The scalp was so glaring that Sanjay couldn't believe his eyes.

Seeing Sanjay, the young bhikkhuni lowered his head involuntarily, and wanted to leave, but was held back by Sun Shao, unable to escape.Sun Shao even squeezed her chest with his hands, looked at Sanjay with a smile, and asked in a very frivolous tone: "Are you the envoy of Zhuluo?"

Sanjay remembered his mission, put away his angry face, and saluted his chest: "Sanjay, envoy of Zhuluo, pays homage to the king."

Sun Shao sat up, but hugged the bhikkhuni even tighter. Even the bhikkhuni's neck was red, and her fair skin showed a youthful blush. Looking at her bald head, she looks more and more attractive.

"Since they have come from a long distance, why don't they come to fight and send some kind of envoy?" Sun Shao opened his mouth wide and yawned, looking a little lack of energy.

Sanjay glanced around and saw that the generals in office were a little depressed, so he couldn't help but sneered, such an army can still fight?What a joke.He looked more respectful and lowered his head: "My king respects the Buddha and doesn't want to kill more people. If he is willing, my king is willing to negotiate with your country to resolve this dispute peacefully."

"Oh?" Sun Shao let go of the bhikkhuni, leaned forward, and asked, "You're not lying to me, are you?"

Sanjay clearly saw a gleam of joy in Sun Shao's eyes, and the sneer in his heart was even worse, but his expression was even more respectful: "I dare not, I would like to swear to Master Ananda's former disciples that my king really wants to make peace with him .”

"A disciple of Master Ananda?" Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at the blushing nun suspiciously: "What do you think she is a disciple of Master Ananda?"

"Don't the king know?" Sanjay said in surprise.

Sun Shao touched his head and said with an embarrassed smile: "I don't know, so she is so famous, it's no wonder she can not only lecture on scriptures, but also perform so many difficult moves, which makes people want to stop."

Translator Qin Sai hesitated for a moment, her face flushed a little. What Sun Shao said had a very obvious ambiguous meaning, and she knew that it was completely inconsistent with the facts. Even now that the bhikkhuni is in his arms, it was just a matter of decision. of.She glanced at Sun Shao, but Sun Shao didn't look at her, put his head close to the nun's neck and sniffed, and said with a strange smile: "Why didn't you say earlier, your school is so famous, I don't know how many teachers you have. Sister and sister? Are you as versatile as you?"

Taking advantage of this effort, Sun Shao winked at Qin Sai, Qin Sai suddenly realized, and quickly translated his words, inevitably adding some vague words.Seeing Sun Shao's flirtatious bhikkhuni with his own eyes, Sanjay naturally didn't distinguish what Qin Sai translated, and took it for granted that Sun Shao had already possessed this bhikkhuni, so he couldn't help being furious. He suppressed his anger and nodded.

"Negotiation, how do we talk about it?" Sun Shao let go of the bhikkhuni and tried his best to put on a dignified look, but in the eyes of Sanjay, his sobriety was really not worth mentioning.Sanjay restrained his thoughts, and while speaking slowly, carefully looked at Sun Shao's face and eyes.Of course, Feroz, king of Zhuluo, would not really want to negotiate. His request was more excessive than that of King Arkadi of Pandya. He asked Sun Shao to give up the South China Sea and let Tianzhu merchants freely go to the South China Sea for trade. He simply wanted to anger Sun Shao's.If Sun Shao can agree to this condition, then there will be more excessive things in the future. Anyway, in a word, negotiation is not an end, but a means. What is needed is to test Sun Shao's confidence.

Before Sanjay finished speaking, Sun Shao became angry. He waved his hand and roared. Two tiger fighters rushed up and held Sanjay down. No matter how hard he struggled, he hung him on the In Sun Shao's words, it is to let you see how majestic Lao Tzu's warship is, and then speak well.

Sanjay was not the envoy of the Huss. During the period of being hung upside down on the mast, although he pretended to be terrified and cried loudly, he was happy in his heart. On the top of the high mast, he I have a clear view of the entire Yue State Navy, and even counted the number of warships. There is a total of one large ship, 31 medium-sized warships, and more than 20 smaller warships. They should be scout ships for reconnaissance missions.

Sanjay was hanged for half an hour, shouting until his voice became hoarse, and then he was let down. Sun Shao angrily said to him, the conditions you raised are all fucking fart, without any sincerity, you go back and tell Fei Ross said, if you want to talk, just say something reliable, if it’s still like this, then don’t talk at all, and talk about it after a fight.

Although Sun Shao spoke forcefully, Sanjay could hear weakness from his tone. He pretended to be terrified, nodded repeatedly, and ran away with his head in his arms. As soon as he left the Yue State Navy camp, he ordered The sailor rocked the boat with all his strength, and he wanted to convey the situation of the Yue Kingdom Navy to Feroz as quickly as possible.

As soon as Sanjay left, Cui Qian and the others, who were staggering, stood up, wiped their faces vigorously with the towel on the table, wiped off the color from their face, and stood in front of Sun Shao with a murderous look waiting for orders.The twenty Aryan beauties had retreated, and the blushing bhikkhunis had also retreated. The banquet was withdrawn, and a huge map was displayed.

Sun Shao sat on the main seat with a murderous look on his face, supported his knee with one hand, and stroked the knife ring in his hand with the other. His cold eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and said in a deep voice: "Zhu Luo, Pandiya and Zhe Eighty percent of the sailors of the Three Kingdoms of Luo are here. If we can hit them hard, then even if we can’t take all of Tianzhu in a short time, at least we can control this sea. If we control this sea, we will control this trade route. With the money in hand, we can selectively find partners to further divide the Tianzhu people. In a word, this battle is not a question of winning, but a question of how to maximize the results. Don't be restrained, please express what you have seen, and if you have a good idea that is feasible, this king will reward you."

"My lord, what's the reward?" Zhuge Zhi, who was rarely joking, couldn't help asking today.

Sun Shao glanced at him in surprise, he didn't expect him to be the first to speak, and in such a tone.He thought for a while, then pointed to the hatch where the Aryan beauties and nuns exited: "Those women, you can pick any one, including the bald one."

The generals were stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"Then I don't dare." Zhuge Zhi was a little embarrassed, shook his head and said, "If my method can be useful, I would like to ask the king to give me the mission of going to the sky to be a pioneer."

"Hey, Ji Gong, you are wrong, this battle hasn't been fought yet, and you are thinking about winning the next battle?" Cui Qian called out.

Zhuge glanced at him, forced a smile and said, "No way, there is someone like the general who likes to eat alone, if I don't strike ahead, I'm afraid I will have to follow the general for the rest of my life."

Just as Cui Qian wanted to refute, the other generals shouted and supported Zhuge Zhi. Cui Qian's reputation for eating alone was indeed very bad, and many people had opinions on him.When Cui Qian saw that he had offended everyone, he didn't dare to say anything, so he shrank aside.

Sun Shao smiled, pointed at Zhuge and said straightly: "Tell me, if it really works, I will agree with you."

"Here." Zhuge straightened his body, put his hands on his chest, and said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your gift."

"Don't worry, it depends on whether your method will work or not." Sun Shao couldn't help but want to laugh, even Zhuge Zhi, who has always been serious and cautious, fought for credit. It can be seen how belligerent these people are. Cooperating with the concubine system is still very attractive to them.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I can assure you that the Tianzhu United Navy will be wiped out in one battle." Zhuge said confidently. He walked quickly to the map, took the bamboo whip from Yang Xiu, and pointed to the map on the map. Coastline said: "Although the Tianzhu Navy has a large number of people, but for us, these people are not even enough for combat achievements, so we have to grab it."

The generals couldn't help laughing again. They really didn't look down on the nearly [-] Tianzhu Navy. From the information collected before, the strength of the Tianzhu Navy was not even as strong as that of the Funan Navy. Their ships Small, and no nails are used, they are all tied with brown silk. Such a ship cannot withstand wind and waves, let alone a collision. If the two armies confront each other, the Yue Navy will have full confidence in victory.However, Sun Shao's goal this time is not as simple as winning. What he wants is to defeat the vital force of the Tianzhu Navy in one fell swoop.Tianzhu has a vast territory. With the current military strength of the Yue Kingdom, it is tantamount to wishing to go deep into the interior of Tianzhu and attack the city in a short period of time. The range controlled by the Yue State, and then as long as they find some islands like Ceylon, the Yue State Navy will be able to master the business routes to communicate with things, and they will be able to get a lot of money.The vast majority of Tianzhu's navy is the joint navy in front of them. If they are wiped out, they will severely damage Tianzhu's navy.

But now it is winter, and the wind is blowing from northeast to southwest. Once the battle starts, the Tianzhu navy will have the upper hand. If they lose the first battle, they will probably have warships that will never return by taking advantage of the wind, and sail directly into the sea to take the risk of crossing The Bay of Bengal, back to Tianzhu, judging from the current weather, the possibility of them surviving is not small. In that case, although they have won, the purpose of heavy damage or complete annihilation will be defeated.

"If you want to completely annihilate the Tianzhu Navy, you must prevent them from escaping after being frustrated in the first confrontation." Zhuge Zhi said loudly: "If a battle starts here, they will have the upper hand. In order to speed up, they will definitely raise their sails In this way, once they find that the situation is not right, they will run away. But we are sailing, and it will take some time to chase after raising the sails. The Tianzhu people have nearly 500 warships, plus various baggage ships. More than [-] ships, the first confrontation, we expect to sink [-] of their warships, this is already the best estimate, [-] warships are [-]% of the Tianzhu warships, if this leads to cross-sea pursuit , kill at most one hundred of their warships, and it is estimated that at least [-]% of Tianzhu's warships will return to Tianzhu. We may be able to intercept their supplies, but if we want to wipe out their warships, we must go through a long sea pursuit , if they flee in all directions and become bandits, it will become a great hidden danger."

All the generals nodded one after another, expressing their agreement with Zhuge Zhi's analysis. They roughly estimated that it would be difficult to wipe out the Tianzhu Navy, but few of them analyzed it as carefully as Zhuge Zhi. After hearing Zhuge Zhi's words, everyone's expressions changed. The weight became heavier, as if the battle was about to be lost.Yang Xiu and Xia Hourong saw it in their eyes, exchanged a look in agreement, and gave a silent wry smile.

"The key to annihilating the Tianzhu Navy is to slow down their fleeing speed, and to trap them. To slow down the speed is to let them lower their sails, whether they do so voluntarily or we shoot them down. In short, to keep them out of the way and to trap them, the best place is here." The bamboo whip in Zhuge Zhi's hand pointed all the way up, straight to the mouth of Lijiang, and said heavily: "Lead them here for a decisive battle. Block them with a few battleships, and block them with a few building boats around them, and they will be hard to fly."

"Then what about them abandoning their boats and going ashore?" a general asked.

"We are fighting boats, not people." Zhuge Zhi twitched the corner of his mouth, and tapped his bamboo whip lightly in his hand: "Even if they land on the shore, they can't escape very far. Could it be that they can walk back thousands of miles? To Tianzhu? There is still the Shan country in the north, and what we have to consider is not to let them enter our Taizhou territory from the east."

Sun Shao nodded again and again, Zhugezhi's plan was good, and he directly extended his tactics of showing weakness, and he would carry out his pretense to the end, and simply led the Tianzhu Navy to the mouth of Lijiang for encirclement and annihilation.As long as the Tianzhu navy enters this narrow sea area, no matter whether they want to escape by water or by land, the navy will basically be destroyed.

"If you have any opinions, please speak up." Sun Shao looked up at the generals and said.Upon hearing this, the generals knew that Sun Shao had agreed to Zhuge Zhi's plan, so they began to discuss and refine the plan. Soon, Sun Shao decided on the executors of each task, and at the same time ordered the building to hide behind him. The boat and the baggage boat continued to retreat southward, and first rushed to the mouth of Lijiang to ambush.

After arranging all this, Sun Shao stood up and said to Cui Qian with a smile: "Jianzhong, it seems that you are not very popular."

Cui Qian shrugged, and said indifferently: "I am willing to be a single minister, I just want to follow the king across the world, and I don't want to mix with stinky fish and rotten shrimp."

"Pfft!" Sun Shao couldn't help laughing out loud, and the generals also laughed and cursed when they heard this.Cui Qian was serious, without showing a trace of a smile on his face.Sun Shao laughed twice, and said again: "Well, let me mediate for you, and you, make some sacrifices this time, and do something for the encircled Tianzhu navy, so that everyone can miss you a little bit in the future. You guys Say it?"

The generals looked at each other, wondering what Sun Shao could do, but Cui Qian was very happy, patted his chest and said: "Since the king said so, then I will be wronged, but we are good men, and after this time, no one can Besides, I'm eating alone."

"Don't worry, I promise there won't be any." Sun Shao said confidently, "I'll leave the task of fraudulent defeat to you."

"What? Fake defeat?" Cui Qian jumped up all of a sudden with a smile on his face, his eyes widened.

(End of this chapter)