Chapter 40 A Thousand-mile Eye

Yuehai and Dong Feng hurriedly boarded Sun Shao's ship. They couldn't believe everything they saw in front of them. This ship is too luxurious, isn't it? Yuehai was envious and said worriedly, "General, it's safe for you to do this, but in case you meet a pirate, it will affect the speed."

Sun Shao joked: "With the escort of General Yue, what kind of pirates am I afraid of?"

He smiled happily across the sea, and then frowned and complained, "General, it's hard for you to do this. Jiaozhou Marine Division has a large number of people. They can separate people to escort, but there are only a hundred warships in my shipyard, and we still need to protect the shipyard. How can anyone escort it? Besides, there are more than 300 merchant ships here. This ** force is too great. I'm afraid that the pirates in the East China Sea will be moved by the wind. This... is not easy to deal with.

Sun Shao curled his lips and looked relaxed and natural: "Then you came to tell me, and then flashed?"

"So can't be." Yuehai patted his chest righteously, "Although the Supreme did not order me to escort, the general is here, and I can't sit idly by. I can't let the general be robbed in my jurisdiction, so what face will I have to see you after I cross the sea?

"Vertical, you have a little conscience." Sun Shao laughed, took Yuehai's hand into the cabin, pressed him to his seat, and ordered someone to bring fruit and wine. When Yuehai saw it, he rubbed his hands excitedly: "I knew that the general had good wine here. It was really worth the trip."

Everyone laughed.

Sun Shao and Yue Hai drank two glasses of wine and turned to Dong Feng and said, "Have you been very busy recently?"

Dong Feng nodded apologetically: "Yes, not only has the shipyard been very busy recently, but also Dongye City has been very busy. Otherwise, I would have been to Panyu long ago." Dong Feng sighed: "The epidemic in the north, we got the news too late. Several patients arrived in Dongye. If it hadn't been found early, I'm afraid it would have spread."

"Epidemic?" Sun Shao was shocked.

"Yes." Yuehai's face was also a little ugly, and he looked happy: "This is probably related to the war at the beginning of the year. Cao Hen withdrew his troops with an advantage, which should be the reason."

"The returning soldiers brought the epidemic back to Ye City. Ye City was in chaos and many people died." Dong Feng shook his head repeatedly, "When I got the news, the supreme blocked the river, banned the exiles in Jiangbei from crossing the river, and then sent a large number of medical craftsmen to various places to spread medicine, and finally controlled the situation. But Yecheng is not that simple.

Everyone is relatively speechless. Even if they have not experienced the power of the epidemic, they have heard of it. Sun Shao was even more shocked. He sat there and didn't say anything for a long time. He vaguely remembered that there was a major epidemic at the end of Jian'an, and several of Jian'an's seven sons died of this pandemic. I don't know if it was this time.

"It's better to be a peace dog than a troubled person." Sun Shao got up and got out of the cabin, walked to the side of the boat, raised the glass, and slowly poured the wine into the sea. Everyone was a little silent when they saw it. Although the people of the Central Plains were enemies in a sense, they were still nominally the people of the Han Dynasty. Everyone did not feel inappropriate about Sun Shao's behavior, but on the contrary, they were a little moved.

They said something about Jiangbei, and unconsciously it was late at night. Out of the border of Jiaozhou, the merchants were worried that the safety of the Jiaozhou sailors would not be guaranteed after the withdrawal. Now they came across the sea with the sailors. They were inexplicably happy and flattered one by one. In the past, the sailors never asked their lives, and they didn't take the sailors seriously in their eyes. Now after tasting the sweetness of being escorted by the sailors, they suddenly felt the kindness of the sailors, so they had a very good attitude towards the officers and soldiers of the sailors of the sailors such as Yuehai, which made Yuehai and others a little flattered for a while, and they were unconsciously drunk.

The next day, he was dragged up from the quilt by Li Nong. When the cool sea breeze blew, he got goose bumps all over his body. Being disturbed, he was very dissatisfied and shouted, "What's the matter?"

"Sea...Pirates." Li Nong's teeth fought, and his face was pale.

"Pirates?" Yuehai's face darkened, and he didn't say anything. He put on his armor and went out of the cabin. As he walked, he shouted, "What's the little pirates afraid of? It's not that we haven't met pirates. Which time it's not..."

The words of crossing the sea were not finished, and the rest were all blocked in his throat. He stared at the sea in the distance, and he was dumbfounded there.

On the boundless sea, where the water and the sky meet, there is a black line. This line is getting thicker and thicker, but you can't see both ends. In front of this black line, several pirate ships are flying. They are like the first horses in the herd of horses, riding the dust, followed by countless running war horses, rolling in with a frightening momentum.

He was shocked to cross the sea. At that moment, his mind was almost blank.

When he saw more than 300 merchant ships, he thought that the pirates would come, but he never thought that the pirates would not only come, but also came a lot. Looking at this situation, probably the pirates in the East China Sea came out.

After all, he crossed the sea for a long time on the battlefield. After a short period of distraction, he immediately came to his senses, was furious, strode on the top of his ship, stood under his banner, and issued a flag to fight. Although the sailors who got up in a hurry were shocked, they still carried out the order in an orderly manner. More than 70 warships listed the formations to fight in a very short time. They crossed back and forth in two rows. The sailors clenched the giant row and drove the warship to accelerate forward. The soldiers were in place, clenching the weapons in their hands and ready. To fight with the coming pirates, the crossbowmen on the building ship used their strength to string up and put on the iron arrows. The officers supported the female wall and looked far into the distance. They wanted to see which ships were the heads of the thieves, hoping to shoot with one arrow, kill people first, and destroy the arrogance of the pirates.

"Li Nong, go to General Sun's boat and let him retreat with the brigade, so as not to be accidentally injured by the pirates." He crossed the sea and clenched his fists and trembled involuntarily. He had experienced a lot of wars, but there were so many pirates today. He was really not sure that he could win. He could only let Sun Shao and others retreat to the shore first. He knew that there was a waterway there, which could accommodate many boats to escape temporarily. If it really didn't work, He went back to the intersection, and it was easier to fight.

Li Nong did not dare to neglect. He jumped on a walking horse and rushed to Sun Shao's boat.

Sun Shao had already found pirates. He also received the flag from crossing the sea and was commanding the ship to slowly retreat with the merchant ship. His speed was not fast, even very slow. Almost all the merchant ships were in front of him. However, there was no tension on his face. When he saw Li Nong, he even said hello with a smile.

Li Nong was not in the mood to laugh. His eight-character eyebrows drooped and were about to cry.

"General, General Yue, please retreat as soon as possible. I'll take you there."

"Why are you so nervous?" Sun Shao joked, "Do the sailors of your Houguan Shipyard see pirates like this?"

"General, don't laugh stubbornly. There are too many pirates coming this time. General Yue said that probably all the pirates in the East China Sea have come. Li Nong cried with a sad face and arched his hand repeatedly: "General, please go quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late."

"Isn't it just a few pirates? It's not a big deal." Sun Shao said casually, waving to the merchant ship that hurriedly passed by his building: "You go first, don't worry, with General Yue, everything will be fine." He turned around and said to Li Nong, "Please send someone to attract the merchant ship to escape for the time being. Let them not mess around. The pirates are still far away and have enough time."

Li Nong looked at Sun Shao and was in a trance for a moment. Was he used to seeing big scenes in Jiaozhou for a few months and didn't pay attention to these pirates? He didn't care for a moment. He subconsciously listened to Sun Shao's command and took people in to command the merchant ship to take refuge on the shore. The merchants were used to pirates, and now they were protected by sailors. After the initial panic, they quickly calmed down and drove to the shore in a hurry under the command of the officers and soldiers of the navy.

When the pirate ship approached the defense line laid by the navy for 300 steps, they stopped. The appearance of the Houguan navy made them a little hesitant. Although it looked aggressive, in the face of the officers and soldiers, even if they were capable people like Zhou Qun, they were timid.

Zhou Qun stopped, and the others also stopped. In the face of the waiting Houguan sailors, their blood ignited by greed finally had some calmness. But this calmness is limited, and it is obviously not realistic for them to retreat.

They all looked at the leader Zhou Qun. Some sent people, and some simply came to Zhou Qun to ask questions. In a moment, Zhou Qun was confused.

"What are you worried about? Although the Houguan sailors are large and well-armed, they only have 70 or 80 ships. How many do we have? We have more than 2,000, 30 times more than him. Can't we win against one of the thirty ships against him? Take advantage of the large number of people this time to kill the cross-sea vertical, and this sea will be our world in the future. Zhou Qun's voice was fierce, and a few words made the panicked pirates excited again. Not only that, but even he himself regained some confidence. He turned his head and said to Wei Ping, who was obviously gloating, "Please go to see General Sun and ask him to rest in peace. Otherwise, if we hurt him by mistake, it's hard to tell General Su."

Wei Ping curled his lips and didn't say anything. He got off a boat and swayed to the sailor. When passing through the sailor's defense line, Yue Hai specially asked and learned that he was looking for Sun Shao. He frowned and said nothing. He knew that Sun Shao and Su had some friendship, and he also hoped that Sun Shao could take advantage of this friendship to avoid this war. The pirates came so much that he really wanted to fight. He doubted whether he could go back. He is ready. If he really can't stand it, just protect Sun Shao and run away. As for the others, let them die by themselves. Anyway, he didn't receive Sun Quan's order to protect the merchant ship. If he wins, it's a credit. If he runs away, it's okay.

Wei Ping came to Sun Shao's boat, and he bowed down to Sun Shao, who was sitting on the boat with a golden knife, and explained his future intentions.

Sun Shao smiled. He pointed to the top of the mast and said lightly, "See, I didn't hang General Su's flag."

Wei Ping looked up and didn't see the war flag with Su's thick legs. He glanced back again and didn't see anyone holding it in his hand. For a moment, he was a little doubtful: "General?"

"Ha ha, I didn't see General Su's ship. Presumably General Su didn't come." Sun Shao motioned people to hold a glass of wine to Wei Ping and said calmly, "These people dared to give up General Su to come here to rob. Naturally, they didn't pay attention to General Su. Even if I hang General Su's flag, I'm afraid they won't let it go. At that time, it will damage General Su's reputation. Instead, there is no need to do anything more.

Wei Ping was very grateful. He kowtowed: "General, my general has given orders. The general's ship is regarded as my general's membership. As long as the general hangs my general's battle flag, they can't move, otherwise they will have a hard time with my general. For the sake of safety, please ask the general to hang the battle flag. Although the sailors are powerful, there are too many people coming today. The so-called ants gnaw on the dead cattle. With so many pirates, the sailors can't last long.

Sun Shao laughed. He looked at the distance and pointed to dozens of boats that had kept a distance from a large number of pirates. Because it was too far away, it seemed to be just an irregular black line: "Is that your general?"

"Exactly." Wei Ping turned his head and took a look, then nodded and said, "My general was afraid that they would do one thing on the surface and another set behind their backs, which would ruin the general's surname and fate, so he came to watch the battle." He said with some embarrassment, "These people are very strong when they gather together, and there is nothing my general can do. Please forgive me."

Sun Shao waved his hand and picked the corners of his mouth. There was no tension between his looks. On the contrary, he said curiously, "With the prestige of your general, can't you respond in the East China Sea?"

Wei Ping was a little ashamed: "The general doesn't know that the East China Sea is not as good as Jiaozhou. It is the first time in more than in more than a decade that 300 merchant ships like today. The wealth is touching. This time ** is too big, even my general can't suppress it. This time, the leader is called Zhou Qun, nicknamed Mixed Jianglong. It is he who encouraged other pirates to put pressure on my general together, and almost got along with us.

"Is Zhou Qun very strong?"

"His ships and people are more than us, but the battle is average. If he hadn't gathered other pirates, how could he be our opponent?" Wei Ping looked at the imminent battlefield behind him in embarrassment and smiled bitterly: "But now they are more than 20 times more than us, and we can't resist it."

"Ha ha ha..." Sun Shao smiled and waved his hand to Wei Ping not to be nervous: "I know, I understand your general's heart. Come on, you and I will have a drink together. Let's see if General Yue breaks the enemy.

Wei Ping was stunned and immediately looked at Sun Shao nervously: "General, although General Yue is good at fighting, he can't stop it for a long time. For the general's plan, it's better to immediately hang General Su's battle flag and separate it from other merchant ships, so as to keep the general safe.

"Don't worry." Sun Shao couldn't say anything and pressed Wei Ping to the table: "I have confidence in General Yue."

Wei Ping is anxious and confident? You're out of your mind. If the sailor encounters a similar force, he can take advantage of the large ship and excellent weapons. In addition, he does have a set of crossing the sea. He can probably deal with twice as many pirates, but how much is it now? Now it's thirty times. If you can fight across the sea again, the pirates can gnaw him to death. Do you have confidence in him?

He tried his best to persuade him again, but Sun Shao ignored him. He only slowly retreated with the merchant ships of the brigade. It was not until all the merchant ships retreated to the waterway that he stopped the building ship at the mouth of the waterway and put on a posture of watching the soldiers.

Wei Ping couldn't laugh or cry. He regretted it. I made a mistake on this trip. This time, even Su's thick legs came in person, and I couldn't save him. He took Yuehai too seriously and thought that Yuehai could defeat pirates, but he didn't know that Yuehai was actually a help here. If there are no officers and soldiers here, the merchants can only let the pirates plunder it. At best, it is a loss of property, and generally it will not hurt people. However, after crossing the sea and stopping here, the pirates saw blood. At that time, when they killed, I'm afraid it would not be so easy to be good. Even if Sun Shao hung the war flag with Su's thick legs, it would not help. At that time, Su's thick legs can't do it?

Just when Wei Ping was thinking about how to persuade Sun Shao, Zhou Qun and others were already impatient. They roared loudly, cheered up with each other, and rushed to the sailors. Although they had a headache across the sea, they could not retreat without fighting. The sailors under the command greeted them, and the two sides fought together. For a moment, drums sounded everywhere, and the sound of killing on the vast sea shocked the sky.

The sailors relied on the size of the ship. The first row of sailors rushed forward with all their strength. Compared with the pirates, which were mainly small boats driven by more than a dozen people, the medium-sized warships of the sailors were five or six feet higher, which was equivalent to one person's height. The sailors shouted in unison and used all their strength to shake the huge row. The warship rushed to the pirate ship quickly and hit it. Next, the pirate ship was not an opponent at all. It was knocked over on the spot, and the pirates on the ship fell into the water one after another. The greedy shouts suddenly turned into cries. They rushed desperately in the water, dragging the boat that was knocked over by the sailor warship, and angrily cursed the arrogant sailors and soldiers. However, the officers and soldiers of the navy could not take care of them. Under the command of the marquis of each ship, they coordinated and tried to maintain the speed of the warship and continued to hit the next pirate ship. These sailors and soldiers all know that their biggest advantage of pirates is that the ship is big. If they can knock them over, they will avoid short soldiers. If they really want the pirates to get on the ship, everyone will cut each other one by one. Not to mention that the pirates are more desperate than them, it is enough to kill them by the number of people today.

If you can't stop, stopping means death.

Needless to say, every navy officer and soldier from crossing the sea understands this truth. From the beginning of the launch, they exerted all their strength to raise the speed of the ship to the fastest, and strive to give the pirates a horse.

Pirate boats were knocked over by the sailors's warships, and one after another pirates fell into the water. Wherever the sailors' warships went, there was a scream. At the beginning of the war, the pirates were merciless ** by the sailors.

Sun Shao had no time to chat with Wei Ping at this time. He stood up, held a pipe to watch the battle in the distance, and commented from time to time. Wei Ping was a little curious. His eyesight was good, but it was too far from the battlefield. Each ship looked only the size of a fist, barely Can you see that the sailor's warship belt is a pirate ship, and Sun Shao can see the details of the battle?

At the same time, Wei Ping was surprised to find that on the other side of the building ship, Guan Feng and Sun Shangxiang also took turns to watch the battle with a pipe. However, the pipe they used was on the ship, which was much thicker and shorter than the one in Sun Shao's hand. The two exchanged while watching, and it was obvious that they were also discussing the naval battle.

This made him very puzzled.

"Look at the heroism of the sailor." Sun Shao smiled and handed the pipe to Wei Ping. Wei Ping took it in doubt and looked into the distance like Sun Shao. At a glance, he was immediately shocked. What he saw was a sailor's warship that knocked the pirate's boat head-on and turned over. More than a dozen pirates fell into the water, and the warship immediately ran over from the boat, pressing the pirates under the boat and flying. The boat hit the sea in the sea, on the heads of the pirates, and the water splashed everywhere. After the warship passed, the pirates, who were still struggling, suddenly became much quieter. Several people floated quietly in the sea and there was no reaction.

"How about it?" Sun Shao smiled confidently.

Wei Ping couldn't put it down and touched the pipe, looked at it over and over again, and even forgot to answer Sun Shao's words. He is a knowledgeable person and knows the important surname of this thing for naval warfare. The sea is not as flat as the ground, and there is nothing to hide. How far your eyes can see, how far in advance you can find the enemy, and you can have a lot more time to prepare. This tube can see farther and clearer than the eyes of ordinary people. With this tube, there is more reaction time than the opponent. No wonder Sun Shao and others have been retreating for a long time. Zhou Qun really sighed that they were unlucky just now. It turned out that they were not unlucky at all. It was Sun Shao who had found them long ago.

Wei Ping raised his head and looked at the building. There was an officer and soldier standing upstairs, holding the same pipe in his hand to observe the war ahead. By his side, a flag bearer was constantly releasing the news. Behind him, he was squeezed into the merchant ship in the waterway, looking forward to it one by one. The expression on their faces followed each way. The flag is either happy or sad.

"Good baby, it's a pity that it will soon fall into the hands of the mixed river dragon." Wei Ping shook his head regretfully and reluctantly returned the pipe to Sun Shao. Sun Shao blinked his eyes and seemed to understand. Wei Ping pointed to the front and explained, "The sailors seem to attack very sharp, but once their physical strength drops and the speed slows down, the advantages of the pirates will be reflected. And the mixed river dragon was not given in vain. He would not let the sailor's warship be so arrogant. Although the pirates are small, in terms of speed, they are no worse than the sailors. Look, there will be a reversal soon.

"Is it?" Sun Shao answered disapprovingly and raised his eyes for thousands of miles to continue to watch the battlefield. As Wei Ping said, after the initial situation, the speed of the sailors gradually slowed down. The first group of warships turned around the bow and returned to the position, while the warships on standby began to accelerate and rushed to the ensuing pirates like hungry tigers.

"There is a set of crossing the sea, and I know how to promote the strengths and avoid the weaknesses." Sun Shao praised: "It seems that the war situation is beneficial to us."

Wei Ping shook his head and sighed secretly that he could fight across the sea, but the difference in strength was too great. It was only a matter of time to win or lose. The sailor had no hope of winning at all.

(to be continued)