Chapter 60 Virtuality and Reality

Fan Man's decision was opposed by some people. Fan Chang proposed that the peace was proposed by Fu Nan first. Now Wu Yue has agreed. Although Yue is suspected of blackmail, they have lowered their requirements after all and sent scholars to give lectures, showing enough sincerity. Now the news of peace has spread to Zhou. The tributary countries on the border, even the areas near the special pastoral city, know that those tributary countries and people have just recovered from the crazy revenge of Vietnam. Isn't it a little unwise to start a war at this time? You should know that everyone has no impression of the State of Wu. The destruction of Fan Yan's army is a major event for Wang Ting, but it is far away for the people. However, the attack of the State of Yue some time ago was impressive. The whole country came to attack for a few merchants. Such madness is only painful for ordinary people and for wandering overseas for many years. It is a very enviable thing for businessmen. Yue's love for merchants has long spread to all directions with the sails of merchant ships. King Yue has become the god of protection in the hearts of merchants. At this time, he will fight with him. It's okay if you can defeat him. What if you can't defeat him?

Fan Man was very angry. He felt greater fear. Even his son opposed the war with Vietnam. What about the others? He regretted that he was scared by Sun Shao and thought that Sun Shao's sailors were very powerful, but now he thought that if Sun Shao was really powerful, why did he have to call pirates? These pirates did not work for nothing. The trophy during this period should have been paid to the pirates, and even Sun Shao had to stick it upside down. Obviously, It was a helpless move because of his lack of strength, but why was he scared by Sun Shao's aggressive appearance, so he thought of a way to negotiate and gave Sun Shao a chance to attack?

"That's why we have to fight quickly and defeat the Yue Guo Marine Division first." Fan Man suppressed the anger in his heart and slowly said, "The soldiers of the State of Wu are covered by the jungle. They have no choice but to do so, but the sailors of the State of Yue are not. Their strikers have arrived in front of the special pastoral city. Do you think they will retreat when they make peace? Where is Cui Qian?

Fan Man glanced at Fan Chang and others. Fan Chang couldn't stand his majestic eyes and lowered his head.

"I guess I'm wrong about one question." Fan Man sighed and self-criticized first: "I forgot the essence of the Yue Guo sailors. They are different from ordinary sailors. Chief, can you tell me how far your fleet can go?

Fan Chang thought for a moment: "It's hard to say this. The key is how far the weight of the belt can support it."

"Can you leave the station with 10,000 sailors for three months?" Fan Man asked again.

Fan Chang's lips moved, and he wanted to say something but didn't say anything. He understood what Fan Man meant. Usually, how far the sailor can go is related to the sailor's carrying capacity. The more weight you bring, the more you can walk. With the current strength of the Southern sailors, they can support them for a month at most, because they have been near their territory, so one month is enough. But how long has the Yue navy been at sea? They have been away from Zhu Ya. Cui Qian has been away for more than half a year, and Sun Shao has also left Zhu Ya for three or four months. How did they solve the problem? Especially Cui Qian, he didn't leave Zhu Ya for 10,000 miles, but also five or six thousand miles.

"The delaying plan is feasible for others, but for the Yue sailors, it's just a matter of raising tigers." Fan Man's eyebrows were twisted together and worried. "We were scared by them. We thought that their strength was far exceeded ours, so we had to wait until they couldn't support it. Now it seems that this is exactly what they hope. They are not afraid of procrastination, but they are afraid of a quick decision." Fan Man exhaled a long breath, "Sun Shao has more than 10,000 sailors, half in Linyi, and half in the sea in front of us. They are not our opponents, but they used pirates to create a scare, which scared all of us."

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

"However, three thousand sailors in Fan Yan's seven thousand army were defeated by the King of Yue. If their warships are almost the same as ours, and there are only five or six thousand sailors in the hands of the King of Yue, how can he swallow Fan Yan's three thousand sailors in one bite?" Although Fan Chang has basically accepted Fan Man's analysis, he still raised his own question: "Will King Yue hide his strength and lure us to fight in the sea?"

Fan Xun's face sank and he was very unhappy. Fan Chang's words were tantamount to accusing him of being cheated by Sun Shao. Last time, it can be said that he was negligent, but this time he really used his heart. He spent a lot of money and effort to inquire about the news inside and outside. I don't know how much injustice he suffered before he got this information. Now he feels depressed when he thinks of the contemptuous smile on Shi Fu's face. Fan Chang's words erased all his credit.

The corners of Fan Man's mouth twitched and turned his eyes to his eldest son Fan Jinsheng. Fan Jinsheng saw the expectation in his eyes. He moved in his heart, coughed, and stood up: "Father, the kings and ministers of Yue started with pirates. Their ability to survive at sea is extraordinary. The longer they drag on, the more unfavorable it is to us. Father, I am in favor of a decisive battle with them as soon as possible.

Fan Man snorted and looked at him quietly, but Fan Chang curled his lips. He could see that his brother was flattering me, not just talking about the matter. He smiled and asked the question again: "What if King Yue is hiding his strength and tempting us to fight at sea? We have nearly 100,000 troops, but the sailors are only 8,000. We obviously do not have an advantage in fighting at sea. Why don't we fight in the advantageous land and have to go to the sea? On land, we can gather 100,000 elites, while Wu Yue's total strength is only 20,000, not to mention that we still have 300 war elephants, and we are confident enough to defeat them.

"If we don't defeat their sailors, can we leave the special pastoral city at ease?" Fan Jinsheng asked, "From now on, it will take more than 1,8 hundred miles to go to Mount Changshan, and it will take two months to march. Once the pirates attack the Temu City, the army will not have time to return. Can you guarantee that the Temu City will be safe?"

Fan Chang was speechless. If he could guarantee that he might be the one to defend the city. Although he did not think that the Yue sailors had the courage to go ashore to attack Temu City, they had the experience of attacking the surrounding areas, which made him very easy.

"What's more, there are only more than 10,000 Yue sailors, and now they are divided into two places. At this time, we attack and eat this part of Yue sailors, which can not only ensure the safety of the special pastoral city, but also hit the morale of the Wu and Yue allied forces. Don't you wait for them to break through each other when they divide their troops, but wait for them to fight together?

The more Fan Jinsheng said, the more bold he became. Not only did Fan Chang have nothing to say, but even Fan Man nodded. As soon as he saw Fan Man nodding, Fan Chang was even more uneasy. He didn't care that Fan Xun's face was already very ugly. He reminded Fan Jinsheng for the third time: "What if King Yue is hiding his strength and lures us to war?"

Fan Jin's business was booming and he waved his hand: "This is simple. Let's try him again and say that his conditions are too harsh, and we are not going to agree. If he really has the strength, his sailor will definitely force him to come again, and we will pose for the battle. At that time, we will see if he dares to launch an attack.

Fan Chang had to admit that Fan Jinsheng's idea was indeed good. He hummed unconvincedly and stopped talking. Fan Man saw it and smiled with satisfaction: "Fan Xun, it seems that you have to go to Linyi again."

... "Why have you changed your mind again?" Sun Shao was very unhappy, "Are you kidding me?"

Fan Xun quickly explained, "The king misunderstood. How can we joke about such a big thing? We really can't complete the king's request, so I want to ask the king to be more tolerant."

"Tolerance?" Sun Shao sneered, "Am I not tolerant enough? The conditions are reduced again and again. Do you think I'm too easy to talk to? Do you want me to pay you some money?

Fan Xun laughed with him and said he didn't dare.

"Don't talk nonsense. Go back and tell you, King Funan. If you don't send me the compensation within three months, don't blame me for coming to pick it up."

After Sun Shao finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left. Fan Xun listened, and his face was panicked, but he was secretly happy. He heard Sun Shao's guilty heart from Sun Shao's seemingly harsh words. Cui Qian's department is in the sea outside the special pastoral city. If Cui Qian really has enough strength, then Sun Shao will send someone to send a letter to Cui Qian. As soon as half a month, or a month later, Cui Qian can call at the door. Sun Shao said that for three months, it seemed to be the last spy, but in fact, it showed that Cui Qian could not complete the task alone at all. Sun Shao had to rush there by himself to be sure. Three months, the time for the messengers to come and go coincided with the time for Sun Shao to rush from Linyi to the special pastoral city.

Do you still want to slander me? Fan Xun disdained it. He immediately sent Sun Shao's reaction back to Temu City, and he stayed in Linyi and talked nonsense with Sun Shao.

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

"What else is there to say? Let General Zuo give them a real lesson. These barbarians can't be reasonable without pain." Yue Hai jumped up as soon as he heard it, but no matter how he looked at it, he was more excited than angry.

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

Yuehai and others were stunned and turned their eyes to Sun Shao. Sun Shao stroked his short beard and smiled faintly: "The terrain of Funan is excellent. There are mountains that are difficult to cross in the north, long mountains with dense forests in the east, and a long and narrow area like an elephant nose in the west. It has been going deep into the sea in the middle, but there are fat rice fields in the middle, which is at least the size of Qingxu Erzhou." Sun Shao couldn't restrain his excitement: "Zhujun, Qingxu Erzhou, can you imagine how big this land is?"

Everyone exclaimed. At the beginning of the state, only one-third of Huiji County was added to Zhuya County. Although Zhu Ya is very large, there is still very little land to be truly developed, mainly by commerce. Sun Shao used the hostage incident to bricate the whole county of Huiji from Sun Quan. In addition, with the addition of a South China Sea, the strength of the State of Yue has been greatly improved. Taking Yizhou is regarded as another county. In the past three years since the founding of the country, the land of Yue has increased. Nearly three times, which is already a very rare development speed. Now if Funan is taken, the land of Yue can be at least doubled, which is equivalent to building a new Yue.

This is not only an increase in area, but also a real strength. Unlike the pending development of Yizhou and Zhuya, the beauty of the land in Funan is obvious to all. Fan Man dominates the South China Sea with the output of this land.

"Not only that, Funan has a back mountain on one side and a sea on the other side, which is exactly in line with the situation of Yue as a sailor. As long as we occupy Funan, not only is this land ours, but the sea in the three directions of the southeast and west is ours, and the island countries on the sea have also become our vassals. To put it arrogantly, at that time, the territorial sea area of our country will exceed the land area of Dahan.

Yuehai, Lu Ji and others took a breath of cold air. They knew that there were many small countries in Funan and many small countries in Funan to the south, but they did not have a precise concept of how big these places were. Now they heard from Sun Shao that they could increase the area of a large Han Dynasty, and they couldn't help but be excited.

"Mr. Gong Xu, do you know Java?"

Lu Ji thought for a moment and shook his head: "I haven't heard of it."

Cheng Jun, who has never said anything, suddenly said, "I heard from the merchants that there is an island of spices in the South China Sea. These spices are transported to Tianzhu through Java, and then sold by Tianzhu merchants to Xiyi merchants. In the place of origin, the price of these spices is very cheap. You can buy a boat in about ten gold. In the hands of Xiyi, the price of these spices soared to the same price as gold.

"Ha ha ha..." Sun Shao looked at Cheng Jun with approval: "Zhengping, you pay a lot of attention." He glanced at the faces of Yuehai, Lu Ji and others: "Now you know that the island is a regenerative golden island, which is much better than the gold mine in Yi County."

"Ho--" I don't know who exclaimed. Although these rough people in Yuehai were excited, even Lu Ji and Zhou Xun couldn't stand it **, with a little greedy look on their faces.

"Take over Funan can not only solve the dilemma of China's small people and food must rely on overseas purchases, but also use this as a basis to control thousands of miles of sea areas, take those golden islands in your hands, and achieve a real maritime empire." Sun Shao sneered and said, "Do you think I can just teach Fan Man a lesson?"

"I can't!" Yue Haiteng stood up with boxing armor: "I am willing to be the king's forerunner and conquer Funan."

"Ha ha ha..." Sun Shao smiled: "So, what we are discussing today is not to teach Funan a lesson, but to..." He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth and said, "Take down Funan!"

"But..." Wei Ping frowned and said, "We only have 20,000 sailors. Can we defeat Funan with 100,000 troops? Our sailors are very powerful. There should be no surprises in defeating their sailors, but... what about the land battle?

"Of course, such a big thing can't be done overnight. We have to make a long-term plan." Sun Shao regained his composure, returned to his seat, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "The meal should be eaten one by one, and everything should be done one by one. What we have to consider now is to eat his sailor first and control the sea. You know, the navy of Funan is only one-fifth of the whole army, but the wealth controlled by the navy is more than 60% of the income of the whole Funan. If we eat his navy, we have got the largest piece of wealth.

Lu Ji nodded repeatedly, showing a relaxed look on his face. Although he did not lead troops, he knew that it should not be a problem to defeat the naval division of Funan with the strength of the Vietnam Marine Division. He was moved by the thought of the huge wealth after the war.

"The king of Funan is an outsider. We have to deal with them, not the people of Funan." Sun Shao smiled and said, "You should remember that the people in Funan are all descendants of Yan and Huang. When we clean up the king of Funan, we should always remember this. Otherwise, if we take Funan, we will face rebellions everywhere. That's not a trivial matter."

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed. At this time, they understood why Sun Shao sent Liu Xi to lecture. They originally thought it was just a trick to deal with the delaying the army of the king of Funan, but they didn't expect that Sun Shao wanted to accept the hearts of the people of Funan.

Once they understood this premise, everyone's ideas were immediately opened up. They came up with the idea of not only to lead out the Funan sailors to annihilate them, but also to set up an image of the injured in front of the people in Funan and strive for their sympathy and support.

After half a day of research, he came up with an action plan. While actively preparing for the war, he crossed the sea and led the sailors to immediately rush to support Cui Qian. On the other hand, he continued to fool Fan Xun, which made him feel that the State of Yue had been bluffing and had no strength to defeat the Funan Marine Division at all. At the same time, he sent people to take a walk. The king of Funan ignored the interests of the people of Funan and started the war recklessly. The public opinion further deepened the results of Liu Xi's lecture.

Shi Fu was responsible for fooling Fan Xun. Sun Shao would no longer meet Fan Xun. He gave Shi Fu an instruction, that is, he kept looking for Fan Xun to protest and threaten. He was very angry with Yue, but he did not have the courage to really go to war with Funan, so he could only shout. In addition to Shi Fu's understanding, he also admired Sun Shao. This kind of practice of showing weakness is difficult to distinguish between true and false. It can definitely blind Fan Xun and satisfy their potential wishes. He didn't know that Sun Shao used to watch how others fart like this kind of "severe statement" and "strong protest" again and again, and then bullied people. In fact, the truth is very simple. There is a good folk saying that the barking dog does not bite, and the biting dog does not bark. Only the guilty will scream loudly. The more you bark. The louder it is, the more it means that you don't have the confidence. It's no wonder that they don't bully you. If only "solemn declaration" and "strong protest" can solve the problem, what strength is there? It's better than anyone's voice.

Shi Fu implemented this strategy very well. He also made new things and played tricks. He was confused about Fan Xun and threatened Fan Xun from time to time. Today, he said that our king was going to go on an expedition in person, and tomorrow he said that it was a little unexpected. Our king decided to talk to you again, and in two days later, he said that we would Joining hands with the State of Wu again, we decided to cross the Long Mountain and march to the south. After a while, we said that we decided to divide the army into two routes, land and water, and destroy you in the south.

Fan Xun couldn't figure out whether it was true or not at first, but he soon saw the essence of Shi Fu's strong and middle dry. He no longer paid attention to Shi Fu's way, and everyone pretended to be confused. While talking nonsense with him, Shi Po spread the news to the nobles and civilians of Funan through ubiquitous merchants, saying that King Yue was originally going to get justice from Funan. Later, he saw that the people of Funan were also descendants of Yan and Huang, so he wanted to turn big things into small things into small things. Unexpectedly, the king of Funan ignored the lives of the people of Funan and insisted on launching a war and let The descendants of Yan and Huang killed each other to satisfy his own interests.

Soon, a rumor spread in Funan at a very fast speed. Fan Man is an outsider. Why do you rule the Funan people?

Fan Man has no better way to deal with such rumors except for arresting people. He is indeed an outsider, and he can't show any evidence whether the Funan people are the descendants of Yan and Huang. If he wants to learn from Liu Xi, it is not enough for him to practice for another 30 years. However, he didn't take these rumors to heart very much. He believed that as long as he defeated Sun Shao's sailor and relieved his worries, he could attack Yunan again. He had absolute confidence that with 100,000 troops and 300 war elephants, he could sweep the south.

He is not a connection.

As for those ordinary people, Fan Man disdained it. The people knew nothing. As long as he defeated the Wuyue coalition, everything he said was the truth. Even if he knew it was a lie, what could they do? The people of Funan didn't know that he was an outsider until today. Didn't they still rule Funan for more than a hundred years?

Fan Man recalled Fan Chang to the Special Pastoral City, let Fan Jinsheng take charge of the whole sailor, let him look for an opportunity to go to sea, and finally test the reality of the Yue Guo sailor. Fan Jinsheng was high-spirited and set out from the Russian port with the sailor. Cui Qian was overjoyed when he got the news. He was about to meet him, but he received Sun Shao's edict: No fight.

Although Cui Qian was puzzled, he still faithfully entertained Sun Shao's orders. He knew Sun Shao's surname very well. Usually, he showed weakness was to dig a pit, but retreated in order to make great strides forward. He immediately summoned the pirates to discuss the matter, and the pirates followed him and took advantage of him. Now he heard that the Funan sailor came out aggressively, and Cui Qian wanted to retreat temporarily. They were a little unwilling, but without Cui Qian behind them, they did not have the courage to compete with Fan Jinsheng, so they could only follow Cui Qian to hide from the limelight first. Fortunately, I have made a fortune more or less recently, and it will not affect my livelihood for a while.

After several cautious pursuits, Fan Jinsheng found that Cui Qian did not dare to contact him and did not want to go far away. He believed the news from Fan Xun even more: Cui Qian was waiting for Sun Shao's reinforcements, and the negotiation had not finally broken down. Sun Shao's reinforcements could not arrive for a while. He couldn't wait to seize this opportunity to eat Cui. Qian, make a great contribution and completely determine the position of prince. He sent the news back to Fan Man and chased him to the depths of the sea. Half a month later, he finally caught the fighter plane and blocked Cui Qian and a group of pirates on an island called Jin Ou.

(to be continued)