Chapter 11 Fishing in Muddy Water

At the beginning of August of the sixth year of the Republic of China, three major events occurred in the Han Dynasty.

First, Cao Zhang, the general of the Han Dynasty, led Hu Han to ride more than 30,000 horses. He was blocked by Yuyang. He broke through the Wuhuan people of Baitan Mountain with lightning speed, beheaded more than 3,000 people, and then waved his army to the west, leading the generals Xiahou Ba, Hao Zhao, Hu Zun and other thousands of miles to attack, blocking the Xianbei who concentrated in Danhan Mountain for the forest conference. The tribe, the two sides fought a bloody battle, and hit the Xianbei people hard and killed more than 10,000 people. The general of Xianbei fled to the west in panic. Cao Zhang then recruited the Xiongnu and the Wuhuan people, and chased them non-stop. The horse did not untie the saddle, the people did not untie the armor, and chased with the tail. After more than a month, he chased to the west of Wuyuan County. The eastern Xianbei and the central Xianbei were all in hand, leaving only the western Xianbei in the hands of the Xianbei people, and the east and west were thousands of miles in the northern border.

Secondly, Liu Bei, the king of Shu, was succeeded by Liu Chan, the prince of Shu, and Zhang Fei, the general of Shu, and Zhuge Liang, the prime minister, assisted the government. When General Guan Yu of Han heard this, he cried and vomited blood and couldn't afford to get sick.

Third, Su Yu, the governor of the East China Sea of the State of Vietnam, led more than 10,000 sailors to the east. The front of the soldiers pointed directly to the Kingdom of Japan. There were more than 100 countries in Japan. Hearing that the Han people were coming, they were all in fear. More than ten countries of Japan sent envoys to see him. Su Yu built a city near South Korea in the south, and sent more than 100 Japanese envoys to the South China Sea to visit the King of Yue with a big ship.

December, Taizhou, Funan County, Funan Lecture Hall.

Funan Lecture Hall is a branch of Funan College. However, because of the special military surname, the Lecture Hall is a little far from the main building of Funan College, and it is closer to the primitive forest. Because a large part of the course here is jungle tactical training, a training base has been built in the jungle every semester. Send the students to the base for practical training.

December is when Sun Shao regularly inspects the lecture hall twice a year. The lecture hall will hold a graduation exercise. The students with outstanding achievements in the exercise will be preferentially selected as Lang in the palace. The best part of them will join the most elite infantry of Yue, the destroyer battalion, so every student of the lecture hall. I attach great importance to this exercise. Even if I am not a scholar of Yue, I don't want to stay in Yue after graduation, but if I can get the invitation of the New Year, it is also a great honor to enter the special pastoral city to drink with the princes and ministers.

The martial arts hall has been established for two years. When this exercise was held last year, many people did not pay enough attention to it, and the intensity was not enough, but this year is different. Almost all the students are full of energy, at least they have to strive for the opportunity to participate in the New Year, so the whole process is much better than the actual battle.

Ma Yan was a transfer student, and he didn't want to join the Yue [***] team. However, his purpose was to make a name for the visiting students led by Zhao Yun and Li Yan, so he studied very hard. Of course, the relevant military theory was difficult for him. On the contrary, he asked the instructors several times. He provoked the instructors and threw him into the deep mountains and forests during the exercise.

To everyone's surprise, Ma Zhen was not dragged out by the rescue team, but crawled out by himself. However, when he came out, he was almost dead. His clothes were ragged, his hair was loose, his eyes were deep, and he saw everyone as if he had seen the enemy, and his eyes flashed like a wolf. As soon as he saw the instructor who greeted him, he grinned and didn't even smile. He fell to the ground and fainted.

I didn't know until he was rescued, because he was too arrogant and looked down on other students, and other students didn't like him. He lost him on the way. He collided alone in the jungle and soon got lost. In order to save his life, he trekked in the jungle for seven days, because In order to start, I didn't pay attention to the survival of the jungle, so I didn't count what I could eat and what I couldn't eat in the jungle. I was afraid of being poisoned, and I didn't dare to eat indiscriminately, and I didn't even dare to drink water. Fortunately, he remembers his surname well, and he is familiar with the map. After walking the wrong road for a few days, he actually found a way out.

When Sun Shao heard the news, he was ironic and specially received Ma Jian.

When Ma Yu saw Sun Shao, he had not recovered from the fear in the jungle, but he changed his clean clothes and added food. The original Fengshen Junlang had recovered a little, and he could barely maintain a little of his appearance.

"The king of Shu passed away." Sun Shao's first sentence was to tell Ma Yan about this matter. When Ma Yan came out of Shu, Liu Bei was still waiting for a long time. Outsiders of the lecture hall rarely came, and Ma Yan never knew about this matter.

Ma Yu nodded and was very calm. Although he didn't know that Liu Bei was dead, he knew that Liu Bei's death was not unexpected. On the contrary, he was a little relaxed. Liu Bei is dead, Zhao Yun and others have to guard the funeral, at least it will not be possible to come to Funan after the Spring Festival.

"Brother Kong Ming presided over the overall situation and should focus on the development of people's livelihood. Zhuge Ziping and some scholars of Shu are about to rush back. Are you interested in going with them?" Sun Shao turned the cup in his hand and looked at this talented person as famous as Zhao Kuo in history. His eyes were a little complicated. Although it took Ma Zhen seven days to get out of the jungle that other students could get out of in three days, considering that he was a transfer student and turned out to be a top-eyed taxi, this result was already very good. Normally, he should belong to one of the normal places where he had to die a few times a year.

"What does it matter if I go back or not?" Ma Zhen said disapprovingly, trying his best to look like a madman in front of Sun Shao.

Sun Shao smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip. After a while, he asked, "Are you going to continue to study in the martial arts hall or travel around?" If you want to travel, I would like to invite you to go with me. After the New Year, I'm going to Tianzhu. If you are interested, you might as well go with me.

Ma Jian is very moved. This is a good opportunity to increase his knowledge, and it is also a good opportunity to get close to Sun Shao. However, this jungle survival left an indelible impression on him. He regretted that he didn't listen to the class well at that time and almost lost his life in the jungle. This was a big blow to him, who had always been conceited. He had been thinking these days that if he couldn't make up for the debt, he would definitely become a laughing stock at that time.

And he came to be famous, not to leave a laughingstock.

"I really want to travel with the king, but I also want to complete the course of the martial arts hall first." Ma Jian said sincerely, "I don't meet the conditions to participate in the New Year's Day. If it's just because of the king's kindness, it's not in line with the rules of the martial arts hall. Although he is an outsider, he doesn't want to do this.

"Hehehe..." Sun Shao smiled. His interest in Ma Yu became stronger and stronger. Although this person was arrogant, he was arrogant with capital. He turned his head to Feroz, who was standing aside with a gloomy face, and smiled, "See, this is the example of my big man."

Ma Yu looked at this person who had never said a sound and was surprised to find that this was not a Han man, nor a Funan man. Obviously, he was an Yi man, and even the kind of Yi man who wore Han clothes was not like the Han people. Seeing Ma Yan's surprise, Zhuge Jun introduced, "This is Ferroz, the king of Zhuluo of Tianzhu, who was captured in the war last year. Because of the meritor in supervising the construction of the city, the king decided to let him go back to China."

"Isn't this a tiger returning to the mountain?" Ma Yu blurted out that although he had never regarded Yue as his own country, in the face of outsiders like Ferroz, he naturally classified himself and Yue into the category of Han people and considered the problem from the perspective of Sun Shao.

"The tiger returns to the mountain?" Former General Cui Qian chuckled, stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, turned his head to one side, and the others also looked at each other and smiled. Feroz stayed with the Han people for more than half a year and knew some Chinese dialect. Although he didn't quite understand this sentence, he also understood some of the meaning in it. It was not surprising why Cui Qian and others laughed. He lowered his head awkwardly and couldn't help but have some resentment against Ma Qian. First, it was Ma's words that made him ridiculed. Second, he was afraid that Ma's words would cause Sun Shao's worry and he would not let him go back.

Ferroz is worried about being captured by Sun Shaosheng. Among the more than a dozen countries in the south, large and small, Zhu Luo's strength is one of the few. Feroz has always regarded himself very high. Even if he doesn't pay much attention to Divia, the king of Zero, and Akadi, the king of Pandia, who have similar strength. I have always hoped that one day I can unify the Tianzhu mainland and become the king of all kings. This time, he led the joint sailors of the Three Kingdoms to Funan. He felt that it was a good start, because under his pressure, Jeluo and Pandia bowed to him. As long as he won this battle, he could get greater profits from the business of the South China Sea and further expand his strength. Unexpectedly, the United sailors were The Vietnamese destroyed the whole army, and even he himself was captured alive.

What made him even more depressed was that he was defeated by less, and Ferroz's confidence was suddenly smashed. At that time, he had thought about committing suicide, but his consonant Sanjay advised him to say a word. Sanjay said that people who achieved great things in ancient times went through hardships, and the Buddha also went through countless hardships to truly enlightened. In order to be enlightened, the monks also had to practice long-term and unremitting asceticism to temper their minds. This time, the king may be a The ordeal is the king's real start to a higher career.

Ferroz listened to this advice. In the subsequent construction of Yangon City, he took the lead and worked hard, and really regarded this hard work as a test for himself. His actions calmed the prisoners and reduced Yang Xiu's workload. In half a year, Yangon City was built, and Feroz was also brought to the Special Pastoral City as the representative of the prisoners. Sun Shao was very satisfied with his obedience and decided to let him go back.

Feroz regarded these as God's reward for him, and returned to Zhu Luo as a new beginning of his career. How could he let Ma's words cut off his way of life? He thought for a moment and quickly knelt down in front of Sun Shao: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to be a hound in front of the king's horse, chasing and killing those tigers and wolves for the king, but not daring to be tigers and wolves."

Sun Shao touched his chin and smiled and comforted, "Gu has never doubted your loyalty. Get up."

"Oh." Ferroz got up, stood aside, and secretly wiped a cold sweat.

Ma Yan didn't think so, but looking at this posture, Sun Shao seemed to believe in this Tianzhu man, and there was no need to be a villain. He and Sun Shao talked a few more words before Zhuge Jun left. Zhuge Jun said to Ma Yan with some regret, "You Chang, you should have promised to go to Tianzhu with His Royal Highness the King of Yue just now."

"Why?" Ma asked back. . Of course, he couldn't tell Zhuge Jun that he stayed in the Funan Lecture Hall to continue to study. He didn't want to be ashamed.

Zhuge Jun looked around, lowered his voice and smiled, "Do you know that Yue is going to fight against Tianzhu?"

Ma Yao nodded, and of course said, "This is not a secret. What's the curiosity?"

"But do you know that Tianzhu is much bigger than Taizhou? If you count it, Tianzhu is about the same as Taizhou, Huiji and Nanhai in Yue. Their strength is actually not worse than that of Yue. When Tianzhu was the most powerful, there used to be nearly one million troops. Although now it is not as good as before, all of them are gathered, and the 300,000 troops are still stable. If you want to deal with Tianzhu with the strength of Yue, it is tantamount to swallowing elephants with a snake.

Ma Yu stopped and looked at Zhuge Jun in surprise: "So, the king of Yue let this Tianzhu man go back to use the Tianzhu people to attack the Tianzhu people and control the barbarians?"

"It's almost like that." Zhuge Jun said cautiously, "I guessed it too. After the defeat of Ferroz, a new king has been established in their country. As soon as he goes back, there must be a civil unrest. In addition, the defeat of the joint sailors directly led to the inability of the other two countries to deal with the sailors of Yue, so they could only stick to the mainland. The two kings hated Feroz to death. When he returned to Tianzhu, a civil war was inevitable.

Ma Yan didn't say anything. After thinking about it for a long time, he nodded as if he realized something. It is precisely because Tianzhu is divided into four, so Sun Shao has a chance. In terms of military tactics, he pays attention to attacking zero and attacking more. Even those who win more with less, they are also obtained in the local situation of attacking more. On the one hand, Sun Shao tried his best to bridge the contradictions between the three countries of Wei, Shu and Wu, and even did not hesitate to help the State of Wei go to the Northern Frontier and help the State of Shu pacify the Southern Frontier. He was nothing more than trying to integrate the forces of the two countries and not to be distracted at home.

But is it that easy? Ma Gan sighed with emotion. Although this truth is not difficult to understand, it is not easy to really do it. Among other things, there are different power conflicts within Wei, Shu, Wu and Yue. The reason why Yue has not been obvious at present is that Yue has been expanding. They can get more benefits in the expansion, and there is no need to compete for the time being. But the momentum of expansion will always slow down, such as attacking Tianzhu now. Once the war is frustrated, they will turn to the competition between them.

When Zhuge Jun saw that Ma Jian was meditating, he thought he regretted, so he continued to say, "Where did the instructor of the martial arts hall come from? It's not the generals in Yue [***]. In terms of specific tactics, they may have their own strengths. Like He Da, his jungle tactics are second to none among the generals of Yue. But in terms of the overall vision, who can be stronger than His Royal Highness Yue? If you stay with him for a while, you will gain a lot.

Ma Yan looked back at him, smiled, and said perfunctorily, "Do you think he is better than your brother's eyes?"

Zhuge Jun shook his head with a smile: "It's hard to say, but I don't think my brother is better than him. The two of them are actually very similar, but in terms of vision, my brother may also be slightly inferior.

Ma Yan didn't think so. What he admired most was Zhuge Liang. He didn't think that Sun Shao could be discussed with Zhuge's appearance at all. Zhuge Jun saw Ma's disdain. He wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything. Anyway, it's always good for Ma to respect Zhuge Liang.

At the beginning of February of the seventh year of the Republic, Sun Shao rushed to Ceylon Island in person. Zhuge Zhi, the general of Ceylon, and Zhou Xun, the deputy general, and Nimar, the king of the Sinhala, rushed to the seaside to meet him. As soon as he saw Sun Shao, Nimar rushed over from afar, put his hands together, and bowed down. Sun Shao bowed slightly and returned the gift. Nimar was very happy. Originally, he thought that Sun Shao would give him a smile at most. After all, although Sinhala is still the kingdom of reading power, without the help of Yue, he would not have the strength to regain Ceylon Island at all.

"Thank you for the help of the king. The ancestors of the Sinhala will bless the king's happiness and health, and many children and grandchildren." Nimaer said sincerely, "Our Aryan women are the best mothers."

"It's really good, but it's a little less." Sun Shao laughed and walked forward side by side with Nimar. Nimar didn't feel comfortable for a moment. He took a few steps before he suddenly realized. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as the king likes it, I am willing to choose some young and beautiful women to send to the king."

"Thank you very much." Sun Shao did not refuse. Anyway, no one dares to say that he is useless. Besides, Aryan women are really good-looking, with blonde hair and blue eyes. They not only look very different from the Han people, but also have a good figure, which is in line with his aesthetic vision after countless decadent capitalist works of art.

"Your Majesty, how have you been recently?" As Sun Shao walked, he kindly talked to Nimar, "Have our soldiers in Vietnam had trouble here? I know that these people are used to it and like to cause trouble. Once they leave my sight, it's not normal for them to do something. If it's somewhere else, that's fine, but Ceylon is an ally of Vietnam, and the king is my friend. I can't let him harm the gem of Ceylon. Your Majesty, don't worry. If you need anything, just tell me directly. I'll make the decision for you.

Nimar smiled. Of course, it is impossible to say that the Vietnamese did not cause trouble here. Other things are better. The more than 800 pirates under Lu Mo have done a lot of immoral things. It doesn't count as stealing chickens and touching dogs. It's not one or two things to rob and kill people, but Nimar is a person who has passed through the world. He knows this. People are not good people, but if you want others to help fight a war, these losses are inevitable. Besides, for him, it is the most important thing to keep the national vein of the Sinhala Dynasty. It is not a problem to kill a few people at all, not to mention that the generals of the State of Yue consciously restrained their men and did not deliberately indulge.

"The king joked that the noble [***] people are disciplined, and there is no crime in autumn. With the protection of the noble [***] people, this gem island is brighter." Nimar's tone was humble and respectful. He had been learning from the Han people to arch his hands on his chest, leaning forward slightly, half a step behind Sun Shao, like a loyal servant behind his master.

"Since the king is tolerant and doesn't want to embarrass them, I don't force the king. I will punish them after it is verified." Sun Shao gently exposed it, and then asked, "I don't know if Zhe Luo and Pandia have come here?"

Nimar frowned and looked a little hesitant. Sun Shao didn't hear the answer and couldn't help but be a little surprised. He looked back at Nimar and saw that Nimar's face was constipated. He seemed to have something to say, but he didn't dare to say it, but his eyes clearly had another meaning. Sun Shao's eyes turned and then he understood. He turned his head and looked at Zhuge Zhi. Zhuge Zhi smiled and said, "The king doesn't know anything. After the destruction of the sailor, Zheluo and Pandia were counterattacked by the king of Sinhala and were beaten. Maybe they couldn't believe our kindness, so they were not afraid of people coming."

"Oh?" Sun Shao took a look at Nimar again. After listening to the translation, Nimar nodded quickly: "At the arrival of King Tianwei, those Tianzhu people were scared out of their wits. In the past, they did not want to occupy Ceylon Island all the time, but now they dare not come when they invite them."

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao laughed and said, "The king is too humorous. I'm afraid it will be very uncomfortable for Akadi and Divia to listen to it."

"It's not just them. I'm afraid the most uncomfortable thing is King Ferroz of Zhuluo." Nimar smiled flatteringly and said, "Ferroz doesn't know the depth of heaven and earth. He dares to match those worthless broken ships to compete with the king. He deserves to be captured by the king. King, can he repair the city well?

Nimar's voice was very loud. Ferroz, who was standing in the distance, was so angry that his lungs exploded. He couldn't wait to rush forward to grab Nimar and beat him. In the past, when he occupied Ceylon Island, Nimar was too embarrassed by him. He once thought of surrendering to him, but he wanted to retain the blood of the Sinhala dynasty and submit it without being merged. Feroz was unwilling to agree. In order to beg him, Nimar sent beautiful women and treasures. He said all the good words. He never thought it was just a defeat. He was in Nimar. The eyes have become the object of ridicule.

Sun Shao glanced and just saw Ferroz's green face. He didn't break it and continued to listen to Nimar's debasement of Tianzhu people. Nimar invited Sun Shao into the elephant car and personally whipped Sun Shao as a sign of respect. Sun Shao didn't do much. He just symbolically asked Nimar to wave a whip and resolutely refused to let Nimar serve him any more. Nimar was a little happy in his heart. Compared with Tianzhu people, King Yue was so polite and face-given.

The new city has just built a city wall and an official government. The city is not large, that is, it is divided into two parts, one part of the garrison, part of the people, and the merchants who come and go are also arranged to live in the city. Just two or three miles away from the city is the deep-water port where Sun Shao's ships are moored. A large number of merchant ships are now docked in the port. Of course, the warships of Zhuge Zhi and others are also parked in it. Looking west from the city, the Tianzhu mainland can be faintly seen.

Zhuge went straight closer to Sun Shao, turned his eyes to the distance, and whispered, "Your Majesty, about a day's journey forward, you can reach an island. The island is very close to Pandia, that is, about 30 or 40 miles. Now Captain Lu and others are stationed on that island. They go to the coast during the day to disturb, and go back to the island to spend the night at night.

Sun Shao smiled and said, "I can't see that Lu Zizhang is quiet, but he can get along with the pirates."

(to be continued)