Chapter 57 Resolute

"Impossible." Bu Qian refused in one gulp.

"Why?" As soon as Sun Shao's eyebrows were raised, he was going to play tricks.

Bu Qian sighed and took the request, but he didn't look at it. He put it aside and said earnestly, "Fengxian, have you finished the battle? Did Cui Qian die or fall? You occupied Zhu Ya, but Cui Qian is still alive. He took tens of thousands of pirates to rob the merchant ship. If he gets it, do you think it's a credit or a fault?

Sun Shao turned his eyes and said with a smile, "It seems to be a little urgent."

"It's not just that it seems to be a little urgent. It's simply too urgent." Bu Qian breathed a sigh of relief and finally scared the boy. He took a breath, calmed down, and then advised bitterly, "Fengxian, don't worry, as long as you really calm down Cui Qian and stabilize Jiaozhou, I will definitely do credit for you. Although Zhu Ya's population is not large, this is the contribution of expanding the world. When the supreme is just in employing people, how can there be no reason not to reward it? Not only do you have credit, but I also have credit. Cui Qian is finished, and Hepu is in our hands. At that time, the rebellion of the south will be calmed down. How dare Shi Xie not bow to the supreme? This is a merit for you and me. How can I not be enthusiastic? But is it time now?"

Sun Shao stroked the soft beard on his chin, and his eyes flashed: "If Cui Qian is calmed down, will you ask for credit for me?"

"For sure."

"Well, I'll take this back first. If you go back on your promise at that time, don't blame me for not giving face to the emperor." Sun Shao smiled, gently pulled back the request, and gently tapped his fingers on it: "If you have recovered a Zhu Ya, why do you have to make me a marquis?"

Bu Qian hesitated for a moment. He felt that Sun Shao seemed to have a lot of thoughts and wanted to be a marquis, but then he thought that such a great credit should indeed be a marquis. He couldn't bear Sun Quan's children and couldn't trap Sun Shao, a wolf. Anyway, they were all from the Sun family. He gritted his teeth and nodded: "As long as you calm Cui Qian down, this matter is up to me."

"That's good." Sun Shao sat up straight, clapped his hands and smiled, "I'll finish Cui Qian first. Go back and wait for my good news."

Bu Qian sighed helplessly, and Sun Shao drove people away again. Oh, forget it. I don't have the strength to participate in the war anyway. Just stand by and watch. Sun Shao won, and I followed him to make contributions. When Sun Shao lost, I put all the responsibility on him.

In mid-September, Yuehai, Wei Jing and Huan maintained the caravan to arrive at Qinzhou Bay. Yuehai ordered all the merchant ships to enter Qinzhou Bay to rest, waiting for the sailors of Jiaokan County to come to pick them up, and then set off. As soon as Huan Wei heard this, he immediately put forward different opinions.

"General, there are more than 200 miles away from the border between Jiaotong and Hepu. The sailors of Jiaotong are coming to pick up, and he can't enter the county of Hepu. Crossing the border to use troops requires the order of the assassin."

"What is this?" Yuehai's hand turned over, and it was the order signed by Bu Qian himself. He smiled kindly: "Lord Huan, we are protecting so many merchant ships now. It's a big responsibility. In case the pirates are robbed, the name of Fufujun and our Sun Fubo will be all smashed, so it's better to be safe."

Huan Wei sneered: "Since Lord Yue is afraid of pirates, why don't you speed up? Hand over the caravan to the hands of the sailor as soon as possible, and the burden on my shoulders will be unloaded as soon as possible. Wouldn't it be better? There are still more than 200 miles away from the county boundary. Jiaolan Shuishi is not a fool. Will they take the initiative to enter Hepu County?

Yuehai was indifferent. He looked calmly at Huan Wei, who was a little disdainful: "Lord Huan, since there is an order from the governor of Bufu, let's just do it. The terrain of Qinzhou Bay is good. Even if there are pirates coming, we can also defend it. It must be no problem to support the sailor to help.

"There is also a Dongxing Bay in front of it. The terrain is no worse than that of Qinzhou Bay. It is only 30 miles away from the county boundary. Once something happens, it is more convenient for the sailors to support it. Isn't it better?"

"Dongxing Bay?" Yuehai looked at Wei Jing unexpectedly, "Lord Wei, do you know Dongxing Bay?"

Wei Jing shook his head. How did he know that he had never been here before, and his eyes were dark about the situation here. Yuehai spread out his hands and said helplessly, "You see, we are not familiar with the situation of Dongxing Bay. We rushed there rashly. In case it doesn't work there, or there is already a pirate ambush, don't we just jump into the fire pit? Otherwise, please ask Lord Huan to work hard and go to Dongxing Bay to check. If there are no pirates, come back and inform us. By the way, please ask the sailors to escort us, which will be safer.

The words of crossing the sea made Huan Wei a little suspicious. Listening to what he meant, he seemed to know that there were pirates ambush in Dongxing Bay. How could this be possible? I have never received any news about pirates along the way. Behind them were some small pirates, but those people were too weak. Looking at the big fish, they didn't dare to do it. Yuehai never paid attention to them. Why didn't he leave when he got here?

Huan Wei had a ghost in his heart and didn't dare to say anything more. He had to agree to the arrangement of crossing the sea. As a striker, he rushed to Dongxing Bay to check the situation. At the same time, he asked the water master to pick him up. Yuehai was overjoyed and specially held a banquet to see Huan Wei off. At the same time, he invited several powerful businessmen's representatives in the merchant ship to sit with him. At the banquet, he informed everyone of the situation, and then said enthusiastically that Lord Huan was single and brave for everyone's safety and courage. He suggested that everyone raise a toast to celebrate Huan Wei's birthday.

Huan Wei sneered in his heart. When he went away, the sailor may not come, but the pirates were bound to come. I don't know what these merchants would think at that time. He was also rude. He patted his chest to show his determination and sail away with his personal guards.

Two days later, he saw the well-prepared Cui Qian and his brother Huan neighbor in Dongxing Bay.

"Why did you come here alone?" As soon as we met, Cui Qian said unhappily. He took more than 30,000 pirates across the sea and prepared in Dongxing Bay for more than ten days. When they crossed the sea, they came from the net. Unexpectedly, only Huan Wei waited.

"That vertical is too timid. I have to hand it over to the sailor to meet him." Huan Wei said dejectedly. He stopped at Qinzhou Bay now and refused to move forward again. He said that he would not see the cross-sectional sailor and resolutely refused to take another step forward.

"Qinzhou Bay?" Cui Qian was furious. Qinzhou Bay was nearly 200 miles away from here. He had to rush there for two days or three days. More importantly, the arrangements he made here were all in vain? Cui Qian raised his eyebrows and stared at the Huan brothers and shouted, "No, you have to find a way to lead him here, or you will be responsible for my food and fodder."

Huan Lin's face was calm and he didn't say a word. He was also very unhappy about this matter, but not against crossing the sea, but against Shi Xie. It's not a gentleman's job to collude with pirates. If Shi Xie hadn't elected him and been kind to him, he wouldn't have wanted to participate in this matter. Cui Qian threatened them, which made him more annoyed, but there was nothing he could do. Cui Qian has more than 30,000 pirates. These people are all coming for those merchant ships. These people have been banned by Sun Shao's sea ban. They are waiting for this piece of fat meat to relieve their gluttons. If they can't grab the merchant ship, they are likely to go ashore to plunder, and may even send troops directly to the Qian County to rule the dragon editor.

"Then... You go back and tell him that there are no pirates in Dongxing Bay, and the sailor can only wait for the handover here, and you can't go too far." Huan Lin said slowly, "If he can't reach Dongxing Bay within the specified time, then we will go back."

Huan Wei agreed and immediately returned to Qinzhou Bay. After Yuehai heard about it, he frowned. He said to Huan Wei, "I'm still not sure. Will you look too careless?" I will send a few scouts to follow you to have a look. If there is indeed no pirate ambush, I would like to take someone to Dongxing Bay to hand over the Jiaotong sailor.

Huan Wei had no choice but to take the scouts arranged by crossing the sea to Dongxing Bay again. At the same time, he sent a message to Cui Qian in advance, asking them to hide it and not to be seen as a flaw, otherwise the plan would definitely fail. When Cui Qian received the news, he did not dare to neglect it and let the pirates withdraw from 20 miles. Huan Wei took the scouts to check in Dongxing Bay and found nothing, and then returned to Qinzhou Bay. After crossing the sea was rewarded, he was relieved and said to Huan Wei with a smile, "It's really troublesome, Lord Huan. It seems that I'm really a little suspicious. OK, you send someone to inform the sailor to pick us up in Dongxing Bay."

Huan Wei took a long breath and immediately sent someone to set out. As soon as the messenger came out of Qinzhou Bay, he turned his face across the sea and tied Huan Wei up with an order. Huan Wei was shocked and shouted harshly, "What does General mean?"

He crossed the sea and didn't talk to him. He called a few people in. One of the businessman-like people spit on Huan Wei and kicked him in the face: "Beast, as an officer and soldier, you actually collude with pirates. Your heart is too dark. Do you think the pirates can hide it from us by withdrawing 20 miles?

Huan Wei was dumbfounded. He couldn't figure out how he knew Cui Qian's arrangement to cross the sea.

In fact, it is also simple. When he went with the scouts across the sea, he sent another group of people at the same time, including not only scouts, but also businessmen. They rushed to Dongxing Bay before Huan Wei, watched the pirates withdraw from Dongxing Bay, and then returned to Dongxing Bay after Huan Wei and others returned, watching more than 30,000 pirates re-ambush in Dongxing Bay. The businessman almost blew up his lungs at that time, which was too immoral. He really wanted to listen to Huan Wei and rushed to Dongxing Bay. How could more than two thousand merchant ships escape from a board?

"Impossible. How can you be so fast?" Huan Wei was still fighting and fighting. He knew that if he could not clear the crime, he would die. These merchants were red-eyed, and it was no wonder that he didn't eat him alive. I didn't make any pauses all the way. How can your people arrive earlier than me and come back later than me, but they can still arrive at the camp at the same time as me?

Businessmen also feel a little strange. Huan Wei's ship is a warship, which is the fastest ship in the fleet at present. How can the people sent to cross the sea leave Dongxing Bay half a day later than him, but rush back to the camp in front of him?

He crossed the sea and did not talk with him. He took him to the edge of the water and showed a medium-sized warship in front of the suspicious businessman. The ship was very similar to the building ship across the sea. There was no oars. When he moved, he only saw a splash on the back of the ship, but the speed of the ship was extremely fast, more than twice as fast as an ordinary warship.

"Do you have any questions now?"

Huan Wei was speechless.

Yue Hai ordered that Huan Wei colluded with the pirates and plotted against him. He immediately deprived him of his position as a county lieutenant and was detained in the camp waiting for processing. The sailors he belonged to were personally commanded by Yuehai. In view of the large number of pirates gathering in Dongxing Bay, it is very dangerous to continue to move forward, so he decided to lead the fleet back to Xu Wen, and at the same time sent the Clippers to ask General Fubo for quick assistance.

Although the merchants are reluctant, no one will continue to move forward knowing that there are pirates in front of them, and they can only resent Huan Wei. They all knew that Huan Wei's brother, Huan's neighbor, was a subordinate official of Shi Xie. The fire slowly burned to Huan's neighbor, and finally concentrated on Shi Xie. Thinking of what Shi Yi did a few months ago, they couldn't help but be angry in their hearts. Along the way, the vicious words scolded the brothers of Shi Xie, who were thousands of miles away, were shocked and couldn't sleep. .

The reputation of the Shi family for 30 years has been ruined.

Wei Jing didn't expect that things would turn out like this. He admired the foresight of Yuehai, but Yuehai modestly said that in fact, this was all General Fubo's arrangement. He had expected that there would be ghosts in Huan Wei's urgent urging to go to sea, so he asked me to be careful. Unexpectedly, he was unexpectedly expected by him.

"What should we do now?" Wei Jing sighed and nervously: "Do you really want to go back?"

I'm not sure about crossing the sea. The current situation is a little different from the prior arrangement. Cui Qian got the news that he would come out to rob. It was estimated that Sun Shao would take this opportunity to seize Cui Qian's general village, but none of them expected that Cui Qian's energy was so great that he actually gathered 30,000 pirates. They were originally estimated to be about 10,000 to 15,000 at most. In that case, he could still fight with pirates. Sun Shao's order to him was that three words were wrong. He turned around and ran away. He asked the pirates to grab the merchant ship and put the dung basin on Shi Xie's head. Then he was waiting for Cui Qian, who was triumphant in Zhu Ya, and another black to eat black. But now there are too many pirates. Once he fights, he is afraid that he will not be able to run away, so he temporarily changed his plan and decided to take the merchant ship back. If the pirate catches up, he will throw down the merchant ship and run by himself, so that he can not only save his life, but also not deviate from Sun Shao's plan too much. Although he did not drag the Jiaotong sailor into the water, he took Huan Wei's military power, and by the way, the reputation of Shi Xie, and the basic task was also completed.

He has sent a fast ship to inform Sun Shao to pick him up, but he doesn't know if he can catch up. The pirate was tricked by him, and it would be five or six days later than him to get the news. He didn't know whether Cui Qian would catch up with him. He only knew how to escape as soon as possible. He really couldn't escape, so he threw away the merchant ship and the pirates robbed it and pulled it down. Anyway, Sun Shao would still eat black. The reason why he can't throw it away now is that after all, he is not a pirate like Su's thick legs, and he can't do it so that Sun Shao is so burdenless.

Cui Qian waited in Dongxing Bay for four or five days without even looking at a shadow. Only then did he feel an accident. When he sent someone to inquire, he knew that Qinzhou Bay was empty and the fleet had run away for a long time. Just as he was hesitating whether to chase him, he met Cui Wu.

Cui Wu escaped from Zhu Ya, hijacked a boat and ventured across. With his knowledge and luck in this sea area, he actually found Cui Qian without any danger. However, this more than a month was not human. He was almost overturned by the waves several times, and the water was broken in the last few days. He could only eat raw sea fish. If he didn't land again, he would die.

As soon as he heard that Zongzhai fell into Sun Shao's hands, Cui Qian was furious. Despite Huan's neighbor's opposition, he was wrapped in the sailors of Jiaotan County to chase after him. He was first waved across the sea, and now he doesn't even have an old nest. If he doesn't grab these merchant ships, what else can he do with it?

Huan Lin and the 10,000 soldiers who led the sailors to pick up were unwilling. This has taken a lot of risks with the pirates and rushed to Hepu? In case of being caught by Sun Shao, the scholar's family will be completely finished in Jiaozhou. However, they looked at Cui Qian, who was already red-eyed, and closed his mouth knowingly. Cui Qian was crazy. It was definitely not a wise thing to contradict him at this time.

Huan Lin regretted it. He had an ominous feeling in his heart that something was going to happen this time, and it was a big deal.

As soon as other pirates heard that the merchant ship had run away, they were now going to follow them. Many people retreated. They had a timidity towards Sun Shao from the bottom of their hearts. This boy is too insidious. Now there are more than 10,000 sailors armed to their teeth. It's definitely not a good idea to confront him. The farther away from him, the safer it is. It's okay to consider robbing in Dongxing Bay. It's too risky to go to Hepu to rob. Cui Qian is crazy. They don't play with him. So the more the fleet rushed forward, the more deserters there were. Half a month later, when they barely saw a single merchant ship, there were less than 20,000 pirates left.

Cui Qian's face became more and more gloomy, and he was already a little angry. Now the pirates still don't know that Sun Shao has taken his old nest, but because they are afraid of fighting against Sun Shao, they dare to ignore him and Cui Qian and escape. If they know that Cui Qian has now become a homeless dog, will they bite him in turn?

This battle must be fought, not only to fight, but also to fight beautifully. After robbing more than two thousand merchant ships, he can get a chance to breathe, and there is a possibility to fight with Sun Shao. If he runs away like this, he, the king of pirates, will become a mouse that everyone shouts to fight.

What's the point of living in the world?

In the face of everyone's doubts, Cui Qian repaid it with a sneer. Chase, chase until Xu Wen, and also swallow these merchant ships. Huan Lin and Shi Gan advised at first, but later they didn't. The food and fodder they brought were almost consumed. If they didn't rob these ships, they wouldn't be able to go back.

Although he knew that the starting points of the two sides were different, Cui Qian was very satisfied with the support of Shi Gan and Huan Lin. He said righteously that if he succeeded this time, he would owe Shi Xie Gan a favor in the future and would definitely repay it.

Although there are only two-thirds of the team left, these people are all rich and desperate, and the cohesion is even greater. They speed up and chase after them. A day later, the waiting ship finally found the tail of the merchant ship. It was only 30 miles away and could catch up with it tomorrow.

Cui Qian looked up to the sky and roared. He even had a feeling of wanting to cry. This fish trip was really frightening. More than 2,000 merchant ships ran away from his mouth, and then the general village he had operated for many years was taken over. Now he finally has a chance to turn over. After he decided to take these merchant ships tomorrow, except Leave the necessary materials and give the rest to other pirates, and lure them to help them kill Sun Shao and take back the general village, otherwise they will not be able to swallow it anyway.

He ordered to refresh for a day and prepare for the war tomorrow.

When Cui Qian gritted his teeth, Yuehai was also looking at the southeast sea. The pirates have caught up, and he is still more than 300 miles away from Xu Wen. The sent scouts have not come back. I don't know if Sun Shao has any news and whether he can arrive in time. If it doesn't come tomorrow, he will have to abandon the ship, otherwise he and others can't resist Cui Qian's attack at all. Although the number of pirates is constantly decreasing along the way, their speed is getting faster and faster, and the heart of crossing the sea is heavy. He knew that the last remaining people were outlaws, and they could do everything for money.

"What is the general going to do?" Wei Jing's face was heavy. The news of the approaching of the pirates made his nerves as tense as a bowstring. He ran away for more than ten consecutive days. Many merchants couldn't stand it. Every day, the ships fell behind, and even the sailors lost a lot. The people who used to belong to Huan Wei are now basically gone. After last year's battle, his men and horses were trained, and the situation was better. Point, there are still more than 500 people now. The men crossing the sea are the most powerful, and more than 3,000 people are basically there, but these people are still too few compared with pirates.

"What do you think?" Yuehai was a little faceless. The savage sailors came to escort the merchant ships. Every day, they enjoyed the smiling faces flattered by the merchants and ate and drank the wine and food provided by the merchants, but now they threw them to the pirates. He really couldn't open his mouth, especially in the face of a scholar like Wei Jing.

"There is nothing but death." Wei Jing coughed dryly: "Our task is to escort them. We can't escort them safely. We are already ashamed. How can we watch them being pirated**? Although the merchants are hers, they are also one of the four people. We can't leave them at this time.

He clenched his big hand across the sea and pondered for a moment: "So... how to fight?"

Wei Jing looked back at the sea in the distance and sighed, "It's strange that there hasn't been a hurricane in the past two months. If there was a hurricane, it would be great to blow these pirates." He shook his head and sighed again: "Maybe this is God's will. I, Wei Jing, will die on this sea thousands of miles away from my hometown. I'd rather be a peaceful person than a dog in troubled times. I hope I can return to my hometown in the end.

"Lord Wei, why do you say such ominous words?" Yue Hai frowned.

"There is nothing to be afraid of." Wei Jing smiled and said, "I want to ask the general to take a thousand people to protect the merchant ship and continue to move forward. The rest of the people will be left to me. I will intercept Cui Qian near Weifu Island tomorrow. Wei Fu, Wei Fu, God is destined to float in the sea here.

Yuehai was speechless. He really didn't like Wei Jing before. He thought he was a scholar. Unexpectedly, when things came, this scholar had such courage, but he, a middle-aged general, was thinking about running away, which was really shameful. He raised his head and was silent for a long time. Finally, he said firmly, "No, you protect the merchant ship. I'll fight with Cui Qian."

(to be continued)