Chapter 64 I deserve it

Cui Qian was not slow. He led the people to escape in front of him. From time to time, he turned around and shot a few arrows. Both elephants were hit by a few arrows, but their skin was thick and thick. These arrows could not hurt them at all. Instead, they stimulated their wild surnames and chased them more and more anxiously. Qu Chu was killed by Cui Qian one after another, and he was so angry that he ordered him to chase him. If he didn't catch up with Cui Qian, he would never stop trampling him into mud.

Cui Qian led the pirates to run in front. Qu Chu chased behind with two elephants, and hundreds of Linyi barbarian soldiers ran behind. This battle showed a one-sided situation from the beginning. Qu Chu had the upper hand, but what made him depressed was that Cui Qian was as slippery as oil. Although he had the upper hand, the results were very limited. , who has been chasing for five miles, Cui Qian's casualties are only more than 30, but his casualties have increased to nearly 100.

This made Qu Chu more and more irritable. Nearly 100 casualties, for Lin Yiguo, whose total strength is only about 2,000, it is by no means a negligible number. He must pay the price. If you can catch Cui Qian, whether he is alive or dead, it is worth another hundred or two hundred people.

Qu Liang followed his men to catch up on foot. Relatively weak, he began to be unable to keep up with the pace. In the end, he could only be walked by two guards. Seeing that Qu Chu and the elephant soldiers chasing farther and farther, he suddenly felt a little uneasy. Although Cui Qian has been running away, he is too calm and fights away. It doesn't seem to be running away, but more like seducing the enemy. He suddenly remembered the hundreds of people who ran away at the beginning, and he was suddenly shocked. Wasn't it not to run away, but to ambush? He looked up into the distance. There was a low hillside not far away. Although it was not big, it was not a problem to ambush a hundred people.

"It's not good. Go and stop the prince. The enemy has an ambush." Qu Liang said to the guard in a hurry.

The guards rushed away. However, Qu Liang was not relieved, because although the guard ran fast, he was not much faster than the rushing elephant, and Qu Chu, who rushed to the front, was not far from the hillside.

The son of a daughter can't sit down. Qu Liang suddenly understood what he had heard before.

Cui Wu fell behind a stone, and his voice trembled with excitement. This time, he caught a big fish. He could not only catch a big man from Lin Yiguo, but also two elephants. This credit is extraordinary. He stared at the soldiers around him fiercely and said, "You mother, open your eyes a little wider and shoot at the people on the elephant's back. Don't shoot the two elephants with your eyes closed. Although the animal's skin is rough, it is finished with more arrows. This thing is a rare thing. I can point to it to be ashamed of Chen Hai's vertical.

The soldiers all held back their laughter, and no one said anything. Cui Wu and Cui Qian, one of whom consumed with Chen Hai and the other with Su's rough legs. These are not secrets, but for these soldiers who were originally pirates and now Jiaozhou sailors, it doesn't matter. They only know that they are living a better life than before. Although they can't go to grab and kill at will, they eat well under General Fubo's hands, get timely and live a stable life. The brothers who died in the war can also get rich pensions. For them, this is better than anything else. As for the feuds of the Cui family, they have nothing to do with them.

"Master Wu, don't worry, you won't shoot those elephants." The guard comforted Hua Ying.

"Hey hey, that's good." Cui Wu touched the short beard like a steel needle under his jaw, thought about Chen Hai's possible expression, and smiled proudly. He has always been worried about being caught by Chen Hai alive. Chen Hai was demoted because he escaped, and he also has a lot of opinion about him. The two have fought in private. Cui Wu is not Chen Hai's opponent. He was beaten by Chen Hai. He doesn't expect to win Chen Hai in fists and feet. After all, he is more than 20 years older than Chen Hai. In terms of physical strength, he It can't be Chen Hai's opponent. But I want to find this face back. I can't look for it physically. Then I'll look for credit. When I get promoted, I'll see how you show my face to me.

While talking, Cui Qian had escaped from the slope with people. Qu Chu drove two elephants and rumbled closer like two heavy chariots.

Two hundred steps! One hundred and fifty steps! One hundred steps! Eighty steps!

Cui Wu, who couldn't help it for a long time, shouted: "Shoot!" Shoot an arrow first.

With the sharp roar of the long arrows, almost more than a hundred arrows shot at Qu Chu and others on the elephant's back at the same time. Qu Chu, who could catch up with Cui Qian, did not expect that someone would ambush him. He was caught off guard, and even before he could lift the shield, he was shot into a porcupine. The situation of the archers was similar to that of the spearmen. There was no time to react at all. He was shot away by this set. He sat in the front of the royal hand with three arrows. The pain made him shiver and turned over from the railing. The belt in his hand pulled the running elephant to hold his head high and ran sideways for a few steps, "boom" A loud noise fell to the ground and crushed the dead Chu under his body. Blood spewed out of the seven orifices of the earth. The heavy pressure broke all his muscles and bones. His whole body was flattened, and his internal organs were squeezed out and flowed all over the ground.

Seeing this, the royal hand behind him quickly strangled the elephant. The elephant raised his head and howled, and rushed out more than a dozen steps before he reluctantly stopped his feet and circled in place. At this turn, the soldiers above suddenly fainted. They held the railing tightly to avoid being thrown out. If they were thrown down at this time, who knew if they would be stepped on by the elephant? As for attack or protection, I can't take care of it for a while.

This gave Cui Wu and others the best opportunity. The long arrows roared and slaughtered the soldiers on the elephant's back in a blink of an eye.

After solving the two elephants, Cui Qian took people to launch a counterattack, and 2,000 people rushed up and swept away more than 400 barbarian soldiers behind like a frenzy. Two hours later, when all the battles were over, Cui Qian captured two elephants, more than two hundred prisoners, and killed more than two hundred people on the spot. Only about a dozen of the five hundred barbarian soldiers in Linyi Kingdom ran away.

What made Cui Qian most happy was that he not only got two elephants, but also cut off the head of the prince of Linyi.

In return, Sun Shao did not consider what kind of green onion the prince of Linyi was. He immediately ordered to take over the camp in Chu District and capture the few left-behind barbarian soldiers, and then ordered the whole army to set out in the west of the south county by boat. After a day and a night of sailing, he appeared at the seaside 20 miles outside Xijuan City, and then left Yu to guard the battlefield, and he took people straight to Xijuan City.

It is said that Li Jing, the southern governor, just received a message from Jiuzhen's governor a few days ago. Shi You said that Sun Shao defeated Cui Qian near Hepu, and now he has now controlled the whole South China Sea. The governor of Jiaozhou, Bu Qian, has rushed to Jiaokan. Shi Xie has bowed down to him. They no longer have the strength to fight against Bu Qian and Sun Shao. They decided to hand over to Jiaozhou and accept Bu Qian's management. I hope Li Jing can do it on their own way. When Li Jing was doubting whether he should surrender or not, and how to explain the matter of Lin Yiguo, the massacre of the people in Chu, the prince district of Linyi, happened. Li Jing regretted it very much. For the sake of the confrontation between the scholar and Bu Qian, he implicated innocent people, which was inconsistent with his original intention. He sent messengers to question Qu Chu, but unexpectedly, he was killed by Qu Chu. Just as he decided to send an army to drive Qu Chu out, Sun Shao led people to surround Xijuan (near Guangzhi, Vietnam).

Although Li Jing was very surprised, he was ready to defend the city a few months ago, so although Sun Shao came suddenly, he still ordered to close the gate in time and prepare to fight with Sun Shao to the end.

Sun Shao sent people to persuade him to surrender, while recruiting Su coarse legs and Cui Qian to discuss the siege of the city. Since Li Jing closed the gate, it is obvious that the name of the surrenderer may not be big, and there may be only one way to attack.

"Although Xijuan City is not high, if the ants attack the city, I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties." Su's thick legs fought a war and knew the difficulties of the siege, so he first expressed his opinion.

Cui Qian looked at the head of the city and thought about it. Did he agree with Su's opinion: "Looking at Li Jing like this, he should have been ready to defend the city a long time ago. We can't cause a sudden attack, but only make long-term preparations. It's just that this food and fodder can't support too much time.

Sun Shao looked at them and smiled faintly. He knows the psychology of these two people. Su's thick legs are telling the truth, but Cui Qian has some meaning in it. He was forced to surrender to him, and he has been unconvinced. At present, it depends on how he can solve this problem. If his Sun Shao can't capture Xijuan City as soon as possible, Cui Qian will not have him in his eyes. When the time comes, he is likely to do it again. Stand up.

The current problem is that there is no equipment to attack the city. If you want to attack, there is only one way for ants to attach, and the casualties of ants will be very large. Cui Qian will certainly not take the initiative, and Su's thick legs will also hesitate. Only Chen Hai, Ding Feng and Zhao Xiu can listen to him. Of course, the best way is to build siege equipment first, but his military food is limited. Once it takes a long time, he may be in a dilemma.

"I can't wait." Since the two pirate leaders were not active, Sun Shao did not intend to discuss with them. He said bluntly, "The weight of my return trip was supposed to be borne by the merchant ship, but now I can't leave for a while. The prince of Linyi was killed by Jianzhong again. I'm afraid that the other side of the sea will not go smoothly. We are facing the danger of food shortage. If we want to break this deadlock, we can only quickly break through the western roll and supplement it with the autumn grain in the western roll city.

"But..." Cui Qian siped his lips with a pale face.

"No, but." Sun Shao pointed to his hand: "Can the small Xijuan City stop me? You two, take a break and see if I'm the king.

Cui Qian looked at Sun Shao with some jokes. He felt that Sun Shao was talking big. Now Sun Shao has less than 2,000 direct lines on hand. If he wants to break through Xijuan City without siege equipment, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream. He smiled faintly: "So, I'll wait to see the general's courage."

Sun Shao looked at him quietly and smiled: "Jianzhong, last time you just saw my majesty in the naval battle. This time, let me show you how I attacked the city."

Cui Qian's face changed, and a cold light flashed in a pair of slender eyes, and then nodded unnaturally: "Hian wait and see." After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.

Su's thick legs were a little embarrassed. He looked at Sun Shao worriedly: "General, is there really a way to break the city?"

"Of course there is a way." Sun Shaohao looked at Su's thick legs and his mouth was crooked: "If I can't break through this small Xijuan City, how can I cross the sea?"

Su's thick legs shook his head: "General, you can cross the sea, and you can rely on a warship with a sharp attack. Now you don't have anything on hand. It's not easy to break through Xijuan City.

"It doesn't matter." Sun Shao waved his hand and interrupted Su's thick legs: "You go back to the camp to rest and see how I break the city."

Su's thick legs frowned. He felt that Sun Shao was a little too arrogant. Just now, he was a little joking with Cui Qian. Now he excludes him who is intentional to help. Isn't this a little too much? Or have you been winning the battle recently, and you don't know how thick it is?

"Then I'll wait for the general's good news." Su's thick legs arched his hand, turned around and took two steps, and then turned around: "General, don't worry about attacking the city. My Su's thick legs are here, and nothing will happen."

Sun Shao smiled and nodded slightly: "In this case, there is Brother Lao Su."

Su's rough legs smiled, arched her hand, and strode away.

Chen Hai, Ding Feng, Shuai Zeng, Zhao Xiu and others looked at each other, turned around without saying a word, and said, "I will follow the general to the death."

Sun Shao looked up and sighed, and his eyes swept over the faces of Chen Hai and others: "Are you confident?"

Chen Hai and others looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Obviously, they were just ready to fight with Sun Shao, but they did not think that Sun Shao could really break the city. Sun Shao smiled, but he looked confident. He stroked the knife ring and looked at Chen Hai and Ding Feng without saying a word:

"Is Xijuan City as strong as Anhui City?"

Chen Hai and Ding Feng smiled at each other and said without thinking, "How can Xijuan City be compared with Wan City?"

"I heard that the general attacked the city of Anhui in those years, took the lead, broke the city and had breakfast. Can there be such a thing?"

As soon as Chen Hai heard this, his originally depressed face suddenly glowed. He nodded heavily: "Yes, it's true. Hai was lucky to rush to the general first."

Ding Feng also became energetic: "Does the general want to follow the example of the general?"

Sun Shao smiled and said, "The tiger is not powerful. They think I'm a sick cat. They think that we only rely on the sharpness of warships to win the battle, but they don't know that our sharpest thing is not the warship, but our indomitable courage. Hundreds of generals attacked Cao's camp. What kind of combat equipment did he use? He only relies on the courage to be proud of the heroes of the world. Although Sun Shao is not talented, now he has a strong man who fought with the general at the beginning. It's just a small test of Niu Dao. It's not enough.

Hearing this, Chen Hai and Ding Feng suddenly felt that the blood was boiling. Sun Shao's men are now divided into four forces. Among them, the number of pirates in the East China Sea with Su's thick legs is the largest, and it is nearly 10,000 people. In fact, Cui Qian's pirates in the South China Sea are the most, with a total of more than 5,000 people, and the rest are the sailorses who originally belonging to Ganning and Houguan Shipyard. Among them, the number of people originally belonging to Ganning is the least and the strength is the worst. In Sun Shao The account has never been valued by others. However, today, Sun Shao gave them the heavy responsibility and treated them as confidants like Zhao Xiu and others, which was a great honor for Chen Hai and Ding Feng, who were originally a little uneasy. In their opinion, Sun Shao put away the strongest Su rough legs and Cui Qian, and left the opportunity to them, which was to trust them and give them a chance to make contributions.

"Chen Hai is not talented, and he is willing to be promoted to governor." Chen Hai knelt down on one knee, raised his fists above his head with his hands, and shouted loudly.

"Ding Feng is not talented, and he is willing to be promoted to the governor of the city." Ding Feng was unwilling to show weakness, and then knelt down and shouted loudly.

"Don't think about it. I'll take it for myself." Sun Shao pointed to his nose: "You can attack the city with me. Let's see how Xijuan City is better than Anhui City? Let's see if my Sun Shao can be compared with General Zhechong, and whether he is qualified to lead you to fight in the world after General Zhechong.

Chen Hai and others were stunned, and their confidence rose even more. Gan Ning is famous for his bravery, but Sun Shao is not a weak person. He rode into Cao's camp alone, fought against Zhang Liao, and put Gan Ning in the limelight. Now he personally participates in the siege of the city. This courage alone is incomparable to that ordinary generals. More importantly, this shows that he regards Gan Ning as a hero, not just as Gan Ning like others. A brave warrior. He is a brave warrior. For Chen Hai, who once followed Gan Ning, this is a great honor and worth repaying with his life.

"Swear to follow the general to the death!"

"Let the brothers have a full meal. After half an hour, let them see the prestige we are waiting for. I will celebrate for you in Xijuan City tonight." Sun Shaolang shouted, waved his hand, and ordered Chen Hai and others to prepare.

Chen Hai and others responded and dispersed separately.

Li Jing looked at Sun Shao and others at the head of the city, who neither camped nor showed any signs of retreat, and was puzzled. Is this a siege? Not like. If he wants to attack the city, he must send someone to make equipment. No matter how simple it is, he must build hundreds of ladders, right? Although Xijuan City is only one foot and five feet high, it can't be climbed with empty hands. If you want to build so many ladders, you can't do it in a day and a half day. At least you can't be attacked by this time tomorrow. Are they going to sleep outside the city? Do you want to withdraw from the army? It seems that the young general pointed at the city wall surrounded by more than a dozen people, obviously arranging the siege of the city, and there was no sign of giving up at all.

Is this Sun Shao? Li Jing looked at the young man who had been in the limelight in Jiaozhou recently from afar, and felt a little confused. He went to Jiaozhou last year. At first, he was just a supporting role, but he swallowed the headhunter king, and then made a strange thing for the sailor to escort the merchant ships. With the footsteps of the merchants, his reputation quickly spread all over Jiaozhou. These sound very surprising, but his record this year is even more amazing. First, he dropped the big pirate Su's thick legs in the East China Sea in one fell swoop, and then captured Cui Qian, the king of pirates in the South China Sea. In just a few months, the situation in Jiaozhou was earth-shaking, and the scholar's family who had crossed Jiaozhou for 30 years was grounded by him. The face can only bow down to Bu Qian.

Can Xijuan City be defended in front of such people? In a trance, Li Jing had a very bad feeling. He suddenly remembered Sun Ce, the famous little bully in Jiangdong. Sun Ce crossed the river with more than a thousand people. In the past few years, he fought in the south and the north, conquered the six counties of Jiangdong, and conquered the foundation of Jiangdong. As his son, Sun Shao has always been unknown. Many people think that there is a big gap between him and Sun Ce, but now it seems that these are all wrong. Sun Shao has made his debut for two years, and his momentum is more powerful than Sun Ce. The difference is that Sun Ceyang's prestige in Jiangdong, while Sun Shao's reputation comes from the naval battle. Now, he is going to start his first battle on land. Will his Xijuan City become his first trophy?

(to be continued)