Chapter 55 Pirate Gathering Order

Fan Yan received a letter for help from the district company. Without saying a word, he took people, water and land and went straight to Xijuan City. He personally led 4,000 steps, including ten war elephants, across the Haiyun Mountains and quickly approached Xijuan City. He knew that it was more than enough to disturb Lv Dai with the strength of the district company alone, but once he attacked head-on, the district company was by no means Lv Dai's opponent. His soldiers were haunted in the mountains and forests, but it was easier for the monkeys to line up for them to fight.

It is said that if Nan is lost, then Funan will not be defeated before the war. Even if it is fought, it will extend to Funan's domestic war. Even if Fan Yan's face is lost, it will be difficult to raise his head in front of Fan Man and his son in the future.

When he arrived at Lurong County, Fan Yan had not yet met the district company. He was relieved. As long as the district company had not lost the south, even if there was only one Lurong county left, he was confident to take back the south. For nothing else, it was for his men who had ten war elephants. At that time, as long as the ten war elephants were lined up, Lv Dai would Double as many people can only run away from the wind. There are also war elephants in the district company, but he only has two ends. Although it looks scary, its power is greatly reduced. At the thought of this incident, Fan Yan wanted to laugh. The stupid son of Qu Lian, Qu Chu, was really not only killed in the war, but also became other people's trophy. I don't know how to fight this battle.

Fan Yan rested in Lu Rong for a while. He had to wait for the sailor from the sea. It was difficult to walk on the mountain road. They only brought dry food for half a month, and a large amount of grain was transported by sea. He knew that the sea was not peaceful recently, and there were pirates disguised as Yue people looting, but he believed that no group of pirates dared to come up to make trouble in front of the three thousand sailors.

On the first day, the sailor did not arrive, and the next day, the sailor still did not arrive.

Fan Yan couldn't sit still. The sailor set out from Da Nang and went to Lurong for a one-day journey. Even if there was a little delay, he would definitely arrive in two days. It's been three days, and the sailor still didn't even look at the shadow. That must have happened. Fan Yan immediately sent someone to inquire about the news, but this time it was even more strange. None of the people who inquired about the news came back, like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news.

Just when Fan Yan was suspicious, the district sent a message. He was chased by Lv Dai for more than ten days. After a thousand miles of collapse, he had retreated to Xijuan City. Now he has only 1,000 soldiers left to guard Xijuan. Please rush to support him immediately. Otherwise, his whole army will be destroyed.

Fan Yan's head suddenly got bigger. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to force Xijuan. He guarded Xijuan first. As for the sailor, he could only send someone to inquire. Three thousand sailors disappeared, which is a terrible event. Although Fan Yan had experienced many battles, he wanted to break his head and couldn't guess what kind of pirate had such a big appetite.

However, after he saw Qu Lian, he knew the truth of the matter. Qu Lian told him that he had captured several prisoners from Lv Dai's hands. He heard that Sun Shao, the king of Yue, had rushed to Linyi with his sailors. When Fan Qian heard this, he suddenly felt that his scalp was numb. Now he could guess where the three thousand sailors had gone.

He guessed it right. His 3,000 sailors were made dumplings by Sun Shao.

Fan Yan's sailors and Wei Ping and Zhou Xun passed by. Wei Ping and Zhou Xun took 3,000 people straight to Linyi, which had become empty nests. They successfully defeated more than a thousand soldiers left behind and took the capital of Linyi. Then they announced the recovery of Linyi and turned Linyi into a county in Yue. It can be said that it was smooth. Shui made the first contribution, and he didn't even hurt any oil skin. He was very lucky, but Fan Yan's sailor was not so lucky. They rushed to Lu Rong excitedly and bumped into Sun Shao's ambush circle. When they began to see the shadows of the sails on the sea, they thought that they had met a small group of pirates and rushed forward happily. They were ready to take the pirate's sacrifice knife and appetize them. When they approached, when they saw the shadow of the sails like a cloud, they realized that there was something wrong. There seemed to be too many pirates, and they turned their heads and wanted to run away. But everything was late. More than 10,000 shocking sailors who had already found their traces came from the four loaves of bread and crackled Haibian. The 3,000 Funan sailors in the Yangwei South China Sea didn't even see what the other party looked like. They were directly pressed into the sea by a mountain-like building boat. After a bellyful of seawater were dragged up, they were all I went boating in the cabin locked in the black hole.

More than 3,000 people, no one missed the net, where did you ask Fan to find out the news?

Fan Yan guessed the truth of the matter, but he didn't have a chance to think about it again. Lv Dai of ** rushed to Xijuan City and played against Fan Yan twice. The war was imminent. Fan Yan was not worried. Although Lv Dai claimed to have 20,000 troops, he knew that Lv Dai was only 6,000 to 7,000 people at most, and there were more than 5,000 soldiers in one place with the district, and there were war elephants to help him. He had enough strength to defeat Lv Dai. No matter how bad it was, there was no problem to keep Xijuan City. He was worried about Lin Yi. Since the army of the king of Yue had arrived and did not land in the south, they must have gone to Lin Yi. Part of Lin Yi's troops were first brought out by the district, and then he took some oil. Now it is very empty, and there must be no way to deal with the king of Yue.

The loss of Lin Yi is already expected, and Fan Yan must consider his own retreat. After the king of Yue took Lin Yi, he would definitely attack north in turn. He would soon fall into Wu Yue's attack. If he didn't want to be besieged and annibbed, which direction to break out was the first consideration. The south is a long and narrow area in the north-south direction. There is Yue in the south, Wu in the north, and only the east and west sides are left. To the east is the endless sea. For Fan Yan, who has lost all the sailors, it is a dead place. Then he can only go to the west. To the west is Changshan, but Changshan is not high here, and the mountains are densely forested, which is a good place for him to break through.

Fight a battle, severely frustrate the Wu army, and then look at the situation. If it is still possible, then guard the West Scroll. If the situation is not good, then break out of the siege from the Mount, defend the Mount, lean back against the Southern Kingdom, and block the Wu and Yue allied forces east of the Mount, which can also be regarded as defending the border for the country.

Fan Yan still has a knot in his heart. He lost 3,000 sailors. If he doesn't win a battle to make up for it, Fan Man will never let him go. Whether from the overall situation or from his own interests, he must fight with Wu Jun.

What's more, he still has a good chance of winning against Wu Jun.

Fan Yan's idea was made up, and then he went out of the city to play against Lv Dai.

Lv Dai already knew that Fan Yan was coming to help, and he had a headache. This time, he was forced out by Sun Shao, but there was also a good thing, that is, Qu Lian did not expect him to attack. As a result, everyone was in a hurry. Qu Lian was chased by him all the time, and he didn't even have a chance to do it. It seemed that the journey was smooth, but he knew that he could hit the western scroll. In addition, if you attack further south, you will go deep alone, and there will be problems with the weight of military food. The safest way at present is to wait for Sun Deng's reinforcements and food and fodder to come before fighting.

At present, the biggest threat he is facing is Fan Yan's war elephant.

Lv Dai is not afraid of the soldiers of Funan. These black and thin soldiers are haunted in the mountains and forests. They are a very troublesome opponent. However, in terms of attacking the city or fighting in formation, Lv Dai is confident enough to defeat them, but he is worried about those war elephants. The district company also had two war elephants, which caused a lot of trouble for Lv Dai. They were surrounded several times, but they broke through by them. Lv Dai was mainly a step-by-step soldier. Although the step-by-step soldiers were brave, in the face of huge war elephants, they had no effective means of attack and could only rely on the advantage of the State of Wu to carry out long-range attacks.

The two ends are already so troublesome, what is the concept of more than a dozen ends? Lv Dai, who has been fighting for a long time, knows that with the increase of the number, the power is not simply doubling. After reaching a certain number, the change of power may be a leap. If the ten war elephants line up to charge, his pawns will face a cruel test, and it is likely that they will collapse in one round.

At this time, Captain Chen Shi put forward a suggestion to temporarily stop the attack. While waiting for Wu's reinforcements, he asked the King of Yue to help. After carefully analyzing the pros and cons, Lv Dai agreed. He said to Chen Shi that if you have met the King of Yue, you'd better go to see the King of Yue and ask him for help. In any case, you should annihilate this group of Funan people within the range of the south. Once they run out by them, it will be a little difficult to do.

Without saying anything, Chen Shi boarded a warship with a few guards and went south along the coast to find the king of Yue's fleet. He got the news that the king of Yue had taken the State of Linyi, so the goal was very clear. As long as he arrived in the State of Linyi, he could find the King of Yue. He did see Sun Shao's fleet in Lin Yiguo, but he didn't know that Sun Shao had just taken Lin Yi, which used to cheat them.

"This place is not called Linyi Country now, but Linyi County." Sun Shao pointed to his nose and said, "I'm from Yue Guo."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "It is said that Lin Yi, which was taken by Your Highness, is naturally from the State of Yue, but it is too early for Your Highness to say so at this time."

"Oh?" Sun Shao asked with great interest, "What do you say?"

"Your Highness, don't forget that this Linyi Kingdom was originally Linyi County of my Han Dynasty. It has only been a king for only 30 years. Now that you take back Linyi, there must be some credit, but whether Linyi is the land of your Yue, you still have to wait for the emperor to give an edict." Chen Shi looked at Sun Shao with a teased smile: "Is there no emperor in your Highness's heart?"

Sun Shao was stunned and then laughed loudly. He pointed to Chen Shi and said, "Ziqi, what a sharp mouth."

Chen Shi smiled helplessly: "Unfortunately, this sharp mouth can only joke with Your Highness. In the face of the elephant soldiers of Funan, my sharp mouth is completely useless. Well, I came to ask Your Highness for help on the order of General Lu.

Chen Shi told the situation of Xijuan again. Sun Shao nodded and pondered for a moment: "The impact of the elephant soldiers is very strong, but they also have some problems, that is, the speed is slow. In addition to using the volume of the elephant, the elephant soldiers also have a crossbow on the elephant's back. Do you think their crossbows can be stronger than that of the Wu Army? During the period before the elephant rushed to you, didn't you have enough confidence to kill the soldiers on the elephant' back?

Chen Shi shook his head with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, Your Highness, we have thought of many ways. We have also used the method mentioned by Your Highness, but later we found that the effect was limited. On the one hand, although the speed of the elephant is not as fast as that of the war horse, it is not much slower than the person when charging. Our crossbow has a slight advantage, but the advantage is limited. Basically, it is just one or two more than them. If one shot is not hit, we are also within the range of the opponent's counterattack, and the power is greatly reduced.

Sun Shao was a little surprised. He turned his eyes and then understood again. He is used to calculating the distance with the ten-stone crossbow on the ship, and the Wu army came from afar, mainly a step pawn. There is no ten-stone crossbow at all. Their strong crossbow refers to the crossbow of three stones and four stones. The crossbow is longer than the ordinary bow, about 120 steps and 200 steps, but compared with 70 or 80 steps. The advantage of the wooden bow is not very obvious, and the penetration is limited. For a giant elephant, unless an arrow hit the key point, it will not have much effect except to arouse the elephant's anger.

"How do you want me to help you?" Sun Shao asked.

"General Lu hopes that His Highness can send troops to help us deal with Fan Yan. As long as they have enough advantages in military strength, they will not dare to act rashly." Chen Shi looked at Sun Shao nervously. He knew that the king of Yue had never done business at a loss and did not do anything that was not good. Now Lv Dai asked him for help. He probably proposed some conditions. Before he came, Lv Dai gave him certain rights, but he didn't know whether Sun Shao was satisfied with the conditions that Lv Dai could give.

"What's good for me?" Sun Shao asked with a smile.)

"The trophy will be picked by the king first." Chen Shi said cautiously that Lv Dai's condition was that all the booty could be given to Sun Shao, but he said that Nanjun must be returned to the State of Wu and could not let Sun Shao get involved. In order to leave room for bargaining, Chen Shi specially changed his meaning.

"What if I want to enter the South County?" Sun Shao smiled more enthusiastically.

"Although the south is the territory of the State of Wu, the king is only temporarily stationed. Of course, there is no problem."

Sun Shao smiled and said, "Temporarily stationed troops, isn't it part of me?"

Chen Shi shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Your Highness, you have a new Linyi county, so why cut another piece from the south? Generally speaking, Wu Yue's family said that Nan was also beaten by His Highness at the beginning. Even if you ask the King of Wu for Nan, there is no problem. However, whether it's General Lu or me, I don't have this right. Your Highness, please forgive me.

Sun Shao nodded: "Ziqi, you have a point. I know." He turned around, stood in front of the map and thought for a while. He pointed to the mountain about fifty miles west of Xijuan City and said, "However, I don't agree with you fighting with Fan Yan under Xijuan City. There are two reasons. First, at present, we do not have any effective weapons that can restrain the elephant soldiers. Even if I go, the casualties caused by the elephant soldiers are not small. We don't just have to face Fan Yan. What we have to face is the whole state of Funan. It is said that there are 300 war elephants in Funan. Are you going to exchange all of them for human lives?

Chen Shi frowned and said nothing. Listening to Sun Shao's meaning, he seemed to be really ready to expand the situation, but Chen Shi knew that whether it was Sun Deng or Lv Dai, their goal was to take back the south. Once the south arrived, they would not go to war with Funan again. At that time, they would either negotiate or send people to guard the border. Anyway, with The possible surname of the Funan War is not big, unless Funan ignores the interests and brazenly invades the south again.

However, there is no need for him to say these words to Sun Shao. He quietly listened to Sun Shao's analysis.

"Second, it should be Fan Yan, not you, who are in a hurry to fight now." Sun Shao turned around and said, "Your military food is not enough, but Fan Yan's military food is also not enough, and he is not as good as yours. You will soon have reinforcements, and he has no reinforcements. Lin Yi is already in my hands, and it is impossible for the army of Funan to rush to Xijuan in less than a month.

Chen Shi's heart moved and blurted out, "So, Fan Yan just wants to fight a battle and then withdraw?"

"It should be like this." Sun Shao smiled and said, "He lost the sailor and Lin Yi. Now he is going to lose the south again. If he doesn't fight a war, what face does he have to go back to see the King of Funan?" Therefore, my opinion is that you give up the western scroll for the time being and turn to guard the long mountain. As long as you see the possibility of cutting off his back road, I think Fan Yan will run faster than you.

Chen Shiru woke up from a dream. He said happily and sincerely, "Your Highness's use of troops is really unexpected."

"Ha ha ha..." Sun Shao smiled faintly, "Ziqi, don't say these nice words. You'd better go back and tell General Lu quickly. He doesn't know that Fan Yan is more guilty than you now. In case the two armies go to war, the losses will be very amazing."

Chen Shi nodded repeatedly. As Sun Shao said, Lv Dai did not know that Fan Yan's sailors and the heavy Sun Shao had been captured. He is now more guilty than Fan Yan. He either reluctantly fought or could only retreat. Anyway, he could not have the courage to block Fan Yan's back road and force Fan Yan to leave Xijuan City. He thought for a moment and asked, "Does the king think that going to Changshan would scare Fan Yan away or ambush him?"

"Well, it depends on the courage of your prince and General Lu." Sun Shao didn't say anything, "If you say so, Fan Yan will come to the south. If he doesn't leave some thoughts, he probably won't remember his surname for a long time. But you princes like benevolent lovers, and maybe they will send Fan Yan away from Yunan.

Chen Shi didn't say anything. He estimated that Sun Deng was likely to do so, but from his heart, he agreed with Sun Shao's view that if these robbers swaggered back, they would look down on the State of Wu. When they were happy, they might come again.

"How dare you ask Your Highness, if you want to leave some thoughts for Fan Yan, what about it?"

Sun Shao glanced at Chen Shi in surprise, blinked his eyes and smiled admiringly. He clenched his fist, turned his eyes twice, and then smiled and said, "If you want to keep Fan Yan, then I suggest you quietly rush to Changshan and set up an ambush. Elephants are difficult to deal with, but there is no other way. As long as you have enough time, you can dig a few pits for them. The elephant is very clumsy. As soon as it falls into the pit, it will be finished. Without the help of the elephant soldiers, aren't those Funan soldiers the meat in your mouths? As long as the command is right, it is completely possible to leave all these thousands of people behind. Haha, in the first battle, thousands of Funan soldiers were captured, more than ten elephant soldiers were captured, and the south was recovered. Your prince and General Lu are majestic.

Chen Shiwei smiled and said, "Your Highness, are you just watching us make contributions?"

"How can I stand by and watch such a funny thing?" Sun Shao stepped forward, patted Chen Shi on the shoulder, and said affectionately, "If you have this courage, I can send someone to help you guard Changshan. In addition, I also have a large number of reinforcements to help you and let Fan Yan sleep peacefully."

"Your Highness is going to march to the south?" Chen Shi's eyebrows trembled unnaturally.

"Don't worry, I won't go to the south." Sun Shao smiled and said, "You guys, that's the little narrow-minded."

Chen Shi was very embarrassed and asked worriedly, "What is Your Highness going to do?"

"I'm gathering pirates nearby. Now there are more than 300 people, and there should be thousands of them in two days. These people are all locals. They are pirates when they go down the sea and mountain thieves when they go up the mountain. They are so familiar with the terrain in this area that they can find the way with their eyes closed. They are no worse than those Funan soldiers who drill up ravines. I recruited them and bought the heads of the Southern soldiers from them. Do you think they will be willing to do it?

Chen Shi took a breath of cold air. This move is bad enough. There must be a brave man under the reward. What's more, those pirates are outlaws who lick blood with knives. They may not have a chance to confront Funan soldiers head-on, but if they touch the heads of two people at night, isn't it at hand? As the saying goes, one thing drops one thing. This smiling king of Yue is indeed a connounist who can turn waste into treasure. Thousands of pirates throw it into Nanjun. Not only is Fan Yan's head big, but I'm afraid Lv Dai's head is also big.

"Your Highness, this... it's easy to catch a tiger."

"And!" Sun Shao waved his hand and said contemptuously, "Are you still afraid of hundreds of pirates? Don't worry, I won't accept your Wu Jun's heads. In addition, after this battle, I will collect them. The coastline of Funan is so long that my people are too busy to expand the army.

Thinking of pride, Sun Shao couldn't help laughing on his back.

Chen Shi was relieved. As long as he didn't harm the south, the more powerful the scourge, the better. He had something on his mind and stopped lingering. He hurried back to Xijuan. In return from Chen Shi, Lv Dai just sighed, "The State of Yue is really rich", and then he did not comment much. While bluffing under the Xijuan City, he sent Chen Shi to take people to Changshan. He was ready to follow Sun Shao's advice to dig a few more pits for Fan Yan's elephant soldiers and write down the surname for Fan Qian.

When Sun Shao did not lie to Chen, he issued a pirate summoning order two days ago and sent people to issue an announcement on the island within a hundred miles. Now this sea belongs to my country. You can't do business like this anymore. Of course, I will not cut off your way of life. If you want to join the army, I welcome it and want to be free. I also It's not forced, but please go far away and don't make trouble on my territory. Let's get together and break up. I can also send some tolls or something. Maybe there will be a chance to cooperate in the future. Now there is a good deal. I pay to buy the heads of Funan soldiers in the south. One person has five stones of grain, or a piece of silk. It is purchased in large quantities, and the price is high. I also provide weapons and warships free of charge.

When the pirates who were worried about eating every day heard it, many people were moved. First, they came to explore the wind in twos and threes. Later, they saw that the king of Yue really provided boats and weapons, and also took care of two meals for free. The heads they took back were also cashed on the spot. They were excited. While continuing to work hard, they sent people back to inform their companions:

It is said that southerners are stupid and have a lot of money. Come quickly!

In a few days, thousands of pirates poured into Zhinan County and began to harvest the heads of Funan soldiers.

(to be continued)