Chapter 67 Cut meat with a knife

Of course, Fan Jun is not a reckless man. He is a man who fought from the battlefield. With just a glance, it can be seen that Lin Yizhi has never fought, not only because his skin is white and his body is not strong, but more importantly, he is equipped with a sword, not a knife.

Fan Jun has seen many Han warriors, and he has never seen swords. Han warriors are used to use ring knives. Most of the swords are scribes. The vassals are elegant. If they really fight, that is a decoration.

It is out of this consideration that Fan Jun, who originally wanted to kill Lin Yizhi, heard that Lin Yizhi despised him and directly grabbed the topic. Despite the bitter plea of King Jin and Chen, he insisted on fighting with Lin Yizhi. His purpose, of course, is to take this opportunity to kill Lin Yizhi, and then drag Jin Chen to their chariots to fight against Yue to the end.

However, what he never expected was that it was true that Han warriors used ring knives, and it was also true that most of the swords were scribes, but it was absolutely not true that the scribes did not know martial arts. The real Han people advocate both literature and martial arts, but they don't like barbarians like Fan Jun to take the level of martial arts as the only criterion. They pay more attention to talent between talent and martial arts, but this does not mean that there are no masters between them. On the contrary, there are few Chinese people with superb martial arts. Scholars, such as Cao Pi, Cao Zhi brothers, such as Shen Xuan, such as Lin Yizhi in front of him.

Fan Jun suffered an ignorant loss. As soon as his knife was pulled out, he was stabbed in the wrist by Lin Yi and disarmed. The second sword pointed directly at his neck, which made him so scared that he dare not move.

Things were developing too fast. Of course, Fan Jun did not expect it. King Jin and Chen did not expect it. The guards who followed Fan Jun did not expect it. When Lin Yizhi hurt his wrist with a sword and the two swords forced his throat, they didn't even pull out the knife.

Lin Yi shook his wrist, shook the tip of his sword, and cut a cut on Fan Jun's chin. Lin Yi frowned, withdrew his sword, and said with some self-reproach, "I'm really sorry. I'm not good at swordsmanship, and I can't control it freely. I hurt you. I'm ashamed."

Fan Jun was so angry that his eyes turned black. If it hadn't been for the serious injury on his wrist and the inconvenience of his left hand, he really wanted to rush to fight with Lin Yizhi. A good man doesn't suffer immediate losses. Fan Jun may not know such learned words, but he knows this truth. If he continues to make trouble, it is purely boring. He covered his injured wrist, stared at the very aggrieved King of Jin Chen, and left with his personal guard.

It's really stupid to blame. How did things develop to this point? This is just the time of two sentences.

Lin Yizhi was still ashamed to say that he was not good at learning. Originally, he just wanted to learn from each other, but he didn't expect that his strength was not controlled well and stabbed Fan Jun. At this time, Wuji could no longer care whether he was intentional or unintentional. He turned around anxiously twice and said earnestly to Lin Yizhi, "Since your sailor has arrived at my country of Jin Chen, in any case, I should meet General Cui and talk about the friendship of landlords. Please lead the way."

Lin Yi laughed so much that his stomach was a little cramped. He didn't expect that things would go so smoothly. Fan Jun was really a barbarian, and he was fooled. Funan can't do anything about the State of Vietnam now. If he wants to vent his anger, he can only spread it to Jin Chen's head, so King Jin Chen is not responsible. It's false that he wants to welcome Cui Qian. Let's see if Cui Qian can stop Funan's attack.

At this time, Lin Yizhen did not know Fan Jun's real identity, let alone that there were 5,000 Funan troops not far away from Dunxun, otherwise there would be no blame. Otherwise, he will definitely inform Cui Qian in advance to make the soldiers stand more majestic. Nevertheless, when Wugui saw the majestic 5,000 sailors, he was secretly relieved. The number of people is about the same, and the Yue Guo Marine Division looks better from equipment to spirit. The fierce General Cui in front of him has just defeated Funan Marine Master and captured Fan Jinsheng with less. It should not be a big problem to deal with Fan Jun.

No blame, who was forced to the dead end by accident, had no choice but to euphemistically express his wish for the help of the Yue National Marine Division. Cui Qian readily agreed, and then he hurried back to prepare for Cui Qian for the wind and dust, labor and other related matters.

When Wu Gui left, Cui Qian sneered and said, "Zijia, this King Jin Chen is an old slippery person. He doesn't really want to surrender to our Yue country. He is using our strength to bargain with Funan. Be careful not to be fooled by his face.

Lin Yi smiled proudly: "The general is right, but at this point, how can he master it? As long as he promises us to land, will the initiative not be in the hands of the general in the future?

Cui Qian smiled and nodded. He thought the same way.

"What I'm worried about is whether Funan has sent a large army here. How many people are there? The messenger seems to be murderous. He may be a leading general. They know our strength, but we don't know their strength and lose one before fighting."

Cui Qian's eyebrows trembled and nodded and said, "I know. I will immediately send scouts to inquire. When you discuss with King Jin Chen, don't agree too readily. He should know the details of the Funan people. Besides, we can't fight to the death and let him take advantage in the end.

"Of course." Lin Yi nodded repeatedly with a straight smile, with a gloomy face that was inconsistent with his elegant and unrestrained image: "If we want to take advantage, we can only take advantage. When will it be their turn to take advantage? In my opinion, we can give him a strong voice at most. If we really want to go to war, the people of Jin Chen have to go first. Jin Chen is the key to guard the east. Whether the king can calmly subdue the southern countries depends on whether he can defend Jin Chen. What we have to deal with is not just the soldiers in front of us.

Cui Qian's eyes flashed, and he stopped talking. After a while, he said in a low voice, "Zijia, can you get the map of Jin Chen? The more detailed the better. If possible, it's better to figure out the deployment of Jin Chen's troops.

Lin Yi touched his nose and pondered for a moment: "I will try my best."

"Very good." Cui Qian's eyes showed appreciation: "The king didn't see you wrong. You can really scream and bite."

Lin Yizhi's face suddenly collapsed, and this sentence was not a compliment.

King Jin Chen knelt in front of Fan Jun and cried bitterly. While reviewing his carelessness, he asked Fan Jun to stay and protect Jin Chen. Otherwise, the thousand soldiers in his hand could not stop the Yue sailors at all. If they forcibly landed, Jin Chen would no longer be owned by Funan.

Fan Jun's face is very bad. He is not a fool. Of course, he can hear the threat in the blameless words. The blame is to tell him that once you leave Jin Chen, Jin Chen may be "forced" to enter the State of Yue, because Jin Chen has only a thousand soldiers and can't stop the attack of the Yue State of the State of China at all.

"King Jin Chen, don't worry, the king believes in you, and I, Fan Jun, also believes in you." Fan Jun patted King Jin Chen on the shoulder with his uninjured left hand and said with a smile, "The god of Brahma will also bless you. Don't worry, I won't leave."

"That..." Wugui pointed to the guard who was ready to go, which looked like a child looking at his parents who were about to travel far away.

"You don't know." Fan Jun lowered his voice: "Yue Guo defeated our sailor. Do you know why? It's because their warships are stronger than ours. Did you also see their warships?

Wugui nodded quickly. As soon as he saw the dozens of warships, especially Cui Qian's tall Jinou, a sense of fear rose in his heart. He has seen big ships. Every year, there are always some big ships passing through Dunson Port, but those ships are cargo ships. They move slowly, which always makes people feel like a load-bearing cow, and there is no domineering thing brought by this building ship. In order to convince him, Cui Qian also specially raised the Thunderbolt car and crossbow hidden under the deck and demonstrated the slapstick. When Wugui saw the slapstick roaring down with the wind and hit the water columns, he sighed in his heart and believed the news that Cui Qian had completely annihibited the eight thousand Funan sailors.

"We don't have sailors now. It's impossible to defeat the Vietnamese at sea." Fan Jun comforted him and said, "However, we have enough strength on land. Our troops are comparable to theirs. We still have fifty war elephants, and more importantly, we still have you."

"Me?" Wujiu shivered, and his eyes were full of doubt and fear.

"Yes, you are the key to our victory." Fan Jun's face showed a fierce look. King Jin Chen, if I guessed correctly, you must have asked Yue people for help, and Yue people must have promised you, right?

Wu Gui's face changed. He was about to shake his head, but he didn't dare. Fan Jun stared into his eyes like a hungry wolf staring at a sheep: "Don't be afraid. If you don't go, I will also ask you to go. If you can lead them to the shore, this is yours.

Wu Gui immediately showed a look of joy and quickly nodded and said, "General is wise, general is wise."

"Do it well, and I'll send someone to inform you." Fan Jun stepped on the horse and walked away. Wu Gui has been standing with a humble smile on his face, but there is always a strange look in his eyes. It was not until Fan Jun's figure disappeared in the distance that he straightened up.

Two days later, Lin Yizhi came to the palace again and conveyed the conditions of the negotiation of Vietnam to King Jin Chen. Jin Chen surrendered to the State of Yue and paid taxes - this amount was half lower than what Funan asked for - Dunxun Port became the stationed in Hong Kong of the State of Vietnam. Jin Chen was responsible for the supply of fresh water, grain and other heavy supplies, and was responsible for the Han merchants who passed through it. The reception of the Chinese merchants reduced the commercial tax. Vietnam set up an office here and sent officials to be responsible for the management of the Chinese merchants. If there is a dispute about the Chinese merchants, it needs to be handled by this official in consultation with Jin Chenguo. Such detailed terms are full of several pieces of paper.

King Jin Chen calculated that the conditions of Yue are relatively favorable, at least much more favorable than the conditions of Funan. Although the merchant's business tax of Han merchants cannot be decided by King Jin Chen from now on, in general, King Jin Chen still has income. However, he considered that Fan Jun's army was pressing the border. Although the Yue navy was good at fighting, it was a guest army after all. When he went ashore, he did not necessarily be the opponent of the Funan army. Therefore, while he worked with Lin Yizhi and asked the Yue navy to fight to help defend. On the other hand, he intentionally or unintentionally complained to Lin Yizhi that Funan's power was strong, and it was difficult for the little Jin Chen to do it. Man, please give Lin Yizhi some time.

Because he did not get a clear promise from King Jin Chen, Cui Qian did not dare to go ashore. Fan Jun was ready, but when he saw that the fish was not hooked, he couldn't help but be a little anxious. He sent people to urge King Jin Chen many times to deceive the sailors of the Yue Kingdom to come ashore. King Jin Chen was in a dilemma and could not make up his mind for a long time, so the matter was delayed.

This delay is more than three months. It has been June of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, and it has entered the hottest season. Seeing that the progress of the negotiations was too slow, Cui Qian asked King Jin Chen to temporarily stay in a harbor of Jin Chen. If everyone could be negotiated in the end, then naturally there was nothing to say. If the negotiation could not be completed, he was willing to pay the corresponding fee to Jin Chen during this period.

King Chen hesitated again and again, and finally agreed. He already knew the strength of the Yue sailors. The other party could politely discuss with him instead of directly and forcibly stationing, which had given him a lot of face. Otherwise, with his strength of only a thousand steps, he could not stop the Yue sailors from entering the port.

Comparing the two, King Jin Chen felt that it was more comfortable to deal with the Yue sailors, at least not as unreasonable as Funan, and Cui Qian did not blindly threaten him to cooperate with the action like Fan Jun.

Fan Jun is really anxious. The Yue Marine Division has never dared to go ashore. He can only look at the Yue Marine Division drooling. No matter how powerful the war elephant is, it can't go into the water to fight. Although the Yue Marine Division is very close to him, he has no choice. In addition, the things that made him angry came one by one.

Funan's most loyal vassal country sent a message. Two months ago, a large group of pirates suddenly appeared on the sea near the country. These pirates were many and well-equipped. As soon as they appeared, they caused a lot of trouble to the country. As a falling country guarding the east exit of the Malagu Strait (Malakka Strait), it is not that they have not been in contact with pirates, but this time the pirates are too fierce and strong, which makes them scratch their heads very much. In the past, the pirates were all small boats, at most 30 or 50 people, one or one or two hundred people. They came and went quickly. As soon as the sailors who fell into the country appeared, they immediately fled. This time, it was different. The ship they drove was completely different from that of the water-falling division. It was even stronger, and the number of people also increased. As soon as they were dispatched, there were five or six hundred people. At that time, thousands of people even fought head-on with the water-dropping division. The two sides fought several times, but the water droprs did not take advantage of it.

In order to restore their sovereignty over this sea area, they had to go all out and mobilized all their strength. It took nearly a month to finally find the traces of the pirates. But no one thought that just when they were fighting with the pirates, Wei Wen, the general of Yue, led the sailors to arrive and completely broke the balance of the battle situation. He felt that the falling sailors were not opponents. He lost more than half of them and fled. Then Wei Wen and the pirates took advantage of the victory to pursue, first sea battle, and then the land battle, which was like a broken bamboo, less than half a month. Time, the king was killed, and the country changed its owner.

The defeat of the falling country shocked other dependent countries. In the face of the aggressive Yue sailors and preferential conditions, they fell into the arms of Yue. Two small countries with deep friendship with Funan hesitated a little, and the coastal area was attacked by pirates. As soon as their sailors went to war, they were either directly killed by the pirates, or when they were fighting with the pirates, they were beaten by the Vietnamese sailors who heard the news, and they had to surrender in the end.

Of course, the treatment of surrender cannot be compared with the treatment of active attachment. Those who take the initiative can get more preferential conditions than Funan, and it is not bad to surrender to save their lives. Otherwise, in terms of compensation, I'm afraid that it is not enough for them to pay off all their possessions.

What's terrible is that when these dependent countries were threatened by the Vietnamese navy, they all sent a signal to Funan country for help, but the reinforcements in Funan could not come for a long time, and there was no news at all. Gradually, the news that the Funan navy had been completely destroyed spread among the vassal states. Originally, there was still some hope for Funan. They are all desperate. Funan conquered them with strong force. Now Funan has met a stronger opponent. Of course, they have no obligation to accompany Funan.

Fan Jun got this news and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but there was nothing he could do. He had 5,000 troops, but there were also 5,000 Yue sailors staring at him. Once he went south and the Yue sailors robbed Jin Chen, his army would be cut off, and it was likely that the whole army would be destroyed.

Fan Jun had no choice but to urge King Jin and Chen to fulfill his obligations to the country, and he was anxious to Fan Man.

Fan Man is already very anxious. Sun Shao used the prisoners to create public opinion. Those Funan indigenous people who had benefited from Yue were unwilling to perform military service again. When they were pressed hard, they fled to the sea with their families and simply went to Sun Shao. Fan Man was afraid of causing rebellion and did not dare to make a forced recruitment. Instead, they had to appease them, and those non-indigenous prisoners who hated Sun Shao did not If they dare to perform military service again, even if they are forcibly conscripted into the army, they will not dare to fight against the Vietnamese again and be arrested again. This life worth a pig's money can't be saved. Fan Man could have conscripted 100,000 troops. Now the vassal state south of Jin Chen could not send troops. The vassal state north of Jin Chen sent troops here, but the recruitment of Funan's own country was very unfavorable. He reacted quickly, but he recruited more than 30,000 people, half less than planned, and more than 20,000 national soldiers, a total of Less than 60,000 people.

And these 60,000 people were also very unsmoothly. Fan Jun was restrained in Jin and Chenguo and could not move, and more than 30,000 Fan Chang's progress in the Changshan area was also very unsmoothly. Because the military advantage was not obvious, Fan Chang was unable to break through in the face of the defensive attack of Wu Yue's allied forces, and the two sides fought repeatedly in the Changshan area. The only thing that is really quiet is the special pastoral city. Fan Man thought that Sun Shao would take the initiative to attack the special pastoral city, but he didn't expect that Sun Shao was not interested at all. He lived on the island for more than three months, patiently waiting for Fan Man's flaw.

Fan Man was very anxious. Nearly half of the vassal states were pocketed by Sun Shao, and nearly 60% of the commercial tax became Sun Shao's trophy. More importantly, Funan could do nothing about it. The remaining vassal states doubted the strength of Funan. They all began to wait and see, which further weakened the attack of the Funan army.

Fan Man, who was trapped at home and abroad, became irritable, and his original healthy body also showed his old age. He, who had always been calm, began to lose his temper for no reason and whipped the servant to relieve the depression in his heart. He couldn't figure out why Sun Shao, who should have been eager to fight, is now safe and stable, but his main army is passive everywhere. He has fought for so many years and has never fought such a battle.

Fan Jinsheng, who came back with ten war elephants, has been thinking behind closed doors at home. The door did not go out, and the second door did not walk. On this day, he suddenly received a summons from Fan Man. Fan Jinsheng was very surprised, but he still cleaned up and rushed to the palace to meet Fan Man. Fan Jinsheng was shocked when he saw Fan Man. Fan Man, who was originally red, now looks very bad. In the past, some black hair was all white, and the wrinkles on her face were much whiter. She was as old as a 70 or 80-year-old old man.

"The situation is very bad." Fan Man didn't talk much nonsense. He threw Fan Jun's urgent report in front of Fan Jinsheng and said bluntly, "The rising commercial tax has been robbed by the king of Yue. Our income will be reduced by at least half this year. In order to appease the people, we have spent a lot of money. If we don't solve the current dilemma immediately, there will be half a year at most, we will There is no way to continue."

Fan Jinsheng took a look at the emergency report and lay in front of Fan Man and cried bitterly: "It's all their sons are incompetent. They buried 8,000 sailors in the first battle and handed them away. At present, they can only watch the Yue Guo sailors run rampant but there is nothing they can do."

"Hum!" Fan Man looked at Fan Jinsheng and sneered twice, but his words showed deep sadness: "You can't be blamed for this matter alone. We have all been deceived by him. Fan Yan, Fan Xun, you, and you, including me, have all been fooled by this Yue king. He deliberately annihilated our army's sailors several times, first bluffing, and then hiding his strength, from beginning to end in order to attract us. Alas, no one expected that the strength of the Yue Guo Marine Division would be so strong. If we had known earlier, how could we let you take the risk?

Fan Jinsheng felt very uncomfortable when he heard it. Fan Man has never obeyed anyone all his life, but today he showed a regretful tone. It can be seen that the situation has hit him so hard that he almost defeated his confidence. Fan Man is the foundation of the whole Funan country. If he is shaken and has no confidence, then the future of Funan is very worrying.

"Although A Chang's progress is not going well, he will not be defeated in a short time. There is a dense forest. Even if there is a small setback, Wu Yue people dare not **." Fan Man said to himself, "Now the most urgent thing is Jin Chen. The Yue people have taken so many dependent countries and occupied the sea. If we can't defeat them as soon as possible, take back the dependent countries again, and be firmly established by them, it will be difficult for us to recover. Therefore, I want to recruit Jin Chen in person.

"The expedition?" Fan Jinsheng was shocked. After a moment, he shook his head repeatedly: "Your Majesty, what if you are not in the special pastoral city, what if Sun Shao comes to attack the city?"

"I don't recruit in person, who else can reassure me." Fan Man looked at Fan Jinsheng with regret. Originally, Fan Jinsheng was a suitable candidate. He made great achievements in the war and was his eldest son. If he rushed to Jin Chen with more than 10,000 people, Fan Jun would definitely have no idea. It should be no problem to take Jin Chen and open the passage to the south. But now Fan Jinsheng has been captured by the Vietnamese, his own confidence has been defeated, and his prestige in the army is gone. If he is asked to lead troops to Jin Chen again, I'm afraid he may not be able to command Fan Jun. In this case, he had to let him guard the city and take people to Jin Chen to relieve the siege.

However, Fan Jinsheng's worry is not unreasonable. If Fan Man takes someone to Jinchen, Sun Shao may attack the special pastoral city. Once the special pastoral city is lost, the state of Funan will be regarded as dead. Those vassal states will definitely turn their spearheads and show him sharp teeth. To serve the king of Yue. Fan Man knew that he was not as polite as Sun Shao when he conquered these dependent countries. At least half of these dependent countries had a deep blood feud with him.

Fan Jinsheng thought of it, and of course Fan Man would also think of it. He sneered and looked at Fan Jinsheng with fierce eyes: "I'm not afraid of him coming, I'm afraid that he won't come."

Fan Jinsheng suddenly realized.

(to be continued)