Chapter 75 Close in front of you

"General, the Vietnamese are still clearing the waterway. It is estimated that they will leave the port in three to four days."

Ruan Wu nodded and smiled disapprovingly. In the days when Fan Man left, he had been carefully inquiring about the situation of the Yue sailor. The Yue sailor was trapped in Mengangwan by Fan Man. They have been trying their best to clean up the sunken ships in the waterway these days. The progress is very slow. Look at this, probably the king will take When they went to Jin and Chen, they may not be able to leave the port.

Ruan Wu admired Fan Man to the extreme. Several generals of Funan suffered losses in the hands of the Yue people one after another, but as soon as Fan Man took action, he immediately cured the Yue people. The gap between them was not a little bit. Unfortunately, Fan Man is old and in poor health.

When Ruan Wu thought of Fan Man's body, he couldn't help sighing sadly. He waved his hand and ordered the scouts to go down to rest. He poured himself a glass of wine and drank it slowly. The jungle in summer is sultry and hot, and there are many mosquitoes, but this is also good. Yue people do not adapt to such an environment, and they still don't know that Fan Man has rushed to Jin Chen. They have always thought that tens of thousands of troops are ambushed here and dare not go ashore at all, so it is very safe here. Ruan Wuda can drink at ease.

When the bright moon floated out of the sea, Ruan Wu's footsteps were already a little floating. After the last inquiry about the situation of Meng Angwan, he fell into a deep sleep. Fan Man was informed that he would stay here for at least five days. After five days, he could retreat at any time. Today is the fifth day, and he can leave here tomorrow morning. Although Ruan Wu planned to stick to it for another two days, if the Yue people couldn't find it, he would stick to it until Fan Man's good news came, but knowing that his task had been completed, he still had an indescribably relaxed.

The jungle at night was quiet and dangerous. In the faint roar of tigers, Ruan Wu fell asleep.

...Fan Man thought about it all night, but there was still no better way. Dunxun's outer city took it. The Vietnamese retreated into the inner city, contracted the defense line, and relied on the taller inner city wall to give full play to their excellent ordnance strengths. The difficulty of attacking the inner city doubled. According to Fan Man's idea, of course, the best way is to besiege without attacking, wait for the city to run out of food, and defeat himself without fighting. However, he knows that the news that he surrounded Cui Qian in Jin Chen will soon spread to Sun Shao's ears. If nothing unexpected happens, Sun Shao will soon arrive. If he can't take advantage of Sun Shao's previous gap to hit Cui Qian, he can He could be attacked inside and outside the city, so although he had no hope of conquering the inner city and did not intend to conquer the inner city before killing Sun Shao, he still ordered the siege of the city, ready to take advantage of the number of people to consume Cui Qian's strength. In order to avoid the casualties of war elephants, he withdrew all the war elephants. The city will be fortification on the way Sun Shao may come.

The offensive and defensive battle is fierce, and one fight is three days. This time, Cui Qian guarded very carefully. The people of Funan did not even touch the edge of the city wall. The generals of Funan rubbed the fire, but Fan Man was very calm. He was not worried about the siege of the city, but was very concerned about the situation outside the city. Ruan Wu sent news every day, saying that Sun Shao was still in Meng'ang Bay, but Fan Man estimated that Sun Shao might be on his way. The reason is very simple. Jin Chen is only more than 300 miles away from Meng'ang Bay. Although Sun Shao's ship is trapped in the bay, Cui Qian's fleet can pick him up. Sun Shao may take advantage of the night to take advantage of Cui Qian's fleet and secretly rush to Jin Chen without Ruan Wu's eyes.

Fan Man carefully calculated that he sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the situation along the coast. At the same time, he ordered Li Yuan in the city to prepare and assassinate Cui Qian when necessary.

However, the development of the matter was a little unexpected by Fan Man. Sun Shao has not come. Ruan Wu sends news every day, saying that Sun Shao has been in Meng Nang Bay, and several scouts even saw Sun Shao himself. They are still busy cleaning up the waterway. The progress is very slow. It is estimated that it is impossible to leave Meng Ang for a while. Bay.

Fan Man was confused. Was Cui Qian's fleet wandering on the sea and didn't get in touch with Sun Shao? Or does Sun Shao have enough confidence in Cui Qian and doesn't want to relieve the siege at all? Or did he overestimate Sun Shao's importance to Cui Qian?

Fan Man was in a dilemma. Sun Shao didn't come, and his plan to besiege the city failed, and he couldn't drag it down at all. Even if he didn't attack the city, his promise to the soldiers could not be fulfilled. The morale was very low. If he delayed for one more day, it would be a little more dangerous. Fan Man hesitated and reluctantly attacked the two cities. Sun Shao still had no shadow at all. Fan Man felt that something might have happened. He immediately changed his plan and decided to take the inner city of Donson first, replenish the weight of food and grass, and solve the urgent need of the army's instability.

While ordering the generals to prepare to attack the city with all their strength, Fan Man gave an order to Li Yuan in the city to immediately assassinate Cui Qian and cooperate to seize the city.

After receiving the order, Li Yuan invited Wu Gui and told him Fan Man's order. Wugui was very surprised: "Has Yue's reinforcements arrived?"

Li Yuan shook his head and said indifferently, "I don't know."

Wu Gui was stunned for a moment and knew that Li Yuan was not going to tell himself this. He sighed sadly and nodded, "How is the general going to do it?"

Li Yuan smiled coldly: "Of course, the best way is for the king to invite Cui Qian to the banquet, kill him at the banquet, and then open the gate and invite the king of Funan to enter the city. However, I was worried that Cui Qian may not be willing to come, so I prepared another plan, that is, the king will lead us to his camp. As long as I enter his big tent, I can kill him.

Wugui frowned: "Just rely on those ten archers?"

Li Yuan curled his lips and said, "You don't have to worry about this. You just need to bring me to Cui Qian. Kill Cui Qian and open the gate. I promise you that I will not go against my promise.

There was no blame, but only a response. He sent someone to invite Cui Qian to the banquet. As expected, Cui Qian refused because he was busy with military affairs. Wugui had to implement the second set of plans and take Li Yuan and the guards disguised as Funan people to Cui Qian's barracks.

Cui Qian's military camp was at the gate of the city. They were heavily guarded. As soon as they arrived outside the camp, they were stopped by a team of heavily armed soldiers. The captain took a look at Li Yuan and others behind him and squeezed out a stiff smile: "The king came to see my general again?"

Wu Gui piled up with a smile and said, "Exactly, the generals have worked hard to protect my Jin Chen people. I specially brought some gifts to comfort you."

The captain glanced at the wine, food and property carried by the soldiers, and immediately became much more polite. He smiled and said, "The king is too polite, but there are rules in the camp. The king can go in, and the king's guards can't all go in."

Wu Gui hurriedly smiled and said, "It's natural. They are all waiting outside the camp. I just need to take a few people to move."

The captain nodded and turned to let go. Wu Gui took the lead. Li Yuan followed him into the camp with ten archers carrying things and came to Cui Qian's account. Cui Qian's personal guard stopped them again, asked them about their intention, and asked them to put the things outside the account. Only Wu Gui and Li Yuan were allowed to enter the account to see Cui Qian. Li Yuan was well prepared and generously let ten archers wait outside, and accompanied Wu Gui into the account.

The tent was very quiet. The guards would let them wait for a moment, and then went in to inform. Li Yuan sat aside in a regular manner, quietly took off the short crossbow hanging behind his waist with his right hand, pressed a short arrow coated with poison into the arrow groove, put on the good string, and quietly hid it under his arm. For the convenience of doing things, he specially put on a wide cloth today. It is straight enough to cover this small crossbow. He touched the knife on his waist again, and the knife was also poisoned. Although Li Yuan was sure of a hundred times at a distance of two or three steps, he was still ready to fail out of all, although he felt that this preparation was not needed at all.

Wugui looked at the expressionless Li Yuan preparing for all this, with deep sadness in his eyes. Whether Li Yuan's assassination of Cui Qian was successful or not, he would not have a good end. Now he only hopes that Li Yuan can keep his promise and finally let his family go.

"Your Majesty, are you not feeling well?" A young man appeared at the door of the back tent, looking at Wugui with a smile on his face. Wu Gui was stunned and subconsciously smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern. I'm not uncomfortable. It's just hot." After saying that, he found that the young man was very discerning. He had never seen Cui Qian several times. He must have been promoted.

"So that's it. It's really hot." The young man smiled gently and turned to Li Yuan and said, "Is this general also hot? Your forehead is full of sweat. Do you want me to send you two glasses of water to quench your thirst first?

Li Yuanyi grinned and shook his head and said, "Thank you very much. I don't need water. I'd better ask the general to come out. My king wants to present a gift list to the general. The general's military affairs are busy, so we dare not stay much, so as not to delay the general's affairs.

"Hehehe..." The young man smiled and shook his hand repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay. Please rest assured. Although the Funan people attacked very fiercely, they said that they were in vain and could not capture the royal city."

"That's right, that's right, General Cui has a good command, and the soldiers of your country are brave and invincible. Naturally, this royal city is foolproof." Wu Guiqiang smiled and said, "I don't know where the general is now?"

"It's hot, and the general is resting." The young man waved his hand and motioned Wugui and others not to worry, gossiping. Wugui and Li Yuan didn't have the intention to talk to him, but they didn't dare to ask. Naturally, they looked a little uneasy. When the young man saw it, they couldn't help but be a little curious, so they asked a few questions. Wugui explained with some embarrassment: "The military camp is heavy, and Xiao Wang doesn't dare to stay longer. I just want to see the general earlier and submit a gift and plan to retreat. Can you please Army..."

After listening to the translation, the young man touched his chin with some embarrassment and looked at Wu Gui, who looked embarrassed. Wu Gui hurried forward and stuffed a piece of malachite into his hand. The young man looked at the gem and smiled, "Well, I'll go in and see if the general is awake."

"Thank you very much." Without blame, I am relieved, and I thank you again and again. The young man entered the account and looked back at Li Yuan. Li Yuan nodded, put his hand to his waist again, confirmed the position of the short crossbow and knife again, cleared his throat, and was ready to send a signal immediately.

However, Wugui and Li Yuan waited for a long time. Not only Cui Qian didn't come, but the young man couldn't see it. Wuji and Li Yuan gradually became a little uneasy. They looked at each other and saw a fluster from each other's eyes. Li Yuan gritted his teeth. When he was hesitating back and forth between retreating or continuing to wait, there was a sound of footsteps behind the account, in which Cui Qian's voice was very clear. As soon as Li Yuan heard this, he immediately looked at the enemy. He gave no blame. He held the short crossbow in his right hand, fastened the crossbow machine with his fingers, and pulled out the short knife in his left hand and held it in his hand. He was ready for Cui Qian to take action as soon as he appeared without giving him any chance. He took a breath and was ready to send a signal to let the ten archers outside the account shoot the guards at the same time, causing chaos and creating opportunities for himself to escape.

As soon as the curtain door opened, Li Yuan looked up. It was the young man just now. He quickly took a step back and lowered his head. The young man waved his hand and smiled, "What a coincidence, the general has got up, but he just had a nightmare that someone was going to assassinate him, so..." He rubbed his hands shyly: "If you two want to see him, please untie the weapons on your body first."

As soon as he finished his words, several guards behind him gathered around and looked at Wugui and Li Yuan without blinking. Li Yuan was stunned and didn't know how to deal with it for a moment. How could such a thing happen at this time? Is it the god of Brahma who didn't want him to win, so he entrusted the dream to Cui Qian? Or is it that Cui Qian feels that his murderous spirit is too heavy?

In the face of the vigilant gaze of several guards, Li Yuan did not dare to take risks. He handed over the short crossbow and knife in his hand and tried his best to make himself very calm. Wugui also handed over the short knife he was wearing, and the guard took it and handed it over to the young man together. The young man looked at these two short knives and a short crossbow with great interest, and suddenly smiled and said, "General Li was so careful that he entered my general's military tent and actually got an arrow? Is the general really an assassin?

Li Yuan's face changed greatly, sweating like rain. His short crossbow was a good arrow. When he handed it over, he was so nervous that he forgot to loosen the arrow. Besides, he didn't seem to have time for him to do this. He stammered and said, "General... kidding, how can I be an assassin, just... just..."

The young man took a look at him, loosened the bow string of the crossbow, pulled out the knife again, and looked at it. He came close to his nose and smelled it: "There is a smell on this knife. Is it poisonous?"

Li Yuan's heart was shocked, and he subconsciously explained, "How... how can it be poisonous, general... general, don't joke."

"It's not poisonous?" The young man was skeptical and walked to Li Yuan's side with a knife in his hand: "I don't believe it. Why don't you do this? I'll stab you with this knife. If you're fine, I'll believe you're not poisonous, okay?"

Li Yuan's face suddenly turned pale. He looked at the young man's smiling face and didn't know how to answer. The young man shook the knife and approached step by step. Li Yuan couldn't help retreating until he leaned against the wall and could not retreat.

The young man still smiled and said, "The general is so nervous that it must be poisonous." Before he finished speaking, his face darkened and he shouted, "Come on, take it all."

Several guards rushed up and immediately restrained Li Yuan, who was just ready to resist. There was a shout from outside, followed by a scream in the local language of Funan. It was thought that ten archers had been disarmed or killed. Li Yuan was pressed to the ground, clenched his teeth tightly, and shouted loudly. Wu Gui also kept surrounding the young man, holding the gem in his hand while explaining.

Cui Qian appeared at the door, pushed away without blame, and sneered, "King Chen, do you think that bribing my king with a few gems can spare you for the crime of assassination?"

Wugui smiled awkwardly and was defending. Suddenly, he remembered something. He widened his eyes and looked at the young man who regained his smile: "You... are the King of Yue... Your Highness?"

Although Sun Shao couldn't understand what he said, he could guess what Wugui would say without translating. He nodded, turned to the front seat and sat down. Cui Qian stood beside him respectfully and sneered. Wu Gui was immediately dumbfounded. He shook his hands and his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word. He slowly fell to the ground and sobbed. Li Yuan raised his head desperately and looked at all this in front of him in disbelief. In an instant, he regretted like countless crocodiles biting his body.

This young man was actually Sun Shao, the king of Yue, and he actually held a short crossbow and a knife wiping poison in his hand. He talked to Sun Shao for a long time but did not do it. He was thinking about killing Cui Qian, but he let go of the excellent opportunity to assassinate Sun Shao in vain.

"God's will--" Li Yuan sighed and lowered his head.

Cui Qian smiled and said, "The king is really wise as a torch. He suddenly saw through these two young people and saved my life."

"Don't flatter me." Sun Shao smiled and said, "I can see through him, not because I'm smart, but because this assassin is too unprofessional. After talking to me for a long time, I touched the short crossbow and knife in my waist at least three times."

"What should I do next?"

"Try whether this boy's mouth is hard enough." Sun Shao casually said to Han Long behind him, "Of course it would be better if he could pry open his mouth and lure Fan Man into the city. However, Fan Man's old thief is cunning and cunning. It is not easy to deceive him into entering the city. He can catch one or two small fish at most."

Han Long nodded and mentioned that Li Yuan went out.

"King Chen, what do you think I should deal with you?" Sun Shao walked to Wu Gui, put his hands behind his back, and slowly turned around the circle. He didn't say a word, just kowtowed on the ground. He is so scared that he can't even speak now. Sun Shao, the king of Yue, has been in the city all the time. He didn't know any news and wanted to help Li Yuan assassinate Cui Qian. He was really stupid. He couldn't help but feel sad for Fan Man again. Fan Man had been waiting for Sun Shao to come, but she didn't know that Sun Shao had been in the city for a long time.

"Do you want to live?" Sun Shao kicked with his toes.

He was stunned and didn't react at all. It was not until the translator said it for the third time that he came to his senses. He looked up at Sun Shao to see if Sun Shao was joking with him or serious. Sun Shao has put away his smile and looked at him very seriously. There is murderous spirit in his eyes, but he can't see any teasing. Wugui suddenly rose a glimmer of life and quickly kowtowed and said, "Everything is up to the king's orders."

Sun Shao nodded: "Get up, go back to the palace and think about it behind closed doors. When I defeat Fan Man, I will study this matter with you."

He stood up tremblingly and withdrew from the big account step by step. Outside the tent, all ten archers had fallen into the pool of blood, their eyes were wide open, and the short crossbows and poisonous arrows were placed intact. Obviously, they didn't have time to do it at all.

After a while, Han Long came in and shook his head at Sun Shao.

"I can't see that this vertical is not bold enough, but he is a righteous man." Sun Shao sneered: "However, I didn't expect him to turn against the water. I immediately sent a signal to Wei Wen and Yuehai to come and fight. Let's fight with Fan Man in a decent way to see how powerful the Funan king's army has been in the South China Sea for 30 years." Sun Shao paused and said, "Cut off the heads of those monkeys and pickle them. Hang them on the wall before the war to destroy Fan Man's sharpness."

"Oh." Cui Qian answered loudly.

Fan Man looked at Ruan Wu's military newspaper he had just received, and his hands trembled. Ruan Wu said that Sun Shao was still in Meng'ang Bay, but he had just received the news that the Vietnamese army had arrived from both sides, and also received a letter of war issued by Sun Shao from the city. Sun Shao was in the city and had just killed Li Yuan and others. He lied to Sun Shao, and Sun Shao also lied to him. The two tried their best to win or lose. In the end, they still had to rely on their strength to make the final duel. He waited for Sun Shao outside the city to besiege the city, and Sun Shao was also waiting for reinforcements to attack him in the city. Now, Sun Shao's two people have arrived from the east and west respectively, and have cut off his retreat. He has nowhere to escape, so he can only fight with Sun Shao in Dunxun City.

There is no ingenuity, and it is a tough battle based on strength.

Fan Man slowly put down Ruan Wu's military newspaper and said in a low voice, "Call the generals to discuss the matter, and it will be a decisive battle tomorrow."

In the foothills of Changshan, Fan Chang looked at Wu Jun, who was defeated all the way, and sneered. The people of the State of Wu can only play some conspiracies and tricks. They send people to intercept the scouts and heavy soldiers who go out. When they really get to the battlefield, they are some coies. In the past two days, he has been chasing the people of Wu. If it hadn't been for the speed of the war elephant, he would have been able to catch up to Xijuan City now. In spite of this, Xijuan City still showed his true face in front of him. Fan Chang was very excited when he thought that he would soon be able to come to the city. Fan Yan had entered Xijuan City, but Fan Yan died. He was beaten by the people of the State of Wu and fled, and finally died in Changshan. On the contrary, he defeated the people of the State of Wu. After chasing all the way to Xijuan City, he will eventually enter Xijuan City as a winner, and soon become the master of Nanjun.

Who else can say that I'm not as good as Fan Yan in war?

Just when Fan Chang was full of ambition, there was a loud noise suddenly in front of him. The war elephant chasing in the front and the war flag on it suddenly disappeared. Fan Chang was stunned and was about to ask what was going on. The guard beside him suddenly pulled his sleeve, pointed to the sky on the left, opened his mouth wide, but he said a word. Don't come out.

Fan Chang turned his head and suddenly felt a cool breath rushing straight to the back of his head.

(to be continued)