Sun Deng and Sun Shao have been dealing with each other for so long, and it is the first time to understand Sun Shao's scoundrel, this is why Xiucai met the soldiers, it is reasonable to say, he has an empty stomach of knowledge, but in front of Sun Shao, he can't do it at all, and in a rage, he brushes his sleeves away. Zhuge Ke and Xie Jing, who were waiting outside the palace, were chatting, and they were very surprised to see Sun Deng come out angrily, and just wanted to ask what happened, Sun Deng jumped into the carriage and shouted: "Go back to the post house!" Back to the inn! ”

"Prince, what are you ......" Zhuge Ke hurriedly jumped into the car and asked in a low voice.

Sun Deng sulked for a while, and then he said what he had just done. Zhuge Ke frowned: "Prince, do you really plan to negotiate with Funan?" ”

"If you can take back Yuenan through negotiations, why do you want to fight?" Sun Deng turned his head and glanced at Zhuge Ke, his eyes were full of suspicion: "Yuan Xun, do you think you should also fight?" ”

Zhuge Ke smiled faintly: "The minister just thinks that the envoy of Funan came too coincidentally, Lu Envoy Jun has been in Yuenan for so long, and they haven't sent a messenger, why did King Yue arrive at Zhuya, and their envoy arrived?" I think these barbarians don't know etiquette and righteousness, and if they don't beat them hard, I'm afraid they won't be honest. When they came to Zhuya, maybe they were a little more tempted, and they didn't really make peace. ”

Sun Deng's eyes flickered, he didn't say anything, he called Chen Shi, and asked Lu Dai in detail about what happened since he arrived in Jiaozhou, and then asked suspiciously: "This time is indeed a bit coincidental, but how can they be so well-informed, the army of King Yue has only arrived in Zhuya for a few days, and even Lu Dinggong doesn't know, how do they know?" Maybe it's a coincidence. ”

"I don't think so." Xie Jing interjected: "The minister thinks that the barbarians may not have come to make peace because King Yue arrived in Zhuya, of course, as Yuan Xun said, they may not be here to make peace, and the minister thinks it may be related to Wei Wen and them." Wei Wen and they have been in Zhuya for more than three months, and they have made a lot of trouble in the area of Linyi Kingdom, attacking Da Nang twice in succession, killing many people, maybe it is because of the pressure of Funanguo that they came to Zhuya to ask for help. ”

"Uncle Fa, do you think it's a good fight or a good one?"

Xie Jing glanced at Zhuge Ke, stroked his beard, and said with a faint smile: "The minister thinks that if the barbarians really want peace, it is not a good thing." In half a year in Yuenan, Lu Dinggong died two or three thousand soldiers, and he consumed so much food, and now it is still in vain. As soon as the army moved, thousands of miles were uneasy, if you can take back Yuenan, why not do it? ”

Zhuge Ke pursed his lips and said nothing, but his expression showed his disdain. Sun Deng saw that the two of them disagreed, and then thought that the opinions between himself and Sun Shao were also very different, and he couldn't help but have a little headache. Sun Shao snatched Zhou Xun's men and horses, then he could only rely on Lu Dai, but Lu Dai is now in a difficult situation, there are problems in appeasing Jiuzhen and Jiaolu counties, and it is almost delusional to take the initiative to attack Yuenan, and it is based on this fact that he wants to negotiate with Funan, but he didn't expect Sun Shao to go crazy, and he has to entangle Funan for the death of a few businessmen, or a few businessmen who should die if they break the law.

Is there such a big difference between capturing them from Funan and killing them again?

Sun Deng couldn't figure it out.

But the current dilemma is that if he disagrees with Sun Shao's opinion, then he can only negotiate with the Funan people by himself, although Sun Deng is a little angry, but he also knows that if there is no force to back up, it is difficult to succeed in the negotiation.

If Sun Shao can be used to scare and scare Funan, maybe things will go a little smoother. Sun Deng's eyebrows moved, and he suddenly had an idea.

"Shufa, find a chance to talk to that messenger from Funan."

When Fan Xun woke up in the middle of the night, he sat on the bed for a while, he carefully recalled whether he had said anything that he shouldn't have said, but apart from wine and food, he couldn't remember what he had said. He patted his head in annoyance, and decided to find an opportunity to talk to Sun Shao again and listen to some fiction and reality. But he waited for a few days, and never saw Sun Shao again, but waited for Wei Jing.

Wei Jing had a straight face, which made Fan Xun a little flustered at first glance.

"The general's kindness, my king understands it." Although Wei Jing's face was ugly, the first sentence still made Fan Xun breathe a sigh of relief: "The king of my family said that we can negotiate with Funanguo to resolve this conflict, this is our condition, please take a look at your envoy, if it is acceptable, we will do it according to this, if it is not acceptable, then please ask your envoy to go back and prepare for war as soon as possible." ”

Fan Xun's heart suddenly lifted, he took the paper handed over by Wei Jing, and was taken aback first, this document had two kinds of characters written on it, and each line of Chinese characters was followed by a line of words they used. The script of Funan is created by borrowing the alphabet of Tianzhu combined with the local pronunciation, only the capital of Funan is in use, and no one uses it in other places, and Zhu Ya actually has someone who can use this kind of writing, it can be seen that Zhu Ya knows the situation of Funan very well, but he is still in the fog about the situation of Zhu Ya, which is far from knowing that he knows the other side.

After reading the contents of the document, Fan Xun's surprise immediately turned into anger, he suppressed his anger, gently spread the paper on the case, and laughed: "Lord Wei, your conditions may not be too harsh, right?" A few damned businessmen who broke the law actually want us to pay so much? Even if they earn it for a lifetime, I'm afraid they won't be able to make so much money, right? ”

Wei Jing smiled faintly: "You are right, even if they live, they can only earn 10% of this money at most in a lifetime of business." ”

"And you still need so much?" Fan Xun bared his teeth, clasped his hands together, slowly hugged his chest, and raised his chin.

"The other ones are compensation." Wei Jing was indifferent, ignoring Fan Xun's hostility, he stroked his beard and said calmly: "You may not know, the king of my family has just issued a letter to the people, since those merchants are the subjects of my Yue country, they enjoy the protection of my Yue [***] people, and you kill them, you are despising my Yue [***] people." You say, how much is the face of my 100,000-strong army worth in Vietnam? ”

Fan Xun was stunned for a moment, then tilted his mouth, and said suspiciously: "Do you have 100,000 troops in Vietnam?" ”

"You don't even know that?" Wei Jing showed a surprised expression.

Fan Xun's eyebrows trembled uneasily. He really doesn't know how many troops there are in Yue Kingdom, if there are really 100,000 as Wei Jing said, then he really has to consider whether he can fight. If Funan is mobilized, it should be able to gather 100,000 people, plus the local advantage, there should be no problem in winning, but it is not enough to win, if the loss is too great, it will also be a disaster.

"Do you need money to buy the face of a soldier?" Fan Xun smiled, trying his best to appear calm.

"To be honest, those generals really don't like to buy with money." Wei Jing looked at Fan Xun quietly: "They are more willing to use their war knives to seek justice." However, I have something to say first, the expenses of our [***] people are very large, and once you make a move, I am afraid that you will not be able to afford the entire Funan country. ”

"Since we can't afford to pay for the entire Funan country, what are you trying to do?" Fan Xun looked at Wei Jing, and the corners of his mouth showed a bit of sarcasm: "You Han people have a saying, the army is not profitable, you know that it is a loss-making business, so why do you have to fight?" Besides, I also have an army of 100,000 in Funan, and if you really want to go to war, you may not be able to win. Master Wei, in my opinion, you should go back and persuade your king to reconsider this condition, otherwise, I am afraid that he will lose all his money. ”

"Hahaha......" Wei Jing laughed, slapped his big hand on the paper, got up and looked at Fan Xun with a frightened face: "My king has made up his mind, don't think about it anymore, but you, I think you probably can't be the master, so let's take this request back and present it to your king in person, see what his opinion is, if you agree, then deliver it in full, if you don't agree, then prepare soldiers and horses, we'll see you on the battlefield." Your envoy is good at doing it for himself, maybe, we still have the opportunity to be ministers in the same palace. ”

Fan Xun's face changed, and he was frightened by Wei Jing's confident demeanor. The monarch of this Yue Kingdom was very different from the Han officials he had come into contact with before, as if they were looking forward to war, which was very different from his impression of the attitude of the Han officials to settle things and calm people.

Wei Jing didn't say anything to him, directly arranged a boat for him, and sent Fan Xun out of Zhuya semi-forcibly, Fan Xun wanted to find out about Zhu Ya's plan again, and was directly stillborn. Fan Xun was helpless, he made people go to great lengths to inquire about Sun Deng's residence, and prepared to contact Sun Shao again. This time, his wish came true, and Sun Deng rushed to Jiuzhen with him.

Fan Xun was overjoyed, he did everything possible to get in touch with Sun Deng, and then walked with Sun Deng. He soon found out from Sun Deng's entourage that the guards of the prince of Wu were actually those soldiers of the Yue Kingdom who had their heads held high to the sky, and the only ones who really respected Sun Deng were the two hundred guards with him. This discovery made Fan Xun overjoyed, he knew that the Han people were the most pompous, and Sun Deng, as the prince of Wu, was so poor that there were only two possibilities, either he was not favored at all, or there was something else hidden. Under his deliberate inquiry, he soon learned the truth of the matter, and Sun Deng's two thousand guards were detained by Sun Shao for some reason, and the two clashed for this reason.

Fan Xun was overjoyed, the surname of the Han people who are good at fighting is really worthy of its name, even if it is from the same sect, this battle has not yet been fought, and Wu Yue has a contradiction. After arriving in Jiuzhen, he found an opportunity to meet Sun Deng and once again expressed Funanguo's desire to negotiate.

Sun Deng frowned: "I, the Wu State, want to negotiate, but we can't be the lord of the Yue Kingdom." If the Yue Kingdom wants to go to war with you, we can't stop them at all. As you know, the army of the Yue Kingdom is several times that of our Wu Kingdom, and we are not their opponents. ”

"No matter how many troops there are in the Yue Kingdom, they are only three or four of the Wu Army, right?" Fan Xun pretended not to know, and said disapprerovingly: "Actually, even if you participate in the war, our Funan Kingdom has enough strength to defeat you." We just don't think it's worth fighting for a few businessmen. ”

Sun Deng was stunned for a moment and interrupted Fan Xun's words: "Do you know how many troops there are in Yue Kingdom?" ”

Fan Xun was puzzled and said: "I know, there are 30,000 or 40,000 people in Vietnam. ”

"Thirty or forty thousand?" Sun Deng snorted and laughed: "There are forty or fifty thousand sailors in the Yue Kingdom, plus the foot soldiers, at least eighty thousand, and if you add the Jiaozhou soldiers of my Wu State, the total strength is more than 150,000." If necessary, we can also transfer a large army from the mainland, thinking that Emperor Xiaowu's 200,000 army invaded South Vietnam, and we Wu and Yue joined forces, can we not have 20 troops? ”

Fan Xun showed a stunned expression on his face, as if he was frightened by Sun Deng's words, but he was secretly smiling in his heart. Wu Yue's infighting is good, this deception has deceived the truth. Although he doesn't know how many troops Wu Yue has, but obviously what they say is all lies and big words, and he doesn't know the situation in Yue, but he knows that the total number of troops in Wu is about 200,000, which is the intelligence he heard a few years ago, Sun Deng bragged that he could transfer more than 100,000 people, just kidding, don't guard the northwest two directions of Wu State?

From this point of view, the strength of Yue Guo must not exceed 80,000, and Wei Jing said that there are 100,000 troops who are bluffing him. Generally speaking, people who talk big are people who have no confidence. Fan Xun thought of the conditions proposed by Yue Guo, and couldn't help but sneer: You want to deceive me? You're thinking too simply.

Fan Xun pretended to be trembling, and said that when he went back, he would persuade the king of Funan to recognize the situation, negotiate with Wu Guo, and then pretend to negotiate some specific details and the arrangements for returning Yuenan, and then hurried away.

As soon as he left, Sun Deng rushed to Lü Dai's station. As soon as Lu Dai heard that Sun Deng had arrived, he was very polite, he personally went out of the camp to greet him, Sun Deng selectively told him about the contact with Fan Xun, and finally said that it was possible to negotiate, but the premise was to be able to scare Funan, otherwise Yuenan would definitely not come back. The autumn harvest has been completed, and now it is time to seize the time to mobilize military rations, recruit county soldiers, and be prepared for a fierce battle if necessary. Lu Dai responded one by one, and then asked Sun Deng to collect grain, grass and soldiers from Hepu and Cangwu counties in the name of the prince.

As soon as Sun Deng issued the conscription order, he received a message from Sun Shao, Sun Shao said, "My army is already on its way to Linyi, and it will soon reach Linyi." The soldiers of Linyi are outnumbered, and the district company is in the south, and the country is empty, and it can be done with one drum. If you want to fight, then I will cooperate with you to take Yuenan, and if you still plan to negotiate, I'm sorry, I'll take Yuenan first.

As soon as Sun Deng received the news, he was blinded at that time, didn't Sun Shao say that he wanted Funan to lose money, this Funan has not yet given a reply, why did he kill Linyi Kingdom. It's just enough to attack Lin Yi Kingdom, why does he still want to take the south? He took Yuenan, can he still return it to Wu Guo, if not, how can I explain it to my father?

Sun Deng immediately invited Lu Dai and others to discuss, and they were also at a loss by Sun Shao's rapid action, judging from this speed, probably when they set off from Zhuya, Sun Shao also set off, and Fan Xun's conditions were simply empty words, and he didn't plan to talk about it at all.

The problem is that it's okay for Sun Shao not to talk about it, but it's a bit ...... to force Sun Deng to talk about it either The meaning of forcing good people to be prostitutes.

Sun Deng was so angry that he couldn't say anything, but Lu Dai was furious, he was the most embarrassed person by Sun Shao's trick. If he doesn't send troops to attack Yuenan now, then not only will he not have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but he will also suffer the sin of losing Yuenan, so he can't let Sun Deng take responsibility, right? However, if he sent troops to attack Yuenan, he would cut off the possibility of negotiations between Sun Deng and Funan, and turned intimidation into actual action.

Just when they were hesitating, Sun Shao's news arrived again a day later, he had already taken the Linyi Kingdom, and now he was sending people to rush to Xijuan City. When Lu Dai heard this, he couldn't sit still any longer, and he immediately asked Sun Deng to attack. Sun Deng had no choice, so he had to agree to Lu Dai's request, and said that Nan was in the hands of Ou Lian, and he still had a chance to take it back, and in the hands of Sun Shao, it was called "no return".

Lu Dai immediately ordered an army of 5,000 and went straight to Bijing with the first batch of grain and grass prepared. On the one hand, Sun Deng sent Xie Jing to contact Sun Shao, and on the other hand, Zhuge Ke rectified the county soldiers who arrived one after another, as a reserve force, ready to support Lü Dai at any time.

The fire that Lu Dai had been holding back for several months was stirred up by Sun Shao like this, and burst out with great energy, regardless of his sixty-year-old age, he led the army to rush through the mountains and forests, and appeared in Yuenan County at a lightning speed. Ou Lian was caught off guard by him, and lost Bijing City in only half a day's effort, and was defeated all the way with the remnants of the army. Lu Dai made persistent efforts, chased after him, and returned to Zhuwu County a day later.

When Xie Jing saw Sun Shao, Sun Shao had just arrived at Bailong Island, fifty miles away from the coast of Lurong, and as soon as he saw Xie Jing, Sun Shao smiled: "Shufa, is it coming quickly?" ”

As soon as Xie Jing saw this, he knew that Sun Shao was in charge, what had already taken Linyi Country, and was attacking Yuenan County to the north, it was all nonsense.

"Isn't it child's play that you did this and forced us to send troops in a hurry?" Xie Jing knew that it was useless to get angry with Sun Shao, but he still couldn't hold back the depression in his heart, and sank his face regardless of it.

"Rushing troops?" Sun Shao sneered: "I just told you that I took the Linyi Kingdom, and I didn't ask you to send troops, what does it matter to me that you are willing to send troops?" By the way, you didn't want to negotiate, why did you change your mind again? ”

Xie Jing was speechless, they sent troops in a hurry, they didn't want to be taken advantage of by Sun Shao, but how could they say this? Speaking of which, Sun Deng himself is weak-hearted, and he was forced to the point of no return by Sun Shao.

"Okay, since the troops are dispatched, then don't hesitate." Sun Shao smiled, "Are you going to follow me to fight Linyi Kingdom, or will you go back and tell you the prince?" ”

Xie Jing had no choice but to say, "I came to ask His Highness for help on the orders of the crown prince." In order to catch up with the speed, Lu Zhijun only brought half a month's grain, and the mountains between Jiuzhen and Yuenan were crisscrossed, and there were Yi people attacking and harassing, so it was very inconvenient to transport grain, and he was afraid of being robbed by pirates from the sea, so he wanted to ask His Royal Highness to be responsible for clearing the pirates along the coast and ensuring that my grain route was unblocked. ”

Speaking of pirates, Xie Jing glanced at Sun Shao intentionally or unintentionally. In fact, they are not worried about pirates, they are worried about the king of Yue in front of them. If Sun Shao really intends to fight for Yuenan County, as soon as he blockades the sea, Lu Dai will be starved of food and salary, and he will be weak in the follow-up, and finally he will have to return to Jiuzhen like a few months ago.

"Let me be the captain of the grain transport brigade?" Sun Shao pursed his lips, he touched his chin and thought about it for a while: "Okay, who made me his eldest brother, I can't write two Sun characters in one stroke, I broke the bones and tendons, if I don't help him, who else will help him?" Don't worry, I'll let you clear the pirates along the way to ensure the smooth flow of your food routes, by the way, can you support me with a little food? ”

Xie Jing was stunned: "Is Your Highness short of food?" ”

"Lack of food!" Sun Shao said dissatisfiedly: "You Wu Guo have no ability, if you lose Yuenan, I can't buy grain, how can I not be short of grain?" ”

Xie Jing was helpless, and he didn't dare not agree, so he had to accept it first. After getting Sun Shao's promise, he immediately rushed back to Jiuzhen. He walked in too much hurry, and he didn't look closely, and he didn't know that when Sun Shao complained, the incompetent Wu Guo said that Wei Ping, the southern guard, was standing behind Sun Shao.

"Your Highness, I've lost my face, and the next time I meet General Su, I'm afraid I'll have to clean it up." Wei Ping grimaced.

"You are the face of Wu Guo, what is the matter with his Su thick legs?" Sun Shao said confidently: "Now that you are the general of my Yue Kingdom, you can't be embarrassed anymore, you know?" I'll give you a chance to take Zhou Xun to take down Linyi Kingdom, okay? ”

When Wei Ping heard this, he suddenly turned cloudy, rubbed his hands, and said with a smile: "Sure, please rest assured, Your Highness, the minister will definitely cooperate well with General Zhou, and kill the chaotic ministers and thieves in the district, and leave no grass behind." ”

"Kill, kill, kill, how did you do a few guards, and when you open your mouth, you still have the face of a pirate?" Sun Shao feigned anger. He turned around and called Zhou Xun and smiled: "Bo Ying, I brought you over, but if you don't have the ability, I will kick you back to Wu Kingdom, don't blame me for not saving face for you when the time comes." You're the one who came out of the Destruction Camp, and you know that I don't have any idle food around me. ”

Zhou Xun puffed up his chest and smiled loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, Zhou Xun will definitely live up to his mission." After a pause, he said, "If such a task cannot be completed, I am afraid that the soldiers of the Destruction Battalion will not recognize me as a colleague in the future." ”

"It's good to know." Sun Shao nodded, and said: "To win, this is the goal I set for you, but what the means are, you are up to you, and I don't give you a set time, when it is appropriate, when it is appropriate, when to attack." Remember one thing, at the least cost, in exchange for the greatest benefit, the advantage is advanced, the disadvantage is retreated, understand? ”

"Whoa." Wei Ping and Zhou Xun agreed in unison, the two saluted Sun Shao, strode off the ship, and soon, a building ship, eight medium-sized warships, and two baggage ships left the brigade and headed south at full speed.

Sun Luban lay on the railing, looking at Zhou Xun who was majestic and high-spirited, his eyes were full of little stars, until he couldn't see it, he turned around and said to Sun Shangxiang: "Auntie, my husband is majestic, right?" ”

"Majestic, how can you be worthy of my big tiger if you are not majestic." Sun Shangxiang replied casually.

Sun Luban stuck out his tongue, held his chin, and said yearningly: "Alas, I don't know when the eldest brother gave the Flying Tiger Battalion a task, and I will follow the majesty." ”

"That's hanging." Sun Shangxiang pursed her lips and deliberately teased her: "Our Flying Tiger Battalion only has special tasks, and this kind of task without difficulty generally does not require us to take action." ”

"Oh." Sun Luban pouted in frustration.

(To be continued)