"I said, are you bold enough to beat the pig Polong with a stick?" Sun Shao patted Ao Lei's shoulder and said with great satisfaction. He really didn't expect this kid to be so bold, in the face of a group of pirate leaders, he actually pulled out a short stick and beat him, not only were the pirates blinded by him, but even Sun Shao was a little dumbfounded at that time.

"Although this guy speaks loudly, his eyes always flash elsewhere, and he doesn't dare to look at me, he is obviously a bully who is afraid of the hard, so I just beat him and beat him again." Ao Lei smiled innocently, his small eyes narrowed into a slit, he looked very pure, and he had no connection with the thug who beat Zhu Polong just now.

"You've got it." Zhao Sleeve raised his thumb at Ao Lei, this time he unexpectedly broke the water village of Zhu Polong, but there were no casualties, more than 500 people were captured, and forty-three boats, including two medium-sized warships, it can be said that it is all the credit of this black boy. Not only Zhao Sleeve, but almost everyone was amazed by Ao Lei's eagerness, and the admiration in his eyes made Ao Lei beautiful.

Zhu Polong was tied with his hands behind his back, hung on the mast, his face was swollen like a pig's head, and he was beaten with two sticks by Ao Lei, and his eyes could not be opened. Listening to Sun Shao and the others laughing, his lungs exploded. Although his strength is average, he is also famous among pirates, but he didn't expect that the ship capsized in the gutter today, and he was served to the whole pot like this. He hated that black boy, and he hated that white boy even more, if he hadn't pretended to be a killer, where would he be so careless.

It's all late.

Wei Jing and the others saw the mighty pirate ship, they didn't say anything for a long time, and the officers and soldiers of the sailor division at the cliff gate who had been proud for a day and a night closed their mouths, and they were embarrassed to mention their own little battle record compared with others.

Work hard, and fight a good fight next time. The military marquis under Wei Jing looked at each other with complicated eyes.

The growing fleet was full of sails and sailed straight for Xu Wen. Along the way, they encountered a lot of one-way merchant ships, and they were all envious after being surprised by the scene in front of them, and without saying a word, they paid the money and joined the escort team, and each ship paid three or five hundred yuan for a safe voyage, which was simply worth it.

Sun Shao and Wei Jing went all the way, exterminating the pirates all the way, and those pirate gangs of as many as three to five hundred people and as few as a few dozen people were not at all the opponents of these officers and soldiers of the sailors who were fighting loudly. Fortunately, the two adults did not rush to kill them all, but only attacked the pirates near the waterway to ensure the safety of the merchant ships, and they were too far away to be interested or have time.

A month after setting off from the cliff gate, Xu Wengang was in sight, the fleet at this time was already a little too large, the merchant ships reached six hundred, and the escort fleet also reached more than three hundred, and the captured pirates reached two thousand, Wei Jing had begun to worry about whether he could control it, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Wengang's shadow.

Before entering the port, Sun Shao and Wei Jing met the officials sent by Buqi to greet them, and the two came to Xu Wenxian Ling, and saw Buqi who still had the dead face, and three other people, one was Hepu Taishou Shiyi, who was nearly seventy years old, he was Shixie's younger brother, one was Xu Wenling Huanwei, who was in his fifties, and the other was the person in charge of Hepu County, the deputy commander of Fubo Zhonglang, Shihong, who was the second son of Shiyi.

"Fengxian, Ziqi (Wei Jing), you scared me." Bu Qi showed a rare smile: "The scout said that there was a fleet of nearly a thousand ships, and it was Cui Qian's battle flag, which scared us a lot. ”

Sun Shao looked at everyone's faces, and felt that something was wrong, he looked at Bu Qi, and was just about to speak, Bu Qi shook his head gently, signaling him not to ask more, he had to swallow the words back. Shi Yi and the others stepped forward to salute, especially Shi Hong, his eyes when he looked at Sun Shao were particularly complicated, with some awe and some rejection.

Buqi put a wine to catch the wind, hello, hello, everyone, everyone said empty words, expressed their determination, and then dispersed. When Shihong left, he also paid a special greeting and invited Sun Shao to his county temple for a banquet, and Sun Shao gave him a haha and sent him away. Bu Qi's expression just now was obviously a little weird, and he didn't have to say anything before he understood the situation.

"Fengxian, Ziqi, you came at the right time." Entering the study, Bu Qi sighed, his expression finally eased a little, and he looked a little worried. Sun Shao was silent, figuring out Buqi's thoughts, and did not take the initiative to ask. Wei Jing asked with concern: "Fu Jun, you have been here for more than a month, how is the battle situation against Cui Qian?" ”

"Not good, very bad." Bu Qi shook his head, lowered his head, twisted the tip of his beard and thought for a while, and then said: "When I first arrived here, I won a few battles and captured about thirty thief ships, six or seven hundred people, but later, I ...... Then it didn't go well. In several battles, our army either lost its way between the islands, or could not resist Cui Qian's attack, and suffered great losses, losing more than 100 ships and more than 4,000 soldiers before and after. Alas, I am really ...... I'm ashamed. ”

"So much loss?" Wei Jing was taken aback.

Bu Qi was very ashamed, nodded helplessly, hesitated for a while, and then said: "Really, if you hadn't arrived, I really wanted to go back." This battle can't be fought, it's simply taken away by the opponent, every step of us seems to fall into the other party's calculations, either a shortfall, or an ambush, morale is greatly damaged, and now the war-weariness is very heavy, not only Shiwei's subordinates and Shi Yi and others' subordinates are passive and sluggish, even the people I brought myself have a fear of war. ”

Wei Jing's face became ugly, he had fought too smoothly along the way, and he was a little unacceptable to Bu Qi's current situation. He had always admired Bu Qi before, thinking that his ability was stronger than his own, but now Bu Qi actually fought a battle with the upper hand like this, which really made him a little disappointed. Cui Qian has more than 200 ships, four or five thousand people, and is the most powerful among pirates, but Buqi has more than 300 ships, nearly 10,000 people, and the equipment is stronger than that of pirates, there are nearly 100 medium-sized warships alone, and there are three building ships, how can he lose so ugly with such a strong combat effectiveness? This is not counting the strength of Shi Kuang and the others, if you add more than 2,000 people of Shi Kuang, Bu Qi is now three times the enemy.

Bu Qi's gaze swept over Wei Jing's face, and then fell on Sun Shao's face. After more than a month of separation, Sun Shao was obviously a lot calmer, sitting on the side without saying a word, neither like Wei Jing who couldn't hold his breath, nor did he see any nervous look on his face, he looked very calm.

"Feng Xian, what good advice can you have?" Bu Qi asked lightly.

"I'm not familiar with the situation, so how can I give any good advice." Sun Shao smiled, glanced at Buqi, and continued: "Don't worry, although you have lost some, the ships and people we brought can completely make up for your losses, and the war can continue." The most important thing now is to find out where the reasons for the previous defeat are, and only when we understand the reasons can we prescribe the right medicine and turn defeat into victory. ”

Bu Qi nodded, and smiled bitterly with emotion: "It's really providential, Fengxian fifteen ships went to sea, all the way to chop the waves, invincible, I brought more than 300 boats, but I lost the troops, it seems that I am really not the material to lead the troops." ”

Sun Shao shook his head: "Why do you say that, we are dealing with a small group of pirates, and the disparity in strength is huge, of course, we are going to be defeated, and the prince is dealing with the most powerful pirates in the South China Sea, and the difficulty is not the same." Besides, if it weren't for the government to contain them, how could Wei Jun and I be so comfortable all the way through the market? ”

Bu Qi smiled faintly, and motioned to his entourage to take the chart, which was the one Sun Shao had seen last time, and spread it on the case: "I'll tell you about the situation here first." ”

Sun Shao glanced at the chart, and suddenly smiled: "Fu Jun, the loss of eating this chart is not small, right?" ”

Bu Qiu was stunned for a moment, he didn't come back to his senses for a while, he looked at Sun Shao, and then at the chart, looking very confused: "What's wrong with the chart?" ”

Sun Shao suddenly had a black line in his head, and Buqi fought for more than a month, but he didn't find the problem with the chart? No wonder you can win the battle. He was thinking about how to speak, and Wei Jing also found a problem, he pointed at the map and exclaimed, "No, Fu Jun, the locations of several islands in your map are not right." ”

"Huh?" No matter how much the city government has, Buqi can't keep his composure, his eyes are sharp, and he stares at the chart tightly: "Isn't it right there?" ”

"Sun Jun has a nautical chart in his hand, which is similar to yours, but the locations of these islands are very different." Wei Jing didn't think about it, his hand moved quickly on the chart: "This, this, and this, all of them are not right, the gap between them is too big." ”

While speaking, Sun Shao had already asked Shuai Zeng to bring his chart, and put it on the case, Bu Qi ignored his image, pounced on it and looked at it carefully for a while, patted his thigh, and was frustrated: "I was deceived by these shafts." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Sun Shao and Wei Jing were both blinded.

"Listen to me slowly." Bu Qi smiled bitterly, let out a long sigh, and then said slowly.

When Bu Qi first arrived in Xu Wen, he won a few battles, and the nearby pirates fled, just when Bu Qi was about to make persistent efforts and kill Cui Qian's village in Zhuya, Shi Yi and others who received Bu Qi's order to transfer troops arrived, and they brought more than 100 ships, two or three thousand people, Bu Qi was of course very happy, so he discussed with them. Shi Yi and the others were very cooperative, and they all raised their hands in favor of the arrangements made by Buqi, and there was only one thing, that is, Buqi, as the person in charge of this war, must sit in the command of Xu Wen, and cannot go to the front line in person. Their reasoning is that naval battles are dangerous, more dangerous than land battles, that there is a place to hide if you are defeated on land, and that if you lose a battle on the sea, it is a dead end, and even if you don't lose the battle, if you get lost, or if you encounter a storm, it is also uncertain. If Bu Qi had any accidents, then they would kill Cui Qian a hundred times, and they would not be able to recover this loss.

Bu Qi listened to it and felt that it made sense, not that he was afraid of death, but that he felt that he was not from the background of leading troops after all, and if he was forced to command the front line, he was afraid that it would interfere with the performance of the generals who led the troops. Therefore, he stayed in Xu Wen. But the later war made him very disappointed, several battles, not only did not continue to start the good momentum, but took a sharp turn, every operation because of unexpected problems and failed, either can not find the other party's trace, or fell into the other party's ambush circle, or clearly said that there is an island in that place to replenish fresh water, the soldiers who were ordered to go came back and said that there is no such island there, only the sky is vast, the water is vast, can only return in vain, The most outrageous time was when Zhonglang, whom he trusted, took more than 1,000 people to the scheduled harbor for a while, but when he entered the harbor, he found that Cui Qian was waiting for him, and more than 1,000 people were almost wiped out, and only a few scouts escaped.

This loss made his control greatly reduced all of a sudden, and the morale was also greatly affected, and now the war has basically come to a standstill.

"I also suspected that there was a problem with the chart, but I saw that the chart in the hands of Shi Yi and others was exactly the same as mine, so in the end I just thought that the chart was inaccurate and there were errors, but ......" Bu Qi was so angry that he slapped a few cases and sighed. He now understands that Shi Yi and they may have done something a long time ago, and there is a problem with all the maps hidden by the government, and only they have the real pictures. Fighting with the wrong charts, he can win the hell.

"Okay now, you're here, you have accurate charts, and you have someone you can trust, let's fight again." Bu Qi said a little eagerly, "Fengxian, you are a natural general, in fact, let's put it aside, you help me win this battle, and I will ensure that everything goes well in Jiaozhou." ”

Sun Shao smiled. Bu Qi is really hot this time, he has always been conceited, this time he was treated like a fool for more than a month, the loss of soldiers and generals, if he didn't pull Wei Jing to Xu Wen, and swept a lot of pirates on the road, his strength increased greatly, he can only go back to the South China Sea now, whether it's here, the South China Sea, Jiaozhou, or the world of the scholars, he can't make this Jiaozhou assassin history also do it. When it comes to his vital interests, he is a little breathless now, and he actually set such conditions for himself, and a month ago, he would not have said such a thing if he was killed.

Sun Shao just smiled, didn't speak, and looked at Bu Qi with a slightly playful look, Bu Shao gradually sank his face, he made such a promise to Sun Shao, he was still indifferent, which made him very disappointed. But he can't help it, he can collect Sun Shao's soldiers, but he can't force Sun Shao to fight for him, he originally had a dispensable attitude towards this Henghai general.

"Fujun, I really want to help you fight this battle, but I don't think I can fight." Sun Shao gave a very sincere salute to Bu Qi.

Bu Qi regained his indifference and smiled faintly: "It's me who is in a hurry." I will not be angry because of anger, my mood is a little impatient now, and it is really not appropriate to fight again. ”

Sun Shao shook his head and said softly: "Fujun, it's June, June and July are the hottest times, most of the soldiers we can trust are not locals, and the combat power at this time is the worst. In my opinion, wouldn't it be more appropriate to stop and rest for a while, adjust our morale, send more scouts to explore the terrain, and wait until autumn and winter before we march to discuss? ”

Bu Qi was startled, and then he suddenly realized, and his dark and thin face showed a look of shame: "It's me who is too anxious." ”

Sun Shao comforted: "Fujun, the situation in Jiaozhou, the Supreme is clear, he trusts Fujun, that's why he let you sit in Jiaozhou, how can he be dissatisfied because of a delay of a few months?" Over the years, has he urged the king? We all admire the loyalty of the prince, but we also ask the monarch to take it step by step and work steadily. To be honest, when I just set off from Yashan Pass, I also wanted to calm Cui Qian in one fell swoop, but after this journey, I found that this matter was not in a hurry. The pirates' familiarity with the terrain is simply not comparable to that of the officers and men of the naval division, and we have the strength, so what can we do? They scattered and fled, we couldn't catch up at all, as soon as we left, they came back again, they couldn't be suppressed, if they wanted to succeed in one fell swoop, it wasn't for me to raise the morale of others and destroy their own prestige, this was simply impossible. ”

Bu Qi nodded slightly, in fact, Sun Shao didn't need to say so much, he just had to calm down and think about it, and he would be able to figure out the truth. Sun Quan's trust in him, he is clear, he has been by Sun Quan's side from a female foot trainer for nearly ten years, although he has not given birth to a son, but there is no lady in the harem who can compete with him for favor, whether it is the original or later. Sun Quan is not a person with a surname, he has never had such a long surname for any woman, whether it is Mrs. Xie at the beginning or Mrs. Xu later, it will take two or three years, and as soon as the novelty passes, he will abandon it. Mrs. Xie was so favored at the beginning, the newlywed Yan'er is much more affectionate than the current Sun Shao couple, so what, in less than three years, Mrs. Xu entered the house, Sun Quan asked Mrs. Xie to give up her position to Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xie was used to being favored, where was she willing to let go, but as soon as she made a small surname, she was reprimanded by Sun Quan, and died of depression within a few years. The same is true for Mrs. Xu, who has been favored for a few years, and when the foot trainer enters the house, she is as discouraged as Mrs. Xie back then. There is only a step trainer, and the grace has not faded for ten years, which has the reason why the step trainer's own surname is gentle, but it also has a lot to do with Sun Quan's trust in his step.

It is precisely because of this that Bu Qiu is very eager to truly pacify Jiaozhou, turn Jiaozhou into Sun Quan's stable rear, and provide Sun Quan with a steady stream of wealth, and he has further plans to go west from Jiaozhou, first sweep Jingzhou, and then try to Yizhou, to realize Sun Quan and Cao Ying's long-cherished wish to come by the river.

Because of the big goal, he is very anxious, and he can usually restrain himself and not let himself show it, this time because of Sun Shao's arrival, the great opportunity he had been looking forward to for a long time suddenly appeared, which made him see the hope of completely solving the Jiaozhou problem, so he moved like a thunderbolt, and was ready to take the opportunity to solve Cui Qian to control the Jiaozhou Sailor first. The success in the early stage and the defeat in the later stage made him a little depressed.

"Then you mean, let's go back to the South China Sea first?" Bu Qi asked Sun Shao's opinion and looked at Wei Jing again.

(To be continued)