In Funan Bay, on an unnamed island five miles off the coast of Temu City, the flag fluttered, as if it was showing off something to Temu City, which was twenty miles away. After the annihilation of the Funan Water Division, Cui Qian discussed with Yue Haiyi, and simply set up the camp at the gate of Temu City, making it clear that he had no water division to bully Fan Man, and there was nothing to do about them.

Training and living in such an atmosphere made the sailors feel infinitely proud, and the bad luck of being chased by the Funan sailors for half a month was swept away, and the shame was doubled back to Temucheng. They have regarded Funan Bay as the territorial waters of the Yue country, and they have to patrol the coast every day, considering that this land is already their own, so pirates can no longer do robbery and the like, even pirates can't rob at their own doorstep, and rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest.

The pirates had some opinions, but in front of Cui Qian, the great pirate Yinwei, they could only endure it if they had opinions.

Today, Cui Qian took them to greet Sun Shao, the king of Yue.

When the pirates first heard the news, they were all a little excited, they were familiar with the soldiers of the sailor, and probably knew some of the stories of Cui Qian being dusted by Sun Shao at the beginning, they wondered very much, what kind of character was King Yue who even Cui Qian could admire? It must be eight feet tall and eight feet wide, right?

When the one-eyed eagle first raised this question, he was immediately sprayed by the spitting soldier who was talking about it: "Your old lady looks like this, our Yue Wang is a very handsome young man, when he was in Jiangdong, everyone called him Sun Lang." If your mother talks nonsense again, Lao Tzu will slash you with a knife. ”

The one-eyed eagle is very curious, what kind of character is the king of Yue who can be protected by the soldiers like this? General Cui Qian of the left has 5,000 sailors under his command, General Yue Hai has 5,000 people, and Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen have 2,000 people each, so what does the king of Yue look like when he goes out on patrol? It must be like a cloud of flags, and there are as many warships as a school of fish, right?

No one expected that the spectacular scene they were waiting to see did not appear, and when Sun Shao's boat appeared in their field of vision, there was only one building boat. When this building ship first appeared, the pirates thought that this was the first ship, and they came to report the news, they stretched their necks to look back, but when they looked at it, it was still only this ship, and they couldn't help but be a little anxious, and when they heard that this was the ship of King Yue, the pirates were disappointed. The one-eyed eagle muttered something, which happened to be heard by Cui Qian, Cui Qian turned his head and snorted:

"Only you fools rely on the prestige of the people, even if the king of my family only has a small fishing boat, as long as he hangs his battle flag, he can run rampant on the sea."

As soon as these words were said, the pirates did not dare to squeak, and they were full of awe of the King Yue who was about to appear. There is no other reason, Cui Qian, who they are in awe, is in awe of this Yue King. The pirates couldn't help but be a little nervous, now that the Funan Naval Division is finished, their role seems to be gone, will the Yue National Naval Division attack them, and will the Yue King, who dares to run rampant on the sea with a fishing boat, cross the river and tear down the bridge?

As the ship got closer and closer, the more the pirates looked at it, the more frightened they became, and some people couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice. They thought that Cui Qian and his generals' boat was big enough, but they didn't expect that King Yue's boat was even bigger, and at a rough glance, this ship was at least thirty zhang long, and the high bow was three or four zhang high, and it was not obvious in the distance. An eagle with wings spread and flying is painted in white on the dark red iron wood plank, and its sharp eyes pierce the hearts of the pirates.

The building boat was too big to dock, Cui Qian personally set up a fighting boat and rushed to the building boat, respectfully got on the boat, and stood on the side of the board to wait. After a while, Sun Shao, who was wearing a big red cloak, appeared on the side of the board under the escort of several mighty and majestic soldiers, he stepped on the springboard steadily, and changed to Cui Qian's fighting ship, Cui Qian bowed down to accompany him, and the cautiousness made the pirates palpitate for a while.

However, Sun Shao was not vicious, he went ashore, first greeted Yue Hai, Zhuge Zhi and others who came forward to salute, and then turned to the one-eyed eagle, knife face and other pirates, with a lovely smile, if you don't look at the murderous guards behind him, the pirates will think that he is a young man next door, but Cui Qian's respectful appearance just now hit them too hard, no matter how bold they are, no one will think that this amiable young man is a good stubble who can be bullied.

The pirates didn't dare to slack off, and stepped forward one by one tremblingly, Sun Shao asked a few words in turn, and asked those who didn't understand well, and turned around to ask Tong Qin Sai, and when they heard a few interesting jokes, everyone laughed together, but his laughter was very natural, and the pirates seemed a little restrained.

Cui Qian welcomed Sun Shao into the wooden house that had just been cleaned up, sat around Sun Shao with Yue Hai and others, and explained the situation of the battle of Jinou Island in detail, and when he ordered Yue Hai and others not to support, he couldn't help but be a little twisted, and glanced at Yue Hai embarrassedly. In the report written to Sun Shao, Yue Hai did not mention this matter, and now in front of Sun Shao, Cui Qian did not dare not say it, this kind of thing will definitely reach Sun Shao's ears in the future, if you deliberately conceal it, it will be a crime if you don't get it right. He was so respectful to Sun Shao today, on the one hand, he really admired Sun Shao, and on the other hand, he also deliberately acted to make the pirates fear Sun Shao from the bottom of their hearts, so as to prove that his decision at that time was the right idea.

Sun Shao smiled, tilted his head and looked at Cui Qian for a while, Cui Qian didn't dare to come out, he couldn't help lowering his eyelids, and clicked his lips twice, but he felt that his mouth was a little dry, and he didn't say a word.

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

There were 16,000 troops here, including General Cui Qian of the Zuo, and General Yue Hai, while Sun Shao only brought a thousand battalions of Destroying the Front to rush over, obviously not for reinforcements. So what did he come for? Could it be because Cui Qian was too arrogant, and he actually let the later general dare to command Yuehai, which touched his backscales, so he wanted to clean him up?

Cui Qian himself, Yue Hai and others all had this idea when they first heard the news that Sun Shao was coming, but no one would say it, and now it was time for the answer to be revealed, whether it was the parties or bystanders, they were a little nervous.

"Jianzhong, this is my gift to you." Sun Shao turned around and took a stack of pieces from Ao Lei's hand and gently pushed them in front of Cui Qian. Cui Qian looked at the piece and didn't dare to take it, as soon as he saw the cover, his heart began to beat the drum. A few words are written on the chapter: "Admonishing Cui Qian to overstep his authority and command sparsely."

"Minister...... Guilty. Cui Qian had two beads of sweat on his forehead, took a step back, and fell to the ground.

"Under construction, get up." Sun Shao leaned over and pulled Cui Qian up: "This is the responsibility of the imperial historians, it is their right and obligation to impeach all illegal acts, if they don't impeach, it will be their dereliction of duty." But you're doing the right thing. ”

Cui Qian let out a long breath and smiled, but this smile was a little stiff and looked extremely unnatural.

"Will be outside, the king's order will not be affected. It is the responsibility of the generals to make decisions on the spot. Sun Shao motioned to Cui Qian to relax, looked around, and said with a smile: "If you don't dare to take responsibility, everything has to be asked and decided, how can this battle be fought?" You say don't you? ”

"The king is wise." Cui Qian was the first to bow to the ground, and Yue Hai and the others hurriedly followed.

"You are all my minions, minions, you have to have some sharpness, when you hit, you will strike, as soon as there is a fighter, it is like a lion fighting a rabbit, go all out, you can't look forward and backward, and be timid. Of course, there is responsibility, but how can people who dare not take responsibility make immortal achievements? ”

"The king is clear." Cui Qian came to his senses at this time, and his eyes became smart.

"In the first battle of Jianzhong, the Funan Navy Division was completely annihilated, and the courage of the thieves was deterred, and it was meritorious. Merit should be rewarded. Sun Shao touched his chin and said with a smile: "It's just Jianzhong, your name of unauthorized power is guilty and deserved." The merits and demerits are offset, and this promotion is impossible, otherwise the imperial historians will say that I encourage your domineering spirit. I'll give you an island, that Jinou Island, I went to check it out when I passed by on the way, and it felt very good, and I built a house on it in the future, and I had time to go on vacation. ”

Cui Qian was overjoyed, Sun Shao has always only rewarded money, not marquis, and so far, he is the first person to have a fief. Although Jinou Island has no output, this honor is more valuable than anything else, and he can't be overjoyed.

"Chenqian, thank you, the king."

"You deserve it." Sun Shao smiled, and then turned to Yue Hai, Zhuge Zhi and the others: "You have also worked hard, you all have rewards, and I will announce it to you later." Cui Yan, you come forward. ”

Cui Yanxiong stepped forward with a high spirit, and saluted with joy on her face.

"Fan Jinsheng was captured in the first war, he was brave and strategic, he is no longer the Cui Yan of the year." Sun Shao laughed, waved his hand, and a Lang official behind him stepped forward with a seal ribbon and sang loudly: "Cui Yan, the captain of the thief, is strong and strong, invincible, captures the thief chieftain alive, and shatters the enemy's courage." Promoted to partial general. I hope to make persistent efforts and make new contributions. ”

Cui Yan was overjoyed, bowed to the ground, took the seal ribbon with both hands, and responded loudly: "Thank you to the king, and I am willing to serve the king." May the king be mighty all over the world, and may I be forever in the world. Then he got up, stepped aside, and happily put on the general's seal. The generals congratulated one after another, and Cui Qian was also very happy, although he was a little regretful that he could not be promoted one step in the military rank, but now that he has obtained a fief, his brother has been promoted to three levels in a row, which can be regarded as getting what he wanted.

Sun Shao then rewarded Zhuge Zhi and the others, and was happy for a while, and then sat down to discuss the war. Sun Shao said Fan Man's reaction, Cui Qian and they all realized that the war was about to begin, and Sun Shao would naturally not avoid coming to Funan Bay at this time, on the contrary, he was waiting for an opportunity to seize Temu City and prepare for the full occupation of Funan - Wu State was blocked by Fan Man's army in Changshan, and it was not easy for them to enter Funan.

"The overall situation has pros and cons." Sun Shao said slowly: "Jianzhong, you have played the prestige of the Yue State Water Division in this battle, but it also made Fan Man dare not worry about going to Changshan, he will definitely leave heavy troops in Special Mu City, which is very unfavorable for us to attack Special Mu City." ”

Cui Qian smiled awkwardly, how could he have thought so much at that time.

"However, after eating the Funan Water Master, this sea is our world, we come and go freely, and we can appear in front of Fan Man generously, presumably Fan Man must be in a bad mood. Not to mention that there are 100,000 soldiers, even if there are millions of soldiers, he can only watch us fish here. ”

"Hahaha......" The generals laughed, quite complacent, they are living like this these days.

"On land, we don't have an advantage, at sea, we have full control. However, no matter how strong our endurance is, we can't help but dock. Therefore, our top priority is to find a port where we can call. Sun Shao said with a smile: "Although the port of Oegera is good, Fan Man will definitely not let us come and go freely, and it may be okay to replenish fresh water on the islands in the sea, but it is even more difficult to get food." I decided to send some people to the south, first divide the vassal states of Funan, which are far away from Temu City, and let them become our friends and provide us with ports. ”

"King, these state-owned countries have a bad relationship with Fan Man, but some have a good relationship, such as the Touching Country, because it is the old country of Fan Man and others, they have always taken care of the Touching Country, and it may not be easy to divide them." Cui Qian said very seriously, he had heard a lot of news from the pirates recently, and he knew a lot about the subject countries of Funan in this area. "The strength of the country is not small, if you can't calm him down first, I'm afraid those small countries have concerns. Moreover, the country that touched the decline is on the way to the South China Sea, and the country that has fallen is mainly responsible for the collection of business taxes in Funan. ”

"Really?" Sun Shao beckoned, called Cui Qian to him, and spread out the chart: "You point to the location of this country that has fallen down." ”

Cui Qian pointed on the chart, and Sun Shao saw that this country was near Java, that is, the eastern entrance of the Strait of Malacca in later generations, the southern tip of Malaysia Island.

It turns out that Fan Man is from here.

"I know this country that has fallen into the country, they intercept the merchant ships passing by, and if they do not pay taxes, they forcibly detain the ships. Sun Shao sneered: "Since they are Fan Man's hometown, then let's start with this touching country." ”

"King, you give me this task, I will definitely beat this country to the ground." Cui Qian stood up with some excitement and patted his chest and said: "With the king sitting in Funan Bay, Fan Man must not dare to act rashly, without the support of Funan, the country is vulnerable." ”

"Old Cui, why are you here again?" Yue Hai stood up: "You have just made a meritorious service and received a seal, it is time for us to show our hands." ”

Cui Qian chuckled.

Sun Shao also smiled: "This is also reasonable, you can't take advantage of all good things Cui Qian alone, this time you can rest." However, you can't go to Yuehai, I still have to maintain the pressure on Temu City, Wei Wen, you can go. ”

Wei Wen, who had never spoken much, was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed, he quickly stood up and responded loudly: "Huh." ”

Yue Hai sat back with some frustration. Cui Qian touched his head, although he had some regrets, he didn't fight anymore.

"Do you have enough people? Would you like to have some more men? ”

Wei Wen smiled: "The minister thinks that there are enough people, if the king can ask General Cui to deploy some pirates to me, I will be more sure." ”

Sun Shao laughed, he had already heard Cui Qian introduce those pirates just now, and knew that these people had been idle and a little bored recently, and he had planned to let these pirates go out for activities, but he was worried that Wei Wen only had more than 2,000 people, whether he could suppress these pirates, and not be injured by the tiger in the end.

"It doesn't matter, after the battle of General Cui, the pirates' awe of my Yue Guo sailors has been formed, besides, I only need to pick some pirates who are familiar with the terrain as guides, and I don't need too many people."

"Alright, I'll give you some pirates." Sun Shao said very happily: "I was about to talk to you about the role of these pirates, but I didn't expect you to have a plan. Very good, unite all the forces that can be united, try not to erect too many enemies, this is a general principle, you must remember it in the future. ”

"Whoa." The generals responded in unison.

Sun Shao immediately met with the pirate leaders, nearly 100 people of all sizes sat there, one by one, or fierce, or cunning, or gloomy, or rude, in different forms, the only thing they had in common was that when they looked at Sun Shao, who was supported by the generals, their eyes were full of nervousness.

Sun Shao got up from his seat, stood in front of the pirates, and when he stood there, the chattering pirates quieted down and looked at Sun Shao in unison. Sun Shao's face was expressionless, his serious gaze swept over the faces of the pirates one by one, and the atmosphere became very solemn, even a little suppressive.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all family and family people, and you have come to the step of entering the sea to become a thief, and you have a reason to think about it. Generally speaking, I think there are no more than two points, either they were bullied too hard by Fan Man's old thief, and they had no way to live, so they could only go to the sea to be a thief and change a bite to eat. Either you like this kind of knife head licking blood, you don't want to be a farmer facing the loess with your back to the sky, and you still can't eat after a year of hard work in the field, but you might as well go to the sea and go back to the sea, and if you're lucky, you can eat for a year. In my opinion, you're probably all the latter, right? ”

When the pirates heard this, some of them laughed loudly and responded loudly, "The king is reasonable", while others nodded embarrassedly and agreed with Sun Shao's guess. Sun Shao said well, being a pirate is nothing more than two possibilities, one is forced, and the other is active. Although most people love peace, it has to be said that there is no shortage of people in this world who are born to like killing and blood. Most of the pirates who can sit here are outlaws who are obsessed with swords licking blood.

"Now, I tell you, this sea is the sea of my Yue country, these islands are the islands of my Yue country, and the merchant ships passing through here, as long as they pay taxes to my Yue country, they are the people that my Yue Guo sailors want to protect." Sun Shao stretched out his hand, pointed at the pirates, and said in a fierce voice: "Funanguo killed a few of our merchants, I led a large army to conquer, and I will never give up if I don't seek justice." If you kill the merchants of my country, you will be my enemies, and I will chase you to the end of the sky, and I will also capture you to take revenge. ”

The pirates were startled, and their faces changed dramatically.

"You may say that I am too ruthless, yes, I just want to be ruthless, the reason is very simple, my people have fed me with blood and sweat, I have to pay for their safety, this is my responsibility as a king, and it is also the responsibility of all the soldiers of my country, if anyone forgets this responsibility, he is not worthy of being called my Yue [***] person." Sun Shao shook his dantian qi and shouted: "The responsibility of a soldier is to protect all the people of my Yue country to live with dignity, that is, to fight against all enemies who dare to be unfavorable to the people of my Yue country, and to fight all enemies to the end with our blood and our flesh!" ”

Cui Qian and the others couldn't help but puff up their chests, and they were full of pride in an instant. And the pirates were as pale as the earth, they could hear that this King Yue was definitely an unreasonable person, and there was no joke in these words, he could start a war with Funan for a few merchants, of course, he would not take them as little pirates in his eyes.

"You may say that I have taken your job." Sun Shao slowed down and showed a smile: "You think wrong, I, Sun Shao, have never been a person who breaks the path of life, you can ask Cui Qian, he was originally the king of pirates in the South China Sea, you can ask him, is he living a more nourished life than before, or is it more miserable." ”

The pirates were a little dazed, some people heard that Sun Shao was recruiting them, but some people didn't think so, how good it was to be a pirate, free and easy, and followed Sun Shao, although he climbed the big tree, but he was also constrained.

"I'll give you two paths." Sun Shao raised two fingers: "First, take your family and become the people of my Yue country, those who are willing to join the army, those who are not willing to join the army, want to farm, I will give you land, want to do business, I will protect your safety." He paused, and after a moment of looking at the pirates' expressions: "Second, you can continue to be pirates, but listen to me where and who you rob." ”

The pirates looked at each other in surprise, and the one-eyed eagle stood up first: "King, you mean, we can still be pirates?" ”

"Of course." Sun Shao stopped Cui Qian, who was about to step forward to scold, nodded solemnly and said: "If you still want to be a pirate, I can provide you with warships, provide you with weapons, and provide you with related materials, but you must listen to me, who can rob, who can't, when can rob, when can not rob, when can not rob, these must listen to me." As long as you don't violate my demands, you're still free pirates. ”

"Coaxing", the pirates blew up the nest, they were all attracted by Sun Shao's words, they can continue to be pirates, and they can get the funding of the Yue country, this is good, as for those regulations, they are also acceptable, anyway, even if they don't take Sun Shao's benefits, they don't dare to touch the object of Sun Shao's robbery anymore - who wants to be chased and killed by the Yue Guo sailors.

"If you are willing, you are the advance team of my Yue Guo Naval Division." Sun Shao smiled, and finally said: "Of course, you still have a third way, that is, to be the enemy of my Yue Guo Sailor." But I don't think any of you here will be stupid enough to do that. ”

"That'...... Where can we go...... Rob? Knife Face stood up and said hesitantly.

"With my Yue Guo's funding, the world is so big, where can't you go?" Sun Shao asked with a smile.

(To be continued)