"Impossible." Bu Qi refused.

"Why?" Sun Shao's eyebrows were raised, and he was about to be brutal.

Bu Qi sighed, took the invitation to Gongshu, but didn't look at it, put it aside casually, and said seriously: "Fengxian, are you done fighting?" Is Cui Qian dead or down? You have occupied Zhu Ya, but Cui Qian is still alive, he took tens of thousands of pirates to rob merchant ships, if he succeeds, do you think this is a merit or a fault? ”

Sun Shao's eyes rolled, and he smiled curtly: "It seems to be a little anxious." ”

"It's not just that it's a little rushed, it's just too urgent." Bu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and finally frightened this kid. He took a breath, calmed down, and then persuaded bitterly: "Fengxian, don't worry, as long as you really calm Cui Qian and stabilize Jiaozhou, I will definitely ask for credit for you." Although the population of Zhuya is not large, this is the work of expanding the realm, and when the Supreme is just employing people, how can it not be appreciated? It's not just you who have merit, I'm also meritorious. Cui Qian is finished, Hepu is in our hands, and when the time comes, the rebellion in Yuenan will be quelled, and Shixie will dare not bow to the Supreme? This is a meritorious thing for you and me, how can I not be enthusiastic. But is that time now? ”

Sun Shao stroked the thin and soft hairy beard on his chin, and his eyes flashed: "If Cui Qian is pacified, then you will take credit for me?" ”

"Definitely."

"Okay, I'll take this back first, if you break your promise at that time, don't blame me for not giving face to the prince." Sun Shao smiled, gently withdrew his invitation, and tapped his finger lightly on it: "I have recovered a Zhu Ya, why do you have to seal me a marquis?" ”

Bu Qi hesitated for a moment, he felt that Sun Shao seemed to have a lot of thoughts, and he actually wanted to be a marquis, but then he thought about it, such a big credit should indeed be made a marquis, and he couldn't bear Sun Quan's children, and he couldn't trap Sun Shao's wolf, anyway, it was all their Sun family. He gritted his teeth and nodded: "As long as Feng first calms Cui Qian, this matter will be on me." ”

"That's fine." Sun Shao sat up straight, clapped his hands and smiled: "I'll get Cui Qian done first, and then I will wait for my good news when Fujun goes back." ”

Bu Qi sighed helplessly, and Sun Shao drove people away again. Alas, forget it, I don't have the strength to participate in the war anyway, so just watch from the sidelines. Sun Shao won, I followed behind to make meritorious contributions, and if Sun Shao lost, I put all the responsibility on him.

In mid-September, Yuehai, Wei Jing and Huan maintained the caravan to Qinzhou Bay, and Yuehai ordered all merchant ships to enter Qinzhou Bay to rest and wait for the sailors of Jiaolu County to come to meet them before setting off. When Huan Wei heard this, he immediately raised a different opinion.

"General, there are still more than 200 miles away from the border between Jiaolu and Hepu, and the sailors of Jiaolu are here to respond, and he can't enter the county of Hepu, and he needs an order from Lord Shi to cross the border to use troops."

"What is this?" Yue Hai's hand flipped over, and in his hand was the order signed by Bu Qi himself, and he smiled very kindly: "Lord Huan, we are now protecting so many merchant ships, the responsibility is not light, in case the pirates are robbed, then the names of Bu Fujun and our Sun Fubo will be smashed, so it is better to be safe." ”

Huan Wei sneered: "Since the Yue adults are afraid of pirates, why don't you speed up and hand over the caravan to the hands of the Jiaolu Sailor as soon as possible, and the burden on our shoulders will be unloaded as soon as possible, wouldn't it be better?" There are still more than two hundred miles away from the county border, and the Jiaolu Water Division is not a fool, they will take the initiative to enter Hepu County? ”

Yue Hai was indifferent, he calmly looked at Huan Wei, who was a little disdainful: "Lord Huan, since there is an order from Bu Fujun, we will follow it." The terrain of Qinzhou Bay is good, even if there are pirates coming, we can defend it, and it will definitely be no problem to support the Jiaolu Naval Division to help. ”

"There is also a Dongxing Bay in front of it, the terrain is no worse than Qinzhou Bay, only thirty miles away from the county boundary, once something happens, it is more convenient for the Jiaolu Water Division to support, wouldn't it be better?"

"Dongxing Bay?" Yue Hai looked at Wei Jing in surprise, "Lord Wei, do you know Dongxing Bay?" ”

Wei Jing shook his head, how did he know that he had never been here before, and he was blind to the situation here. Yue Hai spread his hands and said helplessly: "You see, we are not familiar with the situation in Dongxing Bay, and we rushed over recklessly, in case it didn't work there, or there was already a pirate ambush, wouldn't we just jump into the fire pit?" Otherwise, please make a hard trip, go to Dongxing Bay to check, if there are no pirates, come back and inform us, by the way, please ask the sailors of Jiaolu to come to escort together, so it will be safer. ”

Yue Hai's words made Huan Wei a little suspicious, listening to what he meant, he seemed to know that there were pirates in ambush in Dongxing Bay, how could this be possible? I've never heard anything about pirates along the way. Behind are some small groups of pirates, but those people are too weak, looking at the big fish but they don't dare to start, Yue Hai has never taken them seriously, why did he not leave when he came here?

Huan Wei had a ghost in his heart, so he didn't dare to say it anymore, so he had to agree to the arrangement of Yuehai, and rushed to Dongxing Bay as a striker to check the situation, and at the same time asked the Jiao Shui Division to come and respond. Yue Hai was overjoyed, specially set up a banquet to see off Huan Wei, and at the same time invited several powerful merchant representatives of the merchant ship to sit together, at the table, he reported the situation to everyone, and then said enthusiastically, Lord Huan for everyone's safety, single adventure, courage is commendable, and proposed that everyone raise a glass to Huan Wei's birthday.

Huan Wei sneered in his heart, if he goes, the Jiaolu Shui Master may not come, but the pirates are definitely coming, I don't know what these merchants will think when the time comes. He was not polite, patted his chest and expressed his determination, and sailed away with his personal guards.

Two days later, he saw Cui Qian and his brother Huan Lin in Dongxing Bay, who were ready.

"Why are you here alone?" As soon as they met, Cui Qian said very unhappily. He crossed the sea with more than 30,000 pirates, and prepared in Dongxing Bay for more than ten days, just waiting for them to cross the sea, but he didn't expect that only Huan Wei would wait.

"That erector is too timid, and he has to hand it over to the water master to greet him." Huan Wei said dejectedly. "He is now parked in Qinzhou Bay, refusing to move forward, saying that he will not see the Jiaolu Water Division, and he will not take a step forward."

"Qinzhou Bay?" Cui Qian was furious, Qinzhou Bay was nearly two hundred miles away from here, and if he wanted to rush over, it would be two days as fast as possible, and three days as slow, and more importantly, wouldn't the arrangement he made here all in vain? Cui Qian raised his eyebrows, glared at the Huan brothers and shouted, "No, you have to find a way to lure him here, otherwise you will be responsible for my grain and grass." ”

Huan Lin's face was calm and he didn't say a word. He was also unhappy with this matter, but not with Yue Hai, but with Shi Xie. Colluding with pirates to bring disaster to the state, this is not what a gentleman should do, if it weren't for Shi Xie's fact that he had recommended him and was kind to him, he wouldn't want to get involved in this matter. Cui Qian threatened them, making him even more annoyed, but there was nothing he could do. Cui Qian has more than 30,000 pirates, these people are all coming for those merchant ships, these people have been banned by Sun Shao's ban on the sea and are almost crazy, just waiting for this piece of fat to satisfy their hunger, if they can't grab the merchant ships, they are likely to go ashore to loot, and may even send troops to attack the dragon editor of Jiaolu County.

"That'...... When you go back and tell him, just say that there are no pirates in Dongxing Bay, and the Jiaolu Sailor can only wait here for the handover, and cannot go too far. Huan Lin said slowly: "If he can't reach Dongxing Bay within the specified time, then we will go back." ”

Huan Wei agreed and immediately returned to Qinzhou Bay. After Yue Hai heard this, he frowned, and he said to Huan Wei, I'm still not too relieved, will you see it too roughly? I'll send a few scouts to follow you to take a look, and if there are really no pirate ambushes, I'm willing to take someone to Dongxing Bay to hand over to the Jiaolu Marine.

Huan Wei had no choice but to take the scouts arranged by Yue Hai to Dongxing Bay again. At the same time, he sent someone to send a message to Cui Qian in advance, asking them to hide it and not to be seen as flawed, otherwise the plan would definitely fail. Cui Qian received the news, did not dare to slack off, let the pirates withdraw twenty miles, Huan Wei took the scouts to check in Dongxing Bay, found nothing, and then returned to Qinzhou Bay. Yue Hai was rewarded, so he was relieved, and said to Huan Wei with a smile: "It's really troublesome Lord Huan, it seems that I am indeed a little suspicious, okay, you send someone to inform the Jiao Lu Shui Division to pick us up in Dongxing Bay." ”

Huan Wei let out a sigh of relief and immediately sent someone to set off. As soon as the messenger came out of Qinzhou Bay, Yue Hai turned his face, and with an order, he tied up Huan Wei. Huan Wei was shocked, and shouted fiercely: "General, what do you mean by this? ”

Yue Hai didn't talk to him, and called a few people in. One of the businessman-like people spat at Huan Wei and kicked him in the face: "Brute, as an officer and soldier, you actually colluded with pirates, and your heart is too dark." Do you think that the pirates will be able to hide from our eyes by withdrawing twenty miles? ”

Huan Wei was dumbfounded, he couldn't figure out how Cui Qian's arrangement for Yue Hai knew.

In fact, it was simple, when he went with the scouts, he sent another group of people at the same time, including not only scouts, but also merchants. They rushed to Dongxing Bay before Huan Wei, watched the pirates withdraw from Dongxing Bay, and then returned to Dongxing Bay after Huan Wei and the others returned, and watched more than 30,000 pirates ambush in Dongxing Bay again. This merchant almost blew up his lungs at that time, this is too lacking in morality, I really want to listen to Huan Wei, rush to Dongxing Bay, where can more than 2,000 merchant ships escape a board.

"Impossible, how could you be so fast?" Huan Wei was still fighting, dying and fighting back, he knew that if he couldn't clear this charge, then he would be dead, these merchants were red-eyed, and it was strange if they didn't eat him alive. "I didn't make any pauses along the way, how could your people arrive earlier than me and return later than me, and yet arrive at the camp at the same time as me?"

The merchants also felt a little strange, Huan Wei's ship was a warship, the fastest ship in the current fleet, how could the people sent by Yue Hai set off from Dongxing Bay half a day later than him, but rushed back to the camp before him?

Yue Hai didn't talk to him, took him to the water's edge, and showed a medium-sized warship in front of the suspicious businessman, this ship is very similar to Yuehai's building ship, there is no oar, when he moves, he only sees the water splashing behind the ship, but the speed of the ship is extremely fast, more than twice as fast as an ordinary warship.

"Still have questions?"

Huan Wei was speechless.

Yue Hai ordered that Huan Wei colluded with the pirates and plotted against him, and immediately deprived him of his post as a county lieutenant and imprisoned him in the camp to await processing, and his naval division was personally commanded by Yue Hai. In view of the danger of a large number of pirates gathering in Dongxing Bay and continuing to advance, he decided to return to Xuwen with his fleet, and at the same time sent a clipper ship to ask General Fubo to rush to help.

Although the merchants were reluctant, no one would continue to move forward knowing that there were pirates in front of them, so they could only vent their grievances on Huan Wei. They all knew that Huan Wei's brother Huan Lin was Shi Xie's subordinate officials, and the fire slowly burned to Huan Lin, and finally concentrated on Shi Xie, and then thought of what Shi Yi did a few months ago, they couldn't help the anger in their hearts, and the vicious language along the way scolded the Shi Xie brothers, who were thousands of miles away, were frightened and couldn't sleep.

The reputation of the Shi family for thirty years is ruined.

Wei Jing didn't expect things to turn out like this, he admired Yue Hai's foresight, but Yue Hai said modestly, in fact, this was all General Fu Bo's arrangement, he had expected that Huan Wei might have ghosts in such an eager urge to go to sea, so he asked me to be careful, but I didn't expect it to be unfortunate by him.

"So what now?" Wei Jing sighed and nervous again: "Do you really want to go back?" ”

Yue Hai is not sure, and the current situation is somewhat different from the prior arrangement. Cui Qian will come out to rob when he gets the news, this is estimated, Sun Shao wants to take this opportunity to seize Cui Qian's main village, but none of them expected Cui Qian's energy to be so big, he actually gathered 30,000 pirates, they originally estimated that at most about 10,000 to 15,000, in that case, he can also fight with pirates, Sun Shao's order to him is that the three sentences are not right, turn around and run, let the pirates snatch the merchant ship, and detain this basin to Shi Xie's head, and then he will wait for the triumphant Cui Qian in Zhuya, and then come to a black and black. But now there are too many pirates, and once they fight, he is afraid that he will not be able to escape, so he temporarily changed his plan and decided to retreat with the merchant ships. If the pirates catch up, he will throw down the merchant ship and run by himself, so that he can not only save his life, but also not deviate too much from Sun Shao's plan, although he did not tear the Jiao Lu Shui Division into the water, but he seized Huan Wei's military power, and incidentally stinked Shixie's reputation, and the basic task was completed.

He had already sent a clipper to inform Sun Shao to come and pick him up, but he didn't know if he could catch up. The pirate fell for his trick, and he couldn't get the news until five or six days later than him, and he didn't know if Cui Qian would catch up. He only knew to escape as soon as possible, but he couldn't escape, so he threw away the merchant ship and was robbed by pirates to pull it down. The reason why he can't throw it away now is because he is not a pirate like Su Thick Legs after all, and he can't be so burdened by Sun Shao.

Cui Qian waited in Dongxing Bay for four or five days, and didn't even look at a shadow, then he felt that something was wrong, and when he sent someone to inquire, he found out that Qinzhou Bay was empty, and the fleet had already run away. Just when he was hesitating whether to chase after him, he met Cui Wu.

Cui Wu escaped from Zhuya, hijacked a boat, and ventured across, relying on his knowledge of this sea area and luck, he actually found Cui Qian without danger. However, this more than a month has not been a human being, several times almost overturned by the waves, and the last few days were cut off from the water, and he could only eat raw sea fish, and if he didn't land again, he would die.

As soon as he heard that the general village had fallen into the hands of Sun Shao, Cui Qian was furious, and despite the opposition of his neighbors, he coerced the sailors of Jiaolu County to chase after him. He was first placed by the sea, and now he doesn't even have a nest, if he doesn't grab this batch of merchant ships, what else will he do?

Huan Lin and the 10,000 soldiers who led the sailors to meet him were unwilling, and it was already a big risk to get involved with pirates, and then rush to Hepu? In case he was caught by Sun Shao, the Nashi family would be completely finished in Jiaozhou. But they looked at Cui Qian, who was already red-eyed, and closed their mouths again, Cui Qian was already crazy, and it was definitely not a wise move to confront him at this time.

Huan Lin regretted it, he had an ominous feeling in his heart, something was going to happen this time, and it was a big deal.

As soon as the other pirates heard that the merchant ship had run away and were now chasing after them, many of them retreated, and they had a sense of cowardice towards Sun Shao from the bottom of their hearts. This kid is too insidious, and now there are more than 10,000 sailors armed to the teeth, and it is definitely not a good idea to fight him. The farther away from him, the safer it is, you can still consider robbing in Dongxing Bay, running to Hepu to rob, that is too risky, Cui Qian is crazy, they don't play with him. So the flotilla drove forward, the more deserters there were, and half a month later, when I barely saw a lone merchant ship, there were less than 20,000 pirates left.

Cui Qian's face became more and more gloomy, and he was already a little angry. Now the pirates don't know that Sun Shao has taken his lair, just because they are afraid of fighting against Sun Shao, they dare to ignore him Cui Qian and escape, if they know that he Cui Qian has now become a lost dog, then will they bite him in turn?

This battle must be fought, not only to fight, but also to fight beautifully, robbing more than 2,000 merchant ships, he can get a chance to breathe, there is the possibility of a battle with Sun Shao, if he runs away like this, he, the king of pirates, will become a rat that everyone shouts and beats.

What does it mean to live in the world?

In the face of everyone's doubts, Cui Qian reciprocated with a sneer. Chase, chase until Xu Wen goes, and swallow this batch of merchant ships. Huan Lin and Shi Gan began to persuade them, but then they stopped persuading, and the grain and grass they brought were almost consumed, and if they didn't rob these boats, they wouldn't be able to go back.

Although he knew that the starting points of the two sides were different, Cui Qian was very satisfied with the support of Shigan and Huanlin, and he said very righteously that if he succeeded this time, he would owe Shixie a favor in the future, and he would definitely repay it.

Although there were only two-thirds of the team left, these people were all asking for money and dying, and the cohesion was greater, and they accelerated their speed and chased after them. A day later, the scout ship finally spotted the tail of the merchant ship, which was thirty miles away and could catch up tomorrow.

Cui Qian looked up to the sky and roared, he even had a feeling of wanting to cry, this trip to the fish was really frightening, more than two thousand merchant ships ran from his mouth, and then the general village that he had been operating for many years was put to death, and now he finally had a chance to turn over, he decided that after taking these merchant ships tomorrow, in addition to leaving the necessary materials, all the others were distributed to other pirates, inducing them to help them kill Sun Shao and recapture the general village, otherwise this breath could not be swallowed anyway.

He gave the order to recharge his energy for a day and prepare for the big battle tomorrow.

When Cui Qian was gritting his teeth, Yue Hai was also looking at the sea in the southeast. The pirates have already caught up, and he is still more than three hundred miles away from Xu Wen, and the scouts sent out have not returned, I don't know if Sun Shao has received the news and whether he can arrive in time. If he didn't arrive tomorrow, he would have to abandon the ship, otherwise he would not be able to resist Cui Qian's attack at all. Although the number of pirates along the way is constantly decreasing, their speed is getting faster and faster, and the heart of the sea is heavy. He knew that the last remaining people were outlaws, and they could do anything for money.

"What is the General going to do?" Wei Jing's face was heavy, the news of the approaching pirates made his nerves tense like a bowstring, running for more than ten days in a row, many merchants were already unbearable, every day there were ships left behind, even the sailors lost a lot, the original people who belonged to Huan Wei are basically gone, his men and horses after last year's battle training, the situation is a little better, now there are about more than five hundred, Yue Hai's men are the most powerful, more than 3,000 people are basically there, but compared with these horses and pirates, it is still too few.

"What do you think?" Yue Hai was a little unable to wipe his face, the dignified sailor, who came to escort the merchant ships, enjoyed the flattering smiling faces of the merchants every day, ate and drank the wine and food provided by the merchants, and now he threw them to the pirates, he really couldn't open his mouth, especially in the face of Wei Jing, a scholar.

"Without him, there is only a death battle." Wei Jing coughed dryly: "Our mission is to escort them, and we are already ashamed that we can't escort them to Jiaolu safely, how can we watch them being ravaged by pirates?" The merchants, though untouchables, are also one of the four peoples, and we cannot leave them behind at this time. ”

Yue Hai clenched his big hand and pondered for a moment: "That...... How to fight? ”

Wei Jing looked back at the sea in the distance and sighed: "It's strange, in the past two months, there hasn't been a single hurricane, if there is a hurricane, how good it would be to blow these pirates over." He shook his head and sighed again: "Maybe this is the will of heaven, I, Wei Jing, will actually die on this sea thousands of miles away from my hometown." I'd rather be a peaceful person than a dog in troubled times, I hope I can finally return to my hometown. ”

"Lord Wei, why do you have to say such ominous words?" Yue Hai frowned.

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Wei Jing laughed: "I want to ask the general to take a thousand people to escort the merchant ship and continue to move forward, and leave the rest to me, and I will intercept Cui Qian near Weifu Island tomorrow." Wei Fu, Wei Fu, God destined me to float in the sea here. ”

Yue Hai was speechless, he really looked down on Wei Jing before, thinking that he was just a scholar, but he didn't expect that when the matter came, this scholar actually had such courage, and he, a lieutenant general, was thinking about running away, which was really ashamed. He raised his head, was silent for a long time, and finally said categorically: "No, you escort the merchant ship forward, and I will fight with Cui Qian." ”

(To be continued)