Fan Man's decision was opposed by some people, Fan Chang proposed, the peace was proposed by Funan first, and now Wu Yue has agreed, although the Yue country is suspected of blackmail, but after all, they lowered the requirements, and also sent scholars to come to give lectures, showing enough sincerity, now the news of the peace has spread to the surrounding subject countries, even the area near Temu City knows, those subject countries and people have just recovered from the crazy revenge of the Yue country, is it a little unwise to start a war at this time? You must know that everyone has no impression of Wu State, Fan Zhan's army was wiped out, it was a big event for the royal court, but it was very far away for the people, and the attack of Yue Guo some time ago was impressive, for a few merchants and the whole country came to cut down, such madness is just pain for ordinary people, but it is a very envious thing for businessmen who have been adrift overseas for many years, Yue Guo's love for merchants has long been spread to all directions with the sails of merchant ships, and King Yue has become the protector of the hearts of merchants, and at this time he went to war, It's good if you can beat him, but what if you can't beat him?

Fan Man was very angry, he felt even greater fear, even his son was against going to war with Yueguo, what about the others? He regretted it, it was he who was frightened by Sun Shao, thinking that Sun Shao's sailor was very powerful, but now that he thinks about it, if Sun Shao is really strong, why should he gather pirates, these pirates are not working for nothing, the spoils of war during this time should have been paid to the pirates, and even Sun Shao had to post a little upside down, this was obviously a helpless move made by his own lack of strength, but why was he frightened by Sun Shao's aggressive appearance, so he thought of a way to negotiate and gave Sun Shao a chance to attack his heart?

"It is precisely because of this that we have to fight quickly and defeat the Yue Guo Naval Division first." Fan Man held back the anger in his heart, and said slowly: "The foot soldiers of the Wu Kingdom are blocked by the jungle, they have no choice but to do it, but the sailors of the Yue Kingdom are not, their forwards have already arrived in front of the Special Mu City, do you think that after the peace is negotiated, they will retreat?" Where is Cui Qian? ”

Fan Man glanced at Fan Chang and the others, Fan Chang couldn't bear it with his majestic gaze, and lowered his head.

"I misestimated a question." Fan Man sighed and first self-criticized: "I forgot the essence of the Yue Guo Water Master, they are different from ordinary Water Masters. Captain, tell me how far your fleet can go? ”

Fan Chang pondered for a moment: "It's hard to say, the key depends on how far the baggage can be supported." ”

"Can you leave the garrison for three months with 10,000 sailors?" Fan Man asked again.

Fan Chang's lips moved, and he wanted to say something but didn't say anything. He understood what Fan Man meant, usually how far the sailor can go is related to the sailor's carrying ability, the more baggage you carry, the more you can go, with the current strength of the Funan sailor, they can support a month at most, because they have been near their own territory, so one month is enough. But how long has the Yue Guo Navy been at sea? They are far away from Zhuya, Cui Qian has been away for more than half a year, and Sun Shao has also been away from Zhuya for three or four months, how did their baggage be solved? Especially Cui Qian, he didn't leave Zhuya for 10,000 miles, but also 5 or 6,000 miles.

"The strategy of delaying the army is feasible for others, but it is only for the Vietnamese sailors." Fan Man's eyebrows were twisted together, worried, "We were frightened by them, thinking that their strength was far superior to ours, so we had to wait until they couldn't support it before fighting, now it seems that this is exactly what they want, they are not afraid of delay, they are afraid of a quick victory." Fan Man let out a long breath, "Sun Shao has more than 10,000 sailors, half of them are in Linyi, half of them are in this sea in front of us, where are they our opponents, but they used pirates to create a bluffing momentum and frightened all of us. ”

Fan Jinsheng and the others looked ashamed, and they accepted Fan Man's analysis.

"However, three thousand sailors in Fan Zhan's 7,000 army were defeated at the hands of King Yue, if their warships are almost the same as ours, and there are only five or six thousand sailors in the hands of King Yue, then how could he swallow Fan Zhan's 3,000 sailors in one gulp?" Although Fan Chang had basically accepted Fan Man's analysis, he still raised his own question: "Could King Yue be hiding his strength and luring us to go to sea to fight?" ”

Fan Xun's face sank, and he was very unhappy, Fan Chang's words were tantamount to accusing him of being deceived by Sun Shao. Last time, it could be said that he was negligent, but this time he really put his heart into it, inquiring about the news inside and out, spending a lot of money not to mention, and also spending a lot of effort, I don't know how much he was wronged to get this information, and now he feels depressed when he thinks of the contemptuous smile on Shi Bao's handsome face. Fan Chang's words wiped out all his credits.

The corners of Fan Man's mouth twitched, and he turned his gaze to his eldest son, Fan Jinsheng. Fan Jinsheng saw the expectation in his gaze, his heart moved, coughed, and stood up: "Father, the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom started as pirates, their ability to survive on the sea is extraordinary, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us. Father, I am in favor of a decisive battle with them as soon as possible. ”

Fan Man snorted and looked at him quietly, but Fan Chang pouted, he could see that his brother was patting Lao Tzu's ass, instead of just talking about things. He smiled slightly, and asked the question just now: "What if King Yue is hiding his strength and luring us to go to sea to fight?" We have nearly 100,000 troops, but there are only 8,000 sailors, and we obviously do not have an advantage in fighting at sea, so why don't we fight on land where we have superiority, but we have to go into the sea? On land, we can gather 100,000 elites, and Wu Yue's total strength is only 20,000, not to mention that we still have 300 war elephants, which is enough to defeat them. ”

"If we don't defeat their sailors, can we leave Temu City with confidence?" Fan Jinsheng asked rhetorically: "From here to Changshan, it is more than 1,800 miles, and the march will take two months. ”

Fan Chang was speechless, if he could guarantee it, then he might be the one who stayed to defend the city, although he didn't think that the Yue Guo Navy had the courage to go ashore to attack Temu City, but they had the experience of harassing the surrounding areas, but they could make him very serious.

"What's more, there are only more than 10,000 Yueguo Naval Divisions, and now there are two more troops, we are attacking at this time and eating this part of the Yueguo Naval Division, which can not only ensure the safety of Temu City, but also hit the morale of the Wu-Yue coalition army. Don't you wait for them to break through when they divide their forces, but wait for them to join forces and then fight hard? ”

The more Fan Jinsheng said, the more bold he became, not only Fan Chang had nothing to say, but even Fan Man nodded again and again. As soon as he saw Fan Man nodding, Fan Chang became even more uneasy, he didn't care about Fan Xun's face was already very ugly, and reminded Fan Jinsheng for the third time: "What if King Yue is hiding his strength and luring us into battle?" ”

Fan Jin was in high spirits and waved his hand: "This is simple, let's try him again, just say that his conditions are too harsh, and we don't plan to agree." If he really has the strength, his sailors will definitely force him again, and we will put on a posture to meet him, and then we will see if he dares to attack. ”

Fan Chang had to admit that Fan Jinsheng's idea was indeed good, he snorted unconvinced, and said no more. Fan Man saw it and smiled with satisfaction: "Fan Xun, it seems that you have to go to Linyi again." ”

...... "Why did you change your mind again?" Sun Shao was very unhappy, "Fool me, don't you?" ”

Fan Xun hurriedly explained: "The king misunderstood, how can you laugh at such a big matter, we can't complete the king's request, so I want to ask the king to be more tolerant." ”

"Tolerance?" Sun Shao sneered: "Am I not tolerant enough, the conditions have been reduced again and again, do you think I am too easy to speak?" Do you want me to pay you a few bucks? ”

Fan Xun laughed with him, and he didn't even dare to say it.

"Don't talk nonsense, go back and tell you King Funan, if you don't send me the compensation that should be given to me within three months, don't blame me for coming to the door to get it."

After Sun Shao finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left. When Fan Xun heard this, his face was anxious, but he was secretly happy in his heart. He heard Sun Shao's weakness from Sun Shao's seemingly stern words. Cui Qian's department is in the sea area outside Temu City, if Cui Qian really has enough strength, then Sun Shao only needs to send someone to send a letter to Cui Qian, and it will be half a month as fast as possible, and a month at the slow, and Cui Qian will be able to hit the door. Sun Shao said that three months, which seemed to be an ultimatum, but in fact it showed that Cui Qian could not complete this task alone, and Sun Shao had to rush over by himself to be sure. Three months, the time for the messengers to come and go, was exactly the time it took for Sun Shao to rush from Linyi to Temu City.

Still want to trick me? Fan Xun was disdainful, he immediately sent Sun Shao's reaction back to Temu City, and he stayed in Linyi to talk nonsense to Sun Shao.

At the same time, Sun Shao convened the ministers to discuss the matter.

"Then what else is there to say, let General Zuo give them a real lesson, these barbarians, there is no way to be reasonable if they don't hurt." Yue Hai jumped up when he heard this, but no matter how he looked at it, he was more excited than angry.

"Hurt him?" Sun Shao shook his head: "That's not my purpose. ”

Yue Hai and the others were stunned, and Qi turned their gaze to Sun Shao. Sun Shao stroked his short beard and smiled faintly: "The terrain of Funan is excellent, there are mountains and mountains that are difficult to climb in the north, there are long mountains with dense forests in the east, and the west is a narrow strip like an elephant's trunk, which goes deep into the sea, and the middle hinterland is a fertile rice field, which is at least equivalent to the size of Qingxu Erzhou. Sun Shao couldn't hold back his excitement: "Gentlemen, Qingxu Erzhou, can you imagine how big this land is?" ”

There was a burst of exclamation. At the beginning of the Yue Kingdom, there was only one-third of Huiji County, plus Zhuya County. Although Zhuya is very large, but the real development of the land is still very little, mainly by commerce, Sun Shao used the hostage incident from Sun Quan to the entire county of Huiji, plus a South China Sea, the strength of the Yue country has been greatly improved, and then take Yizhou, it is considered to add another county, in the three years since the establishment of the country, the land of the Yue country has increased nearly three times, which is already a very rare development speed. And now, if Funan is taken, then the land of Yue can at least be doubled, which is equivalent to building a new Yue country.

This is not only an increase in area, but a real strength, and Yizhou, Zhuya to be developed, the fertility of the land in Funan is already obvious to all. It is with the output of this land that Fan Man dominates the South China Sea.

"Not only that, Funan is backed by mountains on one side and the sea on three sides, which is exactly in line with the situation that my Yue country is dominated by sailors. As long as we occupy Funan, not only this land is ours, but the seas in the southeast, south, and west directions are ours, and those island countries on the sea will also become our vassals. To put it arrogantly, when the time comes, the territorial waters of our country will exceed the land area of the Han Dynasty. ”

Yue Hai, Lu Ji and the others gasped, they knew that there were a lot of Funan, and they also knew that there were many small countries in Funan to the south, but they didn't have a precise idea of how big these places were, and now when they heard Sun Shao say that they could increase the area of a big Han country, they couldn't help but be enthusiastic.

"Mr. Gongxu, do you know Java?"

Lu Ji thought for a moment and shook his head: "I haven't heard of it." ”

Pingzhun Ling, who had been silent, suddenly said: "I heard from the merchants that there are spice-producing islands in the South China Sea, and these spices are transported to Tianzhu through Java, and then sold by the merchants of Tianzhu to the merchants of Xiyi. In the production area, the price of these spices is very cheap, about ten gold can buy a boat, and in the hands of Xiyi, the price of these spices soared to the same price as gold. ”

"Hehehe......" Sun Shao looked at Cheng Jun approvingly: "Zhengping, you pay a lot of attention." He swept the faces of Yue Hai, Lu Ji and the others: "You know now, that island is a regenerative gold island, which is much better than the gold mine in Yijun. ”

"Ho-" I don't know who exclaimed, although these rough people in Yue Hai were excited, even Lu Ji and Zhou Xun couldn't stand the temptation, and their faces showed a little greedy look.

"Taking Funan can not only solve the dilemma of our country's small people and widows and having to rely on foreign purchases for food, but also use this as a basis to control thousands of miles of sea areas, hold those golden islands in your hands, and achieve a real maritime empire." Sun Shao sneered: "You say, can I just teach Fan Man a lesson?" ”

"Can't!" Yue Haiteng stood up and punched his armor with his fist: "The minister is willing to drive forward for the king and conquer Funan." ”

"Hehehe......" Sun Shao smiled: "So, what we are discussing today is not to teach Funan a lesson, but to ......" He clenched his fist fiercely and said through gritted teeth: "Take Funan!" ”

"But ......," Wei Ping frowned and said, "We only have 20,000 sailors, can we defeat the Funan Kingdom with an army of 100,000?" Our sailors are very powerful, and there should be no surprise to defeat them, but ...... What about land warfare? ”

"Of course, such a big thing can't be accomplished overnight, we have to think long-term." Sun Shao regained his composure, returned to his seat, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "The meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and everything must be done one by one, what we have to consider now is to eat his sailor first and control this sea." You must know that the sailors of Funan are only one-fifth of the entire army, but the wealth controlled by the sailors is more than sixty percent of the income of the entire Funan. ”

Lu Ji nodded again and again, with a relaxed look on his face. Although he did not lead troops, he knew that it should not be a problem to defeat the water division of Funan with the strength of the water division of the Yue Kingdom. The thought of the enormous wealth that had followed the war made his heart flutter.

"The king of Funan is an outsider, and we have to deal with them, not the people of Funan." Sun Shao said with a smile: "You have to remember that the people of Funan are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and we must always remember this when we clean up the king of Funan, otherwise, we will have to face rebellions in various places when we take Funan, which is not a trivial matter." ”

"Hahaha......" Everyone laughed, at this time, they understood why Sun Shao sent Liu Xi to give a lecture, they originally thought that this was just a technique to attack the heart, a way to deal with the strategy of the king of Funan to delay the army, but they didn't expect that Sun Shao wanted to collect the hearts of the people of Funan.

Once this premise was understood, everyone's minds immediately opened, and they came up with ideas that not only led the Funan sailors out to annihilate them, but also established an image of the injured in front of the people of Funan to win their sympathy and support.

After half a day of research, he came up with a plan of action, while actively preparing for the war, Yue Hai led the sailors to immediately rush to support Cui Qian, while continuing to fool Fan Xun, making him feel that Yue Guo had been bluffing and had no strength to defeat the Funan Sailors, and at the same time sent people to take a walk The king of Funan ignored the interests of the people of Funan and vainly opened up the public opinion of the war, and further deepened the results of Liu Xi's lectures.

It was Shi Bao who was responsible for fooling Fan Xun, Sun Shao would no longer meet Fan Xun, he gave Shi Bao an instruction, that is, he kept looking for Fan Xun to protest and threaten, and made a look that Yue Guo was very angry, but he didn't have the courage to really start a war with Funan, so he could only shout on his lips. Shi Bao comprehended in his heart, and admired Sun Shao so much, this kind of weakness is inseparable from the false, it can definitely make Fan Xun foggy and meet their potential wishes. He didn't know that Sun Shao used to watch how others used to take this kind of "solemn statement" and "strong protest" as a fart again and again, and then intensified the bullying of people, in fact, the reason is very simple, there is a good saying among the people, the dog that barks does not bite, the dog that bites does not bark, only people with weak hearts will bark loudly, the louder you scream, the more it means that you have no confidence, and it is strange that people do not bully you. If only "solemn declaration" and "strong protest" can solve the problem, then what strength is needed? It's better than who's louder.

Shi Bao implemented this strategy very well, he also pushed through the old and brought forth the new, played tricks, and made Fan Xun confused, and from time to time to intimidate Fan Xun, today said that our king is going to go out in person, and tomorrow he said that it was a little unexpected, our king decided to talk to you again, and after two days said that we were going to join forces with Wu again, decided to cross the Changshan Mountain, and went on an expedition to Funan, and after a while, he said that we decided to divide the army into two roads, advance by land and water, and destroy you Funan.

Fan Xun couldn't figure out the truth at first, but he quickly saw the essence of Shi Bao's external strength and middle strength, he no longer paid attention to Shi Bao's set, and everyone pretended to be confused together. Shi Bao was talking nonsense with him, and at the same time spread the news to the nobles and commoners of Funan through the ubiquitous merchants, saying that the king of Yue originally wanted to seek justice from Funan, and later saw that the people of Funan were also the descendants of Yan and Huang, so he wanted to turn the big thing into a small thing and a small thing, but he didn't expect that the king of Funan would ignore the life and death of the people of Funan, and insisted on starting a war, so that the descendants of Yan and Huang would kill each other to meet his own selfish interests.

Soon, there was a rumor that spread in Funan at a very fast speed, Fan Man was an outsider, why did he rule the people of Funan?

Fan Man has no better way to deal with such rumors except to arrest people, he is indeed an outsider, and he can't come up with any evidence if the Funan people are descendants of Yan and Huang, if he wants to compare with Liu Xi and learn from him, he can't see it for another thirty years of cultivation. However, he didn't take these rumors too seriously, he believed that as long as he defeated Sun Shao's sailors and relieved his worries, he might be relieved to attack Yuenan again, and he had absolute confidence that with an army of 100,000 and 300 war elephants, he could sweep Yuenan.

He's not different.

As for those ordinary people, Fan Man dismisses it, the people know a fart, as long as they defeat the Wu-Yue coalition army, everything he says is the truth, even if they know that it is a lie, what can they do? Didn't the people of Funan know that he was an outsider today, and didn't they rule Funan for more than 100 years?

Fan Man recalled Fan Chang back to Temu City, put Fan Jinsheng in charge of the entire water division, let him find an opportunity to go to sea, and finally test the reality of the Yue Guo water division. Fan Jinsheng was high-spirited and set off from the port of Erita with the sailor, Cui Qian got the news, was overjoyed, and was about to catch up, but received Sun Shao's edict: no fighting.

Although Cui Qian was puzzled, he still faithfully entertained Sun Shao's order, he knew Sun Shao's surname very well, usually showing weakness is digging a pit, and retreating is to make great strides. He immediately convened the pirates to discuss the matter, and the pirates followed him to take advantage of it, and now they heard that the Funan Navy Master came out violently, and Cui Qian wanted to retreat temporarily, they were all a little unwilling, but without Cui Qian behind them, they did not have the courage to compete with Fan Jinsheng, so they could only follow Cui Qian to avoid the limelight first. Fortunately, I have made a little bit of a fortune in the recent period, and it will not affect my livelihood for a while.

After several cautious pursuits, Fan Jinsheng found that Cui Qian neither dared to contact him, nor was he willing to go away, and believed even more in the news that Fan Xun had sent back: Cui Qian was waiting for Sun Shao's reinforcements, and the negotiations had not finally broken down, and Sun Shao's reinforcements would not be able to arrive for a while, and he couldn't wait to seize this opportunity to eat Cui Qian, make a great contribution, and completely set his position as the crown prince. On the one hand, he sent back the news to Fan Man, and on the other hand, he chased after the depths of the sea. Half a month later, he finally captured the fighter plane and blocked Cui Qian and a group of pirates on a small island called Jinou as he wished.

(To be continued)