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"The year before, Elagabarus was killed, and Alexander became the new emperor, but he was too young, so now his grandmother Yulia and mother Momia helped him with political affairs. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Qin Yan showed some embarrassment on his face, and unnaturally glanced at Sun Shao, who was leaning on the table very comfortably.

Sun Shao wiped the beard on his lips with his fingers, disapproving at Qin Yan's uneasiness, he smiled: "Do you know the filial piety emperor of our Han Dynasty? Well, probably...... It was probably Tiberius's time, about a hundred years before Caesar. ”

Qin Yan shook his head blankly, he knew more about the current situation of the Han Dynasty, his knowledge of the previous situation was limited, and he was even more confused about a specific emperor in the past, he couldn't tell the names of the people in the Han Dynasty at all, and because of this, he was very surprised that the king of Yue in front of him knew a lot about the Roman story, and he was also very surprised by the interest and admiration shown by Sun Shao. Although the Han Dynasty has declined, but the pride of the Han people makes them rarely interested in understanding Rome, if you want to say Daqin, they still know a little, most of them have to add a sentence "You Daqin people have come to worship our Han emperor before", if you want to say Rome, most people will look at you blankly, which small country is Rome? Is it famous for its abundance of horses?

Someone like Sun Shao, who was interested in listening to his detailed explanation of Roman history, was the first Qin to encounter since he left Rome.

Qin Lun is not an ordinary person, the Severus family is currently the most prominent family in Rome, thirty years ago, Severus became the Roman emperor by the governor of Panchania, the creation of the Severus Dynasty, has been passed to the fourth emperor, Qin Lun is also a relative of the emperor, although the royal relatives of Rome can not be compared with the imperial relatives of the Han Dynasty, but in Rome that attaches importance to the family, Qin Lun's identity is not low, according to the generation, he is still the uncle of the current Roman Emperor Alexander.

Sun Shao had a general understanding of the current situation in Rome, and as soon as he heard that Qin Lun's surname was Severus, he became deeply interested, and in addition to military affairs, he often talked with Qin about the past and the present. Today we are talking about the current Roman Emperor Alexander. Alexander was fifteen years old this year, and he didn't know how to be an emperor at all, and it was his grandmother Yulia and mother Momia who actually held the power, and Qin was very worried about this from the perspective of maintaining the authority of the emperor, and Sun Shao felt that he, like most Han Chinese, had a tendency to discriminate against female surnames, so he mentioned Emperor Wu of Han to him.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he was quite similar to the current Alexander, he was also young, with his grandmother Empress Dowager Dou and his mother Empress Dowager Wang, but didn't he later become a powerful emperor? Although Sun Shao had a lot of complaints about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's exclusive respect for Confucianism, the deposition of hundreds of schools, and the monopoly of power, he still admired the achievements of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty very much.

After hearing Sun Shao finish telling the general story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Qin Yan thought for a moment and nodded frequently: "What His Royal Highness said is very reasonable, when I go back, I will definitely convey these words to Alexander, so that he can take the great Emperor Wu as an example." ”

Sun Shao laughed, if you want to learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, I don't know if that Alexander has this talent. As a prince born in the deep palace and grown up in the hands of a woman, he can finally become a generation of male masters, no matter what the merits and demerits are, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's talent is very rare.

"King, Captain Zhou is back." Ao Lei stood at the door and said with a happy face.

"Oh, that's great." Sun Shao sat up and said to Qin Yan apologetically, "It's very interesting to talk to you, we have time to talk again." ”

Qin Yan hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and when he went out, he ran into Zhou Yin who was striding over. Zhou Yin curiously glanced at Qin Yan, who obviously had the appearance of a Yiren, but he didn't care, strode into the main hall, and bowed to Sun Shao: "King, Chen Yin is fortunate to live up to his mission. ”

Although Zhou Yin is in the dust, his voice is full of energy, revealing that he is in very good spirits now.

"Zhongying, this battle was enjoyable, right?" Sun Shao motioned for Zhou Yin to sit opposite, and asked with a smile. After the baptism of the battlefield, Zhou Yin is obviously much more mature, and there is a small scar in the corner of his eye, probably from the injury he suffered during this battle.

Zhou Yin smiled: "Two thousand Funan people can't be considered a problem at all, we can easily take it." I heard that the king of Funan is here, so we rushed here at night, my lord, this time we have to let the Destroyer Battalion go into battle. ”

"You know how to go into battle, where to fight by the courage of flesh and blood?" Sun Shao smiled faintly: "Now Fan Man has an army of nearly 40,000 people, and all of us combined, there are only more than 15,000 people, not even half, in addition, Fan Man also has fifty war elephants, which is also a very tricky matter......

Zhou Yin said disapprenously: "The people of Funan are not beaten, this time I took the Destroying Battalion to deal with 2,000 people with 1,000 people, didn't I surround them and fight them like this?" ”

"Zhong Ying, you are too careless, can Ruan Wu compare with Fan Man? This old thief has been fighting in the north and south for thirty years, and his experience is not comparable to that of other idlers, I have spent so much thought and used so many tricks, but in the end I couldn't take advantage of him, but was trapped by him in Meng Ang Bay. ”

Zhou Yin thought of the incident in Meng Angwan, and the smile on his face suddenly faded. Not only was Sun Shao trapped in Meng Ang Bay, if Sun Shao hadn't been vigilant at that time, he would probably crash headlong into Fan Man's trap, and when he thought of this, he was a little afraid. No matter how elite the urging battalion is, if it is trapped by an army of 40,000, it will definitely be a dead end.

"It's me who is too underestimated." Zhou Yin bowed embarrassedly.

"Don't be arrogant in victory, don't be discouraged in defeat, you are one step closer to your father." Sun Shao said with a smile: "However, in the final analysis, it is the strength that fights the war, and the role of strategy is only to turn the weak into the enemy, or to create a local advantage when the overall situation is not as good as others." Fan Mansheng is in the crowd, we are in the soldiers, in general, there is not much difference. Fan Man is the most formidable opponent we have ever encountered, so why aren't we the most formidable enemy Fan Man has encountered in the past thirty years? ”

"That's it." Zhou Yin raised his eyebrows and smiled: "When is the king going to war?" ”

"There's no hurry." Sun Shao said calmly: "A miserable victory is like a defeat, I don't need such a victory." The current situation is only evenly matched at most, and the advantage is not obvious, I want to further destroy Fan Man's confidence, let him show his flaws, and then defeat him in one fell swoop. Defeating him is equivalent to defeating Funanguo, and the others can only look at the wind. ”

Zhou Yin thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. Just as Sun Shao is the courage of the Yue Kingdom, Fan Man is also the Optimus Prime of the Funan people, and the contest between the Yue Kingdom and the Funan Kingdom is ultimately reflected in the contest between Sun Shao and Fan Man. In the early stage of the competition, Sun Shao had the overall advantage, but Fan Man took the lead in Meng Angwan, and it can be said that the two sides were tied. Dunxun City is the place where they fought the decisive battle, Sun Shao won, Funan is Yue's, Fan Man won, Sun Shao can only withdraw from Funan, it is impossible to get involved in Funan in the short term, and the rapid expansion momentum of Yue will come to an end.

Although Fan Man didn't dare to take it lightly, how could Sun Shao act rashly?

"Ruan Wu was caught by you?" Sun Shao interrupted Zhou Yin's contemplation.

"Got it." Zhou Yin nodded again and again: "It was captured by Qin Tongyi." ”

"Good." Sun Shao was very satisfied, and said to Tu Hu beside him: "He Ruan Wu brought it over." ”

Tu Hu responded with a hum, turned around and went out, and after a while, he came back with Ruan Wu in one hand. His steps were big, and he dragged Ruan Wu to stumble, very embarrassed. As soon as he saw Sun Shao sitting there casually looking at him and smiling, although Ruan Wu didn't know Sun Shao, he also knew that this must be King Yue by looking at Zhou Yin's respectful appearance, so he quickly knelt down and saluted, and his head slammed on the floor.

"Get up, I won't kill you." Sun Shao knocked lightly on the desk, stopping Ruan Wu's repeated begging for mercy. Ruan Wu didn't understand, looked at Sun Shao blankly, then looked at Zhou Yin, and then turned his head to Qin Sai, who walked in later, his eyes were full of nervousness.

Qin Sai pursed his lips and smiled, saluted Sun Shao, and then turned back to Ruan Wu and said, "You get up, my king said that he will not kill you." ”

When Ruan Wu heard this, he kowtowed again and again with ecstasy. When he entered the city, he saw the head hanging at the head of the city, although the flesh and blood of the head were blurred and somewhat deformed, he still recognized it as Li Yuan. He was afraid that he would be killed by Sun Shao like Li Yuan, and his head was hung on the head of the city to show the public, although he also liked to cut off people's heads, but it was never a good thing for his own heads to be cut off.

"I'll let you go back." Sun Shao leaned forward and looked at Ruan Wu's appearance. Ruan Wu was very haggard and in a trance, the kind of expression that had been frightened for several days, which was exactly what Sun Shao wanted. Put this guy back and let him talk about the bravery of the soldiers of the Yue Kingdom in front of Fan Man, which can more or less touch Fan Man's tenacious nerves like steel wire. Sun Shao has force, but he doesn't like bullfighting, he likes to peep at his opponent like a leopard, and from time to time he will test it, disturb the opponent, increase pressure on him, and once the opponent has a flaw, he will not hesitate to pounce.

When necessary, he is not afraid to be an insidious guy.

Ruan Wu couldn't believe it, until Sun Shao asked people to send him out of the royal city, he still couldn't believe it, and when he finally stood in front of Fan Man, he pinched his thigh that was bitten by mosquitoes and locusts in the jungle and blistered blood everywhere, and then he came to his senses.

Fan Man didn't say a word, looking at Ruan Wu, who was sleepwalking, he was very annoyed, Ruan Wu was frightened by the Yue people, and Sun Shao let him come back, which made him shake the heart of the army. This is the same as killing Li Yuan and those archers and spreading rumors, it is a small means to target their psychology.

"Defeated?" Fan Man asked indifferently.

Ruan Wu fell to his knees with a thud and couldn't help but sob.

"Well, it's not terrible to lose the battle." Fan Man comforted in a harmonious voice: "A true warrior is not afraid of being defeated, as long as you can defeat your opponent in the end, you are the final victor." However, if your heart is defeated, you have really failed, and you will never have a chance to turn over. ”

Ruan Wu shrugged his shoulders and nodded again and again, he originally thought that Fan Man would kill him, but he didn't expect Fan Man not only not to kill him, but also to talk to him so gently, he was moved for a while, and his nervous mood slowly calmed down.

"Alright, tell me how you were defeated." Fan Man motioned for Ruan Wu to sit down, and at the same time asked someone to bring Ruan Wu a glass of wine, and said in a calm tone. The tone was not at all like facing a defeated opponent, but a child who had returned home from an injury outside.

After drinking a glass of wine, Ruan Wu's trembling hands slowly stabilized, and although his voice was still a little hoarse, he didn't have that trance-like feeling.

"I was careless." Ruan Wu said in the first sentence: "I heard that there are only a thousand people on the other side, and the main force of King Yue has been near Meng Ang Bay, and he did not dare to leave the bay and go deep into the jungle, so he relaxed his vigilance. Afterward...... Then I was surrounded by those thousand people, and I ...... I didn't take it seriously, and they were defeated. ”

"Who are the thousand? Do you know? Fan Man took a sip of wine and asked lightly.

"I don't know." Ruan Wu shook his head, a hint of fear in his eyes. The Destroyer Battalion left a deep impression on him, and the 1,000 men not only outrightly surrounded their 2,000 men, but also took the initiative to attack, and the momentum looked as if they were not 1,000 men, but 10,000 men. Their attacks are extremely sharp, not only are each soldier tall and skilled, but also cooperate tacitly, killing and chopping melons and vegetables, and there is no superfluous tricks. His soldiers were no match at all, and they were suppressed as soon as they came into contact, causing his command to fail, and his men fought separately, unable to cover each other, and finally he was captured alive by a group of Vietnamese soldiers led by a woman, and the battle ended in a very short time.

"They are the Praetorian Guards of the King of Yue, and they are the most elite foot soldiers of the Yue Kingdom, and Mona died at the hands of these people." The corners of Fan Man's mouth twitched, and he actually showed a smile: "They call it the Destroying Battalion, in the words of the Han people, it is to destroy all enemies, and there are only 5,000 people in the entire Yue Kingdom, which is a well-deserved elite." These people are the elite selected from the battalions, not only to be in good health and martial arts, but also to have experienced many major battles, they do not plow the land, and they do nothing except practice how to kill. If it's a head-to-head match, you don't say 2,000 people, even if there are 3,000 people, you may not be able to stop them. ”

Ruan Wu was dumbfounded, Fan Man was so familiar with the enemy? No wonder he let himself be careful before leaving, and ran away as soon as the other party showed signs of taking the initiative to attack.

"Do you know why he let you back?" Fan Man took in Ruan Wu's shock, and his attitude became more calm.

The stunned Ruan Wu shook his head, for some reason, the nervousness in his heart was gone.

"He knows that you have been broken by him, so he let you come back and let you tell us these things, and he wants us to be scared." Fan Man sank his face, not angry: "Do you know what you should do?" ”

Ruan Wu was stunned for a moment, and then kowtowed: "King, I know." ”

"Very good, go take a break, you've worked hard." Fan Man nodded with satisfaction: "Rest for two days, recuperate your spirits, and then go into battle to kill a few more Yue people and get your courage back." ”

"Yes." Ruan Wu replied loudly, and when he stood up, his waist was straight, and he strode out.

Fan Man watched Ruan Wu disappear outside the door, and let out a long breath, but his brows furrowed. Sun Shao has never dared to fight with him, he thought that Sun Shao was waiting for reinforcements, and what he was most worried about was the reinforcements coming from the sea - he had no sailors now, he didn't know anything about the situation at sea, and he was very worried that Sun Shao would mobilize a large number of reinforcements by sea. Now it seems that the situation is far more serious than he expected, Sun Shao may not only be waiting for reinforcements, but also taking advantage of various opportunities to mobilize his military heart, first hanging out Li Yuan's head, and now putting back the frightened Ruan Wu, who will be next?

Fan Man was very anxious, not only because of Sun Shao's tricks, but also because he couldn't afford to wait. On the one hand, the grain and grass are almost exhausted, and on the other hand, because of the needs of the war, he has recruited almost all the strong men in Funan, and the harvest in the second season of this year will definitely be greatly affected. If you can't defeat Sun Shao and regain those huge business taxes, then Funan's future this year will be very difficult.

You can't retreat, you can't advance, can you just go down with Sun Shao in Dunxun? Sun Shao can afford it, he can't afford it.

Fan Man pondered for a long time, and finally decided to take the initiative to attack and force Sun Shao to fight a decisive battle, but instead of attacking Jinchen Wangcheng, he attacked the Yue reinforcements from the east. This batch of reinforcements is about 10,000 people, which is the main force of the Yue country, as long as they are defeated, the vitality of the Yue people will be greatly damaged, and there is no point in consuming it any longer.

Fan Man knew that Sun Shao would definitely pay close attention to his movements, and it was impossible for him to sneak attack those aiding countries, so it was better to start a war openly. He convened the generals to discuss the matter, intending to leave 10,000 people to guard against the Vietnamese army in the city, and personally led the main force of 30,000 people to invite the main force of the Vietnamese army.

The generals were already restless, and they were irritable about waiting here for nothing, but they were all vetoed by Fan Man when they asked for war before, and now Fan Man wants to take the initiative to attack, of course they are very happy, although Fan Man is not going to fight the rich and grainy Jinchen Wangcheng, but a main force of the Yue Kingdom, but for them, as long as they start fighting, it is better than waiting here.

As soon as Fan Man moved, Sun Shao got the news, and he smiled: "Fan Man is in a hurry." ”

Cui Qian touched his beard and asked tentatively, "King, how do we deal with it?" ”

"There's no hurry." Sun Shao smiled, "He's in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry." Let people inform Yue Hai, keep a distance from Fan Man, don't take the initiative, even if it is to return to the ship, there is no problem. The reason why Fan Man wanted to take the risk of dividing the army to invite the attack was because they were about to run out of food, but we were not short of food. ”

Cui Qian smiled and shook his head, the King of the Heart Dao was really insidious, and he resolutely refused to give up if he didn't force the enemy into chaos. Yue Hai and the others have enough baggage, and they can fish at sea no matter how bad they are, while Fan Man has traveled thousands of miles, traveled a long distance, and is now riding on the back of a tiger, so there is not much room for choice, and he can't retreat, so he can only take the initiative to find fighters.

Those who are good at fighting have no great feats.

Cui Qian suddenly remembered this sentence, and had an epiphany in his heart, he remembered that he was forced to retreat by Sun Shao's strategy of forbidding the sea, and finally took the initiative to attack after being helpless, and was played by Sun Shao in the palm of his hand, how similar is it to the current Fan Man. As soon as he thought of it, he was suddenly full of confidence, although it seemed that the current strength of the party was not superior, but with the king here, he would definitely be able to force Fan Man into a corner, and finally collapse without a fight.

Yue Hai received Sun Shao's order, although he didn't understand it very well, but he still led the army to retreat to the sea, although Fan Man, who got the news, was annoyed, but there was nothing he could do, the other party avoided and did not fight, no matter how strong he was, it was useless, even if he chased to the seaside, he couldn't do anything about the Yue people. He wanted to let go of his pace and march quickly, but firstly, the speed of the war elephant he relied on the most was not fast at all, and secondly, the other party was also very vigilant, and kept a distance of more than thirty miles from him, he had just left Dunsun City ten miles, and the other party had already arrived at the seashore and was ready to board the ship at any time, what could he do?

In vain, not only the generals were impetuous, but even the scheming Fan Man was a little at a loss, and at this time, he completely understood Sun Shao's sinister intentions, but what could he do?

Fan Man gritted his teeth, and finally made a way that was not a solution, attacking the inner city, the reinforcements could be withdrawn to the seaside, could the people in the inner city also be withdrawn? Sun Shao, the king of Yue, was in the city, as long as he attacked the city at all costs, the people of Yue were worried about Sun Shao's safety, so they could only rush over to relieve the siege. Attacking it must be saved, which is also the combat principle mentioned in the Han people's art of war.

Fan Man no longer thought of other schemes, and prepared to attack the city with all his heart, he ordered people to build a large number of heavy wooden houses as a shield for war elephants, and prepared a lot of wooden ladders, for convenience, he demolished almost all the houses in the outer city of Dunxun. The Jin Chen people in the city saw it in their eyes, hated it in their hearts, and scolded at the head of the city, but Fan Man was unmoved, at this time, it didn't matter to him if he was scolded a few words, only by taking the inner city and occupying Jin Chen could he solve the crisis in front of him and have the possibility of defeating Sun Shao.

In order to deal with the thunderbolts and crossbows of the Yue people, Fan Man had already made a lot of preparations, and the final preparations went very smoothly, and after two or three days, the outer city was cleared. Because there is no moat in the inner city, it also reduces a lot of trouble for Fan Man's attack. He left behind some houses around the royal city and fortified them as outposts for the attack, and as the siege equipment was prepared and the barracks moved, the atmosphere of the impending battle was visible even to the blind.

Sun Shao didn't think so, he wasn't afraid of Fan Man attacking the city at all, there were not only Cui Qian's men and horses in the city now, but also a thousand more Destroyer Battalions, and Jin Chenguo's reserves were enough, even if there were no reinforcements, there would be no problem for him to defend it for a year and a half. Fan Man was forced by the situation, and the field battle failed, so in the end he could only take the next strategy of attacking the city, which invisibly limited the power of the war elephant, and he couldn't ask for it.

Just when Fan Man was preparing to attack the city, an urgent report arrived in Sun Shao's hands, Guan Feng cooperated with Zhuge Ke to break Fan Chang in Xijuan City, captured 20,000 Funan soldiers and sixty or seventy war elephants, and reaped enough benefits, the army was reorganized, and was preparing to advance to Funan. Sun Shao was overjoyed, he gave the good news to Cui Qian and others to watch, and at the same time did not forget to send a copy to Fan Man.

Cui Qian and others were overjoyed, long live the mountain, the queen won, now it depends on the king's last battle, as long as Fan Man is defeated, then the army will return to Funan, and the army led by the queen will attack Temu City, and it will be easy to take Funan.

And Fan Man's mood was the opposite, he sat there in a daze, holding the paper in his hand tightly in his palm, his face was surprisingly gray.

After a long time, Fan Man calmed down and said to the messenger who sent the letter: "Please prepare the king of Yue, this king will attack the city tomorrow." It's a hero, please come out to fight, don't keep sneaking in the city, like an unsightly woman. ”

(To be continued)