Volume 3 The Pirate Empire Chapter 77 Fame and Profit
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If the arrival of the Destroying Front Battalion relieved the pressure on Wu Guo's soldiers, then the participation of Sun Luban and the Flying Tiger Battalion made Wu Guo's soldiers feel great pressure, and this pressure quickly turned into motivation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
If the princesses are all fighting and killing, then what reason do you have to escape? Could it be that a dignified seven-foot man is not as good as a woman, and the woman must protect himself? If you quit like this, what face will you have in front of others in the future?
Chen Shi's shout aroused the blood surname in the hearts of Wu Guo's soldiers, and they followed Chen Shi to raise their knives and shout "Princess Might", desperately killing again, their tired bodies burst out with unprecedented power, they waved the weapons in their hands, and killed the Funan people with a more crazy attitude.
The charge of the Funan people is like encountering the waves of the boulder, although the momentum is very strong, but it is difficult to shake the boulder in the slightest, but it only crushes itself, stirring up bursts of waves.
The hundred-pace-wide battlefield is like a changing coastline, where they meet, there is a splash of blood, one by one the soldiers fell, more soldiers pounced, they swore to the death, fighting for every inch of position.
Sun Luban was murderous, after several years of hard training, she finally had a chance to show it, she opened a pair of almond eyes, and the war knife made of cold iron in her hand spilled out pieces of blood, killing one after another Funan soldiers in front of her, and soon, her whole body was stained red by the enemy's blood, but she didn't have time to take a look, roared, and rushed forward unstoppably.
Bai Hua and Gaia guarded her sides tightly, and on their outer side was the Destruction Battalion led by Ding Feng. Ding Feng didn't dare to be careless, if Sun Luban was damaged, he would be sorry for the queen's explanation, sorry for the king's trust, he could die by himself, but he couldn't let Sun Luban die. With the bravest guards, he rushed forward and beheaded the Funan soldiers who seemed to be likely to cause harm to Sun Luban.
The Funan soldiers were still coming in a steady stream, but they could no longer advance a single inch, and the Wu Yue soldiers were like an insurmountable obstacle, stuck in front of them, no matter how many people they rushed up, it was difficult to shake this obstacle.
A wall of corpses quickly piled up in front of Sun Luban, and the blood flowing rampantly soaked the bloody ground under his feet into the mud, making it very difficult to walk. Sun Luban was also wearing cowhide sandals, barefoot, both feet were full of blood and mud, slippery, not only uncomfortable, but also seriously affected her movements, she was a little irritable, a punch knocked down a Funan soldier who opened his mouth to bite, took advantage of the gap to tear off his shoes, and smashed his head in the face of a Funan soldier who rushed up. The soldier thought it was some kind of weapon, and subconsciously raised his arms to protect the door and block the sandals, but he was kicked in the heart by a small foot that was kicked head-on. He suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, turned over and flew upside down, fell to the ground with a thud, and before he could get up, he was stepped on a few times by his companions behind him, his eyes were dark, and he lost consciousness.
The last memories that remained were two white calves and a pair of small feet stained with blood.
Guan Feng stood on the command car, paying attention to Sun Luban who was fighting in the formation, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Sun family really has a tradition of warriors, not only men are good at fighting, but even women should not be underestimated. As his name suggests, the big tiger will be no less than your aunt in the future. β
Sun Shangxiang laughed, and said without being modest at all: "Then there is no need to say." β
Guan Feng smiled slightly, looked at the battlefield situation, and said: "The Funan people have lost control and their morale has collapsed, it is time to give them one last blow and make them surrender, otherwise, our losses will be great." β
Sun Shangxiang nodded: "The trapped beast is still fighting, it's time to stop." β
Guan Feng waved his hand, and the banner soldiers around him waved the battle flag in their hands, and the ten strong men waved their muscular arms and beat the cowhide drum, and the rumbling drum sounded like muffled thunder, spreading all around. The left and right sides of the signal sounded the war drums at the same time, the soldiers crossed the deep pit and began to attack the two wings of the Funan army, after the Funan soldiers were pinched, the momentum of the advance was interrupted again, they looked at the rain of arrows covering the sky, and listened to the morale of the Wu-Yue coalition army like a rainbow of shouts and killing, completely collapsed, they knew that no matter how desperate they were, there was no chance of survival.
Fan Chang sat on the elephant's back in a daze, looking at the crazy battle formation, all thoughts were lost, all ambitions were gone with the wind at this moment, and even life and death became no longer important. He looked at the cloudless sky, and his mood was surprisingly calm, and he actually experienced that kind of peace and joy.
It's over, it's all over. The corners of Fan Chang's mouth showed a self-mocking sneer, and he remembered Fan Zhan. Although Fan Zhan is not his own brother, but Fan Zhan, like him, is his father's favorite general, Fan Zhan has fought more battles than him, and his father has always valued him more, when he heard that Fan Zhan was defeated and died, he regretted at the same time, but also had some disdain, feeling that Fan Zhan was nothing more than that, but now he knows that Fan Zhan's defeat is not that he is incompetent, but that Wu is too strong, and Wu people are too cunning. They dug holes everywhere and led his army of 40,000 to death step by step.
"Woo woo woo-" A strange horn suddenly sounded on the noisy battlefield, Fan Chang turned his head indifferently, and saw more than a dozen fast horses galloping past in front of the formation, and the knight on the horse was holding a tube-like thing in his hand, shouting something loudly. Fan Chang listened attentively, but he couldn't hear anything, just frowned, but saw ten behemoths suddenly running out of the battle array in front of him, shining and eye-catching. Fan Chang was very strange, and when he looked closely, he found that it was a ten-headed war elephant, but it was covered in shining battle armor, and it looked like a god had descended. The war elephant carried a wooden hut on its back, but it was now open, revealing the soldiers sitting inside, and the soldiers were holding the same pipes in their hands.
The battlefield suddenly quieted down, and almost all the Funan soldiers looked at these ten shining war elephants, and their hearts were full of doubts, when did the people of Wu also have war elephants?
The people on the war elephant shouted something, waving the colorful flags in their hands from time to time, and then, the Wu soldiers on the opposite side also shouted, Fan Chang heard it clearly this time, and they were actually shouting in the Funan native language:
"Those who descend will not die!"
There was a stirring on the battlefield, like a light breeze blowing on the surface of the dead water, and many soldiers turned their heads and looked at Fan Chang, who was standing on the back of an elephant. They suddenly found that they still had a glimmer of life, so they naturally didn't dare to let it go easily, but Fan Chang didn't give the order to surrender, and they couldn't put down their weapons yet.
Fan Chang smiled bitterly, he knew that when the battle reached this point, he just didn't want to surrender, and no one would fight hard with him, and the final outcome would probably be that he was killed by the soldiers who survived. Under the eager gaze of the surrounding soldiers, Fan Chang did not hesitate too much, waved his hand and ordered surrender.
After a brief silence, the battlefield erupted in cheers of escape.
After half a day of fierce fighting, more than 30,000 Funan soldiers were killed, more than 8,000 were killed, more than 15,000 were wounded, and more than 70 war elephants were lost.
Zhuge Ke breathed a long sigh of relief, stroked his forehead and sighed, he knew that he had created a miracle, with more than 15,000 Wu troops with uneven combat strength, with the cooperation of 7,000 Vietnamese troops, with less victories, cleanly defeated 40,000 Funan troops, captured more than 20,000 Funan people, more than 60 war elephants, such a result can be called brilliant, enough for him to jump into the ranks of famous generals.
Zhuge Ke knew how his victory came about, if there was no strong support from Yue Guo, only with those pits, he would not be able to win this battle at all, although Fan Chang would suffer a great loss, but he was likely to break through the interception and organize a counterattack, with the only eight thousand elite men and horses in his hands, it would be him who would lose in the end, not Fan Chang. So on the one hand, he asked people to send the good news to Sun Deng in Xijuan City, and on the other hand, he rushed to Guan Feng's camp to thank him, and as soon as he met, he bowed down and bowed: "Thank you for the queen's strong support." β
Guan Feng smiled and stretched out his hand to signal him to get up: "Yuan Xun is really a general, well-planned, and if the command of tens of thousands of troops is determined, it is no less than a general, and his achievements in the future are limitless." It seems that I have to remind my family king not to fight against Yuan Xun in the future. β
Zhuge Ke was a little proud, but also very ashamed, and hurriedly said modestly: "The queen praises falsely, and she dares to accept it." Without the Queen's strong support, Ke would not have been able to achieve such a great victory. This battle can be won, and the queen is the first merit. Ke asked himself if he didn't dare to fight against the queen, let alone go over the tiger whiskers of His Royal Highness. β
Guan Feng chuckled, invited Zhuge Ke to take a seat, ordered someone to serve the wine, and said after a moment of silence: "Yuan Xun, in this battle, if you think we still have some credit, just mention the princess, and don't mention the rest." β
Zhuge Ke was stunned for a moment, glanced at Guan Feng with some surprise, and saw that Guan Feng's expression was sincere, not like a hypocritical excuse, and he couldn't help but be a little curious. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Dare to ask the queen, but are you worried?" β
Guan Feng took a sip of wine and nodded: "Yuan Xun, I won't tell you, you are clear about Wu Yue's situation." The king of my family doesn't want to have any conflict with Wu Yue, and he doesn't want people to think that Yue Guo has any threat to Wu Guo, or any intentions against Yue Nan and Jiuzhen. As the queen of the Yue Kingdom, I don't need any military exploits, so ......"
Zhuge Ke pondered for a moment, he was also worried about the matter of sharing credit. This battle was won, of course his credit will not be small, and Sun Deng's credit will not be small, but if it reaches Sun Quan's ears, it may change in the middle, relying on the help of Yue Guo to win this battle, it will be weakened a lot invisibly, and maybe it will have the opposite effect. It's just that Zhuge Ke knows in his heart that this battle can be won, and the help of Yue Guo is the key, especially in the end, if there is no help from the Flying Tiger Battalion and the Destroying Front Battalion, if there is no ten-headed war elephant to suppress the formation and persuade them to surrender, it is really difficult to say whether the Funan people will fight to the end.
It is not possible to erase the credit of Yue Guo, but if it is reported truthfully, the variables of the matter are very large, and now Guan Feng mainly proposes to dilute the credit of Yue Guo, which can be said to solve a major problem for Zhuge Ke. Zhuge Ke was very grateful, but he was not so happy that he could get carried away, he hesitated and said, "In that case, please ask the queen to pick the loot first." β
Guan Feng smiled, Zhuge Ke is a smart person. "The captives and war elephants in Funan are given to me, and other supplies are given to you, in addition, I hope that the new Yuenan Taishou is a familiar person, I don't want to take Yuenan County, but I don't want a sitting tiger either."
Zhuge Ke frowned, these two questions are a bit tricky, the first one is easy to handle, anyway, the number of prisoners is up to him, and the second one is troublesome, who is Nan Taishou, he can't decide, I'm afraid even Sun Deng can't decide. He thought for a moment, and suddenly understood, the reason why Guan Feng said that he didn't want to make war exploits was actually to retreat as advance, she didn't want to be famous, she wanted benefits, nearly 20,000 prisoners, dozens of war elephants, what a lot of wealth.
"Queen, this ...... I can't make a decision. Zhuge Ke smiled: "However, I will ask the prince for instructions and try to convey the queen's good intentions to him." β
"That's good." Guan Feng was not reluctant.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Sun Shangxiang and Sun Luban walked in with a smile. As soon as he saw Zhuge Ke, Sun Shangxiang smiled reservedly, but Sun Luban strode over and patted Zhuge Ke's shoulder heartily: "I helped you this time, how are you going to thank me?" β
Zhuge Ke's shoulder was slapped by her for a while, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, although he was very unaccustomed to Sun Luban's intimate actions, but Sun Luban was a princess, and he didn't dare to say anything except being flattered.
"The princess's reward, of course, must be decided by the king."
"Father?" Sun Luban rolled his eyes, touched his chin and said, "Do you think my father can make me a general, just like my aunt?" β
Zhuge Ke's face stiffened, Sun Quan probably wouldn't be as unruly as Sun Shao, Sun Luban is no matter how good his martial arts are, no matter how great his merits are, he can't be a general. But then he thought of a question, Sun Luban is lawless, if Sun Quan can't let her be a general, she will definitely not be convinced, and when the time comes, she will make a show in front of Sun Quan and shake out all the experience of this battle, so what can I do? Thinking of this, Zhuge Ke looked at Guan Feng with a weak heart.
Guan Feng smiled: "Princess, don't worry, your father won't let you be a general, will your eldest brother still spare a general?" β
Sun Luban grinned, sat down next to Guan Feng, and said with a flattering smile: "That sister-in-law said, can I be a general this time?" β
"It depends on how much you gain." Guan Feng glanced at Zhuge Ke: "The harvest is big, the reward is big, your eldest brother is very fair." β
Zhuge Ke's heart moved, he understood the meaning of Guan Feng's words, nodded knowingly, and got up to say goodbye.
Sun Deng received Zhuge Ke's good news, and was surprised and delighted, surprised that Zhuge Ke was bold and surrounded 30,000 people with 20,000 people, which can be described as extremely dangerous, and he was happy that Zhuge Ke actually won the battle, and won so beautifully.
"General, Yuan Xun is a rare general." Sun Deng said in a happy voice: "Shufa, Yuan Xun is a general." β
Xie Jing bowed and saluted: "Congratulations to the prince for winning a talent." β
Sun Deng laughed, walked back and forth in the house a few times, remembered something, and couldn't help frowning. Xie Jing didn't say a word, he could roughly guess what Sun Deng was worried about, but Sun Deng didn't take the initiative to say it, and he didn't take the initiative to mention it.
"Shufa, I heard that in this battle, King Yue made a lot of efforts?" Sun Deng put away his smile, twisted his fingers and said, "You say, will they make some non-part requests?" β
Xie Jing already had the answer in his heart, but when he heard Sun Deng's question, he still thought about it for a while, and then said: "Wu Yue is originally a family, and the king of Yue and the crown prince are brothers. He glanced at Sun Deng, saw that Sun Deng's face was not relaxed, and continued: "However, in this battle, the main force is still my Wu army, and the main generals are also Yuan Xun and General Lu, Yue Guo is just echoing, His Royal Highness the King of Yue has gone to Funan Bay, and there are only Queen Guan Feng and others here." β
Sun Deng pondered for a moment and realized.
Soon, Zhuge Ke personally rushed to Xijuan City and said what Guan Feng meant, although Sun Deng was very unhappy, he felt that Guan Feng was inevitably opening his mouth, so that although Wu Guo had a false name, he did not get any actual benefits, and the grain and grass of the Funan people had already been consumed, and Wu Guo could not look down on those tattered ordnance. But Zhuge Ke and Xie Jing's opinions are the same, now the prince wants to be famous, it is not a good thing to fall out with Sun Shao at this time, Sun Shao did not snatch Yue Nan over, he was already merciful, he took the initiative to leave Yue Nan and went to Funan Bay, just to give the credit to Sun Deng, so he naturally wanted to take a little more advantage. From the current point of view, it is obvious that Sun Shao wants to occupy Funan, do you still want to go with him to rob Funan? Rather than this, it is better to give him the captive, anyway, in the end, these people will flee back, it is better to sell Sun Shao a favor.
Although Sun Deng was reluctant, he weighed the pros and cons and accepted Zhuge Ke's suggestion. Falling out with Sun Shao will definitely do more harm than good. He originally went to Qian Tang with the mentality of planning to compete with Sun Shao, but after staying in Qian Tang for half a year, and then staying in Yuenan for more than half a year, he found that no matter what aspect, he was not Sun Shao's opponent, and even his father Sun Quan couldn't get Sun Shao, let alone him. Now that Zhou Xun and Zhou Yin's brothers are following Sun Shao, the Zhou family has all moved to Yueguo, and it is not realistic for him to leave Zhou Yu behind. Although he has a love and hate for Zhou Yu, he feels very unworthy of offending Sun Shao for a woman like Zhou Yu. At present, if he wants to sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince, it is very necessary to have a good relationship with Sun Shaola.
The rest of the things are easy to do, and the most important thing is to block Lu Dai's mouth. Xie Jing took over this errand, he found LΓΌ Dai and said that Sun Deng was willing to leave the position of Yuenan Taishou to him, and give him half of this battle exploit in exchange for LΓΌ Dai's corresponding support. Lu Dai sent troops to win first and then defeat this time, if it wasn't for Zhuge Ke to give him a chance, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to take revenge, and now Sun Deng took the initiative to show favor and help him cover up the responsibility of the ineffective battle, of course he couldn't ask for it, and after a little thought, he agreed.
Soon, Sun Deng wrote a good report, for Zhuge Ke and Lu Dai to ask for credit, in the table, he put Lu Dai's credit in the first place, and Zhuge Ke from the main general to the second general, and at the same time asked for Lu Dai's subordinate lieutenant Chen Shi to be the southern guard. Lu Dai reciprocated the favor, and also made a table, praising Sun Deng's command, Zhuge Ke was young and promising, and he had the potential of a famous general.
Guan Feng received the news and was very satisfied, and she offered to discuss the relevant cooperation agreement with Sun Deng. It is an important economic artery, and there are many merchants passing through here, and the annual commercial tax is a lot of wealth. If Sun Shao can take Funan, then the economic lifeline of Yuenan is in the hands of Sun Shao, if he doesn't want Yuenan to get rich, it is entirely possible to change the trade route to Linyi or the sea, once Yuenan loses these merchants, it will become an insignificant poor county.
Sun Deng was overjoyed, with Sun Shao's help, Yue Nan would become a treasury for him, and it would be much more convenient to do anything.
The two sides hit it off.
β¦β¦ Dunson City.
Fan Man looked at the heads of Li Yuan and the ten archers hanging out of the city, and his face turned blue with anger. Sun Shao said that he wanted to fight him in a decisive battle, but he did not say the date, he wanted to take the initiative to attack the city, but in the face of the city wall and the Yue soldiers on the city wall, he did not have any confidence. In addition, the Vietnamese reinforcements had already arrived and could attack him behind at any time, and he didn't want to be attacked by someone during the siege, so he didn't dare to act rashly except for holding the camp.
He didn't move, but Sun Shao kept making small moves, he first asked Fan Man to withdraw from Dunxun City, saying that he would first bury the Jin Chen people and merchants from various countries who were killed by the Funan people, of course Fan Man ignored it, he was so easy to get in, how could he be willing to withdraw at this time. Seeing that Fan Man ignored him, Sun Shao hung out the heads of Li Yuan and others, and told those survivors in the outer city that Fan Man coerced King Jin Chen to assassinate General Cui Qian Cui, who came to help Jin Chen people defend the city, and framed King Jin Chen for injustice, and then killed people and swallowed Jin Chen.
Of course, these words are helpless Fan Manhe, Fan Man has killed a lot of people, and he doesn't care about some people secretly talking nonsense, but Sun Shao's tricks make him very unhappy, he can't fight, he can't retreat, Sun Shao is protected by the city wall, and he stays in the inner city safely, eating Jin Chen's reserves, occupying Jin Chen's royal city, and saying cool things to slander Fan Man, but Fan Man is worried about seeing the reduced grain bags, and it must be a lie to say that he is not in a hurry.
Fan Man regretted it very much, he had known that this was the result, he would not have come to Jin Chen, even if he had returned to Temu City when Meng Angwan had failed to ambush Sun Shao. Jin Chen was occupied by Sun Shao, he was just sad, not to the point where he couldn't live, now it's good, in the dilemma of Dunxun City, the initiative is all in Sun Shao's hands.
He was faintly worried, Fan Chang who was sent to attack Yuenan was probably also more auspicious, although Fan Chang has always had good news, but Fan Chang has not been able to cross Changshan, and the two sides have reached a stalemate, which is not a good thing for Fan Chang.
I was originally the main army, why has it become a guest army now? Fan Man was puzzled. He kept reflecting on what had happened since the conflict with Sun Shao, and the more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, he had fought for more than 30 years and conquered countless countries, why was he led by the nose by a hairy young man this time? The art of war is cloudy, and it is necessary to control people but not to control others, and now that they are controlled step by step, can they still win this battle?
At this moment, another news came that Nguyen Wu, who had stayed in Meng Ang Bay to monitor Sun Shao, was captured by the Vietnamese army, and the 2,000 men and horses were annihilated. The Vietnamese army was leading the captives to Dun Tsun, and had already cut off his way back.
(To be continued)