Fan Zhan received a distress letter from Ou Lian, and without saying a word, he led the people to advance by land and water, and went straight to Xijuan City. He personally led four thousand foot soldiers, including ten war elephants, to cross Haiyun Ridge and quickly approach Xijuan City. He knew that it was more than enough to disturb Lu Dai with the strength of Ou Lian, but once he attacked head-on, Ou Lian was by no means Lu Dai's opponent, and his soldiers were elusive in the mountains and forests, but it was easier for them to stand up and fight, it would be easier to let the monkeys line up.

If Nan is lost, then Funan will be defeated before the battle, this battle will not be easy to fight, even if it is fought, it will be extended to Funan to fight, even if his face is lost, it will be difficult to raise his head in front of Fan Man and his son in the future.

When he arrived in Lurong County, Fan Zhan had not yet met the district company, he breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the district company had not lost all the money in Yuenan, even if there was only one Lurong County left, he was confident that he would take Yuenan back, if nothing else, because he had ten war elephants under his command, and as long as the ten war elephants were lined up, Lu Dai could only flee with twice as many people. Ou Lian also has war elephants, but he only has two heads, and although he can look intimidating, his power is greatly reduced. As soon as he thought of this, Fan Zhan wanted to laugh, Ou Lian's stupid son Ou Chu was also really, not only did he die in battle, but even the war elephants became other people's trophies, and he didn't know how this battle was fought.

Fan Zhan took a break in Lurong, he had to wait for the sailors who came by sea, it was difficult to walk on the mountain road, they only brought half a month's free rations, and a large amount of grain was transported by sea. He knew that the sea had not been very peaceful recently, and there were pirates disguised as Vietnamese people robbing, but he believed that in front of the three thousand sailors, no group of pirates dared to come up and ask for trouble.

On the first day, the sailor did not arrive, and on the second day, the sailor still did not arrive.

Fan Zhan couldn't sit still, the sailor set off from Da Nang, and it was a day's journey to Lurong, even if it was a little delayed, it would definitely be there in two days, it was three days, and the sailor still didn't even look at the shadow, so something must have happened. Fan Zhan immediately sent someone to inquire about the news, but this time it was even more strange, none of the people who inquired about the news came back, like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news.

Just when Fan Zhan was suspicious, Ou Lian sent a message that he was chased by Lu Dai behind his ass for more than ten days, and he had retreated to Xijuan City, and now he only had a thousand remnants trapped in Xijuan, please Fan Zhan rushed to support immediately, otherwise, he would be wiped out.

Fan Zhan's head suddenly became bigger, and after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to force the West Scroll, and then hold the West Scroll first, as for the water master, he could only send someone to investigate. The disappearance of the 3,000 sailors is a shocking event. Although Fan Zhan has experienced a hundred battles, he can't guess what kind of pirate has such a big appetite even if he wants to break his head.

However, after he met Ou Lian, he knew the truth of the matter, and Ou Lian told him that he had captured a few prisoners from Lu Dai, and that Sun Shao, the king of Yue, had rushed to Linyi with his sailor. When Fan Zhan heard this, he immediately felt that his scalp was numb, and he could now guess where the three thousand sailors were.

He guessed right, his three thousand sailors were made dumplings by Sun Shao.

Wei Ping and Zhou Xun took 3,000 people straight to the Linyi country, which had become an empty nest, and successfully defeated the more than 1,000 soldiers left behind, and took the capital of Linyi, and then announced the recovery of Linyi, turning Linyi into a county in Yueguo, which can be said to be the first merit of smooth sailing, not even a little oily skin, and the luck was bursting, but Fan Zhan's sailors did not have such good luck, they rushed to Lurong in a hurry, and crashed into Sun Shao's ambush circle. When they began to see the sail shadows on the sea, they thought that they had encountered a small group of pirates, and rushed forward happily, ready to take the pirate sacrifice knife first, appetizing, and when they approached, when they saw the sail shadow of a ship like clouds, they realized that the situation was a little wrong, this group of pirates seemed to be too much, and they turned their heads and wanted to run, but it was already too late, and more than 10,000 Aurora sailors who had already discovered their traces copied from the four breads, crackling and crackling, The 3,000 Funan sailors who were mighty in the South China Sea didn't even see what the other party looked like, and they were directly pressed into the sea by the mountain-like building boat, and after being dragged up with a belly of seawater, they were all locked in the black hole cabin and rowed.

There are more than 3,000 people, and none of them have slipped through the net, where do you ask Fan Zhan to find out the news.

Fan Zhan guessed the truth of the matter, but he didn't have a chance to think about it anymore, and Lu Dai, who had been driving straight in, rushed to Xijuan City and confronted Fan Zhan in two formations, and the battle was about to break out. Fan Zhan was not worried, although Lu Dai claimed to have an army of 20,000, he knew that Lu Dai only had six or seven thousand people at most, and he and the district company had more than 5,000 troops at one place, and there were war elephants to help, and they had enough strength to defeat Lu Dai. What he was worried about was Lin Yi, since the army of King Yue had arrived, and they had not landed in Yuenan, then they must have gone to Lin Yi, Lin Yi's troops were first brought out by the district, and then he rubbed some oil, and now it is very empty, and there is definitely no way to deal with King Yue.

Lin Yi's loss was already expected, and Fan Zhan had to consider his own way out. After King Yue takes Linyi, he will definitely attack to the north in turn, and he will soon fall into Wu Yue's attack, if he doesn't want to be surrounded and annihilated, which direction to break through is the first thing to consider. It is said that the south is a narrow strip of land running from north to south, with Yue in the south and Wu in the north, and only the east and west sides remain. To the east is the endless sea, for Fan Zhan, who has already lost the sailor, there is a place of death, then he can only go west, and the west is Changshan, but Changshan is not high so far, and the mountains are densely wooded, which is a good place for him to break through.

Fight a battle, severely frustrate the spirit of the Wu army, and then look at the situation, if it is still possible, then hold the western volume, if the situation is not good, then break through from Changshan, hold Changshan, back to Funanguo, and block the Wu-Yue coalition army to the east of Changshan, which can be regarded as defending the border for the country.

Fan Zhan still has a knot in his heart, he lost three thousand sailors, if he doesn't win a battle to make up for it, Fan Man will definitely not let him go, whether it is from the overall situation or from his own interests, he must fight with Wu Jun.

What's more, he still has enough chances to win against Wu Jun.

Fan Zhan had made up his mind, and immediately went out of the city to confront Lu Dai.

Lu Dai already knew that Fan Zhan was coming to help, and he had a headache. This time he attacked in a hurry, he was forced out by Sun Shao, but there were also benefits, that is, Ou Lian didn't expect him to attack, but everyone made a hasty move, Ou Lian was chased by him all the time, and he didn't even have a chance to do anything about it, it seemed that the road was smooth, but he knew in his heart that it was already an accident that he could hit the West Scroll, and if he attacked to the south, it would be a lone army to go deep, and there would be problems with the military rations and baggage. The safest way at the moment is to wait for Sun Deng's follow-up reinforcements and grain and grass to arrive.

The biggest threat he faces at the moment is Fan Zhan's war elephant.

Lü Dai is not afraid of the soldiers of the southern country, these black and thin soldiers are haunted in the mountains and forests, and they are a very headache opponent, but when it comes to attacking the city or fighting in formation, Lü Dai is sure enough to defeat them, but he is worried about those war elephants. There were also two war elephants in the district company, which caused a lot of trouble for Lu Dai, and they surrounded him several times, but they broke through again. Lü Dai was mainly a foot soldier, although the foot soldiers were brave, but in the face of huge war elephants, they had no effective means of attack, and could only rely on Wu's bow and crossbow advantage to carry out long-range attacks.

The two ends are already so troublesome, what is the concept of the dozen heads? Lu Dai, who has been in battle for a long time, knows that with the increase in quantity, the power is not simply multiplied, and after reaching a certain number, the change in power may be a leap. If the ten war elephants were to charge in a line, his foot soldiers would face a brutal test, and they would probably collapse in a single turn.

At this time, Captain Chen Shi made a suggestion to stop the attack for the time being, and while waiting for reinforcements from Wu State, he asked King Yue to help. After Lu Dai carefully analyzed the pros and cons, he agreed, and he said to Chen Shi, you have met with King Yue, or you go to see King Yue, and ask him to help, no matter what, you want to annihilate this group of Funan people within the range of Yuenan, once they run out, then things will be a little difficult to do.

Without saying a word, Chen Shi boarded a warship with a few personal guards and headed south along the coast to find King Yue's fleet. He got the news that King Yue had already taken Linyi Kingdom, so the goal was very clear, as long as he arrived in Linyi Kingdom, he could find King Yue. He did see Sun Shao's fleet in Linyi Kingdom, but he didn't know that Sun Shao had just taken Linyi, and he had cheated them before.

"This place is not called Linyi Country now, but Linyi County." Sun Shao pointed to his nose: "I crossed the country." ”

Chen Shi smiled: "It is said that His Highness took the Linyi, and this Linyi is naturally from the Yue Kingdom, but it is too early for His Highness to say so at this time." ”

"Oh?" Sun Shao asked with great interest, "How do you say this?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, don't forget, this Linyi country was originally my Han's Linyi County, and it has only been thirty years since the district was even king, and now you have recovered Linyi, there must be credit, but whether Linyi is the land of your Yue country or not, you still have to wait for the edict of the Son of Heaven to know." Chen Shi looked at Sun Shao with a mocking smile: "Could it be that His Highness no longer has a Son of Heaven in his heart?" ”

Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, he pointed at Chen Shi and said, "Ziqi, what a sharp mouth." ”

Chen Shi smiled helplessly: "It's a pity that this sharp mouth can only joke with His Royal Highness, and in the face of the elephant soldiers of Funan Kingdom, my sharp mouth is completely useless." No, I came to ask His Highness for help on the orders of General Lu. ”

Chen Shi told him about the situation in the western scroll, Sun Shao nodded, pondered for a moment and said: "The elephant soldiers have a very strong impact, but they also have some problems, that is, the speed is slow, in addition to the elephant soldiers' volume impact, there are also crossbows on the elephant's back, do you think their crossbows can be stronger than Wu Jun's?" In the time that the elephant has rushed to your front, are you not sure enough to kill the soldier on the elephant's back? ”

Chen Shi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, we have thought of many methods, and we have also used the method that Your Highness said, but later found that the effect was limited." First, although the speed of elephants is not as good as that of war horses, but when they charge, they are not much slower than people, and our bows and crossbows have a slight advantage, but the advantage is limited, basically one or two more than them, and if one shot misses, we are also within the range of the opponent's counterattack, and the power is greatly reduced. ”

Sun Shao was a little surprised, his eyes rolled, and then he understood again. He is accustomed to calculating the distance with a ten-stone strong crossbow mounted on the ship, and the Wu army came from afar, mainly foot soldiers, there is no ten-stone strong crossbow at all, their strong crossbow refers to the three-stone, four-stone crossbow, the crossbow is longer than the ordinary bow, about one hundred and twenty steps to two hundred steps, but compared with the seventy or eighty steps of the wooden bow, the advantage is not very obvious, the penetration is also limited, for the behemoth like the elephant, unless an arrow hits the vital point, in addition to arousing the anger of the elephant, the effect is not great.

"How do you want me to help you?" Sun Shao asked.

"General Lu hopes that His Highness can send troops to assist us in dealing with Fan Zhan, as long as there is enough advantage in troops, they will not dare to act rashly." Chen Shi looked at Sun Shao a little nervously, he knew that this King Yue never did loss-making business, and did not do anything that was not beneficial, now Lu Dai asked him for help, he probably had to mention some conditions, before he came, Lu Dai gave him certain rights, but he didn't know if Sun Shao was satisfied with the conditions that Lu Dai could give.

"What's in it for me?" Sun Shao asked with a smile.

"The spoils of war are picked by the king first." Chen Shi said cautiously that Lu Dai's condition was that all the spoils could be given to Sun Shao, but Nanjun must belong to the Wu State and Sun Shao could not be involved. In order to leave room for bargaining, Chen Shi specially changed the meaning.

"What if I want to enter Yuenan County?" Sun Shao smiled more enthusiastically.

"Although Yuenan is the domain of Wu State, the king is only temporarily garrisoned, of course there is no problem."

Sun Shao smiled: "Temporary garrison, don't you share my part?" ”

Chen Shi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, you have a new Linyi County, why do you want to cut another piece from Yuenan?" It is said that Wu Yue's family, Yue Nan was also beaten down by His Royal Highness at the beginning, and you just ask King Wu for Yue Nan, then there is no problem. However, neither General Lu nor I have this right. Please also ask Your Highness to bear with me. ”

Sun Shao nodded: "Ziji, you have a point, I know." He turned around, stood in front of the map and thought for a while, then pointed to the long mountain about fifty miles west of Xijuan City and said, "However, I don't approve of your decisive battle with Fan Yang under Xijuan City. There are two reasons for this, first, we do not have any effective weapons to restrain the elephants, and even if I go, the casualties caused by the elephants are not small. We don't just have to face Fan Zhan, we have to face the entire Funan country, it is said that there are 300 war elephants in Funan, are you ready to exchange all human lives? ”

Chen Shi frowned, didn't say a word, listening to Sun Shao's meaning, he seemed to be really ready to expand the situation, but Chen Shi knew that Sun Deng or Lu Dai, their goal was only to take back Yuenan, once Yuenan arrived, they would not go to war with Funan again, and when the time came, they would either negotiate or send people to guard the border, anyway, the possibility of a big war with Funan was not great, unless Funan disregarded the interests and invaded Yuenan again.

However, there was no need for him to say these words to Sun Shao, he quietly listened to Sun Shao's analysis.

"Second, it should be Fan Zhan who is in a hurry to fight a decisive battle now, not you." Sun Shao turned around and said: "Your military rations are insufficient, but Fan Zhan's military rations are also insufficient, and he is not as good as yours in that you will soon have reinforcements, and he has no reinforcements." Lin Yi is already in my hands, and it is impossible for the army of Funan to reach Xijuan in less than a month. ”

Chen Shi's heart moved, and he blurted out: "So, Fan Zhan just wants to fight, and then withdraw?" ”

"That's how it should be." Sun Shao said with a smile: "He lost the water master, he lost Linyi, and now he is going to lose Yuenan again, if he doesn't fight, what face does he have to go back to see King Funan?" Therefore, my opinion is that you give up the Western Scroll for the time being and turn to hold Changshan, as long as you see that you have the possibility of cutting off his back road, I think Fan Zhan will run faster than you. ”

Chen Shi woke up like a dream, and he said convincingly: "Your Highness's use of soldiers is really unexpected. ”

"Hehehe......" Sun Shao smiled faintly, "Ziqi, don't say these nice words, you better go back and tell General Lu quickly, he doesn't know that Fan Zhan is more weak than you, in case the two armies go to war, the losses will be very amazing." ”

Chen Shi nodded again and again. As Sun Shao said, Lu Dai didn't know that Fan Zhan's sailors and baggage were all captured by Sun Shao, and he was now weaker than Fan Zhan, either reluctantly fighting, or he could only retreat, no matter what, he couldn't have the courage to block Fan Zhan's back road and force Fan Zhan to leave Xijuan City. He thought for a while, and then asked, "Then the king thinks that going to Changshan is to scare Fan Zhan away, or to ambush him?" ”

"Well, it depends on the courage of your prince and General Lu." Sun Shao was noncommittal, "If you follow me, Fan Zhan has come to Yuenan for a trip, if he doesn't let him leave some thoughts, he probably won't remember his surname for a long time." But your prince likes benevolence and love, maybe he will send Fan Zhan away from Yuenan. ”

Chen Shi didn't speak, he estimated that Sun Deng was likely to do this, but from his heart, he agreed with Sun Shao's opinion, if these robbers were allowed to swagger back, then they would look down on Wu Guo, and when they were happy, maybe they would come again.

"Dare to ask Your Highness, if you want to leave some thoughts for Fan Zhan, then what?"

Sun Shao glanced at Chen Shi in surprise, blinked his eyes, and smiled appreciatively. He clenched his fists, rolled his eyes twice, and then smiled: "If you want to keep Fan Zhan, then I suggest that you quietly rush to Changshan and set up an ambush circle." Elephants are difficult to deal with, but there is no way to do it, as long as you have enough time, you can dig a few holes for them. The elephant is clumsy, and as soon as it falls into the pit, it is finished. Without the help of the elephant soldiers, those Funan soldiers are not the meat of your mouth? With proper command, it is entirely possible to leave all these thousands of people behind. Haha, in the first battle, thousands of Funan soldiers were captured, more than ten elephant soldiers were captured, and Yuenan was recovered, your prince and General Lu were majestic. ”

Chen Shiwei smiled: "Does Your Highness just watch us make meritorious contributions?" ”

"How can I watch such a fun thing?" Sun Shao stepped forward, patted Chen Shi on the shoulder, and said affectionately: "If you have the courage, I can send someone to assist you in guarding Changshan, and in addition, I have a large number of reinforcements to help you, so that Fan Zhan can sleep uncomfortably." ”

"Your Highness is going to march into the south?" Chen Shi's eyebrows trembled unnaturally.

"Don't worry, I won't go to Yuenan." Sun Shao smiled: "You guys, it's that little bit of caution." ”

Chen Shi was very embarrassed, and asked uneasily: "Then what does Your Highness plan to do?" ”

"I'm gathering the pirates in the neighborhood, and there are already more than three hundred, and in two days there should be thousands. These people are all locals, they are pirates when they go to the sea, and they are bandits when they go up to the mountains, and they are so familiar with the terrain in this area that they can find the way with their eyes closed, and they are no worse than those Funan soldiers who dig up ravines and ravines. I recruited them and bought the heads of the southern soldiers from them, do you think they would be willing to do it? ”

Chen Shi gasped, this trick is enough to damage, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, not to mention that those pirates are originally outlaws who lick blood with knives. They may not have a chance to confront the Funan soldiers head-on, but if they want to touch the heads of two people at night, they are not ready to be caught? As the saying goes, one thing descends to one thing, this smiling King Yue is really an expert who can turn waste into treasure, thousands of pirates threw it into Yuenan County, not only Fan Zhan's head is big, I'm afraid Lu Dai's head is also big.

"Your Highness, this ...... It's easy to catch a tiger. ”

"And!" Sun Shao waved his hand and said disdainfully: "Are you still afraid of hundreds of pirates? Don't worry, I won't accept the heads of your Wu army, and besides, after this battle, I will collect them. The coastline of Funan is so long, my people are too busy, and they want to expand the army, and they want to expand the army. ”

Thinking of the smugness, Sun Shao couldn't help but laugh on his back.

Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't harm Yuenan, the more powerful the disaster was to help Nan, the better. He had something on his mind, so he didn't linger any longer, and hurried back to the western scroll. After getting Chen Shi's return, Lu Dai just sighed with emotion, "Yue Guo is really rich", and then he didn't make much comments, he bluffed under Xijuan City, and sent Chen Shi to Changshan with people, ready to dig a few more pits for Fan Zhan's elephant soldiers according to Sun Shao's suggestion, and give Fan Zhan a long surname.

Sun Shao did not deceive Chen, he issued a pirate summoning order two days ago, and sent people to issue an announcement on the island within a hundred miles, now this sea belongs to my Yue country, you can no longer do this business, of course, my Yue Wang will not cut off your way of life, if you want to join the army, I welcome, and I want to be free, I am not reluctant, but please go farther, don't make trouble on my territory, everyone is good to get together and disperse, I can also send some travel expenses or something, maybe there will be a chance to cooperate in the future. Now there is a good deal, I pay for the head of the Funan soldiers in the southern territory, five stone grain for a person's head, or a horse of silk, buy a large number of them, the price is good, and the king also provides weapons and warships for free.

When the pirates who were worried about eating every day heard this, many people were moved, first they came to explore the wind in twos and threes, and then saw that the king of Yue really provided ships and weapons, and also took care of two meals for free, and the heads they got back were also cashed on the spot.

It is said that the southerners are stupid and have a lot of money, come quickly!

After a few days, thousands of pirates poured into Yuenan County and began a gluttonous meeting to harvest the heads of the Funan soldiers.

(To be continued)