Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Dog That Bites Doesn't Bark
After being silent for a while, Shi Wei asked tentatively, "Well...... What is the plan of the Prince? ”
Bu Qi pressed his hands on a few cases, and said word by word: "If you want to be a marquis and worship a general, of course, you have to make great contributions." For example, kill a giant thief like Cui Qian. ”
"Plop", Shiwei's hand slipped, his chin hit the side of the desk, and his tears came out in pain.
Sun Shao was also stunned for a moment, and then regained his composure. He saw it, Bu Qi was definitely not a whim this time, he was playing really. From the moment he gave General Henghai the seal, he was probably ready to play a big game, and his actions should be all in his plan, but he was just a bait, and the tearful Shiwei was the big fish he really wanted to catch.
Cui Qian, that is, the sea thief mentioned by Shiwei urged to sign, the word Jianzhong, the South China Sea Panyu people, about 30 years old, the ancestor Hanoi Cui Ze, Fubo General Ma Yuan under the tent of the fierce general, Ma Yuan Ding Jiao, Cui Ze accumulated merit and was promoted to the captain of Zhechong, and later Ma Yuan was falsely accused and died, implicated, fled into the sea as a thief, Ma Yuan rehabilitated, settled in Panyu, and came to Cui Qian in the fifth generation. In the last years of Zhongping, the world was in turmoil, Cui Qian's father Yu gathered people for thieves, in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cui Yu died in the attack of pirates, Qian was eighteen years old, a single knife went straight into the other party's lair, killed the thief to take revenge, and then entangled his father's old department, occupied Zhuya, there were more than 200 ships between several years, and the officers and soldiers had conquered all times, all of which were defeated. What it wants to rob, then make people send a sign to, clearly ask for the price of the goods, from the life of the violator, the violator dies, known as the life of the signature.
This is the information of Cui Qian that Sun Shao saw from the official archives, Bu Qi said that he was a thief, it is not an exaggeration at all, in fact, Cui Qian is not just a thief, he is already another political axe, openly collecting taxes from merchants in transit, and violators will be killed. It is said that there are many people who dare to evade government taxes, and those who dare to evade Cui Qian's taxes have been there a few years ago, but they have not heard of them in recent years.
Shiwei has been in the South China Sea for many years, and knows Cui Qian too well, when he was young, he also participated in the battle to round up Cui Yu, and how many battles have been won. Let him kill Cui Qian, it is better to let him jump into the sea and swim back to Panyu.
"Fujun, you won't be a naughty laugh, will you?" Shiwei rubbed his chin and glared at Bu Qi viciously. Bu Qi was serious: "General Shi, we are discussing the military situation, do you think I am laughing?" ”
There was no smile on his face, only murderous energy, and it didn't look like he was joking. Shi Wei slowly sat up straight, looked at the chart on the case without blinking, and suddenly smiled: "Since the prince of the mansion has such ambitions, then Shi Wei will give up his life to accompany the gentleman and go to fight for this fate." ”
Bu Qi nodded: "General Shi's courage is commendable. With the help of the sergeant general, I was a little more sure. Feng Xian, what do you see? ”
Sun Shao has been looking at them quietly, the gloom of his steps, the fierce light in Shiwei's eyes, he really saw it. Now Bu Qi asked his opinion, and he still smiled calmly: "Of course, only the prince of the mansion is the first to look forward." ”
Bu Qi is a little strange, Shi Wei said it arrogantly, but he must be fighting the ghost idea in his heart, he can guess without looking at his face, to count on him to help beat Cui Qian, it is better to expect Cui Qian to find out his conscience and turn himself in. But what Sun Shao was thinking, he couldn't guess. For such a big thing, he didn't have any panic or nervousness on his face, which made it seem that he had known that there was such a thing.
Indeed, Shiwei thinks so now, he sadly thinks that he has been pitted by Buqi and Sun Shao, and Sun Shao has been playing before, in order to lead him into the pit. In fact, Bu Qi himself is also a little confused, has he ever shown this sign? It doesn't seem to be, my mouth has always been very tight.
"That's good, we will cooperate sincerely to eliminate Cui Qian, and when the time comes, I will write to ask for credit for the two of you." Bu Qi smiled faintly and swiped his fingers: "I plan to divide the troops into two routes, all the way to suppress the bandits with great fanfare at the Yashan Pass, all the way to Zhuya, and destroy Cui Qian's lair." He knocked on the chart, and his voice softened again: "General Shi, Feng Xian has just arrived, he is not familiar with the terrain, and he has never fought a naval battle, I am ready to let him follow you to experience more experience and experience, and have a long sense of wind." You take all the people and horses in the cliff pass, and I take all the people and horses to Zhuya, do you think it's good? If you think this is inappropriate, we can also change it, you go to Zhuya, I am at Yashan Pass. ”
Shi Wei shuddered, quickly shook his head, laughing more ugly than crying, until now he has not recovered from the shock, he doesn't care about it at all, he just wants to stay away from Cui Qian, be safe, Bu Qi doesn't force him to go to Zhuya, he just breathed a sigh of relief, where is he willing to change. "Fujun, it's decided, you go to Zhuya, I'm waiting for the good news of Fujun at Yashan Pass." He thought about it, and was afraid that Bu Qiu would regret it: "Please rest assured, I will definitely take care of General Sun, the pirates in Yashan Pass, and I will try my best to exterminate them, and I will never let Fujun be distracted." ”
A smile appeared in the corner of Bu Qi's eyes, and with a hint of contempt, Shiwei was already in a mess, and he couldn't organize a counterattack in a short period of time, this is what he wanted, and now he was about to strike the last blow.
"General Shi has rich experience in naval warfare, and you should have a better chance of going to Zhuya, this partial general and marquis are specially prepared for you by me." Bu Qi said with some regret: "Do you want to think about it again?" ”
"Don't think about it." Shi Wei shook his head again and again, what kind of general, what kind of feudal marquis, the head is gone, everything is gone, I will stay at the cliff pass, and I won't go to Zhuya if I am killed. "Such a heavy responsibility, it is still the responsibility of the prince himself, Shiwei is a rough man, and he can't afford such a heavy responsibility."
"Alas-" Bu Qi sighed, "Since this is the case, then I have to reluctantly make it difficult." General Shi, let's divide the troops, I only have one hundred and eighty-two boats under my command, and it is a thousand miles of attack, and the troops are seriously insufficient, you can allocate one hundred and fifty ships to me, so that I can still have some advantage. You and Feng Xian have nearly 200 boats combined, and it is more than enough to clear these bandits in Yashan Pass. Bu Qi saw that Shi Wei's eyes flashed, and he had the intention of refusing, and continued: "Originally, if you go to Yashan Pass, you don't need to divide your troops, more than 300 boats are suitable to deal with Cui Qian." ”
Shi Wei immediately swallowed back the words that rushed to his lips to bargain, and said without thinking, "Okay, I'll allocate one hundred and fifty boats to you." ”
Bu Qi nodded, without saying a word, immediately ordered the division of troops, and when Shiwei came back to his senses, he had already made arrangements, one hundred and fifty ships transferred from Shiwei's fleet, and fifteen military marquis stood in front of him, ready to go.
"General Shi, why don't you think about it again?" Before leaving, Bu Qi turned his head and said a word, Shi Wei, who was pale in complexion, shook his head again and again, and his saliva shook out: "Fujun go slowly, Fujun go slowly, I wish Fujun a smooth journey." ”
Bu Qi smiled faintly and pulled Sun Shao aside: "Fengxian, you stay here, be careful of Shiwei, this is a mad dog who doesn't know the depths, don't let him ruin your surname." ”
Sun Shao smiled in return: "Don't worry, I know." However, Fu Jun was careful all the way and rushed thousands of miles, this is probably a tough battle. ”
Bu Qi smiled proudly: "Thanks for the reminder, I'm leaving." ”
More than 300 ships sailed away, drifting away and slowly disappearing into the sky. Sun Shao looked at the lost Shiwei, and wanted to laugh, but he didn't dare to laugh, this guy was suddenly attacked by Buqi, and he was probably about to go crazy, and it was very unwise to stimulate him at this time.
After a while, it wasn't until Wu Yan hurried over that Shi Wei's face gradually softened, he looked at the vast sea, his teeth were clenched, but he was helpless, he turned his head and glanced at Sun Shao, without saying a word, and turned back to his big boat.
Sun Shao didn't care, and returned to his command ship, Zhao Sleeve and others were waiting for him in the cabin, and when they saw him, they all surrounded him: "Young master, why did you suddenly divide your troops?" ”
Sun Shao laughed happily at this time, and as soon as he said the matter, Zhao Sleeve was speechless, and said for a long time: "Bufujun is a good method, this move has no time to react at all." ”
"This is the so-called barking dog does not bite, biting the dog does not bark, and the step does not bite, and one bite will bite off half of Shiwei's belongings. You see, even if some of the one hundred and fifty ships can come back, they will not be other's. Sun Shao raised his head and sighed: "Good means, good means, no wonder the Supreme is so relieved that he came to Jiaozhou." ”
Zhao Sleeve, Shuai Zeng and others couldn't hold back and didn't dare to laugh out loud, Sun Shao compared Bu Qi to a dog, if it reached Bu Qi's ears, I don't know if Bu Qi's face was still expressionless.
"Young master, what should we do?"
"What's wrong with us?" Sun Shao waved his hand indifferently, "It's Shiwei who has a headache now, and it's not me, is it possible for him to swallow my dozen boats?" That's okay, I'll turn around and leave, and go back to Panyu to rest. ”
"Goo-goo-goo-......goo-
Shi Wei was in a very bad mood, and he didn't see his shadow for a few days, and when he arrived at Tuen Mun Shan in the north of Ping'an Kou three days later, he sent someone to ask Sun Shao to cross the boat and talk. Bu Qi is not here, and he doesn't need to pretend to be respectful to meet Sun Shao, so he directly asks Sun Shao to meet. Sun Shao didn't care, he followed the person to Shiwei's boat, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but feel some sympathy, this little face was haggard, as if his first love had failed.
"General Shi?" Sun Shao arched his hand slightly, and asked with concern: "General, you have to take care of your body, although the war is important, but the body is the capital." ”
Shi Wei rolled his eyes at him, his mouth opened, and he seemed to want to curse, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back, he put down the wine glass in his hand, and pointed to the seat opposite: "General, please take a seat." Soon we will arrive at the mouth of peace, and we will discuss the matter of exterminating the pirates. ”
Sun Shao sat down, looked at his fingernails a little narcissistically, and said casually: "General, please speak, Shao listens." ”
Shi Wei couldn't help but be angry, his hand squeezed the wine glass hard, and after a while, he slowly let go, and laughed dryly: "General Sun, I want to ask you to be the striker, interview in front of the interview to find out the situation, I will follow you to cover you, if there are pirates, the number is small, you can directly kill him, accumulate a lot, and there is some credit, get some loot to share with your subordinates." If you can't cope with it, you feint and lead them to me, and I will cooperate with you to destroy them, and then the credit will still be yours, and I will only need a little spoils to share with my men. Do you think it's okay? ”
Shi Wei tilted his head, his eyes were red from drinking, and he stared at Sun Shao, although he said very politely, but that look was that you would die if you didn't listen. Sun Shao didn't look at him either, his eyes rolled, he showed a very happy smile, and nodded again and again: "General's method is good, very safe." ”
Shiwei was a little surprised, he originally thought that Sun Shao would be afraid of suffering a loss in front of him, so he politely refused, but he didn't expect him to accept it in one bite, and he looked very happy, not like he was going to war, but as if he was picking up a bargain. He laughed secretly in his heart, this kid really doesn't know the depths, what does he think a pirate is? Could it be that his pigs are waiting for him to catch them?
Alas, if my uncle hadn't said that he couldn't let him die, he should have been sent to death like this. Shi Wei sighed a little unwillingly, and raised his hand to call a black and thin man: "General Sun, this is my personal guard Ao Lei, his martial arts skills are not bad, he is very familiar with the terrain here, and he knows all the large and small islands in this sea area." I will let him follow, so that you will not be lost. ”
Sun Shao looked at Ao Lei and smiled: "Thank you, thank you." ”
"Well, after you get to the Tuen Mun Hill camp in front to replenish supplies, you can set off first, and I will come later." Shiwei was in a very bad mood, and he had no interest in chatting with Sun Shao again, so he directly asked people to send off guests. After Sun Shao got up, he squinted his drunken eyes and said to the soldier who had just come around from behind: "Yuan Chang, you also saw it, I took good care of him and didn't deliberately harm him. ”
The corners of Shigan's mouth twitched, he nodded without smiling, and turned around and walked out of the cabin. He is now extremely disdainful of Shiwei, although he used to see that although he was rude, in the end he was still a little masculine, this time it was good, he was caught off guard by Bu Qi abducted one hundred and fifty boats, and then regretted that he only knew how to borrow wine to drown his sorrows, and there was no useful countermeasure at all, looking at him like this, not only the one hundred and fifty boats were hopeless, but the rest of them may not have the ability to keep, he must prepare in advance, once Shiwei makes another mistake, take over immediately, so as not to further expand the loss, if that is the case, not only Shiwei is dead, Even he was unlucky.
Sun Shao led Ao Lei back to his boat, and as he walked, he asked, "Where are you from?" ”
"General Hui, I'm from Nanyang." Ao Lei smiled innocently, revealing a mouthful of white teeth that were rare for locals.
"yes, it doesn't look like it." Sun Shao said with a smile.
"The general is right." Ao Lei touched his head and said with some embarrassment: "My Ah Weng is from Nanyang, and I followed Shifujun to Jiuzhen, I was born in Jiuzhen Xupu, and my mother is from Linyi, and Ah Weng grabbed it." ”
"That's what happened." Sun Shao smiled and nodded: "What kind of place is Lin Yi Country?" ”
"Linyi Kingdom is the southernmost point of my Han Dynasty, and it is still south of Yuenan County, which is a small country." Ao Lei saw that Sun Shao didn't mean to look down on him, and his voice became louder: "My grandfather is still a Brahmin of Linyi Kingdom." ”
"Brahmins?" Sun Shao's feet slid and his body shook a little, Ao Lei was anxious, and reached out in front of Zhao Sleeve and grabbed Sun Shao's arm. He has a lot of strength on his hands, and there are thick calluses on his fingertips and tiger mouth, Sun Shao knew at a glance that this is the trace left by holding a weapon all year round, he glanced at a three-foot iron rod on Ao Lei's waist: "You use a short stick?" ”
"Hmm." Ao Lei nodded, and hurriedly let go of Sun Shao's arm, but his hand had already left a faint black handprint on Sun Shao's sleeve, he was a little nervous, but Sun Shao smiled: "Thank you, otherwise I would have fallen into the sea." ”
Ao Lei grinned and did not speak. Sun Shao continued to walk forward and asked, "You said that your grandfather's family is a Brahmin?" What does that mean? ”
Ao Lei frowned, shook his head and said: "I can't say it clearly, I have to ask my mother to know, I only know that it seems to be some more noble people, the people of Linyi are divided into four ranks, and the Brahmins are the first people, which is higher than the king." ”
Sun Shao didn't say anything, he only knew that Brahmin was a kind of class in India, as if it was related to Brahmanism, and this Linyi country was also divided into four levels, was it the same as India, or was it a part of India? However, in my impression, the south should be the area of Vietnam in later generations, and India is still far to the west, is it possible that the territory of India at this time is so large?
While he was thinking about it, he returned to his boat, and everyone was a little curious when they saw that he had brought back a dark and thin fellow. Ao Lei saw the arrogance of the Han people in their eyes, his face was a little ugly, and he stood timidly at the door of the cabin, biting his thick lips. Sun Shao saw it, stretched out his hand and pulled him over: "His name is Ao Lei, he is from my Han Jiuzhen County, he used to be the personal guard of the general Shi, from now on, he is our guide, whether he can come back safely, but it all points to him." ”
When everyone heard this, they immediately understood what Sun Shao meant, and politely came up to salute one by one. Ao Lei glanced at Sun Shao gratefully, and returned the salute one by one, and in a short time, he got to know the fourteen cronies around Sun Shao. Sun Shao sat down in the cabin, ordered everyone to sit together, and told Shiwei that he wanted him to be a striker. Although everyone was surprised, they didn't show anything abnormal, just listened quietly. Sun Shao took out the chart left for him by Bu Qi and said to Ao Lei: "Look at how we should go." ”
Ao Lei looked at the chart, was silent for a moment, and grinned: "General, this picture is not right. ”
"Isn't that right?" Sun Shao was drinking water, and when he heard Ao Lei's words, he almost choked, what a shrewd person Bu Qi was, and the nautical charts he collected were actually wrong? Then he has traveled thousands of miles, although this is walking along the coastline, but if the chart is wrong, it is not a trivial matter.
"The general shape is right, but the exact location is very different." Ao Lei pointed to some of the most eye-catching islands on the chart and said, "The locations of these islands are drawn too close to the coast, and the actual distance is at least twice as large." ”
Sun Shao didn't dare to take it lightly, so he hurriedly asked someone to take a pair of silk books, and used the charcoal he usually painted, and redrew a picture according to what Ao Lei said. In addition to the original map, Ao Lei has added many small islands, especially some that can hide and replenish fresh water, or have wild fruits.
"That's a big gap." Sun Shao compared the two pictures, looked at each other with Zhao Sleeve, Shuai Zeng and others, and they all saw worry in each other's eyes.
"The general doesn't know that the reason why the successive sailors have failed to solicit and urge the signing is because they have a lot of mistakes in the charts in their hands. It is said that he had a set of charts in his hand, which were more detailed than I knew, and not only did he draw each island clearly, but he also indicated where there were reefs. ”
"Really?"
Ao Lei nodded a little proudly, his eyes burning: "I also heard that the urging sign has a set of charts of the Western Regions, including the Great Qin Kingdom, all on the map. ”
"Poof-" Sun Shao squirted out a mouthful of water, and he grabbed Ao Lei's collar: "Are you serious?" ”
Ao Lei was taken aback, and only came back to his senses after a while, and nodded again and again: "I heard what people said, I don't know if it's true." ”
"Damn, I'd rather kill the wrong one than let it go, this time find a way to catch this fateful sign, Lao Tzu wants his set of charts." He turned around, and his murderous eyes swept in front of everyone one by one: "Listen, whoever catches this fateful lottery, or gets this set of charts, Lao Tzu rewards him with a five-entry mansion in Panyu City, two delicate girls, no, five." ”
(To be continued)