Volume 3 Pirate Empire Chapter 71

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The wind became more and more intense, tearing at the dense canopy and roaring, the sky was getting darker and darker, so black that it seemed to drip ink, the humid air stuck to the body, wet, and very uncomfortable, although the rain had not yet fallen, the abundant rain had already made people feel the signs of heavy rain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The silk cloak was attached to Fan Man's solid chest, revealing a sturdy physique that did not match his age, but this sturdy chest was now rising and falling a little too fast, making Fan Man's eyes blacken for a while. He raised a hand and put it in his heart, which was beating like a drum, and opened his mouth wide open, desperately breathing in the humid air like a dying fish.

"King!" Guards General Fan Ru discovered Fan Man's abnormality, and hurriedly rushed over, just holding Fan Man's shaky body, holding him in his arms, and looking at Fan Man nervously: "King, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I'm fine." Fan Man closed his eyes tiredly and gasped twice. Fan Ru took a kettle and carefully poured the sweet wine syrup into Fan Man's mouth. Fan Man took a few sips, his breath stabilized a little, struggled to sit up, and tried to look towards the harbor in the distance, but he could only see a hazy patch.

He was taken aback: "Fan Ru, have you seen the Yue Guo Water Division?" ”

"See." Fan Ru glanced at it and said a little casually: "They are entering the port." ”

"How many boats?"

"There are about 100 of them." Fan Ru saw that Fan Man's mind was all on the boat of the Yue Guo Sailor, he took a second look at it, and reported in detail: "Their movements are very skillful, more than a dozen small boats are walking in front, and some people are still holding long poles in their hands, as if they are measuring the depth ......of the water, and the big boat is behind, although the wind and waves are high, they are not chaotic at all."

Fan Man sat on the big rock, put his hands on his thighs, lowered his huge head, listened attentively to Fan Ru's explanation, after a long time, he raised his head, looked at the shadow of the Yue Guo Sailor who was entering the port in an orderly manner in the distance, and sighed: "We all underestimated the strength of the Yue Guo Sailor." ”

Fan Ru didn't say anything, he heard the meaning of Fan Man's words. Judging from the speed at which the Vietnamese Navy Division entered the port and the cooperation between them, as well as the fact that the Vietnamese warships were still able to maintain stability in such storms, the strength of the Yue State Navy Division was more than one cut higher than that of the Funan Navy Division, and Fan Jinsheng's defeat at the hands of the Yue State Navy Division was not unjust at all.

The wind became more and more fierce, and the waves became higher and higher, but the Yue Guo Navy Division was not chaotic at all, small boats, cargo ships, and medium-sized warships entered the port in turn, but Sun Shao's big ship was always outside, until all the warships entered the port, and then slowly sailed towards the port. During this time, the leading ships had found the most suitable waterway for large ships to enter the port, and under the guidance of several medium-sized warships, the large ships sailed steadily towards the harbor.

Fan Ru was amazed, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw the largest ship that was entering the harbor swayed, and then stopped in place, and the people on several warships surrounded him.

Fan Ru's heart swelled with ecstasy: "King, that biggest ship has hit the rocks!" ”

"Really?" Fan Man stood up excitedly and looked into the distance with all his eyes. At this moment, there was a sudden thunderclap in the sky, and the torrential rain poured down, and the dense rain curtain suddenly blocked the already blurry vision, and there was nothing to see in front of him. Fan Man looked at it in vain for a while, and sighed dejectedly: "It's a pity that we don't have a warship, so we can only watch him sink into the sea." Otherwise, if he is captured alive, the blow to the morale of the Vietnamese army will be great. ”

Fan Ru put a cloak on Fan Man's shoulder, and comforted with a smile: "King, it is windy and rainy here, and he has touched the reef again, and it is not easy for the Yue people to rescue them, maybe they really have to feed the big fish in the sea." ”

"It's not that easy." Fan Man shook his shoulders, and his expression was much more relaxed: "The Yue Guo Sailor is well-trained, how can he not cope with such a situation?" Even if it is windy and rainy, in my opinion, it will not be a problem for them to rescue King Yue. ”

"That's useless." Fan Ru smiled: "When our stone ship sinks to the port, can they still get out?" Even if you go out in some small boats, I'm afraid it's not very useful. ”

"There's no boat." Fan Man sighed again and waved his hand: "Order the stone boats to set off immediately while the wind and waves are strong, sink into the middle of the waterway, and when they find out, those stone boats have no chance, and let them run out, our plan will all fall through." ”

"Yes." Fan Ru responded and immediately went down to make arrangements. Fan Man sat under the big tree, and several soldiers gathered in a circle, raising a tent to shelter him from the wind and rain. Fan Man paced back and forth under the tent, refusing to rest for a moment, until someone came to report that the stone boat had sunk into the designated waterway, Fan Man breathed a sigh of relief and sat down, showing a slightly satisfied smile on his face that was a little pale from the rain.

"It's a pity that there is no ship." Fan Man looked in the direction of the harbor and sighed again. If he still had warships, he would have waited for the wind and waves to stop, killed them with all his strength, captured Sun Shao, the king of Yue, and completely solved the threat of Yue, and then attacked Jinchen, all the way south to regain the lost territory, and put those subject countries back under the rule of Funan. And now, he can only sit in the mountains and forests on the shore with 40,000 troops, watching the Yue Guoshui Division stop in the harbor and wait for the wind and waves to pass.

"Let the soldiers rest for a while, and when the rain stops, we will move on to the next step." Fan Man gave the order, then dried himself, lay on the marching couch, and closed his eyes. The sound of wind and rain was far away from him in a moment, and in the midst of the storm, Fan Man slept peacefully for the first time in several months.

The wind blew all night, and it rained all night. When Fan Man woke up, everything was fresh in the harbor after the rain, the mountains and rocks had been washed away by the rain, washing away the dust, revealing a moist black, and every leaf in the jungle was green and green, as if it could drip oil, and it was refreshing everywhere, and even the nasty mosquitoes were gone.

Fan Man shook his feet, shook down a grasshopper that was twisting his body and was busy up the boot shaft, and raised his head to look at the sea in the distance.

"How is the Yue Guo Sailor?"

"Back to the king, the Vietnamese Navy entered the port in time, and the losses were very limited." Fan Ru, who was watching in front, replied, he turned his head to look at the refreshed Fan Man, and a happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "However, King Yue's boat is gone." ”

"Just because the boat is gone, it doesn't mean the person is dead." Fan Man was unmoved, walked to Fan Ru's side, looked at the quiet Meng Ang Bay, and especially checked the waterway into the port. Although he couldn't see the sunken ships clearly, Fan Man could feel that the dozen or so boats full of stones he had carefully prepared were quietly parked underwater, blocking the way for the Yue Guo Navy Division to leave the port.

Will the sailors of the Yue Kingdom who lived for the rest of their lives think of this trick? The corners of Fan Man's mouth twitched slightly: "Are you ready?" ”

"Back to the king, they are ready, as long as they dare to go ashore to pursue, they will definitely not be able to return." Fan Ru said confidently.

"Okay." Fan Man praised it, and shook his head regretfully: "It would be nice if there were ships, we could wipe them out in this harbor, and we don't have to passively lure them ashore." Mona, you lead the men to fight for a while, and let them know that we are here. ”

"Yes." A black and strong man answered, and turned away with a dozen guards. He is a subordinate king who is subordinate to Funan, and this time at the order of Fan Man, he brought his people to help. He had already heard some things about the Yue Guo Water Division, and knew that the strength of the Yue Guo Water Division was very strong, but he had confidence in Fan Man, Fan Man had fought for more than 30 years, and his experience could not be compared to that of a hairy boy of Yue Wang? Now that he saw with his own eyes that the sailors of the Yue Kingdom were trapped in Meng Anggang by Fan Man, he was even more convinced that his choice was correct.

Mona rushed out of the woods with his people, rushed to the beach and shouted, and shot a few arrows at the Yue Sailor, although he could not attack the Yue Sailor at all, but the momentum was very sufficient, as soon as he saw several Yue warships rushing over, he scattered and disappeared into the jungle.

Fan Man then set off with the army and set off again to march towards Jin Chen. After walking twenty miles, he arrived at the ambush site, a narrow valley that was not tall, in the jungle on both sides, he ambushed 30,000 people, as long as Sun Shao entered the valley, then the valley mouth on both sides was surrounded by nearly a hundred war elephants, and the soldiers on both sides were indiscriminately arrowed, and the battle could be solved in a meal.

...... "King, let's go ashore and chase after us." Wei Ping hurriedly roared: "The port has been blocked, and if you want to clean it up again, it will not be possible to complete it without ten days and a half months." With so much time, Fan Man had already rushed to Jin Chenguo. ”

Sun Shao's face was gloomy, and his eyes swept over the faces of the generals. As soon as the morning dawned, he knew the news that the port was sealed by a shipwreck, so it was not an accident to be in distress when he entered the port yesterday, but a trap. Because his ship withdrew from the harbor in time and ventured to dock in the open sea, he was able to escape by relying on the advanced wind and waves, but in this way, only his ship and some small boats could continue to sail away, and the medium-sized warships of the ships of the people in the sea could not leave the port smoothly, and those large baggage ships could not leave the port smoothly.

In this case, Yue Hai and others suggested going ashore to pursue, according to the news obtained, Fan Man only had 10,000 people, although the number was slightly more than them, but the combat power of the Funan soldiers was far inferior to the Yue Guo Naval Division, which had been proven in several battles, and it was completely certain to defeat Fan Man if they could catch up, if they could kill Fan Man or even capture Fan Man alive, then Fu Nanguo would be won, and such a credit stimulated Yue Hai and others to be a little red-eyed.

However, Sun Shao was sounded the alarm by this ambush, there were shipwrecks and ambushes, indicating that this was prepared by Fan Man, in this case, why couldn't he have other preparations? He knew that without a sailor, even if the shipwreck blocked the waterway out of the port, it would only delay some time and not give him a fatal blow, so why did he do this? Just to buy some time so that he can go to the rescue of Jin Chen?

"What if he's prepared in the jungle?" Sun Shao said coldly: "Which of you has fought in a jungle war? ”

Yue Hai and the others stopped talking. He Da is an expert in jungle warfare, but he is in Changshan, and Cui Qian and Chen Haibu, who have received jungle warfare practice, are one in Jinchen and the other in Qiantang, but there is none here. They didn't even know what the dangers of jungle warfare were, or they wouldn't have chosen to pursue them by sea.

"Wait here?" Zhou Yin asked a little unwillingly.

"That's not going to work either." Sun Shao touched his nose, "We can't be called like this, but we didn't react at all." Zhou Yin, you take the Destroying Battalion ashore to chase it, but it can only mean a little, and it can't be more than five miles. ”

"Five miles?" Zhou Yin shouted. I'm still chasing a fart on the five-mile road, and I have to stop as soon as my legs and feet run away.

"If you dare to take a step, you won't come back." Sun Shao glanced at Zhou Yin: "If you don't want to go, I can change someone." ”

"Don't." Zhou Yin hurriedly shouted: "I'll go, I'll go." Don't worry, my lord, I only ran four and a half miles before stopping. ”

Everyone was amused by Zhou Yin's appearance. They all knew that Zhou Yin didn't want to be the captain of Changle, he just wanted to come to the war to make meritorious contributions, but until now, the Destroying Battalion had not made meritorious contributions, and this time he went ashore to pursue, although it was just a bluff, but he was reluctant to give up this opportunity. They all knew that Zhou Yin was obedient to Sun Shao's words, and since he promised Sun Shao that he would not exceed five miles, he would never make his own decisions.

"The armies go ashore to set up an ambush, and if Fan Man comes to pursue, they will beat his stuffy stick." Sun Shao sighed, waved his hand, and motioned for the generals to go and prepare the goods. To be honest, he didn't expect Fan Man to be able to win the trick at all, this was just a matter of being prepared, and if he didn't go ashore to fight, the generals would have no place to vent their grievances.

Soon, Zhou Yin took the Destroying Battalion to the shore, and soon found the traces of Fan Man and others stationed in the camp, and chased them down along these traces. In order to prevent Zhou Yin from being disobedient, Sun Shao specially sent Qin Sai and Feng Ming to assist him. Qin Sai was very familiar with the jungle environment, and he was also very good at tracking, but the five-mile road was too short, and they had just run for a short time, and they had run for five miles, but they didn't even look at a single Funan soldier.

Zhou Yin was very frustrated, and hatefully slashed at the tree next to him.

"Captain, shall we go back?" Feng Ming walked over and asked expressionlessly.

"Wait." Zhou Yin shook his head: "You take a few people to the vicinity to collect the claims, see where the Funan people went, be careful, don't be discovered by the Funan people." ”

"Captain, is this appropriate?" Qin Sai asked with a cold face, "The king has ordered us not to exceed five miles. ”

"What's inappropriate?" Zhou Yin glanced at Qin Sai, and suddenly became interested, he straightened his clothes, and said very seriously: "Qin Tongyi, I want to correct a mistake for you." The king ordered the Destroyer Battalion not to chase out of Wuli, but did not say that it was not possible to send scouts to investigate the situation of the Funan people. You say, don't you? ”

Qin Sai was speechless for a while.

"There are war elephants in the army of the Funan people, and they will not move too fast, if you are fast enough, you will be able to find their traces in half a day at most." Zhou Yin took two steps back and forth with his hands behind his back, and stopped in front of Qin Sai: "It's not that the king doesn't want to go ashore to pursue, but he is worried about the unfamiliar terrain, if we want to leave this harbor, it will take at least a few days, and in these few days, can you guarantee that the Funan people will not attack us?" Won't you hunt us like you hunted Fan Zhan's centaurs? ”

Qin Sai suddenly realized, and when he looked at Zhou Yin again, his eyes softened a lot. Although the son of the governor of Jiangdong looked a little stunned, he was actually not stupid, and he thought of far more things than he looked like on the outside.

"Your task is to find out if there is an army of the Funan people within fifty miles." Zhou Yin didn't say anything more, and pointed at Qin Sai and Feng Ming with his finger: "Pay attention to safety, and report any situation immediately." You know how to report the news. ”

"Whoa." Qin Sai and Feng Ming responded, and followed the trail with a dozen scouts who had been turned by pirates. Zhou Yin ordered the soldiers of the Destroying Blade Battalion to rest in place, and laid a cordon. The soldiers of the Destroying Blade Battalion had been trained by He Da and had practiced in the mountains and forests of Yizhou for several months, and they were no strangers to jungle warfare.

Zhou Yin held the knife and paced back and forth in the place where Fan Man had camped yesterday, he carefully identified the traces on the ground, and from time to time showed a hint of smile, or appreciation, or disdain, and occasionally a little surprise.

Two hours later, Qin Sai and Feng Ming came back, and when they saw their faces, Zhou Yin smiled proudly: "There is an ambush?" ”

"Although we didn't see the ambush, we were robbed by the other side's scouts and couldn't move forward, which is usually a sign that something was wrong. We have stayed on the watchful eye of the two brothers, and as soon as there is news, they ......"

Before Qin Sai's words fell, she suddenly saw Zhou Yin and Feng Ming both tilting their heads and staring behind her, she turned her head and saw that a red flower burst into the blue sky, which was a signal that the enemy was coming. Qin Sai's face changed, and he turned around and was about to speak, Zhou Yin had already jumped up excitedly, and pushed Qin Sai's shoulder: "You go back immediately and inform the king, just say that we are here to intercept the enemy, please be ready to respond, once the enemy attacks too fiercely, I will lead the enemy to the bay." ”

Qin Sai was about to say more, but Zhou Yin had already lowered his face, and shouted in a deep voice: "Execute the order!" Qin Sai was taken aback, Zhou Yin originally saw everyone smiling, and sometimes made some innocuous jokes, it was the first time she had seen such a stern speech, and in a stunned moment, Qin Sai pulled out her legs and ran to the beach, walking more than a dozen steps away, she remembered that although Zhou Yin was the captain of the Destroying Blade Battalion, it was the first time to go into battle, but his calm demeanor between his gestures made her feel that this was a battle-hardened general.

The disciple of the sect is really a bit of a doorway. Qin Sai thought as he ran towards the sea. Back in the bay, she rushed to the warship of Yuehai, Sun Shao's ship could not enter the port, and now she is temporarily borrowing the ship of Yuehai to command. Sun Shao and the others were analyzing the terrain on the sketch of Meng'ang Port that had just been drawn, and when they saw Qin Sai panting and walking in, they exchanged glances.

"Sit, drink a little water first, take a breath before you talk." Sun Shao waved his hand, and Ao Lei next to him hurriedly brought a glass of light wine, fresh water storage is not easy, and the boat has been using light wine instead of drinking water. Qin Sai saw that Sun Shao and the others were very calm, and couldn't help but admire it greatly, after all, they were people who had seen the world, and they would not be messed up at any time.

After listening to Qin Sai's report, Sun Shao laughed and shook his head. Yue Hai was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise on his face, and only after a moment did he smile and say: "This Zhou Boying, so bold, if you don't come back for instructions on such a big matter, even the king dares to command." ”

Wei Ping touched his chin and said repeatedly: "However, his method is good." If the other party is just a test of it, we don't need to be too serious, so as not to expose our strength, if the other party really can't help it and wants to attack us, we might as well teach him a lesson. It's just that the brothers of the Destruction Battalion are all higher than the sky, and it is not easy to let them defeat them. ”

Qin Sai was a little nervous, and then she realized that Zhou Yin's actions seemed to be suspected of overstepping his authority, Yue Hai was right, he even commanded the king. She stared at Sun Shao's face and couldn't help but hold her breath.

Sun Shao put his hands on the desk, his eyes swept around the map, and his fingers gently tapped the unhurried rhythm on the board, and he couldn't see any expression. After a while, just when Qin Sai couldn't hold back a little, Sun Shao suddenly raised his eyes: "Let's all listen to Captain Zhou, Zhao Sleeve, Wei Ping, you take the people from your headquarters to ambush ashore immediately, don't be too far from the shore, if the enemy army comes, don't attack for the time being, wait for us to greet them with the crossbow arrows on the battleship for a while, and then you come out to fight the water dogs." Cross the sea, and you immediately mobilize all the warships to prepare for long-range support. Qin Sai, inform Captain Zhou, let him not be too reckless, if the damage of the Destroying Battalion is too large, I want him to look good. ”

Yue Hai and the others also immediately prepared, Qin Sai let out a sigh of relief, quickly nodded yes, and turned around. When she rushed back to the woods, Zhou Yin had already led the Funan soldiers who were going to be attacked by the Destroying Battalion to surround them, and the Destroying Battalion, which had not seen blood for a long time, smelled the smell of blood, and was excited to race one by one, but Zhou Yin, who had been eager to fight, was very calm, he stood on a big rock, surrounded by ten guarded guards, and cut down the Funan soldiers who occasionally broke through the interception in front of him, but Zhou Yin himself put up a pergola with his hands and looked at the situation on the battlefield with full attention.

"Captain Zhou......" Qin Sai pulled his throat and told Zhou Yin of Sun Shao's decision.

The corners of Zhou Yin's mouth twitched, glanced at Qin Sai, and then put his attention back to the battlefield, just nodded and responded: "I know." You and Feng Ming bring more people, see if there are any reinforcements behind these Funan people, and inform me in time if there is any news. ”

"Whoa." Qin Sai responded, and He Fengming led more than fifty people around the battlefield and ran straight ahead.

"Kill!" Zhou Yin waved his hand, and shouted viciously: "A thousand people dare to challenge my Destroying Battalion, it's too shameless, give an order, kill all these monkeys, get rid of one, and the signboard of the Destroying Battalion will be smashed." ”

With the sound of drums, the already excited Destroying Front Battalion suddenly went crazy, they screamed, waved the sharp knives in their hands, formed a small formation, rushed wildly, and slaughtered one Funan soldier after another in front of them.

Mona looked at the soldiers of the Destruction Battalion who were descending like tigers, and his heart sank uncontrollably.

(To be continued)