Volume 4 East and West Chapter 11 Fishing in troubled waters
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At the beginning of August of the sixth year of the Republic, three major events occurred in the Great Han Kingdom. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
First, Cao Zhang, the general of the Han chariot cavalry, led more than 30,000 cavalry of Hu Han Tiecai, from Yuyang, broke the Wuhuan people of Baitan Mountain with lightning speed, beheaded more than 3,000 people, and then waved westward, led the generals Xiahou Ba, Hao Zhao, Hu Zun and other thousands of miles to attack, blocked the Xianbei tribes concentrated in Danhan Mountain for the forest conference, the two sides fought bloodily for half a day, inflicted heavy losses on the Xianbei people, killed more than 10,000 people, Xianbei Marshal Budu root, the remnants of the mud rate fled west in panic. Cao Zhang immediately levied the Huns and Wuhuan people, non-stop pursuit, the horse does not untie the saddle, the people do not untie the armor, the tail pursuit, between the more than a month, has been pursued to the west of Wuyuan County, the eastern Xianbei, the central Xianbei all fell into the hands, only the western Xianbei is still in the hands of the Xianbei people, the east and west are thousands of miles to the north, for a clear.
Second, Liu Beixu, the king of Shu, was succeeded by Liu Chan, the prince of Shu, and Zhang Fei, the general of Shu, and Zhuge Liang, the prime minister, assisted by the Han Emperor. When Guan Yu, the general of the Han Dynasty, heard this, he cried bitterly and vomited blood, and he couldn't afford to get sick.
Third, Su Yu, the governor of the East China Sea of the Yue Kingdom, led more than 10,000 sailors to the east, and the soldiers pointed directly at the Japanese country, and there were more than 100 countries in the Japanese country.
December, Taizhou, Funan County, Funan Lecture Hall.
Funan Lecture Hall is a branch of Funan College, however, because of the special surname of the military, the Lecture Hall is a little far away from the main building of Funan College, and it is closer to the primeval forest, because a large part of the course here is jungle tactical training, so a training base is built in the jungle, and the students are sent to the base for actual combat training every semester.
December is when Sun Shao routinely inspects the lecture hall twice a year, the lecture hall will hold a graduation exercise with a report surname, and the students with outstanding results in the exercise will be given priority to be selected into the palace as a lang, and the best part of them will join the most elite infantry in the Yue country - the Destroying Battalion, so every student of the lecture hall attaches great importance to this exercise, even if it is not a scholar of the Yue country, and does not want to stay in the country of Yue after graduation, but if you can get the invitation of the New Year's feast, enter the special pastoral city and drink with the princes and ministers, It's also a very honorable thing.
The lecture hall was established two years ago, and when this exercise was held last year, many people did not pay enough attention to it, and the intensity was not enough, but this year it was different, and almost all the students were riveting their strength, at least to strive for the opportunity to participate in the New Year's feast, so the whole process was much better than the actual battle.
Ma Tan was a transfer student, and he never thought of joining the Yue team, but his purpose was to establish a name, to establish a prestige for the visiting students led by Zhao Yun and Li Yan, so he studied very hard, and the relevant military theories certainly couldn't help him, on the contrary, he asked the instructors several times, which made the instructors angry, and threw him into the deep mountains and old forests during the exercise.
To everyone's surprise, Ma Tan was not dragged out by the rescue team, but crawled out by himself, but when he came out, he was almost dead, his clothes were ragged, his hair was scattered, his eye sockets were deep, and everyone he saw was like seeing an enemy, and his eyes were shining like wolves. As soon as he saw the instructor who greeted him, he grinned, and without even laughing, he fell to the ground and fainted.
I didn't know until I woke him up, because he was too arrogant, looked down on other students, and other students couldn't get used to him, so he lost him halfway, he bumped into the jungle alone, and soon got lost, in order to save this little life, he trekked in the jungle for seven days, because he didn't care about the survival of the jungle, so he didn't count what things could be eaten in the jungle and what things he couldn't eat, for fear of being poisoned, and he didn't dare to eat indiscriminately, and he didn't even dare to drink water. It's also thanks to his good surname that he remembers the map well, and after walking for a few days, he actually found a way out.
When Sun Shao heard the news, he laughed and laughed, and specially met with Ma Yan.
When Ma Jian saw Sun Shao, he had not yet recovered from the fear in the jungle, but after changing into clean clothes and replenishing food, the original Fengshen handsome had recovered a little, and he could barely maintain a few appearances.
"The King of Shu has died." Sun Shao's first sentence was to tell Ma Jian about this, when Ma Jian came out of Shu, Liu Bei was still lingering, and outsiders in Wutang rarely came, and Ma Jian never knew about it.
Ma Tan nodded, very calm, although he didn't know that Liu Bei was dead, but he knew that Liu Bei's death was not unexpected, on the contrary, he was a little relaxed. Liu Bei died, Zhao Yun and others had to mourn, and they could not come to Funan until at least after the year.
"Brother Kong Ming is in charge of the overall situation and wants to focus on developing people's livelihood, Zhuge Ziping and some scholars from Shu are about to rush back, are you interested in going with them?" Sun Shao turned the cup in his hand, looking at this talent as famous as Zhao Kuo in history, his eyes were a little complicated. Although it took Ma Tan seven days to get out of the jungle that other students could get out of in three days, considering that he was a transfer student, and he turned out to be a scholar with a higher eye than the top, this result was already very good, and it stands to reason that he should belong to one of the normal places where several people die every year.
"I don't have a cloth coat, what does it matter if I don't go back?" Ma Yan said disapprerovingly, trying his best to pose like a madman in front of Sun Shao.
Sun Shao smiled, took a sip of the teacup, and after a while, asked again, "Is that whether you plan to continue studying in the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, or are you traveling around?" If you want to travel, I'd love to invite you along. After the New Year, I want to go to Tianzhu, if you are interested, you may as well come with me. ”
Ma Jian was excited, this was a good opportunity to increase his knowledge, and it was also a good opportunity to get close to Sun Shao. However, this jungle survival left an indelible impression on him, he regretted very much that he did not listen to the lecture at that time, and almost lost his surname in the jungle, which was a very big blow to him who had always been conceited, and he had been thinking for the past few days that if he could not make up this debt, he would definitely become a laughing stock at that time.
And he is here to make a name, not to leave a laughing stock.
"I'd love to be able to travel with the king, but I still want to finish the martial arts course first." Ma Tan said sincerely: "I don't meet the conditions to participate in the New Year's feast, if I make an exception just because of the king's kindness, it is not in line with the rules of the martial arts hall." Although he is an outsider, he does not want to make this exception. ”
"Hehehe......" Sun Shao smiled, his interest in Ma Jian became stronger and stronger, although this person is arrogant, but he is so arrogant that he has capital. He turned his head and smiled at Feroz, who was standing aside with a gloomy face: "See, this is the example of my great Han Shizi." ”
Ma Jian was very surprised to look at this person who had not spoken all this time, and was surprised to find that this person was not a Han person, nor a Funan person, but obviously a Yi person, even the kind of Yi person who wore Han clothes and did not look like a Han person. Seeing Ma Yan's surprise, Zhuge Jun introduced: "This is Feiluoz, the king of Zhuluo in Tianzhu, who was captured in the war last year, because of his meritorious work in supervising the construction of the city, the king decided to let him return to China." ”
"Isn't this the return of the tiger?" Ma Tan blurted out that although he had never regarded Yue as his own country, in the face of outsiders like Feroz, he naturally classified himself and Yue as Han people, and considered the problem from Sun Shao's point of view.
"The Tiger Returns to the Mountain?" Former General Cui Qian chuckled, stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, twisted his head to the side, and the others also looked at each other and laughed. Feroz has been with the Han people for more than half a year, and he knows some Chinese dialect somewhat, although he doesn't understand this sentence very well, but he also understands some of the meaning in it, and he is not surprised why Cui Qian and the others laughed, and lowered his head in embarrassment, and couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards Ma Yan. First, Ma Tan's words made him ridiculed, and secondly, he was afraid that Ma Tan's words would cause Sun Shao to worry, so he didn't let him go back.
Feroz is obsessed with being captured by Sun Shaosheng, among more than a dozen countries in the south, large and small, Chola's strength is one of the few, and Feroz has always regarded himself very highly, even for the almost similar strength of the King of Jero Divia and the King of Pandia Arcadi, he is a little inattentive. I have always hoped that one day I can unify the Tianzhu Continent and become the king of kings. This time he led the joint naval division of the three countries to Funan, he felt that it was a good start, because under his pressure, Zheluo and Pandia bowed to him, as long as he won this battle, he could obtain greater profits from the business in the South China Sea and further expand his strength, but he did not expect that it backfired, and the joint naval division was completely wiped out by the Yue, and even he himself was captured alive.
What made him even more depressed was that he was actually defeated by someone who won more with less, and Ferroz's confidence was shattered at once. At that time, he had thought about committing suicide, but his confidant Sanjay persuaded him to say a word, Sanjay said, people who have achieved great things in ancient times have gone through tribulations, and the Buddha has also gone through countless tribulations to truly become enlightened, and monks have to practice long-term and unremitting austerities in order to temper their minds.
Feroz heeded this advice, and in the subsequent construction of Yangon City, he took the lead and toiled, and truly regarded these hardships as a test of himself. His actions calmed down the mood of the captives and reduced Yang Xiu's workload, and after half a year's effort, the city of Yangon was completed, and Feroz was also brought to the city as a representative of the captives. Sun Shao was very satisfied with his obedience and decided to let him go.
Ferroz regarded these as God's reward for him, and returned to Chola as a new start in his career, how could he be willing to let Ma Yan's words cut off his life? He thought for a moment, and quickly knelt down in front of Sun Shao: "The king, the subordinates are willing to be a hunting dog in front of the king's horse, chasing and killing those tiger wolves for the king, but not daring to be the tiger wolf." ”
Sun Shao touched his chin and smiled, and comforted: "Lone has never doubted your loyalty, you get up." ”
"Whoa." Feroz got up, stood aside, and wiped a cold sweat secretly.
Ma Jian didn't think so, but looking at this posture, Sun Shao seemed to believe in this Tianzhu man, and there was no need for him to be a villain. He chatted with Sun Shao for a few more words, and then followed Zhuge Jun to say goodbye. Zhuge Jun said to Ma Jian with some regret: "Young Chang, you should have agreed to go to Tianzhu with His Royal Highness King Yue just now." ”
"Why?" Ma Tan asked rhetorically. Of course, he couldn't tell Zhuge Jun that he stayed in the Funan Lecture Hall to continue studying, because he didn't want to be embarrassed.
Zhuge Jun looked around, lowered his voice and smiled: "Do you know that Yue Guo is going to make a move on Tianzhu?" ”
Ma Jian nodded, and said ideally: "This is not a secret, what is there to be curious?" ”
"But do you know that Tianzhu is much bigger than Taizhou? If you count it, Tianzhu is about the same size as Taizhou, Huiji, and Nanhai in Yue combined, and their strength is actually no worse than that of Yue Guo. When Tianzhu was the strongest, there used to be an army of nearly one million, and now although it is not as good as it was back then, but all of them are gathered, and the army of 300,000 is still stable. If you want to deal with Tianzhu with the strength of the Yue Kingdom, it is tantamount to swallowing an elephant with a snake. ”
Ma Jian stopped and looked at Zhuge Jun in surprise: "So, King Yue let this Tianzhu people go back, did he want to use the Tianzhu people to attack the Tianzhu people and control them by razing them?" ”
"That's pretty much it." Zhuge Jun said cautiously: "I guessed too." After the defeat of this Feroz, they had already established a new king in their country, and when he returned, there must have been a civil strife. Coupled with the defeat of the joint sailors, it directly led to the other two countries being unable to deal with the sailors of the Yue Kingdom, so they could only stick to the mainland, and the two kings hated this Feroz to death, and he returned to Tianzhu, and a civil war was inevitable. ”
Ma Jian didn't say anything, and after thinking for a long time, he nodded with understanding. It is precisely because Tianzhu is divided that Sun Shao has the opportunity, and the art of war pays attention to the whole attack and the inferiority, even those who win more with less are also obtained in the case of local more strikes. On the one hand, Sun Shao made every effort to bridge the contradictions between Wei, Shu and Wu, and even did not hesitate to contribute money and efforts to help Wei conquer northern Xinjiang and help Shu pacify southern Xinjiang.
But is it that easy? Ma Jian sighed with emotion. Although this truth is not difficult to understand, it is not easy to really do it, not to mention anything else, Wei, Shu, Wu and Yue have different conflicts of forces within the country, and the reason why the Yue country has not yet shown itself is because the Yue country has been expanding, and they can get more benefits in the expansion, and there is no need to fight for it for the time being. But the momentum of expansion will always slow down, for example, if the battle is frustrated now, then they will turn their attention to fighting each other.
Zhuge Jun saw that Ma Jian was silent in thought, thinking that he regretted it, so he continued: "Where did the instructor of the martial arts hall come from? is not the general of Yuezhong, in terms of specific tactics, they may have their own strengths, like that Heda, his jungle tactics are second to none among the generals of Yue, but if you want to talk about the overall vision, who can be stronger than His Royal Highness the King of Yue? You will have a lot to gain by staying with him for a while. ”
Ma Tan looked back at him, smiled, and said perfunctorily: "Do you think he is more intelligent than your brother's vision?" ”
Zhuge Jun smiled and shook his head: "It's hard to say, but I don't think my brother is better than him." The two of them are actually very similar, but in terms of vision, my brother may be slightly inferior. ”
Ma Jian didn't think so, what he admired most was Zhuge Liang, and he didn't think that Sun Shao could be compared with Zhuge Liang at all. Zhuge Jun saw Ma Yan's disdain, he wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it. In any case, Ma Yan's respect for Zhuge Liang is always good.
At the beginning of February of the seventh year of the Republic, Sun Shao personally rushed to the island of Ceylon, and the general Zhuge Zhi and the deputy general Zhou Xun and the king of Sinhala Nimar rushed to the beach to meet them. As soon as he saw Sun Shao, Nimar rushed over from afar, clasped his hands together, and bowed down. Sun Shao bowed slightly and returned the salute. Nimar was very happy, originally thought that Sun Shao would give him a smile at most, after all, although Sinhala is still the kingdom of reading, but without the help of Yue Guo, he has no strength to reoccupy Ceylon.
"Thanks to the king's help, the ancestors of Sinhala will bless the king with happiness and health, and many children and grandchildren." Nimar said sincerely, "Our Aryan women are the best mothers. ”
"Good is indeed good, but there is a little less." Sun Shao smiled and walked forward side by side with Nimar. Nimar didn't think about it for a while, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly realized, and hurriedly smiled: "Don't worry, as long as the king likes it, I am willing to choose some more young and beautiful women to send to the king." ”
"Then I can't thank you enough." Sun Shao didn't shirk it, anyway, no one dared to say that he was ridiculous, besides, the Aryan woman is indeed good-looking, blonde hair and blue eyes, not only looks very different from the Han people, but also has a good figure, which is in line with his aesthetic vision that has been cultivated by countless decadent capitalist artworks.
"King, how are you doing?" As Sun Shao walked, he talked to Nimar cordially, "Did my soldiers from the Yue Kingdom make trouble here?" I know that these people are used to being wild and like to cause trouble, and once they get out of my sight, it's not normal for them not to do something. If it is to go somewhere else, then it will be fine, but Ceylon is an ally of the Yue Kingdom, and the king is my friend, and I can't let him harm the jewel of Ceylon. Don't worry, if there's anything going on, tell me directly, and I'll call the shots for you. ”
Nimar smiled, to say that the Yue people didn't cause trouble here, of course it was impossible, and the others were a little better, the more than 800 pirates under Lu Mao didn't do less than lack of morality, stealing a chicken and touching a dog didn't count, robbery and murder were not one or two, but Nimal was a person who had passed through the world, he knew that these people were not good people, but if you want people to help fight the war, these losses will inevitably have to be eaten. Besides, for him, keeping the national lineage of the Sinhalese Dynasty is the most important thing, and it is not a problem at all to kill a few people, not to mention that the generals of the Yue Kingdom still consciously restrain their subordinates and do not deliberately indulge.
"The king laughed, the nobles are disciplined, the autumn is not guilty, with the protection of the nobles, this gem island is even brighter." Nimar's tone was humble and respectful, and he had been learning from the Han people to arch their hands in front of their chests, leaning forward slightly, half a step behind Sun Shao, like a loyal servant following his master.
"Since the king is tolerant and unwilling to embarrass them, I will not force the king, and after the investigation is confirmed, I will punish them." Sun Shao gently lifted it, and then asked, "I don't know if Zheluo and Pandia are here?" ”
Nimar frowned, looking a little hesitant. Sun Shao didn't hear the answer, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, looked back at Nimar, and saw Nimar's constipated look, as if he had something to say, but he didn't dare to say it, but there was a clear meaning in his eyes. Sun Shao's eyes rolled, and then he understood. He turned his head to look at Zhuge Zhi, and Zhuge Zhi laughed: "The king doesn't know, Zheluo and Pandia were counterattacked by the Sinhalese king after the destruction of the water division, and they were beaten so scared that they might not believe in our kindness, so they were not afraid of people coming." ”
"Oh?" Sun Shao glanced at Nimar again, and after listening to the interpreter, Nimar nodded hurriedly: "The king Tianwei came, those Tianzhu people were frightened, and they didn't want to occupy Ceylon Island all the time before, but now they dare not come when they invite them to come." ”
"Hahaha......" Sun Shao laughed: "The king is too humorous, Arcade and Divia listen to it, I'm afraid it will be very uncomfortable." ”
"It's not just them, I'm afraid the most uncomfortable one is the Chola King Feroz." Nimar smiled a little flatteringly: "Feroz doesn't know the height of the sky, and he dares to entangle those worthless broken ships to compete with the king, and he deserves to be captured by the king." King, can he repair the city well? ”
Nimar's voice was so loud that Feroz, who was standing in the distance, heard it in his ears, and his lungs exploded with anger, and he wanted to rush forward and grab Nimar and beat him. In the past, when he occupied the island of Ceylon, Nimar was too embarrassed by him, and once thought about surrendering to him, but wanted to retain the blood of the Sinhalese dynasty and claim the vassal without being merged, Feroz was unwilling to agree, Nimar begged him, sent beautiful women, sent treasures, and said all the good things, but he never thought that it was just a defeat, and he actually became the object of ridicule in Nimar's eyes.
Sun Shao's eyes swept away, and he just saw Feroz's iron green face in his eyes, and he didn't break it, and continued to listen to Nimar derogatory Tianzhu people. Nimar invited Sun Shao into the elephant car and personally whipped Sun Shao as a sign of respect. Sun Shao didn't think much of it, but symbolically let Nimar wave the whip, and resolutely refused to let Nimar serve anymore. Nimar was a little happier in his heart, compared to the Tianzhu people, King Yue was really too polite and face-giving.
The new city had just built a city wall and an official palace, and the city was not large, that is, one mile square, and was divided into two parts, one part garrison, one part of the people, and the merchants who came and went also arranged to live in the city. Only two or three miles away from the city, is the deep-water harbor where Sun Shaoza's ship is anchored, a large number of merchant ships are now docked in the port, and the warships of Zhuge Zhi and others are of course also parked in it. Looking west from the city, the Tianzhu Continent can be faintly seen.
Zhuge leaned closer to Sun Shao, looked into the distance, and said softly: "King, from here, about a day's journey forward, you can reach a small island, which is very close to Pandia, that is, about thirty or forty miles. Now Captain Lu and the others are stationed on that island, going to the coast during the day to disturb them, and returning to the island at night to spend the night. ”
Sun Shao chuckled: "I can't see that Lu Zizhang is quiet, but he can get along with the pirates." ”
(To be continued)