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Ruan Wu nodded, and smiled disapprovingly, in the past few days since Fan Man left, he has been very careful to inquire about the situation of the Yue Guo Sailors, the Yue Guo Sailors were trapped in Meng Ang Bay by Fan Man's slight tricks, they have been doing their best to clean up the wrecks in the waterway these days, and the progress is very slow, looking at this, probably when the king takes Jin Chen Kingdom, they may not be able to leave the port.

Ruan Wu admired Fan Man to the extreme, and several generals of Funan suffered losses in the hands of the Yue people one after another, but as soon as Fan Man made a move, he immediately controlled the Yue people, and the gap between them was not half a star. It's a pity that Fan Man is getting older and his health is not very good.

Ruan Wu couldn't help but sigh a little sadly when he thought of Fan Man's body. With a wave of his hand, he ordered the scout to go down and rest, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it slowly. The jungle in summer is stuffy and hot, and there are a lot of mosquitoes, but this is good, the Yue people are not used to such an environment, and they still don't know that Fan Man has rushed to Jinchen, and they have always thought that tens of thousands of troops are ambushed here, and they dare not go ashore at all, so it is very safe here, and Ruan Wuda can drink with confidence.

When the bright moon came out of the sea, Nguyen Wu's footsteps were already a little floating, and after he inquired about the situation in Meng Ang Bay for the last time, he fell into a deep sleep. Fan Man told him to stay here for at least five days, and after five days, he could retreat at any time, and today was the fifth day, and tomorrow morning, he could leave here. Although Ruan Wu planned to hold on for two more days, if the Yue people couldn't find out, he would stick to it until Fan Man's good news came, but knowing that his task had been completed, he still had an indescribable ease.

The jungle at night was quiet and dangerous, and in the faint sound of a tiger's roar, Ruan Wu fell asleep.

…… Fan Man thought about it all night, but there was still no better way, Dunxun's outer city was taken, and the Yue people retreated into the inner city, shrinking the defensive line, relying on the taller inner city walls, giving full play to their advantages of excellent armament, and the difficulty of attacking the inner city increased exponentially. According to Fan Man's thoughts, the best way is, of course, to besiege but not attack, wait for the food in the city to run out, and collapse without a fight, but he knows that the news that he surrounded Cui Qian in Jin Chen will soon reach Sun Shao's ears, if nothing else, Sun Shao will arrive soon, if he can't take advantage of the gap before Sun Shao comes, he may be attacked from outside the city, so although he doesn't have much hope of conquering the inner city, and he doesn't plan to conquer the inner city before killing Sun Shao, he still ordered the siege of the city, Preparing to take advantage of the advantage of the number of people on his side and consume Cui Qian's strength, just to avoid casualties of war elephants, he withdrew all the war elephants from the outer city and fortified them on the road where Sun Shao might come.

The offensive and defensive battles were in full swing, and one fight lasted for three days. This time, Cui Qian guarded very carefully, the people of Funan didn't even touch the side of the city wall, and the generals of Funan fought fiercely, but Fan Man was very calm, he was not worried about the siege of the city, but was very concerned about the situation outside the city. Ruan Wu sent news every day that Sun Shao was still in Meng Ang Bay, but Fan Man estimated that Sun Shao might already be on his way. The reason is very simple, Jin Chen is only more than 300 miles away from Meng Ang Bay, although Sun Shao's ship is trapped in the bay, but Cui Qian's fleet can pick him up, Sun Shao may take advantage of the night, change to Cui Qian's fleet, hide Ruan Wu's eyes, and secretly rush to Jin Chen.

Fan Man carefully calculated that he sent a large number of scouts to investigate the situation along the coast, and at the same time, he ordered Li Yuan in the city to prepare and assassinate Cui Qian if necessary.

However, the development of things was somewhat unexpected by Fan Man, Sun Shao never came, Ruan Wu had news delivered every day, saying that Sun Shao had been in Meng Ang Bay, and several scouts even saw Sun Shao himself, they were still busy cleaning up the waterway, and the progress was very slow, and it was estimated that it would be impossible to leave Meng Ang Bay for a while.

Fan Man was confused, could it be that Cui Qian's fleet was wandering around the sea, and he didn't get in touch with Sun Shao? Or does Sun Shao have enough confidence in Cui Qian and doesn't want to come to solve the siege at all? Or did he overestimate Sun Shao's importance to Cui Qian?

Fan Man is in a dilemma, if Sun Shao doesn't come, his plan to besiege the city and send reinforcements will fail, and he can't drag it out at all now, even if he can't attack the city, his promise to the soldiers will not be fulfilled, and the morale is very low. Fan Man hesitated, reluctantly attacked two more cities, Sun Shao still had no shadow at all, Fan Man felt that things might have an accident, he immediately changed his plan, and decided to take the inner city of Dunxun first, replenish the grain and grass, and solve the urgent need of the army's instability.

While ordering the generals to prepare to attack the city with all their might, Fan Man gave an order to Li Yuan in the city to immediately assassinate Cui Qian and cooperate with the capture of the city.

After Li Yuan received the order, he invited Wu Yi and told him Fan Man's order. Wu Ji was surprised: "The reinforcements from the Yue Kingdom have arrived?" ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said indifferently: "I don't know." ”

Wu Yi was stunned for a moment, knowing that Li Yuan didn't plan to tell him this, he sighed sadly, nodded and said, "How is the general going to start?" ”

Li Yuan smiled coldly: "The best way, of course, is for the king to invite Cui Qian to the banquet, kill him at the banquet, and then open the city gate and invite King Funan to enter the city." However, I was worried that Cui Qian might not be willing to come, so I prepared another plan, that is, the king would lead us to his camp, and as long as we entered his big tent, I could kill him. ”

Wuyi frowned: "Just those ten archers?" ”

Li Yuan pouted: "You don't have to worry about this, you just need to bring me to Cui Qian." Kill Cui Qian and open the city gate, I will not break my promise to you. ”

There was no blame but only to respond, and sent someone to invite Cui Qian to the banquet, and sure enough, Cui Qian resigned with busy military affairs. Wu Blame had no choice but to implement the second plan, taking Li Yuan and the personal guards disguised by the Funan people to Cui Qian's military camp.

Cui Qian's military camp was at the gate of the city, heavily guarded, and as soon as they arrived outside the camp, they were stopped by a team of heavily armed soldiers, and the captain led by him glanced at Li Yuan and the others behind him, and squeezed out a stiff smile: "The king came to see my general again?" ”

He said with a smile: "Exactly, the general said that he had worked hard to protect my Jin Chen people, and I specially brought some gifts to comfort you." ”

The lieutenant glanced at the wine, food and property carried by those soldiers, and suddenly became much more polite, and said with a smile: "The king is too polite, but there are rules in the camp, the king can go in, and these king's personal guards can't all go in." ”

Wu Yi hurriedly smiled: "This is natural, they are all waiting outside the camp, I only need to bring a few people to carry it." ”

The lieutenant nodded, turned and let go. Wu Zhi preemptively left, Li Yuan followed into the camp with ten archers carrying things, until they came to Cui Qian's tent, Cui Qian's personal guard stopped them again, asked them to explain their intentions, and asked them to put their things outside the tent, only Wu Ji and Li Yuan were allowed to enter the tent to meet Cui Qian. Li Yuan had already prepared, and generously asked ten archers to wait outside, and he accompanied him into the tent.

It was very quiet in the big tent, and the guards would let them wait, and then go in to report, Li Yuan sat aside in a regular manner, and quietly took off the short crossbow hanging on his waist with his right hand, pressed a short arrow coated with poison into the arrow groove, wound it, and quietly hid it under his arm. He touched the short knife on his waist again, and the short knife was also coated with poison, although at a distance of two or three steps, Li Yuan was sure that he would be able to hit every shot, but out of holiness, he was still prepared for failure, although he felt that this preparation was not needed at all.

Blameless looked at the expressionless Li Yuan preparing all this, his eyes showed deep sorrow, whether Li Yuan's assassination of Cui Qian was successful or not, he would not end well, he only hoped that Li Yuan could keep his promise and finally let his family go.

"King, are you not feeling well?" A young man appeared at the door of the back tent, looking at Blameless with a smile on his face. He was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously smiled: "Thank you for your concern, I don't feel uncomfortable, it's just that the weather is hot." After finishing speaking, he found that this young man was very eye-catching, he hadn't seen Cui Qian several times, and he must have been newly promoted.

"I see, it's really hot." The young man smiled gently, then turned to Li Yuan and said, "Is this general also hot?" Seeing that your forehead is full of sweat, do you want me to have two glasses of water to quench your thirst first. ”

Li Yuanyi grinned, shook his head and said: "Thank you for the good intentions, the water is not needed, or please ask the general to come out, and the king of my family wants to present a gift list to the general." The general is busy with military affairs, and we dare not stay long, so as not to delay the general's affairs. ”

"Hehehe......" The young man smiled and shook his hand again and again: "It's okay, it's okay, please rest assured, although the Funan people attacked very fiercely, but they tried in vain, and they definitely couldn't capture the royal city." ”

"That's, that's, General Cui is well commanded, your soldiers are brave and invincible, this royal city is naturally foolproof." Blameless Qiang smiled: "I don't know where the general is now?" ”

"It's hot, and the general is resting." The young man waved his hand, signaling Wuyi and the others not to worry, and there was no match for gossip. Wu Ji and Li Yuan didn't have the heart to talk to him, but they didn't dare to ask, their expressions were naturally a little uneasy, the young man saw it, he couldn't help but be a little curious, so he asked a few words, Wu Ji explained a little embarrassed: "The military camp is heavy, Xiao Wang doesn't dare to stay longer, he just wants to see the general earlier, and he plans to retire after presenting a gift, can he ask the general to ......?"

After listening to the interpreter's words, the young man touched his chin with some embarrassment, and looked at the embarrassed Wuyi, who hurriedly stepped forward and stuffed a piece of malachite into his hand. The young man looked at the gem and smiled: "Okay, I'll go in and see if the general is awake." ”

"Thank you, thank you." I am relieved to be blameless, and I thank you again and again. The young man entered the account, and Wu Yi glanced back at Li Yuan. Li Yuan nodded, his hand reached to his waist again, reconfirmed the position of the short crossbow and the short knife, and cleared his throat, ready to send the signal immediately.

However, Wu Ji and Li Yuan waited for a while, not only did Cui Qian not come, but the young man couldn't see it. Wu Ji and Li Yuan gradually became a little uneasy, they looked at each other, and they both saw a trace of panic in each other's eyes. Li Yuan gritted his teeth, and when he was hesitating back and forth between retreating or continuing to wait, there was a sound of footsteps behind the tent, and Cui Qian's voice was very clear. When Li Yuan heard this, he suddenly felt like a great enemy, he glanced at Wu Qi, held the short crossbow in his right hand, buckled the crossbow machine with his fingers, and pulled out the short knife with his left hand and held it in his hand, preparing Cui Qian to make a move as soon as he appeared, without giving him any chance. He breathed a sigh of relief, ready to send a signal for the ten archers outside the tent to shoot the guards at the same time, causing confusion and creating a chance for himself to escape.

As soon as the tent door opened, Li Yuan looked up and saw that it was still the young man just now, and he hurriedly took a step back and lowered his head. The young man waved his hand and smiled: "What a coincidence, the general has already gotten up, but he just had a nightmare, saying that someone was going to assassinate him, so he ......" He rubbed his hands embarrassedly: "If you want to see him, please unload your weapons first." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several guards behind him surrounded him, looking at Wuji and Li Yuan without blinking. Li Yuan was dumbfounded, he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, how could such a thing happen at this time? Could it be that the great god Brahma was unwilling to let him succeed, so he entrusted his dream to Cui Qian? Or is his murderous aura too heavy, which makes Cui Qian feel something?

Facing the vigilant gaze of several guards, Li Yuan did not dare to take any chances, he handed over the short crossbow and short knife in his hand, and tried his best to make himself appear calm. Wu Yi also handed over the short knife he was wearing, and the guards took it and handed it into the young man's hand. The young man looked at the two short knives and a short crossbow with interest, and suddenly smiled: "General Li is so careful, he entered my general's military tent, and he actually returned the arrows?" Could it be that the general is really an assassin? ”

Li Yuan's complexion changed greatly, and sweat was like rain. His short crossbow was a good arrow, and when he handed it over, he was so nervous that he forgot to loosen the string and go to the arrow, and besides, it seemed that there was no time for him to do so. He stammered and said, "General...... Joke aside, how could I be an assassin, just...... Just ......"

The young man glanced at him, loosened the bowstring of the short crossbow, pulled out the short knife and looked at it, leaned to his nose and sniffed: "There is a smell on this knife, could it be poisonous?" ”

Li Yuan's heart was shocked, and he subconsciously explained: "What...... How can it be poisonous, General...... General, don't laugh. ”

"Not poisonous?" The young man was suspicious, and walked to Li Yuan's side with a knife in his hand: "I don't believe it, it's better to do this, I'll stab you with this knife, if you're okay, then I believe you're not poisonous, okay?" ”

Li Yuan's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he looked at the young man's smiling face, not knowing how to answer. The young man shook the knife, approaching step by step, and Li Yuan involuntarily retreated backwards until his back was against the wall, and there was no way to retreat.

The young man still smiled: "The general is so nervous, it must be poisoned on it." Before the words fell, his face sank, and he shouted: "Come on, take them all." ”

Several guards rushed up and immediately restrained Li Yuan, who was just about to resist, and there was a shout outside, followed by a scream in Funan Tuyu, thinking that ten archers were also disarmed or killed. Li Yuan was pushed to the ground, clenching his teeth tightly, still screaming loudly. Blameless kept surrounding the young man, explaining the gem in his hand as he carried it into his hand.

Cui Qian appeared at the door, pushed it away, and sneered: "King Jin Chen, do you think that bribing my king with a few gems will spare you for the crime of assassination?" ”

Blameless smiled embarrassedly, and was justifying himself, when he suddenly remembered something, his eyes widened, and he looked at the young man who had regained his smile: "You...... You are the king of Yue...... Your Highness? ”

Although Sun Shao couldn't understand what he said, he could guess what Wu Ji would say without a translator, he nodded, turned around and sat down on the main seat, Cui Qian stood beside him respectfully, and sneered. He was suddenly stupid, his hands trembled, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word, and slowly fell to the ground, sobbing on the ground. Li Yuan raised his head desperately, looking at all this in front of him in disbelief, and in an instant, remorse gnawed at his body like countless crocodiles.

This young man was actually Sun Shao, the king of Yue, and he actually held a short crossbow and a short knife smeared with poison, and he talked to Sun Shao for a long time but did not start. He was bent on killing Cui Qian, but he missed the perfect opportunity to assassinate Sun Shao in vain.

"Providence—" Li Yuan sighed and lowered his head.

Cui Qian said with a smile: "The king is really discerning, and he immediately saw through these two young people and saved the lives of the ministers." ”

"Don't flatter me." Sun Shao smiled: "I can see through him, not because I am clever, but because this assassin is too unprofessional, and after talking to me for a long time, he touched the short crossbow and short knife in his waist at least three times." ”

"So what's next?"

"Let's see if this kid's mouth is hard enough." Sun Shao said casually to Han Long behind him: "If you can pry his mouth open and lure Fan Man into the city, of course it will be better, but Fan Man, the old thief, is cunning and cunning, it is not easy to trick him into the city, at most catch one or two small fish." ”

Han Long nodded, stepped forward and mentioned that Li Yuan had gone out.

"King Jin Chen, what do you think I should do with you?" Sun Shao walked up to Wu Jiao, put his hands behind his back, and slowly turned in circles. He didn't say a word, just kowtowed on the ground. He was so frightened now that he couldn't even speak. Sun Shao, the king of Yue, has always been in the city, he doesn't know any news, and he still wants to help Li Yuan assassinate Cui Qian, it's really stupid. He couldn't help but feel sad for Fan Man again, Fan Man had been waiting for Sun Shao to come, but he didn't know that Sun Shao had already been in the city.

"Do you want to live?" Sun Shao kicked Wu Blame with his toes.

Wu Blame Mu was stunned, and he didn't react at all, and he didn't come back to his senses until the translator said it for the third time. He looked up at Sun Shao, wanting to see if Sun Shao was joking with him or if he was serious. Sun Shao had already put away his smile and looked at him very seriously, with murderous intent in his eyes, but he couldn't see any teasing. Wu Ji suddenly rose a glimmer of life, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Everything is according to the king's orders." ”

Sun Shao nodded: "You get up, go back to the palace and think about it behind closed doors, and when I defeat Fan Man, I will study this matter with you." ”

Blameless stood up tremblingly, and withdrew from the big tent step by step. Outside the big tent, the ten archers had all looked back at the pool of blood, their eyes were wide open, and their short crossbows and poisoned arrows were intact on the side, obviously, they didn't have time to do anything.

After a while, Han Long walked in and shook his head at Sun Shao.

"I can't see that this vertical man lacks courage, but he is a righteous man." Sun Shao sneered: "However, I didn't expect him to turn against the water, and immediately sent a signal for Wei Wen and Yuehai to come over to fight, and let's fight with Fan Man in a dignified manner, and see how powerful this Funan King who has been crisscrossing the South China Sea for thirty years is in his army." Sun Shao paused, and then said: "Cut off the heads of those monkeys and pickle them, and hang them on the city wall before the war starts, so as to extinguish Fan Man's sharp spirit." ”

"Whoa." Cui Qian replied loudly.

Fan Man looked at the military report from Ruan Wu that he had just received in his hand, and his hands trembled. Ruan Wu said that Sun Shao was still in Meng Ang Bay, but he had just received the news that the Yue army had arrived from the east and west, and he had also received a war letter from Sun Shao from the city, and Sun Shao was in the city, and he had just killed Li Yuan and others. He deceived Sun Shao, and Sun Shao also deceived him, the two tried their best to distinguish the winner in the end, and they still had to rely on their strength to do the final showdown. He waited for Sun Shao outside the city, preparing to besiege the city for reinforcements, and Sun Shao was also in the city waiting for reinforcements to arrive to flank him. Now, Sun Shao's two groups of men and horses arrived from the east and west respectively, which had cut off his retreat, and he had nowhere to escape, but to fight with Sun Shao in Dunsun City.

There is no ingenuity, and it is a hard-fought battle completely based on strength.

Fan Man slowly put down Ruan Wu's military report, and said in a deep voice: "Convene the generals to discuss the matter, and the decisive battle will be called." ”

At the eastern foot of Changshan Mountain, Fan Chang looked at the Wu army who had been defeated all the way and sneered. The people of Wu will only play some intrigues and tricks, sending people to intercept and kill the scouts and baggage soldiers who go out, but they are some cowards when they really go to the battlefield, and he has been chasing the people of Wu for the past two days. If it weren't for the fact that the speed of the war elephant really couldn't be raised, he should be able to catch up to Nishijuan City by now. In spite of this, Xijuan City still showed his true face in front of him, thinking that he would soon be able to come to the city, Fan Chang was very excited, Fan Zhan had entered Xijuan City, but Fan Zhan died, he was beaten by the Wu people and fled, and finally died in Changshan, and he was the opposite, he defeated the Wu people into a crush, chased all the way to Xijuan City, and finally entered Xijuan City as a winner, and soon became the master of Yuenan County.

Who can say that I am not as good as Fan Zhan in war?

Just when Fan Changyi was full of ambition, there was a sudden loud noise in front, and a war elephant chasing after the front along with the battle flag on it suddenly disappeared, Fan Chang was stunned, and was about to ask what was going on, when the guards around him suddenly pulled his sleeve, pointed to the sky on the left, opened his mouth wide, but couldn't say a word.

Fan Chang turned his head to take a look, and suddenly felt a cool air rushing to the back of his head.

(To be continued)