The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 135 Set Sail and Set Sail Clairvoyance

Yue Hai hurriedly boarded Sun Shao's boat with Dong Feng, and couldn't believe what he saw before him. Isn't this boat too luxurious?While envious, Yue Hai said worriedly: "General, if you do this, you will be safe, but if you encounter pirates, it will affect your speed."

Sun Shao made a joke: "With your escort, General Yue, what kind of pirates should I be afraid of?"

Yue Hai smiled complacently, then frowned again, and complained: "General, you have made me suffer by doing this. The Jiaozhou Navy has a large number of people, and they can assign manpower to escort, but I There are only a hundred warships in the shipyard, and the shipyard needs to be protected. How can someone come out to escort them. Besides, you have more than 300 merchant ships here, which is too tempting. I am afraid that pirates in the East China Sea will be moved by the wind. This... It's not easy to deal with."

Sun Shao pouted, with a relaxed and natural expression: "Then you came to tell me, and then flashed?"

"That can't be done." Yue Hai slapped his chest righteously, "Although the Supreme didn't order me to escort, but the general is here, I can't just sit idly by. I can't let the general be robbed in my jurisdiction, then What face do I have to meet you after I cross the sea?"

"Zhuzi, you have a conscience." Sun Shao laughed, took Yue Hai's hand into the cabin, pressed him on the seat, ordered someone to bring fruit and wine, met Yue Hai, rubbed his hands excitedly Hand: "I know that the general has good wine here, and it really is a worthwhile trip."

Everyone laughed.

Sun Shao and Yue Hai drank two glasses of wine, then turned to Dong Feng and said, "Have you been busy recently?"

Dong Feng nodded apologetically: "Yes, not only the shipyard has been very busy recently, but even Dongye City has been very busy. Otherwise, I would have gone to Panyu a long time ago." Dong Feng sighed: "Northern University The epidemic, we got the news too late, a few patients have arrived in Dongye, if not discovered early, I am afraid it has spread."

"Great epidemic?" Sun Shao was taken aback.

"That's right." Yue Hai's face was also a little ugly, and he looked rejoicing: "This probably has something to do with the big battle at the beginning of the year. Cao Cao withdrew his troops when he had the upper hand. This should also be the reason."

"The soldiers who returned brought the disease back to Yecheng. Yecheng was in chaos and many people died." Dong Feng repeatedly shook his head. The medical craftsman went to various places to spread medicine, and finally brought the situation under control. But it is not so simple in Yecheng."

Everyone was relatively speechless, even if they had never experienced the power of the epidemic, they had heard of it.Sun Shao was even more alarmed. He sat there without speaking for a long time. He vaguely remembered that there was a great epidemic at the end of Jian'an, and several of the seven sons of Jian'an died of this epidemic. I don't know if it was this time. .

"It's better to be a dog of peace than to be a person in a troubled world." Sun Shao got up and got out of the cabin, walked to the side of the boat, raised his wine glass, and slowly poured the wine into the sea.Everyone was a little silent when they saw it. Although the world is divided into three parts and the people in the Central Plains are enemies in a sense, they are still the subjects of the Han Dynasty in name. Everyone does not feel wronged by Sun Shao's behavior, on the contrary I'm a little moved.

They talked about things in Jiangbei, and before they knew it, it was late at night.Out of the Jiaozhou border, the merchants were worried that the safety of the Jiaozhou navy would not be guaranteed after the withdrawal of the Jiaozhou navy. Now that Yuehai brought the navy here, they were all overjoyed and took turns to flatter them.In the past, the navy never asked about their life and death, and they didn't take the navy seriously. Now that they have tasted the sweetness of being escorted by the navy, they suddenly felt the kindness of the navy, so they treated the officers and soldiers of the navy such as Yue Hai. The attitude was very good, and Yue Hai and the others were flattered for a while, and they got drunk without knowing it.

On the second day of Yuehai, he was dragged out of the quilt by Li Nong. When the cool sea breeze blew, he had goose bumps all over his body.Being disturbed, he was very dissatisfied, and shouted with raised eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

"Sea... pirates." Li Nong's teeth chattered, his expression pale.

"Pirates?" Yue Hai's face sank, without saying a word, he put on his armor and got out of the cabin, and shouted as he walked: "There is nothing to be afraid of some pirates, it's not like we haven't fought against pirates before, when have we not..."

Yue Hai didn't finish his sentence, and the rest was blocked in his throat. He stared at the sea in the distance, and he was dumbfounded there.

On the boundless sea, where the water and the sky meet, there is a dark line. This line rides the wind and waves and becomes thicker and thicker, but you can't see the ends. In front of this black line, several pirate ships are flying. coming.They are like the leading horses in the herd, riding Juechen, and behind them are countless galloping war horses, rolling in with a terrifying momentum.

Yue Hai was shocked, at that moment, his mind was almost blank.

When he saw these more than 300 merchant ships, he thought that the pirates would come upon hearing the news, but he never expected that not only did the pirates come, but they also came in a particularly large number. Judging from this posture, the pirates in the East China Sea must be mobilized.

After all, Yuehai had been on the battlefield for a long time. After a brief loss of consciousness, he immediately came back to his senses, flew into a rage, strode up to the top of his own ship, stood still on the flag, and sent out the semaphore to face the battle.Although the sailors and generals who got up in a hurry were horrified, they still carried out the order in an orderly manner. More than 70 warships listed their battle formations in a very short period of time. The giant scull was set up, and the warship was driven to accelerate forward. The soldiers took their positions, clenched the weapons in their hands, and prepared to fight with the upcoming pirates. , The officers leaned on the parapet and looked far into the distance, wanting to see which ships belonged to the thieves. They hoped to kill them with one arrow, and beat the pirates' arrogance.

"Li Nong, go to General Sun's ship and let him retreat with the brigade, so as not to be accidentally injured by pirates." Yue Hai's face was livid, and he clenched his fists tightly and trembled involuntarily. He had experienced many battles, But with so many pirates coming today, he is really not sure that he can win. He can only let Sun Shao and the others retreat to the shore first. He knows that there is a waterway there, which can accommodate many boats to take shelter. Go back and write a letter at the intersection, and this battle will be easier to fight.

Li Nong didn't dare to neglect, jumped on a horse and rushed to Sun Shao's boat.

Sun Shao had discovered the pirates a long time ago, and he also received the semaphore from across the sea. He was directing the ship to retreat slowly with the merchant ships. His speed was not fast, and it could even be said to be very slow. Almost all the merchant ships rushed to the sea. ahead of him.However, there was no tension on his face, and when he saw Li Nong, he even greeted Li Nong with a smile.

Li Nong was not in the mood to laugh, his brows drooped, and he was about to cry.

"General, General Yue, please retreat quickly, and I will take you right away."

"Why are you so nervous?" Sun Shao joked: "Is it true that the sailors of your Houguan Shipyard see pirates like this?"

"Don't be ridiculous, general. There are too many pirates coming this time. General Yue said, probably all the pirates from the East China Sea have come." Li Nong cried and cupped his hands repeatedly: "Please go, general, if you don't leave, it will be too late."

"Aren't they just a few pirates? It's nothing special." Sun Shao said relaxedly, while waving his hand to the merchant ships passing by his building boat: "You go first, don't worry, with General Yue, everything will be fine Turning around, he said to Li Nong, "Please send someone to lure the merchant ships to take refuge temporarily, so that they don't mess up. The pirates are still far away, and there is enough time."

Li Nong looked at Sun Shao, feeling a little dazed for a moment, could it be that he was used to seeing big scenes in Jiaozhou for a few months, and didn't take these pirates seriously?He didn't feel overwhelmed for a while, and subconsciously listened to Sun Shao's command, and led people in to direct the merchant ship to take refuge on the shore.The merchants were accustomed to pirates, and now they had the navy to protect them. After the initial panic, they quickly calmed down, and under the command of the navy officers and soldiers, they sailed towards the shore in a hurry and calmly.

When the pirate ship approached the defense line set up by the navy for [-] paces, they stopped. The appearance of Hou Guan's navy made them hesitate. meaning.

Zhou Qun stopped, and the others also stopped. Facing the waiting Hou Guan Navy, their blood ignited by greed finally calmed down.But there is a limit to this calmness, and it is obviously not realistic for them to retreat.

They all looked at the leader Zhou Qun, some sent people, and some simply came to Zhou Qun themselves to ask advice.In a short while, Zhou Qun was dizzy from arguing.

"What do you have to worry about? Although Hou Guan's navy has large ships and excellent armaments, they only have 2000 or [-] ships. How many do we have? We have more than [-], [-] times as many as him. Could it be that [-] ships are against him alone? Can’t we still win? Take advantage of the large number of people this time, get rid of the scorpion in the sea, and this sea will be our world from now on.” Zhou Qun’s voice was stern, and a few words made the flustered pirates excited again , Not only that, even he himself regained some confidence.He turned his head and said to Wei Ping, who was obviously a little gleeful, "Please go see General Sun and ask him to settle down. Otherwise, if we accidentally hurt him, we won't be able to explain to General Su."

Wei Ping curled his lips and remained silent.He got out of a small boat and sailed towards the navy by himself.When he passed the navy's defense line, Yue Hai made a special question and learned that he was looking for Sun Shao, he frowned and didn't say anything.He knew that Sun Shao and Su Chugui had some friendship, and hoped that Sun Shao could use this friendship to avoid this war.There were too many pirates, and if there was a real fight, he doubted whether he could go back.He has already made preparations. If he really can't hold on, he will just protect Sun Shao and run away. As for the others, let them fend for themselves. Anyway, he has not received Sun Quan's order to protect the merchant ship. If you win, it's a credit, but if you run away, it's okay.

Wei Ping came to Sun Shao's boat, and to Sun Shao who was sitting on the boat with a big horse and a golden sword, he bowed down and bowed down, explaining his intention in the future.

Sun Shao smiled, pointed to the top of the mast, and said lightly: "Did you see that I didn't hang the battle flag of General Su."

Wei Ping looked up, but he didn't see the battle flag of Su Chukuleg. He glanced back again, but he didn't see who was holding it. He was a little suspicious for a while: "General?"

"Hehe, I didn't see General Su's boat, so General Su must have never come." Sun Shao gestured for someone to offer Wei Ping a glass of wine, and said calmly, "These people dare to abandon General Su and come here to rob. Naturally, they didn't take General Su seriously. Even if I hang General Su's flag, I'm afraid they won't let it go, and it will ruin General Su's reputation, so why bother."

Wei Ping was very grateful, and he kowtowed: "General, my general has already issued an order. The general's boat is considered to be part of my general's. As long as the general hangs the battle flag of my general, they cannot move, otherwise they will be with the general." My general can't make it through. To be on the safe side, please ask the general to hang up the battle flag. Although the navy is powerful, there are too many people here today. The so-called ants eat dead cows. With so many pirates swarming up, the navy can't last long. "

Sun Shao laughed. He looked into the distance and pointed at the dozens of ships that kept a certain distance from the large group of pirates. Because they were too far away, they looked like just an irregular black line: "Is that your general?"

"Exactly." Wei Ping turned his head and glanced, then nodded and said, "My general is afraid that they will show one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes, which will ruin the life of the general, so he came here to watch the battle." Embarrassed, he said: "These people are very powerful together, and my general can't do anything, please forgive me, general."

Sun Shao waved his hand, and the corner of his mouth twitched. There was no tension in his expression at all, but he said curiously: "With your general's prestige, can't everyone respond to everyone in the East China Sea?"

Wei Ping was a little ashamed: "I don't know the general. The East China Sea is no better than Jiaozhou. It is the first time in the past ten years that [-] merchant ships have concentrated like today. Money is touching. This time the temptation is too great. It is my family. The general can’t hold back either. This time the leader is Zhou Qun, nicknamed Hunjianglong, and he is the one who encouraged the other pirates to put pressure on my general, and they almost antagonized us.”

"Is Zhou Qun very strong?"

"He has more ships and people than us, but the battle is average. If he didn't gather other pirates, how could he be our opponent." Wei Ping looked at the imminent battlefield behind him in embarrassment, and smiled wryly: "But now Their concentration is more than 20 times that of ours, and we can't resist it."

"Hehehe..." Sun Shao smiled, and waved his hand to signal Wei Ping not to be nervous: "I know, I understand your general's wishes. Come, you and I have a drink together, and see if General Yue defeats the enemy. "

Wei Ping was taken aback, and immediately looked at Sun Shao nervously: "General, although General Yue is good at fighting, he won't be able to stop him for long. For the general's sake, we should immediately hang the battle flag of General Su and separate him from other merchant ships, so as to protect the war. The general is safe."

"Don't worry, don't worry." Sun Shao couldn't make any distinctions, and pushed Wei Ping to sit on the table: "I have confidence in General Yue."

Wei Ping is anxious, confident?You are out of your mind, if the navy meets a similar force, it can take advantage of the size of the ship and the excellent weapons. In addition, Yuehai also has a set, and he can probably deal with twice as many pirates. , but how much is it now?Now it's thirty times, even if he can fight across the sea, the pirates will swarm him, and they will eat him to death.Do you have confidence in him?
He tried to persuade again, but Sun Shao ignored him. He just retreated slowly with the brigade of merchant ships until all the merchant ships had retreated into the waterway. The posture of watching soldiers with wine.

Wei Ping didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he felt a little regretful.I made a mistake in coming this time, even if Su Chugui came in person this time, he wouldn't be able to save him.He took Yue Hai too seriously, thinking that Yue Hai could defeat the pirates, but he didn't know that Yue Hai was actually doing a disservice here.If there are no officers and soldiers here, the merchants can only let the pirates plunder, at best they will lose property, and generally they will not hurt people.But when Yuehai stopped here and beat them, the pirates saw the blood, and when the time came, it would not be so easy to be good. Even if Sun Shao raised Su's thick-legged battle flag, it would not help.When the time comes, will Su's thick legs make a move?

While Wei Ping was thinking hard about how to persuade Sun Shao, Zhou Qun and the others were getting impatient. They roared loudly, cheered each other up, and rushed towards the navy. Although Yue Hai had a headache, he had to fight He retreated, commanding the sailors under his command to meet them, and the two sides fought into a ball.In a short while, drums were beating everywhere, and the shouts of killing on the vast sea shook the sky.

The navy relies on the size of the ship, and the naval warships in the first row rush forward with all their strength. Compared with the pirates who are mainly small boats driven by a dozen or so people, the navy's medium-sized warships are five or six feet taller, which is equivalent to As tall as one person, the sailors shouted in unison and shook the giant scull with all their strength. The warship rushed towards the pirate ship quickly. Under the violent collision, the pirate ship was no match at all. The shouts suddenly turned into cries. They slammed desperately in the water, dragging the boat that was knocked down by the navy warship, and angrily cursed the arrogant navy officers and soldiers.But the navy officers and soldiers couldn't care less about them. Under the command of each ship's military lord, they coordinated and worked hard to maintain the speed of the warship, and continued to hit the next pirate ship.These navy officers and soldiers all know that their biggest advantage over pirates is the size of the ship. If they can overturn them, they will avoid hand-to-hand combat. Don't die, the number of people today is enough to kill them.

Can't stop, stop means death.

Needless to say, every navy officer and soldier from Yuehai understood this truth. From the very beginning, they used all their strength to increase the speed of the ship to the fastest speed, and gave the pirates a blow when they fought for it.

Pirate boats were overturned by navy warships, and one after another pirates fell into the water. Wherever the navy warships went, there were screams. As soon as the battle started, the pirates were mercilessly met by the navy. devastated.

Sun Shao couldn't care less about chatting with Wei Ping at this moment. He stood up, held up a tube to watch the battle in the distance, and made comments from time to time. Wei Ping was a little curious. He had good eyesight, but this place was too far away from the battlefield. , each ship looks only the size of a fist, and it can barely be seen that it is a navy's warship or a pirate's boat. Can Sun Shao clearly see the details of the battle?
At the same time, Wei Ping was surprised to find that on the other side of the building boat, Guan Feng and Sun Shangxiang were also watching the battle with a pipe in turn. However, the pipe they used was on the boat, which was thicker than the one in Sun Shao much, much shorter.The two exchanged views while watching, apparently also discussing the naval battle scenario.

This puzzled him.

"Look at the heroic appearance of the navy." Sun Shao smiled and handed the pipe to Wei Ping.Wei Ping accepted it suspiciously, and imitated Sun Shao's appearance and looked into the distance. He was shocked when he saw it. What he saw in his eyes was a naval warship hitting a pirate's boat head-on. Coming over, a dozen pirates fell into the water, and the warship immediately ran over from the small boat, crushing the pirates under the boat, and the overturned oar hit the sea water, hitting the pirates' heads, and the water splashed everywhere Well, after the warship passed by, the pirates who were still struggling were suddenly quieter, and several of them floated quietly in the sea without any reaction.

"How?" Sun Shao smiled confidently.

Wei Ping fondled the pipe, looked at it over and over again, and even forgot to answer Sun Shao's words.He is a man of knowledge and knows the importance of this thing for naval warfare.The sea is no better than flat land, there is no cover, as far as your eyes can see, you can find the enemy far in advance, and you can have a lot more time to prepare.This tube can see farther and more clearly than the eyes of ordinary people. With this tube, you have more reaction time than your opponent.No wonder Sun Shao and the others started to retreat a long time ago. Zhou Qun really lamented the bad luck just now.

Wei Ping raised his head and glanced at the watchtower. On the watchtower stood an officer and soldier, holding the same tube in his hand to observe the battle ahead. Beside him, a standard bearer was constantly releasing news. The merchant ships crowded in the waterway looked forward to it one by one, and the expressions on their faces were either happy or sad according to each flag.

"Good baby, unfortunately, it will soon fall into the hands of Hun Jianglong." Wei Ping shook his head regretfully, and reluctantly returned the pipe to Sun Shao.Sun Shao blinked his eyes, as if he didn't understand.Wei Ping pointed to the front and explained: "The navy seems to be very sharp in attack, but once their physical strength drops and their speed slows down, the pirates' advantages will be revealed. And Hun Jianglong is not given for nothing. It will make the navy's warships continue to be so arrogant. Although the pirates are small, they are no worse than the navy in terms of speed. Just watch, there will be a reversal soon."

"Really?" Sun Shao replied disapprovingly, raised his clairvoyance and continued to watch the battlefield.As Wei Ping said, after the initial overwhelming momentum, the speed of the navy gradually slowed down. The first batch of warships to attack turned their bows and returned to their positions, while the warships on standby began to speed up like hungry. He rushed towards the following pirates like a tiger on a sheep.

"This Yuehai has a way, and he knows how to maximize his strengths and avoid his weaknesses." Sun Shao praised: "It seems that the battle is in our favour."

Wei Ping shook his head, lamenting to himself that Yuehai can fight, but the difference in strength is too great, the victory or defeat is only a matter of time, and the navy has no hope of winning at all.

(End of this chapter)