The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 151 Set Sail, Psychological Tactics
Bu Zhi was surprised and delighted when he received the news. What surprised him was that Cui Qian's energy was so great that he actually mobilized more than 2 people at once. This is just the beginning of the journey. What will it look like in a few days?Happily, Cui Qian left his lair, which gave Sun Shao a chance to defeat him at sea.Why did Sun Shao stay still?It's not that he can't beat him, it's because he can't be found at all. Zhuya is Cui Qian's Zhuya. How many harbors are there on it, and which one is Cui Qian's water village? It's definitely not a good idea to search for him individually, it's the most appropriate way to lure him out and beat him up.

Cui Qian left Zhuya, which he was familiar with, like a person vacated, with no place to stand, losing at least half of his power.

But now Bu Zhi was a little worried, the more than 2000 merchant ships attracted Cui Qian, but there were too many people, far exceeding Sun Shao's strength, could he handle it?Don't hit Cui Qian, but get picked up by pirates instead.

"I won't hit him." Sun Shao's first sentence stunned Bu Zhi.Bu Zhi stared at him for a long time, and finally said: "If you don't beat him, then what are you doing?"

"I'm going to stab his chrysanthemum." Sun Shaoxing clenched his fists, "This time, Cui Qian will definitely not be able to cry."

"Chrysanthemum?" Not only Bu Zhi was confused, but also Yu Fan and others were puzzled. They roughly understood what Sun Shao meant, but they couldn't figure out where this allusion came from?

"Ah?" Seeing that everyone was looking at him in confusion, Sun Shao came back to his senses. He smiled awkwardly and explained, "Cui Qian's whole nest is the reason for us to attack his general stronghold." Opportunity. It is said that Cui Qian’s general stronghold is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If he keeps hiding there, we, more than 1 people, really can’t deal with him. But when he comes out, there must not be many troops left behind. He became a bereaved dog. More importantly, once the property he accumulated for many years is lost, he will be seriously injured, and he will no longer have the capital to compete with us. Maybe, if we are lucky, we will find evidence of his collusion with the Shi family , when that time comes, Fujun, this Jiaozhou will truly be your Jiaozhou."

Bu Zhi saw that Sun Shao was talking happily, but he didn't feel excited at all. He reminded calmly: "General, don't forget that although Cui Qian's general stronghold is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is still a lot to do." If you don’t understand a problem, you have to find it first, otherwise, you just have great abilities, and you can’t use them.”

"Don't worry about this, I have a guide."

"Guide?" Bu Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and this time he was really moved.If there was a guide leading him straight to Cui Qian's lair, the success rate would be really high.When did Sun Shao find the guide?Could it be that some of the people arrested last time surrendered?

"No, but there will be." Sun Shao said confidently: "Your Majesty, I'm going to leave the camp soon, and Xu Wen's safety will be entrusted to you. Although Cui Qian and the others are going to rob merchant ships, but Xu Wen There are still a lot of merchant ships, don't be rushed in by some thieves who don't have eyes, it will be a big embarrassment."

"Don't worry about that." Bu Zhi was anxious to know how Sun Shao could know Cui Qian's lair, and didn't care about anything else.Most of the bandits had gone to rob merchant ships, even if someone thought of Xu Wen coming to fish, he had to look at his face.

"That's good, you go back and prepare, I'm leaving tomorrow." Sun Shao issued the order to evict the guest without any politeness.Bu Zhi's face froze, knowing that Sun Shao didn't want him to participate in this battle, and that he was going to claim all his achievements. Although he was dissatisfied, he had no choice but to leave angrily.As soon as he left, Yue Hai and others surrounded him: "General, how can we find Cui Qian's lair?"

"Ask those spies. Some of them must know. Don't you understand once you ask?" Sun Shao smiled lightly.

Yue Hai and the others looked at each other, thinking that Sun Shao was fooling them again. If it was that simple, he would have asked.Sun Shao didn't say a word, and let them go to prepare for tomorrow's expedition, and he brought out those people who were locked in the barracks, and they stood in a full school field.

These people were all arrested when Sun Shao suddenly surrounded Xuwen City last time. They couldn't tell their identities clearly, and they had no guarantee, so they were all regarded as Cui Qian's spies. There were more than 100 people in total.Among them were Cui Qian's spies, people Cui Qian arranged to trade in Xuwen, and some other pirates sent to trade. Of course, there were unlucky innocent people too.They were imprisoned in the barracks for three months at a time, and they were punished to do hard labor every day. Apart from working hard, they had nothing else to do. The panic at the beginning gradually calmed down. Today, Sun Shao suddenly called them, They thought they were going to let them go.But looking at the chilling aura exuded by the heavily armed soldiers next to them, it didn't seem to be the same, and each of them couldn't help feeling nervous.

"You can't tell your identities, but I know your identities. You are all pirates." Sun Shao paced back and forth on the high platform with his hands behind his back, with a calm and indifferent expression: "I will give you a chance to live, who can Tell me where Cui Qian's lair is, and whoever makes meritorious service will be rewarded. If you are willing to join the navy, I will reward him with a captaincy. If you don't want to join the navy, I will reward you with ten gold. Ten acres of land, or buy a few boats, and become a peaceful and self-sufficient common people in the future.”

Everyone looked at each other, the expressions in their eyes changed, but no one spoke.Most of the people who were sent to Xu Wen to handle errands had family members in Zhuya. Once the news came back to Zhuya that they had betrayed Cui Qian, their family members would be dead.

"If you don't want to, I won't force you, but let me tell you, my military rations are tight, so you won't have the chance to eat another meal. I will give you a chance to serve Cui Qian." Sun Shao waved his hand, Two soldiers stepped forward and walked into the big tent with the one at the front. Sun Shao glanced at the rest of the soldiers, bared his teeth with a sneer, and followed in.Just as the people below were about to whisper to each other, the soldiers next to them stopped shouting: "Speaking is not allowed, and offenders will be executed immediately."

The prisoners with different mentalities suddenly fell silent.

Standing in the crowd, Xia Houying kept his lips tightly shut and said nothing. He was one of the spies Cui Qian sent.His parents and wife are all in Zhuya, and Cui Qian treats him very well. Of course, he doesn't want to tell Sun Shao where the Zongzhai is, but he doesn't want to die in vain. He has been prepared for today's situation. Wen told me that if you are caught, don't hold back, just talk about a place name and play around, anyway, Sun Shao doesn't know if it's right, and when he checks it, maybe he has found a chance to escape.

One by one people were brought into the big tent, and quickly brought out again, standing on the other side and waiting for the final result, among them were the accomplices that Xia Houying knew, but he found a problem, he was asking those accomplices with his eyes When the situation happened, their expressions were a little strange, their eyes dodged and they didn't dare to look at him, which made him suspicious.

Are they all telling the truth?
Xia Houying became a little uneasy, and was very angry at those accomplices who were greedy for life and afraid of death. You can be afraid of death, but don't you know how to make up nonsense?Do you have to tell them the general's headquarters?There are so many harbors in Zhuya, you can just point to one.

Xia Houying waited bitterly until he finally entered the big tent.In the big tent, Sun Shao was sitting with his sword on his back, and he and Yu Fan were drinking tea contentedly. There was a shelf next to it, and a picture was hung on it. On the picture was a figure with a round top and a pointed bottom, like a bird. Ear, an old clerk was taking notes with a pen, looked him up, and said: "This is Zhu Ya's map, point to where is Cui Qian's old lair."

Xia Houying had been prepared for a long time, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Lao Shuzuo: "Don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet. If the place you said is true, my general will fulfill what he promised you. If it is False, you will die immediately."

Xia Houying was stunned for a moment: "Of course I will tell the truth. But, how do you judge whether what I said is true or not?"

"It's very simple." Sun Shao, who was drinking tea, took a look at Xia Houying, and the corner of his mouth twitched. Among so many people who came to the big tent, he was the first one who dared to ask this sentence. Seeing his forced eyes Calm, but kept holding hands together, obviously nervous, this kid is probably Cui Qian's man. "There are so many of you, there must be Cui Qian's spies among them, but I also know that you will not tell me which general village is easy, many people will just say one, anyway, I don't have time to check."

Xia Houying thought the young general in front of him was very interesting, so he actually told him the details.That being the case, then there is nothing to be afraid of, I will just talk nonsense and get away with it.

"However, I believe that there must be many people who are afraid of death, so I made a statistics, and in the end the one you mentioned the most is the standard, and those who do not meet this standard will be killed." Sun Shao sneered, feeling He took a sip of tea tastefully: "If you have the guts to deceive me, or want to be Cui Qian's loyal minister, you might as well give it a try."

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Xia Houying's forehead.The reason why he wants to say something nonsense is because he knows that Sun Shao has no way of knowing the truth in a short time, but he also knows that if he says something nonsense, he will definitely not be the one with the most answers in the end. If someone tells the truth, the one with the most answers at the end must be the real location.As for those who couldn't figure out where the main village was at all, of course they could only talk nonsense, and there would be all kinds of locations, but like him, those answers would certainly not be the one with the most answers.

"The opportunities I give you are all equal, so you have to think carefully before you talk." Sun Shao withdrew his gaze and continued to drink tea.

Xia Houying's hands behind her back clenched and then let go, let go and clenched again, dripping with sweat, under the impatient urging of Lao Shuzuo, stretched out her fingers, clicked a point on the map, and spat out three words with difficulty. Word: "Lingao Bay."

"Okay, go out, next one." Old Shuzuo drew a stroke on the paper, and shouted loudly without looking at him again.Xia Houying stepped out of the tent with heavy steps, his face ashen.He now knew why those accomplices looked weird, because he was just like them now.

"This kid is just a spy." Yu Fan sneered.

"Is it true what he said?" Sun Shao looked at Yu Fan with a smile.Yu Fan curled his lips: "Anyone who dares to talk nonsense under such circumstances is a well-deserved death, but after all, there are not many such people. Lingao Bay has been mentioned many times, so it must be Cui Qian's lair."

"This kid is really good at picking places. Lingao Bay is not far from Xu Wen, and is not close. He comes and goes quickly."

"It's very good for a military strategist." Yu Fan nodded, and said with a smile: "However, this time his horse's feet have been exposed."

"Hahaha……"

The result came out quickly. The answer was that there were the most people in Lingao Bay. Sun Shao called in those who gave the wrong answers individually and told them clearly that you were lying just now, and I will give you a chance to correct them. Go out and behead.These people's faces were ashen, most of them changed their words, and aimed directly at Lingao Bay, while some people were so frightened that they fell to their knees and kowtowed repeatedly, admitting that they really didn't know just now, it was nonsense.Sun Shao was also polite, admitting that he really didn't know, dragged it aside, and said nonsense the second time, dragged it out and chopped it up.After beheading three people, the results are more clearly divided into two categories, one is Lingao Bay, and the other is that they really don't know.

Sun Shao called in a dozen or so people who had pointed out Lingao Bay for the first time, including Xia Houying, and he said to them, now that I know that Lingao Bay is Cui Qian's headquarters, in view of your honesty, I will give you a chance to take me to attack. I know that your family members are all in the Zongzhai.If you don't go, I won't force you, but I'm not responsible for the safety of your family.The rules of the navy are similar to the rules of the pirates. The captives, especially women, will be treated as servants of officials, or given to soldiers as wives. Even if you want to buy it back, you will have to pay a lot of money, provided that she is alive .

Xia Houying and the others all knew how the pirates did it, and they also knew how the navy would deal with the old, weak, women and children in the village after they captured the general village. If they didn't go, their family members would definitely end up in the same way as Sun Shao said.Now that you have already surrendered, what are you talking about so much.Without further ado, they agreed to lead the way.Sun Shao repeated his old trick, separating them and questioning them one by one, preventing them from playing tricks.Soon two more people who intended to lead the officers and soldiers astray were killed, and the remaining people no longer dared to be careless, and told Sun Shao the most accurate route to the best of their knowledge.

After working in the middle of the night, a map of Cui Qian's general village was freshly released.

Chen Hai and Su Chuleg looked at the map that exuded the fragrance of ink, and they admired Sun Shao to the point of complete admiration. Even Shen Xuan and Yu Fan admired it very much. This method seems simple, but I have to say that he was completely blocked. In order to overcome people's fluke psychology, the real result was selected from the countless answers mixed with true and false.

"Judging from the results we have obtained so far, the entrance of Lingao Bay is small, but the inside is huge, and the water fortress is very strong. If you attack from the front, it will be difficult to be effective in a short time. More importantly, there are branch roads inside. It is impossible for us to block all these branch roads. Once they are unable to stop them, they are likely to escape from the branch roads. Although we can get the main village, it should be an empty village. Once the news leaks, we will try to ambush Cui Qian, that's going to be difficult." Shen Xuan pointed to the map and talked, "What we want is to capture the general stronghold, not only the stronghold, but also all the people in one fell swoop, and then beat Cui Qian here An ambush completely eliminated this group of pirates. Therefore, careful planning is necessary to prevent any pirate from escaping."

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Cui Yan lay lazily under a big tree, listening to the cicadas singing one after another on the tree, feeling drowsy.Cui Qian led a large group of people to rob, and the village became quiet all of a sudden.Cui Yan is very relieved. When Cui Qian and Cui Wen chose Lingao Bay as their headquarters, they fell in love with the unique terrain of Lingao Bay. You know, behind this cliff is a bay with a radius of more than ten miles.The officers and soldiers have come and suppressed many times, but they have not found this place. Even the charts in the hands of Shi Xie and Bu Zhi do not indicate Lingao Bay. He rushed in with the navy, who knew that it was a plan discussed by Shiwei and Cui Qian, and there was an excellent ambush location.After Bu Zhi rushed in, Shiwei blocked the back, and thousands of arrows were fired from the surrounding cliffs, which completely blinded Bu Zhi.If it weren't for the fact that the scholar family was afraid that things would cause too much trouble, and Cui Qian was also afraid that killing Bu Zhi would cause Sun Quan's revenge, if he let Bu Zhi go, Bu Zhi would have died here that time.

Cui Yan has enough confidence that Sun Shao can't find Lingao Bay. Although he has caught many spies they sent out, but these spies all have families in the general village. Before bringing officers and soldiers over, they must first consider their families In addition, when Cui Wen sent these spies to Xuwen, they were prepared to be arrested. Everyone had prepared their words and had all the answers, but there was no Lingao Bay.If Sun Shao wanted to know the location of the headquarters from those spies, he would know at least seven or eight different results, but it would definitely not be Lingao Bay.And if Sun Shao wants to search one by one, then within two or three days, he can get the news and prepare for the emergency.He can choose to ambush Sun Shao in a certain bay where Sun Shao is advancing, or lead him to a fork, and finally let him get lost on the jagged coast. The hurricane capsized the ship.

Even if Sun Shao is lucky and he chooses Lingao Bay right away - in Cui Yan's view, this is simply impossible - then when he sends someone in to check, Cui Yan will have enough time to make preparations However, if Sun Shao does not enter Lingao Bay, it is fine. Once he enters Lingao Bay, it is guaranteed that he will never come back.

Because of this reason, Cui Qian was very relieved to keep 1000 people, and he took the main force to go fishing.It is also for this reason that Cui Yan can sleep leisurely in the shade of a tree this summer, taste various fruits, and enjoy the rare quietness in the afternoon.

Just when he was half asleep, a rush of footsteps woke him up. He turned his head and glanced at the direction of the footsteps, and a middle-aged man without armor hurried over.Cui Yan was taken aback, and subconsciously sat up.This man's name is Wang Xiu, and he is a close friend of Cui Wu, the guard of the old village. He has been assisting Cui Wu in the old village, why did he suddenly come to the water village?

"Young general, something is wrong. The old village is surrounded by the Jiaozhou Navy." Wang Xiu rushed to Cui Yan, and said out of breath, without paying attention to salute.His head was covered with sweat, he didn't know if it was heat, or anxiety, maybe both.

"Old village?" Cui Yan suddenly jumped up. The old village is the foundation. The wealth accumulated by the Cui family over the years is all in the old village, and the families of the soldiers are also in the old village, because the old village is so Because of the importance of this, Cui Qiancai sent another uncle, Cui Wu, to lead the troops to guard, and Wang Xiu, who is known for his resourcefulness, as his assistant.When the old village was robbed, half of the foundation of the Cui family was dug up. How amazing is that.He roared angrily: "The old village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there are only two waterways to pass through. How could it be surrounded by people?"

"I don't know." Wang Xiu was very nervous. The old village was lost for some reason. Those navy officers and soldiers seemed to have fallen from the sky, and suddenly appeared in the old village. When they came to their senses, the old village was already besieged.Cui Wu sent his personal guards to fight a bloody road and sent Wang Xiu out. He was still holding on to the last inner camp. Cui Yan was asked to send someone to help immediately, otherwise the old village would definitely fall.

"How many people are there?" Cui Yan quickly calmed down. Since the other party came so suddenly, there must not be too many people.

"A large ship, including sailors, can have a maximum of a thousand people." Wang Xiu raised his sleeves to wipe his sweat, "According to the rules of the Jiaozhou Navy, usually there will be no more than 500 soldiers."

"That's okay." Cui Yan breathed a sigh of relief, got up quickly, and walked to the inner room while asking, "Is it a big loss for you?"

"The loss at the beginning was not small. More than 200 brothers died. Now the general has less than 200 people. He is relying on the fortress of the inner camp to stand firm. As long as the major general rushes to support him, he will be able to attack back and forth and kill the officers and soldiers on the spot."

"Damn it, didn't you just stumble in here by mistake?" Cui Yan thought to herself.There are only two ways to enter the old village, one is through the main village he guards, and the other is through a more hidden waterway on the other side. The waterway is very complicated, and there are so many branch roads. Can't get in.Whether it is the Jiaozhou navy or other pirates, they have passed through the exit of that waterway countless times, and no one has ever discovered that this waterway is connected to the general village.

"If you kill these navy officers and soldiers and seize that building boat, then even though you didn't go fishing this time, you will gain a lot. Building boats are good things. Cui Qian only has more than 200 boats under his command. How can he travel across the South China Sea? ?Because among his more than 200 ships, more than 100 are medium-sized standard warships of navy officers and soldiers, and the small ships that deal with other pirates are overwhelming. But although Cui Qian has more than 100 medium-sized warships, the building ships are There is only one, and this is the loot from the last ambush against Bu Zhi. In the previous battles with the Jiaozhou Navy, the Shi family will leave him some small and medium warships more or less, but there is no need to talk about the building boats. The building boats not only symbolize Even if an armed ship is surrounded by ten medium-sized warships, it may still break through, or even turn defeat into victory. The reason is simple. It looks powerful, and it can also be equipped with a powerful long-range weapon such as a crossbow. When a medium-sized warship that mainly engages in boarding battles encounters it, it is basically passively beaten before boarding the ship, and has no power to fight back.

If this boat is captured this time, it will not only save the old village and make a great contribution, but also its own strength will break through to a new level.Not only was Cui Yan not a little nervous, but he was a little excited for no reason. He didn't think too much, leaving 300 people to guard the general village, and led 700 people to follow Wang Xiu straight to the old village.

(End of this chapter)