The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 174 Set sail
"Fengyi?" Sun Quan pointed his legs with a smile, and looked at the excited Sun Luban, telling what he saw and heard in the Fengfeng camp today: "Did he say why it is called Fengyi?"

"What did my sister say in the scriptures? I said it was because my sister-in-law had a phoenix in her name, but my brother was right."

"That's right." Sun Quan nodded with a smile on his face, "But it's not all right."

"Then why?" Sun Luban walked around behind Sun Quan, hugging his neck and asked.

"Dahu, do you know the name of your elder brother's other big boat?"

"I don't know." Sun Luban shook his head: "I only saw one, does he have another one?"

"Yes, I gave him two escort ships." Sun Quan took Sun Luban's hand and said with a smile, "That one is called Yingyang."

"Yingyang? Which Yingyang?" Sun Luban blinked, unable to understand.

"Eagle of the eagle, soaring." Sun Quan turned his head and squinted at Sun Luban: "Do you know what it means?"

"I don't know." Sun Luban simply shook his head.

"Does A Yuan know? What about you, Xiaohu?" Sun Quan asked Sun Luyuan and Sun Luyu who were sitting on the opposite side of the table. Sun Luyu shook his head, while Sun Luyuan bit his finger and blinked his big eyes. He said with certainty: "Could it be Fengyi Yuting, Yingyang Zhoujiao."

"Hahaha..." Sun Quan leaned over and touched Sun Luyuan's small face affectionately: "After all, he is the nephew of the Yuan family, and he reads well. Dahu, if you don't read if you are told to read, you will make a fool of yourself today."

"What's yin and yang? I thought you guys were talking about the Book of Changes." Sun Luban was a little annoyed, and rolled his eyes: "Who knows if what she said is right."

"If you don't understand, don't think that others don't understand." Sun Quan patted Sun Luban's hand feigning anger: "Listen to what Ah Weng told you, these two sentences mean that Emperor Yu Shun ruled the world with virtue, so A phoenix flew to his courtyard and danced for him, King Wen of Zhou ruled the world with virtue, so an eagle appeared in the suburbs to serve him to conquer the cruel and heartless King Zhou."

"What does that have to do with elder brother?" Sun Luban asked.

Sun Quan was speechless for a moment.When he heard that Sun Shao had named the two warships these two names, he understood Sun Shao's intention: He was reassuring him that if you treat me well, you will be the benevolent Emperor Shun and King Wen of Zhou, and I will pay you back. It is the phoenix and the eagle that serves you.But he doesn't believe in this, or in other words, he believes, and others don't believe it. These days, only the size of the strength is considered, and the name is only useful when the strength is not enough to sweep everything.He is not Emperor Shun and King Wen, and he dare not expect Sun Shao to be that phoenix and eagle.

But if this is the case, he can only understand it, but can't express it in words. He can't tell his daughter that Sun Shao is lying to me.

"He hopes to fight the world with A Weng, he is the eagle." Sun Quan thought for a while, and had to say vaguely.

"Oh—" Sun Luban suddenly realized: "By the way, no wonder he wants to go to Xiyi to find Qilin."

"Kirin?" Sun Quan was puzzled, what did Sun Shao take Sun Luban and the others to play with today?

"Brother heard that there is a country in Xiyi, there are many unicorns, he is going to catch a few and bring them back, so that our Sun family will have the world." Sun Luban shook his little head triumphantly, repeating what Sun Shao said Tell Sun Quan ten times.

After hearing this, Sun Quan was a little uncertain.Sun Shao's current strength has aroused the speculation of the officials and his uneasiness, but Sun Shao did not show the slightest attempt to be restless from the beginning to the end, on the contrary, he has always behaved very well.Asked him to come back to join the war, he came back, and asked him to fight Qingxu navy, he also accepted, to split his Aurora navy, he didn't show any too violent reaction, except Zhou Xun and Sun Huan The two were thrown to the Destroying Front Camp to toss.Generally speaking, there are small grievances, but there are no big complaints.This made Sun Quan very conflicted. He hoped to eliminate the hidden danger of Sun Shao at the infancy stage, but he was also afraid that he would deal with it too hastily and cause the clan's backlash again.In order to split the Aurora Navy, he had to use a Yuzhang prefect to appease the clan in advance—you see, I can even forgive Sun Ben who did something wrong, so how can I deal with Sun Shao?I want to clean him up, it must be that he has an unforgivable sin.Before Sun Shao has a clear rebellious action, if he forcibly deals with Sun Shao, I am afraid that there will still be opinions among the clan, and at the same time it will chill the hearts of others-you can even frame Sun Shao out of nothing, then there is Who is safe?
It is okay to deal with Sun Shao, but there must be a strong reason.So far, he has not found such a reason.

Sun Shao had revealed before that he wanted to go to sea and visit the records in the Book of Mountains and Seas, and now he said so, did he really think so?Even if he wanted to fake it, he wouldn't use Sun Deng and Sun Luban to do it.It sounded like he was very disturbed, and he didn't want to cause trouble to Xiao Qiang, so he would rather go to sea.This kind of forbearance is rare for a character like him, so shouldn't he reciprocate?

"Your elder brother is a capable person. He said that if he can have it, then he must have it." Sun Quan let go of his thoughts and suddenly felt a burst of relief.

"Of course." Sun Luban nodded repeatedly, as if Sun Quan was complimenting Sun Shao as if he were complimenting her.

One day later, Yu Fan arrived in Jianye with his navy, Sun Quan had already prepared a water village for them, and Sun Shao also officially moved out of the mansion and lived in the water village.As soon as he saw Sun Shao, Yu Fan cryptically expressed his concern. Sun Quan was doing this to split up the Aurora Navy.

Sun Shao just smiled calmly, "The most urgent task in front of us is to defeat the Qingxu navy and help the Jiangdong navy regain its advantage on the river. To do this, it is not easy for us."

Yu Fan understood, Sun Shao said that the difficulty is not small. On the one hand, it means that the Qingxu navy is also very powerful. There are about 8000 people in the hands of Zang Ba and Wu Dun. More importantly, their ships are also equipped with Thunderbolt cars. The advantage is not obvious.Another aspect is that the Aurora Navy cannot lose too much, otherwise, it will lose its deterrent to Sun Quan and be reduced to the point where it is at the disposal of others.

"I think if we want to severely damage or even wipe out the Qingxu Navy, we can't leave it all to us, and the warships in the hands of the generals must also participate in the battle." Yu Fan said cautiously: "Only in this way, our strength will far surpass the Qingxu Navy. , in order to gain an advantage and succeed in one fell swoop.”

"Sir, you are right." Sun Shao nodded solemnly. He understood Yu Fan's meaning. If he wanted to fight, he would drag Jiangdong's sailors to fight together. They couldn't let them watch the show by the side, otherwise, he would win the fight. , The loss is not small, but the fruits of victory belong to others.

He is not the kind of silly cat who picks chestnuts out of others.

"Gong Ji stayed home for a few days, why hasn't he come?" Yu Fan asked suddenly.

As soon as Sun Shao rolled his eyes, he immediately felt sorry. "He probably had a good time talking with Mr. Gu, and forgot that there is still business. I'll go ask him."

"It should." Yu Fan nodded solemnly, then smiled.

Sun Shao didn't delay, and immediately left the water village with his people and rushed to Gu's mansion. Not long after the famous assassin was presented, Gu Tan came out to welcome him, and respectfully saluted Sun Shao as soon as they met: "Uncle."

Gu Tan was born in the seventh year of Jian'an, only three years younger than Sun Shao, combining the elegance of the Gu family and the handsomeness of the Sun family.

"Zimo, is your mother there?" Sun Shao asked as he walked in.Although he is only three years older, but his seniority is there after all, and his official position is high enough, Gu Tan is a little cautious in front of him: "I am talking with my aunt inside, uncle can see you when you go in."

Sun Shao smiled, it was really not easy, the elder sister Sun Yuanying was able to talk with Mrs. Lu.He had stayed at Gu's house a lot before, and he had never seen the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sitting together and chatting.He followed Gu Tan into the side courtyard where Mrs. Lu lived. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Mrs. Lu sitting in the hall facing east, Lu Ji sitting on the north, Sun Yuanying and Mrs. Lu sitting on the east, all smiling. Look at him.

"Fengxian is becoming more and more like a general." Mrs. Lu laughed loudly, "Yuanying, what do you think?"

The style of a general she mentioned can be understood in two ways. One is that he has the demeanor of a general, and the other is that he is very similar to his father, Sun Ce. When Sun Ce was alive, everyone called him a general.Sun Yuanying smiled and pursed her lips: "Mother, don't praise him, he is a person who does not praise."

"Hehehe..." Mrs. Lu continued to laugh and said, "I'm so proud. I became a post-general at the age of 21. Even a general didn't have such an achievement back then. Last time I was ill, I was really reborn."

"Madam, thank you." Sun Shaoke politely saluted Mrs. Lu.

"Feng Xian, sit down, sit down, we are listening to Gong Ji talking about you, he is stupid, it's boring to talk, tell us, what is going on in the South China Sea war." Mrs. Lu greeted Sun warmly Shao took his seat, Gu Tan served tea, Gu Cheng sat beside his mother Mrs. Lu, and Gu Rong, the son of Gu Yu who was only a few years old, sat beside his grandmother, looking at Sun Shao with big black eyes.

Sun Shao smiled and told about the battle in the South China Sea, which made everyone sigh.Mrs. Lu said: "As the saying goes, a hundred birds of prey are not as good as an osprey. Feng Xian is that osprey."

"It's not just an osprey." Lu Ji said with a smile, "There is a warship named Yingyang in Fengxian, and he is the eagle soaring in the suburbs."

"Eagle, eagle, yes, it's an eagle." Mrs. Lu nodded again and again, turned her head and looked at Gu Tan with a smile: "Zimo, you are not young anymore, it's time to go out and practice, Yida Look, mother, you have such a good uncle, so don't think about other ways, just do some chores with your uncle."

Gu Tan smiled and cupped his hands: "I'm afraid that my grandson's talent is inferior, and my uncle won't like it."

Sun Shao burst out laughing, pointed at Gu Tan with his finger and said, "You are young, you have a sharp mouth, how can I deal with you when I see you in the army?"

"I'm not afraid of that, there will never be a nephew starved to death by an uncle." Gu Tan replied in response.

Everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Mrs. Lu arranged lunch for Sun Shao. After the meal, Lu Ji told Sun Shao that he was not participating in the war and was going back to Wu County to reunite with his family. Since he went to Yulin, he hadn't reunited with his family for nearly ten years.The accounting work that was originally in charge of Lu Shan was handed over to Gu Tan. Lu Shan told Sun Shao that although Gu Tan was inexperienced, he was very capable of mental arithmetic and smart. You can get started soon after entering the army.Sun Shao also agreed, then pulled Lu Ji aside, and explained the purpose of coming, Lu Ji understood: "It's useless to talk to my sister, Sima never discusses official affairs in the mansion, the general can go to prepare with peace of mind, I will Let’s just say it.”

Since Lu Ji took the initiative to take on the task, he was relieved that Mrs. Lu arranged Gu Tan by her side, so she couldn't let herself suffer.He talked to Sun Yuanying again, and took Gu Tan to the barracks.Yu Fan saw that Lu Ji didn't come back, but a young man came with him. He was a little curious. He heard that Gu Tan was good at mental arithmetic, so he tried it. It turned out that although Gu Tan was not as perverted as Lu Shan in mental arithmetic, he was indeed one in a million. It's more than enough to deal with the accounts in the camp, so I don't worry.

Lu Ji did a good job. At the military meeting two days later, Gu Yong proposed that in order to obtain the greatest results as soon as possible, Jiangdong's current navy should cooperate with the Sinian navy to fight, and they would be responsible for luring the enemy. The Xu navy was attracted from the water stronghold in Jiangbei, and then the Zhendan navy carried out an ambush, fighting for a battle to defeat the Qingxu navy and completely remove the threat.After hearing this, Sun Quan agreed very much, and Lu Meng and others had no objection, so they made a decision immediately.

In the morning of the next day, Sun Shao led the Sinian navy into the predetermined waters and made preparations for combat.Jiang Qin led the warship to Qingxu Village to challenge, and Lu Meng led a large team to prepare to cross the river.

However, the development of the matter was unexpected. The Qingxu Navy, who has always been very arrogant, insisted on staying out of the village. Jiang Qin ordered his subordinates to insult him in every possible way, but Zang Ba remained indifferent.All of Jiang Dong's prepared moves came to naught.

Sun Shao is very anxious. The war here cannot be resolved for a long time, so he can't go west. It's okay if Guan Yu can still be defeated by the ban like in history. If not, then at most two or three months, the situation of the world will enter an inflection point .

At this time, Fei Yi arrived in Jianye and asked Sun Quan for food aid.

Living in the nest, Cao Jun camp.

General Fubo Xia Houdun was dressed in a cloth towel, and with a calm demeanor, he bowed respectfully to an old Confucian scholar: "Send it, sir."

The old Confucian scholar returned the salute, and the boy behind him strutted away with his sutra pouch in his arms.Although Xiahoudun has led the army for many years, he has been studying all the time. Everywhere he goes, he will invite local learned Confucian scholars to give him lectures.Compared with the aggressive Xia Houyuan, he looks thick and elegant, the only shortcoming is that he is blind in one eye, which greatly affects his overall perception.Although now he is a respected authority, no one dares to call him Blind Xiahou like he did back then, but the bronze mirror is still the thing he hates the most.

"General, the Jiangdong Army is here to challenge again." Yangwei General Zang Ba strode into the military tent and bowed to salute.Zang Ba is over 50 years old this year. He is tall and tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a lion nose and a wide mouth. He looks very powerful.He looked straight at Xiahou Dun, and asked tentatively, "Should we fight?"

"No need." Xiahou Dun slowly put away the silk script on the case, looked up at the somewhat disappointed Zang Ba, pointed to the seat where the Confucian master was sitting just now, and signaled Zang Ba to sit down: "Xuan Gao wants to fight?"

Zang Ba gave a dry laugh, lifted up his skirt and sat down, straightened his clothes, and then said worriedly: "Your Majesty is fighting fiercely in Hanzhong, General Zhengnan was besieged in Fancheng, but we are sitting here watching, I am worried about your Majesty You will blame me later."

Xiahou Dun laughed, and said loudly: "Xuan Gao, don't worry. Since I am ordered by the king, and the warlord is here, I will take responsibility for anything. If the king wants to blame, let him blame me."

Zang Ba smacked his lips, this sentence was blocked by Xiahou Dun, but Xiahou Dun was the commander of the 26th Army, and he could only obey orders.But he was a little unwilling, it was fine in the past, Qingxu Navy was not the opponent of Jiangdong Navy, but now it is different, Qingxu Navy equipped with thunderbolt car can completely beat Jiangdong Navy to pieces, why should he stay in the village middle?Is it because the Aurora Navy is here?Zang Ba has fought against pirates and knows their fighting power. To be honest, the strengths of pirates come and go without a trace. In real face-to-face combat, they are no match for the navy at all.Sun Shao's subordinates are mainly pirates, although there are many of them, they are not scary.

"Xuan Gao, can you defeat the Jiangdong navy and help the army land?" Xiahou Dun asked with a smile when he saw Zang Ba's expression of unwillingness.Zang Ba thought for a while, then shook his head, he could gain the upper hand on the water, but crossing the river was more difficult, otherwise why would they stay here, they would have crossed the river long ago.

"Since this is the case, why should we be in a hurry." Xiahou Dun said unhurriedly: "The king's battle in Hanzhong is going well, Liu Bei has reached the end of his life, and Yizhou is full of rebellions. In a few months, Yizhou will be without a trace. Soldiers can be sent, but there is no food to eat. How can they be undefeated? Although Guan Yu besieged Zhengnan in Fancheng, they were able to hold on. General Zuo (Yu Jin) has already led an army of [-] to support him, and he will join Zhengnan in a few days , then Guan Yu will be defeated. In this way, Yizhou is feasible and the world can be settled. Xuan Gao, we don't need to fight hard, as long as we protect the Jianghuai River and don't give Sun Quan the opportunity to take advantage of it, it is a great achievement. Are you worried that the king will forget Is it to our credit?"

"Don't dare." Zang Ba shook his head hastily.

Xiahou Dun's meaning is already very clear. They are restraining, using static braking, using defense instead of attack, to attract Sun Quan, make him unable to support Liu Bei, and wait for Cao Cao and Yu Jin to attack Liu Bei and Guan Yu.From the point of view of the overall situation, this plan is of course the best plan, and the credit will certainly be credited, but how can the credit of being so good with others compare with the credit of breaking the army and killing the enemy.

Zang Ba was still not reconciled.

Seeing that Zang Ba still didn't leave, Xiahou Dun pondered for a moment, then said, "Xuan Gao, do you know anything about Sun Shao's Aurora Navy?"

"I don't know much about it." Zang Ba said in a deep voice: "As far as I know, the Zhendan navy is mainly composed of pirates in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. There are very few navy originally belonging to Jiangdong. It seems to be a part of Gan Ning. Some of them are the navy of Houguan Shipyard, and I guess there is also a part of Jiaozhou navy. They used to have their own subordinates, but they were just combined by Sun Shao."

Xiahoudun laughed. What Zang Ba meant was that Sun Shao's subordinates were nothing more than pirates, and their combat effectiveness was definitely not strong. Don't worry, he still wanted to fight. "Xuan Gao, before the arrival of the Zhendan navy, did the Jiangdong navy take the initiative to fight?"

Zang Ba grinned, and smiled triumphantly: "I did it at first, but I didn't dare to do it later."

"Then why do they dare to challenge you in front of your village now?" Xiahou Dun immediately asked, "Are Lu Meng and Jiang Qin the kind of impulsive people?"

Zang Ba choked.

"Since the offense is uncertain, why not stick to it? Sometimes you should use offense instead of defense, and sometimes you should use defense instead of offense. Times change and things change, so don't stick to it." Xiahou Dun stood up and walked towards the back tent: "Pass me According to the military order, those who enter the battle without authorization, beheaded!"

"Here." Zang Ba didn't dare to say anything more, and bowed to accept the order.

(End of this chapter)