When he came to Yong'an by land, Zhang Zhi's old lackey Mo Sheng learned from Luo Xian and others that the so-called emperor of the Eastern Wu, Sun Hao, had personally led his army to Wuchang, gathered troops and transported food and grass in the Wuchang area, and could lead his army west to attack Yizhou at any time.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Mo Sheng, who was carrying heavy responsibilities, did not dare to rest in Yong'an. He took a boat to continue to advance eastward that day. Needless to say, after entering the Lu Kang defense zone, Mo Sheng naturally suffered all kinds of difficulties and rude treatment. Fortunately, Mo Sheng was mentally prepared and insisted on continuing to advance eastward with a self-defeating attitude. Finally, he rushed to the city of Wuchang before the Eastern Wu sent troops.

Fortunately, the Wuchang area belongs to the defense zone of Shi Ji, a pro-Han-sect of the Eastern Wu, so after rushing to Wuchang Wharf to explain the purpose of the trip, Mo Sheng was not only not troubled by the soldiers, but was also quickly led to Shi Ji, the left Sima of the Eastern Wu. At the same time, Shi Ji also agreed to help Mo Sheng, so that Mo Sheng could get the opportunity to meet Sun Hao as soon as possible, but Shi Ji reminded him:

"It's okay to introduce our Majesty to you, but after seeing our Majesty, you must be careful when speaking. Our Majesty has a bad temper, and Prime Minister Lu insists on instigating our Majesty to send troops to avenge Lu Kang. If you have any offense to our Majesty, I can't save you."

"Thank you for your advice from the Grand Sima. The foreign officials remember it." Mo Sheng agreed and said, "I would like to ask the Grand Sima for help. Be sure to let the foreign officials see Your Majesty as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Your Majesty issues an edict to send troops, everything will be over."

After all, with the help of the important officials of the Eastern Wu, they only waited for two days in the inn. Sun Hao sent someone to the inn to summon Mo Sheng to meet him. Mo Sheng hurriedly changed his clothes and followed the eunuchs of the Eastern Wu to pay homage to Sun Hao in Wuchang. However, when he entered the palace, Mo Sheng saw a large tripod in front of the main hall of the palace. The tripod was filled with clear oil and was burned by charcoal fire. At the same time, there were two rows of warriors standing solemnly outside the hall, holding swords and axes in their hands, and they looked fierce, which was obviously preparing for him.

Seeing this scene, Mo Sheng, who had experienced countless storms and waves with Zhang Zhi, was not panicked. He just tidied up his clothes, then raised his head and strode to the hall. In front of many Eastern Wu civil and military officials, he bowed to Sun Hao, who was sitting in the middle with a humble and arrogant attitude, and said loudly: "Mo Sheng, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Eastern Wu, and His Majesty Yu'an."

"It's you again." Sun Hao snorted coldly with a bad expression, saying, "You pseudo-Han thief army can't find anyone to use it. Why is it just that man you and Su Ding going back and forth?"

"Report to Your Majesty, our Han Dynasty's general's command is full of powerful generals, and the drizzle of the advisers, so there are naturally some people who can be used." Mo Sheng replied calmly: "As for why the latter general appointed foreign ministers as envoys, it is because in order to express his respect for His Majesty, our foreign ministers are not talented, but they are the first old man Wu Lian to follow the general to raise an army to restore the country. He has little achievements and is very qualified in the Han army. Therefore, only by letting foreign ministers come to pay homage to Your Majesty can we reflect the importance our descendant attaches to your country this time."

"It turns out to be Wu Lian's Southern Barbarian." Sun Hao continued to snort coldly and said, "If I remember correctly, it seems that Fu Gong's ordinary man is also the Southern Barbarian who came from Wu Lian."

"Your Majesty is wise, and Governor Fu is indeed our old man, Wu Lian." Mo Sheng replied: "When the latter general raised his troops, Governor Fu was the county magistrate of Wu Lian, and foreign ministers were Wu Lian's Ji Cao."

"Then you dare to come to pay homage to me?" Sun Hao raised his voice and shouted angrily: "Fu Gong's husband killed my important official Lu Kang in Eastern Wu. Are you not afraid that I will cook you and avenge my Lu Qing?"

"Your Majesty's words are a bit strange. Why don't the foreign minister dare to come?" Mo Sheng said without fear: "First of all, the one who killed the Lu Kang general of your country is not the foreign minister. Secondly, the General Lu Kang general was killed when he invaded our Han Dynasty. There was no eyebrow on the battlefield. It is normal for anyone to kill anyone. How can Your Majesty calculate this account on the foreign minister?"

“Bold!”

Lu Kai, who had been unable to bear it, immediately jumped out and said to Sun Haoju: "Your Majesty, this thief is arrogant and is too disrespectful to you. He should take him down immediately and behead him in the main hall!"

Lu Kai took the lead, and the Lu family party naturally agreed to take Mo Sheng down and executed him immediately. Unfortunately, Lu Kai forgot that it was not Jianye, but Wuchang, who was in charge of the Eastern Wu general Shi Ji. Shi Ji, who insisted on joining the Han Dynasty to destroy Jin, immediately stood up and said to Sun Hao: "Your Majesty clearly understands that although the Han envoy's words are straightforward, they are reasonable. Governor Lu died on the battlefield, not someone intended to do it. This account cannot be counted on this Han envoy."

"At least it's related to him." Sun Hao snorted, then waved his hand to stop the Lu family's clamor, and asked Mo Sheng again: "Tell me, what are you doing?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the foreign ministers are here for two things to go to your country this time." Mo Sheng said calmly: "The first thing is that our Han Dynasty's rear general lets the foreign ministers inform His Majesty. After the bloody battles of our Han soldiers, our Han army not only defeated the Jin bandits in Guanzhong, but also successfully captured the important land of Tongguan, successfully restored Yongzhou, and cut off the contact between the Jin bandits court and Liangzhou in one fell swoop. It was only a matter of time before we recovered Liangzhou."

Hearing this, the ministers of the Eastern Wu were of course whispering in a low voice, all of whom were surprised at the rapid progress of the Han army. However, Sun Hao was envious and jealous, and sneered, "What do you know about this? Show off? Show off to the Eastern Wu, who is in the three states, that your pseudo-Han thief army has successfully changed from one state to two states?"

"Your Majesty misunderstood." Mo Sheng shook his head and said, "Our rear general has no intention of showing off. He just wants His Majesty to know that the control of our Han army is bordering Sili. If our rear general is willing, he will send troops from Tongguan to advance east at any time, attack Luoyang, and capture and kill the fake emperor Sima Yan of Jin."

"Then you hurry up, send troops!" Sun Hao replied loudly, and said, "As long as you send troops to Sili, I will immediately send troops to Yizhou and directly attack your Chengdu lair!"

"Report to Your Majesty, this is also the second thing that foreign ministers need to do when they go on a mission to your country."

Mo Sheng said loudly: "Your Majesty, our rear general asks the foreign ministers to ask His Majesty, does Your Majesty hope that our rear general will return to Yizhou immediately, or does our rear general hope that our rear general will continue to advance to the military service? As long as your Majesty makes a sage, our rear general will immediately meet His Majesty's request."

"What do you mean?" Sun Hao was a little confused when he heard it.

"It's very simple. I'm asking Your Majesty to decide whether to continue the alliance with our Han army." Mo Sheng replied: "If Your Majesty decides to continue the alliance with our Han army and continues to attack the Jin bandit court, our rear general will of course stay in Guanzhong and make every effort to prepare for the war to attack Sili. If Your Majesty is unwilling to continue the alliance and is determined to continue to attack our Han army with the Jin bandit army, our rear general will naturally change the attack to defend on the northern line, and personally lead the army south to support Yizhou, and fight with Your Majesty in Yong'an!"

"Stop your mouth!"

Lu Kai jumped out again, shouting with red eyes: "Your Majesty, have you heard it? This thief envoy is threatening you! A mere thief envoy from Ji Cao dares to threaten you like this. Your Majesty, if you don't kill him, it will be unfavorable to your reputation."

Mo Sheng's words were indeed obviously threatening. Even Shi Ji was not good at helping him, so he had to wink at Mo Sheng and remind Mo Sheng to be careful when speaking, but Mo Sheng was still not afraid at all. He said to Sun Hao: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Lu's words are very wrong. Even if the foreign minister has great courage, he will never dare to threaten you, the king of a country. The foreign minister is just talking straightforward and begging your Majesty for our Later General to make your choice for our Han army."

"Isn't this a threat?" Sun Hao sneered and said, "Okay, then you guys come. As long as you are willing to give up the newly captured Yongzhou, you can go south and fight to the death with my country-ridden army. I will accompany you to the end."

"What Your Majesty said is that as long as you pseudo-Han thief army is willing to give up Yongzhou, which has not yet established a stable foothold, just come."

Lu Kai all agreed, all mocking the Han army for not having a stable foothold in Guanzhong and dared to threaten to go south. Mo Sheng smiled and said, "It is said that the Eastern Wu is full of talents and many heroes. Now it seems that it is just a er. I really didn't expect that even in the Eastern Wu court, there were no one with far-sighted and far-sighted people."

"What do you mean? I mocked me, there is no one in Dongwu?" Sun Hao's face showed anger.

"Don't dare." Mo Sheng's answer was naturally pure and nonsense, and he said, "Your Majesty, the foreign minister knows that you must be joking, but his heart is actually very clear. With His Majesty's wisdom and magical martial arts, how could he not understand the consequences of insisting on going to war with our Han army?"

"What are the consequences?" Sun Hao asked.

"Of course it's a thief in Jin." Mo Sheng replied directly if he wanted to do so, saying, "Wu Han and Wu started a war. Our main force went south to help Yizhou. The Yongzhou that our Han army had just captured just now is indeed dangerous. However, after the Jin thief regained Yongzhou, will they ceded one city and one land in Guanzhong to Your Majesty as avenge, or will they lend the horse-producing land in Longxi to Your Majesty to raise horses? Your Majesty raised troops to attack Yizhou, but in the end, they were in vain. They lost their troops and were wasted money and food. Wouldn't it be unfair?"

"Sir, you are very wrong with this." Sun Hao laughed and said, "You pseudo-Han thief army should have a detailed work in our Eastern Wu. You must have heard that the Jin court has given us the alliance conditions for the Eastern Wu? As long as our Eastern Wu takes Yong'an, we will immediately ced the four counties of Xuzhou to our Eastern Wu. Before that, the Jin people had taken the initiative to offer three cities to our Eastern Wu to express their sincerity."

"But your Majesty, have you considered it? If the main force of our Han army returns to the south, are you sure to take Yong'an?" Mo Sheng asked immediately and said, "Let's take a step back and say, even if you can take Yong'an, how much army will be lost and how much food will be spent?"

"I am willing!" Sun Hao replied proudly: "As long as you can take down Yong'an and avenge my Lu Qing, no matter how many troops you lose, I am willing!"

"Have you considered it again? If you could continue the alliance with our Han army and use the army in the Northern Expedition, how much gain would you gain?" Mo Sheng continued to ask back and reminded him: "Also, please don't forget that when our Han Dynasty was in alliance with the Eastern Wu before, he promised to assign the four prefectures of Xu Yu Youqing to the Eastern Wu after the destruction of Jin. Wouldn't these four prefectures be much larger than the four counties of Xuzhou?"

Sun Hao was speechless, and Mo Shengze said again: "Your Majesty, the current situation is very clear. If you form an alliance with the Jin bandits to attack Han, you will be able to obtain only four counties in Xuzhou at most, except for the risky battle with our Han army. But if you continue the alliance with our Han, you can take advantage of our Han's opportunity to restrain a large number of Jin bandits' army and seize the remaining land of Jingzhou, and then obtain the land of Xuyu Youqing and the city and land dozens of times that of Xuzhou. Which one is better or worse, can your Majesty still not understand this account?"

After hearing Mo Sheng calculate the strategic account for himself, Sun Hao finally began to waver. When Lu Kai next to him saw that the situation was not good, he quickly said: "Your Majesty, don't forget the blood hatred of General Zhenxi. Also, Zhang Zhi'er has always been known for being despicable and shameless. Even if he really destroys the Jin people, he will never abide by the covenant and cede the four states of Xu Yu Youqing to us."

"Prime Minister Lu, are you saying too much?" Mo Sheng said immediately: "When did our descendant general be known for being despicable and shameless? Also, Xu Yuyouqing is still in the land of Jin thieves. If your country can take advantage of our Han army to restrain the main force of Jin thieves and take these four states, can our Han army betrayal from you?"

"Your Majesty, what the Han envoy said is very true."

Shi Ji, a pro-Han sect of the Eastern Wu, finally seized the opportunity and spoke quickly, saying: "The Jin thieves were in Yizhou, and Yongzhou lost consecutive battles and were seriously injured. This is indeed a great opportunity for our Eastern Wu army to take the opportunity to fight the northern expedition. At the same time, the Central Plains are vast and there are many prefectures and counties. Even if we can take the opportunity to grab half of it, we are far better than the four counties in Xuzhou."

"What the Grand Sima said is very true." He Shao, a political enemy of the Lu family, also stood up and said: "If the main force of the Han army is really forced to go south to help Yizhou, even if our Eastern Wu defeated Yong'an with the army that was sacrificing the country, the income would be only just four counties in Xuzhou. However, if our Eastern Wu uses the army that was sacrificing the country as a northern expedition, the income would be far better than the four counties in Xuzhou."

Sun Hao was even more shaken and after a while, he ordered: "Doctor Mo, please go back to the inn to rest. Wait until I and the ministers have reached a conclusion, and then I will give you a reply."

Mo Sheng agreed and said with something in his words: "Your Majesty, I almost forgot a small matter. The Han and the thieves were incompatible, and Wang Ye was not indifferent. Although after taking Yongzhou, the Jin thieves court sent people to contact our rear generals again to test, and wanted to hold peace talks with our Han army, but our rear generals had already flatly refused. So please rest assured that our Han army would never have a secret peace talk with the Jin thieves."

Hearing these hidden threatening words, Sun Hao's face suddenly sank, but he nodded and said, "I know, of course I can trust the general in the future."

Of course, Sun Hao's words were to fool the ghosts. At least after Mo Sheng left, Sun Hao's favorite minister Cen Hun immediately reminded: "Your Majesty, we must guard against the Jin bandits. If we really set up troops to attack Yizhou, the Jin bandits' court will definitely try to negotiate with the Han Dynasty in order to make us defeat the Han Dynasty, so that Zhang Zhi can be assured to lead his army south to support Yizhou. In this way, the Jin bandits can not only gain hope of regaining Yongzhou, but also legitimate excuses that we did not take Yong'an and refused to ced the four counties of Xuzhou."

"Of course I understand this." Sun Hao snorted coldly, and asked Lu Kai, Shi Ji and others who had been eager to try it out: "Tell me, what are your opinions?"

The next step was of course a verbal battle. The pro-Jin faction of the Eastern Wu, led by Lu Kai, strongly advocated not to be intimidated by the strategic blackmail of the Han army, and believed that he should take advantage of the opportunity that the main force of the Han army was far away in Guanzhong, and take over Yong'an at all costs, and take over the four counties of Xuzhou that the Jin court gave, and then make other plans.

In a tit-for-tat way, the pro-Han faction led by Shi Ji was of course a strategic battle of big calculations. It was pointed out that instead of fighting a decisive battle with the Han army for the sake of the mere four counties of Xuzhou, it would be better to take advantage of the opportunity that the Jin army was already seriously weak and use force to directly cut off the Jin court, seize more land and cities, and share the world with the Han army.

Everyone has their own reasons and when they are in a stalemate, no one expected that it was the famous treacherous minister Cen Hun who made the final decision and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, although Prime Minister Lu and his words make sense, there is a key question: Can we take down the Yong'an city before Zhang Zhi returns to Yong'an? If we can't take it down, then everything is empty talk?"

Hearing this, Lu Kai and other pro-Jin factions were speechless immediately. Shi Ji took the opportunity to say, "What Cen Weiwei said is very true. Prime Minister Lu, you insist that you should take care of the front of you first. Have you considered it? Are we confident that we will quickly take Yong'an? The soldiers of Yizhou in the Han Dynasty have arrived in Yong'an for reinforcements. What hope do we have to quickly take Yong'an? If Yong'an is not taken down and the main force of the Han Dynasty is attracted, then wouldn't we bet the Jin thieves in vain? How could the Jin thieves hand over the four counties of Xuzhou to us?"

Lu Kai's party had nothing to say. Sun Hao, who was hesitant, also made up his mind and said, "Well, since we are not sure to quickly capture Yong'an, then we should not waste our national strength for the Jin bandits in vain. We will continue our alliance with the pseudo-Han bandit army. When the pseudo-Han bandit army advances to Sili and the Jin bandits fight with all their might, we will take the opportunity to go north and seize the land that our Eastern Wu deserves."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

When Shi Ji and other pro-Han factions were overjoyed, Lu Kai was crying and asked, "Your Majesty, what should I do if my subordinate's clan brother's revenge? He died so miserably."

"Report, of course, you have to report it." Sun Hao said without thinking: "In the battle of destroying Jin, our Eastern Wu army only seized the city and land without fighting tough battles, so that the Jin thieves would fight against the pseudo-Han thieves and both were injured. Then when the pseudo-Han thieves were seriously injured, we took the opportunity to send troops to destroy the Han and unify the world."
Chapter completed!