In ancient times, water transportation was more convenient than land. After returning to Chengdu by light chariots, they followed Zhang Zhi's old accomplice Mo Sheng, who had followed Zhang Zhi, abandoned the car and changed the boat, and went down the river along the river. With the help of the north wind in winter, it took only three or four days to enter the Yangtze River and continue to flow down the Yangtze River. After more than ten days, Mo Sheng's boat arrived near Yong'an, and could pass Yong'an and enter the territory of Dongwu.

Unfortunately, Mo Sheng's smooth sailing ended here. Before Mo Sheng could see Yong'an City on the island, the Eastern Wu Navy scouts who were still surrounding Yong'an, had already blocked the way of Mo Sheng's ship and forced Mo Sheng to explain his identity and purpose.

The Eastern Wu Navy, which was rampant in the Yangtze River, was more domineering than the rumors, and was more hostile to the Han army than Mo Sheng imagined. Although Mo Sheng repeatedly emphasized that he was an envoy or was the Han army envoy who was in contact with Sun Hao on behalf of Zhang Zhi, the soldiers of the Eastern Wu Navy still forcibly boarded Mo Sheng's ship and forced Mo Sheng's ship to sail to the Eastern Wu Navy camp on the south bank without any politeness to treat the envoys, let alone treat Mo Sheng as an ally's envoy.

Without any resistance, and in order to get a ceasefire with the Eastern Wu, Mo Sheng could only swallow his anger and let the soldiers of the Eastern Wu be merciless. However, the soldiers of the Eastern Wu were more and more eager to tie Mo Sheng up with ropes, and then he took Mo Sheng to the Wu army flagship, allowing Mo Sheng to meet Lu Kang, the eldest son of Shu Han's mortal enemy Lu Xun.

Lu Kang, known as the Confucian general, was indeed elegant and elegant, and his eyes were not inferior to Zhang Zhi, who was inversely proportional to his appearance. Unfortunately, Lu Kang's hostility and disdain towards the Han army were very obvious. After deliberately playing a game of chess, Lu Kang asked Mo Sheng, who was tied up in front of him, "Are you the envoy sent by Zhang Zhi?"

"Why should the governor ask questions knowingly?" Mo Sheng asked back with anger.

"You don't have to worry about the question of this governor. You just need to answer truthfully." Lu Kang's attitude became more arrogant, and he asked slowly: "What's the name? Where is the person? How long have you been following Zhang Zhi?"

"I am the envoy of the Great Han Kingdom!" Mo Sheng said angrily: "Please treat this envoy with etiquette when treating the envoy!"

"The big Han envoy!" A Wu army general under the Lu Anti Investiture cursed and said, "We, Eastern Wu, have never admitted that you are the Han army. We only know that you are a small thief under the banner of pseudo-Han!"

"Little thief?" Mo Sheng sneered and said, "I don't know whose tens of thousands of troops were killed by our mere two thousand front teams, and even the main general was captured alive by us. It's so embarrassing that he is a small thief? The next general who has followed Wu Lian when he was uprising, has served as an envoy to visit his enemy and friend's chief general many times. Even a heroic general in the South Central Committee knows to treat the envoy with courtesy. In comparison, I really don't know who is a small thief?"

The general Wu was furious and subconsciously pulled out the sword. Lu Kang waved his hand and looked at Mo Sheng and sneered: "It's worthy of being the envoy who dared to send a mission to our Eastern Wu. It's true that you have some courage. Well, because you are a tough guy, loosen your ties and set up a seat."

The personal soldiers sang a promise and then stepped forward to loosen Mo Sheng's ties. After Mo Sheng was free, he first moved his hands and feet, and then bowed to Lu Kang and said, "My envoy, Mo Sheng, has seen the governor of the Xiling Governor of Wu State, Wan'an."

Unfortunately, after entering the city, the envoys of the Jin army were like mud cows entering the sea, leaving and never returning. At the same time, the Yong'an defenders were not in a state of movement, so Lu Kang had to worry that Luo Xian might disobey and refused to obey, and even might even change his flag to surrender to the Han Dynasty. He insisted on seizing the Han military envoy sent by Zhang Zhi. What he was afraid of was that Mo Sheng took the opportunity to contact Luo Xian and encourage Luo Xian, who had been loyal to the Han army, to return to the Han Dynasty.

Back to the point, after hearing Zhang Xian's words, Lu Kang, who was already worried, was inevitably even more anxious. He thought for a long time before saying, "Send another envoy into the city to clearly tell Luo Xian that if he abandoned the city and went north, we not only promised that we would not stop him from leaving, but also let him take away everything in Yong'an City. Also, remind him that if he disobeys, no one will escape from his wife and children in Luoyang City!"

"Governor, please wait." Yu Zan, who was quite smart, spoke up and said, "Governor, his subordinates believe that doing so is not only useless, but on the contrary, it may also be counterproductive, prompting Luo Xian to change his banner and surrender the thief and surrender the pseudo-Han thief army."

"Tell me carefully." Lu Kang ordered quietly.

"The reason is very simple. If Luo Xian was willing to abandon the city and leave, he would have done this long ago." Yu Zan replied: "But since Luo Xian has been reluctant to follow the order, it means that he has a deep relationship with Shu. He knows that once Yong'an is obtained by our Eastern Wu, there will be no peace in the hinterland of Yizhou. Therefore, the more we urge and encourage him to abandon the city and leave, the more he will be concerned about the military and civilians in Shu, and it is easy to have the intention of surrendering to the pseudo-Han thief army and protecting the people in Shu."

Lu Kang nodded slowly and admitted that the more he urged Luo Xian to abandon the city at this time, the more Luo Xian understood the importance of Yong'an, and the more likely he would choose to surrender to the Han Dynasty in order to give birth to him and raise him. Then Lu Kang frowned and said, "What should we do? You can't just sit there and wait for him to make a decision, right?"

"Governor, I have a plan to teach Luo Xian to be discouraged and leave the city on his own initiative." Yu Zan said with a sinister smile: "I will definitely hate the pseudo-Han thief army and will definitely not have the idea of ​​surrendering to the pseudo-Han thief army."

"What a clever plan? Tell me quickly."

Lu Kang quickly asked, Yu Zan smiled and said, "Since Luo Xian is unwilling to abandon the city and leave, then if he wants to defend Yong'an, the only way is to change his flag and surrender to the pseudo-Han thief army and obtain aid and supplies from the pseudo-Han thief army. Since that's the case, why don't we forcefully take over the Mo Sheng's seal and ribbon talisman just now, and then..."

Then, naturally, the proud smirk quickly filled the Wu Jun flagship cabin. While laughing and praising his clever plan, Lu Kang ordered Yu Zan: "You are responsible for this matter. You should first pretend to treat the thief named Mo Sheng, take the opportunity to touch his background, figure out his origin, and then follow the plan, so as not to be seen by Luo Xianpiao."

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The next day, in the afternoon, a fastboat with a white flag suddenly leaned on the dock on Yong'an Island. A black and thin middle-aged man hit the white flag boat with his hand and strode to the city of Yong'an. He shouted to the defenders on the city with a Nanzhong accent: "Please report to General Luo Xian, just say that the Han Dynasty's rear general Zhang Zhi's mansion, Mo Sheng came to ask for a meeting. Please allow General Luo to enter the city and pay a visit."

"What did you say?" The Yong'an defenders on the city asked in surprise: "Are you sent by the Han Dynasty?"

"Yes, the General's Mansion of the Han Dynasty joined the army. Mo Sheng." The thin black man who claimed to be Mo Sheng replied loudly, and then showed his seal official talisman and said: "This is the seal letter below. Please put down a hanging basket and take it to General Luo to prove his identity."

Out of gratitude to the Han army, the soldiers of the Yong'an defenders immediately put down a hanging basket and hung Mo Sheng's seal on the city and checked it. They hurriedly asked Mo Sheng to wait for a while, and then quickly took Mo Sheng's seal into the city and handed it over to Luo Xian for a check. Then, after a moment, Luo Xian and his son, who had been favored by the Han army, went out of the city to greet Mo Sheng in person, respectfully invited Mo Sheng into the lobby of the Badong Prefect's Mansion to sit, and finally asked Mo Sheng about his wishes.

"Report to General Luo, this is the case." Mo Sheng explained patiently: "The envoy rushed from Chengdu to Jianye to pay homage to the Emperor of the Eastern Wu from Chengdu to Jianye, and discussed with the Emperor of the Eastern Wu to renew the alliance and join forces to fight against Jin. When he passed Yong'an, he learned that General, you are still holding on. Then he obtained the consent of Governor Lu, the governor of Xiling of the Eastern Wu, and came to Yong'an by boat, preparing to inform General Luo of two important matters."

"If you don't join the army, please speak out for those two major events." Luo Xian replied hurriedly.

"The first major event is probably bad news for the general." Mo Sheng was able to consider Luo Xian's feelings very much, and then slowed down his voice, "Our Han army in Mianzhu, Fu County and Jiange successively defeated the Jin army, and successfully restored all the land cities south of Jiange, including Jiange. The acting general of the army, Wang Chen, was defeated in succession and was forced to retreat to Hanzhong. General Luo, you are already isolated and helpless in Yong'an."

Luo Xian was silent and said for a while: "I know this, I have received the news."

"General's Day." Mo Sheng comforted Luo Xian, and then said: "The second major event that the young envoy informed the general was that in order to get along with the Eastern Wu, our later general had decided to ced the entire county of Badong to the Eastern Wu in exchange for the Eastern Wu to recognize the status and identity of our Great Han army, and to withdraw from Nanzhong and join hands with our Great Han army to fight against Jin."

Before Mo Sheng could finish his words, Luo Xian, Luo Xi, Luo Shang and others had already changed their faces. Luo Xi also shouted: "What? Do you promise to cede Badong County to the Dongwu dog thief? Do you know the consequences of doing so?"

"Major General forgives the crime, of course our rear general knows." Mo Sheng replied helplessly: "But there is no way. The 40,000 troops of the Eastern Wu have already entered Nanzhong. Weixian and the families of our Dahan army are in danger. At the same time, the Eastern Wu insists on making concessions to prove the sincerity of the alliance, so our rear general has no choice but to agree to cede Badong in exchange for the Eastern Wu joining forces with our Dahan army."

Luo Xi glared at Mo Sheng, and Mo Sheng was swaying in his heart and hurriedly said, "Major General, General Luo, Xiao Envoy's words have been finished. If nothing else, Xiao Envoy will say goodbye first."

Luo Xi turned his head angrily to see his father, while Luo Xianze's expression was dim. He nodded for a while and said, "Thank you for your message from the general after conveying it, please give me some advice."

Mo Sheng was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and left. As a result, as soon as Mo Sheng walked out of the lobby, Luo Xi roared and overturned the case in front of him and roared: "A man! We have worked so hard to defend Yong'an, and would rather be suspected of colluding with the enemy than give in. This man actually gave Yong'an to the Dongwu dog thief in one sentence! What else can we guard? Why don't we give Yong'an to the Dongwu dog thief, so that he and Zhang Zhi's son cannot live in peace day and night!"

"Uncle, it's time to make up our minds!" Luo Shang also said angrily: "Anyway, Wang Chen, who is in charge of military affairs in Yizhou, ordered us to abandon the city and go north. Zhang Zhi's son also regarded the lives of the soldiers and people in Yizhou as a joke. We might as well follow the orders and abandon the city and go north tomorrow, and give Yong'an to the Dongwu dog thief!"

Luo Xian said depressedly, and after a while, he said powerlessly: "I really didn't expect that Zhang Zhi'er would be such a person. In order to seek temporary benefits, he was willing to ced the important town of Yong'an to Dongwu."

"His family is threatened, and of course he thinks his family is more important!" Luo Xi replied angrily, and said, "Father, it's time to make up his mind. Since Zhang Zhi doesn't take Yong'an seriously, what else can we help them guard? Just leave and go back to Luoyang to reunite with his mother and brother!"

Luo Xian was hesitant and almost wanted to adopt his son's suggestion. Luo Xize said angrily: "Also, the thief envoy just now just captured him and took him to the soldiers, telling our soldiers what kind of person Zhang Zhi's son was, so that the soldiers knew that we were forced to give up Yong'an was not because we were afraid of life and death, but because he was forced by him Zhang Zhi's son!"

It was fine if Luo Xi didn't yell. After he yelled, Luo Xian suddenly felt a sudden change in his heart. Suddenly, he found something wrong. He hurriedly said: "Wait, did the messenger named Mo Sheng just now be too anxious to say goodbye? He seemed to be a little panicked?"

Recalling the situation just now, Luo Xi nodded and said, "I'm a little anxious to say goodbye, but this shouldn't be surprising. Zhang Zhi's son did such shameless thing as ceding Badong to betray Yizhou, so of course he had to rush to say goodbye."

"Be careful," Luo Xian calculated and said, "The seal and talisman can be forged. Zhang Zhi intends to restore the country. He would rather give us good military rations than help us stick to Yong'an. He must understand how important Yong'an is to him and Yizhou. The cedes of Badong are a bit unreasonable. We should not be deceived by a false envoy."

"Father, what should I do?" Luo Xi asked hurriedly.

"Go ahead of the messenger, hurry up and get him back." Luo Xian said immediately: "I want to ask him in person the details to see if he is a real messenger of the Han Dynasty."

Luo Xi agreed and rushed out to chase Mo Sheng. His nephew Luo Shang quickly calculated with his smooth chin, and then suddenly had an idea and hurriedly said to Luo Xian: "Uncle, if you want to tell whether the messenger is true or not, my nephew has a good idea."

"What's the solution?" Luo Xian asked casually.
Chapter completed!