"Your Highness, the Overlord of Chu, your Majesty, Lu Xun, only expresses respect for the Overlord on behalf of our lord, and congratulates the Overlord on his capture of Hebei."
When Lu Xun came to Pengcheng, he realized that the development of Chu State was far beyond his imagination.
You must know that when Sun Quan escaped, the Chu State was facing threats from Liu Bei in Qingzhou and Cao Cao in Yanzhou.
Now, Liu Bei has disappeared, Cao Cao has become the father-in-law of King Xiang Ji of Chu, and all the territory has become Chu State's. Hebei Yuan Shao, who has millions of soldiers, was actually annexed by Chu State.
This made Lu Xun not surprised and nervous.
If the Chu State was still as powerful as before, then Lu Xun could still follow Sun Quan's request to reconcile with the Chu State, or even form an alliance to fight overseas.
But now, it is probably a blessing to be able to become a vassal land of Chu State.
Lu Xun even regretted coming to Chu, thus exposing Sun Quan's escape overseas.
But you are already here, how easy is it to leave?
"Tell me, what are you talking about coming all the way from Yizhou? I don't believe, Prince Gu, that Sun Quan would be so well-informed."
Yes, Xiang Ji would not believe that this guy was just here to congratulate him.
Are you kidding me, I have just captured Hebei and you are sending people to congratulate me? Is this realistic?
I'm afraid Liu Biao may not know the accurate information at this time, but you know it? Do you think I am a fool?
But Xiang Ji never thought that he just said it casually, and Lu Xun was even more shocked.
This, this, why does this King of Chu know about Yizhou!? Why does this King of Chu know about Yizhou!?
Yes, no matter how much Lu Xun thought about it, he would never have imagined that King Xiang Ji of Chu would actually know about the existence of Yizhou.
You know, it is an independent island isolated overseas!
Could it be that the Chu State's tentacles have extended so far? Has the existence of Yizhou been discovered?
Then his lord Sun Quan might have been exposed a long time ago, right?
Thinking of this, the cold sweat on Lu Xun's forehead flowed uncontrollably.
"Overlord! Lu Xun is here to request the surrender of Overlord on behalf of our lord Sun Quan.
My lord Sun Quan is willing to make Chu the suzerain state and pay tribute from generation to generation!"
Seeing Lu Xun's expression, Xiang Ji sneered again.
Nima, you still haven’t told the truth, right?
Please surrender? I'm afraid the mission you received when you set out was definitely not this, right?
You know, the closest distance between Nawanwan and the mainland is hundreds of miles away.
This is the sea, and it needs to be sailed by boat.
The difficulty is far greater than marching inland.
Lu Xun traveled thousands of miles across mountains and rivers to reach Pengcheng. Xiang Ji absolutely did not believe that this guy was asking for surrender on behalf of Sun Quan.
Then Sun Quan is not a good overseas king, and Baba comes to ask for surrender? Who believes it?
"Hmph! Since the messenger is unwilling to speak frankly, let's see him off!"
Xiang Ji didn't bother to play guessing games with Lu Xun.
If something happens, just say it openly and I will decide how to handle it based on the situation.
Ma De, you don’t know what your strength is? Are you trying to play this trick with me?
Seeing Xiang Ji's face turn cold, Lu Xun knew that he had to tell the truth, otherwise he might be facing his lord Sun Quan's navy army.
You must know that Lu Xun had planned to first ask for the surrender of Chu on behalf of his lord Sun Quan, and then deceive Chu into sending troops to help.
As for Sun Quan later knowing that he had been surrendered on behalf of others?
I believe that when Sun Quan knows the strength of Chu State, he will never refuse.
At this moment, in Yizhou, Sun Quan only had more than 10,000 soldiers. How could he possibly defeat the behemoth of Chu?
"Overlord! Lu Xun came here this time to ask for help from your country."
Asking for help?
After hearing what Lu Xun said, Xiang Ji basically believed it. This time it was probably the truth.
But isn't the damn Sun Quan overseas? So what can Yizhou ask for for help? Don't tell me, he can't even defeat the barbarians.
If that was the case, Xiang Ji really didn't bother to pay attention to Sun Quan.
Seeing the confused look on Xiang Ji's face, Lu Xun didn't understand why. If he didn't explain clearly, his master would be despised by the King of Chu to death.
"Overlord! That's it.
I don’t know, have you ever heard of the Japanese?”
!!!
What are you talking about? Japanese people? Isn’t this the legendary Yamato nation? How could I not have heard of it?
Xiang Ji was shocked, really shocked.
No matter what he thought, he never expected that Sun Quan's request for help would actually be related to the Yamato nation.
Damn it, the two places are thousands of miles apart, and they're still on the sea.
Why is it so good that it has something to do with the Yamato nation?
In this day and age, the Yamato nation is probably still playing in the mud on this island, right?
Seeing Xiang Ji's surprised expression, Lu Xun was also shocked.
This King of Chu! What else doesn’t he know?
You know, Lu Xun didn't believe it at all before. He didn't believe that the King of Chu, who was still fighting for hegemony, could know what was going on overseas.
But now, looking at King Chu's expression, it is obvious that he not only knew that Sun Quan was in Yizhou, but also knew about the Japanese!
"Tell me! So what does Sun Quan want? What happened to the Japanese? Did they attack Sun Quan?"
Xiang Ji never thought that he really hit the nail on the head.
The Japanese indeed attacked Sun Quan's Yizhou.
A few years ago, when Sun Quan fled to Yizhou, everything was fine.
There are just some indigenous savages on Yizhou Island, and they are no match for the organized Soochow army.
Therefore, Sun Quan also developed crazily without any scruples, capturing the natives and using them as labor slaves.
When the state capital was built and the people stabilized again, they never thought that a fleet from the north would appear on Yizhou Island.
Facing the sudden appearance of the fleet, Sun Quan approached it in a cautious spirit, and gradually learned that it turned out that these were Japanese people thousands of miles away to the north of him.
And they are also an island country.
But just when Sun Quan was planning to establish diplomatic relations with him, these Japanese immediately turned against him after learning about Sun Quan's falsehood.
Facing the Japanese whose number was several times his own, Sun Quan could only lead his men to retreat to Yizhou Prefecture in embarrassment.
In desperation, Sun Quan could only send Lu Xun to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Japanese and lead his followers to steal a sea ship at Lu'ermen and return to the mainland to seek help.
When Sun Quan thought about it, no matter what, it was at least a civil war between himself and Xiang Ji. Faced with these foreigners, Xiang Ji wouldn't not help, right?
Sun Quan was indeed right about this.
When Xiang Ji learned that it was the Japanese who had attacked Yizhou, he immediately quit.
Just kidding, I don't care if Sun Quan takes it. After all, we are all descendants of China. We can naturally try to take it back when we have time.
But you damn Japanese dare to take Yizhou’s attention? You’re looking for death!