During the Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Han Dynasty, Sun Jian followed Zhu Jun to suppress the Yellow Turbans, and participated in the pacification of the northwest border rebellion. During Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Sun Jian participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo's Kwantung coalition army and made great achievements. Defeated the rampant Dong Zhuo and stationed in the capital Luoyang, and died in 191 AD (the second year of the Han Dynasty) during the conquest of Jingzhou, and his nephew Sun Ben led his soldiers to attach to Yuan Shu.

In 194 A.D. (the first year of Xingping in the Han Dynasty), Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, defected to Yuan Shu and recovered some of Sun Jian's old departments. In 195 AD, on the pretext of helping his uncle Wu Jing fight against Liu Xuan, he began to develop to Jiangdong, and his strength continued to increase. Sun Ce enlisted the help of Zhu Zhi, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and others, defeated Liu Xuan, Yan Baihu, and Xu Gong, forced Wang Lang, the Taishou of Huiji, to surrender, and occupied the vast areas of Huiji, Wujun, and Danyang.

In 196 A.D. (the first year of Han Jian'an), after Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty established the capital in Xuchang, Sun Ce rejected Yuan Shu and joined Cao Cao, and was appointed as a rebellious general and named Marquis of Wu. In 199 A.D. (the fourth year of Han Jian'an), Yuan Shu died of illness, and the following year, Sun Ce conquered Lujiang, annexed the rest of Yuan Shu, killed Liu Xun, continued to conquer Jiangxia, and defeated Huang Zu; persuaded Yuzhang to be too guarded by Huaxin, and his strength was able to grow rapidly.

In 200 AD (the fifth year of Han Jian'an), Sun Ce died, and Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Quan led Sun Ce's old department, and was assisted by Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others. In 208 AD, he united with Liu Bei and defeated Cao Cao in Chibi, and then laid a three-point situation in the world. Because of the ownership of Jingzhou, Liu Bei and Sun Quan fought for seven years from 215 to 222 AD in Jingzhou, and finally ended with Liu Bei's defeat in the Battle of Yiling and Sun Quan's victory.

Today's Eastern Wu, Sun Quan has led the king of Wu, the general with envoys to supervise Jiaozhou, led Jingzhou pastoral, possessed Yangzhou and most of Jingzhou and the whole territory of Jiaozhou in the late Han Dynasty, has nearly the most powerful naval force, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

During this period, the two families of Liu and Sun had both cooperation and disputes, perhaps in response to the classic saying, there are no eternal enemies, and there are no eternal friends, only driven by interests.

In the territory of Dongwu, Jianye City is located in the eastern part of the Central Plains, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, near the river and the sea, it is the location of Sun Quan of Dongwu, since 211 A.D. (16 years of Han Jian'an), Sun Quan listened to Zhang Hong's suggestion, moved to Moling, built a stone city, and renamed Moling as Jianye, has been 12 years.

On this day, I saw that outside the tall city wall, a carriage with a very simple dress slowly appeared in front of the city gate, and there were only four people around the carriage to follow, but all of them were energetic and powerful.

In front of the city gate, the carriage immediately stopped, only to see a fair-skinned handsome palm poking out, lifting the curtain, and a man in the car then looked up at the name on the city gate, and his expression became inexplicably heavy.

"Finally arrived at Jianye..."

"My lord, are we going to see King Wu right away?" A guard next to him asked cautiously.

The man replied: "Yes, ask to see King Wu immediately!" ”

With that, the man lowered the curtain again, and the carriage slowly drove into the famous stone town.

Jianye City, an embassy office,

The man paced back and forth in the room, as if he was waiting for something, and his expression was a little anxious.

"Dada!" Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps, a sturdy man walked into the room, this man was one of the four people who had escorted the carriage before, and the kind of hot temperament on his body was enough to reveal his identity as a soldier.

"My lord, someone from the palace came to report, King Wu said that there is something important to deal with, and he can't meet your lord for the time being!" The guard man said respectfully, and there was even more anger in the respect, thinking that they had worked hard to come from the CD, but King Wu couldn't shirk it, how could he not be angry.

Even the guards could see that Sun Quan, the king of Wu, was unwilling to meet him, and how could the man at the head not know, not to mention that on the way here, he saw with his own eyes that a large number of soldiers and horses in Eastern Wu were advancing westward, which was probably not conducive to Shu Han.

Brushing his beard, the man at the head thought for a long time, and finally ordered: "Take a pen and paper, I will personally write a letter and send it to King Wu!" ”

Hearing this, the guard, who had no idea, immediately turned around and went down, and after a while, he took a pen and paper, spread it on the table, and gently grinded the ink on one side to serve.

Kneeling in front of the desk, gently rolling up his sleeves, the man wrote: "Zhi's trip is not only for Shu, but also for Eastern Wu, and I am willing to discuss the way to survive with the king!" "The man is Deng Zhi, the Shangshu of the Shu Han Dynasty, and he was ordered to envoy to Eastern Wu not long ago.

Then he put down the brush, dried the pen and ink, folded it and handed it to the guards.

"My lord, is that all?" Asked the guards who were waiting for the contents.

Reluctant to smile, Deng Zhi said: "These are enough, the reason why Wu Wang Sun Quan is unwilling to see us is that he is still confused, he doesn't know what we mean, instead of going around so much nonsense, it is better to find out directly, if he is willing to see us, there will be news in the near future, and he still doesn't want to see us, I'm afraid that we will have to run for nothing this time." It's a small thing to run for nothing, but it's a big thing for me to run in Shuhan. ”

In the middle of Jianye City, in the imposing palace of King Wu, Sun Quan, dressed in crimson costumes, was holding a letter, the content of which was written by Deng Zhi.

Glancing at the letter, and then throwing it on the case, Sun Quan said lightly: "Bo Yan, Shu sent envoys here, guess what's going on?" ”

At this time, there is a white-clothed scholar standing respectfully, it is Lu Xun and Lu Boyan who broke Liu Bei's army in Yiling, hearing this, after thinking about it carefully, he immediately spoke: "Shu should not know about Cao Pi's five-way attack on Shu, after all, this matter is very confidential, although our army is advancing westward, but it has only recently been ordered, and the envoy of Shu is here today, indicating that he has set off half a month ago, so the minister thinks that it should not be for Cao Pi's attack on Shu and let our army retreat!" ”

"What did this person say in his heart, to discuss the way to survive with the orphans, what do you think it would be? Should I see Lonely? Sun Quan asked with a smile.

"Who's coming?"

"He calls himself Shangshu Deng Zhi."

The palm of his hand curled slightly, against his mouth and nose, and after a little contemplation, Lu Xun said: "As far as the minister knows, this person is Liu Bei who defected when he was still based in Xinye, but he is also a person, and now he is still a scholar, which is enough to show that he has been appreciated by Zhuge Liang, and it doesn't hurt to see it, after all, the initiative is on the king's side, and let's see what he has to say first." ”

"Well, I'll be up to you, meet him! By the way, Bo Yan, you and Gu listen to what he has to say. Sun Quan pointed to Lu Xun Dao.

"No!"

It has been two hours since the letter was handed over, and there is still no news in the embassy at this time, the more time passes, the more anxious Deng Zhi becomes, for fear that if King Wu really does not receive him, how should he deal with it, and how to be worthy of His Majesty, the Prime Minister's high hopes, and how to be worthy of Shu Han!

"My lord! My lord! King Wu is willing to see you! In the anxious waiting, the guards rushed to the scene, and before anyone arrived, the sound of joy was heard.

He, who had been escorting Deng Zhi to Wu, could naturally guess the importance of this matter.