In view of the heavy pressure of the Red Army, in the end, Liu Ji, the king of Mu, decided to negotiate peace with Jin under the persuasion of his ministers. The peace envoys sent by the Muguo Imperial Court crossed the Wang River and came to Jinying to discuss peace with Lin Haotian.

Sima Changren was strongly opposed to the matter of negotiating peace with Jin, and what was he fighting desperately for in the front? That is, to expel the Jin thieves and regain the two lost territories of Changyu and Shangpu, but now it is good that the imperial court, which is far away from the battlefield and is in the rear, has taken the initiative to sue for peace with the Jin State, and not only that, but also to compensate the Jin State with a large amount of gold, silver and silk.

Sima Changren couldn't understand why the imperial court had made such a humiliating decision, this war had obviously not been lost, and there was still hope of counterattacking back to the Jin country, but now the imperial court's discussion and all his efforts were useless.

He couldn't understand the decision of the imperial court, and Zhou Fang couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh when he heard the news that the envoys had left the capital: "Comfort!

At this time, Sima Changren and Zhou Fang, the two detached marshals, stood back on the same front, both resolutely opposing the peace.

According to Zhou's intentions, if the envoy wanted to cross the Wang River, he would definitely have to pass by his own camp, and then he would be forcibly detained and prevented from crossing the river, so that there would be no peace negotiation.

At the critical moment, Zhou Fang was able to behave so hardly, and even dared to go against the will of the imperial court, risking the felony of killing his head to forcibly detain the envoys, which surprised Sima Changren and admired him very much. However, he didn't agree with Zhou Fang's idea, and forcibly withheld the envoys sent by the imperial court, which was really no way to go down, and now it has not reached the point of exhaustion, so naturally there is no need to take such a big risk.

He decided to make good use of this peace envoy.

There were two envoys sent by the wooden country. The official position is the same as the prime minister's long history, is the prime minister's subordinate officials, the official rank is three products, the prime minister's long history is the main function is foreign-related, these two are called Chen Yan and Ma De, this time, Chen Yan is the main one, Ma De is the auxiliary.

As Zhou Fang predicted, Chen Yan and Ma De were indeed the first to arrive in the Wood Army camp.

As soon as the two of them arrived outside the camp of the wooden army, they felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong. The wooden sergeants standing guard and patrolling were all listless, crying and mourning one by one, looking at their bodies, their helmets were crooked, and the weapons in their hands were not carried, but carried weakly, even if Chen Yan and Ma De were civilian officials, they could see that the military discipline of their own soldiers was too loose.

The two glanced at each other. Striding towards the camp.

As soon as they arrived at the gate, the surrounding wooden soldiers swarmed up. Stopped the two of them and the more than 100 followers behind them, and shouted, "What are you doing?

"Blind your dog eyes, see clearly, these two are the envoys sent by the imperial court, Lord Chen and Master Ma, get out of the way, and quickly call your commander to come out to greet you!" Chen Yan and the entourage brought by Ma De scolded in an unkind tone.

As soon as I heard that the two of them were envoys sent by the imperial court. The soldiers shook their bodies, their faces showed awe, and they put away their weapons one after another, and one of the small leaders hung his head and said in a trembling voice: "My marshal is afraid ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to come out to greet the two adults. ”

"What?" Chen Yan and Ma De were both taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with General Sima?"

Before the soldiers could answer, Zhou Fang walked out of the camp, and when he saw Chen and Ma, he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his hand, and said with a smile: "I don't know if the two adults are coming, I will miss the welcome, forgive me!"

Zhou Fang's official rank was much higher than Chen Yan and Ma De, but after all, the two of them were envoys sent by the imperial court, and Zhou Fang was still very polite to him.

The two knew Zhou Fang, and when they saw him, their eyes lit up, and they asked in a low voice, "General Zhou, what's wrong with General Sima?"

"Alas!" Zhou Fang pretended to sigh, waved his hand and said, "The two adults will go to the camp first!" As he spoke, he took Chen Yan and Ma De into the Mujun camp.

When going to Sima Changren's bedchamber, Zhou Fang said: "General Sima was seriously wounded in the battle with the Jin army in the Jin Kingdom, I think the two adults have already heard about it, right?"

Chen Yan and Ma De nodded, then shook their heads again, and said, "Didn't you say that it was only a minor injury?"

Zhou Fang shook his head and sighed, and said: " In fact, General Sima was extremely seriously injured and worried about his life, so he should have returned to China and recuperated well, but General Sima was not worried about the war in Wang Jiang, and insisted on refusing to return to the capital, and he had to take care of the big and small affairs in the army himself, especially two days ago, General Sima calculated that the Jin army would smuggle across the Wang River, set up an ambush on the west bank in advance, and personally commanded the battle, as a result, our army defeated the gold thieves, but General Sima's body was also exhausted, I am afraid that it will ......" He deliberately didn't finish his words, just shook his head vigorously.

"Ah, I have heard about the battle two days ago with Master Ma on the road, and General Sima fought beautifully in this battle, but General Sima should still take care of his body!" Chen Yan said worriedly.

Now the only one in the Mu Kingdom who can resist the westward invasion of the Jin army is Sima Changren, if he is unable to participate in the war due to injury, who else in the Mu Kingdom can resist the Jin army?

Led by Zhou Fang, the two came to Sima Changren's bedroom, and as soon as they came in, the two frowned. In the sleeping tent, there was a pungent smell of medicine everywhere, and when he sniffed coldly, his head hurt, and he looked in, and there was a person lying on the bed at the end of the sleeping tent, this person had a thin yellow face, blue lips, and a sickly face, although it was a hot day, and the sleeping tent was impermeable, his body was still covered with a thick quilt, and his body was also trembling in a formation, and he faintly heard intermittent moans from his slightly open mouth.

Chen Yan and Ma De couldn't believe this eye, where was that burly, elegant, high-spirited, and invincible Sima Changren? Could it be that this dying sick man lying on the bed was Sima Changren?

Both of them were a little unable to react, and they were stunned for a while before they came back to their senses, stretched out their trembling hands, pointed at the sick man on the bed, and then looked back at Zhou Fang behind him, as if asking him, is this really Sima Changren?

Zhou Fang's face was full of sadness, nodded slightly, and then cautiously walked to the bed, swallowed and foamed, and called in a soft voice: "General Sima, General Sima?"

"Oh!" Sima Changren let out a low, mosquito-like moan, indicating that he had heard.

Zhou Fang said softly: "The two envoys sent by the imperial court to negotiate peace with the Jin State are here, and they have come to visit the general in the camp

At this time, Shi Tinghan and Cui Ye hurriedly stepped forward, half-knelt beside the collapse, carefully identified, and finally recognized Sima Changren.

The two of them recalled Sima Changren's superb demeanor at the beginning, and then looked at the now emaciated and inhuman-shaped Sima Changren, they couldn't help but feel sad, their eyes were red, tears fell, and the two choked up and whispered: "General Sima is well-nourished, don't worry about the war anymore, the two of us are going to negotiate peace with Jin Guo, and there will be no more wars in the future." ”

Seeing this, Zhou Fang frowned secretly, although he and Chen Yan and Ma De did not have much contact, they could also see that the two of them had very good personalities, and felt that Sima Changren should tell the truth to the two, it was too much to deceive them like this.

Sima Changren, who was lying on the collapse, was secretly sneering, muttering in his heart: Idiot! Can the peace negotiation stop the Jin Kingdom from invading westward, it will only let the Jin people see the weakness of the Mu Kingdom, and then they will bully the Mu Kingdom even harder.

The national policy of the Jin country is the wolf road, and the Jin country is also the country of tigers and wolves, how can its appetite be filled with a mere retreat?

In his heart, he was angry and hated for the stupidity and mediocrity of the imperial court, but Sima Changren didn't dare to show it at this time, not because he didn't trust Chen Yan and Ma De, but because these two were both literati, went to the Jin army camp, and were frightened by Lin Haotian, maybe he said everything.

Sima Changren is not only good at strategy, but also good at perceiving the opponent's mind, he knows that Lin Haotian is very ambitious, and the smooth battle between Changyu and Shangpu has also made Lin Haotian's ambition unprecedentedly inflated, and then wants to annex the entire Mu Kingdom, and now it is meaningless to negotiate peace with him. When his envoy arrives at Jinying, he will definitely be questioned by Lin Haotian, and he will take this opportunity to learn about his own defense situation on the west bank, the state of the army, and other details through the mouth of the envoy.

Sima Changren decided to make a plan this time, so he simply deceived his own envoys together, pretended to be critically ill, and deliberately led Lin Haotian to attack. (To be continued......)