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Chapter 499
Seeing that Chaisang had been conquered and Gan Ning entered the city to preside over the overall situation, Liu Jing returned to the Panshui Camp with peace of mind and ordered the cooks to kill pigs and cattle to reward the soldiers.Soon after, Wenpin sent someone to report that Xu Sheng, the general of Chai Sang, had been born.

Liu Jing was very happy. It is gratifying to capture Chaisang, but capturing Xu Sheng will be considered a complete achievement.

Xu Sheng is also a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Jing still pays more attention to him in his heart, and immediately asks Wenpin to bring him to meet him.

Xu Sheng is famous for his loyalty and bravery. Sun Quan has the kindness to know him, so it is difficult to change his course, but it is not impossible to persuade him to surrender. It would be a pity to kill him without trying.

A while later, Wenpin personally escorted Xu Sheng into Liu Jing's Chinese army tent.

Xu Sheng's appearance is very embarrassing at the moment, with his hair dirty and his clothes not covering his body. In order to prevent him from violently hurting others, Wen Pin not only took off his armor, but also tied him up, and the rope was strung straight into his flesh, bleeding profusely. But even so, Xu Sheng didn't even frown.

Apart from Liu Jing, Pang Tong, Wang Can, Jiang Wan, Li Yan, Pei Qian, Xu Zong, Sheng Kuang, etc. all sat by the side of the tent.

Facing the strange gazes of everyone in the tent, Xu Sheng didn't have the slightest awareness of being a prisoner, he stood tall and dismissive.

Seeing this, the two sergeants in charge of guarding Xu Sheng put their spears on his neck and shouted loudly: "General, hurry up and kneel down!"

Xu Sheng snorted coldly, closed his eyes and said nothing.

The two sergeants were furious. Seeing that they were about to rough up Xu Sheng and force him to kneel down, Liu Jing stepped forward to stop him in time and said: "Xu Wenxiang is a loyal and brave man with a strong heart. A soldier can be killed but not humiliated. Why bother?" embarrass him."

Liu Jing then said to Xu Sheng: "Chai Sang's loss is not the responsibility of one step. Our soldiers are brave and have excellent equipment. Since the beginning of the army, we have been invincible and invincible. The ability of one step to resist for five days is beyond my strength. Unexpected."

Hearing this, Xu Sheng opened his eyes again, looked directly at Liu Jing, and said, "I am just an unknown person, and I can still deal with Liu Annan. There are countless heroes in Jiangdong, such as Zhou Yu, Tai Shici, Sun Ben, Xu Kun, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Lu Fan, Chen Wu, He Qi... are all wise enough to defend against the crowd, and brave enough to defeat the enemy. Jiangdong's monarchs and ministers are united, and the scholars and people are happy to wear them. Liu Anan will definitely defeat Jiangdong if he plans on me!"

"Why did you say that?" Liu Jing shook his head and smiled, "The purpose of my raising troops this time is to condemn Sun Ben for the people of Changsha. I only punish Sun Ben, and I have no intention of embarrassing Sun Ben."

Xu Sheng couldn't help sneering, who can be fooled by this?Sun Ben and Sun Quan are brothers, sharing weal and woe, Liu Jingneng doesn't know?

Liu Jing didn't care whether Xu Sheng believed it or not, and persuaded him: "I'm from Xuzhou, and I live in Wu due to the war. Why should I sacrifice my life for the Wu people? It's better..."

Xu Sheng didn't wait for Liu Jing to finish, and interrupted him directly: "Liu Annan, don't need to say too much! I am the guard of Chaisang. Now that Chaisang has fallen, I have the entrustment of my grandson to seek captives. Report to the general, all ministers' day!"

Seeing Xu Sheng's tough attitude, Liu Jing knew that he couldn't persuade the other party, so he could only wink to Xu Zong, asking him to try again.

Xu Zong couldn't help smiling bitterly. Even though Xu Sheng was a prisoner, he was still high-spirited and didn't give in at all, just like the stones in the latrine, smelly and hard, how could such a person be persuaded.

But Liu Jing was ordered, and he had to obey, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said to Xu Sheng: "Lieutenant Xu's words are wrong. The king of Jiangdong is in Hefei. Sun Qiulu took possession of Jiangdong and privately granted the seal. Your Majesty, Captain Xu resisted the volunteer army, was defeated and captured, so why not go against the law and help General Annan to pacify the east corner, so that he can be named a marquis and a general in the future."

Xu Sheng was furious when he heard the words, but suddenly he thought of something again, so he kept his mouth shut.

Xu Sheng's reaction surprised Xu Zong, thinking that he had been persuaded, he said persistently: "I heard that Xiaowei Xu's family members were all intercepted, and there was a baby boy who was still in his infancy, and he was probably Xiaowei Xu. Son? Even if Captain Xu is disregarding life and death, he should think more about his family..."

Xu Sheng was silent for a while, the reason why he didn't speak bad words to Xu Zong just now was because he wanted to leave a way out for his son.This is also the reason why he was willing to meet Liu Jing, otherwise, with his staunch temper, how could he tolerate being captured and humiliated, and would have died in battle or committed suicide long ago.

Xu Sheng sighed softly: "I, Xu Sheng, am incompetent. I made Chaisang fall into the enemy's hands. If I can no longer keep my integrity, wouldn't I be ridiculed by the people of the world? Today is death, and I will never steal life. You don't need to worry about me any more."

Although Xu Sheng and Xu Zong are colleagues, they have no friendship, so they are not good candidates for Tuogu. He glanced over the faces of the people in the tent, and asked, "I don't know if Zhuge Kongming is here? I have a long-standing friendship with my elder brother... ..."

To Xu Sheng's surprise, no one answered, obviously Zhuge Liang was not in the tent.

According to the original plan, Zhuge Liang should have dispatched troops from Changsha at this time, and if he traveled quickly, he might have entered the boundary of Yuzhang.

Liu Jing didn't bother to lie to Xu Sheng, who was about to die, and told him bluntly: "Mr. Zhuge is not here. Don't send tens of thousands of people to the east of Liling. Maybe he has captured Yichun by now."

Xu Sheng's expression changed suddenly, Liu Jing had absolutely no reason to deceive him, that is to say, the Jingzhou army split into two groups to attack Yuzhang.

Because Liu Jing personally led the water-step army, known as one hundred thousand people, and went down the river eastward with great momentum, they all thought that the main force of the Jingzhou army was in the north, and at most sent some rangers to harass the west, so they focused on defending the north and neglecting the west.

Unexpectedly, there are tens of thousands of troops hidden in Changsha, and now Yuzhang is in danger!
Liu Jing got up and said to Xu Sheng: "Your step has courage and talent, and it should be the success of the country. I really don't want to kill him, so I will ask my step one last time, would you like to surrender to me?"

"..." Xu Sheng remained silent.

Knowing his intentions, Liu Jing couldn't help sighing: "You don't have to worry about your wife. As the saying goes, 'the crime is not as bad as your parents, and the disaster is not as good as your wife and children'. Since you intend to entrust your family to Military Adviser Zhuge, I can take care of it for you first..."

Liu Jing really lived up to the name of benevolence and righteousness. Xu Sheng, who had always been mighty and unyielding since entering the tent, finally bent down, bowed deeply to Liu Jing, and then walked out of the tent without saying a word.

Looking at the back of Xu Sheng leaving resolutely, Liu Jing shook his head helplessly, and sighed to the left and right: "If everyone in Jiangdong is like Xu Wenxiang, who would dare to humiliate him?"

In order to show his respect for Xu Sheng, Liu Jing did not use a knife and ax to divide his body, but hanged him with a rope and left his whole body.

Later, Liu Jing sent people to bury Xu Sheng in the north of Lushan Mountain, where he could look at Chaisang in the distance.It's a pity that other Jiangdong Army soldiers were not as lucky as him. To prevent the plague from breeding, the corpses were collected and burned to dry bones, and buried hastily.

(End of this chapter)