Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 302 296. Persuading Surrender
Xu Sheng sat on a chair in his prison, flipping through the paper books in front of him. Although these Eastern Wu generals were still imprisoned in the prison, their treatment was much better than that of ordinary prisoners.

First of all, there were beds, tables and chairs in their prisons. Secondly, there were enough books published locally in Jingzhou, so that these surrendered generals of Eastern Wu could have something to pass the time besides being imprisoned in prison.

"pat, pat..."

Suddenly, dense footsteps were heard from the corridor of the prison, pulling Xu Sheng's attention back to reality from the books. It should not be time to deliver food yet, and in the prison where he was, everyone was far away from each other, so the other party would definitely not be looking for someone else.

"General Xu, the Grand Commander wants to see you."

A few soldiers who were obviously not ordinary prison guards came outside and informed Xu Sheng and Feng Xi of the invitation with solemn expressions.

Xu Sheng could only close the book in his hand, stand up, and let these people hold the chain on his hand and lead him out.

Because there is sunlight and breathing holes in the cell where Xu Sheng is, there is no need to worry about going blind if he suddenly comes to a bright place.

Several soldiers put Xu Sheng on a carriage, and then escorted the carriage to the meeting hall in Jiangling.

Xu Sheng was not deliberately asked to cover his eyes or anything like that, and the other party didn't seem to mind what he saw or heard.

When they arrived at the destination, Xu Sheng was escorted into the meeting hall by the soldiers, where he saw that all the generals who had been captured with him in the previous battle at Dongting Lake were there.

Ding Feng, Zhu Huan, Zhu Yi, Ling Tong... and Lü Dai and He Qi who were captured later. These nine people were all dressed the same as Xu Sheng. They were a little surprised to see each other and even started chatting in a low voice.

"Grand Commander, Commander Zhang is here!"

The guards on both sides sang in unison, and Feng Xi brought Zhang Nan to the meeting hall. Feng Xi naturally sat in the first seat, and Zhang Nan sat in the second seat. The two of them looked like the master and the counselor who were trying a case, while General Wu below looked like a prisoner, which made people look a little strange.

"Have you ever been accustomed to living in Jingzhou for a year?"

Feng Xi still had that smiling look on his face. No matter he was killing someone or about to kill someone, he seemed to have this expression, making it hard to figure out what he was thinking.

"Thanks to the care of the Grand Commander, I am staying quite comfortably."

Several people looked at each other, and finally Xu Sheng spoke up to answer for everyone in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

"That's good, that's good. If you make any mistakes, I will not be able to bear it. I invite you all here today for no other reason than to tell you something important."

After exchanging a few polite words with them, Feng Xi got straight to the point. The Wu generals below did not say anything, but just waited quietly for Feng Xi's next words, wanting to see what he was going to say.

"I have just returned from a campaign. The Jiangdong, or Wu Kingdom, that you all once served no longer exists. Now there is only Yangzhou of the Han Dynasty."

Feng Xi did not hold back and told everyone directly about the destruction of the Eastern Wu.

"Varied……"

It would be a lie to say that everyone was not surprised. Although most people were captured in the battle of Dongting Lake, the Eastern Wu still had a lot of war potential at that time. In their opinion, even if the Han army attacked the Eastern Wu non-stop, it would not be possible to conquer Jiangdong in a short time.

Now, a little over a year later, Feng Xi suddenly said that the Eastern Wu had perished? How could they not be surprised? "Is the Grand Commander serious?"

Luo Tong was a scholar himself, so he naturally thought more. His first reaction was whether Feng Xi had deliberately deceived him and others.

"Lord Luo, you are worrying too much. Do I need to deceive you prisoners? It just so happens that an acquaintance of yours is also in Jiangling. Someone, go to the next door and ask Lord Gu to come over."

Feng Xi ordered the guards to go to the office area of ​​the governor's mansion next door to call someone. Soon, a scholar with half-white hair and beard came in with the guards.

"Meet the Grand Commander."

After the scholar came in, he exchanged glances with the others. They were all very surprised that the other was here, but the scholar still bowed to Feng Xi first.

"Why are you being so polite, Lord Gu? Lord Luo doesn't quite believe in Jiangdong's affairs. Lord Gu, please explain it to your colleagues in detail."

Feng Xi waved his hand to signal the visitor not to be so polite. The visitor was Gu Yong, an important official of the former Pseudo-Wu, a strong contender for the position of Prime Minister, and the Dali of the Eastern Wu.

Except for the Sun family members and some die-hards who followed Sun Quan to his death, most people were unwilling to perish with the Sun family. Learn the arts of literature and martial arts well, and be a member of the imperial family. Who is the emperor? Does it matter which emperor is the emperor?
Therefore, under Feng Xi's persuasion, Gu Yong and others had no choice but to share the worries of the Han Dynasty for the sake of "the elders and fellow countrymen of Jiangdong."

Of course, it was impossible for everyone to stay in Jiangdong. After Zhuge Liang's operation, many people from Jiangdong were sent to Sichuan, and people from Sichuan were sent to Jiangdong, which weakened both the Yangzhou faction and the Yizhou faction at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

Because of his outstanding abilities, Gu Yong was asked by Feng Xi to come and be the prefect of Nanjun and the chief officer of Jingzhou. He was left in Jiangling to assist Huang Quan, Ma Liang and others in handling the internal affairs of Jingzhou.

"What the Grand Commander said is true. Great Wu has indeed been defeated."

Speaking of this, Gu Yong couldn't help but look a little bitter. After all, it was unrealistic to say that he had no grudges about the country's destruction and the family's ruin.

Then, Gu Yong told everyone in the hall about Feng Xi's eastern expedition that had started in the summer, how he captured Chaisang and approached Jianye, how Sun Quan took Zhuge Jin's family as hostages to buy a chance to catch his breath, and then was ambushed by the Han army and finally died under the city of Wujun.

“Lord Wu… wuwuwu…”

Zhu Huan in the hall was Sun Quan's confidant. When he heard that Sun Quan had been shot to death by arrows, he could not suppress his sorrow and burst into tears.

The other people were fine. They were more shocked than sad, and did not show much about Sun Quan's death.

"I'm sure you have guessed the reason why I called you here today. Now that the Eastern Wu has been destroyed and Sun Quan is dead, I wonder how you will deal with it?"

Feng Xi gave them some time to process the information, and then he slowly spoke and asked a question that made these Wu generals even more confused.

"Now our Han army is marching through the four states of Yi, Jing, Jiao, and Yang, and we are in urgent need of capable men to assist us. You are all veterans of the battlefield, and you have experience in marching, fighting, or handling affairs. I will not be mysterious, but now I just want to ask you, are you willing to serve our great Han?"

Feng Xi glanced at the expressions of the people below. Some of them looked longing, while others were confused. Except for Sun Huan who was still crying, no one seemed to have any obvious resistance to joining the Han army.

(End of this chapter)