"Fengxiao, if you unite with Sun Ce, I'm afraid this loss will be great." Xun Yu said.

Guo Jia disagreed, and said, "What conditions does Wen Ruo think Sun Ce will ask for?" It is to sit and watch our army be destroyed by Liu Yu, and then the army will come to Jiangdong. It's still cost-effective to deal with Liu Yu with our army. ”

Xun Yu was speechless.

"My lord, Sun Ce's march into Xuzhou proves that his heart wants to dominate the Central Plains. If he has this in mind, then he will definitely agree to the proposal of our army. Guo Jia said to Cao Cao.

"Who is better to contact Sun Ce?" Cao Cao asked the envoy candidate.

With that, both Xun Yu and Guo Jia knew that Cao Cao had agreed to Guo Jia's suggestion.

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "I am willing to go to Sun Ce's place!" ”

"Fengxiao, you've just recovered, so don't go." Cao Cao rejected Guo Jia's volunteer.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Lord, I've been in that residence for too long, and I want to go out and see the legendary little overlord." ”

"Fengxiao, you still don't want to go." Xun Yu also disagreed with Guo Jia's statement.

Xun Yu also did not agree to Guo Jia's envoy, which embarrassed Guo Jia.

"Feng Xiao, the lessons of filial piety are vivid, and Lone is very worried that Sun Ce will be the same as Liu Yu's house." Cao Cao said the reason, he was afraid of losing Guo Jia.

Guo Jia's intelligence and ability are obvious to all, and Cao Cao also cherishes having such subordinates and close friends, and does not want Guo Jia to be murdered like Mao Jie.

Guo Jia understood Cao Cao's hard work, and he knew about Mao Jie's sacrifice, and he also regretted it. Guo Jia wanted to personally observe Sun Ce and understand the situation under Sun Ce, so that he could better advise Cao Cao.

Guo Jia Zhengse said: "Lord, although Sun Ce is also a prince, he is not like Liu Yu, this person is a brave general, and he is confident that he will come back safely from Sun Ce's side." ”

"No! No way! Just send a messenger! Lone can't take any more risks! Cao Cao resolutely disagreed, he really wouldn't let Guo Jia have any possibility of making a mistake.

Guo Jia still wanted to insist on his opinion, but Xun Yu grabbed him and said, "Fengxiao, I still listen to the lord." ”

"I know." Guo Jia is weak alone, and he can only obey Cao Cao's wishes.

Cao Cao was not entangled in who to use as the messenger, and sent an unknown junior to act as a messenger to communicate with Sun Ce, and a small man named Song Ji was fortunate enough to get this glorious task.

In other words, this Song Ji's luck is not bad. This guy was born in a wealthy family, and he is not a big family, but he is a little better than ordinary people. Song Ji's father had a good vision, and when Emperor Mailing was in power, he spent a lot of money to buy a small official to do, which can be regarded as organized. And this Song Ji knows how to eat, drink and have fun every day, his old father really can't stand it, so he directly dragged the relationship and arranged an errand for him in Shouchun City.

Song Ji seems to have been born for officialdom, relying on his loyal and honest appearance, coupled with being able to speak and slap horses, Song Ji climbed quickly. When Cao Cao moved the capital to Shouchun, this Song Ji was also a figure of Shouchun.

And this time Cao Cao asked a person who could speak well to go to Sun Ce's side to act as an envoy, and this Song Ji immediately chose to volunteer.

Although it was dangerous to send an envoy to the enemy army, Song Ji did not hesitate. Why? Song Ji himself is in a hurry, with his ability, if he maintains his current position, there is no problem, but he still has to climb up. If you want to climb up, you can't just rely on whiskers and horses, you must have the credit to get your hands on, so Song Ji will seize this opportunity tightly.

Fortunately, Song Ji's boss also thought that Song Ji's eloquence was not bad, so he recommended Song Ji to the top.

Cao Cao also looked at Song Ji with a loyal and honest face, and after testing it a few times, he found that his eloquence was excellent, and he still had such a talent under his command, so he was relieved to hand over the important task of envoy Sun Ce to him.

Song Ji finally saw Cao Cao, and when he saw that Cao Cao was not as handsome as himself, he had a resentment in his heart, thinking that I Song Ji was good-looking, a talent, just a small official, Cao Cao looked so ugly, he would be a prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people.

It's just that this resentment can only be buried in his heart, and Song Ji followed this task with a righteous face.

Song Ji took Cao Cao's letters, day and night, wearing stars and moons, and traveling tirelessly, and finally came to Guangling County, where Sun Ce was located.

Song Ji immediately reported his identity to the Jiangdong Army in Guangling County, and the generals of the Jiangdong Army sent Song Ji all the way to Sun Ce's location.

It happened that Sun Ce had just put down the riots in Guangling County, and Zhou Yu also suggested that Sun Ce meet Cao Cao's envoy, otherwise, with Sun Ce's fiery temper, Song Ji would not be tortured and would be left out in the cold for a while.

After seeing Sun Ce, Song Ji saluted Sun Ce with a flattering face and said, "Song Ji under the command of Prime Minister Cao Cheng pays a visit to General Sun. ”

"Why did Cao Cao send you here?" Sun Ce asked.

"The prime minister sent a villain to discuss with General Sun, hoping to reach an alliance with General Sun and jointly deal with Liu Yu. Here is the Prime Minister's letter, please read it by the general. Song Ji didn't ramble, and directly said what Cao Cao meant.

Sun Ce took Song Ji's letter, read it and handed it to Zhou Yu.

After Zhou Yu saw it, a smile appeared on his face and said, "The envoy has worked hard. We know what the prime minister means. Please go down and have a good rest. We're going to have a discussion. Come, bring the messenger down, so that you can entertain you. ”

"Thank you, General!" Of course Song Ji is willing, as long as the other party has a good attitude, then good wine and good food are indispensable.

After sending Song Ji as a messenger, Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, what does this Cao Cao mean?" We fought with him before, why do you want to join us now? ”

"As soon as Xiapi City is lost, Cao Cao's Yanzhou will fall into Liu Yu's heavy encirclement, and will soon be annexed by Liu Yu, and then Cao Cao will only have one Yuzhou, and Liu Yu can destroy him at any time. That's why he chose to unite with our army. Zhou Yu explained.

"I see, then let's not unite with Cao Cao, it's better to take advantage of Liu Yu's attack on Yanzhou, let's send troops from Lujiang, attack Yuzhou, and destroy Cao Cao first!" Sun Ce came up with a bold plan.

Zhou Yu didn't approve of Sun Ce's plan very much, shook his head and said, "Bo Fu, do you think Cao Cao is so bullying?" If our army attacks Yuzhou, it will definitely suffer heavy losses. When the time comes, both will lose, and they will take advantage of Liu Yu in vain. ”

"Then I'll sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, watch Cao Cao and Liu Yu fight to the death, and profit from it!" Sun Ce thought of another plan.

Zhou Yu still shook his head and said, "If you sit and watch Cao Liu fight, you can ensure that the strength of our army will not be damaged." But Liu Yu is powerful, once Cao Cao is destroyed, then he will attack Jiangdong next, with the virtue of those people in the Jiangdong family, it is difficult for you to guarantee that Jiangdong will not be lost. ”

The two plans were vetoed by Zhou Yu in succession, and Sun Ce was not angry, and said, "Gong Jin, do you mean to unite with Cao Cao?" ”

"That's right, now Liu Yu is the strongest, and if the other princes want to survive, in addition to surrendering to Liu Yu, they can only unite to fight against Liu Yu. Liu Biao and Liu Zhang's two guys don't have to count their share, only Cao Cao and Bo Fu can unite to ensure that they will not be broken by Liu Yu one by one. Zhou Yu said.

"Gongjin, you know more than me, just do what you say!" Sun Ce chose to believe in Zhou Yu's vision.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu soon agreed on the terms of how to unite with Cao Cao, as long as Cao Cao agreed to make the whole of Xuzhou Sun Ce's sphere of influence, Sun Ce agreed to Cao Cao's alliance.

When the two finished summing up, they called Song Ji and told Song Ji of their decision.

Song Ji felt that his luck was bursting, and he completed the task so easily, so he said that he had to go back to report to Cao Cao before he could decide, and Cao Cao did not give him any right to make a decision before.

Of course, Sun Ce would not object, and asked Song Ji to go back to Cao Cao immediately to report.

Song Ji returned to Shouchun non-stop, he didn't expect it to be so easy, he seemed to see high-ranking officials, gold and silver treasures, beautiful women, etc. all flying towards him.

Song Ji brought Sun Ce's request to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao agreed without saying a word, anyway, he has no strength to recapture Xuzhou now, and Xuzhou is still in Liu Yu's hands, if Sun Ce can capture it, Xuzhou will be given to him, and Cao Cao will not need to give a copper coin and make a share of his strength.

Cao Cao once again asked Song Ji to give Sun Ce a return, and said that he Cao Cao agreed.

In this way, Cao Cao and Sun Ce reached an agreement on the alliance. The two sides agreed to jointly attack Liu Yu, and Xuzhou was divided under Sun Ce's rule, and Cao Cao recognized Sun Ce's control of Xuzhou. Liu Yu's other territories, whoever captures them belongs to whomever they want.

Cao Cao and Sun Ce reached a consensus.

And Song Ji, who performed well in it, was valued by Cao Cao and became a subordinate in Cao Cao's shogunate, and his identity and status improved a lot.