Zong Cheng was furious, faced Yuan Shu, and sneered: "The general is really lenient and benevolent, even Huangkou Xiao'er dares to be so presumptuous and outspoken. ”

Yuan Shu was embarrassed.

Sun Ce slowly turned to Zong Cheng, looked Zong Cheng up and down, and smiled. "Zongjun, don't pretend to be high here. You, you're just a fool, you were used by Cao Cao, and you're still shaking your prestige here. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zong Cheng looked disdainful and flicked his sleeves. "Go away, I don't want to talk to you."

"You don't want to talk to me?" Sun Ce slowly pulled out his long knife and put it on Zong Cheng's neck. "You think I want to talk to you? Don't you know the family style of our Sun family? We have a way to deal with fake Qinggao like you, and it's simple and effective. ”

"Bo Fu!" Yuan Shu originally had the mentality of watching jokes, but when he heard Sun Ce say this, he immediately panicked, jumped up, stepped over the case with an arrow step, and hugged Sun Ce. "Bo Fu, don't be reckless, Zongjun is my friend, you can't kill it."

Sun Ce sneered: "General, you treat him as a friend, he may not treat you as a friend, otherwise he wouldn't be a lobbyist for Cao Cao, are you not as good as Cao Cao?" ”

Yuan Shu was very embarrassed, and there was something wrong with the look in his eyes when he looked at Zong Cheng. Zong Cheng's heart tightened, and his momentum suddenly weakened by three points.

Sun Ce said again: "Yes, you can say that you didn't take Cao Cao in your eyes, but you were forced to do it helplessly." But Cao Cao has a knife, doesn't General Yuan have a knife? Cao Cao forced you with a knife, you were a lobbyist for Cao Cao, General Yuan treated him politely, but you put on a high-ranking face, you are so deceitful and afraid of evil, is it appropriate? You don't want to talk to me yet, and even if you do, I don't want to. You see how many times you've been here, am I willing to deal with you? ”

Zong Cheng's face was red, and he was speechless. Yuan Shu was also very unhappy in his heart, and when he saw this scene, he simply let go of Sun Ce. If Zong Cheng gets it again, he will simply let Sun Ce cut him down with a knife. What kind of celebrity would rather listen to Cao Cao's assignment than listen to me? It's really blind to your dog's eye. Zong Cheng saw the change in Yuan Shu's attitude in his eyes, and he was annoyed and angry, and couldn't help but say loudly:

"A soldier can be killed, but not humiliated. General Yuan, I came out of the city to see you, not because I was greedy for life and afraid of death, and I was willing to serve Cao Cao, but I just wanted to mediate and save a few people. If you insist on going your own way and want to completely turn your face with the Nanyang family, you might as well kill me now. Although my clan is not a family, and the size is also a strong family, the manor outside the city has been broken by you anyway, and only this life is left. ”

"Don't worry, I'm just scaring you, I won't really kill you. I also want to see if you can be a gentleman and a gentleman without a manor, and continue to be a celebrity. Sun Ce returned the knife into the sheath and smiled. Okay, let's get down to business, since you know that Cai Bojiao came to the camp, you must also know what kind of feat General Yuan dared to be the first in the world and made it. You go back and tell Cao Cao that now the morale of our army is strong, if he knows each other, surrender as soon as possible, if he doesn't know each other, within ten days, I will break through Wancheng and cut off his head. ”

"Ten days?" Zong Cheng sneered, squinted at Yuan Shu, and sneered, "Is it enough?" ”

Yuan Shu touched his nose in embarrassment and looked at Sun Ce again. Sun Ce took over the topic: "Don't worry, I will do what I say, if I can't break through Wancheng within ten days, I won't enter Wancheng for the rest of my life." ”

"Very good, then tell Cao Cao and let him wait for you in the city." Zong Cheng said, brushing his sleeves away.

Yuan Shu was dumbfounded, and hurriedly motioned for Yan Xiang to go out to chase Zong Cheng, and he took Sun Ce's hand and said, "Bo Fu, you ...... Are you sure? ”

Sun Ce was very crisp. "Nope."

"Then you ......"

"I scared him." Sun Ce scratched his head. "General, this is what I said, it's a big deal that I won't enter Wancheng in the future. But then again, Chang'an to Nanyang is less than a thousand miles, if Xu Rong sends troops from Lantian, at most half a month, the striker can rush to Wuguan. If we can't take Wancheng within ten days, we can only fight on two fronts. ”

Yuan Shu sighed and sat down. "After the field is granted, the morale is indeed different, even if you are driven to battle, there should be no risk of defection. However, our troops are insufficient, and it may not be so easy to break through Wancheng within ten days. I have already asked Cai Bojiao to write a letter and send it to all counties, and if it goes well, give me a month, and I can raise at least another 20,000 or 30,000 people. Dong Zhuo, this old horseman, really wants Naigong's life......"

Sun Ce also had a headache. Now that I think about it, sending people to Chang'an to pay tribute, and forming an alliance with Dong Zhuo is to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot, Dong Zhuo saw the opportunity, not only did he not have the intention of forming an alliance, but instead sent troops to threaten to take the pledge. If you can't make a quick decision and conquer Wancheng, you can only divide your troops against the enemy, and the possibility of Nanyang losing is very high.

At this point, it doesn't matter if he brags or not, the situation forces him to take Wancheng as soon as possible.

"General, leave this matter to me." Sun Ce patted his chest.

Yuan Shu nodded weakly. "Bo Fu, you do your best, don't force it. It's a big deal, let's just retreat to Xiangyang. ”

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Zong Cheng returned to the city, his anger was not gone, and he rushed into the vestibule of the Taishou Mansion in one go, but he didn't see Cao Cao come out to greet him. He shouted twice, and a guard came out and told him that Cao Cao was not in the palace and was patrolling the city. Zong Cheng turned around and went out the door and went up the city wall. The walls of the inner city are relatively high, and the horse road is long and steep, and when Zong Cheng climbs to the city, he is already a little out of breath. He didn't want to lose his temper in front of Cao Cao, so he held on to the battlements and calmed down, taking a breath of relief. Looking beyond the rows of houses, looking at the mansion under the eastern city, his heart suddenly tightened.

The war is about to start, and Wancheng is about to face another catastrophe. The manor outside the city is gone, if the house in the city is gone, can I be a gentleman and a self-reliant gentleman? As soon as he thought of this, Zong Cheng's face became inexplicably feverish. Regardless of whether he can be a gentleman and be poor, his current worries alone convince him that he can't be a gentleman. What is a real gentleman, a person like Yan Yuan who eats and drinks but does not change his will, a person who is poor and unmovable, and who is mighty and unyielding. Pound's Mansion is almost there, what am I?

Zong Cheng was stunned for a while, and his heart was empty.

Cao Cao saw Zong Cheng from a distance, he had already turned around, ready to greet him, and seeing that Zong Cheng had not moved for a long time, he couldn't help but wonder. Could it be that the mission is not reached, and Zong Cheng doesn't know how to speak? He looked back at Xi Zhicai, who was behind his back with one hand and stroked his sparse beard with the other, and also looked at him.

"General, it doesn't look going well."

Cao Cao bowed his head slightly and glanced in the direction of Zong Cheng. "It seems that Yuan Highway is preparing to attack the city, and the direction that Zong Shilin is looking at is his family house. The manor outside his family has been destroyed, and once Yuan Highway breaks through the big city, this bit of family business in the city will not be able to be saved. Alas, Yuan Highway is really a sin. ”

Xi Zhicai said casually: "General, don't you think this is the general trend? It is surprising that Yuan Highway, a son of a family, can do this. General, maybe you should reconsider. ”

Cao Cao frowned slightly, groaned for a long time, and sighed again.