Chapter 939: Battle of Shouchun (5)

Seeing Shu Shao relenting, Cao Cao said: "Tell me, what is Yuan Gongli's request?"

"My lord hopes that Cao Yanzhou can take his past friendship into account and lead his troops to retreat. From now on, the two families will become brothers and sisters. If the general goes one step further in the future, my lord is willing to serve him in the south."

Although Cao Cao was happy, he was not confused to that extent. He rejected Shu Shao's request to withdraw: "It's impossible. Even if Yuan Jiujiu can stay, he can't be in Shouchun. If he intends to leave, this condition This general can agree to leave our army's defense line in time, and Shouchun City will no longer be in the hands of Yuan Gongli. "

"But..." Shu Shao was about to argue, but Cao Cao stopped him.

"If I lead my troops to leave, how will I explain it to the people of the world, and how will I explain it to the other princes? So don't mention this matter again."

"Cao Gong, can you guarantee my lord's safety?" In desperation, Shu Shao had no choice but to confirm again;

"I can only guarantee that Yuan Gongluo can break through from a certain defense line, and the army will never pursue him. As for where he goes, that is your business." Cao Cao thought for a while;

"Okay," Shu Shao gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Please take an oath from Mr. Cao!"

Cao Cao was not ambiguous and immediately swore to heaven.

After watching the oath, Shu Shao reluctantly turned around and took the black bundle from a guard, and walked slowly and heavily towards Cao Cao. He stopped a few steps in front of Cao Cao, then gritted his teeth and raised the bundle high with both hands.

Everyone in the Cao family looked bright and excited, and Cao Cao's face was even redder. He was about to step forward to catch him, but was stopped by Cao Ang: "Father, wait a moment, let the child come and pick him up."

Cao Cao was stunned and looked up at his son, but he saw a solemn look in his son's eyes. He also realized that his son was afraid that there was something wrong, so he stopped his actions, felt warm in his heart, and nodded. Said: "Okay, come here, Zixiu!"

Cao Ang walked up to Shu Shao with a serious look on his face, took the bundle from Shu Shao with both hands, then turned around and walked slowly to the desk where Cao Cao was sitting, gently put down the bundle, and then wrapped the black cloth outside it Opening it, there was a treasure box wrapped in yellow silk.

I saw the wrapped yellow silk giving off an alluring light under the oil lamp. It could be seen from this yellow silk that it was an extraordinary thing, and it was something used by the royal family in the palace. Just as Cao Ang was about to continue unpacking Huang Ling's baggage, Shu Shao suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"

Cao Cao and everyone were stunned, and Cao Ren said: "Master Shu, what does this mean? Why can't it be opened?"

Shu Shao raised his hands to the sky and said: "This extraordinary thing, is this what Duke Cao is..."

As he spoke, Shu Shao pursed his lips towards Cao Cao and did not continue to speak.

Cao Cao looked at himself and saw that he was still wearing the same shirt he had worn during the day, which was wrinkled and covered with dust. On weekdays, ministers need to bathe and change clothes when entering the palace to meet the holy ministers, not to mention passing on the imperial seal. As soon as Shu Shao reminded him, Cao Cao reacted immediately. By this time, he was completely convinced that what Shu Shao sent was indeed the imperial seal.

So he bowed and said, "Thank you sir for reminding me."

With that said, he turned to Cao Ang and said, "Zixiu, please take your father out after you have bathed and changed his clothes."

After saying that, he said to Shu Shao: "Sir, you are such a talented person, why don't you stay with Cao to take care of government affairs for a certain person?"

"Thank you Duke Cao for your kindness. My lord treats Shao well. If you are lucky enough one day, I will serve Duke Cao again." After saying that, he bowed and saluted Cao Cao and said: "Please remember your oath, Duke Cao. Shu Shao will retire first." "

"In this case, I won't force you, sir." Cao Cao sighed softly: "Zixiu, send Mr. Shu out of the camp." It wouldn't hurt such a weak scholar to let him return to Shouchun City. When the city is breached, although he can't fight against Yuan Shu How, but the other two families are not easy to get along with.

Cao Ang quickly accepted the order and respectfully sent Shu Shao and his party out of the tent and walked to the camp gate.

Just when Shu Shao entered the big tent, inside Sun Cejun's big tent south of Shouchun,

Sun Ce had been sitting there waiting for half the night. Just when he couldn't help it, suddenly the soldiers outside the tent loudly reported: "General, the patrol is reporting outside. They have discovered the situation."

When Sun Ce heard this, he stood up immediately and quickly ordered the patrol sentry to be led into the tent. As soon as he entered the tent, Sun Ce couldn't wait to ask: "What's going on?"

"Report...report to the general." The patrol soldier said breathlessly: "Report to the general. General Zhu ordered his subordinates to report. Before the fourth watch, several people were found entering Cao Cao's camp. It seemed that they should be Yuan Shu's army. Taxi soldiers.”

"Coax..." Sun Ce drew out the ancient ingot knife from his waist, split open a table in his account, and shouted angrily: "Yuan Shu, a thief, how dare you do this? Cao Cao, a traitor, how dare you do this!"

"Come here, gather my bodyguards and follow me out of the camp." After a moment, Sun Ce finally came to his senses, rushed out of the tent, and quickly called to his bodyguards. Then he got on his horse and headed northeast towards Cao Cao's army camp.

The movement in the Chinese army's tent finally alerted Zhou Yu who was sleeping in the tent next to him. However, by the time Zhou Yu could react, Sun Ce had already led a thousand personal guardsmen away.

In desperation, Zhou Yu had to call the soldiers on duty to ask what happened. When he learned that Yuan Shujun had sent an envoy to Cao Cao's camp, he combined with Yuan Shu who had received it during the day to offer the jade seal to others in order to withdraw the troops. Things. Zhou Yu knew something was wrong. After reacting, Zhou Yu summoned the generals to discuss the matter and ordered 10,000 Chinese troops to assemble and prepare to set off at any time.

Soon, all the generals in the camp hurried to the central army tent, but found that their lord was not there, and only Zhou Yu was in the tent.

Han Dang asked: "Gongjin, where is the lord? What is the matter with calling you in the middle of the night?"

The other two also looked at Zhou Yu, waiting for his answer.

"Old General Yigong, the lord has led a thousand soldiers out." Zhou Yu replied;

He then told the generals the whole story of today's events. When everyone heard it, they were also shocked and angry. You know, several veterans of the Sun family army have always been thinking about getting the jade seal that the old lord got. Now that Yuan Shu has given it to Cao Cao, who knows when it will be returned to the hands of the Sun family.

Han Dang immediately stood up and said angrily: "I will lead the troops to support the lord immediately!"

Although Zhou Yu has always doubted the true intention of Yuan Shu's move, there is no time to think about this issue now. Now that Sun Ce has led his troops to ask for punishment, it is very likely that the two armies will have a big war because of this, so dealing with the current affairs is the most important thing.