Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 141 Dialogue
Outside Tangyi City, with the arrival of Cao Cao, all the northern soldiers were in high spirits.

Early the next morning, Cao Cao arranged tens of thousands of troops to prepare to attack the city.

In this siege, Cao Cao's main purpose was to deter Sun Quan and prepare to put enough pressure on Sun Quan's army.

However, as soon as Cao Cao's army approached the city, countless white flags were raised above the city.

Although the white flag was erected, no one dared to show their heads, they were afraid of being shot by the sharpshooters in Youzhou.

"What's going on here?" Seeing this scene, Cao Cao was very puzzled.

Soon, everyone saw a person peeking out from the city wall, and at the same time, he was holding a small white flag in his hand and kept waving it.

Faced with such a situation, the Musketeers outside the city did not shoot the man.

Seeing that this person was not shot, more people emerged from the city wall, and then a middle-aged man in his 40s appeared in everyone's sight.

Under everyone's gaze, the middle-aged man was let down from the city wall with a rope.

"Lu Su met Prime Minister Cao."

Soon, the middle-aged man met Cao Cao. This middle-aged man was Lu Su, Sun Quan's second governor.

"Lu Zijing, why did you come to my camp? Could it be that you want to surrender to me?" Cao Cao spoke while staring at Lu Su with contemptuous eyes.

"Prime Minister, although you and I are hostile, we are both big fellows. Marquis Wu doesn't want to see brothers and sisters fighting each other, so he sent me here to discuss with the prime minister. I would like to serve the prime minister as the master, and hope that both sides can stop fighting." Lu Su said to Cao Cao seriously.

"Huh?" Hearing Lu Su's words, Cao Cao frowned and asked, "You mean, let me let you go?"

"If the prime minister is willing to let me go, we are willing to hand over all the land in Jiangbei to the imperial court..."

"Hahahahaha!"

Cao Cao laughed, and he directly interrupted Lu Su, saying: "Lu Zijing, go back and tell Sun Quan that he has no other choice but to surrender. If he chooses to surrender, I can let him die well, otherwise I will break through The time of Tangyi is the time of his death."

"There are [-] troops in Tangyi City. If the prime minister wants to take Tangyi, it may not be so easy. In the end, both sides will suffer. Why bother?"

After a pause, Lu Su continued to say to Cao Cao: "If the Prime Minister is willing to cease his troops, the Marquis of Wu can serve the Prime Minister as the master. If the Prime Minister wants to become emperor, the Marquis of Wu will definitely support him..."

"Are you done? Leave when you're done." Cao Cao said to Lu Su lightly, looking at Lu Su as if he was looking at a clown.

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Lu Su opened his mouth and was speechless.

In the end, Lu Su was "gifted" out of the camp by several Cao Cao guards, and then returned to Tangyi City.

"Zijing, what did Cao Cao say?"

Soon, Sun Quan called Lu Su over.

"My lord, I failed. Cao Cao does not agree with our request." Lu Su shook his head and said.

"Oh! I also expected that Cao Cao would not agree." Sun Quan sighed and fell silent.

After a while, Sun Quan asked Lu Su slowly, "Zijing, what do you think will happen to me if I surrender to Cao Cao?"

"I don't know." Hearing Sun Quan's words, Lu Su shook his head and replied.

Hearing Lu Su's words, Sun Quan said lightly: "I have thought that if I surrender to Cao Cao, there will be two results. The first is to be killed by Cao Cao, and the second is to be imprisoned by Cao Cao."

"These two results are not acceptable to me. I choose to die rather than surrender."

Hearing Sun Quan's words, Lu Su's face was slightly moved, but he didn't say anything.

"Zijing, I will not surrender, but I hope you can surrender to Cao Cao." Sun Quan said to Lu Su.

"My lord..."

Lu Su wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Sun Quan.

"Listen to me, Zijing." Sun Quan said to Lu Su: "There are tens of thousands of Wu Erlang in the city. These are all good Erlang. At this time, they are still willing to fight with me, but I cannot let them join me. To be buried with them, so please take them with you to surrender Cao Cao."

"And I am going to hang myself when you surrender to Cao Cao..."

"My lord..."

"Listen to me." Sun Quan continued to interrupt Lu Su, he said: "After I die, the most worrying thing is my son, Sun Deng, who is less than three years old... Sigh!"

Sun Quan sighed.

At this time, Sun Quan was like a dying person, without the slightest expression in his whole body.

He said to Lu Su slowly: "I hope you can take care of Deng'er as much as possible after surrendering to Cao Cao, so that he can forget his hatred. If possible, I hope you can send him to the school in Youzhou to study Neo Confucianism. Some time ago, I had the honor to read the Neo-Confucianism books bought by Mr. Yuan Tan from Youzhou, and I was deeply shocked by the knowledge in them.”

After a pause, Sun Quan continued: "After reading these books, I realized why Youzhou is so powerful. At the same time, I realized that I, Sun Quan, did not lose to Cao Cao, but to Youzhou Neo-Confucianism!"

"If I could get to know Mr. Ruixiang a few years ago and let his knowledge be used by me, then...everything will be reversed. At that time, it will not be Cao Cao who is sure that he will be cornered, but I will be able to drive Cao Cao to a corner."

"It's just a pity, all this can only be thought about." Sun Quan said helplessly.

"My lord, you... If you really can't do it, why not vote for Cao Cao, even ants..."

"You don't need to say it, I've lost my mind. If I don't die, you will have no future even if you vote for Cao Cao. If I don't die, my son and grandson Deng will be imprisoned for life. This is what I don't want to see." Sun Quan said lightly.

Regarding this matter, he saw it very clearly. If he surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao would definitely not reuse the people who surrendered on his side if he did not die.

At that time, it may not be Cao Cao who wants him to die, but his former subordinates.

Don't think how loyal the courtiers of this era are to the monarch. As long as it harms the interests of themselves or the family, nothing will work.

"Go down, I want to be quiet." Sun Quan finally said to Lu Su.

Hearing Sun Quan's words, Lu Su could only leave with a heavy face.

Not long after, outside the city, the sound of war drums began to sound, and countless siege equipment was pushed out by Cao Jun soldiers. Cao Jun was ready to attack the city, and the battle was imminent.

At this moment, outside the city, many soldiers of Cao Jun vaguely heard crying and howling in the city.

As time went by, the howling became louder and louder, which made many people look at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what was going on.

"What's the situation? Why is there so much crying in the city?"

Cao Cao also heard the howling in the city, and asked inexplicably.

"Could it be?" Cao Cao thought for a while, as if he understood something.

"Send an order to suspend the siege." Cao Cao issued an order.

Following Cao Cao's order, the sound of the drums changed immediately.

Soon, the soldiers of Cao Jun who were pushing the siege vehicles stopped one after another.

Time is slowing down under such circumstances.

Soon, Cao Cao got the result he wanted, and saw a white flag flying over the city of Tangyi again.

(End of this chapter)