When Cao Ren said this, he changed the subject and continued:

"My lord's conditions are not too different from those of Yuan Shao in Jizhou. My lord said that as long as General Gongsun is willing to submit to my lord, Youzhou will still be guarded by generals, and my lord will not be recruited as soldiers. Will give the general more military power!"

After Cao Ren said these words, he and Gongsun Zan both knew that it would be very difficult to achieve great success. Regardless of Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Liu Xuan in Liaodong alone was already a big mountain in front of everyone!

It may not be so easy to climb over this mountain.

Gongsun Zan also didn't quite believe the last condition Cao Cao said, but he still felt good about the first two conditions.

Because when Yuan Shao asked for these two conditions, he was very satisfied, but he didn't want to join Yuan Shao from the bottom of his heart, and his impression of Yuan Shao was too bad.

Under the same conditions, Gongsun Zan is still more willing to take refuge under Cao Cao's command, and he agrees with Cao Cao's style of doing things.

At this time, Gongsun Zan said:

"Isn't this kind of condition the same as Yuan Shao's condition I mentioned just now? It's just adding the latter one, and there are only so many?"

Cao Ren heard that Gongsun Zan was not satisfied with this, so he persuaded:

"General Gongsun, my lord will treat the general sincerely, and will not treat the general as an outsider, and the lord has always respected capable people very much, let alone the general is such a hero."

After hearing Cao Ren's words, Gongsun Zan said:

"I have some understanding of what General Cao said, and I know Cao Mengde's character, but..."

Gongsun Zan stopped talking while talking, and everyone didn't know what it meant. None of them were good at these mind-boggling things.

Cao Ren also didn't understand, so Cao Ren said:

"General Gongsun, if the general now serves under my lord's command, there will be no more wars between the two armies, and no more soldiers will die because of it."

Gongsun Zan thought for a while, and what Cao Ren said was also reasonable, and if he disagreed, he might not be able to get out of Cao Jun's camp this time.

Even if Cao Ren didn't kill himself now, and took himself as a hostage to blackmail Yan Gang, Zou Dan and the others, I'm afraid they would just be slaughtered.

Gongsun Zan knew their loyalty to him. As long as Cao Ren threatened them with himself, they would just stand and wait to die, and they would not let Cao Ren hurt or kill him.

As long as Yan Gang dies, Baima Yicong will be wiped out, even if he is still alive, how can he make a comeback?Only myself is left alone!

Moreover, Cao Cao and Cao Ren would not allow themselves to be alive.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan secretly made up his mind, and said to Cao Ren:

"General Cao, I have made up my mind. If Cao Mengde can really do what you said, then I am willing to lead all the soldiers and horses in Youzhou to submit to Duke Cao!"

Gongsun Zan's words have already shown his attitude. From Cao Mengde to Cao Gong, Cao Ren has already understood that Gongsun Zan has already figured it out.

When Cao Ren heard these words from Gongsun Zan, he was overjoyed. It seemed that the task assigned to him by the master was about to be completed, so he asked happily:

"General Gongsun means that you are willing to serve my lord?"

Gongsun Zan looked at the happy Cao Ren, and responded:

"General Cao is surprised by what he said!"

When Cao Ren heard this, why are there still variables?Could it be that I misunderstood it?Before Cao Ren could ask, he heard Gongsun Zan say with a smile:

"Not your lord, our lord!"

As soon as the words came out, Cao Ren stood up excitedly, and Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong who were sitting below heard their smiles undisguised.

The two laughed and said:

"Is that agreed? I thought there was going to be another battle with the Youzhou soldiers!"

Cao Ren realized that he had lost his composure, sat down slowly, and said with a smile on his face:

"General Gongsun, if you can serve the Lord, then we will be brothers from now on!"

After Cao Ren finished speaking to Gongsun Zan, he turned his head and shouted to the soldiers guarding outside the tent:

"Hurry up and get the wine and the meat, today I want to have a good drink with General Gongsun!"

Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong heard that there was wine to drink today!They were all happy, Cao Ren didn't mention it, and he had already forgotten it. Cao Ren brought it up, and the two immediately felt full of saliva.

When Gongsun Zan heard that Cao Ren asked the guards to fetch wine and meat, he hurriedly said to Cao Ren:

"General Cao, Gongsun Zan will accompany me to the end for drinking and eating meat, but should I send someone to inform my generals right now? Tell them about this, so they don't have to worry about my being captured anymore."

As soon as Cao Ren heard Gongsun Zan's words, he slapped himself on the forehead and said:

"It's General Gongsun's consideration, it's Cao's carelessness, but if Cao sends someone to go, I'm afraid the general's generals won't believe it, why don't I send a letter from the general, I believe the general's generals will also know it General's handwriting?"

When Gongsun Zan heard Cao Ren say this, he also felt a little ashamed and said:

"What General Cao said is very true. If the general sends someone there rashly, I'm afraid there will be no return. I will write a letter now and send it to someone. As long as Yan Gang and Zou Dan read the letter, they will believe it is true. Really."

Cao Ren nodded after hearing this, and shouted outside the tent:

"Come on, get your pen, ink, paper and inkstone quickly!"

After a while, a soldier hurried over, brought a brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and placed them on Gongsun Zan's desk under Cao Ren's signal.

Seeing this, Gongsun Zan didn't hesitate, and started to study the ink, picked up the pen and began to write quickly. After the letter was finished, he gave it to Cao Ren to read it first.

Seeing this, Cao Ren excused himself and said:

"The general can just hand it over to the soldiers and send it to the soldiers. I don't need to read it anymore. Cao can still trust General Gongsun."

Gongsun Zan had his own ideas in showing the letter to Cao Ren first. He was afraid that Cao Ren would not believe him, so he deliberately handed the letter to Cao Ren, wanting to see whether Cao Rengang's statement that he regarded himself as a brother was true or just a polite talk.

Cao Ren shied away several times, seeing that Gongsun Zan insisted on handing over the letter to himself, so he reluctantly took the letter from Gongsun Zan, folded the letter directly, and shouted to the soldiers guarding the door:

"Come here!"

A guard ran in quickly, cupped his hands, and said:

"I don't know what the general has ordered!"

Cao Ren took the letter that had just been folded and handed it directly to the soldiers, and confessed:

"Send this letter to the city of Youzhou and hand it over to Yan Gang or General Zou Dan. Don't open it without authorization. Anyone who dares to read it will be killed on the spot!"

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