Chapter 98: Full Chong Xu Chu Meets Sun Liu
Sun Ce and Liu Bei have been stationed here for a few days. Because they believed Zhou Yu's words, they have been waiting for Cao Cao's actions. It's true that the result is, they finally waited for the result today.
Originally, the intention of Man Chong and Xu Chu was to go north to Xiangyang. After all, they didn't know that Sun Ce and Liu Bei had already led their army to Wuling. However, after hearing the latest news from Huo Jun, they stopped marching and stationed on the spot. So the two rushed to Xiangyang directly, but halfway through, they were discovered by the Sun and Liu's coalition forces.
Man Chong and the other two were not surprised to see the Sun and Liu coalition's probation, and of course they could not take action. However, Xu Chu was very cautious. As long as the other party dared to take action, he would not mind killing the other party with one knife.
Finally, after contact, the horse exploration confirmed that the two were envoys of Cao Cao's Yanzhou Army from Wuling, and they were very happy. The horse exploration was from the Sun and Liu coalition, but this one was even more of the Jiangdong army. It can be said that whether it was Sun Ce or Liu Bei, they asked their horse exploration to pay close attention to the past, especially those riding horses, to see when Cao Cao's people came. As a result, he had a great fortune today and met Man Chong and Xu Chu, so isn't this a contribution?
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Tanma politely brought Man Chong and Xu Chu back to his camp. To be honest, Tanma had no worries at all, just like Man Chong and Xu Chu. In his opinion, just two people could cause so much storm. It’s not that he looked down on Man Chong and the two people. The main reason is that there are more than 100,000 people in his camp, let alone just two people, even if the tiger Lu Bu is resurrected and the two Lu Bus may not be able to pose any threat to him.
It’s not bragging, if it’s really Lu Bu, you dare to come. Then thousands of archers on your side will shoot arrows at once, let alone two Lu Bu. Even twenty or two hundred, you will die. The so-called general is not afraid of thousands of troops, but he is afraid of being strong. It’s not okay to admit it. Even if Lu Fengxian is indeed an enemy of ten thousand people, he can still jump alive when thousands of archers are shooting arrows at once?
The horse led Man Chong and Xu Chu back to his camp, and Man Chong and Xu Chu looked at each other, with happy expressions in their eyes. To be honest, as long as they saw Sun Bofu and Liu Xuande earlier, they would solve their retreat problem as soon as possible, which would naturally be of great benefit to them. So they were actually a little anxious. They thought they had to go to Xiangyang before, but now it's fine. The Sun and Liu coalition forces are here halfway. Are they not worried about their own affairs?
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The guards of the camp did not stop the people brought back by the horse, but the horse said directly: "These two are the envoys of the Yanzhou army!"
When the guards of the camp heard this, it turned out that this was the case. I wouldn’t have seen him before. But I heard about the people from the coalition forces of our side. I heard about the fact that his lord and Liu Xuande were waiting for someone, probably waiting for someone from the Yanzhou army to come. But these are not what I have to think about. Since they are envoys of the Yanzhou army, they naturally cannot stop them.
The explorer brought Man Chong and Xu Chu into the Sun-Liu coalition camp and came directly to Sun Ce's central army tent.
"You two are a little bit too, go down and report to your lord!"
Tanma bowed to Man Chong and Xu Chu and said, and Man Chong nodded to Tanma. This is all the etiquette. He and Xu Chu cannot just break into the tent directly. If this matter is not done well, they might have to be arrested as an assassin. If this matter is true, it would be over. Even if Xu Chu is a rival to ten thousand people, can he really stop others from firing arrows? Anyway, Man Chong is not sure.
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The horse explorer walked into the big tent directly. Sun Ce happened to be in the big tent alone. After seeing the horse explorer nervously, he bowed and said, "Lord, I met an envoy from Yanzhou from Wuling on the way to patrol. He claimed to be a man of the beloved, Xu Chu!"
Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where are the two of them at this time?"
"Waiting outside the big tent!"
"Okay, I'll remember you for this matter! Hurry up, invite them in, and ask Gongjin and Liu Xuande to come to the account to talk!"
"promise!"
When I heard this, I was overjoyed. How could this not be the case? My lord’s credit for me is not a trivial matter. Even if it is a small contribution, I will have to brag with those people. They have never been praised by my lord in their lifetime, but I am lucky. The reward is small, the key is that my face is great. My lord said it personally, remember my own merits, and when I chat and quarrel, some people will brag.
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The horse turned around and came out of the big tent. At this time, Sun Ce looked outside the big tent and said to himself, "What is coming is finally here!"
He stole the horse out of the big tent, came to Man Chong and Xu Chu, and said, "Two, lord, please come in!"
Man Chong smiled and said, "Thank you, the sergeant!"
The horse hiding quickly returned the gift and said goodbye to the two. After all, he had to invite Zhou Yu and Liu Bei, so it was impossible to waste any more time.
Man Chong and Xu Chu walked towards Sun Ce's army's tent, but before entering the tent, Xu Chu's big sword was temporarily put into custody by the guards at the door. After all, Sun Ce was the only one in the tent. Xu Chu would definitely not be able to enter with weapons like this. It would be impossible to do anywhere. This is the rule, and Xu Chu also understood it.
When he handed the knife to the guards of the big tent, Xu Chu still snorted dissatisfiedly. He was a general from a famous town battlefield, so he handed over the weapons. Of course he would not be satisfied. However, Xu Chu also understood that after all, he also did this. Many of the messengers from other aspects of the world who brought weapons were taken away by him. But today it turned out that the other party had taken away his weapons.
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As for the sword on Man Chong's waist, this is not included. However, Man Chong is still a scholar, so the sword on the scholar will not be taken away by others for no special reason. However, if it is other weapons, it is not included. As for the sword, it is basically a scholar. There must be a hand hanging around his waist. In their opinion, a sword is a gentleman, the so-called gentleman's sword. That's it. Of course, there is no exception to Man Chong.
After Xu Chu's weapons were taken away, Man Chong and him entered Sun Ce's central army tent.
As soon as the two entered the big tent, they saw Sun Ce who had already stood up. Of course, he was the only one in the tent, and he was in the middle. So who else could he be if he was not Sun Ce?
As for Sun Ce standing up, it would be even more impossible. If Sun Ce had not greeted the two at the door of the big tent before, but at this time, he had to stand up. No matter how they were both messengers from afar, they were guests from their own side. It would be okay not to go to the door to greet them, but at this time they had to stand up. Sun Ce would not leave the basic etiquette.
At least Sun Ce would not let Man Chong and Xu Chu think that he was too arrogant. Even if Sun Ce was indeed a person with high self-esteem, he would not have ignored the world.
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Sun Ce still knows more or less who are Man Chong and Xu Chu.
Shanyang people, with the courtesy name Boning, were a man of literary and military in the Yanzhou army. He was also the number one lobbyist in the Yanzhou army and was highly valued by Cao Mengde. You can tell me that if you let him stay in Xiangyang before, you don’t respect Qianfeng, can Cao Cao let him stay in such an important place as Xiangyang? As for the loss of the city, it is normal, but Cao Cao respects him, this is also true.
Xu Chu of Pei State, whose courtesy name was Zhongkang, was born in the powerful Xu family. He had the "unreasonable courage" and was a general on the battlefield. However, he served as Cao Mengde's personal guard for many years, so he rarely actually led troops to fight on the battlefield. Unless Cao Cao was in danger, he would definitely not fail to take action.
So when facing these two people, Sun Ce would not neglect it, but he hadn't all the people here yet, so he could only let the two sit down first and chat for a few casual words.
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However, before Sun Ce could speak, Man Chong spoke first, "Man Chong Man Boning, under the tent of Cao Sikong of Yanzhou, has seen General Sun!"
As soon as Man Chong finished speaking, Xu Chu bowed and said, "Xu Chu, the Yanzhou Army, greeting him!"
Although Xu Chu was not interested in Sun Ce, no matter what, Sun Ce and Sun Bofu were all like his lords, and were all powerful princes in the world, and had the same status as his lords. So even if Xu Chu was dissatisfied, he had to give him a gift on the surface. After all, this is the most basic thing. What's more, when he came here today, he was asking someone to come, so he would definitely not be able to not lower his attitude.
When Sun Ce saw that the two of them had spoken first, he quickly said, "It turned out to be Mr. Boning, General Xu, come on, please sit down, please sit down!"
The two of them said in unison: "Thank you, General!"
As he said that, Man Chong and Xu Chu found a place to sit down.
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After the two sat down, they heard Sun Ce say, "To be honest, Ce has sent someone to invite Duke Xuande here, so please wait for a while!"
When Man Chong heard this, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay! Since Duke Xuande is not here, he is going to wait for him to come here."
When Sun Ce heard this, he smiled at Man Chong. As for Xu Chu, he could basically ignore it. Everyone knows that Man Chong has the final say in negotiations. Xu Chu has no say in what he does. Who doesn’t know what he does.
After Sun Ce said a few more words to Man Chong, three people came in outside the tent one after another. The first one was naturally Liu Bei, then Xu Shu and Zhou Yu. The two of them walked into the tent behind Liu Bei.
At this time, Sun Ce hurriedly smiled at Man Chong and Xu Chu and said, "I guess there is no need to say much about this person, and this person is Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi, and Mr. Yuanzhi, and this person is Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin, under Ce's subordinate!
Sun Ce did not introduce Liu Bei anything. Because both Man Chong and Xu Chu knew him, Liu Bei was naturally familiar with them. He just introduced Xu Shu and Zhou Yu to Man Chong and Xu Chu.
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Then he said to Xu Shu and Zhou Yu: "This one is the Yanzhou Army's favorite Man Boning, Mr. Boning. You should know it. And this one is Xu Chu, Xu Zhongkang, General Xu!"
As for Man Chong, he was the commander who had defended Xiangyang before, so Sun Ce knew that both Xu Shu and Zhou Yu should know him. However, they certainly knew Xu Chu's name, but this person was the first time they had seen him.
After Sun Ce introduced him, the people met each other quickly. Apart from Liu Bei, the others were indeed not very familiar with each other. So they met each other, so they knew each other. After that, Liu Bei and the other three sat down, but after he sat down, he looked at Sun Ce first. That's what Cao Mengde really sent someone.
Sun Ce's eyes were also very obvious, which meant that, yes, Cao Mengde was indeed unable to hold back and sent someone to take advantage of it.
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In fact, whether it is Sun Ce or Liu Bei, what the two of them think is their own interests, which is correct. Therefore, although Cao Cao sent Man Chong and Xu Chu here for no reason, it is basically impossible to achieve the goal without bleeding. After all, Cao Cao is powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, he is not at an advantage now and is at a disadvantage. On the contrary, Sun Ce and Liu Bei are the ones who take the initiative, so it is definitely impossible for Cao Cao not to bleeding.
After Liu Bei and others sat in their respective positions, Sun Ce then smiled at Man Chong, "I wonder why Mr. Boning came to our army today?"
Although the two sides had a battle before, the Sun and Liu coalition forces attacked Xiangyang for several days, but now the relationship between the two sides is still hostile, hasn't the Yanzhou Army sent an envoy? So of course Sun Ce could not treat Man Chong like he was facing the enemy. He, Liu Bei, Zhou Yu, and Xu Shu all understood that Man Chong was coming to a peace talk. The so-called "to stretch out his hand and not hit the smiley person". People lowered their attitude to seek peace, and of course it was impossible for him to be stingy. Even if he was hostile before, it was nothing.
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As for Man Chong, this is even more so. For him, although he was defeated in Xiangyang before, he had to say that he had a lot of resentment towards Sun Ce and Liu Bei. But one code is one code, and the previous thing was that the two armies were hostile to each other, so of course they had to fight. But now, his lord asked him to come to ask others for his retreat, so even if he had any emotions, he had to hide it. Otherwise, if he would ruin a big deal, he would be the sinner of the Yanzhou Army. He could not afford the consequences.
When Man Chong heard this, he hurriedly said, "General Sun, Duke Xuande, I will tell you that you are here today. I came here to make peace with you by my lord!"
When Sun Ce and Liu Bei heard this, they thought we had already talked about this. And they looked at each other for a second time, and thought, sure enough, it was still true!
Of course, this matter was not beyond their expectations. Otherwise, what else could Man Chong do? After all, we had already discussed it before, and almost everyone knew what Cao Cao was going to do. As a result, when we saw it today, it was true that Zhou Yu was right!
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Sun Ce smiled at this time, and then said to Man Chong: "This Cao occupied our Wuling, and then he was going to have a peace talk with our army. How do you explain this?"
Sun Ce was so sharp that he showed his strength at this time and did not give Man Chong any face. He asked this directly. Although Wuling was not his place for Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army, it was Liu Bei's territory. After all, the two armies formed an alliance and formed a coalition, so of course it was his own place. Sun Ce used this to question Man Chong, which means that you have all occupied one of our counties. After that, you said that you would come to peace talks and talks. All good things in the world belong to you. Is there any reason?
Chapter completed!