Chapter 363

Chapter 363. The ox horns were also crispy with sweet seaweed (2)

“No medicine!”

Cao Cao, who opened the lid of the coffin, was unable to keep his balance and stumbled.

“How the hell did this happen! How can a culture go so futile!”

The decapitated body of Soon-wook (the sentence is Sun-wook’s self-name).

To Cao Cao, Shun-wu was more than an excellent strategist, he was like a guide who lit the way.

“Fix the main ball!”

As Jojo stumbled, the longevity and the scribes next to him supported him.

“The writing is dead! Literature is dead! How could such an absurd thing happen? Uuuuuuuuuu.... Moon Yak~.”

Cao Cao held on to Shun-wu’s body as if his father had died, and began to weep.

How many wars and crises has Sun Yu’s wit and strategy won so far? It was not for nothing that Jojo called him his eldest son.

As Jojo cried, the eyes of the other ministers next to him also became red.

Sun-wook’s death was sad, but in a way, it wasn’t someone else’s business.

era of war. No one knows when, where, or what will happen.

As Cao Cao’s wailing became longer and the officials shed tears, the eyes of the soldiers watching it from afar changed solemnly.

What kind of feudal lord in the world would be so saddened by the death of a subject?

The soldiers began to see Jojo differently.

“Why did Sunuk Sang Seo-ryeong come back as a corpse with his head cut off?”

After weeping for half a day, Cao Cao asked the envoys who had brought Sun-wu’s body the reason.

“When we arrived in Yangyang’s Jian’e Fortress, of course, Sun Ce’s company was attacked by assassins...”

The envoys said that Sun Ce was injured and that Bun’a, a disciple of the fireman, treated the injury, and that Sunwu was given as a gift. Thinking he couldn’t change Sun Ce’s heart, he secretly planted an assassin and finally told the story of how the assassin was caught and Xun Yu was beheaded.

After hearing all the envoys’ words, Jojo shed tears again.

I fully understand why Soon-wook had to make such an extreme choice, but it is very unfortunate that he lost a talented person. And I thought that he would have made that choice because he was Soon-wook.

“The loyal servant of eternity given for me... You left my side in vain!”

“The Duke of Zhou and this is the last letter that Sunuk Sang Seo-ryeong left to the Duke of Ju before he was beheaded.”

The envoy took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao opened the seal and read the letter, then smiled dejectedly.

“To think that he was devising such a plan for me until the very last moment of his death...”

“What kind of plan is that?”

“Look at you too.”

Jojo showed the book to the other bookkeepers next to him.

Jeong-wook, Kwak Ga-man-chong, and others who read the letter opened their eyes wide as if slightly surprised.

“Even while the late Shunwu Shangshiling was expecting to be killed by Sun Ce, he devised a trick to confuse Hwabu and Sun Ce by sending Sima Yi to the cult leader Tsai Saseop.”

“To think that he carried out such a plan for me even at the moment of his death... It is as sad as if I lost an arm!”

Tears that had stopped flowing from Jojo’s eyes flowed again.

Guo Jia hurriedly handed Cao Cao a cotton cloth and said,

“To tell Sa-Seop Saja, who has been unable to unite the power of the leader due to the feuding of the governors, with a trick to unite the leaders and make them fight against Sun Ce. If Sima Yi understands the number of Shang Xu Ling and makes Si Xie and Sun Ce fight, we will be greatly relieved.”

“.....”

“To be equal to Godfather Hua, not only Cao Cao, but also Cao Cao and Cao Cao Sa-seop must join forces with us. Only then will it be worth trying.”

“Saseop and we are enemies, so would he want to form an alliance with us?”

“Jojo also became enemies with us. But didn’t your older brother just say that he would rather ally with Cao Cao than be subjugated by the fireman? Sa-seop will be no different from my older brother.”

Sun Ce, who had listened to his younger brother and thought about it, nodded.

“hmm! After hearing what you said, I think that beheading Soon-wook was a bit hasty.”

“His throat had to be cut. He is the one who dared to plant an assassin to assassinate my older brother.”

“But doesn’t that make it difficult to repair your relationship with Jojo?”

“We are allied with Cao Cao only as long as we fight the hwabu. Ultimately, Jojo is also our enemy. Perhaps Jojo is grateful that we didn’t help him when he and the fireman were fighting.”

“But if you do, the fireman will be against us after he defeats Cao Cao.”

“Brother, from now on, you should consider both Jojo and Hwabu as enemies to us. You form an alliance because you need it. Even if Hwabu beats Jojo, that’s when he loses a lot of energy. Then we should be able to fight the fireman well enough.”

“Hmm~. Besides, when Hwabu and Jojo fight, if I incite Sa-sub to attack Ik-joo or Hyeong-joo, then I will be able to gain that much advantage.”

“It is.”

“Then I guess I’ll have to tell Jegal to stop instigating the leader’s internal strife.”

“I knew my brother would think so, and on the way back he already sent someone to call in Zhuge’s soldiers.”

“If you summoned him on the way, he will come soon.”

“Yes, I will.”

* * *

In fact, in the letter Jojo sent to Sa-seop, there was no trick to cover the feuding governors. Cao Cao only emphasized the dangers of fire and suggested an alliance.

However, Sima Yi passed on Cao Cao’s letter and passed on the wisdom he had received from Shun Yu to Sa-seop.

For the first time, Sa-seop saw that Sama-ui, who was only about the age of the younger brother, came as a messenger, and he thought that Jojo looked down on him. However, when Sima Yi showed off the Auspicious Seal, he began to see his opponent differently.

He knew that Sang Seo-ryeong was Sun-wook, so he thought that if he had sent him as an envoy, even giving him a plaque that could symbolize him, he would be that important.

And, crucially, the plan that Sima Yi gave him was so exquisite that he thought it would be enough to cover the governors.

“So, locally provoke Jingzhou and Yangzhou to make it look like Hwabu and Sun Ce will attack the cult leader at any moment, right?”

When Sa-seop asked, Sama-ui even smiled slightly and nodded.

“Yes, then the governors who are rebelling against the company will have no choice but to bow their heads to the company to put out the fire that fell at their feet.”

“But what if the soldiers from Jingju and Yangju really attack after being so provocative? If that happens, even if the governors join forces, they may not be able to handle it.”

“The soldiers of Jingju are all on their way to Yeju, leaving only the minimum number of defenders. Will the soldiers who have been dispatched to Yeju come down to this distant Gyoju at the slightest provocation?”

“hmm! That certainly makes sense. But isn’t Yangju different?”

“Yangju is not much different from Jingju. Didn’t I tell you earlier by showing you the auspicious order? Now, Sun Ce and our chieftain have become enemies. He is our master who is already covering Yeonju, Cheongju, Giju, Yuju, and Byeongju. It’s only Sun Chae who has painstakingly integrated only one Yangzhou, but it’s too much to help the fireman to deal with our chieftain.

Hearing Sima Yi’s words, Sa-seop thought for a moment and then nodded.

“I’m a little worried...but it’s good. Then, as you said, I will provoke Jingju and Yangju once and create an atmosphere as if a war is about to break out.”

“You made an excellent decision. And while creating a sense of crisis, don’t forget that you should never reveal that you were the one who provoked it first. If that is the case, the governors’ resistance may become more violent.”

“I’ll take care of that much, so you don’t have to worry about it. When you return to Giju, tell Seung-sang Jo that Sa-seop Lee is very happy with it.”

“All right.”

Sa-seop wrote a letter to send to Jojo, handed it to Sima Yi, and ordered his subordinates to load the carriage with gifts in return.

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