Chapter 392 Sneak Away (2/2)
Kong Rong welcomed everyone in his main tent.
”Lao Gonggong, we've troubled you.”
Wei You laughed, ”It was nothing. Completing a difficult task like this is rewarding. I got my brag right to mess with my colleagues back home.”
”Hahaha. Of course. I'm sure his majesty will reward you well.”
”Serving him by his side is already rewarding enough. I don't need anything more.”
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Then, Kong Rong turned to Sun Jian and his subordinates.
”We're sorry to involve you in our struggles. I promise you that his majesty will compensate you and your family for your troubles.”
Sun Jian wore his façade, ”Don't be. We're all servants of the Han Dynasty. Following his majesty's order is mandatory.”
”That's true. Well, I've received his majesty's words that once we regain the control of Xu Province, we'll return them for you.”
”Thank you!”
Kong Rong gave Sun Jian, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai his army uniforms so that they could disguise themselves as one of Kong Rong's men.
As for Taishi Ci, he rejoined his former lord as the grand commander of 30,000 soldiers.
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November 20th.
Cao Ren and his 20,000 soldiers returned to Langye City. However, they could not enter.
As for a reason, it was because of the banners on the top of the walls.
Kong!
They were Kong Rong's flags, which indicated that Langye had fallen to Tong's men.
Cao Ren and Yue Jin's face paled. Not only they failed to locate Sun Jian and others, but they also lost the city.
”S-Should I report this matter to our lord?” Asked Cao Ren.
Yue Jin shook his head, ”Not yet! We haven't lost the city yet!”
”Are you blind!? We haven't lost the city, my foot! Kong Rong has already taken the city.”
”Zhang Tong and we have formed an alliance pack, and our lord is officially the emperor's subordinate. We don't have a reason to attack each other, so maybe we can ask them to get inside the city first. We should talk things out with them, and maybe we can get our city back.”
Cao Ren's face twitched, ”What about Sun Jian?”
”We'll think about it later. Let's try to salvage our failures first!”
”So, we're going to hide this from our lord?”
”Yes! Until we can't do anything anymore, we'll continue to do our best!”
”… Okay.”
Cao Ren and his force marched toward the city without forming a battle formation, gesturing goodwill.
An arrow flew and pierced the ground in front of Cao Ren. It was a warning shot.
”DON'T SHOOT! WE WISH TO TALK TO THE CURRENT GOVERNOR OF LANGYE!”
As Cao Ren shouted, he inspected his surroundings.
There was no trace of fighting or combat, which revealed that Chen Gui and Chen Deng had surrendered the city to Kong Rong.
'Traitor bastards. I'll have to kill those geezers, or I won't be able to sleep!'
Standing and glaring at the people on the wall for a while, Cao Ren heard a reply a few minutes later.
”Show us your tokens! Who are you!?”
Cao Ren yelled back, ”I am Cao Cao's subordinate, Cao Ren! I'm the governor of this city!”
Although he said that, he was expecting an answer [Bullshit, our governor is Sir Kong Rong] or some sort. As he was preparing for another argument, the gate opened.
”Huh? Did it work? Zhang Tong doesn't want to fight us?”
Cao Ren turned to Yue Jin in astonishment and gave him a thumbs up.
Yue Jin revealed a wry smile, ”I told you so.”
”You're good, Wenqian.”