Zong Cheng stared at Chen Yu's handwritten letters in his hand, but he didn't move for a long time, and his body felt cold.

How could Sun Ce agree to this condition? He transferred his troops into the city first for safety. When he sent this reply, when Sun Ce got angry, I had to kneel in the snow. In such a cold weather, people would die. The letters sent back and forth, two people kneeling there had already fallen.

He understood Chen Yu's thoughts. Chen Yu asked Sun Ce to leave the city to negotiate, so there was a reason for him. One was that he did not want to fall into Sun Ce's trap, and the other was that he would rebel against Sun Ce's army. However, Chen Yu did not consider his Zong Cheng's situation at all. It can even be said that he did not want to consider it at all.

This Chen Yu is really not a thing. He said he was as close as a family last night, and now he sold me.

Seeing Zong Cheng hesitating and not speaking, Sun Ce raised his eyelids and said slowly: "What did General Chen say?"

Zong Cheng had no choice but to get up and send Chen Yu's reply to Sun Ce. Sun Ce did not move. "Please read it for me."

Zong Cheng twitched his cheeks, but he still chanted it with a breath. Chen Yu's words were very elegant. If Sun Ce read them directly, he might not understand them even if he listened. But it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand them. Some people understand, such as Cai Yong, and Nanyang Haoqiang kneeling in the snow.

Cai Yong sneered: "What evidence does Chen Gongwei have? How dare he doubt General Yuan's last words? I feel familiar with his behavior. No wonder he refused to enter the city, I'm afraid he'd gone to Jizhou long ago."

The powerful men in Nanyang did not have the same good mood as Cai Yong. They almost scolded Chen Yu's ancestors for eight generations. You were roasting fire in the big tent outside the city and drinking wine, but we were frozen in the snow. Do you still want to cooperate with us? Cooperate with your ancestors. Zong Cheng, you bastard, are so blind, how could you negotiate with such hypocrites?

The powerful men in Nanyang were forced to kneel in the snow by Sun Ce. They were cold and hungry. They were a little tough and refused to bow to Sun Ce. However, as the two of them were frozen to death, their psychological defenses gradually began to shake. There were people who would rather die than surrender, but there were definitely not many. When they were free from food and clothing, they talked about integrity, but no one was convinced, but in the face of death, there were only a limited number of those who could still maintain integrity. However, there were obviously few of these powerful men in Nanyang who had such an awareness. As soon as Zong Cheng finished reading, someone started to curse angrily.

"Zong Shilin, how could you negotiate with such a person? What the hell did you talk about?"

Sun Ce looked at Zong Cheng and raised his eyebrows. Zong Cheng gritted his teeth and fell to his knees in front of Sun Ce. "General Sun, I am willing to say it, but I have a request."

"Let them go?" Sun Ce glanced at the people who were about to be frozen to death, and his tone was calm.

"right."

"So, are you willing to negotiate with me?"

Before Zong Cheng could speak, someone shouted. "I'm willing, I'm willing, general, we're willing to talk to you." One person spoke, and immediately followed, and soon shouted in a voice, rushing to the next, one voice louder than the other, which made Zong Cheng feel ashamed.

These people who are usually above the top are not as dignified as they are now. What is the difference between them and the untouchables they look down upon?

"Tell me." Sun Ce raised his chin and signaled to Zong Cheng.

Zong Cheng hesitated for a moment and thought about how to speak. The conditions he talked with Chen Yu included things that Nanyang might not accept and Sun Ce were unhappy. How to say it rashly would inevitably anger one side, and it might even be unpleasant to both sides. He needed to consider it carefully. But Sun Ce waited, but Nanyang might not wait. Seeing that Zong Cheng didn't speak, someone immediately cursed.

"Zong Shilin, do you want to wait until we are frozen to death before saying that?"

"Zong Cheng, what are you feeling?"

Zong Cheng had no choice but to say it as soon as he said it. After that, he looked at Sun Ce nervously, waiting for the expected anger, but Sun Ce did not respond for a long time. Just as he was about to ask, Sun Ce said lightly: "Take you guys to change clothes in the next yard, and come to General Yuan to apologize later."

"Here!" Lei Bo responded loudly, walked in from the side door with his troops, and took one of them, and carried the powerful men in Nanyang out. After a while, sobs sounded from the East Courtyard. The families of the powerful men who had been waiting there changed their clothes, poured ginger soup, rubbed their frozen bodies with snow, and cried loudly. They received a notice from the prefect's mansion and rushed over with clothes early, but separated by a wall, and they watched their families die of cold but could not lend a helping hand. The anxiety in their hearts accumulates more and more over time. At this moment, they burst out, crying, scolding, and arguing.

Zong Chenghan was so rainy that he breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know the existence of these people before. Now it seems that Sun Ce had no intention of really freezing them to death from the beginning, but just forced him to speak. If he had said happily from the beginning, these people would not suffer, and the two of them would not have freezed to death.

"General, how...reply to Chen Yu?"

"No hurry." Sun Ce said slowly, leaving Zong Cheng aside, closing his eyes to rest.

After a while, the powerful men of Nanyang who had survived the disaster came in one after another and bowed to Yuan Shu's spirit one after another. Whether it was true or false, why did they cry? Anyway, they were crying very sadly, and they said they were just like losing their parents.

Huang Yi and sister Yuan Quan looked at each other coldly, not even interested in crying with them, but just a courteous manner. Yan Xiang was deeply moved. Yuan Shu fought with these people for so long, but they did not bow to Yuan Shu. Now they can kneel in front of Yuan Shu's spirit and apologize is all due to Sun Ce. Although this young man is a little educated, he is very capable. Chen Yu, you will soon kneel here. Yang Wenming, you will definitely regret it.

Lei Bo and others were happy. These people apologized in front of Yuan Shu's spirit, which means that Yuan Shu was the winner in the end. Although he was already lying there and could no longer jump up and scold, his spirit in heaven must be very happy. He chose Sun Ce and left three last wishes. Although Sun Ce had not completed one, he had already seen a glimmer of hope. As long as Sun Ce was alive, he would have a chance to realize it.

After the Nanyang powerful men finished confessing, Sun Ce had arranged a seat and was still in the yard, but the snow in the yard had been swept clean, and a thick mat was laid, and a fire was set on it, and there was hot soup on the table. If it were normal, the Nanyang powerful men would have been disdainful of these clear soups without any meat, but now they were bitter and were grateful.

When their emotions stabilized, Sun Ce said lightly: "There is one thing that I want to clarify first. Attacking your manors is indeed my suggestion and an order from General Yuan, but what we want is property and food, as well as the troops in the manors, and never ordered murder. Therefore, those lives that did not die in battle have nothing to do with General Yuan and me. We will not take the blame."

He reached out and pointed at Yan Xiang. "Mr. Yuantu can testify about this."
Chapter completed!