As Xu You spoke, he raised his bowl to drink.
But before the bowl reached his lips, the furious Cao Cao slapped it out of his hand again and cursed, "Nothing but rubbish! After all that talk, you're still trying to persuade me to surrender!"
So Xu You had taken this whole roundabout route only to get him to surrender in the end. And to think he had actually believed the fellow was willing to devise a strategy for him!
"Just talk! Why do you keep hitting things?"
Looking at the wine spilled all over the floor, Xu You could not help growing agitated. "Just think about whether what I said makes sense. Those Jiangdong gentry clans are fence-sitters to begin with. Am I wrong?" "And those men under you-do you really think they're utterly loyal to you, all joined to you like a solid sheet of iron?"
"You probably don't know this, but Fu Wan once went to see Xun Yu in private. Did Xun Yu ever mention that to you?"
"I've told you so many times, Aman. You're too naive!"
"You'll suffer for it!"
Xu You sighed and lamented. It was unclear whether he felt sorry for Cao Cao or for the bowl of wine Cao Cao had knocked over.
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
At these words, anger immediately surfaced on Cao Cao's face. "Even now, you're still trying to slander Wenruo?!" he demanded furiously.
He certainly did not believe the words of a traitor like Xu You.
"Slander him?"
Xu You sneered. "Fu Wan told me this himself! He thought Xun Yu was also a loyal servant devoted to the Han Dynasty, so he brought the empress's edict and tried to launch a military coup with him. Xun Yu simply refused."
"And it was precisely because