Cao Cao laughed heartily. "With those words from you, Gongda, I need nothing more! Hahaha... cough, cough, cough-!"
As he laughed, Cao Cao began coughing violently.
An even deeper, sickly flush rose to his face.
Xun You sobbed too hard to speak, while Xun Yu's feelings were also deeply complicated. He turned and bowed deeply to Cao Cao.
"Minister of Works, take care."
With that, he led Xun You out of the bedchamber.
Cao Cao was left alone in the vast bedchamber.
Struggling, Cao Cao barely managed to rise from the bed and instinctively called out, "Xu Chu, go fetch my-"
He stopped before he could finish.
Xu Chu was already dead.
Cao Cao stood there, staring blankly at the empty doorway for a long while, before letting out a long, lingering sigh.
Chapter 476: Chen Gong enters the city to urge surrender; Cao Cao's request to Xu You
The Imperial Court's army arrived at the walls of Changsha even sooner than Xun Yu and the others had expected. It took only two days.
Naturally, they had hurried there out of concern that Cao Cao would escape.
The first to arrive was the force led by Huang Zhong. After the Great Aristocratic Families of Jiangdong defected and surrendered, he and Guo Jia had led their troops toward Changsha.
On the very day Huang Zhong arrived with his troops, Zhuge Liang also reached Changsha with his army, and the two forces formally joined up outside the city.
Inside the command tent of the Han Army's Central Army Camp.
Guo Jia entered the tent with Huang Zhong, Ju Yi, and Taishi Ci. Seeing them, Zhuge Liang rose to welcome them and bowed to Guo Jia. "Greetings, Censor-in-Chief Guo."
Although he now enjoyed the Son of Heaven's favor and commanded an entire army,