"A man like him must die. If he doesn't die in Changsha, he'll surely become a scourge again someday!"
A trace of coldness flashed through Guo Jia's eyes.
No matter what, even at the cost of Xu You's life, he would not let Cao Cao leave Changsha alive.
"That Cao Thief truly is a beast among beasts!"
After hearing the story, Huang Zhong glared in fury and cursed with righteous indignation, deeply contemptuous of Cao Cao's conduct.
Zhao Yun also snorted coldly. "If I capture that Cao Thief, I'll stab a hundred holes in him with my spear!"
"Leaving a traitor like him alive will only bring disaster!"
Chen Gong had now regained his composure. He looked up at Zhuge Liang and said, "Military Advisor, let me enter the city and persuade him to surrender."
"Though Cao Cao is heartless and faithless, we once weathered adversity together, and I saved his life. He won't do anything to me."
Cao Cao was a very complicated man. Back when he killed Lü Boshe, he had indeed been overcome with remorse, but the mistake had already been made, so he had simply gone all the way and chosen to kill Lü Boshe.
But that did not mean Cao Cao truly had neither feeling nor loyalty, because someone without feeling or loyalty would not feel remorse, nor would he attempt something like assassinating Dong Zhuo.
"Well..."
Hesitation appeared on Zhuge Liang's face. He did not want Chen Gong to go and persuade Cao Cao to surrender, but if they wanted to capture the Pretender Emperor alive and rescue Xu You, negotiating a surrender was their only option.
And no one present was better suited to it than Chen Gong.
After much deliberation, Zhuge Liang finally agreed. "In that case, go, Gongtai. But you must