Cao Cao also understood that the reason why he was able to gain a firm foothold in this large tent filled with vassals was precisely because of that fake edict in his arms.
Therefore, now was not the time to be entangled with Yuan Shu.
After signaling Sun Tong to put down his weapon, he strode forward and took out the imperial edict from his bosom.
When the vassals saw this, they all bowed.
They were not bowing to Cao Cao, but to the imperial edict in his hands.
"In the autumn of the sixth year of Zhongping, the emperor and minister Cao announced to the heavens and the earth that the Han Dynasty had the world and that there was no end to it. In the past, Wang Mang usurped the throne and stole. Emperor Guangwu was furious and killed him, and the country was restored. Now Dong Zhuo, the thief, has raised a rebellion, destroyed the ancestral temple and the state, killed loyal people without authorization, and caused chaos in the harem. He wants to overthrow the Han Dynasty's 400-year-old rivers and mountains. All the people of insight in the world can raise troops to kill the thief, recover the rivers and mountains together, bless the Han Dynasty and stabilize the four seas forever.”
"We are under orders!"
After the edict was read out, the various dukes returned to their seats.
"Although we are uprising soldiers, there are many factions. Next, we need to elect an alliance leader to unify the various armies.”
It was unknown who mentioned this, but the various dukes began to discuss it.
"The alliance leader position doesn't need to be elected, it should naturally be Qixiang Marquis.”
"That's right. Deacon Yuan's family has four generations of dukes and three dukes. We naturally believe in him.”
Hearing everyone's words of wanting him to be the alliance leader, even if Yuan Shao was overjoyed in his heart, he still refused,""Everyone, since Meng De brought out the imperial edict from Luoyang, he should be the Alliance Master.”
"Brother Benchu, why do you say that? It was a coincidence that Cao Can brought out the imperial edict. With my virtue, how can I plan the overall situation? The position of alliance leader, from Cao's point of view, is definitely Brother Benchu.”
Yuan Shao's words were not to be taken seriously. Cao Cao had never thought that he would become the Alliance Master. However, there were people in the tent who supported Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. It was just that there were more people who supported Yuan Shao. Cao Cao did him a favor. After all, his words still carried weight. Therefore, when he stood on Yuan Shao's side, Yuan Shao's position as the Alliance Master was already stable.
"I…"
"Deacon Yuan, why do you continue to decline? If you don't move forward, how can we succeed?”
"Forget it, since everyone thinks highly of me, I, Yuan Shao, am ashamed to accept this alliance leader. I hope that everyone can work together to restore the Han Dynasty!”
"Work together to restore the Han Dynasty! Greetings, Alliance Master!"
"Work together to restore the Han Dynasty! Greetings, Alliance Master!"
"Work together to restore the Han Dynasty! Greetings, Alliance Master!"
Everyone present was a bunch of smart people. Even though they had previously supported different people to be the alliance leader, when the dust settled, these guys immediately changed their positions, as if they had supported Yuan Shao from the beginning.
Regarding Cao Cao's previous performance, Yuan Shao naturally wouldn't treat him unfairly, and specially led someone to add a seat to his right.
Don't underestimate this small seat.
In the Han Dynasty, the seating order was originally studied, and the right side was respected, often according to the height of merit and rank in order to sit.
Yuan Shao arranged for Cao Cao to be the leader of the faction below him. His intention to support Cao Cao was self-evident. If he succeeded in defeating Dong in the future, Cao Cao, who was sitting in this position, would definitely be rewarded as long as his contribution was decent.
Cao Cao's seat was set. Sun Tong held his halberd and naturally stood behind Cao Cao. No one dared to underestimate this sworn brother of Cao Cao who dared to threaten Yuan Shu with his halberd. After all, no matter how skilled Sun Tong was, his courage was definitely rare in the world.
"Second brother, what are you looking at?"
After sitting down, Cao Cao finally had the time to talk to Sun Tong. However, Sun Tong's gaze was still looking into the distance.
"Ever since I threatened the second son of the Yuan family, that fellow has been waiting for me fiercely.”
"He must be Yuan Gonglu's guard. Ignore him. If he dares to act rashly, even I won't let him off easily. Second brother, don't forget what Yuan Gonglu said before.”
That was true, but when he saw that person's 90 points of martial strength, Sun Tong really wasted those three points.
"Big brother, that person's stare really annoyed me, I want to go over and beat him up.”
"Oh? It's rare for Second Brother to have such an interest…I wonder how many rounds it will take for my second brother to capture this Liao?”
Although it was unreasonable for the internal conflict to be high after the alliance was formed, everyone present knew about the previous matter. In addition, Cao Cao needed to be punished so that others would know that he could sit in his current position not because of Yuan Shao's charity, so he did not plan to stop Sun Tong.
"Three to five rounds? It won't be more than five rounds!"
After thinking about it seriously, he estimated that one or two rounds would be enough if he just killed the other party. However, killing the other party was definitely not possible in this situation. Therefore, if he wanted to defeat the other party, he would have to spend more effort.
"Okay, second brother, remember, you must let the other party make the first move. As for how to do it, it's up to you.”
After saying this, Cao Cao stood up and walked towards Yuan Shao, joining the discussion of the Celestial Lord route.
After Sun Tong received Cao Cao's reply, he naturally began to provoke the other party in high spirits. Sun Tong slowly turned around, and just as the other party continued to use the Staring Divine Art, Sun Tong curled his lips in disdain and spat lightly.
The so-called " not much harm, but extremely insulting " was probably just that.
How could the other party endure this anger? Immediately, a wave of anger rushed to the top of his head. He could no longer care about anything else. He immediately picked up his weapon and rushed towards Sun Tong.
Yuan Shu, who was sitting not far away, was the first to notice the abnormality. Just as he was about to scold him, he realized that the other party was targeting Sun Tong. He immediately turned his head and looked elsewhere as if he didn't see anything. He wished that his subordinate would look at Sun Tong on the spot.
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