Chapter 186: Arrogant Lu Bu "Tian Chengshou has built the Daxianbei Mountain line into an impenetrable defense line, and it is heavily guarded." "If the Xianbei attack from there, they can tie down a certain amount of Tian Chengshou's forces, but it is extremely limited." “And if we open a gap near Wuyuan and Yunzhong, allowing the Xianbei to move south and enter through Yanmen, Tian Chengshou will be under great pressure to defend,” Li Ru said in a slightly seductive voice. "No!" Lu Bu answered instinctively before he could come to his senses. Li Ru's eyes flickered with a hint of relief and recognition: "Why?" "We will never allow the Hu people to trample on our Han territory!" Lu Bu looked at Li Ru with sharp eyes and said firmly. Looking at the determination in Lu Bu's eyes and listening to the unquestionable words, Li Ru smiled. "it is good!" At this moment, Li Ru felt mixed emotions. At this moment, he actually began to approve of Lu Bu.
Standing at the crossroads of fate, just one wrong step will lead you into the abyss, but once you are on the right path, the strong will move forward with greater courage and determination. Lu Bu has a very bad reputation in the world because he killed Ding Yuan and because he assisted Zhou in his atrocities. Unwilling to be inferior to others, brave but not wise, fickle, and forgetful of principles when seeing profit. All these evaluations are correct, but he was not like this from the beginning, it’s just that he always follows the wrong people. At the beginning, he followed Ding Yuan. As they both came from grassroots backgrounds, Ding Yuan respected Lu Bu very much, but Ding Yuan was not a good person. At that time, the country was not in chaos. If a grassroots wanted to rise to power, it was not enough to just work hard, but also rely on scheming and positioning. Ding Yuan, who had been in the political arena for a long time, was very clear about this. When he was young, Ding Yuan was also fearless and upright. But at that time, if you wanted to get involved in the underworld, being able to fight was useless. What was more important was to have a background. Ding Yuan worked diligently for decades and made many military achievements, but he saw no hope at all. Therefore, when Zhang Yi, then governor of Bingzhou, was killed by the Hu people, Ding Yuan jumped into the fire pit that the sons of the aristocratic families were unwilling to go to without hesitation, and he did a good job. However, in order to weaken Dong Zhuo, who was self-reliant and had his own army, the imperial court directly appointed Dong Zhuo as the governor of Bingzhou, and the innocent Ding Yuan was completely ignored. Fortunately, He Jin lent a hand at this time, secretly summoned Ding Yuan to come to the capital, and ordered Ding Yuan to lead his army disguised as "Black Mountain Lord" to gather people in Henei County to cause chaos and burn Mengjin. Ding Yuan, who had experienced too much, agreed without hesitation, because he knew that this was his only chance to realize his ambitions and no longer be bullied by others. At that time, Lu Bu was under Ding Yuan's command and witnessed and even participated in all of this. Is it worth being loyal to a boss who follows the orders of a deceased relative and attacks the imperial court with troops, committing treasonous acts? Even though Ding Yuan treated Lu Bu very well, his unscrupulous behavior to climb up made Lu Bu "awakened". Therefore, when his old boss Dong Zhuo extended an olive branch, Lu Bu agreed without hesitation. Although Dong Zhuo at that time had already "awakened" like Ding Yuan, he still had ambitions with the assistance of Li Ru. Although the decision to depose Liu Bian and enthronize Liu Xie was motivated by the so-called selfish desire to be of the same clan as Empress Dowager Dong, it was indeed the will of Emperor Ling, and Liu Xie was indeed stronger than Liu Bian. Even the matter of deposing and enthroning the emperor was not done until Dong Zhuo consulted with his Grand Tutor Yuan Wei, who agreed to it. At that time, Dong Zhuo's biggest ambition was to be Huo Guang. From Lu Bu's perspective, everything he did by following Dong Zhuo was to support the Han Dynasty.
Of course, Li Ru did not notice the change in Dong Zhuo's mentality later, and Dong Zhuo quickly fell, and Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo again. From the perspective of the Han Dynasty and the current Han Emperor Liu Xie, it can be said that Lu Bu has no problems at all in terms of righteousness and is a true loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. But at that time, Lu Bu had also "awakened". Li Ru followed Lu Bu, thinking that this guy was easy to control, so he could follow him for a while, and then run away if he couldn't do it. But when Lu Bu came to Bingzhou, everything seemed to change. People are greatly affected by the environment. At first, Lu Bu's main purpose in fighting the Hu people was to occupy territory, which was not noble, but it attracted the cheers and following of the people of Bingzhou. Later, the main reason why Lu Bu fought against the Hu people was because Tian Ze gave him money and food, which was very substantial. He had more money and food, and seeing that the people admired him so much, they were all from the same village, and he just happened to be short of soldiers, so he simply distributed some to them. Although it was not much, Bingzhou was poor! Tian Ze gave too much, and Bingzhou was too poor, so Lu Bu only casually took out less than 10% of the money and grain. As a result, the living standards of the people in Bingzhou directly improved by several levels, and the people's morale soared. After being praised so much, Lu Bu also started to feel a "burden". After all, his "personality" was established here. Not only did the people praise his name for benevolence, but even princes such as Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao looked at Lu Bu with admiration, and found that he had the potential to be a capable minister. How could Lu Bu any longer lose face? The things he did in the past are not black history that cannot be erased. In a sense, he sacrificed a small personal matter for the sake of the country, and there is nothing wrong with that. Now, Lu Bu's words and his determined gaze made Li Ru realize that this guy had been completely brainwashed by these praises. At that time, Dong Zhuo gradually gave up and completely fell into despair amid the condemnation of countless scholars. Today, Lu Bu has slowly found his original intention and washed away all the worldly things amidst the praises of countless people. At this moment, Li Ru just felt that fate was playing tricks on him. He knew very well how determined people like Lu Bu, who had once sunk deeply into darkness, would be after they found the light in their hearts again. Because Lu Bu has the heart of a strong man, and he has seen and experienced too much, it is difficult for him to sink again. He also came from a grassroots background. He once wanted to help Dong Zhuo create an era that was not bound by the constraints of aristocratic families, but he failed. The reason why he agreed to the deal with the family was not only because he was afraid of death. If he doesn't want to die, there are plenty of ways for him to fake his death and live in seclusion. Instead, he had already seen the era he wanted, an era when the aristocratic families gradually disintegrated under the crushing power of Tian Ze and the grassroots had the opportunity to come forward. At first, he sold Lu Bu to Tian Ze as a means of advancement after fighting him twice. But now, his thoughts have changed a little. Looking towards the north, Li Ru muttered in his heart: The reason why Zhongying failed was because he won too easily. Since you have such a boldness to change the world, then prove your ability. If you can't even pass this level, it means you are not the person I expect. This time, I will not hold back at all and I will verify it all myself.
Seeing Li Ru's smile and complicated expression, Lu Bu was quite puzzled, but he could only watch and wait for Li Ru's next words. "Fengxian, I'm going to Jizhou and Yanzhou to contact Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. By the way, I might go to Youzhou." Li Ru said. "Okay." Lu Bu was confused, but still said so. In fact, he did not think that he was Li Ru's lord. Li Ru was more like a teacher to him, so he just thought that Li Ru was talking to him rather than reporting. "During this period, train the soldiers well and keep these people under control, especially him!" Li Ru pointed at Wei Xu but didn't even look at him. For some reason, seeing Li Ru being so impolite, Lu Bu felt more comfortable. This is the right feeling! This is my military advisor! Wei Xu, who was pointed at, turned pale. He opened his mouth to explain something, but dared not say a word. Under the gaze of everyone, he lowered his head in shame, like a child who had made a mistake and was called out by the teacher. Among the seven children, he is the dumbest. "it is good!" At this time, Lu Bu was in a very good mood, as if something had returned. He patted his brother-in-law's shoulder to comfort him and agreed readily. Li Ru then nodded, turned and left. At this moment, Lu Bu felt that the distance between him and Li Ru seemed to be closer, and he couldn't help but grin. (End of this chapter)