No matter it's going around in circles or making insinuations, he tells Liu Bei that the big man is dying and asks him to prepare in advance.
Or go straight to the point and ask him to leave Lu Zhi and find Huangfu Song.
Because both of these things deviate from Liu Bei's values.
Don't look at Liu Bei's subsequent wanderings and attachments to many people.
But you must know that surrender is surrender and surrender is surrender. They are two different concepts.
During Liu Bei's wandering life, he sought refuge with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, and many others.
But he never surrendered to anyone.
Because in the understanding of the ancients, defecting means being a guest. When you are your guest, the relationship between the two is at least nominally equal.
For example, when Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao for the first time, Cao Cao asked Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to grant Liu Bei the title of Yuzhou Shepherd.
What was Cao Cao's official position at that time?
He is the Mu of Yanzhou and the Colonel of Sili.
In terms of official positions, Liu Bei and Cao Cao are almost equal, there is no difference between who is higher and who is lower.
To surrender is to become your subject and your vassal.
If Liu Bei had surrendered to Cao Cao instead of defecting to Cao Cao, would Cao Cao have helped Liu Bei get an official title of similar rank to his own?
It's impossible to even think about it with your toes.
So it is okay to defect, but not to surrender.
Same reason.
Now Liu Bei is under Lu Zhi's tent.
Lu Zhi is his teacher. He can leave others because the relationship between others and him is equal and there is no subordinate relationship between the two parties.
But there is one with Lu Zhi.
They have a teacher-student relationship.
Once Liu Bei left Lu Zhi and went to Huangfu Song, morally speaking, it would be regarded as betraying his master. To be more serious, it could be regarded as bullying his master and destroying his ancestors.
Unless Lu Zhi personally ordered him to support Huangfu Song, this would be respecting the master's life, but also a manifestation of respect for the master.
But regardless of Liu Bei's identity or Chen Mu's identity, it was impossible to go to Lu Zhi to ask for this order.
The Lord will think highly of you and you are lucky.
If you feel that you are qualified to negotiate terms with the general and want to push for more, that is a typical behavior of being ignorant of flattery and looking like a wolf.
Any general would feel unhappy if he found out that his valued subordinate actually wanted to take refuge with others.
It's like you are valued by your boss in the company, but you only want to go to other departments. Then where does your boss's face go?
Therefore, on these two points, no matter which angle Chen Mu tried to persuade Liu Bei, it would not work.
However, Chen Mu would not care about this aspect and would definitely stalk Liu Bei to accept his proposal.
A counselor is actually a counselor.
Whether the boss is willing to listen to you or not is his business.
Your job is to do your assigned tasks well and come up with the best plan.
If the boss doesn't follow your plan, unless you start a new business and become the boss yourself. Otherwise, just leave it to fate.
Anyway, boys who love to laugh will definitely not have bad luck. Since Liu Bei can be the king of a country, there will always be opportunities.
The two of them left the hall. Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Fourth brother, I know your suggestion is for my own good. If it were someone else, I would definitely follow your advice. But if you ask me to leave the teacher, I will never be able to do it. You can do this."
Don’t take it to heart, go and have a good rest first.”
"Ok, I know."
Chen Mu nodded and was about to say something that he didn't care about. Before he could say anything, there was suddenly a loud noise outside.
"What happened."
Liu Bei was puzzled and walked to the atrium.
Chen Mu followed behind and found seven or eight soldiers walking in outside, carrying brooms and buckets. The leader was the middle-aged man who had been rescued by Liu Bei before.
The man's surname was Hu, and his name was Hu Zhi. He was from Nanxiang, Wu'an, Guangping. He was originally a farmer with several acres of land. Later, his wife fell ill, and he had to sell the land to a local powerful man to treat his wife's illness. As a result, the illness was not cured, and the land
No more.
In desperation, he took his two sons and became the slaves of powerful men. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, the powerful men he was attached to were killed and their food was robbed. He was forced to join the rebellion.
Liu Bei's army defeated the Luo Shi thieves and captured their pawns. At that time, Hu Zhi was afraid that he and his two sons would be killed. His face turned pale in fear and he broke out in cold sweat. Chen Mu suspected that he had the plague and almost killed him on the spot.
abandon.
Fortunately, Liu Bei appeased him and gave his horse to Hu Zhi. With such a benevolent act, he gathered the more than a thousand surrendered soldiers.
From then on, Hu Zhi told his two sons that their family of three had given their lives to Liu Zhonglang, and Liu Zhonglang would be their reborn parents from now on.
Due to his good performance when looting the warehouse in Yiyang and catching more than a dozen surrendered soldiers who wanted to escape, Chen Mu was very satisfied with the Hu family and his son, so he appointed Hu Zhi as the camp commander of the new soldiers, and his two sons as corps commanders.
According to the previous order issued by Chen Mu, Hu Zhi and several other new commanders were supposed to be training new soldiers outside the city. Why did they end up here?
"Zhonglang, military commander."
When Hu Zhi saw Liu Bei and Chen Mu, he hurriedly saluted.
Liu Bei was surprised and said: "Hu Zhi, what are you doing here?"
Hu Zhi bent over and showed a flattering smile: "Reporting to Zhonglang, I was training soldiers in the camp. After the morning training, after lunch, I wanted to come to Zhonglang to ask for something. When I arrived at the house, I saw the door.
It was defeated and there were no soldiers on duty, so I thought of cleaning up a few things and standing guard for Zhonglang."
Liu Bei waved his hands repeatedly: "I am just an ordinary lieutenant in the army, and I am not a general or captain. I don't need to be guarded by my troops. You just need to practice carefully and kill the enemy and make achievements in the future. That will be my greatest gratification."
"
Chen Mu said, "Hu Zhi, if you have anything to say, just tell me."
Hu Zhi hesitated slightly, and seeing that Liu Bei and Chen Mu were waiting for him to speak, he hurriedly waved behind him, and a half-year-old child walked in from behind, wearing ragged clothes and being skinny.
"Zhonglang, the Marquis of the Army. This boy's name is Wu Xun. He is my son from the same hometown. I met him on the road before. His parents were burned to death in Yiyang. I saw that he was pitiful, so I hid him in the army. I know that the boy
My own life is in danger, let alone caring about others, but his parents and I are old acquaintances, I really can't bear it..."
Hu Zhi took the child and knelt down to Liu Bei and Chen Mu on the spot.
In fact, this child was indeed Hu Zhi's fellow villager and a native of Wu'an, but Hu Zhi did not know him.
Jizhou is the headquarters of the Yellow Turbans. Many people here are believers in Taiping Taoism. Wu Xun was born in a believer's family.
After the Yellow Turban Uprising, Wu Xun's parents participated in the rebellion. As a result, in the battle of Yiyang City, Chen Mu ordered a fire. Wu Xun's parents died in the fire, but he survived.
The officers and soldiers knew that Wu Xun was not a Yellow Turban rebel based on his age, so they let him go.
But the child was only eleven or twelve years old, so there was no way he could survive on his own. He happened to meet Hu Zhi, and out of his hometown feelings, he gritted his teeth and took him into Liu Bei's army even though he didn't know him.
Young children like this can be found everywhere in the Yellow Turban Army and even throughout Jizhou. If there is no support from other relatives, clans or fellow villagers after the death of their parents, they can only become street children and usually starve to death soon.
Liu Bei, Chen Mu and others were walking all the way from Youzhou and saw dozens, hundreds or even thousands of homeless children on the roadside.
However, during the Han Dynasty, the friendship between fellow villagers and the clan was very strong, and Hu Zhi took in this lucky man named Wu Xun out of consideration for his fellow villagers.
So strictly speaking, Chen Mu is Wu Xun's indirect enemy who killed his father and his mother.
Hearing Hu Zhi's words, Chen Mu's pupils shrank slightly.
He asked Liu Bei to set fire to the city because Meng Zhen had few forward troops and could not control the situation.
Once the fire broke out and the city was in chaos, it would be difficult for the Yellow Turban Army to gather the strength to attack as a group.
In fact, the fire did achieve its effect, and Yu Changgen only gathered a few thousand people in the end. Most of the people fled due to the intensity of the fire and were unable to organize an effective counterattack.
Although there was a reason, Wu Xun's parents did die because of the fire, and Chen Mu must bear some responsibility.
Even if we look at it from a different perspective, Chen Mu's identity now is that of an officer and soldier, and they are rebels.
It is natural for officers and soldiers to kill thieves.
But it is true that the parents are rebels, and the children are innocent.
Without Hu Zhi, Wu Xun would probably have had no choice but to starve to death.
I did not kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.
This is an unsolvable question.
All I can say is, this world of cannibalism...
Chen Mu shook his head, getting rid of all the random thoughts in his mind, and looked at Liu Bei.
Naturally, Liu Bei knew this. He sighed, went up to pull the two of them up, and scolded: "Hu Zhi, since you are a sergeant in our army, you are my brother. The son of your fellow countryman is also my relative. I
How can you scold your own siblings and drive away your relatives? From now on, this child will follow you, and you must take care of him."
Hu Zhi was overjoyed and said gratefully: "Thank you Zhonglang, thank you Zhonglang. Although I am old and frail, I still know loyalty. It was Zhonglang who gave my family of three and this child food to eat. I also hope to contribute to Zhonglang."
If you have some strength and cannot kill the enemy, please allow me to clean the courtyard for Zhonglang and stand guard on patrol."
Liu Bei wanted to refuse, but Hu Zhi felt guilty that it had to be this way, so he had no choice but to agree.
In fact, among the several monarchs of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Sun Ce were all very powerful in terms of military force. Sun Jian, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei will not go into details, but they will soon attack the world.
Cao Cao was also a fierce man. "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Book of Wei" states: "Taizu Yizhuo was bound to be defeated eventually, so he refused to bow down and fled back to his hometown. He rode several times to his old friend Chenggao Lu Boshe; Boshe was not there, so his son and
The guests robbed Taizu together and took away horses and other things. Taizu killed several people with his sword."
This is another place where Cao Cao was misunderstood. Many people thought that Cao Cao suspected that Lu Boshe wanted to report him, so he killed his family. In fact, it was Lu Boshe's son and retainers who really wanted to capture Cao Cao and sacrifice them to Dong Zhuo, so they rose up
Resist.
In addition to this record, Sun Sheng, the great-great-grandson of Cao Wei's cavalry general Sun Zi and Jin Dynasty historian Sun Sheng's "Miscellaneous Words of Similarities and Differences" records that Cao Cao once assassinated Zhang Rang.
"When Taizu entered the palace privately, he often served as a servant in Zhang's room, and he danced his halberd in the court and came out over the wall. He is a man of extraordinary talent and martial arts, and no one can harm him."
Cao Cao once secretly entered Zhang Rang's residence and tried to assassinate him. Zhang Rang found out and sent people to hunt him down. Cao Cao waved his halberd and beat him out from the court. Zhang Rang's guards could not get close to him. Cao Cao fought and retreated to the wall.
When he was at the edge, he jumped and jumped over the wall.
It can be seen from this that those who were able to accomplish great things during the Three Kingdoms period were not only extremely smart and had excellent wisdom, but also had high values of force.
Therefore, although Liu Bei now has two to three thousand troops, he and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei gallop together without any guards.
After all, even if someone wants to assassinate him, he still has to weigh whether his own force is comparable to theirs.
However, Hu Zhi was very thoughtful and it would inevitably hurt his heart to refuse, so Liu Bei could only reluctantly agree and agreed to his request to look after his home and nursing home.