In the mansion of Huayin County, Liu Bei looked ferocious, looking up to the sky and roaring.
Dong Zhuo's cruelty far exceeded their expectations.
Even if he killed the deposed emperor, he would not even spare the reigning emperor. How is this different from Liang Ji?
What's more, even Liang Ji, who has all the power in the world, only dares to do it secretly.
Dong Zhuo wanted to kill the emperor in public, and his nature was a thousand times worse!
Chen Mu said to Liu Bei: "Brother, think on the bright side. At least the emperor's life is not in danger now. The most urgent thing is that you still have to go and apologize to Captain Cao and Grand Administrator Sun."
Zhang Fei on the side was a little puzzled and shouted: "Fourth brother, this is your fault. Cao Cao and the others attacked and almost killed the emperor. The eldest brother withdrew his troops and saved the emperor's life. It was Cao Cao and the others who wanted to make amends. How come it was the eldest brother who went there?
apologize?"
Unexpectedly, Liu Bei sighed and said: "It is indeed my turn to apologize. If I had not foresighted and escaped before the battle, why would I have allowed them to return in defeat?"
"But didn't they bring about their own defeat?"
Zhang Fei didn't understand. Since it was wrong to attack Chang'an, why should he be held responsible for their failure?
But that's how things are in this world.
Just as you know that any choice that seems right is wrong before the results come out.
Liu Bei chose to take the people away. At that time, he felt sorry for the emperor and the late emperor.
It was because no matter he had a moment of doubt in his heart that Dong Zhuo would really harm the emperor, or not, his final choice was not to go to Chang'an. Judging from the circumstances at the time, it did seem like he was escaping and betraying the late emperor's trust.
Although time finally proved that his choice was correct, at least he did not let Dong Zhuo succeed and protected Liu Bian, but this returned to the problems left over from before.
That was the nature of what he did before. It was no different from Yuan Shao and others retreating. They also gave up rescuing the emperor, gave up the trust of all the princes in him, and even put Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Bao Xin and others in danger. There was no
Consider their life and death.
Zhang Fei is a straight-tempered person and doesn't quite understand the nature and twists and turns inside.
But Liu Bei knew very well that he chose to withdraw his troops without fighting. On the surface, it seemed that he was seeking stability. In fact, if someone with good intentions publicized it, they would say that he had ulterior motives.
Therefore, this apology must be made, and the mouths of various princes must be blocked, and they must not be allowed to talk nonsense everywhere.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei finally understood Chen Mu's good intentions, and said with a wry smile: "I understand. I would like to ask my fourth brother to go talk to them first. When I get better, I will visit them one by one and apologize in person."
"Well, brother, I'd better take a good rest first. I'll go to the city to arrange some arrangements to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks."
Chen Mu got up and prepared to go out.
At this moment, Liu Bei suddenly stopped him: "Fourth brother."
"Um?"
Chen Mu turned around and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Liu Bei hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "If you were in my situation, what would you choose to do?"
"me?"
Chen Mu thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "I will not be in your situation, because I will seek stability from the beginning. Listen to Tian Yuanhao's words and act steadily. If I am not sure whether Dong Zhuo will harm the emperor, I will slowly surround Chang'an.
Step by step, transfer the people in Guanzhong back to Luoyang, and then send them to Qingzhou. In this way, no matter whether the emperor can save them or not, at least I can save a lot of people."
"well."
Liu Bei sighed: "I understand."
Chen Mu arched his hands and turned around.
His face darkened.
The sky outside the house was gloomy, there was no sunshine, the room was dark, and no one noticed his face.
What would I do?
hehe.
Of course I will follow Cao Cao and others to attack Chang'an.
After Dong Zhuo kills Liu Bian, I will kill Dong Zhuo and gain huge fame.
Then take advantage of the chaos to kill Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Bao Xin, and seize their army.
Um.
There is no king in the world, and the three gentlemen Cao, Sun, and Bao took the lead and died in the chaos. It is really a sad thing.
Both the people at that time and the people of later generations should remember their greatness and glory.
But dead people cannot achieve great things, only those who survive are qualified.
By that time, the reputation will be there, Yanzhou will be there, Luoyang will be there, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Yangzhou will naturally have it.
Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Luoyang are connected together. Although there are many strong enemies from the north and the south, the only two people in the world who can confront him are Yuan Shao of Jizhou and Yuan Shu of Jingzhou.
At this time, Gongsun Zan was in the north, and he was in the south. With his strong strength, he first attacked Yuan Shao from the north and south, and then eliminated Yuan Shu. After occupying the Central Plains, Xu conquered the world, and the country of Han Dynasty was in his hands.
This is the best that Chen Mu can do in Liu Bei's position that he thinks he is in.
But, all of this is just a thought.
Why did Chen Mu choose to join Liu Bei and find a prince to act as an adviser?
Or is it because he cherishes his own life when doing great things, or in other words, he cherishes his own life in everything he does. For an absolute egoist, he will never do things by himself that can be accomplished by standing behind others.
Leading the brothers to conquer the country may seem exciting, but how many times did Liu Bang escape from death? How many times did Cao Cao and Liu Bei hover on the edge of death in their lives?
The founding ancestors of various dynasties and generations all seemed to be blessed with auras and destiny, but little did they know that this was just survivorship bias.
Even Liu Xiu's cheating life was all because he was a survivor. If he was unlucky and the meteorite fell on his military camp, do you think anything happened in the Eastern Han Dynasty in history?
So again, Chen Mu may be able to plan all the conditions for hegemony, but he won't do it himself.
Because he didn't have the confidence to think that he would be the final winner.
What if there really is some will or arrangement from God in this world, somewhere in the world? Before he is about to succeed, a meteorite suddenly hits him while he is sleeping at night, that would be tragic.
Therefore, for an absolute egoist, the best choice is to follow someone like Liu Bei, the big brother, who has good luck and can achieve great things in the end.
certainly.
Liu Bei's unexpected and rash move indeed made Chen Mu feel a little out of control.
It's not that he wanted to get rid of Liu Bei and replace him.
Instead, I feel that maybe I should brainwash Big Brother and tell him what the way to be a king is and what qualifications he should have to be a hero.
It's just that the current time and conditions are not yet mature. After all, in name, they still have the Han Emperor Liu Bian above them, and the eldest brother is still a loyal and patriotic good minister, and cannot regard himself as a hero.
At least we should wait until Liu Bian and Liu Xie are directly "socially dead" before considering this matter.
Right now, the top priority is to deal with Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Bao Xin and others.
We cannot let them go out and destroy Big Brother's reputation wantonly.
Running away in the face of battle and refusing to advance in fear of the enemy can be a big trouble.