Chapter 291: The So-Called Loyalty (II)
However, Li Xun was also frightened by the fierceness and tenacity of Cao Cao's army, and did not dare to send troops to pursue. It is rumored that when Li urged to count the number of people, he found that the number of dead and wounded of his own army was much more than that of Cao Cao's army. Li Xuan, who was afraid of being punished by Dong Zhuo, had no choice but to falsely report the military situation.
Dong Zhuo was repeatedly frustrated, and finally got some good news, and under great joy, he taught people to spread it around.
As a result, the princes from all over the country soon learned that most of them were secretly laughing at Cao Cao's arrogance and ignorance, and he did not measure his own strength. Of course, there are also people who sigh and admire.
It is said that many of the famous leaders among the displaced people and refugees went to inquire in person, and saw with their own eyes that Cao Cao's army would rather die than retreat, and the tenacious spirit of loyalty to death, several times of excitement and tears, and some people regretted it because of the hesitation of the day.
It turned out that when these leaders heard that Cao Cao only pursued Dong Zhuo with thousands of soldiers and horses, they were all skeptical. Although many people were interested in responding to Cao Cao, some of these leaders proposed to send a match, so they came to investigate first.
So when Cao Cao led the remnants of his defeated soldiers back to Guanzhong, he saw that there were refugees and displaced people everywhere in the flat area, and the cheers and cheers were even more earth-shattering, resounding through the sky.
These nearly 50,000 or 60,000 people seemed to be greeted not by a remnant army, but by a benevolent and righteous army that had returned triumphantly.
Hundreds of strong men rushed to Cao Cao's horse one after another, knelt down one after another, and some of them wept bitterly, arching their hands and shouting: "Cao Gong is righteous, villains and others have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, and they don't know how to respond at the beginning, and they really deserve death!" To tell you the truth, these hundreds of brothers were all guards in the palace or generals of the Imperial Forest Army in the past, and they were all forced by traitors to be expelled from the palace. If Cao Gong doesn't think we are lowly, I am willing to die for Cao Gong!! โ
Under the bright sun, Cao Cao was dressed in broken armor and his hair was messy, but a pair of fine eyes were shining, so not bright, at this moment, he did not show any wolf bรจi, but was dignified, although the voice was not loud, but like a heavy hammer, striking at the most vulnerable place in the human heart.
"Why not fight?"
As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, the man in charge couldn't help but bow his head.
"Why was the Son of Heaven robbed, and hundreds of people were driven away by thieves, and they had to leave their hometowns and wells, and you watched from outside the city, and there must have been several rushes, but why were you indifferent?"
Cao Cao asked again, everyone's faces changed, and half of them lowered their heads.
"At the beginning, Li urged to set fire to Luoyang, although you were unable to fight with the thieves, but when the thieves left, why didn't you put out the fire, and saw those innocent people who were unwilling to leave Luoyang and died in the fire?"
Cao Cao asked again, the light of his fine eyes was too dazzling, so everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to look directly.
"Because you're weak!"
"Because of your cowardice!"
"Because you are afraid!"
Suddenly, Cao Cao's face exploded like thunder, and if there was a world-shattering majesty on his body, nearly 50,000 or 60,000 people around him all stopped shouting and lowered their heads again.
"Lift my head up!!"
At this time, Cao Cao suddenly shouted again, and everyone didn't have time to raise their heads, but they saw Cao Cao raise his fist and shout: "Listen, I, Cao, don't want to insult you, nor do I want to trample on your dignity!" When I assassinated Dong Zhuo in the name of offering a knife, I launched a document to announce the world's crusade against Dong Zhuo, and when I decided to hunt down Dong Zhuo soon, I Cao someone was afraid, afraid of dying, afraid that I would not be able to see my relatives at home, and I was afraid that I would be laughed at by the world for being stupid!! โ
Cao Cao's words were sonorous, like thunder, more people raised their heads, and suddenly, they found that Cao Cao was not so high, and because of this, he felt more deeply.
"But being scared is not an excuse to escape!! In life, there are always things that must not be done! So Cao overcame the fear in his heart, but what he thought of every time was, but if Cao escaped now, there would be more innocent people being persecuted, if Cao was sacrificed, it could bring peace and peace to the world, and it was not a pity for Cao to die!! โ
Listening to Cao Cao's increasingly passionate and emotional words, the 50,000 or 60,000 people began to kneel down in shame, and some even left tears of remorse, hating their cowardice at the beginning.
"However, this time with the fight with the Xiliang thieves, Cao finally understood one thing." Suddenly, it was the peak that turned around, and Cao Cao lowered his voice. Everyone once again focused their attention on Cao Cao's body.
"The so-called loyalty is by no means to teach people to die at the cost of their lives, to maintain the imperial court, to support the Han family, not to mention to hit the stone with an egg, to kill and wound in vain, in a vain attempt to die to get liberation, but in the end nothing can be changed!! This is unconspiracy, this is the real cowardice!! Cao Cao's words seemed to have a magical charm at this time, and the fifty or sixty thousand people were fascinated by it, and they were completely fascinated.
"So if you want to follow Cao, then abandon that senseless loyalty first! Cao Mou wants you to pity your lives and understand the value of fear, because only in this way, in the future, at the moment of life and death, you will try your best to save your lives, for the faith in your hearts, fight with the enemy, and never give up! Then Cao will lead you to create a new era, where there will be no more endless wars, no more famines, and everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, perform their duties, and abide by their duties.
And after Cao establishes a foundation that is enough to change the world, he will welcome back the Son of Heaven and get Yiqiฤ back on track. For this reason, Cao is willing to bear the infamy of eternity! The moment Cao Cao's last sentence fell, it seemed that the bottom limit of human nature and reason was broken at once.
Everyone's complexion changed, including the Xiahou brothers, the Cao family's cronies, and even Xun Yu, who single-handedly prepared this stage for Cao Cao, also changed his expression in an instant, as if he didn't expect Cao Cao to say this in the end.
So, how does it work?
It was unbelievably crazy, even like the madness of fascination, everyone knelt down, everyone's eyes were so hot and crazy.
Cao Cao taught them to fear death and teach them to abandon their loyalty, but why did they achieve very different results!?
Was it Cao Cao who gave enough respect to life, or was the era he depicted too beautiful, or was it his unabashed ambition!?
"I hope to break my bones and help Cao Gong complete the great cause, and never give up!" The hundreds of generals leading were shouted in unison.
Then the fifty or sixty thousand people roared from the bottom of their hearts.
"I hope to break my bones and help Cao Gong complete the great cause, and never give up!"
"I hope to break my bones and help Cao Gong complete the great cause, and never give up!"
"I hope to break my bones and help Cao Gong complete the great cause, and never give up!"
Bursts of roars instantly changed the color of the heavens and the earth. I don't know how many years later, Cao Cao almost sat on half of the country, and some people once said that the reason why Prime Minister Cao Cheng was able to have today's great cause was because when he returned to Guanzhong after defeat, he got countless fanatical believers. It is precisely because of these believers who can never give up in times of crisis, in countless battles later, Prime Minister Cao Cheng is often able to turn the tide. The princes of the world are all extremely afraid of Prime Minister Cao's army!
Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao, who was under the bright sun, and even his brilliance was swallowed up, he couldn't calm down for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "A generation of immortal heroes was born." It is a blessing for the common people, but it is a disaster for the Han family. Am I doing it wrong or right? โ
On the other side, I saw that on the mountain road not far away, a group of three people were riding horses, and it was the three brothers Liu Guanzhang and Zhang. Liu Bei heard the earth-shattering roar, couldn't help but pull out his horse, looked away, and after his face changed for a while, he sighed: "It seems that I'm too late." โ
"That's weird! Then Cao Cao was obviously frustrated and returned, why was he so welcomed by these refugees and displaced people? On the contrary, they were dismissive of the princes who gave them food? Zhang Fei glared at the pair of ring-eyed leopard eyes and muttered, with a look of surprise on his face.
"Third brother, don't you know, among these refugees and homeless, there are many guards and royal guards in the palace in the past, and most of these people have now become the leaders of the refugees and homeless people. On the contrary, Cao Cao pursued Dong Thief with thousands of people, although he was killed and returned, he was worthy of admiration. Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes shone brightly, but his eyes also flashed with a bit of respect.
"It's a pity that the senior brother left the three of us and the other brothers to guard the tiger prison, otherwise the three of us and the other brothers could also fight with Cao Gong to repay their loyalty." Liu Bei said with a little remorse. Zhang Fei was very angry when he heard this, his eyes widened a little more, and he muttered: "That Gongsun Zhan obviously saw that the eldest brother was famous, and he was afraid that you would be the master, so he left you in the tiger prison!" I think that Gongsun Chan is narrow-minded, why should the eldest brother stay with him to be angry, with your reputation as the number one today, where can you go!? โ
"Hmph, even if you want to stay now, I'm afraid that Gongsun Chan won't dare. When the eldest brother left the tiger prison that day, Gongsun Zhan had already invited the eldest brother to go to the plains, and when he said that, he would introduce the eldest brother to him. It's a beautiful word, but in fact, it's just trying to turn the big brother away! Speaking of this Gongsun Zhan, Guan Yu seemed to be very displeased with him, and said coldly.
"Alright. Don't forget your roots, when the third brother made a mistake, my brothers were cornered, if it wasn't for the senior brother to take them in, my brothers didn't even have a place to live. What's more, you and I both understand that the so-called number one in the world is just a false name. If it is really my own strength, even if there are a hundred of me, I am afraid it will not be enough for Lu Bu to plug his teeth. In the end, Liu Bei remembered the invincible figure under the Tiger Prison, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
At the same time, Guan and Zhang seemed to think of that figure in the same way, and they couldn't help but show jealousy.
Luckily, the man is dead...