Chapter 46: Heroes by the Campfire

Regarding Xun You's questioning, Lu Bu seemed to maintain a very cautious attitude, even his words were carefully considered, and he pondered for a long time before saying, "Have you ever heard of Cao Mengde?" ”

"Cao Mengde?" Xun Yu was stunned, but he subconsciously thought of Xun Yu.

If he remembers correctly, Xun Yu also mentioned this name in front of him, and listening to Xun Yu's tone at that time, he was quite respectful of this person, and even if there was no accident, he would go to Xuzhou to vote for Cao Mengde after returning to Yingchuan this time, but unfortunately he was abducted by Lu Bu's people before that, and now he doesn't even think about leaving, let alone going to Cao Mengde.

Jia Xu raised his cheeks and said in a low voice: "This Cao Mengde is the Cao Cao that the public station intended to follow before, right?" ”

"That's right," Lu Bu nodded, but he didn't expect Chen Gong to even tell Jia Xu about this, "Wen He thinks this person is how?" ”

Jia Xu thought for a while and said: "Xu doesn't know much about this person, but it is said that he once wanted to assassinate Dong Zhuo in the name of offering a knife, but later he failed, fled from Xiangguo Mansion, and was chased by the lord and fled in all directions. ”

Lu Bu didn't sound like he was majestic, but he was a little embarrassed and said, "That kind of thing doesn't need to be said anymore......"

He is now actively dissociating himself from Dong Zhuo, this kind of "big man loyalty" like Dong Zhuo chasing and killing Cao Cao - at least now Cao Cao's image to most people in the world is like this, and it is better to have less publicity.

On the contrary, Xun Yu looked very interested and asked, "I don't know what the situation was at that time?" ”

Lu Bu coughed lightly, and said to stop: "That, where would Wen He know so much...... and then changed his words, and said: "Speaking of this Cao Mengde, his grandfather is Cao Teng, the middle servant, and his father is Cao Song, the former lieutenant of the third duke, who has played with Yuan Benchu, Yuan Highway and Xu Ziyuan since he was a child, and has a chivalrous atmosphere among the sons of the official family in Luoyang. In the third year of Xiping, Cao Mengde was promoted to filial piety, entered Kyoto Luoyang as a Lang official, and was moved to the northern lieutenant soon after his father's election. Rayo is Kyoto. There are as many powerful royal relatives as dogs. There are law-abiding people, and there are arrogant lawbreakers, but in the past, the four lieutenants of Luoyang turned a blind eye to them, but our northern Cao is terrible, as soon as he took office, he set up a five-color stick. Just when everyone thought he was just putting on a show. He immediately beat Uncle Jian Shuo, who had violated the law and discipline, to death, and of course offended Jian Shuo, the big celebrity around Emperor Ling, and transferred him to Dunqiu, who was far away from Luoyang, under the secret descending of Mingsheng. When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out in the first year of Emperor Ling's Zhongping, Cao Mengde was activated again, appointed as a cavalry captain, and went out with Huangfu Song and others. Yu Changshe broke the yellow scarf, and then accumulated merit and moved to Jinan, and during his tenure, he ruled peace, politics and religion. Later, due to the prevalence of selling officials in the imperial court, Cao Mengde was unwilling to welcome the powerful, returned to the township due to illness, and lived in seclusion for a while, until the fifth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling wanted to collect the general's military power, and specially appointed the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan. Cao Mengde also entered the eyes of the Spirit Emperor because of his life experience. He was named a military cadet. After Dong Zhuo became the lord of Luoyang, Cao Mengde assassinated Dong Zhuo under the plot of Situ Wang Yun. It's a pity that Dong Zhuo escaped. Then he fled back to Peiguo County, and then participated in the Eighteenth Route Princes' Alliance to discuss Dong, because the princes were not in harmony, Cao Cao left angrily, and was expelled again, and finally retreated to Xuzhou ......"

"Thinking that Qiao Xuanqiao Gong but when Cao Mengde was still young, he had already seen that this Cao Mengde was not an ordinary person; And Xu Zijiang, who commented on the Yunan Yuedan, said that he was a traitor in the peaceful and troubled times, and he thought that it could be said to be the most complete summary of him......"

Lu Bu's short words, but he knew Cao Cao's life so far, except for the spring and autumn period when he chased and killed Cao Cao, and Jia Xu, Xun You and others were fascinated, they really didn't know much about these things, I have to say that Cao Cao's story is very legendary, in the first half of his life, he has experienced several ups and downs, and his personality charm gradually displayed in these events is undoubtedly an important point that attracts them to listen.

This is still some stories that Lu Bu did not mention when Apo was a child, which is more attractive.

Jia Xu sighed: "Such a character is indeed not to be taken lightly, not to mention anything else, just say that he can be in Xuzhou in a short period of time, has laid a good situation, if it is allowed to develop in the south, I am afraid that it will be a big enemy of the lord in the future." ”

Lu Bu nodded, he never thought of despising Cao Cao, and there was no way to despise him, he was different from Liu Xiaoqiang, although Liu Xiaoqiang had a certain ability, but at least in his own time and space, he was still unable to escape death, he was killed by himself in advance before he developed his own strength, and even took his two brothers who were loyal to him left, and there was no way to stay in this world to stir up the wind and rain, and bring disaster to poor Tao Gongzu, Liu Jingsheng and others; But this Cao Cao, he didn't cut him down when he was in Guancheng before, and he successfully slipped away from the tiger prison that time, which is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain and the dragon into the sea.

Now Cao Cao is in Xuzhou, but he is in Bingzhou, so far away, he has no way to take him for a while, and even if the distance is close, it is not easy to say, after all, according to sporadic intelligence, it can be known that although Cao Cao does not say that there are many soldiers and generals, but he can barely say that there are many civil and military talents, at least much better than himself, he has a place for no talent to use, he is too many talents and has no place to play, even if the strength of the Xuzhou army inherited from Tao Qian is still insufficient, but the wings of the power have gradually plumped.

To be honest, Lu Bu is really a little jealous of this Cao Cao in terms of attracting talents, and he has been able to recover again after a defeat after the Battle of Tiger Prison, not only people like Wei Zi specially help him provide the materials needed for his recovery, but also people from all walks of life to vote, which really makes Lu Bu, who is now short of talents, have to be jealous.

And Lu Bu has enough reason to believe that even if Dong Zhuo now hates Cao Cao because of that assassination, the biggest opponent and enemy in his eyes now is probably Yuan Shao and himself, and these two people are still under his nose, in contrast, Cao Cao, who went to Xuzhou in the south, can temporarily leave Dong Zhuo's sight, and not being noticed by him means that there are many fewer troubles and obstacles in the early days of his career.

Xun You also said: "This Cao Mengde is indeed outstanding, governing the local government can make the government peaceful, the people are safe, and the ability to lead the army to fight seems to be good, Yuan Benchu is indeed a little incomparable, no wonder it is said that the princes of the Dong Alliance should choose Cao Mengde instead of Yuan Benchu, otherwise it may not be a big defeat." ”

Lu Bu smiled and revealed the topic of Cao Cao, he didn't want to talk about it, in case Xun You was obsessed with Cao Cao, it wouldn't be fun, he said: "In addition to this Cao Mengde, there is another person, who thinks he can be a hero." ”

"Oh, who is it?" Several people were curious and looked at Lu Bu.

Lu Bu lightly spit out a name: "Sun Ce." ”

Everyone was stunned, they didn't know that they hadn't heard of this name, of course, Xun You only heard it from Jia Xu, after all, he had always been confined by Lu Bu in one place, and there were few news channels, but Jia Xu had almost all the intelligence under Lu Bu, and he knew the most and knew the most clearly, of course, he wouldn't tell Xun You all of them, just a little mention, and the reason why they were stunned was because they didn't expect Lu Bu's evaluation of Sun Ce to be so high, even if Jia Xu knew so much about Sun Ce, I also feel that Lu Bu is a bit too good to say this, not to mention Xun You, Lu Cui and others.

And Xun Yu, who didn't know when, actually came out to listen on the side, it seems that he was here when Lu Bu said that Cao Cao was there, and he had been listening silently and didn't know what he was thinking, and at this time he also raised his head to look at Lu Bu, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what year he was turning.

Lu Bu didn't seem to notice Xun Yu's arrival, he didn't even look at him, and said to himself: "This person is Sun Ce Sun Bofu, known as the little overlord of Jiangdong, and he also has two sworn brothers, one is named Qu A, and the other is called Tai Shici, and the three of them are collectively known as the Three Tigers of Lujiang." This Sun Ce's father is Sun Jian, the Changsha Taishou in the Eighteenth Road Discussion Dong Alliance. At that time, the princes allied forces broke through Xingyang, Yang Feng was defeated and fled, and the morale of the princes' allied army was great, and they wanted to break through the tiger prison in one go, pointing directly at Luoyang, Sun Jian asked him to be the vanguard, but he did not expect to be broken by Huaxiong outside the tiger prison, and he escaped by fighting alone. Later, when the Yanshi fought a decisive battle, he died under a certain man, which was worthy of his reputation as a Jiangdong Tiger. ”

Lu Cui thought that Wen Hou would really elevate himself, this sentence made it seem as if Sun Jian's tiger name still came from him, Xun You rolled his eyes directly, Xun Yu's face remained unchanged, only Jia Xu smiled and seemed to be used to this qiē.

Lu Bu didn't realize the thoughts of a few people, and still said to himself: "I think that the so-called heroes are nothing more than the following points: bravery, there is the courage of a horseman, the courage of thousands of troops, and the courage of tens of millions of people; Righteousness includes the righteousness of the lord and the minister, the righteousness of the brothers, and the righteousness of the relatives; Sincerity, being able to talk about right and wrong, and being humble and open-minded; Tolerance, tolerance and generosity, and forbearance. Of the four, Sun Bofu can all fit in, can he be called a hero? ”

"If Wen Hou said so, in fact, I think that there is another person who can be called a hero." Lu Cui suddenly spoke, with a mysterious smile on his face, which attracted everyone's attention for a while.

Xun Yu subconsciously asked, "Who?" ”

"This person can take the head of the enemy general among the ten thousand armies, if you talk about the courage of the battlefield, I am afraid that no one in the world can beat it; The so-called righteous and sincere, but they have a lot of opinions, but they are allowed to say a word, I think Mr. Xun Wenruo and Mr. Xun Gongda are proof. This man is far away, close in front of him......"

"Poof" Xun You directly squirted out a sip of wine, and the one sitting opposite him happened to be Lu Cui.

Lu Cui: "......" (To be continued.) )