Chapter 40 The Rescue of the Driver
"It's all Cao's negligence......" On the way to the palace, Cao Cao was still "pleading" to everyone, with a heavy face.
At this time, even Lu Bu had no intention of complaining about his pretense, after all, Cao Cao could think of Li Ru's possible plan, so why not himself? But obviously they all ignored Li Ru's ruthlessness, this biggest think tank under Dong Zhuo can be said to be a person who can do anything to achieve his goals, Lu Bu also thought that he would not let go of the role of the identity of the little emperor Liu Xie, but now it seems that he really thinks too low of him.
Now at this time and the original history of Cao Cao later coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to move the capital to Xudu, the biggest difference is that the current Han family still retains considerable influence, not to mention, Dong Zhuoquan leans towards the government and the opposition, but all orders are also issued in accordance with the specifications of the imperial court, although all the princes know what is going on, but those who can completely resist it have not, at least on the surface, they will accept it, in this case, even most of their subordinates, will follow a certain loyalty to the Han family, When it is not necessary to make a choice, they will all be loyal and good generals of the Han family, not just their vassals.
The little emperor is still young, but Lu Bu has secretly arranged it in Luoyang and even the palace earlier, but he has a full view of some of the tables he came in, and he also took the opportunity to report them to Lu Bu, he naturally knows that this underage guy is not as simple as his age shows, at least he will act in front of Dong Zhuo now, but secretly he is spending his brains thinking about how to cultivate his own power, with the help of Fu Wan and Dong Cheng. Some good progress has been made, but it still seems too slow.
Especially when the army of the Princes' Alliance came to the city, the first thing Liu Xie thought of was not happy about their arrival, because he knew very well in his heart that he was afraid that there were not many or even no of these people who could really think about him completely, if he wanted to be able to get rid of the control of the next Cao Zhuo and Yuan Zhuo after Dong Zhuo was driven away, and get rid of the puppet-like life like this, he must have his own private forces, be able to be afraid of them, be able to protect himself and even be able to resist them.
Although the little emperor's thoughts were still a little simple, the psychological element he showed in his actions was already able to make Lu Bu applaud.
Of course, neither Dong Zhuo nor Cao Cao will know. Lu Bu has secretly maintained a one-line contact with Liu Xie. This kind of connection is that Liu Xie told his requirements and needs to the people arranged by Lu Bu in the palace, and these people were reported to Lu Bu, and Lu Bu tried to meet him as much as possible, which also brought Liu Xie a lot of convenience in many cases.
Of course, Lu Bu has always kept a bottom line. It maintains the principle of only managing foreign affairs and not internal affairs. Otherwise, who knows if the young man who may still greet him with a smile at this time will secretly clench his fists and rattle. At this age, no matter how mature a person is, he is limited, and if he is too strong, it is easy to trigger his rebellious psychology. Especially since he had been suppressed and controlled by Dong Zhuo before, he had already accumulated a stomach of resentment in his heart, and at this time, he needed a quiet listener more than a courtier who wanted to help him arrange everything.
But in any case, Li Ru's behavior now is no different from completely abandoning Liu Xie, and some people may wonder why Lu Bu and even Cao Cao think that it is impossible for Li Ru to take the little emperor away and then burn the Luoyang Palace? Quite simply, because it doesn't do him any good.
In fact, if he hadn't occupied Ruoyang earlier, it would have been nothing for Dong Zhuo even if he held the little emperor hostage, because Guangguang was just a child, what he valued more was actually those powerful people in Luoyang City and the ministers in the court, they were the backbone and even the upper force of the Han family, if they could get their support, let alone a young emperor, even a baby emperor could get it as long as he dared to think about it.
It's just that most of them have a good sense of identity with Liu Xie, so they launched such a puppet, which can be regarded as indirectly getting their support, although the process is not very good, and it is very disturbing; But now that Luoyang has been breached, it is impossible to take these people away, so bringing Liu Xie at this time not only can't play too much role, but it still does more harm than good.
Because the little emperor is in hand, not only can there be no way to coerce the alliance of princes who have broken through Luoyang City, but also make them continue to unite to fight Dong Zhuo endlessly, and now that Luoyang is broken, Li Ru's greatest wish is only to be able to retain his current power, and when the time comes, he can protect himself or consider making a comeback, but he doesn't want to be in such a big trouble again.
Of course, it is undeniable that Li Ru hopes that the battle of the alliance of princes after breaking through Luoyang can be more fierce, so for him, a dead Liu Xie is much more useful than a living Liu Xie, after all, there is still a little hope when he is alive, and everyone will obey at least on the surface, and if the alliance of princes maintains peace and quiet on the surface, it is not a good thing for Li Ru.
Li Ruhui will burn down the palace, this is probably more of a warning to the alliance of princes, and the real killing move against Liu Xie may be assassination, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shao are in such a hurry at the moment, they all thought of this.
In any case, the little emperor was still very useful to them now, and they naturally didn't want him to die.
A group of people entered from the east gate of Luoyang, all the way because the houses were closed, Li Ru also withdrew this time, so they were not hindered, it was very smooth, and they drove straight into the north palace of the Luoyang Palace, where the fire was burning.
I don't know how much firewood and fuel Li Ru has prepared, it is already a mess on the outermost floor, and it took a lot of effort for the soldiers to empty the obstacles in front of them, and when there was a way to get in, the princes drove their horses one by one.
At this time, it doesn't matter what the rules are, the most important thing is to rush in and save people.
And Lu Bu rode a red horse, naturally he was in the lead, and even when he went all the way, he didn't need the soldiers to help clean up the passage and directly make the red man jump over, and the princes behind him were also a little dumbfounded when he saw this scene, although he knew that Lu Bu was powerful in the crotch, but now he still has an illusion, as if this is not just a horse and a beast, but has really passed human nature, and many times he doesn't need Lu Bu's greeting to know what to do. And it does it very well, which is something that other war horses that only have instinct do not have.
When he had the impression that the emperor's bedroom was in the distance, Lu Bu's eyes were condensed, because with his eyesight, even if there was still a distance of hundreds of steps between them, he could almost see what was going on over there.
It was not out of Lu Bu's expectations, Liu Xie at this moment was indeed being assassinated, to be precise, he was besieged, after all, he was the king of a country, and he had secretly cultivated his own power for a period of time, although he was limited to Dong Zhuo and Li Ru's eyes and ears in the palace, so it was not so big, but in the end, there was still some self-preservation power, plus Lu Bu's secret hand left in the palace, he could barely confront the other party at this time.
But it can be seen that many of them are at the end of the crossbow, after all, they only have dozens of people, but they have to encounter the siege of hundreds of people on the other side, the key is that these are the elite combat forces specially sent by Li Ru, which have been carefully selected, and their combat effectiveness is not much worse than them, and they may even be stronger, and they can survive until now completely by relying on the spiritual winning method.
Li Ru will send them this time, obviously just in case, he doesn't want to leave a future trouble, he just wants to kill them with one blow, and he may even be ready for all these people to die, after all, even if they finish besieging and killing Liu Xie, they will face the alliance army next, which is almost a certain death.
At this time, Lu Bu couldn't think about it so much, and the horse accelerated again, and while raising the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand, he was still shouting in his mouth: "Your Majesty, don't panic, Lu Feng will save you first!" (To be continued......)