Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 574
The black and red halberds flashed across the battlefield like lightning in the dark night, bringing out streaks of blood, and a blue light suddenly rose from the sky, illuminating the earth.

The Karasuma army receded like a tide, and the faces of each Karasuma man were full of panic and anxiety. In a vague way, they could hear the word Lu Bu in their chattering language.

Ma Chao beheaded dozens of people, and his field of vision suddenly widened. He looked forward, and saw Chitu stepping on the piled corpses, as if strolling in a garden. On horseback, Lu Bu raised his eyebrows. , looking around indifferently, behind him were Chen Gong, Guo Jia and Lu Bu's eight hundred cavalry.

Ma Chao looked around in a daze. None of the three hundred soldiers who came out with him survived!

My heart was filled with inexplicable bitterness. These people were Xiliang soldiers. They started from Jinyang and fought all the way here with him. Even if they survived the desperate situation of Juyongguan, they died on today's battlefield.

"Go back!" Lu Bu didn't pursue the Karasuma people any more. After this battle, Karasuma was frightened. In a short period of time, Karasuma might not have the guts to go south to plunder again.

Chen Gong and Guo Jia glanced at Ma Chao, turned around and followed Lu Bu, and Ma Chao silently followed behind the three of them without saying a word, with inexplicable emotions brewing in their hearts.

Everyone was silent all the way, and when they returned to Yongnu, it was already dark, Lu Bu told the eight hundred soldiers to go to rest, while he sat on the main hall with a golden sword on his horse.

Chen Gong and Guo Jia sat on the left and right of Lu Bu. At this moment, Lu Bu had an inexplicable majesty. This majesty did not come from fear of his bravery, but a sense of oppression that truly belonged to the superior.

"I will know my mistake at the end." Ma Chao lowered his head.

"It's your Xiliang army who died. To me, it doesn't matter much." Lu Bu's voice showed a disregard for life. He looked at Ma Chao, and there was a bit of indifference in his voice Contempt: "I used to think that you are very similar to me when I was young, but after going through so many things, I realized that you are only as brave as I was when I was young."

Ma Chao raised his head and looked at Lu Bu with dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"Song Xian and Cheng Lian have followed me for many years, and they have been following me since Bingzhou. Until now, Bu has done many wrong things in the first half of his life, but at least I can keep these soldiers who follow me alive. I will shrink back because of things, not because I am afraid of death, but because I can't bear the loss of the lives of those soldiers who have been with me for many years. , is there such a person around you who is willing to work hard for you?" Lu Bu looked down at Ma Chao and asked a heart-wrenching question.

"No matter how despised I, Lu Bu, there are still people around me who are willing to risk their lives for me. At your age, you already have, and you... have these?" Lu Bu looked at Ma Chao and asked, "Are you here now? "

It seems... there is!

Ma Chao recalled his life uncertainly. At the time, Dong Chao held Zhang Xi to death because of him. It happened before, but although he was sad afterwards, he never thought about it. Now... Dad?

"You are so pitiful!" Seeing that he was silent, Lu Bu shook his head, got up and said, "Everyone in the world says that I am cold by nature, and I have never refuted it. Thank you, Meng Qi, it was you who let me know that I am not The coldest person in the world, at least there are brothers who are willing to fight for me, at least there are family members who are looking forward to my return home, although my parents died early, and I don’t have a family like yours, but at least someone treats me sincerely.”

"Me too!" Ma Chao raised his head.

"Maybe there was, but just like today's three thousand officers and soldiers, you sent them away!" Lu Bu looked down at him, "I have never denied what I have done, but you can only evade and shirk, In today's battle, even if you bring more soldiers, you will not be in such a mess, but you are only fighting for a moment, putting yourself in danger, and making so many people die for you! Why do you fight with Zilong? Compare?"

"I..." Ma Chao instinctively wanted to refute, but when he thought of Lu Bu's evaluation of him, he couldn't help but refute. Wasn't it another shirk of responsibility?
"Go back to Xiliang, this Central Plains...is not suitable for you!" Lu Bu said, and left straight away.

Ma Chao opened his mouth, but there seemed to be something stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say anything.

Lu Bu's words shattered all his self-esteem like a heavy hammer, which was worse than beating him directly, especially the matter of driving him away. If he went back like this, how could he face his father?Haven't been laughed to death by that old dog Han Sui?
Seeing Lu Bu leave, Ma Chao immediately turned his eyes to Chen Gong. He was suppressed by Lu Bu's majesty before, but now that Lu Bu left, the air was full of freedom. Ma Chao said, "Sir, I won't leave!"

"These officers and men in Guanzhong are not direct descendants of our army, but fighting together these days, I really can't bear their casualties like today." Chen Gong sighed, 300 people are not many, in fact, compared with the number of Karasuma people killed and wounded, The loss of these three hundred soldiers is not unacceptable, but the problem is that if Ma Chao is not so stubborn, the casualties should have been the lowest. Even if he is surrounded in the end, he can break out of the encirclement instead of being wiped out as he is now.

Although there were not many casualties, Ma Chao was defeated this time.

It's not that Chu Nan can't accept defeat, but Ma Chao's defeat is a bit aggrieved. Chen Gong has followed Lu Bu the longest, and he knows why Lu Bu is angry.

Lu Bu's character can be criticized, and even Lu Bu himself seldom refute these things, but no one dares to say that in person, but Lu Bu does have his unique charm, and there are many trusted soldiers around him. My lord, I am willing to fight to the death for Lu Bu.

"Sir, I don't want to go back to Xiliang in the end. I beg you to talk to Marquis Wen for me." Ma Chao knew he was wrong, and he didn't refute it, and he didn't want to refute it. Lu Bu's words just now had a great impact on Ma Chao. If he didn't admit it, what kind of man is he? ?But he didn't want to just go back to Xiliang in such a disheveled manner, he wasn't worried about what would happen to Ma Teng, but he was unwilling to go back like this, and just looked at Chen Gongdao.

"Tell me about today's battle in detail first." Chen Gong waved his hand. Ma Chao is a good young man with excellent talent, but he was not like Zhao Yun when he was trained by someone who could teach him when he was young. He has an unruly personality. , It is much more difficult to carve him into a talent, but after suffering setbacks one after another, he should have grown a bit. Now is the time, if he is released, it may not take long for him to revert to his old ways. We must take this opportunity to carve out this piece of rough jade just work.

Ma Chao immediately told Chen Gong what he had seen and heard today. When he said that the general Karasuma who played in the battle would really go back, Chen Gong frowned. Although the barbarians hate them, most of them are reckless and would rather die. The kind that is not humiliated, such a general who can endure such humiliation is indeed rare.

"If you can bear [-]% of this person, you won't be where you are today." Seeing Ma Chao's expression of disdain when he mentioned this person, Chen Gong shook his head helplessly. Characters, given time, can become things.

However, this has nothing to do with him. After this battle, Karasuma is destined to split, and the three kings will definitely be separated from each other, and it will be difficult to pose a threat in the next ten years.

Ten years later, if Karasuma commits another crime, it may not even be able to break the reputation of the common people.

"Bowling, greedy for life and afraid of death, can bear such humiliation, what great things can such a person accomplish?" Ma Chao objected.

"How much wronged you can be, how much world you can pretend to be in your heart. If this person is Han, I will kill him." Chen Gong shook his head and sighed.

"Then he is a barbarian, isn't he even more of an enemy?" Ma Chao asked puzzled.

"The Hu people are similar to the Qiang people in Xiliang. Unless this person changes his appearance in the future, he will only continue to cause turmoil among the Hu people, but his prestige has been destroyed by you. How can he lead the clan?" Chen Gong shook his head and smiled. .

The Hu people are different from the Han people. In their world, fists, dignity, and strength are often more useful than strategies. People only believe in the strong. This kind of people who go back is destined to be difficult to achieve great things among the Hu people. This is also the reason for the differences in the two cultures. Well, the Han people will think that this person can bend and stretch, but the Hu people can't do it here. After this kind of humiliation, what big things can they do?
Speaking of which, Hu people's way of thinking is actually similar to that of young people, because face and dignity are more important than anything else.

"Then, sir, do you think it will be possible for the general to stay?" Ma Chao put on his face, looked at Chen Gong and asked slightly pleadingly, just this sentence made him feel very ashamed.

"Stay here, but you can't take charge of the army. For the next few days, you will be by my side and be a book boy. You can participate in the discussion, but even if you have any thoughts, you can't say them in public. You can tell me in private." Chen Gong looked at Ma Chao and said, "If you can do it, you can stay. If you can't, I will send a letter to Brother Shoucheng and say hello to him for me."

"Why?" Ma Chao was puzzled.

"I will know in the future." Chen Gong looked at Ma Chao and said with a smile, "You wish?"

"The final general is willing." Ma Chao sighed, as long as he can stay, after saving his face, he suddenly found that he was not so twisted, and thought for a while: "Sir, why is Zhao Zilong a disciple, and the final general can only Be a book boy."

"You can be a disciple. There are eight volumes of Mencius here. After you recite them, I will make you a disciple too." Chen Gong waved his hand, and the eight volumes of bamboo slips fell on the table.

The eight volumes look like a lot, but they are all bamboo slips, and there are actually not many words.

Ma Chao casually picked up a volume and looked at it, suddenly felt sleepy, coughed lightly and said: "Sir, the last general is a general."

"But I am a great Confucian, since you want to join my school, why don't you study?" Chen Gong asked rhetorically.

Ma Chao looked at the bamboo slips in his hand, put them down hastily, shook his head, dispelled his sleepiness, and saluted Chen Gong: "School boy, book boy."

Chen Gong smiled, didn't speak any more, got up and left the lobby with Guo Jia, and each went back to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, news of Karasuma's withdrawal came from the direction of no end. Since then, the crisis in Youzhou has been resolved, and the next step is to completely take down Youzhou.

(End of this chapter)