"Husband, justice, personal favor, and personal kindness are not equal to each other. We should follow the Tao and determine the importance." [Bai Minzhong Lun]
Everyone is his old team, so they naturally follow his advice, not to mention that the battle is raging at this time, and no matter who they fall to in the middle, they will be mermaid meat. At this point, it is better to avoid the sharp edge and leave a useful person behind before making plans.
With this mentality, everyone made a promise, led the remaining troops to gather around Lu Bu, and finally broke through an opening.
Running away, lying low, being hit by arrows, people kept falling down after being hit by flying arrows. Lu Bu didn't even stop for a moment. After finally rushing out of the army formation, there were only a dozen or so riders left around him.
"Lü Bu escaped!" a Yueqi reported.
Taishi Ci frowned, his clear eyes full of complex and indistinguishable emotions. He subconsciously reined in his horse and said: "Lu Bu must not be lenient, go after him!"
"General!" Suddenly a member of the Yueqi camp, Du Bo, said unexpectedly: "The Yueqi camp is a soldier of the imperial court!"
The implication is to remind Taishi Ci not to just care about personal affairs and forget the imperial edict to come here.
Taishi Ci responded quickly, and he said without hesitation: "I will lead a hundred cavalry to chase, and you will listen to the command of the captain for the time being!"
East China Sea coast.
Lu Bu didn't know how far he had run, how long he had run, and he didn't know where he could go in the vast world. All he wanted to do was leave that depressing place. Only he was riding on the red rabbit horse, with his eyes between his ears.
Only the whistling of the wind could calm Lu Bu's heart.
The red rabbit horse was panting lightly under its crotch, and the horse's running away just now was a little bit too much. Lu Bu reached the end of the road, looking at the vast sea, the rocky waves, and the occasional white bird flying between the sky and the sea.
, infinite desolation suddenly arose in my heart.
Recall that when he first came to Qingzhou, he attacked Donglai, defeated Gongsun Du's puppet governor of Yingzhou, and chased him all the way to the seaside. At that time, he was in high spirits and was preparing to establish his own achievements in Qingzhou, the land of Qilu.
When a man born in the vast grasslands of Yuan County saw the sea, which was wider and vaster than the grasslands for the first time, the excitement in his heart was not weaker than the surging waves.
But now when he saw the sea again, he was the only one who knew the pain and desolation in his heart.
"I, Lu Fengxian, have always boasted that my military force is not inferior to that of others. I rode my horse across the Guandong region and traveled through the Qingxu. I was unrivaled along the way." Lu Bu looked at the sea on the horizon, his eyes full of confusion, and murmured to himself: "
But why did you still lose?"
His in-law Wei Xu couldn't help but said: "General, the non-war crime at this time is because Yuan Tan's son is not good enough to succeed, so he has brought trouble to us. Now that the court will not accept it, we should go to Xiapi immediately and join Yuan Gongcai."
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"Where can I find Mr. Yuan in Xiapi..."
Before Lu Bu could finish his words with a sneer, Cheng Lian beside him suddenly raised his finger and said, "Tai Shi Ci is coming after me!"
There were only about ten of them now, and they were already exhausted. They stopped and relaxed at this time, and it was difficult to muster the morale to resist. Taishi Ci took the lead, but before anyone arrived, two wings spread out behind him like wings.
Yu Qi surrounded Lu Bu and others from the left and right.
"Ziyi! Are you unwilling to let me go?" Lu Bu looked at each other angrily. He didn't know when he dropped his bag during the battle just now, and there were many sword marks and blood stains on his armor.
Taishi Ci looked at the other party's embarrassment, his expression changed slightly, and he said: "You surrender! If we go to Yuan Shu, there is really no way out."
Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Today, you are the only one in the world who thinks so! But unfortunately, it's not you who makes the decision."
Taishi Ci pursed his lips and said firmly: "I will guarantee you to Duke Cao."
"Why?" Lu Bu frowned and suddenly asked: "Why do you have faith? Why are you the emperor's chosen general?" He looked at Taishi Ci's hesitant expression, and then interrupted the other person's unspoken words.
: "Don't think too much of 'Xinyi', it's not a good thing. It can save people, but it can also harm people!"
Taishi Ci's hand holding the horse's rein suddenly tightened, as if he was offended. He had been thinking about shouting for many days and said angrily: "When you and I parted, what did you say? 'We must do it for heaven.'
"Zi Shou Bei Hai', if you really kept your promise, how could you have fallen into this situation today!"
Lu Bu's face was dark, and he turned his head to one side and said: "I never believe in any promises or morality. In my eyes, there are only two types of people in the world. One type is those who pursue profit in the name of morality; the other type is those who don't even have morality.
No, I am obsessed with profit. Compared with those false morals, at least I have not deceived others and myself!"
"You..." Taishi Ci's face turned livid. Since he had never expected that Lu Bu would be such a person, he acted like he was loyal to him at first, but he actually deliberately deceived him. Now seeing that the other party was still stubborn, Taishi Ci felt that he
You worked so hard, but in the end you were wrong.
At this time, Lu Bu raised his eyes and glanced at Tai Shi Ci. His eyes were filled with guilt and determination. He smiled miserably and said, "How can you come back empty-handed after chasing me here? Come, come, I'll give you a good head. You can exchange it for a Marquis of Wanhu."
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After saying that, Lu Bu rushed over without caring about his own safety. Taishi Ci's cavalry moved randomly around him, and everyone stopped in front of Taishi Ci. At this moment, Lu Bu showed his final bravery. He rushed left and right, swinging his sword as fast as a snake or bird spying.
Although the Yueqi battalion is elite, it is difficult to stop them. They can only rely on numbers to suppress them.
Soon, someone from the remaining troops following Lu Bu suddenly shouted: "Surrender! I surrender!"
Hearing the sound, it was Wei Xu, Lu Bu's in-law. Then Hou Cheng, who was seriously injured, fell off his horse and was killed. Cheng Lian was captured. The entire army that had followed Lu Bu all the way to escape was wiped out. However, Lu Bu ignored it and continued to charge forward.
. He no longer cared about the casualties, or even the severe injuries on his back. His blood-red eyes stared at Tai Shi Ci who was riding behind a group of riders, as if he was still trying to break the army and kill the general at the last moment.
Taishi Ci stared closely at Lu Bu's crazy and fearless behavior. Thinking of Lu Bu's unreasonable abandonment of hope for his last life and his deliberately irritating words, he suddenly understood.
The other party wanted to risk his own life to fulfill him, and he was not willing to risk Taishi Ci's wealth and life to protect himself, who was full of misdeeds!
No matter how much he resisted verbally and how much he resisted in his heart, this man from a border county who came from a mixed community of Hu and Han, and who had been imbued with the Hu people's materialistic views for many years, still chose 'righteousness' in the end!
This may be because Lu Bu was repeatedly plotted, and was exhausted and eager for relief; or maybe he was desperate because he knew he could not surrender, and would be difficult to retain in the court in the future; or maybe he really repented in the end and wanted to
I want to satisfy Tai Shici, the first friend I have met since entering the Central Plains, and repay him for his trust in me from beginning to end.
No matter what it was, it didn't matter anymore. Taishi Ci had already ridden out with his spear pointed directly at Lu Bu.
Seeing that he understood what he meant, Lu Bu laughed heartily on the battlefield.
At dusk, Taishi Ci led his troops back to the camp in a low mood. Cao Cao came out to greet him in person: "Ziyi, I heard that you killed Lu Bu?"
When Cao Cao saw Lu Bu's body lying on the horse behind him, his eyes darkened, and he comforted him softly: "You have done a great job. Looking at the world, there is no one else who can do this for a friend."
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"The country once said that when he was young, Duke Cao was very courageous as a knight, and he was worthy of being a hero." Taishi Ci lowered his head and asked in a deep voice: "If a friend is in trouble or goes astray, he should risk his life to help. And for things like this
, even Mr. Cao can’t do it?”
Cao Cao was stopped by his question. This question was like a heavy punch to the heart, almost making Cao Cao breathless.
He didn't know how to answer Tai Shici. He stretched out his hand to pat the other person's shoulder, but slowly took it back.