Chapter 166 The difference in the background determines the different path
Xiahou Dun's words were blocked by Lu Bu and came back several times.
He also knew that Lu Bu would not give him a chance no matter what he said.
Anyway, there are many opportunities to enter Pengcheng.
He didn't believe it yet, and after entering the city, Lu Bu found any excuses to prevent him from speaking.
Following Lu Bu into Pengcheng, Xiahou Dun found that there were crowds of people here, and there were people watching the army enter the city everywhere on the road.
The people whispered and didn't know what they were discussing.
From people's accents, he vaguely heard that it was not the local dialect of Pengcheng.
Most of the people's accents come from Qingzhou, and many of them are Taishan slang that Xiahou Dun is quite familiar with.
During the Battle of Xia Pi, Cao Cao ordered the slaughter of Pengcheng.
This place has long become a dead city.
Not long after the war ended, Lu Bu transferred many people from Qingzhou to revitalize a city that should have been dead.
Not only did Pengcheng survive, but the population was even greater than in the past.
"How long did Wen Hou take to revitalize Pengcheng?" Looking at the crowds of people on the roadside, Xiahou Dun asked.
"Revitalizing a city is nothing more than increasing the population." Lu Bu said: "I transferred people from all over the country, and people in Pengcheng have been engaged in it, so of course this city became popular."
"Why did Mr. Cao slaughter Pengcheng?" He suddenly asked Xiahou Dun.
"Where did Cao Gong want to massacre the city?" Xiahou Dun shook his head: "Liu Xuande attacked Pengcheng. After he entered the city, he slaughtered all the way. When Cao Gong led his troops into the city, there were corpses everywhere. Everyone was killed. Could it be that Cao Gong would order the punishment of Liu Xuande and the soldiers in the siege?"
"Is there anything else?" Lu Bu had never heard of the details of Pengcheng's slaughter. He asked Xiahou Dun: "Can Yuan Rang tell me the details?"
Xiahou Dun did not hide it, and told Lu Bu everything that happened in Pengcheng.
During the Battle of Xia Pi, Pengcheng was defending, and Cao Cao could not capture it for a long time, and he was also very angry.
But he did not expect to slaughter the city.
After all, he also needs many people to recover the city as soon as possible by taking Xuzhou.
Liu Bei, who was ordered to attack, ordered the city to be massacred when he broke through the city, and let out a sigh of anger for the soldiers who died in battle.
Liu Bei ordered Pengcheng to become a purgatory on earth.
Not only strong men, but also women, the elderly, and children, they did not let them go...
Listening to Xiahou Dun's story, Lu Bu had no expression on his face.
From his expression, I couldn't tell what he was thinking about.
"Wen Hou asked what these things are done?" Xiahou Dun asked.
"It's nothing." Lu Bu grinned: "When I came to Pengcheng, I found that there was no one here, and even my breath was filled with a sense of death. It seems that Liu Xuande had no room for action."
"He may still show some mercy to others, but to Wen Hou..." Xiahou Dun shook his head with a smile.
Of course Lu Bu knew what he meant.
Before he came to this era, the old master of this skin had seized Xuzhou from Liu Bei. Of course, Liu Bei hated him to the core, and even the people of Pengcheng were affected.
But he really admired Liu Bei's skills.
Cao Cao was so smart, but he actually took the blame for Pengcheng.
Lu Bu asked: "Pengcheng was obviously slaughtered by Liu Xuande, why did Cao Gong take responsibility for him?"
"The lord commanded the army and claimed to the outside world that it was Liu Xuande who massacred the city. Wouldn't it give him prestige? Wouldn't the outsider say that the lord is incompetent in command and can actually sit still and watch his subordinates massacre the city?" Xiahou Dun replied: "Of course, the lord refuses the world to see him like this. It is reasonable to bear the crime of massacre of Pengcheng."
What Xiahou Dun said made Lu Bu feel that although Cao Cao and Liu Bei were both heroes, their personalities were really two different extremes.
Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng was a regular attendant of the Han Dynasty.
He was cut off from his childhood and could not continue his descendants. He adopted Cao Song from the Xiahou family as his descendant.
Although the Changshi was not a chief official, it was impossible for him to pass on their power to his descendants. Cao Song, who became Cao Teng's son, could walk smoothly along the way.
Cao Cao can be said to be born with a golden key in his mouth.
His family background is destined to be a tall, rich and handsome man in his life, and of course he has the capital to be willful and arrogant.
Liu Bei was born in poverty and made a living by selling straw sandals in the street market when he was young.
He was able to start a business entirely because he had a good surname.
Liu Bei, who had the same surname as the emperor and was good at engaging in the camp, found a reason to advance.
King Jing of Zhongshan of the Han Dynasty devoted his life to clearing up land on women's belly and gave birth to more than a hundred children.
The one who made the greatest contribution to the Han family was the one named Liu.
King Jing of Zhongshan was hundreds of years apart from Liu Bei. His descendants were wandering all over the country, many of whom were indeed civilians.
People in the Central Plains care about their ancestors, but they also have a characteristic.
People are good at forgetting. Even if they bury the graves of their ancestors, the two or three generations in front of them may still remember to sweep the graves. After three generations, many graves will gradually be abandoned and eventually become a piece of mud in the wilderness.
Hundreds of years have passed, and it is impossible for Liu Bei, who was a civilian, to know clearly who his ancestors were.
King Jing of Zhongshan was just dragged by him as the ancestor of the capital.
Before the robbery, in order to survive in the complex environment, Liu Xie met with Liu Bei with the recommendation of others.
Knowing that Liu Bei was probably not a descendant of the Han Dynasty at all, as a puppet emperor, he still admitted his identity as the emperor's uncle.
It was from that moment that Liu Bei confirmed the name of "Uncle Liu".
The humble origin was destined to put in more effort than the honorable Cao Cao and others, and also destined to let him be cautious when doing things.
Lu Bu, who was also from a bad background, chose a completely different path from Liu Bei.
Lu Bu is not stupid. He knows how to recognize his adoptive father. He uses his adoptive father's power to gain wealth and honor, thus becoming the famous war god Wenhou.
But at that time he was too busy and didn't know how to follow the right person.
He first joined Ding Yuan and was appointed as the chief clerk, and he could not use all his strength at all.
Later he voted for Dong Zhuo, but although Dong Zhuo valued him, he only used his bravery.
There is a rumor in the world that he killed Ding Yuan for a red rabbit, and later killed Dong Zhuo for Diao Chan…
Lu Bu, who inherited his past memories, drew out those fragments of the past more than once.
Although he did not agree with the way Lu Bu did in the past, he could be cleared out from the fragments of memory. Lu Bu was indeed helpless at that time...
Different origins determine different choices.
For a moment, Lu Bu could almost forgive Liu Bei for slaughtering Pengcheng.
But slaughter is ultimately slaughter.
Especially after the massacre, he did not dare to bear the blame and put all the mistakes on Cao Cao.
The mistakes made must be paid.
Chapter completed!