Yuan Shao thought carefully for a long time and then said: "Although I don't know why you mentioned this big-eared thief, second brother."
"But I have to say that this man has a heroic appearance. If I were Liu Bei, I would never dare to lead only two thousand troops to join the alliance. This is the first point."
"Second point, from an objective observation, Liu Bei is smarter than you, me, and Cao Mengde."
"No, it should be that his wisdom and strategy far exceed ours. First of all, since he only dared to sit down with the seventeen princes to discuss the crusade against Dong Zhuo with only two thousand troops this time, he is already better than many people."
"At least, I don't think I can do it. If it were me, I would probably lead these two thousand men to join a certain prince."
"But I will never dare to be on an equal footing with those princes, even if I am really the Queen of Zhongshan Prince Jing."
Yuan Shu: "I didn't expect that the elder brother could distinguish so thoroughly. I wonder if the elder brother has any other opinions?"
Yuan Shao: "Of course, this third point is also the most important point."
"Liu Bei wants to establish an image of benevolence and righteousness among the people of the world by virtue of the things he has done."
"Anyone who is not a fool can see this."
"It can be seen from the fact that Liu Bei dared to lead an army to attack the Yellow Turban Army alone with only a hundred men. Liu Bei's plans are not small."
"Moreover, it started after the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army. Everything he did had a strong purpose."
"For example, when we were discussing how to break Hulao Pass today, all the problems had basically been solved. But Liu Bei still stood up and asked to ambush Lu Bu together, but at this moment he has less than two thousand troops."
"But he still dares to stand up and go because he knows it very well. As long as his sworn brothers Li Zhong and Gao Meng are here, Lu Bu, no matter how powerful he is, will not be able to kill him in a short time."
"And Lu Bu is deeply surrounded and cannot harm himself, so he dares to ask to lead troops to ambush."
"This is not the most important point. The most important thing is that no matter whether this matter is a success or a failure, Liu Bei will be a benevolent and righteous person in the eyes of the world from now on."
"I don't know. What do you think, second brother, of my analysis?"
After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he asked Yuan Shu softly.
And Yuan Shu also listened to Yuan Shao's entire analysis process. He also gained a new understanding of his eldest brother Yuan Shao.
In the past, he always felt that Yuan Shao had no wisdom. But he didn't expect that Yuan Shaoren was smarter than he thought, so he just asked him what he thought of Liu Bei.
But Yuan Shao expressed his opinion directly, and it was not much different from Liu Bei's guess in his heart.
Regarding this, Yuan Shu said: "Eldest brother is right. It can be said that there is not much difference between what I think and my younger brother."
"But the eldest brother missed one thing, that is, Liu Bei is the real Queen of Zhongshan Prince Jing. Moreover, he also studied under the great scholar Lu Zhi. According to his generation, the current emperor would have to call Liu Bei his uncle."
Then Yuan Shu continued: "Brother just said why I don't have the confidence to compete with Cao Cao."
"This is very simple, except for the problems I just mentioned. The most important one is that Cao Cao is cruel and ruthless. I can't compare with him."
"As far as I know, when Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo and fled, he killed his father's sworn brother Lu Boshe, but very few people know about this."
"In this regard, I think I am not as good as Cao Cao. Because he is ruthless enough, but I am not."
After Yuan Shu finished speaking, Yuan Shao expressed surprise and said: "Then, our crusade against Dong Zhuo will not share the pressure for Cao Cao."
"And, in other words, Cao Cao made a fool of us all."
Yuan Shu said: "Brother is wrong to think so. Maybe eldest brother is still loyal to the Han at this time. But those princes may not be willing, so this matter is just about everyone getting what they want."
"Of course, it can also be said to be mutual use."
After Yuan Shu finished speaking, he looked at the stars at night. I thought about my wives again. After all, I had achieved one of the highest achievements of the ancients.
"Wake up and take charge of world affairs, get drunk and lie on the knees of a beautiful woman." These two things are the lifelong pursuit of ancient women, and I have accomplished half of it.
Yuan Shao thought for a long time about what his brother Yuan Shu had just said. After a while, he sat up on the grass and said, "Second brother, you and I should talk about business!"
"I came to see you tonight to see if you are determined to dominate the world."
"Or are you willing to be a man of Nanyang Prefecture for the rest of your life? Then let the late emperor's reward bless three generations, and finally grow old slowly."
When Yuan Shao said this, the light in his eyes was very bright. Just from his eyes, Yuan Shu could already see his elder brother's determination.
He knew that Yuan Shao at this moment was willing to sacrifice his life for the position of Ninth Five Supreme Being. But Yuan Shu is also sincerely proud of his eldest brother. After all, having pursuits is a good thing.
What's more, he's not the only one in junior high school who likes this position.
Faced with his elder brother's questions, Yuan Shu did not hide anything. Instead, he said: "Didn't eldest brother also have this plan?"
"Today's Han Dynasty is in a precarious situation. The people are also in dire straits. For them, whoever becomes emperor will not make much difference."
"So, the Young Emperor can sit in this position now. Then Dong Zhuo can also sit in this position. In other words, anyone who has the strength can sit in this position now."
Yuan Shao: "It seems that my guess is good. You and I have the same idea."
"It seems that you and I, brothers, will inevitably meet on the battlefield in the future."
"It's just that at that time, I don't know if you and I can still have a good chat like we did tonight."
"Today, chaos in the world has become an inevitable trend."
"Then, you and I have the same goal. Therefore, these problems will naturally be unavoidable in the future."
After Yuan Shao finished speaking, the two brothers did not speak for a long time. Instead, they lay together on the grass and chatted without saying a word.
From childhood fun, to chatting about how many stars there are in the sky.
Talking about their parents from their teenage years, time always flies by bit by bit.
After a long time, the sky was getting darker and darker.
The stars in the night sky also look particularly dazzling at this moment.
Yuan Shu took the initiative and said, "In the future, when eldest brother and I meet on the battlefield."
"What will eldest brother do?"
"I also want to know this question. Just like big brother wants to know the answer from me, I am also very curious about it."
After Yuan Shu finished speaking, he looked at his elder brother. Yuan Shao also noticed Yuan Shu's gaze and said, "On the battlefield, when our swords met."
"I will not hurt you, even if you lose to me. I will not feel threatened by your existence because of this, not to mention that mother always favors you."
"I don't want to think that I will be lectured by my parents when I go down in five years."
Yuan Shao said the last sentence with a teasing tone. Moreover, after saying these words, Yuan Shao obviously felt much more comfortable in his heart.
But Yuan Shao himself did think so. Besides, no one had ever owed him anything since he was a child. The reason why my mother was so close to her younger brother was because she was too naive at that time, so she always took the blame for Cao Cao.
It was under this circumstance that my mother Duoduo stayed with her brother. Moreover, I got into so many troubles at that time. Many of them were settled with help from my family, and they were things I and Cao Cao did back then.
If the power in his family were not that great, he might have been killed by the families of those he had offended.
Who knows, after hearing this, Yuan Shu smiled and said to Yuan Shao: "Brother, are you so confident?"
"In the future, we still may not know who will defeat whom!"
"For that position, I have no intention of giving up."
Yuan Shao: "In that case, can you and I make an agreement?"
"In the future, our two armies will meet together on the battlefield. We should try to avoid brothers fighting each other while the front has not yet developed."
"On the contrary, we don't need to be like the other princes at all."
"They have to fight each other and compete for that position. But we are different. We brothers can even work together."
"We will eliminate the other princes first, but this will obviously arouse the public anger of the other princes. Then we two brothers will be attacked by all the princes in the world, so this is also inappropriate."
"So, when we are on the battlefield in the future, no matter how hard the people below fight, we two brothers will not be allowed to kill each other."
"I don't know, how does the second brother feel about this proposal?"
Yuan Shu did not expect that Yuan Shao was talking about this matter. For Yuan Shu, this was a very common thing. Not taking action against his family is Yuan Shu's bottom line.
Then Yuan Shu replied: "The question that the elder brother said is also very good."
"If that's the case, then it's agreed."
After Yuan Shu agreed, Yuan Shao stood up and said, "Okay, since you have agreed."
"Then I'll go back first, it's getting late. Besides, I have plans for tomorrow."
Yuan Shu stood up: "Okay, I'll see you off!"
After Yuan Shu sent Yuan Shao away, he didn't expect that his eldest brother would come just to talk about this matter. But my intuition told me that it was not that simple. I just couldn't find the loophole for a while.
But now it can only be like this temporarily.
