Chapter 205

"No, you didn't!"

"Your original intention was to let these Bingzhou brothers live a better life."

"But facts have proven, did you lead them to live a better life?"

"Did you give them the opportunity to achieve merits and leave their names in history?"

"No!"

"You didn't achieve a single one!"

"Following you, they got endless exclusion and suppression by the Xiliang loyalists!"

"And you?"

"You have such a large group of people following you."

"You are wary of the Prime Minister."

"You are suppressed by the Xiliang loyalists."

"You are discriminated against by everyone in the world!"

"What exactly are you plotting?!"

"My General Fengxian, wake up, don't continue on this bullshit path anymore!"

Gu Yi finished saying these words almost roaring.

Lu Bu...

fell into deep silence and self-doubt.

There is no doubt

that if Lu Bu were a military general, he would definitely be one of the fiercest people in the world!

As a commander, he commanded the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and could almost be called invincible in the north!

But if he were a lord...

Then one can only say, have you not seen the Bai Menlou incident?

The awkward thing is

that Lu Bu in history experienced such a transformation.

He followed Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo successively, and then went out on his own.

As a result, he ended up at Bai Menlou.

And the generals of the Bingzhou faction under him, except for Song Xian, Wei Xu, and Hou Cheng who surrendered voluntarily, and Zhang Liao who was recruited by Cao Cao after being defeated, all the others died in battle one after another.

Basically, the Bingzhou army entered a state of existing in name only.

This is the outcome caused by Lu Bu being a lord.

But what if Lu Bu were only a military general?

Then looking at the world, who could be his enemy?

Poor Lu Bu thought his position under Dong Zhuo was that of a military general.

However, in reality,

his true position had always been "a warlord subordinate to Dong Zhuo"!

In other words,

ever since he killed Ding Yuan, Lu Bu's true identity had always been a lord, not a military general.

He became the leader of the Bingzhou faction, and the Bingzhou faction only listened to him, not Dong Zhuo.

How could Lu Bu, who had such a large group of people following him, not be wary and guarded against by Dong Zhuo?

To put it bluntly, killing Ding Yuan did leave some stains on Lu Bu's political record,

but more importantly!

So many people followed Lu Bu, and they took him as their master in everything.

This is equivalent to Dong Zhuo owning a large company.

Lu Bu is a person from another company.

But Lu Bu killed the former boss Ding Yuan and brought the team left by the former boss Ding Yuan to join old Dong's large company halfway.

Later, Lu Bu became the boss of a subsidiary company split from the large company.

Everyone in the subsidiary company listened to Lu Bu, not Dong Zhuo.

Under such circumstances,

Dong Zhuo would naturally not tilt resources to Lu Bu's subsidiary company, but would rather guard against it.

These people in Lu Bu's subsidiary company, because their superior was Lu Bu, were suppressed by the loyalists of old Dong's large company.

And Lu Bu himself?

It was the same principle!

Because he brought such a large group of people from the subsidiary company, he was also suppressed!

But if the two were separated,

these suppressions would instantly dissipate by more than half!

To put it bluntly,

once Lu Bu handed over his military power,

with his ability, he would inevitably be reused by old Dong!

And these people of the Bingzhou faction under Lu Bu

would also not be discriminated against or suppressed because their leader was no longer Lu Bu.

Of course, separating Lu Bu from the Bingzhou faction behind him is simple to say, but difficult to do!

The fact is often that generals are afraid of being killed by their lord after handing over their military power!

Soldiers are afraid that they won't be able to huddle together with their fellow villagers after being scattered and incorporated into the new army.

Therefore,

Wang Yun in history was able to successfully stir up Lu Bu and the Bingzhou soldiers behind him to rebel.

But now,

because of Gu Yi,

everything Wang Yun did became a wedding dress!

And the strong connection between Lu Bu and the Bingzhou faction under him was also broken!

Gu Yi then threw a bunch of benefits to Lu Bu at the right time.

Lu Bu found it difficult to find a reason to refuse.

After Gu Yi finished saying those words,

Lu Bu was silent for a full quarter of an hour.

Gu Yi didn't deliberately urge him, but quietly drank the tea brewed by Lu Lingqi.

Yes, Lu Lingqi could also brew tea.

It seems she wasn't just a "little Lu Bu" who only knew how to practice martial arts.

After a long while,

Lu Bu said in a slightly hoarse voice:

"Linzhi, I understand what you mean."

"But you must guarantee to me that from now on, my Bingzhou brothers will not be discriminated against in the way they were in the past!"

"Otherwise, this Fangtian Huaji in my hand will never agree!"

"Rest assured, General Fengxian."

"From now on, there will be no such divisions as Xiliang loyalists, Bingzhou faction, or Luoyang Imperial Guard faction in the army."

"Everyone is a soldier under the Prime Minister!"

"After the military reform and reorganization into the new army, all soldiers will receive equal treatment!"

"And you, Lu Fengxian, will also become the General of the North under the Prime Minister, as well as the commander of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, which is three times the current number!"

As the voice fell,

Lu Bu suddenly grabbed the draft imperial decree that Gu Yi had placed on the table.

This act could be considered as officially willing to hand over the military power of the Bingzhou faction in his hands and fully cooperate with Gu Yi in the military reform.

Gu Yi smiled slightly.

The big trouble caused by the intense internal conflicts of the Bingzhou faction