[The Three Kingdoms] Golden Sun Exhibition chapter 137

137 – Battle of Lubu (4)

Two weeks ago. That is, before the letter from Lu Bu’s army saying that Liu Bei was in secret with Cao Cao was discovered by Lu Bu’s army.

-Would you like to join the army once?

Sun Yu suggested that I observe the battlefield in person.

It was a sudden offer, but I couldn’t refuse it because I knew that I was partly responsible for the entire Western Zhou region.

-When Geumtaeyang is with you, you feel reassured just by being there. I will be able to judge whether what I am proposing to Prince Jojo is right.

Sun Yu served as the chief of staff for this Western Zhou campaign.

Even though Sunwook is more important than Sunyu, I don’t know why he made Sunyu the chief of staff.

Sunwook himself said that Sunyu’s tactics are perfect for using sharper tactics.

What are you saying.

This means that Sunyu’s strategy is more cool-headed and cool-headed than Sunwook’s.

If Sun Yu is closer to Liu Bei in terms of establishing tactics, then Sun Yu is closer to Cao Cao.

Of course, this does not mean that Sun-wook has a better relationship with Liu Bei, but it is clear that he is at least relatively more sympathetic.

Nevertheless, I decided to join the army as a deputy commander rather than Sunyu’s manager.

It was a kind of field trip, and I wondered if it would be possible to do something like this in the actual war to subdue Lü Bu, but fortunately, Cao Cao willingly gave permission.

-Nice to meet you. I am JoJo.

-…….

-hahahaha. What’s so frozen? Am I having a hard time?

-Oh, no. Meet the General.

To be honest, I was very scared when I met JoJo.

No, I really didn’t think I would meet JoJo.

I felt like I would be eaten at any moment by her overwhelming force. The wisps of gray hair in the bangs that were said to ooze trouble were a peculiarity that one had to pay attention to.

And the most surprising thing of all is that she is not much different from her adoptive daughter, Jo Ah-man.

It wouldn’t have been strange to pretend that they were older and younger, and if you removed a little of the makeup, including the eyes, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Jo Ah-man and I were twins – no, they were the same person.

“…….”

Probably not.

Even thinking about the past, I got goosebumps at the thought of what might have happened.

Fortunately, when I asked Kwak Ga, Sun Yu, and Sun Wook, they said no.

If Jo Ah-man is impersonating Jo Jo, I really want to applaud her.

He made up a non-existent existence for the sake of a mere student like me, and when he heard people criticize him to his face, he just laughed in an unusual way. There really is no such thing as a helper in difficult times.

And I’m dead.

That’s what I think.

And one more thing.

I thought that because I participated in the military, I got to see a lot of different things.

Although I had already experienced some actual combat while fighting against Emperor Zhang and Emperor Yuan Shu, I was filled with awe as I watched the world’s best military officers fight.

And through this, I felt a little relieved that Liu Bei’s army could be saved as Zhuge Liang wanted.

As Zhuge Liang said, I thought it was a bit unfortunate that someone like that was being trampled so cruelly in the central plains.

however.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Yoo Hyeon-deok.”

“Ah, yes. For what…?”

“I just came to ask. As the military officer of Cao Cao, how do you view this incident?”

“…….”

Officially, I came to the battlefield as Sun Yu’s adjutant. Although he has no role, he is wearing the clothes of a lieutenant.

So, it could be seen as a trick of Jojo’s army. I wonder why he was talking to me, Cao Cao’s agent.

“Do you know me?”

“I don’t know. That’s why I came to ask. Because under Cao Cao… there is no one who looks at the battlefield with eyes like you.”

“My eyes?”

“Yes. It’s snow.”

“What do you think my eyes are seeing?”

“Well, to put it bluntly.”

Liu Bei pointed to the corpses strewn across the battlefield.

“You seem to view the soldier as a person, not just a soldier. So I came to ask you a question.”

“…I’m not sure I’m looking at them with those eyes.”

I feel like I’ve been tricked.

I got goosebumps because I felt like my insides had been revealed.

I suddenly felt a chill on the back of my head, wondering what kind of sly snake was hiding behind that person’s good-looking face.

“They are the enemy. Wouldn’t it be nice if I said that I felt sorry for the loss of our allies, or would I feel sorry for the death of the enemy?”

“Excuse me then. It reminded me of my old self and made me tremble. hahahaha. I’m sorry if I offended you.”

Externally, I am just one of Cao Cao’s staff.

But are you apologizing to me this much?

Really, I have no idea why.

What are you thinking?

Did he approach me because he knew I was an influential person in Sugyeong Academy?

So, are you looking to get recommendations for people who will work under you?

Could it be that they are targeting Zhuge Liang?

“…….”

“hahahaha, you don’t have to be so careful. I saw young men on the battlefield, so I just came here because I got nervous.”

“A young man?”

“Yes. Nice to meet you. What is your name?”

Liu Bei bowed his head to the much younger Zhuge Liang. Like me, she was also temporarily wearing Cao Cao’s clothes.

“…It’s called Sima Shu.”

Suddenly, Zhuge Liang nudged me with his hand from behind. I couldn’t understand her suddenly hiding her true name… .

“This is Sima Seo. This child is my student. This is his first time on the battlefield, so I am taking care of him by my side.”

“Indeed. Jojo is strengthening his strength by letting young people like you see real combat.”

ah.

I think I understand why Yubi approached us.

“You are looking for talented people. Looking for those who are shaken.”

“…This is a misunderstanding. Doesn’t that make you feel like I’ve come to you to attract you as my people?”

If you think deeply and say something, it means that you had that intention.

A picture began to be drawn.

The young staff members were confused by the battlefield tragedy shown by Jojo.

He will come to Jojo with a kind face, comfort him, and subtly encourage him to leave Jojo’s side and come to his side.

-You will see this as you live your whole life. If you ever get tired of seeing things like this, then come see me.

-What will change? A person with no power.

-hahahaha, you can create a force. For example, if you come…hmm, excuse me.

The scary thing is that this man, Liu Bei, thinks that he can truly carry out his intentions only if he comes under him rather than under Cao Cao.

If I had been appointed to Cao Cao’s army because I wanted to hold office, I might have been tempted by Liu Bei’s words.

People who have nothing to lose are naturally scary.

And what’s really scary is that this man seems to be different from the people who scam people with bravado.

This is a person who will bring together people and do something really big.

“May I ask Lord Hyeondeok one thing?”

this.

Zhuge Liang bit the bait thrown by Liu Bei.

“You have been saved by Cao Cao. What will you do now?”

“…….”

There are two ways for Liu Bei.

We have not yet heard from Shun Yu what Liu Bei’s decision will be – or perhaps Liu Bei has not yet expressed his opinion to Cao Cao – but Liu Bei has probably made a decision.

The road to staying still at Sopae Castle.

The road to advance to Xuzhou City with Cao Cao.

Probably the latter.

“We have to take back Western Zhou Province. No, we will take back the entire Western Zhou from Lu Bu, Sima Xiaozhe.”

“And you want to become Seo Joo-mok?”

“I have never once wished for Seo Joo-mok.”

I, as well as Sima Shu and Zhuge Liang, were surprised by Liu Bei’s words.

“I only became Seoju-mok out of necessity, and I never moved because I wanted to become Seoju-mok.”

“What is your need?”

“The need to protect the people where I am.”

“…….”

Liu Bei turned his head to the east and smiled bitterly.

“In the past, I became the governor of Western Zhou to protect the people of Zhou from Cao Cao. Now, I will move to protect the people of Western Zhou from Lü Bu. From what I heard, didn’t Cao Cao’s army come up with a very vicious plan?”

“There is nothing that can be described as vicious in front of Jo Jo-gun….”

“hahahaha, I already said it out loud in front of Duke Jo. I don’t know who planned the scheme, but he is truly cruel.”

“…….”

The part that Yubi evaluates as cruel.

It comes from our heads.

“Speaking of traitors. I know that Lu Bu tried to form a marriage alliance with Yuan Shu before, but the fact that they brought up something from a long time ago and pushed Lu Bu into a corner is truly brilliant. They only accused the ‘Yu family’ of being traitors. Even more so.”

Yubi shook his head as if he was shocked.

“Not only the Lu family, but all those who work for Lu Bu will become traitors. Perhaps even the innocent soldiers of Zhou Zhou.”

“Do you feel sorry for them, Lord Yu? Do you think they are people too?”

Yubi said I came because I felt sorry for the dying people.

But now, I felt that Liu Bei felt sorry for the people in Xuzhou.

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“They are thieves. They make a living by stealing from others. They are the ones who tried to take over the country, failed, and then were found out and were on the verge of death.”

“I know. I don’t feel sorry for them. I mean….”

Liu Bei was truly saddened.

“It is the people of Western Zhou who will suffer because they are caught in the so-called quarrels of high-ranking people. The real thief is Lü Bu, and all the people of Western Zhou are afraid that they will be driven to death because of Lü Bu.”

“…aren’t you a noble person too?”

“That’s right. I heard you call yourself a descendant of King Jungsanjeong.”

“hahahaha, that’s true. But how many Yu clans are there in the world? Maybe there are people who are not Yu clans but inherit the blood of the imperial family. For example, they inherit the blood of a woman of the royal family, that is, a princess.”

Liu Bei silently raised his head to the sky.

“It’s not that I didn’t think about wanting to become a high-ranking official. If I didn’t have that thought, I wouldn’t have received Seo Ju-mok’s position. But I’m not attached to Seo Ju-mok’s position. I just do what I can.”

“What do you plan to do by gathering people and becoming a warlord?”

“…That would be difficult to say. hahahaha. If there is a day when you have to leave Jojo, please come visit Hyeondeok Yoo at that time.”

Yuvi nodded his head lightly and turned around.

“If you had as much power as Lord Cao Cao, do you think you could bring peace to the world?”

“……At least.”

analogy.

“We will do our best to prevent the tragedy that occurred in Western Zhou and a war like this from happening. We will do our best to prevent as many people as possible from dying.”

Is it sincere or is it acting?

I couldn’t look at someone who approached me with intent with pure eyes.

“…He seems like a good person.”

Sima Shi, or rather Zhuge Liang, looked at Liu Bei’s back as he walked away and shook his head.

“I wonder if it will still be the same ten years from now.”

“What do you think? We ended up having a conversation in person.”

“I think people are good. People are.”

Zhuge Liang looked up at me and smiled.

“But Master taught me that you can’t survive in this world by only liking people.”

“……It did.”

I patted Zhuge Liang on the back.

“I don’t know how long that person will remain a good person, but I have this feeling. Even if he is a good person like me, there is something crucially different about him.”

I looked directly into Liu Bei’s eyes and saw it.

“There are two ways to purify the stream. One is to live in the stream and change it little by little. The other is to ascend from the stream and become a dragon to control the wind and rain and purify the entire land.”

A person named Yubi.

“He wants to be a good dragon.”