Buzz!
Under the gazes of the Divine State, a bright light also appeared on the Heavenly Dao Golden List!
Nine counties in Jingxiang!
Longzhong!
It’s windy and snowy!
Liu Bei, with his two brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, came to a thatched cottage.
The gate of the thatched cottage was closed, but Liu Bei was not discouraged at all. Instead, he waited patiently at the door of the thatched cottage.
Seemingly moved by Liu Bei's sincerity, the door of the thatched cottage was finally opened.
But the figure walking out of it was not Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang's book boy.
"Sorry, my husband has gone out."
Liu Bei asked repeatedly: "I wonder when sir will come back?"
The boy said: "Sir, he is a wandering wild crane. His return date has not yet been determined. It could be as short as a few days, or as long as a year and a half."
Liu Bei had no choice but to leave Longzhong after asking the boy to give Zhuge Liang a message.
However, Liu Bei did not give up, and soon came to visit for the second time!
Only this time, I still didn’t see Zhuge Liang, I only saw Zhuge Liang’s younger brother, Zhuge Jun!
Liu Bei could only return without success again!
…
"Zhuge Liang definitely did this on purpose!"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. Liu Bei was also a prince after all. He visited Zhuge Liang twice, but Zhuge Liang deliberately avoided seeing him.
If it were him, he would have scolded the rotten scholar and sent people to burn down his shabby thatched cottage.
He is just a layman in the mountains, he is treating himself too much like a green onion!
Zhu Di said: "Zhuge Liang, could it be that this person looks down on Liu Bei's strength? If Cao Cao comes, maybe he will take the initiative to go out and join him."
"It's not necessarily that he looks down on Liu Bei."
Liu Bowen shook his head, "After all, he is the fourth person on the list of saint seekers and one of the few great talents in the world. He wants Liu Bei to know his weight so that he can gain Liu Bei's attention in the future."
This is how people are, the easier it is to get it, the less they will cherish it.
Thinking about it, he agreed too easily to Zhu Yuanzhang's call, which led to the fact that after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he was only granted the title of a small earl.
If he followed Zhuge Liang's example and exaggerated his own worth, perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang would not be so contemptuous of him!
From this point of view, Zhuge Liang is one step ahead of him!
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Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin stroked his beard and said calmly: "Liu Bei, if you can really ask Zhuge Liang, a great sage, to work for you, what does it matter even if you are humble and humble?"
Liu Bei, with only one city, can be said to be extremely weak!
Not to mention compared with Cao Cao, even compared with Liu Biao and Liu Zhang who share his surname, they are far behind!
Zhuge Liang, why did he abandon the powerful Liu Biao and instead seek refuge with the little Liu Bei?
What's more, Zhuge Liang and Liu Biao are still relatives!
There must be a reason!
Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, which can be regarded as showing his sincerity and passing Zhuge Liang's test!
Just by making a few more trips, you can get a peerless sage. What's the loss for Liu Bei?
However, just when everyone in China felt a little dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's arrogant attitude.
Liu Bei was preparing to go to Longzhong for the third time to visit Zhuge Liang!
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both furious. Zhuge Liang, this poor and rotten scholar, was deliberately showing off in front of them, trying to gain fame and gain fame and self-worth!
Guan Yu believed that Zhuge Liang had a false reputation and may not have real talent or learning.
Zhang Fei felt that there was no need to run away this time. He could tie Zhuge Liang over with a rope and let the rotten scholar taste the power of Zhang Yide, a native of Yan.
Liu Bei scolded the two of them directly, and decided to visit Zhuge Liang three times in the thatched cottage!
This time, when Liu Bei came to Longzhong, Zhuge Liang was sleeping!
Zhang Fei was about to use his loud voice to wake up Zhuge Liang, but Liu Bei stopped him.
Liu Bei waited at the door for an hour, and only saw Zhuge Liang after Zhuge Liang finished his nap!
And Liu Bei was so sincere that he finally moved Zhuge Liang!
Zhuge Liang no longer hides and tucks away, and teaches others the strategies he has in mind!
"Since Dong Zhuo, there have been countless heroes who have joined forces across states and counties."
"Compared to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao's reputation is small and he is outnumbered. However, Cao Cao was able to defeat Shao and use the weak to become strong. This was not only due to the timing of the day, but also to people's plans."
"Now Cao Cao has millions of people, holding the emperor and commanding the princes. This sincerity cannot be competed with. Sun Quan has occupied Jiangdong for three generations. The country is in danger and the people are attached to it. The virtuous people can use it. This can be used as reinforcement but not as a plan. .”
…
Under Zhuge Liang's statement, a grand blueprint for the future world has appeared on the paper!
There is Jing Yi across the road, unite with Wu to fight against Cao, and divide the world into three parts!
After hearing this, Liu Bei was enlightened!
Isn't this the usual strategy of the world?
Before that, he had been running around like a straggler, fleeing everywhere, precisely because no one could provide him with such a clear strategy for the world!
Liu Bei, he only wished he had not met Zhuge Liang ten years earlier!
Otherwise, Liu Bei would not have fallen to this!
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Big man.
"With Jing Yi across the border, unite with Wu to fight against Cao. This is exactly the strategy Liu Bei needs..."
Liu Che's eyes lit up slightly. After Zhuge Liang proposed this strategy, he instantly understood that Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched cottage and three humiliating trips were worth it!
And it’s great value!
Different from the rhetoric of ordinary counselors, Zhuge Liang's suggestions can be described as down-to-earth!
Avoid the powerful opponent Cao Cao!
United with Sun Quan of Jiangdong!
And the idea was to focus on Liu Biao and Liu Zhang!
Liu Biao is already old and will not live long. After Liu Biao's death, Jingzhou is just a piece of fat!
And Liu Zhang, who occupies the land of Yizhou, is even more useless. He can't even deal with the little Zhang Lu.
These two places were simply prepared by God for Liu Bei to achieve hegemony. Why not treat them with nothing?
If Liu Bei follows the strategy formulated by Zhuge Liang, although it is unknown whether he can unify the world, but it is absolutely no problem to divide the world into three parts!
…
However, Cao Cao was not given time for Liu Bei to annex Jingzhou!
Knowing that Liu Bei was a serious enemy, after Liu Biao's death, Cao Cao personally led his army southward and swept across Jingxiang!
But Liu Biao's second son Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao without making any resistance!
Zhuge Liang advised Liu Bei to attack Liu Cong and capture Jingzhou before Cao Cao's army arrived!
But Liu Bei was grateful for Liu Biao's kindness in sheltering him in the past, and could not bear to attack and kill his son, thus missing a good opportunity!
Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry were already flying at lightning speed and arrived at Jingzhou without giving Liu Bei any time to hesitate!
Liu Bei had few troops and was unable to compete head-on with Cao Cao, so he had no choice but to abandon the city and go south!
However, because he brought too many people with him, he was overtaken by Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry, and the army was killed and dispersed!
If not for Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei's bravery and Guan Yu's response, Liu Bei would have been captured alive by Cao's army!
"Zhuge Liang doesn't have many gods!"
At this time, someone made a sarcastic remark, "Before he got Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei still had a new wilderness as a shelter."
"Now that Zhuge Liang is assisting us, we have lost our only city!"
As soon as these words came out, many people were unable to refute.
Judging from the results alone, this is indeed the case!
But it would be too much to put all the responsibility on Zhuge Liang!
"If Liu Bei had listened to Zhuge Liang and attacked Jingzhou, how could he have suffered such a disastrous defeat?"
Some counselors complained about Zhuge Liang, but Liu Bei could only bear the blame and had nothing to do with Zhuge Liang!
Even if there is a good plan, but the Lord does not adopt it, what can he do as a counselor?
If Liu Bei attacked Jingzhou in advance, how could Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry drive south so easily, unstoppable?
What's even worse is that Liu Cong also led the entire Jingzhou navy to surrender to Cao Cao!
Cao Cao got hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou navy troops without any effort, which greatly increased his strength!
"Liu Bei is in danger!"
Anyone with a discerning eye can see Liu Bei's predicament at this time. The land of Jingzhou was swept by Cao Cao's army. With Liu Bei's few troops and horses, he could muster 20,000 people to fight to the death. In front of Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops, he couldn't even force people to do it. There isn’t even enough space between the teeth!
Wanting to make a comeback is simply a fantasy!
However, Liu Bei is in such a desperate situation. As an adviser, it is time for Zhuge Liang to come up with a strange plan to help his lord out of the predicament, right?
Otherwise, how could Zhuge Liang have the nerve to be ranked third on this list of saint seekers?
