"Military advisor, why do my assassinations always fail?"
"Don't you understand such a simple truth?"
"What's the point?"
"According to the general system settings, I can't tell you. I can only say it is a very simple matter. And I want to remind you that I will retire in half a month. You should think about how to keep me."
Shao Zhen thought about it again and again, but couldn't figure out why the success rate of his assassination was so low. He probably fell into a misunderstanding, so he didn't think about it anymore. Anyway, he knew the general trend of the Three Kingdoms, so he could just wait for the plot to develop.
Xu Shu was extremely filial. After receiving the letter, he did not realize that it was a fraud and was forced to say goodbye to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was reluctant to leave and saw him off. When Shu left, Liu Bei immediately watched him off. Feeling his sincerity, Xu Shu rode his horse back and recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, saying that Liang had a "talented person who knows the world" and must "go and seek him out personally"; and informed Feng Young is Pang Tong of Xiangyang, and Wolong is Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei remembered what Sima Hui said: "If Wolong and Fengchu are one, the world can be settled." So he decided to ask Zhuge Liang to help.
Sima Hui once again recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, saying that his talents could be compared with Jiang Ziya and Zhang Zifang. Liu Bei immediately took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Wollongong to pay homage to Zhuge Liang.
When I visited the thatched cottage for the first time, unfortunately, Zhuge Liang went out and did not return. On his way back, Liu Bei met Cui Zhouping, Liang's friend, and mistakenly thought it was Zhuge Liang, so he hurriedly paid him a visit. Cui Zhouping told Liu Bei that it was in vain to ask Kong Ming to help him.
A few days later, Liu Bei found out that Zhuge Liang had returned to Longzhong, so he, Guan and Zhang prepared to visit the thatched cottage again. Guan and Zhang tried to dissuade Liu Bei from going there in person, but when they saw Liu Bei's invitation to Zhuge, they had no choice but to accompany him.
That day, in the middle of winter, it snowed heavily. Liu, Guan, and Zhang came out of the snow and approached the thatched cottage. Suddenly they heard someone composing songs in a roadside hotel. Liu Bei mistakenly thought that Kong Ming was here. When he entered the hotel, he found out that it was Kong Ming's good friend Shi Guangyuan. and Meng Gongwei. After arriving at the thatched cottage, they mistakenly identified Zhuge Jun, Zhuge Liang's younger brother. They all told Liu Bei that his brother had traveled the day before yesterday, so Liu Bei had no choice but to leave a letter to express his admiration. Just as he was about to leave, he met Zhuge Liang's father-in-law Huang Chengyan again. Liu Bei once again expressed his intention to come and said goodbye to him before returning.
In early spring, Liu Bei chose an auspicious day to go to Longzhong to seek talents. Guan and Zhang were displeased, and their efforts to stop him were ineffective, so they reluctantly followed him. Liu Bei paid three visits to the thatched cottage. He happened to see Zhuge Liang taking a nap in the thatched cottage and was still awake. He ordered Guan and Zhang to wait outside the door. He slowly walked in and stood at the foot of the steps waiting with breath-holding. He waited until Zhuge Liang woke up and then went inside to meet him. Be prepared to meet Kong Ming humbly and respectfully, and ask for advice on world affairs. Seeing Liu Bei's sincerity, Kong Ming revealed his plan for starting a business: "Cao already has millions of people, so it's hard to compete with him. Sun Quan has taken control of the east of the Yangtze River, so don't rush into it. We should first take Jing and Yizhou, fight with Zhurong in the west, and Fu Yi and Yue in the south." , tie up with Sun Quan on the outside, and cultivate political principles on the inside." Zhuge Liang took out the map of Xichuan and told Liu Bei: "If you want to achieve hegemony, let Cao Cao occupy the territory in the north, and let Sun Quan occupy the land in the south. The general can occupy the people and people." "First take Jingzhou as your home, Later, we will take Xichuan to build a foundation and become a tripartite. Then we can plan for the Central Plains."
Liu Bei was deeply enlightened and asked Kong Ming to help him. Kongming felt his sincerity and agreed to go out and follow Liu Bei to the new wilderness.
Cao Cao wanted to pacify the south of the Yangtze River. On this day, he gathered civil and military officials to discuss the southern expedition. Xu Shu said that Zhuge Liang had great talent, and Liu Bei would be like a tiger with wings if he got it. Xiahou Dun disagreed and asked Cao Cao for orders to capture Liu Bei and Kong Ming alive. Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately appointed Xiahou Dun as the governor, Yu Jin, Li Dian, and Han Hao as deputy generals, commanding 100,000 troops, and marched into Xinye.
Cao Cao mobilized an army to invade south, and sent General Xiahou Dun to lead an army of 100,000 people to attack the new wilderness. Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang to defeat the enemy and became his military advisor. Zhuge Liang mobilized his troops and sent generals, and ordered Zhao Yun to lead the front to lure the enemy into Bowang Slope. He sent Guan Ping and Liu Feng to prepare enough fire starters and wait at Bowang Slope. When the first troops arrived, they could start the fire. He asked Liu Bei to lead the army to Bowang Slope. For backup, the enemy troops abandoned their camp and left as soon as they arrived, but when they saw a fire, they returned to cover it up. Liang himself, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang led the troops to guard Xinye County. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals were confused when they saw Kong Ming's plan for the first time.
Xiahou Dun and his lieutenants Jin and Li Dian led their troops to Bowang. Zhao Yun went out to fight, pretended to be defeated and left. Liu Bei led troops to respond, but also abandoned the camp and fled. Xiahou Dun deceived Liu Bei and pursued him with ease, but it was getting late and the road was narrow. Li Dian and Yu Jin were afraid of being attacked by fire, so they urgently reminded Xiahou Dun. Dun suddenly woke up, but it was too late. Suddenly, fire broke out, Cao Jun was in chaos, and Zhao Yun When the troops returned to kill them, Liu, Guan, and Zhang also fought separately. Cao's army was defeated, and Xiahou Dun fled in panic. At this point, Guan, Zhang and others were convinced by Kong Ming.
In order to avenge his father, Sun Quan killed Huang Zu and sent troops to Chaisang. After hearing the report, Liu Biao was seriously ill and wanted to entrust Jingzhou to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei quickly declined. In order to let Liu Cong succeed to the throne, Liu Biao's wife Cai wanted to harm Liu Qi from time to time, so Qi asked Liu Bei for help. Liu Bei signaled him to ask Zhuge Liang for advice, but Liang avoided answering on the grounds that it was inconvenient to intervene in family matters. The next day, Liu Qi invited Zhuge Liang to a banquet and asked him again about his plan, but Liang still didn't answer. Liu Qi asked Zhuge Liang to go up to a small floor and remove the stairs. He asked Zhuge Liang for the third time and if he didn't save him, he would draw his sword and kill himself. Liang had no choice but to tell the story that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Shen Sheng died inside and Chong'er was safe outside. Liu Qi then led three thousand troops to station troops in Jiangxia to avoid disaster. Liu Biao was critically ill, so Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei take the opportunity to take Jingzhou to reject Cao Cao. Liu Bei missed Liu Biao's kindness and couldn't bear to take advantage of him.
Not long after, Liu Biao died of illness, and the Cai family kept secret of the mourning. They wrote a fake will and appointed their second son Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou. Cai Cong was solely in charge of the power of Jingzhou.
Cao Cao personally led an army of 500,000 people and invaded south in five directions, hoping to capture Jingzhou. Liu Cong surrendered without a fight and offered nine counties of Jingzhou to Cao Cao. When Liu Bei learned of this, he hurriedly discussed with Liang and ordered the residents of Xinye to move to Fancheng. He used a trick to lure Cao Ren and others into Xinye and set fire to them at night. Cao's army fled Xinye, but was killed on the way and flooded, causing heavy casualties.
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang led their generals to take advantage of the victory to Fancheng. Liang advised Bei to abandon Fancheng quickly and take Xiangyang to rest temporarily. Unwilling to abandon the people, Bei led them across the river and came to Xiangyang. Liu Cong was afraid and refused to come out. Wei Yan went out to help Liu Bei, but Bei was unwilling to attack the city, so he had to lead more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians to Jiangling. Zhang Fei was ordered to die, and Zhao Yun protected his family. Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu went to Jiangxia for help.
Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei was going to retreat to Jiangling and pursued him day and night. They persuaded Liu Bei to abandon the people temporarily and go to Jiangling first. Bei refused to listen and still led the people slowly. When they arrived at Dangyang, they were overtaken by Cao's army. The army and the people were in chaos. With Zhang Fei's protection, we can fight and retreat at the same time.
Zhang Fei heard rumors that Zhao Yun surrendered to Cao Cao, and despite Liu Bei's dissuasion, Zhang Fei led his troops to Changban Bridge to find Zhao Yun for questioning.
Zhao Yun was separated from Liu Bei's family in the melee. He fought alone and risked his own life. He found Jian Yong and Mrs. Gan among the rebels, rescued Mi Zhu and sent them to Changban Bridge. He then turned back and fought into the siege. Continue to look for Mrs. Mi and Adou. Finally, Mrs. Mi was found next to a dry well under an earthen wall. Mrs. Mi was seriously injured. Yun wanted to help him return to the camp, but Madam Mi was afraid of dragging Zhao Yun down, so she threw Adou into a well with Zhao Yun and died. Yun pushed down the earthen wall to cover the dry well, held Adou in his arms, and fought bravely in Cao's army, breaking through the siege.
Cao Cao was watching the battle on the mountain. Seeing that Zhao Yun was unstoppable, he ordered: "To capture Zhao Zilong, no cold arrows are allowed, only to capture him alive." Yun took advantage of the situation and killed him, broke out of the siege, met Zhang Fei at Changban Bridge, and handed Adou into the hands of Liu Bei.
Zhang Fei ordered more than 20 soldiers to cut down branches on the bridge, tie them to the tails of horses, and gallop back and forth in the woods, raising dust and bluffing. He glared angrily and stood on the bridge. Cao Jun saw the dust flying and suspected an ambush, so he did not dare to move forward. Zhang Fei shouted angrily, and Cao Cao's general Xia Houjie was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder shattered, and he fell down from his horse. Cao Cao was so frightened that he turned his horse and fled in panic.
Under the coercion of Cao Cao's army, Liu Cong, the son of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, offered his city to surrender to Cao Cao. Liu Bei abandoned Fancheng and crossed the river with his people. He was defeated and fled Hanjin, and took refuge with Liu Qi in Jiangxia. Taking advantage of the victory, Cao Cao threatened Jiangdong with an army of 830,000 troops. Chen Bing set his troops on the north bank of the Yangtze River and set eyes on the six counties in Jiangdong. When the news came, the ruling and opposition parties in Soochow were shocked. Military generals wanted to fight, while civilian officials wanted to surrender. There were endless debates. Sun Quan was unwilling to surrender to Cao Cao, and feared that he would be outnumbered, so he hesitated.
Lu Zijin tried his best to overcome all opinions and was willing to go to Jiangxia in person and invite Zhuge Liang to discuss the plan to defeat Cao Cao. Since Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao twice, Sun Quan was eager to find out the strength of Cao Cao's army and agreed with Lu Su to go to Jiangxia to find out the truth. Zhuge Liang then decided to enter Wu alone and use his sharp tongue to persuade the Sun and Cao families to annex each other.
Zhuge Liang went to Soochow at the invitation of Lu Su. The officials of Soochow despised Kong Ming. Before meeting Sun Quan, they arranged for him to meet with the officials at Jixian Hall, hoping to kill his prestige. The important ministers Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong of the Eastern Wu Dynasty knew Zhuge Liang's intention and attacked Zhuge Liang one after another with a fierce and arrogant attitude. Zhuge Liang faced the crowd of scholars, calmly and unhurriedly, and responded fluently. He convinced the ministers that Cao Cao would be defeated if he surrendered, and Zhang Zhao was "dumbfounded and speechless in answering"; Yu Fan "faced red and ears red, lowered his head in silence"; Xue Cong was "stuck for words"...
