Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 983 Liu Bei's Three Guess, Please Don't Move Kong Ming
Chapter 981: Even if Liu Bei pays three visits, please don't move Kong Ming
With the disbandment of the coalition of princes, the princes who are closer will return to the territory first, while the princes who are farther away will naturally be slower.

Liu Bei, the prefect of Pingyuan, is also a part of the princes who are far away. The princes of Yan and Yuzhou have already returned to their territories, but he has just walked to Julu County in Jizhou, and he has not yet reached the border of Qingzhou.

When Liu Bei arrived and marched to Guangzong County, he accidentally heard the words of the local people, saying that the great talents of the Zongheng Guigu Sect were in the county.

Liu Bei, eager to love talents, immediately ordered to stop the march, and personally took Guan Zhang to visit.

Liu Bei's move shocked the magistrate of Julu, fearing that Liu Bei would order an attack on the city, he quickly wrote to Chen Youliang for help.

After the Ming army retreated, half of Julu County was occupied by Yuan Shao, the remaining half was divided among Han Fu, Chen Youliang, and Zhang Shicheng, and Guangzong County was occupied by Chen Youliang.

In order not to irritate the other three princes, Chen Youliang did not deploy too many troops in Guangzong County, but with nearly a thousand county soldiers in the city, they could not resist Liu Bei's army at all.

After Chen Youliang learned about it, he also attached great importance to it, and personally led thousands of troops to Guangzong, but Liu Bei didn't know about it.

The Guigu disciple Liu Bei wanted to visit was naturally Zhuge Liang and his group who had gone north, and they were about to enter Taihang after arriving in Julu, but they didn't expect to be accidentally involved in a major local case.

Although this big case was bizarre and tortuous, it did not bother Zhuge Liang, who had already surpassed a hundred intelligence, and it took only three days to solve the case smoothly. This also made Zhuge Liang famous in Guangzong, and even attracted Liu Bei, who led the army back to the plains. .

Of course Zhuge Liang knew Liu Bei's intentions, and although he had an inexplicable affection for Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang didn't plan to see Liu Bei, so he closed the door on the grounds of going out.

What Zhuge Liang didn't expect was that his intention was obvious enough, but Liu Bei didn't seem to have heard of it. He didn't even care about the army, and came to visit three times in a row, just to see Zhuge Liang.

To be honest, Zhuge Liang was very moved by Liu Bei's thirst for talent.

Although Liu Bei's strength among the vassals is not strong, he is also the vassal who leads one side after all, but it is not easy to do this for a commoner.

But being moved is moved, it is absolutely impossible for Zhuge Liang to seek refuge with Liu Bei.

Regardless of Zhuge Liang's complete disappointment with the Han Dynasty, even if the Han Dynasty could be saved, Zhuge Liang would never choose Liu Bei.

In Zhuge Liang's view, compared to other princes, Liu Bei has two fatal weaknesses.

First, Liu Bei's own ability is insufficient;

Compared with Qin Hao, Li Shimin and others, Liu Bei's ability is still too mediocre. Although as a monarch, you only need to know how to employ people, but you are not on the same starting line as others, so how can you compare with others?
Second, Liu Bei's background is too poor.

Although Liu Bei was born in a farming family, there is no support from any forces behind him, and even Liu Xiu, who came up later, has a stronger background than Liu Bei, so why do you have to compete with the princes?
Zhuge Liang predicted that even if the two powerful generals Guan Zhang helped each other, Liu Bei would still be unable to escape the fate of being annexed. The Qingzhou Rebellion may be the end of Liu Bei's power.

Although Zhuge Liang would not seek refuge with Liu Bei, he still decided to meet Liu Bei and give advice to him by the way.

Knowing that Zhuge Liang was willing to see him, Liu Bei was naturally overjoyed, thinking that his persistence had impressed this great talent.

The two chatted all afternoon, and Liu Bei was also conquered by Zhuge Liang's talents, but Zhuge Liang never agreed to become an official, which also made Liu Bei very disappointed.

From the conversation, Liu Bei could also see that Zhuge Liang really didn't like him, but if he just gave up like this, Liu Bei would really not be reconciled, after all, he is a top talent in the world.

So Liu Bei was going to let Guan and Zhang to tie Zhuge Liang back forcibly first, and then slowly put away his heart.

Zhuge Liang's refusal of Liu Bei's solicitation also made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei very dissatisfied, so they agreed without thinking.

Guan Zhang has long been a famous general in the world, and if the two go to tie up a literati together, it is logically impossible to lose, but this time they really kicked the iron plate.

Seeing Guan Zhang who returned in vain and was beaten with a bruised nose and swollen face, Liu Bei couldn't help but gasped, and said in disbelief: "In the small Guangzong City, someone can actually hurt the two virtuous brothers?"

"Brother, don't you know that the person who hurt me and my second brother has unfathomable strength. Even if my second brother and I join forces, we still haven't tested his depth."

"Who is this person who can have such strength?"

"It's Zhuge Liang's guard."

As he said that, Zhang Fei felt severe pain in his face again, and immediately covered his face but grinned in pain, while Liu Bei was even more shocked when he heard it.

The combination that can defeat Guan Zhang without hurting his life, this level of strength may be able to rank among the top three generals, but why are you willing to be Zhuge Liang's guard?

Liu Bei was puzzled by this, and in the end he could only attribute it to the unfathomable strategist, even a master of this level can only be a guard.

Guan Yu's situation is better than Zhang Fei's, but he said solemnly: "Brother, the mysterious master around Zhuge Liang always gives me a familiar feeling, as if I knew him before."

"Oh?"

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Second brother, what did you remember?"

Of course, Liu Bei also wanted to recruit the top three generals, but Guan Yu shook his head helplessly after pondering for a long time, and said, "I can't remember, maybe it's my illusion."

Liu Bei immediately showed disappointment, but after remembering what Zhuge Liang said, he couldn't help showing a strange look in his eyes.

"My lord Xuande, Qingxu Erzhou is in chaos now. If you want to revitalize the Han Dynasty, you must use Qingxu Erzhou as a stepping stone, otherwise everything is just empty talk..."

At this thought, Liu Bei couldn't help showing a firm look in his eyes, but then he sighed sadly.

"Yuan Shao and Huang Chao are not easy-going lamps. With your assistance, Mr. Kong Ming, there is a possibility of controlling the two states. Otherwise, it would be as difficult as climbing the sky."

"Brother, Zhuge Liang has left Guangzong, but Chen Youliang has come with a large army. Our army really can't stay here for long." Guan Yu said with a serious face.

Liu Bei's expression froze immediately, and then he ordered in a deep voice, "Get out of the camp immediately and return to the plain."

"promise."

Ten miles outside Guangzong City, on a small road leading to Taihang, a carriage was driving steadily, and Zhuge Liang and others were in the carriage.

"Brother Kong Ming, why do you want to offer advice to Liu Bei? Look at that guy who keeps talking for the sake of the world. He is a hypocrite with hypocrisy."

Huang Rong looked angry and kept scolding Liu Bei, but Zhuge Liang could only comfort him with a wry smile.

"I pointed out a clear path for Duke Xuande, but I'm afraid it will still be difficult for him to survive. Today's troubled times are even worse than the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. It is really difficult for a small prince like Liu Xuande to be alone."

(End of this chapter)