Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 222 Longzhong vs. Divide the World
In February, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the warm sunshine in the afternoon makes people feel refreshed.

Outside the thatched cottage, Liu Bei came slowly with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. When he saw Zhuge Liang pruning branches and leaves under the peach tree, he bowed his hands and went forward to pay respects.

"At the end of the Han Dynasty, a foolish man in Zhuo County, I have heard of Mr.'s name for a long time, and I have never seen each other twice. I came to visit rashly today. I will see you eventually. I hope you will forgive me."

Liu Bei bowed ninety degrees, and made a serious salute, followed by Guan Yu who also saluted behind him, but Zhang Fei reluctantly bowed perfunctorily.

Zhuge Liang took two steps forward, clasped his fists in a slightly excited salute, and said: "Nanyang savages are lazy by nature, and they are so ashamed to be visited by the emperor's uncle many times."

"It is a blessing to be able to meet Mr. Bei. Although Bei is a descendant of the Emperor Han, he is always wandering without seeing the sun. I hope Mr. Wang will help me."

Liu Bei bowed his hands again.

Zhuge Liang smiled, stretched out his hand in the direction of the thatched cottage, and said, "Uncle Emperor, please talk in detail in the room."

"Thank you sir."

Liu Bei was refreshed, and Zhuge Liang was willing to talk to him, which meant that he had a great hope of inviting him out of the mountain this time, so he turned to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and said, "Second and third brothers, wait here."

As he said that, he followed Zhuge Liang into the thatched cottage, and those who came to the outer hall sat down. Zhuge Liang knelt down and said, "Liang has heard of the emperor's uncle's ambition for a long time, and his heart of worrying about the country and the people is also very important to Liang." I admire it, but I hate that Liang is too young and talented, and I am afraid that I may mistake the emperor's uncle for asking."

"Mr. Shui Jing's intentions and Xu Yuanzhi's words are not empty talk." Liu Bei said hastily: "I hope that Mr. Bei will not abandon Bei's contempt, and I will teach you."

"Ah Chen has a talent for managing the world. He is against Cao Cao in the north and rejects Sun Quan in the east. He is a famous person in the world today. I often hear that he respects the emperor's uncle, but Liang is just a countryman. How dare he talk about the world's major affairs? Uncle, why would you give up the beautiful jade for the stubborn stone?"

Zhuge Liang picked up the kettle and poured a cup of tea for Liu Bei. This tea was Shen Chen's favorite stir-fried tea. The style of drinking tea in the Han Dynasty originated from Bashu, and Jingzhou and Bashu were separated by water, which naturally influenced the customs of Yizhou.

Liu Bei took the teacup respectfully with both hands and said: "Mr. is too modest. The little Mr. and I have known each other since we were young, and he is full of praise for Mr. A man who possesses the talents of the world, how can he grow old under the mountains, forests and springs? May Mr. With the common people in the world in mind, prepare for fools and don't hesitate to teach them."

Zhuge Liang raised his head and stared at him for a moment, seeing that Liu Bei was looking at him seriously with sincere eyes, so he said softly: "So, I would like to hear about the emperor's ambition."

"Ugh."

Liu Bei put down the cup in his hand, and sighed: "The Han Dynasty is in decline, and the treacherous ministers are in power. I am willing to extend righteousness to the world. It's just that my wisdom is shallow, so I can't achieve anything. I hope you can save the crisis by being stupid. Fortunately."

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Uncle Yu was kind to Ah Chen when he was young, and you fought side by side in Yingchuan Zigui and other places. Didn't he plan a foundation for Uncle?"

Liu Bei smiled wryly and said, "Ah Chen did plan for me, but he said that the king of Chu proclaimed himself emperor and asked me to plan for Jingzhou."

"Hahahahaha."

Zhuge Liang covered his mouth with the feather fan beside him and said with a light smile: "Although Ah Chen is extremely brave and clever, there are still some mistakes in the end."

Liu Bei sighed and said: "I also think this plan is too amazing. Although if the king of Chu becomes emperor, I am not at odds with him. However, the king of Chu now has 20 troops. He has a strong army and horses. Is there any reason why I should be an enemy of him?"

Shen Chen's plan is actually relatively rough, because his plan comes from the fact that he knows that Liu Biao will die soon, and when he is over 60 years old, he is weak and sick, and will die of illness within two years, so he will encourage Liu Qi to compete with Liu Cong. The foundation of Jingzhou will allow Liu Bei to take advantage of it.

But other people didn't know the news that Liu Biao was going to die, so if Liu Bei made trouble immediately after Liu Biao proclaimed himself emperor, it would be tantamount to sending him to death.Compared with Liu Biao's current scale, his small number of troops can't be said to be one hundred and eight thousand miles away, at least it's a difference.

So saying so, but in Zhuge Liang's view, Shen Chen's plan for Liu Bei was indeed inappropriate.

So he said softly: "It is right for Ah Chen to plot Jingzhou, but we can't rush it for a while. In the north, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu. Although there was a defeat in Kuangcheng, Yuan Shaoxin died. Within five years, the north will be captured by him. Ah Chen defeated Sun Quan in Yuzhang, but Jiangdong has gone through three generations, the country is in danger and the people are attached to it, if you want to make an enemy of the King of Chu, you can only use it for aid and not for it."

"Ah."

Liu Bei nodded secretly.

He wanted to attack Jiangdong, but without a navy, it would be foolish to plot against Jiangdong.

"The west of Jingzhou is Yizhou. The road is dangerous and fertile, and the land of abundance is the land of abundance. Because of it, Gaozu became an emperor."

Zhuge Liang continued: "Now that Liu Zhang was defeated in Zigui, Zhang Lu went south to attack Bashu, and the king of Chu sent Cai Mao to attack, in fact, he wanted to plot Xichuan. However, Liu Zhang didn't know this, so he stuck to Shu County and sat and watched Cai Mao and Zhang. During the war between Lu and Lu, they stood still and did not move, thinking that they would reap the benefits, but they sat and waited to be killed. How could the uncles of the emperor and the nobles of the Han family not seek the career of the great ancestors?"

Liu Bei sighed and said, "The road to Yizhou is difficult and dangerous. Now that the route from the Yangtze River to Bajun has been controlled by the King of Chu, even if I want to enter Berkshire, it will be difficult for me to pass."

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Uncle, you can sit in Jingnan and wait for the right time. I think that with Cai Mao's ability, he may have a slight chance of winning the water battle on the Yangtze River, but if he enters Ba County and fights with Zhang Lu's army on land, he will surely defeat him." At that time, Zhang Lu annexed Yizhou, which is not tolerated by the king of Chu, and the king of Chu will definitely recruit the emperor to fight in Yizhou, and it will be feasible at that time."

The general trend of the world now is already different from the time when Longzhong was right in history.

Liu Biao is powerful and is the number one prince in the world.

Liu Zhang and Sun Quan were all defeated around him, and the meaning of proclaiming himself emperor was clearly revealed.

Liu Bei lives in the south of Jingnan, and the east and west sides are not easy to plot. Jiangdong needs a navy, and only Bashu can go.

This year Liu Zhang has been sending envoys to Liu Biao, willing to make an alliance with him and restore the old relationship.

Liu Biao pushed the boat along the river, and in the name of establishing a clan and expelling domestic slaves, he sent troops to attack Berkshire and fought against Zhang Lu's army in Berkshire.

Liu Zhang's troops retreated to the north of Shu County, Guanghan County, Qianwei County and other places in an all-round way, wanting to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

But his strength is less than [-], and he seems to be sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight, but in fact he is sitting and waiting to die. Once Zhang Lu and Liu Biao decide the winner, no matter who they are, they will annex his Yizhou.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang’s suggestion is to sit and watch the world in Jingnan first, and then take advantage of the situation to seize Bashu when the situation changes, and then send troops from Yizhou to take Jingzhou. This is completely opposite to Zhuge Liang’s plan in history to seize Jingzhou first and then Bashu .

The main reason was that both Liu Biao and Liu Zhang were relatively weak, and Liu Biao was very afraid of Cao Cao, so Zhuge Liang strongly suggested that Liu Bei take Jingzhou, but Liu Bei was unwilling to attack Liu Cong even when passing through Xiangyang. In order to seize Bashu first, then divide Jingzhou equally with Jiangdong, go north and finally plot the world.

But the current situation is that Liu Biao is powerful, and it is not easy to conspire with him, so he entered Bashu first, took advantage of Zhang Lu, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang and others to attack each other, and seized Yizhou as his foundation. When Liu Biao died in the future, Jingzhou would inevitably have civil strife , At this time, you can go down the river to occupy Jingzhou and become a hegemony.

"Could it be that after King Chu proclaims himself emperor, I still have to serve him?"

Liu Bei didn't quite understand.

Once Liu Biao proclaims himself emperor, it would be good if he didn't meet the opponent's swordsmen, and still want to work for him?

Zhuge Liang said: "This is hypocrisy and a snake. If the king of Chu proclaims himself emperor, there will be endless civil strife in Jingzhou. The emperor should sit and watch the changes and wait for it. Once you get the land of Jingzhou in Yizhou, you can go south and take Jiangdong first. Cao Cao confronted the north and the south, and then went north to plot the Central Plains."

In history, Zhuge Liang planned to divide the world into three parts, and he wanted to unite with Sun Quan to fight against Cao Cao.But that was because Cao Cao was powerful at that time and had already occupied the entire north, so he could only choose to form an alliance with Sun Quan and had no way to fight internally.

But now, due to Shen Chen's obstruction, Cao Cao's road to unify the Central Plains is nowhere in sight. They have at least five years of development space. If Liu Bei gains Yizhou Jingzhou and Cao Cao in the north has not yet completed the acquisition of the entire north, then they have a chance to go first. Destroy Jiangdong and then take the Central Plains.

After all, at that time, no matter how bad Cao Cao is, he must have already obtained Jizhou, and his strength will not be any worse than that of Liu Bei. If he does not take Jiangdong first, once Cao Cao and Sun unite, Liu Bei will be besieged.

Therefore, this is the so-called one-time-the-time, the framework of the Longzhong Dynasty has changed greatly, from the trend of dividing the world into a situation in which the Southern and Northern Dynasties are opposed.

Liu Bei nodded secretly when he heard this. Zhuge Liang's plan was much more detailed than Shen Chen's rough plan. Although it was roughly the same, he first took the south and then the north, but at least he was provided with a definite and feasible plan, otherwise he would just listen to Shen Chen. plan, don't know where to start.

"Uncle, please take a look."

While talking, Zhuge Liang took a piece of silk from the table, hung it on the wall and unfolded it, saying: "This is the map of the 54 states of Xichuan. First take Xichuan as home, then take Jingzhou as a foundation, and then go down the south of the Yangtze River to get In Jiangdong, the north and the south are opposed. The emperor's uncle is the man of the emperor's family. He is loyal to the four seas. Rong, Fu Yiyue in the south, Xiliang on the outside, and politics on the inside; if the world changes, a general will be ordered to send the army of Yizhou out of Qinchuan, and from the army of Yangzhou to Yan, Xu, the emperor's uncle Leading the people of Jingzhou to go to Henan and Luo, how dare the people refuse to eat the pot of milk to welcome the emperor's uncle? If so, then the hegemony can be achieved, and the Han Dynasty can flourish. This is the great cause that Liang planned for the emperor's uncle , does this mean success?"

Liu Bei was overjoyed and said: "Mr.'s words, the grass is opened suddenly, so that you can see the blue sky like clearing the clouds and mist. You have not left the thatched cottage, but you know that the world is divided into north and south. It is really beyond the reach of people from all ages. Although Bei's name is poor, I wish Mr. Don't abandon the humble, come out to help, and be prepared to listen to the teachings."

As he said that, he knelt down and kowtowed, which was a salute.This ceremony is not a nod, but the kneeling etiquette second only to Jishou among the nine bows. It is the most respectful ceremony for people, which is enough to show Liu Bei's sincerity.

Seeing his respect, Zhuge Liang was also very moved. He knelt down on the ground and said truthfully: "For the general's ambition, Liang is willing to do the work of a dog and a horse!"

(End of this chapter)