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Chapter 218 Qin Tian’s hesitation changes the world!

Zhuge Liang had a hunch that if he really asked that question, the relationship between the two people would never be what it was now.

But that kind of curiosity made Zhuge Liang scratch his head and feel uneasy.

There were too many unsolved curiosities in his heart.

Who is Qin Tian? What is his identity? What is the relationship between the white dragon that appeared that day and Qin Tian?

Are there really immortals in this world?

Is there also an underworld, a wandering heaven, and retribution?

What will his future be like? What will be the future of Dahan?

No one could remain calm in the face of an immortal who could predict the future.

Zhuge Liang is no exception. He knows that he is not a saint and has never shied away from this.

Qin Tian seemed to see what Zhuge Liang was thinking and smiled slightly.

"When you hesitate whether to say a sentence or not, then it is not appropriate to say it."

Qin Tian said slowly: "Why bother asking questions when you know you won't get an answer?"

"Why don't we talk about what Brother Kong Ming plans to do next."

Qin Tian waved his hand, and a sand table appeared in front of Zhuge Liang.

On the sand table, all forces are now clearly displayed on it.

Looking at everything in front of him, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Come on, is it still necessary to ask now?

With this skill, even if Qin Tian told Zhuge Liang that he was an ordinary person, he would never believe it.

Qin Tian would never hide himself. If he didn't want mortals to know, it would be impossible for mortals to notice his existence.

He has never hidden his methods, but most of the time ordinary people cannot discover them.

Even Zhuge Liang is no exception.

On the sand table, every river and every mountain in the entire land of China is clearly visible.

Zhuge Liang could see the colors represented by all the forces at a glance.

Cao's army is blue, Liu Bei's forces are red, and the Jiangdong Sun family's forces are yellow.

Now the entire sand table is almost occupied by blue, with only a small part of yellow. As for red, not to mention, only this small piece under Zhuge Liang's feet is left.

Zhuge Liang also saw the blue arrow pointing to Jiangling. It was obvious that Cao Cao was about to go down the river and successfully capture Jiangling.

No one can stop Cao Cao now.

Zhuge Liang was shocked by the scene before him, but he quickly came to his senses.

This kind of opportunity to have a panoramic view of the world is very rare. In today's world, no map can be so accurate and show everything in front of you in detail.

The red arrow representing Liu Bei is not far from Changbanpo at this time, just on the edge of the Han River.

After crossing the Han River early tomorrow morning, Liu Bei's army will go downstream along the Han River until it reaches Jiangxia.

I believe Sun Quan also understands the truth behind dying lips and cold teeth. Zhuge Liang's next step is to go to Jiangxia to join Sun Quan.

After that, the two sides formed an alliance of strength and tried their best to stop Cao Cao's offensive.

Whether specific things can be accomplished depends on God's will.

However, Zhuge Liang felt that there was no big problem in uniting with Jiangdong.

As long as Sun Quan doesn't have a mental problem, he will definitely not refuse the request for alliance.

Observing the sand table carefully, Zhuge Liang found that Cao Cao's movements were no different from what he expected.

It seems that their next move is to attack Jiangling. After taking Jiangling, they can advance, attack, retreat or defend.

If Liu Bei can defend Jiangling, all Cao Cao's offensive will be in vain.

But the problem now is that it is obvious that Jiangling cannot be defended. Without Jiangling's natural protection, Liu Bei can only retreat again and again.

If Cao Cao can safely station his troops after taking Jiangling, then the situation is over.

Not to mention Liu Bei, who occupied the natural danger of Jiangling, I am afraid that Jiangdong Sun Quan also had to consider surrender.

Zhuge Liang was worried about this.

"What? Do you feel that the situation is not good?

Qin Tian couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Zhuge Liang's ugly look.

"That's right." Zhuge Liang sighed.

"If Cao Cao can seize the opportunity, I'm afraid we will all be just grasshoppers in the autumn, and we won't be able to jump around for a few days."

Qin Tian denied Zhuge Liang's guess.

"Cao Cao is a arrogant and rude person. If he could suppress his mood and take action, I'm afraid he wouldn't be called Cao Cao!"

Zhuge Liang glanced at Qin Tian strangely.

"Brother Qin seems to know Cao Cao very well?"

Qin Tian nodded: "This time in the north, I have a chance to meet Cao Cao."

"The only person in the world who can make Cao Cao change his mind is Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao."

"And now Guo Fengxiao died of illness in the north as early as the beginning of spring last year. Now there is not even the last person who can put the reins on Cao Cao."

"No one can stop Cao Cao before he suffers a big loss."

"Fengxiao died?"

Zhuge Liang was a little shocked.

Apparently, this was the first time he heard the news.

Perhaps in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Cao Cao did not publicize the news of Guo Jia's death. Therefore, until now, not many people know that Guo Jia died of illness.

Naturally, this news did not reach Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang has always regarded Guo Jia as his number one rival. With Guo Fengxiao here, Zhuge Liang really doesn't know how to fight this battle.

But now that he heard that Guo Fengxiao had passed away, Zhuge Liang felt inexplicably relieved.

Immediately, Zhuge Liang felt sad.

Maybe it's the rabbit's death and the fox's sorrow, or maybe it's the object that hurts its own kind.

Guo Fengxiao has passed away, how long can he continue to support himself?

I don’t know if I can still see the day when the world will be unified while I am still alive.

The sorrow of spring and autumn only lasted for a moment, and Zhuge Liang recovered quickly.

"It will be very smooth to go south to capture Jiangling. Not only that, if we occupy the natural danger of Jiangling, we will only have Changban and Huarong within Cao Cao's grasp."

Cao Cao's offensive is not unsatisfactory. Judging from the current situation, Cao Cao's army will probably conquer the entire Shu area quickly.

In this way...

Zhuge Liang's eyes moved.

Considering that I have to leave myself time to prepare the army, time to negotiate with Sun Quan, plus various natural dangers...

Zhuge Liang's eyes finally locked on one place.

"Chibi!"

"Or Wulin... We must stop Cao Cao here, this is the battlefield for the final battle!"

Zhuge Liang said firmly: "If Chibi cannot be defended, no one in the world can stop Cao Cao!"

Qin Tian looked at Zhuge Liang thinking carefully, but he felt emotional in his heart that history had finally returned to its starting point.

He has always been a bystander to history and rarely takes the initiative to change history.

Of course, if things don't go his way, he doesn't mind changing history.

But many times, the details of history cannot affect the overall situation, or even have much impact on the direction of history.    Because history can never be decided by one person.

The development of history has both contingency and inevitability.

The demise of a dynasty will not be changed by the tinkering of a certain tinker. At most, the tinker can only postpone the time of the dynasty's demise, but cannot change the outcome of the dynasty's demise.

Qin Tian may be able to change the details of history, but he definitely cannot change the direction of history.

After a long war, the Central Plains dynasty will surely be unified. The only difference is who will unify the Central Plains.

And the foundation of a dynasty's corruption will not change just because one or two people disappear or appear.

Therefore, Qin Tian will not take the initiative to change history, but at the same time, he does not mind changing some small details.

It's like his meeting with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty back then, and it's like sitting and talking with Zhuge Liang now.

To be honest, was Cao Cao a good emperor?

Qin Tian does not deny this. As a hero, he is undoubtedly an excellent pioneer and a person who can unify the world.

But Qin Tian didn't like Cao Cao.

Compared with Ying Zheng, Cao Cao lacked some uprightness, compared with Liu Bang, Cao Cao was not smooth enough, and compared with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao even lacked some calmness.

He has too many shortcomings. Although this does not prevent him from becoming a generational hero, Qin Tian just doesn't like it if he doesn't like it.

In this era, how many people can Qin Tian like?

To be honest, no one.

Cao Cao was too treacherous, Liu Bei was too kind to a woman, and Sun Quan seemed to have no shortcomings. He even said that having children should be like Sun Zhongmou, but Qin Tian also disliked Sun Quan.

He is too indecisive and obsessed with strange things.

Throughout the past dynasties, most emperors who were obsessed with this matter would not end well.

Qin Tian doesn't even look down on these people, let alone their incompetent idiot descendants.

As for the two Jin Dynasties that later took over the world of Cao and Wei...

Qin Tian couldn't say he was disgusted, at least he didn't like him at all.

The Jin Dynasty did have some outstanding achievements, such as laying the foundation for the three provinces and six ministries system, and many innovations in culture and science and technology.

But compared with the damage caused to Chinese civilization by the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the Five Husbands, and the southward migration of clothes, this achievement is nothing to mention.

The three hundred years of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were three hundred years of suffering for the people, three hundred years of pain, blood and tears.

The Five Husbands disrupted China and the Eight Kings Rebellion, these eight simple words in history books, in reality, turned out to be the tragedy of countless wives and children being separated and families destroyed.

How many Chinese people disappeared silently during this three-hundred-year-long turmoil, and how many cultural, technological, and precious historical books were destroyed in the process.

People often talk about the character of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but Qin Tian doesn't like this dynasty at all, let alone this period of history.

Although he is a powerful immortal cultivator, Qin Tian has no means to change history in the face of this rolling history.

……

"Brother Qin? Brother Qin?"

Zhuge Liang's cry brought Qin Tian back to his senses.

He hadn't been so deep in thought for a long time.

And just now, he seemed to have thought of something.

"What, Kong Ming, what did you say?"

"What are you thinking about, that you are so lost in thought?"

"Nothing, I just thought of some unhappy things."

The confusion in Qin Tian's eyes gradually disappeared, and he seemed to have made some determination.

"That's it for today."

Qin Tian waved his hand and put away the sand table: "When Kong Ming wins the battle, I have a big gift to give to Kong Ming."

"What kind of gift?" Kong Ming was stunned.

Qin Tian smiled and shook his head: "You will know then."

After saying that, Qin Tian turned around and disappeared into the tent, as if he had never appeared before.

If the furnishings in the tent hadn't changed, I'm afraid Zhuge Liang would have thought he was dreaming.

"...He really appears and disappears." Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly.

However, with Qin Tian's endorsement, his confidence is much stronger.

Since it is certain that Cao Cao will be greedy for power and advance rashly, there is too much room for maneuver.

Zhuge Liang is confident that he will win this battle!

This battle must be won!

After leaving Zhuge Liang, Qin Tian came to the river and stared at the moon in the sky in a daze.

What does the rise and fall of dynasties have to do with?

This question is undoubtedly a huge one, enough to stump countless people.

But Qin Tian discovered something very interesting based on some knowledge he had seen in his previous life and his understanding of the way of heaven in this life.

As we all know, weather changes throughout the world are cyclical.

Every few hundred years, the temperature of the entire world will experience a small drop.

And coincidentally, the entire world, from the west to the east, all dynasties are closely related to changes in temperature.

When the temperature rises, an unprecedented prosperity will usher in.

When the temperature drops, both the east and the west will enter turmoil, and the dynasty will come to an end.

At the transition from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Western Han Dynasty, the turbulent decades and hundreds of years coincided with a slight drop in world temperatures.

The same is true today at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

A few decades from now, the temperature will slowly rise, and this happens to be the time when the Three Kingdoms are at their peak.

Later, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, especially during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the temperature reached its lowest point in nearly a thousand years.

This is also the time when the entire China and the entire Central Plains are in the most turmoil!

When the temperature gradually rose, the Sui and Tang Dynasties appeared.

When the temperature was at its highest, it happened to be the time when the Tang Dynasty was at its strongest. During this same period, two powerful countries, the Arab Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, also appeared in the west.

The decline of these two empires was almost the same as the Tang Dynasty and the temperature changes.

Temperature may not be the decisive factor in determining the rise and fall of a dynasty, but it must play an important role in the rise and fall of a dynasty.

As for the reason...it's also very simple.

The world's temperature has dropped widely, precipitation has decreased, and food production has decreased. More land can only supply fewer people, and contradictions will naturally become highlighted.

In order to ease and resolve conflicts, war inevitably occurs.

The lower the temperature, the less food production, the more prominent the conflicts, and the more turbulent the country becomes.

So more wars occurred.

It seems very simple to solve this problem. You only need to stabilize the global temperature within a rough range, and you may be able to create an unprecedented dynasty.

But the cost of doing so would be too high, and the consequences would be even greater.

Even Qin Tian cannot bear it now.

So he decided to use a simpler method that would last forever.

After all, the most intuitive result of lower temperatures is the reduction of food crop production caused by the reduction of water resources.

There are two ways to solve this problem. One is to solve the problem of water resources, and the other is to solve the problem of food production.

(End of this chapter)