Major General's Journey through the Three Kingdoms

The next day, Liu Qi came to see Liu Bei again, and Liu Bei complained of abdominal pain.Then let Zhuge Liang meet Liu Qi.At that time Zhuge Liang was reading a book, and seeing Liu Qi begging for help as soon as he came in, he knew that Liu Bei must have asked him to do this, so he also declined, saying that he was an outsider and did not dare to intervene in Liu Jingsheng's family affairs.

Liu Qi begged again and again, but Zhuge Liang was unmoved.Seeing that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had the same reaction, Liu Qi couldn't help thinking: Is there Cai's eyeliner here?So I looked around, and sure enough, there were quite a few servants from the building walking back and forth.Liu Qi realized this immediately, so he said to Zhuge Liang: "I have an ancient book, let me read it, sir."

Zhuge Liang ignored him, but walked up a small building.Liu Qi also followed up, and then removed the stairs.Zhuge Liang asked him where the book was.Liu Qi begged Zhuge Liang to help him through the crisis.But Zhuge Liang ignored it, and then wanted to go downstairs.But they found that the stairs were gone, so it was known that Liu Qi did it.He wanted to scold him for the reason.But Liu Qi knelt down and said: "Mr. was afraid of the news being leaked before, but now you can't go up to the sky, and you can't go down to the earth. If you come out of the king's mouth and enter Qi's ears, you can have no worries."

Zhuge Liang still refused to pay attention.Liu Qi finally forced him to die.Only then did Zhuge Liang come up with a plan to escape: let Liu Qi lead the army to garrison Jiangxia, and escape from the hands of Cai and others.Liu Qi thought about it, so he quickly thanked Zhuge Liang and wanted to go to find his father.But Zhuge Liang stopped him and said: "You can't speak about this in person. My lord and I will explain this to your father later." Liu Qi stepped back after hearing this.

Soon after, Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang to visit Liu Biao.Liu Biao heard that Liu Bei had come, and then asked, "I wonder when my virtuous brother will send troops to retake Jiangxia?"

"Wait to return to Xinye to rectify the troops before sending troops to Jiangxia." Liu Bei replied.

"I don't know how long it will take?"

Liu Bei remained silent, then looked at Zhuge Liang.Zhuge Liang said: "I heard that Cao Cao's training of the navy is about to go south in one fell swoop. If my general leads his troops to Jiangxia at this time, and there is no one guarding the Jingbei area, when Cao's soldiers come, it will be like entering a deserted land. If we go straight to the counties of Jingxiang and Jingzhou, then Jingzhou will not be in danger."

Thinking about this, Liu Biao knew that Liu Bei was also thinking about the safety of Jingzhou, so he released his doubts.Then he said: "What does the virtuous brother mean?"

Zhuge Liang said: "It is said that Sun Quan has led his troops out of Jiangxia, now we only need to send one person to guard."

"Who can take on this important task?"

"The Duke of Ming should send his own family to guard it. I think your son Liu Qi can take on this task."

"But Liu Qi is cowardly by nature, so he may not be able to resist Sun Quan."

"Mr. Liu Qi is weak by nature, but he can be courteous to corporals and appoint people on their merits. Why don't you let him go to Jiangxia to hone his skills."

Liu Biao knew that Liu Qi was drinking and drinking all day in Xiangyang, so thinking about it, it might as well let him go to hone it first.So Liu Qi was ordered to lead five thousand troops to guard Jiangxia to guard against Jiangdong.Liu Bei also resigned from Liu Biao and returned to Xinye to resist Cao Cao.

Let's say that Zhao Yun was in Fancheng and heard that Huang Zu was shot and killed by Gan Ning.Knowing that he had turned to Sun Quan, Zhao Yun was secretly delighted that he had found a master.Zhao Yun is going to visit Gan Ning.However, Liu Bei suddenly sent someone to transfer him back to Xinye.Zhao Yun knew that something must have happened, so he led his guards towards Xinye overnight.

However, it is said that after Cao Cao pacified the north, he abolished the system of the three princes and replaced them with the post of prime minister.At this time, Cao Cao's power can be said to be overwhelming. Most of the court is appointed by Cao Cao, and the generals are even under Cao Cao's account.Among all the civil and military personnel, one person is emerging.He is Sima Yi of Ren Wenxue, styled Zhongda.Cao Cao was afraid of his talent, so he only let him manage literature.

In the early spring of this year, Cao Cao summoned his own civil and military forces to discuss the matter of the Southern Expedition.Xiahou Dun remonstrated: "Liu Bei has lived in Xinye for a long time, and he must be a disaster. We can plan it early."

Xun Yu also echoed: "Liu Bei is a tiger in Xinye, and he will surely seek Jingzhou in the long run. Why not eradicate him while he is still fledgling."

Cao Cao promised.The next day, Xiahou Dun was ordered to be the governor, and Li Dian, Yu Jin, and Xiahoulan were appointed as lieutenants. They led [-] troops and marched towards Xinye.At that time, Xia Houlan also asked for orders to be in the army. He didn't know that Zhao Yun had already served Liu Bei at this time.On the eve of the army's departure, Xu Shu advised Cao Cao not to march easily.But Cao refused to listen, claiming that Liu Bei must be eradicated first, then seize the land of Jingxiang, and finally cross Jiangdong.After Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao, he was ambitious and wanted to unify the world, end the era of warlords and achieve great achievements.

Liu Bei heard that Xiahou Dun led an army of [-] to conquer him, so he asked Zhuge Liang for advice.Zhuge Liang said: "My lord's army is only a few thousand. It's really not easy to resist Cao Cao's [-] army. I hope my lord will quickly recruit new soldiers."

"Time is running short, recruits have not been trained, why go to war?"

"Wait for Liang to use the formation method to teach it, and it can defend against the enemy."

Liu Bei was overjoyed after hearing this, and recruited thousands of Xinye militiamen the next day.Zhuge Liang trained them with various formations to make them capable of fighting in a short period of time.However, even with the help of these thousands of recruits, it is impossible to resist Xiahou Dun's [-] soldiers.

Liu Bei thought about this, so he asked Zhuge Liang what is the best way to defeat the enemy.Zhuge Liang said: "General Liang used fire tactics to repel Cao's soldiers." So he asked Liu Bei to summon the generals to come, and then gave them advice one by one.

The news reached Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and the two discussed secretly not to go to Zhuge Liang's camp.Since Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times and invited Zhuge Liang out.So he regarded him as a teacher every day, and gradually alienated Guan and Zhang.At this time, it was said that Zhuge Liang summoned the generals to defend against the enemy, so he decided to make things difficult for Zhuge Liang.

Half an hour later, Liu Bei still did not see Guan Yu and Zhang Fei arriving.Knowing that in the past few months, I have only been discussing world affairs with Zhuge Liang, and alienated them.So he went to invite them in person.Seeing the two, Liu Bei asked, "Xiahoudun led an army to conquer Xinye, did you two virtuous brothers hear the news?"

Zhang Fei didn't answer, Guan Yu said, "I know a thing or two."

Liu Bei asked them why they didn't go to the big tent to discuss matters since they knew.Zhang Fei said at this time: "Brother, why don't you let the water go?"

Liu Bei knew that they were playing with their temper, so he said, "Wisdom depends on Kong Ming, and bravery requires two younger brothers. Why do you push back?" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei knew that they were unreasonable, so they had nothing to say.At this time, he saw his elder brother coming to invite him in person, so he followed him to Zhuge Liang's tent.

Zhuge Liang saw the disdainful faces of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and knew that they refused to accept him.So he sat there, refusing to order the general to send troops.Seeing this, Liu Bei asked, "All the generals are here, why don't the generals go to fight?"

Zhuge Liang said in a low voice: "The two generals are afraid that they will not obey Liang's military order, which may hinder the dispatch of troops."

"In this case, what will the military division do?"

"I hope the lord will use the sword seal."

After hearing this, Liu Bei handed the sword seal to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang held the sword seal, and then wanted to give orders to the generals.