Three Kingdoms

Chapter 10 Liu Bei Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage
Cao Cao commanded the army to pursue the victory and defeated Yuan Shao again at Cangting.Yuan Shao vomited blood and died, and Yuan Shao's three sons also died in the hands of Cao Cao.Cao Cao was so powerful that no one could match him.

Liu Bei wanted to capture Xuchang when Cao Cao was in a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, but was defeated by Cao Cao.Liu Bei had no choice but to go to Liu Biao, the prefect of Jingzhou.Liu Biao listened to his subordinates' slander, so he sent troops to arrest Liu Bei.Liu Bei fled in a hurry, and fled to a big river, but there was no way out, and no way out.Liu Bei's Lu Bama jumped over the river in one leap and saved Liu Bei's life.

Liu Bei met Mr. Shui Jing on the way.Mr. Shui Jing told Liu Bei that if he wanted to win the world, he must have the help of talented people.Liu Bei asked: "Who is a talented person who can help me take over the world?" Mr. Shui Jing said with a smile: "Wolong and Fengchu, these two are geniuses in the world, as long as one of them is willing to help you, you can take over the world." It's gone." Liu Bei asked again: "Where do these two people live?" Mr. Shui Jing said: "It's getting dark, I'll tell you tomorrow."

Later, Liu Bei got the help of Xu Shu and defeated the invading Cao army.Cao Cao adopted Cheng Yu's strategy, took Xu Shu's mother to Xuchang, and wrote a letter asking Xu Shu to come to Xuchang to meet his mother.Xu Shu knew that it was Cao Cao's plan, but he was a filial son, so he had to leave Liu Bei and go to Xuchang.When Xu Shu was leaving, he told Liu Bei that there lived in Longzhong a world wizard named Zhuge Liang, alias Kong Ming, who called himself Wolong.Liu Bei asked again, "Who is that young Phoenix?" Xu Shu said, "His name is Pang Tong, from Xiangyang."

Liu Bei decided to ask Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain.

Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with generous gifts and came to Wollongong where Zhuge Liang lived.Liu Bei went to knock on the door himself.

A boy opened the door for Liu Bei, and the boy asked him, "Who are you looking for?" Liu Bei said, "Mr. Kong Ming." The boy said, "My master has gone out." "I'm not sure, it may take ten and a half months to come back." Liu Bei said modestly to the boy, "Please tell the boy that Liu Bei came to visit him." After speaking, he left a generous gift and went back with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

A few days later, Liu Bei sent someone to find out that Zhuge Liang had returned to Wollongong.Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with generous gifts to Wollongong to visit Zhuge Liang.Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang was not seen again.Liu Bei was a little anxious, so he asked the boy again, "Where did Mr. Zhuge go?" The boy said, "I went out to play with his friends. You can come back another day!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't see each other twice. Zhuge Liang was a little annoyed.But Liu Bei stopped them.Liu Bei said to the boy, "I want to write a few lines for Mr. Zhuge, please use the pen, ink and paper." The boy took it for him.Liu Bei respectfully wrote a few lines on the paper, and then left the generous gift he brought, and went back.

Winter passed in a blink of an eye, and Liu Bei was going to visit Zhuge Liang in thatched cottage in Wolonggang again.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were angry, and advised Liu Bei not to go again, because it was useless to go.Liu Bei advised them well.So Liu Bei brought Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to pay generous gifts to visit Zhuge Liang for the third time.

When Liu Bei and the others came to the door, the boy had already greeted them.The boy told Liu Bei, "My master is resting." Liu Bei said, "Okay, let's wait outside the courtyard!" After waiting for about an hour, Zhang Fei couldn't wait any longer, and said to Guan Yu, "This Zhuge Liang really doesn't know what to do. We have been waiting here for so long, but he is still sleeping on the bed. Doesn’t he look down on us?” Liu Bei was disgusted by Zhang Fei’s behavior, and he said angrily, “If you don’t want to wait, you can go back. Don't make a scene here!" Both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't dare to argue anymore.But Liu Bei still drove the two of them out of the courtyard.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had no choice but to stand outside the courtyard and wait.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang sat up from the bed suddenly, but after a while he lay down and fell asleep again.Liu Bei had to continue to wait.After waiting for more than an hour, Zhuge Liang got up to meet Liu Bei.

Liu Bei couldn't help being excited when he saw Zhuge Liang.Zhuge Liang looks like a fairy, with extraordinary bearing, shaking a goose feather fan in his hand, wearing a long gray robe, exuding elegance and wisdom.Liu Bei bowed his head and was about to worship Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang quickly supported Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei talked about the situation in the world in the thatched cottage.Zhuge Liang is erudite and versatile, familiar with ancient and modern times, astronomy at the top, and geography at the bottom. He is really a rare genius in ancient and modern times.Liu Bei admired Zhuge Liang so much.Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain to help him achieve a career.Zhuge Liang refused to agree at first, but Liu Bei cried and wet his clothes, and begged Zhuge Liang to help him restore the Han Dynasty.Seeing Liu Bei's sincerity, love and righteousness, Zhuge Liang agreed to Liu Bei.Liu Bei was so happy that tears filled his eyes.

In this way, Liu Bei moved Zhuge Liang, a genius in the world, with his sincerity, and finally invited Zhuge Liang to help him achieve his great cause after visiting the thatched cottage three times.

Liu Bei personally went to the stage to order generals, and named Zhuge Liang a military adviser, in charge of the entire army, and dispatched civilian and military generals.Seal Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others as generals.Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang's strategy, recruited troops everywhere, drilled the army, and guarded against the enemy's attack.

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