Chapter 204 The real reason why Zhuge Liang worked so hard for Liu Bei!
Chapter 204: The real reason why Zhuge Liang worked so hard for Liu Bei!
"Master Wen, please don't kick over my lamp..."

Snap! ~
Before he finished speaking, there was a slight sound, and the light in the tent suddenly dimmed. The lamp was finally kicked over by Wei Yan.

"Alas~" Zhuge Liang sighed softly inside the tent.

In this world, eight out of ten things are never as you wish.
Like that lamp,
Just like Zhuge Kongming himself.

Zhuge Liang was lost in thought for a moment. He seemed to recall the first meal of wine and meat that Liu Wu treated him to after he was captured...

That day, Liu Wu threatened Kong Ming with the families of the three Zhuge brothers, and Kong Ming had to surrender.

Wine and meat were served.

The waiter then withdrew.

Slowly close the door.

In the quiet room, only Liu Wu and Zhuge Liang were left.

The warm sunlight slanted into the house through the stained glass window, and the smoke and dust that were originally barely visible suddenly became visible.

Looking at the fragrant wine and meat on the table, Zhuge Liang had no appetite.

"I admire your Longzhong Plan." Liu Wu sat opposite Kong Ming and recited Zhuge Liang's Longzhong Plan to himself: "[... Cao already has millions of people, and he holds the emperor hostage and commands the princes. This is truly unmatched...]"

"[Sun Quan has held Jiangdong for three generations. The country is dangerous but the people are loyal to him. He has talented people at his disposal. This can be used as a support but cannot be plotted against...]"

"[Jingzhou is located in the north of Han and Mianyang, with benefits all the way to the South China Sea, connected to Wuhui in the east, and connected to Ba and Shu in the west. This is a country that needs military force...]"

"[Yizhou is a land of great peril and fertile land, a land of abundance, and Emperor Gaozu used it to build his empire...]"

"[He straddles Jingzhou and Yizhou, protects the mountainous terrain, makes peace with the barbarians in the west, appeases the Yizhou in the south, makes friends with Sun Quan externally, and improves government internally; if there is any change in the empire, he will order a general to lead the army of Jingzhou to attack Wanzhou and Luozhou, and the general himself will lead the people of Yizhou out of Qinchuan...]"

As Liu Wu recited, Zhuge Liang's eyes became dazed, and he seemed to see again the young scholar on Wolong Hill, who was full of energy and ambition and was planning for the future of the country.

It seemed that I saw again the young scholar's ambition to assist the holy lord and support the Han Dynasty.

Divide the world into three parts?

Can hegemony be achieved?

Can the Han Dynasty be revived?

Zhuge Liang closed his eyes in pain, and everything became a mirage...

Liu Wu looked at Zhuge Liang again: "If Liu Xuande really follows your plan and moves forward step by step, the world may be divided into three parts by now."

"You are too kind, King Chu." Zhuge Liang still closed his eyes: "The so-called Longzhong Plan, the so-called three-way division of the world, is nothing but a scholar's armchair military speculation and wishful thinking."

A plan that cannot be realized, no matter how grand it is, is nothing but a dream.

His plan for Uncle Liu had already been shattered by Liu Wu.

"Besides..." Zhuge Liang suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes sparkling: "How can the so-called "Longzhong Plan" of Liang be compared with the strategy of establishing the foundation of the Chu Kingdom?"

"What is my plan for establishing the foundation?" Liu Wu asked with great interest.

call! ~
After a long time, Zhuge Liang finally waved his feather fan again: "Since you left Gong'an, every step you took that seemed absurd and ridiculous was planned in advance."

"After leaving Gong'an City, the first thing the young master did was to kidnap the Princess of Jiangdong. It was from this time that the King of Chu had the idea of ​​using Jiangdong as a helper, right?"

Liu Wu did not comment, Zhuge Liang looked straight into those bright eyes and said, "Then you seized Xiling and maneuvered between Cao, Sun, and Liu...

"Cao Cao's army is approaching, you used Cao Cao's power to get Jiangdong to support you, and used Jiangling City as bait to induce Liu Huangshu to share Cao Mengde's 50,000 troops with you!"

"After you risked your life to capture Cao Cao, you threatened the Central Plains with Jiangdong, thinking that Cao Cao was blocking the Sun and Liu families, and made Cao Cao half-heartedly promise the land north of the Yangtze River..."

"This will give you a foundation to gain a foothold on both sides of this great river!"

Zhuge Liang's words were full of emotion: "You have taken Jiangbei, occupied Jiangling, and controlled Hefei... With just the city of Hefei, you have completely controlled Cao Cao and Sun Quan."

"Hefei is a strategic location on the north bank of the Yangtze River. If we take Hefei, we can take Huainan. We can use the convenience of the Huai River to send our fleet northwards and invade the Central Plains!"

"Sun Quan coveted Hefei, and Cao Cao was even more worried that Hefei would be taken by Jiangdong. But Hefei ended up in your hands, and you don't have any irreversible hatred or conflict with either party." "Unfortunately, this city of Hefei is yours, and both of them can rest assured. But they don't understand that Hefei in your hands is the real threat..."

"Your advantage in Hefei is not now, but in the future."

"What you want is to increase your power greatly in the future, control Hefei and prevent the Jiangdong navy from going north. You can take advantage of the situation to send the Jingzhou navy north through Hefei, enter the Central Plains alone, and swallow up all the land of the Central Plains!"

Zhuge Liang was worthy of being praised by Mr. Shuijing as "Jiang Ziya who prospered the Zhou Dynasty for 800 years, and Zhang Zifang who made the Han Dynasty prosperous for 400 years".

Liu Wu never told anyone his real plan to occupy Hefei, but Zhuge Liang saw through it at a glance!
The sun outside the window is getting higher and higher.
The sunlight that shone into the room cast a layer of light gold on Liu Wu's face, making it almost impossible to look directly at it.

Zhuge Liang's eyes were stung by the sunlight, but he still looked straight into Liu Wu's eyes without dodging: "Then you supported Sun Quan and married into the Jiangdong clan..."

"Use Hefei as a lure to make Sun Quan send out troops and generals to help you capture the four counties in southern Jing and return to Gong'an City!"

"You bewitched the soldiers and civilians in the city, causing the senior officials under Emperor Liu to surrender to you, and you also took over all the navy and infantry of southern Jing. You took back all the inheritance that Emperor Liu was unwilling to give you..."

"When you hadn't taken over Jingnan yet, you had already mentioned that you wanted to see the emperor. You were actually plotting to take over Jingbei."

“So after taking Jingnan, we got the Jingnan navy, and then we marched north with the Jingnan navy under the pretext of going north to pay homage to the emperor, launched the Battle of Xiangfan, and entered Nanyang. Our power increased greatly, and our reputation spread across the world.”

"Finally, with the might of the great victory in Xiangfan, I entered the Central Plains, met the emperor, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Cao Cao!"

The sun rose to the zenith, and the glow on Liu Wu's face slowly dissipated, revealing his original face again.

Zhuge Liang looked at the young face and suddenly felt tired for no reason: "The three families of Sun, Cao, and Liu are all heroes in the world. They have been fighting for a long time and fighting endlessly."

"But since you left Public Security City, these three families have become like puppets in your hands, allowing you to manipulate them without knowing it..."

"When Cao Cao and Emperor Liu were drinking wine and discussing heroes, Cao Cao once said, 'The only heroes in the world are you and me.' I guess in the eyes of the King of Chu, you are the only hero in the world."

"The King of Chu has the talent to rule the world, but Uncle Liu treats him like a weed. How foolish he is..."

A trace of melancholy flashed across Wolong's eyes. If he had persuaded Uncle Liu to keep Liu Wu on that snowy night, perhaps there would not be the King of Chu today, and perhaps Lord Xuande would not have ended up like this.

Liu Wu said calmly: "Although Liu Xuande is confused, you are still willing to risk your life to protect him. He should be content."

Liu Wu's words seemed to irritate Zhuge Liang.

He spoke in a low voice: "King of Chu, you know that even if you had not knelt in Wolong Hill for three days and three nights, even if Emperor Liu had not visited him three times, I would have come out to help Emperor Liu."

Liu Wu: "What do you mean by that?"

Zhuge Liang looked directly at Liu Wu: "Sir, do you still remember where we first met?"

Kong Ming suddenly stopped calling Liu Wu the King of Chu and returned to his previous title.

Liu Wu was moved...

He looked at Zhuge Liang with a turbulent expression.

Zhuge Liang sighed: "That year, I had not yet arrived in Jingzhou..."

Liu Wu: "You are from the Langya Zhuge clan. If you are not in Jingzhou, you should be in Xuzhou."

Memories of the past,

As Liu Wu's mind was churning, he was slightly startled, as if he had grasped something: "That year, Cao Mengde lost his father, and I and Liu Xuande were both in Xuzhou..."

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PS:
Let me say that the timing is correct. When Cao Cao was fighting Tao Qian, Zhuge Liang was in Xia Pi, Xuzhou, and Liu Bei and others also came from Youzhou to help Tao Qian. So Zhuge Liang must have seen Cao Cao slaughtering Xuzhou, and also saw Liu Bei and others saving the people of Xuzhou.

At that time, Zhuge Liang was also a young man, and Liu Bei was his light, so he was so loyal. This is how I set it.

Cao Cao slaughtered people in Xuzhou, and Zhuge Liang's family fled from Xuzhou to Jingzhou to seek refuge with Liu Biao. Later, Liu Bei was defeated in Xuzhou and could not defeat Cao Cao, so he also fled to Jingzhou to seek refuge with Liu Biao. There is also a saying in history that after Zhuge Liang knew that Liu Bei had come to Jingzhou, he took the initiative to seek refuge with Liu Bei. At the banquet, Liu Bei ignored him, so Zhuge Liang waited until everyone else had left and took the initiative to go over and talk to Liu Bei. Then Liu Bei was still there making bracelets as souvenirs for the guests. Zhuge Liang said that he was not ambitious, and Liu Bei said that he was happy in Xinye and did not miss Xuzhou.
　It’s gone today, and besides, it’s gone today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)