The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 217 Three parties fight wits, Zhuge Liang takes the blame
Before dawn, Liu Bei arranged a banquet to see Xu Shu off.

During the banquet, Xu Shu stopped his chopsticks by holding his cup, and said: "I heard that my mother is imprisoned, she can't sleep at night, and the food is not sweet, even though it is hard to swallow the fine nectar."

Liu Bei felt the same way, and sighed: "Mr. Wen is about to go, as if losing his left and right hands. Even though he has a dragon's liver and a phoenix's marrow, he will not be willing."

The two of them were heavy-hearted, relatively silent, and sat upright until dawn.

Hearing that the generals are already waiting outside the city.Liu Bei and Xu Shu rode out of the city together, and dismounted outside the Changting Pavilion to say goodbye.

Liu Bei raised his glass and said to Xu Shu, "Bei's fate is shallow, so I can't get together with you sir. I hope you will go to Xudu now, and do good deeds for the new master, in the name of success."

Hearing this, Xu Shu said with red eyes: "I'm only a little intellect, and I'm very grateful to the envoy for your reuse. Unfortunately, I left halfway, and it's really because of my mother. If I go to Xudu, even if there is a knife and an axe, I will never die. Make a plan for it, draw a plan."

Liu Bei looked disheartened, and sighed: "After the master leaves, Bei will also flee to the mountains and forests to spend the rest of his life."

Xu Shu was amazed: "The reason why a certain man and the envoy jointly pursue the cause of dominance is to uphold the indomitable character of the envoy. Now because of the old mother, the square inch is in chaos. Even if you stay here, it will not help. The envoy should be another Seeking the help of Gao Xian, to achieve a great cause together, why are you so discouraged?"

Liu Bei sighed: "There is no one taller than Mr. Wang!"

Xu Shu waved his hand and said, "I'm not talented enough to be a high-spirited person."

After parting, he looked around at everyone and said earnestly, "May all the gentlemen be able to stand up and assist the envoy, hang the bamboo and silk with the name of the picture, and mark the history of achievements, and don't follow the example of the generals who have a beginning and an end."

When everyone heard the words, they were all sad.

Xu Shu got on his horse and said goodbye: "This is farewell, Shu."

Liu Bei stood under the horse, held Xu Shu's hand, and couldn't bear to leave, "Mr., let's go, we will meet each other, I don't know when we will meet again!"

After all, tears fell like rain.

Xu Shu was so moved that he burst into tears, swung his whip, and rode away on his horse.

Liu Bei stood outside the pavilion, watching Xu Shu and his entourage hurry away on horseback with tears in his eyes, but they were separated by a forest.

Liu Bei raised his whip and pointed at Lin Dao: "Come on, come on! Cut down this forest!"

Everyone looked at Liu Bei in bewilderment, wondering why.

Liu Bei turned his back, supported the pavilion pillars and cried, "They blocked my sight of Yuan Zhi..."

When everyone heard the words, they felt sorry for each other, and they didn't know how to comfort Liu Bei.

While he was at a loss, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes from far to near, and the sound became more and more real.

Liu Bei was startled, turned around and wiped away his tears, "Could it be that Yuan Zhi returned?"

After a while, I saw Xu Shu pat his horse and rush back.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, trotted over to catch the reins, looked up and asked, "Yuan Zhi has returned, does it mean that he has no intention of going to Xudu?"

Xu Shu stopped his horse and said to Liu Bei: "My lord, I almost forgot about it because of my confusion before. There is a strange man here who lives in Longzhong, [-] li outside Xiangyang City. Why don't you go ask him to help you, and we will succeed together." great cause!"

When Liu Bei heard that Xu Shu had changed his mind, he immediately lost interest and said in a low tone, "I'm sorry to trouble Yuan Zhi to invite me to meet you."

Xu Shu said angrily: "If the emperor is like this, then Shu will leave without regret."

After all, he reined in his horse and wanted to go.

Liu Bei quickly grabbed the rein of the horse: "I would like to listen to your advice."

Only then did Xu Shu say: "This man cannot be subdued, so the king needs to seek it in person. If you get this man, it is no different from Zhou getting Lu Wang and Han getting Zhang Liang!"

Liu Bei was surprised: "How about this talent, Mr. Derby?"

Xu Shu said: "Comparing him to me is like a horse and a unicorn, or a jackdaw and a phoenix. This person often compares himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi; from my point of view, Guan and Le are not as good as this person, but there are two other people who can be compared. "

Liu Bei was even more surprised: "Which two people?"

Xu Shu said proudly: "Jiang Shang, who lived in the 800th year of Xing Zhou, and Zhang Liang, who lived in the 400th year of Han Dynasty! This man has the talent of the world, and he is the No. 1 in the world today!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard the words: "I would like to hear the name of this person."

Xu Shu said: "This man is from Langya, Xuzhou. His surname is Zhuge, his name is Liang, and his name is Kongming. Shuxuan. Xuan has an old relationship with Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou. Because Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou during the Xingping period, his family came here to avoid disaster, so they settled here. After Xuan died, Liang and his younger brother all worked in Nanyang."

"Liang usually writes "Liang Fuyin". There is a hill in the place where he lives, named Wolonggang, so he calls himself Mr. Wolong. This man is a peerless genius, so you should ask him personally. If this person is willing to come and help , why worry about the uncertainty of the world!"

Liu Bei came to a sudden: "In the past, Mr. Shui Jing once said: 'Fulong and Fengchu, two people get one, and the world can be safe.' Could this person be Fulong and Fengchu?"

Xu Shu said: "Feng Chu is Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan of Xiangyang, and Fu Long is Zhuge Kongming."

Hearing this, Liu Bei was immediately happy, and sighed: "I only know the true meaning of Fulong and Fengchu today. I didn't know that such great sages are right in front of me! If it weren't for the guidance of the master, I would be blind!"

Seeing that Liu Bei was no longer sad, Xu Shu finally settled down and put his mind on one thing, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "Master, I'm leaving!"

After all, let's go on the horse.

After walking not far, when I looked back, I saw Liu Bei standing outside the pavilion, waving his hands with satisfaction on his face,
Seeing this, Xu Shu felt relieved, whipped his horse and galloped away.

After bidding farewell to Liu Bei, Xu Shu was grateful for his nostalgia, and feared that Zhuge Liang would not come out to help, so he rode his horse to the foot of Wolonggang, and came to see Zhuge Liang in the thatched cottage.

Zhuge Liang knew that Xu Shu was now Liu Bei's military adviser, so he came here for no reason, so there must be something strange.Regardless of reminiscing about the past, I asked him why he came.

Xu Shu said: "I originally wanted to serve Liu Bei and help him succeed, but my mother was imprisoned by Yuan She. Now Chi Shu came to summon me, so I had to leave here. Before leaving, I recommended you to Liu Bei. I will come to ask you, I hope you will not push back, and you will help him with all your talents in your life, if you can do this, I am very lucky!"

Zhuge Liang's expression sank when he heard the words: "Go as soon as you go, why push me to be the scapegoat?!"

After all, walk in.

Xu Shu was so ashamed that he quit the thatched hut, got on his horse and rushed to Xuchang to meet his mother.

Zhuge Liang said that he was the scapegoat, and he was not wrong, because although Xu Shu won the battle, it was only a small victory, which did not hurt the North's muscles and bones, and had no impact on the overall situation, but made things worse.

With Cheng Yuanzhi now sitting in Kyushu, with a population of 500 million under his jurisdiction, and an army of more than one million, it is not too easy to start a war against Liu Biao and Sun Quan at the same time.

The combined forces of these two forces are less than 40, and the total population is not even a fraction of that of the northern Kyushu.

Thanks to the resolute action when Yanzhou was pacified, as well as the swallowing plan and peaceful evolution used when pacifying Xuzhou and Yuzhou, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shu were destroyed, the population of the jurisdiction was basically completely preserved, and there were no large numbers of people fleeing to the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the current population of the entire Jiangdong will never exceed 150 million, and the population of Jingzhou will not exceed 250 million.

Jingzhou used to have a population of 500 million, but Nanyang alone accounted for half (250 million people), but now Nanyang is in the hands of Cheng Yuanzhi.

A rich and stable north has a huge and terrifying siphon effect on the surroundings.

Just imagine, how would ordinary people choose between Jingzhou, which would go to war without knowing when, and the Central Plains and North, which were prosperous, stable and prosperous in Kyushu?

The south is limited by the times, jungles, swamps, wild beasts, barbarians, and all kinds of unknown dangers are everywhere, almost no different from wilderness.

In this context, the common people will only choose to settle in the north.

And as time goes by, the population in the south will decrease, while the population in the north will increase.

Xu Shu fought well in this battle, but how will it end next?
Such a big pot was thrown over without warning?

Make friends carelessly!
Zhuge Liang has reason to be angry!

He knew Xu Shu's reason for coming, but he didn't sympathize with this filial son, instead he complained that the latter should not leave the mess to himself.

(End of this chapter)