However, it is said that Cao Ren was burned by Kong Ming in the city in the first battle of Xinye, and Cao Cao was furious and urged the army to fill the river and build bridges all over the mountains to Fancheng.

When Zhuge Song entered Fancheng, he looked at the high city walls of Fancheng with mixed feelings, and when he entered the city, he remembered that Guan Yu had given Wei and Wu State time to secretly reach an agreement and transfer troops because he had been attacking this city for a long time.

Liu Bei knew that he couldn't defend Fancheng, so he had to abandon the city and take the people across the river. Cao Cao also persuaded Xu Shu to surrender before, but Liu Bei disagreed, but only complained to him with Kong Ming about the old goodbyes. Zhuge Song saw that Xu Shu's eyes were no longer bright, thinking that he had nothing to ask for his future, although he had the intention to persuade him to stay, but he was afraid that he would die in Nagasaka with the army, not to mention that with his current status, he wanted to keep Xu Shu was also a little delusional, so he had to watch him leave.

Poor Xinye, Fancheng more than 100,000 people in the two counties followed Liu Bei to Xiangyang, although Zhuge Song knew how miserable they would be to follow Liu Bei, but now he is soft-spoken, knowing that even if he persuades Liu Bei now, it will be useless, and he will make Liu Bei dissatisfied, and bear a notoriety of persuading the Lord to abandon the people.

So Zhuge Song went to Kong Ming and asked him to persuade Liu Bei, and he said to Zhuge Liang: "Sir, if you don't persuade you, the people of these two counties may be martyred for the lord!" Unexpectedly, Kong Ming also shook his head, but said very indifferently: "Song'er, don't say much about this matter, even if I persuade it, it won't be effective!" ”

Zhuge Song could hear the emotion in Kong Ming's tone, but this emotion was not the sadness of watching the people suffer.

He even began to wonder if Kong Ming was going to use the lives of these people to fulfill Liu Bei's name of benevolence and righteousness, but he couldn't question him face to face. I could only cross the river with Kong Ming, and I kept comforting myself in my heart: "Don't think of Kong Ming as so vicious, even if he is really wise, he shouldn't have thought that Liu Bei would rather break the jade than abandon the people to take Jiangling in the future!" ”

Under the city of Xiangyang, Liu Cong and the Cai family naturally refused to open the door, so Liu Bei abandoned Xiangyang and went to Jiangling. Because with so many people, he only traveled more than ten miles a day.

All the generals advised him to abandon the people for a while and go to take Gangneung first. But Liu Bei cried and said: "Those who lift big things must be people-oriented." This man is mine, why should I abandon it? When the people heard this, they wept. But I can't wait to rush up and give him a big mouth!

However, when Zhuge Song was in Xinye, he had already calculated the situation if Liu Bei abandoned the people and went to take Jiangling. It is true that Jiangling City is strong and has a wide range of food, but Liu Bei did not have more than 10,000 soldiers when he marched to Jiangling. Later, Cao Cao sent people to select 5,000 iron cavalry to chase after him. Once they arrived at Jiangling City, if Deng Yi and Liu Xian refused to open the city and surrender, in the case of a strong city in front and a chasing army in the back, Liu Bei's entire family background, including Zhuge Song himself, might be under Jiangling City.

Therefore, Zhuge Song knew that these people were likely to be killed in Dangyang Changsaka, and he was sad and sad, and he could only let history develop like this. Moreover, even if he took 10,000 steps back, even if Liu Bei Jixing Gaozhao could get Jiangling, the reason why the Sun-Liu coalition army was able to defeat Cao Cao was completely based on the advantage of water warfare. As far as Liu Bei is now, trapped in the lonely city of Jiangling, if Dongwu doesn't save him, he will die, Dongwu wants to save him, Cao Cao happens to fight with him, which will definitely hurt his vitality.

When Zhuge Song, Kong Ming and Liu Feng led an army of five hundred to Jiangxia to find Liu Qi for help, he even felt that he was about to become a conspiracy theorist, and he always felt that Zhuge Liang was deliberately using this excellent reason to get himself out of danger first.

Zhuge Song actually wanted to see with his own eyes Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong's feat of killing in and out of the million-strong army in Changbanpo, and he also wanted to see Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide's courage in retreating from millions of Cao soldiers. It's just that he knows that if he doesn't follow Kong Ming to Jiangxia for help at this time, staying here is likely to die early in the chaotic army pursued and killed by Cao Bing.

It is said that Zhuge Song followed Kong Ming to Jiangxia as soon as Guan Yu and Liu Qi had already led the army to meet Liu Bei, and he was afraid that the army would not be enough, so he took Yi to Xiakou to raise an army. Zhuge Song knew that everyone would definitely return to Jiangxia safely, so he did not go to Xiakou with Kong Ming in the name of packing up his residence. Because Kong Ming was busy with his own affairs, he followed him, and hurriedly ordered the army.

Soon Liu Bei and the others returned to Jiangxia unharmed, and the feats of Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei in Dangyang Changban Slope began to spread in the army.

The next day, Liu Bei, Kong Ming, and Liu Qi discussed a good strategy to fight against Cao's army, Zhuge Song stood behind Kong Ming, and listened to him say: "Cao's army is powerful, and it is extremely difficult to resist the enemy, so it is better to go to Eastern Wu Sun Quan and think that it should be helped." Let the north and the south hold each other, and we will benefit from it, why not? ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he said: "But there are a lot of people in Jiangdong, there must be a far-sighted strategy, and Anken is compatible?" ”

Kong Ming said with a smile: "Today, Cao Cao attracts millions of people, and the tiger is in Jianghan, and Jiangdong is safe to let people come to listen to the truth?" If anyone comes here, Liang will borrow a sail to go to Jiangdong, and say that the northern and southern armies have annexed each other with a three-inch tongue. If the southern army wins, Cao Cao will be punished to take the land of Jingzhou, and if the northern army wins, then I will take advantage of the situation to take the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Liu Bei said worriedly: "This theory is very high, but how to get Jiangdong people?" ”

While he was talking, people reported that Jiangdong Sun Quan sent Lu Su to mourn, and the boat was already on the shore. Kong Ming smiled: "It's a big deal!" ”

Zhuge Song naturally knew that it was Lu Su's visit that led to the Sun-Liu Alliance, and after they met, Zhuge Liang would cross the river with Lu Su, talk to Confucianism, and show his style.

As a Zhuge scholar, Zhuge Song will naturally accompany Kong Ming when he crosses the river. It stands to reason that now that he has received Liu Bei's promise to Wuling County, as long as he does not act and allows history to develop so naturally, there will always be a day when he becomes the Taishou of Wuling.

However, even if he becomes the Taishou of Wuling, he may not be able to avoid the tragedy of Guan Gong's defeat and departure from Maicheng. During this period of time in Liu Bei's army, he clearly realized that in order to command the battle, it was not enough to rely on the unpredictable prophet.

When Zhuge Liang burned Bowang, although he had a good plan, if it weren't for Liu Bei Fu and his sword seal, he would have thoroughly believed that he supported him, and if Guan Zhang and other main generals disobeyed his orders, he would not be able to win the battle.

In addition to the above, there are also ordnance, grain and grass, terrain and climate, the respective characteristics of the generals and civilian officials, the ordnance and training of the sergeants, and so on, etc., but it is not as simple as the game to create a market if you want money, build farmland if you want food, recruit soldiers if you want soldiers, and produce military uniforms if you want guns, halberds, bows and horses.

But these did not and could not have the right to practice before Zhuge Song became the Taishou of Wuling, and Zhuge Song could not and did not have time to start slowly from the officials in charge of taxation or the officials in charge of the production of ordnance. He deeply knows that if there is no execution in doing anything, then no matter how good the plan is, it will be in vain.

Now there is no opportunity to practice is a fact that Zhuge Song can't change, and he knows that the only thing he can rely on in this era is the means of unpredictable prophets.

So he decided to think of a way to make a fuss about this ability, and by chance, the object he was aiming at this time was changed from Zhang Fei, who was reckless and very good at taking the bait, to Lu Su, who was old and holding a heavy hand and pretending to be confused.