For Zhuge Liang's request, Liu Bei naturally agreed, this was actually Liu Bei's original intention to transfer Zhuge Liang to return, and then Liu Bei officially appointed Guan Yu as the Taishou of Bajun, Zhuge Liang as the military advisor, went to Bajun to garrison, and transferred Liu Feng to Jiangyang Taishou, and at the same time ordered Wu Yi to be the Taishou of Yueyang, so that Wu Yi was stationed in the southern area of the river that Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu finally recovered after several months, and ordered Liu Feng and Wu Yi to build a defense system along the river, and no matter what, the enemy army could not take a step forward.

"Alas, due to the retreat of Yun Chang and Kong Ming, the counties in Nanzhong will definitely suffer from the invasion of the Jiangdong Army, although Meng Shu is brave, but they can't resist, and they will inevitably fail in the end, but I know this, but I don't have extra troops to support them, I can only watch the six counties of Yunnan, Jianning, Zhuti, Yongchang, Xinggu, and Qiqi in the south of the Yangtze River fall into the hands of Sun Quan Xiaoer, which is equivalent to me losing half of Yizhou, and I don't know when I can wash away this hatred, or I can't achieve it in this life!"

Thinking of the loss of the six counties in the south from his hands, Liu Bei's heart was very lost, he had been busy for most of his life, relying on various means of abduction and deception, and finally found a place to live, originally thinking of using this as the foundation for the future division of the world, but he didn't expect that in just a blink of an eye, he had lost more than half.

"Alas, now the princes of all walks of life have been basically wiped out, and there are Cao Cao, Sun Quan, me and Liu He left in the world, and Cao Cao now only owns Qingxu Erzhou, which is basically out of the ranks of the Central Plains, Sun Quan Xiaoer is no longer competing with Liu He, and wants to divide the river wholeheartedly, and I am even more miserable, there are only these counties in the north of Yizhou, and the territory is not as vast as Cao Cao, and he is also facing the threat of Sun Quan Xiaoer, this is still the situation that Liu He did not take the opportunity to attack, if Liu He also took the opportunity to attack, Then I just wiped my neck, I knew that today, I would never have tried my best to seize Liu He's Jingzhou, if that was the case, Sun Quan Xiao'er would not find a chance to attack me, and he might even be pressed and beaten by me, alas, at that time, I was too confident, or too blindly optimistic. ”

Thinking of this, Liu Bei's face flashed with deep remorse, he is also surnamed Liu, and he is also a member of the Han family, if he could reconcile with Liu He and help Liu He attack Jiangdong together, maybe he could still take the opportunity to reap some benefits, so that the foundation became more and more tired, but now that he has come to this point, it is completely his own fault.

"Even Cao Cao's powerful forces were suppressed by Liu He so miserably, I still wanted to defeat Liu He and enjoy the fruits of supporting the Han family alone, it's really whimsical, hehe."

Liu He was talking to himself, constantly sarcastic about himself.

In the end, Liu Bei made up his mind and thought secretly: "Although there are Kong Ming and Yun Chang at present, they will definitely be able to resist Zhou Yu'er's attack, but Jiangdong has such a vast territory, and he has elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, just give him a few years of development time, he will be able to comprehensively crush our army economically and militarily, and at that time, I am afraid that even if there are characters like Jiang Taigong and Zhang Zifang in our army, they will not be able to keep this foundation, rather than this, it is better to temporarily rely on Liu He and obtain his protection." ”

At this time, I saw Ma Zhong, the general of the army, walking in, and bowed to Liu Bei and said: "Lord Qiqi, there is a scribe outside, claiming to be from Wuling Linyuan, named Liao Li, who came to defect to the lord, and claimed that there is a way to help the lord retreat from the enemy. ”

"Oh? Liao Li? I wonder what this person is capable of? How could you say such a thing? When Liu Bei heard this, his face was immediately full of curiosity, and he ordered someone to invite Liao Li in.

When Liao Li came in, Liu Bei saw that the other party was described as obscene and his appearance was not good, and he immediately felt displeased, and asked lightly: "I heard that Mr. has a way to help me retreat from the enemy, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

I saw Liao Li arch his hand and said: "This matter is naturally true, I know that the current Duke of Shu is at a disadvantage, although Zhuge Kongming and Guan Yu sat in Jiangzhou and thwarted Zhou Yu's attack, but they were also unable to launch a counterattack against Zhou Yu's army, and the Tai Shi Ci Army in the south has occupied six counties in the south of the Yangtze River, even if there is still some resistance there, but I believe that in half a year at most, he will be able to quell the rebellion there, and then the Jiangdong Army only needs to recuperate for another three or two years, and it will be able to launch a full-scale attack on the Duke of Shu with absolute superiority, you know, The Jiangdong Army is good at water warfare, even though the Duke of Shu has rivers and natural dangers, it cannot stop the other party's thunderous attack. ”

"Hmph, so what? I think I was also bare-handed, so I laid such a huge foundation, and now I have dozens of generals such as Second Brother Zhang, more than a dozen strategists such as Zhuge Kongming, and 30,000 or 40,000 people under my command. Even though he admitted in his heart that the other party was right, with Liu Bei's dignity and pride, he couldn't let the other party say that he was so unbearable, so Liu Bei immediately refuted.

However, Liao Li smiled and said: "Duke Shu's words are a little insincere, after all, Duke Shu, you also understand that the reason why Duke Shu was able to establish a foundation at the beginning was mainly because of the melee in the Central Plains, the heroes competed for each other, and Duke Shu's opponents Liu Biao and Liu Zhang are both mediocre, and now the north is close to unification, Duke Qin is even more shrewd, Duke Shu wants to repeat his old tricks and seek a piece of territory from Duke Qin, I am afraid it is not realistic at all, and the grudge between the Jiangdong Army and Duke Shu does not need to be said, I believe that when Sun Quan enters Chengdu, It was when the great cause of the Duke of Shu collapsed, and at that time, the Duke of Shu always had ambitions, and I am afraid that he could only die with hatred in the end. ”

“.…..” After listening to Liao Li's point-to-point words, Liu Bei had nothing to refute, because the other party's words were so reasonable that he couldn't agree with them.

So Liu Bei was silent for a moment, and then apologized to Liao Li for his attitude just now, and then sincerely asked Liao Li for advice: "So, I don't know what I should do?" Please also sir teach me. ”

I saw Liao Li looking straight into Liu Bei's eyes, and then said: "If the Duke of Qin wants to save his life and status, there is only one way now, that is, to attach the Duke of Qin to Yizhou, in this way, if Sun Quan attacks the Duke of Shu again, it is attacking the Duke of Qin, in this case, he will inevitably be replied by the Duke of Qin, so even if Sun Quan is rampant, he will never dare to move again, so he can only helplessly lead the army back, as long as Sun Quan leads the army back, the Duke of Shu will have a chance to breathe, take advantage of this rare opportunity to develop the economy and recruit soldiers, Train the army, and when the opportunity is right, then unite with the Duke of Qin to launch a counteroffensive, at that time, don't say that the lost territory is recovered, even if it is a counterattack on the territory of Jiangdong, it is not hopeless, the Duke of Shu's own strength has become stronger, and there is no need to talk about things in the future, right? ”

As soon as Liu Bei heard this, he naturally understood what Liao Li meant, and the other party's words were exactly the same as what he thought, so he immediately nodded and said: "Mr. Bei's meaning is clear, this is really Mr. from heaven, and he sent such a great talent to Bei, haha, I will appoint Mr. as the governor of Yizhou, and the East Cao Peng of the Duke of Shu, I hope that Mr. can work tirelessly and go to Chang'an to see the Duke of Qin, to show my sincerity, and I am willing to attach the state to the hostage, and I hope that the Duke of Qin can accept it." ”