"Kong Ming once said that Jingzhou is based on the Han Dynasty in the north, and the South China Sea is profitable, and Wuhui is connected to the east and Tongba and Shu in the west, which is a country of force, and its lord cannot defend the ......" Xu Shu recalled Zhuge Liang's statement, and then said, "Liu Jingsheng is indeed the dog of the household, but after all, he is the lord of Jingzhou, although my lord is intentional, but there is no imperial edict, and there is no name of righteousness, this Jingzhou is not desirable." Liu Jingsheng and my lord Xuande Gong are commensurate with brothers, my lord is benevolent, and he can't bear to take away the inheritance of the same sect, and be that ruthless person, this Jingzhou is not desirable...... But I don't know if Kong Ming has a good plan, which can not only protect my lord's reputation and righteousness, but also let my lord sit firmly in Jingzhou?! ”

To put it simply, Liu Bei's forces are weak now, and he will definitely not be able to beat him hard.

And Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, was appointed by the imperial court, he occupies the name of righteousness, and at least nominally he is commensurate with Liu Bei's brothers, and has the same clan, if he turns against Liu Biao to seize the foundation, Liu Bei's reputation will inevitably be affected.

Liu Bei's foundation in this troubled era is benevolence and righteousness, and the consequences of losing this foundation are very serious.

But Zhuge Liang didn't think so.

Liu Bei is indeed benevolent and righteous, but his benevolence is for the people and those who support him, not for everyone unconditionally.

In the final analysis, Liu Bei is still a prince in this troubled world, not a virgin.

Liu Bei has benevolence and righteousness, but Liu Bei is also ruthless and resolute.

In the current situation, Liu Bei only needs to get the support of the Jingxiang family, and it doesn't matter whether there is a so-called imperial court appointment or not.

Cao Cao can say that "the Son of Heaven is not a subordinate", and he Liu Bei can also be said to be "begging for thieves with clothes", it is not difficult to find an excuse.

Besides, when Liu Biao entered Jingzhou alone, did he really rely on the edict of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, or the great seal of Jingzhou Mu? !

Those are just superficial things, Liu Biao really sat firmly in Jingzhou, relying on the support of Cai Kuai's two families, and relying on his ruthless means to trap and kill the leaders of dozens of clans and wealthy families.

Without these supports, Liu Biao would not be able to sit firmly in Jingzhou at all.

In the same way, if Liu Bei wants to sit firmly in Jingzhou, it doesn't matter whether he is appointed by the imperial court or not, he only needs to have a good relationship with the Jingxiang family and get the support of the Jingxiang family.

Xu Shu's question, in Zhuge Liang's view, is completely deliberately finding fault.

"Can this matter also stump Yuan Zhi?!" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said, "Now that Liu Jingsheng is old, if there is a change in Jingzhou in the future, General Zuo will sit idly by?!" ”

There are some things that need not be said too clearly, and everyone understands them.

Zhuge Liang meant, Liu Biao is getting older, and everyone in Xiangyang City knows that Liu Biao has been showing up less and less, and it is estimated that he will not last long.

And once Liu Biao passes away, Jingzhou's internal instability will definitely be unstable, and at that time, Liu Bei will have an excuse to maintain Jingzhou's internal stability and send troops into Xiangyang.

The worst is that Liu Bei can also support Liu Biao's son to ascend to the throne, and when the time comes, whether it is Liu Cong or Liu Qi to take the throne, in order to repay Liu Bei, he will definitely entrust Liu Bei with important responsibilities, and if Liu Bei gets the support of the Jingxiang family at this time...... Do you still need him Zhuge Liang to teach you what happens after that?!

Everyone is a smart person, and some words are naturally understood, and Xu Shu also plans to let go of this article and start the next trouble.

But Zhang Xi couldn't help it a little, and asked, "If there is a change in Jingzhou that Cao thieves in the north hear, take advantage of the situation and go south...... What should I do?! ”

Xu Shu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Just stared at this one-third of an acre of land in Jingzhou, indeed, Cao Cao's reaction in the north has to be taken into account.

Sure enough, the decision to bring Zhang Xi to see Kong Ming this time was right.

Xu Shu raised his eyes and looked at Zhuge Liang, meaning how are you going to answer this question.

Zhuge Liang was also slightly silent, thought for a long time, and then said, "Although the second son of the Yuan family in the north is a guinea dog, the Yuan family has a grace on Hebei Haoqiang, and if the Cao thief wants to pacify Hebei, I am afraid it will take some time......"

What Zhuge Liang meant was that Cao Cao did not pacify Hebei so quickly.

But Zhang Xi is in a hurry...... Just those crooked melons and cracked dates in Hebei, it is not easy to delay Cao Cao for so long.

"Sir, that's a mistake!" Zhang Xi shook his head and said, "Since last year, Cao Thief has broken through Gao Gan, collected Zhang Yan, broke Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, coerced Yuan Tan, and expelled Wuhuan from Liaoxi. Now, the second son of the Yuan family has gone to Wuhuan outside the Saiwai at the end of the road, and Cao Thief is planning to conquer the Saiwai in person and sweep away the Wuhuan...... Why take some time?! ”

Zhuge Liang stayed in Jingzhou, and he was not in the core management of Jingzhou, and the news he received was somewhat delayed.

Although Zhuge Liang also knew that Cao Cao had pacified the high-ranking cadre Zhang Yan, he didn't know that the second son of the Yuan family had been defeated so quickly and defected to Wuhuan in desperation, let alone that Cao Cao was so bold that he directly planned to conquer Wuhuan in person.

Although the barbarians in this year were all weak chickens, Cao Cao actually wanted to lead a large army to fight in person, and went to fight away from the Saiwai, intending to solve the northern border trouble in one fell swoop..... This Zhuge Liang really didn't expect it.

At this time, Zhuge Liang was not the exhausted Prime Minister Zhuge later, and he would not have thought that he would one day "cross Lu in May and go deep into the barren".

"If the Cao thief really recruits Wuhuan in person, it is not a bad thing!" Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and said, "Although the labor expedition can establish immortal feats, it is also easy for soldiers to get tired and lack food and grass...... What's more, Hebei is newly determined, and the people's hearts are not attached, and Cao thief will not dare to leave Hebei lightly and go south to Jingxiang. If so, Xuan Degong will have enough time to ......"

"What if the Cao thief really went south after destroying Wuhuan?!" Zhang Xi couldn't wait, and didn't hesitate to interrupt Zhuge Liang's words and said.

Zhuge Liang was slightly dissatisfied, it was very impolite to interrupt others in these years.

But Zhuge Liang still thought about it seriously for a while, and said, "At the end of this strong crossbow, it is impossible to wear Lu Muer, so why be afraid?!" ”

"If at this time, Liu Jingsheng died, Jingzhou was in turmoil, Cao Thief won a great victory over Wuhuan, and the army of his commander went south...... So how?! Zhang Xi continued to ask.

Zhuge Liang was stunned by this question.

And Xu Shu couldn't stand it anymore.

Although Zhang Xi was brought here to match Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xi's aggressive appearance now is somewhat ignorant of the rules.

"Yuan Chang is too worried!" Xu Shu stepped forward to solve the siege and said, "How can there be such a coincidence in the world?!" Moreover, in the land of Jingxiang, there are outstanding people, even if Liu Jingsheng is not there, is there no way to deal with the enemy? ! ”

Zhang Xi wanted to speak again, but after thinking about it, he could only sigh in the end.

Zhang Xi knew that what he said was true, and it was something that would indeed happen in the future...... But when I say it now, it's really like I'm messing around.

Who would have thought that Cao Cao really didn't even take a break after fighting Wuhuan, and planned the southern expedition as soon as he returned to Xudu, and even did not hesitate to kill Kong Rong, a famous man who opposed the southern expedition.

Who would have thought that Cao Cao had just reached the halfway point of raising his army, Liu Biao had already died of illness, Jingzhou had no owner, and after the internal family struggle, it was decided to put a teenager in the position of the lord of Jingzhou.

Who would have thought that these Jingzhou families had been working under Liu Biao's account for many years, and as soon as they heard that Cao Cao was coming, they didn't even have a single person who advocated resistance, and even ignored the old favor, and forced Liu Cong, who had just taken office, to surrender on the spot, and even feared that Liu Bei would oppose it, so they didn't even tell Liu Bei, who was on the front line, the news of Liu Biao's death.

Originally, Liu Bei was going to fight in Fancheng and top Cao Cao, but Xiangyang behind him surrendered first, which is still a fart.

If Sun Qian hadn't come to inform him of the situation, Liu Bei wouldn't have known that he had been sold by this group of Jingxiang families.

It is said that it is easy for Liu Bei to fight Xichuan, but he doesn't know that Cao Cao is really easy to fight Jingzhou, so easy that he only needs to take the army to do a parade, and he doesn't need to fight a battle, and he directly harvests Jingzhou.

These outrageous things are all superimposed, if it weren't for the premise of foresight, Zhang Xi himself couldn't believe it was true.

Xu Shu didn't believe that Jingzhou could surrender so neatly, nor did he believe that Cao Cao's luck was so good, so he went south directly to catch up with Liu Biao's death, and Jingzhou was in turmoil...... But Zhuge Liang believes it.

Zhuge is only cautious in his life.

Although Zhuge Liang didn't believe that Cao Cao's luck could be so good, Zhuge Liang would not give up considering any possibility.

Although Zhuge Liang in the romance is almost a demon with a lot of wisdom, and he feels that he can't hide anything, Zhuge Liang in reality is not.

He just thinks things more comprehensively than the others, and prepares them more well.

The possibility proposed by Zhang Xi, although in Zhuge Liang's opinion, the probability of occurrence is indeed not large, but I have to say that if it happens, it will be quite troublesome.

Zhuge Liang knows the face of the Jingzhou family too well, and he also knows that the priority of these people in considering things is always their own family, and then they are their own lords.

If Cao Cao really cooperated with the victorious army and personally led the army south, and at this time, it happened that Liu Jingsheng died of illness...... Zhuge Liang thought about it a little and knew how this family would choose.

They would not choose a Liu Bei who had been defeated repeatedly under Cao Cao, and it was better to surrender directly to Cao Cao than to risk betting on Liu Bei, who was defeated under Cao Gong.

Anyway, their family interests are in Jingzhou, and the core of Cao Cao's interests is always in the Central Plains, in the north, and surrendering Cao Cao will not affect too many of their family interests.

And if by that time, Jingzhou was occupied by Cao Cao...... Cao Cao occupies two-thirds of the entire world, and as long as Jiangdong is pacified, the general trend of the world will be completely in Cao Cao's hands.

This is what Zhuge Liang does not want to see.

It's not that he doesn't want to end this troubled world, the main thing is that Zhuge Liang, like Liu Bei, has a hurdle in his heart that he can't get over - Kuang Fu Dahan.

For more than 400 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, in the hearts of many people, it is the orthodoxy of the world and the destiny of heaven.

Although this orthodoxy is sometimes weakened and sometimes sick, there will always be Han nobles who stand up to clean up the old rivers and mountains - Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor, is the best example.

When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, there was a lot of trouble, but in the end, it was still the son of the Liu family who really ruled the world.

This makes the Mandate of Heaven of the Han Dynasty deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in this era.

The people of this era are not like later generations, they have not experienced the "long time must be combined and long time must be divided", the concept of great unification was established from the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, to the present for a total of more than 300 years, the world has always been the world of the Han Dynasty, and many people feel that the Han Dynasty will continue to rule.

But what is Cao Cao?!

After being known as Xiangguo Cao Shen, his grandfather was a eunuch.

was a courtier of the Han Dynasty, but he bullied hundreds of officials, coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and did not take the Han family in his eyes at all.

Even if you count back a thousand years, Cao Cao's approach is quite rare...... The five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period need to be stamped and admitted by the already weak Zhou Tianzi to count, and they are called "respecting the king", but they are not coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

Zhuge Liang did not approve of Cao Cao's style, believing that this was not a way to end the troubled times and respect etiquette.

That's why Zhuge Liang had the idea of "Longzhong Pair", and wanted to find a Han nobleman who could fight Cao Cao.

In the end, everyone knows that Zhuge Liang chose Liu Bei.