Jingzhou could not be defended, Liu Bei had no choice but to abandon the city, and there were more and more people willing to follow Liu Bei along the way.

When he arrived in Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang made a suggestion to suggest that Liu Bei attack Xiangyang.

At this time, Xiangyang was still under the control of Liu Cong, and a small part of Cao's army was stationed at the same time.

Taking Xiangyang is undoubtedly of great benefit to Liu Bei.

But how can Liu Bei be ruthless?

No matter how much Liu Cong is a bastard, Liu Biao has entrusted Liu Cong to himself after all, if he takes Xiangyang, Liu Cong will inevitably be damaged, which makes Liu Bei extremely unhappy.

Liu Bei wanted to settle the matter as peacefully as possible, so he shouted outside the city, hoping that Liu Cong would come forward to repent.

But Liu Cong knew that he was at a loss, how could he dare to meet Liu Bei, he just wanted to dig a pit and buy himself.

The army outside is pressing, if Liu Bei really has the intention of attacking, he is afraid that Xiangyang City will not be able to stand it at all.

Liu Cong has even begun to pack up and is ready to run away from the city at any time.

shouted outside for a whole afternoon, and seeing that Liu Cong did not respond, Liu Bei was helpless, knowing that Liu Cong was determined not to meet him.

At present, I can only repair outside Xiangyang City for one night, and then set off again the next day.

Liu Bei didn't expect that Liu Cong would be so unpopular, and early the next morning, hundreds of people and soldiers in Xiangyang City went out to take refuge.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei was both relieved and helpless.

Running for their lives with so many people is obviously not the best policy, but others have already abandoned their family business and are bound to follow him, can Liu Bei still leave these people behind?

So Liu Bei had no choice but to take these people and embark on the journey of escape again.

By the time it was time to be in Dangyang, there were about 200,000 soldiers under Liu Bei's command.

When he arrived at Liu Biao's tomb, Liu Bei also went to pay his respects.

Liu Bei said a lot in front of Liu Biao's tomb, and the more he talked, the more he blamed himself, and in the end, he was in tears and couldn't help himself.

In Liu Bei's view, it was entirely his responsibility to lose Jingzhou.

Although he led Jingzhou on his behalf, he failed to hold Jingzhou, so that he became what he is now, which made Liu Bei feel ashamed of his trust to Liu Biao.

If it weren't for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei pulling Liu Bei, I was afraid that Liu Bei would cry and faint.

The self-blame and guilt in his heart had reached the point of no return.

And here, Zhuge Liang also recognized Liu Bei's essence, and couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Bei has no intention of being a benevolent monarch, if it is placed in the prosperous era, it is really a great fortune for the people of the world to have this monarch.

But now is a troubled time, a troubled time when human life is like a mustard.

In troubled times, you need to have an iron heart, and you must not have the kindness of a woman.

The kindness of a woman will only miss the great opportunity, and will only make the situation irretrievably slide into the abyss.

Liu Bei can be a monarch who keeps his success, but he definitely can't be an enterprising founding monarch.

This person is just too emotional.

It's just that......

Zhuge Liang sighed.

This is also Liu Bei's advantage, isn't it?

In this troubled world, there needs to be a compassionate benevolent monarch to take care of it as the bottom line of the world's heroes.

With Liu Bei here, Zhuge Liang can see a glimmer of hope.

If he really wants Liu Bei to become a hero like Cao Cao, then why didn't Zhuge Liang directly join Cao Cao?

This is Liu Bei's shortcoming, and it is also Liu Bei's biggest advantage.

Zhuge Liang is not prepared to change Liu Bei excessively.

Is righteousness a shortcoming?

In this troubled world, at this juncture of lack of strength, benevolence and righteousness can better unite people's hearts and help Liu Bei accumulate the initial power.

The unintentional intention of these people and soldiers who voluntarily followed is the best proof of this.

If the land is lost, the land will be lost, and if the land is lost, the land will be gained.

As long as there are people's hearts and people are willing to follow, then they can naturally accumulate strength.

A spark may not be able to start a prairie fire!

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang has confidence in Liu Bei.

After paying homage to Liu Biao, the army soon hit the road again.

The march is completely different from the travel of ordinary people.

The more people there are, the slower you move forward.

If there is only Liu Bei alone, one person and two riders, I am afraid that it will not be a problem to travel hundreds of miles a day.

But once there are many people, it is not easy to march more than ten miles a day.

It's just that time is tight now, and Liu Bei can't afford to march so slowly.

Don't look at their large number now, but there are not many soldiers who can really fight.

If the enemy does attack, the soldiers will not only be responsible for meeting the enemy, but also responsible for protecting these people.

The best choice now is undoubtedly to leave these people behind, only take the soldiers and soldiers with a light car, and set off quickly to find a base and settle down.

In this way, we can go back and support these people.

As for the safety of these people...... Then they can only ask for their own blessings, hoping that after the enemy army catches up, they will not kill these people.

Rationally, this is the case.

But Liu Bei has never been a rational person.

He insisted on taking these people with him, even if it would slow him to death!

Zhuge Liang was both relieved and helpless.

Many times, this kind of benevolence and righteousness is the key to Liu Bei's accumulation of people's hearts, but in this kind of emergency, this has become a key weakness that drags Liu Bei down and puts Liu Bei in danger.

But it's not a dead end right now.

Zhuge Liang was very calm, and soon made a strategy of dividing the troops.

This seems to be a distraction of protection, but it also makes the team move faster.

If Cao Cao's pursuers had delayed time, perhaps they would have been able to get out calmly.

After making this plan, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but feel physically and mentally exhausted.

This feeling of being out of control is very bad, and he can only pin his hope of survival on the fact that the enemy will make mistakes, which is really not Zhuge Liang's style.

But right now, there's no better plan!

So Liu Bei sent Guan Yu to lead a part of the soldiers and people to leave by boat first, and the two sides agreed to meet together in Hanjin.

In this way, the soldiers are divided into two ways, and the enemy does not know who to chase.

Zhuge Liang originally suggested that Liu Bei and Guan Yu leave first, because it was safer and faster to take the waterway.

If Cao Cao's pursuers really caught up, they would only chase the enemy on the waterway, and they could only run around on land.

Liu Bei's departure first is undoubtedly the safest and most appropriate decision.

But Liu Bei thought that he was going to share the hardships with the people, and if he left first, Cao Cao's pursuers would catch up, wouldn't he slaughter the people to vent his anger if he didn't see him?

However, the transportation capacity of the waterway is limited and cannot carry more people, so Zhuge Liang can only let as many people as possible to set off with the boat.

The fewer people on land and the faster they marched, the safer they became.

At this time, someone proposed that Liu Bei should keep Jiangling first.

Only by keeping Jiangling can Cao Cao's army be curbed from moving south, so that the security of the south can be protected.

Liu Bei is well aware of the importance of putting people first.

At first, it may have been just because of their good hearts, and they couldn't bear to see these people suffer.

As we all know, the military discipline of Cao Cao's army has always been not very good, and every time the city is broken, it must be burned, killed, and plundered, which is undoubtedly a catastrophe for the people in the city.

But at this point, it was already difficult for the ship to turn around.

If Liu Bei abandoned those people here, the reputation he had accumulated over the years would be wiped out in an instant.

This is not a multiple-choice question at all, because Liu Bei has not had any choice since he accepted the refuge of these people.

There was only one thing he could do, and that was to lead the group of people down until they escaped from Ascension or were overtaken by Cao Cao's pursuers.

"If you want to achieve great things, you must be people-oriented, and now so many people have left their hometowns to follow me, how can I bear to leave them!"

Liu Bei said.

Then he led the people without hesitation.

Looking at Liu Bei's resolute and unhesitating appearance, Zhuge Liang's expression moved slightly.

……

"Has Kong Ming ever thought about what if Liu Bei is really a woman's benevolence?"

Zhuge Liang's movements trembled slightly.

"What is a woman's kindness?"

This conversation took place on the day Zhuge Liang came to Qin Tian to discuss, and at this time he already knew that it was Liu Bei, the king of Zhongshan, who wanted to invite him out of the mountain.

Qin Tian smiled faintly.

At this time, Liu Bei's reputation was only benevolent and righteous, and there were not many real examples that could support his thoughts.

Qin Tian thought for a moment, and then said slowly.

"Liu Bei is now pinned on Liu Biao, do you say, will he thank Liu Biao for his kindness?"

Zhuge Liang nodded: "You should be like this, otherwise you will not be a son of man." ”

Liu Biao took in Liu Bei, if Liu Bei didn't know how to be grateful, wouldn't it be a beast?

"But if you want to take the world, can Liu Bei give up Liu Biao's territory?"

Now that Jiangdong is in the hands of Sun Quan and Sun Ce, it is naturally impossible for Liu Bei to take it down.

And the north is Cao Cao's territory, as long as it is not a daydream, it is naturally impossible to take the north as a starting point.

Then Liu Bei's remaining options are almost gone.

If you want to settle down in this troubled era, Liu Bei must have her own territory.

And looking at the whole world, there is only one choice left for Liu Bei, and that is to inherit Liu Biao's territory.

Only in this way can we have a place to settle down and be qualified to dominate the world.

Fighting for hegemony in the world, in the final analysis, it is the land and population that are fighting, Liu Bei is now poor and white, and wanting to fight for these is tantamount to a fool's dream.

"But if Liu Bei really strikes back and occupies Liu Biao's power, then may I ask Brother Kong Ming, is this move benevolent or unbenevolent?"

Zhuge Liang didn't hesitate for too long, and quickly gave his own answer.

"Naturally, there are virtuous people who live in it."

His meaning is very simple, although you have taken me in, but for the sake of the world, I still want to occupy your power, which is called the virtuous to live there.

Qin Tian laughed: "Kong Ming, Kong Ming, I didn't expect you to be this sharp-toothed person." ”

The mouth is full of morality, and the stomach is full of business.

"But what you said persuaded me, you can convince yourself, can you convince Liu Bei?"

"This ...... Why not? ”

Zhuge Liang didn't believe that anyone would be so confused, and he still held on to morality in this troubled world.

Even if he didn't really do it, Zhuge Liang had countless ways to make Liu Biao "voluntarily" give way to Liu Bei before he died.

In the world, are there fewer such things?

"If that's the case, I won't say that Liu Bei is a woman's kindness."

Qin Tian smiled faintly: "Looking at a person, you can know a thing or two from what he has experienced in the past. ”

"Look at that Liu Bei, do you really think he will be such a hypocrite?"

"You can't block your mouth, you can't stop everyone in the world, Liu Bei also knows this, so he definitely won't make such a move."

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly.

"It's a problem, but it's not unsolvable."

Zhuge Liang has a lot of self-confidence.

Even if Liu Bei was really the kind person of that woman, he had a way to solve this problem.

This is his confidence as a strategist.

"So, let's imagine another scenario."

Qin Tian said slowly: "If Liu Bei has a place for you, no matter where it is, whether it is Jingzhou or Yizhou, in short, you are defeated and want to abandon the city and flee." ”

"So at this time, the soldiers and people in the city are afraid of Cao Cao and want to flee with you, what about you?"

"As we all know, Cao Cao's military discipline has always been extremely poor, and most of the people in the city are miserable after the city is broken."

"It's completely predictable, no, it's almost unavoidable."

No one can guarantee that they will be able to win all the time, not even Zhuge Liang.

Therefore, this scenario assumed by Qin Tian will definitely happen in the future.

"This ......"

Zhuge Liang fell into deep thought.

It stands to reason that since it is about to reach the point of abandoning the city and fleeing, the situation must be very critical and I have to leave.

Since it is a fugitive, it must not bring too many people.

Otherwise, it will not be called fleeing, but being killed.

The best way is to refuse, follow lightly, and leave quickly, so as to get a glimmer of life.

But according to Liu Bei's character and his reputation for benevolence and righteousness, can he really let go of the people and flee by himself?

The answer, of course, is no.

The fate of these people is naturally self-evident.

In the end, there is only one result, to be caught up by the enemy, and then wait for death.

"So, do you still think this is really a Ming Jun?"

Qin Tian said slowly: "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, is a monarch who is willing to put himself in danger, or a Ming monarch?" ”

Zhuge Liang was silent for a long time.

……

When Qin Tian and Zhuge Liang chatted that day, they had already made it very clear.

Zhuge Liang still chose to follow Liu Bei, because this was the only chance for him to realize his ambitions.

But he never imagined that Qin Tian's idea would be illuminated into reality so quickly that day.

The question of life or death, he had to make a choice today.

There is no doubt that Cao Cao's army will be behind, but no one knows when they will actually come.

But the sense of urgency like a talisman made it difficult for everyone.

Is it worth following such a monarch?

Before that, Zhuge Liang might hesitate, maybe he would be entangled, or maybe he would be shaken by Qin Tian's words.

But when he really put himself in his shoes, Zhuge Liang's heart was very firm.

Worth!

When you look at the eager eyes of the people, full of hopeful hope, no one can bear to refuse.

Those who are willing to refuse can undoubtedly be called heroic.

But what Zhuge Liang wants to follow has never been a hero, but a real benevolent monarch.

He believes that only Renjun can save this world and save this court!

(End of chapter)