Chapter 24 4. People-oriented

To say that Liu Huangshu's life is really hard enough, here is still discussing with Zhuge Liang, how can we get a base area that can be used for grand development, and there will soon be no eaves for shelter from the wind and rain. In 208 A.D., Cao Cao personally led the army to the south, and the battle flag pointed directly at Jingzhou. It was expected that there would be another bloody battle, but he did not expect to get Jingzhou easily.First, Liu Biao died at the right time, and then Liu Cong surrendered under the persuasion of his subordinates.At that time, it was heard that Cao Cao was about to call, and the city of Xiangyang became a mess.Liu Biao's youngest son, Liu Cong, who had just taken over, panicked and asked everyone what to do, and the people below said in unison, surrender.Fu Xun also enlightened Liu Cong, saying that there are two results of using Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao. One is that Liu Bei loses, then we still have to surrender to Cao Cao, and the other is that Liu Bei wins, then Liu Bei will definitely not be your subordinate.As soon as Liu Cong heard it made sense, I have no good fruit to eat whether I win or lose, so I might as well surrender early.

After Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, he remembered to inform Liu Bei, and sent a man named Song Zhong to deliver a letter to Liu Bei.When Liu Bei heard it, his face turned pale with shock, thinking that this is really the end for me.At this time, Cao Jun is in Xinye and Liu Bei is in Fancheng. Once Cao Jun surrounds Fancheng, Liu Bei will have no choice but to die.In a hurry, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang negotiated urgently, abandoned Fancheng and rushed to Jiangxia, and hurriedly occupied Jiangling City, which had sufficient military supplies and food. Liu Jun's retreat alarmed the officials and people in Fancheng. No one trusted Cao Cao, who had a history of slaughtering the city, and was determined to follow Liu Bei. Wherever Liu Bei went, everyone followed.So Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to lead the water army to Jiangling along the Han River first, and he himself led thousands of troops and led the people to Jiangling by land.

The people of Fancheng almost moved out, and hundreds of thousands of people crowded the road leading to Jiangling.The common people have no marching discipline at all, the roads are congested, and the crowd moves slowly, and they can only march a dozen miles a day. When he heard the news of Liu Cong's surrender, Zhuge Liang once suggested to Liu Bei that when Jingzhou's army and people were in turmoil, they captured Xiangyang and killed Liu Cong, so that Jingzhou would be within easy reach.Liu Bei couldn't bear to attack Liu Cong when Liu Biao's body was still cold, and he didn't want to leave a reputation of injustice, so he didn't listen to Zhuge Liang's opinion.

Not only that, when passing Xiangyang, Liu Bei also stopped the pace of fleeing, and wanted to do one last ideological work on Liu Cong and nephew Liu Xian, hoping that nephew Liu Xian would find his way back and the prodigal son would turn around.But Liu Cong made up his mind to go all the way to Hei, closed the gate of the city tightly, and did not let Liu Bei enter the city.Reluctantly, Liu Bei had no choice but to ride down the city of Xiangyang immediately, and yelled some words to Liu Xian's nephew. These words did not impress Liu Cong, but they touched many officials and people in Xiangyang City. Most of Cong Zuo Zuo and Jingzhou people belonged to the former lord."

Liu Bei's charm was indeed too great, and the officials and people in Xiangyang also joined the fleeing team. The road to Jiangling became more congested, and the speed of travel became slower and slower.Going on like this, Liu Bei will soon be captured by Cao Jun, and everyone around him advised him not to care about the people, and ran to Jiangling first on horseback.However, Liu Bei shook his head and said firmly: "Human aid must be people-oriented; people belong to me now, and I can't bear to abandon them!" . People are willing to use Liu Bei as a backer in a critical moment, so how can Liu Bei have the heart to leave these people behind?Liu Bei is willing to use his wealth and life to interpret a word called "benevolence and righteousness", but will fate favor Liu Bei this time?

At this time, Cao Cao had already arrived in Xiangyang. Hearing that Liu Bei had passed through the border, he sent the brave general Cao Chun to lead five thousand tigers and leopards to Jiangling, captured Liu Bei, and seized Jiangling.Five thousand tigers and leopards rode like a group of ferocious tigers and leopards, advancing at full speed at a speed of three hundred miles a day, and soon caught up with Liu Bei's team at Changbanpo, Dangyang County. At that time, Liu Bei's army was among the people, and when they saw Cao's army coming, the people panicked and disrupted Liu Bei's thousands of cavalry.Not only Liu Bei was dumbfounded, but even Cao Jun was dumbfounded. Who should he kill?

There was a river not far away, and there was an isolated bridge on the river. Zhang Fei gathered more than 20 cavalry from his headquarters and escorted Liu Bei across the bridge to the other side.Liu Bei was shocked for a while, and found that only Zhuge Liang, a few advisers and dozens of cavalry soldiers were left beside him. His wife, Mrs. Gan, son Liu Chan and two daughters were all missing.Looking at the other side, the sky is full of dust, crying everywhere, no trace of his wife and children can be seen. At this time, someone came to report that he had just seen Zhao Yun going straight to Cao Jun, and he must have surrendered. Liu Bei picked up his bodyguard and threw it at the man, shouting: "Zilong will not abandon me!"

That's right, Zhao Yun found out that the lord's wife and children were not there, so he immediately went back to look for it.He broke into the siege single-handedly, found Mrs. Gan, Liu Chan and others, and escorted them to the other side of the river. In the bloody battle, Liu Bei's soldiers died and fled. There were only more than 20 people left. Cao Jun approached the bridge without resistance.Zhang Fei originally stood upright at the bridge head alone, firmly protecting the bridge, but now he saw that the situation was critical, and he knew that if he retreated an inch at this time, the enemy would all swarm up.So, like a sculpture, he stood firmly at the head of Dangyang Bridge.

During the battle, everyone ran here and there with panicked faces, but only one person remained motionless and mighty, turning the approaching Cao Jun into nothing.Cao's army was very different, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Xu Chu, Cao Ren, Li Dian, Wenpin and other unstoppable generals could not help but slow down under his deterrence.Someone who knows whispered: This person is Zhang Fei, the enemy of ten thousand people! Although Cao Jun was afraid, he still tried to move forward step by step.Zhang Fei was still motionless, and when he was only about ten steps away, he suddenly heard a thunderbolt and shouted sharply: "You are Zhang Yide, you can come and fight to the death!" However, there was a gust of new wind.Cao Jun was completely terrified, and then saw the dust flying in the woods behind Zhang Fei, and there seemed to be an ambush faintly.So Cao Jun turned around and slipped away.

In the middle, Zhang Yide Chang Banpo roared, and the bridge broke and the water flowed backwards. This is an exaggeration.Zhang Yide did yell back the pursuers, and Zhao Zilong did save Liu Adou, but Liu Bei did not throw the child. In this battle, not only Liu Bei's family members were separated, but Xu Shu's mother was also taken away by Cao Jun.Therefore, Xu Shu pointed to his chest and said to Liu Bei: "I wanted to work together with the general to build a king's cause, and use up this square inch of land. Now I have lost my mother, and the square inch is in chaos. It is useless. Please leave now." Liu Bei Although he was reluctant to give up, he could understand the feelings of the filial son Xu Shu, so he had to leave with tears.This farewell, as expected, the world is far apart, and there will be no day of reunion.Since Xu Shu entered Cao Ying, he didn't say a word, didn't give Cao Cao any advice, and kept his loyalty to Liu Bei with his silence.On the contrary, Cao Cao treated him well, and named him General Youzhonglang and Yushi Zhongcheng successively.

But this time on Liu Bei, Cao Cao made another serious mistake. He did not continue to pursue Liu Bei. Maybe he thought that Liu Bei had been completely defeated and there was no possibility of a comeback.However, fate is a screenwriter who is too creative, and Liu Bei is an actor who encounters unreasonable things.Of course, at this time, not only Cao Cao didn't know about it, but even Liu Bei didn't know about it. Although Liu Bei got rid of Cao Jun's pursuit, he himself lost all his capital, and there were only thirty or forty people left around him, including soldiers, generals, Wen and military.At this time, Liu Bei also almost lost his usual confidence like a tumbler. Jiangling is impossible to go, not only Jiangling, the world is so big that Liu Bei has no place to stay. First driven from the Central Plains to the south by Cao Cao, and now driven out from the south again, Liu Bei, who had nowhere to go, even thought of joining Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu.At that time, only the Central Plains and the South were places where heroes competed. Cangwu is now Wuzhou, Guangxi, which belonged to Jiaozhou at that time. At the end of the road. So, Liu Bei, who fell into the trough of his life again, will he still have a chance to perform a miracle? Looking at Liu Bei's life, it is not necessarily true how loyal he is to the Eastern Han Dynasty.Although he fought the Han flag to the end, it was nothing more than selling dog meat.From beginning to end, Liu Bei has a belief throughout, that is: avoid evil and pursue good, and stick to benevolence and righteousness.Even those historians who belittle Liu Bei find it difficult to find clear evidence that Liu Bei bullies the good and does many evils. At most, he accuses "big ears" of hypocrisy.However, if this kind of hypocrisy runs through a lifetime, it is very rare.Among the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei has the most miracles. He can always turn his life into a bright future when he is at the end of his life.