At this time, Cao Cao took up 500,000 troops, while Liu Cong (the second son of Liu Biao) surrendered without fighting, and gained 300,000 troops, totaling more than 800,000. Cao Cao successively won Xinye, Fancheng, Xiangyang and Jiangling, and his journey was sweeping. In order to stabilize Sun Quan, Cao Cao first appealed to Sun Quan, hoping that Sun Quan could recognize the reality and attack Liu Bei with Cao Cao to carve up Liu Biao's Jingzhou.
Sun Quan was in shock after receiving Cao Cao's surrender, because all the civil servants under Sun Quan surrendered and the military commanders fought the main battle. So two factions were formed. At this time, Lu Su learned the truth from Jiangxia and returned to Chaisang with Zhuge Liang, and a good show began.
Zhuge Liang's war of words is well founded.
Although some people say that there is no dispute between Confucianism in history, what we are talking about today is Zhuge Liang's countermeasures, with or without it. Just look at how Zhuge Liang deals with the difficulties of Zhang Zhao and others.
Zhuge Liang met with Zhang Zhao and other twelve advisers of Sun Quan. Zhang Zhaoxian said: I heard that Mr. Zhuge Liang lived in Longzhong for a long time and compared himself with Guan Zhong Le Yi, but is this true? Zhuge Liang said: This is just my usual metaphor. Zhang Zhao added: I recently heard that Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage. Fortunately, Mr. Liu thinks he is like a duck to water and wants to sweep Jingxiang. Now all these places belong to Cao Cao. what do you think? Zhuge Liang retreated after knowing the difficulties, and replied: My master Liu Bei took Jingxiang's land easily, but out of benevolence and righteousness, he could not bear to seize the same clan inheritance and refused. And that boy, Liu Cong, listened to the villain and secretly surrendered to Cao Cao, which can only encourage Cao Cao's potential. Liu Bei's temporary residence in Jiangxia today has ulterior motives, and he is not an idle generation.
I asked Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, and they all failed.
At this time, it can be seen that Zhuge Liang was still a little polite and did not give a radical answer. But Zhang Zhaoyou went on to say: In that case, what Mr. Wang said is against the facts. Since you compare yourself with Guan Le, both of them are really helpful to the world. You were proud and romantic when you were in the thatched cottage. Now that you are following Liu Bei, you should help the righteous and eliminate Cao Cao. Besides, before Liu Bei won you, he could encircle the world and divide it. Today, everyone looks up to Mr. Liu. Three-year-olds can see that Liu Bei is better. Everyone is watching how you can save your life and destroy cao thief.
But since you followed Liu Bei, why did Cao Cao abandon his armor and flee when he sent his troops? Abandon a new field and go to Fancheng. If the sun shines, you will lose. If you go to Xiakou, there is no place to live. This is because Liu Bei is not as good as before after he got a husband! Are Guan Zhong and Le Yi like this?
Zhuge Liang replied: Pengcheng Wan Li, the swallow knows the ambition of a swan, explained the answers of burning Bowangpo, drowning Xia Houdun and abandoning Xinye one by one, and then said that Guan Zhong and Le Yi may not be able to raise troops. And successive failures, outnumbered, military strategists strive for, and Liu Bang was repeatedly defeated by Xiang Yu in those days. Isn't the success of the next World War one's plan? I don't want some (Zhang Zhao) high-sounding debaters to sit down and debate. The logic is strict and unparalleled. It's ridiculous. When it comes to actual combat, they won't improvise and it's useless.
The second question is whether Zhuge Liang is really talented and knowledgeable.
At this time, Liu Bei was defeated, and the ministers in Wu Dong really looked down on Zhuge Liang. Twelve people, including Yu Fan, Lu Ji and Cheng Deshu, asked Zhuge Liang what classics he had learned and how to help the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang answered them one by one. This is simply a debate. Zhuge Liang is more eloquent. Of course, everyone won.
Three problems about the reality of Cao Jun.
When Zhuge Liang argued with Qunru, Huang Gai couldn't stand it any longer, so he had to take Zhuge Liang to see Sun Quan. Sun Quan is most concerned about the actual strength of Cao Cao, so it is Sun Quan's concern to inquire about Cao Cao's army. Because the purpose of Zhuge Liang's trip was to unite Sun Quan against Cao, Zhuge Liang saw that Sun Quan was blue-eyed and purple-bearded, so he could only persuade him with wisdom.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang spoke highly of Cao Cao, saying that Sun Quan could not compete with all the troops in Wu Dong, and suggested that Sun Quan surrender to Cao Cao. Of course, Sun Quan wants to confront Cao Cao at this time, but he has not made up his mind yet. Zhuge Liang directly asked Sun Quan to surrender (in fact, he dared Sun Quan to resist Cao), which really angered Sun Quan and was ignored by Sun Quan for a while. However, Zhuge Liang also successfully realized the Sun-Liu alliance.