"Zi Mou, you said before that we should send troops to help those who came to ask for help. How should we do that?”
After watching Taishi Ci's back disappear around the corner, Liu Bei turned to Xia Cheng for advice.
"Of course we have to save him, and we should spare no effort to save him!”Xia Cheng smiled.
"Beihai is Qingzhou Prefecture, and Kong Wenju is well-known in the world. If you save him, it will be beneficial for you to gain a reputation.”
"It's still the same sentence. The plains are too small, but this world is very big. So, my lord, don't just focus on what's in front of you.”
The details were important, but the long-term vision was even more important.
"Moreover, the North Sea is just a step I've set for you. Only by progressing step by step can you reap some benefits. Next, you have to be mentally prepared.”
Liu Bei and Zhang Fei looked at each other and fell into deep thought. Even Zhang Fei could smell the aura of something big coming from these words.
"Since that's the case, we'll do as Zimou said. Yide, quickly inform Chief Yun to gather all the troops in the plains. At the same time, organize the rations and prepare the logistics. Also, ask Xianhe to remember to send someone to inform the direction of Qingzhou. We... We will depart tomorrow."
Taking a deep breath, Liu Bei finally showed a hint of emotion after making his decision.
Everything he had now was accumulated bit by bit by himself. Luck was important, and hard work was indispensable.
The thousands of soldiers seemed to be quite large, but in reality, they could only drift around with the wind.
It was like a piece of paper. It looked like a lot of paper, but it was actually very thin. In the face of a strong enough wind, it could only sway with the wind.
After all, he didn't have many resources to begin with, and he couldn't even nurture a plain.
Previously, when Xia Cheng had suggested expanding the army, Liu Bei had gritted his teeth and made the decision.
One had to know that recruiting soldiers was not something that could be done with a finger like in the game in the future.
If they ran out of food, they would have to stop recruiting and reduce their troops.
This was because when the time came, the lack of rations would affect morale, but if it caused a mutiny, the gains would not make up for the losses.
Originally, Liu Bei had decided to send out 3,000 of his 5,000 soldiers to help the North Sea, while the remaining 2,000 soldiers would stay behind to help the county soldiers and guard the plains.
However, under Xia Cheng's persuasion, Liu Bei finally decided to use all his troops on the plains.
The reason was simple. Just as Xia Cheng had said, Liu Bei needed to make a name for himself.
At this time, no one knew Liu Xuande, because Liu Bei was not the Imperial Uncle of the Great Han Dynasty, nor the Governor of Yuzhou, nor the Governor of Xuzhou, nor the King of Hanzhong.
After the Yellow Turban and Dong Zhuo's outbreak, anyone with a bit of talent should be able to see the situation in the country clearly. It was the decline of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, heroes from all over the world began to gradually change their minds and think of ways to rely on a "wise lord" in order to fulfill their life aspirations.
However, there were many ambitious people, but not many elites who took the initiative to join Liu Bei.
Why?
Because he had no foundation and no territory.
Liu Bei, who was born in poverty, only had the title of a royal family member. Therefore, he encountered many difficulties at the beginning of his business. He had no wealth to support him, nor did he have any talents to support him.
He could only rely on his sworn brothers, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, to join the army and wait for an opportunity.
However, due to repeated failures in the early stages of the venture, there were very few available talent resources to be invested in his service.
This was actually the best proof that the monarch chose his subjects, and the subjects also chose their monarch.
If there wasn't a ruler that they liked, there were even people who could really not become an official.
The heroes of the three kingdoms who had shown their talents were naturally very capable, but in fact, there were even more unknown talents. For various reasons, they were buried in the long river of history.
It was not that many people did not have the ability or talent. What they lacked was a stepping stone.
What Liu Bei needed to do was to attract the attention of these talents.
The original Liu Bei had wanted to save the North Sea because he wanted to repay Kong Rong for saying," I heard that Liu Xuande is a hero of the world."
On the other hand, he could also go one step further and make a name for himself by borrowing Kong Rong's circle.
After all, to become famous, one often needed to be exposed by a famous person.
In the past, in order to obtain Xu Shao's evaluation of " a capable subject who ruled the world and a treacherous hero in troubled times ", Cao Cao had even gone to the extent of directly knocking on other people's doors.
As the 20th grandson of Confucius, Kong Rong had held the positions of Marquis of the North Army, General of the Tiger Troop, and Minister of the North Sea Kingdom. In the eyes of the world, he could be considered a great scholar.
He said," Liu Xuande of the plains sent troops to rescue the North Sea, a hero of the world.”His evaluation was many times better than Liu Bei's self-proclaimed " descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, the great-great-grandson of Lord Han Jing ".
This was the so-called saying: If a dragon wants to fly high in the sky, it must first build a ruler of wood.
The real dragon happened to be beside the tree with the thunder and lightning. When the thunder and lightning left, the dragon followed it up, so it was said to rise to heaven from the tree.
Heroes also needed resources to grow and develop.
Liu Bei, who had great ambitions, would definitely not stay in the Qingzhou Plains forever. Sooner or later, he would have to step onto a bigger stage.
However, with Liu Bei's current condition, although he had a certain foundation, it was far from enough. At the very least, he had to attract more attention, make more contributions, and establish a better reputation.
Now, the opportunity had come!
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