In addition to the huge age gap, Zhuge Liang and Liu are almost separated by a generation, and the gap of almost 20 years old just doesn't care about the cottage.

Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for three trips before he invited Zhuge Liang back, leaving an impression that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were arrogant and very bad.

When I visited the thatched cottage, Zhuge Liang was 26 years old, a high-spirited young man, Liu Bei was 46 years old, and Zhang Guan was almost the same. He was still an old man.

Have you ever seen an old man in his late fifties and his brothers go out to ask a young man in his twenties for help? I went there three times in a row.

I have never seen anything modern, not to mention that in ancient times I paid attention to respecting the old and loving the young.

Even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei felt a little "shameful" and unfair, so why did Liu Bei "care about three and four" and "beg" Zhuge Liang to leave the mountain regardless of face? Can't you do it without Zhuge Liang?

Now in our eyes, Liu Bei feels that his life is actually ok, but he is all wet. Before capturing Yizhou, Liu Bei at that time could be described as wandering.

Liu Bei in the middle and early period is a typical history of grass-roots struggle and a history of failed struggle.

The so-called royalty did not bring any benefits to Liu Bei. The young Liu Bei worked for people for a long time, including famous or unknown figures such as Han, Gongsun Zan, Tian Ji and Cao Cao, but they didn't work long, frequently jumped ship and had no money.

It was not until A.D. 194 that Liu Bei entered Xuzhou as a shepherd. He finally became a small boss. He thought he could live a good life from now on. However, Liu Bei, who was teetering, was beaten out of the water by Lu Bu. He didn't know anything about the east, the west and the north, and he was defeated again and again. He can only rely on Cao Cao to bring down Lu Bu and rescue his wife and children captured by Lu Bu.

Under Cao Cao's seat, Liu Bei repeatedly lost, was severely beaten by Yuan Shu, and wandered around with a great army, sleepy.

It was not until A.D. 198 that Yuan Shu, Lu Bu and other world heroes were defeated by Cao Cao one after another, and the situation began to ease. Liu Bei just breathed a sigh of relief, but there was really only one breath.

/kloc-in 0/99, Dong Cheng set up an anti-Cao Cao group in the clothes of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, ready to kill Cao Cao. As an uncle, Liu Bei is duty-bound to join.

The anti-Cao Cao clique was quickly defeated and Liu Bei was exposed, which made Cao Cao very angry. For several years, I have been very kind to you, Liu Bei. What did you feed?

In 200 years, the furious Cao Cao personally led the army to conquer Liu Bei, and Liu Bei continued to follow his usual style: failure and escape.

The Central Plains couldn't get along, so Liu Bei had to go south to take refuge in Liu Biao. 20 1 year, with the help of Liu Biao, Liu Bei got a small place: Xinye (Nanyang, Henan) for a break.

This land was not given for nothing. Liu Biao's abacus is to ask Liu Bei to help fight Cao as a buffer between Liu Biao and Cao Cao.

At this time, Liu Bei experienced constant failures and lost land, never established a stable rule, and was suffering in all aspects. It can be said that he is at the end of his rope.

Liu Bei's following talents can be counted: military commanders-Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and civil servants-Xu Shu.

Xu Shu defected when Liu Bei was squatting in Xinye.

Difficult! Even Liu Bei himself felt difficult and sighed, meaning that he had done nothing in recent years and gained weight!

This is Liu Bei's deep doubt about himself.

At that time, the world's evaluation of Liu Bei was: Is Liu Beiqi bad? I am not good at fighting, but I am defeated in every battle. I'm too busy. Why do I need someone?

Liu Bei can't explain it, so he can only sigh. Sighed, continued to sponsor, squatting in Xinyewo.

Until 207, Xu Shu solemnly recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei: This is the talent of Wolong! More importantly, this is a stepping stone!

For Liu Bei at that time, Liu Bei obviously didn't pay much attention to strategic talents, or civil servants. He has Xu Shu and no territory. What can Zhuge Liang do?

He will invite you, but it may not be true. He is willing to be treated coldly and run three times to invite someone, not to mention a person who is 20 years younger than himself. This face can be lost.

But Zhuge Liang has another identity, which Liu Bei has to attach importance to.

That is Zhuge Liang's wife. Zhuge Liang's wife is the daughter of local celebrity Huang, and his mother-in-law Cai's wife and Liu Biao's wife are sisters. Cai's family was the most powerful family in Jingzhou at that time, and the leader Cai Mao was the uncle of Zhuge Liang's wife.

Judging from such complicated kinship, Zhuge Liang is closely related to Liu Biao, Cai Mao and Liu Qi. After all, the family, especially Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao, liked Zhuge Liang very much, which showed that Zhuge Liang had a certain influence in the highest authority in Jingzhou at that time.

For Liu Bei, Liu Biao's family background is difficult to make friends with, and people may not be able to value Liu Bei who is down and out. But Zhuge Liang is the object that Liu Bei can break through and make friends with.

Liu Bei can really stand the shame of running three times, and Zhuge Liang's special identity should be the most important.

The two sides should be a typical "exchange of interests", each taking what he needs. Liu Bei needs Zhuge Liang to bridge the gap and make friends with the Liu Biao family. Zhuge Liang needs a chance to get ahead, because Zhuge Liang's strategy of winning the world is based on Jingzhou.

So Liu Bei needs a place where he can make his own decisions, and Zhuge Liang needs Jingzhou as a base to realize his ambitions. They hit it off and let Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang form a so-called "fish-water relationship" until they borrowed Jingzhou.

In short, Liu Bei needed Zhuge Liang at that time, not necessarily Zhuge Liang's talent, but Zhuge Liang's identity, and Liu Bei could invite people with his two brothers.

But in 208, Xu Shu, Liu Bei's chief counselor, was forced to leave Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang's talents naturally became a part of Liu Bei's reliance.

Therefore, for Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei first looked at identity, followed by wisdom. what do you think?