Later when Liu Bei passed away, Zhuge Liang managed to hold off five armies initiated by Cao Pi. Unfortunately the subsequent death of Pang Tong in the westward expedition as well as Liu Bei's entrapment in Xichuan left Zhuge Liang no choice but to lead troops to Xichuan to rescue Liu Bei as well as to capture Xichuan. Sharing the same idea as Pang Tong that Jingzhou cannot be defended long term, Zhuge Liang remained behind in Jingzhou while Liu Bei together with Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Pang Tong and Guan Ping headed for Xichuan. Liu Bei and Sun Quan's armies dealt a heavy blow to Cao Cao and Liu Bei captured the territories of Jingzhou as war spoilts. To ensure Liu Bei's survival against Cao Cao's impending invasion, Zhuge Liang volunteer to head for East Wu to personally sway Sun Quan into an alliance with Liu Bei and resist Cao Cao together.
Having no alternative Zhuge Liang led a small band of soldiers to JiangXia to request reinforcements from Liu Qi. However the second attack wave proved too much to handle and Liu Bei led the populace of Xinye to retreat to Xiangyang but was chased away by Liu Cong. However Zhuge Liang's uncanny anticipations of the enemy movement which resulted in a complete victory over the Cao troops on his first command proved Guan Yu and Zhang Fei wrong.
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Initially Guan Yu and Zhang Fei cannot accept the fact of taking orders from a young chap thinking how can their elder brother Liu Bei trust a young and inexperienced chap like Zhuge Liang so much as to giving him full command of the army in the battle against Xiahou Dun. Zhuge Liang was then a 27 year old chap and Liu Bei 47 years old.
Touched by Liu Bei's sincerity as well as Liu Bei's adoption of his plan for setting up a kingdom in the west and allying with East Wu at the same time, Zhuge Liang left his humble abode to serve Liu Bei in what would be a major turning point for Liu Bei. Zhuge Liang lived a peaceful and tranquil life in Longzhong village in the countryside until Liu Bei managed to meet him in person on his third visit. Also known as Kongming and alias "The Sleeping Dragon". Zhuge Liang is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu by Jin Guliang.A master tactician. His name has become synonymous with wisdom and strategy in Chinese culture. In remembrance of his governance, local people maintained shrines to him for ages. He liked to compare himself to the sage minister Guan Zhong, developing Shu's agriculture and industry to become a regional power, and attached great importance to the works of Shen Buhai and Han Fei, refusing to indulge local elites and adopting strict, but fair and clear laws. Zhuge Liang was a Confucian-oriented "Legalist". Zhuge Liang is often depicted wearing a Taoist robe and holding a hand fan made of crane feathers. His reputation as an intelligent and learned scholar grew even while he was living in relative seclusion, earning him the nickname "Wolong" or "Fulong", meaning "Crouching Dragon" or "Sleeping Dragon". He is recognised as the most accomplished strategist of his era, and has been compared to Sun Tzu, the author of The Art of War. He was chancellor and later regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. Zhuge Liang, courtesy name Kongming, was a Chinese statesman and military strategist.
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