A brief introduction to Liu Bei and his people crossing the river

After Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang defeated Cao's army in Xinye, they moved to Fancheng. Cao Cao personally led an army to rush to Fancheng, and Liu Bei couldn't bear to abandon the people who had been following him for a long time.

He sent people to announce in the city: "Cao's soldiers are coming, and the isolated city cannot be defended for a long time. If the people are willing to follow, they can cross the river together." After seeing it, the people in the city would rather die than follow. Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to reorganize the boats on the riverside. The people dragged their families, supported the old and the young, and wept, and there were endless cries on both sides of the river. Liu Bei would have thrown himself into the river.

The people next to him hurriedly hugged him. When Liu Bei arrived at the south bank, he looked back to the north of the river. There were countless people who had not yet crossed the river, looking south and waving. Liu Bei urgently ordered Guan Yu to rush the boat to ferry the people across the river. It wasn't until the people were about to finish crossing that they mounted their horses and left.

The incident of leading the people across the river made Liu Bei's reputation of loving the people widely spread in the Central Plains. Later generations wrote a poem to praise: "In the face of difficulties, he cared about the people and boarded the boat to move the three armies with tears. To this day, when I pay homage to the Xiangjiang River mouth, the elders still remember the envoy." From the 41st chapter of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Liu Xuande led the people across the river , Zhao Zilong rides the savior alone.

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The reason why Liu Bei led the people across the river:

Ruling the world with benevolence is the foundation of the establishment of Shu, and it is also the reason why wise men and women with lofty ideals seek refuge with Liu Bei. . Liu Bei won the hearts of the people with his kindness, and the people he won with his kindness returned home. Although he cannot become a hero in troubled times like Liu Bei, he can do his best to help more people in his daily life as long as he is based on kindness and starts from kindness. Those who are in need will eventually become heroes that they can be proud of.

Liu Bei clearly knew that he did not have the political advantage of Cao Cao to "hold the emperor's power to command the princes", nor did he have the military foundation of Sun Quan to "rely on the tyranny of his father and brother". If he wanted to achieve his life goal, he had only one thing: He spread his virtues all over the world to win the hearts and minds of the people. This is the real reason why Liu Bei would rather lead his people across the river than lose his army.

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