Many lovers of the Three Kingdoms have a question, when Zhuge Liang came out of the mountains, why did he choose Liu Bei who was downcast? Why not choose the more powerful Sun Quan and Cao Cao? With Zhuge Liang's intelligence, coupled with the strength of Sun Quan or Cao Cao, the prospects must be very beautiful. As for why Zhuge Liang was dismissive of Sun Quan and Cao Cao? This problem is not complicated for the following reasons:
First: When Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, he could no longer find a place in Sun Quan or Cao Cao
When Zhuge Liang was preparing to go out of the mountain, sun quan and Cao Cao's civilian forces had already taken shape, Sun Quan's side was headed by the four people of Jiangdong, Cao Cao's side was headed by the Yingchuan group, and the official position was a turnip and a pit, and the position had long been occupied.
The historical Zhuge Liang is not as magical as the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", for Sun Quan and Cao Cao, who are not short of talents, Zhuge Liang cannot be reused even if he goes, and he must have seniority, and the arrogant Zhuge Liang may not have the patience.
And Liu Bei's side is different, if you are thirsty for talent, you can get a good position, Liu Bei is still in the entrepreneurial period, and you can also get shares, which is in line with the wishes of Zhuge Liang, a young man with ideals and ambitions.
But as Sima Hui described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "Although Wolong has its master, it is not timely, but it is a pity!" Zhuge Liang's timing of coming out of the mountain was not good, and there was not much space for him to play.
Second: Going to Sun Quan and Cao Cao's men would be ostracized
Sun Quan and Cao Cao had already passed the entrepreneurial period, and their power had entered a period of development and stability, and for the civilian and military generals under them, it was the time to divide the scope of their respective interests, and Zhuge Liang stepped in with the Jingzhou group behind him, which would not be welcomed, but would be rejected.
After any group of forces has basically taken shape, it will exclude outsiders, just like Pang Tong, who was an official under Zhou Yu during the Battle of Chibi, in order to find another way out for the Jingzhou forces.
Moreover, after Zhou Yu's death, Pang Tong personally helped Ling to go to Eastern Wu, just to impress Sun Quan to absorb the Jingzhou forces, Liu Bei was too weak at the time, they could not see it, but unfortunately, Sun Quan failed to accept it.
When describing this incident in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it ended with Sun Quan hating Pang Tong's ugly appearance, and Pang Tong left in anger. In fact, it was Pang Tong and the Jiangdong family that did not negotiate good terms, and the Jiangdong family refused to accept the Jingzhou group.
The purpose of the Jiangdong family to exclude the Jingzhou family was also very simple, not to let any forces enter the core of Jiangdong's power, so that Sun Quan only needed to rely on them, and Pang Tong had to go to Liu Bei.
Instead of Zhuge Liang, going to either side of Sun Quan and Cao Cao is the same result, either to give the Jiangdong family or the Yingchuan group a small one, or you don't come.
Third: Maybe it's a misconception
Everyone who looks at the Three Kingdoms knows that when describing Cao Cao, anyone can come up with a sentence
"Named Han Xiang, but actually a Han thief"
To describe him, this is Cao Cao's political weakness, "blackmailing the son of heaven to order the princes" is not what everyone agrees with.
Sun Quan, not to mention, the territory is bigger than Liu Bei, the strength is stronger than Liu Bei, but the reputation in the jianghu is not higher than Liu Bei, and the slogan of "reviving the Han Room" that Uncle Liu Huang has always been playing, and the identity he has always insisted on, is still very capable of fooling people.
Zhuge Liang and his friends around him may be staunch elements of Zun Han, which coincides with Liu Bei's concept, as for the warlord Sun Quan and the thief Cao Cao, go aside, that is the object of defeat.
In summary, Zhuge Liang probably only Liu Bei can choose, even if there is not much room for choice, Zhuge Liang still investigated for a long time, before mobilizing the resources around him to let Liu Bei know himself, with a piece of "three Gu Maolu" through the ages, completed the choice of the lord.