"Mother, the child wants to say goodbye to a few friends before leaving, I don't know if it's okay?" Xu Shu asked his mother, but his eyes swept Shangguan Haitang and Guihai without a trace.

Mother Xu didn't answer immediately, she glanced at Shangguan Haitang vaguely, and when she saw Shangguan Haitang signaling, she said: "My son has this heart, then I should be like this!"

The eye contact between Xu's mother and Shangguan Haitang, Xu Shu naturally saw it in his eyes, so he was even more sure that his mother had been coerced. However, for the current situation, Xu Shu also said that he was helpless. Shangguan Haitang and Guihai Yidao were sent by Youzhou Mu to "invite" their family to serve in Youzhou, so that Xu Shu's status in their eyes should not be low, and it stands to reason that his mother will not be harmed; Xu Shu has also fought in the sword rivers and lakes, so he can naturally feel the strong strength of Shangguan Haitang and Guihai Yidao.

The reason why Xu Shu said on the spot that he wanted to say goodbye to his friends was to faintly tell Shangguan Haitang and Guihai that he had no intention of escaping, so you can rest assured. And Shangguan Haitang and Guihai Yidao knew that Xu Shu was a strategist that Yuan Chang "invited" to go, so naturally they would not be too restrained, after all, they might still be colleagues in the future, and they would not see each other when they looked up.

After negotiating, Xu Shu and Xu Mu went back to the house to pack their things and went to Youzhou, not knowing when they would be able to come back. Previously, because of Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Xu Shu had already moved once, and he hadn't been in Fancheng for a few years, and now he was moving again, and this time the move seemed to be more depressing than the last time. At least, the last time Xu Shu moved, he was the one who took the initiative, but this time, he was coerced to move, and he didn't feel too comfortable no matter how he thought about it.

After Xu Shu and Xu Mu finished cleaning up, Xu Shu said a word, then left the house and said goodbye to a few of his friends. The first stop is naturally Pang Degong's home. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Pang Degong's house, Pang Tong was also here.

"Yuan Zhi, why are you here again?"

When Pang Degong saw Xu Shu coming to his house again, he immediately asked a little puzzled. It turned out that a few days ago, Xu Shu was chatting with Pang Degong and Sima Hui at Pang Degong's house, discussing the general trend of the world. I only went back yesterday, and I reappeared today. Of course, it's not that Pang Degong doesn't welcome Xu Shu, but Xu Shu has never made such a move in the past. Faintly, Pang Degong felt that something was wrong with Xu Shu, and then carefully looked at Xu Shu's face, it seemed that this was really the case.

"Brother Shang, I came here to say goodbye to my brother!"

After a day of consideration, Xu Shu's heart also calmed down. Since the matter has come to this point and cannot be changed, then he can only accept it. Although Pang Degong is old enough to be Xu Shu's uncle, he is commensurate with Xu Shu and them, which shows Pang Degong's free heart.

"Oh, why is that?"

"Youzhou Shepherd sent people to my home to 'invite' me to Youzhou to help, but I had to go, so I came to say goodbye to Brother Shang. Xu Shu smiled bitterly and explained simply. However, listening to the resentment in Xu Shu's words, it was obvious that Xu Shu still felt a little awkward about Youzhou Mu's "invitation".

"Youzhou Mu, Mo is not Liu Bo'an, the clan relative of the Han family, how did he know about you?" Pang Degong listened to Xu Shu's words, but his heart was even more puzzled.

Regarding Pang Degong's words, Xu Shu smiled helplessly and explained a little.

It turned out that Pang Degong was bent on being a hermit and did not understand the situation today. Because he knew Pang Degong's thoughts, every time Xu Shu and Sima Hui talked to Pang Degong, they would not discuss the forces of all parties in the world, but more about various policies and people's livelihood. As for who is more promising and who is stronger in all forces, Pang Degong will not care at all. If it weren't for the fact that the few friends he made were all ambitious people, maybe he wouldn't even talk about these things, but just bent on traveling in the mountains and rivers, and he was happy!

"I see, then Liu Bo'an is already dead, and Youzhou has changed hands, I don't want to, if it is like today, it has become like this, alas!"

After Xu Shu's explanation, Pang Degong finally understood how chaotic it was today, and sighed quietly. However, it was just a sigh of emotion, and then Pang Degong didn't say more, if it weren't for Xu Shu, Pang Degong wouldn't even bother to ask.

"Youzhou Mu is far away in Youzhou, and I know that there is a person like you Yuan Zhi in the world, if you want to come, Yuan Zhi will definitely be able to show his strengths and realize his ambitions. ”

"By my brother's auspicious words, if it's not too early today, I still want to say goodbye to Brother Decao, so I won't stay here for long. ”

Xu Shu saluted, then said goodbye to Pang Degong and went to Sima Hui's house. Although Pang Degong is a native of Xiangyang, he does not live in the city government, but lives on Yuliang Island in the south of Da Xian Mountain. It will take some time to get to Xiangyang City from here, which shows how strong Pang Degong's hermit heart is.

"Nephew to meet uncle!"

When Pang Degong and Pang Tong were left in the room, Pang Tong bowed to Pang Degong and sat upright, without any superfluous movements.

Pang Tong is now thirteen years old, and he looks a little thin. Originally, a young man should be handsome and handsome, but these words can't match Pang Tong, for Pang Tong, only an ugly word can describe it. Of course, for a hermit like Pang Degong, whether a person is ugly or not is not the key, but the heart and morality are the most important. Pang Degong's Pang family is also a scholar family in Jingzhou, and among the children of the Pang family, Pang Degong is the only one who has a crush on Pang Tong. The other children wanted to come to see him, but they were not even allowed to enter the door, only Pang Tong could listen to Pang Degong's teachings.

"Hmm!"

I don't know what's going on, Pang Degong seems to be a little absent-minded at the moment, and he didn't say much about Pang Tong's greeting, his eyes wandered, as if he was thinking about something. Pang Tong looked at his uncle with some puzzlement, and secretly guessed in his heart that Pang Degong's performance at this time might be related to the previous Xu Shu.

Pang Tong's idea is undoubtedly correct, and Pang Degong's thoughts are related to Xu Shu.

Pang Tong looked stupid and wooden when he was a child, and he was not very smart, so no one in the Pang family liked Pang Tong very much. In fact, what they don't know is that Pang Tong is not stupid, on the contrary, Pang Tong is smarter than anyone else, and he is far smarter than ordinary people. To illustrate with an analogy, for example, two people are playing chess, ordinary people take chess to take one step and think of one step, the master is to take one step and think of the next two or three moves, and there is another kind of person who has already thought of how to start the next game after winning a hundred or a thousand steps. Undoubtedly, Pang Tong is this kind of person. In the eyes of ordinary people, this type of person is often incomprehensible. As a great man said, one step ahead is a genius, and a hundred steps ahead is a madman. Pang Tong is smart and naturally understands what others think, but he doesn't care, and he is still quietly running his brain.

Pang Tong's intelligence is beyond doubt, and even characters like Zhuge Liang claim that Pang Tong's ability is ten times that of him. Of course, maybe it's an exaggeration, maybe it's true. However, it can only be said that Pang Tong's ability is definitely not worse than Zhuge Liang. One of the very simple examples, in the battle to capture Yizhou, it can be seen that Pang Tong's ability is only stronger than Zhuge Liang. Therefore, how could Pang Tong, who was obviously stronger than Zhuge Liang, easily die before Liu Bei succeeded in capturing Yizhou, or died at the hands of Zhang Ren, who was not famous, not a strategist, but just a military general?

Among them, there seems to be a big doubt. So, what exactly was the cause of Pang Tong's death?

Among the Three Kingdoms, the relationship between Cheng Yu, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong is extraordinary, they not only have dealings with Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui, but also humble themselves with a difference of "ten times" in talent. In fact, they belong to the same alumni type group. It's just that the cooperation is relatively loose and invisible, and is limited to the spiritual level of promoting philosophy from neo-legalism to neo-Confucianism and then to Confucianism.

Their so-called "tenfold" difference is mainly reflected in two aspects: one is the time difference, the master often has a long vision, can calm down, and debuts later, the order of the four of them is Yu, Shu, Liang, and Tong;

But there is one problem, Cheng Yu and Zhuge Liang's lifetime is much greater than that of Xu Shu and Pang Tong. It turns out that there is a third difference between them, which is the yin and yang difference. The previous "ten times" is all about superficial graduation exam results, which we can call resourcefulness or impotence. However, in actual combat, there will still be people who violate loyalty, filial piety, and faithfulness, and use power or conspiracy. Among the four, Tong and Shu are only good at conspiracy, while Liang and Yu are good at conspiracy, among which Liang is higher than Yu. Those who focus on conspiracies tend to be loyal, and those who are good at conspiracies tend to be rebellious.

What needs to be explained here is that "usurpation" is a flood beast for the ruler, but for the life form of the "nation", it is an indispensable yin and yang, that is, metabolism, which is only divided into reasonable and unreasonable. Moreover, soldiers are not tired of deceit, and Sun Tzu even said that his yang schemes are all tricks, so yin and yang, like loyalty and rebellion, have no advantages or disadvantages in themselves, the key is to grasp them in a balanced manner and use them reasonably. To be precise, conspiracy falls under the category of mind-attacking. However, in the feudal society where the yang is respected and the yin is humble, the conspiracy cannot be learned from teachers and books, and can only rely on self-understanding and independent research and development. But once you have it, you can win by surprise and change your destiny. Cheng Yu and Zhuge Liang stood out from the rankings because of their comprehensive strategies.

Pang Tong was completely loyal to Liu Bei at first, and he first went to Dongwu to lodge in order to form a tripartite strategy with Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu, win the victory over Chibi, and save Liu. So as soon as the Red Cliff War ended, Pang Tong came directly to vote for Liu Bei. In order not to embarrass Liu Bei, he was willing to start from the bottom and was not in a hurry to show the letters of recommendation from Lu Su and Kong Ming. Sure enough, he conquered Liu Bei in Leiyang with his true talent and learning, and Kong Ming had to admit that Pang Tong was ten times higher than himself. It can also be seen from this incident that if Pang Tong really wants to enter someone's team, he can always come up with a way. If he didn't even have the ability to enter the door, would he dare to call himself a "phoenix chick"? I think that Cao Cao's water village could even enter and leave at will, and he bumped into Sun Quan during the "interview" in Soochow, just to slip away without offending anyone.

Zhuge Liang was able to help Liu Bei take Jingzhou, but he had nothing to do in the face of Xichuan, who was "strong and dangerous", and he didn't know how to persuade Liu Bei, who pretended to be benevolent, to usurp Liu Zhang, nor did he dare to fight another Chibi battle for Xichuan. So he took the opportunity of hanging filial piety to Zhou Yu to go to Eastern Wu to invite Pang Tong, who was a step higher than himself (here Kong Ming also has a layer of intention to continue to abide by the alienation in front of the Liu family's relatives, in order to cover up dissent and maintain the image of foolishness). Since then, the two have defended Jingzhou and attacked Xichuan, and at the same time became Liu Bei's right-hand man.

Pang Tong is indeed more talented than Kong Ming, he realized that Liu Bei had to pretend to be benevolent and righteous when he took Jingzhou, because he also wanted to favor Liu Zhang in the future, but when he got to Liu Zhang, he could completely tear his face and "force the palace". Theoretically, he easily persuaded Liu Bei with only the four words "reverse and obedient"; in martial arts, he only used Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, two "last generals" that Kong Ming did not want, to achieve a breakthrough in Xichuan. However, just when Xichuan was bound to succeed and was done, things took a turn for the worse, and Kong Ming sent a death threatening letter to Pang Tong. This move is similar to Cheng Yu's deception of Xu Shu before, Cheng Yu is using Xu Shu's filial piety, first hijacking Xu's mother, and then recruiting Xu Shu; Zhuge Liang is using Pang Tong's loyalty to Liu Bei, Liu Bei's love for Pang Tong, first shake Liu Bei's heart, and then destroy Pang Tong. The two conspirators are like volleyball players, dunking the ball between the two opposing sides, forcing them to make mistakes when they give each other.

Here's how it happened, a Guanghan man Peng Yang secretly told Liu Bei that someone on the enemy side wanted to break the water of the Fujiang River to flood the front villages of Wei Yan and Huang Zhong. He also said: "Gangxing is in the west, Taibai is here, there should be something unlucky, and you should be cautious." This information not only saved Liu Bei's tens of thousands of lives, but also beheaded the enemy's mastermind Ling Bao and turned the murder into good fortune.

So who created this dangerous situation where his life hung by a thread? It was Liu Bei. The Sichuan general Lingbao had been captured alive by Wei Yan before, but Liu Bei wanted to release him. Wei Yan said: "This person cannot be put back. If you get rid of it, you won't come back. Xuande said: "I treat others with benevolence and righteousness, and people do not live up to me." "It is ridiculous that you can abuse benevolence and righteousness in such a way without considering the actual situation, at the front line of your life and death, at the moment when the advantage has not yet been established. Since benevolence and righteousness can be exchanged for benevolence and righteousness, do you still need to take it from the opposite? Since benevolence and righteousness can be exchanged for benevolence and righteousness, why didn't Cao Cao give you an inch of land? It can be seen that Liu Bei has fallen from "Confucian benevolence" to "foolish benevolence," and the Liu family's genetic disease has flareed up, and he is no longer the Xuande who used to distinguish between true benevolence and false righteousness when dealing with Cao Cao. If it weren't for Peng Yang's help this time, Pang Tong would definitely fall short. Just turned the danger into a disaster, Zhuge Liang sent Ma Liang to send a letter saying: "The bright night counts the number of Taiyi, this year's year is the second year, the Gangxing is in the west, and the dry elephant is observed, Taibai is in the city of Luocheng; Be cautious. "For the same astrological sign, Zhuge Liang proposed a second explanation. And Pang Tong scoffed at Zhuge Liang's "goodwill", and further put forward a third explanation: "Tong is also counted as Taiyi, and it is known that Gangxing is in the west, and the lord should be in Xichuan, don't be the main murderer." Tong also occupies astronomy, seeing that Taibai is in the city, he first beheads the buds, which has been a bad omen. The lord is not suspicious, and he can rush into the army. "It's really one elephant three words.

On the one hand, he cherished Pang Tong, a super-capable strategist, and on the other hand, he was very convinced of Zhuge Liang, who was like a god. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Liu Bei decided to retreat to Jingzhou. The next day, he also persuaded Pang Tong with his dream: "I dreamed of a god at night, and hit my right arm with an iron rod, and I felt that my arm hurt." Isn't this trip not good?" Pang Tong, who has always been resolute and does not believe in evil, can endure such words and deeds of being weak and incompetent, and he replied: "A strong man is in battle, and he is not dead or wounded, so it is natural. Why are you suspicious of dreams?" and said, "The lord is bewitched by Kong Ming. He didn't want to make **** a great success, so he made this statement to doubt the heart of the lord. If you are suspicious, you will have a dream, what is the murder? Don't say anything more, come and do it early. "How good it is, one brave, two loyal, three materialistic, and four not like the greedy villain. However, when Pang Tong made this generous statement, his loyalty took a sharp turn -- he didn't want to work hard for Liu Bei anymore -- Liu Bei was now foolish, righteous, and foolish, and had no merit.

Because Pang Tong adhered to the virtue of loyalty and righteousness, he never planned to usurp the world, so he wanted to give way to Kong Ming. Pang Tong is like a free gymnast, when the forward inertia is too great to stop urgently, he temporarily came to a wonderful "return". The actions can be broken down into, one is to maintain the dignity of one's own men and soldiers, and would rather be a horse leather shroud than a deserter. It is said that Pang Tong at this time could choose to retire in order to save his life, but he did not do so. This is also the biggest difference between his personality and Liu Bei's. The second is to slightly blame Liu Bei for the cause of his death in order not to affect Zhuge Liang. Why did his horse suddenly stumble when he had been riding for a long time? Could it be that he also began to be suspicious and afraid of death, and his emotions affected the horse? No, he saw that Liu Bei was superstitious about this, so he also played a trick of throwing himself down, so that Liu Bei would change horses with him because he cared for him. After riding Liu Bei's white horse, he not only died quickly, but also attributed the fault to Liu Bei. In this way, Liu Bei will not be angry with Kong Ming, Liu Bei dreamed that the god hit his arm, which means that he subconsciously doubts Kong Ming, only Kong Ming is the god in Liu Bei's heart. The third is that he chose to die in "Luofengpo", which in turn comforted Liu Bei, who was fated: I am destined to die, and you don't have to blame yourself too much. Fourth, why did Pang Tong repeatedly expose that Zhuge Liang's letter was motivated by jealousy? Why did he march on a wooded path and arrange Wei Yan far away in the front line? What is the use of being in the more dangerous rear team without the strength of a chicken? Can't he stick to Wei Yan? It turned out that Pang Tong wanted to use this conspicuous flaw in the formation to show his fellow Zhuge Liang that I was willing to give up my merits and give way to you, not to die in your hands, still less to ignore your sinister intentions.

It can be seen from this that Kong Ming is indeed not directly responsible for Pang Tong's death, if there is really anything to do with it, it is that Kong Ming first launched a long-range attack missile, but Pang Tong immediately made a precise interception. The real effect of the missile was to make Pang Tong discover Liu Bei's cowardice and foolishness in addition to his foolishness and foolishness, and then strengthen his determination to oppose the Lord -- Pang Tong faked falling in response to the sound of bullets.

In fact, a super strategist like Pang Tong, who can command thousands of troops, if he doesn't want to commit suicide, ordinary people can't let him go, even if it's a strategist who is higher than him, it's difficult. Even if he can't win, he can save his life, not to mention that the opponent is an unknown Sichuan general (Zhang Ren).

But who would have thought that the death of the nest of arrows piercing the chest and smearing the liver and brain was actually a suicide method carefully planned by a generation of phoenix chicks, and is there anything more in the world than this to show the behavior of great wisdom and foolishness and sacrificing life for righteousness? There is no doubt that Pang Tong was the only person who had the talent to open up the Shu Dao at that time, but he resolutely passed the baton to Kong Ming, who was a little less talented and more ambitious, before the dawn came.

The hero saw the same thing, and Kong Ming couldn't re-acquaint himself with the broad-mindedness of his classmate and friend Pang Tong, only to see that he had just wiped away his tears and drove into Sichuan at full speed, and at the same time took a substantial step against Liu: transferred Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, leaving only Guan Yu alone to guard Jingzhou, so as to break Liu Bei's brother chain from Guan Yu. Zhuge Liang not only did not live up to Pang Tong's expectations in the end, but also successively "destroyed" Liu Zhang and Liu Bei, and also implemented a new policy of "Confucianism and law mixing" in Xichuan that was more advanced than Liu Han's "benevolent" government. And more importantly, when Zhuge Liang later encountered the same dilemma, he also followed Pang Tong's example and chose to be rational and virtuous: Ming Zhong Shu Han, secretly surrendered to Sima Yi, and decisively handed over the last stick in the alumni team.

Many strategists, from Guo Jia to Cheng Yu, from Xu Shu to Zhuge Liang, and then to Pang Tong, may have different specialties and values, but they are all good men - not retreating, not reckless, only seeking life without regrets, and indulging in burning.

For a long time, people have been wondering, why did Liu Bei still not be able to settle the world when he got a dragon and a phoenix? It turned out that he only touched the horns of the phoenix and the dragon, and never really got them. Only Sima Zhao has the ability to ride a dragon and a phoenix, and does he still remember Deng Ai stammering and saying, "The phoenix is a phoenix, so it is a phoenix"? Do you still remember that Zhong Hui sensed Zhuge Liang's manifestation on Dingjun Mountain? This means that Deng Ai is a phoenix of the Pang Tong style, and Zhong Hui is a dragon of the Kong Ming style, and they are also loyal and rebellious. As the saying goes: dragons and phoenixes are often there, but the lords of the world are not often!

With such an analysis, the cause of Pang Tong's death is very clear, and the emotion is a carefully arranged suicide, rather than a death due to Zhang Ren's treacherous scheme. Pang Tong really deserves to be the phoenix chick who can beat Zhuge Liang, and a suicide is arranged so closely that there is no trace of it.

Not to mention what the cause of Pang Tong's death was, Pang Degong, who seemed to be distracted on the other side, had also come back to his senses, staring at Pang Tong with blazing eyes, as if he was making a decision. (To be continued.) )