Wu Yi, the county seat of Wuxing, received a document from Pang Tong, claiming that the two families were at odds with Liu Biao, and that they should not fight again now, and peace was precious. Wu Yi was overjoyed and wrote a letter describing Pang Tongjun's good intentions and sent it to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang was overjoyed after getting the book. Pang Tong also ordered people to send pigs, cattle, sheep and other large numbers of livestock to the county seat. Wu Yi ordered the west gate to be opened, but due to the large number of livestock, it was not finished from the evening until the first watch, and the streets in the city were filled with livestock. At this moment, the phoenix cannon rang out, the pigs, cattle and sheep ran wildly and screamed, the whole city was chaotic, and the soldiers were stopping these beasts.

The one who suddenly came in was no longer a brute, it was a heavily armed soldier of the Pang Tong Army. The defenders didn't notice it, but Pang Tong's army was already increasing, until the first defender was suddenly killed with a knife when he went to stop a pig, and the war began. Pang Tong's army poured into the city, and Wu Yi's army was surrounded by brutes and couldn't get out or leave, and the chaos was extreme. Pang Tong led a team of people to kill directly to Wu Yi's mansion on the road led by the locals, the guards were cut down by Wang Jian, Pang Tong rushed into the lobby, Wu Yi was still wearing armor, caught off guard, and was put on the neck by Pang Tong's sword, and the surrounding Wu Yi soldiers just ran over, and they didn't dare to move when they saw this, and they were handed over by Pang Tong's men.

Pang Tong asked in a very enthusiastic tone, "Is Your Excellency Lord Wu?" ”

Wu Yi gritted his teeth and said angrily: "You have no faith! ”

Pang Tong sneered: "Soldiers are not tired of cheating, General Wu must keep it in mind." Tie me up! ”

The rout of Wu Yi's army was simply ridiculous, and he was not organized at all, and he was caught off guard by Pang Tongjun. Pang Tongjun held Wu Yi's soldier talisman, and most of the people saw that the momentum was not right, so they immediately knelt in the beast pile and surrendered. After the pacification of Wuxing County, the entire Wudu County was returned to Pang Tong.

Liu Zhang, who heard this, was afraid. And Liu Bei was full of anger, and blurted out in his own mansion: "Liu Zhang, you are a loser!" ”

Liu Bei was speechless, but he didn't take it to heart. But it was spread by the next generation. The matter was soon known to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang's strategist Zhang Song has always been unaccustomed to Zhuge Liang, and took the opportunity to advocate that Liu Bei wanted to rebel. Liu Zhang ordered the military general Li Hui to plan to encircle and suppress Liu Bei. But the matter leaked and was heard by the civil official Fazheng, who was good friends with Liu Bei. Fa Zheng didn't want Liu Bei to die tragically, so he reported the matter secretly.

At night, Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to drink, and Liu Bei knew that it was a Hongmen banquet, so he took Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to Liu Zhang's back garden. At this time, there are ambushes all around. But as soon as they drank a glass of wine, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu stepped forward and hacked Liu Zhang's left and right guards to death, and controlled Liu Zhang before Li Hui shouted at the soldiers to rush out.

Liu Zhang was afraid of death, so he hurriedly asked Li Hui to withdraw his troops.

Liu Bei lamented: "Why does my brother want to harm me! ”

Zhang Fei said angrily: "Liu Zhang'er, quickly give up the position of state pastor to my brother!" ”

Liu Zhang hurriedly said: "Okay! Good! ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said nothing. Guan Yu took Liu Zhang's military talisman and mobilized troops to besiege the mansions of Liu Zhang and other civil and military officials. The next day, Liu Zhang handed over the military talisman and seal ribbon with Liu Bei in the palace. After the news spread, the people of Chengdu applauded. Liu Bei's benevolence in assisting Liu Zhang in his administration in the past laid a great foundation for him to be popular with the people. In this way, there is no reason for other civil and military officials to want to overthrow Liu Bei.

When Pang Tong learned of this, he frowned and said, "A strong enemy has surfaced. ”

After Liu Bei took control of Yizhou, Liu Biao became even more jealous.

Pang Tong began his strategy of attacking Tangping Pass, hoping to break this pass before Liu Bei sat down in his position, and the entire Hanzhong County was completely exposed to Pang Tong's army's field of vision. At this time, Tang Ping guarded the thunder copper. Pang Tong came to this place where he had suffered a defeat, and only Xueyue was with him. He boldly came to the mountainside half a mile outside the pass, and watched the terrain and the situation on the pass. Here, the road for nearly two miles is narrow, and three catapults can block the road, and the use of this equipment is obviously inconvenient, the effect is insufficient, and it hinders the march. And closing the two sides of the flag, the soldiers walked lazily, indicating that Liu Bei had not had time to rectify the surrounding defenses, but as long as Zhuge Liang made a move, he would soon be strictly guarded.

The next day, Pang Tong ordered the army to set off towards Tangping Pass. After a few days, they arrived at the village twenty miles outside the gate. The spies reported that the situation was the same as what Pang Tong had seen before. Pang Tong ordered the second watch to tackle key problems.

The army moved with the darkness and came to the pass, where there was silence everywhere. The ladder men rushed over, followed by the infantry. Pang Tong waited and watched from the position of the Chinese army in the rear. When he closed it, there was a sudden surge of torches, a row of flags and the fire at night, and the war drums thundered. Pang Tong shouted: "Retreat!" ”

A large number of Yizhou soldiers galloped out of the dense forest slopes on both sides, and bows and arrows fired volleys. Due to the narrow road, Pang Tong's army had no way to retreat, and was cut into several sections, which were difficult to take care of. The Chinese army struggled to protect the rear army from withdrawing. Pang Tong was unwilling, and was persuaded by Gao Shun to flee north first. Only 40,000 of the 100,000 horses fled back, and Pang Tong was furious under his tent. Jia Xu, Lu Su, Lu Bu, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Xu Huang, and Gao Shun were present, and Jia Xu said: "Isn't it Lei Tong who guards the customs?" ”

Pang Tong said coldly: "It must not be Lei Tong." The ambush soldiers outside the pass should have been out of the pass long ago, and those flags and lazy soldiers were feigned. Zhuge Liang has reached the gate! ”

Lu Su gasped and said, "This person is so fast? ”

"I guessed my plan a long time ago." Pang Tong frowned and said: "Tang Ping is very dangerous between the two mountains. If he gets stuck at this threshold, we won't be able to move an inch. ”

Lu Su said: "Zhuge Pifu makes good use of ambush soldiers. We are advancing slowly, and we are mostly using probes to reconnoiter in front. ”

Pang Tong chuckled and said, "Soldiers are not tired of deceit. Sometimes, what the scouts detected was an illusion given by the enemy, and there were too many calculations to count. ”

Lu Su said again: "Why don't you use the catapult invented by the general to break his wall and attack again?" ”

Pang Tong shook his hand and said: "The roads are blocked, if Zhuge Liang orders the soldiers to go out, won't they be scattered." Not. ”

Jia Xu said: "What about the iron cloud car? ”

Pang Tong shook his head and said, "No." Don't use large siege equipment in places with narrow terrain, and Zhuge Liang is guarding the pass. I don't want to show my skills at this kind of pass, otherwise he will prepare early, and the big decisive battle in the future will be ineffective. ”

The crowd frowned. Pang Tong said: "Wen Heng, Wu Jie." ”

Yan Liang and Wen Chou came out and said: "The end will be!" ”

"Tomorrow you two will give me 20,000 men to cut down the trees three miles outside the gate to a distance of two miles, and pile up the logs on the road. and led ten thousand horsemen to escort them. ”

The two looked at each other, not knowing what Pang Tong was thinking. The next day, according to Pang Tong's instructions, the two cut down trees outside the pass. The enemy could not see clearly from the top of the wall, so he opened the door and sent a scout horse to investigate. I saw that Pang Tong's soldiers were all cutting wood, and then blocked the road. A few hours later, the entire mile was clogged with trees. Yan Liang and Wen Chou retreated after completion. Closed, Zhuge Liang heard the return of the horse and said: "Suspicious soldiers' plans, is Shiyuan teasing me?" ”

At night, Pang Tong ordered the trees to be set on fire, and the flames soared into the sky. That night, Pang Tong's army retreated to Wuxing County. Xueyue asked Pang Tong: "Why did you cut down the tree and burn it again." ”

Pang Tong chuckled: "I'm making them not know what I'm thinking, I want him to rack his brains to think about boring things." On the other hand, to ensure that our troops are not pursued by him when they retreat. ”

Xue Yue said with relief: "I see. You're such a boring man, it makes me have a splitting headache. ”

When Pang Tong returned to Wuxing County, the county gate was closed due to the war. A man outside the city gate shouted to the guards on the wall: "Open the door! I want to see Pang Tong! ”

At this time, Pang Tong's army returned. When the man turned around and saw the army, he was not afraid at all, but pointed to the banner and said, "Where is Pang Tong?" ”