Chapter 40 Special Arrangements.
For Pang Tong, Zhuge Song actually doesn't know much. When I was a child, I watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and described him as ugly, Sun Quan was not very happy to see him because he had Mei Zhoulang at the bottom before, and he was offended by his words, so he didn't use him, so Pang Tong defected to Liu Bei. Later, Pang Tong repeatedly asked Liu Bei to take Shu when Liu Bei was hesitant, but unfortunately in the end, although Liu Bei won Shu, he died in Luofengpo.
According to Zhuge Song's opinion, if Pang Tong did not die, with him accompanying Liu Bei to sit in Shuzhong, and Kong Ming assisting Guan Yu in Jingzhou, there would never be a sneak attack on Jingzhou by Eastern Wu. Therefore, letting Pang Tong not die in Shu is also an important part of Zhuge Song's future plan. There was no chance to make friends before, but when he heard that Pang Tong was coming to visit, Zhuge Song hurriedly went out to greet him.
Although he had been prepared in his heart, after seeing Mr. Feng Xiao's respectful appearance, Zhuge Song was still greatly frightened. He forced a smile on his face and invited Pang Tong into the house, thinking, "Dude, you are not only ugly, but also ugly!" ”
But Pang Tong didn't seem to notice the strangeness in Zhuge Song's smile at all, he just sat down opposite Zhuge Song with a big grin, and said: "Little Songzi, I heard that you have been full of grievances recently!" ”
In fact, this Pang Tong may not be much better than Zhuge Song, when he first arrived here with Liu Bei, because he didn't take out the letters of recommendation from Kong Ming and Lu Su, he was directly assigned by Liu Bei to be a small county commander, and in terms of official position, it was far less than the county before Zhuge Song was taken off!
However, Zhuge Song guessed that his sudden visit must not be simple, and this was not the time to squeeze him with vindictiveness. So he followed Pang Tong's meaning and showed a look of grievance and said: "A lot of things are obvious, obviously the lord and the military advisor teamed up to scold me, and in the end I ended up with a lot of disappointment, and finally became a Wuling Taishou, so I was dismissed, you said that you were wronged or not!" ”
"Hahahaha!" Unexpectedly, Pang Tong laughed when he heard Zhuge Song's words, and he gently nodded to Zhuge Song with his black fingers: "After all, you are just a doll after all." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Zhuge Song was very unconvinced by what he said, although he knew that Pang Tong must have come prepared for this trip, but he didn't believe that he could really see the joints in this matter.
Pang Tong stood up, paced back and forth in the house, and said: "Jingzhou was originally a rich land, but after the battle of Chibi, it was barren and ruined, and the characters were lost. And there is Sun Quan in the east and Cao Cao in the north, so it is difficult to have great development. Yizhou has a million household registration, fertile land and abundant products, if it can be used by the Lord and the foundation, it can achieve great things. ”
Zhuge Song spread his hands and said to Pang Tong: "I understand all this, when my husband came out of Longzhong, he told the lord that he wanted to win three points of the world in Yizhou, but what does this have to do with me!" ”
Pang Tong did not answer Zhuge Song's question directly, but asked him: "Then you say, if you decide who to send troops to Yizhou, who will you send?" ”
Zhuge Song didn't expect Pang Tong to suddenly ask about this, and after asking like this, Zhuge Song was stunned. Fortunately, he had a lot more wisdom from the future than Pang Tong, so he dealt with it according to what he knew: "In my opinion, the major event of cutting down Shu must be done by the lord himself." ”
Pang Tong's eyes showed approval, and he asked, "Why is that?" ”
Zhuge Song thought for a while, sorted out the ideas that had just been formed, and said to Pang Tong: "Mr. has just said that Shu is the foundation of unifying the world, and the lord must get this great merit, otherwise when he goes out of Qinchuan to fight for the world in the future, how can he serve the public?" ”
Pang Tong nodded and continued to ask: "Then which generals should be selected to enter Shu with the lord?" ”
This made it even more difficult for Zhuge Song, only to hear him reply to Pang Tong: "The land of Jingzhou is the foundation of our army, and it is necessary to take the land of Shu, but Jingzhou is also extremely important." I won't talk about the generals, if you talk about the generals, Shu does not have so many elite generals as Cao Cao and Sun Quan, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan The two generals have the courage of ten thousand people, and the new lord has not made great contributions, and when he goes with the lord when he cuts Shu, it is the best. ”
"Oops!" Pang Tong couldn't help but look at Zhuge Song again, and sighed: "Shi Yuan heard about you before, there are still many people who don't believe it, and when I came to see you today, I really know that your ability is not under Kong Ming!" ”
In the face of such an evaluation, even if there is no self-knowledge, they can only wave their hands to Pang Tong again and again like Zhuge Song is doing now: "Public words are fallacious, public words are false!" How can I compare with my husband, that is to use fluorescence to compare the moon! ”
Unexpectedly, Pang Tong smiled and said, "You are already immodest in what you say. Xu Yuanzhi, you should have seen it! This is what he said when he compared himself to Kong Ming, and if you compare it like this, your tone is still very big. Zhuge Song was about to explain, but Pang Tong waved his hand at him: "It's okay too." However, although you are intelligent, you are also limited by your age, and your experience and experience are very insufficient, otherwise it has been so long, and you can't still guess what the lord and your husband really mean to you. ”
Zhuge Song bowed to the ground in unison: "Thank you for teaching!" ”
Pang Tong still continued to ask: "Then since you can guess that although the two generals Huang Zhong and Wei Yan are brave, they want to make meritorious contributions by cutting down Shu, then you should also be able to guess whether it is Kong Ming or me who is the military advisor who followed the lord to cut down Shu?" ”
"There is no doubt that he is the master of the Pang army!" Zhuge Song replied.
"But how can Kong Ming let me get this great achievement of cutting down Shu alone and overpower him in front of the lord?" Pang Tong's demeanor was a little bizarre, so bizarre that people couldn't guess whether what he said was true or false.
"This-" Zhuge Song didn't expect Pang Tong to say so directly, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in his heart.
"Instead of worrying every day, it's better to read more military books and prepare to enter Shu if you have nothing to do!" After Pang Tong said this, he walked straight out of the door, and when he reached the door, he turned around and made a gesture to Zhuge Song that he didn't need to send each other off: "Everything is bitter first and then sweet, when you take Xishu with the lord, I am afraid that the official position will be far greater than Taishou!" ”
Zhuge Song was stunned at the door, watching Pang Tong walk out of the small courtyard in front of his house, thinking of the 15,000 elite soldiers who had never been sent back to the counties after entering Nanjun, and thinking of Kong Ming who allowed the Wu army to surround Changsha in the face of the attack of Eastern Wu, but only made a confrontational posture of threatening the back of the Wu army, and then thought of the fact that when he saw Liu Bei after returning from Changsha, although Liu Bei had dismissed him, his demeanor did not show any anger, but on the contrary, he was contemplative and sighed.
Zhuge Song's previous incomprehension in his mind was finally smooth all at once. It seems that Liu Bei really wants to bring himself with him when he enters Shu, which is also in line with Zhuge Song's intentions, so that he can also improvise, and think of avoiding Pang Tong's death in Luofengpo first, and then Kong Ming, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun will not have to leave Jingzhou, so how can Dongwu have a chance to sneak attack?
But Zhuge Song felt that Pang Tong himself said that Kong Ming arranged this way in order to prevent him from overshadowing him in the limelight with the great merit of taking Shu, Zhuge Song couldn't believe that Kong Ming would really be such a person who cares about fame and fortune, he asked Liu Bei to invite him three times before going out of the mountain, Zhuge Song also thought that Kong Ming wanted to exert his ambitions with all his might, obtain the command of the army, and let Liu Bei listen to him, so that his strategy could be fully implemented. Moreover, with Zhuge Song's current ability, he only has a slight advantage in knowing more things than Pang Tong that will happen, and Zhuge Song himself knows that if he wants to make suggestions in the process of taking Shu, Zhuge Song himself can't believe that he can compare with Pang Tong in Liu Bei's heart. As for if Kong Ming really wants Zhuge Song to compete with Pang Tong, can he really get greater credit than Pang Tong in Shu?
Zhuge Song knew that in less than a year, Zhang Song would come to Jingzhou to present a map, and then he would go to Shuzhong with the army. People say that it is difficult to go to the blue sky in Shu, Zhuge Song has never been to Sichuan, and he doesn't know what kind of scenery he will see if he really goes.
However, he did not settle down at home until that time, and the next day Liu Bei ordered someone to pass Zhuge Song over, Zhuge Song was surprised to think that the time to cut down Shu was advanced, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to find him The reason was that the barbarians in Wuling County had an accident again.