During the deliberations early the next morning, Ge Liangjin persuaded Liu Bei: "Lord, I thought about it all night last night, and I still hope that you can deign to meet Pang Tong, this person is indeed full of strategy, and it will be of great help to us in the future." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Liu Bei's impression of Pang Tong was still yesterday: "Didn't you say that he likes to praise others excessively?" ”

"No, my lord, Pang Tong has his own ideas for doing this. He believes that when there is chaos today, there are too many bad people and few good people, if we don't find a way to raise the prestige of those who have good intentions and give them the opportunity to be officials and govern the party, then the official positions in the world will be controlled by the wicked, then the people of the world will follow the example of those who have become officials by despicable means, and there will be more and more wicked people. If those who have a good heart are made officials, the people will learn from him and be kind to others, and the atmosphere of the world can be improved. Ge Liang has not forgotten the special theory of Pang Tong recorded in the book.

Liu Bei felt that this was very reasonable, for so many years, the Han court was always controlled by wicked people, which would lead to turmoil in the world, and now even the Son of Heaven has been held hostage by Cao Cao, a thief!

Ge Liang continued to recommend: "Pang Tong is called Feng Xiao, have you ever heard of it? This person is not only well versed in governing the country, but also good at scheming, and his talent is even stronger than me, and now Jiangling is in danger, please take me and Xu Shu to invite him out now,"

Liu Bei remembered that he had heard Mr. Shui Jing say before, "Wolong and Phoenix Chicks can settle the world", but Pang Tongyi was too far away from him, and he forgot about it after a long time, such a talent must be invited out! At the same time, he was happy that Ge Liang vigorously recommended Pang Tong, and took Ge Liang's hand and said: "The military advisor is so humble and selfless to recommend talents for Liu Bei, which makes Liu Bei deeply moved. ”

Ge Liang waited for his words, and sighed secretly, Pang Tong, Pang Tong, I didn't plan to fight and exclude you, it's just that you came out too early, I just want to give myself one more chance to add points in front of Liu Bei, don't be surprised.

Liu Bei immediately set off with Ge Liang and Xu Shu to Pang Tong's residence. Xu Shu stepped forward and knocked on the door and shouted: "Brother Shiyuan, I'm Xu Yuanzhi, our General Zuo has come to see you." ”

Pang Tong stopped hiding and came out to welcome everyone into the house.

Liu Bei asked people to send gifts and said to Pang Tong: "Mr. Gaocai, Liu Bei has been in Jiangling for a few days, but he is busy with military affairs, so he only took the time to visit Mr. today, and please don't be surprised." ”

Pang Tong felt that Ge Liang was right last night, Liu Bei won the hearts of the people, but now he is in danger, if he can help him get through this hurdle, he will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future, and he joins at this time, it is also the time to be able to show his talents, so he saluted Liu Bei back and said: "Pang Tong is only a shallow learner, but I am afraid that I will disappoint General Zuo." ”

Ge Liang laughed and said: "Brother Shiyuan, the so-called good minister meets the master of the Ming Dynasty and has to show his lifelong talent, isn't this the luckiest thing in life?" Now that the military situation is urgent, don't be modest. ”

Liu Bei also hurriedly said: "I hope that Mr. can save Liu Bei in danger, I must be grateful." ”

Xu Shu said more politely: "Brother Shiyuan, if you are a shallow learner, then I will not be unsightly." ”

Pang Tong inquired to Liu Bei: "I would like to listen to General Zuo's current strategy for dealing with Cao's army." ”

Ge Liang told Pang Tong about the plan he discussed with everyone yesterday: "I am afraid that there are still many loopholes in the plan that I made in a hurry, and I ask Brother Shi Yuan to correct it in time." ”

Pang Tong nodded when he heard this: "Although Jiangling City is strong and abundant, but Cao's army is overwhelming, I am afraid that the offensive and defensive forces will reach more than ten to one, and Cao Cao has been fighting in the north all these years, and his soldiers have strong combat effectiveness and rich combat experience. It would indeed be a good idea if there was foreign aid to attack his flank so that he could not go all out towards Gangneung, but I still have some concerns about the Gangdong forces. ”

Ge Liang hurriedly asked, "Please speak clearly to Brother Shiyuan." "Isn't this Sun-Liu alliance finally facilitated by me, Lu Su and Zhou Yu? Could it be that Sun Quan will surrender to Cao Cao and attack us while Liu Bei's strength is still alive?

Liu Bei was also very anxious: "Joining forces to fight Cao was sent by Sun Quan to Lu Su to take the initiative to contact, it should be out of sincerity, right?" They should also know that if Jingzhou all fell into the hands of Cao Cao, then they would be the next to be attacked. ”

Pang Tong said: "There should be no problem in joining forces to fight Cao, I'm just thinking about how much effort they will make, will they do their best to help us at the beginning, and how much benefit do they want to get from it?" ”

"I am ready to arrange personnel to go to Lujiang to instigate Lei Xu and others to launch a rebellion, and at the same time persuade Sun Quan to take advantage of the emptiness of Cao Cao's eastern front to attack Hefei, when they can echo each other, Hefei is empty, and Sun Quan should be able to get a lot of benefits." That's how Ge Liang thinks so.

Pang Tong shook his head and said: "I heard what you said earlier, and Lei Xu and they had no connection before, and Sun Quan may not be able to attack Hefei with all his might, and if they resist Cao Cao here in Jingzhou, it is impossible for him not to have a plot against the Jingzhou territory, after all, this is their plan for many years." ”

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Please also ask Mr. to make it clear." ”

Pang Tong thought about it for a long time before he made up his mind to spread out a map and say to Liu Bei: "I think we should give up Jiangxia and let the troops of the eldest prince and General Guan be stationed in Changsha and Wuling County, so that we can echo across the river and connect with Zigui Li Yan." If Jiang Dong really joins forces with us to fight against Cao, he must also need to benefit from it, so let Jiang Xia be given to them. As long as Jiangxia is empty, Cao Cao's naval army can go directly to Jiangdong along the Han River, so that Sun Quan will have to declare war on Cao Cao. ”

Ge Liang took a breath of cold air, Jiang is still old and spicy, why did I forget that if the Jiangdong Navy came to help, they might not do their best to deal with Cao Cao, but instead took advantage of the fire to rob and take away the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River? If you directly withdraw from Jiangxia and occupy Changsha and Wuling, then you will really form a triangular array that echoes each other, which is much stronger than the weak long snake formation you originally thought. Thinking of this, Ge Liang had to be glad that he was not too careful, and he still pushed Pang Tong out in time.

"Brother Shi Yuan is really a genius in the world, and he pointed out our loopholes at once!" Ge Liang had to praise a few words.

Although Liu Bei was reluctant to Liu Qi's occupation of Jiangxia, Pang Tong's analysis seemed very reasonable, and he hurriedly thanked Pang Tong: "Thank you, Mr. for your good plan, and I hope that Mr. can show his talents again and make more plans for Liu Bei." ”

Pang Tong felt that he had earned enough face today, so he saluted Liu Bei and said, "I am willing to serve the general." ”

Liu Bei happily took Pang Tong's hand, and grabbed Ge Liang's hand again, now that Wolong and Feng Yan have both been obtained by me, why worry about the injustice of the world!

Liu Bei found Liu Qi and discussed with him about giving up Jiangxia.

Liu Qi now counted on Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to call the shots for him, and agreed without too much hesitation.

The plan was quickly adjusted and implemented. Jian Yong immediately set off to Zigui to find Li Yan. Yi and several former officials of Liu Biaomu first went to the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River to negotiate with Taishou. Guan Yu led the naval army to Xiakou to defend first, and when Liu Qi arranged the Jiangxia army and civilians, he divided his troops to occupy Changsha and Wuling first. Ge Liang took Wei Yan to Jiangxia by boat, and then Wei Yan went to Lujiang to contact Lei Xu, while Ge Liang went to Jiangdong to negotiate with Sun Quan.