Wolong refers to Zhuge Liang, the phoenix chick is Pang Tong, and both of them worked for Liu Bei in later generations, after Zhou Yu's death, Pang Tong, who was originally his merit, did not stay in Jiangdong, but returned to Jingzhou and submitted to Liu Bei.

At the beginning of Pang Tong's submission to Liu Bei, he was not reused by Liu Bei, but was once degraded, and then under the recommendation of Lu Su and Zhuge Liang and others, Liu Bei began to attach importance to Pang Tong, and then Liu Bei seized Yizhou under the advice of Pang Tong.

【Nanjun Gongcao】

Pang Tong, the word Shiyuan, is a native of Xiangyang, Nanjun. Pang Tong was simple and witty when he was young, and no one recognized his true talent at that time. Sima Hui of Yingchuan was elegant and good at reading people, and Pang Tong went to meet him when he was twenty years old. Sima Hui sat on the mulberry tree to pick mulberry, and Pang Tong sat under the tree, the two talked to each other from day to night, Sima Hui was greatly surprised by Pang Tong, saying that there was no one in Nanzhou who could compare with Pang Tong. With Sima Hui's words, Pang Tong gradually became known. Compared with Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong is a native of Jingzhou, and his father is Pang Degong, so he has more advantages in Jingzhou.

According to the record of "Xiangyang Ji", Zhuge Kongming was Wolong, Pang Shiyuan was a phoenix, and Sima Decao was a water mirror, all of which came from the mouth of Pang Degong.

Later generations rumored that Pang Tong's appearance was ugly, which was not recorded in the official history, and there was no corresponding record even in the history of the wilderness, but it was only because of the physiognomy description of romance novels such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which could not be true.

Later, Pang Tong was appointed as Gong Cao by the county. Pang Tong pays attention to human ethics and morality, and dedicates himself to supporting the elderly and raising children. At that time, the people he evaluated were often more than the person's actual talent. People were very surprised by this, so they asked Pang Tong, who said: "There is a great chaos today, the way of justice is gradually declining, there are few good people and many evil people, I want to raise such a custom to achieve the purpose of promoting the right way, so I must preach good examples and improve the world's morals, if we do not do this, there will be fewer and fewer good people." If five out of ten people can be improved, they can accomplish half of this thing, and then achieve the purpose of educating the world, so that those who are aspiring can encourage themselves. ”

Zhou Yu, the general of Eastern Wu, assisted Liu Bei in capturing Jingzhou, and served as the Taishou of Nanjun because of his merits, and Pang Tong, as Nanjun Gongcao at that time, naturally became Zhou Yu's subordinate.

After Zhou Yu's death, Pang Tong sent Zhou Yu's coffin to Soochow, and many people in Soochow had heard of Pang Tong's reputation. When Pang Tong said goodbye to Lord Wu and returned to Jingzhou, these people gathered in Changmen to see each other off, and Lu Ji, Gu Shao, Quan Cong and others all came.

Pang Tong knew what they were coming for, so he told them: "Lu Ji can be said to be a donkey, with the strength of Yizu, and Gu Shao can be said to be a cow that can carry a weight and travel far away." Said to Quan Cong: "You are so admirable, like Fan Zizhao of Runan, although he is not intellectually deficient, he is also a beautiful woman for a while." Lu Ji and Gu Shao said to Pang Tong: "If the world is too peaceful, I hope to evaluate the celebrities in the four seas with you." So Dongwu Lu Ji, Gu Shao, Quan Cong and others returned to Pang Tong.

According to the record of "Wu Lu", afterwards, someone once asked Pang Tong: "According to you, is Lu Ji better than Gu Shao?" Pang Tong said: "Although the horse is excellent, it is only one person. When an ox travels 30 miles a day, where is it carrying the weight of a single person? It is said that Gu Shao went to see Pang Tong and lived with Pang Tong, and the two talked about it. Gu Shao asked: "You have a reputation for being good at knowing people, tell me, who is better than you?" Pang Tong said: "When it comes to cultivating the world and comprehensively analyzing characters, I am not as good as you, but if you give advice to the emperor, I am a little better than you." Gu Shao thought that Pang Tong's words made sense and became close to him.

【Return to Liu Bei】

Liu Bei concurrently served as the pastor of Jingzhou, and Pang Tong acted as the state minister to act as the order of Leiyang County, and was removed from his official position because he ignored the county government. Lu Su, the general of Eastern Wu, wrote to Liu Bei after knowing about it: "Pang Shiyuan is not a talent who governs a small county for hundreds of miles, and only by letting him hold positions such as governing the middle and not driving can he display his talents." Zhuge Liang also made such suggestions to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei summoned Pang Tong for a deep talk, and he valued Pang Tong very much and appointed him as the one who was in the middle of governance. At that time, Liu Bei's close trust in Pang Tong was second only to Zhuge Liang, and he also let Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang serve as the commander of the military division.

According to the "Biography of Jiang Biao", once Liu Bei chatted with Pang Tong and asked him: "You used to serve as Zhou Yu's gongcao." I heard that when I went to Wu State, Zhou Yu sent a secret letter to Sun Quan, asking Sun Quan to detain me, I don't know if this is really the case? Whoever is under whom, of course, should be loyal to, you don't have to hide. ”

Pang Tong replied: "It is true. Liu Bei sighed: "At that time, I was in danger, and I had a request for Sun Quan, so I couldn't help but see him." went, but almost fell into the hands of Zhou Yu! Liu Bei also said: "The wise and resourceful people in the world see the same thing." Kong Ming also persuaded me not to go at that time, and he insisted again and again, thinking that he was afraid that Sun Quan would detain me. At that time, I thought that Sun Quan was to be wary of Cao Cao in the north, and he should hope that I would be his help, so I insisted on going to see him, and I had no doubts at all. Now that I think about it, this is indeed a risky move, not a foolproof plan. ”

After Pang Tong was used by Liu Bei, he actively advised Liu Bei to enter Yizhou, which was recorded in detail in the Spring and Autumn Period of Kyushu.

At that time, Pang Tongjin said: "Jingzhou is barren and ruined, and the characters are lost. Moreover, 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 registrations, fertile land, and abundant products, if you can really seize this land, take it as the foundation, and you can achieve a great cause. ”

Liu Bei is still worried: "Now it is Cao Cao who is different from me, Cao Cao is urgent, I am generous, Cao Cao is tyrannical, I am merciful, Cao Cao is cunning, I am loyal." Everything that is contrary to him is what we have achieved today. Now for the benefit of the state, is it possible to lose faith in the world? ”

Pang Tong said: "Now that we are in chaos, we can't stick to the rules in everything, and we have to change randomly." Moreover, annexing the weak, attacking the dark, taking obedience and obedience, and repaying righteousness are exactly what the ancients valued. As long as you return a piece of land to him after the matter is settled, who can say that you have lost your faith? If you don't take advantage of the current attack on Yizhou, you will be taken advantage of by others. Liu Bei thought that Pang Tong was reasonable, so he led his troops to accept Liu Zhang's invitation to enter Yizhou.

Liu Bei then left Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others to guard Jingzhou, while he led Pang Tong and led tens of thousands of soldiers into Yizhou, and Pang Tong actually became Liu Bei's chief strategist after entering Sichuan.