At the end of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, in the city of Gangneung. Liu Bei can be said to have turned over since he got Nanjun. not only has a strong enough foothold, but also relies on his reputation in Jingxiang in the past to attract a large number of Jingzhou celebrities to vote, including the Ma brothers, Pan Jun's cousin Jiang Wan, and Fei Yi and others.

Liu Bei is now radiant and unlucky, not as unlucky as last year, he sat upright in the conference hall and said: "I am ready to appoint Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang as the three generals of the former left and right military divisions. The three of them are in charge of the army and planning great things."

Liu Bei's decision surprised everyone present, but soon everyone's mood calmed down again, Liu Bei likes to promote people out of the ordinary is not a matter of a day or two, thinking that Zhuge Liang was young back then, Fang was entrusted with the important task of military division as soon as he came out of the mountain, and now this Pang Tong is on the same level as Zhuge Liang, and his qualifications are much richer than Zhuge Liang, and at this time Liu Bei was promoted to the important position of the same military division, it is not strange to think about it.

As for Xu Shu, this veteran strategist who joined Liu Bei at the most critical time, although he has made a lot of achievements. But because he is not from Jingzhou and his reputation is not as loud as Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, he has sunk into it. It is long gone, in the past, Liu Bei listened to the scenery when he was in Xinye, but in Guan Yu's heart, Xu Shu had the most important status, for the same reason, among the three military advisors, Xu Shu had the deepest qualifications and was most like a handsome talent, not a pure strategist like Pang Tong.

After announcing the appointment, the ministers present congratulated Liu Bei and greeted Pang Tong. Among the civil officials present, many of them are Jingxiang people, and they should be very familiar with Pang Tong, but this person is not as approachable as Zhuge Liang, and he has always had some of the lofty and lonely surnames, so among the people present, everyone has heard of his name, but few have really seen him. Only those children of the family and the scholars who studied in Lumen Mountain will have some friendship with him.

After Pang Tong and everyone got to know each other, Liu Bei turned to the topic and asked what the envoy sent by Sun Ce was, and Sun Qian, the foreign minister in charge of communicating with Sun Ce, repeated the envoy's words.

It turned out that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu of Jianye thought that Zhang Lu, the heavenly master of Wudou Midao, was the king in Hanzhong, but he had already attached himself to Cao Ying and became Cao Ying's eagle dog and ears. Cao Ying's next step will definitely be to attack Yizhou. And now Liu Zhang is cowardly and incompetent, and he will inevitably be unable to resist Zhang Lu. If Zhang Lu and Cao Ying get Xishu first, then the next step will be to attack Jingzhou from the north and west. Therefore, the two families of Sun and Liu should strike first, form a coalition army to capture Xishu first, and then attack Zhang Lu, so that the Yangtze River can be connected at the end and unify Wu, Chu and Bashu, in this case, then Cao's army is ten times stronger and there is nothing to fear.

Sun Ce's proposal, whether it is the reason, the strategic intention, or the degree to which it can be done, is good. And entering Sichuan is also an established strategy put forward by Zhuge Liang Longzhong, so Sun Liu's opinion of uniting into Sichuan made Liu Bei unable to refuse.

Therefore, Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard this, but Liu Bei has a good habit of asking questions before making a decision. "Do you think Sun Ce has this intention?"

Mi Zhu preemptively said: "Zhu thinks that Sun Ce's plan is acceptable, then Liu Zhang is weak, but the terrain of Xishu is dangerous, and it is unpredictable to attack with our own strength, if we can borrow the troops of Eastern Wu, then the chance of taking Xishu will be much greater." Moreover, after capturing Xishu, Sun Ce was never able to bypass Jingzhou and be alone, and in the end, Xishu was not going to fall into the hands of the lord. ”

Mi Zhu's analysis was endorsed by many guests present. After all, although Longzhong's strategy has a plan to take Bashu in the west, Mi Zhu also pointed out the key point, that is, Shu is difficult, if Liu Beijun wants to go up the river and forcibly attack, the difficulty is only easier than Cao Ying at the time of Chibi.

Hearing Mi Zhu's words, Liu Bei couldn't help nodding, but although he knew in his heart that Mi Zhu was right, he was still not very confident about his eldest brother's wisdom, so he asked, "Do you gentlemen have a plan to teach me." ”

Liu Bei saw that everyone was contemplative and it was not easy to disturb, and when he looked around, he saw Pang Tongzheng on the side picking up the wine gourd and pouring wine, Liu Bei also secretly said in his heart, "This Pang Shiyuan's surname is really weird, if it weren't for Kong Ming and Yuan Zhi's recommendation, I really don't want to use him." Moreover, he dared to insult Qiao Ren when he was still in Eastern Wu, I hope he will not provoke Yun Chang. ’

Guan Yu's temper is not small, and he is most unaccustomed to these self-righteous scribes. Liu Bei had thought about it right, but he couldn't stand it when he saw Pang Tong's strange appearance. He asked, "Does the military advisor have a clever plan to teach me?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all widened their eyes when they saw Liu Bei asking Pang Tong for advice. Although Pang Tong is very famous, there are indeed very few opportunities to show it, and more or less oral in the people present, if you want to be convinced, you have to come up with Pang Shiyuan himself.

Pang Tong glanced at the ministers disdainfully, sneered, and said loudly: "With all due respect, I thought that your colleagues were trying to trap the lord in danger!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the hall, and even Liu Bei's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly asked, "Why did the military advisor say this?" ”

Pang Tong was not in a hurry, put away the wine gourd, swaggered a few times in front of everyone, suddenly raised his hands, and said unhurriedly: "You are all Bogu Tongjin, don't you know that the false way is destroyed?" ”

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Xiangong wanted to borrow a way from Yu to attack Yu, but as a result, Jin destroyed Yu and then immediately destroyed Yu.

When everyone in the hall heard this, their expressions changed greatly, so Mi Zhu, who had agreed before, was even more cold sweat at this time. Liu Bei was also a little flustered, "Could it be that the military advisor said that Sun Ce wanted to attack Jingzhou under the pretense of cutting Shu, but when he crossed the border, he suddenly attacked Jingzhou?" ”

"Exactly!"

Hearing Pang Tong's admission, Liu Bei couldn't believe it in his heart, and said: "Military advisor, Sun Ce has only lent Nanjun to me for a year, how can he go back on his word!?" Is this the work of a king? ”

Pang Tong snorted coldly and said: "The lord Kecheng has seen Sun Ce, and he knows people and faces, but he doesn't know his heart, let alone a person who has heard about it." Sun Ce borrowed Nanjun from the lord just to let the lord temporarily defend him against the Cao thief. Now that Zhu Zhi has defeated Wu Ju and completely mastered Jiaozhou, there is no war in Hefei, and after more than a year of cultivation, Jiangdong is a soldier with enough food, how can Sun Cexin not want to forge ahead? In this way, Nanjun is the place where Sun Ce must take. ”

Liu Bei didn't want Pang Tong to see Sun Ce so thoroughly, and suddenly he felt a chill, and he was more jealous of Pang Tong in his eyes, but the matter in front of him still needed to be solved, "I don't know how to refuse Sun Ce's intentions!?" ”

Pang Tong pretended to cough lightly a few times and said, "Since this is the case, Tong does have a plan." It's easy to say, the lord can not oppose Sun Ce's plan, he wants to go to cut down Shu and let him cut it, the lord only refuses to send troops on the grounds that the people of Xindenan County are unstable and refuse to send troops and horses, and then the heavy troops are deployed in the key points along the river to be strictly guarded, so how dare Sun Ce cross our Jingzhou and go to take Shu alone, when he sees that we have been aware, this plan to cut down Shu will naturally be over. ”

Pang Tong's tone is so confident, as if everything is under his control, you Liu Bei don't need to think at all, just do what I say and everything will be fine.

"The military advisor has a clever plan, Gongyou will return to Lu Meng immediately, and do what the military advisor says." Liu Bei is Pang Tong is plan and did not panic, "You also ask you to go back to the place and deploy defenses according to the plan." ”

Xu Shu, a former military advisor who seemed to be snubbed by Liu Bei in the dark, slowly walked out and whispered in Pang Tong's ear: "Shiyuan, if you want to be powerful, it's just that." Why deceive the lord, Sun Ce clearly really wants to take back Nanjun on the condition of helping the lord to win Yizhou, but you said that it is all a conspiracy. ”

Pang Tongtou didn't turn around and smiled: "Why should Yuan Zhi be joking, Sun Ce is not so kind." Even if he really wants to help the lord benefit the state, he can only show my means without his help. As I expected, someone will come to Yizhou within half a year, Yuanzhi, you just wait! ”

"We'll see."

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