Zhang Fei was so polite, Pang Tong's arrogant attitude also restrained a little, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he also arched his hand: "Tong Su heard the prestige of General Yide, and it is a blessing to see it today." ”

Liu Bei was slightly relieved to see that Zhang Fei's temper did not attack, and announced in front of everyone: "I have decided to appoint Shiyuan as a military advisor and participate in military and political affairs together with Zhuge Junshi, I hope you can get along with Pang Junshi in the future, and we will work together to create a great cause." ”

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.

So, after the appointment was announced, 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.

"In the following Shao character Zhongzheng, it is the lord of the mansion engaged in Zhonglang, long admired the name of Pang Junshi, please give more advice in the future."

Fang Shao also stepped forward to say hello, when Pang Tong heard the name of "Fang Shao", he couldn't help but move slightly, stroked his short beard, looked up and down with a strange look, and then said with a smile: "It turns out that you are the Kong Ming student Fang Shao mentioned by Zhou Lang, you have such a strategy at a young age, not bad." By the way, I haven't seen my brother-in-law for a long time, and this time I'm going to have a few drinks with him. ”

The "brother-in-law" mentioned in Pang Tong's mouth is Fang Shao's teacher Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang's second sister married Pang Shanmin as his wife, and that Pang Shanmin is the son of Pang Degong, and Pang Degong is Pang Tong's uncle, so Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang are actually relatives. Now that Pang Tong calls Zhuge Liang "brother-in-law", I think the relationship between the two in private is still good.

Fang Shao said with a smile: "Master Pang has passed the award, and Master Zhuge went to Xiakou this time, and he may not be able to come back after a while." ”

Pang Tong looked a little regretful and said: "It turned out to be so unfortunate, but it is okay, there will be opportunities in the future." ”

After Pang Tong and everyone got to know each other, Liu Bei turned to the topic and asked what the envoy sent by Sun Quan was, and Fang Shao and the others repeated the envoy's words.

It turned out that Sun Quan thought that Zhang Lu, the first of the Wudou Midao bandits, claimed to be the king in Hanzhong and Badi, and had already attached himself to Cao Ying, and became Cao Ying's eagle dog and eyes and ears, and the next step would 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 Sun and Liu families should strike first, form a coalition army to capture Xishu first, and then attack Zhang Lu, so that the Yangtze River can be connected from end to end, and Wu Chuyi can be unified, so that the Cao army is ten times stronger and there is nothing to fear.

Sun Quan's proposal, whether in terms of reason, result, or process, seems to be a good proposal.

Liu Bei's eyes suddenly lit up, nodded slightly, and said to the strategists: "Sun Quan proposed to take Xishu with me, what do you think?" ”

Mi Zhu preemptively said: "Zhu thinks that Sun Quan's plan is acceptable, although 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 is much greater." Moreover, after capturing Xishu, Sun Quan was never able to bypass Jingzhou and dominate 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 that of Chibi.

Fang Shao had already deduced Sun Quan's purpose in his heart, but Liu Bei's brother-in-law rarely performed in front of Liu Bei, of course he was not good at stealing the limelight, so he was silent for a while.

Liu Bei also nodded vigorously, but he didn't dare to make a decision so quickly, looking around at everyone, but saw Pang Tong, who was close at hand, touching his short beard and laughing strangely.

"This Pang Shiyuan's talent is outstanding, but this surname is really too weird, if it weren't for Lu Zijing and Kong Ming's repeated recommendations, plus it was the time to employ people, I really didn't want to reuse him."

Liu Bei looked at Pang Tong's strange appearance, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he sincerely asked for advice on his face: "Military advisor, what do you think of everyone's analysis, should I agree to Sun Quan's proposal." ”

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

As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color, and they all thought that this Pang Tong spoke so badly, and the reason why you didn't agree to say it was that how could a good person say that we were going to kill the lord.

Liu Bei was also taken aback, and said hurriedly: "Why did the military advisor say this?" ”

Pang Tong stood up, he was short, and it was estimated that Fang Shao straightened his waist and was not much shorter than him standing.

He swaggered a few times in front of everyone, and suddenly put his hands behind his back, and said unhurriedly in a tone like a teacher teaching a student: "You are all from the ancient and modern worlds, don't you even hear of the plan of 'false way to destroy the enemy'?" ”

"False Ways to Destroy the Dead!"

Mi Zhu and the others were shocked, and Liu Bei's expression changed slightly, but he said very calmly: "Didn't the military advisor say that Sun Quan wanted to use the name of cutting down Shu, but when he crossed the border, he suddenly attacked Jingzhou?" ”

Pang Tong smiled proudly: "That's right. ”

Liu Bei was a little unconvinced, and said: "Although what the military advisor said is reasonable, it's just that Sun Quan has just lent Jingzhou to me for less than a year, and he also got the generous gift of Jiaozhou as he wished, so it seems a bit too much to turn his face and deny people to rob Jingzhou so quickly." ”

Pang Tong snorted coldly and said, "Although the lord has seen Sun Quan, it seems that he still doesn't know enough about this person." Sun Quan, a person, has done everything for the sake of power and the country. The previous time he lent Jing Nan to the lord, just to deal with Zhou Yu, but he didn't want Zhou Yu to die of illness suddenly, he probably swallowed a lot of bitter water before he endured the pain to cut Jing Nan's fat to the lord, and secretly planned to take it back. Now that Jiaozhou has been obtained, and there is no war in Hefei, Sun Quan can't wait to make a move on Jingzhou. However, he also knew very well that the strength of the lord was not as good as before, and of course it was impossible to take it by force, and there was no shortage of resourceful people on the side of Dongwu, so he came up with this false plan to destroy him. ”

Pang Tong saw Sun Quan thoroughly inside and out, not only listened to Mi Zhu and others deeply and was impressed by their insight, but also heard Liu Bei in a cold sweat, and couldn't help sighing: "It turns out that Sun Quan's guy is so insidious, I almost fell for him." Whether Xishu takes it or not is a later story, but Jingzhou must ensure that nothing goes wrong. It's just that when Zhou Yu was there before, Sun Quan also proposed to jointly take Yizhou, and I agreed at that time, but now he mentions it again, if I refuse, I'm afraid that there will be some contradictions. ”

Liu Bei wanted to find a reasonable excuse to refuse, but Pang Tong did not rush to answer, but walked up to Fang Shao and said with a smile: "Fang Zheng, Tong has long heard that you have a deep understanding of Kong Ming's true biography and have always been strategic, I don't know if you have any good excuse to worry about the main public." ”

Fang Shaoben also secretly admired Pang Tong's sharp vision, thinking that this phoenix chick was really worthy of the phoenix chick, how could it be comparable to Mi Zhu's generation. But he didn't want to, when he was sighing, this Pang Tong suddenly ran to him to ask, and I don't know if he deliberately wanted to give himself a chance to perform, or wanted to embarrass himself in front of everyone.

"You want to test me, hmph, it's not that easy."

Fang Shao already had a comprehensive plan in his heart, how could he be stumped by Pang Tong's question, but in front of everyone, he would not be as sharp as Pang Tong, so he hurriedly said humbly: "Of course Shao has some opinions of his own, but he is not very mature, and he is afraid that he will make the military advisor laugh when he says it." ”

Pang Tong waved his hand and said, "What's there to laugh at, let everyone judge when you say it." ”

Fang Shao coughed lightly a few times, and then said, "Since this is the case, then Shao does have a plan." In fact, it is also simple, the lord can not oppose Sun Quan'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 the new counties are unstable and refuse to send troops and horses, and then the heavy troops are deployed along the river to be strictly vigilant, so how dare Sun Quan 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 smiled, the smile was very obscene, I couldn't tell whether he was praising or sarcastic, paused for a moment, and suddenly arched his hand to Liu Bei and said: "Lord, the plan of Fang is also the meaning of orthodoxy, the lord can do things according to the plan, and it is expected that Sun Quan can only be bored this time." ”

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.

Pang Tong's self-confidence was based on his insight into everything, Fang Shao's strategy was based on his knowledge of history, and Liu Bei also chose to trust them.

Liu Bei's reply was quickly brought by the envoy to Sun Quan, who had moved to Chaisang, and when Sun Quan read Liu Bei's letter that was sincere in its words, but implied between the lines to warn him not to attack Jingzhou's idea, he couldn't help but be furious.

Syllable!

Sun Quan slammed the letter on the case, his expression was full of shame and anger, and he said angrily: "Okay, you Liu Bei, you actually saw through my plan." I was really dizzy at the beginning, why did I have to lend Jingzhou to you, it was you who made Lone a laughing stock of people, this hatred, Lone must be revenged! ”

(To be continued)