Liu Bei made an appointment with Pang Tong for three days, and if he could not cross Wei for three days, Pang Tong, Zhao Yun and others could abandon Chang'an City and return to Hanzhong from the Meridian Valley.

But Pang Tong refused to leave - not that he refused to leave Chang'an, at this time, Chang'an not only did not have enough strategic value for the Shu Han side, but would delay the development of the next military operation, Pang Shiyuan just refused to leave Guanzhong. He has always been arrogant, most of these people don't consider the feelings of others, and there will be blind spots in their thinking, he complains about Xu Shu in his heart, why can't you dissuade Your Majesty from coming east? Since entering Yongzhou, gather all your strength to directly pinch out Zhang He and Xu Huang of Chen Cang, and then join forces with Ma Chao to seize Liangzhou, our room for maneuver is much greater, what a good opportunity this is! Are you really relieved to leave the Chencang Fortress behind?

- Of course, based on the backwardness of the level of communication, don't talk about Pang Tong at this time, even Liu Bei doesn't know that Ma Chao has been defeated.

Therefore, Pang Tong was reluctant to return to Hanzhong, and wanted to join Liu Bei and continue to dedicate his efforts to military operations. At this time, the report of defeat in the east has also been transmitted back, Shiren rebelled and surrendered to Wei, Fu Wei was killed, and it was already difficult to block Baling, Xinfeng and other cities. So after he discussed with Zhao Yun, he planned to recapture Ju County, one could protect the flank of Meridian Valley, and we could withdraw whenever we wanted; Second, through Juxian County, you can cross Wei to join Liu Bei, and once the military operation in Weibei is not smooth, and the Wei army is squeezed back to Weinan, if there is Juxian as a support, it can also prevent the Wei army from coming east to help sweep Weinan to a certain extent.

Moreover, although Pang Tong's department is outnumbered, Pang Yan in the city of Juxian is only weaker, and there are basically not many regular troops under his command, most of them are brave and strong people who have just been recruited from Sixiang, and this is a good time to seize Juxian County.

So the army arrived in Juxian and sent an advance envoy into the city. Demand that Pang Yan surrender. Pang Tong offered excellent conditions, if the Shu army could gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, then Pang Yan would be appointed as Jing Zhaoyin (Shu Han still maintained the old administrative divisions and official positions of the Eastern Han Dynasty), and if he was forced to retreat to Hanzhong, he would worship Pang Yan Taizhong's doctor, or give him a miscellaneous general.

Pang Yan replied. He said that I want to meet the head of your house, and if I have something to ask him face to face, if his answer is in line with my heart, I can also come down.

So at the appointed time, Pang Yan opened the city gate, led his family to ride dozens of people out, and stood behind the suspension bridge. Pang Tong also led dozens of subordinates, wearing heavy armor, to meet - exactly a hundred steps away from Pang Yan. Hold the horse's head. At this distance, ordinary bows and arrows can't shoot, even if there is a strong man who can shoot a strong bow, before it reaches the target, its momentum will also decline, and it can be easily dodged.

However, a hundred steps away is more than a hundred meters in the later generations, and the two must shout and pass the word through their loud subordinates before they can answer each other.

Pang Yanxian bowed his hand to Pang Tong from afar. said: "I heard that General Xiangyang is also from Xiangyang, although he is from Fufeng." The distant ancestor also came out of Xiangyang, not Duling Ponzi, or the same clan. ”

The origin of the Pang clan is very complicated, one said that it came from the famous minister Bi Gonggao at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, and its branch was named Pang Township, with Yi as the clan. One said that it was from Pang Zhen, one of the eight sons of Zhuan. At that time, the two largest Pang surnames, one in Xiangyang and the other in Duling, were descendants of Pang Zhen, who was the Taishou of Hanoi in the Western Han Dynasty. So Pang Yan said, don't look at me as a Fufeng person. Not far from Duling, in fact, the ancestors moved from Xiangyang, maybe we were still a family five hundred years ago.

Pang Tong also saluted: "In this case, it is time to work together to work together to join the Han family." If the brother is willing to open the city and return, the brother will not break his promise. ”

Pang Yan said that the family belongs to the family, we must first ask the words clearly, and make it clear: "Han Zuo has ended, Wei has replaced it, it is really like Zhou Zhi's war, although Wu Geng is still singing in the court, but it is really difficult to rejuvenate." The ratio of small and big is established, and the trend of obedience and rebellion is clear, why don't you return to the court Zhengshuo, which can make China peaceful? ”

Pang Tongxin said that I persuaded you to surrender, or did you persuade me to surrender? smiled at the moment, and the fate of the song said: "Brother is also false." The king has no way, and Zhou is in order to cut it down, and the people are in peace with the sky; Today's Han Dynasty has no loss of morality, Cao Cao is a minister, and he is really arrogant, how can it be compared? ”

Pang Yan immediately retorted: "Since the Han Dynasty Huan Ling, he has used eunuchs and relatives to abuse scholars and doctors, how can he say that he is not deserved?" In the past, King Wen of Zhou was also a minister of Yin, and King Wu was not his father, and he killed the king with soldiers, so why not usurp the clouds? To be so in the will of heaven, the five virtues are rejuvenated. How long can my brother go against the sky? ”

Pang Tong was a little impatient, so he said: "If my brother is willing to surrender, treat the guests; If you refuse to surrender, you can defend this city and wait for me to attack it. If so?! ”

When Pang Yan heard this, he laughed, and then raised the whip in his hand. I saw that several soldiers suddenly jumped out of the trench in front of him, and the flat end had already been wound up with a strong crossbow, and the standard was concurrent.

The incident was in a hurry, Pang Shiyuan didn't have time to dodge at all, and the parts around him couldn't be covered, the arrow force was sufficient, and it was easier to get accurate than a bow and arrow, so he only heard a few sounds of "pounce", and they all hit him. Although he was wearing heavy armor, there were still two arrows that pierced through the armor and inserted them into Pang Tong's flesh, Pang Tong couldn't help screaming, turned over and fell off the horse.

When Pang Yan saw that he had been shot, he immediately returned to the city on his horse, and the city gate was immediately closed.

By the time the Shu army rescued Pang Tong back to the camp, his face was already pale, he vomited blood, and he was in a dying state. Zhao Yun came to visit with red eyes, Pang Tong held his hand, gasped and said, "I am determined to die, what is the regret of dying?" It's a pity that I can't see the Han family. Zilong doesn't have to attack Juxian again, he can quickly go around the city to the north, join His Majesty, and advise the west to take Chencang, be careful not to delay! He swallowed his breath and died at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve six, the same year as he had been killed.

All the generals were angry, and they were about to storm Juxian County, and after slaughtering the city, Zhao Yun finally stopped him. So he took Pang Tong's corpse, bypassed Ju County, crossed Weishui, and went north to meet Liu Bei.

The day before Pang Tong was shot in Juxian County, it happened to be the day when Cao Zhen made an appointment to meet Liu Bei. Although Lu Meng couldn't persuade Cao Zhen, he finally eased the anger and impetuousness that permeated the whole army by using the shameless act of picking up the woman's clothes. So the next day the two armies clashed, Guan Yu was defeated and left, Cao Zhen was dissuaded by Lu Meng, he didn't chase a single step, only ordered the soldiers to scold Guan Yu's back loudly, and then Mingjin returned to the camp.

This angered Guan Yu, waved his army to fight reflexively, and was fired back by thousands of arrows in the Wei camp, and even Guan Yunchang himself was hit by an arrow in his arm, and when he came back to check, there was even poison on the cluster! Fortunately, there is really not enough technology to create any poison in these years, and the "shelf life" is limited, and it is very easy to fail, Guan Yu does not need to scrape the bones, and seeks military medical water purification to clean the wounds, and apply antidote and sores to pull out sores, it is estimated that it will be ten and a half days.

Liu Bei had no choice but to make Zhang Fei break off, pull out the village, and turn to Chen Cang. Le went in and out of Anling City to pursue, but set up an ambush for Zhang Fei to repel and lose hundreds of soldiers. Immediately, Liu Bei received Pang Tong's corpse near Maoling, and couldn't help but let out a loud cry, almost crying to the ground, and didn't choose to say anything for a while, and actually said: "This is the heavens that want to die?!" ”

When the counselor Du Qiong heard this, he was sullen and returned to the tent. He had a disciple named Qian Zhou, who was weak in his age, so he asked the teacher if you had anything on your mind? Du Qiong sighed and said: "Now that Pang Shiyuan is dead, the Son of Heaven is an ominous word, this is not a sign that Han Zuo is about to die?" Qian Zhou took the opportunity to ask: "In the past, there was a prophecy when Tu Gao, Zhou Zhengjun (Zhou Shu) thought that it was like Wei Ye, what is its meaning?" ”

Du Qiong said in a low voice: "Wei, Que Mingye, when Tu is high, the sage takes the ear." "Qian Zhou said that in this way, then Cao Wei obeyed the will of heaven and accepted the unification, but teacher, you were still in the book with Yin Chun, Zhao Ying and others, according to the saying of "Red Three Days Dechang, the Ninth Generation, and the Emperor", persuaded today's son to ascend the throne and become the emperor, so what is the reason?

Du Qiong shook his head and said: "The Son of Heaven is the emperor, Yishao succeeds the Han Dynasty, and then the one who succeeds the Han is prepared, and the one who dies is not in Beiye?" Then he said to Qian Zhou mysteriously, I just thought of a question - "The ancients are famous and official; Since the Han Dynasty, the famous officials have said that Cao, the beginning belongs to Cao, and the words serve Cao, which is also the will of heaven. ”

Du Qiong and Qian Zhou are both from Ba County. To say that the most credible in Liu Bei's group is its Yuancong Group, including Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Xiahou Su, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, etc.; followed by Jingzhou people, led by Pang Tong and Xu Shu - Xu Yuanzhi is actually from Yingchuan, but he came to Jingzhou very early because of the world turmoil, and was introduced as a peer by the Jingzhou scholars; The third is the Dongzhou scholars, such as Fa Zheng, Li Yan, Meng Da, etc., who took refuge from Jingzhou and Guanzhong to escape from Shu, first served Liu Yan and his son, and then surrendered to Liu Bei; Finally, the Shu people, mainly referring to the people of Guanghan and Shu counties; As for the Hanzhong people who were once under the control of Zhang Lu, and the Bajun people under the control of Zhao Wei, they could only rely on the Dongzhou Shi to survive.

Therefore, such as Du Qiong, Qian Zhou and other generations, do not belong to the first three large groups, and they only know how to talk about metaphysics, and there is no Huang Quan's general talent for helping the world - Du Qiong is a famous scholar in Shu, but his director is more focused on astronomical testing, that is, "weft" - so he cannot be reused, and he has long felt that there is no future in such a secession regime, so he began to disagree. However, these two goods belong to the kind of thieves who have the heart of a thief but not the courage of a thief, and they are just inciting pessimism and defeat among the government and the opposition.

Besides, when Liu Bei finally gave up the eastward strategy and turned to the west, Huang Quan was defeated by Zhang He and Xu Huang because of insufficient troops, and retreated to Yixian. Immediately, Zhang and Xu also got a report from Liangzhou, knowing that Ma Chao had retreated, and even Yang Fu and Su would extend the flames of war into the enemy's Wudu County, so they were bold and gathered soldiers and horses from the west of Fufeng County to attack Yi County together. Just when Liu Bei rushed back, he forced back the Wei army, killed the general Xu Shang, and rescued Huang Quan.

He wanted to enter Chen Cang, but was stopped by Huang Quan. Huang Quan said that now that the Han army has lost its sharpness, and is under the sandwich of Zhang, Xu, Cao, and Le, it is unlikely that the plan to seize Yongzhou will succeed, so it is better to take the opportunity to plunder and retreat to Hanzhong. After this harassment, Cao Wei estimated that he would not be able to make a large-scale campaign to conquer Hanzhong in a year or two, and finally gave us a buffer period. However, "the people's hearts are not satisfied, if they are delayed and damaged, they will wait for thieves to come from the east, and they will not be able to return to Han without being able to get it!" ”

Liu Bei hated Pang Tong, but he didn't listen. In the end, Huang Quan had no choice but to take a step back and suggested: "Summoning the law to be filial and straightforward, and plan for Your Majesty." "You have always listened to Fa Zheng the most, maybe he is the only one who can persuade you—besides, Pang Tong is dead, and only Fa Zheng can give you the most reliable advice on military operations. Liu Bei nodded: "But even if Zong Wei summons filial piety to Hanzhong." (To be continued.) )

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