After staying in Xiangyang for three days, Taishan decided to resign to Yuanbiao. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info but Yuan Biao at the moment to Mount Tai is very cordial, a moment reluctant Mount Tai to leave, so out of the words to stay, at the insistence of Yuan Table, Tai Shan had to temporarily postpone the return to Xinye, and Chen Zhi with fifty Bai Yu elite soldiers, continue to stay in Xiangyang City, let Guan Ping lead the troops to return to Xinye first.

At noon on this day, Taishan came to Yuanbiao's state pastor's mansion as usual and had lunch with Yuanbiao. When he pushed the cup and changed the lamp, Taishan suddenly sighed and couldn't help but burst into tears. This time is different from the past, Tarzan did not add any performance ingredients this time, but felt sad from the heart.

Yuan Biao asked in surprise: "Brother Taishan, this wine is drunk so well, why did you suddenly cry?" Taishan sighed and replied: "Don't hide it from Brother Jingsheng, in the past, the body did not leave the saddle, the sword did not leave the hand, and the flesh was scattered; Now he is nearly forty years old, but he is stumbling on the sun and moon every day, and he is about to get old, and he has not yet made contributions, so he is a little sad in his heart. ”

When Yuan Biao heard this, he was reminded of the worries that had been difficult to make a decision for a long time in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, the virtuous brother is worried about the resurrection of the flesh, but the foolish brother is worried about the family affairs that are difficult to break." ”

Taishan comforted Yuan Biao and said: "Brother Jingsheng doesn't have to worry too much, if you have something to do with Taishan, Taishan will never give up." Yuan Biao waved his hand to rebuke the waiter, and said in a low voice: "Brother Xian, Brother Yu has two sons, the eldest son Yuan Qi was born to his ex-wife Chen, although he is virtuous, but he is weak and not enough to achieve great things, and the second son Yuan Cong, who was born to Cai, is quite smart. The foolish brother wants to abolish the elder and the young, but he is not in line with the etiquette and law, and wants to establish the eldest son Yuan Qi as the son, but he is worried that the Cai clan will not accept it, and there will be trouble in the long run. Therefore, it will not be commissioned. "The Cai clan in Yuan Biao's mouth is the clansman of the second son Yuan Cong's biological mother, and the most representative figure is Cai Mao, the governor of Jingzhou's navy, Jingzhou's navy is all controlled by Cai Mao, if Cai Mao launches a rebellion, it is a very deadly threat.

In fact, in Jingzhou, on the surface, it seems to be calm, but in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent. When Yuan Biao was sent to Jingzhou by the previous son of heaven Yuan Hong, it was Xiangyang that rode alone. There are no soldiers in hand, there are no generals, and Yuanbiao relied on the strength of several scholars in Xiangyang to gradually develop, and then controlled half of Jingzhou. Later, the Yuanbiao climate was established, which reduced the dependence on the local nobles. relied on his own strength to pacify the other half of Jingzhou.

Although the Yuan Table later gradually reduced its dependence on the scholars. However, the Cai family headed by Cai Mao, the Kuai family headed by the Kuai Liang Kuai Yue brothers, and the Huang family headed by Huang Zu and other major families respectively control huge military power and money and grain, and it can be said that Jingzhou has half of the soldiers and horses and money and grain. are all in their hands, these major families have long formed a trend of tail not falling, and the metameter can only be dispatched from it. Let them use it for themselves, but they will not be able to take back the power from their hands. Yuan Ming confessed that when he was still there, these big families would never betray him, because only by taking charge of Jingzhou could he bring them rich benefits, but if Yuan Biao died, it was unknown whether these big families would continue to support Yuan Biao's successor.

For the situation in Jingzhou, Taishan naturally knew very well in his heart, he didn't want to express his opinion on Yuanbiao's family affairs, so as not to cause disaster, but since Yuanbiao asked, Taishan could only say his opinion: "Brother Jingsheng, abolishing the elder and establishing the young, has been the way to take trouble since ancient times." If the elder brother is worried that the power of the Cai family is very heavy, he can slowly weaken it in the future, and he can't make his young son the son of the world because of a moment of doting. ”

Yuan Biao sighed and said with feeling: "What Brother Xian said is very true, but this matter is too tricky, if you need Brother Xian's help in the future, I hope Brother Xian will not shirk it." Tarzan hurriedly agreed.

After a moment of silence, Yuan Biao sighed again: "A few days ago, Ugong Zhaolie raised troops to attack Xuzhou, and the virtuous brother suggested leading his troops north to take the Yanzhou camp of Ugong Zhaolie. Now it seems that Unomiya Zhaolie's soldiers are flourishing, and they will have the heart to annex Jingxiang after a long time, which is really regretful for not being at the beginning, and missing the perfect opportunity. Although Taishan looked down on Yuan Biao's caution in his heart, he comforted him verbally: "Fang is down today, it is divided, and the heroes are together, and there will be all kinds of opportunities in the future, why should my brother regret it?"

While the two were talking, Cai Mao suddenly broke in, first glanced at Mount Tai with bad intentions, and then said respectfully to Yuan Biao: "Lord, Gongzi Pan sent an urgent report, Zhang Xian and Chen Sun gathered tens of thousands of bandits in Jiangxia, intending to conspire to rebel, and they have now swept through the two counties. ”

Yuan Biao said angrily: "These two thieves are capricious, and they are going to rebel again this time! Cai Mao, raise the account and order the troops, and you will lead your troops to pacify these two thieves!" Taishan, who was sitting on the side, heard this, quickly calculated in his heart, thinking that this matter was profitable, and hurriedly stood up and arched his hand to Yuan Biao and said: "Brother Jingsheng, General Cai is the general of Jingzhou, and he can't be moved lightly. A certain is willing to lead an army to the expedition to relieve his brother's worries. ”

Yuan Biao was overjoyed, and immediately agreed to allocate 30,000 soldiers and horses to Mount Tai to help Yuan Pan of Jiangxia. Taishan immediately returned to the post house, sent two elite soldiers back to Xinye, and summoned Guan Wei and Zhang Wu to lead a total of 3,000 troops to help in the battle. Before Guan Wei and Zhang Wu arrived, Taishan went in and out of the Jingzhou military camp every day to select the 30,000 elite soldiers promised by Yuan Biao.

Three days later, Guan Wei and Zhang Wu led their troops to arrive, and Taishan's soldiers and horses had been selected, so they immediately resigned to Yuan Biao and led the army to Jiangxia. Less than twenty miles out of Xiangyang City, Zhang Wu, who had just opened the road in front, sent someone to report that there was an ugly-looking scribe on the road ahead, sitting in the middle of the road, and refusing to let go of anything.

Taishan was greatly surprised in his heart, and hurriedly urged his horse to the front, and sure enough, he saw a man about thirty years old, with an extremely ugly face, sitting cross-legged in the middle of the road, his eyes half-open and half-closed, as if he had not seen the advance of the army at all. Zhang Wu, who had repeatedly persuaded him to no avail, was already on the verge of going berserk, and his eyes were ringed at the boss, as if he might stab the scribe's heart with the Zhangba snake spear in his hand at any time.

With intuition, Taishan sensed that this scribe was not good, and hurriedly stopped Zhang Wu, then turned over and dismounted, walked to the scribe, and said, "Sir, a certain leader is the order of the state pastor." He went to Jiangxia to quell the rebellion, and hoped that Mr. would stoop to the side of the road to make way for the army. ”

The scribe opened his eyes slightly, and these eyes were the only part of his whole face that was not too ugly. In a long tone, the scribe spoke for the first time and said, "Are you Taishan?" Taishan was angry in his heart, and the name of Lao Tzu was also what you could call, but before he could get angry, Zhang Wu shouted violently, and the birds in the forest on the side of the road flew in all directions: "Who are you?" Dare to speak to my eldest brother like this. See if I don't stab you with 10,000 transparent holes!" As he spoke, Zhang Wu was about to rush forward and pick this ugly guy with a spear.

"Third brother must not be rude!" Taishan stopped Zhang Wu again. Although he was angry in his heart, but Taishan did not show it on his face, when it came to the kung fu of self-cultivation, if Taishan considered himself the second in the world. I'm afraid no one dares to claim to be number one. With a smile, Tarzan saluted the scribe again and said, "Sir, so-and-so is Tarzan." ”

The scribe suddenly jumped up from the ground, bowed deeply to Mount Tai, and said apologetically: "Just now it was just a certain temptation of the general, and I hope the general will not be surprised." ”

Temptation? Taishan was stunned when he heard this, and talented people would often test the lord before serving the lord, so as to determine whether the lord he chose was the master. Could it be that he has picked up a treasure today? and he has to bring back a genius by the way?

Thinking of this, Taishan's attitude became more respectful: "Haven't you asked Your Excellency for your name?" The scribe laughed, his expression was suddenly full of momentum to look at the world, but the tone of his voice was very humble: "The cheap name is really not enough to worry about, since General Lao asked, he should tell the truth." Not only is he a person from Xiangyang, his surname is Pang Mingtong, the word Shiyuan, and the number Feng Xiao. ”

In the past, Sima Hui once said that Wolong and Phoenix Chicks could settle the world with one piece, but now Wolong Zhuge Liang and even Sima Hui have defected to Yuanqi, but Taishan did not expect that he would actually meet Feng Chick Pang Tong! If he got Pang Tong's help, the chances of Taishan salting fish turning over would be greatly increased!

With the greatest sincerity, Taishan saluted Pang Tong again, and said sincerely: "A certain person has eyes without beads, and almost missed the great sage! I would like to ask Mr. to go out of the mountain and jointly support the Yuan clan, please Mr. will definitely agree." ”

Pang Tong laughed and said: "It's just a scattered person in the mountains, but he can't afford to be a general." Taishan saw that Pang Tong did not agree, his heart was in a hurry, and he directly used the killer weapon, crying and said: "Sir, if there is chaos today, the people are in trouble, the Son of Heaven is deceived by people, and the heart of the liver and intestines can not save the people of Li from fire and water, if Mr. refuses to go out of the mountain, he is willing to die in front of Mr., and he will die in front of him!" After saying a word, Taishan was already in tears, with sad tears, Taishan Qing sword in his hand, if Pang Tong did not agree, he immediately killed himself, and Zhang Wu behind him was a tiger roar.

Under the attack of Taishan's tears, Pang Tong thought carefully for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement. Pang Tong will serve Mount Tai, instead of following in the footsteps of Zhuge Liang to serve Yuanqi, also has its own reasons. Pang Tong has lived in Xiangyang for generations, his feelings for this land are too deep, and he is unwilling to leave his hometown too far, this is one of them; second, Pang Tong's family background is good, belongs to the kind of small family, this kind of family background is not up or down, but also created Pang Tong's selection criteria, Yuan Qi is too strong, Pang Tong missed the best opportunity to put into effect, worried that he will not be reused after the past, but Taishan is different, Mount Tai is still in its infancy, it is the stage that can best reflect Pang Tong's resourcefulness; , these factors superimposed, and finally made Pang Tong choose Mount Tai.

After receiving Pang Tong's surrender, Taishan was overjoyed and immediately appointed Pang Tong as a military advisor, responsible for coordinating all operational policies.