Chapter 12 third quarter

After Pang Tong entered Shu with Liu Bei, he turned against Liu Zhang within five months.Small-scale wars started one after another in Shu. Liu Zhang successively ordered Zhang Ren, Wu Yi, Li Yan and others to confront Liu Bei, but suffered serious setbacks time and time again.As a military adviser, Pang Tong accompanied Liu Bei. His wisdom, courage, and insight gradually spread in Shu, and also spread to the ears of Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou.Zhuge Liang approved a sign to renovate the inn, and said with a smile: "Brother Shi Yuan is highly talented, he really deserves his name." On the one hand, he handed the list to Ma Liang, and said, "It's a pity that my lord brought Jiang Wan into Sichuan. Otherwise, Ji Chang would not have to accompany Liang to do these trivial things of repairing bridges and paving roads."

"Liang is suitable for doing 'trifles'," Ma Liang said with a smile, "not to mention being with the military adviser." Since getting to know Zhuge Liang, Ma Liang has always looked up to and trust him like a younger brother to an elder brother.If Zhuge Liang praised him, he would be happy for half a day; if he scolded him, Ma Liang would be depressed for several hours.Such a gentle, kind, and down-to-earth young man, in Zhuge Liang's eyes, is simply a child. While pointing and correcting him, he also exhorts and loves him. "Maybe I can't treat Ji Chang as well as my third younger brother Jun." Zhuge Liang sometimes thought, "After all, Jun lacks political talents, so a mediocre life is fine; if you arrange a job for him in the future, you can keep this life healthy."

"I heard that my lord conquered Fucheng?" Ma Liang asked while checking the last season's tax bill. Zhuge Liangliang nodded. He learned about this from Pang Tong's letter.After taking control of Fucheng, Liu Bei accepted Pang Tong's suggestion and held a grand banquet with wine, wine and beauties.The generals who fought for days were drunk, their beards were stained with gravy, their swords were thrown aside, they leaned their heavy and drunken bodies towards the woman's arms, and rubbed their hairy faces against their plump chests.Laughter and anger were endless, which made Liu Bei laugh out loud. While laughing, he said to Pang Tong who was sitting beside him, "It's really fun to have a banquet today!"

"It is not a teacher of the benevolent to take pleasure in plundering other people's land." Pang Tong said deliberately.The relationship between him and Liu Bei is already quite casual, and this sentence at this time is a joke of Liu Bei's consistent "benevolence and righteousness". Liu Bei widened his eyes and said drunkenly, "King Wu defeated Zhou and ordered people to sing in front of the army and dance behind the army! Could it be that King Wu of Zhou was not a benevolent man? You are talking nonsense, get out, get out!" Pang Tong happily stood up, lingered for a while, and exited the camp.Without a stick of incense, he was invited back again. "Who was wrong about the topic just now?" Liu Bei asked.Pang Tong caught a glimpse of remorse on his face but a smile hidden in his eyes, so he replied leisurely, "Well, all the monarchs and ministers are at fault."

"My lord laughed when he heard the words, and then he drank and sang and danced as usual." At the end of the letter, Pang Tong wrote. Although it seemed that Pang Tong only told Zhuge Liang a small matter, his complacent expression was revealed from every word.Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and although his personality was different from Pang Tong's, no matter what, he would never dare to ridicule the monarch in public, nor would he say such arrogant words as "the monarch and his ministers are all at fault". "Pang Shiyuan is sure to win the position of 'First Adviser'." Zhuge Liang thought with a smile, "If he can defeat the next opponent: Luocheng."

Luocheng is the most critical line of defense. It is the real moat of Chengdu, the capital of Bashu. Once Luocheng is broken, Chengdu is like a soft baby, placed directly in front of Liu Bei, he can hold it in his palm as long as he stretches out his hand; he can kill it alive with his fingers again.Zhuge Liang looked in the mirror, and he saw a calm and unhurried face. There was no trace of nervousness, haste, anxiety or hope on his face.While everyone was tremblingly waiting for the results, Zhuge Liang seemed to be living in another world, a peaceful and prosperous world: a world that needed more energy to repair houses, dredge official roads, dig wells, and popularize education.

"When it comes to fighting, how can Kong Ming be compared with Pang Junshi?" Many people commented like this. When Ma Liang and Zhao Yun heard this, they were all indignant. Zhuge Liang just smiled lightly, took the coat from Shunying, put it on his arm, and said, "Ji Chang, Zilong, come with me to the western suburbs to see the crops." "Doesn't the military division investigate rumors?" Zhao Yun asked. "I'm not as good as brother Shiyuan in commanding thousands of troops." Zhuge Liang laughed, "It was Zhou and Jie who punished those who told the truth." Shun Ying," Zhuge Liang asked, "shall I write a book to remind Shi Yuan?"

Shunying said: "No, Kong Ming, don't make such a fuss." Zhuge Liang said "oh", he saw the tacit understanding in his wife's eyes, and saw Shunying's heartfelt worries for Pang Tong, which made Zhuge Liang laugh.Ma Liang and Zhao Yun looked at each other in blank dismay, not understanding why Shunying wanted to dissuade them. Soon, news of a new round of war in central Shu reached Jingzhou.Sure enough, Pang Tong had a bad start. Liu Bei's army experienced its first major defeat in Luocheng since entering Shu, with more than 3,000 soldiers killed and injured!Since then, the war has continued intermittently for more than half a year.Despite Pang Tong's tricks, on a snowy night in November, he captured Zhang Ren, the famous general in central Shu: the general who guarded Luocheng strictly, and beheaded him because he refused to surrender. Bridgeside, but that did little to reverse the deadlock.Pang Tong ordered that Zhang Ren's head be hung on the highest flagpole in the army, and his eyes opened with a bamboo stick, so that this madman who resisted desperately could see how Luocheng would be breached, and that he could see Liu Beijun's attack. How swords and guns broke into the city, on the other hand, the Shu army who is still resisting must see the fate of those who do not surrender!Pang Tong originally thought that this would cause panic in Luocheng, and even if they did not surrender, morale would drop greatly.Unexpectedly, Zhang Ren was quite popular. The soldiers and civilians in the city were filled with righteous indignation when they saw that the majestic general who was still alive and well yesterday was left with only a lonely, dead head hanging on a high place overnight.They shot a letter to Liu Bei with feather arrows, saying that even if the whole city died in battle, they would never bow their knees!The war slid quickly in a direction that Pang Tong didn't expect. At the end of the eighteenth year of Jian'an, that is, two years after Liu Bei entered Shu, the generals under his command counted the number of soldiers and found that half of the soldiers died!

It's snowing again in Luocheng, and it's chilly. Snowflakes reflected the sky silvery white. Liu Bei put on a cloak and stood in front of the gate of Luocheng. "If the stalemate continues, the Shu people can afford it, but our army can't afford it." Liu Bei said, "We must find a good way..." White flowers and snow powder are scattered, as light as feathers, and a pure white feather fan floats above him In front of me, the hand holding the lufan is so stable and thoughtful.The man smiled, as if looking at him from a distance, his eyebrows stretched out like wild goose feathers, and his eyes were as clear as stars.Thinking of him made Liu Bei feel much warmer and full of confidence.

Liu Bei seemingly casually said to Pang Tong: "Long time no see Kong Ming." "Oh, more than two years." Pang Tong replied. "Two years, seven months and thirteen days." Liu Bei said, "I remember that I left Nanjun on the 15th." Pang Tong's heart sank. "Ask Kong Ming to lead the army into Sichuan, and call Yide and Zilong to come." Liu Bei said. Without giving Pang Tong a chance to refute, he tightened his cloak as if afraid of the cold, and walked into the camp. Pang Tong stood in the snow in a daze for a long time, then returned to the tent, opened a frozen pen, wrote a letter in Liu Bei's tone, and sent someone to Jingzhou.When the letter arrived in Nanjun, it was the first month of the lunar year, and the atmosphere of the New Year was everywhere, although in the steaming dumplings, there would be some worried faces flashing from time to time. "Yizhou, Luocheng...Mr. Pang..." These words often stopped at the beginning, as if they were too timid to mention them again.Only Zhuge Liang had strong confidence in Pang Tong: "Brother Shi Yuan is a talented man, and he must be able to figure out a way to overcome the enemy." He always said this, even after receiving the letter asking for support.

"Please ask Liang to lead the army into Shu, probably more because he wants to create momentum." Zhuge Liang turned to Jiangdong's special envoy, Zhang Wendao, who came to celebrate the new year, "I just asked me who can plan the world with Liang, and Liang's answer is : Pang Tong, Liao Li." Liao Li, who was only 28 years old and was newly appointed as the prefect of Changsha, was sitting in the banquet. Hearing this, he was shocked and dropped his chopsticks! "Liao Gongyuan and Pang Shiyuan are the top talents in Jingchu." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "We need such people to revitalize the world." "Mr. Zhuge has the eyes of wisdom." Zhang Wen praised him endlessly. This is the last Lunar New Year banquet hosted by Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou. After the banquet, the guests dispersed one by one, and Zhuge Liang left Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and Ma Liang behind.He assigned everyone's duties in a very rare and serious tone.Guan Yu stayed in Jingzhou, and Ma Liang assisted him as a counselor; Zhang Fei was the vanguard and went to Badong the next day; Zhao Yun led the second army and took Liu Bei's adopted son Liu Feng up the river; Zhuge Liang personally led the third army and followed the waterway to Jiangzhou Join Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei.His methodical arrangements made everyone surprised and puzzled, and they couldn't imagine when he was thinking about these things.At the banquet just now, in order to receive Zhang Wen well, the military division has been looking for topics and dishes! "I thought about it a long time ago," Zhuge Liang thought, "I expected this day a long time ago." Zhuge Liang also said: "After Jiangzhou joins forces, we will divide into three groups as usual. Yide passes north of Dianjiang, pacifies Brazil, and leaves southwest of Chengdu." Point out the location to the generals, "Zilong went west along the river, captured Jiangyang and Qianwei, and went to the southeast of Chengdu; Liang was in charge of the middle road, and entered Deyang in the west, approaching Chengdu!" After finishing speaking, he exhaled lightly, and saw all four people present staring at him blankly. "What? Where did you miss it?" He asked. "No, no." Zhao Yun said hurriedly. "The strategist is so agile!" Guan Yu said in admiration for the first time. Zhuge Liang smiled faintly, and patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder: "Yide, go back early to prepare. Tomorrow, I will personally see the general off!" "Okay!" Zhang Fei pushed the little girl with a "wow", stood up, and rubbed his fists, "It's a big fight again! It's a pity that Yun Chang can't go with..." "General Guan is the most important person in Jingzhou!" Zhuge Liang caught a glimpse of the slight disappointment on Guan Yu's face, and hurriedly persuaded, "My lord has not yet obtained Yizhou. If Jingzhou is lost again, there will be no way to advance or retreat. General Guan, earnestly, earnestly." !” Being repeatedly told that he has a heavy responsibility, Guan Yu showed a proud smile on his red face. "Ji Chang also needs to be careful." To Ma Liang, Zhuge Liang told Ma Liang very simply. Ma, Guan, Zhang, and Zhao said goodbye and left. Zhuge Liang sat alone under the bright candlelight in the main hall and closed his eyes. Moaning under the ice... "Kong Ming." A voice startled Zhuge Liang, and he opened his eyes. It's Shunying. "When are you leaving?" Shunying asked, "I heard everything." "Half a month later." Zhuge Liang took Shunying by his arm and pulled her to sit beside her. "Another two-year agreement?" Shunying asked with a smile. "How long will it take?" Zhuge Liang shook his head, holding Shunying's face with his right hand, and gently stroking her eyebrows with his left hand, from eyes to nose bridge, from nose bridge to lips, as if he wanted to touch this woman with his fingertips: the one he really loves. Women, take this to heart.Only in front of her can he be as happy and innocent as a child. "At most five months," Zhuge Liang put his fingers on Shunying's earlobe, took off her earrings, put them into his sleeves, and said, "Five months later, it will be your birthday, and Yizhou will be your birthday." "Don't coax me." Shunying whispered. Zhuge Liang burst out laughing. He hugged his wife's waist, lowered his body and put his head on Shunying's lap, leaning his face against her leg, and asked, "Five months is enough. Don't you believe me?" "I don't believe it. It's just that Yizhou has nothing to do with me? I don't care for that gift." Shunying untied Zhuge Liang's scarf, and took off the ribbon that tied his hair. The man's black hair was entangled with her fingers. He whispered, "Kong Ming must take good care of himself..." As he spoke, he pulled out the bamboo hairpin from his head and smoothed his hair. Zhuge Liang accepted Shunying's care obediently, and asked again: "What do you care about?" "Son." Shunying said, "I want to give you a son." Only male heirs can continue the family's incense. The so-called "there are three unfilial acts, and having no offspring is the greatest." Shunying is thirty-two years old. If there is any delay, it will be even more difficult to have children in the future. "It's enough to have fruit. It doesn't matter if you have a child." After speaking, he changed to a more comfortable position, slept on his back on his wife's lap, and whistled. Shunying looked at Zhuge Liang and saw the moonlight floating on his straight nose.How strange, every time she looked at him, she couldn't help feeling happy.He is a handsome, considerate, and talented man, no matter how difficult things are, she can feel relieved when he speaks them out.He is her husband, and she can simply and directly feel his love, concern, and attention to her, and she can feel that "one fruit is enough" is sincere. "I doted on her from the beginning, because...you are her mother." Zhuge Liang once joked.Shunying has never heard of someone who spoils children so much.Seeing Zhuge Guo bouncing into the main hall, even if he was busy with business, Zhuge Liang would tell people to stop first. Review volumes by volume. "Five months later," Zhuge Liang repeated in a low voice, "bring Guoer to Chengdu." "Okay." Shunying smiled. Shunying said again: "Pang Shiyuan's side..." "What?" Zhuge Liang remained motionless lazily. Shunying said: "If the army is divided into three groups, it is bound to win the battle. Kong Ming, you should do something to me." "Say." Zhuge Liang grasped Shunying's middle finger. "After entering Sichuan, don't write to Shi Yuan." Shunying said. Zhuge Liang just kissed Shunying's fingers without making a sound. "Don't write letters." She whispered, "No matter what Kong Ming wrote, it will affect Shi Yuan's mood. If you ask him to stay still, he will suspect that you want to fight for merit; if you ask him to speed up the attack, he will guess again. You are mocking him. Duke Xuande has been trapped in front of the Luocheng gate for nearly a year. Although the price is heavy, it has also consumed the strength of Yizhou. Once Kongming enters Shu, Shiyuan can get full success as long as he waits quietly; He was eager to win and launched a fierce attack..." Shunying didn't go any further. Zhuge Liang guessed what she wanted to say. "The fiercer Pang Tong's offensive is, the stronger Luocheng's defense will be. When there is no way out, Luocheng will not hesitate to burn everything! At that time, if Pang Tong takes the lead and is eager for quick success, it is very likely that he will encounter unexpected misfortune." Misfortune: a "dead" word. Shunying's fingers suddenly became cold when she thought of the word "death".Although the personal relationship with Pang Tong is mediocre, after all, they are friends they have known since they were young.The Huang family and the Pang family also had frequent marriages. "Shunying is so smart." Zhuge Liang sighed with a smile. She thought he agreed.Unexpectedly, the first surprise was not what happened to Pang Tong, but Zhuge Liang wrote a letter to Pang Tong two months later when he was conquering the city and conquering all the way.The letter was very short, saying that he went to the observatory at night to watch the sky, and saw Gangxing in the west, and Taibai approaching Luocheng.It was sent to the Chinese army with the letter, which was the good news from Sanlu! "Send charcoal in the snow! Send charcoal in the snow!" Liu Bei looked at the news over and over again, his brows browbeaten, and pointed, "Look, Shiyuan! Kongming has entered Qixian County! The people in the middle of Shu actually slaughtered cattle and served wine to welcome them. The teacher of benevolence and righteousness Ah! Haha, can this be regarded as a teacher of benevolence and righteousness? Haha..." Pang Tong held back his breath and said, "My lord, please order me to attack Luocheng again!" "What?" Liu Bei was taken aback, "Didn't Kong Ming say..." "The theory of astrology is not reliable!" Pang Tong said loudly, "In the past, King Wu's rebellion was a sign of great danger. Those submissive wizards all persuaded King Wu to stop fighting. Jiang Ziya stepped forward and tore the horoscope, stepped on Break the tortoise shell, harness King Wu's four horses, pull the reins, and invite King Wu to board the chariot! Only then has the eight hundred years of prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty been achieved!" After saying that, Pang Tong knelt down on one knee! For a while, Liu Bei was at a loss. Liu Bei turned to Jiang Wan, who was also an important adviser in the army. Jiang Wan thought for a while and replied, "Please give Junshi Pang a chance." Give him a chance to become Jiang Ziya, and also give him the fatal danger that comes with the chance.Success and failure are like two sides of a mirror; if you can't reflect the brilliance, you must see death. On this day, death happened in front of Luocheng gate. Death is like the wind blowing... with a "hoo". Pang Tong was shot in the throat by the first arrow that flew down from the tower!The second arrow hit him in the head.For a moment, he saw blood flowers flying all over the sky like cherry blossoms, and in a trance, he heard Liu Bei crying far, far away, and heard Zhuge Liang sighing softly behind the white feather fan even further away.The moment before his death, Pang Tong seemed to have returned to Baisha Prefecture.He saw that the ice and snow in his hometown had melted, the water was gurgling, and the silver fishes were swimming in the crevices of the stones, just like the moonlight; He shook the slender stems and leaves towards him; he saw a young man in green sitting under the mulberry tree, talking with his face up, when suddenly a cold silkworm fell into his collar, like a woman's cold finger, running along He stroked his back slowly... Pang Tong uttered two "cracks" from his throat, and fell off the horse!Afterwards, the hustle and bustle, contention, bloodshed, and carnage in the world have nothing to do with him. Pang Tong died. Died in the chaotic Luocheng attack, the soldiers dragged him back to the camp, and what was dragged back was a bloody corpse with thirteen arrows in his body. Liu Bei slapped Jiang Wan on the face, bruising the left side of his cheek, and the swelling did not subside for three days. Later, every time Liu Bei talked about Pang Tong, he couldn't help the red circles in his eyes, and Xu Xu said: "If you are willing to listen to Kong Ming's persuasion..." Then you won't die, Liu Bei thought.Holding Zhuge Liang's letter in his hand, he looked at the words "Taibai came to Luo" on the letter, and burst into tears again.At this time, Zhuge Liang put a piece of prophecy near the candle, quietly burned it to ashes, poured the ashes into the wine, and sprinkled the glass of wine to the west to sacrifice to the young phoenix. "The thread of gain, the dragon of loss" is exactly the word "Pang Tong"! There is a "dragon" hidden under "Pang", which rhymes with "tong". "The Lost Dragon" means that one dragon will definitely be lost. If Pang Tong is not lost, the position of "Fulong" will be in jeopardy.Taking apart the word "unity" is exactly the "silk" of "sufficiency".The most valuable product in Bashu is silk!No one can stop the ownership of Yizhou, the Land of Abundance, which requires famous monarchs and virtuous ministers to control it.Zhuge Liang thought lightly: Tianfu is mine.The feather fan and the scarf urge to open the golden door; those who stand in front of the white feathers will surely fall down and give way like withered grass.Pang Tong, Pang Shiyuan...Brother Shiyuan!The wine traces dried up on the bluestone board, leaving only a shallow mark.At least, Brother Shi Yuan shouldn't use that tone to talk about Ling's death... Zhuge Liang cupped his hands towards Luocheng in the west, one of them was not on guard, two lines of tears rolled down from his eyes, silently.