Soldiers come to the world

Around the beginning of the year, Sima Hui and Liu Bei had a meeting. Liu Bei begged Sima Hui to introduce some young talents, and Sima Hui recommended Fengchu Pang Tong and Wolong Zhuge Liang. Liu Bei had also heard of these two people, so he visited Pang De's company. , invited Pang Tong to go to Xinye as an official, but Pang Degong had an ambiguous attitude and did not immediately agree.

As for Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei also heard that he was outstanding in learning, but Zhuge Liang's wife is Cai Mao's niece and Liu Biao's niece, and Zhuge Liang's second sister is also the daughter-in-law of the Kuai family. I had concerns, so I didn't go to Zhuge Liang.

Soon Liu Biao became seriously ill, and the Cai family came to power, and Liu Bei didn't dare to come to Xiangyang easily, so the matter was left alone. Now when Sima Hui asked, Liu Bei had to apologize: "There are too many things to take care of at the moment. Let Mr. Shui Jing disappointed."

Sima Hui was not disappointed either, but nodded with a smile, "Good! Good!"

What's so good about it?Liu Bei was also at a loss.

The two walked to the mountain gate and asked the gatekeeper to go in to make an announcement. After a while, Pang Tong and Pang Shanmin both came out, "Welcome Uncle Liu Huang, Uncle Sima Shi!"

Pang Shanmin came to Longzhong under the order of Liu Jing. Seeing that Cao Jun was about to go south, Pang Shanmin's task was to persuade his father to lead the nobles in Longzhong to Jiangxia for refuge. The property was donated to Lumen Academy, and at the same time, it was promised that it would bear the living expenses of all the gentry, and the conditions were very generous.

However, there are also differences within the Pang family. Although Mr. Pang De intends to temporarily relocate Lumen Academy to Jiangxia, his brother Pang Ji opposes the relocation of the Pang family to Jiangxia. This is why Pang Ji is not in Xiangyang today.

Even the younger generation of the Pang family had disagreements. Pang Shanmin strongly advocated moving to Jiangxia, but Pang Tong firmly opposed it.

Pang Shanmin stepped forward and said with a smile, "Why did the two uncles come together?"

Sima Hui laughed and said, "Good! Good! It's best to come together."

Liu Bei explained with a wry smile, "We met in front of the mountain gate, nephew, is your third uncle here?"

Before Pang Shanmin could speak, Pang Tong stepped forward and said with a smile: "The third uncle is here, I will take the emperor's uncle there."

Liu Bei was worried about the pursuers, and he didn't care to greet Mr. Pang De first, so he nodded and said, "I have something urgent to find him, so I'm going to bother my nephew."

"Uncle, please follow me!"

Pang Tong took Liu Bei and walked towards the backyard from the other side. Sima Hui watched the two walk away, stroked his beard meaningfully and laughed, and he followed Pang Shanmin to the main hall.

Pang Tong walked with Liu Bei, and asked with a smile as he walked, "Why did the emperor come to Longzhong alone?"

"Oh! Don't mention it."

Liu Bei then briefly explained what happened in Xiangyang, and only then did Pang Tong know the crisis Liu Bei was in. He pondered for a moment and then smiled: "Actually, a crisis is also an opportunity. If Uncle Huang can seize the opportunity, he may turn around from now on."

Liu Bei slowed down and asked in a low voice, "Nephew, what do you say?"

Pang Tong smiled, "I wonder if the emperor would like to hear about the long-term strategy, the middle strategy or the short-term strategy?"

Liu Bei narrowed his eyes, "I want to hear everything, but time is running out, can you tell me the short or medium strategy first?"

"The short-term strategy is very simple. Uncle Huang abandons Xinye and leads the army to join the Nanwen army. If he loses to Cao Jun, he will cross the Han River with him and withdraw directly to Nanjun. Two generals, Yun Chang and Zilong, will support him. Wei's army is neutral, so it shouldn't be difficult to go to Nanjun, I think Uncle Huang should be able to gain a foothold in Nanjun!"

Liu Bei nodded silently. He had also considered this plan, but Xiangyang might not let him transit, and he might take the opportunity to eat him. He was considering going to Anlu County, and then going to Nanjun via Jiangxia. Liu Jing should give him this. face.

"My nephew might as well talk about the middle strategy."

"The middle strategy is to unite against Cao. Uncle Huang never thought of leading the four families to jointly resist Cao's southward march."

Liu Bei pondered for a while and said, "Are you talking about Nanjun, Jiangxia, Xiangyang and myself, a total of four families?"

Pang Tong nodded, "Cao Cao has already set out to attack Wuhuan, so this Nanyang threat is not Cao Jun's real attack on Jingzhou. If I'm not wrong, it should be defending Jingzhou army with offense. Cao Cao is afraid that we will take advantage of the emptiness of the Central Plains to go north. So as long as the four join forces to fight against Cao, we should be able to win this battle, and the key is the emperor's uncle taking the lead, which will increase the emperor's prestige in Jingzhou immeasurably, and lay the foundation for the emperor's uncle to take over Jingzhou in the future."

If the first strategy is still a little dull, then the second strategy is quite popular, so what about the third strategy?This made Liu Bei full of expectations.

Liu Bei secretly admired, it is worthy of being called Fengchu, this is definitely the words of a wise man, he immediately has the idea of ​​attracting talents, this is the genius he has been looking for for many years, no wonder Sima Hui has to recommend him again and again.

After pondering for a while, Liu Bei smiled and said, "Your third uncle will send someone to send me back to the north later. I wonder if Shi Yuan is willing to send me a ride? Let's go to Xinye together."

Liu Bei has changed his address, and no longer calls him a nephew, but calls him Biaozi, which is regarded as an equal. In addition, using the excuse of sending him a ride, the implication is to win over Pang Tong.

How can Pang Tong not understand, he has observed the situation in Jingzhou long ago, Liu Bei looks weak, but in fact he is not weak, he has already controlled the [-] troops in Nanjun, and with the [-] troops in his hands, he can completely compete with Jiang Xia, Xiangyang was divided into courts to resist the ceremony.

But Xiangyang has Cai Mao, Jiangxia has Xu Shu and Dong Yun, and there is no such thing as Pang Tong's seat, and Liu Bei still lacks a military adviser.

More importantly, his uncle Pang Ji also persuaded him to follow Liu Bei, which finally made Pang Tong make up his mind. He has been looking for opportunities to go to Xinye these days, but Liu Bei unexpectedly came today.

He seized this opportunity and made Liu Bei look at him with admiration. Now that Liu Bei had spoken, Pang Tong threw away his scholarly reserve and bowed deeply, "Pang Tong is willing to work for the emperor!"

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Pang Shanmin came to Longzhong with two missions. One was to persuade his father to temporarily relocate Lumen Academy to Jiangxia. As long as Lumen Academy moved, all the gentry in Longzhong would follow him to Jiangxia.

This is not only because of the lofty prestige of Lumen Academy, but more importantly, since Liu Biao fell ill at the beginning of the year, Jingzhou stopped providing money and food subsidies to the northern gentry, which aroused great repercussions among the gentry. No worries, these gentry with families and mouths will definitely bend their waists for five buckets of rice.

Pang Shanmin has already convinced his father, but he is not sure about another mission, which is to persuade Zhuge Liang to go to Jiangxia. Although he is Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law and Zhuge Liang's best friend, he doesn't know if he can persuade this brother-in-law and good friend.

Zhuge Liang invited Pang Shanmin into the study, and Pang Shanmin's arrival made Zhuge Liang very happy. Most of his former friends left Longzhong. Cui Zhouping and Shi Guangyuan went to Yecheng and got a job under Cao Cao. Xu Shu, Ma Liang and Pang Shanmin After going to Jiangxia, Kuai Qi was in Nanjun, and only Feng Chu and Pang Tongtong remained among his friends in Longzhong, which made Zhuge Liang feel quite lonely.

And the arrival of Pang Shanmin made the quiet study suddenly lively.

Zhuge Liang wore a lotus crown on his head, dressed in gossip black clothes, and held a feather fan in his hand. He smiled and asked Pang Shanmin, "Are you used to living in Jiangxia?"

"It's about the same as Xiangyang! It's just warmer. Your second sister complains that it's a bit humid in summer, but the living conditions are not bad, and she's very satisfied with that." Pang Shanmin also replied with a smile.

"What about you? Are you satisfied?"

"I'm also quite satisfied. I've been busy all day, and my heart is full."

"Your ambition is to be a small official in Jiangxia?" Zhuge Liang smiled lightly, shaking his feather fan.

Pang Shanmin felt the teasing in Zhuge Liang's tone, he felt a little displeased, and said in a nonchalant way: "Although the mountain springs are small, hundreds of springs form rivers. Why are rivers and seas without rivers? Why does Kongming look down on me?"

Zhuge Liang sighed slightly, "I didn't underestimate you. With your talent, it is too inferior to be a book assistant. Xu Shu can be a Sima, and Dong Yun can join the army, but you are too talented to be a soldier."

It turned out that Zhuge Liang was complaining for himself, and Pang Shanmin felt a little resentful, and said with a smile: "Although I have studied hard for ten years, I have no experience in doing things for others. To be honest, the two years of tempering have helped me a lot. "

Zhuge Liang smiled, "Three years of tempering are enough, you can become Anlu County Prime Minister next."

"Anlu Juncheng?"

Pang Shanmin was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I mean very simply."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "You Liu Taishou has no excuses for wanting to seek Anlu County. Isn't this the best excuse for Cao Jun to go south this time? Anlu County is in the pocket, who will be the county magistrate? Either Liu Min or you, Besides the two of you, who else can block the mouths of Jingzhou officials?"

Pang Shanmin nodded silently, and only then did he understand why Liu Jing valued Zhuge Liang so much. Before coming to Longzhong, Liu Jing had indeed talked to him about making him the post of Anlu Juncheng, but Zhuge Liang had guessed it. be surprised.

After a moment of silence, Pang Shanmin turned the topic to serious matters, "If I remember correctly, my virtuous brother is also twenty-seven this year. The ancients said that a man stands at [-], and it is nearly [-] years old. Could it be that my virtuous brother has not considered going out of the mountain?" Do some business?"

"Of course I have thought about my future. I went to Shuzhou to seek a job three years ago, but Liu Zhang was too cowardly and not the master of pioneering achievements, so he left disappointed. The Liu brothers are even more incompetent. They have already made wedding dresses for others and defected to them It is equivalent to committing suicide, Cao Cao is a traitor, and I don’t agree with my will. Although Uncle Liu Huang is the master of benevolence and righteousness, he seems not interested in me. As for Ma Teng, Zhang Lu and others, they are mediocre, but my brother wrote another letter last month Give it to me, let me become an official in Jiangdong, to be honest, I am quite tempted."

"Why didn't you consider Jiang Xia?" Pang Shanmin finally couldn't help but said, Zhuge Liang mentioned everyone, but Jiang Xia was not mentioned.

Zhuge Liang clapped his palms and laughed, "Does Governor Liu like me as a mountain villager?"