The plan is good, but unfortunately Liu Bei no longer has the intention to attack Xiangyang. In other words, the time to attack Xiangyang has passed. Zhuge Liang's sneak attack on Xiangyang was the time when the Jiangxia army and Cao army were fighting the most fiercely. After all, Xiangyang was still in the hands of Cao army.

It was actually a bit late for Zhuge Liang to seize Xiangyang, but it was barely the last chance. Now that the Jiangxia army has occupied Xiangyang, if they compete for Xiangyang again, it would undoubtedly declare war on Jiangxia.

Liu Bei knew very well that the Jiangxia army was in full swing, and they might not be the opponent of the Jiangxia army, and Cao's army did not have a ferry and could not restrain the Jiangxia army in the north.

The reason why Liu Jing did not continue to attack Jiangling was because Jiangdong mediated this time. Liu Jing urgently needed to join forces with Jiangdong to fight against Cao, so he gave Sun Quan a face and temporarily let Nanjun go.

If he seized Xiangyang at this time, he would have captured Liu Jing's words and led the Jiangxia army to attack Jiangling on a large scale. Jiangdong had nothing to say, and Jiangling was in danger at that time!

In fact, Liu Bei was also waiting for Cao's army to fight south. He hoped to get a share of the future war between the North and the South, and it was definitely not just to eat rice before the big dishes were served.

Although Pang Tong's plan was good, he was obviously not as thorough as Kong Ming in the overall situation. Liu Bei pondered for a moment and then smiled faintly: "I discussed this matter with Kong Ming. Kong Ming believes that the opportunity to attack Xiangyang is over!"

Speaking of this, Liu Bei quickly glanced at Pang Tong. How could he not know the conflict between Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang? However, as a superior, there was a conflict between subordinates, and he was happy to see it.

Pang Tong's face suddenly turned red. He didn't expect that Liu Bei would use Zhuge Liang to suppress him again. He finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "But didn't Kong Ming lead his troops to capture Xiangyang? He ended up returning in a disastrous defeat."

Liu Bei picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, so don't worry too much. It's better not to mention this matter!"

Pang Tong came to Liu Bei this year to talk about this matter. This time Zhuge Liang made a serious mistake, how could he not get damaged? Liu Bei even came to his house to comfort him. This was simply too angering, especially to him, Pang Tong.

Pang Tong hesitated for a long time, but didn't know what to say. At this time, Liu Bei was a little tired and didn't want to listen to Pang Tong anymore. He smiled and said, "Shi Yuan has worked hard all the way. If there is nothing else, go back and rest early!"

This is a very implicit hint, which means that, 'I'm tired too, you can leave'. In this case, people who have a little understanding of the world will understand and then get up and say goodbye immediately.

Although Pang Tong was a scholar, he didn't understand such words. He just wanted to defeat Zhuge Liang and didn't pay attention to what Liu Bei was saying. He focused on the wording of the word.

He didn't understand Liu Bei's intention of seeing off the guests, and naturally he didn't mean to say goodbye. Seeing that he did not respond, Liu Bei felt even more unhappy and asked again: "Is there anything else in Shi Yuan?"

At this time, Pang Tong finally plucked up the courage to say, "Lord... Kong Ming sent troops without following the order of the lord, so why don't the lord pursue it?"

Liu Bei's face immediately became gloomy. Although he didn't care about Zhuge Liang's defeat, Zhuge Liang's unauthorized dispatch of troops did make him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Although he handed over military power to Zhuge Liang before going to Jiangdong, it was more of a gesture, not really arbitrarily urged Zhuge Liang to use troops without authorization, but just asked him to hold military power for himself.

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang still used troops, and the outcome was not important, but this behavior made Liu Bei deeply dissatisfied.

However, Liu Bei had already made full use of military power before, so it is difficult to mention this matter now. He can only be careful next time. However, Pang Tong mentioned this matter again without any wit, which made Liu Bei even more angry and embarrassed.

This is a taboo in the officialdom or workplace. Don’t embarrass your leaders. You must know what to say and what not to say.

Like Pang Tong's words, it is typical things that should not be said. Would Zhuge Liang not know that Liu Bei is arbitrarily? He still needs him to remind him? This incident caused Liu Bei to suffer a loss, and everyone knows it.

So, give your leader some face and don’t reveal the matter.

But Pang Shusheng, academy, did not understand this kind of officialdom, and it was very embarrassing to Liu Bei. In this way, Liu Bei was just secretly hating Zhuge Liang, but now he turned his dissatisfaction to embarrassing him.

Pang Tong.

But Liu Bei would not be furious. He didn't say a word and slowly drank tea. After a while, he said, "I understand this. I'm a little tired. You go back first!"

Pang Tong quickly stood up and said goodbye. Liu Bei did not send him off, but just sat quietly thinking. At this time, the guard came in to pack the teacup. Liu Bei ordered him, "Let Ma Shuzuo come to see me!"

Ma Shuzuo was Ma Su. He also lived in Liu Bei's mansion and sorted out documents for Liu Bei at any time. After a moment, Ma Su hurried over and bowed and said, "See lord!"

Ma Su had a low status and was not qualified to sit against Liu Bei. After a while, Liu Bei woke up from his thoughts. He glanced at Ma Su and asked, "What do you think of Pang Shiyuan?"

"Shi Yuan is a talented person."

"Of course I know he has talent, but I need to know how talented he is?"

Ma Su thought for a while and said, "My master, Mr. Shui Jing, had commented on the four great masters in Jingzhou, saying that Kong Ming could be the prime minister, Yuan Zhi could be the tax authorities, my brother Ji Chang could be the Shizhong, and Shi Yuan could be the prisoner. This is

Everyone is the director.”

Liu Bei nodded, Pang Tongke was in charge of the prison, this sentence makes a lot of sense.

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At the same time Liu Bei asked Ma Su, in another house, Pang Ji also sat in the study, narrowing his eyes and listening to his nephew's narration.

"Uncle Second, I must seize this opportunity. You have to help me!"

Although Pang Tong had a certain strategy for governing the country, he was still a little shallow in his official experience. He didn't know that he had annoyed Liu Bei and was about to face the risk of demotion.

He was still struggling with how to seize the opportunity to deal with Zhuge Liang, but he had no choice but to turn to his uncle.

Pang Ji served as the Jingzhou Biejia, second only to Wang Jie in his official position, and is considered the second largest figure in Jiangling, but a small Jingzhou Biejia was obviously not his ambition.

Pang Ji slowly opened his eyes, and he was like a Taoist priest who was practicing suddenly realized something. Of course, he saw through the thoughts of his clan nephew.

"Nephew, do you know Uncle Liu?" Pang Ji said with a smile.

Pang Tong followed Liu Bei to Jiangdong and spent time with Liu Bei day and night. He learned a lot about Liu Bei, especially from some details, he realized Liu Bei's temperament, which other Jingzhou officials could not know.

"I know that he handed over military power to Kong Ming, just pretending to be a pretentious move. He wanted Kong Ming to defend military power for him, rather than use military power for him. Obviously, Kong Ming did not grasp this."

"Who said Kong Ming didn't know!"

Pang Ji laughed, "If he doesn't bring Guan Yu or Zhang Fei, he will be unaware of it."

Pang Tong understood what his uncle meant. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were the people Liu Bei could truly trust. Zhuge Liang knew his behavior and took Guan Yu with him. After pondering for a while, Pang Tong said again: "It is precisely because of this that Kong Ming knew it and was afraid that this was the case.

It annoyed Uncle Liu even more than I don’t know, but I know that Uncle Liu’s dissatisfaction will never be revealed, and he will even favor Kong Ming even more. This is his character, and he will do the opposite of others."

Pang Ji nodded and smiled, "Your nephew understands this, and you have made progress. Since that's the case, why are you anxious about?"

Pang Tong sighed, "It's not a good feeling to be suppressed by others. In terms of talent, I am no less than Zhuge. In terms of experience, he is not much better than me. But the emperor's uncle is dominated by him everywhere and there is no chance for me at all.

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Pang Ji's eyes closed again, and after a while, he asked indifferently: "Do you know yourself?"

Pang Tong was stunned, "What does uncle's words mean?"

Pang Ji laughed, "I mean, first of all, you have to know what you can do? What is your goal to enter the officialdom? Then strive around this goal. With this premise, you know that you should do it.

What, nephew, do you understand?"

Pang Tong lowered his head. After all, he was only over 20 years old and had been in Lumen Academy. His life experience was shallow and he had no official experience. His uncle's words made him fall into deep thought for a while.

Pang Ji loved and valued this nephew very much. It can be said that Pang Tong's loyalty to Liu Bei was Pang Ji's strong encouragement, but he never had a good talk with his nephew. In the past, he thought that the time was not right. After Pang Tong served for several months, he felt it was necessary.

I had a briefing with Pang Tong.

"Who is the enemy that Cao Cao values ​​the most?"

Pang Tong pondered for a moment and said, "Cao Cao talks about heroes by cooking wine, and he is the only hero in the world and the emperor's uncle. I think the enemy Cao Cao valued the most in his life should be Liu Huangshu."

"What about Liu Jingsheng and his son?" Pang Ji asked with a smile.

"Liu Jingsheng is a dog guarding the household, and Qi Cong is even more a dog-eared ear!"

Pang Ji smiled slightly, "It was Cao Cao who despised Liu Biao and his son, so Cai Mao surrendered to Jingzhou as his honor as a military advisor, and had to work as a general of the Central Army. The title was only served by Marquis Ting, Zhang Yun, Deng Yi, Li Gui and others.

The title of the last one, but the official still doesn't know any position? Kuai Yue and Han Song have other personalities and have nothing to do with Jingzhou. My nephew thinks that you and I surrender to Cao Cao at that time, can you get the prefect?"

Pang Tong shook his head, "If my uncle surrenders to Cao Cao, the Marquis of Guannei may be able to be granted, but it is unlikely that he will be appointed as the prefect. As for his nephew, he may not even be the county official."

Pang Ji smiled again and said, "If I surrendered to Cao Cao as an important official of Liu Bei, and my nephew surrendered to Cao Cao as the deputy military advisor of Liu Bei, can I be valued by Cao Gong?"

Pang Tong suddenly realized that his uncle was also a member of the Cao sect, but he was unwilling to surrender to Cao Cao as a minister of Liu Biao. Instead, he wanted to surrender to Cao Cao as an important official of Liu Bei. With Cao Cao's emphasis on Liu Bei, his uncle would definitely be valued.

It's just that.

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Pang Tong also recognized his uncle's philosophy of being an official. He was too utilitarian. To put it bluntly, he was a politician. He smiled bitterly and never took over his uncle's topic.

Pang Ji looked at him for a while, and saw that his nephew didn't want to talk in depth. He knew that he was too shallow in the officialdom and had a little bit of a young man's loyalty. He needed to practice for a few more years before he could talk about it after the edges were smoothed out.
Chapter completed!