Liu Bei was shocked by Pang Tong's naked words.
He subconsciously took a few steps back and waved his hand hard, as if Pang Tong's words were floating in front of him as if they were substantial, and he could sweep it away. Then he was furious again, and the fiery anger rolled in, making him breathless.
He couldn't help but slap the desk hard and shouted: "Shi Yuan, what do you mean!"
Pang Tong took the second letter and watched it, as if he didn't hear Liu Bei's roar.
The slight footsteps of the attendants came from outside the hall. These young people were used to Liu Bei's graceful and gentle posture, and had almost never seen him with such unconcealed rage, so they were at a loss. They knelt in panic at the door of the hall, but they didn't know what to say or what to do.
"Everyone out, go away! Don't serve you here!" Liu Bei shouted sternly.
The attendants hurriedly retreated far away.
Liu Bei turned around and stared at Pang Tong.
Pang Tong's expression and posture were as usual, as if nothing had happened just now.
Liu Bei turned back to sit with a gloomy face. After a while, he whispered: "Don't blame the military advisor, I'm not angry with you."
He closed his eyes and sighed deeply: "I'm angry with myself."
Deep in Liu Bei's heart, the killing decision of the heroes of the world was always fighting against the softness and kindness of ordinary people. This won him the reputation of the Lord of Benevolence and also caused him to lose great opportunities to expand his power.
Therefore, Liu Bei's entry into Shu had already decided to take the thunderous measures, and hesitated without hesitation. First, he held Liu Jiyu hostage, and then killed Liu Jiyu in the name of Liu Jiyu and suppressed Yizhou in the shortest time. But no one expected that the trip was too smooth. :(/
Liu Jiyu himself was so weak, and the people of Yizhou were equally weak. They had never really resisted Liu Bei at any time and under any circumstances. From the Fucheng Incident to the present, the main force of the Jingzhou Army arrived directly to Chengdu in just over twenty days, and various side troops pacified the counties and counties, which were invincible.
Liu Xun was trapped in the poor city and was unable to deal with it. Liu Bei could be sure: as long as he attacked the city with all his strength, or if a young man like Pang Xi came forward to give him a step, the Chengdu City would definitely change hands. As long as he had the puppet Liu Zhang in his hand, the civil and military officials in Chengdu would immediately show his loyalty to him.
The problem is that Liu Bei is not satisfied with this. As Pang Tong said, Yizhou is both civil and military, and after everything is settled, Yizhou is still the original Yizhou. This is not the situation Liu Bei wants to see.
When Liu Bei was in Xuzhou, he was also unanimously supported by the civil and military officials of Xuzhou. Liu Bei still remembers the attitude of the powerful Xuzhou powerhouse led by Chen Deng and the Danyang Wuren left by Tao Gongzu in front of the new Xuzhou governor.
However, once a strong enemy approached the enemy, these loyal subordinates immediately fell apart. The more they swore allegiance they had, the faster they could turn against each other.
Liu Bei never wanted Yizhou to become another Xuzhou.
He needed more intense conflicts and more cruel conflicts, and then he could eliminate incompetent and unfaithful people step by step in the process, and promote truly usable subordinates bit by bit. Only in this way can Yizhou be used for his own use. But it is impossible to do it now, because everything goes too smoothly.
Over the days, the smoother the progress of the war, the more worried Liu Bei was. This worry was initially vague, but when Pang Xi came here with a letter and patted his chest and promised that he would definitely surrender to Chengdu, he suddenly realized what he was worried about.
What he was worried about was that the people of Yizhou were not reliable without being eliminated by swords and swords, and they could not be truly used for themselves. What's more, Liu Jiyu is still there, and Liu Jiyu is still an ally with him! The progress is as smooth as the progress is, how difficult it will be to deal with the people of Yizhou in the future!
Not to mention, the current situation has brought many difficulties to the next step of arrangement. Let’s not talk about anything else, just one thing: if both civil and military officials in Yizhou are there, where can we get enough positions to install Jingzhou people to meet the expectations of Jingzhou scholars for Liu Bei?
So when Liu Bei saw Pang Xi recommending himself, his first reaction was to refuse. He subconsciously did not want the process of conquering Chengdu to go too smoothly, but he felt deeply confused.
I was confused about this reason and could not explain it to my subordinates. I was confused about this idea and was completely contrary to the principle of benevolence and morality in my heart.
"Military advisor, what do you have to do?" Liu Bei said slowly.
"Pang Xi cannot be allowed to come forward to persuade him to surrender." Pang Tong replied in response: "Lord, please summon Zhang Ziqiao."
Liu Bei frowned and said nothing.
Pang Tong waited for a while before urging in a low voice: "It's perfect for Zhang Ziqiao to be a lobbyist. He has old grudges with Pang Xi, so he will definitely be willing to be this lobbyist."
Liu Bei still didn't say anything.
Pang Tong felt a heavy pressure permeating the hall, causing him to stand up and sit up until his legs and feet were numb and he didn't dare to move again.
Liu Bei suddenly stood up, stood at the door of the hall, waved to the attendants, and gave a few instructions.
A moment later, Zhang Song, the Yizhou Barbarian, came limply.
Zhang Song has always been proud of his tongue and argument, but since Duke Xuande entered Sichuan, his tongue and argument have no use. Ten months ago, he tried to go to Mianzhu to persuade Liu Xun and Zhang Ren to surrender. As a result, he had not yet entered the city and was shot back by arrows through hundreds of steps. He was hit by an arrow in his leg, and he still was not good at doing so.
Seeing that Fa Zheng had the merit of planning, Li Yan was decisive and was highly valued by Liu Bei, and seemed to have entered the center. As a different leader in Yizhou, he was obviously the first person to propose to sell Yizhou to Duke Xuande, but he had not made any contributions for many days and could only tell lies with Liu Jiyu all day long. Zhang Song was anxious.
At this time, Duke Xuande suddenly summoned him urgently, and Zhang Song didn't care about the pain in his legs and arrived like flying.
"Master!" Since Liu Jiyu was not here, Zhang Song called Liu Bei the lord without any scruples: "What are the instructions?"
"Mr. Ziqiao, please see." Liu Bei handed Pang Xi's letter to Zhang Song.
Zhang Song saw it, and without waiting for Liu Bei to say, he said with great pride: "Why do you need Pang Xi for this matter? I am willing to go to Chengdu!"
After saying that, Zhang Song bowed to Liu Bei, turned around and left.
Liu Bei quickly called out: "Mr. Ziqiao!"
"What's the matter with lord?" Zhang Song asked absent-mindedly.
He spread out the silk book and looked at it again, laughing and said, "Pang Xi will arrive within two or three days. I will go today, maybe there will be a response in the evening. It will just be a good time for Pang Xi to go there."
Chapter completed!