Following Pang Tong's pledge, Liu Bei still captured Luocheng and finally succeeded in occupying the land of Yizhou.
In the Battle of Hanzhong not long after, Liu Bei left Zhuge Liang behind and marched into Hanzhong with Fa Zheng as his military advisor.
It can also be seen from this that at least Liu Bei felt that Pang Tong was obviously more suitable for commanding and planning military operations.
Judging from the fact that Pang Tong died while attacking Luocheng, it shows that Pang Tong had the ability to lead troops on his own.
After Pang Tong's death, Liu Bei retreated to the next best option and chose Fazheng as his military advisor. Instead, he left Zhuge Liang, who was not a member of the Yizhou faction, to be in charge of Chengdu.
Is it because Zhuge Liang is not suitable for making suggestions during the march, or is there really no one under Liu Bei who can replace Zhuge Liang to command and dispatch in Chengdu?
Maybe Zhuge Liang thinks he is a talent like Zhang Liang and Han Xin, or maybe Liu Bei thinks Zhuge Liang is more like Gaozu's Xiao He.
However, the real answer is no longer known. Perhaps only Liu Bei himself has the real answer in his heart.
Judging from Liu Bei's choices at various stages, perhaps when his troops marched into Yizhou and Hanzhong, no one could take Zhuge Liang's place, and Liu Bei had no choice but to let Zhuge Liang sit in the rear.
However, one thing is worth confirming. At least Liu Bei recognized Pang Tong's talents in his heart.
Liu Bei must have felt that Pang Tong's ability was enough to help him solve any problems in Yizhou, so he chose Pang Tong as his military advisor.
Perhaps it was God's injustice that caused Pang Tong to die young, thus destroying the last hope of the Han Dynasty.
It was precisely because of his untimely death that Pang Tong became extremely controversial.
Of course, history is fair, and the Three Kingdoms era was even more fair.
Guo Jia, a talented and strategic man who was an outstanding figure in the world and made an indelible contribution to Cao Cao's efforts to pacify the Central Plains and Hebei Province, was only thirty-eight years old when he died.
Zhou Yu, who was both civil and military, talented and strategic, magnificent in character, and noble in elegance, made great contributions to the Sun family. He defeated Cao Cao in the battle of Chibi and made a decisive contribution to the world. God only gave him thirty-six years to live.
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If you look at it this way, Pang Tong died in battle at the age of thirty-six, maybe it was God's punishment for these three heroes in troubled times!
Liu Zhang personally had a very high opinion of Pang Tong. It was true that he hated Liu Bei, but he really admired Liu Bei's ability to recognize people.
As long as they are talents recognized by Liu Bei, Liu Zhang can even trust them without any scruples.
Facts have proved that everyone made an indelible contribution and irreplaceable status to Liu Zhang.
Now that history has completely changed, even if Pang Tong did not loyal to him in the end, Liu Zhang was confident that he would not let the war that Yizhou was facing reach Luocheng.
Then the tragedy of Pang Tong's death in Luocheng will definitely never happen again.
But as a descendant of the Pang family, one of the four major families in Jingzhou, can Pang Tong really ignore the Pang family and invest in Yizhou?
At least Pang Tong did not do this in history.
The reason for joining Zhou Yu was that Nanjun was conquered by Zhou Yu. After Zhou Yu's death, Pang Tong immediately returned to Jingzhou and took the initiative to serve as the Leiyang Order.
This shows that Pang Tong's first thought was to become an official in his hometown Jingzhou.
Now Pang Tong became an official several years earlier than in history, and even went to Chengdu in person, which also gave Liu Zhang a small extravagant hope in his heart.
"General Wei knows Wolong?"
Pang Tong's question pulled Liu Zhang out of his thoughts.
"That's right! The one who crouched with the dragon is Zhuge Kongming."
Pang Tong was stunned and couldn't help himself.
"General Wei is really a god. Zhuge Liang didn't pick up the word for more than a month, but he didn't expect General Wei to know it!"
Pang Tong even suspected that there were a large number of Yizhou spies in Jingzhou and even spies in Lumen Academy. Otherwise, how could Liu Zhang know so clearly!
"Ah...that...ahem..."
Liu Zhang was even more embarrassed. He blurted out the words as soon as he was proud, completely forgetting that Zhuge Liang had just reached the crown.
"I knew Zhuge Liang when he was three years old. He was still living in Taishan County, and Zhuge Liang's late father, Zhuge Gui, was still serving as the magistrate of Taishan County."
Time really flies by, nearly twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye!
Liu Zhang himself was already in his thirties and had several children...
"I see, but I've never heard Zhuge Liang mention it."
Seeing the doubtful look on Pang Tong's face, Liu Zhang knew that Pang Tong was really unaware.
"Zhuge Liang lived in Jingzhou, especially since there was a war between Yizhou and Jingzhou, he was probably worried about causing criticism..."
Although Zhuge Liang is young, his heart is as deep as the sea, which is absolutely difficult for ordinary people to see through.
"It's really strange..."
Pang Tong whispered softly, and the look of doubt on his face became heavier.
"Shiyuan, what's wrong?"
"Is there a gap between General Wei and Zhuge Liang?"
Pang Tong's question made Liu Zhang doubt his life. Not to mention that he had served Zhuge Liang like his own father for ten days, but he could still be treated like his own son.
"It's impossible. When his mother passed away, I helped take care of it for three days. He had a volume of Thirty-six Stratagems that I gave to him when he was leaving!"
Pang Tong definitely didn't make the lie out of nothing. He had been studying and living with Zhuge Liang all day long, so he must have heard something.
"Shi Yuan, does Zhuge Liang have a problem with me?"
If Pang Tong really nodded and confirmed, then Liu Zhang would have to wonder if Zhuge Liang was a white-eyed wolf!
I have been treating him with all my heart and soul, but instead of receiving gratitude, I have received resentment?
"No no!"
Fortunately, Pang Tong quickly shook his head and directly denied Liu Zhang's remarks.
"At the beginning, our mentor Sima Hui once asked us about our ambitions. If our friendship with Zhuge Liang is true as General Wei said, shouldn't he be devoted to Yizhou to serve?"
Liu Zhang suddenly felt that Alexander had done everything, but he had done nothing.
"What did Zhuge Liang say?"
Pang Tong shook his head slightly, showing a regretful look.
"Zhuge Liang didn't say anything. His heart has been as deep as the sea since he was a child, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see through it. Even my uncle Pang Degong doesn't know what he is thinking in his heart."
Liu Zhang suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart. Could it be that Zhuge Liang saw that his power was too great and felt that he could not use his talents?
"Forget it, it's still the same sentence, everyone has their own ambitions, so why should we think about it?"
Liu Zhang could only be glad that the development of things was really unexpected.
I thought that I couldn't recruit any counselors, so I could only sit in Yizhou and wait for justice, but Zhuge Liang came to the door himself.
Fortunately, there is no trace of Fazheng, and here comes the news that Zhuge Liang is unwilling to come to Yizhou.
Fortunately, God favored Liu Zhang and gave him Jia Xu, Xun You, and now Lu Su and Liu Ye, otherwise there would be no place to cry.
But looking at Pang Tong in front of him, Liu Zhang's mind became active again. Could it be that Wolong is gone and God will provide him with a young phoenix?