The corners of Pang Tong's mouth raised slightly, revealing a confident smile.
"No matter how relieved my lord is, even if Kong Ming is eloquent, it will be difficult to convince the Jingzhou family with words."
"What's more, Zhuge Liang's eldest sister is married to Kuai Qi, and his second sister is married to my eldest brother Pang Shanmin. He himself is also married to Huang Yueying from the Huang family."
"These inextricably linked relationships also constrain Kong Ming from acting arbitrarily."
"Without Kong Ming's support, how could Liu Bei be so proud in Jiangbei?"
After receiving Pang Tong's confirmation, Liu Zhang felt relieved a lot.
As Pang Tong said, without Zhuge Liang's support, Liu Bei could not easily defeat Cai Mao and Kuai Liang.
"My lord, Liu Qi is a complete fool, but Liu Biao is not!"
"Although Liu Biao is old and dim, he can see Liu Bei's ambition at a glance. How can Liu Biao sit back and watch all the Jingxiang property belong to Liu Bei?"
"The state and pastoral authorities will definitely unite and deal with the outside world in a unified manner, and the situation in Jingzhou will once again form a deadlock!"
Liu Zhang nodded, fully agreeing with Pang Tong's analysis.
I was really impulsive just now, so I wanted to immediately send troops to personally annihilate Liu Bei.
"Gongda, let's stop sending troops to Jingzhou and let Wen He pay more attention to Jingzhou's movements. Our main target is still in Guanzhong!"
"My lord is wise!"
After confirming that Liu Zhang would not use his troops out of anger, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
Xun You could finally look at Pang Tong and express his surprise at what was happening inside Jingzhou.
"Shi Yuan, I didn't expect that Zhuge Liang has such connections in Jingzhou!"
Pang Tong nodded, and then couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.
"The military advisor is unaware that these relationships are far more than that!"
"Zhuge Liang's father-in-law Huang Chengyan married Cai Mao's eldest sister, and Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Biao married Cai Mao's second sister. Coupled with the relationship between Kuai Qi and Pang Shanmin, it can be said that Zhuge Liang alone became the link connecting the four major families in Jingzhou!"
Xun You was shocked. No wonder Liu Zhang had always been obsessed with Zhuge Liang.
Let alone ability, this network of relationships is not something ordinary people can have!
"It's a pity. If Zhuge Liang surrenders to the lord, then we will have a lot of help in attacking Jingzhou in the future..."
Pang Tong nodded noncommittally, but since Zhuge Liang had surrendered to Liu Bei, there was no way he could change his ways again.
"My lord, speaking of you, the Cai and Huang families have some... Let's just say they have a close relationship..."
Liu Zhang raised an eyebrow, not understanding what Pang Tong meant.
"Shi Yuan, I have no kinship with the Jingzhou family! Although I was only three years old when my late father was the governor of Nanyang County, I also know that I have no substantial connection with the four major families."
Pang Tong pursed his lips and smiled, looking at Liu Zhang with some evil intentions.
"Master, does he know Cai Xi?"
Liu Zhang nodded, he really knew.
"Cai Xi? He's Cai Mao's father, right? He should be dead long ago, right?"
"Yes, but Huang Chengyan is Cai Xi's son-in-law, and Cai Xi's sister is married to Zhang Wen."
"Zhang Wen? That's it!"
Liu Zhang suddenly understood. He finally understood why Pang Tong said, "Even if we are related", and finally understood why Pang Tong looked like this!
"Shi Yuan, if you say this, Cai Mao will hate me!"
"No wonder he wanted to lead his army to attack Yizhou. It turned out to be to vent his anger on his uncle!"
Mentioning Zhang Wen, Liu Zhang recalled the past more than ten years ago, when he was still a rear general.
Liu Hong ordered a crusade against Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu, with Zhang Wen as the cavalry general, commanding Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian and others.
Liu Zhang and his 10,000 troops from the Hou General's Mansion went to help, but were not controlled by Zhang Wen.
Zhang Wen was jealous of talents and talents, and frequently opposed Liu Zhang, and was eventually beaten severely by Liu Zhang.
Later, Zhang Wen underestimated the enemy and led an army to raid Yuzhong, but was eventually defeated by Beigong Boyu.
The incident reached Liu Hong's ears, and Zhang Wen was eventually dismissed and never to be re-employed.
In fact, Liu Zhang felt that Zhang Wen should thank him. If Zhang Wen had not been dismissed by Liu Hong, when Dong Zhuo took over the government, he would be the first to deal with him!
"Shi Yuan, how is Zhang Wen? Is he still alive?"
Pang Tong shook his head, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.
"My Lord, Zhang Wen was depressed all day long after returning to Nanyang, and passed away in the second year of Chuping."
It seems that Zhang Wen still did not live a few more years because of this.
Liu Zhang sighed secretly in his heart, in the second year of Chuping, that is, 191 AD.
Historically, Zhang Wen also died at this time.
"Okay, let's put the matter in Jingzhou aside for now and focus all our energy on our Guanzhong!"
Liu Zhang gave up very quickly. He couldn't even send troops, and even his attention plummeted.
"Lord, wait a moment!"
Xun You suddenly spoke up, interrupting Liu Zhang's train of thought.
"Gongda, what's wrong?"
"My lord, how do you think Liu Biao, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang feel now?"
Liu Zhang stroked his chin lightly, not understanding what Xun You meant.
However, since Xun You asked, he must have his intention, and he began to think about it immediately.
"Military advisor, do you mean to add insult to injury?"
Fazheng seemed to understand what Xun You meant and blurted it out directly.
Liu Zhang was even more puzzled. Liu Biao was already like this and why did he add insult to injury?
Wouldn't that make Liu Bei smile crookedly?
"Xiaozhi, it's fine if we don't help Liu Biao, how can we help Liu Bei?"
If it were not for the great interests at this time, Liu Zhang would never agree to add insult to injury to Liu Biao.
He would rather give up some interests to help Liu Biao deal with Liu Bei!
"My lord, adding insult to injury to Liu Biao will not necessarily harm Liu Biao!"
"In the same way, adding insult to injury to Liu Biao may not necessarily help Liu Bei!"
Xun You's two sentences confused Liu Zhang. If it neither hurts nor helps, how can it be called adding insult to injury?
"Gongda, you'd better tell me more specifically!"
Liu Zhang had to admit that in some areas, he still could not keep up with the thinking of these counselors.
"Don't you, my lord, want to bring back the people who fled from Guanzhong to Nanyang?"
"You can send people to Xiangyang to discuss with Liu Biao and let him drive these people back to Guanzhong, and ask Liu Biao to give Wuguan to us!"
After Xun You finished speaking, Liu Zhang was immediately moved.
For Liu Biao, these two requirements will indeed not affect the fight between him and Liu Bei.
But after all, there is a suspicion of adding insult to injury!
"Gongda, will Liu Biao agree?"
Faced with Liu Zhang's question, Xun You smiled and directly asked a rhetorical question.
"Lord, does Liu Biao have a choice?"
Liu Zhang nodded slightly. If he threatened to send troops, Liu Biao would most likely compromise.
But this will offend all the Jingzhou family and is not conducive to future long-term strategies.
Especially the thought of helping Liu Bei, even if it was a side, or even just a little bit insignificant, made Liu Zhang feel so uncomfortable that he couldn't help himself.
But the people are too important, and Wuguan is also too important!
In fact, Wuguan had no choice. Liu Zhang had to hold Wuguan in his hands.
If we forcefully attack Wuguan, the casualties will be huge.
"Well, Bo Miao, you have to work hard again!"
"It's up to you to go to Jingzhou and convince Liu Biao to give Wuguan and its people to us!"
"As for what kind of help you can give Liu Biao, as long as it doesn't require actual action, you can make your own decision!"
Deng Zhi had no objection and immediately accepted the order.
"Don't worry, my lord, I will fulfill my mission!"