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The strategy is good, but it is a pity that Liu Bei has no intention of attacking Xiangyang. In other words, the time to attack Xiangyang has passed. Zhuge Liang's sneak attack on Xiangyang was the most intense battle between Jiang Xia's army and Cao's army. After all, Xiangyang is still in the hands of Cao's army.

It was actually a little late for Zhuge Liang to seize Xiangyang, but it was barely the last chance. Now that Jiangxia's army has occupied Xiangyang, if they go to fight for Xiangyang again, they will undoubtedly declare war on Jiangxia.

Liu Bei knew very well that Jiang Xia's army was in full swing, they might not be the opponents of Jiang Xia's army, and Cao Jun didn't have a ferry, so he couldn't contain Jiang Xia's army in the north.

The reason why Liu Jing did not continue to attack Jiangling was because Jiangdong came forward to mediate this time, and 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 captured Xiangyang at this time, he would give Liu Jing an excuse to lead Jiangxia's army to attack Jiangling, and Jiangdong would have nothing to say, Jiangling would be in danger then!

In fact, Liu Bei is also waiting for Cao Jun's southern expedition. He looks forward to getting a share of the future North-South War, and it is by no means eating plain rice before the big dishes are served.

Although Pang Tong's strategy is good, he is obviously not as thorough as Kong Ming in terms of the overall situation. Liu Bei pondered for a moment, then smiled lightly: "I discussed this matter with Kong Ming. Kong Ming thinks that the time to attack Xiangyang is now past!"

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

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

Liu Bei picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, so don't worry too much about it, just don't mention it!"

Pang Tong came to Liu Bei this year to talk about this matter. Zhuge Liang made a serious mistake this time. How could he not lose his hair?

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

It's a very veiled intimation, meaning 'I'm tired too, you can go', in which case anyone with a bit of worldliness would understand and get up and leave immediately.

Although Pang Tong is a scholar, it's not that he can't understand this kind of words. It's just that he wanted to bring down Zhuge Liang, so he didn't pay attention to what Liu Bei was saying, and his whole mind was on the words.

He didn't understand Liu Bei's intention to see off the guests, and naturally he didn't mean to say goodbye. Seeing that he didn't respond, Liu Bei felt even more unhappy, and asked, "Is there anything else Shi Yuan wants to do?"

At this moment, Pang Tong finally mustered up his courage and said, "My lord...Kong Ming sent troops without his order. Could it be that my lord will not pursue it?"

Liu Bei's face darkened immediately. Although he didn't care about Zhuge Liang's defeat, Zhuge Liang sent troops without authorization, which really made him extremely uncomfortable.

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

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

It's just that Liu Bei had full power to engage in military affairs before, so it's not good to mention this matter now, we can only be careful next time, but Pang Tong raised this matter without interest, which made Liu Bei even more annoyed.

This is a big taboo in the officialdom or the workplace. Don't embarrass the leader, and know what to say and what not to say.

A sentence like Pang Tong's is a typical thing that shouldn't be said. Could it be that Zhuge Liang's automatic soldier Liu Bei didn't know?Still need him Pang Tong to remind?Originally, this matter caused Liu Bei to suffer a dumb loss. It is enough for everyone to know it in their hearts, save some face for the leader, and don't expose the matter.

However, Pang Shusheng Jiu Academy did not understand this kind of officialdom, which pot was not opened and which pot was lifted, which made Liu Bei very embarrassed. In this way, Liu Bei originally only hated Zhuge Liang secretly, but now he turned his dissatisfaction to embarrassing him. On Pang Tong.

It's just that Liu Bei wouldn't get angry, he didn't say a word, drank his tea slowly, and said for a while: "I know about this, I'm a little tired, you go back first!"

Pang Tong hurriedly got up to say goodbye, but Liu Bei didn't see him off, he just sat quietly thinking, at this moment, the guard came in to clear away the teacups, and Liu Bei told him, "Let Ma Shuzuo come and see me!"

Ma Shuzuo is Ma Su, who also lives in Liu Bei's residence, and organizes documents for Liu Bei at any time. After a while, Ma Di rushed over, bowed and said: "See you, my lord!"

Ma Di's status was low, and he was not qualified to sit opposite Liu Bei. After a while, Liu Bei woke up from his contemplation. He glanced at Ma Di and asked, "What do you think of Pang Shiyuan?"

"Shiyuan is a talented person."

"Of course I know he has talent, but I want to know what his talent is?"

Ma Di thought for a while and said: "My master, Mr. Shui Jing, once commented on the four great talents in Jingzhou, saying that Kong Ming can be the prime minister, Yuan Zhi can be in charge of taxes, my brother Ji Chang can be a servant, and Shi Yuan can be in charge of the prison. Everyone's strengths."

Liu Bei nodded, Pang Tong can be in charge of the prison, this sentence makes sense.

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At the same moment when Liu Bei was questioning Ma Di, in another house, Pang Ji was also sitting in the study, squinting his eyes and listening to his nephew.

"Second uncle, I must seize this opportunity, you have to help me!"

Although Pang Tong has a certain strategy for governing the country, he is still a little shallow in terms of official experience. He didn't know that he had already annoyed Liu Bei and was about to face the danger of being demoted.

He was still struggling with how to seize the opportunity to deal with Zhuge Liang in front of him, but he had no choice but to turn to his uncle for help.

Pang Ji took the post of Jingzhou Biejia, second only to Wang Jie in terms of official position, and he was regarded as the second person in Jiangling, but a small Jingzhou Biejia was obviously not his ambition.

Pang Ji slowly opened his eyes, he was like a Taoist priest in training, suddenly realized something, of course, he had seen through the mind of his nephew.

"Nephew, do you know Uncle Liu Huang?" Pang Ji smiled slightly.

Pang Tong followed Liu Bei to Jiangdong, got along with Liu Bei day and night, and 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 gave the military power to Kong Ming, but it was just a gesture. He wanted Kong Ming to hold the military power for him, not use it for him. Obviously, Kong Ming didn't grasp this point."

"Who said Kong Ming didn't know!"

Pang Ji laughed, "If he doesn't take Guan Yu or Zhang Fei with him, then he doesn't know."

Pang Tong understood what his uncle meant. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were the ones Liu Bei could truly trust. Zhuge Liang took Guan Yu with him because he knew what he was doing. Uncle Liu Huang is more annoyed than not knowing, but I know that Uncle Liu Huang will never show his dissatisfaction, and he will even favor Kong Ming even more, this is his character, and he does the opposite of others."

Pang Ji nodded and said with a smile: "My nephew can understand this, which is considered to be progress. If so, why are you so anxious?"

Pang Tong sighed, "It's uncomfortable to be suppressed by others. In terms of talent, I am no less than Zhuge, and in terms of experience, he is not much better than me. It's just that the emperor is always dominated by him, and there is no chance for me. "

Pang Ji closed his eyes again, and after a while he asked calmly, "Do you understand yourself?"

Pang Tong was stunned, "What do you mean by uncle's words?"

Pang Ji laughed, "What I mean is, first of all, you need to know what you can do? What is your goal when you enter the officialdom? Then fight around this goal. With this premise, you will know what you should do. What, nephew, do you understand?"

Pang Tong lowered his head. After all, he was only in his twenties and had been in Lumen Academy. He had little life experience, let alone 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 agitation, but he never had a good talk with his nephew. I made a confession with Pang Tong.

"Who does my nephew think Cao Cao's most important enemy is?"

Pang Tong pondered for a moment and said: "Cao Cao boiled wine and talked about heroes, saying that he and the emperor's uncle are the only heroes in the world. I think the most important enemy in Cao Cao's life should be Liu Huangshu."

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

"Liu Jingsheng is the dog that guards the household, and Qi Cong is even more so!"

Pang Ji smiled slightly, "It was also Cao Cao who despised Liu Biao and his son, so Cai Mao offered Jingzhou to surrender as a dignified military adviser, so he had to serve as a general of Zhonglang, but not a prince of Tinghou, and Zhang Yun, Deng Yi, Li Gui and others even served as generals. You don’t know any official titles for the nobles at the end of the century? Kuaiyue and Han Song have other relationships and have nothing to do with Jingzhou. My nephew thinks that when you and I surrendered to Cao Cao, can we get the prefect?"

Pang Tong shook his head, "If my uncle votes for Cao Cao, the Marquis of Guannei may be able to get it, but it is unlikely to be a prefect. As for my nephew, I'm afraid he won't even be a county magistrate."

Pang Ji laughed again: "Then if I surrender to Cao Cao as Liu Bei's important minister, and my nephew surrenders to Cao Cao as Liu Bei's deputy military adviser, will Duke Cao be able to use him?"

Pang Tong suddenly realized that his uncle was also close to the Cao faction, but he didn't want to surrender to Cao Cao as a subject of Liu Biao, but wanted to surrender to Cao Cao as an important minister of Liu Bei. Given the importance Cao Cao attached to Liu Bei, his uncle would definitely be reused.

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Pang Tong also recognized his uncle's idea of ​​being an official. He was too utilitarian. To put it bluntly, he was a politician. He smiled wryly and did not take up the topic of his uncle.

Pang Ji looked at him for a long while, seeing that his nephew didn't want to talk about it deeply, he knew that he was too young to enter the officialdom, and he still had a bit of a young man's loyalty.

He didn't say anything more, just said indifferently: "If the nephew definitely wants to replace Kong Ming, then he might as well make friends with the Wang family. This time Wang Wei's death, I don't think the Wang family will let Kong Ming go easily."