Three Kingdoms

Chapter 17 Zhuge Liang Weeps Pang Tong

Hanning prefect Zhang Lu wanted to capture Yizhou.Liu Zhang in Yizhou was very frightened when he heard the news.Liu Zhang's subordinate Zhang Song was willing to go to Xuchang to persuade Cao Cao to send troops to attack Zhang Lu.

Zhang Song paid homage to Cao Cao.Cao Cao did not follow his advice.Zhang Song had no choice but to go to Liu Bei.Liu Bei admired Zhang Song's talent very much.

Zhang Song took out the map of Yizhou that he had already drawn and dedicated it to Liu Bei.Zhang Song told Liu Bei that he, Fazheng and Meng Da were willing to be Liu Bei's internal support for Xichuan.Liu Bei was very happy, and sent Zhang Song off for more than ten miles before returning.

Zhang Song returned to Yizhou to persuade Liu Zhang to let Liu Bei go to Sichuan for rescue.Liu Zhang thought of Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, so he agreed to let Liu Bei lead the army to rescue him.

Many of Liu Zhang's subordinates desperately advised Liu Zhang not to be fooled by Liu Bei.But Liu Zhang still insisted that Liu Bei lead the army to help him resist Zhang Lu.

Fazheng came to see Liu Bei under Liu Zhang's order.Fazheng asked Liu Bei to send troops as soon as possible.Pang Tong sent troops for Liu Bei.So Liu Bei led Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and other generals to lead troops into Sichuan, and Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun guarded Jingzhou.

Liu Bei led the troops into Sichuan.Liu Zhang's subordinates tried their best to dissuade Liu Zhang from letting Liu Bei enter Sichuan.Liu Zhang was obsessed with it.His subordinate Wang Lei saw that Liu Zhang could not be dissuaded, so he committed suicide.

Liu Bei led the troops into Sichuan, and Liu Zhang went out of the city to meet them.Pang Tong, Fazheng and others persuaded Liu Bei to kill Liu Zhang at the drinking banquet.But Liu Bei didn't do that.

Liu Zhang asked Liu Bei to go to Jiayin Pass to resist Zhang Lu.Liu Bei led his troops to guard the pass and fight against the enemy.Liu Zhang's subordinates advised Liu Zhang to send a large army to guard the major passes to prevent Liu Bei's mutiny.Liu Zhang disagreed at first, but later had to send generals Yang Huai and Gao Pei to guard Fushui Pass.

Seeing Liu Bei leading troops into Sichuan, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. He wanted to send troops to intercept the mouth of Sichuan, cut off Liu Bei's return route, and then raised his troops to attack the land of Jingxiang in one go.When Wu Guotai found out that Sun Quan wanted to murder Liu Bei, he was shocked and ordered Sun Quan not to use fraud to murder Liu Bei.

Sun Quan's subordinate Zhang Zhao suggested to Sun Quan that he asked Sun Quan to write a letter to Sun Quan's sister, pretending that Wu Guotai was seriously ill and was in danger, and asked Mrs. Sun to return to Soochow to visit his mother as soon as possible, and then taught Mrs. Sun to bring Liu Bei's son back to Dongwu. Wu, Liu Bei will definitely exchange Jingzhou for his son.Sun Quan thought the strategy was very good, so he ordered his subordinates to do it.

After receiving the letter, Mrs. Sun hurriedly took Liu Bei's son Adou by boat to Soochow.On the way, Zhao Yun was patrolling the Jiangkou, and Mrs. Sun hurried across the river with A Dou.Zhao Yun hurriedly blocked the river to pursue him, and finally took A Dou back.

Cao Cao led another 40 troops to flee to Soochow to avenge the defeat of Chibi.Sun Quan originally wanted to send troops to attack Jingzhou, but seeing Cao Cao's ferocious approach, he had no choice but to lead his own army to resist Cao's army.

Cao Cao and Sun Quan fought for more than a month, and both sides suffered casualties.When Cao Cao saw Sun Quan sending a letter of appeal for peace, he took this opportunity to lead his army back to Xuchang.

Sun Quan wanted to capture Jingzhou again.His subordinate Zhang Zhao offered a plan and asked Sun Quan to write two letters: one letter was written to Liu Zhang, slandering that Liu Bei wanted to unite with Dongwu to take Xichuan Prefecture; the other letter was written to Zhang Lu, asking Zhang Lu to lead the army to capture Jingzhou. It is certain that the head and the tail cannot look at each other, and there is no doubt that they will lose.Sun Quan thought it was a good idea and ordered his subordinates to do it.

Liu Zhang really fell for Sun Quan's treacherous tricks, and he refused to send troops or food to Liu Bei to resist Zhang Lu.Liu Bei hated Liu Zhang, and Pang Tong proposed to take Chengdu directly, and then command the prefectures and counties of Yizhou.Liu Bei acted according to plan.

Without bloodshed, Liu Bei killed Yang Huai and Gao Pei and captured Fushui Pass.Seeing that Liu Bei really led the troops to attack his prefectures, Liu Zhang regretted so much that he immediately sent generals to defend Luocheng to prevent Liu Bei from attacking.

Veteran generals Huang Zhong and Wei Yan made a bet to capture Luocheng.Liu Bei asked the two of them to lead troops and horses to attack, and whoever captured the city first would win the first prize.Huang Zhong was old and strong, and he fought the enemy bravely. He not only killed many enemy troops but also saved Wei Yan's life.Seeing that he had not done any meritorious service, Wei Yan quietly led his troops to ambush General Liu Zhang Ling Bao on his way back to Luocheng.Wei Yan captured Ling Bao, and Liu Bei spared Wei Yan from death.

Liu Bei attacked Luocheng for a long time, but Pang Tong was shot to death in Luofengcheng by Zhang Ren.Liu Bei's soldiers were exhausted and had no intention of fighting again, so he had to enter Fushui Pass and stop fighting, waiting for Zhuge Liang to lead his troops to rescue him.

Zhuge Liang had expected that Pang Tong's life would be in danger.It turned out that Pang Tongtong wanted to strive for merit and was self-righteous, so he underestimated the enemy and marched forward, and was finally shot to death by random arrows.

Zhuge Liang wept bitterly for Pang Tong.He quickly rectified the army, ordered Zhang Fei to be the vanguard, and led the troops to advance to Xichuan to rescue Liu Bei.He also ordered Guan Yu to stick to Jingzhou.After everything was arranged, he personally led the troops to rescue Liu Bei.

Zhang Fei led the army to attack Berkshire.Yan Yan, the prefect of Bajun, was a famous general in Sichuan, with high morals and high prestige, and won the hearts of the people.Seeing that Yan Yan could not stand firm, Zhang Fei used tricks to subdue Yan Yan.

Yan Yan surrendered to Zhang Fei, and he served Zhang Fei. The prefects and counties along the way were all persuaded by him to surrender to Zhang Fei.Zhang Fei also captured many prefectures and counties in Xichuan without bloodshed, and arrived at Fushuiguan earlier than Zhuge Liang.Zhuge Liang praised Zhang Fei for being brave and resourceful.

Zhuge Liang defeated Zhang Ren with a trick, and Zhang Ren was captured alive by Zhang Fei.Zhuge Liang ordered Zhang Ren to be killed to avenge Pang Tong.

Liu Bei led the army to the gate of Luocheng.Liu Wanggui was killed from behind by Zhang Yi, who surrendered to Liu Bei.

Liu Zhang knew that Liu Bei's army was invincible and unstoppable all the way; he was in a hurry to attack the city and seize the territory like a bamboo.Dong He, the prefect of Yizhou, made a plan for Liu Zhang: he wrote a letter asking Zhang Lu to send troops to attack Liu Bei.

Since Ma Chao was defeated by Cao Cao, he has been aggrieved and wanted to attack Cao Cao again.So he reorganized his banner, recruited troops everywhere, and aggressively attacked Longxi Prefecture.Wei Kang, the governor of Jizhou, asked Xiahouyuan for help several times, but Xiahouyuan did not dare to send troops to rescue him without Cao Cao's order.In the end, Wei Kang had to leave the city and surrender.Wei Kang was killed by Ma Chao.Wei Kang's subordinate Yang Fu pretended to go home to visit his mother, and joined forces with Jiang Xu to attack Ma Chao on the way.Ma Chao was fighting Yang Fu and Jiang Xu, when Xia Houyuan received Cao Cao's order to kill him from behind.Ma Chao was defeated and defected to Zhang Lu.

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