The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 345 Pang Tong Song Jiang
In this regard, Zhou Tai's Shenshui camp had been stationed in Xiakou as an ally a few days ago. The guards Su Fei and Gan Ning had very strange and ambiguous attitudes towards Zhou Tai and Zhang Cheng. They were stationed in Jiangxia together as honored guests, and when the news of Huang Zu's defeat came, they stopped listening to Huang Zu's orders and acted like Zhou Tai was the leader.

Apparently, Su Fei and Gan Ning under Liu Biao's command had already disliked Liu Biao's power, and began to find another way. The nearest Zhou Tai was their very good candidate.

After repelling Huang Zu's pursuit, Sun Ce's army retreated steadily towards Wuling. The closest distance to Jiangling, an important town in South County, is only more than 100 miles away. There is no sign of Liu Biao's garrison in Jiangling, and finally arrived in Jianling. On the other side of the river, Zhou Yu's navy took him back to Wuling safely.

Since then, Jiangxia County has been divided into three. The line from Xiakou to Xiling from the east of Jiangxia in the north of the Yangtze River to the east of the confluence of Han River and Wei River belongs to Lu Heng, the line of Anlu to the north belongs to the Liubiao area, and Shaxian to the south of the Yangtze River. , E County, Xiazhi and other places belong to Sun Ce's sphere of influence.

Lu Su miscalculated a bit, Liu Biao, an old boy, did not send anyone to ask for Xiakou, Xiling and other Jiangxia areas, as if he had tacitly agreed that these territories were the price for Lu Heng to repel Sun Ce.

Zhou Tai's Shenshui Battalion made the first contribution in this battle. In the encounter battle, Zhou Yu's navy was repelled head-on, thus gaining an important strategic location of the Yangtze River's natural danger, and cutting off Sun Ce's supply line in a disguised form.

The second contribution is that Hu Yanzan's Chixin Battalion occupied Xiling before Huang Zu, but Zhu Huan's army was more of an advantage.

Lu Heng's strategic goals in Jiangxia's battle were fully or overfulfilled. Not only did he stop Sun Ce from developing Jiangxia, but he also learned about Liu Biao's weakness. Xiling has great strategic significance for sending troops to Jingzhou later.

To say that the old man Liu Biao was the worst, not to mention the loss of a large piece of land in Jiangxia County, even Huang Zu's military strength on the East Road was completely disabled, and to make things worse, Liu Biao's only new force was buried by Huang Zu.

After Liu Biao received Huang Zu's battle report, he became dizzy and passed out as soon as his eyes went dark. The prefect's mansion was flying like dogs and dogs, and Liu Biao woke up on the sickbed a few hours later, panting and yelling at Huang Zu for his incompetence.

Huang Zu suffered several major defeats in Jiangxia, which made Liu Biao's forces, who were already in a position to protect themselves, even worse.

After Liu Biao calmed down, he sighed helplessly. The situation in Jiangxia was so dire that it was impossible to get back the original territory with the current military strength. How to keep the current territory was the most important issue.

Under Liu Biao's hard thinking, he felt that he was short of major generals. After several major defeats, he didn't even have the power to protect himself. The eastern front had no troops to defend. It's better to let Lu Heng, an ally, guard the east for him, with Lu Heng's soldiers and horses as a deterrent. , Sun Ce was very afraid that he would not send troops from Changsha again.

That's why Liu Biao didn't send anyone to ask Lu Heng to go back to Xiakou, Xiling and other places, because even if he wanted to go back, he couldn't keep it. It's better to use Lu Heng's power to pretend to be a tiger.

In short, this big defeat made Liu Biao seriously ill. On this occasion, Liu Bei's newly recruited counselors Pang Tong and Wu Yong advised together. He refused on the grounds that he was kind to the clan and took him in.

Some people are wondering why Pang Tong got mixed up with Wu Yong and Liu Bei?
Let’s talk about Wu Yong first, since Song Jiang’s group retreated to Liu Bei after Chen Guo’s defeat, the latter has tried every means to win over this small force. Liu Bei’s strategy is different from Cao Cao’s. Liu Bei sees that Song Jiang is the backbone of this force. , one of the two lived with the clan of the Han Dynasty, and the other aimed at the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty and hit it off.

Song Jiang's morality is still inferior to Liu Bei's, and after a few times, he was hired by Liu Bei, so Song Jiang's brothers also received it together, which also made Song Jiang's position in Liu Bei's group a bit detached, faintly above Guanzhang!

Even Liu Bei condescended to make friends, and had a good relationship with Dong Ping, Li Kui, Hua Rong, Mu Hong, and Wu Yong. Li Kui thought Liu Bei was more pleasing to Cao Cao and was willing to approach Liu Bei, but he dared not make mistakes in front of Liu Bei, because Guan Yu He and Zhang Fei taught Li Kui to be a man more than once.

Leaving aside the one-sided Li Kui, Dong Ping and Hua Rong praised Liu Bei very well. Under Liu Bei's flickering, Dong Ping, a fierce general who had been dealt with by Zhang Fei, has now completely devoted himself to Liu Bei, and Song Jiang doesn't care even Song Jiang. I am willing to work with Liu Bei to help the Han Dynasty again!
Wu Yong even took advantage of Song Jiang to jump to Liu Bei's command, feeling that he was opening a new chapter, but Wu Yong was very depressed because Liu Bei didn't accept his suggestions many times.

You must know that although Wu Yong's strategies are all small plans, sometimes lacking in ability, he is also careless, but they all have a characteristic that they harm others and benefit themselves. The same is true for murdering Qin Ming's family and forcing them to go up the mountain, and killing Xiao Ya Nei to force Zhu Dian. , How can Liu Bei, who cherishes feathers, use these strategies?
As for Pang Tong, after leaving Jiangdong, he returned to Lumen to report but didn't know where to go. He traveled all over Jingzhou. He once went to Jingnan.

Afterwards, Pang Tong traveled around the country and went to Jiaozhou. He was attracted by the new atmosphere of Jiaozhou, and even commented on Zhao Ding as "a capable minister of the country and a blessing to the people." Unfortunately, Jiaozhou is Lu Heng's territory. Pang Tong still can't forget Huang Yueying after staying for about a few months. Pang Tong didn't want to lose his life in a muddleheaded way and chose to go north, but he finally met Song Jiang in Nanyang.

Because of Pang Tong's strange appearance, and his well-read poems and books, he has an extraordinary temperament, and he has a special feeling of standing out from the crowd, so he was discovered by Song Jiang. The latter likes to make friends with these strange people. Pang Tong talked.

Although Song Jiang is a small official with a knife and a pen, he can be considered to have read classics, but this conversation shocked Pang Tong's talent and learning. Pang Tong, who was born in China, has even shaken off more talents and learning, and even analyzed his own views on the world situation.

From this moment on, Song Jiang decided to win over Pang Tong. From then on, Song Jiang basically circled around Pang Tong. Pang Tong asked Song Jiang to eat, and Song Jiang arranged for him to stay in a hotel. When did Pang Tong receive such treatment, and the relationship between the two quickly heated up.

Song Jiang intends to introduce Pang Tong, a great talent, to Liu Bei, but one thing is that Song Jiang claims to know Liu Bei well.
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