funbook-pk Chapter 409 The Longzhong Plan Still Arose? Liu Bei: My Phoenix Chick is Gone!
Chapter 409 The Longzhong Plan Still Arose? Liu Bei: My Phoenix Chick is Gone!
"Where am I?"
Pang Tong slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was the incorruptible Li Dian.
"you're awake?"
"This is near Wancheng."
"We will arrive in Xuchang soon."
"Xuchang??!"
"Whose people are you?"
Pang Tong was greatly alarmed.
When he heard noises outside at night, he considered many possibilities.
He even suspected Pang Degong, Sima Hui, and Liu Bei, but he never suspected Cao Cao's camp!
Although Sima Hui was quite good at promoting him, praising him as "the young phoenix".
But such a title would likely not have been of any interest to Cao Cao.
Hmm, after all, the fearsome reputation of those six old men in Cao Cao's camp was not created by human hands, but earned through battle!
Behind their infamous reputation are countless pitiful people who have been swindled out of everything they own!
In comparison, titles like "Sleeping Dragon" and "Young Phoenix" are like outstanding graduates who have just graduated from a beginner's village.
"I already said it's Xuchang, so of course it belongs to Lord Sikong."
Li Dian turned his head away aloofly, leaving Pang Tong utterly bewildered.
He was quickly recalling whether he had ever made any outrageous remarks in the past.
But after thinking it over, Pang Tong realized that he didn't seem to have said anything bad about Cao Cao at all!
Could it be... because of that scoundrel Liu Bei?
Pang Tong suddenly shivered.
There is a folk legend that wherever Liu Bei went, misfortune would often follow.
At first, Pang Tong scoffed at it, thinking it was just a coincidence spread by misinformation.
But when something similar happened to him, Pang Tong was completely dumbfounded!
"Stop shaking your head, are you going to sleep or not?"
"I advise you to take this opportunity to catch up on your sleep."
"Otherwise, there might not be that many opportunities in the future."
Li Dian looked at Pang Tong with pity.
I don't know if this kid got hurt, but he doesn't seem very bright.
If you are exiled to "that place," it will be difficult to see the sun outside of "that place" again.
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Xiangyang
Near Shuijing Academy
Sima Hui was shocked to hear that Pang Tong had left.
"General Liu, are you truly not joking with me?"
Sima Hui asked again, still incredulous.
Liu Bei said with a helpless expression:
"Mr. Shui Jing, why would I lie to you?"
"But I truly do not know why Mr. Fengchu has left so soon?"
"Or perhaps there was already someone you desired to serve before this?"
Sima Hui frowned deeply.
Pang Tong had told him that he intended to go to Jiangdong to join Zhou Yu.
But he advised Pang Tong to wait a little longer and not to leave in a hurry.
It had only been a few days since Liu Bei first visited Pang Tong.
Pang Tong's abrupt departure left Sima Hui somewhat embarrassed.
after all.
He's like a pimp.
Liu Bei gave him money and gifts, but Pang Tong ran away!
This was a major setback for Sima Hui's career.
"That shouldn't be the case. Although that kid sometimes acts recklessly, he has always been on good terms with me. He wouldn't be so ignorant."
Sima Hui felt more and more that something was wrong.
But how could Cao Cao's intelligence corps have left any traces of their crime?
Before Pang Tong was taken away, all the items in the thatched hut had been returned to their original state.
Pang Tong's disappearance is destined to remain a mystery.
Looking at Liu Bei, who looked aggrieved, Sima Hui gritted his teeth.
Why did he recommend talented people to Liu Bei?
Because among all the feudal lords under heaven, the one most determined to oppose Cao Cao must be Liu Bei!
Liu Bei was ambitious, and very ambitious at that!
Sima Hui was the same.
However, his ambition was not to conquer the world, but to become a person like Confucius!
Confucius's three thousand disciples served as officials in various states, further promoting and developing Confucianism.
On Sima Hui's side, all the talented people who graduated from Shuijing Academy had to respectfully call him "Teacher".
If Cao Cao had unified the world, Sima Hui would not have been able to become a saint, and he might not have even been able to protect the Water Mirror Academy, which would have been forcibly taken over by Cao Cao.
Therefore, he sent his long-trained assassins to kill Cao Cao.
But so many days have passed, and the assassins have not sent back any news.
In Sima Hui's view, they had probably already failed and been completely wiped out.
However, it doesn't matter, Sima Hui has other options.
Liu Bei, who was standing before him, was someone Sima Hui had to support.
Even if Liu Bei couldn't defeat Cao Cao, he would still help Liu Bei become a powerful warlord who controlled a region.
In this way, since the world had not been unified by Cao Cao and the anti-Cao Cao cause was still ongoing, Sima Hui still had the opportunity to fulfill his ambitions!
As for defecting to Cao Cao's camp, don't be ridiculous!
What kind of ruthless people were in Cao Cao's camp?
Does Sima Hui even have a chance to become a saint? Don't even think about it!
"Mr. Shui Jing, what should I do?"
Liu Bei became attached to Sima Hui.
You said you'd be a pimp, no, you meant to introduce talent.
What do we do now that the talented person has left? Should we compensate them or what?
"Never mind, I was going to introduce Kongming to you anyway."
"Now that you've come to Shuijing Academy today, I will personally introduce you."
After saying this, Sima Hui led Liu Bei into the academy and brought him before Zhuge Liang.
The Longzhong Plan has reappeared.
However, this time, due to the timeline, Zhuge Liang had not yet moved to Wolonggang in the Longzhong area.
Therefore, the meeting between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang can only be called the "Xiangyang Dialogue".
Zhuge Liang's strategic plan for Liu Bei differed from Pang Tong's.
Pang Tong believed that Jingzhou was already stagnant and that they should stop trying to hold on and head to Yizhou as soon as possible.
After taking Yizhou, we can slowly plot against Jingzhou or Liangzhou.
However, Zhuge Liang's proposal was to first have Liu Bei persuade Liu Biao to resist Cao Cao, then secretly form an alliance with Jiangdong, and finally seize Jingzhou to join forces with Jiangdong to resist Cao Cao.
After defeating Cao Cao's army, they plotted to seize Yizhou and joined forces with Jiangnan to march north and attack Xuchang!
All I can say is that this plan sounds good and ideal.
In reality, the original Longzhong Plan went wrong from the very first step!
Looking back at the timeline, we can see that during the Longzhong Plan, Liu Biao was ill but not yet dead.
Zhuge Liang's ideal plan was to have Liu Bei persuade Liu Biao to resist Cao Cao, and to use Liu Biao's strength to first stabilize the internal situation in Jingzhou.
This was not achieved because Liu Biao died and Cai Mao and Kuai Yue surrendered.
Left with no other choice, Liu Bei fled to Jiangxia and stayed with Liu Qi.
Honestly, Liu Bei should really thank Zhou Yu at this point.
If Zhou Yu hadn't happened to kill Huang Zu in the Battle of Jiangxia two months earlier, Liu Qi wouldn't have been able to take control of Jiangxia so easily.
However, Liu Bei and Liu Qi only controlled one territory, Jiangxia County, and their strength was far less than what Zhuge Liang had planned in his Longzhong Plan.
This indirectly led to Liu Bei playing more of a "spiritual belief" role on the main battlefield of Chibi!
Because the events surrounding Huarong Road and other such stories do not exist.
Therefore, the only soldiers Liu Bei's side actually sent into battle were Zhang Fei's two thousand men.
Two thousand people, and they weren't even an online army; they were just guest generals who added icing on the cake.
(It is clearly recorded that Zhang Fei participated in the main battle at Chibi, while the participation of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun is uncertain.)
then.
A series of negative effects followed!
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