Chapter 10 Three refutations of Pan Jun
After Mi Yang revealed that Sun Quan was about to launch a surprise attack on Jingzhou, the incident was a big deal and the consequences would be very serious.
Therefore, let alone the Jingzhou ministers in the tent who were horrified by this incident, even Guan Yu could not keep calm for a while because of this news.
But just when Guan Yu and the ministers in the tent were digesting the heavy news brought by Mi Yang, a sharp shout suddenly sounded and came towards Mi Yang.
Mi Yang looked towards the man who shouted at him, and saw that man sitting under Guan Yu, wearing a large robe and a stern face.
Mi Yang found out the identity of this person from the memory of his predecessor. This person was Pan Jun and Pan Chengming, who was in charge of Jingzhou Zhongzhong at that time.
Pan Jun was born in Hanshou, Wuling County. He was an intelligent and observant person, and he had a good sense of reasoning.
When he was twenty-one years old, he studied under Song Zhong, a great scholar, and was appreciated by Wang Can, one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", so he became famous.
Because of this reputation, he was appointed by Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Biao to work in Jiangxia when he was less than thirty years old.
At that time, the county magistrate Sha Xian was corrupt and was executed in public by Pan Jun, which shocked and frightened the whole county.
Later, Pan Jun served as the county magistrate of Xiangxiang and was quite famous in governing Xiangxiang.
In the 14th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei led Jingzhou as pastor. Liu Bei was good at recognizing and employing people. He knew that Pan Jun had political talents, so he appointed Pan Jun to govern Jingzhou.
In the 16th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei entered Yizhou and left Pan Jun behind to assist Zhuge Liang in managing Jingzhou affairs.
Later, when Liu Bei was having trouble fighting in Yizhou, he urgently summoned Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun to Shu to assist, and appointed Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou, and Pan Jun took advantage of the situation and became Guan Yu's deputy.
But Guan Yu had a problem, that is, he always looked down upon the scholar-bureaucrats who did not suit his taste. Guan Yu believed that Pan Jun had no loyalty, so the relationship with Pan Jun had never been good.
Pan Jun, whose status in Jingzhou was only lower than that of Guan Yu, suddenly shouted at Mi Yang,
If it were anyone else, they might be frightened by Pan Jun's sharp shout and become hesitant for a moment.
After all, in terms of reputation, official position, and power, Pan Jun is superior to Mi Yang, a little-known young man.
But Mi Yang’s identity is not ordinary.
He was raised by Mi Zhu and raised in the palace by Liu Bei since he was a child. He has been in contact with all high-ranking people since he was a child. A small job in Jingzhou's political affairs does not scare him.
Faced with the word "ridiculous" that Pan Jun shouted at, Mi Yang first looked at Guan Yu, who was sitting at the top, and saw that although there was a look of hesitation towards Pan Jun on his face, he did not stop him after Pan Jun shouted at him. to excuse myself,
This shows that Guan Yu's attitude is that although he was shocked by the news brought by Mi Yang, he still had some hesitations in his heart.
Guan Yu did not believe that Mi Yang would deceive him, but he was afraid that Mi Fang, an incompetent person, would be misled by some false news and make wrong judgments.
If the news that Sun Quan is about to launch a surprise attack on Jingzhou is true, then Guan Yu must immediately consider withdrawing his troops.
But if after he retreats and returns to Jiangling, he discovers that the news was misjudged, Guan Yu will regret it for the rest of his life.
After all, Fancheng was already crumbling under his siege, and the fruits of victory were about to be obtained.
Therefore, although Guan Yu did not like Pan Jun, he allowed Pan Jun to question Mi Yang because he hoped that Mi Yang would respond to Pan Jun's questioning.
We can produce ironclad evidence to prove the authenticity of the news that Sun Quan is about to surprise Jingzhou.
Guan Yu recognized Pan Jun's talent. If Mi Yang could prove the authenticity of the news he brought under Pan Jun's questioning, then Guan Yu would truly believe him.
After all, military and state affairs cannot be decided based on Mi Yang's words alone.
Mi Yang guessed Guan Yu's thoughts. Seeing Guan Yu sitting at the top, looking motionless as a mountain, Mi Yang first bowed to Guan Yu, then turned to look at Pan Jun. He first spoke in a humble tone. ,
"Pan Zhizhong is a talented person in the country. How can you see that what I said is ridiculous?"
Although Mi Yang's tone was courteous, the words he spoke were undoubtedly competing with Pan Jun.
The humble tone was because Mi Yang wanted to show the etiquette of a junior, and to compete with Pan Jun was because he looked down on Pan Jun's character.
Pan Jun is a role model in history.
Mi Yang straightened his body, and the meaning behind his words made Pan Jun, who had just finished drinking Mi Yang, a little unhappy.
Mi Yang has been in Jingzhou for a while, so he naturally knows Mi Fang's only son.
In Pan Jun's opinion, Mi Yang was just a noble son who was born into a good child. In the past, he relied on the shadow of his father to gain some fame.
Now that he dares to question his own words in public, he is really ignorant.
Pan Jun, who always thought highly of himself, immediately stood up and came to Mi Yang. His tone was now filled with anger. He asked Mi Yang loudly,
"The Sun family of Jiangdong has a good alliance with Jingzhou and has great righteousness. How could it suddenly send troops to attack Jingzhou?"
Hearing that this second official of the Han Dynasty in history actually talked about righteousness with him, Mi Yang felt very ridiculous.
Facing Pan Jun's question, Mi Yang immediately replied,
"Back then, before the king entered Shu, he also had a covenant with Sun Quan in Chibi.
But after the king took Yizhou, Sun Quan violated the covenant and attacked our three counties in Jingnan and Changsha. I ask Pan Zhizhong, at that time, Sun Quan never cared about any righteousness!"
In the 20th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei had just acquired Yizhou. Sun Quan thought that Liu Bei had occupied Yizhou and wanted to take Jingzhou back. Liu Bei responded: "When I can get Liangzhou, I will give Jingzhou to you."
Sun Quan was angry about this, so he sent Lu Meng to attack Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang counties.
At that time, Liu Bei led 50,000 troops to the police station and allowed Guan Yu to enter Yiyang. A war between the two sides was imminent.
But in the same year, Cao Cao settled in Hanzhong and Zhang Lu fled to Brazil. Liu Bei felt that Yizhou was in danger, so he had no choice but to form an alliance with Sun Quan in eastern Hunan to divide Jingzhou equally.
From then on, Liu Bei only had three counties in Jingzhou: Nanjun, Wuling and Lingling.
Everyone present knew this past incident. When Mi Yang raised this matter to prove that Sun Quan was not a person who would abide by the covenant, Pan Jun was speechless for a while.
After all, the three counties of Jiangxia, Changsha, and Guiyang are still in the hands of Sun Quan. No one can ignore this indisputable fact.
But Pan Jun was not easy to get along with. He asked Mi Yang again,
"In the middle of this year, Sun Quan raised an army to attack Hefei, but retreated in defeat. Now that the war has only lasted half a year, what troops does Sun Quan have to attack Jingzhou?"
After hearing what Pan Jun said, Mi Yang immediately replied,
"In this year's battle at Hefei, Sun Quan only besieged the city. When he saw Cao Cao sending reinforcements, he retreated in time.
His troops and horses have not had any major confrontations with the Wei army, and they have not suffered too many losses. How can Zhizhong say that he does not have the strength to attack Jingzhou now?"
"Calculating the battle at Hefei this year, Sun Quan lost a lot of troops.
But in the past few months, General Guan had been constantly moving troops from the rear to the front in order to besiege Fancheng and repel Xu Huang.
I am in charge of the government affairs of Jingzhou, but don’t you know that our troops and food and grass in the rear of Jingzhou are now empty?”
"There are countless good generals in Jiangdong. In order to capture the empty public security and Jiangling cities, Jiangdong needs too many troops?"
When Mi Yang said these words, his tone was high to ensure that Guan Yu behind Pan Jun could hear what he said.
And Mi Yang specially emphasized the words "constantly from the rear".
Sure enough, when Guan Yu heard Mi Yang talking about Jiangling and the lack of troops in the public security city, he frowned deeply.
At this moment, he thought of the timid and fearful Fu Shiren whom he had never liked, and the uneasiness in his heart was rapidly accumulating.
(End of chapter)
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