Chapter seven hundred and twentieth nine counted
While Xu Shu was planning his own strategy, Pang Tong in Liu Yu's army was marching while studying how to defeat Jingzhou as fast as possible. Pang Tong was a native of Jingzhou. In Liu Yu's army, he was the one who knew the situation in Jingzhou best.
Now Pang Tong is stimulated by Sima Yi's incident and is thinking about how to make contributions quickly.
Sima Yi has firmly defended Yanzhou. This task seems simple, but it is extremely difficult, but Sima Yi did it. Pang Tongxiang thought that he was no worse than anyone else, so how could Sima Yi be driven over?
The marching team suddenly stopped, which was a necessary rest for the army to advance. In this way, they could advance with the fastest speed and best physical fitness.
During this period, soldiers must solve their various physiological problems such as eating, drinking, defecation and urination, and they don’t have much time to rest.
Pang Tong found a quiet and cool place to sit down, ate a big cake voraciously, and looked at the map while chewing.
However, because he ate too fast, after swallowing for a few times, Pang Tong was swallowed and he had a little difficulty in breathing.
Pang Tong knew that he needed a glass of water to swallow the big cake. However, Pang Tong looked around for a few times but found no water.
Pang Tong was almost desperate. Should he be swallowed to death by a piece of cake? Because in order not to be disturbed by others, Pang Tong found a relatively quiet place to stay away from the crowd. If Pang Tong died here, no one would know.
Just when Pang Tong was about to bear it, a tall figure appeared. His big hand patted Pang Tong's back and brought Pang Tong the water like life. Pang Tong took a big sip and finally swallowed the big cake stuck in his throat.
"It's so comfortable." Pang Tong breathed a sigh of relief.
"Shi Yuan, what are you doing?" said the person who saved Pang Tongyi's life.
Pang Tong looked back and found that the tall figure was actually Zhuge Liang. At this moment, Zhuge Liang was looking at him with a smile on his face.
Pang Tongyi looked depressed. Zhuge Liang saw his ugly appearance just now, which was embarrassing.
"Kong Ming, why are you here?" Pang Tong hurriedly changed the subject.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Why am I here? If I hadn't arrived in time, the ugly man in Nanzhou would have been swallowed to death by a piece of cake, that would have been a strange story in the world."
Pang Tong was embarrassed and said, "Can we stop talking about this!"
Zhuge Liang knew that Pang Tong was extremely arrogant, and at most he said this time, otherwise this kid would definitely hold a grudge.
"Shi Yuan, are you too anxious now? You are even thinking about strategies when you march." Zhuge Liang also found a place to sit down and gently shook the feather fan.
Pang Tong understood what Zhuge Liang meant, and was caring for himself. But Pang Tong had to get up and said, "Kong Ming, this time we went south, the burden on both of us was not light. Sima Zhongda made contributions. Judging from Your Majesty's intention, I wanted to see if we could make some achievements. Time was tight. If Your Majesty's army approached Xiangyang, the guys in Xiangyang would definitely surrender, so we would be taking a bamboo basket this time."
Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan gently and said lightly: "Actually, it is not that easy for Your Majesty to easily take down Jingzhou."
"Kong Ming, what do you mean? Can't even take a Jingzhou with you and me?" Pang Tong was a little unhappy with Zhuge Liang's unfathomable bird look.
Zhuge Liang pointed to Nanfang and said, "Shi Yuan, we are Nanyang in front of us, and there is Liu Bei's presence in Nanyang. You must know that Yuan Zhi is Liu Bei's military advisor. You know Yuan Zhi's ability. Now Lu Fengxian and Guan Yunchang led the vanguard army to fight. With Yuan Zhi's personality, I'm afraid he is already calculating them now."
Pang Tong frowned. He recognized Xu Shu's ability and his ability was not inferior to his own. If he had unknown plans, Lu Bu and Guan Yu would be very likely to be plotted.
Just after thinking about it, Pang Tong knew that even if Liu Bei had the power of a county, he was not a match for Liu Yu, unless Xu Shu had the strategy of defeating the more with less.
When he thought of defeating more with fewer people, Pang Tong stood up and said to Zhuge Liang: "Do you think Yuan Zhi may use fire attack?"
"That's right!" Zhuge Liang said pretentiously: "If Yuan Zhi wants to defeat our army, he can only rely on the power of heaven, earth, water and fire. You and I have been in Jingzhou for many years. At this time, the rain in Jingzhou is not so abundant. Looking at the celestial phenomena, the hot summer will last for a period of time. Then Yuan Zhi is most likely to use fire to attack!"
Pang Tong nodded, Zhuge Liang was always cautious, it seemed that this analysis would not be wrong.
"Kong Ming, have you been here long ago?" Pang Tong said.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Do you think I am a god. In fact, this is a very simple thing. With Yuanzhi's style of conduct and actual military strength, these are all very obvious things."
Pang Tong wants to scold people, but you have calculated why didn’t you say it earlier? You are still wasting time here.
"You kid is half a local snake in Nanyang County. I believe you almost know where Yuan Zhi used the trick?" Pang Tong said calmly.
Zhuge Liang nodded and agreed.
Pang Tong immediately pulled Zhuge Liang up and rushed towards Liu Yu's direction.
"Shi Yuan, what are you doing?" Zhuge Liang, who was held back by Pang Tong, was puzzled.
Pang Tong said angrily: "What else can you do? Of course, I'm telling Your Majesty that this is a good opportunity to make contributions."
Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled bitterly. He was just a guess, so how could he make such a conclusion? Moreover, Zhuge Liang could not find a reason to make Liu Yu believe it now. Once Liu Yu didn't believe it, it would be useless no matter how much Zhuge Liang said it. But Pang Tong didn't care, so he just took Zhuge Liang to Liu Yu's place.
Liu Yu was resting, but before he could rest for a long time, he saw Pang Tong pulling Zhuge Liang to come in a hurry. I guess Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang must have something important to report, so he let them in.
Pang Tong hurriedly said in front of Liu Yu: "Your Majesty, Kong Ming and me calculated that Liu Bei might use fire attack when his vanguard army contacted him."
"Fire Attack?! You sure?" Liu Yu stood up directly. If Liu Bei used fire attack, Lu Bu and Guan Yu would be a little dangerous.
"Your Majesty, this is just a guess from me." Zhuge Liang hesitated for a while and still told the truth.
After pondering for a while, Liu Yu said, "Tell me more!"
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong explained their analysis just now.
Zhuge Liang even regarded himself as Xu Shu and said, "If I were Yuan Zhi, then I would choose an inconspicuous and densely planted place to carry out fire attacks. First, let his troops lure the enemy generals to come, use fire attacks unexpectedly, and finally, the ambush will surely defeat the enemy."
Liu Yu remembered that Zhuge Liang did this when Cao Cao went south. Could it be that Xu Shu was the same routine as Zhuge Liang?
"Where do you think it would be the place where Xu Shu carried out a fire attack." Liu Yu knew that Zhuge Liang had been rolling in Nanyang for many years, so he must have a very clear understanding of the terrain of Nanyang County.
Pang Tong also looked at Zhuge Liang with anticipation. Zhuge Liang didn't explain exactly where it was.
"With the march routes of the two generals Lu and Guan, the place where Yuan Zhi is most likely to carry out a fire attack is Bowangpo!" Zhuge Liang said firmly.
When Liu Yu heard "Bowangpo", he understood that Zhuge Liang in his previous life burned more than half of Cao Cao's vanguard army in Bowangpo. As a top strategist, Xu Shu must have had a similar strategy as Zhuge Liang.
"Send a knight to order Lu Bu and Guan Yu to stay there. Without my order, you cannot move forward. Those who violate the violations will be killed!" Liu Yu immediately issued an order.
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were both stunned, and they did not expect Liu Yu to believe them so much.
Liu Yu said to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong: "Thanks to you two, otherwise, my tens of thousands of soldiers might have a catastrophe."
"This is what I should do," Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong said respectfully.
Both of them are warm in their hearts now, and it is really rare for Liu Yu to believe them so much.
Chapter completed!