Pang Tong stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back. A floating island in the middle of the river with lush greenery came into view. This is Yuliang Island. The so-called weirong refers to the fishing fence. The people on Yuliang Island are good at fishing with weirons.
Fish, hence the name Yuliang.
Yuliangzhou is also the residence of the Pang family in Xiangyang. Pang Tong's parents and brothers all live on the island.
In addition, Sima Hui, a famous scholar from Yingchuan and "Shui Jing", also settled in Yuliangzhou, living next to Pang Tong's father, Pang Degong, a famous scholar from Xiangyang.
Pang Tong was able to grow from a simple and blunt young man who was unknown to everyone to the crown of a famous scholar in Manchu and Han Dynasty. The two of them can be regarded as the greatest contributors.
Pang Tong followed the army to Xiangyang yesterday. He had too many things to do and was unable to take time to return to Yuliangzhou. Today, he has a heavy responsibility and has no time to return home. It can be said that he has not been home twice.
The big boat passed through the waterway on the side of Yuliangzhou, then turned westbound, and finally stopped at the ferry in the north of Xiangyang City.
Due to the lack of warships in Xiangyang, once Liu Jingshui's army arrived, they voluntarily abandoned the ferry and retreated into Xiangyang. However, Liu Jingshui's army faced the empty ferry and had no intention of occupying it.
As a result, after Pang Tong landed, no one paid attention to him. He appointed an entourage to go to Xiangyang first to report the news, while he rode slowly behind in a plain carriage with simple decorations.
The news of the arrival of Liu Jingjun's envoy was quickly reported to Liu Cong by the defenders on the city.
Liu Cong was not surprised at all by the arrival of Liu Jingjun's envoy and asked the defenders to let the people in.
At the same time, Liu Cong sent people to summon his cousin Zhang Yun, Liu Xian, the governor of the state department, Pang Ji, the chief secretary, Kuai Liang, the chief secretary, Fu Xun, the east cao of Zhennan General Mansion, and Han Song, the chief minister, and more than ten important ministers came to follow him.
Received the envoy Liu Jingjun.
As for Liu Bei, who nominally "supervises the military in Jingzhou", he was once again ignored by Liu Cong.
Pang Tong entered Xiangyang and was led into the state headquarters by the cavalry officers, all the way to the main hall.
However, Liu Cong did not meet Pang Tong in the main hall, but chose to meet Pang Tong in the private room.
Pang Tong got off the car and walked leisurely to sit down, his expression extremely calm.
Pang Tong is a well-deserved crown among the young generation in Xiangyang. Nine out of ten people sitting here know him, and some of them are even friends with him.
However, except for Pang Ji, who was from the same clan, no one knew about Liu Jing in Nantou, so they were all surprised to see him coming on behalf of Liu Jing.
What caught the attention of those sitting here even more was that Pang Yi was dressed in plain clothes, and his intentions were self-evident.
Pang Tong came to Liu Cong and bowed politely: "Pang Tong, Sima Zuo of General Anyuan's Mansion, pays homage to the lord of the mansion." After Liu Qi's death, Liu Biao asked Liu Cong to succeed him as the governor of Nanjun, so Pang Tong called him the mansion.
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Of course, Liu Jing also accepted Xu Shu as the governor of Nanjun. Now he has more than ten counties under his rule, including Jiangling, and Liu Cong can only control the city of Xiangyang.
Pang Tong was no stranger to Liu Cong. The latter liked drinking as much as his father Liu Biao. Pang Tong often attended each other's banquets in the past, but the relationship between the two was limited to this.
In comparison, Pang Tong and Liu Qi were more familiar with each other. Last year, Liu Qi had intended to ask him to be Nanjun's meritorious official and entrust him with political affairs. However, Pang Tong was not optimistic about him, so he politely declined.
Liu Cong had not slept much for two days and two nights. The heavy pressure of the past few days and the huge blow caused by his father's death made him look haggard.
Seeing that Liu Cong was in such a bad mental state, Pang Tong felt more confident and paid his respects to Liu Congsu: "Your Majesty, I would like to express my condolences. General Anyuan was deeply saddened when he heard that your envoy was ill and sent me to express my condolences."
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Pang Ji was afraid of being misunderstood that he had leaked the secret, so he immediately stood up and refuted: "Your illness is just recurring, and it is difficult to see things for a while. It is pure nonsense to say that you are dying! You have heard the rumors and haven't confirmed them. It is extremely rude to come here to express condolences rashly."
Pang Tong did not argue aggressively with his clan father, but looked at Liu Cong calmly.
Liu Cong was hesitant, neither admitting nor denying it, but avoiding talking about it was not just a statement. Liu Cong sighed: "Shi Yuan is a hero of Jingchu, and he has not been able to build many prefectures and counties, but now he has And why Nantou and Changsha?”
Pang Tong said calmly: "Since Dong Zhuo, the Han Dynasty has declined and heroes have risen together, causing the world to collapse and the world to be in chaos. When General Anyuan was in the market, he often had the ambition to rectify the world. He raised his troops from Ling County and swept away with thunder and lightning. , saved the people of Jiangxiang from fire and water, took charge of Jingnan, selected talents and appointed good people, and encouraged people to work in agriculture, which benefited the people endlessly, so the songs and sighs of Jiangnan spread far and wide."
Having said this, Pang Tong took a breath and continued: "So Zhuge Liang came out of Longzhong, Pan Jun gave up his post in the state, and Xu Shu admired his virtue. They all crossed the river and went south, willing to drive. Deng Zhi was far away in Bashu and heard about his deeds. I don’t want to come thousands of miles away to surrender. Li Yan, Xiang Lang, a talented person in Chu, also gave in to the general and surrendered with the city."
Pang Tong finally said: "There are countless people in Nantou and Changsha who look for virtue in the world, and I am just one of them."
The people sitting there were silent and had different expressions.
Pang Tong stood with his head held high in the hall, looked around, and saw that Jingzhou's monarchs and ministers were touched by his words and fell into deep thought. He immediately struck while the iron was hot and said to Liu Cong: "The Lord of Fu is said to be tolerant and tolerant of people, and is loved by the world. How does he compare with General Anyuan?" "
Liu Cong said truthfully: "It's not as good as that."
Not only is it inferior, it is simply thousands of miles apart, and there is no comparison at all.
Pang Tong nodded slightly and asked: "How does a clear and prudent government system, which selects talents and appoints capable people, and governs the people, compare with General Anyuan?"
"It's not as good as that."
"How does he compare with General Anyuan in terms of bravery, decisiveness, strategic planning, and confrontation on the battlefield?"
"It's not as good as that." Liu Cong said "it's not as good" three times in a row, with a scared look on his face.
Pang Tong bowed deeply to Liu Cong and said: "General Anyuan's wisdom is extraordinary and his troops are like gods. Now he has led the tiger and wolf divisions in Jingnan. He went to Jiangling in the first battle and then fell to Yicheng. Our ancestors retreated to Jiangxia and did not dare to move. Xiangyang has become an isolated city."
"Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest, the general will lead an army of 50,000 to Xiangyang. Jiangling is a fortified city with tens of thousands of fine armor inside and reinforcements from all directions outside. It is still difficult to stop the general's advance. Xiangyang City will fall in ten months. How can a small army resist the might of a general?"
Pang Tong's words are not nonsense. Jiangling is the county seat of Nanjun. It stretches for more than ten miles. The city has high walls and thick walls, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Xiangyang used to be just an ordinary county town until Liu Biao came to Jingzhou and valued Xiangyang's superior geographical location. It was then that the state government was established in Xiangyang.
Although Xiangyang has expanded its capacity in the past ten years or so, its foundation is too poor. Not to mention Jiangling, even Yicheng is inferior.
Pang Tong said so much before, all of which were paving the way for persuading him to surrender. At this moment, he finally came up with a plan: "Now it is the plan of the prince. It is better to move Jingzhou to make way for General Anyuan. Both the prince and the general are descendants of the great ancestor Miao, and there is a way to give way to the wise." In his name, the general will treat you with special gifts and your reward will be extended to the world."