Without absolute strength, if you want to survive in such troubled times, or even go one step further and compete for world hegemony, you will always face this kind of dilemma.
In the past, everyone worked together to get through, and encountered various opportunities, and they were able to win a lot from the cracks.
But now... in the only foreseeable future, everyone suddenly discovered that the roads in front of them were full of obstacles, and even all they could see were cliffs as far as the eye could see.
A dead end?
This is not the case.
But... if you can't even walk the road ahead, how can you talk about further arrangements?
Pang Tong's analysis ends here.
Everyone dispersed in an interesting manner, leaving room for Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei and others to speak.
The atmosphere in the venue once again returned to the relaxed state it was before when Pang Tong did not show up - but in this relaxation, there is still a touch of melancholy. Maybe everyone knows that it is useless to worry now.
Everything had to wait until Zhou Yu decided before they had the need to think about it.
——
"Um...uh...have you finished speaking?"
Liu Bei was still a little confused. It wasn't that his brain was not working well. It was just that he had just recovered from the excitement of his trip to Jiangdong and had experienced such a brain-burning discussion. He could stand in the audience and listen to Pang Tong from beginning to end.
It is not easy for Liu Bei to tell about these intrigues.
He watched in a daze as the atmosphere returned to the previous meeting hall. He picked up the tea beside him and drank it. The warm tea nourished his dry throat. When he came back to his senses, he realized that Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Fazheng,
Jian Yong and other counselors were staring at him, as if he had said something he shouldn't have said.
"big big big!"
A childish voice came from the door. Liu Bei suddenly turned his head, only to find that the tightly closed door had been pushed open. However... the person who came in was not an ignorant servant, but a tiger-headed man.
, a little boy with a tender face and a somewhat unsteady walk was staggering towards him.
The little boy only has a few deciduous teeth in his mouth, but his innocent and cute smile is still quite endearing.
"Big!"
"Oh...oh, you kid, come here quickly! This is not the place you should be!"
The little boy ran fast, but at the same time, a woman's anxious call came from behind.
only…
Liu Bei hurriedly knelt down, showed a rare and gentle smile, and picked up the little boy with a halo of happiness in his eyes, as if nothing had happened in the hall before.
"Adou, Adou, do you miss daddy? Daddy came back from Jiangdong this time, but he brought you a lot of delicious and fun things. They are just in my luggage. Daddy can get them for you later, okay?"
"Big! Big! Good! Good!"
The little boy called Adou seemed to be very close to Liu Bei. Liu Bei held Adou in his arms, leaving Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others behind him, and was minding his own business making his son laugh.
This scene was seen by everyone, and the anger that had been secretly felt just now dissipated in the blink of an eye.
"Hey...it is a blessing to see the young master grow up so vigorously."
Fazheng scratched his head and twisted his stiff neck, as if he didn't intend to say anything more.
Zhuge Liang also understood the situation. Seeing that everyone's faces were full of exhaustion, he gave everyone a gesture to discuss it later, and the counselors dispersed in relief.
He explained to Pang Tong next to him:
"The young master fell into the hands of Cao's army before. Before the battle in Chibi, we were chased by Cao Cao in Changban and fled. At that time, the young master fell behind and was blocked by Cao's army at the entrance of the village..."
"If Zilong hadn't fought so hard to save him, killing everyone in and out of Cao's camp all by himself, and also saved his wife, I really don't know what the young master's fate would have been like now."
Even Zhuge Liang smiled when talking about Zhao Yun's seven entries and seven exits from Changbanpo.
He looked back at Zhao Yun, who was not far away. Zhao Yun was as calm as ever, nodding to Zhuge Liang——
"Fortunately, Zilong is fine. A few years ago, everyone heard that Zilong was injured and his whereabouts were unknown. No one has laughed as loudly as he did today in half a year. This is also a blessing in the midst of misfortune."
"Hmm... I know something about this matter, but I didn't expect General Zhao to have such weight in your hearts."
Pang Tong squinted his eyes and glanced at Zhao Yun, as if there was something in his words, but Zhuge Liang didn't hear much other meaning and just responded with a smile:
"Going for a walk outside? We haven't seen each other for so many years. Since that day we said goodbye, I have thought about it a lot, and now I have a lot of things to say."
Pang Tong did not deny it. In fact, he did the same, so he stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture.
Wolong...Fengxiao, after many years of separation, the two are finally reunited today. If you tell them, it will surely make many people sigh.
——
It was completely dark and the night was very deep. This discussion lasted for a long time. The soldiers outside the city must have fallen asleep long ago.
So at this moment, under the sky, in front of the meeting hall, there were only Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong talking side by side. This scene was quite touching.
This is June, the sultry and humid days of May are over, and the days of continuous rainy days are finally over. The sultry heat is still sultry, but Jiangling is close to the water, and the night is much cooler than the day.
Zhuge Liang felt extremely calm as he listened to the crickets outside the hospital.
"We haven't seen each other in five years?"
"It's more or less the same."
"After that day, I have been unconvinced. I felt that the teacher did not understand me at all, and that the teacher was too doting on you... I have thought about this idea for many years - "
"What now?"
Pang Tong asked, with his hands behind his back and his hunched back, he was much shorter than Zhuge Liang, but when the two of them stood together, there was no difference in aura. To be honest... even Pang Tong seemed more confident.
Zhuge Liang smiled sadly:
"Sure enough, I was still wrong. The teacher realized from then on that no one person can decide the direction of this world. Even...even that Yi Xiaotian has countless people who trust him. To be honest,
's...If it weren't for our different stances, I would really want to get to know this person..."
"Among the heroes in the world, this Yi Xiaotian seems to be the kind of existence that can stir up troubles that Kong Ming you expected back then?"
Pang Tong did not deny it, and even sprinkled salt on Zhuge Liang's wounds.
Yes... isn't the role Zhuge Liang expected of himself the same as the role Yi Xiaotian plays now?
In the end, he is actually just a pursuer.
However, precisely because these words came from Pang Tong's mouth, Zhuge Liang no longer showed signs of collapse like before, but instead smiled self-deprecatingly:
"Hehehe, no one can compare with him, none of us can-"
"so…"
Zhuge Liang turned to Pang Tong with great sincerity and sighed to Pang Tong:
