Although Pang Tong was young, he was related to Pang Degong after all, and he was talented, so Liu Bei was quite impressed by him.
Liu Bei saluted Pang Tong and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Shiyuan. I wonder what important matter you have for Mr. Shiyuan?"
Pang Tong saluted Liu Bei with a smile and said: "Xuan Degong is a hero of the world, why should he be taken advantage of by others? Are you really unable to see the purpose of advising you to attack the pottery merchant at night?"
Liu Bei's right eyelid twitched slightly, and he pretended to be confused and said, "What does Mr. Shiyuan mean by this, but Bei doesn't understand."
Pang Tong didn't tell him anything, he just said to himself: "The person who came up with this night attack strategy for Duke Xuande is Cao Sikong, right?"
Seeing that Pang Tong spoke so directly, Liu Bei knew that he could not deceive him, so he simply told him the truth.
"Bei went to Cao Cao's commander's camp today to discuss with him the fight against the pottery merchants. After being reminded by Cao Cao, he finally realized the method of attacking at night to cut off food. It's just that Cao Cao has some selfish motives. Although he has a plan, he doesn't want his generals to take risks.
, so he encouraged me to go and attack the pottery merchants at night... I thought about it carefully and felt that since the three armies have this method, we must not delay the important event for my own selfish interests, so I volunteered myself to attack the pottery merchants at night."
Liu Bei's words were both sincere and righteous, but they deeply moved Pang Tong.
This guy is the real hero.
At that moment, Pang Tong turned his back on Liu Bei and said: "Xuan Degong is so righteous and disregards his own safety for the sake of the overall situation. He is really a man... Pang Tong is willing to use his sharp tongue to go to Cao Ying and Liu Jingzhou to persuade
They sent their generals to harass the surrounding areas to build momentum for Duke Xuande and facilitate this matter."
Liu Bei gave Pang Tong a long bow and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Shiyuan, for your help."
Pang Tong hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Bei up, touched his hand, bared his big teeth and praised: "What a hero, what a hero..."
When he said this, Pang Tong stared hard at Liu Bei with his eyes, not hiding his admiration, and he touched Liu Bei's hand again and again.
Liu Bei didn't know why, but he felt a little embarrassed when he looked at him. Goosebumps appeared all over his body. He took his hand out of Pang Tong's palm without leaving any trace and said, "I'll give you the Lao Shi Yuan."
…
Pang Tong was moved by Liu Bei's righteousness, and immediately returned to the commander's tent. He showed affection and reason, spitting foam and flying stars, which made Liu Biao confused, and promised to fully support Liu Bei.
Immediately afterwards, he went to Cao Cao's commander's tent and showed his righteousness to Cao Cao again.
Cao Cao originally admired Pang Tong and was persuaded by him. He thought that since Liu Bei went to war according to his own plan, it would be somewhat unjust if he did not contribute, so he immediately agreed and sent all his subordinates to help. At the same time, he wrote to Yan on the front line.
Okay, let him also cooperate with Liu Bei.
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Tonight, the wind is high and the air is crisp, and the night is blurry. The pottery merchant has nothing to do and accompanies Zhuge Liang to watch the sky at night.
Zhuge Liang was a very versatile child and was interested in all subjects, especially stargazing at night, which was his most intensive subject.
After all, according to the views of the ancients, the stars can correspond to the human world in a sense, and the movement of celestial bodies can sometimes reveal the future and predict everything.
If you study this thoroughly, it is such an incredible skill.
Much better than a fortune teller.
"When the handle of the bucket points to the east, it is spring all over the world; when the handle of the bucket points to the south, it is summer all over the world..." Zhuge Liang looked at it and recorded it on the slip, silently muttering something that the pottery merchant could not understand.
"Well, according to the trajectory of the celestial phenomena tonight... there may be earthquakes thousands of miles southeast in the coming year, and during the autumn harvest next year, there may be a bumper harvest in the north."
The potter leaned his head over and said in amazement: "Is it so magical? You can even calculate the harvest and earthquakes? Really or not? You are watching me standing here and are afraid of losing face and making nonsense, right?
"
Zhuge Liang showed an aggrieved look: "Teacher, how can you say that? The trajectory of celestial bodies naturally has its own laws of movement, and the same is true for all things in the world. Everything in this world naturally corresponds to the celestial bodies.
The movement trajectory, this is the law of all things in nature left by the ancients, how can it be said to be nonsense?"
The potter smiled slightly: "Is it true? Is it so magical? You can figure out the things in the world just by looking at the stars?"
"Of course, the ancients will not deceive me." Zhuge Liang said confidently.
"Okay!" The pottery merchant said seriously to Zhuge Liang: "Then help me calculate how many more wives I can have next year?"
Zhuge Liang's face darkened when he heard this.
"Can't figure it out."
"Then help me calculate how many pairs of children I can have next year."
"Can't figure it out."
"Then help me see how much tax I can get next year."
"It can't be calculated."
The pottery merchant curled his lips slightly and said in a low voice: "This can't be calculated, and that can't be calculated either... and he said that the ancients were honest and did not deceive me."
Zhuge Liang's face turned red all of a sudden.
He hesitated and said: "Teacher, I think that although the movement of heaven and celestial bodies can reflect everything in the world, not everything can be revealed, especially small things such as marrying a wife and having children..."
"Is it a trivial matter for your teacher to marry a wife and have children? When you say this, doesn't your conscience hurt? I made you grow up by pooping and peeing."
"Teacher, when did you give me a handful of shit and pee?"
"I'm just telling a metaphor, can't you hear it?
Just as the two people were talking about the movement of celestial bodies, to the northwest, there seemed to be faint fire rising into the sky, and in the night sky, there seemed to be vague shouts of killing.
Tao Shang and Zhuge Liang hurriedly turned around to look.
"Where is that place? Is it our camp?"
Zhuge Liang frowned and said: "Looking at the direction of the camp, it seems to be General Taishi Ci's camp. It seems that it was attacked by someone."
The pottery merchant tapped the wall corrugations gently with his hands, his brain running rapidly.
Soon, Chen Deng, Sima Yi, Lu Su and others climbed to the top of the city and looked over with the pottery merchant.
Lu Su frowned, looked at the fire, and admonished: "Prime Minister, do you want to send troops to support General Taishi?"
"Don't worry yet." Tao Shang said calmly: "Since the enemy dares to attack at night, it means that they must be fully prepared. We currently have many camps in Qufu. If the enemy sneak attacks on Tai Shici's camp, I don't know.
Will there be a sneak attack elsewhere? We need to see clearly what their thoughts are first."
As soon as the pottery merchant finished speaking, he saw fires glowing in the southeast, northeast, and southwest directions, and there were faint sounds of killing, but they were not strong.
"That's the camp of Huang Zhong, Xu Sheng, Zang Ba and others!" Zhuge Liang frowned.
As Zhuge Liang's voice fell, the fires everywhere began to gradually increase, and some sparks could start a prairie fire.
Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "Teacher, how do I feel that the opponent's night attack tonight seems to be a full-scale attack?"