Jingzhou was a strategic city in the Three Kingdoms era, and all forces wanted to fight for occupation, and there were many grudges and hatreds because of Jingzhou, such as Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou and not returning it, which caused strong dissatisfaction with Sun Quan of the State of Wu, thus disregarding the allied friendship of the "Battle of Chibi" and opposing him, resulting in guan Yu, the god of war, being defeated and killed miserably after losing Jingzhou.
So since Jingzhou is so important, why does Mr. Fengchi Pang Tong say that it is a burden? On the contrary, Zhuge Kongming insisted that Liu Bei occupy Jingzhou, saying that this was the key to unifying the Central Plains, and in the end who was right and who was wrong?
Zhuge Liang was a man who cherished talents, had great ambitions, and wanted to assist Emperor Liu's uncle Kuang Fu Han Room, so he rarely cared about it and took the initiative to recommend talents to Liu Bei, and Pang Tong was specially introduced to Liu Bei by Zhuge Liang. However, in terms of advice, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang's position were different, and the two often argued because of disagreement, but most of them were adopted by Zhuge Liang, after all, Liu Bei trusted Zhuge Liang more, after all, Lao Zhu was invited by his brother Sangu Maolu when he brought his brother Sangu Maolu, and he made his debut in Xinye and became famous, winning many battles with wisdom in one fell swoop.
Pang Tong only joined Liu Jun halfway through, or was recommended by Zhuge Liang, and there were also small episodes that made the master and servant unhappy. The process of the matter was that after Zhuge Liang took Pang Tong to meet Liu Bei, Liu Bei felt that Pang Tong was ugly and did not believe in his heart that he could have any real talent and practical learning, so under the influence of the mentality of judging people by appearance, Liu Bei sent Pang Tong to a small county as a petty official, and soon Pang Tong felt that he could not be reused.
So indignantly packed up his baggage and said goodbye, and later thanks to Zhuge Liang sending someone to chase him back, and then said a few kind words in front of Liu Bei, Liu Bei gradually entrusted Pang Tong with a heavy responsibility. Facts have proved that Pang Tong lived up to the expectations of the people and used his wisdom in the middle of the war to win many battles for the Shu army, which made Liu Bei's trust in him slightly improved.
On the question of whether to garrison Jingzhou, Pang Tongtong always advocated abandonment, because he believed that Jingzhou was a burden that would drag down the Shu army and cause irreversible defeat. However, at the beginning, Zhuge Liang insisted on a three-step battle strategy: "across the Jing, Yi, Baoqi Rock, West and Zhurong, South Fuyiyue", and both Jingzhou and Yizhou were raised to the highest strategic level, and one was indispensable, as long as these two cities were occupied steadily, the Central Plains would sooner or later be Liu Bei's.
Later, Yizhou did become the base of the Shu army, giving a lot of help, so that Liu Bei could advance and retreat freely, and the logistics supply was not worried. However, Jingzhou is not easy to say, its position and situation, how to say that it is not good for the Shu army, not only provoke the State of Wu to oppose each other, the Cao army will also take the opportunity to attack, then both armies of Wu and Cao will attack the Shu army because of Jingzhou, then Liu Bei is bound to be unstoppable.
At first, Mr. Feng yan seemed to see the potential risk of occupying Jingzhou, so he resolutely proposed to abandon Jingzhou despite the opposition of everyone. The document "Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Pang Tong" records a scene of Pang Tong's exhortation to Liu Bei: "Jingzhou is desolate, the characters are exhausted, there are Wu Sun in the east, there is Cao Shi in the north, and it is difficult to obtain zhi."
It is generally said that Jingzhou was located in a key transportation area, which was once developed by the old lord Liu Biao, but after the Chibi War, this prosperity had been destroyed and became dilapidated, and the indigenous people had fled to other places, and if the lord insisted on defending Jingzhou, it was bound to attract the encirclement and suppression of the main forces of wei and Wu. Therefore, in Pang Tong's eyes, Jingzhou is already a piece of chicken ribs, and Liu Bei also has to spend a lot of money to defend the town, especially sending his second brother Guan Yu to be responsible for defending the city, if the defeat and loss are greater, it is indeed very worthless.
Unfortunately, even if Pang Tong said that his head was the Tao, Liu Bei was like a demon, only listening to Zhuge Liang's words, believing that as long as he held Jingzhou, he would be able to unify the Central Plains and restore Hanye in the future. As everyone knows, Zhuge Liang's clever calculations also have times when they are wrong. Many years later, it was found that Pang Tong was really clever, because the result was just as Pang Tong predicted, Jingzhou not only did not become the key to reunification, but also because of the loss of Jingzhou, Guan Yu was beheaded, forming a series of fiascoes in the future, and the Shu state was also seriously injured and never regained its former glory.