Mr. Shui Jing once said that the Dragon and Phoenix Chicks could rule the world. In the words of Mr. Shui Jing, his wisdom, astronomy, and calculation techniques were already at the top level during the Three Kingdoms period. But why Mr. Water Mirror's prophecy:
In 207 AD, under the guidance of Mr. Shui Jing, Liu Bei first paid homage to Zhuge Liang. Then through Zhuge Liang successfully led out Pang Tong, and later in the Battle of Chibi, Pang Tong skillfully used a series of tricks, so that Cao Wei's boss Cao Cao connected all his warships with iron cables, and in the end, Cao Cao suffered heavy losses, and the Battle of Chibi ended in the victory of Sun Liu's allied forces.
After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei's words also adopted the strategy of Zhuge Lianglong's confrontation. First it occupied Jingzhou with lightning speed, and then it was fiercely armed in Jingzhou. Later, under the guidance of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei put the strategic focus on Xichuan, but the main military division that captured Xichuan this time was Pang Tong, a top strategist newly appointed by Liu Bei.
Pang Tong was actually in the Battle of Chibi, and after skillfully implementing a series of calculations, he identified Liu Bei as the lord, so Pang Tong did not care about Liu Bei entrusting him with the post of a county order, let alone dislike Liu Bei's small territory and insufficient soldiers and horses.
Later, Liu Bei found that the county order he had appointed was none other than the famous Mr. Feng Yan, Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan. This can make Liu Bei happy and broken, Liu Beifeng said that I have to lie in the dragon, and the world of phoenix chicks can be determined sooner or later.
In 211 AD, Chuan Shu Fa Zheng came to Liu Bei to ask for help, and learned from Fa Zheng's mouth that Liu Zhang had been eroded by Zhang Lu. If Liu Bei did not send troops at this time, Liu Zhang would not be able to successfully stand in the middle of Sichuan and Shu. However, Fazheng confided in Liu Bei that Liu Zhang was not a qualified boss at all.
However, in Fazheng's heart, Liu Bei was his qualified lord, so Fazheng made it clear that he was willing to assist Liu Bei in achieving great things, and helpEd Liu Bei successfully obtain Xichuan, and cooperated with Liu Bei, Pang Tong, and others, so that he could easily take Chengdu.
At this time, Liu Bei had already obtained the two great gods of Wolong Fengchi, and after Liu Bei's repeated consideration, he agreed to Fazheng's request, and at the same time let Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, and others sit in Jingzhou. At the same time, with Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and others, they would successfully march to Sichuan and Shu, ostensibly against Zhang Lu, but in fact trying to take Yizhou.
Why can't Liu Bei's Wolong Fengchio dominate the world? Do you see what Pang Tong said before he died?
Liu Bei pretended to be confused, since he and Liu Zhang had met in Fucheng for more than a year, his tens of thousands of troops had been in Yemeng Guantun for a year. At this time, Liu Zhang no longer gave Liu Bei enough grain and grass, including military equipment, and the amount was halved.
At this time, as Liu Bei's chief military division, Pang Tong believed that at this time, the crisis was coming, and if he did not get up early, there would be great difficulties. Then Pang Tong proposed three wonderful plans, which are also the last three strategies in Pang Tong's life.
The first trick was that Pang Tong suggested directly leading his troops to capture Chengdu at this time. In this way, Liu Bei's cavalry had the advantage, and the soldiers were strong and strong, and the grain and grass warriors were sufficient, and Liu Zhang's words did not make sufficient corresponding preventive measures, so that Chengdu would be easily attacked by Liu Bei.
Judging from Pang Tong's military views, he was a man who knew the military very well, and he was also very good at using soldiers.
In the second trick, Pang Tong suggested killing the Sichuan shu generals Yang Huai and Gao Pei and annexing their soldiers and horses. In ancient times, marching and fighting needed grain and grass, ordnance. However, Pang Tong's words also took this into account, and suggested that Liu Bei pretend to return to Jingzhou with elite troops, so as to attract the Sichuan and Shu generals Yang Huai Gaopei to come and send them off, and Liu Bei could also use his elite generals to directly kill Yang Huai Gaopei and the two people, and then Liu Bei could directly lead his troops to occupy their juncture and annex their soldiers and horses.
This was Pang Tong's second brilliant plan, but although this strategy was good, it had one drawback, that is, to fight grass and snakes, so that Liu Zhang was prepared.
The third clever plan is to lead the troops back to Jingzhou, which is the next plan. The third brilliant plan, in Pang Tong's case, is even if it is a subordinate plan, that is, to really return to Jingzhou with his own soldiers and horses in order to attack Yizhou in the future.
After Pang Tong proposed three brilliant plans, Liu Bei thought about it and finally decided to implement the second strategy, that is, to booby trap Yang Huaigaopei, occupy their cities and pools, annex their soldiers and horses, and annex their grain and grass military resources.
As we said above, if the second clever plan is adopted, it is bound to strike the grass and snake, and Liu Zhang finally sent out the famous generals in Sichuan: Liu Xuan, Ling Bao, Zhang Ren, Deng Xian, Wu Yi, etc. to block Liu Bei's entry into the river. However, Liu Zhang's generals were not Liu Bei's opponents at all, and Wu Yi, Li Yan, and other generals all surrendered to Liu Bei.
However, at this time, there was also a strong city in front of Liu Bei, that is, Luocheng. Luocheng city defense is strong, Pang Tong made a suggestion at that time, yes, at that time Pang Tong was advising Liu Bei to take the trail himself, and let Liu Bei attack the East Gate, the clear-eyed people know that Pang Tong is a literati, if you let him take the trail, it is equivalent to sending him to death.
As mentioned above, Pang Tong encountered Zhang Ren's ambush at Luofengpo, only to hear a cannon in front of the hillside, and the arrows were like flying locusts, only hoping that the white horse rider would shoot. At that time, Pang Tong deliberately exchanged war horses with Liu Bei in order to attract Liu Zhangjun's attention, so that Pang Tong would die nine times. Eventually, Pang Tong was killed by a random arrow.
What exactly did Pang Tong say before he died?
Judging from the above records, in fact, Pang Tong had realized that he was already nine dead at that time, so he quickly ordered a rapid retreat, but unfortunately, although Pang Tong had Lu Ma leaning over at that time, he did not run through the enemy's fast arrows in the end.
Before Pang Tong's death, he personally handed over the map of Xichuan that Zhang Song had presented at that time to his cronies and asked him to transfer it to Liu Bei. Subsequently, Pang Tongli attacked the heart with an arrow, spat out blood, and then said the number: "I am dying today, but it is Providence!" Subsequently, Pang Tong followed Zhou Yu.
Why can't Liu Bei's Wolong Fengchio dominate the world?
In fact, judging from Pang Tong's last words, it can be known that if Liu Bei had exchanged troop routes with Pang Tong at that time, that is to say, let Liu Bei take the small road, and Pang Tong would have taken the big road directly, so that even if there was an ambush on the big road, Pang Tong would also have Wei Yan's escort, and it would be difficult for the enemy soldiers to take pang Tong in a short period of time.
However, Liu Bei, who was experienced in hundreds of battles at that time, approved Pang Tong's suggestion, letting Pang Tong go to the small road, while he himself took the road, so that Pang Tong would have no return. I would like to ask, how can such a lord and grandfather who spares so much talent achieve great things?
Pang Tong lamented his life before dying, and today he is dead, this is Providence!
In 234 AD, that is, 20 years later, Zhuge Liang died. Zhuge Liang also lamented at that time that what Mr. Shui Jing said at that time was indeed not false, that he was not born at the right time, that although he met the lord, it was difficult to achieve great deeds, to put it bluntly, Liu Bei was not good at using talents and did not listen to good words.
In fact, now it seems that Liu Bei has at least two chances to change his fate, the first is to let Pang Tong take the road, and the second is to resolutely listen to Zhuge Liang's advice, and insist on defending his own territory after Guan Yu's death, not to go on the Eastern Crusade. In this way, not only can Pang Tong be saved, but even Guan Yu Zhang Fei will not die.
To make a hypothesis here, if Zhuge Liang, who had weak military ability, was killed when he entered Xichuan at that time, would Liu Bei still have a chance to unify the world? The answer is no, and the reason is simple.
Summary: Although Liu Bei is good at uniting talents and organizing various forces in his life, at the critical moment, he cannot think about the overall situation emotionally, and in the end, Liu Bei is doomed to achieve nothing and cannot unify the world, even if Han Xin is still alive.