Although Zhuge Liang was very sarcastic and knew that he could not be confused by Pang Tong, he was not stumped. He turned his eyes and came up with a set of rhetoric. He slowly considered it and analyzed to Liu Bei:

"Lord, if we want to protect Wancheng, Cao Cao will never give up easily. We both sides have to fall into the quagmire of tug-of-war. In this way, what we fight for is consumption and rely on the comprehensive strength of both sides!

Objectively speaking, if we use the newly established half of Jingzhou to fight against Cao Cao, who has the entire north, we will never have the possibility of a fight and win. The best result will be both defeats!"

Seeing that Liu Bei still didn't understand, Pang Tong looked playful, Zhuge Liang continued to explain:

"Jingzhou is a land of fish and rice, but it is actually a place of four battles. Because Jingzhou and Jiangdong share the natural danger of the Yangtze River, it poses too great a threat to Jiangdong. Sun Quan has long wanted to take it into his pocket, but because his strength is not enough to compete with Cao Cao, he has brought the lord to share the pressure of Cao Cao. If we fight with Cao Cao in a defeat, he will no longer be afraid of Cao Cao, and Jingzhou does not have enough self-protection ability. Do you think Sun Quan will still regard the lord as his brother-in-law and join his ally? Therefore, the battle with Cao Cao in Wancheng is a meaningless and attributable war. Even if we win, we will win miserably. As a result, Jingzhou was not annexed by Cao Cao, and it will be defeated by Sun Quan!"

When Liu Bei heard Kong Ming say the consequences so seriously, he felt a little upset!

Hearing that Jingzhou might be out of stock, Liu Bei, who suffered from the pain of not having a territory, naturally did not dare to take risks. Although he was not willing to do so, he still gave up the idea of ​​attacking Xiangyang.

Liu Bei, a superior, naturally would not veto Ma Su's proposal by himself. It was equivalent to being influenced by Zhuge Liang, so he looked at Pang Tong.

Pang Tong is a tactical genius, but his strategic knowledge is far less than that of Kong Ming. After reading Ma Su's letter, he had already formulated a complete set of plans to attack Xiangyang and resist Cao Cao and prevent Jiangdong tactics in a short period of time. Therefore, he was quite dissatisfied with Kong Ming's alarmist statements!

When Pang Tong saw Liu Bei look at him, he naturally knew that he was asking him to express his opinions. He could not let Kong Ming be so beautiful, so he wanted to speak and tell his plan out of the way for Liu Bei to choose.

Even if the effect that Ma Su could not be achieved, Pang Tong believed that he would take the opportunity to bring the army out and conduct actual combat training!

Zhuge Liang deliberately opposed Ma Su's plan so much that he even tried to stop Liu Bei from making alarmist statements. He was not jealous of Ma Su's contributions, but mainly because he was afraid that Ma Su would destroy his plan.

According to Zhuge Liang's strategy to confront China in Longzhong, the war in Jingzhou should end here. The later strategic layout of Liu Bei's group is to focus on seeking Xichuan and Hanzhong.

Once Liu Bei successfully seeks Xichuan and Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang will form a strategic situation of planning for Zhongzhong in Longzhong. When the time is ripe, it will be a beautiful blueprint drawn by Longzhong in:

"When there is a change in the world, a general will order the army of Jingzhou to go to Wan and Luo, and the general leads the people of Yizhou out of Qinchuan. Who dares not to eat a pot of slurry to welcome the general?"

Wancheng and Luoyang were both Zhuge Liang who wanted to stay and attack Guan Yu. Not to mention that he did not have the ability to attack now, even if he could capture him, he would temporarily remain unmoved.

Liu Bei immediately sent a trusted guard to Wancheng and ordered him to hand it over to Ma Su himself.

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In the evening, Man Chong was handling official duties at the county magistrate's office. Suddenly, he heard a faint cry of killing from the west city gate. He was shocked and quickly asked his confidant guards to go to inquire, and asked his subordinates to go to the barracks to gather troops to prepare for the situation.

Soon, the spy sent to report to the news. Liu Xiongming, under the banner of Ma Chao, led thousands of troops, had already broken through the west gate, surrounded the military camp, and was rushing to the county magistrate's mansion.

Man Chong originally had only one thousand troops and horses on hand, and was sent to Wuguan for 500 troops and horses on the military camp. He knew that he could no longer defend Wancheng and did not dare to resist. He led his guards to the east gate and abandoned the city.

Man Chong was not afraid of death. He abandoned the city and left, but wanted to go to Xiangyang to join Xiahou Dun, and then beg him to send troops to recover Wancheng.

Under the hazy moonlight, Man Chong and the guards rode their horses, and the speed of the journey was not slow. After walking about ten miles in half an hour, he had to pass through a valley in front.

Although the valley was less than two miles away, Man Chong felt a little uneasy and asked his men to speed up, trying to break out of this dangerous area by surprise.

But Man Chong was obviously wishful thinking. He heard a cannon sound, and the dark people around him appeared, surrounding him with dozens of people.

Man Chong was unwilling to surrender and rushed forward bravely, trying to open a bloody road!

But He Yun and Yang Kui had long been staring at him as the main general, and both horses came out together, blocking his way out.

Man Chong was not good at martial arts at first, but at first he relied on his bravery to resist the siege of the two.

But the guards under his command did not have the ruthlessness of the man-god. After a guard was killed on the spot, they all trembled and threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Man Chong was left with only a lonely man and lost his fighting spirit. He was stunned and was captured alive by Yang Kui from the horse.

He Yun and Yang Kui captured Man Chong alive, but did not withdraw their troops back to Wancheng, but divided the troops into two groups. Yang Kui only brought his own Hundred Guard and escorted Man Chong back to Wancheng.
Chapter completed!