How did the counselor who frightened Zhuge Liang out of Liu Bei trick Cao Cao?

When Mr. Luo Guanzhong wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", although he respected history very much, he held high the banner of "supporting Liu and opposing Cao". Therefore, in the only three-part break in the novel, he wrote for Liu Bei and the civil servants and generals under his command have a great aura, and among the civil servants, the person with the greatest aura is undoubtedly Zhuge Liang. Therefore, in the minds of many people, Zhuge Liang is the best counselor in the novel. However, if we read the novel carefully, we will find that this is not the case - there was a counselor who not only frightened Zhuge Liang, but also tricked Cao Cao, teased Lu Su, and antagonized Liu Bei. Who was this person?

He is none other than Pang Tong, who is as famous as Zhuge Liang. Pang Shiyuan, Pang Tong, also known as Fengchu, is one of the famous people in Jingzhou. In the novel, he is the proud disciple of Mr. Shui Jing. Although his ending was not good, and he was killed by random arrows in the battle of Luocheng, he did have the "glorious deeds" mentioned above. Next, let's take stock of them.

1. Traumatizing Cao Cao

In the novel, although he was mentioned when Liu Bei was living in Jingzhou, when he officially appeared, it was already the Battle of Chibi— -At that time, he was working for Zhou Yu in Jiangdong. After Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang decided on the fire attack plan, Zhuge Liang was responsible for borrowing the east wind, while Zhou Yu was responsible for asking Cao Cao to connect the ships together. The person who performed this task for Zhou Yu was Pang Tong. Although the person who designed Jiang Gan to take him to Jiangbei was Zhou Yu, and the person who taught him how to act was also Zhou Yu, it was indeed him who tricked Cao Cao himself and laid the foundation for the Sun and Liu coalition forces to burn Chibi, which led to Cao Cao's army Countless people were burned and drowned, but Hua Rong was defeated and almost captured.

2. Scared Zhuge Liang

Soon after the burning of Red Cliff, the coalition forces of Sun and Liu began to fight among themselves - Zhuge Liang was angry with Zhou Gongjin for three reasons. Not only did he take advantage of it, but he also angered Jiangdong to death. Grand Governor. What's even more outrageous is that after being angry with Zhou Yu to death, Zhuge Liang still refused to settle down and went to Jiangdong to pay homage to him. He cried "sincerely", which made Jiangdong uncomfortable. However, when he was about to leave, a person suddenly grabbed his sleeve and shouted: "You are so angry with Zhou Lang, but you come to pay filial piety, and you are clearly bullying no one in Soochow!" Zhuge Liang was shocked and said, "You are so anxious." "That person", it turned out that the person who saw through Zhuge Liang's intentions was none other than Pang Tong.

3. Amusing Lu Su

From the previous two incidents, it is not difficult to see that Pang Tong is a brilliant counselor and is worthy of being as famous as Zhuge Liang, but he not only has He's talented, but he also has a very bad taste. What's going on? If we read the novel carefully, we will find that unlike Zhuge Liang, who is eight feet tall and has a face like a crown jewel, Pang Tong is very ugly, but Sun Quan, the master of Jiangdong, is a face-controller and dislikes Pang Tong's arrogance, so he has been unwilling to reuse him. At this time, Pang Tong had already had the idea of ??switching to Liu Bei, and Lu Su couldn't bear that such a great talent was buried, so he asked Pang Tong what his plans were, but Pang Tong replied that he wanted to beitou Cao Cao.

Of course Lu Su refused to agree, so he persuaded him: "This pearl has been cast in secret. You can go to Jingzhou to vote for Uncle Liu Huang, and he will definitely use it." Seeing Lu Su's serious persuasion, he said that he had originally He planned to defect to Liu Bei, it was just a joke. I don’t know if at this moment, Lu Su wanted to beat up Pang Tongton more, or was he more grateful that he was not determined to defect to Cao Cao?

4. Defeat Liu Bei

As we mentioned before, Pang Tong is a real madman. This is another reason why Sun Quan refused to reuse him besides his ugly appearance. The reason, however, was that not only Sun Quan had experienced his arrogance, but Liu Bei was not immune either. During the Battle of Sichuan, Liu Bei captured Fu Pass, held a grand celebration banquet, and said, "Are you enjoying today's meeting?" Pang Tong, who advocated conquering Shu and offered advice to Liu Bei, poured cold water on Liu Bei here, saying: "It is not a benevolent soldier to attack the country of others for fun."

You must know , Liu Bei has been working hard to create a benevolent and righteous persona. Pang Tong's words were equivalent to tearing off his hypocritical mask, so Liu Bei became angry and turned against Pang Tong directly.

How many people can make Liu Bei so angry in the novel?

After analyzing the whole article, we have to admit that although Pang Tong is a short-lived counselor in the novel and does not contribute many great strategies, he is indeed the best counselor among them. After all, he Even Zhuge Liang, who has the greatest halo, failed to "achieve" many of his "achievements".