Why do you say that? We can look at this passage recorded in the History of the Three Kingdoms: After Zhou Yu's death, Pang Tong helped to transport Zhou Yu's coffin to Wu Dong, and many Wudong people heard about Pang Tong's reputation. When Pang Tong said goodbye to Wu Zhuxi and returned to Jingzhou, all these people gathered in Nagato to see him off. Lu Ji, Gu Shao and Quan Cong also came. ?
You should know that Lu Ji, Gu Shao and Quan Cong are not ordinary people, and they are all famous aristocratic families in Jiangdong. Later, Sun Quan became king, and these people were all in the front row. In other words, when Pang Tong left Jiangdong, the whole Jiangdong bigwigs came out to see him off, which proved that if Pang Tong wanted to stay in Jiangdong, he must be sitting in the front row. ?
More importantly, Liu Bei later reused Pang Tong, which was highly recommended by Lu Su. According to historical records, Lu Su wrote to Liu Bei that Pang Shiyuan was not a talented person who managed a small county in Baili. Only by letting him take the post of ruling the country and not driving can he display his talents. ? That is to say, in Lu Su's mind, Pang Tong is a very awesome figure.
You said that this kind of Pang Tong is not good for the development of Sun Quan's territory. Why did he run to Liu Bei's camp? The point is, Liu Bei didn't reuse Pang Tong at first, but made him a Leiyang county magistrate. In that case, why did Pang Tong stick his hot face on Liu Bei's cold ass? If Pang Tong believed that he could use talents to change Liu Bei's attitude towards himself, why didn't Pang Tong believe that he could also use talents to change Sun Quan's attitude? ?
At that time, the possibility that Pang Tong entered Liu Bei's department and wanted to surpass Zhuge Liang's position was as great as the possibility that he entered Sun Quan's department and wanted to surpass Lu Su's position. More importantly, from a close point of view, the Liu Bei family has elders like Mi Fei, Jian Yong, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. It seems unlikely that Pang Tong will really surpass them. Just like Pang Tong staying in Jiangdong, it is unlikely that he will really surpass people like Zhang Zhao.
In that case, why did Pang Tong go to Liu Bei for development? At that time, Zhuge Liang, as the representative of Jingzhou Department, had entered the core of Liu Bei's power, and Pang Tong, also as the representative of Jingzhou Department, ran to Liu Bei again, apparently losing his lead. In this sense, Pang Tong's chances of getting ahead should not be much different when he enters the camp of Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
Some people may say that Liu Bei is orthodox in the Han Dynasty, so people are naturally more willing to chase him. But the problem is that Zhuge Liang is loyal to Liu Bei and Zhu Gejin is loyal to Sun Quan. There seems to be no difference between the two. Huang Quan followed Liu Bei, then surrendered to xelloss because of the situation, and no one criticized him for it. Of course, Zhuge Liang's loyalty to Liu Bei is naturally a generation of famous ministers, and Lu Su and Zhu Gejin are also loyal to Sun Quan.
Moreover, what is even more puzzling is that Lu Su thinks that Pang Tong is talented, but he does not strongly recommend it to Sun Quan, but to Liu Bei. What's this called? According to normal practice, Lu Su's attitude towards Pang Tong should be like this. That is to urge Sun Quan to reuse Pang Tong. If Sun Quan can't reuse Pang Tong, Lu Su should hope that Pang Tong will never be reused by others, and even hope that Pang Tong will die early. Because, if such a talented Pang Tong is reused by others, it will surely become a menace to Jiangdong.
But? Lu Su tried to recommend Pang Tong to Liu Bei instead? This is so unreasonable. Therefore, from the various details recorded in the history books, a more reasonable explanation should be: Pang Tong is an intermediate figure acceptable to both Sun Quan and Liu Bei. Because Zhuge Liang has been completely integrated into Liu Bei's family, Zhuge Liang is not an acceptable middle figure of Sun Quan's family, although he has the relationship with Zhu Gejin. Because, such Zhuge Liang, it is impossible to think based on the interests of Sun Quan and his family. At least, Sun Quan thinks so.
In this context, when Sun Quan and Liu Bei decided to form an alliance, Sun Quan's family let Pang Tong enter Liu Bei's camp to act as a middleman for the cooperation between the two sides. Because of this, although Pang Tong has a decisive influence in Jiangdong, he took refuge in Liu Bei all the way. Because of this, Liu Bei did not dare to reuse Pang Tong easily before Lu Su recommended it.
Later, Liu Bei paid more and more attention to Pang Tong. On the one hand, the alliance between Sun and Liu has become more and more tacit. On the other hand, Pang Tong did not melt into the power core of Sun Quan, and Liu Bei had a lean mind and wrist. Therefore, Liu Bei believed that as long as he treated Pang Tong well, Pang Tong would be on his side. In this sense, Pang Tong's refuge in Liu Bei is the product of the joint efforts of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and because of the existence of Pang Tong, Liu Bei and Sun Quan can reach a good tacit understanding. After Pang Tong's death, the relationship between Liu Bei and Sun Quan gradually began to crack.