Liang。
Soon Zhuge Liang entered the hall； and the first question he put after the formal salutations was： 〃Is Directing…Instructor Pang Tong quite well？〃
〃He is in charge of Leiyang；〃 replied Liu Bei； 〃where he is given to wine and neglects his business。〃
Zhuge Liang laughed； saying； 〃My friend Pang Tong has extraordinary abilities and ten times my knowledge。 I gave him a letter for you； my lord。 Did he present it？〃
〃This very day I have received a letter； but from Lu Su。 I have had no letter written by you。〃
〃When a person of transcendent abilities is sent to a paltry post； he always turns to wine out of simple ennui；〃 said Zhuge Liang。
〃If it had not been for what my brother said； I should have lost a great scholar；〃 said Liu Bei。
Then he lost no time； but sent Zhang Fei off to the northeast to request Pang Tong to e to Jingzhou City。 When he arrived； Liu Bei went out to meet him and at the foot of the steps asked pardon for his mistake。 Then Pang Tong produced the letter that Zhuge Liang had given him。 What Liu Bei read therein was this：
〃As soon as the Young Phoenix shall arrive； he should be given an important post。〃
Liu Bei rejoiced indeed as he read it； and he said； 〃Water Mirror said of the two men； Sleeping Dragon and Young Phoenix； that any man who obtained the help of either of them could restore the empire when he would。 As I now have them both； surely the Hans will rise again。〃
Then he appointed Pang Tong as Vice Directing Instructor and General； and the two strategists began training the army for its work of subjugation。
News of these doings came to the capital； Xuchang； and Cao Cao was told of Liu Bei's two strategists and of the army in training and the stores accumulating and