Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1282 Death Festival
When Yuan Xi boarded the Wu warship, Ding Feng was cursing loudly. The Jin soldiers saw him and shouted, "The king is coming, be quiet!"

Ding Feng laughed bitterly and said, "What King of Jin? I only recognize the King of Wu!"

"Kill me quickly!"

Yuan Xi saw Ding Feng's two severed hands on the ground, walked over silently, leaned over and said to Ding Feng: "I saw you in the battle at the Korean Peninsula dock two years ago."

Ding Feng said bitterly: "I wish I could kill you, which led to our defeat today!"

Yuan Xi said calmly: "Victory or defeat on the battlefield, life or death is up to you. I always fight uprightly. Your defeat this time is because Sun Quan didn't know how to judge people."

He pointed at Zuo Rong who was tied up and said, "If Sun Quan had not appointed me, you could at least retreat today."

Ding Feng sneered, "Who knows if you colluded with him in advance to put on a show!"

Yuan Xi stood up and pointed at Zuo Rong and said, "He committed so many crimes in Xuzhou and killed so many people. Would I associate with such a villain?"

Zuo Rong was originally tied up, and upon hearing this, he began to writhe on the ground, "My lord, my lord, this is not very kind of you."

"I killed the Xuzhou nobles at the beginning. Didn't the king also kill Xuzhou nobles some time ago?"

"The King and I are the same"

Sun Li beside him could no longer bear it and shouted, "Shut up!"

"A dog-like thing like you is worthy of being compared with the king?"

"Sun Quan bribed the rebel general to assassinate Zhang Fei. Is your Majesty such a person?"

"Your Majesty, you have fought hundreds of battles in the past ten years, and you have personally been on the front line in every battle. Would you use the despicable tactics of Sun Quan?"

The soldiers of the Jin army raised their weapons and shouted, "Your Majesty, the whole world will be united and you will unify the world!"

Listening to the overwhelming roar, Zuo Rong's face was in despair, his lips trembled and he couldn't speak. Ding Feng closed his eyes in pain, but heard Yuan Xi say: "Take him down and treat him well."

Ding Feng opened his eyes abruptly upon hearing this and roared, "Evil tiger!"

"You killed Yigong and the others, I will never accept your kindness!"

"Now I just want to die quickly!"

Huang Zhong stood beside Yuan Xi and said, "It is better to give him a quick death if his arm is cut off."

Yuan Xi was silent for a while, then asked Ding Feng, "How old are you this year?"

Ding Feng answered subconsciously: "Seventeen years old."

Yuan Xi sighed, "Seventeen is the right age for me to go to Beixin City and lead the troops alone."

"Even if you lose your arm, you still have many years to live. Why don't you consider it carefully?"

Ding Feng sat on the ground and said with a sad smile: "No, I have been defeated several times and now I am a cripple. I have no face to live."

Seeing that Ding Feng was determined, Yuan Xi signaled Sun Li to put the dagger on the ground in front of Ding Feng, and said, "In that case, you can end it yourself."

Ding Feng leaned down and was about to use his broken arm to clamp the dagger, when he heard Yuan Xi say, "I know your bravery. Zuo Rong's life is in your hands."

Ding Feng lowered his head with a hint of gratitude in his eyes. He suddenly leaned over, opened his mouth and bit the handle of the knife, picked up the dagger, then stood up suddenly and stumbled towards Zuo Rong. The wounds on his two broken arms kept gushing blood, leaving two blood lines on the ground.

Seeing Ding Feng biting the dagger with a ferocious look on his face, Zuo Rong panicked and struggled desperately, saying, "My king, my king, you can't do this to me!"

"I have helped the king this time, how can the king cross the river and destroy the bridge?"

Sun Li could not help but slap Zuo Rong's face with his scabbard and shouted, "Shut up! You are unworthy!"

"You betrayed your allies in battle. How can the king tolerate such a person as you?"

Zuo Rong spat out a few teeth. Seeing Ding Feng getting closer, he struggled in panic, but the rope had been pulled by the Jin soldiers and he could not move at all. Then Ding Feng suddenly pounced forward and hit Zuo Rong.

Zuo Rong watched Ding Feng bit the handle of the knife and stabbed the blade towards his throat. He couldn't help but scream in fear, but the next moment his neck was cut by the blade, his flesh was turned over, and blood spurted out.

Ding Feng's teeth were unable to exert force, and the blow only cut flesh. Blood splattered all over Ding Feng's face, but he pretended not to notice it. He once again pointed the tip of the knife at Zuo Rong's throat and slowly stabbed it in.

Zuo Rong's screams became weaker and weaker. Ding Feng bit the handle of the knife tightly, tilted his head back hard, and completely cut Zuo Rong's throat. Zuo Rong knelt on the ground, his throat gurgling. He looked up at the sky in disbelief, and then fell to the ground dead.

Ding Feng spat out the dagger and laughed loudly towards the sky. Then he bent down, clamped the blade with his broken arm, placed the handle on the deck, pointed the tip of the knife at his throat, and then thrust his neck forward suddenly.

The sharp tip of the knife pierced Ding Feng's throat and then came out from the back of his neck. Ding Feng's body slowly fell down and he died.

Yuan Xi led the crowd to pay respect to Ding Feng's body, and then ordered: "Take his body away and bury it with honor."

"As for Zuo Rong, behead him and send his head to Liu Ji in Guangling."

Liu Ji's father Liu Yao died of illness while leading troops to suppress Zuo Rong in order to avenge Zhu Hao. Now Yuan Xi's move can be regarded as revenge for him.

He looked at the bloodstained deck, sighed in his heart, straightened his body and gave an order: "Go, pursue Lu Ji, and meet up with the western navy at Rushu River to completely wipe out the remaining navy of Wu!" Lu Ji headed west, preparing to flee to Nanchang, but was blocked by Lu Xun and Gan Ning in Yuzhang. At that time, after Xu Sheng heard the news of Zuo Rong's rebellion and Ding Feng's death in battle, he also hurried to support Lu Ji.

But Xu Sheng's retreat was not safe either. Over there were Lu Su and Jiang Qin. Now the two of them were following Xu Sheng closely. They tried several times to persuade Ding Feng to surrender, but were scolded back by Xu Sheng.

Lu Su sighed to Jiang Qin, "Wen Xiang is a very loyal man. I'm afraid he won't surrender."

Jiang Qin said depressedly: "But now the Wu navy is about to be destroyed. If he continues like this, he will only be buried with him!"

"Lu Ji's situation is hopeless. Wen Xiang alone cannot defeat the Lu Xun and Gan Ning combination over there. Going over now would be like a moth flying into a flame!"

Lu Su spread his hands and said, "We have said everything we need to say. What else can we do now?"

"What's even more unfortunate is that Ding Feng was killed by the bastard Zuo Rong and died young. It's really sad."

Although Ding Feng had a hot temper, because of his young age, people like Jiang Qin and Xu Sheng treated him as their own brother. When they heard the bad news the day before yesterday, they felt sad and secretly cursed Sun Quan for appointing a villain like Zuo Rong and destroying his own Great Wall.

Jiang Qin suddenly said, "If we were under the control of Wu, would our lives be in danger now?"

Lu Su was silent for a while, then he said with difficulty: "The King of Wu is indeed not as good as the Lord."

"The defeat of Wu was inevitable, but I didn't expect that this day would come so soon."

"I can only say that the lord seems to have foreseen the path of Wu's defeat and has walked ahead to wait. This is really a bit scary."

Jiang Qin smiled bitterly and said, "The word 'terrible' is really appropriate. I still can't see through the king."

"But now that things have come to this, we can only act according to our conscience. If we can save one or two of our peers, even if our reputation is damaged, I will accept it."

Lu Su said: "We can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."

Lu Ji was at the water fort on the shore at this time. Although he had joined forces with Xu Sheng, most of the Jin army's navy had already arrived and suppressed the hundreds of remaining warships of the Wu State, making them unable to leave the dock at all.

The Jin army ships kept throwing fireballs at the Wu army ships. The ships kept calling for help. After receiving the call for help, Xu Sheng, who was in the front, shouted, "I am powerless to rescue them at this time. The ships can only protect their own!"

"As long as we hold them off for a while, reinforcements will arrive from the shore!"

After hearing this, all the ships had no choice but to fight desperately to stop them. The day before, Lu Ji had already asked for help from all the cities in Yuzhang. As long as they could hold out for another day, reinforcements might arrive!

The Wu army's warships were constantly being consumed, and the battle was approaching dusk. In order to avoid accidental casualties, the Jin army temporarily sounded the call to action. Seeing this, Xu Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then he received a message saying that Lu Ji in the water stronghold called him over.

When Xu Sheng arrived, he saw that Lu Ji looked very unhappy, so he asked, "What's the matter, Governor?"

Lu Ji sighed, "There is urgent news from the south. General Liu Zan of the rear army led 8,000 Danyang soldiers to help, but was ambushed by General Wei Yan of the Jin army and the entire army was wiped out."

"Now I'm afraid that the Jin army is rushing over here at full speed to cut off our retreat. Calculating the time, they will arrive tomorrow at the earliest."

"If we continue to stay here, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."

Xu Sheng was also disappointed after hearing this. "What does the governor mean?"

After hearing this, Lu Ji sighed and said, "I will stay behind to cover our retreat. You go first."

Xu Sheng thought that this was a good idea. Lu Ji and Lu Xun were from the same clan, so surrendering would not put his life in danger. Maybe Lu Ji was eager to surrender?
Then he changed his mind and said in a lost voice: "The Lu family members are all in Nanchang. If something happens to the governor..."

Lu Ji sighed, "The Lu family has always had a grudge against the Sun family. If I surrender, the Lu family will be finished."

"Now I can only fight to the death. Wen Xiang can go back and report to the king that I have not let down the Wu Kingdom."

Xu Sheng hurriedly urged: "Commander-in-chief, you can't do that. If you die, who can prove your innocence?"

"Just come with me!"

While the two were talking, the Jin army fired several rockets and fireworks exploded in the sky. Then a large number of Jin army warships formed a formation and moved forward, with catapults and crossbows lined up on the decks.

Following the order, a large number of arrows and flints were thrown at the water stronghold. The Wu army soldiers hurriedly responded to the battle. Lu Ji said bitterly, "I'm afraid the Jin army has also received news from Wei Yan. They are not going to let us escape!"

As the two were preparing to meet the enemy, a spy came to report that the Jin army had sent a warship to approach the water fort, and the person who came was actually Lu Su, who asked to see Lu Ji.

After hearing this, Lu Ji and Jiang Qin looked at each other in bewilderment. They were already doomed to fail, so what should they do?
At the same time, Sun Quan in Nanchang was also furious.

Because Zhuge Jin, Huang Gai and others tried to resist Liu Bei's army, but fell into the trap of military advisor Pang Tong, suffered heavy casualties, lost battles one after another, and were about to retreat to Nanchang.

Sun Quan was furious when he heard this. He summoned all his officials and shouted, "What? Can't our Wu even defeat a mere Liu Bei?"

"You are all mediocre people who are just sitting there doing nothing. Now Liu Bei's army is approaching the city. Don't you have any plan to repel the enemy?"

The civil servants looked at each other, wondering what else we can do since we don’t know how to fight.

At this time, Zhang Zhao came out and said, "Liu Bei's army is fierce. Your Majesty can temporarily move away and try to make a comeback."

Everyone thought that this was just running away, but the key point was where could they run to?
(End of this chapter)