Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Chapter 110: Outside Jiangling City, Liu Feng plots to intimidate Sun Quan
Liu Feng’s point of view is very clear.

Even if peace talks were to take place, Sun Quan had to be the one who took the initiative to seek peace.

If Sun Quan had been allowed to come and go quietly, Liu Bei would have lost both his reputation and his battle.

Nanjun was not a place where Sun Quan could come and go as he pleased.

Simply considering the overall situation will only make Sun Quan worse.

Whenever he suffered a setback in Hefei, Sun Quan would always try to gain benefits from his allies. First he launched a surprise attack on the three counties and then on Jiangling.

If we fail to give Sun Quan a hard time this time, he will definitely do it again next time.

Guan Yu was very pleased to hear this, and he stroked his beard and laughed: "My dear nephew, what you said makes sense! If Sun Quan is unwilling to take the initiative to seek peace, then I have only one word: fight!"

After happily discussing military intelligence with Liu Feng, Guan Yu invited Liu Feng to stay in the tent for dinner.

Liu Feng did not refuse.

After having enough soup.

Guan Yu left Li Ping with a thousand soldiers to guard the mouth of Jiangjin, and together with Liu Feng, he led the rest of the troops to the foot of Lingcheng.

There are flags like a forest on the city walls.

A large number of soldiers were deployed on the top of the city wall, and each of them was looking at the city below nervously.

In the battle at Jiangjinkou yesterday, the morale of the Wu soldiers was destroyed, and the panic of the defeated soldiers also affected the Wu soldiers in the city. Even with a solid city and geographical advantage, the Wu soldiers' inner uneasiness could not be eliminated.

Sun Quan was standing on the top of the city wall wearing armor and helmet, carrying a bow and holding a spear, with Yu Fan, Zhou Tai, Zhu Ran, Ding Feng and other civil and military officials accompanying him.

If you look closely, you can definitely see Sun Quan's bloodshot eyes.

When the news of the fall of Jiangjinkou came back yesterday, Sun Quan was so angry that he beheaded Song Qian, who had abandoned his troops and fled, on the spot to set an example.

Before Quan Cong, who went to Lukou, brought back the good news, Guan Yu had already broken through Jiangjinkou.

The loss of Jiangjinkou meant that Gong'an City, the gateway to Jiangling, was also very likely to be lost. Even now, Sun Quan did not know whether Zhuge Jin and Sun Huan were dead or alive.

The successive defeats in the war kept Sun Quan awake all night.

Just when Sun Quan was feeling a little sleepy this morning, he received the news that Guan Yu's troops were approaching the city. He could only force himself to reach the top of the city wall, exhausted and wearing armor.

Looking at the Han soldiers lined up neatly outside the city, Sun Quan subconsciously clenched his fists. A feeling of frustration grew from the bottom of his heart, making Sun Quan feel very suffocated.

It's hateful that you made me so miserable!

Just feeling angry.

The Han soldiers under the city made way for a passage, and Guan Yu and Liu Feng rode out on their left and right.

Tian Qi and his sons Tian Zhong, Fang Yue, four military marquises, Lu Yi, five colonels, and Yue Ju, six others, each wearing armor and holding weapons, followed behind.

Looking at the strong city that he had supervised and built, Guan Yu could not help but stroke his beard and sigh: "This city was built by me, it cannot be attacked!"

Even though he had won consecutive battles, Guan Yu had no intention of attacking Jiangling City by force.

No one knows better than Guan Yu how strong Jiangling City is!

This is a fortified city that Guan Yu built after several years of expansion on the original basis.

If Jiangling City was not still in the hands of Sun Quan, Guan Yu would have wanted to ride into the city, then grab Mi Fang's clothes and ask: With such a strong city, why don't you defend it?

Although the rumor outside was that "Mi Fang went out of the city alone to persuade Lu Meng to withdraw his troops, but was held hostage by Lu Meng and the city was broken", Guan Yu did not believe it.

If Mi Fang was so conservative as to leave the city alone to persuade Lu Meng to withdraw his troops, how could he have served as the prefect of Nanjun for eight years?
Guan Yu still cannot understand why Mi Fang surrendered without a fight.

You are not Liao Li, why are you learning from Liao Li!
Liu Feng looked at Sun Quan's flag and chuckled, "Although the city is strong, Sun Quan is just defending an isolated city. Let me play a trick on Sun Quan first."

Guan Yu nodded with a smile: "Then I will be here to defend the battlefield for my nephew."

Liu Feng shook the reins, then spurred his horse forward a step, pacing left and right. His leisurely appearance made Sun Quan on the city wall even more depressed.

If the distance was not enough, Sun Quan really wanted to shoot Liu Feng to death with one arrow.

After pacing back and forth five or six times, Liu Feng finally shouted to Sun Quan on the top of the city wall: "Is my son Zhongmou on the top of the city wall?"

The cry of "My son Zhongmou" was so clear and unworldly that both Sun Quan on the top of the city and Guan Yu below were stunned at that moment.

Guan Yu turned his head stiffly and looked at Liu Feng: Is this how you tease Sun Quan?
Ding Feng on the top of the city wall was furious when he heard this and shouted, "Little Liu Feng, how dare you be so rude!"

Liu Feng laughed loudly: "Don't worry! Don't worry! I have heard that my son Zhongmou personally carried my coffin and held a funeral for me half a month ago. This filial piety is witnessed by heaven and earth, and all the people in Jiangling City know it. I am really moved.

As the ancients said: Brothers fight tigers together, and fathers and sons fight in battle. Now that the Han Dynasty is in decline and Cao Cao is stealing Han from the north, my son Zhongmou and I should fight together.

But Cao is so treacherous, he claimed that "if I had a son, I wish he would be like Sun Zhongmou". He even bribed my son Zhongmou to acknowledge him as his father, thus interfering with the relationship between my father and me. How despicable!

Today I am leading my troops here only to help my son Zhongmou to turn back from his mistakes and not make the same mistake again and become a laughing stock for Cao Cao.

The words fell.

There was a brief silence again on the city walls and outside the city.

Subsequently.

Tian Qi shouted, "Sun Zhongmou, hurry out of the city and pay homage to your father!"

Fang Yue, Lu Yi, Yue Ju and others also shouted, "Sun Zhongmou, hurry out of the city and pay homage to your father!"

Listening to the insults coming from below the city, Sun Quan felt the blood rushing to his head and his nails digging into his palms.

Zhou Tai, Ding Feng and other officers on his left and right could not bear it any longer and asked for permission to leave the city to fight Liu Feng.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to leave the city. I will not return until I kill Liu Feng!"

"Your Majesty, Liu Feng is so arrogant, we cannot tolerate him. I, the last lieutenant, request a fight."

"Your Majesty, there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the city. Why should we be afraid of Liu Feng? If everyone goes out together, we can definitely kill Liu Feng."

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Just as everyone was excited, Yu Fan shouted at them: "You reckless men, do you want to put the Supreme Being in danger?"

Before the officers could refute, Yu Fan shouted to Liu Feng, who was standing under the city, "Liu Feng, if you have the courage, come and attack the city; if you don't, kneel down and surrender.

Wu Hou has the spirit of a hero, how could he not tolerate a few bad words? Using this method of provoking him only adds to the jokes!" Liu Feng narrowed his eyes and looked, laughing and shouting: "Who is on the top of the city? Could it be Zhang Zhao of Pengcheng?"

Yu Fan shouted loudly: "I am Yu Fan from Kuaiji!"

Liu Feng laughed even louder: "It turns out to be Wang Lang's former Gong Cao Yu Fan and Yu Zhongxiang. I am so sorry for my disrespect.

I once heard my father mention that when Wen Jugong of Beihai wrote back to praise you as having "the beauty of bamboo arrows from the southeast", Zi Ganggong of Guangling also praised you as having "a character as beautiful as jade carved and polished to gain even more luster" in his letter to Wen Jugong.

However, under my son Zhongmou's command, there are many people who slander you. Even my son Zhongmou is often dissatisfied with you, and he resents you for speaking frankly and exiled you to Jing County as an official.

If it weren't for Lü Meng's recommendation, how could you shout out the name 'Yu Fan of Kuaiji' here today?
You have a straightforward personality and one day you will surely anger my son Zhongmou with your outspokenness. I also heard that Lu Meng is critically ill. Who in Jiangdong can protect you?
As the saying goes: A good bird chooses a tree to inhabit, and a wise minister chooses a master to serve. My ability is much better than that of my son Zhongmou, so why don't you leave my son Zhongmou and join me?
Today, in front of all the heroes, I swear by heaven and earth: If Yu Zhongxiang of Kuaiji is willing to surrender to me, I will treat him as a guest of honor and will never let him down. "

Yu Fan was stunned.

I thought Liu Feng would retort, but I never expected that Liu Feng would make a name for himself while vowing to recruit people.

Kong Rong and Zhang Hong's praises of Yu Fan were all in private messages, and few people knew about it.

One is a private message from Kong Rong to Yu Fan in reply, and the other is a private message from Zhang Hong to Kong Rong.

Even Yu Fan didn't know that Zhang Hong had written a letter to Kong Rong praising him, let alone Sun Quan and others.

Yu Fan was a well-known troll in Jiangdong. He would criticize both the lower and the upper classes, and would speak out against anyone he disliked.

Including Sun Quan, there were countless people who disliked Yu Fan.

And now.

Liu Feng, who was an enemy and was also criticized by Yu Fan, not only did not get angry, but also promoted Yu Fan's reputation and vowed to recruit him.

How could Yu Fan continue to criticize this?
Even though Yu Fan had thousands of words in his mind, he couldn't utter a single word at this moment.

Seeing Yu Fan on the top of the city wall, he remained silent.

Liu Feng bowed to Guan Yu and shouted, "Sir! Wen Jugong was kind to my father in the past, and Yu Zhongxiang is a virtuous man praised by Wen Jugong. Why don't we give Yu Zhongxiang a favor and withdraw our troops today to show my father's respect for virtuous people."

While shouting, Liu Feng winked at Guan Yu.

Guan Yu understood, pointed his whip at Sun Quan, and shouted: "Jiangling City and Gong'an City were both built by me, and I know all the methods of attack and defense.

Even with the solidity of Gong'an City, Zhuge Jin and Sun Huan could not hold out for a single day in Guan's hands. It would be easy for Guan to break through Jiangling City.

In order to promote the King of Hanzhong's respect for the virtuous and courteous scholars, today, for the sake of Yu Zhongxiang, Guan will temporarily withdraw his troops.

Sun Quan, listen carefully. Guan will give you ten days to consider it.

"If you don't open the city and surrender in ten days, I will capture you alive and present you to the King of Hanzhong!"

The threatening voice, like a loud bell, resounded throughout the city walls.

Looking at Guan Yu and his army riding away on horseback, Sun Quan's face became even more gloomy.

Generals such as Zhou Tai and Ding Feng were even more angry.

Yu Fan felt cold all over.

Too bad!
This is a strategy of sowing discord!

Yu Fan had always been disliked by Sun Quan and his colleagues because of his outspokenness. Today, Liu Feng and Guan Yu's concerted actions had isolated Yu Fan once again.

The most direct impact is that Yu Fan's advice would be viewed with preconceived suspicion by Sun Quan and his colleagues who disliked Yu Fan, who would suspect whether Yu Fan wanted to use Sun Quan and his colleagues as a token of his loyalty.

Seeing Sun Quan walking down the city wall without saying a word, Yu Fan knew: Sun Quan had fallen into a trap!

Even if Sun Quan said insincerely, "Zhong Xiang, don't mind Liu Feng's words of discord," Yu Fan felt that Sun Quan might still listen to his advice.

However, at this moment Sun Quan was unwilling to even pay attention to Yu Fan!

Sun Quan was angry.

To himself, Liu Feng always called him "my son Zhongmou"; to Yu Fan, Liu Feng called him "the beauty of bamboo arrows in the southeast" and "his character is like a beautiful jade carving that shines brightly."

How could I be inferior to Yu Zhongxiang?

What made Sun Quan most angry was that Yu Fan actually accepted Liu Feng's praise calmly and did not continue to criticize Liu Feng!
You, Yu Fan, Yu Zhongxiang, are you trying to make a name for yourself, or are you working for me?

Besides being angry.

Sun Quan became even more worried.

After Guan Yu broke through Jiangjinkou, Sun Quan only guessed that Gong'an City might have been lost.

As a result, when Guan Yu's troops arrived at the city gates, he actually said that he would capture Gong'an in one day!

"Could it be that Guan Yu really has some siege tactics in Jiangling City that I don't know about?"

Sun Quan knew how strong Gong'an City was, but it was conquered by Guan Yu in one day!

Sun Quan didn't believe that Zhuge Jin and Sun Huan would surrender the city directly like Fu Shiren did.

But if no one surrendered the city, how did Guan Yu capture the Gong'an City?
The more Sun Quan thought about it, the more frightened he became.

They were afraid that Guan Yu had some unknown means of entering Jiangling City, such as an underground tunnel leading directly out of the city.

Compared with Sun Quan's resentment and worries.

Guan Yu, who was withdrawing his troops, laughed heartily: "My dear nephew, your plan today is really ingenious. If it weren't too far away, I really want to see what Sun Quan's face looks like on the top of the city wall."

Guan Yu really hated Sun Quan!

He wished he could twist off Sun Quan's head and use it as a chamber pot.

Therefore, the more Sun Quan suffered a setback, the happier Guan Yu was.

Liu Feng also laughed and said, "Sun Quan seems to be tolerant, but in fact he is suspicious and very different from his brother Sun Ce. If it was Sun Ce on the city wall today, my plan would be to bring shame upon myself.

After today, I expect Sun Quan will distance himself from Yu Fan in discussions. Without Yu Fan's frankness, it will be difficult for Sun Quan to see through your intentions."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled: "My dear nephew, please try to tell me."

Liu Feng's eyes became serious. "Within ten days, defeat Jiang Qin, Sun Jiao and others coming from Lukou. At the same time, drive troops to Maicheng to defeat Xu Sheng, Ma Zhong and others. If we win in both places, Jiangling City will be completely isolated."

(End of this chapter)