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

Chapter 125: Out of thin air, Liu Feng defeated Xu Huang at Maicheng
As always, Liu Feng-style sarcasm.

Even though Xu Huang was a calm person, he couldn't help but feel veins popping out on his arms.

Yin Shu couldn't control his anger and shouted, "General, Liu is a wicked villain. Let's fight again."

Xu Huang took a deep breath and suppressed his inner anger.

If fighting again would be advantageous, Xu Huang also wanted to fight again.

However, although Maicheng was small and had low walls, it was surrounded by a large number of deep trenches, making it difficult to break through.

Coupled with the fighting at night, the soldiers were already exhausted.

If we force a fight at this time, it would be good if we can capture the city, but if we can't, it would be a waste of time.

"The soldiers have been tired all night, so they should return to the camp to rest first."

Xu Huang finally chose to endure.

Years of military experience and Cao Cao's guidance made Xu Huang more mature in weighing the pros and cons on the battlefield.

When to advance recklessly and when not to be greedy for credit all depends on the circumstances.

Xu Huang ordered Yin Shu and Zhu Gai to lead their troops to cooperate with Lu Jian in defending the newly acquired Liu Feng camp, and then return to their camp with the remaining troops.

Xu Shang, who stayed in the camp, came to Xu Huang to apologize with a face full of shame.

The fire set by Liu Feng destroyed most of the food and supplies for Xu Huang's 5,000 men for a month!

The remaining food and grass are less than enough to last three days!
When Xu Huang heard Xu Shang's report on the battle casualties, he felt his heart bleeding.

Lu Jian also sent people to report the amount of food and supplies seized from Liu Feng’s stronghold.

After silently calculating, Xu Huang's face became even uglier.

Even with tonight's spoils of war, Xu Huang now only has enough food and grass to last for ten days!
Under normal circumstances, killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of your own is a bad strategy.

But in Liu Feng's hands, this bad trick turned into a good one.

Xu Huang felt somewhat relieved.

If Yin Shu had not realized that he had fallen into a trap tonight and had directly burned the food supplies in Liu Feng’s camp, or if he had not sent Lu Jian to seize Liu Feng’s camp and protect the food supplies,

It is even a question whether Xu Huang’s food and supplies can last until the arrival of Cao Ren’s army.

"Liu Feng used food and grass as bait. Now that the food and grass are lost, how can we replenish them?"

Xu Huang washed his face with cold water and tried his best to clear his mind.

I don't know how long I thought about it.

Xu Huang's doubts were also resolved.

"Maicheng, there should be a lot of food and fodder in Maicheng."

Xu Huang's guess was correct.

When Liu Feng returned to Jiangling, he had 15,000 men and three months' worth of food and fodder in Maicheng.

Later, with the implementation of Lu Meng's attack plan, thousands of people went to Jiangling City to visit their relatives. Liu Feng took another 8,000 people and a month's worth of food and grass to attack Jiangling City. Zhao Lei took 2,000 people to Maicheng to guard the remaining food and grass.

The consumption of food and fodder in Maicheng was relatively small.

Later, when the war ended, Niu Xian and Lu Wen led two thousand people into Maicheng.

Even if Liu Feng's three thousand men are included, Maicheng now has enough food and grass to last for more than a month.

This was actually because Sun Quan was too careless at the beginning, thinking that Xu Sheng and Ma Zhong could capture Maicheng.

If more troops were sent to attack Maicheng, all the food and grass in Maicheng would be seized by Sun Quan.

However, there are no ifs on the battlefield.

If you miscalculate, you will miss the opportunity.

"If I can't capture Maicheng, my march south will be in vain."

Xu Huang exhaled again, and an idea already came to his mind.

And in Maicheng.

Liu Feng was also deep in thought.

Liu Feng was not satisfied with the outcome of tonight's battle.

after all.

Liu Feng's original purpose was to exchange food and grass for food, so that Xu Huang would run out of food and retreat.

The result was: Xu Huang was able to remain calm and not burn the food supplies in that situation.

Compared with Quan Cong, Xu Sheng, Ma Zhong, Zhu Ran, Han Dang and others in Jiangdong, Xu Huang's reaction in battle was much stronger.

Seeing Liu Feng's frown, Zhao Lei mistakenly thought that Liu Feng was unhappy because he had lost his food supplies, so he whispered, "Maicheng has plenty of food supplies, and with the general's help, it is enough to hold out until your army arrives."

Yu Fan at the side saw more deeply: "General, you are worried. Xu Huang also guessed that there is a lot of food in Maicheng. Maybe he will use this to boost the morale of the army and seize the food in Maicheng?"

Kou Anguo was unhappy when he heard this: "What if Xu Huang guessed it? If he dares to come, the general will definitely kill him!"

Fang Yue and others were also angry.

Following Liu Feng all the way to fight Sun Quan, although there were many difficulties, it was basically Sun Quan who suffered the most losses.

Tonight, Xu Huang took advantage of many things, and everyone was feeling angry.

The more victories we have, the higher our morale becomes.

The soldiers under Liu Feng's command were no exception.

Seeing the officers were furious, Liu Feng smiled and said to them, "I don't take Xu Huang seriously. After fighting all night, you can go back and rest. Lord Zhongxiang will stay."

After hearing what Liu Feng said, all the officers calmed down a little, bowed to Liu Feng, and then left one after another.

"General, why did you leave me alone? Is there anything important you want to tell me?" Yu Fan asked, leaning closer.

Liu Feng nodded and said: "Xu Huang is the vanguard heading south. If we cannot capture Maicheng before Cao Ren's army arrives, our mission will be in vain.

Although Xu Huang suffered a loss tonight, Maicheng is not a fortress, and my camp outside was also seized by Xu Huang. Xu Huang will definitely gather troops to attack Maicheng in the near future.

I will assign 500 soldiers to Lord Zhongxiang. Lord Zhongxiang can go out of the city before dawn and set up another camp five miles behind Maicheng. In the camp, use more firewood to pile up, one pile every ten steps, and arrange them in rows vertically and horizontally.

Afterwards, Lord Zhongxiang led his troops into the city in the afternoon or dusk, and then left the city after dark.

Repeat this process.

If you get my order, light the pile of wood to confuse the enemy."

Yu Fan reacted quickly and soon guessed Liu Feng's intention and immediately accepted the order.

Liu Feng then explained the details to Yu Fan in detail.

Subsequently.

While it was still dark, Yu Fan led 500 men out of the city and set up camp five miles away.

It was the afternoon of the second day.

Yu Fan led his troops to Maicheng as promised.

Repeat for three days.

The scout informed Xu Huang of the intelligence they had gathered, and Xu Shang, Lu Jian, Yin Shu and Zhu Gai were all terrified.

In order to capture Maicheng in one battle.

During these three days, Xu Huang did not attack the city. Instead, he gathered all the troops and food supplies in Liu Feng's previous camp, and then explored the defenses of Maicheng day and night, looking for the best opportunity to attack the city.

Before the opportunity to fight was found, the scouts found out that reinforcements were coming into Maicheng every day, which surprised the generals. "General, we can't wait any longer! Guan Yu must be worried that Maicheng is difficult to defend, so he sends hundreds of troops every day." Yin Shu was anxious.

Zhu Gai also said: "General, time is running out. Liu Feng is brave and good at fighting. If he does not leave the city, it must be because he does not have enough troops. If we wait until his troops are sufficient, it will be easy to attack and defend."

Xu Shang and Lu Jian also volunteered to fight.

Xu Huang frowned.

Although the generals' arguments made sense, Xu Huang had other concerns: "When Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he ordered his soldiers to leave the city at night and enter during the day, creating a false impression of a strong army to deceive the officials in Luoyang. If Liu Feng also uses this strategy to lure us into a hasty attack, our army will surely suffer heavy losses."

To capture a city or stronghold, one cannot rely solely on physical courage, but also needs to consider the timing.

Xu Huang's goal was to win without fighting, so he naturally did not want to attack the city hastily.

Yin Shu added: "Although the general's concerns are reasonable, they are just speculations, and the current situation is quite different from the past when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo had no soldiers, so he faked his military strength. But Guan Yu had real soldiers in Jiangling, and it was not difficult for Guan Yu to send 500 more soldiers every day.

General, there is no time for hesitation."

Xu Huang stood up and paced back and forth.

Intuition and experience told Xu Huang that Liu Feng was cheating.

But what the generals said is not without reason.

Dong Zhuo faked his military strength because he himself had no troops. Guan Yu did have real troops in Jiangling, but he needed time to recuperate because he had just fought a great battle with Sun Quan.

Just like when Cao Ren had a large army in Xiangyang, he had to let Xu Huang be the vanguard before the main army could arrive later.

Think deeply for a long time.

Xu Huang hardened his heart and said decisively: "In this case, let's attack Maicheng this afternoon and test their strength first!"

All the generals were excited and accepted the order.

After three days of rest, the generals had already rested their spirits and were full of anger, just waiting to capture Maicheng in one fell swoop to wash away the shame of having their camp burned by Liu Feng.

Xu Huang's military orders were executed very quickly.

The army left the camp in the afternoon and arrived at the foot of Maicheng in less than half an hour.

Although the outer moat of Maicheng was heavily fortified, Xu Huang remained fearless and commanded his soldiers to advance.

"Although it was only delayed for three days, it was enough."

Liu Feng stood on the top of the city wall, looking at the Wei soldiers outside the city who were busy clearing the deer horn obstacles, silently calculating the time it would take to clear the deer horn obstacles.

This is the advantage of defending the city.

The defenders can deploy various obstacles outside the city in advance, such as antler trenches, to consume the attackers' physical strength and morale.

If the deer horn moat cannot be cleared, it will be difficult to advance to the city.

After all, not everyone can cross the trenches as fast as Sun Ce and Liu Feng.

Until dusk.

Xu Huang was able to clear the deer horns on the periphery and advance towards the city wall.

Yin Shu and Zhu Gai led the brave soldiers in armor and marched in front.

Compared with Jiangdong's military system, Cao Wei's military system can obviously inspire more bravery among the soldiers.

For example, Yin Shu and Zhu Gai don't have to worry about ending up like Ling Tong if they go up to the enemy formation first, and they won't think about conserving their strength and letting their teammates go up first.

instead.

Even if all the soldiers following Yin Shu and Zhu Gai died, as long as they captured the city and made great contributions, Yin Shu and Zhu Gai would be awarded titles of nobility and generals, and then get more soldiers.

Cao Cao was not as stingy as Sun Quan. He would confer a title of nobility upon you or appoint you as a general if he wanted. As long as you were brave enough, it didn't matter even if you were immoral.

Only talent is considered when selecting people, and talent is the only thing that matters. As for morality, it is not a problem under Cao Cao's command.

After all, Cao Cao himself could not be considered moral.

Faced with the fierce attack by Yin Shu and Zhu Gai's armored warriors, Liu Feng remained unmoved and even let Zhao Lei be in charge of the command of defending the city.

At this level, there is no need for Liu Feng to command personally.

Liu Feng had been watching the entire battlefield, especially Xu Huang in the rear.

The battle lasted until dusk.

Xu Huang then led his troops to retreat.

That night, Xu Huang did not send troops to attack the city.

Liu Feng still let Yu Fan leave the city at night, and then led his troops into the city again in the afternoon of the next day.

Four consecutive days of "reinforcement" made Xu Huang a little anxious.

During yesterday’s powerful attack, Xu Huang also wanted to observe whether Maicheng’s defense had enough strength left.

If the troops were being fabricated, the defensive strength of Maicheng would certainly be tight, which would be obvious to experienced veterans.

However, Xu Huang kept a close eye on the situation the entire time and did not notice any signs of tension in Maicheng's defensive forces.

Therefore.

Xu Huang issued an order today to attack day and night.

At dusk, Xu Huang not only did not withdraw his troops, but he also ordered Xu Shang to take people to deliver soup and rice directly to the foot of the city for the soldiers to eat, directly starting the night battle mode.

"After waiting for so long, you are finally willing to fight at night!"

Liu Feng, standing on the top of the city wall, had a smile on his face, but still asked Yu Fan to lead his troops out of the city.

only.

This time, after Yu Fan left the city, he lit the pile of firewood that had been prepared earlier.

According to Liu Feng's instructions, the more firewood piles the better, so Yu Fan directly extended the firewood pile from five miles away to three miles away.

As the firewood pile was lit.

It seemed as if there were tens of thousands of reinforcements behind Maicheng!

A scout had already spotted the fire and hurried to see Xu Huang, telling him what had happened.

"About 10,000 people?"

"Guan Yu came so quickly?"

Xu Huang was shocked and confused.

Hesitation.

Suddenly, loud shouts were heard from the top of the city wall: "Reinforcements are coming!" "Reinforcements are coming!"

Followed by.

The drums on the city wall sounded loudly, and the gate of Maicheng was opened directly.

Then Liu Feng rode out on horseback, holding a spear, shouting, "The great man Liu Feng is here, whoever dares to step forward will die!"

The Wei soldiers were already exhausted after fighting all night, and the cheers of "Reinforcements are coming!" from the top of the city frightened them. At this time, they saw Liu Feng riding out of the city in person. How could they tell the truth from the false?

The darkness increased the panic of the Wei soldiers. Even Xu Huang's orders from the central army could not stop the Wei soldiers from fleeing in panic.

Liu Feng rode his horse straight ahead, holding a 10-foot-long spear in his hand. Anyone who hit someone would be injured, and anyone who stabbed someone would be killed. He was like an unmanned warrior.

"Xu Gongming, do you dare to step forward and fight?"

(End of this chapter)