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

Chapter 22 Meng Daren is numb, I am about to be sidelined
Looking at Deng Xian's back as he left angrily, Li Fu couldn't help but frown.

Deng Xian suddenly came to question Li Fu, which made Li Fu feel uneasy.

This means that Meng Da has become suspicious of himself!

Once the seeds of doubt fall into the soil, they will inevitably take root and sprout.

If Li Fu wanted to dispel Meng Da's suspicion, he had to make some statement, and this statement would inevitably offend Liu Feng.

If Li Fu offended Liu Feng, he would not have a good life either.

Thinking of this, Li Fu couldn't help but feel angry.

He was angry at Deng Xian's aggressiveness and also angry at Meng Da's suspicion.

Thinking of Liu Feng's words, "When the great war breaks out, your achievements will allow you to advance further and be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general," Li Fu's desire to abandon Meng Da and join Liu Feng became stronger and stronger.

"Since the general is unkind and suspicious of me, why should I remember the general's old kindness?" Li Fu clenched his fists.

Once I decide, I will do it.

Li Fu became ruthless, so when Liu Feng was on his routine inspection of the fortifications, he told Liu Feng all about Deng Xian's purpose and Meng Da's original intention.

"Please forgive me, Deputy General. I had no intention of deceiving you. It was only because General Meng helped me that I listened to General Meng's words and disobeyed your orders."

"Now, General Meng has asked his nephew Deng Xian to come to this lieutenant to question him and to pressure him with words. This lieutenant knows that he has offended General Meng and will not be able to survive in the army in the future. He is willing to abandon General Meng and join the deputy general."

"Please, Deputy General, have mercy on me for my determination to die for the Han people and protect me. I am willing to die for you, Deputy General!"

Liu Feng was quite surprised by Li Fu's sudden loyalty.

Originally, Liu Feng planned to take it slow and take advantage of the opportunity to build fortifications and disperse the 4,000 soldiers during this period to emulate Liu Bei in showing kindness and building up power among the lower-level soldiers.

Ultimately, the goal was achieved by sidelining Meng Da and completely taking control of these 4,000 soldiers.

Unexpectedly, punishing Deng Xian with twenty lashes actually had an unexpected effect.

Compared with Li Fu, Deng Xian's ability was indeed very ordinary, so ordinary that he disappeared after surrendering to Cao Wei.

The historians, who were very frugal with their words, disdained to mention Deng Xian's name again.

But for Liu Feng.

The stupider things Deng Xian did, the more benefits Liu Feng received.

Mr. Lei’s five golden words, “Competitors are idiots,” are a thought-provoking aphorism in any era.

Novels may require logic, but reality is very magical.

For example, the magical operation of a certain brother-in-law in Jiangling City, if it were not recorded in history but fabricated by Luo Guanzhong in his novel, that magical plot alone would make Luo Guanzhong be criticized as a fool.

Seeing Li Fu's humble attitude, Liu Feng said: "Captain Li, the army has its own laws. Without my military order, even General Meng cannot punish you without reason within his authority."

"I am very happy that you are willing to die for the Han Dynasty. I also hope that there will be more military marquises and lieutenants in the army who can swear to die for the Han Dynasty like you."

Li Fu understood the deep meaning of Liu Feng's words and said hurriedly, "Thank you for your support, General! I have a few good friends in the army and would like to lobby for you, General."

Liu Feng promised without hesitation: "I am the adopted son of the King of Hanzhong, the only elder brother of the Crown Prince, and now I am also the Deputy General of the Army."

"Even if I don't have the merit of beheading a general, seizing a flag, or being the first to break into a battle array, it won't affect my future title of nobility and appointment as a general."

"So I am different from other generals. As long as you are willing to fight bravely, you will get the same military merits."

When ordinary soldiers make contributions, most of the merits will be shared with their superiors. This has become an unwritten rule in the military.

of course.

If you are brave enough, you may have the opportunity to show your bravery in front of your boss's boss like Dong Tianbao, and you may also be promoted as an exception.

Liu Feng's promise shocked Li Fu.

If Li Fu, who followed Meng Da, wanted to be promoted, he had to help Meng Da to be promoted first. Therefore, if Li Fu had any military merits, he had to first offer most of them to Meng Da.

Only when Meng Da was promoted did Li Fu have the qualifications to be promoted. But Liu Feng was different.

Given his identity and status, Liu Feng's promotion was not the ordinary way of being awarded a title for military merit.

This means that Liu Feng has the same advantage as Huo Qubing: he is born rich.

Because he was born rich, Liu Feng only needed to consider how to win the battle, and did not need to consider how to accumulate military merits and get promoted as quickly as Meng Da.

Therefore.

Liu Feng had no need to covet the military merits of the soldiers in his military academy.

Being able to get a promotion without having to contribute most of the military merits and just having to fight bravely against the enemy was more meaningful to Li Fu than verbal protection.

Li Fu was overjoyed and bowed again: "I thank the deputy general for his advice. I will never forget this favor."

The same words expressed in different situations have different meanings.

Compared to last time, Li Fu was more sincere this time.

Li Fu does what he says.

He secretly contacted his friends and fellow townsmen who served as military marquises and captains in the army to express their loyalty to Liu Feng.

And on the other side.

Deng Xian returned to Meng Da angrily, and even exaggerated the rudeness and humiliation of Li Fu.

"General, Li Fu is proud of his position as a high official of Liu Feng, and he has insulted me in every way, saying that I am a lieutenant because of your nephew and that I do not have the ability to be a lieutenant at all."

"General, Li Fu really betrayed you and secretly defected to Liu Feng."

"This thief is extremely hateful. If he is not punished, how can the general establish his prestige and loyalty in the army in the future?"

After hearing Deng Xian's cry, Meng Da flew into a rage: "How dare you do this, little Li Fu! I treated you well in the past, but you raised an ungrateful person."

Meng Da was so angry.

Not only did Li Fu allow the soldiers to complain about Liu Feng's failure in his plan, but he also defected to Liu Feng!
Meng Da suddenly felt a little regretful.

They should not have agreed to Liu Feng's request for the soldiers to build fortifications that day, otherwise Liu Feng would not have been given the opportunity to split the country.

Meng Da realized it later and understood Liu Feng's intention: he wanted to disperse the 4,000 soldiers under the pretext of building fortifications in order to defeat them one by one.

But now.

Even if Meng Da understood it, he could do nothing about it.

The 4,000 soldiers scattered in more than a dozen places cannot gather together now, so they are unable to put pressure on Liu Feng.

Especially Li Fu’s rebellion made Meng Da even more frightened.

Even Li Fu, Liu Feng's confidant who had been supported for many years, had rebelled. How could other military marquises and captains resist Liu Feng's prestige and kindness?
"I'm about to be sidelined!"

After realizing this, Meng Da's face became extremely gloomy.

Once the military power was taken away, Meng Da would either have to obey Liu Feng obediently or find another way out.

Thinking that the 4,000 soldiers he had nurtured with great effort for many years would be divided and controlled by Liu Feng in less than a month, Meng Da felt his blood boiling and he felt suffocated.

It seemed as if there was a breath of depression stuck in the throat.

I do not know how long it has been.

Meng Da finally released the anger that was stuck in his throat.

However, the depression in the throat was easy to resolve, but Meng Da could not think of a way to resolve Liu Feng's power division in the army.

(End of this chapter)