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

Chapter 24 Meng Da went to Zigui, and Liu Feng finally took control of the military power

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Feng finally stopped hammering: "Forgive me, it's not impossible."

"I have a mission that is very suitable for you, but I don't know if you are willing to obey it."

Deng Xian was as if he had been pardoned. He immediately raised his head and said, "I am willing! Please give the order, General! I will complete the mission at the cost of my life!"

Although he didn't know what kind of military order Liu Feng was going to issue, Deng Xian no longer cared.

Meng Da had been transferred to Zigui to supervise the transportation of grain and grass. What kind of trouble could a small captain like me cause?
Thinking of Liu Feng's merciless twenty lashes and Meng Da's resolute back as he left, Deng Xian felt his heart in his throat.

"Don't be nervous."

Seeing Deng Xian trembling, Liu Feng softened his tone.

"I punished you with twenty lashes because you were not diligent in repairing the fortifications. Without punishment, it would not be enough to correct military discipline."

"Although you have been absent from duty today, you took the initiative to plead guilty and your attitude towards confession was good, so your crime can be reduced by one level."

"The military task I want to give you is not difficult. I will give you 200 soldiers, and you will go to Linju for me and ask Linju Chief Du Pu to lend me grain privately."

Deng Xian was stunned. "Linju belongs to Nanjun. Without the order of Nanjun's governor Mi, how dare Du Pu lend grain to the general privately?"

"What's more, Linju is just a small county with less than 10,000 households, and it can't borrow much grain."

Liu Feng didn't answer, but just tapped the table again.

Deng Xian was terrified and said quickly, "Please forgive me, General. It's not that I don't want to go, but I'm worried that it will hinder your plan."

Cold sweat streamed down his forehead.

Deng Xian's heart, which was in his throat, was beating rapidly.

The pressure brought by Liu Feng is too great!

It was so heavy that Deng Xian could hardly breathe.

After knocking more than twenty times, Liu Feng finally stopped knocking.

"You have a point." Liu Feng took out another letter and handed it to Deng Xian, saying, "If Dupu doesn't want to, you can give this letter to Dupu."

"This man was once defeated by Le Jin through the mountain roads. Although he still stayed in Linju after the war, he basically has no hope of promotion. If you are willing to help me privately, I will not be stingy in helping you."

Deng Xian carefully took the letter and asked, "What if Du Pu still refuses after seeing the general's letter?"

Liu Feng sneered: "Captain Deng, when you were with General Meng, didn't you ever encounter local officials who were unwilling to obey orders? Do I need to teach you this little thing in person?"

Deng Xian was horrified and kowtowed again: "General, please calm down. It is I who am stupid."

Liu Feng waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. If General Meng asks, you can tell the truth."

Deng Xian felt as if he had been pardoned. Only then did he dare to stand up and leave the general's tent on thin ice.

Meng Da, who left early, did not go far, but waited for Deng Xian to come out at the camp gate.

When he saw Deng Xian, Meng Da frowned and asked, "Why did you stay so long? What did Liu Feng tell you?"

Meng Da's intuition told him that Liu Feng was very likely to have promised Deng Xian many benefits in order to alienate the relationship between the uncle and nephew.

Deng Xian glanced at Meng Da, who had a gloomy face, and told him the military affairs that Liu Feng had instructed him to do.

"Liu Feng really asked you to go to Linju to borrow grain?"

Meng Da was surprised.

Although the food and fodder in Fangling is indeed not enough to feed 5,000 soldiers and horses, the problem of insufficient food and fodder can be solved as long as the grain is transported to Fangling via Zigui.

It is totally unnecessary to go through Jingshan, which is full of mountain roads, to Linju to borrow food!
Without the order from Nanjun Prefect Mi Fang, you went to ask the head of Linju to borrow grain privately. What would Mi Fang think?

You are the adopted son of King Hanzhong, and you have extended your hand to Nanjun?
Do you really think I, Mi Fang, am not a human being?

Meng Da frowned again: Liu Feng, what are you planning now?
Deng Xian didn't think much about it and nodded in response: "The deputy general did say so, and he also prepared a letter for me to give to Du Pu." Meng Da stretched out his hand: "Give it to me."

Deng Xian did not dare to refuse and handed the letter to Du Pu to Meng Da.

As Meng Da opened the letter, he said, "The road to Linju is remote and the mountainous roads are extremely difficult to travel. If you lose this letter on the way, it will be bad."

"This letter is not sealed. Liu Feng must have allowed you to read the contents of the letter privately."

Faced with Meng Da's high-sounding reason, Deng Xian remained silent and dared not refute.

Just the next moment.

Deng Xian saw Meng Da's face suddenly change.

"General, what's in the letter?" Deng Xian asked cautiously.

Meng Da's expression kept changing. He rolled up the letter and put it back into the bamboo tube, and warned: "Don't be negligent when you go to Linju this time. You must borrow food and grass according to Liu Feng's instructions."

"Ah?" Deng Xian was stunned, not understanding why Meng Da's attitude changed so quickly.

The corners of Meng Da's mouth were slightly raised.

In the letter Liu Feng wrote to Du Pu, he wrote, "General Meng Da is highly regarded by my father. He is now temporarily in Fangling to help me command the troops. If you lend me grain, you are lending it to Meng Da. When General Meng enters Jingzhou in the future, how could he not remember your contribution today?"

I also thought of what I had heard from Shangyong Governor Shen Dan: "The former general is old, and my father intends to let General Meng take over as the former general, but he is afraid that General Meng will not be able to convince the people, so he asked me to come to Shangyong to observe General Meng's ability."

Meng Da only felt that the grievances he had suffered in recent days had dissipated a lot.

"Even if there are slanders from villains, the king still respects me very much!" The pride on Meng Da's face could hardly be suppressed.

Deng Xian was even more confused.

General, you are so jumpy that I, your nephew, am very confused.

Subconsciously, Deng Xian wanted to open the bamboo tube to read the contents of Liu Feng's letter but was stopped by Meng Da.

Meng Da scolded him lightly: "This is a letter from the deputy general to Linju Governor Du Pu. How dare you peek? Go to Linju quickly and don't let the deputy general's plan get in the way."

Deng Xian’s eyes widened.

Am I right?
It was you, General, who just said that I could read the letter, and it is also you, General, who is telling me not to peek now.

What shocked Deng Xian even more was that Meng Da actually called him "Deputy General" in private instead of calling him "Liu Feng" directly.

Meng Da didn't explain much to Deng Xian.

With these two things confirmed, Meng Da already believed in his heart that Liu Bei intended to let him move into Jingzhou to replace Guan Yu.

Meng Da’s previous suppression of Liu Feng is understandable.

after all.

As Liu Feng came to Shangyong to "observe Meng Da's ability", Meng Da targeted him as soon as he arrived in Shangyong. No one would be in a good mood.

Even so, Liu Feng was willing to regard the previous fight as a misunderstanding in the general's tent, and was willing to "turn swords into plowshares" and resolve all past grudges.

He also stated in a letter to Dupu that "General Meng Da is highly valued by my father."

People are weird sometimes.

You may not necessarily believe what you hear in person, but you can often be convinced by what you learn in private.

Looking at Meng Da walking away, Deng Xian looked at the bamboo tube containing the letter in his hand and hesitated.

finally.

Deng Xian couldn't help but be curious and took out the letter.
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