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

Chapter 25: Victory from Fancheng, Guan Yu floods the Seven Armies
After Meng Da and Deng Xian were transferred from Fangling, the remaining military officers lost their backbone and their positions became wavering.

In order to show his loyalty to Liu Feng, Li Fu actively traveled back and forth between various fortifications.

Under Li Fu's lobbying, most of the military marquises and captains who were wavering in their positions expressed their intention to allegiance to Liu Feng.

Liu Feng showed no mercy to the remaining small group who were unwilling to submit and wanted to incite the soldiers to neglect their fortifications.

Those who should be punished should be punished, and those who should be replaced should be replaced.

Without Meng Da and Deng Xian in Fangling, this small group of military marquises and captains could not cause any trouble at all. Instead, they became the unlucky guys used by Liu Feng to enforce military discipline.

At the same time, Liu Feng sent people to deliver mutton soup that had been stewed for three consecutive days to various fortifications to drive away the cold, in order to calm the soldiers' resentment from days of hard work.

Either grace or power.

Within a few days, the 4,000 soldiers Meng Da brought from Zigui were completely under the control of Liu Feng.

Even if Meng Da returned to Fangling at this time, it would be difficult for him to incite the soldiers to disobey Liu Feng in secret.

Although Meng Da had given a lot of benefits in the past, Liu Feng was giving more benefits now.

The status and position are here.

As a lieutenant general, Meng Da could certainly not be compared with Liu Feng, the adopted son of King of Hanzhong and deputy general.

"Drive! Drive! Drive!"

The horse gallops like a horse stepping on a flying swallow.

A horseman came hurriedly from outside the city.

The knight went straight into the east gate and galloped to the prefect's mansion.

After seeing Fangling Governor Deng Fu, the knight shouted excitedly: "Governor, a great victory was won in Fancheng. The former general flooded the Wei army ten days ago and captured the Wei general Yu Jin and his 30,000 soldiers alive."

Deng Fu stood up in shock and stared at the knight in disbelief: "Are you serious?"

The knight couldn't hide his excitement: "The news has spread around Fancheng. Even the cowherds in the countryside know about it. It must be the former general who spread it intentionally."

Deng Fu clapped his hands and laughed: "Good! Good! Good! The former general won a great victory in Fancheng, and Fangling has nothing to worry about!"

After carefully inquiring about the details of the knight, Deng Fu hurried to the military camp to meet Liu Feng.

"General, good news!"

Deng Fu looked excited.

At this time, Liu Feng was checking the army's food and supplies accounts with Shen Shu.

Originally, this should have been done by the chief clerk Deng Fan.

Now Deng Fan was recruiting mountain people and barbarians between Shangyong and Xicheng and could not spare time to come to Fangling. Liu Feng had no one available for the time being, so he taught Shen Shu how to manage the accounts of food and supplies.

Shin Suk was trained by Shin Dan since she was young, and in addition to singing and dancing, she was also able to read and write.

The popularization of writing in the Han Dynasty only had class differences but no gender differences. For example, Ban Zhao was a famous female historian, Cai Yan was a female writer, Zhen Mi was known as a female doctor, and so on.

With Shen Shu's help in managing the accounts of food and supplies, Liu Feng could also devote more energy to handling more complicated military affairs.

Seeing Deng Fu coming excitedly, Liu Feng couldn't help but ask with a smile, "What is the matter with Deng Fu so happy about?"

Deng Fu said excitedly: "A great victory in Fancheng! The former general flooded the Wei army ten days ago, captured Wei general Yu Jin and his 30,000 soldiers alive, and wiped out all the troops deployed by Cao Ren outside the city."

"I believe that it won't be long before the former general will be able to capture Fancheng."

"Fang Ling is worry-free now!"

Deng Fu was very happy.

Liu Feng has been repairing fortifications outside Fangling City these days, which makes Deng Fu very worried.

The small city of Fangling cannot withstand a major war.

Deng Fu was afraid that this war would not only destroy the land and houses accumulated by his ancestors, but also bring disaster to the people in the city.

But now, Guan Yu flooded the Wei army in Fancheng, captured Yu Jin and his 30,000-plus soldiers alive, and directly crippled Cao Ren in Fancheng.

How could Cao Ren, who had become a cripple and could barely protect himself, dare to attack Fangling?
however.

When Liu Feng heard this, his face no longer had a smile on it but instead became more serious.

Guan Yu's flooding of seven armies in Fancheng was the turning point of the entire Battle of Xiangfan.

Although Guan Yu captured Yu Jin, killed Pang De and captured more than 30,000 people including Yu Jin with the help of the flood of Han River, taking advantage of the right time, place and people is one of the ways of using troops.

This does not mean we can belittle Guan Yu's ability in commanding troops.

Liu Feng would not doubt Guan Yu's ability to command troops, just as Sun Quan and Lu Meng would not doubt Guan Yu's ability to command troops.

Why did Lu Meng often urge Sun Quan to seize Jingzhou?
There is only one reason: Guan Yu is too strong!

It was so strong that Lu Meng was sure that if Guan Yu did not die, Jiangdong would be in danger of collapse.

After Guan Yu flooded seven armies in Fancheng, Lu Meng's theory of Guan Yu as a threat was further deepened.

Even Lu Xun, who was supervising the government in Wuhu, made a special trip to see Lu Meng and advised Lu Meng to take advantage of Guan Yu's unpreparedness and launch a surprise attack on him.

Sun Quan even gave up the opportunity to attack Hefei and was determined to launch a surprise attack on Jingzhou in order to realize Lu Meng's strategic intention of "stationing in Jiangling and Baidi City in the west to defend against Liu Bei, and stationing in Xiangyang and Fancheng in the north to defend against Cao Cao."

This series of reactions was due to the fact that Guan Yu was too strong.

No one fears the weak, only the strong can be feared.

Deng Fu saw that Liu Feng looked serious and worried, and wondered, "General, do you think the battle in Fancheng is fake?"

Liu Feng shook his head gently: "No. It rained heavily for more than ten days, and the Han River overflowed. I am not surprised that the general used his military skills to flood the Wei army with the power of the Han River."

Deng Fu was even more puzzled: "Since the general believes that this war is real, why is he worried instead of happy?"

Liu Feng stroked his beard and sighed: "Zhuangzi once said that Mao Qiang and Li Ji are the most beautiful things in the world. When fish see them, they dive deep, birds see them and fly high, and deer see them and run away. Which of these four knows the true beauty of the world?"

"The former general's flooding of the Wei army in Fancheng is certainly a cause for celebration, but it is not a good thing for Cao Cao and Sun Quan."

"Misfortune is approaching, and it is difficult to be happy when there is worry."

Deng Fu’s smile froze.

Deng Fu had also read this sentence of Zhuangzi, which said: Mao Qiang and Li Ji were beauties praised by people, but when fish saw them, they dived deep into the water, when birds saw them, they flew high into the sky, and when deer saw them, they withdrew their four hooves and fled quickly. Among the four, human, fish, bird and deer, who can understand the true beauty of the world?
"General, are you worried that Cao Cao will raise another army to rescue Fancheng, and that Sun Quan in Jiangdong may also send troops to help Cao?" Deng Fu felt his lips trembling as he made this inference.

As a local powerful family, Deng Fu has also encountered many families who said one thing in front of him and another behind his back, and they would often stab him in the back at critical moments.

The reason is simple and direct: they are afraid that you are too strong, so they want to kill you first before it happens.

Even Deng Fu himself did something similar in the process of making his fortune.

This is human nature.

Society is not a fairy tale either.

As long as there are conflicts of interest, there will inevitably be conflicts and differences in interests.

At the very least, it will be peaceful negotiations, at the worst, it will be a fight to the death.

After making this inference, Deng Fu felt his heart almost rose to his throat.

Once Cao Cao and Sun Quan join forces, not only Jingzhou will be in danger, but Fangling will also be in danger.

Could it be that the deputy general moved his troops to Fangling to repair fortifications in order to prevent future dangers in Fangling?

Liu Feng did not answer, but stood up and paced back and forth.

If even Deng Fu could see the situation clearly, it was impossible for Guan Yu not to understand it.

However, Guan Yu was still defeated.

(End of this chapter)