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

Chapter 26: Letter to Guan Ping, Liu Feng reveals the secret for the first time
Although Mi Fang's surrender was unexpected, it was also related to Guan Yu's carelessness and falling into Lu Meng and Lu Xun's trap of feigning illness and showing weakness.

These days, Liu Feng has been repeatedly weighing the pros and cons.

After taking control of the military power, Liu Feng no longer focused on competing for power with Meng Da, and he was able to do more.

Liu Feng distributed the fortifications outside Fangling City to the laborers recruited from the city.

Liu Feng appointed Li Fu as the temporary commander of the 4,000 soldiers who returned from Zigui, and led some soldiers to Jingshan between Fangling and Linju to build strongholds along the Ju River.

Liu Feng deployed twelve strongholds along the more than 200 miles of mountain road.

The distance between the outposts is set according to the ruggedness of the road, with the farthest ones being about twenty miles apart and the closest ones being about six miles apart.

The strongholds were also required to store food, fodder, firewood and other marching supplies.

In addition to the previous arrangement for Deng Xian to go to Linju to borrow grain, the purpose of all this was to open up the passage from Fangling to Maicheng.

It is now early September.

Ten days had passed since Guan Yu flooded the seven armies.

Ten days were enough time for Cao Cao in Chang'an and Sun Quan in Jianye to learn the information that Guan Yu had captured Yu Jin, killed Pang De, and captured more than 30,000 Wei soldiers.

If Liu Feng guessed correctly.

Cao Cao and Sun Quan now both have the idea of joining forces to deal with Guan Yu.

Taking advantage of the weather to flood the seven armies was an unexpected surprise, and Guan Yu’s best strategy should be to quit while he was ahead.

If Liu Feng was Guan Yu, in addition to taking Yu Jin and more than 30,000 captives back to Jiangling City, he would also send an envoy to Jianye to provoke Sun Quan: Guan I have captured Yu Jin, do you need Guan to send troops to help you capture Hefei?
This would not only prevent Sun Quan from seeing any chance of a sneak attack, but would also make Sun Quan so angry that he would go and attack Hefei.

Unfortunately.

Liu Feng's idea was doomed to fail.

Guan Yu, who had been in Jingzhou for many years, finally waited for the right time. In one battle, he captured Yu Jin, killed Pang De, and captured more than 30,000 Wei soldiers.

The time is right now, it is almost impossible to ask Guan Yu to withdraw his troops!

This is like when you are sixty years old and face a million cash in front of you, and someone tells you that this million cash is too hot to hold, but it will not be hot if you wait a few years.

Only a ghost would believe it!

Who knows if he will still be alive in a few years!

Guan Yu is old.

Guan Yu didn’t know whether the next “right time” would come, nor did he know whether he would be able to raise his sword when the next “right time” came.

This time, with the help of Han River, Yu Jin and more than 30,000 of his men were captured alive, which was Guan Yu's closest chance to success.

With success and fame just around the corner, Guan Yu would not easily withdraw his troops!
After thinking for a long time, Liu Feng stopped and looked at Deng Fu: "Sir Deng, if Cao Cao and Sun Quan attack together, will you help Cao or me?"

Deng Fu was shocked and quickly stated: "I will definitely help the general, and will never help Cao Cao!"

"Very good!" Liu Feng returned to his seat and sat down, then picked up his pen to write a letter.

After a while.

Liu Feng handed the written letter to Deng Fu and said, "Send someone to deliver this letter to Nanxiang, saying that Kuai Qi died in the chaos and that the people of Fangling all wanted to return to Wei. They dared not act rashly because of Guan Yu's power. If Guan Yu retreated, you would lead the people of Fangling to return to Wei."

Deng Fu understood what he meant: "General, are you asking me to pretend to surrender?"

Liu Feng nodded: "I guess so. You can send a smart one to make the Wei generals in the south believe that you have the motive to surrender."

Liu Feng only said half of it.

On the surface, this was a false surrender plan, but in reality it was to find out in advance whether the Wei generals in the south had any intention of launching a surprise attack on Fangling.

When Liu Feng didn't want to concentrate on rescuing Guan Yu, a Wei general suddenly appeared and took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Fangling.

The purpose of showing your cards is not simply to expose your own cards, but to let the other party play according to your ideas after seeing your cards.

At this moment, Deng Fu no longer felt happy about the good news from Fancheng.

If Cao Cao and Sun Quan really join forces, then the disaster at Fangling will be imminent, which is indeed a cause for worry rather than joy.

"I will follow the general's orders." Deng Fu took Liu Feng's letter, hid it carefully and left.

After Deng Fu left, Shen Shu whispered, "General, don't you worry that Deng Fu will surrender to Cao Wei because he is afraid of disaster?"

It is not uncommon for false surrender to turn into real surrender.

Shen Shu herself was the tool of Shen Dan's beauty trap in the past, and now she has become Liu Feng's favorite concubine.

Putting herself in his shoes, it is reasonable for Shin Suk to suspect Deng Fu.

"There's no point in worrying. If even Deng Fu can't see my hope of defending the Mausoleum, it's reasonable for him to surrender to Cao Wei."

Liu Feng saw this very clearly.

No matter it was Fangling Prefect Deng Fu or the brothers Shen Dan and Shen Yi from Shangyong and Xicheng, all they wanted was stability and to save their lives.

Liu Feng and Deng Fu had only known each other for less than half a month.

It is obviously impossible to make Deng Fu swear allegiance to death in just half a month. Verbal allegiance is far less important than actual interests.

As long as Deng Fu was certain that Liu Feng could defend the Mausoleum, even if he sent people to surrender for real, it would eventually become a false surrender.

The same reason.

If Deng Fu is certain that Liu Feng cannot defend the mausoleum, even if he is ordered to pretend to surrender now, it will eventually become a real surrender.

Liu Feng did not suspect Deng Fu.

There are more important things to do right now.

Liu Feng asked Shen Shu to grind it, and then he picked up his pen and wrote two more letters.

One of the letters was sent to Guan Yu in the name of congratulations.

The other one was sent to Guan Ping in the name of a private message.

Liu Feng finally decided to "reveal the secret" to Guan Yu in a more tactful way.

In the letter to Guan Yu, he praised Guan Yu highly, using words of praise such as "awe-inspiring far and wide", "a master in military operations", and "unparalleled throughout the ages".

In short, it can be summed up in two words: crazy.

The letter to Guan Ping was more pragmatic, expressing his concerns about the war situation in Jingzhou:
[I heard that the former general captured Yu Jin and his more than 30,000 followers. I am happy for the former general's great victory. However, after this battle, the situation in Jingzhou will become more dangerous.

If Cao Cao heard that Yu Jin was captured, he would definitely mobilize troops from Guanzhong and Huainan to rush to Fancheng, and would most likely persuade Sun Quan to share Jingzhou with him.

Sun Quan had coveted Jingzhou for many years, but he did not dare to act rashly because he was afraid of his former general.

If Sun Quan heard that the former general had flooded the Wei army, he would be frightened and would join forces with Cao Cao.

I know that the former general must have taken precautions against Sun Quan. He not only has the fortified cities of Jiangling and Gong'an and beacon towers along the river to give warnings, but also has heavy troops guarding the various passes and intersections.

However, military operations require flexibility and timing.

"The Book of Han" says, "Those who rely on the size of their country and the number of their people in order to show off their power to the enemy are called arrogant soldiers, and arrogant soldiers will be destroyed." "Han Feizi" also says, "A thousand-mile long dam can be breached by a single ant hole." Never underestimate your opponent.

If I were Sun Quan, I would definitely follow the example of King Zhaoxiang of Qin who openly used Wang He and secretly used Bai Qi in the Battle of Changping, or I would follow the example of King Wei of Qi who openly used Tian Ji and secretly used Sun Bin in the Battle of Maling. I would first show weakness to the front general, and then take advantage of the fact that the front general was busy advancing northward to expand the results of the battle and had to withdraw troops from the rear, and then launch a surprise attack.

If I were Cao Cao, if I saw that Sun Quan was willing to launch a surprise attack, I would secretly leak the news to General Qian. Not only could I lift the siege of Fancheng, but I could also make General Qian and Sun Quan like two horses with their bridles tied, mutually hostile and unable to move, and then I could reap the benefits.

I know that the former general has always disliked me and is afraid that I will threaten Adou's position. However, state affairs should not be neglected due to personal feelings. My dispute with Adou is only within the wall, while my father's dispute with Cao Cao and Sun Quan is outside the wall.

Even if brothers are at odds with each other, they should first defend themselves against external insults.

I hope that after reading my letter, Brother Tanzhi will choose an appropriate time to give kind advice to the former general; if we lose Jiangling, it will be too late to regret.

If things don't go well and we really lose Jiangling, we can go through Jingshan and follow the Ju River into Fangling, and then come up with a better plan.

If Jiangling has not been lost, do not show this letter to the former general easily.]

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