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

Chapter 34 Liu Feng decided to send troops, I will defy fate

"Let me think about it."

Liu Feng was not angry because of Liao Hua's impatience.

Although there is a joke in later generations that "there is no general in Shu without Liao Hua as the vanguard", Liao Hua was a loyal and filial man who faked his death and carried his mother on his back all day and night to travel west after Guan Yu was defeated.

Most people find it difficult to be both loyal and filial, but Liao Hua managed to take both into account.

Just because of this loyalty and filial piety, Liu Feng would not get angry because of Liao Hua's words.

Liu Feng quickly recalled the historical materials related to Liao Hua and the Battle of Xiangfan.

Liao Hua was not captured in Linju along with Guan Yu, Guan Ping, Zhao Lei and others. Instead, he returned to Wu first, pretended to be dead, and then carried his mother on his back and traveled west day and night to Zigui to meet Liu Bei.

It is unclear where Liao Hua was when Guan Yu was captured.

Just based on the speculation of "faking death" and "carrying his mother on his back", it is very likely that Liao Hua was in Jiangling City at that time.

This means that Liao Hua was most likely in Jiangling City when Lu Meng broke into Jiangling, and was only affected because Mi Fang surrendered the city.

Considering that after Mi Fang surrendered, some officials in Jiangling City also organized a resistance, Liu Feng smelled an opportunity.

[Perhaps, we can use Liao Hua to make another move in this Xiangfan chess game.]

Liu Feng thought secretly.

In Liu Feng's main plan, the strategic guiding principle was "saving people and losing land, and both people and land will be preserved."

Giving up Jiangling City was not because Liu Feng was unaware of its importance, but rather a choice made after weighing the pros and cons.

When you are weak, you cannot just do things based on your passion and unwillingness to obey.

If Guan Yu insisted on transferring troops from Nanjun to expand the results of the battle, it would be almost impossible for Liu Feng to defend the three counties of Shangyong and Jiangling City at the same time with only 5,000 troops in Fangling, under the noses of Sun Quan's tens of thousands of naval troops and Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops in Guanzhong.

The most important thing is: Liu Feng does not have the command of the Jingzhou army.

Without command authority, one can only persuade privately.

If you persuade them privately, people will react like Liao Hua:
"Jiangling City is fortified." "Mi Taishou has been with the king for a long time, he will not abandon the city and flee like Liao Li did." "Give Sun Quan a year, can he capture Jiangling City?"

With such a reaction, even if Liu Feng had great foresight, it would be of no avail.

In order to take the initiative in the entire Xiangfan chess game, Liu Feng must focus and give up.

In Liu Feng's opinion, Guan Yu never sought death after his defeat in Maicheng.

According to historical records, after the loss of Jiangling City and the disarray of his soldiers, Guan Yu still wanted to go through Linju to Fangling and then take a detour back to Baidi City. He even wrote a letter to Sun Quan to "surrender". However, his "false surrender plan" was discovered by Wu Fan, who was by Sun Quan's side, and Lu Xun attacked Zigui, cutting off Guan Yu's way back to the west.

Based on Liu Feng's understanding of Guan Yu from his two lifetimes, he didn't believe that Guan Yu would commit suicide out of shame and anger because of a failure.

How did Guan Yu work hard to get to where he is today?
Is it such a fragile mentality that one would commit suicide out of shame and anger after defeat?
impossible!

Guan Yu was defeated many times.

It doesn't matter this time at all.

For military strategists, victory and defeat are common.

As long as people are around, they can make a comeback.

Guan Yu was a fugitive from Hedong, but after repeated defeats he was able to defeat the combined forces of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, two forces that had been hostile to each other for more than ten years. His psychological quality is simply incomparable to that of ordinary people.

Although he was arrogant, Guan Yu's tenacity was rare in the world.

Therefore.

Compared with defending Jiangling City, Liu Feng focused more on defending the three counties of Shangyong and keeping a survival route for Guan Yu.

the difference is.

Compared to when Liu Feng just awakened his memory, Liu Feng has changed from a "supervisor" to a "commander" in the battle with Meng Da. From initially only being able to command a thousand men in his own army, he can now command an additional 3,000 men from the three counties of Shangyong and the 4,000 men Meng Da brought from Zigui.

With 8,000 soldiers under his actual control, Liu Feng can naturally do more.

He pondered for a long time.

Liu Feng looked up and gave Liao Hua an affirmative answer: "I can send troops."

After Liao Hua's frown relaxed, Liu Feng continued, "It's just that Fangling County is short of food and grass. If I send troops, I have to go to Zigui to get food to support the use."

"But now I have detained Fan You, the governor of Yidu, for losing military rations, and there is no one in charge of Yidu."

"Therefore, you can ask the former general to issue a decree with the authority of the imperial court: order Meng Da to temporarily take over as the governor of Yidu, and supervise the military and political affairs of the four counties of Yidu, and allow him to act according to circumstances."

Since Liu Feng's consideration was not wrong, Liao Hua's response was straightforward: "I will send someone to Fancheng later to apply for a warrant from General Qian. General Liu can send his troops first."

Liu Feng said again: "I have one more thing."

Liao Hua couldn't help but said, "General Liu, if you have something to say, you might as well say it all at once."

Liu Feng chuckled, "Don't worry, Liao Zhubu, this is the only thing. I was short of food a few days ago, so I borrowed a lot of food from Linju Chang Du Pu privately."

"Before you came to Fangling, I had just returned from Jingshan. There were many mountain tribes in Jingshan who were short of food for the winter, and Fan You's military rations were also robbed."

"In the past, Le Jin once went through Jingshan and entered Linju, forcing the former general to withdraw his troops from Xiangyang. In order to prevent Cao's general from repeating the same trick, I went deep into Jingshan and reached an agreement with the mountain people: I would provide food to form a volunteer army of mountain people to maintain peace in the area and prevent Cao's generals from taking advantage of the opportunity to borrow the road in the future."

"It's just that this plan can't keep up with the changes. Before I agreed to the mountain man, I didn't know that the former general wanted me to send troops to help. Although there are grain transported from Zigui, but the food is still in short supply."

"If I fail to fulfill my promise to the mountain people, not only will it be a breach of trust, but it will also make Zigui's food supply unstable again."

"Therefore, I hope that Liao Zhubu can go through Jiangling City to transport some food to Linju."

"This is to return the food I owe to the head of Linju, and also to fulfill my promise to the mountain people."

Liao Hua frowned again: "The front line is in urgent need of military rations. How can I deliver them to you? General Liu, you are not trying to use this as an excuse to not send troops?"

Liu Feng shook his head: "Master Liao has misunderstood. Since I have agreed to send troops, I will not look for excuses."

"But I have to fulfill my promise to the mountain people. The people of Shangyong County have not yet attached themselves to me. If I make enemies with the mountain people of Jingshan, my rear will be unstable and there will be endless troubles."

Liao Hua's brows furrowed even more tightly.

Liu Feng maintained a gentle attitude from beginning to end, which forced Liao Hua to carefully consider the conditions proposed by Liu Feng.

a long time.

Liao Hua responded, "In the grain demand order sent by the former general to Jiangling City, there is a quota for grain allocation. I cannot promise grain now."

"General Liu can send out his troops first. I will do my best to bring food to General Liu."

"Even if Governor Mi refuses to give us food, I can make the decision to exempt the governor of Linju from lending food to General Liu, and then give General Liu some of the food shipped to Fancheng."

"But General Liu has to return the food to me after Zigui delivers it."

Liao Hua was the former general's chief clerk, so he still had some power to take advantage of the situation.

Liu Feng was not embarrassed and bowed his hands in thanks, saying, "Then I'll have to trouble Liao Zhubu."

"Master Liao must be tired after coming so far. You can take a rest today. I will prepare a fast horse and boat for you tomorrow."

Liao Hua did not object to Liu Feng's arrangement, but only asked again: "When is General Liu going to send out his troops?"

Liu Feng replied: "In three days, I will send General Li Ping to lead a thousand vanguards to Fancheng."

　Tomorrow is Tuesday, please read it again on Tuesday. Currently ranked 10th in the category, please let me move up one more place so that I can see it on the first page.

　　
　
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