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

Chapter 37: The Current Situation of Jiangling City: Lack of Food is the Key Problem
To be fair.

Deng Fu did not want the false surrender to turn into real surrender.

Fangling was a frontier city in the battle between Han and Wei, and the most taboo thing was the double-dealing of the defending general.

It may seem very cool to join Han today and Wei tomorrow, but in fact it is like dancing on a tightrope in the air. If you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces.

Even if they are not liquidated during the war, they will definitely be liquidated after the war.

No force will respect an inconsistent person. If there is any, it must be this inconsistent person who has his own troops and is in power.

Deng Fu only had a thousand or so soldiers and was unable to command his own troops.

If Fangling fell, Deng Fu would have only two choices: die in battle and have his wife, children, and clan members humiliated by the Wei soldiers; or surrender and have his wife, children, and clan members sent to Yecheng.

No matter which choice he made, it was not as good as Deng Fu leaving his wife, children and clan members in Fangling to live a comfortable life.

It was thought that Liu Feng would station troops in Fangling while he was repairing the fortifications there, but Liu Feng suddenly announced that he was leaving.

Therefore, Deng Fu was very worried.

Seeing this, Liu Feng said kindly: "I am leaving for a while, but I am not going to come back. Governor Deng also has his troops to guard the city, so there is no need to worry."

Deng Fu said ashamedly, "General, I am not belittling myself. I have only been the governor for two months and have no experience in defending a city. My troops can usually show off their might against ordinary bandits, but if they really encounter Cao's troops, they will probably be defeated in one encounter."

Deng Fu was not talking nonsense.

After all, Kuai Qi had only been dead for two months, and Deng Fu was only appointed as the prefect of Fangling on a temporary basis.

Some of the soldiers in Fangling were Deng Fu's private soldiers and some were Kuai Qi's former soldiers.

Deng Fu himself thought that they were just a group of miscellaneous soldiers.

In terms of combat effectiveness, it's really not good enough.

"Don't panic, I will keep some good people to help you defend the city." Liu Feng had already prepared for this and only told Deng Fu to arrange the autumn harvest with peace of mind.

Fangling was one of the basic cities where Liu Feng had a foothold, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to renovate it. It was impossible for Liu Feng to give up Fangling.

This batch of grain harvested in autumn is also one of the keys to dealing with future wars.

Seeing that Liu Feng had already made arrangements, Deng Fu heaved a sigh of relief and said, "If the general leaves, Cao's spies in the south will surely hear the news and ask about it. How should I respond?"

Liu Feng smiled calmly: "At present, General Cao in Nanxiang is in trouble. Even if he knows that I have left Fangling, he will not be able to do anything."

"To be on the safe side, if they really ask you, you can say that Fangling is a trap. I only sent a thousand people to Fancheng, and the rest are hidden in Jingshan."

sometimes.

No one believes the truth.

No one believes lies.

Stories that are half true and half false make people believe them.

Two days later.

General Li Ping led a thousand soldiers and horses to Fancheng under the banner of Liu Feng.

After that, Liu Feng also went to the twelve strongholds in Jingshan.

Although the stronghold has been under construction for some time, Liu Feng still has to go and inspect it in person to know how the stronghold is going and whether the material preparations are as Liu Feng expected.

It was already early October when we arrived at the twelfth outpost.

Liao Hua also sent someone to reply, saying that Mi Fang had torn up Liu Feng's letter, Pan Jun simply refused to see him, and Lingling Northern Wei Xi Zhen had not yet responded.

Not only that, Mi Fang also angrily accused Liu Feng of privately taking grain from Linju, and was also furious about Liu Feng asking Liao Hua to ask for grain.

According to the description in Liao Hua's letter, Mi Fang was so angry that he even wanted to expel Kou Anguo and his hundred men from the city.

Liu Feng had already anticipated Mi Fang's reaction.

Mi Fang was busy preparing food in Jiangling City, but Liu Feng first took the food from Linju and then asked Liao Hua to come to Jiangling City to ask for food. It would be strange if Mi Fang could be in a good mood.

Correspondingly, Liao Hua's letter also gave Liu Feng a clearer view of the current situation in Jiangling City.

Jiangling City, which has always had sufficient food and grass, is actually short of food!
It had only been three months since Guan Yu sent out his troops from Jiangling. In those three months, he had only added 30,000 surrendered soldiers, and yet he was already short of food. The situation was so serious that he had to take rice from Xiangguan in Sun Quan's territory.

This is extremely unreasonable!

The most likely possibility is that Mi Fang is playing a business game of selling the grain in Jiangling City at a high price and buying it back at a low price.

It so happened that Guan Yu sent out his troops in July, catching Mi Fang off guard and forcing him to resort to the trick of setting fire to the warehouse to temporarily settle the account.

If that were all, Mi Fang could actually handle it.

The difficult part is that Guan Yu actually captured 30,000 Wei soldiers and sent them back to Jiangling City to be resettled by Mi Fang.

Guan Yu is not stupid.

If he didn't know that Jiangling City had enough food reserves to feed these 30,000 surrendered soldiers, why would he really take these 30,000 surrendered soldiers back to Jiangling City to cause trouble for himself?
Mi Fang was completely dumbfounded.

The 30,000 surrendered soldiers arrived at Jiangling City. If they were not taken care of, a mutiny would occur. But there was no food to feed them, and the rations transported to Fancheng could not be insufficient.

Mi Fang could only go to get rice from Xiangguan for emergency relief.

Liu Feng estimated that the merchant from Xiangguan should have had long-term cooperation with Mi Fang.

They say that if you are unlucky, misfortunes never come alone.

Mi Fang never thought that Sun Quan would take this opportunity to send troops.

Rather than saying that it was the taking of rice from Xiangguan that angered Sun Quan, it would be more accurate to say that Sun Quan, seeing that Mi Fang was so anxious to take the rice from Xiangguan, guessed that Jiangling City was short of food.

If you want to capture a strong city quickly, there are usually only two ways: one, an insider opens the gate; two, there is a shortage of food in the city.

As Sun Quan had once attacked Jiangling City during the reign of Zhou Yu, he also knew how difficult it was to capture Jiangling City.

It is very difficult to capture Jiangling City when there is no internal support and the city is not short of food.

Sun Quan had no internal support in Jiangling City, so the first problem was impossible to achieve; but the problem of food shortage in the city was directly placed in front of Sun Quan.

Once the city was surrounded, there was a shortage of food, and the 30,000 surrendered soldiers would cause trouble if they were hungry.

Not to mention asking Mi Fang to defend the city to the death, no one else would be able to defend Jiangling City to the death.

For Sun Quan, this was as good luck as getting a pillow when he was sleepy!

Liu Feng also guessed why Mi Fang chose to open the gate and surrender.

If he did not surrender, the lack of food in the city would cause the surrendered soldiers to mutiniate, and Mi Fang would not only lose the city but also die.

If we surrender, at most we will lose the city, but we can still return to Xichuan in the future.

You can't blame Mi Fang for thinking this way. Before, Liao Li abandoned the city and fled, but not only was he not held accountable, he was also entrusted with an important task by Liu Bei. Mi Fang thought that his relationship with Liu Bei must be stronger than Liao Li's.

Liao Li was not held accountable, and Mi Fang did not think he would be held accountable.

One has two.

Mi Fang would think that this time, just like the demarcation of the Xiang River, Liu Bei and Sun Quan would sit down and discuss how to divide Jingzhou, and then after dividing Jingzhou, everyone would continue to unite to fight Cao Cao.

Mi Fang didn't expect that Sun Quan had no intention of sitting down for peace talks this time, and was ready to kill Guan Yu.

After deducing the current situation of Jiangling City, Liu Feng was glad that he did not rush to Jiangling City in a rush.

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

Without food, even Yuan Shao was so anxious that he abandoned his army at Guandu and fled back to Yecheng alone.

Even if Liu Feng led his troops there with great enthusiasm, he would eventually have to escape in disgrace.

Simultaneously.

Liu Feng also made a more resolute decision.

(End of this chapter)