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

Chapter 62 Seeing through Sun Quan's true strength, Liu Feng's counterattack
Zhao Lei looked ashamed. "After entering the city, these people started to spread rumors everywhere, saying that after entering Jiangling City, Lü Meng did not harm the people at all, and even showed concern for the families of the generals and soldiers, sending them food and medicine. By the time I found out, I don't know how many people had spread the rumor."

"General, this is my fault. I accept the punishment."

This happened when Liu Feng left the city.

Zhao Lei cannot escape blame.

"The villain's instigative intention is really omnipresent. I did not expect this, and it is not the fault of Governor Zhao." Liu Feng sneered and did not blame Zhao Lei.

Liu Feng did not expect that Lu Meng would be both open and secretive. Not only did he treat Dong Hui warmly in an attempt to incite him to rebel, he also secretly used the families of the generals.

Looking at these frightened young men, Liu Feng smiled gently again: "You are eager to find your relatives, so it is understandable that you were deceived by Lu Meng. However, the law cannot be abolished. The death penalty for disturbing the morale of the army can be waived, but the punishment for living cannot be escaped. I will punish you to carry water in the camp."

The young men quickly agreed to accept the punishment.

They are all sons of military officers and soldiers, so these young men are not ignorant of everything.

Liu Feng was already showing mercy beyond the law.

Zhao Lei also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked the soldiers around him to take the young men away. He then asked Liu Feng, "I know that the general sympathizes with the difficulty of finding the families of the young men, but now the morale of the army has been affected. What can we do?"

Liu Feng's eyes were slightly stern: "It's just a trick of the thief. Since it has been spread, there is no need to hide it from the soldiers."

Zhao Lei was surprised: "If we don't conceal it, some soldiers might escape."

Liu Feng smiled calmly: "It is natural for the soldiers to go and look for their relatives. It is a moral obligation. Why do they have to run away?"

"A message was released in the name of the Lord, saying that the messenger sent by the Lord had confirmed that the families of the soldiers were not in danger for the time being. However, Sun Quan was in disharmony, and many Wu generals were dissatisfied with Lü Meng's military orders that did not harm anyone, and tried to provoke fighting and looting.

Now there is a villain who takes advantage of our young age and ignorance and lies that you are sending envoys to challenge us to war in an attempt to stir up trouble. After you know this, you send envoys to Jiangling City again, just to promise conditions to Sun Quan in order to protect the families of the soldiers.

However, the prince was worried that the Wu generals other than Lu Meng in the city would cause trouble again. He also knew that there were soldiers who missed their relatives, and he could not bear to destroy the moral ethics, so he ordered those who wanted to go to Jiangling City to visit their relatives to ask for leave and go.

After finding your relatives, you can stay in Jiangling City to protect them, waiting for the prince to negotiate with Sun Quan to resolve the dispute; tell the soldiers that the prince would rather give up Jiangling City than ruin the lives of the soldiers' families. "

Zhao Lei was even more shocked: "General, if you give such an order, many soldiers will ask for leave, and the morale of the army will be seriously damaged."

"It is better to use military orders to force the soldiers to leave. We can falsely claim that Sun Quan treated the soldiers' families harshly. Sun Quan once massacred the Jiangxia people. The soldiers will surely be afraid of Sun Quan. This will arouse their sympathy for the soldiers."

Liu Feng shook his head: "Lies cannot stand the test. Even if I use military orders to suppress them, won't some soldiers escape? If you catch a deserter, will you behead him as a warning to others or release him?"

"Telling a lie requires multiple lies to fill the hole; instead of doing that, it is better to be honest, which can not only satisfy the soldiers' longing for their loved ones, but also make Sun Quan in Jiangling City sleep uneasy."

"Why not do it?"

Zhao Lei suddenly realized: "General, do you want to use the soldiers who went to Jiangling City as internal support?"

Liu Feng smiled coldly: "I didn't issue a military order to 'let the soldiers in Jiangling City serve as traitors'. As for whether Sun Quan in Jiangling City would make such assumptions, it depends on whether Sun Quan is magnanimous enough."

"The victory or defeat of a war cannot be determined by one or two tricks. Since I failed to prevent Lu Meng's trick, I will use his trick against me and make Sun Quan suspicious."

"Sun Quan knew that my troops were in Maicheng but he did not send troops to attack us. Instead, he ordered Lu Meng to attack our hearts. This may seem clever, but it actually exposed Sun Quan's true strength in Jiangling City."

"Jiangling is a big city. In addition to Sun Quan's army, there are also 30,000 surrendered soldiers from Yu Jin's army, several thousand surrendered soldiers from Mi Fang's army, and tens of thousands of families of the generals and soldiers under your command. There are also officials and their families in Jiangling City, as well as the powerful, famous people, and the elderly in the city, totaling nearly 100,000 people."

"If these nearly 100,000 people were to cause chaos, the consequences would be very serious. Therefore, Lu Meng did not allow his soldiers to disturb the civilians and provided them with plenty of food and money. It was not that he did not want to disturb them, but that he did not dare to do so."

"But with nearly 100,000 people and the food and money needed for the army, the cost is very scary. Lu Meng must transport food and money from other places to Jiangling in order to maintain temporary stability."

"However, doing so will also make other generals under Sun Quan dissatisfied." "The military system of Jiangdong is different from ours. Jiangdong generals have to spend money and food to support their subordinates. Now that we have captured Jiangling City, not only can we not plunder it, but we have to share food and money to support the people of Jiangling City. We can use military orders to suppress it in the short term, but after a long time, something unexpected will happen."

"Lü Meng was well aware of the hidden dangers, so he tried to use tricks to undermine the morale of the troops in Maicheng in order to defeat the enemy without fighting."

"It's not that Sun Quan doesn't want to attack Maicheng, but he doesn't dare to attack Maicheng."

"Although asking for leave will hurt the morale of the army, I have the 5,000 infantry and cavalry I brought from Shangyong. Even if all the 10,000 men stationed in Maicheng ask for leave and go to Jiangling City, I can still fight Sun Quan in Maicheng."

"I'm afraid that Sun Quan will have too many of my soldiers on leave, and he will be worried about the instability in Jiangling City, and he won't dare to leave the city."

True.

Given the solidity of Jiangling City, Liu Feng could not capture it by force.

But if we want to recapture Jiangling City, a violent attack is not the first choice.

In the art of war, attacking the heart is better than attacking the city; psychological warfare is better than physical warfare.

Lu Meng took advantage of Guan Yu's absence and relied on Mi Fang's surrender to capture Jiangling City. In a short period of time, neither Sun Quan nor Lu Meng could win the support of the people in Jiangling City.

Yu Jin and the 30,000 surrendered soldiers would not fight to the death for Sun Quan just because of a little favor from him.

It also takes time to win people's hearts.

If Sun Quan really had the military strength to ignore all unstable factors and conquer Jingzhou, Lu Meng would not have to resort to psychological warfare.

Liu Feng asked Dong Hui to go on a second diplomatic mission and asked him to find an opportunity to meet with Pan Jun, an official of the Zhizhong Department, Wang Fu, an official of the Yicao Department, Liao Hua, the former general's chief clerk, and Mi Fang, the prefect of Nanjun, in order to further explore the attitudes of the officials in the city towards Sun Quan.

So as to facilitate timely strategic and tactical adjustments.

Zhao Lei was filled with admiration after hearing this.

Liu Feng's speech resolved all of Zhao Lei's doubts.

Zhao Lei also truly understood why Guan Yu asked Guan Ping to lead his troops to the three counties of Shangyong.

The troops transferred from other places will not be threatened by Sun Quan.

That is why Liu Feng could confidently say, "With the 5,000 infantry and cavalry I brought from Shangyong, even if all the 10,000 men stationed in Maicheng take leave and go to Jiangling City, I can still fight Sun Quan in Maicheng."

True.

Sun Quan has more soldiers than Liu Feng.

But would Sun Quan dare to send troops to attack Maicheng, which is a hundred miles away?

As more soldiers were sent, the defense of Jiangling City became empty.

If there are too few soldiers sent, they will just be there to deliver food to Liu Feng.

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