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

Chapter 70: Rumors fail? Lu Meng is critically ill
immediately.

Lü Meng stood up from his seat again, approached Bai Shou, helped him up, and said to him in a soothing tone: "Since I came to Nanjun, I have never harmed the people. You can find out everything in the city."

"Don't worry, I only want Linju. I won't bring any harm to you mountain people. I will not give you less food than promised."

Bai Shou exhaled and said, "I was scared to death."

Pan Zhang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and he resisted the urge to scold Bai Shou.

But the contempt in his eyes was even worse: barbarians are barbarians, they don't know any manners at all.

Bai Shou paused and said, "I do know there is a small road to Linju. We also took the small road here because we were afraid that someone would steal the animal skins and precious stones we were going to give to Marquis Wu."

Lu Meng frowned and turned to look at Pan Zhang.

Pan Zhang couldn't help but bar his teeth, and the look he gave Bai Shou was filled with resentment.

A barbarian with no sense of propriety!

"General Lu, the warriors under my command also need rewards." Pan Zhang explained in a low voice.

Then Pan Zhang asked again, "I am willing to lead my warriors to capture Linju."

Lu Meng pondered for a moment and agreed to Pan Zhang's request.

In order to win over the hearts of the people, Lu Meng formulated strict military orders when attacking Nanjun, and even deliberately killed a fellow villager to intimidate and restrain the soldiers.

however.

Military discipline cannot be improved by a single strict military order during war.

This kind of military order that wants the horse to run but not to eat enough will also cause complaints among the soldiers.

Especially since most of the Jiangdong Army were composed of mountain bandits, local gangsters, pirates, water pirates and private soldiers of powerful people, it would be torture to expect this group of people to be like Lu Meng and not harm the people.

Lu Meng could only turn a blind eye to Pan Zhang's corruption and requests for favors.

Otherwise, if the generals become alienated, no matter how good the plan is, it will be useless.

With Lu Meng's instructions, Pan Zhang felt relieved and vowed that he could capture Linju and completely block Guan Yu's way back to Sichuan.

To deceive others.

Lu Meng ordered Pan Zhang to stop his march and ordered the outer soldiers to wear animal skins and dress like barbarians. The rest of the soldiers were dressed like ordinary merchants and civilians, and their clothes, armor, weapons and food were loaded onto carts and set off.

The three thousand soldiers were divided into fifteen teams, with two hundred people in each team.

He sneaked out of the city during the morning fog.

Extremely secretive.

And during this period.

Wang Dang and his four companions also arrived at Jiangling City again.

Since Wang Dang and his four companions "instigated" more than a dozen soldiers from Maicheng to come to Jiangling City, the Wu soldiers in the camp did not suspect Wang Dang and his four companions as expected. Instead, they rewarded them with extra money.

He used these four people as an example to encourage the rest of the soldiers in the camp to go back and recruit more people.

After successfully entering the city.

Wang Dang and other three began to spread the news separately.

Lu Meng would allow these soldiers from Maicheng to go home to visit their families first, and then gather them all in the camp inside the city for unified management.

Of course, Lu Meng's verbal explanation was "As long as you come to the camp at the designated time and behave yourself in the camp, you will have food, drink and money every day, and it's all voluntary."

This gave Wang Dang and other three the opportunity to spread the news.

The people in Jiangling City were already undecided.

Once the news that "Lü Meng is seriously ill and about to die, Guan Junhou's army has broken through Lukou, and King Hanzhong's army has also arrived at Zigui, Sun Quan is frightened and wants to plunder Jiangling and force the people of Jiangling to flee to Jiangdong" was spread, it quickly spread in the city.

Zhu Ran, who had been secretly monitoring the movements of the soldiers who came to Jiangling City to visit their relatives, was so shocked when he heard the news that all his fatigue disappeared.

He immediately sent troops to surround all the soldiers who had come to Jiangling City to visit their relatives, in order to trace and get to the bottom of the source of the rumor.

For a while, the soldiers who came to Jiangling to visit their relatives were in a panic.

Before Zhu Ran could find out the source.

Upon hearing the news, Lü Meng hurried over, dragging his sick body, and sternly rebuked Zhu Ran: "Zhu Yifeng, who allowed you to disobey my military order?"

Lu Meng was so angry.

Why do I provide food, drink and money to support these soldiers who come to visit their relatives in Maicheng?
Isn't it just to win over the people's hearts and undermine the morale of the army in Maicheng?

If you surround everyone here, won't all my previous efforts be in vain?

When Zhu Ran saw Lü Meng coming, his face changed slightly, and he stepped forward to report: "Report to General Lü, there is a rumor in the city that 'General Lü is seriously ill and will die, Guan Yu's army broke through Lukou, and Liu Bei's army arrived in Zigui', and that 'The Supreme Emperor is frightened and wants to plunder Jiangling and force the people of Jiangling to flee to Jiangdong'."

"I found out that the news came from the soldiers from Maicheng, so I have to find out the soldiers who spread the rumors."

Lu Meng's face turned pale with anger, his eyes were filled with anger, and his voice became even harsher: "I didn't ask you what you wanted to investigate, I asked who allowed you to disobey my military order?"

Seeing that Lü Meng refused to listen to his explanation, Zhu Ran became angry and said, "General Lü, I am following the orders of the Marquis of Wu."

"Ridiculous!" Lu Meng suddenly interrupted Zhu Ran and ordered his men: "You violated my military orders and dared to pretend to be the Marquis of Wu. Do you really think that I won't punish you because you are the Marquis of Wu's relative? Come, arrest Zhu Ran and give him 30 strokes of the cane as a warning to others!"

Zhu Ran was stunned and was about to retort, but when he saw Lu Meng's fixed gaze on him, he suddenly reacted.

The soldiers all around were from Maicheng. If Lu Meng had not interrupted and shouted that it was Sun Quan who had secretly ordered the people coming from Maicheng, the soldiers all around would have started a commotion.

Zhu Ran also reacted quickly and shouted angrily: "Lü Meng, I am a relative of the Marquis of Wu, how dare you hit me?"

Lü Meng shouted, "You disobeyed my orders and suspected the soldiers in the camp without authorization. Even if I execute you, you deserve it. I have shown some mercy by only 30 lashes for the sake of the Marquis of Wu. If you dare to disobey me again, I will execute you without mercy!"

Zhu Ran shouted: "I don't accept it, I want to see the Lord of Wu!"

Lu Meng waved his hand and shouted to his men: "What are you waiting for? Take him away and execute him immediately!"

soon.

Zhu Ran was beaten with thirty sticks in front of all the soldiers in the camp.

Lü Meng shouted in front of all the soldiers, "It is my fault that you have been wronged today! Someone must be jealous of you for having food, drink and money in Jiangling City, so they spread rumors."

"I am fine here, how could I be seriously ill and dying? Zhu Ran believed the rumors, even if he is a relative of the Marquis of Wu, I will punish him severely. Don't worry, I, Lu Meng, will not break my promise."

"To express my apology, I will send someone to bring you some wine and meat later to calm you down!"

in the crowd.

Wang Dang and the other three were greatly shocked.

[No wonder the deputy general told us to be careful. This Lu Meng is so powerful! He broke the rumors we carefully spread in a short time.]

[Damn it! Why hasn't Lu Meng died yet? If so, how can we achieve merit? ]

[It is difficult to incite the soldiers in the camp, and I wonder if the people in the city will still believe it.]

[What bad luck. I was about to go over and get beaten up by Zhu Ran, but then Lu Meng showed up.]

The four people had different thoughts, but none of them dared to show up at this moment.

Seeing that the morale of the soldiers in the camp had stabilized, Lu Meng said a few words to comfort them and then hurried away. He then personally led people to patrol the city to comfort the elders, celebrities and others in the city.

There was a rumor that "Lü Meng was seriously ill and was about to die", so the best way to dispel the rumor was for Lu Meng to show up in the city and patrol the city.

It was not until dark that Lu Meng returned to his mansion.

But as soon as he returned home, Lu Meng felt dizzy and fell to the ground.

He was already ill, and today he rode his horse to the camp to appease the soldiers, and then patrolled the city in the cold wind. It was already Lu Meng's limit to hold on until dark.

"General Lu!"

Seeing Lü Meng faint, all the guards around him turned pale.

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