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

Chapter 75: Sun Quan persuades Liu Feng to surrender? What a great assist!
outside the city.

Liao Hua, who faked his death and left the city, ran hurriedly towards Maicheng.

Although he fooled the jailer by faking sores on his own, Liao Hua knew that this trick would not fool Pan Jun.

really.

Before Liao Hua had run thirty miles, he saw dozens of riders chasing him along the road.

Tired and hungry, Liao Hua could only hide in the dry grass by the roadside, sticking close to the ground and not daring to breathe.

He didn't dare to look up until the pursuers had gone far away.

"Since the main road is blocked, we can only take the small road."

Liao Hua gritted his teeth and walked towards the mountain path.

Zhu Ran chased until dark but still couldn't find Liao Hua's whereabouts, so he could only return to report to Sun Quan in disappointment.

Sun Quan did not blame Zhu Ran.

Liao Hua was familiar with the route, and Zhu Ran was half a day late, so it was not easy for him to catch up with Liao Hua.

Sun Quan was not worried that Liao Hua would tip off the enemy.

Just as Pan Jun said, it was a fact that Liu Feng was in a suspicious place, and it was Yu Jin who was going to launch a surprise attack on Maicheng.

At most, Liu Feng was prepared, and it was difficult for Yu Jin to win.

But for Sun Quan, it would not be a good thing for Yu Jin to win too easily.

Sun Quan did not really want Yu Jin to return to the north with the surrendered soldiers.

The situation that Sun Quan wanted to see was a fight between two tigers and a snipe and a clam.

Sun Quan hosted a banquet in the camp to entertain Yu Jin and others. With the cooperation of Pan Jun and Yu Fan, Sun Quan successfully persuaded Yu Jin and others to attack Maicheng.

As Pan Jun expected, Yu Jin and others surrendered because they were in dire straits and were also very angry. They all wanted to make amends for their crimes.

Sun Quan concealed some intelligence and lied that Guan Yu had taken the water route and had not yet reached Jiangling, and that only Guan Yu's vanguard Zhao Lei and reinforcements Liu Feng were in Maicheng.

This was also because they were afraid that Yu Jin and others would be afraid of Guan Yu and would not dare to fight.

Sun Quan selected another 10,000 men for Yu Jin, distributed three days' dry food, and promised that once enough food and grass were available, the remaining 20,000 men would be sent to Maicheng.

This arrangement was also made after careful consideration by Sun Quan.

With only 10,000 men and three days of dry food, even if Yu Jin had second thoughts, he could not cause any trouble.

People have to bow their heads under the roof.

Even if some officers under Yu Jin were unhappy with Sun Quan's arrangement, they had no choice but to succumb to reality.

Sun Quan also rewarded the 10,000 people selected for Yu Jin with wine and meat, and made some extravagant promises.

Early the next morning.

Sun Quan ordered Yu Jin to take advantage of the fog to launch a surprise attack on Maicheng, which was a hundred miles away.

A distance of a hundred miles would take three or four days if the troops were to transport food and fodder by normal march; if a light force raid was used, the journey could be completed in one day at the earliest.

Although Sun Quan did not force Yu Jin to lead his troops to arrive at Maicheng on one day, he hinted that if Yu Jin delayed for one day, they would have one more day to prepare.

The most important thing is: dry food can only be eaten for three days!

Yu Jin had no choice but to order his troops to march a hundred miles a day and reach Maicheng before dark. Yu Jin usually disciplined his troops very strictly, and now there was only three days of dry food. Even if the soldiers had complaints, they dared not openly refute them, and could only march towards Maicheng with all their strength.

the other side.

The messenger sent by Sun Quan arrived at Maicheng earlier than Jin.

The gist of the letter is: Liu Feng is just an adopted son with no blood relationship with Liu Bei. Although he holds great power and a high position, his heir is Liu Chan, and Guan Yu even calls Liu Feng a "moth moth". He also asserts that when Liu Bei is about to die, he will follow the example of his predecessors and get rid of Liu Feng to pave the way for Liu Chan, just like the tragic experiences of Wen Zhong, Shang Yang, Bai Qi, Xiao Ji, Boqi and others in the past. He advises Liu Feng to return to his fiefdom of Luo Hou in Changsha to inherit Luo Hou's incense.

and many more.

It seems that every sentence in the content is about Liu Feng's consideration, but every sentence is full of instigation.

Looking at this letter to Liu Feng, which is very similar to Meng Da's "Letter to Liu Feng in Wei", Liu Feng couldn't help laughing out loud.

"A man who killed his cousins and brothers after Sun Ce's death dares to teach me how to handle the relationship between father and son and brothers. A suspicious person is suspicious of everything. This is a paranoia."

Liu Feng wrote on Sun Quan's letter "To Liu Feng", "I believe that my father should order the historian to record this letter in the history books to highlight the friendship between us as father and son and as brothers, and to satirize the instigative intentions of Sun Quan, a rat."

After finishing writing, Liu Feng handed the "Letter to Liu Feng" to his personal guard Tian Qi, and instructed: "Captain Tian, quickly send someone to deliver this letter to Xichuan to present it to my father. How can my father, son and brothers allow a rat to instigate us? History will always remember that Sun Quan was a rat."

Looking at the astonished Sun Quan messenger, Liu Feng sneered: "I don't think this letter was written by Lü Meng. From this, it seems that Lü Meng is critically ill and about to die."

The messenger suppressed his inner shock and said, "General Lu is in good health. He even patrolled the city until dusk the day before yesterday."

Liu Feng said "Oh", and his tone was full of laughter: "He is seriously ill and patrolling the city. He thinks he is not dying fast enough. Soldiers, interrogate this messenger carefully. If he conceals anything, you can kill him."

The messenger was horrified and said, "General Liu, when two countries are at war, envoys will not be killed."

Liu Feng snorted, "Cao Cao is the King of Wei of the Han Dynasty. If you were Cao Cao's messenger, I would naturally abide by the etiquette of exchanging troops and sending envoys. But who is Sun Quan? A mere Marquis of Wu, do you think he is worthy of being called a country?"

"I also heard that Sun Quan didn't dare to let his subordinates call him Your Majesty openly, so he secretly changed his title to Supreme. Do you really believe that you are a messenger of a country?"

"How can I forgive you for being so arrogant and disrespectful to your superiors? Warriors, first give this man thirty lashes, then torture him."

Ignoring the messenger's plea for mercy, Liu Feng waved his hand again and ordered his warriors: "Drag him out and beat him!"

After thirty lashes, the messenger confessed everything he knew before the soldiers could interrogate him.

After a while.

Dong Hui handed the sorted information to Liu Feng.

Although most of what the messenger said was of little value, Liu Feng still detected some clues from it: "Before Lü Meng's inspection, there were rumors in the city that 'Lü Meng was going to die', and the messenger said that Lü Meng hurriedly left Jiangling City the day after his inspection."

"It seems that something serious has really happened in Jiangling City. Even if Lü Meng is not dead, he must be seriously ill and unable to manage the affairs. I just don't know whose idea it was to send a messenger to deliver the instigative letter. If I find out about it in the future, I will definitely host a banquet for him."

Dong Hui was surprised: "If it was an instigation, why did the general host a banquet for us?"

Liu Feng laughed and said, "If I hadn't received this letter today, I would have had to struggle to argue with my father if someone around him tried to instigate me. But with this letter today, if someone wants to instigate the friendship between my father and me, the level of instigation must be better than that of the person who wrote the letter in order to convince my father."

"What's more, not everyone has the courage and determination to take the chance of leaving a good reputation in history or being infamous for eternity."

"The other party has tried so hard to help me clear my name. If I don't host a banquet for him, wouldn't it seem like I'm ungrateful?"

Dong Hui's mouth twitched.

Is that called hosting a banquet?
That's called a banquet of mockery!
After laughing, Liu Feng calmed down and said solemnly: "Whether Lü Meng has died of illness or is still alive, as his opponent, I should send him off again."

"Pass on my military order: Lü Meng, the old friend of Guan Junhou, stopped Sun Quan from looting Jiangling even though he was seriously ill. He did not harm the people of Jiangling at all, and was kind to their families. This is a righteous act that can express the will of heaven and earth.
However, Sun Quan was suspicious of Lü Meng and allowed him to patrol the city in the cold wind despite his illness. Now Lü Meng is seriously ill and dying. Everyone who hears about this will shed tears. Heaven and earth are in sorrow. Since we have received his righteousness, we should go to Jiangling in mourning to denounce Sun Quan's inhumanity and to show the righteousness of Lü Meng!"

Hearing Liu Feng's military order, Dong Hui's eyes widened...

　I admit that the slow progress of the plot is actually due to insufficient productivity. I am old. A 75-year-old man types too slowly.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)