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

Chapter 76: Meeting on a narrow road? Let Yu Jin take off his armor and return to the north

On the surface.

Liu Feng's military orders were based on facts.

After Lu Meng succeeded Lu Su as the governor of Lukou, he was extremely attentive to Guan Yu. He almost cut off a chicken's head, drank blood wine, and swore brotherhood to Guan Yu facing the Yangtze River.

During and after the capture of Jiangling, Lu Meng caused almost no casualties, and did not harm the soldiers and civilians of Jiangling. He treated the families of the soldiers well, and even killed his fellow villagers to enforce military discipline. He also provided generous support to the soldiers from Maicheng who came to visit their families with money and food.

By comparison.

Sun Quan had a bunch of bandits, vagrants, robbers, pirates, and tyrants under his command. They were always plundering, cruel, and ungrateful. They were a whole gang of hooligans.

For example, Pan Zhang was arrogant and extravagant by nature, and he would directly kill and rob the wealthy soldiers of their wealth.

For example, Gan Ning's cook made a mistake and defected to Lu Meng. Lu Meng personally acted as guarantor and persuaded them to make peace. Gan Ning promised Lu Meng in person that he would not kill the cook. However, Gan Ning tied the cook to a tree and shot him to death afterwards. Lu Meng was so angry that he wanted to fight with Gan Ning on the spot.

Even Lu Xun, who was known as a refined scholar, often harassed the people, which angered the governor of Kuaiji, Chunyu Shi, so much that he had to write a letter to impeach Lu Xun.

Rumors that have no facts will stop at the wise.

Rumors that have a basis in fact can confuse wise men.

Dong Hui would be stunned because Liu Feng's military order, except for "Sun Quan plundered Jiangling" and "suspicious of Lu Meng", was almost entirely true.

If nine parts are true and one part is false, then the false one part becomes true.

a long time.

Dong Hui held his breath and said: "General, when it comes to using troops, you are well aware of the principle of 'all is fair in war'."

And inside.

Dong Hui wanted to say: General, you are too evil-minded. You are afraid that Lu Meng's death is not complete enough, so you want to kill him again to confirm his life or death.

Liu Feng laughed.

Looking at Dong Hui's expression, Liu Feng could guess what was in Dong Hui's mind.

Finishing off the enemy, this is the awareness that Liu Feng has developed through long experience on the battlefield.

On the battlefield, never underestimate your opponent's tenacious vitality.

If you are not careful, you will be the one who dies.

Liu Feng left the commander-in-chief Zhao Lei to guard Maicheng, and appointed his direct officers Li Ping, Kou Anguo, Fang Yue, Pan Feng, Yu She and Mu Shun to lead 6,000 soldiers. Liu Feng took Dong Hui and his personal guards Tian Qi, Tian Zhong and others to personally lead 2,000 soldiers.

The eight thousand soldiers were all dressed in mourning, claiming that they wanted to stand up for Lu Meng and denounce Sun Quan for being unkind and unjust, and they marched towards Jiangling in a mighty force.

Walk more than ten miles.

The scouts in front hurriedly reported: "General, we have found a large number of bandits ten miles ahead, about 10,000 in number, with no baggage. Judging from their armor and flags, they are quite mixed, with some in the style of Wu soldiers, some in the style of Wei soldiers, and some in the style of our army."

The scout's tone was filled with disbelief. Having been a scout for so many years, this was the first time he had encountered such a mess of armor and flags.

"With such a mess of clothing, armor and banners, they can only be Wei prisoners from Jiangling City."

From Zhao Lei, we learned that before the 30,000 Wei prisoners were sent to Jiangling City, their clothes, armor and flags were taken off by Guan Yu. Some were sent back to Jiangling City, and some were kept in the army and distributed to the soldiers.

When Liu Feng heard the scouts' report about the chaos in the armor and flags, he guessed the identity of this army with just a brief thought.

"Sun Quan must have promised benefits to the Wei prisoners. If we fight with them, it may ruin the general's plan." Dong Hui looked worried. Liu Feng went to Jiangling City to finish off Lü Meng, not to fight with the Wei prisoners. He never thought that he would encounter the Wei prisoners before he even reached Jiangling City. Liu Feng didn't care: "As the ancients said: Lose in the evening, gain in the evening. Xiuxu, you have to think about it from another angle. The Wei prisoners who came to attack may seem to have ruined my plan, but in fact, it was my plan that ruined the Wei prisoners' surprise attack."

Dong Hui was stunned.

When you think about it this way, there's really nothing wrong with it.

If Liu Feng had not made a plan to go to Jiangling to finish off Lu Meng, the result would have been that Maicheng would have been ambushed by the Wei prisoners.

Dong Hui carefully compared the time sequence of the intelligence he had obtained in his mind and said, "I understand. Based on the existing intelligence, it is speculated that Lu Meng patrolled the city the day before yesterday, and the messenger left the city yesterday. As it is cold today, it is not easy to march at night, and the Wei prisoners have not seen any baggage, so they must have left the city early this morning and marched here with dry food."

Liu Feng clapped his hands and said, "Xiu Xu's words make sense. As the saying goes, when two people meet on a narrow road, we should uphold the etiquette of war and communication. I want to send an envoy to make peace. Is Xiu Xu willing to go?"

Dong Hui replied: "The mission is my responsibility."

Liu Feng laughed: "Jiangling to Maicheng is a hundred miles away. It is freezing cold and we are planning a surprise attack. Among the Wei prisoners, only Yu Jin can control the soldiers."

"I think Sun Quan is worried that Yu Jin will not fight hard, so he will only give Yu Jin three to five days of dry food at most. When you meet Yu Jin, you can promise: as long as he leaves his clothes, armor, flags and weapons, I will provide Yu Jin with the food he needs to go to Fancheng."

Dong Hui also smiled: "Although it is not easy, I am confident that I can convince Yu Jin."

After Dong Hui left, Liu Feng ordered all the camps to set up camp in place and prepare for war with weapons.

Send an envoy back.

Liu Feng was not at all vague about the necessary preparations for battle.

If Yu Jin is unreasonable, Liu Feng also knows a little about swords.

Dong Hui’s arrival shocked Yu Jin greatly.

This place is still more than twenty miles away from Maicheng, and Liu Feng's envoy has arrived?

Could it be that this guy who calls himself Dong Hui wants to imitate Xian Gao's reward to his troops and deliberately deceive me?
Yu Jin did not dare to be careless, so he ordered his warriors to draw their swords and carry the shining ring-handled swords on their shoulders, in order to scare Dong Hui, who claimed to be the envoy of Liu Feng.

But such a scene could not scare Dong Hui.

Dong Hui didn't even glance at the warrior with the sword on his shoulder. After confirming Yu Jin's identity, he directly gave Yu Jin a trump card: "General Yu, our army is just a few miles away. I am here on orders. As long as General Yu leaves behind his clothes, armor, flags, and weapons, we are willing to provide General Yu with the military rations he needs to go to Fancheng."

Yu Jin narrowed his tiger eyes.

This messenger has such a big tone!
After all, Xian Gao used cattle and sheep to reward his troops and tricked the Qin soldiers into retreating.

Dong Hui actually asked Yu Jin to leave behind all his clothes, armor, flags and weapons. This was no different from asking Yu Jin to surrender again!
Before Yu Jin opened his mouth, the military commander Dong Ligun was already furious: "You dare to ask General Zuo to keep his armor, flags, and weapons? If you dare to say that again, I will kill you with my sword."

Dong Hui was confident and calm: "I am an envoy sent by the son of the King of Hanzhong, and you are an officer under the King of Wei. You said you would kill the envoy, so you want the world to think that the King of Wei is unworthy of his position, and that all his officers are reckless bandits who don't know the etiquette of fighting and sending envoys?"

Dong Ligun clenched his fists.

Dong Ligun didn't dare to accept this statement head-on.

I am already a criminal, and if there is any rumor that I am disrespectful to Cao Cao, I will have no future.

Seeing that the military commander Dong Ligun was speechless after being asked by Dong Hui, Yu Jin looked at Dong Hui with a little more surprise: "Dong Hui, why should I agree to Liu Feng's conditions?"

Dong Hui continued to throw out bombs: "When Lord Guan withdrew his troops, Xu Huang entered the camp alone and slept in the same tent with Lord Guan."

"The current battle for Jingzhou is no longer a battle between Han and Wei, but a battle between Han and Wu. General Yu is a smart man. He should help Sun Quan fight against our army so that Sun Quan can gain the advantage, or take the military rations and soldiers back to the north to watch the fight. I don't need to say much!"

(End of this chapter)