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

Chapter 149: Liu Bei's personal teaching, Liu Fengman is invincible (6k)

The wind is cold.

Zhang He and Han Rong led their troops to the west gate of Danshui City.

Looking at the wide-open gates of Danshui City, Han Rong's face changed and he exclaimed, "As General Zuo expected, Liu Feng actually escaped!"

Zhang He was cautious and neither surprised nor happy. He immediately sent a team of scouts into the city to investigate.

Not long after.

The scouts reported that there were no pedestrians or dogs in the streets of the city.

Zhang He frowned and wondered, "If Liu Feng had withdrawn, how could there be no people in the streets?"

Han Rong guessed: "Perhaps Liu Feng took the people in the city with him and evacuated together."

Zhang He denied it, "It's impossible. It's only noon now. It's impossible for Liu Feng to evacuate all the people in Danshui City without making any noise in such a short time."

Han Rong was slightly stunned: "General Zuo, what you mean is that Liu Feng deliberately left the city gates open and actually set an ambush in the city to lure us into the city?"

Zhang He frowned.

Zhang He had indeed thought about Han Rong's guess.

Zhang He thought even more deeply.

It is also possible that Liu Feng deliberately made the people in the city hide and did not allow them and their chickens and dogs to appear in the streets, which meant that he had actually withdrawn his troops.

Zhang He did not dare to be careless.

On the one hand, he sent scouts to meet Guo Huai to find out whether Liu Feng had withdrawn through the south gate; on the other hand, he sent scouts into the city to search whether there were any soldiers and civilians hiding in the city.

After a while.

The scouts drove three people from Danshui City to see Zhang He.

When these three common people met Zhang He, they "sold out" the whereabouts of the Han army like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

One said, "The Han army requires the people in the city not to enter the streets and alleys before dusk today, and not to speak loudly, otherwise they will provoke war and bear the consequences themselves."

One said, "The Han army told them that if any Wei general asked about their whereabouts, they should say that the Han army transported grain out of the city through the east gate this morning, and they could save their lives."

One said, "The Han army told the Wei generals to be kind and righteous, not only would they not oppress the people, but they would also reward the people as long as they reported the truth."

The first two sentences sounded pleasant to the ears, but the second sentence made Zhang He frown even more.

I don't even dare to call myself benevolent and righteous, but Liu Feng said that I would not oppress the people and even wanted me to reward them?

Click me!
Han Rong heard this and asked for orders: "Liu Feng must be worried that our army would catch up and block him if he took the Danshui River, so he turned east and took a detour. Since he just left this morning, he must not have gone far! I will lead the troops to chase him now!"

Zhang He said "no rush" and sent another wave of scouts into the city.

Obviously.

Zhang He did not trust the three people in front of him.

No matter how wonderful the talk is, it is better to explore it one more time.

A while passed.

The scout returned and drove more than a dozen civilians out of the city.

Zhang He interrogated them one by one and found that their statements were similar, which showed that someone had given them special instructions.

However, after confirming the information, Zhang He's brows furrowed even more.

Han Rong was puzzled: "General Zuo, since you know where the Han dogs are going, why don't you chase them?"

Zhang He raised his head and glanced to the south: "No hurry, let's wait for the scouts from Guard General Guo to return first."

Wang Shuang was killed last night, and Han Rong was ambushed today. If Zhang He is defeated again, the army will surely panic.

Therefore, Zhang He did not dare to be careless. He did not seek a big victory, but only sought to be safe and not defeated.

In terms of bravery, Zhang He is not as good as Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Le Jin.

However, Zhang He was able to live to the late period of Cao Wei. The core principle he followed was: be cautious and don’t put yourself in danger easily!

It took a while.

The scout hurried back and reported the battle to Zhang He: "Guo Hu's army is not doing well in the fight with the Han army, please ask General Zuo for reinforcements."

Han Rong was surprised and wondered: "Guo Hujun and General Le have more than 3,000 men, how could they be defeated in the fight? Could it be that Liu Feng did not go through the east gate? Instead, he went directly through the south gate?"

"Not necessarily." Zhang He had some guesses in his mind, but he did not explain further. He immediately issued an order for reinforcements: "Help Guo Hujun to repel the enemy first, and we will see the outcome."

The troops marched south.

Seeing Guo Huai's army and Le Chen's army retreating step by step, Zhang He rode his horse to the front with a big flag with the word "Zhang" fluttering.

"General Zuo is here!"

Guo Huai and Le Chen were overjoyed and encouraged the three armies.

Upon learning that Zhang He was coming to help, the morale of the Wei soldiers was restored as if a long drought had just ended and they roared and charged back at the Han army.

Zhang He was a famous general of Cao Wei. His performance in the Battle of Hanzhong especially earned him great prestige in the army.

The arrival of just a big flag boosted the morale of the Wei soldiers.

Wang Ping and Li Fu, aware of the change in the battle situation, did not linger in the battle but decisively chose to withdraw their troops.

Although Wang Ping and Li Fu were not afraid of Zhang He, they were not stupid enough to confront Zhang He head-on with a small force after being exhausted from a long battle.

Seeing that the two men's retreat route was not to return to the city but to go directly south, Zhang He was thoughtful and did not order a pursuit. Instead, he summoned Guo Huai and Le Chen first.

After a while.

The two men rode their horses to see Zhang He and told him details of the battle, including how their attempt to lure the enemy failed and how they encountered Wang Ping's reinforcements when they attacked the Han army.

Zhang He asked the key question: "Have you seen any food or supplies from Liu Feng or the Han army?"

Guo Huai shook his head: "No."

Seeing Zhang He's strange expression, Guo Huai couldn't help wondering: "Isn't Liu Feng in Danyang City?"

Zhang He nodded, and then shared with Guo Huai the battle intelligence, including Han Rong being attacked, there were no Han troops in Danyang City, and the people saying that the Han army left through the east gate this morning.

Guo Huai couldn't help but gasp: "Setting an ambush at the west gate, pretending to retreat at the south gate, and transporting food at the east gate, Liu Feng is so cautious!"

The Art of War says: Do not pursue the retreating army.

This is because when the returning army retreats, they usually set up ambushes to resist and kill the pursuing enemy troops.

When Liu Feng retreated, he not only set up ambushes, but also deployed decoy troops to cover the transportation of food and fodder out of Danshui City.

Such caution really made Guo Huai both amazed and fearful.

Liu Feng's response seemed to have anticipated all the deployments of the Wei army.

Han Rong and Le Chen asked for orders to lead troops in pursuit.

Both of them were dissatisfied with letting Liu Feng leave like this.

Han Rong, in particular, could not hide his anger after being ambushed by Wang Ping, and was determined to find an opportunity to get back at his wits' end.

Zhang He did not agree to their request.

Guo Huai also said: "It is too late to chase them now! Liu Feng deployed troops in three directions, so he must be familiar with the terrain of Nanxiang. The soldiers are tired now, and it will be difficult to win even if we catch up.

If we encounter an ambush again, it will be difficult to restore morale; we can wait for the General Zhengxi to transport food and grass to Danshui City, and then restore morale before advancing."

Seeing that Zhang He and Guo Huai were unwilling to pursue further, Han Rong and Le Chen could only give up in anger.

"Next time I meet that guy, I will capture him alive!" Han Rong hated Wang Ping deeply.

As the son of Han Hao, a famous general of Cao Wei, Han Rong naturally did not want to lose his father's reputation.

Get up from where you fell!

Le Chen also secretly swore that he would kill Li Fu the next time he met him!

And more than ten miles away.

Liu Feng set up camp on the mountain.

Wang Ping, Li Fu and others returned one after another and reported the war in detail.

Liu Feng praised him generously: "Thanks to you guys who stopped the enemy, I was able to bring the food and grass out of Danshui City safely."

Everyone said, "Your Highness has a brilliant plan."

It's dusk.

Kou Anguo also led his troops back and reported that he met Xu Huang on the way and was defeated and retreated.

Liu Feng did not blame Kou Anguo.

Before sending Kou Anguo south, Liu Feng had anticipated that Kou Anguo might run into Xu Huang.

Kou Anguo was not as good as Xu Huang, so it was a skill for him to escape.

Although Liu Feng was brave and good at fighting, he was not confident that all of his officers could compete with Xu Huang, nor was he confident that any of his deployments would be effective.

If everything goes as planned, it would be an underestimation of the value of the Five Elite Generals.

Liu Feng asked everyone to go to the camp to rest first.

Although he was attacked from all sides, Liu Feng was not anxious.

Although Cao Zhen had a large number of soldiers, he also had a lot of food and fodder, so he needed a large number of troops to stay behind to transport and guard the food and fodder.

Just like before Liu Feng came to Danshui City, he had to leave three thousand men in the fort for Li Ping, Cao Zhen was unable to mobilize all his troops to besiege Liu Feng.

On the other hand, Liu Feng currently only has food and fodder for more than ten days, so transportation and care are not difficult.

The small number of soldiers is Liu Feng’s disadvantage, while flexibility is his advantage.

What Liu Feng is best at at the moment is not large-scale army combat with tens of thousands of troops, but small-scale interspersed tactics with about 10,000 people.

This is thanks to Liu Bei's careful guidance.

Back when he was in Hanzhong, Liu Bei saw that Yangping Pass was difficult to attack, so he first ordered Chen Shi to take the Ma Mingge Road, intending to go around the left side of Yangping Pass to the rear; after Chen Shi was defeated by Xu Huang, Liu Bei left Gao Xiang in front of Yangping Pass, and personally led a detachment to cross the Mian River, climb over the Mi Cang Mountain on the right, and appear at the Dingjun Mountain behind Yangping Pass, bypassing Xiahou Yuan and finally killing him.

Whether it was Ma Su's commanding position at Jieting or Wei Yan's troops marching out of Ziwu Valley, they were actually all influenced by Liu Bei.

One was that he had heard that Liu Bei was unstoppable at the Dingjun Mountain from his high ground, and the other was that he had experience of actual combat infiltration by following Liu Bei's troops at Micang Mountain.

Liu Feng was no exception.

When they crossed Micang Mountain to Dingjun Mountain in the past, Liu Feng also followed Liu Bei.

Liu Bei had given Liu Feng careful instruction on how to take the enemy by surprise, how to stabilize the morale of the army, how to make use of the terrain, etc.

Liu Feng's theory came more from awakened memories, while his practice came more from Liu Bei's hands-on guidance.

Liu Feng is the sword sharpened by Liu Bei himself, a sword that can help Liu Bei defeat the enemies in the Northern Expedition.

Think carefully.

A spy came to report that "Xu Huang did not withdraw his troops back to Nanxiang City, but instead found a dangerous place nearby to set up camp."

Liu Feng could guess Xu Huang's plan: Xu Huang wanted to cooperate with Cao Zhen and Zhang He to encircle Liu Feng.

The battlefield is sometimes so ingenious.

If Liu Feng had not been able to withdraw from Danshui City in time today, he would have been surrounded by Xu Huang and Cao Zhen and Zhang He. Liu Feng has always followed a principle: the battlefield is like the lyrics, 30% is determined by fate, and 70% depends on hard work.

No one can plan everything perfectly, because human destiny is the most unpredictable.

If Xu Huang had sent out his troops one day earlier, he could have directly blocked Liu Feng's retreat route through the east gate. By then, Liu Feng would have been encumbered by the food and supplies and would have been unable to stop Xu Huang.

however.

Liu Feng's luck today is slightly stronger than Xu Huang's.

Although Xu Huang repelled Kou Anguo, he failed to cooperate with Cao Zhen and Zhang He in time to block Liu Feng.

Without leaving Danshui City, Liu Feng was like a fish swimming freely in Nanxiang County, without any constraints.

There are many smooth roads between the counties of Nanxiang County.

This is also one of the reasons why Liu Feng firmly believed that he could use tactical infiltration even when attacked from both sides.

Compared with the two dangerous roads of Ma Ming Pavilion and Mi Cang Mountain in Hanzhong, the roads between the counties of Nanxiang County are more than ten times smoother.

Since Zhang He and Guo Huai both gave up pursuing Liu Feng, the role of Xu Huang in finding a dangerous place to set up camp became extremely small.

Liu Feng just took a short stroll and then returned to the fort in a swagger.

Before returning to the fort, he carried Wang Shuang's head and some Wei army flags at the foot of Nanxiang City to deceive Xiahou Shang, saying "Cao Zhen and others have been defeated, and Wang Shuang's head is here."

Wang Shuang’s head is real.

The flags of the Wei army are also real.

Xu Huang also did not return as promised.

Liu Feng's deception frightened the Wei soldiers on the city wall.

Not only that.

Liu Feng also sent people to the city gates to persuade them to surrender every day.

If Xiahou Shang had not been holding out on the city wall, some Wei soldiers would have wanted to open the city and surrender.

The panic in Nanxiang City did not disappear until Xu Huang learned the news and led his troops back.

"I was deceived by Liu Feng again. How despicable!" Xiahou Shang was furious and said, "When the General Zhengxi arrives, I will go to Liu Feng's fortress and challenge him in person!"

After being restrained by Liu Feng for several months, Xiahou Shang had been feeling resentful for several months.

Now with Cao Zhen's reinforcements, Xiahou Shang no longer wanted to endure it.

Xu Huang didn't stop it either.

Now that they have an absolute advantage in military strength, it is Liu Feng's turn to be challenged.

After Xu Huang retreated to Nanxiang City, Cao Zhen's army followed.

The Wei army, numbering about 40,000 in total, surrounded the fortress where Liu Feng was located.

Whether it was Cao Zhen, Zhang He, Guo Huai, Xiahou Shang or Xu Huang, they all knew that Liu Feng could give up Danshui City but could not give up the fort outside Nanxiang City.

Once Liu Feng withdrew his troops, he would be unable to stop the tens of thousands of Wei troops in Nanxiang City from rushing to Xiangfan for support.

same.

If Liu Feng could not be defeated, the tens of thousands of Wei troops in Nanxiang City would find it difficult to rush to the rescue of Xiangfan.

As Liu Feng said: Victory or defeat depends on who can persevere longer, Liu Feng or Cao Ren.

Outside the dock.

Xiahou Shang, now confident, cast aside his past depression, rode his horse in front, and showed off his might.

"The Great Wei's General of the Southern Expedition, Xiahou Shang, is here. Liu Feng, do you dare to go out of the city and fight?"

"Liu Feng, you pride yourself on being a brave warrior, but why are you acting like a coward today?"

"You are such a coward. No wonder Liu Bei did not make you the crown prince even though he proclaimed himself emperor. You can't even compete with a teenager. How can you live in this world with dignity?"

"Liu Feng, I heard that you have a beautiful wife and young son. I, Xiahou Shang, always enjoy helping others. If you are willing to surrender, I will take care of your wife!"

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Xiahou Shang's scolding became more and more unpleasant.

Listening to Xiahou Shang's insults, Liu Feng leaned on the top of the city wall with a calm face, tasting the cakes prepared by the military chef, as if he was watching a stage play.

Compared with Liu Feng's indifference, the officers Wang Ping, Li Ping and others on the city wall were furious and asked Liu Feng to fight.

"Your Highness, the Wei dogs are abominable. I request to leave the city and fight."

"Your Highness is a person of a thousand gold. How can you allow yourself to be humiliated by the dogs of Wei? I will fight you. If I cannot take Xiahou Shang's head, I will bring it to you."

"How can this be tolerated! Xiahou Shang is just a mediocre person, how dare he boast of his bravery in front of Your Highness? Please allow us to fight."

"How can we sit idly by and watch Your Highness being humiliated? Your Highness, please allow us to fight."

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Hearing the calls for battle from the top of the city, Xiahou Shang, who was standing below the city, sneered.

Liu Feng, ah Liu Feng, you have come to this day!
If you go out to fight, I will send out all my ambushes; if you don’t go out to fight, I will come to scold you every day!
See everyone asking for orders.

Liu Feng smiled and said, "I have been studying since I was young and have a lot of knowledge. I am not a petty person like the people living in the city. How can I not tolerate a few bad words? Since there are people singing in the city, how can there be no wine and music?

Come, prepare some wine and have some fun! "

Not long after.

The aroma of wine wafted from the top of the city wall, and music sounded again.

Liu Feng even showed a comfortable demeanor of being immersed in wine and music on the top of the city wall, just like the famous scene of "the music continues, and the dancing continues".

the difference is.

The ones playing music were the Han army on the city walls, and the ones "dancing" were the Wei army below the city walls.

Such a response made Xiahou Shang, who was standing under the city, angry and furious.

However, no matter how Xiahou Shang cursed, Liu Feng always had a leisurely attitude of "I'm so happy today", and was not angry at all because of Xiahou Shang's bad words.

See this scene.

Cao Zhen in the rear sent someone to call back Xiahou Shang.

Continuing to curse will only bring shame upon yourself.

Although he was unwilling, Xiahou Shang returned angrily.

In the big tent.

Cao Zhen summoned Zhang He, Guo Huai, Le Chen, Han Rong, as well as Xiahou Shang, Xu Huang and other generals to discuss countermeasures.

"Liu Feng relies on the strength of his fortress and is determined to defend it to the death. Whether he attacks or sieges, what do you think?" Cao Zhen frowned, obviously troubled by Liu Feng's determination to defend the fortress.

Xu Huang suggested: "Liu Feng has 10,000 soldiers and horses in the fort, with sufficient food and grass. It will be difficult to capture it in a short time, whether by attack or siege. Now the battle in Xiangfan is tense. If we are all tied up in Nanxiang, there may be accidents. I came here to reinforce Nanxiang. Now that the General of the Western Expedition has arrived, why don't I return to Xiangfan first?"

Cao Zhen’s brows furrowed even more.

Now his military strength is several times that of Liu Feng. As a result, even Xu Huang, a brave general who is good at marching straight into the enemy territory, does not have the confidence to break through Liu Feng's fortress in a short time.

Le Chen was indignant: "Why does the Right General encourage Liu Feng's ambition and destroy our prestige! In Xiangfan, there are 23 camps of the General of the Eastern Expedition, the General of the Front, the General of the Eastern Defense, the Governor of Yuzhou, the Governor of Yanzhou, etc.
"We also have the General of Cavalry, the General of Light Chariots, the General of Auxiliary State, the General of Tiger Teeth and other twelve camps in the capital, so why do we need the Right General to lead more troops to help?"

Han Rong also said: "Liu Feng now only dares to defend the fortress, and he has run out of tricks. If we attack from all sides, we will definitely be able to break through the fortress and capture Liu Feng alive.

By then, we will seize Shangyong, Fangling and other places with the power of a great victory, and Liu Bei will surely be frightened and retreat!"

Xu Huang hesitated to speak and did not go to explain to Le Chen and Han Rong.

Among all the people present, Xu Huang had personally fought against Liu Feng head-on.

Xu Huang knew very well how powerful Liu Feng was.

Therefore, Xu Huang did not think that a strong attack on the fort would gain much advantage. It would be better to use a false force to contain Liu Feng and secretly lead the army into Xiangfan to assist.

However, Le Chen and Han Rong were quite arrogant, and they seemed to be timid if Xu Huang disagreed.

As a surrendered general.

Although Xu Huang made many contributions, he was always controlled like Zhang He.

Compared with the descendants of Le Chen and Han Rong, two direct generals of Cao Wei, their status is naturally lower.

Therefore, after Xu Huang made the proposal, he was unwilling to say more.

After all, there are two fake Huang Yue here, and it is not Xu Huang's turn to decide.

Xiahou Shang agreed with Han Rong's proposal to attack from all sides, saying, "It is not very useful to divide the troops at this moment. If we divide too few troops, it will be difficult to help the battle in Xiangfan; if we divide too many troops, it will not be enough to resist Liu Feng.

"We should take advantage of the high morale and attack the fort in one go. I don't believe that our army, which is several times larger than Liu Feng's, can't take down a small fort!"

Cao Zhen looked at Zhang He and Guo Huai again.

The two remained silent from the beginning of the meeting.

"General Zuo, Guard General Guo, what do you two think?" Cao Zhen asked attentively, and the generals and officers also looked at Zhang He and Guo Huai.

Before Zhang He could answer, Guo Huai spoke first, "Excuse me for being blunt. Attacking the fortress by force is not the best strategy; dividing the troops in Xiangfan is not a good idea either.

What's more, your Majesty's military order did not mention that I should go to Xiangfan, but asked me to rush to Nanxiang, Shangyong and other places; your Majesty's intention was for me to capture Shangyong if we had spare strength.

Now, Liu Feng has been surrounded in the fortress, and Shangyong's defense must be weak; our army can go straight to Shangyong. If Liu Feng comes to rescue, we can set up an ambush and attack him; if Liu Feng does not come to rescue, we can take the opportunity to capture Shangyong."

Zhang He also said: "I have similar ideas to General Guo. Our army has traveled thousands of miles to come here, and we also suffered a series of defeats in the battles with Liu Feng outside Danshui City.

Although they had many soldiers, their morale was not as high as that of the Han army. Moreover, they had no siege weapons to help them, so if they attacked the fortress by force, they would suffer heavy casualties.

Looking at how Liu Feng ignored the insults and challenges from General Zhengnan on the city wall today, we can see that he had a stable mentality and was very confident in defending the fort. He used his own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths, and fell into Liu Feng's trap.

It would be better to divide the troops and first take Wudang, Lingxian, Yinxian, Zhuyang and other places, and then advance to Shangyong, Fangling and other places. Do not leave any soldiers along the way, just focus on looting and forcibly relocate the people of various counties to the southern township.

In this way, we can also earn some face for Your Majesty in Nanxiang."

Cao Zhen's eyes narrowed.

Plunder + forced relocation were almost a piece of cake for Cao Wei's troops.

Compared with storming the fort guarded by Liu Feng, looting + forced relocation can better boost the morale of Wei soldiers.

It is human nature to bully the weak and avoid the strong.

Hearing this, Xiahou Shang recalled the escape of the people of Nanxiang County and the surrender of the local nobles to Liu Feng, and said angrily: "What General Zuo said is feasible. They are a bunch of lowly people. I feed and clothe them, but they actually want to rebel against me!
We can take this opportunity to send them all to work as farmers in the fields!"

Guo Huai and Zhang He's proposal was echoed by Xiahou Shang, and Cao Zhen also began to seriously consider their plan.

a long time.

Cao Zhen made up his mind and said, "We will follow the plan of General Zuo. We will first take Wudang, Lingxian, Yinxian, Zhuyang and other places, and then march into Shangyong, Fangling and other places, rob them of their money and food, plunder their people, and force Liu Feng to leave the fort!"

Zhang He's strategy was quite cruel.

However, for Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang, it was a good plan as long as it could succeed.

As for benevolence and righteousness?

Since Cao Cao, when has anyone ever been kind and righteous to the people?
For the generals of Cao Wei: benevolence and righteousness are constraints. Only by abandoning benevolence and righteousness can they be free from constraints and win more battles!
(End of this chapter)