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

Chapter 150: Using himself as bait, Liu Feng was surrounded and killed by Cao Zhen (6K)

Not only that.

Cao Zhen even sent people to the fort to publicize his intention to plunder and forcibly relocate the people of Wudang, Ling County, Yin County, Zhuyang and other places, as if he was afraid that Liu Feng in the fort would not guess it.

Popular support?

This is not something Cao Zhen needs to consider.

As Xiahou Shang said, "They are a bunch of untouchables. I feed and clothe them, but they are rebelling against me! I will take this opportunity to send them all to work as farmers in the military farms."

Looting + forced relocation can not only achieve the military goal of luring Liu Feng out of the fortress, but also obtain a large amount of money, food, supplies and labor for farming.

For Cao Zhen: With such huge benefits, he can temporarily abandon the people's support.

Since Cao Cao, the direct descendants of Cao Wei have had a roughly similar concept:

The one with the strongest army and the most powerful horses is the king! Benevolence and righteousness are just the groans of the weak! There is no need to reason with ordinary people. If there is resistance, just beat him up!

Those who obey will prosper, and those who resist will perish. As long as you have the big fist, those who disobey will have to keep it to themselves.

The fact that most of the world belonged to Wei also made Cao Wei's direct descendants more advocate "the one with the strongest soldiers and horses will be the king."

Inside the Wubao.

The condemnation of the Wei army by generals such as Li Ping and Wang Ping was like a boiling pot.

Some angrily denounced "Cao Zhen is not a human being. He actually uses the people to threaten Your Highness!", some shouted "The Wei dogs are hateful. We must fight to the death", some worried that "the rear is empty. If we don't go out of the city to rescue, the people will suffer", and some regretted "I wish I could defeat the Wei dogs at Dan Shui", and so on.

Even Fan Cheng, who was always in charge of the civil affairs of the army, could not help but curse: "Cao thieves, you are outnumbered and yet you still use such a vicious scheme to harm the people. If there is justice in heaven, Cao thieves and false emperors will die young for generations."

If Cao Zhen had simply divided his troops to capture the city, the generals and officers would at most lament that Cao Zhen's military strategy was wise, and that the loss was due to his inferior skills.

But Cao Zhen now wants to plunder and forcibly relocate the people of various counties to threaten Liu Feng to abandon the fortress. This is purely a bad trick.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Most of those who were willing to follow Liu Bei and his son, in addition to wanting to achieve merit and be awarded titles, shared the same ideas about war as Liu Bei and his son.

When Liu Feng selected his trusted civil and military officials, he also considered morality first and ability second.

therefore.

When Cao Zhen deliberately sent people outside the city to threaten to plunder and forcibly relocate the people of various counties, none of Liu Feng's officers could bear it.

Even people who were not of Han descent, such as Bai Shou, Mei Fu, and Liu Changgong, were resentful.

The Yi people admired the Han, and what they admired was naturally the Han's benevolence and righteousness, not the Han's cruelty.

Therefore, the Yi people who submitted to the Han Dynasty were often called "Yi Cong", which means to submit to the Han Dynasty out of righteousness and obey the order.

If the Han people were as brutal as the Yi people, why would the Yi people admire the Han people? It would be better for them to establish their own Yi regime that advocates brutality! Just like during the Five Barbarians period, there was no need to be righteous, only to have strong soldiers and horses to become the emperor.

Listening to the angry voices of the generals and officers, Liu Feng fell into deep thought.

As a commander, you must remain rational even if you are angry.

Cao Zhen used an open strategy, which was aimed at Liu Feng.

I plundered and forcibly relocated the people under your rule. If you send troops to rescue them, you will be defeated one by one. If you don't send troops to rescue them, the people of various counties will become my farm slaves because of you, and then you can forget about benevolence and righteousness. It's all a matter of dogs biting each other, so no one can blame anyone else.

And Liu Feng must admit to this conspiracy!
Liu Feng could tolerate Xiahou Shang's insults.

Liu Feng could not tolerate Cao Zhen's looting and forced relocation.

This involves the different concepts of warfare between the two camps of Liu Bei and Cao Cao: Cao uses violence, while Liu uses benevolence.

If Liu Feng had sat back and watched Cao Zhen looting and forced relocation in the rear and chose to defend the fort, even if he had successfully restrained Cao Zhen from going to the Xiangfan battlefield, Liu Feng would have been held accountable afterwards.

The dock can be abandoned.

The people’s will cannot be abandoned.

If we sacrifice all benevolence and righteousness for the sake of a fortress, then how is we different from Cao Wei?

however.

If we abandon the fort, we will lose half of our mission to contain Cao Zhen, and the casualties of soldiers will also increase.

The lives of civilians need to be taken care of, and the lives of officers and soldiers also need to be taken care of.

Liu Feng must have the most careful consideration to find a relatively controllable balance between the two.

a long time.

Liu Feng stopped the crowd from denouncing him and said slowly: "Wudang, Ling County, Yin County, Zhuyang and other places where Cao Zhen wants to go originally belonged to Nanxiang County.

If I don’t save them, the people of Nanxiang County will lose their hearts, and no one will believe in the benevolence of the Han Dynasty anymore. Therefore, I must save these cities!”

As soon as the word "save" came out, the eyes of the officers and generals changed obviously. Some showed excitement, some showed pride, some showed relief, some showed admiration, etc.

Seeing this, Liu Feng emphasized his tone again: "Now, the enemy is numerous and we are few. If we divide our forces to rescue the city, we will be easily defeated one by one. This battle is dangerous. Are you afraid?"

Kou Anguo shouted: "A real man should die on the battlefield, what is there to fear? I am willing to die for your Highness!"

All the officers clasped their fists and pleaded: "We are willing to die for your Highness!"

"it is good!"

Seeing that the morale was high, Liu Feng was no longer soft-hearted. He ordered all the generals to gather the soldiers on the parade ground and set up a high platform on the parade ground.

Half an hour later.

Except for the soldiers guarding the fort tower, all the 10,000 soldiers in the fort gathered in the parade ground.

Although the wind was biting cold, all the soldiers were in neat uniforms, which showed that Liu Feng had trained his troops well.

Accompanied by a horn sound.

Liu Feng, wearing armor and holding a sword, came out of the tent with Tian Qi and Fan Cheng and climbed onto the high platform.

Seeing Liu Feng's heroic posture and strong and powerful steps, many soldiers on the training ground were excited.

"See Your Highness!"

Waves of uniform voices came one after another, from the bottom to the top of the platform.

Liu Feng glanced at the soldiers with a sharp gaze, and then waved to Fan Cheng.

Fan Cheng understood, holding the bamboo slips in his hand, stepped forward and shouted: "I am following the order of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan to issue the Military Law to all the soldiers.

The king's law is ruthless, and military orders are ruthless. Those who violate the orders will be punished according to the seven prohibitions and fifty-four beheadings.

The seven prohibitions are: light army, slow army, stealing army, deceiving army, deserting army, disorderly army and misleading army.

Fifty-four types of executions: Those who are greedy for life will be executed, those who desert in battle will be executed, those who disobey orders will be executed, those who fail to arrive at the announcement will be executed, those who delay food and money will be executed, those who cannot raise the flag will be executed, those who cannot surrender when the flag is pressed will be executed, those who do not advance when the drum is drummed will be executed, and those who do not retreat when the gong is fired will be executed.

The clear and stern voice echoed throughout the entire training ground.

No matter whether it was officers such as Li Ping and Wang Ping, or ordinary soldiers, their minds became extremely clear at this moment, and they dared not be distracted for the slightest.

After Fan Cheng finished reading the Military Law and left, Liu Feng glanced at the officers and men who were very alert, and his mellow and majestic voice rang out slowly:
"Currently, Cao Cao has usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself as the emperor. He has stationed violent troops in the southern part of the country, causing great suffering to the people. Wudang, Ling County, Yin County, Zhuyang and other places were originally counties in the southern part of the country. The people admired the great reputation of the Han Dynasty and surrendered to it sincerely. This was originally a blessing.

However, Cao is a treacherous villain who wants to plunder money and grain from various counties and forcibly relocate the people from various counties, in an attempt to bring disaster upon the people by war, just to lure me out of the city.

Since I am the King of Yan, how can I only care about my own safety and ignore the people of other counties?
Your Majesty often says that the benevolent are invincible and their virtues are immortal.

Today, I want to divide my troops to rescue the counties. I hope you will work hard and move forward. Wherever the army goes, it must not disturb the people. I will reward meritorious deeds and punish crimes without favoritism. "

The soldiers were even more awe-inspiring.

On weekdays, Liu Feng was always smiling and caring about the soldiers in the army. He would not even scold the most unpopular cook in the army.

However, when Liu Feng ascended the stage, his words and deeds were all intimidating without him even getting angry.

See this.

Liu Feng took out the token and map again and called out in a sharp voice.

"Kou Anguo, Mi Tutong, Bei Shina, Shu Heli, Qu Xianzhi, listen to my orders!"

"exist!"

"I'll have you five people form the first team, lead a battalion of soldiers, and have the soldiers bring two days' worth of dry food and assemble at the south gate of the fort. Half an hour later, leave the fort at the south gate and head straight for Wudang City. There are three places where soldiers are hidden along the way to Wudang City. I've drawn them all on the map. Please march carefully."

"Order!"

"Li Fu, Deng Xian, listen to my orders."

"exist!"

"I'll have you two form the second team, lead a battalion of soldiers, and have the soldiers bring three days' worth of dry food, and assemble at the east gate of the fort. Half an hour later, leave the fort at the east gate, and head down along the south bank of the Dan River straight to Lu County. There are six places where soldiers are hidden along the way to Lu County. I've marked them all along the way, so march carefully."

"Order!"

"Li Ping, Fang Yue, Pan Feng, Yu She, Mu Shun, listen to my orders."

"exist!"

"I'll have you five people form the third team, lead two battalions of soldiers, and have each soldier bring three days of dry food and two days of rice, and assemble at the east gate of the fort. Half an hour later, leave the fort at the east gate and head straight to Shunyang. After arriving at Shunyang, follow the north bank of the Dan River to Yin County and Zhuyang. There are three places where soldiers are hidden along the way. I've marked them all along the way. March carefully."

"Got the order!"

"Wang Ping, Liu Qingzhi, Liu Changgong, Liu Wentai, listen to my orders!"

"exist!"

"I will order you four to form the fourth team, lead the three battalions of flying troops, and assemble at the north gate of the fort. Half an hour later, you will leave the fort at the north gate and attack Cao Zhen's camp outside the north gate. You are not allowed to retreat without my order."

"Order!"

"Han Zhong, Wang Dang, Luo Xin, Shan Xiong, and Pei Qing, listen to my orders."

"exist!"

"I will order the five of you to form the fifth team, lead a battalion of soldiers and horses, count the food and supplies, and station them at the south gate, ready to be ordered at any time."

"Order!"

"Tian Qi, Bai Shou, Mei Fu, Liu Xianda, Liu Daoji, listen to the order!"

"exist!"

"Immediately select a battalion of soldiers and horses, and follow me out of the east gate. I will personally go to the city of Nanxiang to challenge you!"

"Order!"

Soldiers are valuable and quick.

Indecisiveness leads to disaster.

Since it has been determined that Cao Zhen is going to use the dirty trick of looting and forced relocation, Liu Feng cannot waste time.

After deploying troops.

Liu Feng, with five captains, Tian Qi, Bai Shou, Mei Fu, Liu Xianda, and Liu Daozhi, led a battalion of soldiers out of the city and came to the foot of Nanxiang City to challenge.

Upon hearing the news, Xiahou Shang and Xu Huang climbed to the top of the city wall.

"Liu Feng actually comes to challenge me again?" Xiahou Shang felt anger rising in his heart.

Early this morning.

Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang withdrew the troops that were surrounding the fort, and either entered the city or returned to the camp, in an attempt to lure Liu Feng to divide his forces to rescue the counties.

Seeing that Liu Feng not only did not divide his troops, but instead came with a thousand soldiers to challenge him, Xiahou Shang was confused and angry.

Immediately, Xiahou Shang was about to lead his troops out of the city.

Seeing that Xiahou Shang was angered, Xu Huang quickly grabbed Xiahou Shang and tried to dissuade him, saying, "Liu Feng is leaving the city now, he must want to dampen the morale of our army. We must not fall for Liu Feng's trick. We just need to follow the previous deployment and wait for Liu Feng to divide his troops and leave the city, then defeat them one by one."

Although what Xu Huang said made sense, Xiahou Shang still felt uncomfortable listening to it.

There are only a thousand people under the city. Wouldn't their morale be further dampened if they don't fight?
"Gong Ming, please scout the battlefield for me. I want to meet Liu Feng in person." Xiahou Shang walked down the city wall with his gun in hand.

If Liu Feng came with a thousand men to challenge them and they did not dare to leave the city, then running to the outside of the fort and scolding Liu Feng for not daring to leave the city would be a humiliation to themselves.

Seeing that he could not persuade Xiahou Shang, Xu Huang could only lead his troops and follow behind Xiahou Shang.

Not long after.

The city gate opens.

Xiahou Shang was the first to shout, "Liu Feng, you cowardly rat, why are you leaving the city again today?"

Liu Feng stood before the battle line, pointing his 10-foot-long snake spear at Xiahou Shang: "Xiahou Shang, you are using the people of the counties to threaten me. Do you know how to write the word shame?"

Xiahou Shang laughed: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If you don't accept it, just send troops to rescue us. Don't bother to argue with us!"

Liu Feng also laughed: "Well said! You and I are both military commanders, so we can't argue with scholars. Why don't we fight to decide the winner? Don't worry, I won't kill you even if I win, and I will definitely let you go back to Luoyang."

Being underestimated by Liu Feng, Xiahou Shang was furious: "Liu Feng, how dare you underestimate me?"

Liu Feng placed his 10-foot-long spear towards the arrowhead and hooked his left hand: "If you don't accept it, just come forward!"

Seeing Liu Feng provoking his troops in front of the battle line, Xu Huang quickly advised: "General Zhengnan, don't fall for Liu Feng's provocation. Just act according to the plan and wait for Liu Feng to divide his troops!"

Xiahou Shang smiled confidently, "Right General, don't worry. I know Liu Feng is trying to provoke me. I will go up and fight with Liu Feng. With the Right General leading the charge, why should we be afraid of Liu Feng? If we don't fight, Liu Feng will dampen our morale."

Xu Huang sighed secretly and asked, "Why don't I go forward and fight Liu Feng?"

Xiahou Shang's eyes flashed with cunning, and he pretended to hesitate: "The Right General is old, how can I..."

The voice just fell.

A general rushed out from the side and said: "Why do we need General Zhengnan to kill Liu Feng? General Xiahou Ru invites you to fight!"

Xiahou Shang's pupils contracted instantly.

His mother is also!

No one will think you are dumb if you don’t speak!

"You are no match for Liu Feng, step back!" Xiahou Shang looked unhappy.

Xiahou Ru was not convinced: "General Zhengnan, why do you underestimate me? When I followed King Rencheng, I also killed Wuhuan and Xianbei warriors with my own hands. How could I be afraid of Liu Feng? If I lose my fighting spirit, I am willing to be punished!"

Xiahou Shang's face became even uglier.

I am using the method of provoking the right general, why are you joining in the fun?
"Back off!" Xiahou Shang's tone became even more severe, and he was obviously dissatisfied with his cousin's lack of insight.

If you can defeat Liu Feng, why should I encourage the Right General to go into battle?
Xiahou Ru retreated angrily.

Xu Huang shook his head secretly and went out into the battle with his axe in hand.

"General Zhengnan is the main general, how can I fight with you. Liu Feng, if you feel that it is a loss of status to fight with me, you can send any officers under your command to fight, even many people together." Xu Huang's voice was not loud, but it was clear enough for everyone to hear.

Before he finished speaking, Mei Fu, Liu Xianda and Liu Daozhi had already clenched their spears.

Many people coming together?

Too embarrassing!

What do you take me for?

Mei Fu and the other two clasped their fists and challenged Liu Feng to a fight.

Seeing Xu Huang riding his horse to the battle array, Liu Feng stopped Mei Fu and the other two from asking for a fight, and rode out with a big laugh: "Xiahou Shang, you are so young, yet you ordered an old soldier to fight against the general. I have never seen such a shameless person!
"Xu Gongming, you are the right general of the pseudo-Wei, how can you willingly obey the orders of a general who is lower in rank than you? How can you willingly accept his orders to fight with me? If I win against you, I will be criticized for winning unfairly!"

Before Liu Feng could finish speaking, Xu Huang rode his horse forward, shouted "Shut up!", and swung his axe to chop!

The sound of heavy weapons colliding was heard.

Liu Feng's Zhangba Snake Spear was as hard as steel, and its weight was no less than Xu Huang's mountain-splitting axe. The strong recoil force made Xu Huang dare not be careless at all.

[Compared to the last time we fought, Liu Feng is even stronger! ]

The strength of military commanders varies at different ages.

Liu Feng, who is in his thirties, is in a period of rising strength and is getting stronger every year.

Xu Huang, who was in his sixties, was in a period of declining strength and was getting weaker every year.

Two years ago, Liu Feng was able to fight Xu Huang without being defeated.

The only difference between him and Xu Huang is the difference in combat experience.

This gap will become smaller and smaller as Liu Feng's strength increases and Xu Huang's strength decreases.

Looking at Xiahou Ru, who fought Xu Huang on equal terms, his face turned pale and his hands trembled a little.

He also understood why Xiahou Shang dismissed him.

If I really go into a duel with Liu Feng, it would be lucky if I return defeated. If I am killed by Liu Feng, then my name will really be recorded in Liu Feng's merit book.

Looking at Liu Feng who was becoming more and more courageous in the battle, Xiahou Shang began to feel confused.

True.

When Liu Feng challenged him at the beginning, Xiahou Shang really couldn't hold back his anger and left the city.

When Liu Feng tried to provoke Xiahou Shang into a duel, Xiahou Shang became alert.

A one-on-one duel between the main general and the opponent?

If the opponent was an unknown ruffian, Xiahou Shang might have agreed.

But the opponent is the famous Liu Feng, who comes here specifically to challenge him for a duel?

Xiahou Shang didn't believe it at all!
The purpose of inciting Xu Huang to fight was to guess Liu Feng's purpose in challenging him to a duel.

"Strange, what is Liu Feng thinking about?"

Listening to the soldiers on both sides cheering for the wonderful fight between Liu Feng and Xu Huang, Xiahou Shang frowned, unable to guess Liu Feng's purpose.

In the fighting room.

The deputy general on the top of the city suddenly sounded the horn.

Xiahou Shang was greatly surprised. When he was about to ask why the horn was sounded on the city wall, the flag-bearing soldiers on the city wall waved their flags at Xiahou Shang again and again, asking him to return to the city quickly.

Although he was unclear about the situation, Xiahou Shang did not dare to be careless and quickly asked Xu Huang to retreat into the city.

After climbing to the top of the city wall, Xiahou Shang understood the reason without the help of the deputy general.

From the south, east and north gates of Liufengwu Fort, four armies quickly left the city and headed in four directions!

"Damn it! I fell into Liu Feng's trap!"

Xiahou Shang finally understood Liu Feng's purpose of challenging him to a duel today.

Liu Feng was distracting Xiahou Shang's attention so that Xiahou Shang could not respond in time to Liu Feng's troop movements out of the city.

Xiahou Shang cursed on the top of the city wall, but Liu Feng was shouting at the foot of the city: "Xiahou Shang, why did you return to the city? Come on, come on, come out of the city and fight me again! Don't worry, I won't kill you!"

Xiahou Shang sneered and shouted, "Liu Feng, you are about to flee in panic, and you still dare to speak so arrogantly here? Isn't it ridiculous!"

Liu Feng laughed and responded: "Xiahou Shang, don't try to be so good at talking. Come on, come on, come out of the city and fight me, and see who will flee in panic!"

Xu Huang tried to dissuade him again: "General, the soldiers are panicking and returning to the city. The morale of the army is not stable. It is not good to leave the city now. Let's rectify the morale first. When Liu Feng's soldiers are tired and weak, it will not be too late to leave the city and fight."

Xiahou Shang took a deep breath and suppressed his inner anger.

Xiahou Shang also understood what Xu Huang said.

When two armies face off in battle, whoever has more stable morale will have the advantage.

Just now, Xiahou Shang led his troops back to the city. No matter what the reason was, it was equivalent to a defeat for ordinary soldiers. If they did not restore morale and directly led the soldiers out of the city to fight, it would make the soldiers panic.

"Let Liu Feng be proud for a while!"

Xiahou Shang cursed again, asking the officers to quickly restore their morale.

And on the other side.

Wang Ping's sudden attack on the village really scared Cao Zhen.

Good guy!
I just withdrew my troops, and you come straight here to attack my stronghold?

Looking at the number of Wang Ping's troops, Cao Zhen became angry again.

Who gave a group of about 3,000 soldiers the courage to attack a large camp of more than 10,000 people?

Le Chen and Han Rong were also angry.

Han Rong, in particular, was the first to ask for battle after he found out that the person coming was Wang Ping who had ambushed him in the west of Danshui City.

Zhang He and Guo Huai looked at each other and both sensed something unusual.

"Three thousand people are definitely not capable of breaking into our stronghold. Liu Feng knew this, but still sent troops to attack. His intention was not to attack the stronghold, but to contain us." Guo Huai pointed out Liu Feng's intention.

Zhang He also said: "Liu Feng should divide his troops to go to Wudang, Zhuyang and other places now. The plan of dividing the troops has been completed! If the General of the Western Expedition wants to eat away at Liu Feng and destroy him, he can mobilize all the troops in the camp and destroy these 3,000 Han soldiers first; if the General of the Western Expedition wants to capture and kill Liu Feng, he can divide a part of his troops to fight with these 3,000 Han soldiers, and send the main army to surround and kill Liu Feng."

Cao Zhen quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

After a while.

Cao Zhen made a decision: "Encircle and kill Liu Feng!"

Obviously.

Cao Zhen wanted to take advantage of Liu Feng's loss of the defensive advantage of the fortress and surround and kill Liu Feng in Nanxiang!
Han Rong requested again: "General Zhengxi wants to surround and kill Liu Feng, so I will be the one to resist the Han generals who are attacking the camp!"

Seeing Han Rong's impatient expression, Guo Huai also said, "I can stay in the camp and lend a helping hand to General Han."

Cao Zhen was a little worried that Han Rong would be blinded by anger. Seeing Guo Huai volunteered to stay in the camp, he ordered: "In this case, Guard General Guo and General Han will guard the main camp together. I will personally lead General Zuo and the officers to surround and kill Liu Feng!"

After discussing the details.

Cao Zhen, Zhang He and others led 10,000 infantry and cavalry to avoid Wang Ping and headed for Liu Feng's fortress. Guo Huai and Han Rong led several thousand people to fight with Wang Ping.

Upon learning that Cao Zhen was leading his troops to arrive, Liu Feng first withdrew his troops back to the fort, closed the three gates, and then stood alone at the east gate.

Not long after.

Cao Zhen and Zhang He arrived.

After Xiahou Shang left Xiahou Ru to guard the city, he also arrived with Xu Huang.

Seeing Liu Feng standing alone at the city gate, Cao Zhen and others did not dare to be careless.

Although Xiahou Shang said that Liu Feng had three armies leaving the city, Cao Zhen and others were not sure whether these three armies would return.

Seeing that Cao's army was not moving, Liu Feng shouted, "Is Cao Zidan here?"

Zhang He frowned and reminded: "General Zhengxi, beware of Liu Feng's tricks!"

Cao Zhen nodded slightly and shouted back: "Great Wei's General of the Western Expedition Cao Zhen is here! Liu Feng, you have fallen into my trap of dividing the troops. The troops in the city are so few now, why don't you surrender early?"

Liu Feng laughed loudly: "How could you have hidden your plan of dividing the troops from me? I used myself as bait and divided the troops outside. Did I really lure you to attack? Today is the day you, Cao Zidan, will die!"

(End of this chapter)