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

Chapter 18: Fangling City is too small, so build it into a fortress
On the evening of the day after Liu Feng arrived in Fangling, the cavalrymen who were sent to draw a map in the direction of Maicheng at the beginning of the month also returned with the map.

After meeting Liu Feng, the cavalry soldier presented the map to apologize: "It has been raining for several days and the roads are difficult to travel. I failed to bring the map back in time. Please punish me, General."

"The weather is unpredictable. It's not your fault. You must have worked hard along the way." Liu Feng did not blame the cavalry.

After spreading out the map, Liu Feng took out the map that Shen Dan had given him earlier and carefully compared the differences between the two maps.

I also asked about the details of the cavalry drawing process.

Just as Liu Feng expected.

The newly drawn map by the cavalry showed that the distance from Fangling to Maicheng was as long as 330 miles!
It is fifty miles longer than the map given by Shen Dan, and the mountain road is difficult to travel!

this means.

If Liu Feng followed the map given by Shen Dan, he would arrive at his destination at least one day later than scheduled.

On the battlefield, even an hour's delay, let alone a day's delay, could lead to irreversible consequences.

[Walking 330 miles of mountain roads to rush to Maicheng for help is not a small risk. It is absolutely impossible to march normally. We must make some preparations in advance. ]

Liu Feng looked at the markings on the map and thought intently.

Although the most perfect deployment is to protect Jiangling City and repel Lu Meng, this is simply impossible for Liu Feng at the moment.

Liu Feng remembered that historical documents had specifically recorded: After Mi Fang surrendered the city, some officials and military officers in the city who were unwilling to surrender secretly set up an ambush, but were discovered by Yu Fan, the cavalry commander beside Lu Meng.

Liu Feng did not think that he could deploy a better ambush than the one set by the officials and military schools in Jiangling City.

It is even more impossible to lead troops into Jiangling City.

Not to mention that Liu Feng could not abandon Shangyong and station troops in Jiangling City without the king's order. Even if he stationed troops, Liu Feng might not be able to seize Mi Fang's power and defend Jiangling City.

By then, Jiangling City and Shangyong would have been lost as well. Liu Feng would have disobeyed the king's order and abandoned Shangyong to seize military power, which would have also led to his death.

It is obviously unrealistic to pin one's hopes on keeping Jiangling City.

With the limited military force Liu Feng had, he couldn't make too many deployments.

now.

Liu Feng took Fangling as the center and went to Zigui to transport grain to Fangling.

In addition to opening a way for Guan Yu to escape in advance, it was also preparing for future defense and counterattack.

Mi Fang in Jiangling City is unreliable, and Fan You, the prefect of Yidu in Zigui, is equally unreliable.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to store all the food and grass from Zigui in Fangling City in advance to prevent them from being obtained by Lu Xun.

Meng Da's greatest contribution was that during the seven or eight years he served as the prefect of Yidu, he stored a large amount of grain and fodder in Zigui.

This is also one of the reasons why Liu Feng dared to move his troops into Fangling.

As long as there is food and grass in Fangling, Liu Feng does not have to worry about running out of food and his army being defeated even if facing a joint attack from Cao and Wu's soldiers.

The current situation is very unfavorable to Liu Feng.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought in Hanzhong for several years, leaving Yizhou exhausted.

With insufficient food and fodder and exhausted laborers, it was impossible for Liu Bei to lead troops to Xichuan just for Liu Feng's sake.

Even if Liu Bei was willing to believe it, the officials in Chengdu would not agree.

After all, Jiangling City was a fortified city, and the one guarding it was Liu Bei's second brother-in-law, so there was no possibility that it would be lost.

If Liu Feng wants to survive, he cannot rely on others for his hope of survival.

If you want to survive, you can only rely on yourself!
After instructing the cavalry to rest, Liu Feng asked Deng Fu to mobilize some laborers to dig trenches, build earthen ramparts, and repair arrow towers and other military fortifications outside the city.

This made Deng Fu quite confused.

Looking at the number and location of trenches, earth ramparts, arrow towers and other military fortifications on the drawings, Deng Fu was even more puzzled.

Especially the number Liu Feng requested, it was more like dealing with a major war.

Fangling is a small city, so it is possible that Cao's troops from the south will launch a surprise attack. What kind of big battle could there be?
Even the drawings given by Liu Feng required digging trenches, building earthen ramparts and repairing arrow towers in the direction of Zigui.

"General, the autumn harvest will begin next month. Even if we recruit laborers now, we won't be able to finish the construction." Deng Fu looked embarrassed. "Besides, Fangling is a small city, so there is no need for so many constructions."

Liu Feng didn't plan to explain too much to Deng Fu, and only said: "The autumn harvest will be next month, so there is still a month left."

"We will build as many fortifications as we can. The soldiers in the city and General Meng's follow-up soldiers will also participate in the construction of fortifications."

"As for the rest, don't ask any more questions."

Fangling is a small city, and it is difficult to deploy too many soldiers on the city wall.

Liu Feng dug trenches, built earth ramparts, and built arrow towers outside the city to disperse the troops outside the city, share the pressure of defending the city, and attack the enemy outside the city. Fangling City is too small, so build it into a fortress!

Seeing that Liu Feng was not going to say more, Deng Fu hesitated and had to swallow the remaining questions.

When Meng Da arrived at Fangling City.

It was already the afternoon of the next day.

Although these 4,000 Han soldiers finally arrived at the city of Fangling within three days under the urging of Meng Da, they were also exhausted.

Not only was the team in chaos, but many soldiers simply fell to the ground and fell asleep after reaching the foot of the city, completely ignoring the dampness and coldness of the ground.

And at this time.

Liu Feng, who had received the news early, led more than ten riders out of the city.

Looking at this chaotic Han army, Liu Feng couldn't help but frown.

With this group of rabble, it is unknown whether they can defend Lingling City, let alone rescue Guan Yu.

Listening to the chaotic sounds of the soldiers, Liu Feng became angry.

"Where is Meng Da?"

A loud shout quieted down the chaotic noise.

When the soldiers saw that it was Liu Feng outside the city, they hurriedly began to line up.

After a while.

Meng Da rode up with a sullen face and bowed: "I greet the deputy general."

Liu Feng snorted coldly: "Organize the army immediately. If anyone falls behind within a quarter of an hour, they will all go dig trenches and build earthen ramparts tomorrow."

Meng Da clenched his fists.

Liu Feng was waiting for me here.

Although he was very reluctant to be ordered around by Liu Feng like this, it was Meng Da who failed to control his troops.

Wrong!

When Meng Da reorganized his army, he found that almost half of them had fallen behind.

This made Meng Da feel ashamed and angry at the same time. He was angry at these soldiers for making him look bad in front of Liu Bang.

Under normal circumstances, Meng Da would not make such a low-level mistake. Meng Da knew the level and character of these 4,000 soldiers.

The bad thing was that the order to march was given by Liu Feng.

If Liu Feng said that they would march after the rain, they must march after the rain.

This put Meng Da in a completely passive position, and he seemed like a stupid general and made frequent mistakes.

Meng Da even suspected that Liu Feng did it on purpose.

If too many mistakes are made, the military’s prestige will naturally lose its momentum.

From now on, it is not up to Meng Da to decide whether these 4,000 Han soldiers will listen to Meng Da or Liu Feng.

In fact, Liu Feng did have this intention.

Yuhou's original intention was to examine the marching level of Meng Da's 4,000 Han soldiers.

If Meng Da's marching skills were poor, it would naturally reduce his prestige in the army.

"General Meng, starting tomorrow, all your soldiers will go to build fortifications. Do not delay any longer!"

"If things continue to be as chaotic as they are today, you should stop being a general and go back to Chengdu to apologize to my father!"

Liu Feng's military order displeased Meng Da's nephew Deng Xian.

Deng Xian asked loudly, "Deputy Army General, you just said that only those who were left behind would repair the fortifications, why are you asking us all to repair the fortifications now?"

Liu Feng stared at Deng Xian and said, "Captain Deng, have you not heard of 'Who says I have no clothes? I will share my robe with you'?"

"They are all comrades in arms, and nearly half of them have fallen behind. Can the remaining half bear to watch their comrades repair the fortifications and do nothing?"

"If you have a better way to appease the half of the soldiers who have fallen behind, I will give the order as you said."

Deng Xian was stunned for a moment.

Should I go and comfort him?

If I went to comfort them, I would be drowned by the spit of those soldiers who already had complaints!
(End of this chapter)