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

Chapter 35: Secret Plan, Success Depends on Heaven, Planning Depends on Man
After Liao Hua left.

Liu Feng beat the drum to gather his generals.

The guard general Li Ping, the captain Kou Anguo, the commander Tian Qi, the military marquises Fang Yue, Pan Feng, Yu She, and Mu Shun who followed from Hanzhong all entered the country upon hearing the drum beat.

Although among this group of people only Li Ping's name appeared in "The Biography of the First Lord" and there was only a name without any record of his life deeds, the historians were very frugal with words and not everyone was qualified to be recorded in history.

In Liu Feng's eyes, it does not mean that they are nameless in history records. Li Ping, Kou Anguo and others are just a group of incompetent colonels, lieutenants and military marquises.

If low-level soldiers want to be promoted, in addition to their own abilities, it is also very important to follow the right people.

Just like the brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. In terms of ability, Mi Zhu is much more capable than Mi Fang, but Mi Zhu's status is higher than Zhuge Liang, while Mi Fang is the prefect of Liu Bei's largest county in Jingzhou.

For example, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were brave enough to fight against ten thousand enemies. If they had not followed Liu Bei, who would have looked down on a fugitive and a butcher like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao?
Before attacking Nanjun, Zhou Yu was also dismissive of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. After attacking Nanjun, his evaluation of them changed to "bear and tiger generals", and he wanted to keep Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under his command.

Although this group of officers could not compare with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who had fought hundreds of battles and survived, but for Liu Feng, this group of officers were carefully selected from hundreds of miles away and had followed Liu Feng to participate in the Battle of Sichuan and the Battle of Hanzhong. They were all brave men who survived the arduous battles.

Those who could enter the account were all Liu Feng's confidants, so Liu Feng naturally had no scruples and said bluntly: "The former general sent someone to ask me to send troops to Fancheng to help. Although I openly agreed to send troops, I will not go there in person."

"So I need someone to lead a thousand people to go to Fancheng under my banner."

"General Li Ping, take 200 soldiers from your own army and select 800 soldiers from Zigui, and go to Fancheng for me."

"Remember: after arriving at Fancheng, your purpose is not to attack Fancheng for General Qian, but to preserve military strength and protect General Qian."

Li Ping asked in confusion: "General, please forgive me. I am stupid. The former general has tens of thousands of soldiers and is very brave. Why do you need me to protect you?"

"That's a good question." Liu Feng said in a serious tone, "Although the former general has tens of thousands of soldiers and is very brave, even the most ferocious tigers and leopards can be careless at times."

"I don't want to go to Fancheng in person because I think the former general is so proud of his victory that he might be plotted against by villains."

"You are all my most trusted people, so I will inform you of my judgment and deployment today."

"I predict that Sun Quan will send troops to attack Jiangling City, the important town in the rear of the former general. Once Jiangling City is lost, the wives and children of the former general's army will be controlled, and tens of thousands of troops will be scattered in an instant."

"By then, your thousand men will be the key to protecting the former general's escape."

Everyone was shocked.

Captain Kou Anguo could not help but ask: "Since the general could foresee that Sun Quan would attack Jiangling City, why didn't he send someone to inform the former general and the governor of Nanjun, Mi, in advance?"

Liu Feng shook his head gently: "When people are arrogant, they will not listen to good advice."

"Besides, my relationship with the former general and Governor Mi is far from enough for them to believe my guess."

"Captain Kou, I will give you a military mission. You will select a hundred elite soldiers who are not from Jingzhou or whose families are not in Jingzhou. Go to Jiangling City with Liao Hua, the former general's chief clerk, tomorrow."

"You have only one mission: if Jiangling is lost, you must escort the former general's family out of the city. The first choice of retreat route is Linju. If you cannot reach Linju, you can improvise."

"Although you are just an illegitimate child of the Kou family and are not recognized by the Kou family, in my eyes, you are more like our ancestor Luo Hou than your irresponsible father, brothers, uncles and brothers. Whether you can surpass other sons and revive the name of Luo Hou Kou family depends on your performance in Jiangling."

In terms of bloodline, Kou Anguo is Liu Feng's cousin.

However, Kou Anguo was just an illegitimate child of a certain Kou family member who had an affair. He was a "lowly person" who was driven away even when he came to recognize his relatives. He was not even worthy of having a single character for his name. Liu Feng had been with Liu Bei for a long time, and his worldview had not been destroyed. He could not bear to see his younger brother wandering outside, so he brought him with him, and often encouraged Kou Anguo by citing Huo Qubing's background.

As a result, Kou Anguo worked hard to become a strong man, and followed Liu Feng to participate in the Battle of Sichuan and the Battle of Hanzhong. He was always the first to fight in every battle and was promoted to the rank of colonel purely based on his military achievements.

Liu Feng gave the task of protecting Guan Yu's family to Kou Anguo. In addition to wanting Kou Anguo to make meritorious service, he also valued Kou Anguo's bravery.

Although Kou Anguo had heard Liu Feng say "the sons of Yue will revive the name of Luohou Kou family" more than once, he was still excited when he heard this sentence again today.

Although there are not many descendants of the Kou family, there are more than sixty people of the same generation as Kou Anguo.

In the eyes of Liu Feng, who had already become the adopted son of King Hanzhong, the only one among the more than sixty descendants of the Kou family who could reproduce the name of Luohou Kou family was Kou Anguo, the illegitimate son of the Kou family who no one cared about.

How could Kou Anguo not be excited?
Liu Feng's affirmation and trust made Kou Anguo take on this difficult task on the spot.

Kou Anguo is not afraid of death.

What Kou Anguo fears is a meaningless death.

"I will obey the general's orders. Even if I die, I will protect the former general's family."

Kou Anguo did not think about the ridiculous contradictions such as Liu Feng had a bad relationship with Guan Yu so I was unwilling to escort him. Kou Anguo had only one thought in his mind: Liu Feng’s military order must be completed even if he dies!
Liu Feng praised Kou Anguo generously, and after confirming his death vow, he said to the four generals Fang Yue, Pan Feng, Yu She, and Mu Shun:
"The four of you will move your troops to the Jingshan strongholds from today and tell Li Fu and the others my order: lay down your flags and drums, scout out the enemy and prepare for battle."

"If any volunteer soldiers from Jingshan come to borrow food, we can give them to them as appropriate."

The four military marquises said nothing more and clasped their fists in response to the order.

Subsequently.

Liu Feng looked at the captain Tian Qi and said, "Captain Tian, please go to Shangyong for me and tell Shen Dan to prepare food and grass. The more the better. If you share the hardship with me today, I will share the prosperity with him tomorrow."

Liu Feng issued military orders one after another in an orderly manner.

Jingzhou was about to fall, and Liu Feng had to be as fully prepared as possible.

At last.

Liu Feng wrote another letter in his own hand and sent someone to deliver it to Zigui and give it to Meng Da.

Another key to defending Shangyong and protecting Guan Yu lies in Zigui.

Although history records that Meng Da rebelled, Liu Feng was not a pedantic person. Even if he was unhappy, he could not judge him based on something that had not happened.

Meng Da had certain military talents and had seven or eight years of experience as the prefect of Yidu County. He was the best candidate to stop Lu Xun from taking control of Yidu County.

The order Liu Feng requested from Meng Da, "Ordering Meng Da to temporarily serve as the governor of Yidu, to supervise the military and political affairs of the four counties of Yidu, and to transport grain to Fangling", was also intended to increase Meng Da's sense of honor and disgrace in his camp and prevent Lu Xun, who was good at playing tricks on Meng Da, from trying to sow discord against him.

Although it may not necessarily cause Meng Da to rebel, it may also cause Meng Da to play badly.

At the critical moment of life and death, giving up is fatal!

(End of this chapter)