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

Chapter 86: The art of warfare is deception, Liu Feng's serial deceptions (Part )

Quan Cong was captured, and the rest either fled or surrendered.

Liu Feng ignored the fleeing Wu soldiers and only brought Quan Cong and hundreds of surrendered soldiers back to the camp.

The freezing cold water poured on Quan Cong's face. Quan Cong, who closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, shuddered instantly, and a surge of anger grew from the bottom of his heart: "Kill me quickly!"

Kou Anguo kicked Quan Cong and yelled, "Why are you yelling? The general wants to ask you a question, so be quiet."

Quan Cong had never been humiliated like this before, and he stared at Kou Anguo fiercely: "I am Quan Cong, a lieutenant general under the command of Marquis Wu. Are you thieves qualified to judge me?"

Kou Anguo became furious when he heard this, and immediately wanted to slap Quan Cong in the face.

Quan Cong raised his head and glared at Kou Anguo, not trying to hide.

See this.

Liu Feng stopped Kou Anguo and said, "Anguo, please don't be rude. Quan Zihuang once provided rice to the hungry people. Many of them survived because of Quan Zihuang. I deeply respect his benevolent and righteous act. Untie him."

Kou Anguo reluctantly untied Quan Cong, then stood behind Quan Cong with a knife in his hand and stared at him.

Quan Cong wiped the cold water off his face with his sleeves, looked at Liu Feng carefully, and said, "Are you Liu Bei's adopted son Liu Feng?"

Hearing Quan Cong calling Liu Bei and Liu Feng's names directly, the military officers on both sides pressed the hilts of their swords in anger.

Liu Feng smiled gently: "As you can see, I am Liu Feng, the son of the King of Hanzhong."

Quan Cong glanced at Fang Yue, Pan Feng and others who were holding their sword handles with angry faces, and snorted coldly: "Liu Feng, stop pretending. I will never surrender. If you don't kill me today, I will kill you tomorrow."

Liu Feng was not angry, his tone was still as gentle as the spring breeze: "Quan Zihuang, you and I each serve our own masters, and it is normal for us to fight to the death. If I persuade you to surrender, it would be an insult to you."

Quan Cong could not figure out Liu Feng's intentions, so he shouted, "If that's the case, you can kill me quickly to save my reputation."

Liu Feng shook his head gently: "Quan Zihuang, you misunderstood. I will not kill you. If I really wanted to kill you, you would have been dead when I captured you."

Quan Cong's tone sank: "You neither want to persuade us to surrender nor kill me, what do you want? If you want to use me as a hostage to force the Marquis of Wu to give up Jiangling, I advise you to give up this idea."

Liu Feng couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry about that. Based on my understanding of Sun Quan, a general who was captured alive by me has no negotiating value."

Quan Cong just felt a sense of suffocation in his heart.

Although what Liu Feng said was true, Quan Cong felt extremely uncomfortable hearing it.

Quan Cong snorted coldly and turned his head away from Liu Feng.

Liu Feng leaned against the table, looking calm and relaxed.

After a moment's silence, he slowly spoke: "To be honest, our army has less than half a month's supply of food and grass. It is impossible to capture Jiangling City."

"Marquis Guan is now blocked by Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao at Lukou, and it is difficult to break through Lukou. No matter how you look at it, Sun Quan has won."

Quan Cong raised his head, and said with a complacent tone: "Since you knew you would lose, you should have surrendered earlier. You are only Liu Bei's adopted son, not his biological son. If you surrender to the Marquis of Wu, you can restore your surname Kou and inherit the title of Marquis of Luo."

Liu Feng pretended to be in deep thought: "You are right. It is a losing game. I should have surrendered earlier. But now I am very conflicted because before you said this, Yu Jin also said something similar."

"The King of Wei owns half of the country, and Sun Quan is just a small marquis of Wu. No matter how you look at it, surrendering to the King of Wei will have a better future."

"It doesn't seem right. The King of Wei has many talented people under his command. One more or one less won't make a difference. Quan Zihuang, why don't you analyze this for me? Should I surrender to Wei or Wu?"

Quan Cong's eyes widened. "Liu Bei is determined to fight against Cao Wei in the north. As Liu Bei's adopted son, you actually want to surrender to Cao Cao and his son? Aren't you afraid of being scolded?"

Liu Feng pretended to be surprised: "Quan Zihuang, what you said is wrong. I only have less than half a month left to live, am I still afraid of being scolded? I heard that the King of Wei has always been obsessed with Guan Junhou. If Guan Junhou surrenders, the King of Wei should also treat him well."

Liu Feng suddenly clapped his hands, stood up and said "excitedly": "This seems to be a good idea. The King of Wei has always respected Guan Junhou. Even if Guan Junhou surrenders and wants to return to Xichuan, the King of Wei will not stop him. If I follow Guan Junhou back to Xichuan, not only can I save my life, but I won't be scolded!"

Liu Feng ignored Quan Cong's increasingly surprised look and said to Tian Qi, the captain of the personal guards: "Captain Tian, please go to Fancheng to meet Xu Huang for me and tell him that Guan Junhou and I cannot take Jiangling back and want to surrender to the King of Wei again. I hope Xu Huang can help me."

Tian Qi understood: "Xu Huang and Guan Junhou are close friends, and Guan Junhou often calls Xu Huang 'big brother'. I think Xu Huang will definitely help you, but the round trip is long. Do you have enough food and grass?"

Liu Feng laughed: "No problem, I can withdraw to Fangling first, and then offer the three counties of Shangyong to the King of Wei to show my sincerity. Go and do it quickly, don't delay."

"An Guo, take Quan Zihuang away and keep him under guard. Do not let him escape, or I will hold you accountable!"

Quan Cong tried to speak several times, but never got the chance.

Seeing Kou Anguo approaching, he hurriedly shouted: "Liu Feng, surrendering to Wei is not a good idea, listen to me."

Liu Feng simply waved his hand without saying a word to Quan Cong. He paced back and forth, muttering to himself "excitedly": There is always a way out!
Only after Kou Anguo took away Quan Cong, who had become anxious, did Liu Feng stop pacing and the "excitement" on his face disappeared.

Dong Hui asked, "General, did you do this on purpose? Do you want to let Quan Cong go back and deliver the message? But it would be a pity to let Quan Cong go."

Liu Feng leaned against the table again, a smile on his face: "I will release Quan Cong like releasing a duck. If I can trick Sun Quan and take back Jiangling, it will be better than getting a nest of phoenixes."

"Li Ping and Mu Shun, listen to my orders. Mu Shun will lead 300 soldiers to pretend to be Wu soldiers, and then find someone to pretend to be Quan Cong, and lie that Quan Cong was seriously injured by me, and go to Jiangling City at night to deceive him. Li Ping will lead 1,000 soldiers outside the city, pretending to pursue, but actually supporting."

"Remember: this time you are trying to trick the city into failing, you must not succeed. If you are discovered, return to camp immediately."

"Deng Xian, listen to my order. You must lead 500 soldiers to find Li Fu and find someone to pretend to be Quan Cong. You must falsely claim that 'Quan Cong has surrendered' and go to persuade Ding Feng and others to surrender at night. If you are discovered or see Wu soldiers leaving the camp, return to the camp immediately." "The rest of you, appease the soldiers, recuperate, and wait for the order."

Although they did not understand Liu Feng's intention, Li Ping, Mu Shun and Deng Xian did not ask any more questions. They clasped their fists and took the order and left. The rest of the military schools also left one after another.

Dong Hui stayed behind, looking puzzled: "General, since you asked Li Fu and Mu Shun to deceive the city, why did you allow them to fail but not succeed? If they succeed in deceiving the city gate, Jiangling will change its master tonight."

Liu Feng chuckled: "I know Xiu Xu is eager to take back Jiangling, but now is not the best time. Sun Quan has no shortage of wise men around him, and Lu Meng has not died of illness yet."

"If we bet our hopes of taking Jiangling on tonight, then it's fine if we succeed. If we fail, we will never have another chance to take Jiangling again."

"Warfare is all about deception. If I don't let Sun Quan see my tactics first, how can I deceive him when the time comes?"

"Go find Quan Cong and tell him what I did tonight. Then, lie and say that I have surrendered to Cao Cao and find a chance to release him."

Dong Hui was ashamed: "General, you have made a thorough plan. I was thinking too simply. I will go find Quan Cong right now."

Although Sun Quan never really trusted Dong Hui, Dong Hui was still the person Sun Quan was trying to win over. It would be most appropriate to let Dong Hui find an opportunity to test Quan Cong and let Quan Cong go.

After carefully instructing Dong Hui on the details, Liu Feng took out the Jiangling topographic map and studied it carefully.

If one wants to trick the gate of Jiangling into opening and expel Sun Quan from the city, the current conditions are far from sufficient. Even if Liu Feng captures Quan Cong, it only makes it more likely to capture Jiangling City.

If you want to recapture Jiangling City, you need the right time, right place, and right people.

Before that, Liu Feng had to calculate people to the best of his ability.

While Liu Feng was thinking.

Dong Hui has arrived at the tent where Quan Cong is imprisoned.

After sending Kou Anguo away, Dong Hui cautiously came into the tent, approached Quan Cong who was resting with his eyes closed, and shouted, "General Quan, wake up."

Quan Cong opened his eyes and was about to speak, but Dong Hui quickly made a "silence" gesture and whispered, "I am Dong Hui from Xiangyang, and I was once entertained by the Marquis of Wu at a banquet in Jiangling City."

Quan Cong was surprised and asked, "Are you Dong Hui, the envoy sent to Jiangling City? Why are you looking for me?"

Dong Hui looked around vigilantly and said concisely: "After returning to Maicheng last time, I spread rumors for Commander Lu and was almost suspected by Liu Feng. I have never dared to send messages for Commander Lu again."

"General Quan, listen to me now: Liu Feng's words tonight cannot be believed. He has already surrendered to Cao Cao!"

Quan Cong was horrified: "Why would Liu Feng surrender to Cao Cao?"

Dong Hui sighed: "Although Liu Feng is Liu Bei's adopted son, he was treated as an adopted son before Liu Chan came to Sichuan. Liu Feng also always believed that he was the one who inherited Liu Bei's foundation."

"But since Liu Bei went to Sichuan and married Madam Wu, Liu Chan was raised under Madam Wu's name, and changed from a concubine's son to a legitimate son. Later, Liu Bei proclaimed himself king in Hanzhong, and in order to win over the people of Xichuan, he officially confirmed Liu Chan's status as the crown prince."

"Liu Feng was resentful and surrendered to Cao Cao in anger. This is why Liu Feng, who was in Shangyong, knew about Marquis Wu's plan earlier than Marquis Guan and sent Meng Da to Zigui in advance."

"Liu Feng came here at great risk, not to save Marquis Guan, but because he didn't want Marquis Wu to get Jingzhou. I also learned that Cao Ren and Wen Pin were preparing to fight to support Liu Feng, and Zhang Liao also led his army back to Hefei to attack Ruxukou."

"Tonight, Liu Feng divided his troops into two groups and pretended to be General Quan, and went to Jiangling City and General Quan's camp respectively."

"I will find a chance to transfer the guards and let General Quan leave. General Quan must explain the current situation to Marquis Wu and don't be fooled by Liu Feng!"

After hearing the news from Dong Hui, Quan Cong was so shocked that he was stunned. He couldn't help but murmured: "Liu Feng is actually working for Cao Cao. How could this be? Guan Yu divided his troops to go to Lukou. Was it Liu Feng's deliberate act?"

Dong Hui nodded. "Not only that, Liu Feng also transferred Guan Ping to Fangling on the pretext that the army was unstable, under the pretext that 'all the troops from the three counties of Shangyong can be transferred to help Lord Guan'. In fact, Liu Feng was afraid that Guan Ping would cause trouble if he came to Maicheng."

"I know it's hard for you to believe. Not to mention you, even if Lord Guan came, he would definitely think that I framed Liu Feng. But the fact is that Liu Feng's scheme is so deep that it's frightening. He deceived both Lord Guan and Lord Wu!"

Quan Cong was stunned when he heard this.

Looking at Liu Feng's actions during this period, there was something weird about them. Liu Feng always managed to strangle Sun Quan by the neck at the critical moment, making Sun Quan extremely uncomfortable.

For example, although Jiangling was captured, Zigui was not taken for a long time, and Quan Cong only just learned that Meng Da had gone to Zigui.

For example, Lu Meng's psychological strategy did not work, and his patient was critically ill. In addition, many Maicheng soldiers came to the city in the name of "visiting relatives."

For example, Liu Feng allocated food and grass to Yu Jin so that he had food to go to Fancheng.

For example, the letter Liu Feng wrote to Pan Jun seemed like he had predicted the future.

And so on.

Considering the various information revealed by Dong Hui, especially the sentence "Liu Feng, who was in Shangyong, knew the plan of Marquis Wu earlier than Marquis Guan and sent Meng Da to Zigui in advance", Quan Cong believed Dong Hui's words to about 70%.

"If Liu Feng really surrendered to Cao Cao a long time ago as you said, then wouldn't Cao Cao want to capture Wu Hou and Guan Yu in one fell swoop?"

"This is a serious matter. I have to return to Jiangling City as soon as possible!"

The information was so shocking that Quan Cong could no longer sit still.

(End of this chapter)