Ever since Zhang Ji dragged the dying Liu Qi back from the brink of death two years ago, he has been in a painful struggle to survive. The reason why he was able to survive tenaciously for two years was not so much Zhang Ji's medical skills. His cleverness is rather due to his tenacious will to survive.
Regarding the war with Liu Bei, although Liu Feng had been plotting for a long time, he had always concealed it from Liu Qi. It was not until today, when he was sure of victory, that he personally told Liu Qi the plan to start the war.
Liu Feng hoped that this news would allow Liu Qi, who was terminally ill, to persevere until the day he returned from Linxiang, a remote place, to Jiangling, the core city of Jingzhou.
Liu Feng wanted to let Liu Qi enjoy the glory of Zhou Mu again during his lifetime.
Sure enough, when Liu Qi heard his resolute words, the dying man felt as if he had been given a shot in the arm, and his whole spirit seemed to have returned to normal.
"A Feng, I'm afraid I won't be able to fight side by side with you. You are alone, so be careful."
Liu Qi felt a little regretful. Now, from the bottom of his heart, he was looking forward to fighting in a bloody battle with Liu Feng and creating a career together, but he knew that was already impossible.
Liu Feng held Liu Qi's hand tightly and smiled calmly: "Leave it to Brother Yu to kill the enemy in battle. After I leave, Brother Lao will stay in the rear, so that I can safely fight Guan Yu to the death."
Liu Qi knew very well that his body was no different from trash at this point. Liu Feng's words were actually just to comfort him and let him know that he was still useful and could still contribute to their great cause.
Liu Qi felt moved in his heart and nodded solemnly: "You can go with peace of mind. I will definitely hold the rear firmly for you and wait for the good news of your victory."
Liu Qi's words are tantamount to a promise that he will live strong until the day Liu Feng takes Jingzhou.
With Liu Qi's words, Liu Feng felt a lot more at ease, so he laughed and said with great pride: "Okay, I'll go then, silly brother, and we'll see you in Jiangling."
After comforting Liu Qi again, Liu Feng just said goodbye and left.
Watching Liu Feng disappear into the winding path of the garden, Liu Qi, who was originally smiling palely, suddenly changed his face. He felt the blood and blood in his chest surge, and he was in unbearable pain. He coughed loudly uncontrollably.
He was afraid that the cough would disturb Liu Feng, so he hurriedly covered his mouth with both hands, only to twitch in pain. He didn't know how long it took before the surging blood and energy gradually came to an end. When he let go of his hand, his palms were already full of blood. Blood flow full of purple bruises.
It was late at night, but the lights in the water village in the west of Linxiang City were brightly lit.
Taking advantage of the cover of darkness, more than 10,000 Changsha troops gathered here from all over the place. At this moment, they were excited and stood silently.
Most of these people were just farmers or displaced refugees two years ago. Since they were called up to serve as soldiers under General Zhennan two years ago, they have never had any problems in their memories. There have been such hard times.
They remember that the generals named Ma Su and Chen Dao trained them like crazy. The daily training of hiking in the mountains alone lasted at least thirty miles each time.
In addition to the combat skills and formation coordination, one must also keep in mind various orders such as the golden drum flag, as well as the faces of every comrade in the team. In the past two years, they have sweated more than they have in a lifetime.
Despite this, they had no complaints, because they had not had enough to eat or clothing to keep warm in the past, and they had not tasted hunger for a long time since they became soldiers. Moreover, their Zhennan general had clear rewards and punishments, and was fair to everyone. Wait, this made them very convinced.
Today, they gathered here. They all have different statures, but each one is full of energy. Their calm and resolute faces reveal a masculine spirit of fighting to the death.
Although they are still not as sophisticated as Liu Bei's army in the north, the calm and cold murderous spirit in them is no less than those veterans who are full of blood and swords.
The silent camp suddenly became excited. From the Yuan Gate to the trestle, more than 10,000 soldiers will automatically separate a road if there is a wave.
At the gate of the camp, a tall and powerful horse came slowly.
The owner of the divine horse is seven feet long, with broad shoulders, a handsome face, and a high and straight nose. Although there is still a trace of immaturity on his face, his thick eyebrows and eagle eyes contain a look far beyond his years. Perseverance and composure.
This young warrior is none other than General Liu Feng of Zhennan, whom they have respected for a long time.
At this moment, Liu Feng was wearing a black eagle-patterned iron helmet, his silver-gray collar hung softly on his shoulders, and he was dressed in gray and white.Iron armor, covered with a silver cloak.
He controlled the reins with one hand, and held a huge silver heavy gun upside down with the other hand. A sword hung on his waist, and a large bow slung on his back. On the left and right sides of the saddle, there were two A huge quiver.
He just walked forward boldly, slowly walking through the eyes of everyone. Under the light of the torch, he looked like a majestic war god descending from the sky.
With Wu Zhen's words, just the overwhelming coercion made everyone couldn't help but crawl at his feet.
Liu Feng rode his horse to the trestle, looked back at the tens of thousands of people, and suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of responsibility in his heart.
These ten thousand young people will now follow themselves to realize their dreams of great cause. Ten thousand living lives are all in their own hands.
??This battle, if it doesn¡¯t succeed, it will be benevolent.
After looking around for a long time, Liu Feng swung his spear and shouted in a deep voice: "Let's go"
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Ten thousand soldiers and horses were divided into two teams, front and rear, and took more than a hundred ships.
There are more than 3,000 people in the front team, all led by Liu Feng himself. There are about 30 ships, and they are all ordinary transport ships.
Liu Feng hid three thousand elite soldiers in the cabin of the ship. They were not allowed to appear on the deck without orders. The boatmen and sailors who rowed oars and hoisted sails on the deck were all without armor and wore ordinary people's clothes, so-called white clothes.
The entire front fleet was disguised as a cargo ship, heading north along the Xiang River under the pretext of delivering food to Soochow. The rear fleet of 7,000 soldiers, commanded by Ma Su and Chen Dao respectively, followed Liu Feng's fleet. It's half a day's journey before and after.
At dusk the next day, the ships in the front group left the mouth of Xiangshui in the north and entered the Dongting Lake basin.
As soon as they left Xiangkou, the fleet ran into the Soochow patrol ship coming from Baqiu. Because Liu Feng had previously claimed to Lu Su that he would send a transport team to transport a batch of grain and grass to Soochow, Lu Su had already sent a transport team to Soochow. The navy in Baqiu had been responsible for letting people go, so after asking about their origins, the Soochow patrol boat let them pass without getting on board to check.
After successfully evading Soochow's patrols, more than thirty transport ships changed their route to the west, heading straight for the important town of Public Security City on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
Guan Yu's precautionary measures against the beacon tower were indeed absolutely perfect. Even Pang Tong, who had come up with the idea of ??accompanying Sun Shangxiang to visit relatives and deceived Guan Yu into thinking he was leaving Changsha, could not think of cracking this for a while. Beacon Tower's strategy.
Fortunately, Pang Tong had Liu Feng, a lord with a "plug-in". In history, Lu Meng once used a move of "crossing the river in white clothes" to easily break the Yangtze River defense line that Guan Yu had worked so hard to manage, and all Liu Feng had to do was simply copy it.
After the fleet in the name of merchant ships arrived at the Guan Yu defense zone, the patrols at the beacon towers along the way were not alert at all. After accepting bribes, they allowed the fleet to dock. As a result, all the sentries, including the sergeants on guard, were , were all restrained by Liu Feng's army who rushed out.
After controlling dozens of beacon towers along the way one by one, at dawn two days later, after a long journey, Liu Feng and his three thousand pioneers finally saw the majestic Public Security City erected on the riverside.
In the public security city, the guard Shiren was drinking and having fun at the moment.
Rather than having fun, it is better to say that it is relieving worries.
In the Battle of Linxiang a few years ago, Shiren followed Guan Yu's order to escort Liu Feng out of the city to rob the grain. However, it turned out that Guan Yu fell into his three-ring false surrender plan. As a result, he lost all the grain and grass, and the siege losses were reduced. Will.
After the war, Shiren originally thought that he was just following orders, but he was almost beheaded by the furious Guan Yu. He only managed to survive when Xu Shu interceded and was beaten with fifty military sticks.
It was precisely because of those fifty military sticks that he suffered internal injuries on his waist. Every time when the seasons changed in late autumn and early winter, he would feel sore and unbearable.
Only by drinking can you numb your nerves and relieve the pain in your waist.
Shiren thought it was some big deal. When he heard this, he rolled his eyes at the soldiers and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? Liu Feng has gone to Moling a long time ago. How could you show up at the police station? You are drunk in broad daylight." , be careful I hit you with my military stick."
Seeing that Shiren didn't believe it, the soldier knelt down on the ground with a bang and shouted in panic: "You're not talking nonsense, there really were a lot of Changsha soldiers suddenly killed outside, and it was indeed Liu Feng's banner."
Shiren felt a little flustered now. He quickly put down his wine glass and went straight to the police station without even putting on his clothes.
Waiting to arriveAt the end of the day, I saw countless enemy soldiers outside the city, and the fire was soaring into the sky. The troops who had been fighting under the banner of Liu Feng came from nowhere, and they were caught off guard and defeated the more than 2,000 river defense troops on the river bank, and easily won the battle. Water stronghold and more than two hundred warships.
"How could this happen? General Guan clearly said that Liu Feng had gone to Moling, so why did he suddenly appear at the police station? How did this army get to the city? Where is the beacon tower along the river? Are you blind? Why didn't you report it early? ?¡±
A series of questions caused Shiren to fall into an extremely panic. Although he still had three thousand soldiers in his hands, he did not dare to act rashly. He had to order the city gate to be closed and defend, while sending people to Guan Yu in Wuling for help. .