Chapter 8: Armor
When Guan Yu saw Liu Bei speak, he stopped, and just glared at Liu Feng angrily. On the other hand, Liu Feng did not show weakness, never took half a step back, at least not weak Guan Yu in terms of momentum.
"Ahem...... Although Li Chuang is a bandit, he has not harmed the lives of the people, Ziwei will leave it under the account to listen to it, but it doesn't hurt, but the words of the second brother are not unreasonable, even so, he will not be his official position, only send him and the two hundred bandits to stay in Ziwei's account, and then make meritorious deeds in the future, and then reward, what do you think? ”
"Shan Fu thinks it's so good." Seeing Liu Bei's gaze, Xu Shu came out and said. Subsequently, Sun Qianmizhu and others all came out to second.
Guan Yu snorted coldly and retreated to his seat, at this time Liu Bei had already set the tone, he would not say much, but looking at Liu Feng was still not good.
Liu Feng hurriedly knelt down on one knee at this time, hugged his fists and thanked Liu Bei. Li Chuang and others can stay under their accounts and listen to it, this is enough, it doesn't hurt if they fail to win an official position, Liu Feng knows in his heart that if he is powerful in the army in the future, Li Chuang and others will be superior, if he has accumulated years to suppress Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, it is difficult to find peace of mind for his subordinates.
Since Liu Bei's chamber returned to the mansion, as soon as Li Chuang entered the courtyard gate, he bowed his head and bowed, and said: "The general is righteous, and he is grateful to the general, and he is willing to be the general's pawn in front of the horse, although he will not regret his death!" ”
As a bandit who surrendered, he witnessed the whole scene of Shicai, seeing that Liu Feng did not hesitate to go toe-to-toe with a famous general like Guan Yu in order to keep him, Li Chuang had already decided in his heart that Liu Feng was his sworn follower, and if he was replaced by someone else, it would be too late to avoid the remnants of his yellow scarf, and he dared to keep them all.
Liu Feng hurriedly helped him up, introduced him into the hall and said: "Since you have surrendered because of me, you should be under my command, from today onwards, the two hundred cavalry and two hundred newly surrendered infantry will be under your command, and they will camp outside the city far away from other departments, and they will be paraded tomorrow!" In addition, Meng Yao and several alert people will be left in my mansion, and Meng Yao's affairs will be carried out by military law of those who speak falsely! ”
Liu Feng sat at home, thinking carefully about what he had done in the past few days, although he won Liu Bei's favor, and had Meng Yao, Li Chuang and four hundred personal soldiers, and at the same time the suspicion between Guan Yu and Guan Yu also deepened a lot, Liu Feng knew that Zhuge Liang was waiting for Liu Bei to summon him in the grass and reeds at this time, and he would join the army in the near future, and at that time, the situation would be even more confusing.
But his goal in this first stage is to protect his lineage in exile several times after Liu Bei's group, and only in this way can he not fall into a situation where no one is available when he is stable in the future.
"That's it, let's do it and see, the day the big war comes, it's time to show off your skills!" Liu Feng knew that it was useless to be ambitious, and in addition to being favored by Liu Bei for today's plan, it was the king to improve the combat power of the four hundred soldiers under his command, Liu Feng looked at the spear and broadsword standing in the corner, frowned and thought.
Early the next morning, Liu Feng ordered Li Chuang to lead him to the place where the five hundred soldiers were camped outside the city, and when Liu Feng arrived at the camp, the five hundred soldiers were already lined up, but Liu Feng approached to take a closer look, but he couldn't help frowning.
It turned out that the 200 cavalrymen were still armed with spears and dressed in cowhide armor, while the 200 infantry did not even have leather armor, and the weapons in their hands were even more varied, mostly wooden, which was obviously brought from the cottage.
After thinking about it, Liu Feng was also relieved, Xinye was originally a county seat, Liu Bei raised troops here, and many conditions were quite unfavorable, even the cavalry under Zhao Yun's cronies rarely had Xuanjia body protection, and the soldiers under Liu Feng's command were not elite, so it was not surprising that the equipment was so equipped, Liu Feng had decided at the moment to put the update of the weapons and equipment of his own soldiers on the agenda.
After figuring out this, Liu Feng stood in front of the queue, waved his big hand, and ordered: "From today on, you and other four hundred sergeants will practice here, and everything will be under Li Chuang's orders. ”
Li Chuang, who was standing beside Liu Feng, heard that his heart was surging, he was a new person, and Liu Feng handed over the responsibility of the commander of these hundreds of sergeants to himself, how could he not be grateful?
After giving this order, Liu Feng disbanded the queue on the spot, called Li Chuang to the front, and said: "From tomorrow, the training of these four hundred sergeants will be handed over to you, the infantry will practice foot strength diligently, the cavalry will practice horsemanship, and all the sergeants will practice heavy marching, and other tactics will be postponed for the time being." ”
Although Li Chuang was quite surprised after hearing the order, he did not refute it, and Liu Feng saw that his expression was puzzled, but he did not mention more. How could he tell Li Chuang that soon, there would be a life-and-death escape waiting for them, and if they couldn't do it with their feet, most of them wouldn't survive.
Li Chuang saw that Liu Feng had nothing else to do, so he waved back, and then the five people in the team came out in front of Liu Feng, Liu Feng knew that the person in the middle was Meng Yao, even if he was in the camp under Liu Feng's command, Li Chuang did not take the risk, but told these five people to take precautions in Liu Feng's mansion, and then quit the training.
After leaving the camp and returning to the house, Liu Feng arranged the four people in a side room, ordered them to be responsible for the surrounding guards, and led Meng Yao to the mansion.
"Girl, from today on, you are Liu Fengjunshi, how about it?" As soon as the two entered the inner courtyard, Liu Feng got straight to the point.
"I'm a woman, but I've read a little military books, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince ......the public" Meng Yao was a little moved by the position of military advisor, but when she thought of her identity, she was timid.
"What about women? Even if the mountain bandits can still live in troubled times, there must be great talents! When the time comes, I will tell the world about your talent, and at that time, who dares to say that it is difficult to convince the public? ”
Liu Feng's bold words made Meng Yao's heart surging a little, she lost her father at a young age, and she wandered alone for several years, but now she has something to rely on, her face is slightly red, and her wonderful eyes are also covered with a layer of mist, she nodded lightly, and said: "Since General Ziwei does not give up, the little girl will follow the general and never leave!" ”
Liu Feng was overjoyed when he saw this, but when he saw that Meng Yao was wearing shabby clothes and was very embarrassed, he didn't say anything more, and ordered the maid in the family to place Meng Yao in the guest room to bathe and change clothes.
Leaving Meng Yao, Liu Feng went straight to Liu Bei's mansion, according to the usual practice, Liu Bei should be discussing military and political matters with Xu Shu at this time.
It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, Liu Feng has no money at this time, no resources, and the equipment of the sergeants under his command cannot be solved immediately, after some thought, at this time he has to rely on Liu Bei to provide some funding, Liu Feng knows that Xinye is not a place to live for a long time, there is no place to live, and many of his ideas are also impossible to develop, so he naturally cannot solve the weapon problem in the short term.
As soon as he entered Liu Bei's chamber, sure enough, Xu Shu was sitting in front of the hall with Liu Bei, not knowing what to discuss.
"Meet my father, military advisor!" In the face of Liu Bei, Liu Feng naturally had to be polite and thorough.
"Why did Ziwei come?" Facing his own righteous son, Liu Bei was still very satisfied, and asked with a smile.
"Don't hide it from my father, the soldiers of Mangdang Mountain that I received a few days ago have now been ordered, but the two hundred soldiers are in rags, the weapons are broken, and the seal is afraid that the war will come, which will damage my new face, so I dare to implore my father and the two hundred sergeants to armor and weapons in case of war!"
As soon as Liu Bei heard what Liu Feng mentioned, although he bowed slightly, his brows were unconsciously locked, Liu Feng peeked at it, and knew that it was not easy at this time, and sighed in his heart, and he was ready.
Sure enough, Liu Bei thought about it for a while, and said with a solemn face: "Although my father knows his situation, but in the land of Xinye projectiles, there is a shortage of pig iron cowhide stocks. ”
Liu Feng had already expected such a result, so he had to thank him in his mouth, and just wanted to turn over and leave. At this time, a sergeant suddenly came outside the door to report, saying that there was a letter from the military advisor Shan Fu, Liu Feng heard this, his heart moved, and he was not in a hurry to leave, but stood beside Xu Shu.
Xu Shu took the letter, just about to put it in his sleeve, as soon as he saw the handwriting on the letter, his face was condensed, and he didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly tore the letter open, and read it carefully on the spot.
As soon as he saw Xu Shu's face, Liu Feng's heart sank, knowing that Xu Shu had reached the day of departure, in other words, it was time for Zhuge Liang to enter Xinye.
Sure enough, after Xu Shu finished reading it, tears welled up, and immediately knelt down to Liu Bei and saluted, saying: "There is a certain matter, and today you need to make a clear envoy!" ”
Liu Feng was busy thanking Liu Bei at this time and left the chamber.