Chapter 47: The Journey
Zhao Yun said a few more words to wish him a triumphant return and said goodbye, bidding farewell to Zhao Yun, and the night was already deep.
Liu Feng weighed the heavy gun given by Zhao Yun, which weighed about two or three times that of an ordinary gun, and the ordinary soldiers were absolutely dancing. However, Liu Feng should be grateful to the "original owner" of his body, who has trained a solid muscle, coupled with Liu Feng's intentional training, with his current strength, to dance this heavy spear, although it is not as handy as Zhao Yun, but as long as a little training, it is not difficult.
Burst!
Liu Feng thrust the heavy gun in his hand downward, and under the heavy force, the spear was three feet deep into the ground.
He stood outside the tent door, looking up at the dark clouds covering the sky, the emotion brought to him by Zhao Yun dissipated, and after calming down, all kinds of thoughts hit his mind again.
'If you want to break away from Liu Bei, but not bear the notoriety of betraying your father, well, then you must have a high-sounding reason, and it is best to let the world know that it is Liu Bei who is unkind, not unjust. β
Liu Feng thought of a path to the light, but he couldn't find the entrance to that road for the time being, after all, a person's wisdom is limited, and Liu Feng's current first glimpse of the realm of the art of war is not enough to untie this dead knot for himself.
He first thought of Ma Yan, a resourceful man who might have a clever plan and might be able to help him. But he thought about it again, Ma Jian had just been transferred to his command, and it would take a while to train him to become his cronies, so it was obviously not wise to tell him his thoughts at this time.
Suddenly, Liu Feng thought of another person, that is, the mysterious author of "Sun Tzu's Commentary", and with that person's supreme wisdom, it would definitely be easy to help him come up with a strange strategy that kills two birds with one stone.
"It's a pity that I haven't been able to find out who this person is."
When he sighed, he suddenly felt a trace of coolness on his face, and touched it with his hand, and his fingertips were stained with a few water stains. He stretched out his hand outside the tent, and the slightest drizzle fell sporadically, and looked up through the faint light of the camp, and in the dark abyss, the rain fell like silk, and in a moment, a cobweb of light and darkness was woven over the earth.
The first rain in late autumn and early winter quietly came in the silence.
"Mi Zhu is just beginning to suspect that in the current situation, he shouldn't dare to cause trouble for Liu Bei, and now is not the time for me to break away from Liu Bei, so I'm still waiting for hibernation and finding a 'righteous' reason to break away from Liu Bei."
That night, Liu Feng made up his mind to break away from Liu Bei's self-reliance, and as soon as the stone in his heart landed, his mood calmed down a lot, and he fell into bed, and he slept quite soundly.
A day later, Liu Feng led his 200 troops to leave Xiakou Water Village on five ships, crossed the Han River to the west, and landed on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
When the boat sailed in the middle of the river, a crack suddenly opened in the dark sky, and the thin cloud cracks, like the sleepy eyes that had just opened, shot out wisps of hazy golden sunlight.
"The sun is out." Behind him came the excited cries of the soldiers.
Standing at the bow of the boat, facing Liu Feng, who was distracted by the boiling Han water, he woke up from the fugue and looked back, his eyes were pierced by dazzling rays of light, and he had to raise his arm to block the light.
What made him feel dazzling was not the soft sunlight, but the reflected light from the iron armor of the soldiers.
The two hundred soldiers wore two hundred Mingguang armor given by Liu Qi, a new type of armor that has only appeared in recent years, with round decks on its chest and back, and after polishing, it is dazzling and reflective in the sun, as if it is a mirror.
Because the mirrors of this era are often engraved with the clichΓ© of "seeing the light of the day, the world is bright", therefore, some people named this new type of armor with Mingguang armor.
This kind of armor is expensive to build, and it is generally only equipped by the officer class, and even Liu Qi has less than 300 armor. At that time, Liu Feng opened his mouth to him, saying that he wanted a few high-quality armors, Liu Qi didn't think about it, and simply gave him 200 Mingguang armor, in addition to 200 refined ring head knives, plus 300 good bows and hard crossbows.
It can be said that under Liu Qi's generous sponsorship, Liu Feng's equipment for these two hundred centaurs has been quite luxurious, and in Liu Feng's own words, it is "armed to the teeth".
Liu Feng led two hundred well-equipped soldiers and horses, smoothly crossed the Han River, at this time although the rain stopped, but the ground is still quite muddy, from here to Lushan area, there is no lack of swamps and mud, Liu Feng's department took two full days to successfully arrive at Lushan.
At this time, after receiving information, the Wu army, which went up the river, occupied Chibi and set up camp one day before Cao's army. After learning the news that Wu's army suddenly appeared in Chibi, Cao's army continued to advance eastward, and the two armies fought a water battle on the river around Chibi in the early morning of the next day.
As Liu Feng had deduced in advance, the newly surrendered Jingzhou Navy was defeated by the elite Wu Army, and after a water battle, hundreds of warships were lost, and nearly 3,000 sailors were killed. In the case of the defeat in the first battle, Cao Ying had to choose to temporarily retreat and settle down on the Wulin ground on the north bank to form a confrontation with the Wu army across the river.
After Liu Feng and his two hundred soldiers and horses arrived in Lushan, according to Ma Tan's suggestion, the soldiers and horses of the headquarters were in the narrow strip between Lushan and the Yangtze River. At the same time, in the vicinity of the main camp, 11 empty battalions with wide flags were set up, creating the illusion of a huge force of soldiers and horses in the entire Lushan area.
After the camp was completed, Liu Feng began his training plan.
Previously, when he was in Xiakou, Ma Jian went through two rounds of screening and brushed off 300 people who were not qualified in endurance and strength, and the remaining 200 people were still far from the level of elite soldiers, at best, they only had the prerequisites for becoming elite soldiers.
On the fourth day after camping, in the middle of the night, when Liu Feng had already fallen asleep, he was suddenly woken up by Ma Yan.
"What's going on, is there any hostility?" Liu Feng thought that there was some urgent military situation, and ran out of the tent while putting on his armor.
Ma Tan looked at him calmly, and said with a slight smile: "The eldest prince doesn't have to be nervous, everything is fine, and there is no hostility." β
Liu Feng breathed a sigh of relief and slowed down the action of dressing. Since he had no military information, but he woke him up so late, Liu Feng couldn't help but complain a little, and said: "Since there is no emergency military situation, why not wait for tomorrow morning to talk about anything." β
Ma Tan said lightly: "Isn't the eldest prince in a hurry to start training, just start tonight." β
"Now?" Liu Feng was a little surprised, glanced around, and looked confused, which means what kind of soldier is training this night.
"Okay, what's the practice?"
Although Liu Feng was suspicious in his heart, he still patiently respected Ma Tan's meaning, and followed Ma Jian to the military platform in front of the gate. As far as the eye could see, the whole camp was silent, except for the faint sound of the soldiers snoring and the dreams of not knowing what they were saying.
Liu Feng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his sleepiness, and stood with his hands in his hands, intending to see what new means Ma Jian could toss out.
Ma Jian glanced up at the starry night sky, the corners of his mouth slanted slightly, and suddenly shouted in a deep voice: "Come on, beat the drum for me." β