Ma Tan strode with his head held high, escorting the thousand carts of grain and grass into Linxiang City, and what he brought back was not only the trophy, but also an inspiring weapon.

In such an era when people are accustomed to starving to death, food is the most fundamental place for people to belong, what Spring and Autumn righteousness, what loyalty and patriotism, for the ordinary soldiers and civilians in the city, are all floating clouds, only this bowl of rice is the reason for them to continue to support Liu Feng.

"How's the wound on your body?"

After meeting, Liu Feng did not praise Ma Jian for how wise and brave he was, and how clever his strategy was, but was the first to care about his injury. This seemingly insipid care sounded hot in Ma Yan's heart, because these words were so cordial, like two friends who had known each other for a long time, rather than being a respectful and orderly minister.

"Fortunately, I reacted quickly, otherwise I might have been stabbed into a meat skewer by your lord." Ma Jian was relieved and made a joke.

Liu Feng laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "If I really want to stab you to death, even if you have three heads and six arms, you can't escape from the palm of my hand." ”

Ma Tan also smiled: "The lord's martial arts are naturally good, I heard that the lord said a battle today, and personally slaughtered Guan Yu's general Zhou Cang, it seems that these days, the lord's martial arts have improved a lot." ”

"You've heard that, too." Liu Feng was a little proud, "Zhou Cang's martial arts skills have won Guan Yu's guidance, but unfortunately his sword skills have not yet been refined to the fire, and he is just restrained by my marksmanship, and it is not a big deal to kill him." ”

Ma Yan's martial arts skills are mediocre, so he naturally can't understand Liu Feng's analysis of swords and guns, but he sighed: "The lord first killed Guan Yu's eldest son, and now he beheaded his favorite general, deceived his grain and grass, and defeated his offensive. ”

"If he wants to hate me, even if he hates me, the more he hates, the better, forcing him to take up the ability to take care of the house to deal with me, so that if he defeats him, I will feel more and more happy."

Liu Feng looked to the west, and there was a bit of a hideous sneer in his eyes.

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In the Xiangshui camp, the lamentations came and went, the momentum of the expedition was high, and the despondency after returning, heaven and hell were transformed in only a few hours.

Guan Yu in the big tent, his face was still gloomy as if he was in the cold abyss, and until this time, his emotions were still immersed in the shadow of the fiasco just now.

At this moment, they only hoped that Shiren, who had not yet returned, would bring back some good news, and perhaps be able to calm down their angry bearded man a little.

The silence was broken by a rush of footsteps, and a panicked military general hurried in, and when he saw this person, the faces of the generals invariably flashed with a little hope.

"General Qiyu, the enemy is planning to rob the grain, the last general is invincible, so he can only retreat according to the general's orders, the grain and grass have been robbed by the enemy, please forgive the general."

The defeat in Linxiang, Shiren must have heard about it, but he didn't have time to figure out the ins and outs, although there was a sentence in his words, "Please forgive the general", but that tone was not panicked.

As soon as the generals heard this, their nerves immediately tensed again. Guan Yu's eyes obviously flashed a line of murderous intent, but Shiren, who bowed his head, may not be able to see it.

"Ma Jian went with you, and now that you have returned, where are the Ma Tan people?" Guan Yu temporarily suppressed his anger and asked coldly.

"Ma Tan......" Shiren looked stunned, as if he remembered something at this time, "At that time, we retreated too quickly, and the situation was a little chaotic, maybe I was separated from Ma Jian at that time, why, didn't he return to the camp?" ”

If Guan Yu's previous judgment was only based on suspicion, then now, Ma Tan's disappearance made him 100% sure that all this was Ma Tan's trickery.

"Are you really at war with the enemy?"

Guan Yu's eyes were like electricity, and suddenly his tone aggravated, and the strong suspicion and sense of oppression in his words suddenly made Shiren's heart panic.

Shiren knew very well that Guan Yu was suspicious, and he couldn't hide it, if Guan Yu found out that he retreated without a fight, and dared to deceive him, he would definitely lose his head.

Shiren was frightened, and he didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he knelt on the ground with a pounce, "The last general didn't dare to hide it, the enemy was menacing at that time, several times the last general's soldiers, and the last general couldn't stop the soldiers from fleeing, so he had no choice but to retreat." ”

Sure enough, it's lying!

Guan Yuteng stood up, his eyes were like blades, and he stabbed Shiren in fear: "You said that you saw an enemy several times your own, but you saw it with your own eyes?" ”

Shiren was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "When the last general saw the enemy soldiers coming, the dust covered the sky, and in that kind of formation, there were at least three or four thousand soldiers and horses, so the last ......"

Everything was as Guan Yu expected, Guan Yu guessed that even if Shiren had ten guts, he would not dare to disobey his orders, so he was guessing that the reason why the enemy was menacing was mostly because he learned from his third brother Zhang Fei, dragging branches behind the horse's tail when he was on the Changban Slope, so as to create the illusion that the dust was flying and thousands of troops were hiding in it.

What Shiren said is in line with Guan Yu's conjecture.

In a fit of rage, Guan Yu kicked over the table in front of him, and shouted angrily: "Incompetent waste, what's the use of keeping you, come, drag him out to correct the Fa on the spot!" ”

When Shiren heard this, he was immediately frightened, and begged: "The general spares his life, and the last general will do everything according to the general's orders, even if he is guilty, he will not die for his crime." ”

Shiren's words are clearly pushing the responsibility back to Guan Yu, which is equivalent to slapping Guan Yu in the face again in front of the generals.

"What are you waiting for!" Guan Yu's anger was even stronger, and Ling Lie's murderous aura made the left and right frightened.

The pro-soldiers on both sides did not dare to hesitate, and rushed to drag Shiren out.

All the generals tensed their nerves, instinctively pricked up their ears, and waited to hear the "click" outside the tent, but the strange thing was that Shiren's howl continued for a long time, and he didn't wait for a long time to hear the sound of his hand lifting his knife and his head falling to the ground.

Guan Yu thought that another subordinate had violated his military orders, and he was about to rush out of the tent in a fit of anger, so he raised his feet, but saw a person open the curtain and enter, and his indifferent calm face was in stark contrast to Guan Yu's angry face.

The person who came was Xu Shu.

"Yuan Zhi......" Guan Yu's anger seemed to be soothed a lot by Xu Shu's indifferent smile.

Xu Shu bowed his hand and said lightly: "General Yunchang, when I entered the camp, I saw that one of your subordinates was about to be beheaded, and this person also claimed to be wronged, so I temporarily ordered not to kill him, just wanted to ask, what crime did this person commit?" ”

Guan Yu temporarily suppressed his anger, and reluctantly said all kinds of "shame" that had come to him.

Xu Shu listened patiently, and couldn't help but show a little regret on his face, and sighed: "I didn't expect things to develop to such a point, General Yunchang, now is the time to stabilize the morale of the army, I don't think this Shiren will die for his crimes, so it's better to give him a chance to make meritorious contributions." ”

Since Xu Shu pleaded, Guan Yu couldn't help but give face, snorted coldly, and flicked his sleeves and said: "That's it, the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime is inescapable, and the guilty soldier will be beaten with fifty military sticks." ”

The generals on the left and right breathed a sigh of relief.

Guan Yu said again: "Now that Yuan Zhi has arrived, he can help me attack Linxiang again, and this time I will slaughter Liu Feng's beast with my own hands." ”

Xu Shu said: "This is not in a hurry, there are some things that I can't figure out in my heart, I must go and ask the eldest prince for clarification, and then it is not too late to talk about starting a war." ”

As soon as these words came out, Guan Yu's expression changed immediately.