Chapter 220 A small change during the banquet
"My nephew, how come you have come so soon."
Cao Cao said with a smile: "I wanted to take the opportunity to rest here for a few days, but I didn't want my nephew to be like this. "
Liu Feng smiled and replied: "If Mr. Cao is tired, he can stay in Chenliu to rest for a few days. If my nephew is not talented, he can take the lead for Mr. Cao. "
Cao Cao's expression changed imperceptibly. This little guy was really not easy to deal with, so he immediately said: "My dear nephew, you have come all the way. I have prepared a banquet for you in the city to wash away the dust, but Come with me into the city.”
Liu Feng expressed his gratitude for this: "Thank you Mr. Cao for your kindness. My nephew will come to disturb you later."
Cao Cao asked with some confusion: "What else can my nephew do? Do you need someone's help?"
Liu Feng respectfully replied: "Don't be surprised, Mr. Cao. Feng Changchang heard that when Wu Zi led the army, he had the same food and clothing as the lowest of the soldiers. There was no banquet for lying down, no riding for walking, and he won the food by wrapping it himself. , share the labor with the soldiers. If the soldier has gangrene, he will suck it. "
"Although the boy can't lie down and don't have a seat, and he can't ride, he will wrap himself up and win food, so he will suck it. "
Liu Feng replied seriously: "But at least we can try to make sure that the soldiers eat first and the soldiers sleep first. After the boy has settled the soldiers and all the soldiers have eaten, he will go to Cao Gong's place. Sorry for the trouble. ”
After finishing speaking, Liu Feng bowed his hand to Cao Cao, then got on his horse and galloped towards his own queue.
The generals behind Cao Cao were all a little shocked, and they all went to see Cao Cao.
Cao Cao seemed to be fine. He just looked at Liu Feng's back with admiration and praised: "Liu Bei is familiar with the art of war and can lead by example. His future will be limitless."
< br>"Generals, you should remember what happened today."
Cao Cao said, turning back to look at his subordinates behind him: "A ten-year-old boy knows this, aren't you ashamed?"
Cao Cao brought out his elite troops this time, including Le Jin, General Yu Jin, and clan relatives Cao Ren and Cao Hong. Only Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Han Hao and other generals were left in Juancheng.
These generals made great achievements under Cao Cao. Le Jin was the first to ascend several times, beheading generals and seizing the flag.
Yu Jin is a direct descendant of Yu Jin's first confidant among those with a foreign surname. In the Battle of Xuzhou in the past, he led an army alone and captured Guangwei County, leaving Tao Qian exhausted.
During the Yanzhou Civil War, he also successfully attacked from the west, defeated Gao Ya alone in Xuchang, and occupied Xuchang County, effectively shielding the flanks of Cao Cao's main force and freeing him from the need to fight on the flanks. worry.
As for Cao Ren and Cao Hong, they are the ministers of the Cao family who carry the tripod.
Especially Cao Hong, although his ability is indeed not as good as Cao Ren, he is definitely not a waste.
In fact, Cao Hong's record at the 10,000-person level is quite good, and he has independently supported a front.
In a decisive battle like the Battle of Guandu, not only did he not let his guard down, but he also had a highlight moment, which is actually quite outstanding.
These generals were a little surprised that Cao Cao suddenly praised Liu Feng so much, and they didn't take it seriously.
Even Cao Cao, who praised Liu Feng, actually didn't have too deep thoughts. It was more like taking the opportunity to praise his subordinates.
After all, the other person is just an eleven-year-old child.
Liu Feng did not lie. Whenever he led the troops, he would wait until most of the soldiers had eaten before eating. Before going to bed, he would often inspect parts of the camp to create a common sight for the soldiers. His chance.
Before, it was because he was too young and not prestigious enough.
Although he no longer needs this to increase his personal prestige, he has developed a habit and found that this trick is quite effective. At least the soldiers' favor for Liu Feng is growing day by day.
When the army marched into the military camp outside the city, lit a fire to cook, and the soldiers ate corn, the sun had already set.
The luncheon that was promised was simply changed to a dinner party.
Liu Feng invited his second uncle Guan Yu to take charge of the camp, and took Taishi Ci, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Pan Zhang and other generals to Chenliu City for a banquet.
Although Chenliu is the county seat of Chenliu County, there are many traces of war left on the wall.
It’s just that these traces were not left by Cao’s army, but by the Xiliang army.
Chenliu County was originally a large county. Although it was not as good as Nanyang County, the number one county in the world, or Yingchuan County next door, Chenliu County was also a large county with a population of 860,000.
Dong Zhuo naturally wanted to take the initiative and conduct a sweep.
Later, we experienced the Battle of Kuangting between Yuan Shu and Cao Cao for Yanzhou. This series of battles were all in Chenliu County.
At this time, there were not many people in Chenliu City. The whole city was lifeless, like a microcosm of Yanzhou now.
No wonder Zhang Chao fled to Yongqiu in the southeast of Chenliu City and no longer stayed in Chenliu.
After Liu Feng entered with Tai Shi Ci and other generals, Cao Cao immediately held a banquet.
This banquet is not a Hongmen banquet, but indeed a banquet to express Cao Cao's friendship.
Although Liu Feng has a good drinker, he is not a good drinker.
Politely, he still gave Cao Cao face, and took the initiative to respect Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other generals.
The atmosphere of the banquet was originally very good, but I don’t know if Cao Hong drank too much or something, but he suddenly asked Liu Feng: "Master, Hong has something he doesn’t understand, and he wants to ask you for advice."
Liu Feng looked at Cao Hong. This man was fat and powerful.
His eyes were as small as Cao Cao's, and he was looking at Liu Feng drunkenly.
Liu Feng put down his wine glass and said, "What do you not know about General Zilian? Feel free to ask."
After listening to Liu Feng's words, Cao Hong immediately said: "Lü Bu, a villain, Zhang Miao, you are a traitor. Why did Liu Xuzhou accept these two thieves and force my brother to let Zhang Chao go? Do you know that these two people are poisoning Yanzhou and almost putting my brother to death? How can we hide dirt and be so careless that the world will laugh at you?"
As soon as Cao Hong said these words, the Xuzhou army immediately became cold, and Pan Zhang stared at Cao Hong fiercely. Liu Feng nodded, and he immediately pounced on Cao Hong and taught Cao Hong a lesson.
Liu Feng’s expression remained unchanged and he turned to look at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's head was lowered and he was pouring wine with his right hand, as if he didn't hear anything.
Liu Feng couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw this scene.
It seems that Cao Hong took the initiative, and Cao Cao was happy to see it happen.
It seems that someone wants to test me, Liu Feng, so I have to respond properly.
Liu Feng then straightened his waist, raised his hand and pointed at Cao Ren and said: "Cao Zi is filial, just like a beast."
Then, he pointed his finger at Yu Jin and said: "Yu Wenze is a beast."
The master of Cao Ying was unable to react for a moment. He couldn't believe that Liu Feng was at the banquet. Insult Cao Ying's important general.
Liu Feng took the opportunity to continue: "These two people used to poison our Xuzhou. Cao Zixiao destroyed Feixian, Huaxian, and Jimo counties all the way. Every city must be slaughtered. This is an act of a beast."
"Yu Wenze attacked Guangwei. After the city was conquered, not a single blade of grass was left behind. This is the behavior of an animal."
"Gong Cao was the lord of Yanzhou, but he allowed his generals to behave like animals." Could this be Cao Gong’s wish to revive the Han Dynasty and save the common people? ”
"In Mr. Cao's mind, could it be that the only way to save the common people is to kill everyone in the world?"
"If this is the case, then my father would rather be laughed at by the people of the world than dare to save the common people."
“Without him, my father is just a human being.”
“Bold!”
“Shut up!”
"How dare you insult my lord!"
Liu Feng's words instantly shocked everyone present.
The generals of Cao's army were shocked and angry. Even Cao Hong, who was drunk just now, opened his eyes wide, jumped up one by one, and yelled and cursed at Liu Feng.
The generals behind Liu Feng could not bear this. They immediately jumped up and yelled back at the opposite side.
“How dare you, the thief!”
"You dare to do something like a thief, but are you afraid of being criticized?"
"You want to bully my young master? I'm blinding you!"
Tai Shici and Gao Shun immediately Liu Feng blocked behind him, while Zhang Liao stood beside Liu Feng with narrowed eyes, like a sharp blade unsheathed, waiting for an opportunity to move, but the target was not the generals of Cao's army opposite, but Cao Cao at the top.
Only Pan Zhang was excited.
After seeing Liu Feng being protected by General Taishi Ci, he even wanted to rush over and teach him a lesson, but was stopped by Liu Feng.
Liu Feng turned to look at Cao Cao, but saw that the other party was also looking at him.
Liu Feng stood up slowly, saluted Cao Cao and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cao, for your hospitality. It's getting dark now."
When Liu Feng said this, he paused for a moment, and then After looking around the opposite side, he continued: "The generals at the banquet have also drunk too much. Besides, they have to rush on their way tomorrow. It's better to stop here today."
After finishing speaking, he did not wait for Cao Cao's call. He replied, turned around and left.
The generals of Cao's army wanted to stop him, but they heard the chairman Cao Cao suddenly shouting: "The generals must not be rude, let the young master go back and rest."
After finishing speaking, he shouted to the side: "Xian Ding, you go and give Liu Feng a gift, don't be rude." Wang Bi, also known as Xian Ding.
He is an old man who is a close confidant of Cao Cao and is temporarily employed in Yanzhou.
This time King Qin was also brought out by Cao Cao. He was at the banquet just now. When he heard Cao Hong's question, he felt that something was going to happen.
Sure enough, even though Liu Feng was young, he was not afraid of the murderous Cao Hong at all. He even ignored Cao Hong. Instead, he turned his head and pointed at Cao Ren and Yu Jin's noses to curse.
The generals in Cao's camp also had mixed reactions.
As soon as Cao Ren withdrew his vicious gaze from Liu Feng, he cast it on Cao Hong again.
Others didn't know it, but Cao Ren could guess that Cao Hong, a greedy guy, must have attacked Liu Feng because Zhang Chao ran away with the Zhang family's property.
But Liu Feng, that little guy, actually turned around and scolded himself and Yu Wenze.
This realization really made Cao Ren very angry.
On the other side, Le Jin was also having fun in his heart.
His relationship with Yu Jin is not good, or in other words, there are few people in Cao Jun's camp who can get along well with Yu Jin.
Yu Jin is always very rigid, and he also makes accusations, making it difficult for people to guard against him.
Seeing Yu Jin being pointed at the nose and scolded by Liu Feng, Le Jin had an angry look on his face, but he was really happy in his heart.
Looking at Yu Jin's rigid face, Le Jin only felt that it was a pity. It was a pity that Liu Feng could not scold Yu Jin.
Cao Cao stood up slowly, and the generals immediately looked over. The former just glanced at everyone. Suddenly, the atmosphere in the field became stiff.
Although Cao Hong's forehead was covered in cold sweat, even Cao Ren, Yu Jin, who was scolded, and even Le Jin, who was laughing at the joke, became nervous.
Fortunately, Cao Cao didn't say anything. He just pointed his finger at Cao Hong, then turned and left.
On the other side, after Wang Bi took the order, he quickly caught up with Liu Feng and expressed his apology for Cao Cao.
Liu Feng's face had returned to a smile at this time, and it seemed that he could not see the ridicule just now.
"Wang is engaged. Could it be that in the third year of Chuping, Wang Bi and Wang Xianding went to see the emperor?"
Wang Bi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that Liu Feng even knew about it.
“A humble name is not worth mentioning, but I didn’t expect the young master to know my name.”
After hearing Wang Bi’s modest words, Liu Feng smiled politely and said, “Well, thank you for your hard work. . ”
Wang Bi was a die-hard loyalist to Cao Cao, and in the end he sacrificed his life for the Cao family.
Wang Bi sent Liu Feng and others out of Chenliu, making a lot of smiles and saying many nice things along the way.
Judging from Wang Bi's reaction, Cao Cao obviously didn't want the matter to escalate.
He was just an elder and could not apologize directly to Liu Feng, but Wang Bi was keenly aware of Cao Cao's intentions and completed Cao Cao's metaphorical task.
Before leaving the city, Liu Feng turned around and told Wang Bi: "From tomorrow onwards, our army will rest in Chenliu for a few days, waiting for the follow-up food and grass. After the follow-up food and grass arrive, they will continue to go north and cross the Huai County ferry. River, please make preparations early. "
The biggest advantage of the Xuzhou Army's march northward is that the waterways are smooth and they can reliably transport grain, fodder and ordnance supplies.
Based on the supply efficiency of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the loss of water supply was between 3% and 5% per 100 miles, while the loss of land supply was an astonishing geometric increase. The longer the route, the more terrifying the loss ratio.
Within three hundred miles, the loss can be controlled within 100%. Once it exceeds three hundred miles, the loss will skyrocket several times.
As long as the journey is long enough, it is normal for the loss rate to be in the thousands.
This is the advantage of water transportation.
In addition to the loss ratio, the waterway also has a huge advantage, that is, the transportation manpower ratio.
To transport the same one hundred stones of grain by land may require a hundred strong laborers, or ten oxen, matching carts, and ten cartmen.
But cows eat much more than humans.
But waterways are different. One hundred stones of grain only requires one boat and three or four boatmen at most.
Without the deployment of strong labor, it is equal to the next year's harvest and taxes.
The road carefully chosen by Liu Bei and Liu Feng was supported by waterways throughout the journey.
This eliminates the need for Liu Feng's army to carry a large amount of food and grass. The soldiers only need to carry a day or two of dry food with them, plus a week's worth of food for the baggage team, which can be replenished at any time.
For example, if you arrive in Liang State in seven days, you will get the first batch of food replenishment in Suiyang, Liang State, and then continue to the north. You only need to carry more than ten days of food to reach Chenliu.
The Suishui River flows just outside Chenliu City, and Liu Bei's navy will arrive at Chenliu tomorrow to supply the army.
Distribute food, repair equipment,
The army can continue to set off in two days at the earliest.
The unloaded navy ships can return to Pengcheng along the same route and load new grain.
In this way, Xuzhou seems to have mobilized 40,000 troops. In fact, the current increase in food consumption is not large.
Because the real food loss is actually only the loss in water transportation.
After all, the army needs to eat wherever it is. As long as there is no war, there will be no extra food.
After receiving Liu Feng's comfort, Wang Bi felt relieved and hurriedly bowed and thanked him: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely convey your words to my lord."
Liu Feng nodded and led the generals to leave Chenliucheng and head to the barracks outside the city.
After leaving the city, Taishi Ci leaned over, clasped his fists on the horse and said: "Young Master, you must not do such dangerous things in the future. There were only four of us and me in the hall just now, and we couldn't protect the Young Master. Chen Liu's confidence."
Liu Feng laughed: "Teacher, Cao Mengde is cunning and cunning, and he puts profit first. As long as you can benefit him, you will scold him. I don’t care, but if you let him suffer, it will be useless even if you greet him with a smile.”
In later generations, Cao Cao was a typical pragmatist.
Isn’t the battle between Xu You and Xu Chu the best explanation?
It's the same sentence. In Guandu, what you get in exchange is Cao Cao's smiling face. In Xuchang, what you get in exchange is Xu Chu's fists as big as sandbags.
Tai Shi Ci and Pan Zhang have been following Liu Feng for a long time, and they are already very convinced of Liu Feng.
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are not like this.
Zhang Liao has a high emotional intelligence and is a good person. He is very close to Liu Feng, the son of Liu Bei, and the relationship between the two parties has become closer quickly.
Gao Shun, on the other hand, is upright and loyal, not a drunkard, and seems very difficult to get along with others.
But instead of alienating Gao Shun, Liu Bei and his son respected him very much and entrusted him with important responsibilities.
Gao Shun didn't say anything on the surface, but in his heart he already regarded Liu Bei and his son as the wise masters.
Although his former lord Zhang Miao valued him, he valued the Gao family's family background more and never listened to his advice.
After the Yanzhou Incident, Zhang Miao assigned Gao Shun to Lu Bu and asked him to fight with Lu Bu.
He also gave advice many times, but who was Lu Bu?
Can I listen to you Gao Shun?
Besides, Gao Shun neither drinks nor is lustful, so he doesn't look like one of his own.
Lü Bu never trusted Gao Shun at all, and Lü Bu's generals such as Zhang Liao and Chen Gong also had a cold relationship with Gao Shun.
Now Zhang Liao and Gao Shun have been brought under Liu Bei's command. As two former colleagues, it is natural that they should stay together in Xuzhou.
But Zhang Liao couldn't get warm to Gao Shun.
It's just that Gao Shun's temperament is too loyal and his mouth is too open-minded.
"Young Master, what General Taishi said makes sense. I heard that the son of a rich man cannot sit down in court. The young master is the legitimate son of Duke Ming and the commander-in-chief of the army. You must not put yourself in danger."
Taishici, who obviously spoke first, shut up, but Gao Shun opened his mouth instead, just because he felt that Taishi Ci's advice was right, and Liu Feng's rebuttal was that he did not accept good words.
Of course Gao Xiaofu couldn't bear this kind of thing and had to speak up.
Zhang Liao blinked his eyes and sighed silently.
Pan Zhang stared at Gao Shun fiercely, feeling that this guy was a bit annoying. Was he trying to force the young master to bow his head?
Tai Shici also looked at Gao Shun with some evil eyes.
He was concerned about Liu Feng's safety and that's why he tried to persuade him. Now that Liu Feng has answered and relieved his knot, what are you, Gao Shun, doing now?
And he still puts himself in the front. If the young master accepts the advice humbly, it is the credit of this guy's perseverance. If the young master gets angry, then he will bear the brunt.
This guy is so scheming.
(End of this chapter)