Chapter 239 Twenty Military Sticks

Zhang Xun's forbearance became more and more aroused Li Feng's fighting spirit. On weekdays, Zhang Xun was quite trusted by Yuan Shu and often led the army to fight. Zhang Xun was always very cold to close ministers like Li Feng, which made Li Feng very unhappy.

Once, because his nephew joined the army, Li Feng asked Zhang Xun to take good care of him and arranged to be a personal guard by him, but Zhang Xun politely declined. Although Zhang Xun's words "Men should make achievements on the battlefield" are not unreasonable, Li Feng always felt that Zhang Xun was deliberately targeting him and not giving him face, and he had long felt resentment in his heart.

This time, Li Feng was very happy to have the opportunity to supervise the army. He even secretly hoped that Zhang Xun would not win Hefei City so quickly, or lose a battle, so that he would also have the opportunity to humiliate him well.

"Haha~~ Are you begging me?" At this moment, Li Feng couldn't help laughing when he saw Zhang Xun begging him. When Zhang Xun and others heard such laughter, their expressions changed. The sarcasm contained in the laughter were not fools, so how could they not hear it?

Zhang Xun's face was slightly pale. He took a step back and pressed his right hand on the hilt of the sword. The blue veins on the back of his hand were exposed. It was obvious that Zhang Xun was trying hard to control his emotions. Since ancient times, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, let alone a general galloping on the battlefield?

Li Feng glanced at the expressions on the faces of the people in the tent, and knew that they were really angry and did not dare to be arrogant anymore. He then changed his tone and said to Zhang Xun: "General Zhang, oh... This is not that I don't want to let them go, but in fact they violated the order. It is difficult to violate the military law. If they do not deal with it, how can they order the entire army in the future?"

After hearing this, Zhang Xun's face turned red. He knew that there was a turning point in this matter. Otherwise, if Li Feng insisted on tying Chen Lan and Lei Bu, he would be really hard to deal with. Thinking of this, Zhang Xun hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "It is not appropriate to kill the generals in front of the enemy. Otherwise... I will punish them for life and drag them down to fight twenty military sticks. How about it?"

Li Feng laughed, looked at Zhang Xun with his eyes and said, "Well... Today, for General Zhang's sake, let's spare their lives for the time being. According to General Zhang, each person beats twenty sticks!"

Chen Lan and Lei Bu were dissatisfied. Just as they were about to argue, they saw Zhang Xun signing with their eyes, so they were honestly taken outside the tent by Li Feng's personal soldiers. After a while, a "crackling" sound came from outside the tent, and their voices were very dull. Obviously, the personal soldiers were very ruthless. However, they did not hear any yelling sounds. Zhang Xun's heart trembled slightly. Chen Lan and Lei Bu were both good men. Unfortunately, Li Feng was too domineering and could not protect them...

Thinking of this, Zhang Xun was afraid that his eyes would reveal the resentment in his heart, so he simply sat upright on the table, closed his eyes and rested, turning a blind eye to the matter outside the window.

Li Feng snorted from his nostrils and said to Zhang Xun slowly: "General Zhang, we are particularly merciful to your subordinates today. However... the intensity of the siege must continue to increase, and discussions on withdrawal of troops are prohibited! If you are afraid of enemy reinforcements, then hurry up and defeat Hefei!" Seeing that Zhang Xun's face was a little ugly, Li Feng added, "This is the order of the lord!" After that, Li Feng took out a letter from his sleeve and raised it to Zhang Xun.

Outside the central army's tent, the soldiers who were executed beaten the strong butts of Chen Lan and Lei Bu, and they were covered in blood. However, these two men were considered men, and they kept it without saying a word.

After the execution was completed, Chen Lan and Lei Bu stood up and endured the pain and put on their clothes. Chen Lan spat bloody phlegm in the direction of the big tent with a "pah". Just as she was about to say something, Lei Bu hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands and whispered in Chen Lan's ear: "Brother, what do you want to say? Go to my tent later. Let's find a doctor to apply some medicine before talking about it~~"

Chen Lan's eyes flashed. He thought for a moment, then kept silent and followed Lei Pu slowly towards his tent.

Hefei County Government Office in the city of Hefei.

At this moment, this place has become the combat command center of the whole city, with constant incoming commanders, scouts, personal soldiers, and people of all kinds flowing in the middle. Everyone is walking in a hurry, with a slight anxiety in their expressions.

Hefei City has been besieged by Yuan Shu's army for more than ten days. Although the enemy troops who attacked the city paid more price, the pressure on the defenders in the city was also very high, and some soldiers were also injured and killed, especially the equipment used to defend the city, which had consumed a lot. In order to prepare for a protracted war, Chen Gong had ordered some dilapidated houses in the city to be demolished first, and the beams, wooden pillars, and bricks and stones were lifted to the top of the city to make wooden and rolling stones.

Fortunately, the city has a relatively abundant reserve of grain and grass. After the autumn harvest last year, Zhou Yu specially transported a large amount of grain and grass from Lujiang, which was enough for the defenders in the city to eat for the first half of the year. Therefore, Chen Gong still had the spare effort to provide a small amount of grain to help the young and strong guarding the city to eat.

A calm-faced general led several personal soldiers into the gate and headed straight to the conference hall where Chen Gong was. It was Xu Sheng. The soldiers guarding the gate saluted and said, "Hello General Xu!" Xu Sheng waved his hand and walked into the hall. He saw Chen Gong looking at the map hanging on the wall in contemplation.

Xu Sheng bowed to Chen Gong and said, "I have met the prefect."

"Oh~~ It's General Xu," Chen Gong turned his mind from his thoughts and said with a smile, "Please sit down quickly, the enemy is very anxious to attack the city today, right?"

Xu Sheng was still not anxious or impatient, and said in a deep voice: "On the surface, the enemy's siege has been strengthened, and our city defense has been under the greatest pressure since the war started. However, the last general thought that the enemy was at the end of his strength, and I am afraid that it is not far from the withdrawal of troops."

Chen Gong's eyes lit up when he heard this. It seemed that Xu Sheng was both wise and brave, and he was indeed a talented general.

Xu Sheng continued to ask, "I wonder if there is another task for the prefect to summon the general to come?"

Chen Gong nodded and said, "There is indeed an important task to you. At present, reinforcements from all walks of life will arrive one after another. The lord also has a urgent letter to come here and entrust all the command of the war to me. I am now eager to contact the reinforcements and convey my considered combat plan to them. Someone needs to go out of the city to do this."

"The last general understands," Xu Sheng said loudly, "The last general will be destined to be unfair!"

"Okay~~ I'll thank you for your hard work." Chen Gong handed the two letters on the table to Xu Sheng and reminded him, "The letter with the triangle on them is given to Lu Dai, Pan Zhang and Deng Li, and the letter with the circle is given to General Pan Hu. As for General Gan Ning, I have appointed General Ding Feng to break out of the water gate at night and bring the Jinfan Army of General Gan's troops to come over."

Xu Sheng took the letter with both hands, put it in his close clothes, and asked, "Do you have any instructions? If not, I will prepare it."

Chen Gong waved his hand and said, "I won't say much about how to act, but you should bring more guards this time. In addition, according to intelligence analysis, the enemy at the North Gate is weaker, so you can rush out from there."

Seeing that Chen Gong cared about his subordinates so much and thought about things so meticulously, Xu Sheng was moved and bowed again: "Prince Prefect, please rest assured, Sheng swears to break out of the siege and delivers the letter!"
Chapter completed!