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  Zhoa Yun said a few more words of congratulation and farewell, then took his leave. After seeing Zhoa Yun off, the night had already grown late.

  Liu Feng weighed the heavy spear given by Zhao Yun, which was about two to three times heavier than an ordinary spear. Ordinary soldiers would have no way of wielding it. However, Liu Feng should thank the "original owner" of this body for having developed a sturdy physique through training, and with his own intentional practice over the past few days, he could wield this heavy spear with his current strength, although not as effortlessly as Zhao Yun, but with some more training, it wouldn't be too difficult.

  Hmph!

  Liu Feng thrust his heavy spear downwards with great force, and the spearhead sank into the ground to a depth of three feet.

  He stood outside the tent, gazing up at the vast sky shrouded in dark clouds, the emotion brought by Zhao Yun had dissipated, and after calming down, all sorts of thoughts once again flooded his mind.

  To leave Liu Bei, yet not bear the evil name of betraying one's lord, hmm, then I must have a grand and just reason, best if it can make the world know that it is Liu Bei who is unkind, rather than me being disloyal.

  Liu Feng thought of a way to reach the bright road, but temporarily couldn't find the entrance to that road. After all, one's wisdom is limited, and with Liu Feng's current shallow understanding of politics and military strategy, he was not enough to untie this knot for himself.

  He first thought of Ma Su, this wise strategist, who might have some extraordinary plan to help himself. But he thought again, Ma Su had just been transferred under his command and wanted to cultivate him as his confidant, which would take some time. At this moment, it was not very wise to reveal his mind to him.

  Suddenly, Liu Feng thought of another person, the mysterious author of "Sun Tzu Annotation", who with his extraordinary wisdom could help him come up with a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone.

  "It's just a pity that no matter what, we can't find out who this person is."

  At this moment, he suddenly felt a coolness on his face, and when he touched it with his hand, his fingertips were stained with several drops of water. He stretched out his hand outside the tent, and fine rain fell down, borrowing the faint light in the camp to look up, the dark sky was like an abyss, and the raindrops fell like silkworms, in an instant, a web of light and darkness appeared on the ground.

  The first rain of late autumn and early winter, quietly arrived in the midst of a silent world.

  "Zhang Fei is just beginning to suspect, under the current situation, he should not dare to make trouble for Liu Bei, and now is not the time for me to leave Liu Bei, still hiding in wait, when the opportunity arises, find a 'just' reason to leave Liu Bei."

  That night, Liu Feng made up his mind to leave Liu Bei and stand on his own. With this decision, the stone in his heart fell to the ground, and his mood became much calmer. He went to bed and slept soundly that night.

  The next day, Liu Feng led his 200 men to board five warships and leave Xia Kou Water Village, crossing the Han River to land on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

  The boat sailed in the middle of the river, when the gloomy sky suddenly cracked open a seam, thin cloud seams, as if just opened sleepy eyes, shot out a few strands of hazy golden sunlight.

  "The sun is out." Excited shouts came from behind the soldiers.

  Standing upright at the bow, Liu Feng faced the rolling waters of the Han River in a trance. He came to from his reverie and turned around, but his eyes were suddenly pierced by dazzling rays of light, forcing him to raise his arm to block out the glare.

  What pierced his eyes was not the soft sunlight, but the reflected light from the armor of the soldiers.

  The armor worn by these two hundred soldiers was the two hundred sets of Bright Light Armor given by Liu Qi. This new type of armor, which had only appeared in recent years, had circular plates on the chest and back that shone brightly like a mirror after being polished, reflecting sunlight.

  Because mirrors of this era often have the phrase "Jian Yue Zhiguang, Tianxia Daming" engraved on them, some people named this new type of armor "Ming Guang Jia".

  This armor was expensive, and only the officer class was equipped with it. Even Liu Qi had less than three hundred sets. At that time, Liu Feng asked him if he wanted a few sets of high-quality armor, and Liu Qi thought for a moment before giving him two hundred sets of Ming Guang armor, along with two hundred refined ring-headed knives and three hundred fine bows and crossbows.

  It can be said that under Liu Qi's generous sponsorship, the equipment of these 200 men and horses is quite luxurious, to use Liu Feng's own words, "armed to the teeth".

  Liu Feng led two hundred well-equipped soldiers and horses, successfully crossing the Han River. Although the rain had stopped, the ground was still quite muddy. From there to the area of Lushan, there were many swamps and muddy roads. It took Liu Feng's troops a whole two days to arrive at Lushan smoothly.

  At this time, the intelligence was received that the Wu army sailed up the river and occupied the Red Cliff one day ahead of Cao's army. After learning that the Wu army suddenly appeared at Red Cliff, Cao's army continued to advance eastward, and the two armies launched a naval battle on the river near Red Cliff the next morning.

  As Liu Feng had expected, the newly surrendered Jingzhou naval forces were no match for the elite Wu forces. After a naval battle, they lost over a hundred warships and nearly three thousand troops. In the face of this initial defeat, Cao Pi was forced to temporarily retreat and set up camp on land at Wulin in northern shore, forming a standoff across the river with the Wu forces.

  The fierce battle on the side of Chibi had just ended, and as a feint, Liu Feng was much easier. After Liu Feng and his 200 soldiers arrived at Lushan, according to Ma Chao's suggestion, they set up camp in the narrow strip between Lushan and the Yangtze River. At the same time, eleven empty camps with flags were set up near the main camp, creating a false impression of a large army in the entire Lushan area.

  After settling in Anying, Liu Feng began his military training plan.

  Previously, in Xia Kou, Ma Chao had gone through two rounds of screening and eliminated 300 people who were not qualified for endurance and strength. The remaining 200 people were still far from the level of elite soldiers, and at best, they only met the basic conditions for becoming elite soldiers.

  On the fourth day after setting up camp, in the dead of night, Liu Feng had already fallen asleep when he was suddenly woken up by Ma Chao.

  "What's happened, is there an enemy situation?" Liu Feng thought it was some urgent military affair and hastily put on his armor as he rushed out of the tent.

  Ma Chao looked at him calmly and smiled slightly: "Young master, don't be nervous, everything is fine, there's no enemy situation."

  Liu Feng let out a breath and slowed down his dressing. Since there was no military emergency, but he was woken up so late, Liu Feng couldn't help but complain a little, saying: "Since there's no urgent military matter, what's the point of talking about it now? Can't we discuss it tomorrow morning?"

  Ma Chao said calmly: "Isn't the young master eager to start training troops? Let's begin tonight."

  "Now?" Liu Feng was slightly surprised, looked around and revealed a puzzled expression, as if to say what kind of troops were being trained at this late hour.

  "Alright, what's the practice method?"

  Although Liu Feng was suspicious, he still respected Ma Chao's intention and followed him to the point of assembly in front of the gate. Looking around, the whole camp was quiet, only faintly hearing the soldiers snoring, and some unknown murmurs.

  Liu Feng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the drowsiness all over his body, stood with his hands behind his back, and was going to see what new tricks Ma Wenzhong could come up with.

  Ma Chao raised his head and gazed up at the starry night sky, his mouth slightly ajar. Suddenly, he shouted in a low voice: "Come on, beat the drums for me!"

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