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  "If I didn't believe it, I wouldn't have risked everything like this." Liu Qi nodded and smiled, but suddenly remembered something, "Right, I heard earlier that when discussing the matter at the governor's mansion, that Zou Jue actually slandered and killed his own sister. Will this affect our plan?"

  Liu Feng's mouth corner revealed a sly smile: "Brother, you don't know that although Zou Jue has been suspicious of me for some time, given his style, if he didn't have solid evidence, he wouldn't publicly reveal something that would damage that person's image. The reason he did so that day was actually because I intentionally provoked him."

  Liu Qi was taken aback, and Liu Feng then recounted the process of how he had provoked Zong Lu in the dark corner outside the hall before the meeting started.

  "Afeng, isn't this just asking for trouble?" Liu Qi suddenly realized and then immediately fell into a new confusion.

  Liu Feng had a confident look on his face, as if everything was under his control.

  Facing Liu Qi's questioning, he smiled calmly: "What I'm doing is just putting on a show in front of everyone, letting them perform an 'forcing the son' farce. But when I reveal the reason for the last Miao family member's suicide, everyone will know that I am the one who values loyalty and righteousness, while they are a group of narrow-minded people who suspect loyalists. By then, when I break with them, I'll have even more justification."

  Liu Qi only then truly understood Liu Feng's intention and couldn't help but sigh: "So that's how it is. Although it can be said that this was Ah Feng's plan, they actually managed to do something like that, which is really despicable."

  Liu Feng sneered, "It doesn't matter anymore. In short, they treated me like this, and in the future, I will repay them double. I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of face they'll have then."

  Liu Feng's words were filled with absolute confidence, and under the influence of this confidence, Liu Qi's hot blood was also gradually boiling over. He said: "I too can't wait to take revenge, Ah Feng, when do you plan to let me make my move?"

  "Brother, hold on a little longer and bear with it for now. Wait until I take down the two counties of Xiangdong, have a foothold, and when the time is ripe, naturally it will be the time to reappear, and proudly show off."

  "Alright, I'll follow whatever arrangements are made then."

  After the fake funeral of "dead Liu Qi", it was already late afternoon, and after settling the "live Liu Qi", Liu Feng rushed directly to the large camp south of Xiakou City.

  The Shuiliu Dazhai in the south of the city was originally where Liu Qi's troops were stationed, but after several months, Liu Qi's 10,000 troops that had been divided up were reorganized and incorporated into Liu Bei's original direct command camps, while the Shuiliu Dazhai at this time became the garrison of 5,000 newly organized troops.

  Yesterday at the governor's office meeting, Liu Bei agreed to allocate 600 troops to Liu Feng. Now Liu Feng has arrived at the main camp to select these soldiers and horses.

  According to Mi Zhu's intention, he originally wanted Liu Bei to assign him 600 miscellaneous soldiers, but under Xu Shu's persuasion, Liu Bei finally agreed that Liu Feng would select 600 soldiers by himself.

  If Ma Chao were present, the young man would certainly follow the previous method, go through several rounds of examination, and select six hundred soldiers who he thought could be trained into elite troops. However, this time Liu Feng couldn't do so.

  These six hundred people, plus the original two hundred troops, eight hundred soldiers are not for Liu Bei's battle, but will follow themselves to "create Liu Bei's rebellion". These eight hundred troops are their own self-established vassals. Therefore, selecting these soldiers, the most important thing is not physical quality, but their loyalty.

  Liu Feng spent two whole days carefully selecting 600 men from a large pile of soldier registration records.

  Among these 600 people, 300 were soldiers recruited by Liu Bei in Jiangxia after he escaped from Changban Slope. Although they nominally belonged to Liu Bei, they had not been with him for long and naturally did not have a strong sense of belonging to him. The other 300 were originally part of the Jiangxia army under Liu Qi's command.

  Apart from this, those soldiers who had followed Liu Bei since the new wild times, Liu Feng basically skipped over.

  To know that although Liu Feng was preparing to break with Liu Bei, he still did not dare to underestimate Liu Bei's ability to win people's hearts, which was almost like a spell. Those old soldiers from Xinye, who had suffered the double blow of defeat at Changban Slope and Hanzheng, in this situation, most of the remaining soldiers, incredibly, still re-gathered around Liu Bei, showing how high their loyalty to him was. Liu Feng would not be foolish enough to bring these hard-to-win-over soldiers to turn against Liu Bei.

  Of course, in order to avoid arousing Liu Bei's suspicion, Liu Feng still symbolically selected several dozen old soldiers from Xinye, with this number, even if they opposed him in the future, they would not become a force to be reckoned with.

  After selecting six hundred soldiers, Liu Feng thought of another person.

  In the afternoon of this day, Liu Feng walked into a narrow military account in the south camp.

  "I said I didn't want to eat lunch, why are you still bothering me——" The soldier lying on the bed complained impatiently, but when he turned his head to look towards the tent door, the words of complaint that had already reached his lips came to an abrupt halt.

  The person Liu Feng had come to see was Chen Dao.

  "Great...great young master." Chen hadn't expected the great young master of the Liu family to come to his place for no reason, and in surprise, he hurriedly prepared to get up and pay his respects.

  Liu Feng hastily pressed him down and smiled: "You are injured, no need for formalities."

  "How can that be? The etiquette between ruler and subject cannot be abandoned." Chen Dao struggled to sit up again, bowing his head in courtesy to Liu Feng.

  Liu Feng nodded in response, looking at his body full of bandages. He reckoned that he must have been beaten quite badly by the military club that night, but seeing that his complexion wasn't so bad after all, he joked: "I didn't expect Uncle Zhi's body to be so sturdy, being beaten with fifty military clubs and still looking so well."

  "I'm useless, just thick-skinned and shameless, making a mockery of the young master." Chen's face showed a hint of embarrassment, but then he suddenly remembered something and hastily bowed his head: "I was incompetent in my duties, deserving of punishment, fortunately the young master pleaded on my behalf, and I managed to keep my life; the young master's kindness, I truly don't know how to repay."

  Liu Feng smiled slightly and did not respond to Chen Dao's gratitude. Instead, he asked: "Uncle and nephew, how many years have we been in the army together?"

  Chen was taken aback for a moment, counted on his fingers roughly, and replied: "I've been following the master since I was in Yu State, at that time I was only 16 years old, now it's almost over ten years."

  Liu Feng nodded slightly, his expression thoughtful: "More than ten years have passed, yet I've only become a small military lieutenant, my promotion has indeed been slow."

  "This... young and inexperienced, no great talent, can't even handle a small task entrusted by the master, it's only natural that promotion is slow."

  Chen Daode's words seemed to be self-blaming and ashamed, but the few hints of regret and grievance that flashed between his eyebrows could not escape Liu Feng's eagle eyes.

  Liu Feng smiled: "Whether or not one has the ability, oneself should be the clearest. I think what's lacking is an opportunity. Chen Shu Zhi, now I'm giving you a chance to show off your skills, are you willing to seize it?"

  Liu Feng did not rush to reveal his ultimate goal, but Chen Dao's expression changed, careful not to disturb the wound on his back, and suddenly jumped up, clasped his hands and said seriously: "Chen Dao is willing to follow the young master to conquer Xiangdong two counties, and is willing to go through fire and water without hesitation. Please give me a chance to prove myself!"

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