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  Huang Yue's expression seemed to interpret Liu Feng's words as a sign that he had taken a liking to her and planned to bring her some gifts she had been eyeing on his return from the southern campaign, as a token of his affection.

  She recalled her sister's previous reminder, Huang Yue's delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she forced a few smiles on her face, responding very calmly: "Young Master is too polite, actually I only met Young Master once, I appreciate Young Master's kind intentions, as for the surprise, it's not necessary."

  Liu Feng's words were exactly as Huang Yue Mei had understood, and listening to her self-pitying yet eager-to-keep-distance rejection, Liu Feng couldn't help but feel amused.

  "The surprise I'm talking about is quite different from what you're thinking of, Miss. Just wait and see, and I'll definitely make your jaw drop."

  Liu Feng dropped a meaningful sentence and didn't say much more. He slightly nodded his head, turned around and left.

  Watching Liu Feng's departing back, Huang Yue Mei always felt that his sudden visit today seemed a bit strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was strange about it.

  Recalling her sister's words, Huang Yue Mei shook her head and muttered to herself: "This man is dignified in appearance, has some courage and talent, if not for this awkward identity, he would barely be worthy of me, what a pity..."

  Looking at that white figure disappearing between the tents, Huang Yue's mouth corner slightly raised, revealing a few points of disdain.

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  Two days later, Ma Song led the two hundred soldiers back to Xia Kou. When he learned that he was about to follow Liu Feng on a southern expedition against the two counties of Xiangdong, he was overjoyed and eager to try his hand.

  Liu Feng highly valued Ma Su and had long decided to make him his confidant, but he did not inform Ma Su of the major plan to betray Liu Bei soon after. At this point in time, it was still insufficient to make Ma Su follow him wholeheartedly in rebelling against Liu Bei.

  Liu Feng took his original 200 soldiers and combined them with the newly allocated 600 soldiers, reorganizing the total of 800 troops.

  According to the existing organizational system, the six-level organization of department, regiment, battalion, company, platoon and squad is the basic organization of the entire military system.

  The basic unit is Wu, with five people under its jurisdiction. Two Wu form a Shi, five Shi form a Dui, two Dui form a Tuan, five Tuan form a Qu, and two Qu form a Bu. Each level has a separate head: Wu Zhang, Shi Zhang, Du Bo, Bai Ren Du, Qu Zhang, Qian Ren Du.

  Liu Feng currently has 800 troops, roughly equivalent to two battalions. As a Duwei, Liu Feng's original military rank allowed him to command one battalion, or about 500 men. After the southern expedition meeting, Liu Bei promoted Liu Feng to Xiaowei due to his performance at Lushan and the increase in troops, allowing him to command an entire department, equivalent to the number of a thousand Duwei.

  Liu Feng then combined the 800 men into one unit, dividing them into two teams, A and B. Team A was still led by Ma Shu, who had been appointed as the commander of the vanguard, with an additional 100 soldiers added to the original 200 elite troops. Liu Feng intended to use this team of 300 men as his personal bodyguards. The 500 new recruits in Team B were placed under the command of Chen Dao, the acting military governor.

  Shortly after Liu Feng reorganized his troops, the Xia Kou side received the latest battle report from the Red Cliff front line. This battle report allowed the military and civilians of Xia Kou, who had been tormented by the war clouds for several months, to breathe a sigh of relief.

  Two days earlier, Huang Gai of Eastern Wu pretended to surrender to Cao Cao. That night, he launched a fire ship attack on the Cao army's naval base at Lake Poyang, taking advantage of the east wind and Cao Cao's linked ships. The thousand-strong fleet was completely destroyed by the raging fire.

  That night, after the fire attack succeeded, Eastern Wu's Grand General Zhou Yu led 20,000 Wu soldiers to Ulin. Cao Cao saw that the situation was already lost and retreated with his northern army of 50-60,000 via Huayang Road towards Jiangling. Meanwhile, Zhao Yun's unit at Rushan only saw the fire rising from Red Cliff and immediately led his troops to advance towards Ulin, joining forces with the Wu army in pursuit, chasing after Cao's defeated army all the way.

  The outcome of the entire Battle of Red Cliffs was within Liu Feng's expectations, of course, he wasn't the only one who knew this result, there were also Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and even Xu Shu had made some inferences. It's just that Liu Feng's prediction was because he had an external aid, while Pang Tong and others relied on their incomparable wisdom.

  To show his personal participation in the Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei left after several days of meeting at the governor's mansion and rushed back to Red Cliffs. That night, he followed Zhou Yu to participate in the pursuit battle at Wulin. Afterwards, Liu Bei followed Zhou Yu's navy, and after capturing the stronghold of Baochu, they marched westward along the river and besieged Jiangling.

  As Zhuge Liang had previously speculated, Cao Zhen made a brief stop in Jiangling before promptly leading the main force back north to Xiangyang, but before leaving, he left behind General Cao Ren and tens of thousands of troops to guard the Jiangling line.

  On the seventh day after the Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei finally sent two military orders from Jiangling overnight. One was for Guan Yu, ordering him to advance his troops up the Han River after Cao's army retreated from the north route, cutting off the path between Xiangyang and Jiangling, clearing the northern threat for Zhou Yu's siege of Jiangling.

  The second order was for Zhang Fei and Liu Feng's troops to set out immediately, entering the Xiang River from Dongting Lake, and capture the four southern prefectures of Jing Province according to plan.

  The arrival of this day, Liu Feng didn't know how long he had been thinking about it day and night, turning over in bed, suffering through the endless nights, he was always yearning to break free from the shackles of fate.

  At last, all efforts have not been in vain, the cage is open and freedom is within reach.

  Temporarily suppressing the inner excitement and impulse, on a cloudless clear morning, Liu Feng led Ma Chao and Chen Dao, as well as his 800 troops, to quietly leave Xiakou City. Under the transport of three warships, they headed west along the Yangtze River.

  In the late afternoon, the warship arrived at the surface of Chibi River.

  The river wind caressed his face, and the white robe fluttered in the wind, making a rustling sound. Liu Feng stood at the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, gazing intently at this place where a thrilling battle had just taken place not long ago.

  On the southern bank of the Yangtze River, near Chibi, the Wu army's camps stretched for over ten miles, and their ships loaded with military supplies were leaving in an endless stream from the water camp where flags obscured the sky, sailing upstream to the west, majestically heading towards Jiangling.

  On the north shore of Wuling, it was a desolate and terrifying scene. The narrow beach area had become a line of broken walls, with the ashes left behind by the raging fire making Wuling look like it had been swept over by a giant ink brush, everything in sight was charred black.

  The air brought by the river wind had a nauseating smell, which was a mixture of choking ash and charred corpses. The warship's passage on the river would occasionally bump into several floating corpses, either shot dead by arrows or burned to ashes by the big fire.

  As they gazed out at the aftermath of the fierce battle, the soldiers on the ship occasionally let out a few sighs and gasps of amazement. But at this moment, Liu Feng's gaze had already turned to the distant south, where at the edge of the sky, a vast blueprint seemed to be unfolding, causing his heart to gradually swell with excitement.

  In a daze, several clear cries entered his ears, Liu Feng raised his head to look, and several eagles were flying over his head, flapping their wings towards the south.

  At this moment and scene, Liu Feng seemed to have a feeling, and a smile of satisfaction appeared at the corner of his mouth.

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