Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 110 104. Letter of Surrender
Captain Zhou had no choice but to personally take Ding Feng and the grain officer to another camp, which was located in a remote and extremely secretive place.

Ding Feng lifted the curtain of the tent, and a lot of food came into view.

Ding Feng asked the grain officer to load the cart quickly and prepare a new meal for the soldiers when he returned. He would personally take Captain Zhou back to give everyone an explanation.

As the carts loaded with grain continued to drive into Ding Feng's camp, the soldiers could not help but cheer. Full bags of grain were more convincing than empty words, and everyone could not help but become more convinced and respectful of General Ding Feng.

The grain officer and the cooks made a fire and cooked for the soldiers. Soon, the fragrant smell of rice filled the camp. Various types of hot rice were mixed together, and some wild vegetables were even sprinkled on top, which made the soldiers who had been hungry for several days couldn't help but whet their appetite.

Soon the food was heated up, and the soldiers ate without caring about the heat. After drinking porridge for several days, everyone wanted to eat something dry.

While the soldiers were eating, Ding Feng brought Captain Zhou to the crowd and said loudly:

"Brothers! Today's incident has been investigated! It was caused by Captain Zhou's private adjustment of the military rations storage location! General Xu has already made a judgment. Today, Captain Zhou will be sentenced to death by military law! And I will personally carry out the execution, and you brothers will be witnesses!"

Ding Feng's words still attracted the soldiers' attention. In this era, people emphasized that "the body and hair are given by parents, and one should not damage them. This is the beginning of filial piety." Hair is almost as important a part of the body as the head.

Ding Feng's words meant that although Captain Zhou would not die, the nature of the punishment was the same as beheading.

In front of all the soldiers, Ding Feng took off Captain Zhou's helmet and pulled off his fu hat, letting Captain Zhou's hair fall down. Then he grabbed a large handful of hair, drew the sword from his waist, and cut it in half with one stroke.

Captain Zhou's jet-black hair instantly scattered all over the ground, causing the soldiers to cheer. In their opinion, General Ding Feng was making the decision for them and was a good and responsible general.

Captain Zhou looked at the hair all over the floor with a painful look on his face. He didn't even tie his hair up hastily. Instead, he just held up his headband and glared at Ding Feng viciously. He said, "I will remember this grudge," and then left angrily.

Ding Feng ignored Captain Zhou's "harsh words" and just continued walking in the camp, watching the soldiers eat and occasionally chatting with them.

Captain Zhou returned to the camp of his grain transport team with disheveled hair. The accountant who had just come over hurriedly came over and was speechless when he saw Captain Zhou's appearance.

"What are you looking at! Get back to work!"

Captain Zhou glared at him fiercely, and the accountant was so frightened that he left immediately.

Captain Zhou returned to his tent, sat down at the table, picked up the brush beside him, took out a piece of white silk cloth from the side, and began to write.

After writing the words on the white cloth, Captain Zhou thought for a moment, looked at his left thumb, and bit it directly. A cut was made on the thumb, and blood immediately flowed out.

Captain Zhou endured the pain and smeared the blood on his palm, then pressed a bloody handprint directly on the white cloth to stop the bleeding.

After finishing all this, it was almost dusk outside.

"Zhou Da!"

Captain Zhou called out to the door a few times, and a man dressed as a civilian walked in quickly.

"Master, what's the matter?"

"You must quietly leave the stronghold tonight and go to the Shu army camp to deliver this secret letter to the Shu army general." Captain Zhou waved his hands, looking quite angry.

"Master... could it be that what happened during the day...?"

Zhou Da carefully packed the white cloth into a cloth bag, stuffed it into his arms, and asked his master hesitantly. During the day, Captain Zhou had a conflict with General Ding Feng over the issue of military rations. The fact that he was called to General Xu Sheng's tent had spread throughout the Wu army camp, and the fact that Captain Zhou was shaved and replaced by General Ding Feng had also spread.

"Why are you talking so much?! The password tonight is hardworking little perch, go quickly and come back quickly! If the Shu army generals ask you, just answer truthfully."

Captain Zhou was too lazy to talk to Zhou Da, so he waved his hand and told him to leave quickly and not to get in the way. Zhou Da was a close friend of Captain Zhou's clan, so he naturally had no second thoughts about Captain Zhou. He was quite surprised to know that Captain Zhou seemed to want to defect, but he would follow his master unconditionally.

At night, Zhou Da quietly rode a fast horse and left the Wu army camp without attracting anyone's attention. He galloped all the way and took nearly half an hour to reach the Han army camp dozens of miles away.

"Stop! Who are you?"

Zhou Da's unrestrained behavior must have been discovered by the Han army early on, and several riders stopped him immediately.

"Don't use force, don't use force! My master was humiliated by the Wu army a few days ago, so he is dissatisfied and sent me to present a letter of surrender!"

At this point, Zhou Da had already accepted that his master had sent him to surrender, so he behaved very naturally when he succeeded by accident.

"Please wait here for a while while I go and report."

The guards certainly didn't dare to act on their own regarding such an important matter. Instead, they asked a few soldiers to keep an eye on Zhou Da, and he personally returned to the camp to report to the Grand Commander Feng Xi.

"Does anyone in Dongwu want to surrender?"

Feng Xi is checking the military account books. Perhaps ordinary generals would get a headache seeing these numbers, but Feng Xi has the future memory of nine years of compulsory education plus seven years of high school and university education. Isn't it like a piece of cake for him to check these elementary school-level arithmetic?
"Please ask Minister Ma, General Wu, and Priest Cheng to come over and tell them that someone from Eastern Wu wants to submit a letter of surrender."

Feng Xi's first reaction was to call these senior officials first. Feng Xi remembered how Jia Xu alienated Ma Chao and Han Sui. What if Dongwu didn't learn his lesson and sent him a smudged letter with something that shouldn't be written in it, trying to cover up the truth? Wouldn't he be unable to defend himself?

So Feng Xi immediately summoned these senior military officials and asked them to testify for him to avoid being framed.

Soon, Ma Liang, Cheng Ji and Wu Ban all came to Feng Xi's tent. Feng Xi then ordered the guards to bring up the person who presented the letter of surrender.

"My humble self, Zhou Da, greets the great general."

Zhou Da entered the tent and took a look at the people around him. They were all dressed in luxurious clothes and did not look like ordinary people. The young general at the top had a majestic temperament and an aura of decisiveness and killing that made Zhou Da kneel down and kowtow.

"Get up. Who are you? And who is your master?"

Feng Xi waved his hand gently, motioning Zhou Da to stand up and speak, while at the same time trying to figure out who wanted to surrender first.

"My name is Zhou Da. My master is Zhou Qian. He is a captain under General Xu Sheng and is responsible for transporting food and grass."

(End of this chapter)