Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 28. Promotion
"I'm sorry, Major General."

Feng Xi also controlled the horse and bowed while sitting on the horse.

"A common man! Kill him if you want. A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated!"

Zhang Bao collapsed to the ground, holding his chest, but he did not stop cursing Feng Xi.

"What do you mean by that, young general? I don't quite understand. The three generals and I are close friends regardless of age difference, so how can you say that I am humiliating you?"

Feng Xi knew that there must be some misunderstanding, so he also opened his mouth to ask.

"Don't act so hypocritical! You took advantage of the fierce battle between my father and your subordinate Zhang Nan and used a round-robin battle to win. Is this true?"

Zhang Bao shouted loudly on the ground, leaving Feng Xi speechless.

"That's true, but in the end, the three generals had more stamina, and Feng was defeated. How could there be a victory in a round-robin battle?"

This was a problem for Liu Ning and Du Lu. They only occasionally heard rumors that Zhang Fei went to find Feng Xi after the battle with Zhang Nan and his three men in the army, but they didn't know what the result was. They could only tell Zhang Bao what they thought in their minds.

"Hmm? Then how do you explain your statement 'I am not afraid of Zhang Fei, so why should I be afraid of you, Zhang Bao?'"

Zhang Bao seemed to realize that something was wrong and half sat up from the ground.

"??? When did I say that?"

Feng Xi almost spit out laughter when he heard this. Who is so shameless as to attribute to himself the words that Zhang He said when he met Zhang Bao during the Northern Expedition of Ji Han ten years later?

"Alright! Stop embarrassing yourself! Since you've already been defeated, why don't you retreat immediately!"

A voice from the audience interrupted their conversation. They looked over and found that it was Zhang Fei. At this moment, Zhang Fei's eyes were wide open. Even though his hair and beard were half white, he still looked like a leopard with round eyes, just like an old leopard.

When Zhang Bao heard his father's order, he could only leave in disappointment, leading his horse and holding his snake spear.

"Don't be an eyesore here, go back home and copy the Spring and Autumn Annals first. Copy it until I get home."

Zhang Fei drove Zhang Bao back home without question and stopped him from participating in subsequent activities. At the same time, Zhang Fei walked up to the high platform where the referee was, glanced at Liu Bei on the platform, Liu Bei nodded, and Zhang Fei did not use a loudspeaker, but directly shouted with his flesh voice, which was comparable to the effect of a megaphone.

"Zhang Bao repeatedly violated the rules during the fight, attacked before the referee waved the flag, and repeatedly used despicable moves that cost him his life. He is now disqualified from the fight, and his place will be taken by the next person in line."

Zhang Fei's words were like thunder, making everyone in the field silent. But this was also a good thing for them, at least Zhang Bao was gone, and some people were direct beneficiaries, such as Fu Zhuo, who naturally became the runner-up, and Wei Chang unexpectedly became the third place, but it seemed that his mood did not improve.

After Zhang Fei finished shouting the penalty, he came down from the referee's stand. When he passed by Feng Xi, he whispered something to Feng Xi.

"Feng boy, I'll come find you after I finish my housework."

Feng Xi could only nod. After all, this was Zhang Fei's family affair, and he couldn't say much.

After experiencing this temporary turmoil, the competition came to an end. The military fight and the general fight were both over, and the final winner of both fights was Feng Xi, which made many people know this previously unknown former military general.

"Since Feng Xiuyuan came with me to Sichuan ten years ago, he has never missed any battle, big or small. When Cao's bandits invaded Hanzhong, Feng Xiuyuan also led the charge.

During the Battle of Hanzhong, Feng Xiuyuan led his troops to charge directly into Cao Cao's central army, and fought a fierce battle with Cao Cao's personal guards, the Tiger Guards. He successfully tore through the Tiger Guards' defense line, making a great contribution.

However, Xiuyuan did not take credit for it, but continued to study the methods of training soldiers, and made considerable achievements. In today's military competition, Feng Xiuyuan won first place in both the military and general competitions, and he should be rewarded handsomely. "

After the competition, it was time for the leaders to speak. Liu Bei praised Feng Xi a lot on the stage, and then began to announce the rewards for this competition. "During the military battle, Feng Xiuyuan's troops were given the name 'Shenwu Camp', so it would not be appropriate for Feng Xiuyuan to be called 'Front Army General'.

Feng Xiuyuan was given the title of General Shenwu, with the same rank as General Zhenglu, and Feng Xi was given the title of Marquis of Guannei, with an annual salary of 300 dan.

The commander Wu Ban will be assigned to the command of General Shenwu Feng Xi, and together with the Shenwu Camp, he will be under the jurisdiction of General Shenwu. There will also be monetary rewards, which will be sent to General Shenwu’s mansion later.”

Liu Bei's series of rewards also made Feng Xi dizzy. He was directly promoted two levels. Although the General of the Front Army and the General of Divine Martial Arts were both generals of miscellaneous titles, there were also different levels of miscellaneous titles.

His rank was the same as that of General Zhenglu, which was only below General Longxiang, and one level higher than the eight other officials, Yang, Fen, Zhen, Jian (Wu, Wei).

What's more, Old Liu actually added more people to his side. He assigned Wu Ban and Wu Yuanxiong to his own side, and directly added 10,000 people to his side. From a small general with only 3,000 men, he transformed himself into a general of the imperial court with more than 10,000 men in command.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Feng Xi also immediately knelt down to express his gratitude. Old Liu was indeed very kind to him. With more soldiers, he could do more.

After rewarding the champion, it was natural to reward others. Because his good brother Fu Zhun came in second in the general competition, he was promoted to a lieutenant general by Liu Bei and was directly assigned to his command. Now both of his friends became generals under his command.

Even Wei Chang, who was originally ranked fourth, was directly promoted one level. However, he did not seem happy and was still sulking because he was only ranked fourth.

While everyone was overjoyed, Zhang Fei quietly left, rode his black horse and galloped towards the city.

At this time, Zhang Bao was still copying the "Spring and Autumn Annals" with a look of anxiety on his face. Hearing the voices of people and the neighing of horses outside the house, he knew that Zhang Fei had returned, so he put down his pen and stood up to go to greet him.

"Father, I..."

Before Zhang Bao could open his mouth, Zhang Fei stopped him by raising his hand like a palm-leaf fan.

"Kneel down."

Zhang Fei pointed to the open space in the yard. Zhang Bao didn't dare to talk back and could only walk over and kneel on the ground.

Zhang Fei pulled off a green willow branch from a nearby willow tree and gently blanched it in a nearby pond, so that the branch became wet.

“Swoosh! Snap! Swoosh! Snap!”

For a moment, the only sounds in the house were the sound of willow branches breaking through the air and hitting flesh. Although Zhang Bao's body was covered with red marks, he gritted his teeth and did not cry out.

Zhang Fei fought for half an hour and was exhausted and sweating. He finally sat down on the stone bench next to him.

"Do you know why I hit you?"

"Because I listened to other people's slander, and Feng Xiuyuan..."

Zhang Bao answered with a hint of dissatisfaction, but before he could finish his words, Zhang Fei interrupted him with a willow branch.

"Is that the reason? If you just listened to slanderous words, your father will take you to apologize to Feng Xiuyuan. After all, no one is perfect. I don't know how many times I have been framed and harmed by others in the past few decades.

"I am angry with you. How do you fight with others when you are angry? Huh?"

Zhang Fei put down the willow branch and looked at Zhang Bao seriously.

(End of this chapter)