Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 46. Fan Jiang Zhang Da
Zhao Yun stepped forward and still disagreed with the idea of ​​sending troops to attack Wu. Not to mention Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang also disagreed.

"Your Majesty, the traitor is Cao Cao, not Sun Quan. Cao Pi has usurped the Han Dynasty, and the Cao Wei is in turmoil. If our army is stationed at the Wei River and points to Guanzhong, the righteous men in Guandong will pack their food and ride their horses to welcome the royal army. If we rashly attack Wu, the war will be tense and there may be trouble in the future."

Liu Bei also found Zhao Yun's old rhetoric a bit boring, but seeing that Feng Xi, the one who was taking action, did not seem to have any intention of standing up to refute Zhao Yun, he could only open his mouth to answer.

"Sun Quan killed my brother Yunchang, and I also have hatred for Fu Shiren, Mi Fang, Pan Zhang, and Ma Zhong. I wish I could eat their flesh and exterminate their clans to avenge my hatred! Why are you trying to stop me?"

Zhao Yun was unmoved and replied:
"Your Majesty, the hatred between brothers you mentioned is all private hatred. However, the hatred between the Han traitors is a public hatred. You should put the whole world first."

"If I don't avenge Yunchang, what's the point of owning a vast country?"

Liu Bei got angry and stood up, no longer listening to Zhao Yun's advice, and insisted on sending troops. After several months of preparation, the troops were trained and had sufficient food and grass, so he sent an envoy to Langzhong to invite Zhang Fei to Chengdu to prepare for the eastern expedition.

Zhang Fei had been eager to fight in Langzhong, and he immediately led his elite troops to Chengdu. Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei to prepare white flags and white armor in Chengdu, and the whole army would wear white clothes to express their blood hatred.

After Zhang Fei arrived in Chengdu, he ordered the army to prepare the white clothes and armor needed by the unit within three days. He also had a drink with Feng Xi and then returned to the camp.

However, two lieutenant generals, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da, came to report that the white clothes and armor needed were too great to be prepared in three days, and they requested a little more time.

Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this, thinking that the two men were delaying on purpose, so he scolded them angrily.

"Your Majesty and I are eager to take revenge, and we wish we could chop off the thief Sun's head tomorrow. But you are deliberately shirking your responsibility. How dare you bully me like this!"

Zhang Fei, under the influence of alcohol, had his men tie Fan Jiang and Zhang Da to a tree and personally whipped them, lashing each of them fifty times, until blood was flowing from their backs and blood streaks from their mouths and noses, before he stopped.

After the beating, he pointed at the two people and continued:

"I will extend the time by two days as you said. If I cannot raise enough money within five days, I will kill you two with my own hands as a sacrifice!"

He then returned to the camp, left a group of soldiers to help the two men down and then helped them back to the camp.

After the two returned to the camp, they asked the soldier to apply medicine on the wound and then lay on the bed to discuss the matter.

"This Zhang Fei has a violent personality. Even if we give him two days' grace, we will not be able to prepare the white clothes and armor in time due to our severe injuries."

"Given Zhang Fei's temper, he will kill us in five days... It would be better for us to kill him than for him to kill me."

Zhang Da thought about it and decided to take a risk.

"Zhang Fei is a brave man, known to the world. How can we approach him?"

"He likes to drink. When he is completely drunk, we will take the opportunity to approach him and chop off his head! Even Lu Bu and Guan Yu will die if their heads are chopped off!"

Zhang Da and Fan Jiang devised a plan and asked the soldiers to inquire about Zhang Fei's movements repeatedly in preparation for revenge.

However, Feng Xi had already told Zhang Fei's personal guards about Zhang Fei's fondness for whipping soldiers, and they agreed that if Zhang Fei whipped the soldiers, especially Fan Jiang and Zhang Da, they should be on high alert.

The captain of the personal guard simply rode his horse to Feng Xi's camp himself and informed Feng Xi of the matter.

"The Third General is confused... It's my fault too. I drank a few cups with him. Wen Jin, Yi Zhong, you two should prepare your horses immediately and go with me to the Third General's camp."

Several people immediately rode on fast horses and headed straight for Zhang Fei's tent.

At this moment, the sky was gradually getting dark and it was already dusk. Feng Xi and the other two followed the captain of the personal guard to Zhang Fei's residence. After tying up their horses, they looked very leisurely.

"Three generals! Shenwu General Feng Xi and his subordinates Zhang Nan and Fu Tong are all here! We want to continue drinking and reminiscing with the generals!"

The captain of the personal guard reported loudly, and was heard by Fan Jiang and Zhang Da, who were overjoyed. This way, their chances were greater tonight, and they also prayed that this mighty general could get Zhang Fei a few more glasses of wine.

"Feng kid, didn't you just finish drinking this morning? What, do you want to drag Wen Jin and Yi Zhong to take turns to force me to drink?" Zhang Fei had just whipped the two men and had sweated a lot, sobering up a lot. Seeing the three men coming, he also teased them.

"No. Third General, there is a villain who wants to harm you, so I came to protect you."

Feng Xi also spoke mysteriously, which made Zhang Fei burst out laughing.

"This is outside the city of Chengdu. All the soldiers are my trusted ones. How could a villain come to murder me?"

"How about we make a bet, General? If I win, you must stop whipping the soldiers in the camp and treat them kindly like General Guan. How do you think?"

"Of course, if I win, Feng boy, I will take 20% of your share of the wine, how about that?"

"It's a deal! But I'll have to trouble the three generals to perform a scene with me."

"Naturally."

So from time to time, the laughter of the three people and the sound of clinking glasses could be heard in Zhang Fei's tent. Fan Jiang and Zhang Da, who were not far away, were also very happy when they heard it.

Two hours later, when night had already fallen, three figures staggered out of the tent and spoke indistinctly to Zhang Fei's generals:

"We...will stop here today. Your...third general is...unconscious. You...will take good care of him."

After saying this, the three figures staggered away.

Fan Jiang and Zhang Da were overjoyed and continued to hide, waiting until late at night when everyone was asleep to take action.

On a dark and windy night, it is time to kill and rob.

It was the second watch of the night, which was about nine to eleven in modern times. Fan Jiang and Zhang Da, each bearing the pain in their backs, came to the outside of Zhang Fei's tent with short swords on their waists.

"You two generals came here at night. What do you have to report?"

The personal soldiers outside the tent stopped the two men and asked.

"There is an urgent military report. Do not stop it."

To their surprise, the guard nodded and let them go.

The two men had heard Zhang Fei's snoring in the tent from outside. When they entered the tent, they saw that Zhang Fei seemed to have had a big fight with the generals. The tables and chairs in the tent were overturned, and half a jar of wine was spilled on the ground, emitting the aroma of wine. There were several curtains for isolation hanging in the tent, and behind them was a toilet.

Fan Jiang and Zhang Da were cautious. They knelt on the ground first, pretending to have an urgent military report, and secretly watched Zhang Fei's reaction.

Zhang Fei was still shouting like thunder, his eyes were closed, and he was unconscious.

"General Zhang San? Do we have an urgent military report from the Eastern Wu Army?"

Zhang Da was quite brave. He stood up, took two steps forward and spoke again.

Seeing that Zhang Fei still had no reaction, the two men became bolder and simply walked directly to Zhang Fei's couch. They looked at Zhang Fei and after making sure that he had no reaction, they drew out the short knife from their waist and stabbed Zhang Fei.

"What a thief!"

Zhang Fei, who was unconscious, suddenly looked at the two men with wide eyes, which frightened them so much that they stopped moving. A general came out from behind the curtain of the toilet, holding a sword. Two people outside the tent also rushed in with Zhang Fei's personal soldiers, surrounding Fan Jiang and Zhang Da.

(End of this chapter)