Feng Zhan and Lu Yumo (Part 1)
Feng Zhan, or should I be called Feng Lizhan.
I have known my identity and my responsibilities since I was born. I will not live for my responsibilities, but I will not evade them either, and I will not be like my tribesmen, hiding in a corner waiting for God to favor me.
I believe that destiny is in our own hands. I believe that 30% is determined by fate, and 70% depends on hard work. If the Fengli tribe wants to return to the Jiuzhou continent, it can't just sit on the top of the snow mountain and wait. If you don't work hard and don't pay, what right do you have to ask for success?
Since I was young, I have been studying and practicing martial arts with my father. My father is both a scholar and a warrior, and he is the most talented person I know. Unfortunately, he never shows it in front of others. In front of others, he is always a little old man from a farm, with some knowledge but can't get away from the nature of a farmer.
What I learned since childhood was no worse than those young men from scholar families, but I did not have the romantic style that young men from noble families should have. My father always asked me to learn from the children in the village and make myself look vulgar.
When I was a child, I didn’t understand. I envied the romantic temperament described in the books and the talented men and beautiful women in the vernacular novels. It was not until later that I realized that there was nothing wrong with being vulgar.
Everyone I knew thought I was from a poor family and illiterate. They never hid anything from me and let me handle their private letters because...
I am illiterate, and even if I were shown those secret letters, I would not be able to understand them.
It's such a beautiful misunderstanding, isn't it?
When I was fifteen, the war spread to my village. Soldiers from Nanling broke into the village, killing and setting fire everywhere. My father could have taken me out with his ability, but he didn't.
My father said that he spent his whole life only to make me successful. For my future and the future of the Fengli clan, he could face death calmly.
At the critical moment of life and death, my father had amazing martial arts, but he didn't use them. He died under the hooves of Nanling's horse like those ordinary country old men, and I...
Under his arrangement, he left alive.
From then on, I had a perfect identity. Even if this village was investigated, no one would think that I was from the Fengli clan, let alone that I was of the royal bloodline of the Fengli clan.
The surname Fengli cannot appear in the Jiuzhou continent. There are several families with the surname Feng in my village. My father chose this village because of this surname.
I can’t call him Feng Lizhan. I have to at least keep something belonging to the Fengli clan, so I call him Feng Zhan, removing the middle character.
After the village was destroyed by the Nanling people, I began to live a life of semi-escape and semi-wandering. With my deliberate approach, I became familiar with the soldiers at the border, and with their help, I became an ordinary soldier.
My father taught me a lot, but he didn't tell me how to go in the future. He only told me that the future is up to me. If I succeed, I will be a hero of the Fengli clan. If I fail...
If I fail, I fail. Anyway, no one knows that I am King Fengli. The people of the Fengli tribe can’t wait for King Fengli, so they will naturally push out a new King Fengli. So I don’t need to have too much pressure.
Joining the army is my own choice and my only choice.
I am an illiterate country bumpkin. I cannot become a civil servant if I cannot read. Besides, even if I am well-read, what does it matter?
Coming from a poor family, it would be impossible for me to become an official without the recommendation of an aristocratic family. Even if I were to become an official, my future prospects would be limited. Under the suppression of the aristocratic family, I would never be able to become a powerful official second only to the emperor.
Joining the army is my best choice. On the battlefield, promotion depends on military merit. Although military merit is always claimed by the children of the rich and powerful, but...
Those children of the rich and powerful who come from famous families need people with ability but no background to make contributions for them on the battlefield so that they have the opportunity to claim the title. So with a background like mine, I can also move up, although the speed is a little slow, but I am satisfied.
This is not the previous dynasty, and I am not the emperor of the Fengli clan. I am just an ordinary country boy. Being able to gain a foothold in the army and climb up step by step is already much better than most people.
In the officialdom, you rely on your connections, but on the battlefield, you need real ability. Without ability, you won't go far even if you have connections, because your enemies will not let you go just because you have connections.
Every time, two-thirds of my military merit would be snatched away by others. However, even in this situation, I was still promoted to a captain of a thousand men within five years, and was in charge of thousands of people. This shows how many people I killed during these five years.
On the battlefield, no one has clean hands, everyone's hands are stained with blood, it's just a matter of how much. Undoubtedly, I am one of those with more, but I never show it in front of others. No matter when, I am still that silly boy who walked out of the ravine with only martial arts skills.
Normally, given my background, being promoted to a centurion would have been the highest rank I've ever reached, but I wasn't willing to give up. I didn't want to be a soldier, I wanted to be a general with real power.
If there is no opportunity, create it.
That year, Dongling and Nanling fought again. The leader of Dongling was Ye Shaohuai, a great general of the founding dynasty, while the one sent by Nanling was also a fierce general.
I sneaked into General Ye's tent and secretly saw his battle plan, and then I leaked General Ye's whereabouts to Nanling.
As I expected, General Ye was trapped in a mud pit by Nanling's elite troops and could not escape.
The deputy commander in the army was General Ye's son. He wanted to select soldiers to rescue General Ye personally, but the other deputy commanders refused because it was too dangerous and they would be risking their lives.
Everyone in the army was arguing. General Ye's son insisted on rescuing people, but the deputy generals refused and rushed to take his place. However, their strength was far inferior to that of General Ye and his son. General Ye's son knew very well that if he let the deputy general take people, not only would General Ye fail to save the people, but he would have to take a team of people with him.
At this time, someone recommended me!
Feng Zhan, a captain of a thousand men, is probably very capable. He cannot be said to be invincible against ten thousand men, but he can move freely among the enemy troops. If there is anyone who can break through the encirclement and rescue General Ye, it must be Feng Zhan.
Luck and opportunity are important, but strength is the key to success or failure.
I got the chance to rescue General Ye, and I did not disappoint the expectations of the Ye family father and son. I rode alone for 800 miles a day to the muddy sand pond, and broke into the encirclement of more than a thousand people alone, and carried General Ye who was trapped inside out.
That battle was extremely brutal. I carried General Ye on my back and single-handedly took on Nanling's elite force of a thousand men!
That battle lasted from dusk to sunrise, and from sunrise to sunset.
From the time we set out from the camp to the time we destroyed Nanling's elite troops, I didn't close my eyes for a single moment during two full days and nights. My eyes were redder than blood, and more dazzling...
A real bloody battle, a real life-threatening situation, a real river of blood.
I crawled out of the pile of dead bodies carrying General Ye on my back. There was not a single part of my body that was intact, but I felt no pain, let alone fear.
Because I know I succeeded.
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