Great Han Empire

Chapter 13 Rising Sun
Murong Feng lay on the animal skin very comfortably with his eyes closed.

After he told Li Hong many secrets buried in his heart, he felt that the heavy burden on his back was suddenly let go, relaxed, comfortable and calm.It turned out that chatting with an idiot that he didn't have to be wary of had such a great rest effect.

He thought of Iron Wolf.Tie Lang was a very serious person in the past, but since seeing him with Li Hong, Tie Lang is not serious anymore.The two were always quarreling, laughing and cursing non-stop.The kid was a natural pleaser.

Li Hong listened quietly, feeling that the facts of Xianbei were too complicated.But to put it bluntly, it was for one thing: power.

"Commander, did the adults from the Red Sun Tribe send troops to help you?" Li Hong asked.

"It's Meng Lizhe." Murong Feng nodded and said, "Meng Lizhe is the commander-in-chief of the Qiming tribe in the western Xianbei. He was my subordinate when we fought against the Huns. On the surface, he led 5000 troops, but in fact he was in the army. Lord Luoluo's ten thousand cavalry had been lying in ambush on Dayan Mountain through Karasuma ten days ago."

"Marshal, if the king and Lian are caught by you, will you let them go?"

"Of course we'll let him go." Murong Feng laughed, "He's the king, the most powerful person in the Xianbei Kingdom. Wouldn't it be a rebellion if I locked him up?"

"He will definitely take revenge on you in the future."

Murong Feng's mood immediately became very bad.Over the past few months, I have been thinking about it, and all I think about is this problem.

If Master Luoluoluo successfully controls Danhan Mountain, what will happen in the future?Although Helian agreed to their conditions due to the situation, will Helian change his mind after returning to Danhan Mountain?The more than 1000 tribes around Danhan Mountain are absolutely loyal to the Tanshihuai family. Even if Helian doesn't rely on the strong strength of Xianbei in the west, he still has more than enough to protect himself.He gives orders with kingship, if he doesn't listen, what's the difference with rebellion?
Li Hong saw Murong Feng lying on the animal skin without saying a word, his brows were deeply furrowed, and he knew he was right.

"If you want to control Helian, just like you plan to blackmail Helian with that hard-to-remember lord from the Red Sun Tribe, you still have to use the army. You and that lord directly lead tens of thousands of troops to garrison Danhan Mountain. You and him will stay in Tanhan Mountain. Even if there is something wrong, at least one of you should stay in Danhan Mountain to control and run amok. In this way, one of you will manage the western Xianbei, and the other will manage the eastern and central Xianbei, and around Lian There is no villain, and he can't use the armies of the tribes, and he can't do anything bad."

Murong Feng sat up suddenly, and looked at Li Hong with wide eyes, "You are such a genius idiot." Murong Feng admired sincerely.

Li Hong was taken aback by his actions, "I haven't finished yet?"

Murong Feng ignored him, walked up and down in the tent excitedly, with an uncertain expression on his face, and mumbled non-stop.

Seeing that Murong Feng was thinking about something, Li Hong didn't dare to disturb him, so he slipped out of the tent by himself, and met Iron Wolf right away.

"You idiot, you are bothering the commander again, are you asking for a beating?" Iron Wolf said as if he was about to kick him.Li Hong hurriedly shook his hands and said, "No, no. Old wolf, I thought Xiong Ba was a huge man, but it turned out not to be. It turns out that he is like a hunting uncle."

Tie Lang stretched out his hand and slapped him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. He is a rare all-rounder in civil and military affairs among the Xianbei people, and he is very powerful. In the past, the commander often asked him to command an army by himself."

"Oh." Li Hong suddenly realized, "The commander-in-chief said that I can also command an army."

Seeing his serious and self-indulgent appearance, Iron Wolf couldn't bear it any longer, kicked his leg, and cursed: "You idiot, I am so mad. I have fought wars for more than ten or 20 years, and I don't know what to do." I dare not boast that I can lead an army to fight. I will kick you to death, idiot." The two immediately started fighting.

Murong Feng suddenly appeared in front of the two of them, and said with a serious face: "Go get Xiong Ba, I have something to tell him."

After Xiong Ba came out of the tent, he immediately rode out of the camp and galloped away.

On the second day after Chen Ziwei's battle, Murong Feng went to the prison camp.He stood in the middle of the open space and said a few words: "The Tiger Tribe will not be wiped out. Ke Zui's crime has nothing to do with you. If you stay and join my iron cavalry, you can go back after the battle. If you don't want to, put stay, and compensate for the lives of my dead soldiers."

All the more than 800 captives were willing to stay.Then he was led by Iron Wolf and merged into Murong Feng's army.

Another day later, scouts came to report that Helian's army had appeared publicly at Bark Creek, 150 miles away from Yeyan Wai.Queju's army was the fastest and had arrived at Jutun, a hundred miles away from Yeyanwei and 150 miles away from Helian.Murong Ji Murong Invasion's 1 troops had sneaked across the Rushui River and stationed at Wudun, two hundred miles away from Meng Lizhe's army.Mijia's [-] Eastern Xianbei allied forces quietly rushed to the Rushui River, facing Murong's army across the river.

Murong Feng immediately invited several commanders and Duan Song, the commander of the Linghu Tribe, to the big tent.Same as last time, Li Hong got Murong Feng's permission to sit behind Murong Feng.

Sitting here, he can hear Murong Feng and the generals' reasonable predictions on the development of the battle situation, hear Murong Feng explain in detail his understanding of the battle situation and how to deal with it, and hear Murong Feng carefully explain the importance of each specific task in the entire battle situation. The role of the generals and the impact on the development of the battle situation, we can see how Murong Feng reasonably arranges different tasks according to the combat styles of different generals, see Murong Feng's specific explanation of each task and the scope of flexible handling, and see how he The main points of the reasonable collocation of military power, weapons, food and grass of each army and the tacit cooperation between the various ministries.

The last time Li Hong swallowed the jujube, he didn't understand many things because Murong Feng spoke very generalized and abstractly.He understood a lot after the iron wolf, Gongsun, tiger, black leopard and other generals explained carefully.It sounds better today.His thoughts flashed along with Murong Feng's eloquent narration, as if he saw several large armies criss-crossing among the green mountains and green waters, sometimes lurking, sometimes blocking, and sometimes encircling, his ears were filled with the sound of fierce fighting and thunder The general galloping sound of war horses.

When Li Hong was still sitting on the ground with his head bowed in thought, pondering his experience carefully, Murong Feng had already arranged the tasks of the generals.

"The blocking battle has to be fought arduously and the enemy's battle has to be disguised skillfully. Mi Jia and Murong Ji must be dragged into the battlefield. Once the two of them join the battle, it's time for us to encircle Queju and surround Helian." Murong Feng looked at the crowd. General, said solemnly, "Gobang and Wubao who are in charge of luring the enemy, you must do everything you can to keep Helian in the Black Sun Forest. Iron wolf, Gongsun Hu, and Duan Song who are in charge of blocking Queju, you must do it!" To achieve the effect of being undefeated, attracting Queju had to endure huge losses and keep attacking."

"This battle is related to the future of my entire Xianbei country, the rise and fall of the Xianbei people's honor and disgrace. I can't disclose many things, but please believe me, Murong Feng. Everything I have done is worthy of King Tanshihuai and Xianbei. Gentlemen, I have absolutely no selfish intentions."

"Okay, stop talking, everyone, let's go immediately."

Several generals knelt down to salute Murong Feng, and said in unison: "Take care, Commander."

Murong Feng helped them up one by one, "Take care too."

Iron Wolf gave Li Hong a wink, and several of them walked out of the big tent one after another.Li Hong then followed out.

"Leopard, remember what I said?" Iron Wolf said to him seriously.

"Stay close to the commander-in-chief, use my life to protect the commander-in-chief." Li Hong straightened his chest and shouted loudly in Iron Wolf's ear.

Iron Wolf yelled: "You idiot, what are you doing so loudly, you are deaf." Gongsun Hu and others around him laughed.

"Really? Are you deaf? Let me try again?" With a serious face, Li Hong hugged Iron Wolf's head nervously, opening his mouth to roar loudly.Iron Wolf was shocked, and hurriedly covered Li Hong's big mouth with his hand, "I heard it, I heard it."

Gongsun Hu and the others laughed until tears flowed out.

Li Hong immediately embraced Tie Lang's shoulders with both hands, hugged him vigorously, and whispered, "You have to take care."

Iron Wolf laughed and nodded emotionally.

Li Hong hugged everyone.Gongsunhu, black leopard, and glutton.After Duan Song heard that he risked his life to rescue his elder brother Duan Zhen, he was very grateful. He took the initiative to hug Li Hong and said something he wanted to say these days, "Thank you for saving my brother."

Li Hong smiled naively at him.

Wild Goose Wai took away 5000 troops because of the black leopard, Iron Wolf Gongsun Hu Duan Song took away [-] people, and now there are only four or five hundred wounded soldiers left, and the whole Wild Goose Wai suddenly became deserted.

Li Hong roasted a piece of horse meat with fire.Li Hong couldn't bear to eat horse meat for every meal recently.On the battlefield, when a war horse dies, naturally it cannot be wasted and buried.Xianbei people have many ways to use dead war horse waste.Horse meat can be eaten, and horse hide can be used to make clothes.Xianbei is a nomadic people, most of them are very poor, and there is an extreme shortage of production and daily necessities.Although there are cattle and sheep in domestic animals, they can feed themselves, but as the saying goes: if a family is rich in ten thousand gold, those with hair are not counted.Once the drought and floods and pastures disappear, all cattle, sheep and horses will perish, and the people will have no food. Therefore, their ambition to invade and expand is deeply rooted in the hearts of the leaders of the tribes, just like the Huns and Karasuma.

So Li Hong tried his best to experiment with how to make horse meat taste better, but he found that the horse meat was first cut into several slits, then rubbed with salt into the slits, and then roasted over fire is the most delicious. Even Murong Feng praised it. Absolutely.

"Marshal, when will the reinforcements arrive?"

Murong Feng was enjoying the delicious piece of horse meat that Li Hong sent in. When Li Hong asked him, he shook his head, gave a wry smile, and said slowly: "Many friends have not been in touch for several years. Can I come? I don’t know why, but there will always be friends.”

Suddenly, short bursts of alarm horns sounded in the camp.Li Hong was taken aback and ran out in a hurry.Murong Feng also came out and looked in the direction indicated by the horn.

(End of this chapter)