Great Han Empire

Chapter 4 Rising Sun
The group stopped for a short rest.Tie Lang counted, and there were seventeen brothers who did not follow, and they were all probably dead.These people have fought for a long time, lived a life of licking blood, and took life and death very lightly. No one shed tears for the dead.

At this time, Zhen suddenly fell down.Li Hong was standing next to him, and quickly helped him to lie down on the ground.Li Hong tore off his clothes and found a big gash on his stomach, which was probably stabbed by a knife, and the blood was still flowing out.This Duan Zhen was really powerful, and he didn't pass out until now after being seriously injured.

Li Hong skillfully tore off the tattered upper robe from his body, and tightly bandaged Duan Zhen's wound.Several soldiers nearby looked at him with surprised eyes, and one of them asked, "Did you often do this?"

Li Hong was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he was skillful in bandaging the wound.How can I be so proficient?Did you do it often in the past?Li Hong had no way to explain it, so he could only smile at them, which could be regarded as acquiescing.

"Can you cut down some small trees?" Li Hong asked suddenly.The few soldiers around didn't ask much, took up their swords and cut down a few small trees nearby.These people are now looking at this Han kid with admiration.Li Hong is not only high in martial arts, brave and fearless in battle, but also cruel and ruthless in killing people, cold-blooded and cruel.This is so different from the big Han people in their impression that it cannot but be awe-inspiring.

"This kid is very powerful. He has killed more than 20 enemies by himself." Murong Feng walked up to Iron Wolf and said, "He saved me today and is kind to me. In the future, you don't want to be scolded by others. He's an idiot."

Tie Lang obeyed the commander-in-chief, and hastily bowed and agreed, thinking to himself, he couldn't see that this idiot was really a piece of material.

With a knife, Li Hong cut Duan Zhen's cowhide coat into many strips and connected them together to make two straps. He also made a simple stretcher out of a few small tree poles, and then Li Hong tied the straps to both ends of the stretcher. Carry Duan Zhen and walk together.

Murong Feng came over, put his hand in front of Duan Zhen's nose, and said in a low voice, "He's bleeding too much, he's dying."

Li Hong shook his head and said, "The area of ​​his injury is not large, so he should be able to survive."

"Let's go, leave him alone." Murong Feng looked at the unconscious Duan Zhen, sighed, and then he waved to the other soldiers, "The pursuers are behind, let's go quickly."

Li Hong stood up abruptly, looked at Murong Feng in disbelief, and shouted angrily: "Marshal, he is still alive."

All the people stood still, and they all looked at Li Hong in amazement, their expressions stunned.No one has ever dared to yell at the Marshal so disrespectfully, never.Iron Wolf pointed at Li Hong angrily and cursed: "You idiot, you are looking for death, how dare you speak to the commander like that."

Murong Feng looked at Iron Wolf and snorted in dissatisfaction.Iron Wolf suddenly realized that he called Li Hong an idiot again in front of everyone. He scratched his head in embarrassment, with a very ugly expression.

"In the hearts of our Xianbei people, the lives of our brothers must never be abandoned, but on the battlefield, if more of our brothers lose their lives because of a life that is about to pass away, we may lose the lives of all our brothers, even It is possible to lose the entire war." Murong Fengyu said earnestly.

"But we will also lose people's hearts, perseverance, and the morality of sharing weal and woe." Li Hong shouted excitedly, waving his hands.

Murong Feng looked at him sternly, without saying a word.Suddenly, Murong Feng waved his hand vigorously and walked forward first.He felt that this kid was indeed an idiot. Not only was there a problem with his brain, but he was also very problematic.

Iron Wolf ran to Li Hong's side, took his arm and said, "Let's go. You are kind, but the battlefield is ruthless, and the sword is even more ruthless. He is dying, and there is no way to save him."

Li Hong struggled to break free from his hand, and said word by word: "He will not die, he is our brother, and we cannot abandon him as a brother."

Iron Wolf looked at his stubborn face, pointed at Duan Zhen helplessly and asked, "If you were killed by the enemy because of his burden, don't you regret it?"

"I'd rather be hacked to death than leave my brothers who share weal and woe. I leave my own brothers and don't save them. Are you human?"

Iron Wolf looked at Duan Zhen lying unconscious on the ground, his heart ached, and tears wet his eyes involuntarily.He and Duan Zhen fought side by side when they were teenagers. How could they have no feelings for more than 20 years?
Iron Wolf helped Li Hong carry Duan Zhen onto the stretcher, and the two carried Duan Zhen one after the other, and quickly chased after the team.Iron Wolf's leg was injured in the fierce battle just now, and he couldn't hold on after running for a while, and Li Hong's back and hands were also injured, and he was grimacing in pain along the way.The two of them gritted their teeth and finally ran out of the woods. At this time, it was completely dark.

Murong Feng walked in the front, suddenly he heard cheers from the soldiers behind him.Murong Feng looked back, and suddenly became angry.Tie Lang and Li Hong chased after him, and they were also carrying Duan Zhen on the stretcher. The two of them were staggering and exhausted.More than a dozen soldiers shouted excitedly, scrambling to meet them.Seeing this scene, Murong Feng suddenly thought of something in his heart, and the anger that filled his heart disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"People's hearts." Murong Feng thought of the word Li Hong said to him.In the current situation, the human heart is the most important thing.With people's hearts, there is morale, and only with morale can we see the hope of victory. Once people's hearts are scattered, it may be even more difficult to realize their own strategies.

Murong Feng stood there, motionless.

Surrounded by the soldiers, Iron Wolf and Li Hong walked up to Murong Feng. Everyone didn't know what would happen if Iron Wolf and Li Hong blatantly disobeyed the commander's order, and everyone was very nervous.Iron Wolf was uneasy, lowered his head and whispered, "That idiot said there was hope, so I..."

Murong Feng patted Iron Wolf's shoulder lightly, took the cowhide strap off Iron Wolf's neck, and put it on his own neck, then he took the stretcher from Iron Wolf, looked around at everyone, and said loudly: "Let's go, let's go."

The soldiers were first surprised, then silent, and then cheered again.The crowd crowded around the stretcher and hurried to Bailuyuan.

After about an hour, a red dot suddenly appeared on the dark grassland. This red dot became bigger and bigger, and then more and bigger red dots appeared, and finally the pursuers appeared.

Murong Feng walked in the front with big strides, turning a deaf ear to the reports of his subordinates.

The stretchers are now carried by the soldiers in turn to save energy and increase the speed of travel.Duan Zhen on the stretcher was still unconscious.Li Hong had pulled out a few weeds in the grove before. Taking advantage of the time when he didn't have to carry the stretcher, he crushed the weeds and made them into cakes and applied them to Duan Zhen's wound.Iron Wolf didn't ask him either, knowing that he was doing things based on instinct or remaining memory, so it was useless to ask.

A soldier asked strangely: "Idiot, can this grass heal wounds?"

Li Hong was taken aback. He hadn't thought about this issue carefully. He just subconsciously thought that this kind of weed could heal wounds, so he did it. As for why?He doesn't know, okay?He doesn't know either.But now he is very confident in his instincts that don't need to be learned or taught.In the blocking battle in the woods, he killed more than 20 enemies with instinct and those martial arts moves that came at hand, which he did not even dare to think about in the past.

I must have been an assassin in my past.Li Hong believes in Murong Feng's judgment, and he thinks it's not unusual for him to know these things.Assassins not only have high martial arts skills, can hide and lurk, but also have many kinds of strange abilities.

Li Hong didn't answer the soldier's words, but Murong Feng, who was walking at the front of the team, said, "He's not called an idiot, he's called..." Han people's names are hard to remember and read, and Murong Feng didn't take it to heart after asking. forgot.He turned his questioning gaze to Iron Wolf.Tie Lang hurriedly replied: "Master Hui, his Chinese name is Li Hong, which is hard to remember, so I always call him an idiot, simple and clear."

Murong Feng couldn't laugh or cry, and shook his head again and again, "You have been yelling at everyone before and after, who doesn't know that he is called an idiot? This name is too ugly, I should give him a Xianbei name, what should I call it?" Murong Feng hesitated for a moment. Said, "I think he is agile and fierce, like a leopard in the mountains, so let's call him a leopard."

When Tie Lang heard this, he hurriedly pulled Li Hong to Murong Feng, "Kneel down and kowtow to the Commander, thank you for the name." .Murong Feng helped him up, smiled and said to Tie Lang: "From today on, let him follow me." Tie Lang was even more overjoyed when he heard that, thanked Li Hong repeatedly, and kicked Li Hong.Li Hong understood, and kowtowed to Murong Feng a few more times.

As the pursuers got closer, the dazzling torches gradually formed a jumping red line, which looked like a string of flaming pearls flashing on the black satin in the dark night, which was really beautiful.

Li Hong, who was Murong Feng's personal bodyguard, followed Tie Lang's instructions and never left Murong Feng's side.Murong Feng looked relaxed and walked unhurriedly, turning a deaf ear to the pursuers behind him.

In the distance is a small hillside.Li Hong suddenly grabbed Murong Feng, and shouted loudly to the people behind: "There is an ambush." ​​A dozen or so soldiers turned pale with fright. .

Iron Wolf hurried to Li Hong and asked, "Leopard, where is the ambush?"

Li Hong pointed solemnly at the hillside in the distance, and said softly, "It's just behind the hillside."

Under the faint moonlight, Iron Wolf squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the hillside fifty steps away. There was nothing on it except long grass and a few wild flowers.Iron Wolf asked suspiciously: "Is there really an ambush? How do you know?"

"It smells like a horse." Li Hong sniffed the air vigorously, and took a few steps forward.

Iron Wolf chuckled, "What are you talking nonsense about? The grassland is full of horse dung, of course it smells like horses. Don't be suspicious, let's go."

Murong Feng shook his hand, "Send someone to take a look." Tie Lang agreed and was about to go there in person, but found that Li Hong had rushed out like a swift leopard. When he was still more than 30 steps away from Xiaopo, Li Hong suddenly He fell to the ground and continued to crawl forward at a very fast speed.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes in the distance blew into everyone's ears along with the cool night wind on the grassland, and the pursuers were about to arrive.

Li Hong's vigorous body crossed the hillside without a sound, then submerged in the long grass, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

Murong Feng and the soldiers waited anxiously with their eyes wide open.

Suddenly, there was a long and shrill scream from behind the slope. The scream pierced the dark night and filled everyone's hearts with all the horror and pain.

Murong Feng, Tie Lang and the soldiers seemed to have been pierced by sharp arrows, and felt extremely suffocated and uncomfortable for a moment, then they jumped up like frightened rabbits, and rushed up the slope at the fastest speed.

Li Hong was like a black cheetah, a bloody god of death, his sharp attack made three living beings disappear instantly.

There are fourteen tiger tribe scouts (ancient scouts) hiding behind this hillside. After they found Murong Feng, they considered that they were not strong enough, so they did not launch an attack hastily, but sneaked up in front of Murong Feng. , ready to catch Murong Feng by surprise and make a great contribution.The gang almost made it.

After Li Hong quietly killed four ambush soldiers, he was immediately discovered by the enemy.Immediately, Li Hong displayed his supernatural power and brazenly launched the most terrifying attack.With incredible speed, he killed the three enemies who rushed up first, and then slowly cut the fourth enemy's trachea with a knife. He wanted to use the screams of the enemy before death to inform Murong Feng and Iron Wolf Come to support.The miserable cry of that enemy soldier resounded through the night sky in an instant, and the rest of the enemies saw that the raider was extremely powerful, so they were forced to give up attacking Murong Feng, and turned to attack Li Hong.

Li Hong did all of this perfectly. Although no one taught him, once he melted into the dark night and blood, these survival skills became his instinct like eating, and he couldn't tell which was it. Innate, that is learned later.After these bloody and tragic fights, Li Hong was quite used to it, except that he was a little nervous at the beginning. He used his instincts to perfection, and killing people was as simple and quick as crushing an ant. As the number of fights increased, his instincts were exposed more and more.He never doubted that his instinct was what he had forgotten, and he hoped that he could find more lost memories from the killing.Fighting, fighting, has now become something he yearns for very much.

He kicked the enemy's neck off, cut off the head of another enemy, and finally there were two enemies standing opposite him, but at this time he had no chance to end their lives.After Murong Feng, Tie Lang and the others rushed to the top of the slope, all they could do was to shoot the last two enemies like hedgehogs.

(End of this chapter)