Great Han Empire

Chapter 87 Yanzhao Fengyun
February 185 AD.

Shehu knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

He was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a slightly immature face, a pair of very prominent thick eyebrows, and a pair of bright eyes under the eyebrows, looking like a tiger.

Li Hong pulled him up and said with a smile, "Don't cry. When I met your father last time, I promised him. As long as the Wuye tribe is in trouble, I will definitely help."

"Send the order. The troops assembled immediately, crossed the Qiushui River overnight, and rushed to the Yangjiao Mountain at the border." Li Hong turned his head and said loudly to Tie Yue.

"Assemble the guards, follow me immediately." Hu Ding and Qicheng hurried out to assemble the team.

"Old man, how about you take the guards to station in Macheng temporarily? As soon as the county magistrate Liu arrives, you will set off immediately with your troops."

Tian Zhong nodded and asked, "Should I go back to Zhuolu directly?"

"Yes, we will meet at Zhuolu. There are nearly [-] wounded soldiers. They are all willing to join the Han army. Take them with you. After we cover the Wuye tribe and retreat safely to the border, we will rush there immediately. "

"My lord..." Tian Zhong saw that after Li Hong finished speaking, he was about to leave the tent in a hurry, so he hurriedly shouted.

Li Hong looked at him strangely.Tian Zhong lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "My son, there are more than a dozen carriages in that batch, and we have a small number of people in the rear guard, so I'm afraid it's not safe."

Li Hong knew that he was referring to the property given by the Tuoba people. Seeing Tian Zhongshen's mysterious appearance, Li Hong burst out laughing.

"Who knows? It's okay, it's okay."

"No. Once something happens, and the governor takes the blame, we will all lose our heads." Tian Zhong widened his eyes and grabbed Li Hong's arm, as if he was afraid that he would run away soon.

"Okay, okay. What do you say?"

"Tell Xiaolan to take a group of people and go with me."

It was already afternoon when the troops arrived at Yangjiao Mountain.In front of Yangjiao Mountain is the endless prairie, which is the place of Xianbei people.Without orders, the troops of the Han Dynasty cannot come in and out at will.

Li Hong ordered the whole army to rest.Zheng Xin's scout team immediately went deep into the Xianbei border to explore the location of the Wuye tribe.

Shehu also wanted to follow, but was stopped by Li Hong.

"Don't worry. Your father should have a way to escape." Li Hong dragged Shehu to his side and comforted him with a smile.

"I have been out for five days. According to their speed, I should have arrived at Dishuiwei. When I left, my father told me repeatedly that as long as the tribes arrived at Dishuiwei, he would send someone to wait for us at Yangjiao Mountain. Now there is no Man, something must have happened to the tribe." Shehu was so anxious that tears flowed out involuntarily.

Li Hong didn't know how to comfort him, and he was also very anxious.Although he had only met Shemoci once, and had no friendship with the Wuye tribe, this matter related to the faith of the Han Dynasty and the lives of more than 2 men, women and children in the Wuye tribe.As a mighty country in the world, if the Han Kingdom cannot even protect a small tribe that takes refuge in itself, not only will it lose its trust in this tribe, but it will also chill the hearts of all the weak nations or tribes that come to rely on it.

Li Hong thought about it for a long time.He now suspects that the Wuye tribe has been chased and besieged by the Xianbei people.He is going to lead his troops deep into the border of Xianbei to launch a rescue operation.

Li Hong ordered his subordinates to invite Yushi, Wu Zhao, Li Song and several military officers.He talked about his guesses and ideas, and then asked for everyone's opinions.

Yushi's face immediately pulled down, "My lord, the war between us and the Xianbei people is over. If we send troops to the Xianbei grassland for such a small tribe, once the two sides fight, the Xianbei people may retaliate. If they wave again If soldiers go south to invade, this disaster will be a big one."

"The Wuye tribe belongs to Tanhan Mountain. If Shemoci led his troops to break away from Xianbei and enter Han, it would be a betrayal from the perspective of the Xianbei people. Now the Wuye tribe is still a subordinate of Danhan Mountain. We take the liberty to enter the country and help them escape. Isn't it a bit of a nosy, looking for trouble when you have nothing to do." Wu Zhao immediately picked up Yushi's words and added.

"It is really inappropriate for us to do this. Firstly, there is no order from the lord, and secondly, there is no official document to rely on. Combat across the border without a reason not only violates military discipline, but also violates the laws of the country. Once it is investigated, it will be a disaster for the entire family. My lord must not Make fun of everyone's lives." Li Song said solemnly.

Li Hong and a group of people who were eager to try were suddenly stunned, all of them were cold and speechless.

Yushi laughed, pointing at his beard, Yan Wuwei and the others said: "I told you to follow me to learn national law and military discipline, each of you can run faster than a rabbit. Hmph, Master Li didn't say that, I'm afraid you didn't throw your heads on the battlefield, Instead, he fell to the execution ground."

Fist curled his mouth, with a look of disdain, he retorted loudly: "It's nothing more than fear of death, why make many excuses."

The trademark smirk on Tie Yue's face suddenly appeared, and he muttered in a moderate voice: "No one told the truth, who knows?"

Yushi stood up abruptly, pointed at the iron ax and shouted, "What do you mean?"

Tie Yue was not afraid at all, and shouted loudly: "No one will tell, who will know that we have crossed the border to fight? Even now, in the entire border county, how many people know that the Tuoba people have withdrawn from Macheng? Who knows that we have already In a state of truce?"

Huzi grabbed Yushi and persuaded him with a smile: "They just joined the army, and some things are not clear, don't you be angry? We are all brothers, and we will fight desperately on the same battlefield in the future, so why get angry over this matter. However, I think he has a point too. Don't you think?"

"You..." Yushi rolled his eyes angrily, and sat down on the ground, too lazy to speak.

"My lord, make up your mind, and we will listen to you." The tall, mighty and chubby hammer pushed Li Hong who was sitting next to him, and said cautiously.

"Our brothers from the caravan swear to follow your lord to the death, please make up your mind." Fist shouted loudly, the tone obviously meant to instigate.

Wu Zhao couldn't bear it anymore. He pointed to his fist and shouted: "Fist, now everyone is a frontier army belonging to Lulongsai, Youbeiping County. There are no horse bandits or caravans. The army implements a continuous sitting system. You broke the law alone. , we will all be implicated. If you were beheaded, we will lose our heads too. Can you stop making trouble here?"

Fist was taken aback and fell silent.

Li Song looked at the hesitant look on Li Hong's face, and sighed secretly.

"My lord, do you still want to enter the country?" Li Song asked.

Li Hong nodded.

"There are [-] to [-] innocent herdsmen in front of them. They have no right to decide their own destiny. They want to come to the Han Dynasty, and they just want to live a stable and comfortable life. What is the crime? They don't have any hatred with us. Why do we see death? Save? If they are the people of the big man, can we save them?"

"The people of the Han Dynasty are human beings, so aren't they human beings?"

"I want to bring troops there. Whether you agree or not, and whether you go or not, I will take people there."

"My lord, can you be more sensible? How can you say that when we all come out of Lulongsai together through thick and thin? If you must do this, everyone can go with you. But we don't understand. , or our more than 4000 brothers, which one is more important?" Yushi said angrily.

In fact, no matter whether the two sides are at war or not, as long as the troops enter the border of the Xianbei people, it is a violation of military discipline.They were never ordered to fight across the border.Maybe after entering the country, it can help the Wuye tribe to escape from the prairie smoothly, and everyone will be safe and sound.But if they encounter the Xianbei army and trigger a war between the two sides, the consequences will be unpredictable and uncontrollable.In the future, if the criminals are held accountable, the dead are already dead anyway, so it doesn't matter, the living will suffer.

Yushi and the others have been in the army for a long time and know the power of it, so they strongly oppose it.But everyone's comrades-in-arms are deep, and no one can tell them to watch Li Hong go on an adventure alone.

Li Hong looked at Yushi and his subordinates gratefully, and said loudly, "Brothers are of course more important."

"But why do we join the army? Isn't it to protect the weak? No matter who it is, as long as he needs our help, we should never hesitate. Is there something wrong?"

Everyone was silent, looking at Li Hong with a firm expression in front of him, some were helpless, some admired, some admired, some were grateful, everyone was thinking about their own thoughts.

Li Hong was overjoyed when he saw that everyone no longer raised any objections, and said with a smile, "Let's go at midnight, and we can arrive at Dishuiwei early tomorrow morning."

The wooden post screamed strangely, and cried out in pain: "It's midnight again, do you want someone to live?"

Everyone was surprised at first, and then burst into laughter.

Wu Zhao kicked his deputy fiercely, and said with a smile, "Go to hell."

Li Hong watched his subordinates prancing away one by one, feeling excited in his heart.With these brothers who want to rely on life and death, it is not in vain to come to this world for a walk.

A galloping war horse suddenly rushed out from the distant horizon, and then a dozen war horses rushed out one after another.

Li Hong's heart beat violently.

The migrating army of the Wuye tribe was overtaken by the leader's troops in Dishuiwei.

Shemoci used more than 500 carriages and ox carts to form a defensive formation.More than 2 people from the tribe were all squeezed into this small space.No one fears, no one weeps.The people on the grassland have become numb to this kind of beating and killing.Except for children and old people, all active people in the tribe, including women, took up their spears, bows and arrows.Life is not rewarded by anyone, but by oneself.

This place is eighty miles away from the border of the Han Kingdom.

Shemoci almost succeeded.The Wuye tribe has always lived close to the border, and their habitat is more than 400 miles away from the border of Dahan.Although they moved quickly in this operation, the tribe had too many people and moved slowly. After all, they were still a step behind.

After the king and Lian Xi went on a tour to the west, the king's court at Danhan Mountain was left behind by his nephew.Kuitou was shocked when he got the news that the Wuye tribe was going to move south to Han.This precedent cannot be set.He led [-] iron cavalry southward in pursuit overnight, summoning a total of [-] troops from the Tianshui, Zhuxia, and Bailong tribes along the way.

In Dishuiwei, Kuitou commanded troops to surround the Wuye tribe.

He rode alone to the vicinity of the Wuye tribe's chariot formation, and shouted for Shemoci to come out and answer.

The leader is young, in his 20s, and there is nothing outstanding no matter his body or appearance.Only those eyes, probably because of years of struggling in the power vortex of Dan Hanshan, seemed obscure, unable to fathom his emotions.

He drove his horse and approached Shemoci.The two have known each other for many years and are very familiar with each other.Shemoci also taught him archery for several years.At this time, it was too late to say anything, and it was useless.Betrayal is already a fact, capture is death, and resistance is death to the end.No matter who it was, even He Lian, they couldn't save the men, women, young and old of the Wuye tribe.

"Thank you." She Moci smiled and said calmly.

Kui Tou looked at him silently, sighed, wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything.

He suddenly roared, and slammed the horse's butt with a whip.The sound of the whip was clear and crisp, the horse suffered from pain, hissed wildly, and left in the dust.

The leader did not attack that day.Although the commanders of the three tribes clamored for an attack, the leader firmly disagreed.

He ordered someone to inform Helian quickly, hoping to get Helian's instructions.At this time, He Lian was at the Hulang Grassland, arguing with the leaders of the three major departments.

The leader's consideration has his reasons.At this time, everyone in the Wuye tribe has a heart that must die. Once there is a battle, they must fight with their lives until they die.If the army fights against this lunatic, the casualties must be heavy.With 6000 people attacking, how many soldiers can survive in the end, no one knows.So the leader is going to surround them for a few days.

The leader wanted to sharpen their spirits, torment their taut nerves, make those who are greedy for life and fear death feel that it is possible to survive, and then shake their determination to die.After a long time, the people of the Wuye tribe must betray and collapse under the strong pressure of death. In the end, it may lead to internal strife and collapse without a fight.

The boss dragged on for three days.

At the foot of Danhan Mountain, in the territory of Xianbei, stalking the prey of the killer on his pasture like a spring hunt, this feeling is really good, relaxed and happy.The warriors and herdsmen of the Wuye tribe are now like prey waiting to be slaughtered, with no hope of survival. ,
In the face of death, the people of the Wuye tribe are not as vulnerable as Kuitou imagined.They persevered tenaciously and maintained a high morale.

The words given by Shemo gave them their last hope.The leopards from the Han Kingdom are coming to rescue them.

When she said this, She Moci herself felt that it was a self-deceiving lie.But like everyone else, he would rather believe this lie and believe that this miracle can happen.This is what Leopard promised him that night.

There is no moon in the sky tonight, no stars, it is pitch black, and you can't see your fingers.There was no wind on the grassland, and the insects sang lazily in the grass.Kui Tou's camp was completely silent, only the dozen or so bonfires around the camp shone bewitchingly in the night.

She Moci knelt in the middle of the pasture and buried his head in the grass.

The leader's method of only besieging but not attacking made him feel more and more mentally stressed, and he felt that he was gradually unable to support himself and was about to collapse.At this moment, his heart was full of pain and despair, and he felt that the last bit of hope in his heart was being swallowed wantonly by this boundless darkness.

He muttered to himself, praying that his father's spirit in heaven would protect the Wuye tribe.

He suddenly felt a slight vibration on the ground.

She Moci sat up straight in amazement, and looked up at the sky.

The vibration on the ground became more and more intense, and the war horses in the chariot formation began to neigh uncomfortably.

She Moci suddenly screamed wildly: "Abba..."

(End of this chapter)