Chapter 1: The Sun Rises for the First Time Section 13
Murong Feng was lying very comfortably on the beast skin with his eyes closed.
After telling Li Hong many secrets hidden in his heart, he felt that the weight of a thousand pounds on his back was suddenly lifted, relaxed, comfortable and calm. It turned out that chatting with an idiot who didn't need to be guarded had such a great rest effect.
He thought of Tie Lang. In the past, Tie Lang was a very serious person, but since seeing him with Li Hong together, Tie Lang became not so serious anymore. The two were always quarreling and laughing, scolding each other nonstop. This kid was born to be likable.
Li Hong listened quietly and felt that the affairs of Xianbei were too complicated. But to put it bluntly, they were all for one thing: power.
"General, is the leader of the Red Sun tribe sending troops to help you?" Li Hong asked.
"It's Meng Rui Zhe." Murong Feng nodded, "Meng Rui Zhe is the great general of the Xibei Xianbei Qirong tribe. When we fought against the Xiongnu people back then, he was under my command. On the surface, he brought 5,000 cavalry, but in reality, the 10,000 iron cavalry led by Luoluo Daren had already been deployed in ambush at Dayan Mountain via Wuman ten days ago, waiting for orders."
"General, if you capture Da Wang and Lian, will you let them go?"
"Of course he must be released." Murong Feng said with a smile, "He is the Great King, the most powerful person in Xianbei State. If I lock him up, wouldn't that be rebellion?"
"He will definitely get revenge on you later."
Murong Feng's mood immediately became very bad. For several months, he had been thinking about this problem day and night.
What if Lord Luo Duo successfully controls the Pohan Mountain? What will happen next? Although He Lian reluctantly agreed to their terms due to circumstances, will he change his mind after returning to Pohan Mountain? The over 1,000 tribes around Pohan Mountain are absolutely loyal to the Tan Shi Huai family. Even without relying on the powerful forces of the Western Xianbei, He Lian can still protect himself with ease. If he issues orders as king and doesn't listen to them, what's the difference between that and rebelling?
Li Hong saw Murong Feng lying on the animal skin without saying a word, his eyebrows deeply furrowed, and knew that he had hit it right.
"If you want to control and connect, just like now you plan to coerce and connect with the unremembered name of the adult from the Red Day tribe, or use the army. You and that certain adult lead tens of thousands of troops stationed at Pohan Mountain. You and he are both in Pohan Mountain, even if something happens, at least one will stay in Pohan Mountain to control and connect with Hu's evil deeds. In this way, you two manage the western Xianbei, one manages the eastern and central Xianbei, there is no small person around Jie, and he cannot call up the troops of various tribes, even if he wants to be bad."
Murong Feng sat up abruptly, his eyes wide open as he stared at Li Hong. "You're truly a genius idiot." Murong Feng exclaimed sincerely.
Li Hong was startled by his actions, "I haven't finished speaking yet?"
Murong Feng ignored him and paced back and forth in the tent, his expression changing unpredictably, muttering to himself under his breath.
Li Hong saw Murong Feng thinking deeply and didn't dare disturb him, so he quietly slipped out of the camp and ran into Tie Lang.
"You fool, you're bothering the general again, are you asking for a beating?" Iron Wolf said, making a move to kick him. Li Hong hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no. Old Wolf, I thought Xiong Ba was a huge giant, but it turns out he's not, he's just like an uncle who goes hunting."
Tie Lang slapped him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. He is one of the few talents in Xianbei who excels in both literature and martial arts, and is extremely formidable. In the past, General often let him command an army alone."
"Oh." Li Hong suddenly enlightened, "The general said so, I can also command an army."
Looking at his serious and self-indulgent appearance, Iron Wolf couldn't help but raise his leg and kick him, cursing loudly: "You idiot, you're killing me! I've fought for over a decade, but I don't dare boast that I can lead the army to battle. I'll kick this idiot to death!" The two immediately started chasing and fighting each other.
Murong Feng suddenly appeared in front of them and said seriously: "Go get Xiong Ba, I have something to entrust him with."
Xiong Ba came out of the big account and immediately rode his horse out of the camp, galloping away.
The day after the great battle of Chenziwei, Murong Feng went to the prisoner-of-war camp. He stood in the middle of the empty ground and said a few words: "The Tiger Tribe will not be exterminated. Ke Zhi's guilt has nothing to do with you. If you stay and join my Iron Cavalry, you can go back after the war is over. If you are unwilling, leave your lives behind and compensate me for the lives of my dead soldiers."
Over 1,800 prisoners of war were willing to stay. They were immediately placed under the command of Tie Lang and incorporated into Murong Feng's army.
Another day passed, and the scouts reported that Hedian's large army had appeared openly at Feixi, 150 miles from Ye Yanwei. Qu Wu's large army was advancing the fastest and had already arrived at Jutun, 100 miles from Ye Yanwei and 150 miles from Hedian. Murong Ji and Murong Yin's 6,000 troops had secretly crossed the Ruoshui River and were stationed at Wutun, 200 miles from Meng Li Zhe's large army. The eastern Xianbei allied forces of 10,000 people under Mi Jia quietly arrived at the Ruoshui River, facing off against Murong's large army across the river.
Murong Feng immediately invited several thousand husbands and the small commander Duan Song of the Linghu tribe to the big account. As before, Li Hong got Murong Feng's special permission and sat behind Murong Feng.
Sitting here, he can hear Murong Feng and the various generals make reasonable predictions about the development of the battle situation, listen to Murong Feng's detailed explanation of his understanding and handling of the battle situation, and listen to Murong Feng's careful explanation of the role and impact of each specific task on the overall battle situation. He can see how Murong Feng reasonably arranges different tasks based on the combat style of different generals, see Murong Feng's specific instructions and flexible handling range for each task, and see his reasonable matching of military strength, weapons, and supplies among the various branches, as well as the key points of tacit cooperation between them.
Li Hong was confused last time, and many places were unclear because Murong Feng's explanation was too general and abstract. After careful explanation by Iron Wolf, Gongsun Hu, Wu Bao and other generals, he finally understood a lot. Today it sounds much better. His mind wandered with Murong Feng's eloquent narrative, as if he saw several large armies roaming between the green mountains and rivers, sometimes lurking, sometimes blocking, sometimes surrounding, and his ears were filled with the sound of fierce fighting and the thunderous sound of war horses galloping.
While Li Hong was still sitting on the ground with his head bowed in contemplation, carefully pondering and sensing, Murong Feng had already arranged the tasks for each of the generals.
"The ambush must be fought fiercely, the decoy war must be cleverly disguised. We must lure Mi Ga and Mu Rongji into the battlefield. Once they join the battle, it will be our turn to surround and annihilate them." Mu Rongfeng looked at the generals and said seriously, "Ran Huang and Wu Bao, you are in charge of luring He Lian, you must think of every possible way to keep him in the Black Sun Forest. Iron Wolf, Gong Sunhu, Duan Song, you are responsible for blocking Qu Que's advance, you must achieve the effect of 'winning without winning', attracting Qu Que to continue attacking despite his heavy losses."
"This matter concerns the future of our entire Xianbei state, the honor and prosperity of the Xianbei people. There are many things I dare not reveal, but please believe me, Murong Feng, that what I have done is justified above to Emperor Tan Shi Huai and below to all the Xianbei tribes, I have no personal motives."
"Alright, let's stop talking and set off immediately."
Several generals knelt down and paid their respects to Murong Feng, saying in unison: "General, take care."
Murong Feng helped several people up one by one, "You all take care too."
Tie Lang gave Li Hong a look, and several people walked out of the big tent one after another. Li Hong followed suit.
"Leopard, remember what I said?" Iron Wolf said seriously to him.
"I will not leave General's side for a single step, I'll protect General with my life." Li Hong stood up straight and shouted loudly in Tie Lang's ear.
Tie Lang burst out in a loud voice: "You idiot, why are you yelling so loudly, your ears are deaf!" The several Gong Sun Hu men surrounding them burst into laughter.
"Is that so? Are you deaf? Let me try again?" Li Hong's face was stern, and he tensely wrapped his arms around Tie Lang's head, opening his mouth to shout loudly. Tie Lang was shocked and hurriedly covered Li Hong's mouth with his hand, "I heard it, I heard it."
Gongsun Hu and several others laughed until tears streamed down their faces.
Li Hong immediately wrapped his arms around Tie Lang's shoulders and hugged him tightly, whispering: "Take care of yourself."
Tie Lang laughed loudly and nodded his head in excitement.
Li Hong and everyone else hugged each other. Gongsun Hu, Wujiao, and Chongbang. Duan Song was very grateful to hear that he had sacrificed himself to save his own brother Duan Zhen, so he took the initiative to hug Li Hong and said a few words he wanted to say for days, "Thank you for saving my brother."
Li Hong smiled foolishly at him.
The Wild Geese Encirclement was because the swift and fierce Black Panther took away three thousand troops, Iron Wolf Gong Sunhu and Duan Song took away five thousand people, now only four or five hundred wounded soldiers were left, and the entire Wild Geese Encirclement suddenly became quiet.
Li Hong roasted a piece of horse meat over the fire. He had been eating horse meat for every meal recently, and Li Hong was getting fed up with it. On the battlefield, when war horses died, they couldn't be wasted by burying them. The Xianbei people had many ways to utilize the dead war horses. Horse meat could be eaten, and horse hide could be used to make clothes. The Xianbei were a nomadic people, and most of them were extremely poor, with a severe lack of production and living necessities. Although every household raised cattle and sheep, which could provide for themselves, as the saying goes: "A family's wealth is not counted by their livestock." Once a drought occurred and pasture disappeared, all the cows, sheep, and horses would die, leaving people without food. Therefore, their ambition to invade and expand was deeply rooted in the hearts of the leaders of various tribes, just like the Xiongnu and Wuhuan.
Li Hong then thought of a way to experiment with how to make horse meat more palatable. As a result, he discovered that by cutting the horse meat into several strips, applying salt and pepper to the gaps, and then roasting it over an open flame, it became extremely delicious, even Murong Feng couldn't help but praise it.
"General, when will the reinforcements arrive?"
Murong Feng was savoring the delicious horse meat that Li Hong had brought in, when he heard Li Hong ask him. He shook his head and sighed, saying slowly: "Many friends have not been in contact for several years, whether they can come or not, I don't know, but some friends will definitely come."
Suddenly a series of short alarm bugle calls came from within the big camp. Li Hong was startled and rushed out in a hurry. Murong Feng also walked out, looking towards the direction indicated by the bugle call.
