Chapter 1: The Rising Sun Section 1
September of the first year of Zhongping of the Great Han Dynasty (184 AD).
Early in the morning, Murong Ji, the great leader of the Xianbei Golden Eagle Tribe in the central region, received a message from the central Xianbei lord Ke sent the most person: Murong Feng has fled.
Murong Ji was taken aback, and hurriedly summoned the leaders of the tribe to convey the shocking news. The tent was silent as deathly, then boiled like a frying pot, and angry shouts and curses were endless.
Murong Ji stood up and said in a deep voice: "Ke asked us to immediately send a team of men and horses to the grassland to participate in the search. ”
"Nope." The little handsome Murong Feng, who was sitting on Murong Ji's right, said angrily, "Ke is the most vicious, despicable and shameless, and his words cannot be trusted. Murong Feng escaped from the Tiger Capital, is this possible? This is simply the excuse for Ke to attack us the most, and the commander must take precautions in advance. ”
"At present, we and Ke have not torn our faces yet, so we still have to do it like this, so as not to be truthful." Murong Ji sneered, "In addition, if we really run into Murong Feng, what should we do or what we should do, don't be soft." ”
The tent fell silent again, and no one answered.
At this time, a young marshal in the tribe suddenly asked, "Do you know how Murong Feng escaped from the Tiger Capital?" That tiger is the territory of the Tiger Tribe, the largest tribe in Xianbei in central China, and there are nearly 10,000 iron horsemen in the tribe, and it is too difficult to escape. ”
"The Tiger Cave where the Tiger Capital holds felons is heavily guarded, and Murong Feng has no possibility of escaping alone, does he still have a helper?" Another handsome man also asked eagerly.
"I heard the news that it was a Han slave death row inmate in the prison who rescued Murong Feng. This Han Nu was very powerful, he killed twenty guards in the Tiger Cave, and then wearing the guards' clothes and armor, carried Murong Feng on his shoulders and swaggered out of the Tiger Cave. The guards at the entrance of the cave thought that the guards in the cave were cleaning up the corpse, so they didn't check it carefully, and it was too late to chase after Murong Feng when they found that Murong Feng was gone. Murong Ji said, "Ke has sent thousands of people to hunt and kill on the prairie, but there is no news so far. ”
"Joke, how is this possible?" An older handsome man said suspiciously, "The Tiger Cave is heavily guarded, and not even a single mouse can escape, let alone Murong Feng." There were twenty guards guarding Murong Feng, and no matter how powerful that Han Nu was, it was impossible for him to kill twenty Tiger Clan warriors in one go. Ke must have concealed his true feelings. ”
"This Hannu is not small, does he have a name? In the future, if you meet it, you can take care of it. Murong Feng said with a smile.
"I heard that his name is Li Hong, and he was caught in the mountains by the Tiger Tribe Keye Xiaoshuai this spring. Koye thought he was a spy of the Han Chinese and tortured him, but the man was confused, incoherent, didn't know anything, and was a big idiot. Seeing that he was tall and stout, Koye kept him as a slave. Last month, the slave suddenly stole Koye's BMW and tried to escape, Koye beat him half to death and put him in the tiger's hole, but he didn't expect it to happen immediately. Murong Ji smiled, "Ke Ye treats people as idiots, and I think he is an idiot." ”
Then he pointed at Murong Feng and said, "You take someone to the area of the Lishui River tomorrow to have a look." ”
Murong Feng bowed down and responded.
"My lord, if Murong Feng wants to escape, he will definitely flee in the direction of Dayan Mountain. Since the fiasco of Benniuyuan, he has been active in Dayan Mountain with the remnants. My lord, do you think we are going south along the wet water all the way to Baitan City? Murong Feng asked.
"Okay." Murong Ji said, "You take a thousand people and be careful on the road." ”
Keye led 2,000 cavalry to search the grassland for nine days, but no trace of Murong Feng and that Han Nu was found.
Koye was furious. Ke Ye knew that if he couldn't get Murong Feng back, although he wouldn't be beheaded, his face would be lost. That Han Nu was ruthless and cunning, he not only killed the twenty guards guarding Murong Feng, but also rescued Murong Feng from the tiger cave unconsciously. is such a person, and he has always regarded him as an idiot.
"I'm really an idiot." Koye sat on his horse and muttered to himself with a dejected expression.
In the distance, four or five soldiers came exhausted and horseback. Koye glanced at it and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. There must have been no trace of the two fugitives.
"Damn Hannu, when I catch you, I'll eat you alive!" Koye punched hard in the air and yelled.
The sky gradually brightened, and a thin morning sun slowly rose from the distant horizon. The creatures of the mountains began to awaken, the birds sang in the forest, and the insects chirped in the grass. The fresh morning breath, accompanied by the mist of the woods, is refreshing.
Li Hong sat quietly in the grass, watching a round of gorgeous red sun leap up from the sky, and his mood suddenly brightened. I'm going to be able to get out.
Since escaping from the Tiger Capital, he and Murong Feng have been walking day and night, carefully advancing among the lofty mountains and mountains. Along the way, Li Hong found that he was very good at hiding traces, and many wonderful escape methods were as if they were born in his mind, and he opened his mouth and came as soon as he raised his hand, even Murong Feng, a person with rich experience in escaping, was ashamed of himself, he felt that this stupid boy was much better than him in escaping. The two worked closely together and managed to evade close pursuits on several occasions. However, Li Hong is now at a loss. He looked at the endless prairie in front of him, and he was so depressed that he almost collapsed, and the confidence he had just built up disappeared in an instant.
"There are still more than 200 miles to the Lishui River, and there are grasslands all the way, and if we want to avoid their tracking, it is like a fool's dream." Murong Feng stood next to him and said with a smile.
Murong Feng was tall, slightly thin, with a long beard on his face, exuding a fierce and powerful momentum. Probably because he had been locked up in the cave for too long, his face was very pale.
Li Hong laughed, he pointed to his nose and said, "I'm just an idiot." ”
Murong Feng sighed: "Is there anything wrong with being an idiot?" What's so bad about not remembering everything from the past and starting over? You are highly martial, kind-hearted, and open-minded, and you can survive wherever you go. ”
Li Hong nodded and said with a little deep feeling: "Maybe my past is very miserable, it's better to forget." ”
"Rest, there is still a long way to go at night." Murong Feng patted him on the shoulder and said affectionately.
Li Hong was lying on the soft fallen leaves, and his heart was very chaotic.
Many strange things had happened in the past month, and his mind was full of questions, but he didn't dare to ask them. Li Hong's unfamiliarity, admiration, and awe of Murong Feng, a mythical figure on the grassland, have gradually become familiar, natural, and cordial, but Li Hong still doesn't dare to shake out all his thoughts. Intuition, or a kind of familiarity, in Li Hong's subconscious, he thought that everything that had happened recently had a lot to do with this Murong Feng.
Li Hong turned his head and glanced at Murong Feng lying beside him, his hair was already much whiter, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and brows were also deep, but his innate majestic momentum made Li Hong worship him to the ground.
Unconsciously, Li Hong remembered the excitement and curiosity when he first heard Murong Feng's name, and scenes of the past suddenly came to his heart.
Iron Wolf is a very famous archer in the Xianbei Kingdom, and he is also a fierce general who is not afraid of death. He once followed Murong Feng to fight in the south and the north, and his exploits were prominent, but now, like Li Hong, he was just a slave in the Tiger Tribe. He is a member of the Eagle Tribe, a general under Murong Feng, and one of the leaders who participated in the rebellion of the Eagle Tribe.
"In the Battle of Benniuyuan, the reason why the big marshal was defeated was because Ke betrayed him the most." Iron Wolf told Li Hong.
A slave who speaks ill of his master behind his back will have his tongue cut out, but Li Hong is an idiot, and an idiot will not tell the truth, so the iron wolf confides in this idiot the words buried in his heart, and he speaks and scolds unscrupulously, in order to vent the anger and hatred buried in his heart.
"Do you know who the big boss is?"
"Murong Feng, he is an invincible warrior of the Xianbei tribe and a grassland general who has won a hundred battles."
"Who is Murong Feng? Let me tell you that he is a son of the Xianbei noble Murong family, and is known as the first warrior of Xianbei. He joined the army at the age of fifteen and led the iron cavalry to travel all over the desert, and was invincible. Later, he became the general of the Xianbei King Tan Shihuai, and made great achievements for the king to unify the Xianbei tribes. After the death of the king, he repeatedly clashed with the king because he was dissatisfied with the arrogance and lasciviousness of the new king and Lian. Six years ago, in order to eliminate the threat to him from the marshal, Helian pretended to rob the wife of his sworn brother, the Eagle Tribe warrior Tiegen, and framed and killed Tiegen. This provoked the wrath of our Eagle tribesmen, and the Eagle tribe immediately rebelled. This was exactly what Helian was treacherous about, and he led a large army to defeat our Eagle Tribe. ”
The marshal who got the news was furious, and he led 10,000 iron horsemen, and the rest of the Eagle tribe, a total of more than 20,000 people, fought against the army of Helian to run to the bull plain. Ke is the most wicked man who pretended to ally with the marshal, but when the battle was at its fiercest, he suddenly turned against him. We were in great confusion and could not form an army, and at this time, the ambush soldiers of Helian took the opportunity to kill, and we were outnumbered and annihilated. Under the cover of the soldiers, the commander fought desperately to get out of the encirclement. Later, Helian offered a reward to capture Dashuai in the desert in the entire prairie, but Dashuai had too many friends, and his prestige on the prairie was his talisman, and no one could catch him. ”
"Ke is the most villainous because of this, but he has sat in the high position of Lord Xianbei in the middle of the country. Ke is the most something, he is just a dog of Helian. He used to be a general under the commander, and the commander regarded him as his brother, but he didn't expect this brother to be a wolf, a vicious wolf who devoured the lord. ”
"In recent years, I have heard that Dashuai cleaned up the remnants of Dayan Mountain, the junction of Xianbei and Dahan, and reorganized a large army, and lived a life of occupying the mountain as the king. It would be nice when I would be able to escape from the Tiger Capital. Then I can continue to follow the Great Commander and avenge my people. ”
Li Hong couldn't understand what he was talking about at first, anyway, he listened very carefully every time, studied his language very carefully, and after a long time, he slowly understood. Iron Wolf liked him very much, and protected him like his own child. Li Hong lost all his memories, he didn't know where he came from, he didn't know where his home was, he only knew that his name was Li Hong, and the rest was blank. As his body gradually recovered, Li Hong gradually discovered that he could write checkered characters and speak a language that Xianbei people could not understand. The iron wolf told him that it was the language of the Han people, and the characters seemed to be written by the Han people, which was enough to prove that he was indeed a Han people.
The iron wolf taught him to feed horses and train horses to ride, taught him to shoot arrows, taught him to use weapons, and then later, the iron wolf's complexion was very ugly, because Li Hong seemed to be born with martial arts, and within three or four months, Li Hong not only rode the horse well, shot arrows accurately, and even practiced all kinds of weapons to be extremely pure, and wrestling and fighting were all good, and the iron wolf could not win against him. Therefore, the iron wolf was very firm that Li Hong must be a spy of the Han people, but he didn't know what happened after he went deep into the Xianbei country, which made him lose all his memories. The iron wolf suspected that Ke Ye accidentally broke Li Hong's head when he tortured him, and as a result, Li Hong became what he is today, looking stupid, silly, and idiot. However, Li Hong's eyes became more and more energetic.
Iron Wolf was worried that Li Hong's skills would be seen by Keye's subordinates, so he repeatedly told Li Hong to hide carefully and not to provoke unwarranted disasters, but Li Hong's strong muscles could not be hidden no matter what. Li Hong has his own way, he lifts the trough in the stable. The manger was made of stone, very heavy, and it usually took four strong men to lift it. Li Hong seems to be born with divine power, he lifts it with his hands, carries it on his shoulders, and carries it on his back every day, and he always has to come dozens of times. Li Hong's bravery made the iron wolf speechless, thinking that the person in front of him was either an idiot or pretending to be an idiot. When the news reached Koye's ears, Koye laughed: "Who believes it?" When I'm an idiot! ”