July 185 A.D.

The tiger knelt on the ground, tears streaming non-stop.

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, which looked like a tiger's head.

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

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

"Assemble your own guards and set off with me immediately." Arc Ding and Abandoned City hurriedly ran out to gather the team.

"Uncle, how about you take the guard Tun to temporarily garrison Macheng? As soon as the Liuxian order arrived, you immediately led your troops to set off. ”

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

"Yes, we meet in Zhuolu. There are also nearly four hundred wounded soldiers, all of whom are willing to join the Han army, you bring them with you. We'll rush over as soon as we cover the safe retreat of the Maiba tribe to the border. ”

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

Li Hong glanced at him strangely. Tian Zhong lowered his voice and whispered: "People, there are more than a dozen carriages in that batch of things, and there are few people in our guards, so I'm afraid it's not safe." ”

Li Hong knew that he was referring to the property given by the Tuoba people, and when he saw Tian Chongshen's mysterious appearance, Li Hong laughed.

"Who knows? It's okay, it's okay. ”

"No, I can't. Once something happens, Lord Assassin Shi will blame him, and we will all lose our heads. Tian Chong's eyes widened, and he grabbed Li Hong's arm, as if he was afraid that he was about to run away.

"Good, good. How do you say? ”

"Tell Xiao Lazy to take a bunch of people and horses with me."

It was already afternoon when the troops arrived at Giethoorn Mountain. In front of Sheephorn Mountain is the endless prairie, where the Xianbei people live. Without an order, the army of the Great Han State could not come and go at will.

Li Hong ordered the whole army to rest. Zheng Xin's scout team immediately went deep into the Xianbei country to investigate the location of the Maiha tribe.

The shooting tiger was also about to follow, but was stopped by Li Hong.

"Don't be in a hurry. Your father should have a way to get out. Li Hong dragged the shooting tiger to his side and comforted him with a smile.

"I've been out for five days, and at their speed, I should have rushed to Dishui Wai. As I was leaving, my father repeatedly told me that as long as the tribesmen rushed to Dishui Wai, he would send someone to wait for us at Giethoorn Mountain. Now that there is no one here, something must have happened to the tribe. Shooting Tiger 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 has only one side relationship with Shooting Moci, and he has no friendship with the Dancing Leaf Tribe, this matter is related to the faith of the Great Han Kingdom and the lives of more than 20,000 men, women and children of the Dancing Leaf Tribe. As a powerful country, if the Great Han Kingdom can't even protect a small tribe that has taken refuge in itself, it will not only lose its trust in this tribe, but also make all the weak and small nations or tribes who come to rely on it feel cold.

Li Hong thought about it for a long time. He now suspected that the Maiha tribe had been pursued and besieged by the Xianbei people. He was ready to lead his troops to carry out rescue operations deep into the Xianbei border.

Li Hong ordered his subordinates to invite several military officers such as Yushi, Wu Zhao, and Li Song. He gave his guesses and thoughts a bit, and then asked for everyone's opinions.

Jade's face immediately pulled down, "My lord, the war between us and the Xianbei people is over. If the Xianbei grassland is sent for the sake of such a small tribe, once the two sides fight, it may trigger retaliation from the Xianbei people. If they invade the south again, the disaster will be great. ”

"The Wuye tribe is subordinate to Danhan Mountain, and if the shooting ink gives the department to break away from Xianbei and enter Han, it will be a betrayal from the perspective of the Xianbei people. Now the Maiha tribe is still a subordinate of Danhan Mountain, and we take the liberty to enter the country and help it get out, isn't it a bit nosy, and there is nothing to do. Wu Zhao immediately picked up the jade words and added.

"It's really not appropriate for us to do that. First, there was no instruction from the Lord, and second, there was no official document on which to rely. Crossing the border to fight without reason not only violates military discipline, but also violates national law. Once it is investigated, it will be the disaster of the nine clans. Don't joke with everyone's lives. Li Song was serious and said very seriously.

Li Hong and a group of eager people suddenly looked stupid, one by one, cold and speechless.

Jade Shi laughed, pointed to his beard, and Yan Wuxing said, "I asked you to learn from me the law and military discipline of the country, and you can run faster than rabbits one by one." Hmph, it's not that Lord Sato said, I'm afraid your head will not be lost on the battlefield, but on the execution ground. ”

The fist pursed his lips, with a look of disdain, and retorted loudly: "It's just that I'm afraid of death, so why make many excuses." ”

The signature evil smile on Tie Yue's face suddenly appeared, and he muttered in a small voice: "No one is informing, who knows?" ”

Jade stood up abruptly, pointed at Tie Yue and shouted, "What do you mean? ”

Tie Yue was not afraid at all, and shouted loudly: "No one said it, who would know that we 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 knew we were already in a truce? ”

The beard grabbed the jade and persuaded with a smile: "They have just joined the army, and some things are not clear, don't you be angry?" Everyone is a brother, and they will have to fight the same battlefield in the future, so why bother to be angry about this matter. However, I think he has a point. You say, don't you? ”

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

"My lord, if you have an idea, we will all listen to you." The tall and powerful chubby hammer pushed Li Hong, who was sitting next to him, and said cautiously.

"Our original brothers of the horse gang swear to follow the adults to the death, please take the idea." The fist shouted loudly, and the tone was clearly instigating.

Wu Zhao couldn't help it, he pointed to his fist and shouted: "Fist, now everyone is a border army under Lu Longsai in Youbeiping County, there are no horse bandits, horse gangs." In the military, there is a system of joint sitting, and if you break the law alone, we will all be implicated. You've been beheaded, and we're going to have our heads off too. You don't want to mess around here, okay? ”

The fist startled and fell silent.

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

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

Li Hong nodded.

"There are twenty or thirty thousand innocent herdsmen in front of them, they have no right to decide their own fate, they want to come to the Han Kingdom, they just want to live a stable and well-fed life, what is the sin of this? They don't have hatred for us, so why don't we save them when we die? If they are the people of the Han Dynasty, can we save them? ”

"The people of the Han are people, aren't they people?"

"I'm going to take the troops over. Whether you agree or not, whether you go or not, I will bring someone there. ”

"My lord, would you be more sensible? Everyone came out of Loulongsai together, through thick and thin, how can you say that. If you must do this, you can go with you. But we don't understand, which one is more important, one of the 10,000 Xianbei people, or our more than 4,000 brothers? Jade said angrily.

In fact, regardless of whether the two sides are in a state of war or not, as long as the troops enter the border of the Xianbei people, it is a violation of military discipline. They never received an order to fight across the border. Maybe after entering the country, it can help the Maiha tribe to get out of the prairie smoothly, and everyone is safe. But if they meet the Xianbei army and cause a major war between the two sides, the consequences will be unpredictable and uncontrollable. In the future, the guilty will be held accountable, and the dead are already dead anyway, and it doesn't matter, the living will suffer.

They have been in the army for a long time and know how powerful it is, so they strongly oppose it. But everyone has a deep sense of comradeship, and no one can do it if they watch Li Hong go on an adventure alone.

Li Hong looked at Yu Shi and his subordinates gratefully, and said loudly, "Of course, brothers are more important. ”

"But what do we do in the military? Isn't it just to protect the weak? Whoever it is, as long as he needs our help, we should not hesitate. Is there something wrong with that? ”

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

Li Hong was overjoyed when he saw that everyone no longer raised objections, and said with a smile: "Set off in the middle of the night, and you can rush to Dishui Wai in the early morning tomorrow." ”

The stake monster screamed and cried out in pain, "It's the middle of the night again, do you want anyone to live?" ”

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

Wu Zhao kicked his deputy fiercely, and scolded with a smile: "It's better for you to die." ”

Li Hong watched his subordinates leave one by one on the prancing horses, and his heart was excited. There are these brothers who want to rely on life and death, and it is not in vain that they come to this world for a trip.

A galloping war horse suddenly rushed out on the horizon in the distance, and then a dozen war horses rushed out one after another.

Li Hong's heart beat violently.

The migratory army of the Maiha tribe was overtaken by the Kuitou's forces at Dishui Wai.

More than 500 wagons were used, and the ox carts formed a defensive formation. More than 20,000 people from the tribe were crammed into this small space. No one was afraid, and no one cried. The people of the steppe have become numb to this kind of fighting, killing. Except for the children, the elderly, all the movable people in the tribe, including the women, all took up their spears and raised their bows and arrows. Life is not rewarded by anyone, but by oneself.

It is eighty miles away from the border of the Han Kingdom.

Inkshot almost succeeded. The Maiha tribe has always lived close to the border, and their habitat is more than 400 miles away from the Han border. Although they moved quickly in this operation, the tribe was too populated and moved slowly, and it was still a step slower after all.

After the king and Lian toured to the west, the court of Danhan Mountain was left behind by his nephew Kuitou. The leader was shocked to get the news that the Maiha tribe was preparing to move south into Han. This precedent is not open. He led a thousand iron horsemen to chase south overnight, and gathered a total of 6,000 troops from the Tianshui tribe, the Zhuxia tribe, and the Baiqi tribe all the way, divided into two roads, and outflanked the border in general.

In Dishui Wai, the leader commanded the troops to surround the Maiha tribe.

He rode alone to the vicinity of the Maiha tribe's chariot formation, shouting loudly to shoot ink to answer.

The head is young, in his twenties, and there is nothing outstanding about his body and appearance. Only those eyes, probably because they have been struggling in the whirlpool of power in Danhan Mountain for many years, seem obscure, and it is impossible to figure out his joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

He drove his horse close to Ink. The two have known each other for many years and are very familiar with each other. Ink also taught him archery for a few years. At this point, it's too late to say anything, it's useless. Betrayal is already a fact, and it is death to be captured, and it is also death to resist to the end. No matter who it is, even Helian, it can't save the men, women, and children of the Maiha tribe.

"Thank you." Inkici smiled and said calmly.

The head looked at him silently, sighed, and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

He suddenly roared and whipped the horse's hips. The whip sounded crisply, the war horse was in pain, neighed wildly, and disappeared.

The leader did not attack that day. Although the commanders of the three tribes shouted 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 in the tiger and wolf grassland, arguing with the leaders of the three major departments.

The leader had a reason for his considerations. At this time, everyone in the Maiha tribe has a heart of death, and once they fight, they will fight for their lives until they die. The troops fight against such madmen, and the casualties must be heavy. With 6,000 men attacking it, I don't know how many soldiers will survive in the end. So the leader was ready to surround them for a few days.

The leader wanted to sharpen their spirits, torture and torture their tense nerves, make those who were greedy for life and fear death feel that it was possible to survive, and then shake their determination to die. After a long time, in the face of the strong death pressure of the Maiha tribe, there will definitely be people who will betray and collapse, and in the end, it may lead to internal strife and collapse without a fight.

The head of the head dragged on for three days.

At the foot of Danhan Mountain, in the territory of Xianbei, on your own pasture, like a spring hunt, this feeling is really good, relaxed and pleasant. The warriors and herders of the Maiha tribe are now like prey waiting to be slaughtered, with no hope of survival. ，

The people of the Maiha tribe were not as vulnerable to death as the leader imagined. They persevered tenaciously and kept their fighting spirits high.

The words given by the ink gave them one last hope. The leopards of the Great Han Kingdom are coming to save them.

When he said this, he felt that it was a self-deceptive lie. But he, like everyone else, preferred to believe the lie and believe that this miracle could happen. This is what the leopard promised him that night.

Tonight's sky has no moon, no stars, and it is pitch black, and you can't see your fingers. There was no wind on the grassland, and insects sang lazily in the grass. The camp was silent, except for the dozen or so bonfires that surrounded the camp that shimmered in the night.

Inkici knelt in the middle of the meadow and buried his head in the grass.

The leader's method of only besieging and not attacking made his mental pressure more and more intense, and he felt that he was about to collapse because he could no longer support it. At this moment, his heart was filled with pain and despair, and he felt that the last bit of hope in his heart was being wantonly swallowed up by this boundless darkness.

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

Suddenly, he felt a slight tremor on the ground.

Inkici sat up straight in horror and looked up at the sky.

The vibration of the ground became stronger and stronger, and the horses in the formation began to neigh uneasily.

Ink Shot suddenly screamed: "Abba......"