In the early morning, the strong wind stood by Changqing Lake and looked into the distance.

It was early spring, and the lake was rippling with blue waves and endless. The wind on the lake was blowing, and the cold air was blowing. The trees around the lakeshore were swaying back and forth in the wind, and the green branches and leaves just now made a pleasant sound with the sound of the wind.

Scar ran on his horse.

"Sir, Murong Ji's army was raided by Han cavalry under Yuyang City and suffered heavy losses. Now the troops have retreated to Changqing Siege." Scar said excitedly.

Lie Qianfeng was shocked and asked in disbelief: "Where is Xiong Ba?"

"His troops attacked Dongchengmen and after receiving the news, they had withdrawn from Changqingwei. Xiongba sent a quick cavalry to urge us to quickly gather at Changqingwei. They retreated from Yuyang City in a hurry and discarded a large amount of supplies and urgently needed to be supplemented."

"Master Xiong Ba said how long can their food, horse grass, and weapons last?" Lie Kuangfeng asked anxiously.

"The food has been sold out, and the horse grass can last for a few days. More than 10,000 war horses are concentrated in Changqingxiang. If there is no forage, they will soon lose their combat effectiveness. By then, they will be unable to do so even if they want to withdraw Guangping."

"How many troops are left in Murong Ji?" Lie Kuangfeng pondered for a moment and suddenly asked.

"Wumeng and Weiran ran fast and robbed more than 2,000 people. The tribes such as the Golden Eagle, Black Eagle, and Qiong were suffering heavy losses. They were basically wiped out. It is said that only more than 1,000 people were left. Yuwendong, Murong Feng, and Murong Lin all died in the battle under Yuyang City."

Lie Kuang Fengqing couldn't help laughing.

"The Golden Eagle and the Black Eagle Tribe are over. In this way, the plan of the Grandmaster to unify the Murong family will probably be realized soon."

"Last year in Xingmengyuan, Mijia, the Baizhan tribe, joined forces with the two Murong tribes to defeat the Red Ridge's landing, but Mijia's troops were severely damaged and the Baizhan tribe was in a slump. At the end of last year, in Lulongsai, the Queji and Mushen tribe of the eastern Xianbei Pegasus tribe were wiped out. Now three of the four major tribes in the eastern Xianbei have lost their strength and can no longer compete with the Grand Marshal, so they can only obey orders. Now Murong Ji and Murong Inju have all defeated each other in one battle. What else can they do besides expressing their loyalty to the Grand Marshal? Now the eastern and central tribes of the Xianbei Kingdom have been successfully eradicated and weakened by the Grand Marshal's various opportunities. The Grand Marshal now firmly holds half of the tribes and army of the Xianbei Kingdom in his hands, and everything is in line with the Grand Marshal's leader. I want to see the king who can be the last few days of his life."

Scar nodded repeatedly, "The Han people are very powerful. Without their indirect help, Murong Ji, Murong Gu, Que Ji, and Soli, these huge tribal forces, really cannot settle them in a short time."

"The Grand Marshal is very clear about the strength of the Han people. Although he repeatedly told the leaders of various tribes that the Han people are vulnerable, he actually just wanted to lure them to send troops. The foundation of the Han Kingdom for hundreds of years could not be defeated in one day. Many people overly despise the Han people and end up suffering from bad consequences. Lu Longsai was defeated, and now Yuyang City was defeated again, which proves that the Grand Marshal's statement is correct. The strength of the Han people cannot be underestimated." Lie Kuangfeng said with a serious expression.

"Tian Jing from Lulongsai, Tian Kai from Yuyang City, Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, and they also have white horse Gongsun Zan in Liaodong, and none of them are easy to deal with."

"There is still black panther Li Hong now." Scar said with a smile.

"Yes, there is also a leopard." Lie Kuangfeng smiled bitterly, then asked strangely: "The Han people call him Black Panther?"

"Didn't he make a flag? It's the flag we saw in Huahongyuan. Isn't the leopard on the flag black?" Scar explained.

"The news from Xiong Ba said that he and the Han cavalry launched a raid in the dark."

"The leopard appears in Yuyang City again?" Lie Kuangfeng asked in surprise.

Scar nodded, "This is his second night attack. Xiong Ba seems very angry."

"So the Han people have seen through Wuyan of Bailing Ranch, and Huaitou's troops are fake." Lie Kuangfeng said worriedly.

"The leopard was able to lead troops from Lu Longsai to support him, which means that the camouflage and restraint strategy in the direction of Lu Longsai has been seen through by the Han people. In other words, other reinforcements from the Han people will continue to rush to Yuyang City from other places."

"What did Xiong Ba say?"

"He didn't send any instructions, but just urged us to arrive at Changqingwei immediately and transport the food and grass as soon as possible."

"But now the general's purpose of sending troops has been achieved. Are you going to withdraw?" Lie Kuangfeng said softly with a frown.

"Before leaving, the general repeatedly instructed that this time, he would not seek to attack the city or plunder the land, but to achieve his own goals. We only have three goals. First, we should use the attack on Yuyang City, weaken the forces of Murong Ji and Murong Gu, and prepare for the annexation of the Golden Eagle and the Black Eagle Tribe. Second, we should induce the Tuoba tribe and his confidant Wuwan people to attack Shanggu and take the opportunity to consume their strength. Third, we should attack the Han army and devastatingly plunder the Han people's property, and prepare for the future invasion of Youzhou. Now all three goals have been achieved. Xiong Ba not only did not rush to withdraw his troops, but also asked us to quickly rush over and gather, and also urge food. Was he blinded by the defeat?"

"There are nearly 7,000 troops in Changqingwei. Even if Xiongba wants to retreat, he needs to eat his soldiers. Let's hurry over as quickly as possible. You will be able to reach Changqingwei tomorrow."

The red sun hangs on the bright morning glow, dazzling. The Gu River lies quietly in the middle of the plain, and a faint mist floats on the clear river water. There are dense bushes on both sides, half green and half black, lying quietly beside the Gu River.

Li Hong rode on the black panther and looked at Gu River motionlessly.

The river surface of the Gu River is not very wide, about thirty steps away. More than a dozen wooden boats are busy on the river surface, transporting soldiers and war horses to the other side.

Li Hong's Fengyun Iron Cavalry lost about 300 people in the raid, and more than 100 wounded soldiers were still recovering from the Yuyang City. He and more than 1,600 cavalry soldiers passed through Yuyang City yesterday afternoon, crossed the Gu River through the wooden bridge outside the north gate of Yuyang City, and marched for more than 100 miles to arrive here. Li Hong ordered the troops to rest by the river while crossing the Gu River again at night. Here, there is 60 miles away from Changqingwei and 80 miles away from Changqing Lake.

Li Hong's thoughts flew back to the house where he was discussing the matter yesterday.

His proposal was almost unanimously opposed by everyone, except for Liu Yu, who was extremely eager for victory.

Liu Yu was under great pressure. The spring plowing season was about to enter, but the invasion of the Xianbei people seemed to have just begun, which made him anxious. If he could not drive away the enemy before the spring plowing, the fields in Youzhou would be deserted this year and there would be no harvest. No people would stick to the fields to plant plowing when the enemy rushed into their homes at any time. There was no harvest in the second half of the year, how would the people of Youzhou live and what to do in winter? Without harvest, the national treasury would be even scarce. The economic development and expansion of arms of Youzhou would become empty talk. Liu Yu longed for miracles and wanted to defeat the enemy.

Li Hong's advice is very risky, but very tempting.

The prefect of Yuyang, He Yi, sneered at it and ignored it. Tian Kai spoke fiercely, hoping that Liu Yu would give up this adventure and stick to the city as the best strategy. Xian Yufu did not argue. He didn't know whether Li Hong's plan would succeed, but his intuition was that Li Hong was a little wishful thinking and seemed to underestimate the enemy's wisdom. Yan Rou stood on Tian Kai's side. He believed that when the chance of victory was not high, it would be better to concentrate on defending the city and recruit reinforcements.

Liu Yu finally decided to take the risk, just like when Lu Long used to force him to trust Li Hong, he believed that Li Hong would succeed.

He only said one thing to Li Hong: "Take your people out."

Li Hong looked at the thin old man in front of him, the deep wrinkles on his face, the wisdom and trust in his firm eyes, and suddenly felt that he could die for him. He knelt down excitedly and kowtowed three times to Liu Yubi, then turned around and left.

"Social..."

Li Hong heard Tian Chong calling him. He respected Tian Chong, so he did not allow Tian Chong to call him any master in private, let alone Tian Chong was his savior. A person who fought for a lifetime is a legend and a hero, and he should be respected by everyone. Li Hong regards Tian Chong as his relative like his elders.

"There are two or three hundred people on the other side, and the crossing of the river is about to end. You can go to the woods ahead to have a rest." Tian Chong said with concern.

Li Hong smiled, "Uncle, you've been tired all night, so you'd better go and rest."

"It doesn't matter if you get old and have less sleep. You are the commander of the first army, so you can't be exhausted." Tian Chong said with a smile.

"This time, the battle in deep behind enemy lines requires flexibility and speed, so it is very important to maintain sufficient physical strength."

"Fight with you, it's thrilling and joyful." Tian Chong laughed softly.

"Has any veterans from Lu Longsai died this time?" Li Hong asked.

"Two. But the Scouts who were Shouyan were in good condition, and the veterans survived. It was my old bone that I would never die." Tian Chong shook his head and said disappointedly.

Li Hong looked at him silently.

"This time we go around the back of the Xianbei people, are we going to attack their camp again?"

Li Hong shook his head and whispered: "It's to burn their food and grass."

Lie Jianfeng widened his eyes, looked at the panting scout, and asked loudly: "How many roads are the enemy away from us?"

"Twenty miles away, just across the Paoqiu River."

"Whose flag?"

"It's the leopard's battle flag. There are about three or four thousand infantry."

Lie Qianfeng and Scar exchanged a few surprised eyes, and both looked at each other in confusion.

"Isn't he in Yuyang City?" Lie Kuangfeng said, "Why did he arrive at Shankou Ferry again today? It's more than a hundred miles away from Yuyang. Did he come here overnight?"

"The person sent by Xiong Ba told me that there was indeed a Han reinforcements on the other side of the Baoqiu River, under the banner of Leopard. Yu Bang also brought his men to the ferry to set up a formation to block the attack. Leopards should not be in this team. But what did they do when they ran here?"

Li Jianfeng thought for a while and said slowly: "The Han people probably wanted to take advantage of our new defeat and the morale of the army was unstable, and quietly penetrated into the rear of our army, attacked the Leopard's cavalry and raided the troops surrounded by our Changqing."

"It's very likely. Sir, then do you think we should notify Xiong Ba?" Scar said from the side.

"Rid now to inform Xiongba." Lie Kuangfeng said loudly.

"The Xiaoshuai, who ordered the Shan tribe to join the Shan tribe, Xiaoshuai, Shuli tribe, and Xiaoshuai, who were from the Giant Mushroom tribe, each led 500 troops to carry the supply convoy, and did not rest all the way, and rushed to Changqingwei overnight."

"Order the troops to assemble immediately, and we quickly rushed to set up an ambush near the Baoqiu River. Once the Han army crossed the river, we launched an attack on it."

The messengers behind Lie Qianfeng immediately scattered everywhere. The rapid and loud horn sounded around.

"It's already afternoon. Will the enemy cross the river?" Scar looked up and often blue sky, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice.

"The Han people are cunning and may cross the river quietly at night. We will suddenly attack 3,500 people without any defense, and we will definitely wipe out the Han army." Lie Kuangfeng said excitedly.

Li Song stood by the Baoqiu River, looking anxiously at the water downstream, and his brows were tightened.

"Mr. Junhou, don't worry. At the speed, the ship should arrive too." Dou Qiao comforted in a low voice.

"Sir Li, did you let the troops camp and rest? Since last night, the troops marched for more than 100 miles, and the soldiers worked very hard." Zhang Xun asked.

Li Song turned around and nodded and said, "Okay, camping three miles away from the river bank to rest. It's better to build tents at the scale of 4,000 people to confuse the enemy's scouts."

A messenger ran away.

"Sir, when will we cross the river?"

Li Song looked at the endless river water and said with a smile: "After the ship arrived, he ordered the forefront troops to cross the river immediately and establish a defensive position three miles across the other bank. The large army began to operate in the middle of the night. What do you think?"

Zhang Xun and Dou Qiao nodded repeatedly and agreed.

Zhang Xun asked softly: "Where are we going? Now this is the territory where the Xianbei people are active, and it is difficult to hide traces."

Li Song smiled and said, "The order I received was to rush to the mountain pass, and then pretend to cross the river in the middle of the night to restrain the enemy. Don't you know?"

Dou Qiao said embarrassedly: "This operation was directed by Lord Li. We thought you would have any other instructions? We really don't know what we are going to do, so we asked."

"According to the reward of our scouts, the army of Risang Feng will probably pass by here. The enemy we want to restrain is probably his troops. As for how to act next, we can only wait for Lord Li's orders here." Li Song pondered for a moment and said slowly.

Just now, I suddenly rushed over from the opposite river bank, and the speed was extremely fast.
Chapter completed!