The messenger of the Tuoba tribe was furious and left with his sleeves.

Li Hong sat next to the desk and smiled without saying a word.

Liu Tao walked around the house nervously and kept saying, "It's amazing, it's amazing, Tuoba Feng is coming."

Li Hong looked at Liu Tao's fearful look and couldn't help it. He smiled and said, "Sir, what do you think? Take all the people in the government office and the defenders of Macheng, and immediately rushed to Gaoliu. When he saw the prefect, he told him the current situation of Macheng and asked him for food. Once the food is ready, let the garrison troops of Macheng come here. I will lead the army here to resist Tuoba Feng and make the punishment of the merits."

Liu Tao raised his eyebrows, looked very excited, and hurriedly said, "Then it's hard for the army Sima."

Li Hong watched Liu Tao and others leave outside the city. Seeing their figures gradually disappearing from sight, Li Hong laughed softly.

"Lei Zi, inform Hu Zi to bring all the prisoners with you and enter the city immediately."

Lei Zi agreed and left after he beat the horse.

"Shouyan, where is the Tuoba man?" Li Hong asked Zheng Xin.

“In the inn.”

"Take him to see me now."

Horse City at night is particularly peaceful.

The fire in the Burial Moon Forest in the south of the city was still burning, and the flames rose from time to time, and the flames reflected red from half of the sky. The scorching air shrouded over Macheng, causing the temperature in the city to increase significantly, as if it was entering summer early, and it was sultry and hard to bear.

"It would be great if there was a rain. It would be better if it was the heavy rain we encountered in the Sangqian River." Li Hong stood on the city wall, looked at the fire in the distance, and said anxiously.

"Do you still remember the fire on Lulong Semei Mountain?" Zheng Xin said with a smile, "It's much smaller than this fire."

"The Burial Moon Forest is more than ten miles in a radius, and the trees are dense. Of course, it is more powerful when burned than the fire in Meishan. Fortunately, the wind is not strong these days, otherwise the fire will be even more amazing. In order to confuse the enemy, it will be impossible to melt. It will be better if the rain comes soon."

Zheng Xin looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult to be as I wish."

Jade came over hurriedly.

"Tuoba Feng's special envoy brought news."

"What do you say about Tuoba Feng?" Li Hong asked with concern.

"Cows, sheep and horses are already on the road and will be delivered tomorrow night."

"When will his large force cross the border?"

"I will definitely arrive in four days."

Li Hong sighed and smiled with relief: "Sneaking cooperation with the enemy is like a thief, and his heart is full of trouble, fearing that others will know. Now, the big thing has been decided, it depends on Tuoba Feng's ability."

When he learned that the Han Dynasty had betrayed his faith, the captives of the Tuoba tribe were burned to death in the Burial Moon Forest. Tuoba Feng was furious. He ignored his subordinates' desperate dissuasion and personally led a 15,000 army to cross the border and attack Macheng.

The Tuoba people surrounded the north gate and east gate of Macheng. Due to forest fires in the south gate and west gate, it was difficult for the troops to get close, so they had to send small troops to monitor them to prevent the enemies in the city from taking the opportunity to escape.

Tuoba Feng used the north gate as the focus of the attack, set up an attack formation, and prepared to start a strong attack the next day.

Looking at the dense tents under the city, countless colorful battle flags, one neat and mighty cavalry phalanx after another, the sound of roars shook the sky and the sound of cow horns, the faces of the soldiers on the city were very ugly.

Li Hong pointed to the demonstration army formation of Tuoba people under the city and said with a smile: "If the enemy attacks the city, how long can we defend?"

"A month is definitely not a problem," Wu Zhao said. "Macheng is located on the frontier. When building the city, considering the prevention of the Hu people's invasion, the city walls were all made of large stones, tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now we have more than 5,000 prisoners, so there is absolutely no possibility of being broken."

"Then why do you say you can only stay for one month?" Lu Huanyang asked in confusion.

"Tuoba Feng is more wise than ghosts. He pretended not to know that we had captured more than 2,000 enemies, and the food he sent was only enough for us 3,000 people to eat for a month. Now more than 5,000 people to eat for a month, it would be great to last for a month." Tian Chong touched his beard and shook his head and explained helplessly.

"Why don't you make it clear when sir ask him for supplies?" Hu Zi asked in surprise.

"I did not say that according to the plan, their instinct should not exist. Tuoba Tao was very unaware of me accepting the surrender of the enemy. He believed that the existence of these people was very dangerous to us and was quite threatening to the implementation of the entire plan. He firmly opposed me to do so. So Tuoba Feng did not know these prisoners. If he knew, he would probably not give us a sheep." Li Hong explained slowly: "However, under the circumstances at that time, there was no reason to continue killing. Now that the number of soldiers in the border area is insufficient, it is still very beneficial to us to recruit more soldiers."

"Did Fist and Tieyue agree with my proposal?" Li Hong asked Hu Zi.

"Everyone is willing to die. What's trouble is that the more than 400 prisoners of the Wild Wolf Tribe cannot be killed or released. If it is indeed not necessary, kill them earlier and leave some food."

Li Hong shook his head, pointed to Hengji and Lu Huanyang and said, "Leave it to them. You can't kill it, you must persuade them to surrender. If it really doesn't work, you will let them go after a year or two after the situation stabilizes."

The bearded monster laughed and said loudly: "Sir, this will cause us trouble. What's so great about killing hundreds of people."

"Yes. Lord, Lord Gongsun Zan, the cavalry commander, once slaughtered more than 3,000 people from the Wuwan clan's ringing tribe in Liaodong, without leaving any men, women, young and old. If you kill them, you can get a lot of trouble." Yushi took a step forward and said solemnly.

Li Hong looked at his subordinates and looked disdainful, including Tian Chong, who looked very confused. For them, killing hundreds of people was as insignificant as killing a lamb.

"Don't kill." Li Hong said firmly.

At night, Li Hong was awakened by the sound of thunder.

He jumped up happily, cheered, and shouted loudly, "Leizi, go up the city wall, let's go up the city wall to see."

Li Hong and a few guards had just rushed out of the county government, and heavy rain had already fallen from the sky.

The little lazi who was responsible for night patrol saw it from afar on the city wall and hurriedly came up to meet it.

"grown ups……"

"Let's see if it's raining. The fire seems to be smaller." Li Hong patted Xiaolan's shoulder affectionately, and then walked to the city wall together to look at the Burial Moon Forest, which was still burning.

"If it goes down for two consecutive days, the fire may be extinguished." Xiaolan said with a smile, "It's just that it rains so heavily. I wonder if the Xianbei people still attack the city?"

"They will definitely not attack." Li Hong said confidently.

"Really?" Xiaolan looked at him half-believingly.

"Old friend, are you lying to you?" Li Hongda laughed, hugged Xiaolan's shoulders, and suddenly screamed: "You seem to have grown taller."

The rain stopped and stopped, sometimes big and sometimes small, for several days without any intention of stopping.

The fire in the Burial Moon Forest has been extinguished, and the smell of smoke in the air has become increasingly faint. The thick smoke accompanied by rain and fog spreads over the forest, graceful and graceful, as if it was a fairyland. A huge piece of forest was burned down in the middle, accounting for almost half of the entire forest.

The Tuoba people did not attack. They hid in the tent every day, silently. Every day, only patrolling cavalry ran around the city of Ma. They frequently entered and exited the camp, always guarding against the movements of the Han army.

There is no war in Macheng.

Li Hong talked with Fist and Tieyue once, and the two were convinced and were willing to join the border army with ordinary horse gang brothers from Dai County.

More than 400 soldiers from the Wild Wolf Tribe did not listen to the Wuwan people. They looked down on the Bailu Tribe. Hengji and Lu Huan were so angry that they almost killed them. After Li Hong learned about the situation, he hurried to the prisoner camp. Standing in front of these prisoners, Li Hong didn't know what to say for a moment. He suddenly remembered Murong Feng. Murong Feng's method of recruiting prisoners was simple and direct, and the effect was good, which impressed Li Hong very deeply.

"You have two ways out. One is to take it out immediately and chop it up. The second is to follow me. You don't have to be a slave, but you have to work hard for me and be loyal to me." Li Hong shouted loudly.

“Select now.”

The Xianbei prisoners were very scared. This time, the Han people showed mercy and did not kill them, which allowed these Xianbei people to see hope of survival. They originally thought that the Han people would negotiate with their tribe leaders and exchange them for wealth. Now they seemed wrong. This powerful guy named Leopard wanted to keep it himself. Since he could not see the hope of going home, he had to leave his life first. These people were used to killing people on the grassland and being killed, their tribes were annexed, prisoners of war, and slaves. Many of them were actually soldiers from some small tribes. After their tribes were defeated, annexed, and plundered, they became the trophy of the victors. It sounded better to be called slaves. As long as they did not die, it was not very important to them. As long as they could survive, the others would be discussed later.

The leopard's intimidation is much stronger than that of the Wuwan people. The Xianbei people wisely chose to follow the leopard.

Li Hong immediately convened his subordinates to discuss the issue of reorganizing more than 2,000 surrendered troops. The number of troops expanded to 4,400, and the system naturally needs to change.

Yu Shi and his army waiters expressed their objections to Li Hong's recruitment of Xianbei people to join the Han army. Although he did not express his opposition clearly, it was almost the same as opposition. Seeing his subordinates' fierce words and even angry, Li Hong kept smiling and silent until everyone was tired, he said:

"Your hatred and distrust of the Hu people has been long and deeply rooted. It is beyond reproach to express your opposition to this matter, and I understand it."

"Maybe it is the reason why I lost my memory. I have been in the Xianbei people since I remember it. I have no hatred or prejudice against them. Many of my friends are Xianbei people, Murong Feng Dashang, Tielang, and they are even my masters. Although they are hostile parties now, I still respect them and often think of them."

A beautiful figure in white clothes suddenly flashed in Li Hong's mind, and he remembered the wind and snow.

"The beard and wooden stake were brought to Lulongsai's team at that time, there were more than 200 Xianbei people and Wuhuan people. Now they are all distributed in their troops. Don't you get along very well?"

"Now, there are more people in the horse gang of Tieyue, the Huns, Xianbeis, and Wuwan people. Since everyone can recognize them, why can't they accept more than 400 people from the Wild Wolf Tribe?"

Everyone looked at each other, but there was no sound.

"In the future, letting the prefect Liu Zheng and the governor Liu Yu know that there are so many Hu people in the army, it is probably a very troublesome thing." Yu Shi said cautiously.

Li Hong smiled and said indifferently: "Let's talk about the future. If the prefect and the governor oppose it, give them some money and let them go home. The same is true for you. I have told you that in the future, I will submit a letter to you, and you will all burn it in the forest of Burial Moon, and you will not be in the world. If you have no way out, you can at least find a way to make a living with another identity and not be chased by the government. It can be regarded as a reward for joining the army and working for the Han Dynasty."

Fist and Tie Yue were very moved, feeling that this leopard was as rumored, and it was indeed a man. The two of them hurriedly knelt down and saluted Li Hong to express their gratitude. Li Hong hurriedly helped them up and said to everyone: "I am a slave in the Xianbei region and have a low origin. I treat them equally. Everyone treats them with sincerity and trust each other. Of course, they can get along with each other. If you really object, I will form another team and I will take them to be my personal guard."

Yushi, Wu Zhao, Li Song and several people who strongly opposed Li Hong, were very unhappy when they heard Li Hong say this, but they were not easy to do too much, so they had to reluctantly agree.

Bearded and Yan Wuwei immediately opposed the formation of a personal guard station, saying that this was too dangerous and that if something happened, Li Hong's life would be over. Several people were noisy and made Li Hong's head wide.

Li Hong expanded his troops into five qus, divided into front, back, left and right center. Each qu had 700 people, and still led three qus, with the number of people in each qu slightly increasing compared to the past. Zheng Xin's scout station was expanded to two hundred people, and Tian Chong's rear guard station was expanded to three hundred people. With Li Hong's insistence, more than 400 prisoners from the Wild Wolf Tribe were organized into personal guard stations, led by Li Hong himself.

Jade, Wu Zhao, Li Song, Hu Zi, Yan Wuwei was the Wuqu Army Hou, Lei Zi, Xiao Lai, Wooden Stump, Iron Hammer, and Fist were the Wuqu Army Hou. Iron Yue replaced Lei Zi and became Li Hong's guard leader.

"Tomorrow we go out of the south gate and start fighting training directly. Especially the troops we brought from Yuyang, many of them are infantry temporarily acting as cavalry, and the training volume needs to be increased."

Fist and Tie Yue were shocked, and the latter asked strangely: "We don't have to defend the city?"

"Let's leave the task of defending the city to the Wuwan people." Li Hong said with a smile, "They can beat the Tuoba people to flee in a panic."

Fist and Tie Yue widened their eyes and looked at Li Hong incredibly.
Chapter completed!