Murong Hong, who was regarded as a chess piece by the Emperor of Qi, certainly did not feel as a chess piece. At this moment, he was sitting on the top of the high mountain, staring at the brightly lit Fuyuan County City in the distance below the mountain.

More than a thousand years ago, his ancestor Murong Ke led an army of hundreds of thousands to break through Fuyuan City, which was where the emperor of the Tang Empire launched the final decisive battle. Unfortunately, Murong Ke lost. Hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops were defeated and most of them were annihilated. The rest fled to the depths of the mountains. Murong Ke was also killed by Li Qing in the decisive battle against the king.

The barbarians were in a slump. In one of the insidious strategies of the Tang Empire, one tribe after another was attracted by the prosperity outside the mountain and went down the mountain to return to the Tang Empire. In the long river of history, they forgot their ancestors and their history. In many years since then, many of them even proud of being Tang people.

It was the most glorious era of the Tang Empire. The military flag was directed by officials from all over the world.

Murong Hong is not a blind and arrogant person. He has been studying abroad for ten years and is familiar with that history. He is even more familiar with that history than many people today, because in addition to worshiping Murong Ke, his ancestor who unified the barbarians, he also admires the great Emperor Li Qing.

Because Li Qing is stronger than his ancestor Murong Ke.

After ten years of studying, ten years of birth, and ten years of integration, he is now in his early fifties, which is similar to Murong Ke back then. He believes that this is the heroic spirit of his ancestors who bless him.

The current environment of the times is much better than Murong Ke back then. When Murong Ke was integrated and unified the barbarians at that time, Li Qing outside the mountain had already unified the world. The barbarians were facing a unified Tang Empire with vast land, numerous people, and countless wealth. Failure was inevitable. Even if Murong Ke won the decisive battle back then, failure was still inevitable in the long battle that followed.

This is the conclusion drawn after Murong Hong studied for ten years and learned in detail that period of history.

But now, it's very different.

The Tang Empire collapsed, and the world was divided into four parts. Qi, Chu, Qin and Yue fought with each other endlessly. The national strength was no match for the time of the Tang Dynasty. Now Yue has been destroyed. Although Qin Feng's Taiping Army has controlled most of the places of Yue, there are still many people with different ambitions. Jiang Haokun, who is in the Fuyuan world, is one of the best among them. In addition, the Qi people have ulterior motives and the Qin people are eyeing each other. It can be said that the Yue country is now in a storm.

What's even better is that the strongest Qi people in the world are fighting against the second largest country, Chu. Is there a better time than now? In the chaotic times, only real heroes can truly rise.

The barbarians are now stronger than they were back then. Murong Hong stood up and looked at the foot of the mountain with bright eyes. Although their number was nearly half less than that time, they are now more united.

Back then, I made up my mind to come out of the deep mountains, change my name and start studying. If I want to defeat the enemy, of course I have to understand the enemy first and learn the enemy's abilities first. Moreover, the Murong clan has been hiding in the deep mountains for too long and has been completely separated from this era. They must come out to know more.

In the eyes of many people in the Murong family, Murong Hong wasted his time, but he himself knew that he had not been abandoned in the past ten years. If he had been in the deep mountains, he would never have learned how to truly manage a tribe and how to unify the broken barbarians.

After returning from his studies, the Murong clan began to flourish under his management. He abandoned the traditional production and lifestyle of the tribe, began to learn the centralized system outside the mountains, and gathered power into his own hands little by little. Of course, this process naturally involves obstruction and betrayal. However, those fellow tribes who have been growing up in the mountains all their lives are just like playing house with children. Without any effort, he eliminated the dissidents one by one and established his supreme position in the tribe.

What God wishes is that at this stage, the Murong clan discovered a huge gold mine in the depths of the mountains. In Murong Hong's view, this is the reward and hint given to him by God.

He began to send talents from the clan to go out of the mountains and change his appearance to learn the knowledge outside the mountains. He used this gold to buy food and weapons from outside the mountains. For ten years outside the mountains, he deeply understood how unscrupulous those greedy merchants and corrupt officials were to get wealth. As long as they were given money, they would dare to sell anything to you.

With food and excellent military weapons outside the mountain, Murong Hong finally extended his hand to the barbarian tribes who fled to the deep mountains like them and refused to surrender. Those who were willing to surrender were treated with high positions and refused to surrender, and then they were given blood and fire. After ten years of integration, all the barbarian tribes in the mountain surrendered to his feet. According to the system outside the mountain, he established himself as king and took all the power into his own hands, instead of as before, all tribal leaders had extremely high power.

He called his kingdom in the mountains Yan. That was the country name established by his ancestor Murong Ke, a thousand years ago.

"Teacher, the people of Qi are uneasy. Do you think they will really support me this time?" He asked softly without looking back.

Beside him, there was an old man with white hair. In the entire Yan State, the only one who was qualified to sit next to Murong Hong was this old man with white hair. Although he did not have any official position in Yan State, even Murong Hong's wife would respectfully salute him when she saw this old man.

Because this is the privilege Murong Hong gave him.

The old man's name is Wanquan. He was Murong Hong's teacher when he was studying in Fuyuan. After Murong Hong took control of the tribe, he went down the mountain to invite the mentor who taught him to the tribe. Now that he has such strength, it has a lot to do with the old man's planning in Muhou.

"King Yan, there is no doubt that the people of Qi will support you with all their strength." Wan Quan said. "I analyzed with you earlier what Qi is most worried about. Of course, a powerful opponent appears beside him. It is enough to have a Chu State. If an ambitious guy like Qin Feng completely controls Yue State and becomes stronger after resting and recuperating, it will be a nightmare for Qi State. Therefore, they need Yue State to continue to be in chaos like this. As long as Yue State is in chaos, they only need a little bit of insignificant resources to exert greater influence on Yue State, just like now."

"In the eyes of the people of Qi, we are just their pawns." Murong Hong sneered. "But he doesn't understand us, but I have a deep understanding of them."

"When the power is weak, of course, it is only a chess piece, but his puppet also has a time to turn over. Qin Feng, a few years ago, wasn't it a chess piece, but you see, he is now qualified to be a chess player. King Yan, now Qi people have given you such an opportunity. Whether you can be a chess player depends on your own performance." Wan Quan said with a smile.

"I will be stronger than Qin Feng!" Murong Hong said proudly, "Sir Wan, do you think so?"

"Never underestimate your opponent. Qin Feng has nothing to do with his own strength four years ago to becoming an emperor now. Needless to say, fighting with such an opponent, underestimating the enemy means failure. Just like Wu Jian, a lion fights a rabbit and uses all his strength. What's more, you are a lion now, but he is also a tiger. The people of Qi only provide an opportunity." Wan Quan said: "It's good to have confidence, and there's nothing wrong with pride, but don't think that the enemy is a stupid pig."

"Disciple knows that he is wrong, Master Wan."

The sound of footsteps came from behind him, and a moment later, Murong Jing's voice came: "King, Master Wan, my subordinates are ready, and we are about to set off."

"Sir Wan, what else do you have to say to him?" Murong Hong looked at Wan Quan.

"Murrong Jing, it is very dangerous to go to Yuejing. Although the Taiping Army's Eagle Nest has only been developing for a few years, with a person like Guo Jiuling, his strength cannot be underestimated. You must be careful every step of the way. You are the right-hand assistant of King Yan. I don't want you to die in Yuejing."

Murong Jing nodded and said, "Yes, Ten Thousand Masters, but our Yan Lingwei started to be established ten years ago when Ten Thousand Masters went up the mountain. We have been unable to bear it for many years and are even more powerful. This time we will compete with this Eagle Nest."

Wan Quan smiled and said, "Qin Feng was soft-hearted for a moment and did not kill Wu Jing. This was a big mistake, or he wanted to show off his kindness, but this was our opportunity. The newly built Ming Dynasty was filled with officials from the old dynasty. Some of these people were willing to surrender, while others were desperate and had to rely on them. There were also guys who were dissatisfied with the desire to turn over. These were all available. After you go, the key is to rescue two people, one was Wu Jing, and the other was Zhou Tai, the Minister of War of Yue. These two people were locked in Tong Palace and the other was locked in prison. They were both under strict supervision. It would be difficult for you to rescue them."

"They are in the light, we are in the dark, and they don't even know the existence of Yan Lingwei. This is our opportunity. If you don't make a sound, you will make a big splash. This time, you must let them take a good look at our abilities."

"Go. If these two people can be rescued, it will inevitably cause chaos in Yuejing City, which will be of great help to win the battlefield." Wan Quan said: "But if the difficulties are too great, there is no need to force them. I don't want you to lose too much."

"Thank you, Master Wan for your concern, we will definitely succeed."

Looking at Murong Jing and his subordinates leaving, Murong Hong said: "Teacher Wan, I have never understood why you wanted to save such two wastes?"

"Waste also has its uses for waste. We don't need it, but Jiang Haokun needs it! With this sign, he can share more pressure for us." Wan Quan smiled. (To be continued.)
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