Dahan: A 100-year-old veteran, I will build the strongest family

Chapter 54 A New Storm Sweeps the Han Dynasty
"Conditions? What conditions do you want?"

When Marshal Murong heard what Li Hong said, he immediately realized that Li Hong might be asking for an exorbitant amount of money.

However, at this moment, it was impossible for Marshal Murong to remain indifferent to Li Hong's words.

In order to show his loyalty to Tan Shihuai, almost all of his children were sent to the royal court as hostages and none of them stayed with him.

In other words, Li Hong has almost control over all of his children.

Since Li Hong had already burned down the Xianbei royal court and captured the Xianbei Chanyu, Marshal Murong had no doubt that Li Hong would dare to massacre all his children.

Tan Shihuai, who was hung up, felt a chill in his heart and looked nervously at Li Hong, who had gray hair and was riding a warhorse.

Xianbei was his hard work, and he was also afraid that Li Hong would destroy Xianbei.

Li Hong met everyone's gaze, looked at Marshal Murong, and without hesitation, took a deep breath and said loudly:

"Use these captive hostages in exchange for all the Han slaves in your Murong tribe, as well as 100,000 war horses and 150,000 sheep!"

"What? In exchange for all the Han slaves in the Murong tribe, as well as 100,000 war horses and 150,000 sheep!"

As soon as Li Hong made the conditions, there was an immediate commotion around him, and Tan Shihuai, who was hanging in the air, glared.

Marshal Murong and all the tribal leaders of the Murong tribe were also agitated, their faces were all livid.

Even though they knew that Li Hong would ask for a high price, they still felt angry when they heard Li Hong mention the conditions.

Is this condition high?
Naturally, this condition was already a heavy price to pay for the Murong tribe.

Marshal Murong's face darkened. He suppressed the rage in his heart and said to Li Hong in a deep voice:
"General Dahan, are you asking for too much? Not to mention whether the Murong tribe has these things, even if they are given to me, what will the people of the Murong tribe eat and how will they survive the winter?"

Li Hong sneered:
"Why should I care what you eat? If you don't want to change, that's fine, Li Li!"

Li Li behind him was shocked, but still shouted:
"All bets!"

As the hostage of the Murong tribe was brought up crying and shouting, the executioners made gestures of chopping off his head one by one. The leaders of the Murong tribe behind Marshal Murong could no longer sit still and they all pleaded with Marshal Murong for mercy.

"Marshal, I, Kunlu, only have one son. Now the Chanyu has been captured by the Han people. Even if we don't consider the tribe, we have to consider the Chanyu!"

"Marshal, my three sons were all sent to the royal court. Now there is only one left. Marshal, please agree to the Han people. We still have a lot of cattle and sheep in the Murong tribe."

"Don't be impulsive, Marshal. Otherwise, all the protons will die and the people of the tribe will lose their morale!"

A series of voices came one after another and rang in Marshal Murong's ears.

If it is said that Marshal Murong and other commanders of the twelve Xianbei tribes were extremely loyal to Tan Shihuai and faithfully supported Tan Shihuai, then the leaders of various tribes were not so loyal to Tan Shihuai.

Faced with the protons' families, they chose the latter without hesitation.

"Alas!" Marshal Murong sighed, but was hit by the words "All the hostages are dead, and the morale of the tribe has been dispersed."

"General of the Han Dynasty, we can release all the Han slaves of the Murong tribe. However, 100,000 war horses and 150,000 sheep are too many. How about 50,000 war horses and 80,000 sheep?" Marshal Murong bargained with Li Hong.

Li Hong narrowed his eyes and shouted, "Knifemen, prepare!"

Ho~
The executioner raised his knife higher.

The people behind Marshal Murong suddenly became more nervous and shouted anxiously to him.

Being pulled back, Marshal Murong was helpless, but he understood that Li Hong was sure that they would not dare to refuse, so he immediately said:

"Okay, my Murong tribe agrees to your request!"

As he spoke, Marshal Murong looked at the tied up and gagged Tan Shihuai and couldn't help crying out:
"Chanyu, the Han people are brutal and Murong is incompetent. We cannot save you. We can only agree to the Han people's request."

"Uh huh~"

"Puff puff puff~"

The tied-up Tan Shihuai banged his body madly, unable to make any sound, trying to express something.

Having fought alongside Tan Shihuai for decades, Marshal Murong quickly understood what Tan Shihuai meant.

Tan Shihuai told him to launch the attack and not to bother with him.

However, Marshal Murong hesitated slightly, but still gritted his teeth and pretended not to see it.

Tan Shihuai is old, he is already in his fifties or sixties.

Even though Tan Shihuai once dominated the grassland and was the powerful leader of the Xianbei tribe.

However, now he is just an old lion that is about to die.

If he was caught by the Han people by accident, his life or death would be in danger, and the Murong tribe would risk the disapproval of the Xianbei and launch an attack regardless of Tan Shihuai's life or death. In that case, the Murong tribe would surely become the target of all Xianbei tribes.

Moreover, more than one hundred important protons will all die.

The unity within Murong will also completely collapse.

This was the first time that Marshal Murong disobeyed Tan Shihuai's order! "Haha, good, since Marshal Murong agreed, I will take care of these people first. Marshal Murong can send all the Han slaves, war horses, and sheep here first. I will release some of the hostages you captured from the Murong tribe first, and release the rest when we reach the Han border."

"By the way, I would like to remind Marshal Murong that from now on, if I find out that you murdered Han slaves, I will kill the captives and hostages. I will investigate the rescued Han slaves later."

Li Hong spoke loudly to Marshal Murong.

Marshal Murong's face turned even darker when he heard this, but he didn't dare to get angry. He took a deep breath and said:
"Yes. However, if you do not release us when we reach the Han border, or if we are short of people, my 200,000 cavalrymen will trample through the Han border counties and slaughter us crazily!"

Marshal Murong threatened Li Hong at the end.

Obviously, this is a contract. If Li Hongzhen does not release the people, or deliberately kills people on the way, then the Murong tribe will also madly retaliate against the Han Dynasty.

"It's a pleasure working with you!" Li Hong kept smiling.

Then, Li Hong looked at another group of Xianbei high-ranking officials on the left side of Marshal Murong, who were not in the same group as Marshal Murong, and said with a smile:
"Which tribe are you from?"

"Han people, I am Duguye, the chief of the Dugu tribe."

The tribal leader of the Dugu tribe looked at Li Hong, took a deep breath, and said.

He witnessed the whole process and saw that Marshal Murong had given in. Now, he just wanted to keep his hostages and family members who stayed in the royal court.

"Xianbei Dugu tribe!" Li Hong looked at him without hesitation and said:

"The Xianbei Chanyu and his family, as well as the hostages and their families, are all in my hands. I am not afraid of your Xianbei attacks. The price is that all the captives will be buried with me. I will shoot Tan Shihuai first!"

"Go back and tell your Dugu tribe's commander that the conditions for replacing the Murong tribe are the same as your Dugu tribe's. Release all Han slaves, 100,000 war horses, and 150,000 sheep!"

Li Hong said to the tribe leader of the Dugu tribe, which made the man look unhappy, but he still said:
"Can you please let me see if the hostage I left at the royal court is there?"

Upon hearing this, Li Hong waved to Li Li behind him.

Soon, more than one hundred prisoners and hostages of the Dugu tribe were brought up.

"Father, save me, save my father, woo woo woo!"

"Lord Duguye, go tell my father that I am still alive and ask him to come and rescue me."

"Lord Duguye, I am Dugu Bo, I am still alive, go find my father Dugu Xin, you two are good friends, ask him to save me!"

Shouts one after another immediately filled the air, with everyone asking Duguye for help.

Dugu Ye was pleasantly surprised when he saw his son. He then looked again and saw that Marshal Dugu's son was still alive, and he immediately calmed down.

"Okay, Han general, I will go back to the Dugu tribe now. I hope you will keep your promise and not harm the hostages and prisoners of the Dugu tribe."

"Alas, Xianbei, it's over!" Tan Shihuai, who was hanging up, watched the whole process and was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He struggled frantically and his hands were covered in blood, but the tribal leaders did not look at him, which made Tan Shihuai feel disappointed.

Tan Shihuai felt uneasy.

The Xianbei was originally an alliance of various tribes.

With him, all the tribes can work together.

However, if Tan Shihuai were no longer around, the entire Xianbei would probably collapse.

Li Hong was quite satisfied with the result. He looked at Tan Shihuai who was struggling violently but couldn't break free and couldn't help but smile coldly.

After talking with the commanders and leaders of various tribes, Li Hong suddenly discovered that the Xianbei were not a monolithic group, nor as united as they appeared to be.

"Go south!"

After Li Hong dealt with the Xianbei troops that surrounded him, he waved his hand and headed south.

As for the fact that there were still tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalrymen following closely, Li Hong also calmed down.

Take the initiative and seize the upper hand. Since the opponent has already lost his momentum, he will no longer be able to stand up.

In this way, Li Hong led 100,000 slaves and marched south in a mighty manner.

At Li Hong's request, the Murong tribe quickly gathered all the Han slaves, a total of 53,000 people, and sent them to Li Hong to be incorporated into the team. They also brought a large number of war horses and sheep.

Li Hong's army of more than 100,000 people were all on horseback, and they ate mutton for meals.

As the news of the Xianbei royal court spread, the powerful Xianbei tribes in the southern grasslands of the desert were also in an uproar. However, the hostages and their families were all held hostage by Li Hong. In order to exchange them for their families and hostages, they had to release the Han slaves and pay war horses and sheep without any negotiation. If no one exchanged them, then when they reached the border of the Han Dynasty, it would be the end of those hostages and their families.

Li Hong announced these to the Xianbei one by one.

The Han army marched southward in a mighty force, and its ranks grew rapidly.

When Li Hong led his troops to the border of the Han Dynasty, the team had grown to 700,000 people.

Li Hong rescued an astonishing 600,000 Han slaves from the grassland. In addition, there were still some Han slaves who had not been delivered yet due to the long distance. According to Li Hong's estimation, the number of Han slaves rescued in the end might reach a huge number of 700,000.

At the same time, the news that Li Hong rode his horse up the Danhan Mountain, set the Xianbei royal court on fire, captured the Xianbei Chanyu Tan Shihuai, and rescued 600,000 to 700,000 Han people and brought them back to the Han Dynasty swept across the Han Dynasty like a storm.

(End of this chapter)