In mid-April, outside Pinggang City, the county capital of Beiping County (now southwest of Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia), the Yan army camped.

On the order of the crown prince Ji Kang, Ji Mao, the director of the Supervision Yuan, who inspected Youbeiping County, accompanied by Hu Guiliang, commander of the Third Army, Ma Shunda, deputy general and political commissar, and many generals of the Yan Army, walked into the Chinese army tent of the Third Army.

After everyone entered the big tent of the Chinese army, the old manager Ji Mao took out the edict from his arms and shouted to Hu Guiliang, Ma Shunda and other generals: "The prince has an edict, and the generals will listen to the order." ”

Hu Guiliang, Ma Shunda and other generals of the Yan army knelt down on one knee together and said in unison: "The last general listens to the order." ”

Ji Mao unfolded the edict and read it aloud:

“…… He ordered Hu Guiliang and Ma Shunda to lead the headquarters of the Third Army to be stationed in Wuyang County before 10 May. Order. ”

Hu Guiliang, Ma Shunda and other generals said together: "Obey the prince's order." ”

Qin Wang Yingji and Qin Xiang Fan Ju did not guess wrong at all.

The edicts of Zhou Tianzi in the Central Plains were all in violation. The kings of various countries did not take Zhou Tianzi's Tianzi seriously at all, and basically no country was willing to send troops to help Zhou Tianzi attack the "Tyrannical Qin".

Countries that are afraid of criticism are still pretending.

For example, Yan sent people to send a little food and supplies to Zhou Tianzi, and sent troops to Wuyang County; Qi sent 100,000 troops to the border of Qi and Wei.

But some countries took advantage of Zhou Tianzi's edict and began to realize their ambitions.

The army of Chu was 100,000, and the Son of Heaven went north and began to march towards Lu.

The Wei state was inseparable from Korea, and fought fiercely in the important town of Guancheng (now Guancheng District, Zhengzhou City, Henan) in northern Korea. At the end of April, the Wei army occupied Guancheng and halted the march of the army.

Because the army sent by the State of Qi had reached the border of Suiyang (now Shangqiu City, Henan Province), the King of Wei did not dare to entangle too much with Korea at this moment. At this time, none of the princes in the world will believe each other, who knows if the Qi State will take the opportunity to send troops to attack Wei?

The Qin army, led by Wang Yi and Zhang Tang, had entered the southern border of Zhao. Confronted Zhao Guo's generals Le Cheng and Qingshe near Pingyang (now Cixian County, Hebei).

Just as the countries of the Central Plains were fighting into a pot of porridge, at a checkpoint in Zaoyang County, the northernmost part of Shanggu County (north of Dushikou in present-day Chicheng County, Hebei), a caravan of Xiongnu was carrying its own goods, waiting in line for inspection, preparing to return to the Xiongnu.

On one of the caravansera's wagons full of goods, a young Hun man of about twenty years of age was holding a book printed on paper with relish.

The leader of the team came to the young man, bowed down and whispered to the young man: "Prince Touman, it will be the turn to inspect our caravan soon, prince be careful." ”

The young man looked up at the team leader, smiled and whispered:

"Dharatatong, haven't I told you many times, don't be nervous, in the two or three months in Yan Kingdom, aren't we all fine. Our caravan is a serious caravan approved by the Xiongnu and Yan States, and it will not be exposed. ”

"If it weren't for the royal court sending someone to spread the word, saying that my father was critically ill and asked me to go back, I would still be going to stay in Yan Kingdom for a few months!"

When the middle-aged Xiongnu man known as Tuo Luotong heard this, he anxiously said to the young man:

"Prince Touman, this is not good! The royal court has already sent someone to spread the word, saying that Lao Shan Yu is already critically ill, let you hurry back to take over the throne of the Xiongnu, we can't delay any longer in Yan Kingdom. ”

"Prince, this is the last checkpoint in the northern part of the Yan Kingdom. After this level, we can return to the territory of our Xiongnu. ”

Touman put down the book in his hand and said to Dhara:

"Okay, Dharatatong, I know, you go and tell everyone to be careful."

Soon, the caravan arrived at this checkpoint in the Yan Kingdom.

The soldiers of the Yan Army at this checkpoint inspected the goods carried by this caravan and found that there were no prohibited items - especially bronze and iron. With a wave of his hand, he let the caravan go.

After passing this checkpoint, they traveled another distance, and the Yan army at the checkpoint could no longer be seen with the naked eye.

By this time, the sun was setting in the west. After leaving the Great Wall, the area is not very developed, and the roads are covered with dense jungles on the left and right, blocking the sun.

The leader of the caravan, Dharata, came to Touman's side and said to Touman, "Prince, it is getting dark. There is a stream at the foot of the hill ahead, should we stop at the foot of the hill in front of us for the night and walk again tomorrow. ”

Touman did not speak, jumped out of the wagon, and rode on a horse.

Looking back at the boundary of Yan Kingdom, looking at the winding Great Wall in the distance.

To the leader of the caravan, he is also the leader of his own bodyguard:

"Dharatatong, the Great Wall built by the people of the Central Plains, is like a fence inlaid with lace, separating our grassland from the land of the Central Plains. The people of the Central Plains tried to use this wall to block the iron cavalry of our grassland from moving south. ”

"The north and south of this Great Wall are like the yang and the underworld that the Central Plains people say. To the south of the Great Wall is the land crisscrossed by the rivers of the Central Plains such as Yan, Zhao and Qin, as well as the villages and prosperous cities. ”

"And in the north of this Great Wall, there are endless grasslands of our Xiongnu and Donghu and other countries, the cavalry that comes and goes like the wind, and those of us who are called barbarians by the Central Plains."

After Dhara went out of the border of Yan State, he also completely relaxed at this time, and said to Prince Touman: "Prince Touman, we Huns are descendants of wolves. We don't need to have a fixed residence like the Central Plains people, and the horseback is the home of our Huns. ”

"The horses of our Huns went there, and the territory of our Huns expanded there! Prince Touman, you are about to become the Shan Yu of our Huns, and our Shan Yu's mind will be as vast as the Immortal Heaven. ”

"Prince Touman, when you become the queen of my Xiongnu, if you want this southern Central Plains. Dhara is willing to be the head wolf who sits down with you, and leads my Xiongnu army to seize the land of the Central Plains. ”

Touman laughed and said to Dhara Tong: "Dhara Tong, this southern Central Plains will be owned by my Xiongnu sooner or later, but not now." You and I have just returned from Yan Kingdom, you can see the scene of Yan Kingdom, this is not what we can occupy now. ”

"The Qin, Zhao, and even Yan kingdoms in the Central Plains are too powerful. A few years ago, my father wanted to take advantage of the Qin and Yan countries to attack Zhao, and wanted to occupy Yunzhong and Daijun in the north of Zhao. But the result was a great defeat by Li Mu, the general of Zhao State, and the loss of tens of thousands of our Xiongnu army. ”

"Our Xiongnu are in a very bad situation now, there are Donghu in the east, Yan, Zhao, Qin, Yueshi and other countries in the south, Loulan, Wusun, Hujie and other Western Regions countries west of Yinshan Mountain in the west, and Hun Yao, Qu She, Ding Ling, Qi Kun, Xin Li and other countries in the north."

"As mentioned in the books of the Central Plains, our Xiongnu country is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and if you are not careful, you may face the danger of losing the country. We, the Huns, want to take advantage of the war and chaos in the Central Plains at this time, and have no time to take care of our Huns, and strive to grow stronger. ”

"At present, our Xiongnu must first unify the northern countries, and then go south to occupy the Hetao area of Yueshi to nourish our Xiongnu. After that, he defeated Donghu in the east and occupied the Western Regions in the west. ”

"Only then will it be possible for our Xiongnu to march south and occupy the rich Central Plains south of the Great Wall. Let their women raise offspring for my Huns, and let their men cultivate the land for my Huns, this is the national policy mentioned in the book of the people of the Central Plains. ”

Dhara was impressed when he heard Prince Touman say this.

On the horse, he stroked his left chest with his right hand, bowed to Touman, and said: "Toumandanyu, Dhara is willing to follow you, and fight with you in all directions, so that the land north and south of the Great Wall will be included under the hooves of my Xiongnu." ”

The young Touman laughed again and said to Dharatong, "Dharata, I have seen your loyalty, and I accept your allegiance to me. Now let's go back to the Yinshan Royal Court first, and let me ascend to the throne of Da Shan Yu! ”

In the second year of King Wucheng, June.

The Xiongnu prince Touman became the new Shan Yu of the Xiongnu State.