On the day of the army, the sun was just right. Tuoba Yan jumped off the horse, looking at the 100,000 Qiang men, heroic and imposing. In this battle, not only did he capture countless imperial relatives and nobles, but also forced their emperor to death, completely defeating the Great Chu regime. Today's Dachu is in danger of being over.

Although Tuoba Yan is young, he has no stage fright. Standing on the platform of the general, he rewarded the soldiers on behalf of his father Khan and accepted the kneeling of everyone. The drum sounded, and Xiang Qiang knelt on one knee, put his right hand on his left shoulder, and bowed his head to salute. This is the highest etiquette of Xiang Qiang, representing loyalty and reverence.

After the army was completed, Guo Erhe set up a banquet for the three princes in the big tent. Tuoba Yan sat on the main seat, and Guo Erhe was hospitably entertaining and drinking, not daring to underestimate this young prince at all.

After a few glasses of wine, Guo Erhe's true nature was revealed again. He smiled in a daze and proposed to the third prince: "Do you want to pick a few of the Chu girls who were captured this time to accompany the dance?" ”

"No need." Tuoba Yan refused directly, and then asked, "Why are most of these captives women and children?"

"These are all Great Chu nobles, and they can ask their families for ransom in the future." Guo Erhe carefully explained.

"Has anyone redeemed it?"

"This ...... Not much. Guo Erhe touched his nose and replied.

Da Chu has just experienced the collapse of the country and the collapse of the family, and everyone is too busy to take care of themselves, where can he prepare so much gold and silver to ransom people at once? Even if you want to redeem, it will take a while to raise money. Besides, like Qin Luo, it is impossible for someone to redeem him. He was originally a child of a poor family, his parents died, and he only had a younger brother, and now he does not know where he is.

"There is no one to redeem it, and it is a waste of food to keep it." Tuoba Yan frowned, he didn't understand why he had taken so many prisoners.

Guo Erhe sneered and said, "Don't you know, this Chu people know a lot of things." This time, we have snatched a lot of treasures from their palace, would you like to take a look? ”

Tuoba nodded casually, and Guo Erhe hurriedly asked people to bring things up. They are all calligraphy and paintings, antiques, strange stones, ancient books and so on. Tuoba Yan glanced at it a few times, he was not interested in any of this, but he was very curious about the tea set.

"I heard that the people of the Central Plains don't drink mare's milk tea, what do they drink Longjing?" Tuoba asked, "Is this thing good?" ”

"I'll find a few captives who know how to make tea and make you a cup to taste?" Guo Erhe proposed.

There were constant singing and dancing in the big tent, and at the same time, the soldiers outside also gathered together to drink wine and eat meat and talk about the world as usual. Even the captives could get a little bit of meat foam. Qin Luo hid in a sheltered place, leaving that bit of meat to the six princes to relieve his hunger, and nibbled on the cold naan cake himself, listening to the high-minded talk of the Xiang Qiang soldiers outside.

"Why didn't the Khan let the eldest prince come this time?"

"What's strange about this, the eldest prince's biological mother is just a female slave, how can she compare with our noble Kedun. In the future, the Khan will definitely pass on the throne to the third prince. ”

"But the third prince is still young, and the eldest prince has already made a lot of achievements."

"No matter how great the battle merits are, can they compete with the Black Rock Division?"

You must know that the biological mother of the third prince is not only the wife of the Khan, but also the eldest daughter of the Mozang family of the Black Rock Department. The Black Rock tribe ranked second among the four major tribes, and when the Qingyun tribe and the Black Rock tribe formed a marriage alliance, they joined forces and swept across the grassland, so that the other two tribes did not dare to covet the position of khan.

"Who will be the khan in the future, and what difference will it make to us?" A strong man picked up the wine bowl and shouted to everyone, "Come on, come on, drink and drink!" ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" Suddenly, someone came over and said to the guards who were drinking, "Go and bring in a few captives, the third prince wants tea." ”

"What tea?"

"Tea of the Central Plains." The man urged, "Go and ask them who will make tea." ”

"How can the tea of the Central Plains people be as delicious as mare's milk tea." The man scolded and scolded, always thinking that Xiang Qiang's things were the best.

Of course, he didn't dare to disobey the order of the third prince, went to the captive and asked for a long time, and finally caught the Zhao Shilang and took him to the main account to pay the errand.

After the army, they soon walked to the city of Danyang. The city was about ten meters high, all made of granite, gray and very hard. In the vast world, Danyang City seems to fall from the sky, standing abruptly in the grassland.

The blue flag on the city tower is waving in the wind, and there are nine auspicious cloud patterns painted on it, which is the totem of the Tuoba family, and it is the symbol of the green clouds.

In this great victory, Khan Tuoba Hao specially came to the city gate to greet him as a sign of honor. Guo Erhe was originally just an inconspicuous young general, but this time he was lucky to get a big credit, not only the prince rewarded the army, but also the Khan greeted him personally, and he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

"Guo Erhe meets the Khan." Guo Erhe hurriedly dismounted and bowed, and then the cavalry dismounted, and everyone in the army knelt on one knee and saluted.

"Hahahaha, this battle defeated the Chu State and strengthened the prestige of our army. Guo Erhe, you, good! Tuoba Hao stepped forward with a big laugh, helped Guo Erhe up, patted him on the shoulder and praised him.

"Thanks to the protection of the Chiwu Heavenly God and the Khan, long live Xiang Qiang, long live the Khan." Guo Erhe did not dare to take credit in front of the Khan, and bowed his head humbly.

"Long live Xiang Qiang, long live Khan." All the soldiers shouted in unison.

"You are all good men of my youth, please get up." Tuoba Hao is just over fifty this year, but he looks like he is in the prime of his thirties and forties, and his body is still as vigorous as ever. He glanced at the tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, his eyes as sharp as eagles, so that many people did not dare to look at them.

"Father Khan." Tuoba Yan stepped forward, put his right hand on his shoulder, and bent down to make a regular salute, "My son is back." ”

Tuoba Hao's face showed a smile, patted his son's shoulder, and said, "It's hard to go to the army this time." ”

"My son is not hard, this time, my son has seen a lot and learned a lot."

Tuoba Hao nodded with satisfaction, and a gentle female voice sounded behind him, "My son has grown up." ”

This is a middle-aged lady in her thirties, she wears a black mink fur with gold patterns on the placket. The head-to-toe jewelry is also made of pure gold and sterling silver, which looks exquisite and luxurious. This is the wife of their Khan, Mozang Kedun. Only Kedun is qualified to stand with Khan in this kind of scene.

"Mother." Tuoba Yan bowed slightly to his mother.

Mozang Kedun gave a hand with a lot of grace, and joked to his husband: "Ah Yan has made a contribution this time, is there any reward?" ”

"Oh, of course." Tuoba Hao readily agreed, "What do you want, tell Father Khan." ”

The eldest prince Tuoba on the side gritted his teeth "gurgling", he had been on the battlefield for so many years to get a little reward. And his third brother, but with the support of the Black Rock Department, he only rewarded the army once, and he dared to ask for a reward.

"That's what a son should do, I don't want anything." Tuoba was not as ostentatious as his mother, and refused without hesitation.

Mozang Kedun shook his head helplessly, her son, has always had an opinion.

Then a prisoner sacrifice ceremony was held, and Qin Luo and them were escorted and knelt down under Danyang City. Khan glanced at the captives indifferently and asked indifferently, "Is there someone from the Chu State to ransom them?" ”

"Not much, just a few."

The country is ruined, everyone only cares about self-preservation, where can they control others. This was expected by Tuoba Hao, and he ordered: "Wait a few more days, if no one comes to ransom, adult men will go to Shishan to be slaves, women and children...... Kill! ”

Because they used Xiangqiang language to speak, many Chu people didn't understand it, let alone know their tragic fate. However, Qin Luo understood, he looked at the women and children around him, and only felt that the blood was cold.

"Father Khan, although those women can't do heavy work, they can let them go to the nobles' house to be slave girls, why do they have to be killed?" Tuoba was puzzled.

Before the khan could speak, Tuoba Yan couldn't wait to mock, "We killed their children, how could those women be of our use?" Mother and son are by nature, younger brother, you don't understand. ”

Tuoba Yan really seized the opportunity and began to sow discord, and one sentence made Mozang Kedun's face gloomy. She and her child are indeed indifferent to the mother-son relationship, she did not fulfill her mother's duties before, and when Tuoba Yan grew up, she was lukewarm to her.

"I don't understand, doesn't my eldest brother understand?" Tuoba Yan didn't flinch at all, his eldest brother's biological mother died a long time ago, and in the end, the two of them were only half a catty.

"You ......"

"Alright." Tuoba Hao glared at his eldest son and reprimanded, "What are you arguing about, go to the city." ”

When Qin Luo and the others were escorted back to the cell again, everyone was still lifeless, and there was no turmoil in their hearts. They didn't know what fate awaited them, everyone was drunk, and Qin Luo was the only one who was sober.

Seeing that the six princes beside him were sleeping unconsciously under the care of his nurse, Qin Luo knew that such days were coming to an end, and he had to start thinking about ways to escape.

The more the situation was in crisis, the calmer Qin Luo became, and his mind quickly flashed over the conversation between the Khan and the others. It seems that Khan Tuoba Hao only wants to keep slaves who can work, and as for the old, weak, sick and disabled, in his eyes they are only wasted food and useless waste. Whatever is of no use to him, dispose of it, this is his logic.

And the eldest prince and the third prince also had little sympathy for the captives. Although the third prince wanted to keep the women, he only wanted them to serve as female slaves. On the contrary, it was the eldest prince, who had more experience, saw the problem and stopped it.

However, the more important reason why the eldest prince spoke out to stop it seems to be related to Mozang Kodun. "Mother and child nature?" Qin Luo only roughly understands Xiang Qiang, and he doesn't know anything about the contradictions between their brothers, mothers and sons. However, from this incident, it can be seen that Xiang Qiang's internal contradictions do not seem to be simple.

"Don't you understand the nature of mother and child?" Qin Luo seems to have seized a glimmer of opportunity, and the third prince is a breakthrough.