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Jin Chunbao's hands and feet were untied, and he took a sip of wine, slowed down, and told his experience.

A few months ago, the three brothers and sisters of the Jin family and a maid ring entered the grassland, and soon encountered the Huns, explained their identities and were sent to the camp of Dongdan Yu.

They came to the grassland to look for freedom, but what they found was another "Great Chu Court".

"The Eastern Huns were also divided." Jin Chunbao was extremely frustrated, especially in the face of a group of familiar Xungui children, who had laughed and bullied him in the capital, and now saw his most embarrassed side.

During the period of Emperor Wu, the Xiongnu were divided into two parts, the West Xiongnu insisted on being the enemy of the Great Chu, and as a result, they were defeated in a row, and were forced to flee west thousands of miles away, and there was no news for many years.

In these decades, there was a clear differentiation within the Eastern Xiongnu, the ordinary Xiongnu still lived a life of chasing water and grass, including Dongdan Yu, a large number of nobles settled in the Hanoi area, exchanging horses, animal skins and other goods for food and clothing in the Guannei, except for entering the grassland to hunt in a fixed season every year, they basically had nothing to do with grazing.

When the king of Qi rebelled, he made a generous promise to the Huns in exchange for help, the Xiongnu nobles were moved, they were used to settling down, and they had long coveted the world of flowers in the pass, knowing that their strength was not good, they dared to think but did not dare to do, and the king of Qi gave them a chance.

But the nobles needed cavalry, a lot of cavalry.

The herdsmen in the north paid tribute every year, in exchange for peace, and when they heard that they were going to be conscripted to fight a great war with unpredictable victory, many chose to flee, and many tribes migrated north and west.

In order to recruit enough cavalry and prevent the tribe from breaking up, the Eastern Xiongnu spent a lot of time and energy, and when the army was finally assembled, the king of Qi had been defeated.

The army that had been formed with great difficulty could not be dispersed, so after a fierce quarrel, the Huns launched an attack on Dachu and seized a lot of property, which finally satisfied the ambitions of some nobles.

When the main force of the Chu army arrived, the Huns were afraid, especially those ordinary soldiers who participated in the war and did not get much spoils, and fled in large numbers, Dongdan Yu had to lead the army to retreat, he had to put down the rebellion of the various departments of the steppe first, and gather more cavalry before he could fight with the Chu army.

There is also a saying that the old Dongdan Yu did not want a decisive battle with the Chu army at all, and he indulged the cavalry to flee, using this as an excuse to avoid fighting.

Another group of Xiongnu nobles firmly believed that the Great Chu had declined, and it was the turn of the Xiongnu to revive, and what the steppe people lacked was not cavalry, but courage, as long as they achieved a few victories with less, they could reawaken the ambition of all the people who drew the bow, and defeat the decaying hundreds of thousands of Chu troops.

Prince Zaheshan is a representative of this faction of nobles, his ambition is not so much, and he even dreams of unifying the entire steppe and no longer dividing anything into the Xiongnu.

After learning about the origin of the Kim family, Zaheshan felt that this was an opportunity.

The ancestor of the Jin family is the Xiongnu Right Xian King, and Xidan is a close relative, Za Heshan admires Jin Chuiduo's appearance, and wants to use the identity of the Jin family to claim the position of the Right Xian King, so he sent someone to propose marriage the next day after meeting.

The Western Xiongnu have long since disappeared, and the Right Xian King is only a name that has been interrupted for decades, and Zaheshan's move is nothing more than to raise his prestige so that he can compete for the throne after Lao Dan Yu ascends to heaven.

Jin Chuiduo refused without hesitation, Zaheshan was in her forties, had a group of wives and concubines, and had no real respect for the Jin family, of course she was unwilling to marry her.

For any Xiongnu prince, a rejection of a marriage proposal was a very humiliating thing, and Zaheshan, as one of the most powerful sons of Dongdan, could not bear such a humiliation, and after several attempts of persuasion failed, he announced that he would marry Jin Zhuidao, whether in life or death, when the first snow fell on the grassland.

The Jin siblings tried to escape, but several attempts ended in failure, but they were more closely guarded, Jin Chunbao behaved more obediently at first, and gained the trust of Zaheshan, just a few days ago, he fled again with his younger brother and sister, but he was intercepted, he escaped by luck, but was separated from his brother and sister.

Jin Chunbao was not familiar with the grassland, and he didn't know who to go to, so he rode a horse all the way, and finally fell off the horse due to physical exhaustion, and was rescued by a Xiongnu herdsman.

He didn't speak Xiongnu very well, and the family thought he was a deserter from Chu, so they tied him up and planned to hand it over to the Xiongnu nobles to receive the reward.

"Tired Hou, please save my sister, she has a strong temperament, she is forced to be urgent, and she would rather kill herself than marry Zahezen. How many people do you have? It's too little......"

Han Ruzi didn't answer, turned around and walked out of the tent.

It was already dark, dozens of soldiers were guarding half a mile away, and Fang Daye was holding a flag and looking up at the sky, as if it was part of the flagpole.

The other noble children were still in the tent, Cui Teng came out alone, stood side by side with Han Ruzi, looked in the same direction, and said for a while: "It seems that the little girl of the Jin family just doesn't like to marry, and she refuses whoever asks for a kiss." ”

Cui Teng also asked the Jin family for marriage, but was rejected and didn't even see anyone.

Han Ruzi snorted.

"I can see it through, Hu You is a broom star, and any man who has a relationship with her will be unlucky, and I am lucky, but I was ...... The little Du brother sent him to sit on a branch for a while. ”

Du Chuanyun, who was standing on the other side of the tired marquis, laughed twice, he didn't know who Jin Chuiduo was, and he didn't care, he lowered his head and gently poked the ground with the tip of his boot.

"Chai Yun is more unlucky, and he even took his life for Hu You." Cui Teng sighed, although he had made awkward noises and fights, he still missed Chai Xiaohou, "You have also been unlucky for a while, you can't be a comfortable and tired marquis, and you ran to Saibei to be exposed to the wind and sun......"

"What exactly do you want to say?"

"I'm advising you, stay away from Hu You, just let her bring bad luck to the Huns, maybe we don't have to do anything, we can sit back and enjoy it."

"I didn't say I was going to save people."

"Needless to say? Look at your appearance: you don't speak, your eyes are scattered, and your face is melancholy. Chai Yun taught me that this is what it means to think of a woman. I don't have to tell my sister, but you have to promise not to save Hu You, and besides, you will treat me a little more favorably in the future......"

"Nonsense." Han Ruzi reprimanded, "I'm thinking, Jin Chunbao's words are a bit inconsistent with Chai Yue." ”

"Oh, then I'm worried about it. Yes, didn't Chai Yue say that the Xiongnu prince thought that you broke Hu You's body and wanted to seek revenge on you? Why didn't Jin Chunbao say a word? I'll go and ask you, this boy was afraid of me, and would never dare lie to me. ”

Han Ruzi did not stop Cui Teng, turned on his horse, returned to the team, and ordered the interpreter to interrogate the Huns again to find out which direction they were coming from.

There were several screams from the tent, and not long after, Cui Teng and his group walked out of the tent with Jin Chunbao in their arms.

Jin Chunbao cried with a sad face, "Tired Hou, what I said is the truth, there are some things that I can't ...... in front of everyone" Cui Teng and the others glared, Jin Chunbao didn't care about anything, and hurriedly said: "My sister likes Tired Hou, she often says that she has been the queen of Great Chu, how can she be the princess of the Huns?" Zaheshan was very jealous and claimed that he must kill the Tired Hou. ”

Han Ruzi stretched out his hand to stop Jin Chunbao from talking, he obviously "confessed" because he was threatened, it was obviously impossible for Jin Chuiduo to say.

The interpreter also came to report, "I think they are telling the truth, they are indeed coming from the west, and they have relatives in the Zaheshan army, and they are going to defect to their relatives with cattle and horses." ”

Fang Daye still had a cold look that didn't care about himself, Han Ruzi had to make his own judgment and decision, and after thinking about it for a while, he gave a few orders: "Let go of the Huns, don't give horses, take away all the livestock, and take Jin Chunbao away." ”

Cui Teng said with a smile: "Golden bracelet, do you hear it, you and the livestock are treated, and you get on the horse yourself." ”

The gold bracelet is a nickname that Jin Chunbao had when he was a child, but he didn't expect to escape to the grassland.

The seven Huns begged to keep a few livestock, without which they would not survive the winter. Han Ruzi ordered the soldiers to draw their bows, and the Huns had no choice but to leave overnight crying.

"It's better to kill them and bring back the seven heads, which can be regarded as a little credit." Cui Teng regretted it.

Han Ruzi watched the Huns disappear into the night, and said to all the soldiers: "The Hun cavalry must be tracking Jin Chunbao, it will not be too far from here, I let go of the seven Huns, so that they can confuse the Hun cavalry, thinking that the Chu army will camp on the spot to rest." My order is to retreat immediately! Take the livestock and let them go halfway. ”

Everyone was shocked and immediately prepared to set off, Cui Teng was even more surprised, "The Hun cavalry is nearby?" ”

Han Ruzi looked at Jin Chunbao, "The Huns deliberately let him escape, wanting to lure the Chu army into the trap, in order to let us bring him back to the Broken Iron City to lure more Chu troops, the Huns may not chase too closely." ”

Cui Teng raised his foot and kicked Jin Chunbao, and said angrily: "It turns out that you are still a traitor just like when you were a child!" ”

Jin Chunbao shook his head desperately, "Tired Hou, I really didn't lie......"

"You may not be lying, you were just being used by the Huns."

Jin Chunbao was speechless.

Cui Teng said again: "No, since the Huns deliberately let go of the gold bracelet, why did they let people arrest him?" ”

"This is an accident, these Hun women and children don't know Zaheshan's plan."

Everyone got on the horse and drove dozens of livestock to drive the night road, the speed was naturally not fast, and many people looked frequently, for fear that the Hun cavalry would suddenly burst out in the dark.

The more Han Ruzi thought about it, the more he felt that his judgment was correct: Chai Yue, in order to persuade the Tihou to come to the Iron City, not only exaggerated the great advantage, but also exaggerated the hostility of Zaheshan to the Tihou, and the Huns exaggerated the internal division and the danger that Jin Zhuiduo was in order to lure the Chu army.

The Xiongnu and Chai Yue did the same thing, but the rhetoric was different, indicating that they did not collude, but Chai Yue underestimated the intelligence of the Xiongnu prince.

Han Ruzi sighed lightly, not understanding why everyone thought that he had ulterior motives for Jin Chuiduo.

An hour later, he ordered the cattle to be driven away, hoping to confuse the Huns who had caught up, and then speed up the march, but he did not dare to be too fast in order to find the right direction in the darkness of the night and keep the formation intact.

Fang Daye, who rarely took the initiative to speak, suddenly spoke, "The Huns recognize the flag. ”

"What?" Han Ruzi turned his head and asked.

"The Huns you let go, as long as you remember the shape of this long flag, and describe it a little, those Hun cavalry will guess that there is a general here, and with their temper, they are reluctant to let go of the general of the Chu army."

The long strip-shaped banner is not only a symbol of the general, but also sometimes troublesome, Han Ruzi smiled slightly, "So you agree with my guess?" ”

Fang Daye didn't squeak.

Han Ruzi ordered to speed up. (To be continued.) )