Behind this man, two guards tried desperately to stop him, but they couldn't hold him back. Mao Dun saw that this was the Commander Du Longqi who he had saved, and his heart was even more sad and angry.

Dulongchi, what are you doing with a birdcage? Pleasing the Daehyon King? Found thicker thighs to hug so quickly?

Du Longqi didn't look at Mao Dun, he saluted Jihou Zha and said loudly: "King Daxian, this is the Hai Dongqing that King Zuo Xian asked the last general to find for you, and the last general has found it!" ”

Jihou Zha and Mao Dun both looked at Du Longqi in surprise.

Jihou Zha was surprised because this captain was actually sent by Mao Dun to find Hai Dongqing, and Mao Dun was surprised because he had never ordered anyone to find Hai Dongqing for King Daxian.

Ji Hou Zha waved his hand at the guard, motioning for the guard to stand back, his eyes drawn to the bird in the cage.

It was an iron-blue Haidongqing, with a mighty demeanor, and a long sharp peck like a sharp blade. He mumbled his mouth and carefully touched the cage with his hand.

Hai Dongqing saw that someone dared to touch the birdcage and pecked at Jihou Zha's hand like lightning.

Ji Hou Zha hurriedly withdrew his hand, but he was still pecked, and couldn't help but let out an "ah", followed by a laugh, and said to Mao Dun: "King Zuoxian, I really thank you for this." What a beautiful bird. Don't worry, after you die, I will play Shan Yu and give you a beautiful funeral. ”

Mao Dun smiled wryly.

He now knew Duronki's intentions. This Hai Dongqing is actually Du Longqi's, he has seen it, Du Longqi did not hesitate to give such a precious bird to King Daxian as a gift in order to save himself, which can be regarded as a great effort. You must know that the price of a Hai Dongqing is in the thousands of taels of gold, and even the ministers around him have few Hai Dongqing, but obviously, this Daxian King who looks confused is really not confused at all, even if he gets such a precious Hai Dongqing, he will not let go of Mao Dun.

Of course, this is inevitable. He was going to let Mao Dun go, how could Shan Yu let him go?

Maudun nodded his head to Dulongqi in gratitude.

Sweat began to break down on Dulongqi's face.

He didn't expect that even Hai Dongqing couldn't save Mao Dun.

He looked at Mao Dun, and suddenly said loudly: "King Daxian, do you want you to kill King Zuoxian?" Or do you want to kill those who defeated our army? ”

Jihou Zha looked at Du Longqi again in surprise and replied, "Killing the person who defeated our army is not killing King Zuoxian?" ”

In the past, he might not have had the patience to answer a captain correctly, but now, for the sake of Hai Dongqing's face, he had to answer correctly.

Du Longqi gritted his teeth and said, "King Daxian, what you said is not right! King Zuo Xian is not the one who caused the defeat of our army, the person who caused the defeat of our army is me! ”

"Huh?!" Mao Dun and Ji Hou Zha cried out in surprise at the same time.

Du Longqi ignored the surprise of the two people, and continued: "The previous defeat was once because I refused to carry out the order, and once when I fell for the Han army's plan! If it weren't for me, our army would not have been defeated! King Zuo Xian did make a mistake, but this mistake was not to cause the defeat of our army, but not to kill me, the person who caused the defeat of our army! ”

Ji Hou Zha's eyes narrowed, he looked at Du Longqi, then at Mao Dun, and asked Mao Dun leisurely: "Is this true?" ”

Maudun hesitated.

If he said that he was not grateful to Du Longqi in his heart, it would be false, but now, either he will die or Du Longqi will die, how will he choose?

He finally nodded, "Yes." Commander Dulongqi led to two defeats, but he was a famous warrior in the army, and after one or two defeats, I couldn't just kill a valuable general. ”

Ji Hou Zha smiled and turned around Du Longqi: "Captain Du Longqi, you can think about it, I came with Shan Yu's treasure knife, and I can't go back without cutting off a person's head." Do you really admit that you were responsible for the defeat of our army? ”

Du Longqi nodded without hesitation, and at the same time mentioned the birdcage in his hand.

Ji Hou Zha glanced at Mao Dun, his expression was full of admiration, and he said slowly: "In this case, I can only cut off the head of Captain Dulongqi." King Zuoxian, if you indiscriminately protect the guilty, you should also reprimand it. ”

Maudun's heart sighed.

He passed. With someone else's Hai Dongqing, someone else's head.

He glanced at Dulonch gratefully. He knew that he could not save Du Longqi, but he vowed to make a good funeral for Du Longqi - just as King Daxian had promised him.

Dulonchi smiled.

He was proud.

He had sworn a long time ago that his life belonged to King Zuoxian, and now, he did it, exchanging his life for King Zuoxian's. He saluted Mao Dun and Jihou Zha, handed Hai Dongqing to Jihou Zha's guards, and without waiting for the guards to push, he had already turned around and left the account.

Ji Houzha yawned, and slowly said to Mao Dun: "I'm old, and I'm really tired from the bumps along the way." I won't go to patrol the army, and I'll go back early tomorrow morning. ”

Maudun nodded repeatedly.

He knew what King Daxian meant.

In fact, it is very simple to judge who is responsible for the defeat of the army, just go to the army for a turn, or call a few more people to talk, and you will know the truth or falsehood.

But Ji Houzha did not intend to seriously investigate this matter. This is not only because of Hai Dongqing, but also because there is such a subordinate Zuo Xian Wang, it is best not to kill, and it is better not to kill him if he wants to kill, because he can kill Mao Dun, but he cannot avoid being retaliated against by Mao Dun's subordinates in the future.

He didn't want to be old and die under someone else's knife.

Sometimes, it's harder to be confused than to understand.

"I'll have someone set up a tent for you." Mao Dun said to Ji Hou Zha attentively.

Ji Hou Zha didn't hear it, because he was teasing the newly arrived Hai Dongqing.

Early the next morning, Jihou Zha was about to set off. He rode on his horse, looked at Mao Dun, and said, "King Zuoxian, this defeat can be revealed." But you haven't defeated the Han army yet, you don't want to toss me, an old man, to your barracks next time, right? ”

"Absolutely not." Mao Dun replied firmly, "Please bring a message to Shan Yu from King Daxian, in Durhan, I will defeat the Han army, if I don't succeed this time, I will send my head to Shan Yu's king's tent!" ”

At the same time, the Han army was in the ranks.

Wei Changfeng rode on his horse and took out the map again to look at it.

Although the map is made of sheepskin, it is so meticulously processed, so thin and soft that it is only a small piece when stacked, but when opened, it can be opened enough to cover a tabletop. Wei Changfeng could only half-stack the map now, looking carefully at the places they were going to pass in front of them.

On the map, some horizontal lines are drawn zigzagly, and at a glance you can understand that it is a river, there are as many as five rivers in detail, and they are all marked with names, what Grina, Nidute, etc., the horse is bumpy, and I can't remember much for a while, anyway, the Han army will cross five rivers in front.

But the strange thing is that there are some strange things painted between these five rivers, such as a knife drawn in front of the first river, which is drawn with a dotted line, which does not seem to be a real knife, but it is not known what it is, and the second river is painted in front of a skeleton, which seems to be half buried in the ground and is struggling, and the other three rivers are also painted with strange things.

Wei Changfeng looked at it for a while, but he still didn't know why, and suddenly thought that Tong Haoran was very proficient in Xiongnu language, and he didn't know if she could see something, so he hurriedly passed on Tong Haoran.

Tong Haoran was commanding the troops in the rear team, and when she heard the order, she didn't know what was going on, so she hurried over, and when she heard Wei Changfeng let her see this picture, she frowned and replied, "Haven't I seen this picture earlier?" I don't know what these are. ”

She said in her mouth, but her eyes looked at the picture carefully, looked at it for a while, and finally shook her head again, and said: "I don't know what it is, I can only guess that these five rivers are not so easy, and in the desert, it is difficult to say what strange things are." ”

Wei Changfeng saw that Tong Haoran didn't know why, so he had to do it.

A gust of wind blew, and the thin sheepskin was blown up, Tong Haoran hurriedly held it down, and said angrily: "Quickly put it away, what if you are so careless, what if it is blown away by the wind?" ”

Wei Changfeng smiled, felt a warmth in his heart, and carefully put away the map.

Tong Haoran saw that there was nothing else to do, and returned to his team.

For more than ten days, the Han army marched safely on the prairie. Obviously, after the defeat of the Huns this time, they were unable to organize an offensive for a while, and it seemed that the next battle would be fought in Darhan.

This morning, Wei Changfeng looked at the distance on the map and estimated that the first river was about to be in front of him. At this time, he was in a good mood, because he had just received an official letter from the Ministry of War yesterday, and Zhu Ling really relented, saying that he would send 50,000 people to reinforce him, but the time of January was too tight, and he would have to postpone it for a few more days.

That's good. Although the time for reinforcements was somewhat delayed, the official document clearly stated that within a month and a half, a month and a half, it is estimated that Durhan would be defeated, and it was just necessary to replenish the troops at that time, which was acceptable. Now, he has gone to worry about the future, and all he has to face is these five rivers.

Nearly the first river called Griner, looking at the map looks like a big river, but when I actually saw it, I found that this "river" is actually neither big, nor is it a river, at most it is just a larger stream, along the stream, there are some big trees growing, and it is actually very much the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

Thinking that the Huns have been on the steppe all their lives and have never seen a big river, they draw a map to exaggerate these streams. But the stream was narrow and gentle, and not deep, so it should be said that it was easy to pass.

Therefore, the vanguard troops at the forefront did not stop at all, they went straight through the water, and then, all of them fell.

A hundred, a hundred, from the centurion to the soldiers, all fell, and everyone started with their feet, and a green line spread upwards until their faces were all green.

"Don't touch that water!" Seeing this, the little ones who followed immediately realized that there was a problem with the water, and immediately ordered: "Cut down a few trees, put them on the water, and walk from the trees!" ”

The soldiers were so busy that they brought down two large trees and lay them across the stream, half of the trunks of which were in the water and the other half above the water.