Chapter 209: Mao Dun goes south
The huge emperor's study was brightly lit.
Hu Hai gently put the bamboo slip in his hand on the copper case in front of him, rubbed his brows, got up and walked slowly to the huge map of Daqin in the room, and after his eyes stayed somewhere behind Xianyang for a while, he said to himself: "Still alive?" Isn't that an old monster? ”
Although he said this, he had secretly made a decision in his heart.
"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner." Outside the study, Long Jiao's beautiful voice suddenly sounded.
"Oh." Hu Hai retracted his eyes looking at the map, turned around and walked out while answering the road, walked to the door and looked at Long Jiao and Long Mei Hu Hai continued: "I won't eat in this study today, let's send all the food to Concubine Li's bedroom, and I will go to eat with Concubine Li." Long Mei, you go to the dormitory to see if Yu Ji is awake. If you wake up, let the dining room do some things to replenish your body and send them to the dormitory. ”
Hu Hai didn't see the blush on the faces of Long Jiao and Long Mei, and said to himself. There's no need to say more, the two of them listened to the Living Spring Palace all afternoon, and they must know what the things to make up for their bodies are for.
"Whoa!"
The always hot dragon is as thin as a mosquito.
Hu Hai smiled and strode towards Concubine Li's bedroom. The reserved Yu Ji can act like this, which must have the credit of Concubine Li, who is already a sister to Yu Ji.
As soon as he turned the corridor, Hu Hai saw the flat fish that had retreated from Concubine Li's bedroom at a glance.
"Your Majesty!" When Bianyu heard the footsteps, he turned his head and saw the emperor coming with his back hand, followed by the shadow-like beauty Ice Beauty Long Jiao.
"Aiqing doesn't need to be polite." Hu Hai stopped in front of the flat fish, then turned back to Long Jiao and said, "Jiao'er, you go and lead someone to send all the meals to Concubine Li's bedroom." I don't have to follow me anymore. ”
Long Jiao, who was following behind Hu Hai, was in a trance when she heard Hu Hai's words, and she didn't seem to react for a while. Because Hu Hai did not call her by her name Long Jiao as before, but suddenly called a more ambiguous name Jiao'er.
After a while, Long Jiao seemed to react. Shame and joy did not look back and ran away. So much so that he even forgot to salute Hu Hai.
Hu Hai squinted his eyes and smiled, looked back at the gossipy flat fish and coughed dryly: "Aiqing, how is Concubine Li's body?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, Concubine Li's body will be fine in ten years. The miscarriage also went well. Hearing the emperor ask about Concubine Li's body, Bian Yu hurriedly looked straight and bowed down to reply.
"Well, don't be stingy with the things that come up from all parts of the treasury, as long as you can use them." When Hu Hai heard Bianyu's words, his heart was relieved, and then the topic changed, "However, how did I find out that Concubine Li has been coughing these days?" Why is that? ”
Hearing the emperor's doubts, Bianyu hesitated for a moment and said, "Back to Your Majesty, although the assassin's dagger did not penetrate into Concubine Li's heart, it has already damaged Concubine Li's heart. However, Your Majesty is relieved. As long as Concubine Li recuperates for a year and a half, the subordinates will be fine with medication. And so it was.
But fortunately, Bianyu is sure that he can take care of Concubine Li's body, so Hu Hai has nothing to worry about.
"Well, that's fine, Aiqing should pay more attention to let Concubine Li recover as soon as possible." Hu Hai nodded.
"Your Majesty obeys."
"Lao Aiqing should also go home to rest early."
"The subordinate retreats."
Concubine Li's dormitory.
When Hu Hai entered the dormitory, he saw Concubine Li, who had already looked much better, being supported by Cui Niang and Lu Zhu on the brocade couch and feeding medicine. Stopping Cui Niang and Lu Zhu, who wanted to salute, Hu Hai walked over and took the jade bowl in Cui Niang's hand and said, "Come on." ”
These days, as long as Concubine Li takes medicine, Hu Hai usually does it himself, so Cui Niang and Lu Zhu didn't care at all, presented the jade bowl to Hu Hai with both hands, and then retreated silently.
"Your Majesty, is there a happy event today?" Concubine Li looked at the refreshed Hu Hai and said with a smile.
"You, I knew it must be Yu Ji who you instigated behind." Hu Hai took the jade bowl and tested the temperature with his mouth, scooping up a spoonful of potion and feeding it to Concubine Li as he spoke.
"Hehe, but I like it."
Seeing Concubine Li obediently taking the bitter potion with a happy face, Hu Hai suddenly came out with such a shameless sentence.
Concubine Li, who had just swallowed the bitter potion, glanced at Hu Hai, who was smiling, and said, "Your Majesty, you have to cherish Sister Yu Ji, Sister Yu Ji just wanted to give birth to an heir for Your Majesty, so she listened to the words of the concubine and did so." Sister Yu Ji loves His Majesty. ”
"Both of you are treasures given to me by God, how can I not cherish them? Come, Concubine Ai will take another sip, get better in the morning, I will accompany you back to the Agmu Grassland, and go to see Concubine's Abba, Auntie and Brother. ”
Hu Hai scooped up another spoonful of bitter potion and said in a blowing and coaxing.
This was the first time Hu Hai had mentioned her father, aunt and brother to Concubine Li after the assassination, as well as Concubine Li's hometown, the prairie called Agmu.
Hearing Hu Hai's words, Concubine Li, who was originally full of happiness and love in her eyes, was suddenly overjoyed, her eyes lit up and she said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, isn't it making the concubine happy again?" ”
"When have I ever played with my concubine? Come and drink the medicine obediently and take care of your body as soon as possible. Hu Hai said unashamedly.
"Uh-huh." Concubine Li opened her mouth and swallowed the bitter potion into her stomach.
Agmu Grassland is the one who appears in her dreams the most times except for the emperor in front of her, and of course the young Adi, the elderly parents.
Under the reflection of the mottled oil lamp, the figures of the two were stretched for a long time.
In the dormitory, there is a silent flow of warmth.
…… August 20 of the first year of Great Qin II.
The dazzling sunlight shines on the vast savannah. Lush green grass flutters in the wind, and colorful butterflies dance across the vast grassland.
Flocks of white fat sheep roam freely on the grassland, leisurely eating the fat and tender fresh grass. From time to time, herds of wild horses or bison roar over the grassland, running happily.
The sky is blue, the ground is green, the water is clear, the sheep is fat, the grass is green, the pink butterflies, the shepherd's crisp and demure whip sounds, a beautiful scenery in the world.
This is the vast grassland north of Yinshan, and this time is the most abundant time for forage and cattle and sheep on the grassland. It is also a key time for the harvest of the year.
Suddenly, the cattle and sheep that had been grazing leisurely suddenly raised their heads buried in the grass and looked nervously towards the sky. The pink butterfly, which was originally flying freely, also seemed to be frightened in some way, flapping its wings and hurried to escape.
A moment later, a dull sound of thunder suddenly came from the sky.
The tranquil prairie, like a lake thrown into a boulder, rippled in an instant.
The shepherd's leisurely whip suddenly stalled.
A large number of cattle and sheep were the first to react, running around in panic, as if to flee from the impending danger. The shepherds ignored the louder and louder noises coming from the sky, and panicked to gather the sheep and leave the unknown danger that was coming.
The earth began to tremble.
The faint whistling sound of countless ghosts crying wolves came from afar along the summer breeze of Hexi.
In less than a moment, the muffled thunder had been connected into one piece, and it became an overwhelming roar one after another. The earth trembled more and more violently, as if some kind of behemoth was about to break through the ground.
"Woo!"
The quaint long horn sound came faintly.
A little black shadow appeared in the distant sky, and in less than a few breaths, that black shadow had become an endless black line moving rapidly. A huge lone wolf banner fluttered high above the black line.
Closer, countless Hun cavalry carrying war horses and wielding curved bows and scimitars appeared on this peaceful grassland.
Looking at the countless Hun cavalry that suddenly appeared and approached quickly, and the shepherds who were panicked and gathered the cattle and sheep running around, they seemed to understand something for a moment, and they couldn't care about the many cattle and sheep that were not collected, and they slammed the horses under their crotches and fled.
It seems that countless cattle and sheep scattered in this place have been found, and it seems that the shepherds who have run away have been found, and among the Hun cavalry that originally lined up in a straight line and overwhelmingly came, more than ten cavalry units were suddenly separated, and more than 100 people shouted loudly, desperately whipping the war horses under the crotch to form a semicircle and gather towards the sheep and the fleeing shepherds.
"Whoosh!"
As these Huns drew their bows and arrows, hundreds of feathered arrows crossed a distance of dozens of paces and plunged into the flocks of sheep fleeing in all directions.
The terrible screams of the cattle and sheep were immediately drowned out by the overwhelming roar of horses' hooves, and only the bubbling red blood emitted a miserable red glow in the reflection of the sun.
On the prairie north of Yinshan Mountain, where no Huns have arrived for more than ten years, there are traces of Hun cavalry again.
After Mao Dun plundered tens of thousands of Daqin people from Liaodong and Liaoxi, he embarked on the road back to the Xiongnu king's tent in Wolf Juxu Mountain in the second day.
The destruction of the Yue clan and the battle of Donghu suddenly doubled Mao Dun's strength. After more than two months of rectification, Mao Dun, who controlled the vast land in the north of Great Qin, now has nearly 600,000 people under his account.
At the same time, the Xiongnu captured almost the entire Donghu tribe of more than 100,000 Donghu people. Coupled with the original Xiongnu people, the population actually controlled by Mao Dun was nearly two million.
Integrating a large number of cavalry of the Donghu clan, Mao Dun ignored the opposition of his subordinates and dispatched an army of nearly 500,000 Xiongnu tribes south to Yinshan half a month ago. There was only one thing to do, and that was to seize the Henan land and the Hetao Plain, where the Xiongnu had lived for generations.
The current situation in Daqin, the scheming Mao Dun had already sent a detailed work to investigate. Although there are Meng Yi's 200,000 Jiuyuan troops guarding all parts of Jiuyuan, the people of Daqin in Liaodong and Liaoxi who have been captured are always soft-boned. The news provided by these soft-boned people, coupled with some information obtained by the Xiongnu Xizuo, Mao Dun keenly discovered some unpredictable changes that were taking place in Great Qin.
(To be continued)