Chapter 381: Long live the king
When Qin Dong got the news that Urgan was killed by his own generals and cut off his head in the mountains and forests of central Germany, he was greatly relieved, and the whole person relaxed, before launching this war to quell the civil strife, he had been watching out for this battle was not easy to fight, the weather conditions did not talk about it, at this time the Germania region was rainy in autumn, the roads were difficult to travel, and the air was wet and cold, the key was that the terrain of Germania at this time was very complicated, with many forests and canyons, if Urgan plunged into the forest and did not come out, Qin Dong really couldn't do anything about him for the time being, but he didn't expect that Urgan himself didn't survive first and was cut off by his general.
Qin Dong immediately sent someone to order Afar to immediately escort the remnants of those surrendered Urgan to Braunschweig, three days later, a group of soldiers and horses sent more than 7,000 remnants of Urgan to Braunschweig, Qin Dong summoned the general who cut off Urgan's head - Tatu, there were also Alphad, Zheli, and even many generals of Lored and Duoyin stationed on the southern frontier also rushed over, and there were more than ten generals at the division commander level and above.
"Kill me, King!" As soon as Tatu was brought in, he knelt down and said when he saw Qin Dong.
Qin Dong is strange, didn't this guy kill Urgan, save everyone left, and then surrender with them? It stands to reason that I want to reward him, but this guy wants to die as soon as they meet, which doesn't make sense and is unscientific! Qin Dong was puzzled and wondered: "Tatu, your credit is great, although you once deserved to be the enemy of the royal court and heavenly soldiers as a general of Urgan, but at that time, after all, each was his master." You also can't help yourself, and you killed Urgan at a critical moment and saved the more than 7,000 Hun soldiers. For this reason, the king will reward you heavily, but as soon as you see the king, you will look for death and life, which makes the king really incomprehensible, why? ”
Tatuna's mountain-like body crouched on the ground and said, "It is really a helpless move to kill Lord Urghan, because I know that if we continue like this, we will all die on the way to escape." As it turned out that my prediction was correct, the king had set a trap in Saxa for us to drill, and when we withdrew into the mountains, there were more than 19,000 horses. But in less than three months, more than 5,000 people died of starvation, and on the second night of the camp from the lake, more than 5,000 people froze to death overnight. Less than half of the original 19,000 men remained. These people are all living human lives, they are not animals, in order to save the remaining 9,000 people, I killed Lord Urgan, and then on the way out of the mountain, 2,000 people froze to death and starved to death, and when I met General Alphad, there were still more than 7,000 people left, I knew that I succeeded, and I do not regret killing Lord Urgan. But I have always killed Lord Urgan, and I am a slave of Lord Urgan. I ate him, clothed him, and used him, and at last I killed him, and I slew my master, O king, don't I deserve to die? ”
Qin Dong looked at the somewhat vicious-looking Hun Han Tatu five or six steps away, and only said after a long time: "Do you know? There are many warriors in this world, and there are countless ones with infinite strength and high combat power, and there are thousands of people who are killed, and there are thousands of enemies, and there is no shortage of wise men with peerless talent and superb wisdom, but there is a lack of absolutely loyal people in this world, and this king rarely admires a person, but today he met one, he is Tatu, as a general, he did his duty as a general, and tried his best to bring every soldier home alive when the battle could not be won, and in order to accomplish this, he killed his master Urgan, As a man who thinks he is very loyal, it is against his nature to kill the lord, so he thinks that he is not worthy to live in the world, so he asks the king to kill him. Generals, you have to remember that you are a general, what does a general do? A general must first be loyal, a general is a person who commands the army to fight for the country, only a loyal general is qualified to command the army to fight, once on the battlefield, he must do everything to defeat the enemy at the least cost to win the war, and then bring our soldiers back intact! ”
Everyone present knelt down on one knee and stroked their chests and said, "The last general and others should remember the king's teachings!" ”
Qin Dong then looked at Tatu who was retreating to the ground and asked, "Tatu, are you really bent on death?" ”
"Please fulfill the king!" Tatu prostrate on the ground and said in a firm tone.
Qin Dong sighed and said, "Okay, since you are bent on death, how can this king not fulfill your loyalty?" Come, bring Tatu down to fulfill him! ”
Two large men in full armor walked in with the hilt of their swords, and one grabbed one of Tatu's arms and dragged him out, and after a while, one of the armor soldiers walked in with Tatu's head and gave orders.
Qin Dong saw Tatu's head and said loudly: "Pass on the king's order, General Tatu is loyal and righteous, bury him with the gift of a marquis, and recite it to the world."
The generals once again stroked their chests and bowed and saluted: "The king is wise! ”
In the period that followed, Qin Dong ordered the army to take over the territory of Urgan, control the towns, passes, and garrisons of various barbarian tribes, and sent officials to various places to govern.
The death of Urgan means that the internal division of the Xiongnu Empire is all over, at the end of 458 AD, the Xiongnu Empire achieved comprehensive unification in the hands of Qindong, the Xiongnu Empire at this time not only achieved a comprehensive and high degree of unity, its current territory is more extensive and vast than the time of Attila, its territory from the Atlantic Ocean and the east coast of the North Sea, east to the Volga, the European part of the lower Rhine River to the north, the middle of the Alps and the north of the east, most of the Balkan Peninsula are the territory of the Xiongnu EmpireThe Asian part of the country bordered Georgia and Azerbaijan under the Sassanid Empire of the Persian Empire south of Transcaucasia, and all the tribes of Northern Europe were conquered, up to the coast of the Arctic Ocean.
In January 459, Qin Dong led the triumphant army back to the royal court Saidika, what he did not expect was that a new building was erected three miles outside the city of Saidika, which was a huge square stone gate, and some ministers such as Peteaus, Felton, and Zhong Hui rode horses to meet him.
"Welcome to the triumphant return of the King!" After Qin Dong approached with his army, the ministers standing under the huge stone gate all dismounted and walked to the front, lined up in several rows, knelt down on one knee and saluted.
"Get up!" Qin Dong grabbed the reins of his war horse, looked at the huge stone gate in front of him, and then beckoned to the ministers.
"King Xie!" All the ministers stood up.
Qin Dong then pointed to the huge square stone gate behind the ministers and asked, "Everyone, what's going on?" ”
Under the recommendation of everyone, Pethius stepped forward and said: "King Qiqi, two months ago, the ministers received the news sent by the king and learned that Urgan had been conferred the head, so everyone discussed it, and built this triumphal arch here on the one hand to welcome the triumphant return of the king with his army, and on the other hand, this triumphal arch shows the king's peerless achievements, so that future generations will remember and recite it for generations to come!" ”
Qin Dong looked at it for a while, and found that this triumphal arch was taller and more imposing than the triumphal arch of Constantine, but he still shook his head, thinking that if you want to build a triumphal arch, you also have to change the tricks, how can this be similar to the Roman triumphal arch? In fact, in his heart, he thought that he was still not qualified to go through the triumphal arch, after all, this battle was a civil war, not a foreign war, and even if he was victorious, there was nothing worth showing off.
There are 21 triumphal arches in the Roman Empire during this period, some large and some small, in Qin Dong's view, the triumphal arch is indeed not a rare thing, and the triumphal arch in front of him is compared with the triumphal arch of the Roman Empire, the only thing worthy of praise is that the height and length are higher and longer than the triumphal arch of the Roman Empire.
Qin Dong's shaking of his head was seen in the eyes of the ministers, and the ministers thought that Qin Dong meant that this triumphal arch was not magnificent enough, and Peteaus hurriedly asked, "Does the king think that this triumphal arch is not grand enough?" It doesn't matter, the ministers immediately asked the architects to redesign and build! ”
"No, no, no!" Qin Dong said: "Very good, very good, but this king thinks that he is really worthy of you to build such a triumphal arch to meet, this war is a civil war after all, even if you win the battle, there is nothing to show off, if one day, this king leads the army to attack the neighboring country and achieves a heavy victory, at that time you build such a triumphal arch, this king will be happy!" ”
Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't expect Qin Dong to have such an idea, but the ministers were very happy, which also showed that Qin Dong's fighting spirit was extremely strong, and he would only be satisfied with the current victory.
Pethius saluted and said: "The king must not be arrogant, maybe in the eyes of the king, there is nothing to show off with his own people, but in the eyes of the ministers, the king's merits are as high as the sky, in just four years, the king has risen strongly in the southeast with unparalleled courage, and rapidly developed and expanded, when the Hun Empire was divided, he re-established the royal court with great courage, drove Deng Zhixik, attacked the Ostrogoths and Gepids, and collected Sambus, killed Urgan, and reunified the Hun Empire like a mess of mud, Not only that, but he also defeated the powerful Eastern Roman Empire and forced Leo I to cede the Thracian province and Constantinople, a feat that even the world-famous Hun king Attila the Great could not match! ”
Qin Dong never thought that his influence could be compared with Attila, but now when he heard Pethius say this, he felt that he had finally achieved something over the years, and sighed and suddenly said loudly: "This king now solemnly declares that the Xiongnu Empire has finally completed the reunification in the hands of this king, I wish the empire eternal prosperity, and I wish the people of all ethnic groups to live and work in peace and contentment, happiness and health!" Long live the empire and long live the peoples of all nationalities! ”
Everyone dismounted and knelt and shouted, "Long live the king!" (To be continued......)