Chapter 2: Temptation

The Huns have existed for a long time in history, and have also had a very far-reaching impact, but because the Huns did not create their own writing, the Huns have hardly recorded their national deeds, and later generations can only get sporadic records from the history books of civilized countries that have had contact with the Huns, such as China and the Roman Empire, and the records of Attila, the king of the world, are even more pitiful, although many historians in later generations have studied Attila in detail. But little is known about Attila's deeds, and his sudden and mysterious death has become one of the most important mysteries in history.

Qin Dong also studied this history when he was in the army, he knew that Attila did not leave a last word about who would inherit the throne after his death, so it caused the object of his allegiance, Attila's eldest son Erak inherited the throne after the position was unstable, some of Ellak's other powerful brothers began to compete with him for the right to inherit the throne, and even fought fiercely, causing civil strife in the Xiongnu Empire, Attila's youngest son Deng Zhixik and other brothers also proposed to let Erak hand over some vassal peoples to them to rule, and in Attila's era, These nationalities who belonged to the Xiongnu were equal, and there was no such thing as a second-class people, and the Ostrogoths, Gepids, and Skirs who were attached to the Xiongnu were strongly dissatisfied. A year later, Erak could not bear the fact that his brothers continued to eyed him for the throne, so he expelled them by force, and after pursuing Dunzczyk to the Black Sea, he was ambushed by the Ostrogoths when he passed a swamp by a river, and the Gepid and Skir who were following Erak suddenly turned against the water and cut off Erak's retreat from behind, and in this way, Erak and his 30,000 iron cavalry were all destroyed, and the mighty Xiongnu Empire collapsed. The Huns led by Deng Zhixik later went south along the Black Sea to plunder the Eastern Roman Empire, but they were defeated and killed outside the city of Constantinople, and their heads were hung by the Eastern Roman Empire in the city, and the Huns almost became street rats, and the Germans began to hunt and kill the Huns everywhere, and then Attila's other sons asked the Roman Empire for territory to settle down, and the Eastern and Western Roman Empires gave them some land, after which the Huns gradually declined, and most of them merged with the locals, Within a few years, it was lost in the long river of history.

Think about it, how badly traumatized Attila and his predecessors, the Huns, were to Europe? It can be said that there is no European who does not hate the Huns, the barbarians who joined Attila after his death rebelled, and killed the Huns when they saw them, Qin Dong is now a slave soldier, just a small soldier, the same Oriental, and the appearance and appearance of the Huns are not much different, the Westerners here will only think that he is also a Huns, if you don't want to be slaughtered by the Goths and other barbarians, the only chance to survive is that you must obtain a certain status within a year, and have a considerable number of troops to protect yourself when the barbarians rebel, Perhaps a more powerful force could be developed, and if the divided Hun tribes could be unified and those barbarians could be subjugated again, perhaps the Roman Empire could continue to hunt and the crumbling Eastern and Western Roman Empire fall apart.

According to historical records, Qin Dong knew that Elak was a man with limited abilities, so he compromised with his brothers, agreed to their demands, and gave the subordinate barbarians to his brothers to rule, which undoubtedly made a heavy political mistake and laid the foundation for the future barbarian rebellion.

Seeing that it was already past twelve o'clock at noon, Attila's body would soon be found by his attendants, Qin Dong rode his horse and galloped towards the Hun royal court twenty miles away, while thinking about whether he could use this incident to get a position for himself, temporarily leave Erak to develop his own power outside, if he continued to stay here, the princes would fight for power, his own small soldier was too weak, and he was likely to become a victim of infighting, since he was reborn, he didn't want to die again, there was no law in this era, there was no order, He feels that people like himself are undoubtedly like fish in water in such times.

Let's go! Qin Dong clenched his fists to cheer himself up, his brain was running at high speed, he was now a member of Erak's guards, if he wanted to get a position, he had to be promoted by Erak, and Erak's guards numbered as many as hundreds, Elac might have forgotten his name, how could he use this incident to let himself enter Erak's sight again and let him promote himself?

Qin Dong thought about it for a while and then had an idea, he returned to the guard camp tent and dismounted, took off the harness and put it in the tent, except for the guards on duty, all the guards who were not on duty were drunk, and they didn't wake up until now, Qin Dong put down the harness and spear, led the horse to the stable, tied it and fed it, and after coming out, he sorted out the iron armor on his body, as the guard of the eldest prince Erak, the equipment on his body was undoubtedly the best among the Hun soldiers, wearing a felt hat with black horsetail hair as a helmet, After strapping the scimitar around his waist, he walked out of the tent and looked left and right, and then walked towards Attila's wooden palace from memory.

It is located in the Pannonian Plain near Budapest, which is located in the Pannonian Plain. Qin Dong observed that this royal court was a city, but there were no city walls, and there were large and small tents everywhere, and at this time he was near the wooden palace of Attila in the royal court, and there were groups of Hun soldiers patrolling on the road.

Since yesterday was Attila's wedding day, many ministers and guards were very drunk on the wedding night, but now it was noon, and most of the officials, especially the generals, and the soldiers gathered around their tents to chat.

Qin Dong came to Attila's wooden palace according to the memory in his mind, he hid on the edge of a tent and saw four guards standing guard at the door with scimitars on their waists, and at the door of the palace there was also a bare head, a fierce face, a strong, burly, tall, and the head of the guard holding a scimitar was constantly walking back and forth, according to his memory, he knew that this person was Attila's head of the guards, Lored.

Qin Dong observed, judging from the current situation, the leader of the guards, Lored, still didn't know that Attila was dead, did Attila really die last night? The history records the last night, but the true situation is unknown, and he cannot fully trust the historical records, and if he wants to use this matter for his own benefit, he must investigate it himself and make sure that Attila is dead before anyone else knows.

However, Attila's wooden palace is surrounded by guards, and it is basically impossible to get close to the palace and explore without being discovered, unless he has the ability to fly to the sky, it is obvious that Qin Dong does not have this ability, Qin Dong touched his chin and thought for a while, to determine whether Attila is really dead, even if it is not difficult not to investigate, just try it.

Thinking of this, Qin Dong immediately strode towards the wooden palace with a scimitar in his hand. Seeing Qin Dong, a guard wearing the armor of the eldest prince Elak's guard, coming over, two Attila's guards immediately came over and stopped: "Someone is coming, stop!" ”

Qin Dong immediately stopped, he didn't want to be misunderstood by these guards, he bent down with his hand on his chest and saluted in the Xiongnu language in his memory, and said loudly: "Captain of the guards, His Royal Highness the eldest prince Elak sent me to ask if Da Shan Yu has risen, if Da Shan Yu has already risen, His Royal Highness the eldest prince Erak will lead all the princes, military generals, nobles and ministers to come to meet Da Shan Yu!" ”

Seeing that Qin Dong was inquiring about this, Lored immediately said: "You go back and tell His Royal Highness the eldest prince that Da Shan Yu has not gotten up yet, so let them not disturb Da Shan Yu to rest!" ”

Where would Qin Dong retreat so easily, he came to test whether Attila was really dead, and he couldn't be sure yet, so he couldn't retreat, and said loudly: "My lord, Da Shan is the greatest king of my Great Huns, his brilliance is comparable to the sun and the moon, and his wisdom is unmatched, according to his usual habits, he should have gotten up a long time ago to deal with government affairs, but it is already noon, Da Shan Yu has not yet gotten up, His Royal Highness the Great Prince asked me to tell my lord, if Da Shan Yu has not gotten up yet, please wake up Da Shan Yu, He will bring the princes and other ministers to meet and discuss state affairs."

"Presumptuous!" Luo Rui walked down the palace steps and came to Qin Dong and scolded loudly: "Yesterday was Da Dan Yu's wedding night, and it is normal for Da Dan to get up later today, you quickly retreat to tell the eldest prince, please bring the princes and ministers to meet later!" ”

At this time, Qin Dong faintly smelled a faint smell of blood, these Huns have been fighting outside all the year round, and they may have adapted to the smell of blood, and they didn't smell it, but Qin Dong had just crossed over, although only the soul occupied the current body, but he was much more sensitive to the smell of blood than others, and he was basically sure that something had happened in the wooden palace, and the smell of blood could not be faked.

The two of them spoke so loudly, if Attila hadn't died, he should have asked out loud, but now there was no sound coming out of the palace, coupled with the smell of blood, it was obvious that Attila was really dead, Qin Dong didn't want to cause trouble, since it was basically certain that Attila was really dead, it would be better to hurry away, if he was suspected of having something to do with Attila's death, it would be troublesome, he immediately stroked his chest and said: "Yes, Lord Guard, I will go back immediately and tell His Royal Highness the eldest prince!" ”