There was a commotion in the crowd, and the nobles of the Xiongnu exchanged their heads and ears, although they had heard the news from the south, and the meaning was different when it was confirmed from Da Danyu's mouth.

All along, the huge Great Qin in the south was like a shadow on the head of the Xiongnu, they hated him, but they feared him.

Tou Man made a color at Yan Fu under the seat, Yan Fu understood, cleared his throat and whispered: "Everyone, everyone." ”

Everyone quieted down and looked at Yan Fu in unison.

Yan Fu stretched out his hand to hold his chest, bent down and made a grassland salute to everyone, "My lords, I think you have already heard that the restless old emperor in the south is dead, and the new emperor who succeeds him can't control his unruly generals. Meng Tian was captured by their emperor, but he was succeeded by an unknown pawn, Wang Li. ”

An old Hun nobleman with silver hair asked loudly; "Who is this king?"

Yan Fu opened his mouth and said with a smile: "King Zuo Gu Li asked well, who is this Wang Li, I think all adults will have this question in their hearts." ”

"This Wang Li is the old emperor's favored nobleman, and he only came to the Northern Army as a deputy marshal three years ago, and he didn't catch up with the fierce battle between my Great Huns and the Qin people, so you adults are not familiar with him."

"Wang Li's grandfather once commanded an army of 600,000 and destroyed Zhao, Yan and Chu, and his father Wang Ben was also a general of Qin, and successively destroyed Wei and Qi. As for his Wang Li, he is just a son of a family who inherits the grace of his ancestors, and he can become the commander of the Northern Army entirely because of his illustrious family background, so his soldiers are dissatisfied with him. Now, the hearts of the Northern Army have been chaotic and their combat strength has been greatly reduced, my lords, this is the best opportunity for revenge given to us by the Immortal Heaven. ”

The heavy drink of his life resounded in the crowd, "Yan Fu, you are from the Central Plains, but you are just a dog of my Great Huns, why should we believe your words, what if you are a spy of the Qin people." ”

Yan Fu was not angry, and swore with his hand on his chest: "Immortal Heaven is above, I, Yan Fu, have a blood feud with the Qin people, my family was killed by the Qin people, and my country was destroyed by the Qin State. I, Yan Fu, hate the Qin people more than all the adults here, and I can't wait to eat their flesh and drink their blood. ”

"In the past ten years, I have worn the same clothes and eaten the same food as everyone here, and I have already regarded myself as a Hun and a grassland as my home."

At this time, Touman couldn't see it, so he stood up and scolded the man's unreasonableness.

Yan Fu was renamed Yan Jing, is a member of the royal family of Yan State, after Qin destroyed Yan State, in order to retaliate against Prince Dan instructed Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang to assassinate the first emperor, he wiped out the Yan royal family, Yan Jing took advantage of the chaos to run to the prairie alone, defected to the Huns, and changed his name to Yan Fu since then, with the ambition of destroying Qin and reviving Yan State. Because he was familiar with the tactics of the Qin people, he repeatedly offered Tou Manshan Yu to help him escape the encirclement and suppression of the Qin army, so he was worshiped by Tou Manbai as a military advisor and was listed as a guest. But in the eyes of some Xiongnu nobles, he was still just a dog abandoned by his owner.

Touman glared at everyone with wide eyes and viciously, and waited for the crowd to be quiet before he said slowly; "Okay, Yan Fu has already told you the basic situation, now it's our turn to make a decision, whether to fight or peace, and we have to make a decision today."

As soon as Touman's words fell, the right general stood up impatiently and roared angrily; "Da Dan Yu, do you still need to think about it, the blood of the Huns must be repaid with the blood of the Qin people, as long as Da Dan Yu gives an order, I know that Yasi is the first to lead his troops to the south to open the way for Da Dan Yu."

His father and wife both died in the battle with the Qin army, so his hatred for the Qin people was as deep as the sea, so Touman was not surprised at all that he would be the first to pick it out. To his astonishment, almost all of the nobles clamored for him to stand up in support of Shochiyas.

In fact, Touman's heart still faintly hopes that there will be no war.

He is already old, the ambitions of his youth have slowly faded with age, and he is beginning to get used to being content with the status quo. The Huns were expelled by Meng Tian for more than 300 miles, and when they fled north in a hurry, his heart was full of hatred, and the flame of revenge burned all the time.

But when the Huns defeated Ding Ling in Mobei and gained a foothold, Touman began to like this comfortable life again. There were beautiful women at his bedside, delicious lamb to eat, the chieftains of the Lingding people to bow down and kiss his heels, and the king of Aries and Lou Fu attached themselves to the side of the great Huns.

These, the elderly Touman is actually very satisfied, and he doesn't want to change.

However, he could not say what he thought, on the contrary, he had to conform to the feelings of the crowd and resolutely support the revenge of the south. Because he was the head man, the plough of the Huns was lonely and alone, and he was the representative of all the noble patriarchs.

The Xiongnu are different from the kingdoms of the Central Plains, there is no loyalty, foolishness, and filial piety here, and there is no concept of 'the whole world is not the king's land'. There are rules on the prairie, and strength is always the only criterion for the distribution of power among the strong.

The reason why the Su Yu family was able to control the royal power of the Xiongnu was only because they were strong enough and had the strength to ensure the interests of the Xiongnu nobles. If Shan Yu once became a stumbling block for the nobles to plunder wealth and women, they would definitely abandon it without hesitation.

There has never been absolute loyalty and obedience in the steppe, and the wolf-worshipping peoples believe in strength and blood.

It seems that four years of comfortable life have not wiped out the hatred in the hearts of the Huns, they are licking ~ their wounds, accumulating strength and waiting for the day of revenge.

Tou Man could no longer sit dry, so the nobles all set their eyes on their big Danyu, waiting for his statement.

He stood up impatiently and said loudly; "The Almighty Immortal Heaven has skillfully arranged this world. It gives grass to the earth, the sheep to graze, and the wolves to eat the sheep. We Huns are wolves, and the Central Plains people are sheep, and we eat flesh and blood, and they eat corn. But their emperor was not willing to be lonely, and even drove the sheep to eat wolves, isn't the world chaotic? Fortunately, there is an immortal heaven to bless our Great Huns, and now that their old emperor is dead, and the sheep have lost their leaders, it is time for us Huns to be ashamed. ”

Touman drew his saber, brandished it and roared, "Immortal Heaven, Immortal Heaven." A group of Xiongnu nobles were completely instigated by their big order, and they all waved their scimitars and echoed in unison.

One of the people looked out of place, and he bit his lip tightly, and kept his head down in thought, and when he saw that Touman had set his eyes on him, he spoke; "Father, I always feel that something is wrong."

Touman stretched out his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet. "Say, my son, what are you worried about?"

Mao Dun had a worried face, and after a while of silence, he said slowly; "Father, don't you think it's too much of a coincidence. According to them, their old emperor had passed away more than four months ago, and Meng Tian had been imprisoned for a long time, but we didn't get any news at all, which shows that the Qin people blocked this news very strictly. Now it has suddenly spread throughout the grassland, almost all the nobles have heard the news, and my son is worried that this is a deliberate news spread by someone, in order to lure us to the south. ”

Before Touman could speak, an old Hun nobleman with a white beard snorted heavily, and preemptively said; "King Zuo Xian, after we heard the news, we all sent people to Qinbian to investigate and verify the reliability of the news, and the reply from the spies was that it was true, and Meng Tian was no longer in the Northern Army."

Mao Dun bowed slightly to the old man, and said respectfully; "King Riji, I have not doubted the authenticity of this news, and I have sent soldiers to the south to investigate and verify, and the news is indeed true. Mao Dun just suspected that the Qin people deliberately released the news, although Meng Tian is no longer there, but the northern army may still maintain its combat strength, this is what I am worried about. ”

At this time, Yan Fu's slightly feminine voice sounded; "King Zuoxian, you are too worried, even if someone deliberately releases the news, it will be beneficial to my Great Huns, the court of the Qin people and their army in the north have been centrifuged, this is our opportunity."

After speaking, he looked at everyone with a smile, and then said: "What is that in the Northern Army, it is a group of jackals, a group of tigers and leopards. Under the command of Meng Tian, they were able to defeat our Great Huns one after another. But what is this king? He was just a lamb who was blessed with the shadow of his ancestors and only relied on the horns on his head to provoke everywhere, and he could not control the wolves of the Northern Army. The current Qin army is like a wolf pack led by a sheep, my lords, what are you worried about? Are you worried that the tender horns on the head of the lamb will hurt the iron horsemen of our Great Huns? ”

Everyone laughed, and Touman also laughed; "The military advisor is right, without the leadership of the wolf, the Qin army is just a pack of wolves with no fighting spirit, so it is decided. When they returned, they were all full of meat and drank plenty of spirits, and after seven days, all the tribes led their armies to join the royal city. ”

Everyone agreed, but Mao Dun was still a little worried, and just wanted to say something. But when the words came to his mouth, he looked at Touman's dissatisfied eyes, and closed his mouth.

He knew that Touman had always disliked his eldest son, but his younger brother Mulkan. Man's mother is now the Touqu clan, and she is very favored by Touman, compared to Maoton's mother, who is just a lowly slave, and Maodun was conceived after Touman's drinking.

At this time, Touman clapped his hands high and laughed; "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone, after discussing military affairs, it's time to get back to business."

"Heyado, my beautiful clan, bring our son up."

A beautiful woman took Velkan by the hand and walked out from behind the tent. Although she is over 30 years old, her skin still looks as clear as that of an eighteen-year-old girl. The appearance is very beautiful, and it is no wonder that she has been favored by Touman for seventeen years, and has been established by Touman as the Touqu Yanshi. (The Zhuan Qu clan is the title of Shan Yu's genuine wife, which is equivalent to the queen of the Central Plains.) ）

Tou Man watched their mother and son come with a smile, reached out and took the hand of Fu Erjian from the Yan family, and said with a laugh; "My little leopard, my father is going to preside over your coming-of-age ceremony today. From today onwards, you can become a real Hun man, you can have your own tribes, you can have your own women, you have to fight and kill the enemy with a knife, you have to bite their throats like wolves, and you have to suck their blood. Are you afraid? ”

Mur raised his head and said loudly; "Father, I am not afraid, I have long longed for this day, I will be like my father, to kill my enemies, to rob their women and wealth."

Touman laughed, "Okay, sure enough, it's my Touman's son." He clapped his palms again, signaling for the wizard ritual beside him to begin.

The coming-of-age ceremony is the most important ritual in the life of a Xiongnu man, as a prince, and the most favored son of Da Danyu, the coming-of-age ceremony of the Hun is naturally huge.

First, Touman led the ritual of worshipping the heavens, praying to the immortal heaven to protect his young son, and then a group of shamans performed the unique rituals of the Huns around the Furkan, and his uncles and brothers walked past him to bless him. In the last ceremony, Touman handed a scimitar into the hands of Murjan, who took it and swung the knife without hesitation and slashed it hard, blood flowing down the blade of the blade across his cheeks, but he was extremely stiff and did not frown.

According to the custom of the Huns, men could perform a rite of passage when they reached the age of fifteen, and they had to scar their faces to let them know that their lives until death would be accompanied by bloodshed and fighting.

Seeing that his son's face was covered with blood, he couldn't help but feel distressed, stepped forward to take his hand, and wanted to wipe it with a handkerchief. But he pushed his mother away, his head held high.

Touman laughed happily when he saw it, he has always liked this little son very much, not just because of his mother, but in him Touman saw the shadow of his youth, stubborn, brave, and fearless. And Mao Dun, the eldest son, made him feel as gloomy as a southerner, fond of scheming, and many times he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, and he didn't have the slightest inheritance of his headman.

The son is not as good as the father, which is really a taboo in the royal family. Therefore, Touman deliberately deposed the position of the prince of Maodun several times, but Maodun was the king of Zuoxian for a long time, and most of his subordinates were supportive, if there was no suitable excuse, I was afraid that the Xiongnu would be in chaos, so he did not move.

Touman stepped forward and hugged Murray, laughing; "My proud son, you must fly like a falcon through the high mountains to find a lake, and like a wolf king, you must lead your wolves through the grassland to find food, and the grassland of the Huns will always be your hunting pasture."

The smile on Maudun's face slowly froze, replaced by a deep fear in his eyes. When my father said such a thing in front of his subordinates, he did not hide his idea of abolishing the elder and the young, and the catastrophe of his devotion was not far away.

The new crown prince succeeds to the throne, and the former crown prince has only one choice, death, which is the rule on the grassland.

Looking up at the sky, Maudon closed his eyes.

Immortal Heaven, are you going to abandon your pious son?