PS: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my friend got married today, and I was busy until the evening before I came back to catch up with the code word, this chapter is a little longer, and it's an apology for everyone, I'm sorry.

The convoy left the territory of the Xiongnu, and it didn't take long for it to be discovered by Yue's patrolmen.

Because the Yueshi and the Xiongnu had not fought for several years, the hostility between the two sides was not very deep. Maudun's convoy consisted of only a few hundred men, and most of them looked less like warriors than a caravan. Therefore, the Yueshi people did not attack directly, but sent a messenger to inquire.

Mao Dun recuperated for more than ten days, and most of his injuries had healed, and when he saw that a messenger from the Yue clan came up to inquire, he stepped forward to explain his intention.

The scout knew that it was actually King Zuo Xian of the Huns in the carriage, and he couldn't help but be surprised, he naturally couldn't do this kind of thing, so he hurriedly went back to tell the Yue guard.

Mao Dun waited patiently in place for most of the day, until the next morning, and in the early morning of the next day, he saw a Yueshi cavalry coming. The first one was a handsome young man in a white robe, and when he saw Mao Dun from a distance, he laughed, opened his hands to meet him, and gave Mao Dun a bear hug.

"My friend, Sulp, how could you have the time to come to our Yueshi to see your old friend Hermi."

The corners of Mao Dun's mouth twitched slightly, Hermie's enthusiasm had touched his wounds, and he said with a smile: "I came this time to do business, on behalf of the Xiongnu to envoy Yueshi, so I also hope to get your help from your old friend." ”

When Mao Dun was young, he once came to the Yue clan to worship him because he admired the great sage of the Yue clan, so that he got to know Hermi, the second prince of the Yue clan, who was also a disciple. Although the two belong to the two hostile countries of Yueshi and Xiongnu, their private friendship is very deep.

After Mao Dun explained the matter in detail, Hermi said with an incredulous expression: "Can the Qin people really be so strong?" If it hadn't come out of your mouth, I would have thought the person who said it was lying. ”

Mao Dun nodded, and shook his head again, "Yes, the Qin army is very strong, they have sophisticated weapons and armor, have a neat phalanx and well-trained combat qualities, these are not comparable to our steppe people." What's even more terrifying is that they have a crossbow machine that naturally restrains us, and in front of the crossbow machine, the bow horse that we Huns are proud of has lost its advantage. ”

"But not this time, we failed not because they were well-equipped, but because the commanders of the Qin army were too cunning. He has the perseverance and perseverance of a viper, and the determination and courage of a lion, and if he finds an opportunity, he will pounce on you like a hungry wolf, knock you down, and tear you apart. ”

Speaking of this, Mao Dun lowered his head a little gloomily, the memory of fighting with Qin Jun was definitely a great shame in his life.

Helmie opened his mouth wide and an incredible expression appeared on his face, and said; "I heard you right, the proud eagle on the grassland, Mao Dun, would actually hold a Qin person in such high esteem."

Mao Dun sighed and said, "I have rarely been convinced in my life, but this time I am really convinced." After a pause, he said; Now I am in big trouble, our Huns have suffered heavy losses this time, and we have lost face. My father is now angry with me, and if my crown prince's position can be kept, I am afraid that even my life will be lost. ”

Helmie shook her head, disapproving; "Mao Dun, you are too worried, Shan Yu is also your father, even if the ferocious hungry wolf is about to starve to death, he will never kill the wolf cubs, how can there be a father in the world who will kill his son."

Mao Dun was silent, and did not say this again, but asked; "Helmy, can you help me this time? If the Huns really fell into extinction because of hunger, then I am afraid that the Yueshi people would not be spared. The hungry Huns are afraid that they will pounce on the rich Yueshi like wolves. ”

When Maudon said this, he stopped talking, just looked at Helmy, the meaning of what he just said was already obvious, and there was a faint hint of threat.

Naturally, Hermi understood the meaning of Maudun's words, and said after a long silence; "From the position of the prince of the Yue clan, I naturally don't want to have a vicious war with the Huns. You know, we don't like war. ”

"From the standpoint of personal relations, you are my good friend, and if you need my help in trouble, I will naturally not stand idly by. Therefore, I will be on your side, both public and private. It's just that you know, I'm just a prince, and the real decision-making power is still with my father and the elders, I can only try to help you say some good things, if you want to impress the elders, you Huns also need to show enough sincerity. ”

Helmie glanced at the carriages in the convoy and said; "My friend, sincerity can be proved not only by wealth, if you want to get the help of the Yue people, you need something else."

Mao Dun pressed his left hand on his chest, bent over and said, "Of course, my envoy this time has brought a handwritten letter from our Shan Yu, and I am willing to be a brotherly state with the Yue clan forever, and never take the initiative to attack the Yue clan again." There is also a three-hundred-mile pasture west of the Haner River, which the Xiongnu are willing to give up to show their sincerity. ”

Helmi's face was happy, the fertile pastures west of the Haner River had always been an important place for the Huns and the Yueshi people, and now it was firmly in the hands of the Huns. The Huns were willing to let it out, which showed enough sincerity, so they laughed; "That's it. I will be active in the royal city, and use my influence to help you persuade the elders. ”

Mao Dun bowed deeply and said gratefully; "Thank you, Helmy, I will definitely repay your good friend when I have the opportunity in the future."

******

The Yueshi State is located in the west of the river, across the desert for thousands of miles, with more than 200,000 strings and developed iron-smelting technology, and the national situation is not inferior to the Xiongnu.

With Hermi's help and persuasion, and the conditions offered by the Huns this time were really lucrative, the Yueshi people quickly agreed to lend grain to the Huns. Mao Dun breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this errand had finally been completed, and his father would not be in a hurry to deal with him for a while.

The Yueshi people are located in the fertile land of Hexi, whether it is grazing or farming, they are far more developed than the Huns, so the domestic grain and grass are piled up. Since they agreed to borrow grain from the Huns, as soon as the peace agreement was signed on the second day, grain and grass were continuously transported eastward to the Huns.

The errand had been completed, and Mao Dun had nothing to do for the time being, and with Hermi's enthusiastic invitation, he had to stay in the Yue Clan's royal city for a few days. Entertained by Hermi's good wine and food all day long, and dragged him to meet the people in power of the Yue clan, Mao Dun knew that Hermi was doing this for his own good, so he also tried his best to socialize. After more than ten days of drinking and feasting, I couldn't help but feel dizzy and bitter.

On this day, Mao Dun ate a whole day of wine and banquet, and when he returned to the house, he only felt groggy and had a splitting headache. He was about to go to bed and get resting, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the door, so he dressed and walked out.

But from afar he saw Helmie rushing in with a group of men, and when he saw Maudun's eyes cracking, he shouted; "It's good that you deceived me and made you a good friend in vain."

Maud was stunned and was about to ask Hermi what was wrong, but Hermi was already angry and shot at him. The head was not very good under the extreme qi, and the feather arrow just grazed Mao Dun's scalp and shot into the stone pillar behind him.

Mao Dun was frightened, he knew that Hermi's archery skills were superb, and when he saw that Hermi was going to kill him without giving him a chance to explain, he knew that there was only one way to die if he stayed here, so he hurriedly turned around and ran, how dare he stay.

This mansion was sent by Helmie to live in Maudun, covering a huge area, and the courtyard in the middle of the courtyard is also extensive, and Hermi is far away, so he can't catch up with Maudun for a while. The servants in the house didn't know what was going on in a hurry, but they just watched the previous master chasing the current master, and they didn't go up to stop it, but blocked the way.

Maudun hurriedly ran to the backyard, and when he saw that his mount was being fed by a slave in the courtyard, he whistled. The horse was also quite a miraculous horse, and when he saw that his master was coming, he broke free from the man who was leading the horse, and ran to him. Maudon turned on his horse, and the horse ran out of the back door with a whip, and galloped desperately towards the city gate.

The Yue's guard at the city gate had not yet received the instructions, and he saw a person riding a horse desperately running towards this side, so he put out a loud inquiry that blocked the horse in the middle of the road. Maudun didn't stop, but just yelled loudly; "Someone is chasing and killing me, save me, I am the messenger of the Huns, Zuoxian King Maodun." After saying that, the horse crossed the rejection horse and galloped out of the city.

The city gate guard hesitated slightly, he knew about the Xiongnu's Zuoxian King, and the matter of the peace talks between the Xiongnu and the Yue clan had already been known throughout the city. Seeing that the fleeing man was dressed in luxury, and seeing the wolf-like pursuers at the back door, and that Helmie had come in a hurry with all the domestic servants and no military uniforms, the guards believed Mao Dun, and fought with the city gate guards and the pursuers.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mao Dun escaped from the royal city of the Yue people, and galloped wildly for a day and a night, until the horsepower was exhausted.

He took off his luxurious clothes, changed into the clothes of an ordinary herdsman, and searched among the border herders for news, and learned why Hermi was so angry that he wanted to kill him.

It turned out that the Yueshi gave the grain and grass to the Huns, and the Huns suddenly killed the army, and the Yueshi was in a hurry, and suffered heavy losses, and the Huns army plundered the border market and then retreated, and did not go deeper.

Mao Dun was cold when he heard the news, he didn't know at this moment. Tou Man clearly deliberately provoked the Yueshi people, so that he would rush to the Yueshi after getting the grain and grass again, and the Yueshi people who felt that they were deceived would definitely put their anger on Mao Dun, who was being used as a hostage.

And the purpose of doing this is nothing more than one, to kill him, the crown prince of the Xiongnu - Zuoxian Wang Maodun.

After Mao Dun figured everything out, he was so grief-stricken that he pulled out his scimitar and raised his head to the sky and roared; "Why, why do you want to do this to me, father, I am your son, I am your crown prince."

It wasn't until he roared to the point that his voice was hoarse, and he stopped, his eyes were red, as if blood was about to ooze, and there was only one thought in his heart; Touman, if you don't miss the relationship between father and son and want to kill me for the second time, don't blame me for not recognizing you as a father.

******

In the big tent of Wangcheng, Tou Manshan Yu looked at Mao Dun who was kneeling on the ground and was speechless. He originally thought that he could get rid of Mao Dun by the hands of the Yue clan, so after losing the news of Mao Dun, he couldn't wait to establish his youngest son Fu Er Jian as the crown prince and named King Zuo Xian to take over all the power and subordinates of Mao Dun.

But unexpectedly, Mao Dun was so fatal that he actually let him take a horse and run back, which is tricky. Tou Man looked at the kings around him with some embarrassment, and his face was embarrassed.

Maudun on the ground just knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying and saying; "My son didn't expect the Yue people to be so treacherous, and they actually wanted to kill me, but fortunately, I was blessed by the Immortal Heaven, so I was lucky enough to run out, so that I could kowtow to my father here."

Touman was silent for a long time, looking at his son who was desperately kowtowing on the ground, and there was still a trace of unbearability in his eyes. Thinking that he would not die like this, it seemed that he was really in love with this father-son relationship, so he said softly; "Okay, Maodun, you've also been frightened a lot, let's go down and have a good rest, you can cultivate well these days, don't worry about things between the tribes."

As soon as the kings and generals heard Touman's words, they all knew his thoughts, and it seemed that they wanted to acquiesce in the fait accompli of establishing Maudun as the prince, so they wanted to put Maudun under house arrest in disguise, and they couldn't help but have some sympathy in their eyes when they looked at Maudun.

Suddenly, Yan Fu stood up, bowed down and humbly said to Touman; "The prince Mao Dun is extremely brave, my Hun rewards and punishments are clear, Mao Dun can be used as ten thousand horsemen."

Touman's eyes lit up, and he nodded hurriedly; "Yes, Maudun, you have behaved very well this time, and my father will reward you with 10,000 fine horsemen."

Mao Dun was originally the crown prince, and he was ranked as the king of Zuoxian, and he was the second person in the Xiongnu in addition to Shan Yu, and a small commander of ten thousand horsemen was just an official position other than the twenty-four chiefs, and he could only rank thirty in the Huns. From the prince to Wanqi, what a grievance this is, everyone thought that Mao Dun would refuse, but unexpectedly Mao Dun kowtowed; "Thank you for your father's reward, I will do my best to train these 10,000 cavalry for the Huns."

Outside the tent, Mao Dun calmly looked at Yan Fu who came to see him off, and thanked him; "Thank you, National Teacher."

Yan Fu returned the salute and said with a smile; "Prince, you're welcome."

Others may think that Yan Fu is harming Mao Dun, but Mao Dun knows that it is already very good that a prince who has lost power and has been replaced can win such an ending.

He just didn't understand why Yan Fu, who had never had anything to do with him, would help him so much.

Mao Dun closed his eyes and smiled bitterly, and said; The national teacher laughed, Mao Dun was no longer a prince. After this time, I have been disheartened, and in this life, I only want to help my father train this 10,000 cavalry, and assist my younger brother wholeheartedly in the future, and there is nothing else to think about. ”

Yan Fu didn't reply, just looked at Mao for a long time with a smile, and suddenly smiled; "Prince, don't you believe in the old slave?" Yan Fu suddenly turned pale, there was no longer a trace of smile on his face, and he looked up to the sky and sighed; "What is the big single of the Huns, it is placed by the sun and the moon, the most noble existence under the sky, is it that his head man can designate it with a word? The commander of the Huns, the product of hunger and desire, is a lonely wolf in the wasteland! It's a wolf who has to survive the hard years! ”

"Touman, he is already old, his heart is full of fear of the Qin people, he is not worthy of being the Hun Dadan Yu for a long time. And Fuljan is just a milky boy who only knows how to hide in his mother's soft arms all day long, how can such a child lead a group of hungry steppe wolves. Prince, you are the only prince in my heart who is qualified to inherit the throne, let it go, I will always stand on the side of Immortal Heaven. ”