On the endless grassland, the sheep are leisurely eating the grass, the Hun herdsmen are waving whips, shouting loudly to the horses, and the swarthy old faces are full of satisfied smiles.

This year's harvest is a good harvest, thanks to the attachment of Changshengtian, so that there is no snowstorm, no disease, and no war on the grassland.

In the distance, a goshawk was circling, staring closely at a young lamb in the flock.

It's waiting for its moment.

At last, the Lamb of Sawan forgot the danger and left the protection of its mother's body.

The goshawk stabbed down sharply, its claws stretched out, and it was about to be killed, but a sharp arrow flew from nowhere across its body. The goshawk screamed a few times, waved its wings and struggled to flutter a few times, and finally fell down unwillingly.

In the distance, a Hun boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old was looking with his bow open, and when he saw it, he happily waved his hunting bow and shouted loudly; "Big brother, come and see, I shot, shot."

Dozens of horsemen came slowly, and the first one was a young man, about twenty-five or sixteen years old. The hair is simply tied up and draped behind his back, and a large string of bone ornaments is hung around his neck, and his appearance is also a standard Hun man, but his slightly fair skin and somewhat deep eyes are not like most Hun men.

When the man saw the young man running towards him in a hurry, he put down his thoughts, forced a smile, and said, "Brother, your archery skills are getting better and better, and my father will be very happy to see the goshawk you shot down in a while." ”

looked up at the dome of Manchester City in the distance, which stretched for dozens of miles, and said; "It's not early, let's go back early, if it's late, I'm afraid my father will blame."

Touman City is located in the north of Yinshan Mountain, south of the North Sea, is the royal city of the Xiongnu who controls thousands of miles of land and spans the north and south of the desert.

In order to control the vast territory of the kingdom more effectively, the reigning Tou Mandan Yu drove 100,000 slaves to build Tou Man City six years ago and spent three years to build Tou Man City as a royal city.

It was a very difficult task to build a city made of stone in the barren land of the grasslands. For this reason, the bones of 60,000 slaves are buried here, their flesh and blood make the pasture here more abundant, and their corpses have become the proud pearl of the grassland.

This pearl is named after the supreme plough on the grassland, and is known as the head of Manchester City. (Supporting the plough is lonely Tu Shan Yu in the Xiongnu language for the meaning of 'Son of Heaven', is the full name of Shan Yu)

And at this moment, this supreme head Manshan Yu is full of thoughts. He took a heavy bite of the barbecue meat in his hand, and the tender veal key meat soothed his anxious mood a little, and said in a deep voice: "You mean, Meng Tian was arrested by the new emperor, and Wang Li can't control the wild wolves of the Northern Army?" ”

The middle-aged man kneeling under Touman's case bowed down respectfully and said in a tone that was deferential to the point of flattery; "My Great Hun supreme plough is lonely, and your wisdom is like the sun shining on the prairie in the eternal sky, benefiting our Great Hun people. The old emperor in the south was already dead, but Meng Tian was arrested by the young little emperor, and this king only sat on the position of commander by relying on the merits of his father and ancestors. The soldiers of the Qin State did not believe in him, this is the best gift that Changsheng Heaven has given us to the Great Huns, so that we can avenge the blood feud four years ago. ”

"My big order, what are you still hesitating about? You should immediately show the fangs of my Great Huns, and let the Qin people in the south know that the Huns are the best race in the immortal world. ”

Touman's breathing became shorter, and the barbecue that was placed in his mouth was not delivered to his mouth for a long time. Obviously, Yan Fu's words moved his heart, and he saw the opportunity to defeat the Qin people and be ashamed.

Touman is the fourth generation of Shan Yu from the Xiongnu family in charge of the Xiongnu, although he is not the famous Shan Yu in the history of the Xiongnu, he is definitely the most legendary one. He succeeded Da Dan at the age of thirteen, and his father, the king, was seriously wounded in a battle against the famous Li Mu at the end of the Warring States period, and died soon after, leaving the young Touman to inherit the throne.

In the fifth year of Zhao Mourning Xiangwang, that is, in the eighth year of the first emperor, Li Mu of Zhao State went out of Yanmen, broke more than 100,000 horsemen of the Huns, destroyed the eaves and rags, descended to Lin Hu, and ran away with serious injuries. In that battle, the Xiongnu, who had just become stronger, suffered an almost devastating blow, and the tribe moved north, not daring to approach the Zhao realm for more than ten years.

It was in this environment that the young Touman inherited the throne. After becoming the queen, he first endured for five years, and then, with the support of his own Su Yan family, killed the regent's Huyan clan and regained the power of the Xiongnu.

At this time, the Xiongnu were surrounded by strong enemies, with Donghu in the east, Yueshi in the west, and the powerful Qin State in the south. Therefore, in the 25 years from Li Muhua Hu to Mengtian's northward direction, the Xiongnu people spent a relatively rare period of peaceful development, and it was in these 20 years that the Xiongnu healed the wounds of the war and reserved a lot of energy, so that they could emerge in the future grassland hegemony and obtain the qualification to compete with the Central Plains army under the Great Wall.

From this point of view, Touman is definitely one of the most contributing Shan Yu in the history of the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu gradually became stronger in his hands, after defeating Donghu and Yueshi many times, Touman's ambitions also swelled rapidly, and he set his sights on the Central Plains in the south.

At this time, the first emperor, who had unified the six countries, also turned his attention to the northern frontier.

In the war of unification, the Xiongnu took advantage of the fact that the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Yan had no time to look north, and encroached on large areas of frontier land, which the ambitious First Emperor could not tolerate.

Therefore, the first thing the First Emperor did after the destruction of Qi was to order Meng Tian to lead a large army to the north and carry out a fierce attack on the Xiongnu for more than ten years. In the 33rd year of the first emperor, he launched an army of 300,000 to the north, which severely damaged the Xiongnu at that time, and even Yinshan, the birthplace of their origin and prosperity, was occupied by the Qin people.

The devastated Huns, under their leadership of Shan Yu, moved the royal court north across the desert to escape the blows of the Qin. In order to gain a foothold in Mobei, the Xiongnu fought fiercely with the Ding Ling people who originally lived here, and finally conquered them, making them slaves and tribes of the Xiongnu. With the addition of these victories, after several years of recuperation, the Huns gradually recovered.

The battle with Meng Tian was definitely the biggest shame in Touman's life, and his reputation was ruined, so he didn't want to wash away the shame all the time. But he was afraid that the Qin people's sharp crossbow machine and invincible battle array made him feel desperate again and again, so when he heard Yan Fu's words, he was really hesitant in his heart.

Yan Fu saw that Touman was still hesitating, so he took the opportunity to say again; "Big order, the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again."

In the end, Touman still couldn't make up his mind, so he said; "Let's wait for the 'twenty-four chiefs' to come and then discuss."

The disappointment in Yan Fu's eyes flashed, but he lowered his head deeply, "Da Dan Yu is wise." ”

The dome that stretches for dozens of miles is like a cloud on the grassland, and the sound of a strong horn keeps sounding in the tent. The gates of the city had been wide open, and there were constant groups of flying horses galloping in. The reports outside the camp came and went:

The right virtuous king arrived.

The king of the left valley has arrived.

The right big when the household arrived.

……..

Tou Man sat under the command, greeting every subordinate who arrived with a smile. After more than four years of recuperation, the Xiongnu reproduced the grand state of 'controlling hundreds of thousands of strings'. This time, in the name of his youngest son Fernan's coming-of-age ceremony, Touman invited the 'Twenty-Four Chiefs' and many tribes' to come, in fact, he also wanted to take this opportunity to strengthen his control over these tribes and discuss his attitude towards Qin.

At this moment the herald outside the camp shouted loudly again; "Prince Zuoxian, Prince Maoton, and Prince Murchan have arrived."

The original noisy scene of the camp suddenly fell silent, and everyone turned their eyes to the door. The first thing that caught everyone's attention was Mao Dun's somewhat pale cheeks, and he saw Tou Mandanyu, and walked forward quickly to salute him.

According to the practice of the Huns, the king of Zuoxian was mostly held by the crown prince. Mao Dun is the eldest son of Touman, who has been made the crown prince since he was a child, and took over as King Zuoxian at the age of nineteen, and has been for seven years. But the eldest son, who is getting older, gradually loses the favor of his father, and is more faced with an almost harsh severity.

Touman's gaze went directly over to Mao Dun, who was saluting, and looked at the young man behind him, with a smile on his old face.

Mur was happily carrying the goshawk, rushed forward directly over Maoton, and raised his hand triumphantly, "Look, father, this is the goshawk I shot down, is it amazing?" ”

Touman laughed, said 'awesome', 'awesome', and patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Sanger flowers are blooming!" The lark called! Our little eagle has spread his wings, my brave little prince, and your father will give you a coming-of-age ceremony. ”

Mao Dun on the side saw that Touman ignored him, but in front of all the subordinates, he was so affectionate to his younger brother, and the worry in his heart deepened. When he saw that Touman's gaze turned to him, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said goodbye, "Son, see father." ”

Touman's smile was still lingering on his face, and he looked at Mao Dundao; "Maudun, my son, my father hasn't seen you for a long time."

Mao Dun leaned down, "Father, since the last defeat at the foot of Yin Mountain, my son has been heartbroken and feels ashamed of his father, so he has been stepping up his training for half a year, and he can't come to the royal city to accompany his father." ”

Touman nodded and said with a smile; "Young people still can't relax, my Great Hun is the elect of the Immortal Heaven, and the Sulu family is the spokesperson of God in the grassland, you have to work hard and don't live up to our great surname."

"My son remembered."

Seeing that all the deployments had arrived, Tou Man stood up and smiled, saying; "It's been a long time since Wangcheng has been so lively, but everyone is okay?"

A one-eyed, fierce-faced bearded man replied in a rough voice; "Back to Da Danyu, thanks to the blessing of Changshengtian, we have eaten well and slept well in the past year, and everyone is holding their breath and wants to kill and return to the Yinshan Holy Land to take revenge."

All the prairie men clamored one after another, and shouted 'revenge', 'revenge' after the one-eyed man. Seeing the surging emotions of the crowd, Touman stood up and stretched out his hands, signaled quiet, and said loudly; "I know that you are thirsty for revenge, and the Qin people have trampled on our holy land, killed our warriors, and defiled our women. In the heart of every Hun person, the flame of revenge burns. ”

"Now, Changshengtian has regained his affection for his people, the old emperor in the south is dead, and his faithful eagle dog Meng Tian has been imprisoned by the new little emperor. I would like to take this opportunity to gather you here to hear your thoughts. ”

PS: These chapters about the Xiongnu are too difficult to write, Jiangnan has to check a lot of history, surnames, families and official positions and military systems about the Xiongnu, but these materials are scarce on the Internet, or I went to Tianya to find some for a long time. Also, the way the Huns speak, living habits, etc........, alas, it's really not funny, especially the strings of tongue-twisting surnames and names, Jiangnan is the first two big ....... everyone, give me a red card to soothe me.