Under Zhang Liang's prompting, the imperial court began a comprehensive work of feudal marquis, and the mood of the ministers calmed down for a while.

Among Liu Bang's ministers, two people gradually faded out of people's field of vision.

The first person was Liuhou Zhang Liang, who resigned from his official position, excused himself from illness, and silently withdrew from the whirlpool of power. For power, Zhang Liang is very relieved, he assists the master, and the life dream of the marquis has been realized, for him, this life is enough. He remembered that "the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks; The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden; The enemy country is broken, and the ministers are dead", he began to live in seclusion, except for a battle to protect the prince after showing his hand again, he seemed to have evaporated from the world, his whereabouts became a mystery, leaving only the legend of becoming an immortal.

Compared with Zhang Liang's relief of power, Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, obviously did not wake up from the depression, and after he was demoted, he was often depressed, unable to go to court under the pretext of illness, and ashamed to be with the minister.

In Liu Bang's view, Han Xin's behavior was undoubtedly protesting to himself and the imperial court, and he was challenging his authority.

For such a person, Liu Bang did not have the courage to give him another chance, he recognized and appreciated Han Xin's ability, but he still harbored a fear in his heart, a fear that came from the bottom of his heart. Therefore, even if Liu Bang himself died on the battlefield, no matter how good Han Xin was in the battle, no matter how frequent the wars would be in the future, there was no suspense in abandoning Han Xin.

However, Han Xin has never been able to see through Liu Bang and has never been able to let go of his attachment to power. Buddhism has greed, hatred, and ignorance, and even more suffering, Han Xin has completely fallen into the predicament of poison and bitterness, if there is a Buddhist or psychiatrist at that time, who can carry out psychological intervention on him, Han Xin may be able to get out of the predicament and find another fulcrum of the soul.

Just if.

Of course, no matter what the fate of Zhang Liang and Han Xin will be in the future, no matter whether they deliberately keep a low profile or not, people will never forget the life trajectory they left behind, and they will not forget what they have done for this glorious empire.

They are the pride of their time, but they are also the pride of history.

In Liu Bang's heart, there is no generalissimo and no general, Han Xin is just a symbol of the past, Han Xin has no soldiers, like a tiger with teeth extracted, and the falcon in a cage will no longer pose any threat to him, so his attitude towards Han Xin is very clear: ignore it, don't ask, don't use it.

Without Han Xin, he believed that he could still command thousands of troops.

Liu Bang spread out the map of the Han Dynasty and looked at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Towering man, majestic rivers and mountains. Towering man, beautiful rivers and mountains.

After watching for a long time, he suddenly found that Han Wangxin's fief was actually in the center of the world, and it was close to Chang'an, that is, if Han Wangxin did not obey the call, he could directly threaten the imperial city.

Thinking of this, Liu Bang's back broke out in a cold sweat, and he thought: Yingchuan County is an important place in the world, and Han Wangxin must be transferred away as soon as possible.

In 206 BC, Liu Bang sent an edict to the king of Han, ordering him to move north and set the capital at Jinyang.

The moment Han Wangxin received the edict, he began to feel a little incomprehensible, and when he thought of the recent rumors and rumors of the Roadside Society about Liu Bang's intention to suppress the princes, Han Wangxin was shocked in confidence: Could this be a hidden ominous signal?

Han Wangxin decided to move north, and in order to dispel Liu Bang's doubts and show his loyalty, Han Wangxin moved the capital further north to Mayi (Shuozhou, Shanxi).

Han Wangxin believes that it may be safer to hide farther.

Liu Bang wanted to live a peaceful life for a few days, his original intention was to drive away Han Wangxin, but he didn't expect Han Wangxin to not only be obedient, but also run farther and take the initiative to take on the task of guarding the border, of course, Liu Bang also understands that the so-called guarding the border is just a deceptive nonsense. In any case, Liu Bang's goal has been achieved, so let's stop for a while, to be honest, he is also very tired of living without doing anything all day long!

As the saying goes, nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory! Liu Bang wanted to relax, Han Wangxin wanted to be safe, but the troublemaker came to the door!

Huns!

The Huns are coming!

With a murderous aura, they stepped into the paradise after decades of absence. The ancestors of the Huns told them that although the land in the south was not suitable for their habitation, there were countless treasures and beautiful women. So the purpose of their coming to the Central Plains was not to conquer, but to rob!

The Xiongnu are an ancient nomadic tribe in the north, and its origin is still inconclusive due to the lack of writing.

However, this nomadic people has to be mentioned, because it is the most important member of the Han Dynasty's hundreds of years of international diplomatic history, and the grievances and grievances between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu are like a long stream, inexhaustible, indescribable.

More than ten years ago, the Xiongnu were forced by the might of the Qin Dynasty to retreat north. At that time, the Great Wall guarded by the famous general Meng Tian made the Xiongnu shudder.

However, this is not the case today, and things inside and outside the Great Wall are no longer human.

The Xiongnu are no longer the original Xiongnu.

After decades of iron-blooded rise, it has become a behemoth. And the behemoth was grinning and reaching out its tentacles everywhere it knew.

More than ten years ago, the Xiongnu themselves were also under the threat of neighboring countries such as Donghu and Yueshi, and they were unable to attack.

But all this is quietly changing.

And all these changes are related to one person, this person is called Maudun.

Let's take a look at Comrade Maudun's resume.

Name: Maudun.

Year of birth and death: Date of birth unknown, date of death is precise, 174 BC.

Position: Prince, hostage, general, Shan Yu.

Whether there is a criminal record: Yes (theft, murder of father, mother, wife, brother, slaughter of relatives and father's cronies)

Main achievements: Destroy Donghu, Loulan, Lou Fu Aries, force away the Yue Clan, and defeat the Han army

Main evaluation: Touman Danyu's eldest son, an outstanding leader of the Xiongnu people, his life is a strong life, but also a life of plunder. When he was young, he lost his mother's love, and when he was young, he lost his father's love. Comrade Maudun was sent to the Yueshi as a hostage with great courage and courage, and during his hostage, he practiced various techniques, including patience, intelligence, theft, and martial arts. Comrade Mao Dun dedicated his life to the great cause of the rise of the Xiongnu people, and he is worthy of the title of Da Dan Yu and the title of outstanding leader.

In view of the extreme importance of Maudun in the history of the Xiongnu, let's take a look at the detailed deeds of Comrade Maudun.

When Mao Dun was only the prince of the Xiongnu, his mother Yan Shi (Yanzi, queen) died early, and his father Tou Manshan continued to establish the Yan clan, and the new Yan family gave birth to a son to Tou Man, so Tou Man moved the idea of changing the prince, in order to achieve this purpose, Tou Man sent Mao Dun to the Yue country with a bad relationship as a hostage. In the days of the Yue Clan, Mao Dun's situation was very different from that in China. In the eyes of the Yueshi people, this kind of person is no different from waste scum, the Huns abandoned him, and the Yueshi hated him. He lacked food and clothing, was often blind, and his life was often threatened, and the huge gap made him quickly sober up from the crown prince's aura. He was cautious and swallowed, and he swore that no matter how dangerous the circumstances, he would live, waiting for the day when he would regain his dignity, and that he would endure any pain and humiliation for that day to come.

The hostile environment made him extremely strong, but it also made him very cruel.

Because he deeply understands that if you are not cruel to others, others will be cruel to you. Isn't his father cruel? The Hun king, who gave his life to himself, actually sent his son to the wolves for a woman, isn't it the blood of the Hun royal family that I have in my body?

He began to hate his father.

The young Maudon completed his transformation in the midst of intense hatred and cruel reality, and in his heart, father, a once noble and affectionate word, had long been thrown into the abyss.

I want to be the king of the savannah! Maudun lived unyieldingly with such a belief until one day...

As the saying goes: tiger poison does not eat children. At the instigation of the Yan clan, Tou Mandan Yu planned to kill his son, and he wanted to get rid of his own flesh and blood by the hands of the Yue clan. Under the orders of Touman, the Xiongnu began to attack Yueshi. The Yueshi people were annoyed and angry, and prepared to kill Mao Dun to vent their hatred. Mao Dun, who had always been cautious and vigilant, heard the wind early, stole a fast horse, galloped all the way, and fled back to the Huns.

When he knelt in front of Touman again, Touman's eyes revealed not the joy of reunion after a long absence, but a panic and a kind of guilt.

Maudun understood what his father was thinking at this moment, and he laughed in his heart: "Old fellow, you must be surprised how I didn't die?"

Mao Dun looked at his old and faint father, looked at the familiar tent, smelled the mellow mare's milk wine, and suddenly had mixed feelings and tears in his eyes. This is his hometown, this is his world.

Touman looked at this son who had been absent for a long time and was as strong as a bull, and his heart was hot: After all, he is his own son, and he has my blood flowing in him, but I actually gave him to the enemy and wanted to kill him. He must have endured endless suffering, otherwise how could his coldness make people shudder like the majestic Kunlun Mountain?!

The affection between father and son was unconsciously aroused in Touman's heart.

My son, you must have suffered a lot in the Yue Clan! Touman sighed.

The suffering suffered by Erchen is nothing, but Erchen misses Shan Yu very much in his heart, often does not know the taste of food, and can't sleep at night!

Good son! Good son! Touman couldn't help but cry.

Tou Manshan was full of emotion, and ordered a banquet to surprise the prince!

At the banquet, Touman ordered 10,000 cavalry to be allocated to Maudun.

Maudun had a man and began to train non-stop. In the vast prairie, what civilization, what benevolence and righteousness, are all fake, only power is true, and to gain power, you can only rely on a sharp saber and an invincible army.

He wants to build this cavalry unit into an iron cavalry that gallops across the steppe, and terrifies all enemies.

Maudun's training method is very special, he specially made a Ming Di (ringing arrow) before training, and then issued an order: where the Ming Di shoots, the arrow will be shot, and if there is no shot or inaccurate shooting, cut it.

Maudon was a man who forbade orders, and he said that he did not obey his rules in riding and shooting, and he rewarded those who ignored his orders with a sharp saber at the discretion of others.

After a period of training, the subordinates were able to strictly enforce the rules of which arrows to shoot.

But Maudun was still not at ease.

He brought out his own good horse, you must know that the horse is the treasure of the grassland tribe, especially the good horse, more expensive than people, according to the law of the Huns, shoot the horse at will, will be severely punished. Mao Dun shot the Ming Di at the horse, and the people naturally did not dare to hesitate, and ten thousand arrows followed suit.

Mao Dun was very happy and rewarded the soldiers.

It happened that Mao Dun's beloved wife happened to pass by, Mao Dun looked at his wife's graceful figure, and suddenly, a thought came to his heart, a very cruel thought, and he decided to exchange his wife's life for the loyalty of his subordinates.

I saw Mao Dun slowly set up his bow and shot Ming Di at his beloved wife. The cavalry were stunned, but since Mao Dun had said something first, he didn't care who it was, he didn't care who it was, he took the bow and drew the arrow, and the princess was killed on the spot with a blank face! Several of the archers thought they were dazzled and did not shoot arrows. Mao Dun couldn't say anything, and stepped forward to kill those people on the spot.

Under Maudun's rigorous training, this cavalry unit was completely subordinate to Maudun.

Finally, one day, Maudon made the most important decision of his life, and he decided to change the power structure of the prairie.

All his humiliation and efforts, for this day.

He was confident that if he was the master of the land, he would do better and better than his father.

In order to be foolproof, he led the head of Mandanyu's war horse, so the trick was repeated and shot at the horse, the archers knew that shooting Shan Yu's horse was a capital crime, and not shooting was also a capital crime, but the power of Maudun still turned his heart sideways, and ten thousand arrows were fired together, and Shan Yu's mount was shot into a hedgehog. Mao Dun stepped forward and kicked the war horse that fell to the ground twice, he was very pleased, what he wanted was such an absolutely obedient army, and all this, at the moment when the war horse fell, had been realized.

In this vast and beautiful grassland, there can only be one king! Maudun thought to himself.

Whoever he was, as long as he stood in Maudun's way, Maudun would turn him into a cold corpse without hesitation.

The last moment has come, and if you don't succeed, you will succeed.

He then invited his father out hunting, and Tou Mandanyu agreed to his son's request. During the hunt, Mao Dun deliberately let his father go ahead, and he slowed down his horse to follow, set up his bow and arrow, and said silently in his heart: Changshengtian, please take back the soul of my father Hun Da Dan in sin!

Then he shot the Ming Di at Tou Man, and the trained archers who followed Mao Dun's side, saw Ming Di shoot out, and did not hesitate to shoot arrows with a bow, and Tou Man died immediately with ten thousand arrows piercing his heart.

After Mao Dun killed his father, he quickly returned to the army and swept away his stepmother's young brother and Touman's close ministers, and when all this was done, he established himself as Shan Yu and sat on the throne of Shan Yu, who was still warm.

Mao Dun seized the throne of the Huns by cruel means, although there are many people who are not convinced, but it is undeniable that he is a hundred times better than his father! The Xiongnu, a squeezed tribe, waited for hundreds of years to finally find an outstanding monarch.

The first country to be a stepping stone for Maudun was the Xiongnu's neighbor, Donghu.

When the king of Donghu heard that Mao Dun was newly established, he was in a panic, and wanted to have some fun, and planned to bully the old neighbor of the Xiongnu, so he deliberately sent people to provoke and asked Mao Dun to dedicate thousands of horses to Donghu State. Maudun asked the ministers about this, and the ministers all said: Our country only has a thousand-mile horse, and we can't give it! Mao Dun said: Donghu is adjacent to me, and I can't make enemies with my neighbors because of a horse.

Mao Dunli overrode public opinion and sent Maxima to the Donghu Kingdom.

Donghu took advantage of it and was happy: Mao Dun is really a soft bone, easy to bully!

Donghu Guojun decided to continue playing, and he sent someone to see Mao Dun, and in front of Mao Dun's ministers, he made a request that made everyone jaw-dropping. The words of the person who came were conveyed like this: Please Da Shan Yu give your Yan clan to me as a concubine of Donghu Guojun!

In more coarse words, it should be said like this: Lao Tzu has taken a fancy to your wife, give your wife to me!

I believe that as long as it is a man, when he hears this, he will immediately run up and beat that person to life and can't take care of himself! If you are ruthless, you have to go forward and cut him a few times, and then castrate him.

The ministers looked at Mao Dun and didn't get angry, and they were stunned: Could it be that he is not a man?

Maudun is a man, of course, but he is not an ordinary man, he is an extraordinary man, and an extraordinary man naturally has extraordinary practices.

Mao Dun asked his subordinates for advice, and the ministers were all indignant: The lord of Donghu is too deceitful, and even the lord of the country wants it! Please Shan Yu killed the envoy and led his troops to destroy the Donghu Kingdom!

Mao Dun thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said: You can't lose a neighboring country because of a woman, just a woman, give it to him!

Mao Dun once again agreed to the unreasonable request of the lord of Donghu and gave his wife to the lord of Donghu.

If the lord of Donghu stopped here, maybe no one would be able to understand Mao Dun's approach, and maybe these two compromises would become the laughing stock of his life, but the lord of Donghu continued to ask for it unreasonably as if he was addicted to opium.

This time, he greedily aimed at the land of the Xiongnu.

Mao Dun also convened a court meeting, and some of the ministers said yes, and some said no. But Mao Dun changed his cowardly image in the previous two times, and said angrily: Land is the foundation of the country, how can it be given to others?

He didn't say a word, and killed the envoys of Donghu State. Quickly reorganize the troops and horses, and march towards the Eastern Hu State.

In the court of Donghu State, the monarch of Donghu and the ministers speculated how much fertile land the envoy would bring back, and when it came to happiness, everyone laughed, and Donghu Guojun was even more proud, as if he saw the slave statue of Mao Dun licking his feet.

But waiting left and right, did not wait for the reply of the messenger, but waited for the black pressure of the Hun iron horse.

How so, how so, when did the Huns have so many cavalry? When the lord of Donghu saw the Hun cavalry, he was completely panicked.

The good men of the Huns, the eagles on the grassland, the people of Donghu, are insatiable, they want my war horses in the front, and they want to take my land in the back, warriors, can you bear this breath?

I can't bear it! Tens of thousands of iron horsemen responded in unison.

So what to do?

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Raise your sabers and fight your way! Avenge our sacrifices! Maudun shouted.

Under the command of Mao Dun, the Xiongnu iron cavalry rushed to the settlement of Donghu with lightning speed, and the king of Donghu hurriedly responded to the battle, without the power to parry, and the result can be imagined, this once invincible grassland power was wiped out in an instant.

The Xiongnu took advantage of the situation to expand everywhere, destroying Loulan, Lou Annoying Aries and other countries, defeating the Yue clan and forcing it to migrate westward.

After achieving great military feats and becoming the overlord of the prairie, he looked around, and finally looked to the east, the incomparably reverie Central Plains civilization, where legend has it that gold and silver were piled up and beautiful women gathered into clouds.

The Xiongnu's troops have been directed at the Yan Dynasty.