Chapter 4: The Grassland Eagle

One day in 209 BC, on the vast grassland in Mobei, it was early summer. The grass was growing wildly and wild flowers were in full bloom. From a distance, it was colorful and colorful, which was particularly pleasing to the eye!

Suddenly, a rapid sound of hooves came from the southwest. A young Hun in his twenties was covered in blood and was running desperately towards the northeast! Under his crotch, the tall Baijun, who was originally extremely divine, was panting at this time, and foaming at the corner of his mouth. It seemed that he had been running for a long time in a row!

Behind the young Huns, there were smoke and dust rolling and grass flying. A Yuezhi pursuer with hundreds of people, each with two horses, and the cavalry was chasing him. The leader was Huo Di, a general with a white skin, white battle robe and a huge scimitar in his hand. Huo Di chased and shouted: "Don't leave, leave your head!"

It turned out that the young Xiongnu who fled in front was the eldest son of the current Xiongnu king Touman Shanyu, the prince Maodun (he was the most outstanding leader in the history of the Xiongnu). The reason why he was chased by the Yuezhi cavalry alone was that he had a twists and turns in the past.

It turned out that when Maodun's mother was still alive, Maodun was very popular with his father Touman Shanyu. Later, Maodun's mother passed away, and Touman Shanyu fell in love with another concubine, Aliya. This Aliya gave birth to a son, Yingyang. In an instant, Maodun's status changed subtly. Touman Shanyu loved the house and Wu, so he wanted to make Yingyang the crown prince. However, because Maodun was the eldest son, he sent Maodun to the neighboring country Dayuezhi as a qualifier, hoping to slowly weaken Maodun's position in the hearts of the tribe, and to make Yingyang the crown prince in the future!

Originally, things could have continued peacefully like this, but who knew that Maodun's stepmother Aliya had always been jealous of Maodun and had to get rid of it quickly. So he encouraged Touman Shanyu to attack the Dayuezhi, hoping to use the Yuezhi people to get rid of Maodun. Touman did not respond at first, but later he could not withstand Aliya's soft and hard work. In addition, he had been separated from Maodun for several years and his relationship became even weaker, so he sent more than 100,000 troops to start attacking the Dayuezhi.

When the Yuezhi King was furious when he heard this, he wanted to kill Maodun to vent his anger! Maodun heard that it was not good, so he became wise and bribed the soldiers guarding him, stole a thousand-mile horse from Yuezhi Palace, escaped from Yuezhi Kingdom overnight, and sneaked to the Huns. So, when the Yuezhi King was furious, he sent several pursuers to catch Maodun to death and break up. This pursuer in Kuodi was one of them, and he had been chasing Maodun for four days and four nights. During this period, both sides fought repeatedly, but Maodun successfully escaped with the speed of the thousand-mile horse and his own archery skills. Grasp, both sides chased and fled, and then crossed the desert and advanced to the grassland in the northern desert!

While struggling his horse to gallop, Maodun gritted his teeth and watched back. A thick-wrapped arrow wound and two knife wounds gradually cracked during the violent running, reflecting a trace of blood. Maodun frowned, and suddenly a cold light flashed in his sharp eyes like an eagle. He secretly set his bow and arrow in front of him. When he turned around, he shot a wave of arrows at Kurodi!

During the pursuit of a few days, Kuodi was shot and killed dozens of people by Maodun, and he was already very alert. He suddenly saw Maodun suddenly turn around and knew something was wrong. He leaned over and heard a scream in his ears. Behind him, a cavalry screamed and one planted a horse backwards!

Huo Di was furious and stood up and shouted: "Damn Xiongnu barbarians, you have a bow. Do I have a Yuezhi people? Shoot for me!" The Yuezhi cavalry hurriedly opened their bows and shot randomly. Unfortunately, the two sides were far apart, and the Yuezhi cavalry did not have the strong bow and arm strength of Maodun. They were helpless, but were laughed in front of Maodun!

Huo Di was teased by Maodun for a few days, and was already furious. Now he heard Maodun's ridicule again, and almost burst into anger. He roared and waved his knife and shouted: "Chasing, chase me, chase him, chop him up, feed him, feed the eagle!" The Yuezhi cavalry hurriedly changed horses immediately and continued to chase him!

While Maodun was running away, the Qianlima under him suddenly staggered and almost fell down. Maodun was shocked and looked at the Qianlima under his seat. He saw that although this horse was majestic, it had run away for four days in a row. He had never rested several times and could not hold on. The corners of his mouth kept foaming at the corners of his mouth, and his speed began to slow down rapidly. Looking at the Yuezhi pursuers who were chasing closer and closer, Maodun couldn't help but sighed to the sky: "Oh my God, my heart is higher than the sky. Could it be that I just died silently without anything!"

Suddenly, a mangrove forest emerged from the horizon ahead, and was overjoyed. If you could enter the forest first, you could escape. You hurriedly whipped the thousand-mile horse that was almost collapsed and headed straight for the mangrove forest.

Seeing that there were only two or three hundred steps left, a cavalry of hundreds of people suddenly came out of the mangrove forest. Maodun was shocked at first and thought it was the Yuezhi pursuer, but when he saw it clearly, he was suddenly overjoyed: it was the Huns who attacked the front of the Yuezhi army.

Maodun hurriedly shouted: "Don't shoot arrows-! I am the prince Maodun, the Yuezhi people are chasing me, save me quickly!"

Hearing Maodun's cry for help, the Hun soldiers beside the mangroves stirred up, and then a general rushed over and shouted, "Is it Prince Maodun? I am Ahu'er!"

Mao Dun suddenly heard the familiar voice, and looked at the face of the person carefully. He was immediately ecstatic. He turned out to be his young friend, Ahuer, Ahuer, and hurriedly shouted: "Ahuer, I am Mao Dun, save me quickly!"

Seeing this, Ahu'er was shocked and hurriedly pulled a long scimitar and turned around and shouted, "The warriors of the Huns are our brave Prince Maodun. Kill me and defeat the Yuezhi people!" "Prince! Prince!..." The Hun soldiers shouted, and rushed over, rolled over Maodun, and immediately killed with the Yuezhi people.

The numbers of people on both sides were similar, but the Huns were waiting for their hard work. In just a moment, the Yuezhi people buried hundreds of corpses, unable to resist. Seeing that the situation was not good, he hurriedly shouted: "Retreat, retreat!" A group of war horses fled first, and the Yuezhi soldiers did not dare to fight, and then fled!

"Oh—! Oh—! Oh—!" Seeing that the Hun soldiers had retreated, they cheered excitedly. Ahuer did not order to pursue the enemy, and rushed back to see Maodun.

"Prince Maodun, are you okay? Ahu'er gave you a greeting!" Ahu'er ran to Maodun, flew off the horse and bowed! Maodun hurriedly staggered down his war horse and said, "Ahu'er, I'm fine, thank you for saving me!"

"Prince, you are injured!? Come, please get hurt for the prince!" When Ahu'er saw many bleeding on Maodun's body, he was immediately panicked and hurriedly supported Maodun and shouted that the witch doctor was injured for Maodun!

The witch doctor used some herbs to stop Maodun's blood, and then wrapped the wound again. It would be better to dance a dance to exorcise evil spirits to pray for Maodun. After the witch doctor finished his work, Ahuer quickly said, "Prince, aren't you in Yuezhi? Why are you here?"

Maodun smiled bitterly and said, "Don't mention it. My father Khan is going to attack the Great Yuezhi. The news came to the Yuezhi Kingdom. The Yuezhi King was furious and wanted to kill me. I became anxious and stole a thousand-mile horse and ran out. I ran for four days and four nights in a row, and the trip was more than two thousand miles. If you hadn't come to save me, I would have died this time!"

Ahuer sighed when she heard this, drove away the Hun soldiers around her and whispered: "Prince, I heard that the Shanyu sent troops this time was completely instigated by the concubine Aliya, but the wise kings on both sides did not agree to attack Yuezhi, and they were worried that they would hurt the prince. In the end, the Shanyu insisted on his own actions. The dissuasion of the kings was ineffective and could only send troops! I was worried about the safety of the prince, but I didn't expect that the prince would escape by being protected by the Great Kunlun God. It's really a blessing for me. This is my Huns!"

Upon hearing this, a ray of cold light flashed in Maodun's eyes and cursed fiercely: "Damn woman, as long as I don't die, I will not give up with you!" Gradually, Maodun calmed down and returned to his old view of not showing his emotions, as sharp as an eagle, and as calm as a mountain and rock!

"Ahuer, where is the army of Father Khan now?" Maodun asked suddenly. Ahuer said, "My branch is the vanguard of the Shanyu. The main force of the Shanyu is about fifty miles away. What is the prince asking about this?" Maodun said calmly: "I want to see Father Khan immediately!"

Ahu'er was shocked when she heard this, "Prince, will this be dangerous? You must know that the vicious woman is also by Shanyu's side!" Maodun stood up and his face was very calm: "Do I have any choice? I think no matter what, I am also the eldest son of Father Khan, and the legitimate heir of the Khan position. In addition, Xiang Wuxue, Father Khan should not do anything to me on the surface. The kings of the Khan court will support me out of orthodox thoughts. Although the evil woman wants to harm me, she may not be able to fulfill her wish! When I stand firm, I will settle the score with him slowly!"

Ahu'er thought about it for a moment and said, "Prince, I will protect you and go back together! If something goes wrong, I, Ahu'er, swear to the Kunlun God, that I will use my life to defend your safety!" Maodun was very moved when he heard this. He stretched out his hands and grabbed Ahu'er's shoulder tightly, and said in a deep voice: "Ahu'er, we have been good brothers who share life and death since childhood. Now you help me like this. If I become rich in the future, I will definitely not forget you!"

Ahu'er smiled and said, "Ahu'er has admired the prince's courage and wisdom since he was a child. Just like the birds respect the goshawks, it is my honor to serve you, and I don't want anything else!" Maodun laughed: "Good brother, come and see my father's khan!" "Prince wait!" Ahu'er called Maodun and turned around and said, "Come on, give the prince some dry food and a bag of horse milk wine!" A Hun soldiers handed Maodun a piece of dried meat and horse milk wine.

Maodun smiled, ate the dried meat and milk wine voraciously, then threw the wine bag, and laughed and said, "Go to the royal court!" Ahu'er shouted, "Go on the horse and go to the royal court with the prince!"

Immediately, Maodun and hundreds of Hun soldiers boarded the horses abandoned by the Yuezhi people and rushed towards the royal court!

The sight crossed the vast grassland, and then passed a rushing river and a curved ridge. By the small lake under the ridge, tens of thousands of white curtains dotted with blue and beautiful lakes like white clouds!

In these tens of thousands of tents, there is a huge tent that is nearly ten feet high, surrounded by countless small tents like stars holding the moon. The huge wolf flag, golden spire, and snow-white tent cloth all show its prominent position. This is the royal gold tent of the Great Khan of the Xiongnu!

In the distance, a cavalry rushed into the camp with a whip, shouting, "Prince Maodun is back! Prince Maodun is back!..." This series of screams instantly exploded the originally calm camp site. The Hun soldiers who heard it were real came out of the camp and asked in surprise what was going on!

Before the galloping archery arrived at the royal court quickly, he stumbled off his horse, held the tassel on his head, and said to the guards in front of the golden tent: "I have something urgent to see the Great Chanyu!" When the guards in the golden tent heard this, they quickly lifted the curtain and went in to return: "Dear Great Chanyu, there are some archers and urgent requests for rewards!"

Touman Shanyu was discussing matters with the Left and Left and King Guli, and suddenly heard the guards' return, waved the golden tent in his hand and said, "Let him in!" Then he smiled at the generals beside him and said, "Our eagle must have brought good news!"

The Hun generals looked at each other and smiled as if they were dealing with it.

Maodun has been known for his bravery and outstanding wisdom in the Xiongnu tribe since he was a child. In addition, his mother has always treated many people very well, so he is very popular among the Xiongnu tribe. He is far more favorable than the ruthless concubine Aliya and the young Prince Yingyang are loved by the Xiongnu generals. Now the Touman Chanyu clearly wants to help Aliya get rid of Maodun. The Hun generals dare not say it, but they do not agree in their hearts, so their morale is not high!

The scammer was summoned into the tent and said excitedly: "Dear Da Shanyu, the villain is the subordinate of General Ahuer, the little king. When he was out of the fork in the morning, he met Prince Maodun who fled back from the Great Yuezhi Kingdom and rescued him. Now the prince is being escorted by General Ahuer to the golden tent!"

As soon as this said, Touman Shanyu was stunned and forgot to speak for a moment. But the generals in the tent were overjoyed. King Youguli was Maodun's mother's younger brother. Hearing this, he hurriedly stood up, raised his hands above his head, and praised: "Dear Kunlun God, I praise you, thank you for helping our prince escape from danger!" The other generals also rushed to ask carefully, and Touman Shanyu's face became even more embarrassing!

At this moment, there was a sound of cheering outside the tent: "Prince! Prince! Prince!..." The generals in the tent could not sit still and rushed out of the tent. In the distance, tens of thousands of Hun soldiers were raising their swords to cheer at a tall and mighty young man, and it was Prince Maodun who had been away from the Huns for three or four years!

"It's indeed Prince Maodun!..." The generals were overjoyed and talked a lot. At this time, Touman Chanyu, who could not sit still in the tent, also stepped out of the tent and saw his eldest son galloping on the horse. His cool and heroic posture also made the bravest rider on the grassland feel admired, and his firm face had already lost the childishness of several years ago: "The little eagle has grown up!" Touman felt sad. After all, his father and son's nature suddenly felt guilty!

Before Maodun ran to the royal court, he suddenly saw his father. His heart suddenly twitched, and an unexplained relationship immediately surged into his heart: Is it the joy of the father and son reunion? Or the hatred of his father who ignored his life and death? Maodun was difficult to tell.

But Maodun showed nothing on the surface. He just jumped off the horse, ran a few steps, fell in front of Touman, and shouted: "Father Khan, Maodun is back!"

Looking at his grown-up son, Touman was happy and ashamed. Thinking of his ex-wife who had told him to take good care of Maodun before his death, Touman was immediately mixed with emotion. He hurriedly helped Maodun up, looked carefully at his son who had not seen for several years, and said with emotion: "I haven't seen him for several years, the eagle's wings have grown hard and can fly! Wang'er, I'm sorry for you!" Touman below was a little choked up for a moment, and was unable to speak!

Maodun seemed to have forgotten his previous grievances for a moment, and comforted Touman and said, "Don't say anything more! The Yuezhi people have always been in conflict with me, the Huns, and there is nothing wrong with the father Khan attacking the Yuezhi people! Look, the Yuezhi people can't do anything to me?"

Touman was even more ashamed for a moment and suddenly asked, "Yes, Wang'er, how did you escape from the territory of the Yuezhi people?"

Maodun said, "Father Khan, let's talk about it before you get it!" Touman nodded anxiously and said, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and thrusts into the gold tent, and the cheers outside the tent were still endless!

After everyone sat down, Maodun detailed the escape situation in recent days with Touman and the generals, which made everyone feel thrilling and sweating!

When King Youguli heard this, he burst into tears and said, "It's really the Kunlun God that the King of Maodun can still escape safely when facing such a danger! In the future, I must offer the richest sacrifice to the Kunlun God!"

Touman also praised: "Wang'er is really a warrior! He escaped for more than 2,000 miles against hundreds of pursuers alone, and killed dozens of Yuezhi cavalry. He is truly a great man in the Huns!"

A Zuo Daduhu said: "The Great Shanyu, now Prince Maodun has returned to our Huns and is already an adult. Then he should perform his duties as a prince and share his worries for the Great Shanyu!" The generals heard it: Yes, if Prince Maodun has the power to protect himself in the future, he must have military power in his hands, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!

At this moment, the generals agreed that although there were some oppositions from the concubine Aliya, she was outnumbered and was soon overwhelmed by the saliva of the generals!

Touman felt guilty, and when he saw Maodun so outstanding, he wanted to make compensation. He immediately said, "Since that's the case, my Huns have sages of the princes and wise men as Zuo Tuqi. Ben Shanyu appointed Prince Maodun as Zuo Tuqi and generals to "Ten Thousand Cavalry". What do the generals think?"

At this moment, the generals were overjoyed: Prince Maodun had 10,000 cavalry in his hand, so he could protect himself. He hurriedly replied: "The Great Shanyu Shengming!" Maodun was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed: "Maodun thanked his father's khan!"

At this moment, a sharp voice shouted, "I don't agree!" Everyone was stunned and looked at him with their eyes, but it was the concubine Ali who came to the scene!

Touman Chanyu was a little afraid and loved Aliya very much. He smiled and said with a smile: "Yan (the official name of Princess Shanyu), look at how brave and brave the King Maodun is, and he can escape safely from the Yuezhi palace, and is deeply loved by our Xiongnu people. It is really a popular choice for everyone to take office as King Zuo Tuqi. How do you object?"

Aliya was speechless for a moment, but she said a little tricked: "I don't care. Anyway, I don't agree. Why can he be the King Zuo Tuqi? My son is a short prince. Da Shanyu, you can't be biased!"

The generals heard it sincerely and were furious. Among the nomadic peoples like the Huns, women have a low status and are not allowed to interfere in politics. In the past, Aliya repeatedly interfered in the Huns' government affairs, but most of them were behind the scenes. In view of Touman Shanyu, the generals were too tolerant. Unexpectedly, they were so excessive today that they dared to scatter at the royal court meeting, which made the generals irritate their hearts and lungs!

At that moment, King Youguli jumped up and said with his hair upside down: "Da Shanyu, my Xiongnu ancestral teachings, the Yan clan cannot interfere in politics. Today, you should take the ancestral teachings of my Xiongnu seriously?? Do you still take the supreme royal court meeting seriously??" At that time, the Huns had just entered the slave society, and the prestige of the Shanyu was not so noble and inviolable, so the generals sometimes dared to argue with the Great Shanyu!

King Zuo Xian was the most powerful general among the Huns. He was dissatisfied with this and said: "The Great Shanyu, King Zuo Tuqi has always been an older and virtuous prince to take over. This is the prescribed example of my Huns. Some people are tempted, okay, let's talk about it when his seven-year-old son becomes an adult!" The generals laughed, and Aliya's face turned red!

Seeing that Aliya was angry and felt guilty towards Maodun, Touman Shanyu also said sternly: "Yan, my Shanyu has made up his mind, so you don't have to say anything anymore! Why don't you go down quickly!" Aliya was so angry that she stamped her feet and went out of the tent in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that he finally got a chance to punish this vicious woman, King Youguli hurriedly said: "The Great Shanyu and the Yan family interfered in government affairs and roared at the royal court. They all violated the ancestral teachings of our Huns. Please punish the Great Shanyu!" After hearing this, all the generals looked at him and saw how he answered.

When Touman heard this, he was a little unhappy and beat him up, "Forget it, forget it, is it a woman? The king returned today, and he was very happy, why bother to save his interest!" King Youguli was still reluctant to give up, but saw King Zuo Xian winked at him, so he had to hold his breath and sit down!

Maodun also gritted his teeth in his heart. Not only did he hate this vicious stepmother, but he was also very dissatisfied with Touman's weakness, but he said calmly: "Father Khan, after the war between the Huns and Qin, we have just recovered a little bit of vitality, so it is not appropriate to fight the powerful Yuezhi again! Moreover, now the Donghu is strong and threatens our country's back. If our army is trapped in attacking Yuezhi, if the Donghu takes the opportunity to attack, our Xiongnu will never have the power to deal with the enemy. At that time, there may be disasters of destroying the country! Therefore, according to my son's opinion, it is better to withdraw the troops for the time being and send envoys to repair the Yuezhi, and wait until our Xiongnu's soldiers are strong and horses are strong, then settle the old stakes with Qin and Yuezhi! I wonder what my father Khan thinks?"

Touman originally didn't want to attack Yuezhi, but now after hearing what Maodun said, he immediately went downstairs and said, "What Wang'er said is reasonable, what are the generals?" The generals were unwilling to fight a battle with Yuezhi without their vitality, and immediately agreed in unison.
Chapter completed!