Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 547
Shahukou, also known as Shahukou, is the famous West Gate in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has always been the main road connecting the north and the south. However, due to the different background and situation, the pre-Qin and Warring States periods did not pay enough attention to this pass. , there is no power to renovate and strengthen the Great Wall, so in this era, the Killing Tiger Pass is just a very common pass. There is not even a market, and there are no decent fortifications. As a result, this time the Huns committed southern crimes through this pass to kill the wild goose. In the hinterland of the gate, when retreating and fleeing, they also used this place to escape back to the grassland.

Xiang Zhuang, who was not particularly talented, finally got a glimpse of the future this time. On the way to escape to the north, it was indeed not Maodun who led the army to kill the tiger's mouth. The wounded chieftain of the Xiongnu, and dozens of defeated soldiers of the Huns under his command.

To the surprise of the Xiongnu Baichang, when he rushed to the vicinity of the Shahukou where the two mountains faced each other, a small camp was built with a few tents on the ruins of the Shahukou pass that had been deliberately razed by the Huns before. Some Han soldiers were active on the ruins, and they didn't know whether they were serving as sentry posts or preparing to rebuild the Shahukou.Because Nanlai was exhausted, people were exhausted, and he didn't know how many enemies there were. For the sake of caution, the centurion of the Xiongnu could only quickly order his soldiers to stop advancing. He was going to find out the enemy's situation before deciding whether to rush directly or retreat a little. Wait for reinforcements.

"The Xiongnu barbarians are coming! Run! Run!"

The reaction of the soldiers of the Han army surprised the Huns once again. Seeing the appearance of the Huns cavalry, the group of Han soldiers fled to the depths of the mountains and forests to the west. It was obvious that they did not have the courage to fight the Huns cavalry.Seeing this, the Xiongnu Baichang was secretly happy, so he hurriedly led his soldiers to continue northward, and came to the camp near the camp left by the Han soldiers. Then, before the Xiongnu Baichang had a clear view of the camp, the smell of food has got into his nose.

"There is something to eat!"

Tired and hungry, the centurion of the Xiongnu hurriedly looked around, and soon saw a big golden sheep roasted on the bonfire of the Han army camp, with several stacks of baked bread next to it, and several other sheep. Fragrant broth was also cooking on the bonfire. The Xiongnu Baichang, who had just gnawed a few mouthfuls of dried meat on the way to escape, was naturally overjoyed when he saw this. He hurriedly dismounted and rushed forward. , His soldiers also cheered and rushed forward, fighting to share the food left by the soldiers of the Han army.

During this period, several Xiongnu soldiers, of course, first set their sights on the deliciously roasted big sheep, and couldn't wait to take it out of the fire and take a knife to cut it up. Seeing this, the Xiongnu Baichang was moved in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute, just eat other things, don't move this sheep."

"Baichang, why?" Several Hun cavalrymen asked strangely.

"Leave it to us, the Great Khan." The Hun Baichang replied: "The Great Khan took us to the north to retreat, and he must be tired and hungry now. As his loyal subjects, we must of course keep the best things. give him."

After the explanation, the Hun Baichang smiled and said: "When the Khan was the most hungry, we left the best things for him. He must be happy to see him, and then he will treat us badly. You don't understand yet." ?"

Several Xiongnu soldiers realized that for the sake of rewards and promotion, the Xiongnu soldiers present hurriedly nodded and said: "The Baichang is right, as the subjects of the Great Khan, we should leave the best things to the Great Khan." .”

"Eat something else." The Baichang Xiongnu casually grabbed a few pieces of bread and threw them to the Xiongnu soldiers carrying the sheep, saying one after another: "Wrap up this sheep, and find a chance to offer it to the Khan later, even if there is no chance, We can share it when we are hungry."

Although a bit reluctant, in order to please their superiors and Mao Dun, several Hun soldiers chose to wrap the roasted whole lamb with the tent cloth left by the soldiers of the Han army, and handed it over to the Hun chief to take care of it himself, and then caught the whole lamb. The rest of the food left by the soldiers of the Han army was used to share the food. Fortunately, the group of timid Han soldiers left a lot of food, not only enough for the defeated Huns to share food, but even their horses were given some food.

While drinking the broth to the top, more Hun defeated soldiers had already arrived at the scene. Afraid of being robbed of their credit by their superiors, the Hun chief hurriedly tied the roasted whole lamb to his horse, and led The soldiers under his command hurriedly crossed the Killing Tiger Pass, and went to the open place to the north to wait for Maodun's arrival.

On Maodun's side, after rushing past the blocking position of the Shanwu Han army, in order to gather the soldiers, Maodun decisively ordered the guards to unfurl their white-haired sweat flag again, and led the defeated Xiongnu brigade to the north quickly. It was also very smooth. After crossing the tiger-killing mouth, he fled north to the open grassland.

After returning to the endless grassland again, Mao Dun heaved a long sigh of relief, picked a gentle hill to stop to rest, raised his sweat flag to gather the defeated soldiers, and seized the time to regroup .As a result, Mao Dun secretly rejoiced that even though he suffered a big defeat at Bantian Ridge, was pursued by the Han army all the way, and was blocked by the Han army outside Shanwu City, he finally followed him. The defeated Huns who fled back to the grasslands are conservatively estimated to have 10,000+ troops. Generally speaking, the Huns still have vitality. A sure thing.

Not only that, most of the Xiongnu nobles also successfully fled back to the grasslands. Not long after the white-haired banner was erected on the high ground, important officials of the Huns such as Zuoxian King, Zuo Guli King, and Zuo Rijian King returned to Modun one after another. In front of the ten kings of the Xiongnu, apart from King Youri Wenyu, who stayed behind on the grassland, and King Youxian who had already died in battle, only Youri Zhuwang was missing. In front of Dun, he greeted his health and flattered him.

Looking around at the Xiongnu nobles around him, seeing that most of them were depressed, and there was no smile on their faces, Mouton couldn't help laughing, and said: "Why are you so ugly? We lost this battle, but we Most of the army is still there. Even if we can’t defeat the main force of the barbarians in the Central Plains, the frontier army used to deal with the barbarians is still enough! Make me happy, and celebrate that we can bring so many troops back to the grassland, and have the opportunity to find the Central Plains in the future The barbarians took revenge."

It was only after listening to Mao Dun's encouragement that the nobles of the Xiongnu forced out some smiles, and Zang Tu also hurriedly spoke flatteringly in the still very blunt Xiongnu language: "The Khan is not arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat, I admire you. Yes, although we accidentally suffered a defeat, most of our army is still there, and under the wise leadership of the Great Khan, within a few years, we will be able to go south again and seek revenge from the tyrant army."

Mao Dun nodded again and again, and he was really confident that he could make a comeback soon, and he would never be in a slump, but just after nodding his head, Mao Dun heard his stomach growl, and then remembered that he was on the way to escape from the north. Before he had time to take a bite, he greeted the nobles of the Xiongnu present: "Sit down and rest for a while, eat something by the way, and then discuss how we should go next."

According to Maodu's order, all the nobles of the Xiongnu who were present sat on the ground one after another, and the guards quickly took out the dried meat and offered it to Maodu. He ran up to Mao Dun, and said: "Khan, one of our hundred chiefs sent a roast lamb, saying it is for you to satisfy your hunger."

"Roasted lamb?" Tired and hungry, Mao Dun's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ordered: "Quick, bring him up."

According to Maodun's order, the former Xiongnu Baichang came to Maodun with the roasted whole lamb he found at Shahukou before, respectfully offered the roasted lamb to Maodun, and begged Maodun to eat it, and Maodun saw you Naturally, he was both happy and surprised, and hurriedly asked the Xiongnu Baichang: "How did you find this roast lamb?"

"Back to the big sweat, it was the villain who found it in the barbarian's camp." The Hun chief first told the general story of how he found the roasted whole lamb, and then said flatteringly: "The villains are tired and hungry. , we all wanted to share this roast lamb on the spot, but we thought that you must be more tired and hungry, so we held back our greed and specially kept this lamb for you."

Seeing that the roasted whole lamb was indeed intact, it was enough to prove the loyalty of the subjects and soldiers to him. Of course, Mao Dun was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Okay, since this is your loyalty, then Ben Khan will accept it." Down. Ben Khan doesn't want your things for nothing. From now on, you will be a thousand leaders. You will be rewarded with a hundred cattle and sheep, twenty male and female slaves, and a thousand gold. In addition, your subordinates will also be rewarded with ten gold and ten sheep. Only, one slave for each male and female."

The Hun Baichang was of course overjoyed when he heard that, he quickly kowtowed to thank Modu, and left happily. When he drew out his knife and was about to divide it, he suddenly saw that the Xiongnu nobles headed by King Zuo Xian were all staring at the roasted golden sheep, all of them were salivating. Greeting: "Let's do it, let's share this roast lamb. King Donghulu, you must be hungry too, come over and eat some."

"Thank you, Khan." The nobles of the Xiongnu were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly cut up the mutton with their knives. Zang Tu, with a flattering face, first cut off a roasted lamb leg and offered it to Maodun with both hands, and then he couldn't wait. He cut off a piece of roast lamb and stuffed it in his mouth to chew.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m too hungry or because the soldiers of the Han army are skilled, or because of both reasons. In short, all the nobles of the Xiongnu, including Maodun, felt that they were eating roasted lamb that was warm and salty. I have never eaten such delicious mutton in my life, King Zuo Xian said vaguely while eating the mutton, "Delicious, delicious, why have I never eaten such delicious roast mutton before?"

The famished Mouton gnawed the whole leg of lamb into his belly almost in a short time, and then wiped his mouth with grease. Seeing several Huns nobles still reluctantly gnawing on the bare mutton bones, Mouton Couldn't help but smiled again, and said: "Don't be so embarrassing by eating, if you are not full, take some jerky to satisfy your hunger, and then go to Huang Qihai to find our tribesmen, as long as you meet our tribesmen, how much is the roast mutton?" how many."

"Khan, Huang Qihai is too close to Shanwu, will the barbarians continue to go north to hunt us down?" Zuo Xianwang hurriedly asked.

"Of course you can't stay in Huangqihai for too long." Mao Dun replied: "When we arrived at Huangqihai, we found our tribesmen, and then immediately took them north to Shanyuting. Shan Yuting who dared to chase us."

After finishing speaking, Mao Dun said casually: "King Zuo Xian, you have lost the most this time. How about this, the fifteen tribes that Ben Khan deprived from King You Xian before will be distributed to you as compensation. You Gu Li King, Ben Khan now confers on you the Right Worthy King, and the other kings will be promoted one by one, as for the vacant right day to be the king..."

Speaking of this, Mao Dun hesitated for a moment, then turned to Zang Tu and said, "King Donghulu, you will take over as Youri Zhuwang."

"Let this subject be promoted to You Ri Zhu Wang?"

Zang Tu was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears. The Xiongnu nobles next to him were in an uproar. Should Shan Yu's son be in charge?"

"The rules can be changed." Mao Dun said coldly: "This time we were defeated and suffered heavy losses. In the next few years, we will definitely not be able to go south in a big way, but we have to avenge our revenge. We must find a way to break it. King Donghu Lu is familiar with the situation in Yandi in the Central Plains. Let him be the king of Youri Zhu. It will be much easier for King Lu to bribe and instigate them in the future."

Explaining the reason why he reused Zang Tu, Mao Dun said lightly: "That's it. Donghulu King is promoted to Youri Zhuwang. Except that he is not qualified to inherit Shanyu, other powers remain unchanged."

Zang Tu was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly kowtowed to Mao Dun, and said with tears, "The Khan trusts his subordinates so much, even if the subordinates are smashed to pieces, it will be difficult to repay the great Khan's great kindness."

"Get up." Mao Dun said lightly: "When we return to Shan Yuting, Ben Khan will officially seal you as You Ri Zhu Wang and let you lead You Ri Zhu Wang's tribe and army. The old ministries of the land tried their best to break the blockade of food and salt imposed by the barbarians of the Central Plains, and at least solve the problem of salt for us.”

Zang Tu repeatedly agreed, and hurriedly thanked Mao Dun again and again, repeatedly promising that he would try his best to break the trade blockade of the Han army. Mao Dun nodded and looked at the Huns army under the low hill. After leaving his team, he stood up and said, "Let's go, first retreat to Daihai and rest, then go north..., ouch."

Speaking of this, Mao Dun suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, so he subconsciously covered his stomach, looked around to find a suitable place to defecate, Zang Tu guessed from his words and expressions that Mao Dun wanted to defecate, and hurriedly took off his coat , Said to the guards of Modun: "Everyone, surround yourself with clothes, and ask the king to show respect."

The guards sang promises, hurriedly imitating Zang Tu to undress and build the tent, and respectfully invited Maodun to come in and out, but just as Maodun squatted down in the temporary tent, Zuo Xianwang went in, clutching his stomach, and said with a wry smile: "Big sweat!" Forgive me, there is something wrong with my stomach."

Mao Dun never haggled with his subordinates on such trivial matters, he nodded and asked Zuo Xianwang to squat beside him, but Zuo Xianwang had just taken off his pants and squatted down, Zuo Rizhuwang unexpectedly followed in and out of respect, Then the left and right Guli kings and the left and right Jianjiang kings also did the same, their stomachs were already hurting more and more, Mao suddenly saw it strangely, and couldn't help but said: "What's going on? It's such a coincidence that my stomach hurts?"

"Big Khan forgives the sin, the pain is really unbearable." King Youguli, who came in last, replied with a wry smile, and then groaned twice.

At this time, something that surprised Mao Dun even more happened. Zang Tu, who was undressing and building a tent, also squatted in, and said helplessly, "Please forgive me, my lord, ouch, my stomach also suddenly hurts." Woke up."

One person is a coincidence, two people are a coincidence, three people are a miracle, but six of the ten kings of the Huns present, as well as Mao Dun himself and Zang Tu, eight people are suffering from severe pain in the stomach at the same time and need to give up. Mao Dun immediately understood The situation was extremely wrong, and after thinking about it for a while, Mao Dun couldn't help being shocked, and blurted out: "Could it be that the roasted lamb just now was poisonous? Otherwise, how could all of us who ate roasted lamb happen to have stomach pains?"

"Ouch! That's right, otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?" King Zuo Xian came back to his senses again, and hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up, bring the centurion who offered the sheep just now, ouch, catch him quickly!"

When the guards led the way, Maodun, who ate the most roasted lamb, not only felt more pain in his stomach, but his eyes gradually began to spin, and his limbs were throbbing (convulsions). He yelled, "Quick, quick! Bring the medical staff quickly, and find a way to detoxify Ben Khan, quickly find a way to detoxify Ben Khan! Ouch! Quick!"

God made a big joke with Mao Dun, allowing Mao Dun to escape the poisonous arrows of the Han army agents by chance, but sent a roasted whole lamb covered with arsenic on the inside and outside to Mao Dun, and let Mao Dun He ate it unprepared, and before the medical staff was brought in front of Maodu, Maodu fell into his own bloody stool, convulsed all over his body, gradually lost consciousness, and his mouth Blood flowed out gradually, and no matter how anxious the guards were, crying and shaking, Mo Dun never woke up again...

"Khan—! Khan! You can't leave! We still count on you to take us to the barbarians for revenge!"

"King Zuoxian—! King Guli—! King Rizhu—!"

"King Donghulu! Why can't you do it?"

The nephew of the Xiangkang family, Xiang's almost child's play poison trap, played a miraculous effect, and also created a huge assassination miracle. Not only did he successfully poison the Xiongnu Shanyu Modun, but he also poisoned the Xiongnu's Zuo Xian King and Zuo Guli King in one fell swoop. , Zuo Rijian Wang, Zuo Ri Zhu Wang, and Zang Tu, the largest leading party of this era, the Hulu King of the Huns!So much so that after Xiang Kang knew about this situation, he never dared to touch the food sent by his nephew Xiang it all his life, and had to arrange two eunuchs to test the poison for him.Also, when the adulterers of later generations are about to murder their husbands, they must first pay homage to Xiang it's spiritual position, and pray that Xiang it will bless their poisoning success.

Xiang It's child's play poisoning directly led to chaos on the grassland. Because Maodun died too suddenly and did not have time to designate a successor, after receiving the news, the Huns left and right in the grassland, King Wen Yutao, quickly fought for it. Shan Yuhan's big fight not only made the Huns no longer have the strength to go south to invade the grassland, but also made the Huns gradually split hundreds of years in advance.

(End of this chapter)