The Villain System of Mingyue in Qin Dynasty.

Chapter 34 Demons

In the land of Hetao, east of Helan Mountain and south of Yellow River, on the vast alluvial plain, camps are like beads, cattle and sheep are flocked, and war horses are neighing.The future Daqin Fuping County is still occupied by the Xiongnu.The Huns were never a hospitable nation, but on this day they had guests.

The Huns lived on nomadic herds, and the grasslands, cattle and sheep, and war horses and strong bows were all they lived.Relying on strong bows and horses, for hundreds of years, they have been harassing and looting the people of China whose economy is based on farming.

The Xiongnu was never a country with centralized royal power like the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, but an organization similar to a tribal alliance.

The former general of Zhao State, Li Mu, defeated the Hu people allied forces at Yanmen, killing more than [-] horses.Since the war, the Xiongnu and Donghu have been severely damaged, and the Hu people have not dared to go south to herd horses for more than ten years.

After the Qin Dynasty, Wang Jian set up a plan of alienation, and Zhao Wangzhong planned to kill Li Mu unjustly. Li Mu died and the Zhao state was destroyed.Taking advantage of the gap between Qin's destruction of the six kingdoms, the Huns seized the opportunity and returned some territories to the south over the years.However, for a nomadic people like the Xiongnu, the amount of land is not the most important thing. The strength of a Xiongnu tribe is measured by the number of warhorses under its population.

In the process of the Huns going south.Man, the leader of the first Xiongnu tribe, stood out from the crowd.Over the years, he gradually annexed the various tribes of the Xiongnu, gathered the cattle and sheep people of each tribe, and made the warriors of all the Xiongnu tribes concentrated under his banner.

And he was called Shanyu by the people of the Xiongnu tribe, Tauman Shanyu.Since his inception, the Huns have ceased to be the loose tribal alliance they used to be, but a unified slave state.

However, the unified Xiongnu was still a weak Xiongnu.Right now, it has the mighty Donghu to the east and the mighty Da Yuezhi to the west.There are many small tribes to the north.To the south is the mighty Da Qin.

In Touman's royal tent, Touman Shanyu, who was in his prime at this time, was discussing matters in the tribe in the tent.Having just settled a civil strife, he is worried about the loss of cattle, sheep and horses.

"My Xiongnu warriors did not lose much in this battle, but the damaged weapons, tents, and horses died in the thousands. The dead cattle and sheep, because they were not salted enough, were all rotten. We have now There is not enough food to survive this current crisis."

Touman Shanyu's meaning is very clear, they are going to do their old jobs again.

Among Touman's subordinates, an old man came out. He was an old shaman among the Xiongnu, and his status was respected.The old shaman said worriedly: "Chanyu, we have just experienced a major war. Is it too early to start a war with the forces in the east, west and south? Although there are many tribes in the north, most of them are curled up in the ice and snow. Beizheng, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses.”

Touman also understood the predicament at this time. The Xiongnu was originally a hungry wolf, but now the wolf could not find a place to speak.The forces around him are too strong, the only weak north, but there is not much oil and water.

At this moment, there was a loud noise outside the tent.

Touman was thinking about countermeasures when he heard the noise outside the tent and shouted, "What happened? Why is it so noisy?"

A subordinate outside the tent walked in, "Reporting to Shanyu, a caravan of Nanbanzi came from the tribe and brought a lot of items. Including rouge, jewelry, fur, and horses, Mrs. Yan took the ladies to go. selected."

"Horses?" Touman Shanyu wondered, "When will it be Nanmanzi's turn to sell horses to us? Go and have a look."

Touman took his men out of the big tent, and two carriages were parked on the empty grass not far from the king's tent.A businessman with four or five subordinates is selling all kinds of delicate jewelry to his women.

However, these are not the reasons for attracting Touman's attention.What really surprised him was that a sturdy horse was neighing in the middle of the two cars.

As a Xiongnu's Shanyu, Touman was naturally someone who knew horses, and was immediately attracted to this horse.

Touman approached to watch, and his wives and concubines avoided one way.Touman's eyes shone with light, his rough hands stroked the horse's soft hair, as if he cherished the white ketone body of a woman, and said in love, "Good horse, good horse!"

But he immediately felt wrong, and said to the smirking businessman beside him: "This horse is very different from the horses on the grassland, and it shouldn't be a horse produced in your Nanbanzi area. Where did you get it?"

The businessman flattered and said, "Shan Yu's knowledge is really extraordinary. This horse is from Wuche City."

"Five-car city? Although Ben Shanyu doesn't know much about your Nanbanzi, when did this five-car city appear?"

"Haha!" The businessman smiled and said, "Wuche City is a city built by the fourteenth son of the Great Qin, Anxi Jun, Ying Ziyi, led by [-] soldiers and more than [-] immigrants on the border of Longxi. After he built the city , and reached a commercial agreement with the Da Yuezhi in the west. This horse was brought back from the Western Regions by his caravan. Later, it fell into the hands of the villain. "

"Commercial business, what is the scale?"

"The horses and horses are like dragons. Every month, more than a dozen caravans go to the Western Regions through the city of five cars."

"So, this Ying Ziyi is also an amazing person. How old is he?"

"Seven!"

"Ah?" Touman thought he had heard something wrong. After he confirmed with the merchant again, he learned that the so-called Anxi Jun was really only seven years old.

At this moment, a sense of greed appeared in Touman's heart unconsciously, a seven-year-old child, a population of more than [-], and countless caravan goods.

"Shan Yu..."

"What's wrong?" Touman came back to his senses and found that the businessman was staring at him.

"This horse..." the merchant asked softly.

"I bought this horse. I'll go get the gold with my minister later!" Touman laughed, feeling happy, and turned back to the tent.

It's just that Touman didn't notice that when he turned around, the businessman lowered his head, and the flattering face disappeared in an instant, replaced by a gloomy sneer.

At night, in the shaman's tent, Touman was waiting anxiously.The old shaman was dancing around the altar at this time.

The moonlight slanted down from the ventilation hole left at the top of the tent, shining on the still water in the groove in the center of the altar.When the moon in the water was about to be full, the old shaman stopped his movements and knelt down, with an unparalleled look of piety on his face, praying for something.

The water is already full moon.A layer of green light shone on the old shaman's body, and in the blink of an eye, he threw himself into the purified water and disappeared.The old shaman also seemed to have used up all his strength and collapsed to the ground.

Touman hurriedly stepped forward to support him and asked, "What happened?"

I saw that the old shaman's face was full of fear, and his wrinkled face was already curved and not humanoid.He grabbed Touman's hand tightly, and said in a weak voice, "Chanyu, you...you can't...you absolutely can't mess with that Nanren, he...he's a demon from hell. If you mess with him, you'll mess with it. A boundless calamity. The downfall of our great Xiongnu will be inevitable, even overturned."

Touman frowned, it was the first time he saw the old shaman like this. "In this case, I should destroy him even more. While he is still a child!"

Touman said firmly, he stood up, and instructed the attendant beside him, "You take good care of the old shaman, and I have to discuss the specifics of this operation."

"Yes!"

"Shanyu...Shanyu...!" In the tent, there was only the old shaman's almost pleading voice.

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Ying Ziyi, a classmate known as the evil ghost, had no idea that the Xiongnu tribe, thousands of miles away, had already set his sights on him.

He was standing on the newly built city wall of Wuchecheng at the moment, experimenting with the ballista newly built by Gongshuyi.

"Let one more wild deer." Ying Ziyi waved his hand, and the guards under the city wall released a wild deer that had just been hit from the cage.The wild deer was freed and rushed out desperately.