On the plains, Mao Dun was leading 30,000 cavalrymen.
As the eldest son of Touman, Mao Dun originally thought that he was the best candidate for the second Chanyu of Xiongnu.
In the beginning, the situation was indeed the same. Tou Man cared for Mao Dun very much. During the war, he always brought Mao Dun by his side, teaching him by words and example, hoping that Mao Dun could become a qualified Chanyu.
However, ever since Mao Dun's mother passed away and Touman married a new Consort and gave birth to a son, everything had changed.
Compared to Mao Dun, who led troops to fight outside and began to have his own ideas, who often disagreed with Touman and felt that Touman was addicted to enjoyment and lacked initiative, his youngest son, who had always been by his side, was more obedient and sensible, and he was better at bootlicking.
Coupled with the pillow talk of the new Consort, Touman gradually felt that his eldest son, Mao Dun, was not good enough. He wanted to depose Mao Dun as the heir and make his younger son the new heir.
However, considering that Mao Dun already had his own tribe and army, as well as many supporters in the royal court, Tou Man did not make a move.
However, on the way to the main tent, Mao Dun had already heard some news.
In order to form an alliance with the Great Yue Clan, Tou Man wanted to send Mao Dun to the Great Yue Clan as a hostage in exchange for their trust.
Mao Dun was about to explode.
The tribes of the Great Prairie were all barbaric people.
There was no credibility to speak of.
If he allied with the Da Yue Clan today, they might start fighting again in a few days.
Once they started fighting, wouldn't he become the Da Yue Clan's punching bag?
According to the customs of the grasslands, the Da Yue Clan would definitely kill Mao Dun and sacrifice him to the flag. Then, Tou Man could change his successor and declare war on the Da Yue Clan in the name of avenging Mao Dun.
Mao Dun was terrified just thinking about this situation.
However, even though he already had a certain prestige in the tribe and had 30,000 elite cavalry under him, he still had a lot of power.
However, Touman was the founder of the entire Xiongnu royal court. His prestige and power in the tribe were incomparable to Mao Dun's.
Helplessly, Mao Dun could only bite the bullet and accept it, pretending not to know about this matter and waiting for the opportunity to turn the tables.
In any case, on the Great Prairie, there was no such thing as filial piety like the pedantic Qin people. It was common for a brother to kill his brother, and for a son to kill his father.
Whoever killed all those who refused to submit would be the final victor. This was the rule that prevailed on the Great Prairie.
Just as Mao Dun was in a daze, a battered and pitch-black figure suddenly rushed over from afar.
"Guards, protect the emperor!"
Mao Dun was shocked and quickly picked up the weapon hanging on his horse.
"First Prince, it's me. It's me, Huyan!”
The person whipping the horse shouted loudly.
"Huyan?"
Mao Dun hesitated.
Wasn't this the intelligence commander that he had planted in the king's tent? How did he become like this?
Could it be that the matter was exposed and his father was going to make a move on him?
Mao Dun couldn't help but feel nervous.
After confirming that it was Huyan, Mao Dun hurriedly let his guards pass.
"Huyan, what happened?"
Mao Dun frowned.
"First Prince, bad news."
"Last night, a group of Qin cavalrymen suddenly attacked in the middle of the night. The main tent was caught off guard and was completely defeated by the Qin army!”
Huyan hurriedly finished speaking. He only felt his mouth crack. He hurriedly snatched a water bottle from the hands of a personal guard and drank a few mouthfuls to recover.
"How is this possible?"
"How could the Qin army take the initiative to attack, and even sneak onto the grasslands without anyone knowing, and directly attack our Xiongnu Royal Court?”
Mao Dun said in disbelief,""Do you know how many people the Qin army has sent?”
"It was dark last night, so I didn't see it clearly!”
"However, according to the Royal Guards, there are at least 100,000 Qin soldiers.”
"However, this subordinate saw with my own eyes that this group of Qin soldiers is very strong. Even General Qiemo Che was beheaded by a Qin general!”
Huyan's face was filled with fear.
"How is this possible?"
Mao Dun was shocked.
"When did the Qin cavalry become so strong?”
"And the Qin cavalry in Shangjun is only about 30,000. Could it be that they have transferred all the cavalry in the country over?”
"Oh right, where's father?"
Mao Dun suddenly asked with some shame.
"I don't know, but after General Qin killed General Qiemoche, he headed straight for the main tent.”
"At that time, the entire king's tent was already in shambles. If nothing unexpected happened, Lord Chanyu should have died!”
Huyan said with a pained expression.
Ever since Qie Mo Che had died, he had been scared out of his wits and fled with the others. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to sneak out in the chaos and find Mao Dun.
"Are you sure?"
Mao Dun said with a solemn expression.
"I'm sure. The place where General Qiemoche died is less than two miles away from Chanyu's main tent. Moreover, Chanyu only had a few dozen guards with him.”
Huyan hurriedly replied.
"In that case, father is dead."
A look of ecstasy flashed across Mao Dun's face.""Haha, this is great!"
One had to know that Mao Dun was still the publicly acknowledged successor of the Xiongnu royal court and had not been deposed by Touman.
Now that Tou Man was dead, wouldn't Mao Dun be the new Chanyu?
It was a good death. Yes, it was really great!
The guards looked at each other.
Even though the Great Prairie didn't care about so many things.
However, Chief Touman was your biological father after all. Your father died, and you're not sad at all. Instead, you're so happy. No matter what, it doesn't make sense, right?
Even though they were Mao Dun's personal guards and had followed Mao Dun for many years, their expressions couldn't help but turn strange.
"What are you looking at? I didn't say anything just now. Whoever dares to spout nonsense will be killed without mercy!”
After his excitement subsided, Mao Dun realized his mistake and snorted coldly.
"Understood. We didn't hear anything just now.”
To be appointed as the spy leader by Mao Dun and to escape from the Xiongnu King's tent during the chaos, Huyan was also a clever person. He quickly took the lead and answered.
"Very good. However, the current situation has changed. Our plan has to be changed.”
"Since the main tent has already been occupied by the Qin army, sending it up now is like throwing an egg at a rock.”
"Quickly send people to inform the tribal armies that have come. In the name of me, Chief Maodun, tell them to give up on going to the palace and gather here instead.”
"Only by gathering the strength of all the tribes can we avenge our father and not die in vain. Do you understand?”
Mao Dun said with a sharp expression.
Soon, thousands of cavalrymen dashed out from the Maodun army, splitting into hundreds of squads and galloping in the direction of the various tribes.
As for Mao Dun's main force, they were stationed at the same spot.
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