Chapter 443 The hero is late
Half a month later, Meng Tian, who had arrived on the bank of the Yellow River, saw the old Touman.
Touman lay on a stretcher, his hair was scattered, his eyes were blurred, and his body could not move. The abdomen was close to his thighs, and the tip of a crossbow arrow remained.
"I lost this battle."
Seeing Meng Tian, who led the Qin army to defeat the Huns, Touman seemed to have determined his fate and did not show hysteria.
"In order to fight this battle, I started preparing since I was the lieutenant of Shangjun County. As the saying goes, the more you prepare, the closer you are to victory."
Meng Tian ordered people to come to heal Touman and help him eat, but did not make things difficult for the Great Khan of the Huns.
"Don't worry about this in vain. I know I won't live long and there is no need for healing."
Touman raised his hand and refused the doctor's treatment.
"General Meng, you said you have been preparing to attack the Huns more than ten years ago, but really?" Touman said in surprise, "The Huns went south to the Central Plains, and they were more likely to attack Zhao, Yan, and Qin, but there were not many conflicts."
Touman was right. After Shang Yang's reforms in Qin State, his military strength became stronger. The Huns did not get much advantage in the hands of the Qin people.
The cost of attacking Qin State was completely disproportionate to the profits obtained.
"This has nothing to do with the conflict, but with the place occupied by the Huns." Meng Tian put away his smile, "The Huns occupy Henan and threaten Xianyang. No country is allowed to have such obvious noose hanging on their heads."
The Xianyang City in Guanzhong was built on the Xianyang Plain. Out of Qin Xiaogong and Shang Yang's confidence, Xianyang only had a palace city and no outer city walls.
In order to ensure the safety of Xianyang, the defense line can only be moved outward.
There is Wu Pass in the south of Xianyang, Hangu Pass in the east, and Yue Shi people in the west are more willing to do business with the Qin people. Only the Xiongnu people in the north advocate force and have strong potential, which may threaten the safety of Xianyang.
When the Huns were in great prosperity in later generations, they crossed the Great Wall and broke into Guanzhong, and their troops arrived at the Ganquan Palace.
"Cough cough......" Touman coughed, "General Meng is really straightforward. Like the Huns, it depends on whose sword is more powerful. As long as you are stronger, everything you say is right."
When Touman recalled the past Suiyue, he didn't have to think of any special reasons when attacking other grassland tribes. The grasslands occupied by other tribes were rich in water and plants, and the Huns wanted to occupy them, which was the best reason for sending troops.
The battles on the grassland are nakedly respected by force.
Now the Qin people have strong military strength and defeated the Huns. The land occupied by the Huns naturally has to be spit out.
"Since you give up the treatment, you really don't have much time to live. But what are the last words to explain? As long as it does not harm Qin, I can convey it to you."
Looking at the hero's old Tou Man, Meng Tian couldn't help but feel a little bit of admiration.
Touman's father was defeated by Li Mu, causing the Huns to be seriously injured. As a result, after Touman succeeded to the throne, he continued to maintain the status of the Huns tribe alliance. After so many years of reign, he gradually combined the Huns tribes into a closer whole.
Maodun was able to lead the Xiongnu, defeat the Donghu in the east and chase the Yuezhi in the west, which had a lot to do with the foundation laid by Touman.
"My youngest son, Husband, is in your captive camp. There is a saying in the Central Plains that the prince is not humiliating, and I hope General Meng will spare his life."
Now that things have come, Touman has no other thoughts. Before heading south, Touman still wants to support Fu Yu and help him succeed. As a prisoner, Meng Tian will definitely not release Fu Yu.
Since the position of Shanyu is absolutely amazing, try to survive as safely as possible.
In Touman's heart, hope was placed on the Qianghun, who was far away in Yuezhi. He didn't like this son, but at this time he had sincere hope that Qianghun could return to the Huns safely after receiving the news.
"I have no habit of slaughtering prisoners yet."
As Touman's son, Hu Zhi is a banner that can be used to make a fuss, so Meng Tian would not kill him.
However, Meng Tian would be able to support her husband with delicious food and drink, but it would be impossible for her husband to return to the Huns.
"As long as your husband says he doesn't commit suicide, I guarantee that he will not die."
Meng Tian nodded and agreed to Touman's request.
Touman's tense mind finally let go, and his face showed a rare kindness.
He was no longer the Great Khan of the Huns, but became an ordinary father and an ordinary old man.
"General Meng, the Qin State you serve has some similarities with the Xiongnu ruled by me. I will give you some advice."
Touman lay on the stretcher with his back on the sky and slowly spoke: "On the grassland, the Huns defeated hostile tribes, especially those who dared to resist and had certain strength. The men who were higher than the wheels were killed. The remaining women and children became the property of the Huns, and they would become one of the Huns."
"I heard that the king of Qin will break through the enemy country and preserve the life of the enemy's little king. The royal clan members are mingling in the head of Guizhou. This is a way to cause chaos!"
"How did you know these news?"
Meng Tian's eyes turned cold.
"Don't make such a fuss." Touman said, "The Qin State conquered Zhao State, Yan State, some Zhao people, and Yan people fled to the grassland, but it brought a lot of news about the Central Plains."
Whenever there are wars in the Central Plains, many people from the Central Plains in the mainland will bring their families to the grasslands in the north, or migrate to Liaodong.
Such immigration invisibly promotes exchanges between farming and grassland ethnic groups, but will also leak information from the Central Plains.
The grassland people are able to understand the methods of governing the country in the Central Plains and achieve their own evolution by accepting the escaped Central Plains people and the remnants of the previous dynasty.
"The Central Plains has the reality of the Central Plains. Don't use the one on the grassland to deceive me."
Meng Tian snorted heavily and ordered people to guard the tent, strictly prohibiting anyone from entering and leaving, just waiting for Touman to die quietly.
What Touman said sounds cruel, but it reflects the reality of changing dynasties. The founding monarchs of later generations adopted the grassland method for the bloodlines of the previous dynasties to eliminate the roots so as not to be reborn again in the spring breeze.
When Meng Tian led his troops to attack the six Shandong countries, he spared no effort to attack those stubborn local tyrants. However, if the descendants of the royal family of the six Shandong countries did not have obvious faults and created unreasonable killings, they would only promote the Shandong people's excuses of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty.
These people will sooner or later become the banner of rebellion for the remnants of the six countries.
"Touman said this and felt extremely sinister. If it spread, the descendants of the royal family of the six Shandong countries would be in panic all day long. Maybe they would not have to wait until Ying Zheng died and they would jump out and rebel..."
Chapter completed!