Chapter 421: The Ying clan is worthy of being the royal family of the Qin Dynasty!
In the blue sky, an eagle displays its flying skills, its pair of genuine eagle eyes scanning the humans below.
Touman spoke for a long time, but Maodun did not respond.
The Xiongnu prince tapped the horse's belly with his legs in the air. The horse neighed and rushed past, as fast as the wind.
Maodun moved his body as his beloved horse galloped, with his feet on the horse's back. His body rose and fell with the horse, one high and one low, as if the man and the horse were one.
The herdsmen and guards all had shining eyes and cheered loudly, rejoicing that they had such a powerful prince.
Without the aid of a saddle, it would be difficult for ordinary people to sit on a warhorse. To stand on the horse's back like Maodun, allowing the horse to gallop and turn without falling, was a master of horsemanship, and few of the Xiongnu elite soldiers could do it.
Maodun drew his bow and put an arrow on it, and the bowstring was like a full moon.
With one eye open and one eye closed, he aimed at his prey, shot an arrow through the air, and the bowstring trembled.
There was a sharp cry in the air, and an eagle fluttered down rapidly. Its blood-stained wings struggled desperately, but to no avail.
The Huns' eyes lit up with surprise when they saw this scene. They cheered continuously and clapped their hands until they turned red.
With such a brave prince, why should we worry about the prosperity of the Huns?
Today, the Donghu are strong and the Yuezhi are prosperous. In the future, on the vast grasslands, only we, the Xiongnu, will be strong!
"I am already grown, father, do you still want to send me to the Yuezhi Kingdom as a hostage?"
The Xiongnu prince stood on horseback and gave a trembling shout to his father, the Chanyu.
His father hesitated for a moment, and in his mind, the image of his eldest son was quickly replaced by that of a charming woman.
"My son, only you who are so strong and outstanding can convince the Yuezhi that we, the Xiongnu, really intend to cease fire! You are the next Khan of the Xiongnu. It is your responsibility to protect and strengthen the Xiongnu!"
Touman shouted righteously and with dignity on his face.
No matter whether they were herdsmen or guards, they all clenched their fists, lowered their heads, and their faces were filled with humiliation.
It’s all because they are not strong enough!
That's why the great Chanyu Tuoman sent his most outstanding prince, Maodun, to the Yuezhi Kingdom as a hostage to express his sincerity in the ceasefire and free up strong men to go south to the Central Plains!
The war horses returned.
We will set off again tomorrow.
Before leaving, Maodun took a last look at the tribe that gave birth to him and raised him, and at the people who loved and respected him, and finally his gaze fell on his father who looked reluctant.
All his fear was gone, and he laughed loudly, swinging the longbow in his hand.
"Don't worry, father! I won't bring shame to the Xiongnu!
"My men! Follow me! I want the Yuezhi to see how strong the Xiongnu men are, how good their horsemanship is, and how accurate their archery is!"
The three thousand Huns laughed loudly and waved their whips together.
With crackling sound.
With the sound of footsteps.
Maodun, the Xiongnu prince, received orders from Touman, the Xiongnu Chanyu.
He led 3,000 Xiongnu cavalry to the Yuezhi Kingdom as hostages to show the Xiongnu's sincerity in withdrawing troops and to demand a truce and peace between the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu.
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Jiuyuan, the residence of General Yinglu.
Snap!
Li You, who had just taken a break on duty, snatched the wine jar from Ying Jianglu's hand, smashed it to the ground, and shouted loudly.
“Stop drinking!”
Little Taotie's clothes were all wet with wine, and he was hugging a beautiful concubine.
He raised his drunken eyes and saw that it was his good brother Li You. The corners of his mouth curled up and he waved.
"You, you're here just in time, come drink with me!
"In the entire Jiuyuan, you are the only one I admire, and you are the only one who is qualified to drink with me..."
Li You was furious and grabbed the beauty who was half naked and leaning against Ying Jianglu's arms.
The beauty was thrown to the ground and screamed, and it was unclear whether it was out of pain or fear.
The other girls who were sitting behind the table playing the piano, singing, and acting coquettishly all screamed, and it was certain that they were frightened.
"Drink your ass! You spend your days playing with women or drinking. You don't look like a gentleman at all!
"Get out! Get out now, sir!"
The girls ran away, their hairpins shaking and their hips trembling, making the cups and plates and wine glasses in a mess.
But in Li You's eyes, the hall is now much cleaner than before.
A dark cloud appeared between his brows, and he kicked the wine jar that his good brother had just pulled to his side, smashing it into pieces, and the wine splashed all over Ying Jianglu's face.
The Third Young Master suddenly sobered up, but he was so angry that he wiped the wine off his face.
"What on earth are you going to do! If you want to drink, drink with me. If you don't want to drink, get out of here and don't disturb my fun!"
Ever since the incident at the martial arts arena that day, Ying Jianglu has been like this and he sees no hope.
Xianyang’s reply was just four words - wait for your uncle.
Ying Jianglu had been waiting for a month or so. He was still full of energy at the beginning, but he became more and more discouraged as time went on.
He didn't know if he could wait for his uncle to come, and if his uncle came, how long would it take?
On that day at the martial arts arena, Meng Tian was so powerful that Ying Jianglu had another question in mind - would his uncle's presence be of any use?
Meng Tian dared to be so powerful in Yanmen. If my uncle came, would he be able to deal with him?
Recalling that Meng Tian had expressed his disdain for his uncle in public many times when he was in Xianyang, Ying Jianglu had the answer in his mind and gave up completely.
Drunk in wine and sex, numbing the body and making the second brother happy.
Seeing his good brother like this, Li You felt pain in his heart and hatred on his face, and he took a deep breath.
This is not a military secret, and the general did not forbid me to tell anyone... He grabbed his good brother's collar and spoke word by word.
"Chang'an Jun has gone north. Do you want Chang'an Jun to see you in this depraved state?!"
Ying Jianglu was surprised at first, then he couldn't believe it, and his mind was filled with the word "really".
Thinking of Meng Tian's strong attitude, he released all the blood he had just pumped in. He pried Li You's hands apart and lowered his head slightly.
"What's the point of my uncle coming? Apart from my father, who can suppress Meng Tian? You're talking so much, do you want to drink or not?"
July 8th is the End of Heat.
Chu means to stop.
The heat ends here in the Beginning of Autumn.
Chang'an Jun arrived at Jiuyuan today.
The gates of Jiuyuan City were wide open. When Meng Tian, the lord of Jiuyuan County, heard that Chang'an Jun was ten miles away, he stood in front of the city gate in armor and waited.
Ying Jianglu, who arrived an hour earlier than Meng Tian, was surprised when he saw Meng Tian.
Meng Tian actually came to greet his uncle? How could this be possible! Didn't he have a grudge against his uncle?
I almost forgot that my uncle asked Meng Ao to grant him the title of Marquis of Che, and he was also called Marquis of Guanjun. If Meng Tian did not come to welcome this great favor, it would be a cause of gossip.
Humph! You are just a birdman who only puts on a show! Not cool ! The people of Qi are just not as cool as us Qin people!
He quickly figured out the key, and with a look of displeasure on his face, he spat at Meng Tian's feet.
Meng Tian turned a blind eye and thought it was just a childish act of anger. The important thing now was to welcome Chang'an Jun.
Li You, a personal soldier, glared at his good brother, and Ying Jianglu responded with a look that said "Why didn't you glare at him when he targeted me?"
There are constant small movements here, and yellow earth is flying over there.
A group of soldiers appeared in everyone's sight. In less than half a quarter of an hour, everyone could see the muscular lines of the war horses.
After a few dozen breaths, the leader stood up and stopped in front of Meng Tian and Ying Jianglu, and the horses behind all stopped behind the leader.
The man on the lead horse was handsome and smiling. He skillfully dismounted.
"Thank you both for giving Cheng Jiao face and coming out to greet him together."
Ying Jianglu smiled bitterly.
"Uncle, please stop teasing Jianglu. But do you blame Jianglu for not going to Shangjun to welcome him? It's not that Jianglu didn't want to."
He glanced at Meng Tian beside him and snorted coldly.
"Jianglu really can't leave."
Meng Tian remained unmoved, as if he hadn't heard it, he lowered his head and clasped his fists.
"Lord Chang'an has done a great favor to the Meng family, so it is only natural for him to go out of the city to welcome them. If it were not for the serious autumn defense, the cavalry should have been divided into two columns, along a ten-mile long road to welcome Lord Chang'an."
Ying Chengjiao helped Meng Tian up, squinted his eyes, then turned to look at his third nephew beside him, and said with a faint smile:
"I'm not thanking you two for coming out of the city to greet me. I'm thanking you two for standing together and not fighting. It must be very uncomfortable, right?"
The atmosphere in the field suddenly became tense.
Ying Jianglu: "..."
Meng Tian: “…”
Li You: “…”
All the people from Jiuyuan who heard Ying Chengjiao's words fell silent, feeling a little cold.
Is this Chang'an Jun seriously ill? Can we talk about this publicly?
Upon entering Jiuyuan, Ying Chengjiao thought that the atmosphere he would feel would be tense and solemn.
A city that was occupied and baptized by the Huns in late autumn last year is now in autumn again. Whether from the perspective of guarding against the Hu people or from the perspective of preparing for war, the city should be tense and solemn.
In fact, it was quite solemn, and no one smiled.
But the tension that should have been there was really not the slightest bit.
Replacing this nervous emotion are anticipation, excitement, passion and hatred.
Everyone was ready for battle, eager to see the Hu people coming south to plunder and fight them! This was true for the few people who had moved from Shangjun to Jiuyuan.
Regarding the possible war, the soldiers and civilians of Jiuyuan City showed not panic or fear, but impatience.
They wanted revenge, and took the heads of the Hu people to demand official positions, titles, land and food from the imperial court in order to achieve class transition!
There is madness hidden in the eyes of every soldier and civilian in Jiuyuan City.
Shang Yang's military honor created a unique monster in Chinese history.
Throughout history, no warlike country has been stronger than Qin!
The group walked on the main street of Jiuyuan. The reason they didn't ride on horses was that Ying Chengjiao didn't ride on horses, so no one dared to do so.
"Uncle, come to my place. I have prepared all the delicious food and beautiful women to welcome you."
Ying Jianglu walked up to his uncle and spoke in a flattering manner.
Whether it is delicious food or beautiful women, they are all my uncle's favorites. He learned these two hobbies of greed and beauty from his uncle.
Ying Chengjiao stopped suddenly.
No one was prepared and could not stop in time, so they all leaned forward slightly. The team was in chaos for a moment, and it took a while for them to return to order.
Turning to his third nephew, Ying Chengjiao smiled and slapped Ying Jianglu in the face, who was also smiling.
The slap was loud and crisp, and the blow was extremely heavy. Ying Jianglu fell to the ground, and the right side of his face was visibly swollen.
Everyone's hearts and eyes were pounding in disbelief.
Slapping someone in the face in public, even Meng Tian wouldn't dare to humiliate the Third Young Master like this. Chang'an Jun is really cruel!
Meng Tian's eyes were full of surprise.
If this slap hit him in the face, he would not be surprised, and he was indeed prepared in his heart. But he did not expect that the person being hit was the Third Young Master who was being suppressed by him in Jiuyuan and could not breathe.
This isn't right. Isn't Lord Chang'an here to stand up for the Third Young Master?
"uncle……"
Ying Jianglu held his head high, his eyes full of disbelief. How could his uncle, who had come to the Xiongnu land for him and given him soldiers, horses, and food, hit him?
"Call me Chang'an-kun."
Ying Chengjiao's smile disappeared and his face turned as cold as ice.
"Did I send you here to indulge in pleasure? If you like eating, drinking and having fun, then why did you leave Xianyang? Border counties are places to wield swords and build achievements, not places for you to play with your little bird!"
The scene was silent for a moment, as quiet as death.
The Third Young Master slowly got up and, in front of everyone, slapped himself hard on the left cheek.
The crisp sound made everyone's heart and eyes jump again.
"Uncle, what Chang'an Jun taught me is that Jianglu knows his mistakes."
"Go back to your place!"
Ying Jianglu returned to the team with swollen faces.
But instead of feeling that the swollen faces were shameful, the crowd felt that the Third Young Master looked more pleasing to the eye.
Many people looked at Ying Chengjiao and Ying Jianglu, the uncle and nephew, and sighed secretly in their hearts.
The Ying clan is worthy of being the royal family of the Qin Dynasty!
Ying Chengjiao turned and faced Meng Tian.
"I am young and ignorant. I have caused a lot of trouble to General Meng these days. I hope General Meng will forgive me ."
Meng Tian thought to himself, "As expected, it has finally come," and shook his head slightly.
"The third young master is resolute and brave, not..."
Before Meng Tian could finish his words, someone suddenly stepped forward from behind him and slapped him on the face with a round palm.
"Protect the General!"
Li You shouted loudly, drew his sword, unsheathed it, and chopped it down in one go, killing his colleague who was wearing the same armor as him.
Today, Li You became suspicious when he saw this colleague.
Meng Tian had hundreds of personal soldiers, and Li You knew them all, but had never seen this one before. It was only when Meng Tian personally said that he was newly recruited that Li You let down his guard.
Hundreds of Qin swords were unsheathed in an instant, with dragon roars, and their speed was only slightly slower than Li You's, all of them were ready to kill the attackers with swords.
"Stop it!"
Meng Tian shouted loudly and controlled the chaotic situation.
The next breath.
Ying Chengjiao's body floated in the field like a breeze. He stretched out his left hand to grab the attacker's wrist, and clamped the Qin sword that Li You chopped down with his index and middle fingers of his right hand.
He looks normal and calm.
One man stood in the middle of the field, separating the two people, showing his master's demeanor.
The Jiuyuan soldiers' eyes lit up with wonder when they saw this move.
Grasping the attacker's wrist is not impressive, but holding the sword with two fingers is really impressive!
Everyone is Li You's comrade-in-arms, and they all know that although Li You is still a teenager, he has fought on the battlefield many times, and this sword is not a sword for playing, but a sword for killing.
If you ask them to hold it with their swords horizontally, they can basically do it, but if you ask them to use two fingers to pinch it, they will all be chopped!
Even Meng Tian's eyes twitched wildly. His father never told him that Chang'an Jun's martial arts were so high!
He bent his right index and middle fingers twice and shook his head secretly. He couldn't catch it. He couldn't catch it at all.
"Father, why are you here?"
Meng Tian looked surprised and ran quickly to the attacker.
The attacker snorted coldly and took off his helmet. It was Meng Wu, the Qin general who was supposed to be guarding Yanmen.
Li You had not yet recovered from the shock of having his sword pinched by Ying Chengjiao's two fingers - as the sword wielder, he could feel more than anyone else the irresistible, inhuman force that could not penetrate even an inch.
Then he heard the general calling the raider "Father" and he opened his mouth in surprise.
The general recruited his father as a personal soldier?
Seeing the general's surprised and completely clueless look, the boy was even more confused and couldn't understand it at all.
Didn't you tell me in person that you had recruited new soldiers? Don't you know your father?
