Chapter 249: The Road of Blood and Tears
Daigun!
After the double blow of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the plundering of nomads, this border county has become rarely inhabited.
Just because it's uninhabited doesn't mean it's uninhabited.
The vast land still attracted some displaced people to reclaim it.
Being caught by the Huns is death, and starvation is death if there is no food to eat.
It's all death anyway, and they still choose to make a living at the border.
They also risked their lives for a little food to survive.
Besides, the Huns may not be able to catch them every time, but hunger will not let them go.
This time, however, they do not seem to have escaped the catastrophe.
In previous years, the Huns came out to plunder in small groups, and they usually left when they had enough.
But this time, tens of thousands of people were dispatched, and the entire Dai County was swept over by them.
Countless men, women, and children were driven out by the Huns, and they were surrounded on the steppe like cattle and sheep.
All around were the cavalry of the Huns, and these people could not escape, and they fell to the ground one after another.
Not far away, the one who set up this banner was the Qiangqu Khan of the Southern Xiongnu.
The Huns were Han Chinese and had a natural hatred.
Although the Southern Xiongnu surrendered to the Han Dynasty, seeing the Han people, Qiangqu Khan was still very unhappy.
"Great Khan!"
A tall figure appeared in front of him on horseback, and it was none other than his eldest son, Yufro.
The grassland pays attention to strength, not to the elder system. So as long as you have the strength, you can become a great khan.
Of course, they also pay attention to a little blood, and not everyone is qualified to be a great khan.
Yuvro was the eldest son of Qiangqu Khan, and he also had a large tribe under his command, so it seemed natural to succeed him as Khan.
But Qiangqu Khan did not like Yufulo.
Because Hufro's mother was a lowly slave.
Although Yufro was also very good at fighting, Qiangqu Khan still removed him from the list of successors.
Even if the youngest son did not die, Qiangqu Khan would not hand over the position of Great Khan to Yu Fuluo.
In this regard, Yu Fuluo is also very resentful.
But he didn't dare to show it, and he was very respectful on the surface.
"Father Khan! We've come all the way and we've caught all the pigs in the territory. ”
For the Han people, the Huns used to call it a pig.
Pigs were inferior to cattle and sheep, and even if the Southern Xiongnu surrendered to the Han Dynasty, it did not change their contempt for the Han people.
Qiangqu Khan's gaze swept over the men, women, and children on the grassland.
This scale is tens of thousands of people, to say the least.
Daijun has been war-torn for a long time and has been reduced to the hunting ground of the Southern Xiongnu.
I didn't expect to be able to catch so many people.
The Han people are really strong, and they can still survive tenaciously in this war-torn place.
"Father Khan!"
The Huchu Spring on the side also came immediately.
"Although most of these Han Chinese are old and weak, they are also very strong and make good slaves. I hope Father Khan will give it to me. ”
The Huns came out every year to hunt grass and grain, that is, to grab slaves and rob grain.
But at most, it's in the hundreds.
Today, more than 10,000 people have been arrested, which is not a small number.
Keeping these people as slaves is also a force that is not small.
You must know that there are not many people in the entire Southern Xiongnu.
Slave?
A burst of coldness flashed across Qiangqu Khan's face.
He looked at Hu Chuquan coldly.
Hu Chuquan is his second son, his background is not bad, and his mother is a descendant of a nobleman.
It's just that......
A look of disgust flashed across Qiangqu Khan's face.
This son was born tall and strong, has a good martial arts, and has a very simple mind, so he is not the material for being a great sweat at all.
What kind of stall is this, he still wants to catch slaves.
Rotten wood cannot be carved!
For some reason, Qiangqu Khan suddenly thought of this sentence.
Only the youngest son has the most appetite, and Qiangqu Khan was originally regarded as passing the throne to the younger son, but he was beheaded by a Han official.
Bang Bang Bang!
Qiangqu Khan whipped Hu Chuquan's body.
Father Khan!
Hu Chuquan didn't know why he was beaten, and stared at Qiangqu Khan with copper bell-like eyes.
"Bastard, I'm here to avenge your brother, not to capture some prisoners. As an elder brother, you don't think about how to avenge your younger brother, and you are still bent on annexing these slaves, how can it be true! ”
Qiangqu Khan scolded and beat at the same time.
Father Khan!
Hu Chuquan hurriedly begged for mercy.
Yu Fuluo on the side was secretly happy.
He also doesn't have a good impression of this younger brother. However, the old man doted on his younger son, and he had to pull this younger brother to keep warm.
Now that the youngest son is finished, there is no need for him to pull this younger brother anymore.
"Father Khan is angry!"
Huvro dismounted and knelt down.
As the eldest prince, he still has to be pretending.
After a while, Qiangqu Khan was tired, so he dropped his horsewhip.
Hu Chuquan was already slumped on the ground.
Qiangqu Khan looked at the Han people again, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Come on, kill them all, and leave not a single one behind!"
What the?
Hearing this order, everyone was stunned.
It is a pity that more than 10,000 slaves, including many women, were killed.
Only the Right Virtuous King frowned.
Only then did he understand the determination of Qiangqu Khan.
This time, he wants to completely break Yunzhou, maybe Yunzhou is not his end.
Further south, Jizhou, Sili, and even Luoyang.
It seems that this Great Khan really can't bear it anymore and wants to make a big move.
If this is the case, carrying these slaves is really a burden, not only slowing down the march, but also consuming the food of the army.
But......
One of the hearts of the Right Virtuous King suddenly lifted.
Although the Han was weak, his strength was still strong enough to crush the Southern Xiongnu. Perhaps this time Qiangqu Khan will be able to open the fortress of the Han Dynasty with his archers, but it will still be difficult to conquer the Han people.
I can't say, this time the Southern Huns will dig their own graves.
Thinking of this, King Youxian's heart sank.
There is something wrong with the Great Khan's temperament, is it because the little prince's affairs have the meaning of breaking the jar.
The more You Xian Wang thought about it, the more he was already a little vigilant in his heart.
Soon, Qiangqu Khan's military order was given.
The Huns immediately launched a massacre of the Han Chinese in the field.
Screams resounded in the sky, and the entire grassland was shrouded in blood mist.
In an instant, more than 10,000 people died under the butcher's knife of the Huns.
Qiangqu Khan waved his hand, and the troops continued to move forward without the slightest stop.
His goal was further south, not this small place.
Most of the Huns left, leaving only a few hundred to deal with the aftermath.
They collected the arrows scattered in the field, stabbed the unbreathing civilians, and some took off some of their clothes that looked fairly thick.
A short and stocky Hun was mending knives on the corpses of the people on the ground one by one, and it seemed that he liked to do it.
Whether dead or alive, he will make up for it, and his face shows perverted excitement.
When he looked at a tall figure on the ground, a figure suddenly rolled over and snatched his knife, and then plunged the scimitar into his chest.
The Huns' eyes widened and they didn't seem to believe what was in front of them at all.
After a while, he screamed and fell to the ground.
(End of chapter)