When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 690 King Donghu: Now that things have come to this, let’s eat first!
"The Qin people...damn the Qin people!"

In the tent of King Donghu, King Donghu unfolded the sheepskin scroll in his hand, looked at the contents inside, and almost couldn't breathe.

Fifty-seven years old is already a very old age for a king.

On the grassland, there are very few kings who live over fifty years old.

The short life span is not only caused by diet and environmental problems. As a king of a tribe, even if he does not eat as well as the princes in the Central Plains, his life span will not be too short.

The most important thing is that people on the grassland believe that the strong is king.

The alpha wolf is recognized as the strongest in the wolf pack and is the leader they believe in. The pack will follow his orders and eat according to his distribution. However, once the alpha wolf grows old, challengers will appear in the pack.

The only fate of the old wolf after being defeated is to be abandoned by the wolf pack and eventually starve to death on the grassland, or be eaten by other carnivores because of being alone.

Even if the old wolf still has the strength to fight, defeats the challenger, and kills him cruelly, he will not have a good end. The other wolves in the wolf pack will also notice that he is getting old, and more challengers will emerge. At the same time, the injured old wolf will eventually be defeated by a challenger and die.

For example, Touman and Maodun, father and son, were just one step away from a formal falling out.

But he was very lucky. His queen was still alive and in better health than he was. His eldest son, who was also his Zuo Xian Wang, was also very popular in the tribe. Although he had some minor flaws, overall he would be a qualified king who could suppress the Donghu tribes after his death.

The father is kind and the son is filial, which is why he has lived to this day at such an old age.

But his body was not as good as it was when he was young, and in a rage, a mouthful of dark blood spurted out of his mouth.

"Father!"

"king!"

The Donghu King's vomiting of blood alarmed Zuo Xian Wang and a group of Donghu high-ranking officials. They couldn't figure out what kind of news made the Donghu King so angry that he even vomited blood.

You should know that even a few days ago, when the Qin commander Zhang Ji personally led more than 10,000 cavalry to raid Yanze and built a Jingguan with the bodies of the dead Donghu soldiers, the King of Donghu just cursed a few words.

King Donghu forced himself to sit up and handed the parchment scroll to King Zuoxian. After reading the blood-stained report, King Zuoxian was so angry that he felt dizzy and almost couldn't stand.

But at the age of thirty, he was in his prime and still quite strong. He took a few deep breaths and looked at the Donghu high-ranking officials in the tent and said, "The court of the King of Tanhan Mountain was attacked."

"My uncle, my father's sworn brother, the prime minister of my Donghu, as well as Zuo Daqiequ, You Daqiequ, my uncle Zuo Riju King and my great-uncle You Riju King, and my cousin Hao Su King, were all killed!"

"And..." Zuo Xian Wang took a deep breath, and the dizziness came again. He gritted his teeth and said almost word by word, "And my son, my prince!"

"He was roasted alive in the cellar by the Qin people!"

As Zuo Xian Wang finished speaking, the Donghu King's tent was in an uproar. The prime minister was truly second only to the king in the Donghu tribe, and as the sworn brother of the Donghu King, the prime minister who had helped the Donghu King conquer this vast land, the Donghu King naturally trusted him immensely, and even gave him the task of teaching Zuo Xian Wang.

In order to ensure that the wealth and status of his sworn brother could be maintained even after his death, the King of Donghu also entrusted the task of teaching the Crown Prince Zuoxian, the next king of Donghu, to the prime minister, so that the wealth and status of his good brother would not be cut off for at least three generations.

In addition, the King of Donghu was actually a little nervous about his trip south this time, so he left the prime minister behind to look after his family business that he was trying to rebuild.

Unexpectedly, he was defeated in the royal court of Danhan Mountain in the rear!

The Left Daqiequ and the Right Daqiequ were both the confidants of the King of Donghu. The Left Daqiequ was in charge of government affairs, while the Right Daqiequ was in charge of military affairs. The former collected food and weapons from all directions in the royal court, while the latter was responsible for sending people to transport them to the baggage camp behind the army, so he stayed at the royal court.

The Left Riju King and the Right Riju King were both close relatives of successive Donghu kings, and were responsible for guarding the royal court.

Needless to say, King Hao Su was in charge of the royal court garrison and had the right to convene the council of nobles to convey the Donghu King's last will and testament. Only the Donghu King's most trusted person could be appointed to this position.

This means that almost half of the King of Donghu’s close relatives, confidants, and favorites were killed!
That is not only his help, but also the help he leaves for his son to control the tribe in the future!
The perceptive King of Donghu noticed several Donghu high-ranking officials who were titled as kings and marquises. He would not have mistaken the greed and ambition that flashed across their faces!

Qin people, you are digging up the roots of the Xubu clan!
Another mouthful of blood rushed to his throat, but the King of Donghu swallowed it back.

Suddenly, no matter whether everyone in the tent had any evil thoughts in their hearts, their voices suddenly stopped. The murderous intent that was like a thorn in the back was terrifying.

Those old people who had followed the King of Donghu from the very beginning couldn't help but straighten their backs. They were too familiar with such a King of Donghu!
The angrier he was, the calmer he was. It was this King Donghu who led them to overcome difficulties time and time again, and they became the majestic overlord of the grassland today!

But unlike what they thought, the King of Donghu did not want to take revenge on the Qin army.

When he was a teenager, he met a refugee scholar from the State of Zhao. He rescued the scholar from a group of grassland slave traders. In return, the scholar taught him some military tactics. Among them, he liked a sentence in "The Art of War" very much and regarded it as a life principle.

Act when it is beneficial, stop when it is not!

He went south to attack Qin because of the instigation of the Taifu of Yan State. He did not want an unprecedentedly powerful overlord to emerge in the Central Plains, which would threaten the situation on the grassland. He also wanted to plunder enough resources from this war, and at the same time, he wanted to add some reputation to his Zuo Xian Wang on the battlefield.

But now, even if he completely wiped out the Qin army and destroyed the Qin State, the Donghu would be seriously divided after his death, and countless challengers would come to challenge his son.

So instead of obsessed with revenge on the Qin army, it is better to kill these wolf cubs in the king’s tent!
Of course, what is more important is to give the Xiongnu and Yuezhi a hard time!
"It's come to this... Let's eat first!"

The King of Donghu suppressed the grief and anger on his face and instead smiled heroically.

"Only when you are full can you beat the Qin people hard!"

(End of this chapter)