Shan Yuting of the Xiongnu is currently in Longcheng, the resting place of his ancestors.

At this time, Longcheng, the ancestral land of the Xiongnu, had not been moved away. (Note)

Still in his old hometown of Makunan.

If we want to judge based on the geography of later generations, it should be in Inner Mongolia.

This place is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is rich in water and grass. It was one of the most important religious and political centers of the Huns.

According to tradition, every year in May, all the leading figures of the Xiongnu Empire would worship their ancestors in Dragon City, gather all tribes, offer sacrifices to the gods of primitive shamanism they believed in, and pray for the blessings of their ancestors and gods.

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Usually, before May, the Huns would make preparations for various ancestor worship and god sacrifices in Dragon City.

At this moment, the military minister Chanyu led the main force of his royal court and was stationed here, making various preparations for worshiping ancestors and gods.

It should be pointed out that the Huns, like most of the grassland nomads, and the Han people in the Central Plains at this time, shared the same totem worship: dragon. (Note 2)

Moreover, the dragons in the Central Plains and the dragons in the grassland are generally similar in appearance.

They are all Yinglongs with double wings on their backs, scales and spines, large and long heads, thin necks and large bellies.

However, in China, the dragon is deified as a symbol of imperial power.

In tribes such as the Xiongnu, dragons are still gods.

And it is a totem god highly worshiped by primitive shamanism.

Second only to the sun and the moon.

The name of Dragon City, the ancestral land of the Huns, is also because it is said that the ancestors of the Huns once witnessed a giant dragon flying into the sky here. Therefore, the subsequent Xiongnu chanyus all buried themselves here after their deaths.

Over time, a city was formed near Dragon City.

It’s just that this city is time-sensitive.

Usually, it is deserted in autumn and winter, and flourishes in spring and summer.

Until the reign of Shanyu, the elder, he wiped out all the tribes in the entire grassland and defeated all challengers. The Huns became the overlord of East Asia.

It was only then that the Huns began to settle some settled populations in Longcheng.

These people are often old Hun nobles and priests.

It can be regarded as a symbol that the Huns have initially emerged from ignorance and begun to move toward civilization. In the past, the Huns could die when they were old.

No one cares about retirement care at all.

And the reason why there is such a change.

It's also funny to say.

Because such changes were born under the stimulation of the Han Dynasty.

Back then, when the old Shang Shanyu and Emperor Xiaowen, Taizong of the Han Dynasty, were in power.

The Bank of China said that as the first traitor in history, he was responsible for dealing with the Han Dynasty envoys.

To put it simply, it's just talking.

At that time, the relationship between the Han and the Xiongnu was roughly equivalent to the relationship between the American Empire and Soviet Russia in the twentieth century.

Two big guys, both wanted the other to die.

But after weighing the opponent's physique, they unanimously gave up the idea.

Since a full-scale war cannot be fought, we have no choice but to talk.

In the field of rhetoric, the Han Dynasty had an overall advantage.

Grasping the Huns' many unconventional places, they sprayed heavily.

Although the Bank of China said that his eloquence was good, he forced some of it back.

But just like Maozi, the Huns also know shame.

After being sprayed, of course things will improve.

This Dragon City has settled some old and weak nobles, instead of letting these old men die like in the past, which is one of the improvements.

Of course, only nobles, and even great nobles, can enjoy such preferential treatment.

As for herdsmen and slaves?

Then I can only laugh.

At this time, the Xiongnu nobles who had settled in Longcheng for a long time included the two younger brothers of Shanyu Laoshang of the previous generation and the two priests from the Modun period.

These people, even if they are military officials, must treat each other with courtesy, or at least show their dignity.

These elderly people need to be consulted symbolically on many questions.

At this moment, in Shanyu's royal tent, the military minister, like a good student, asked several elders sitting below him: "The whereabouts of the Yuezhi people have been determined. They are in this name."

The Amu Darya River, four thousand miles away from the country of Dawan in the Western Region, is indeed preparing to attack the body... Elders, how do you think we, the great Huns, should deal with it?"

As long as there is a clear direction, it is not difficult at all to find the Yuezhi people.

Not to mention, the Dawan people actually hate the Yuezhi people to death.

Twenty or thirty years ago, the Xiongnu and the Yuezhi competed for the dominance of the grasslands.

After the defeat, the Yueshi moved westward to Pseudo-Shuihe.

During the migration process, the Yuezhi people severed the connection between Dawan and their mother country. (Note 3)

Until now, the Dawan people still cannot contact their mother country.

Moreover, in fact, Dawan has been suffering the bitter consequences of the Yuezhi's westward migration over the years: after a large number of nomads settled near the Amu Darya River were defeated by the Yue people, they broke into Dawan and fought with the Greek conquests of Dawan.

There was a war between the descendants of the descendants.

Of course the Dawan people hated the Yuezhi people.

Naturally, the Huns easily learned from the Dawan people where the Yuezhi people were and their current situation.

Sure enough, just as the information came from the Han Dynasty, the Yuezhi people had established a firm foothold in the Pseudo Water area west of Dawan, and became prosperous again, and even established a royal court.

However, the problem is: the Dawan people are unwilling to open their borders to the Xiongnu.

Definitely.

Although the Dawan people knew that the Xiongnu were powerful, opening their borders to the Xiongnu was no different from surrendering.

The Dawan people are not stupid. Who doesn't know that developing the country's borders and cities and allowing the Huns to enter and exit is tantamount to leaving their own destiny to the Huns to decide.

On the other hand, the Dawan people are very confident in the defense strength of their city.

The defense system of their city was derived from the Greek-style forts brought from Greece by their ancestors.

The defensive power of this kind of Uburg is very strong. After close observation, the Huns found that the fortresses on the border, such as Lundou and Yucheng, were very strong and had complete defense systems. If there was no shortage of food and water in the city, it would be enough for them to hold on for more than half a year.

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What's even more troublesome is that ordinary small towns in Dawan also adopt similar castle designs.

The Huns, who lacked the ability to attack fortresses, were really helpless against these cities.

The only way at present is to use the fast mobility of the Huns' cavalry to bypass these fortified cities, attack them and save them, attack their core, and mobilize the defenders in the cities.

Having fought against the Han Dynasty for sixty years, the Huns have extremely rich experience in this regard.

After just summing it up, the Xiongnu decision-makers have already come up with several plans.

At this moment, the military officials were just saying hello to these old nobles and priests, and had no real intention to ask or adopt their opinions.

These old guys also know their roles.

The Chanyu allows them to retire in this ancestral land and still enjoy the treatment in the past. This is already a great gift.

I dare not ask for more.

One after another they said: "Everything is just the intention of the Great Chanyu. I am waiting for you to be old and decrepit, but I just bow my head..."

When the military officials heard this, they nodded with satisfaction.

In fact, he just wanted to test it out.

The traitor King Youxian was very popular among the older generation of Xiongnu nobles.

If the military officials want to advance westward, some of the stubborn old guys in the Munan area must be purged.

We can't let them cause trouble in the rear!

The lessons of the Xiongnu chanyus in the past dynasties told military ministers that war in the front is not terrible. Civil strife in the rear is truly fatal.

In particular, the Huns had a long tradition of regicide.

When they saw the old guys, they didn't dare to discuss the big affairs, so the military officials were relieved.

The energy and energy of these old guys have been exhausted, and it is impossible for them to make waves again.

In this way, he could concentrate on advancing westward and expand territory for the Xiongnu Empire.
To be continued...